TGIF: The Rise and Fall of Cesaro, Kurt Angle Stays With TNA...If TNA Stays Alive, and More

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Good day to you all and welcome to We Want Insanity. I am your host for today, Matt Dawgs and this is my column. Today is the end of the work week and the time to look back at all the goings-on over the past seven days as I wrap it up with a bow and spout it out bit by bit. Buckle up. As previously noted, you can catch my OTHER COLUMN which is the “ WWE NETWORK PPV OF THE WEEK ” where I and 3 friends discussed an old WWE/WCW/ECW PPV from the archives. Join us NEXT SUNDAY (We are taking this week off) as we review WCW “Great American Bash 1989” and check it out to see if it is worth watching. Also check out this week’s “ THE QUESTION ” where James Guttman, James Bullock (why do we have two James writing for the site? We need to change his name to Mookie or something) and myself answer a random question each week.

MATT NOTE: Hope you all have a Happy Halloween today. Stay safe folks. Don't bring home any Ebola.

WWE NEWS AND NOTES:

- WWE presented their Hell in a Cell PPV this week and it was uninspiring to say the least. While the 2 cell matches did in fact deliver, one of them could have been anything but a cell match since it was more a street fight and the other was going exceptionally well until the finish. Ugh, that finish.

- From a wrestling/in-ring standpoint, the show was solid. Ziggler/Cesaro (although it could have used more time) and The Usos/Dust Brothers were good matches. Both Cell matches were good. Nikki vs. Brie was better than it had any right being. It was a decent but not GREAT PPV and then...that finish. UGH, again.

- While super short at 12 minutes for a 2 out of 3 falls match, please go watch Ziggler vs. Cesaro if you missed the PPV because the Super Plex spot was one of the most incredible spots I have ever seen in wrestling history. Cesaro is a BEAST as far as strength goes.

- If you were confused by the ending of the Ziggler/Cesaro match at HITC then be confused no more. Last Wednesday Cesaro conducted an interview in which he said THIS HERE. That was all that needed to be said to get the result he ended up getting. Remember when he won the “Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal” at Wrestlemania and it was hyped leading into it as being a thing and then he became a Paul Heyman guy the following night on RAW and everyone thought the rocket was going to get strapped to his back? HAHA!! Good times.

- I get that they need subscribers but Michael Cole burying fans as idiots for paying $54.95 for traditional PPV is mind blowing. Don’t insult fans.

- Sheamus and Miz was pure comedy. Do you remember when Sheamus was almost on John Cena’s level and Miz MAIN EVENTED a Wrestlemania? LOL.

- I fully believe that A.J. and Paige are going to feud for an entire calendar year.

- Cena and Orton was a fine match but honestly should have just been a street fight as noted above. It felt more like a brawl than a HITC match. I liked it and Orton with his RKO’s out of nowhere were fantastic. But I am honestly sick and tired of seeing them wrestle. It is crazy because I have always been an Orton fan and I don’t rag on Cena like most do because I can see his worth and he ALWAYS works hard in the ring despite his limits. But enough is enough. It was just a few years ago when they wrestled for the last time. Sigh.

- By the way, isn’t the point of a Hell in a Cell match to be brutality and as Mick Foley noted in the build up to Ambrose/Rollins, a match that changes your career win or lose? A match that takes years off of your “bump card” due to the viciousness? And as we saw in WWI’s WWE Network PPV of the Week REVIEW where we discussed Armageddon 2000 and the entire main event was built around how none of the 6 men going into the match would ever be the same regardless of the outcome, how come John Cena not only defeated Randy Orton at HITC on Sunday but walks out of the match unscathed, celebrates with the breast cancer survivors then high fives fans on the way out while celebrating as if he was in a regular match?

- I am not sure what else to say about the finish to the PPV. Ambrose and Rollins were having a fantastic match. All sorts of bells and whistles, a cool double table spot even before the match officially begun. It was awesome. Then my screen turned black ala the Sopranos’ finale. Not the arena blacked out (it did) but my screen. After some weird chanting and fog coming out of the RING ITSELF then Bray Wyatt appears. This was 1,000,000% lame. Ambrose absolutely needed the win in this match. But as DAVE MELTZER explained earlier this week, due to the Roman Reigns studio interview that aired on Monday, it is obvious that WWE does not see Ambrose as a top guy because Reigns is still getting a rocket strapped to his back therefore you cannot have the 4^th babyface from the top once Orton turns shortly (5^th when Daniel Bryan comes back) beating the top heel(Rollins). It doesn’t make sense from a booking perspective. So regardless of how he has been pushed for the past few weeks, Reigns is still the guy and all the momentum Ambrose has gotten and the reaction he gets from the fans still make him their chosen one.

- The Wyatt chanting that was going on while the lights were out was an old Bray Wyatt promo played backwards.

- With Ambrose and Rollins headlining the PPV, it marks the first time since NOVEMBER 1994 that two men under the age of 30 main evented a WWE PPV. The last time was Undertaker vs. Yokozuna in their casket match.

- When the match started on the roof, did Jerry Lawler really say right off the bat that no Hell in a Cell has ever started on top of the cage? Honestly, he didn’t say that. Did he? Like there is a zero percent chance those words came out of his mouth correct? I was totally hearing things right? It’s not like he was sitting RIGHT THERE AT RINGSIDE WHEN MICK FOLEY GOT THROWN OFF A HITC LANDING INCHES AWAY FROM HIM WHEN THEY STARTED THE MATCH ON TOP OF THE CAGE?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!!!!!!!!!!! There honestly is absolutely no excuse for something that simple. Jesus H. Christ.

- As for RAW, WWE tried to hit the reset button with 

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TGIF: RKO Out of Nowhere, Elgin and ROH Change Facebook RelationshipTo "It's Complicated", and More

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Good day to you all and welcome to We Want Insanity. I am your host for today, Matt Dawgs and this is my column. Today is the end of the work week and the time to look back at all the goings-on over the past seven days as I wrap it up with a bow and spout it out bit by bit. Buckle up. As previously noted, you can catch my OTHER COLUMN which is the “ WWE NETWORK PPV OF THE WEEK ” where I and 3 friends discussed an old WWE/WCW/ECW PPV from the archives. Join us THIS SUNDAY as we review ECW “November to Remember 1998” and check it out to see if it is worth watching. Also check out this week’s “ THE QUESTION ” where James Guttman, James Bullock (why do we have two James writing for the site? We need to change his name to Stacy or something) and myself answer a random question each week.

MATT NOTE: R.I.P. to Ox Baker who passed away last week at age 80. Baker is best known for being the innovator of the infamous “Heart Punch” which coincidentally two men died in matches involving him (Alberto Torres and Ray Gunkel who died a few hours after). The heart punch move didn’t actually kill them but since it was the 70’s, urban legend became fact and it made him more popular and dangerous.

BONUS MATT NOTE: You want to make some money? You’ve heard of Network marketing and the infamous “pyramid schemes”? Well a new social media application just launched called TSU. You can go online and sign up or to through the app on iPhones and Androids. Just sign up through my link www.tsu.com/mattdawgs and start collecting revenue. How does it work you ask? Well the site has advertisements on it similar to Facebook. The only difference is that FB collects 100% of their ad revenue. On TSU, the users get a share and a bigger share if your friends actually click on the ads. Since you are collecting revenue from ads, once you hit $100, you can cash that out and collect it thus, $100 richer. You can collect each and every time you hit $100. So sign up, tell your friends to sign up and start getting that money.

- AVENGERS 2: AGE OF ULTRON TRAILER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WWE NEWS AND NOTES:

- For what feels like the 19^th consecutive week in a row, WWE has main evented a RAW with some combination of John Cena/Dean Ambrose vs. Randy Orton/Seth Rollins/Kane. I am tired of this. It is the same product week in and week out. As noted, the aforementioned main event that features the same 5 guys in some fashion. They are always good for some sort of Goldust/Stardust vs. Usos match whether it is a six man or a singles match or a tag match. Let’s get A.J. and Paige together in the ring. They then book some sort of Mark Henry/Big Show vs. Rusev angle. We cannot forget about Dolph Ziggler/Sheamus involved with Cesaro/Miz/Mizdow and top it all off with some Brie vs. Nikki drama and boom, RAW is booked.

- Admittedly I do like the fact that in this day and age, when professional wrestlers as a unit come out in suits, it is an awesome visual. No homo. When the Authority OPENED THE SHOW all dressed in suits, it typically changes the way you look at them since most wrestlers are in their merchandise or used to be in street clothes. Too bad HHH’s promo said absolutely nothing of note and wasted 10 minutes.

- Oh LOOKY HERE....Usos and Sheamus vs. The Dust Brothers and Miz. Now look above and read my intro to the WWE News and Notes section. At least they subbed Miz for Damien Mizdow. Match was solid but the finish was great as Mizdow picks up the win following a roll up and holding of the tights on Sheamus. If you missed it, please go back and watch the Miz as he celebrates. It was GLORIOUS!!!!

- The Bray Wyatt setting Rowan and Harper free vignettes are AWESOME.

- So let me get this straight. Last week Ambrose fights Cena to get a chance to get his hands on Seth Rollins in the cage and as a consolation prize; John Cena is put in a number one contenders match for the WWE World Heavyweight Title? So on Sunday, Ambrose can effectively beat Rollins and Cena beats Orton and HE GETS THE TITLE SHOT INSTEAD OF AMBROSE???????

- Alicia Fox DEFEATS A.J. on RAW and Paige gets a title shot? Hmmmmmm?

- Too soon to be teasing Orton and Rollins since both men have other feuds/matches to worry about. I felt like RAW pushed Orton vs. Rollins harder than Orton vs. Cena or Rollins vs. Ambrose.

- The Orton/Cena promo. Cena made mention that he is a changed man from 2002 when they both debuted on the roster. Blah, blah, blah. Then out comes Paul Heyman who notes that in 2002 WWE had an incredible rookie class that not only included Orton and Cena but at the time, the rookie Brock Lesnar defeated the Rock to win the WWE Undisputed title. So in 2002, Brock was champion and in 2014, Brock is champion. Read that sentence again. To make a long story short, good to see Orton lay out both Cena and Heyman. It was a good way to tease Orton’s face turn and get him support. PS – RKO OUTTANOWHERE!!!! That is going to be a thing now from Michael Cole due to the viral videos so get used to it. He has been instructed to call it like that going forward.

- Hell in a Cell “ BY THE NUMBERS”.

- A Big E sighting on RAW? Where is his crew goddamnit? Are they ever going to debut them?

- Remember when Big E. was being pushed to the moon and linked with Cena? Good old days. Now, he’s just another guy. He did have a solid match with Rusev though.

- GOOD ANGLE with the US flag dropping instead of the Russian flag for Rusev. Too bad the planted US soldier sucked. They couldn’t find anyone else to take a bump for Rusev? Big Show wanting REVENGE was also good too.

- So someone in WWE management decided that they aren’t happy with the fact that Dean Ambrose is getting over and becoming super popular huh? That is the ONLY explanation for the lame backstage skit with Ambrose watching “See No Evil 2” in order to prepare for Kane followed by theRIDICULOUSLY AWFUL in ring promo with a prop dummy dressed as Rollins. My god this was one of the most cringe worthy segments in the history of terrible segments. They aren’t going to get him any points for being a “D-level” Steve Austin. This stuff makes him look lame instead of cutting edge and tough.

- For weeks now they have been hyping how Ambrose wants to kill Rollins. So Rollins comes out and he and Ambrose...talk. Then they are interrupted by surprise guest WWE Hall of Famer Mick Foley. THIS WAS FANTASTIC. Foley cut a great promo explaining the severity of Hell in the Cell and emphasizing that regardless of the winner or loser on Sunday, both men’s careers are going to be changed forever following the match. Of course in real life this would be more meaningful if blood was allowed and someone sold the effects of HITC for more than a day since both will likely be on RAW the following night.

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