[6/19] WWE Money In The Bank Thread: Reigns vs Rollins, Styles vs Cena (W/ Links)

[Konnan]

That little buzz ADR had coming back is completely gone

 

[Dylmatic]

That little buzz ADR had coming back is completely gone

He was pretty over last night and outperformed everyone in the MITB ladder match.

 

[3Rivers]

- I didnt understand what the 'Elite' comment was referring to from the New Day. Can someone enlighten me? I usually catch all the pop culture references they spit, but Im missing the boat on this one.

Just a little to Kenny Omega and the Young Bucks aka "The Elite"

 

[Konnan]

He was pretty over last night and outperformed everyone in the MITB ladder match.

He came out to a few boos and crickets like every monday
I havent watched the whole MITB match yet I paused it

 

[The G.O.D II]

Finally watched this. Very underwhelming outside Cena/AJ. Everything was typical raw shyt. MITB was the safest one yet. Not one memorable spot. Seth/Roman was pretty dull. Seth still not 100%. IDK if Reigns is a heel, tweener, what. But his offense is worse then Nash. Dean Ambrose winning MITB and the title is a joke but I guess it makes sense cause you can't have him with the briefcase going into the triple thread match at SS. I really don't care. Wake me when Seth/AJ happens

 

[LurkNowitzki]

Wow, Cena/AJ was great. Significantly better than any Cena vs Seth/Punk match. I don't think AJ could have been put over harder. The pre-match video had Cena repeatedly saying AJ was better than him, the match had AJ repeatedly showing he was better than him at wrestling/speed/strikes/intelligence, and they said Cena said the only guy he's had as much electricity being in the ring with was Rock. AJ got pushed into orbit last night.

Yes, Cena was a little rusty, and he was so fukking loud with calling his spots, but at the same time, that falls on production as well since that happened multiple times during other matches and they should know better than to keep using the audio coming right next to faces in the ring. Everything on the show up to that was garbage, though.

Had the surround sound on and heard damn near half the spots lol

 

[DaylitoJames]

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Hell..........tonight was The Shield's PPV

 

[DaylitoJames]

Thoughts on the PPV:

Overall a good show. Didnt help that I watched the show at midnight, after the NBA finals Game 7 and some postgame though. MITB is basically the 5th major PPV at this point (King of the Ring w/ a ladder) and they treated it as such.

- The Tag title match did look a bit off as most of you said. I like all 4 teams though, but it seemed a step off. Gallows standing there as Anderson was on Big E's shoulder was the weirdest thing. Dude just zoned out. The right team won to help get them to the record. I see them dropping the belts at SummerSlam to The Bullet Club though.
- I didnt understand what the 'Elite' comment was referring to from the New Day. Can someone enlighten me? I usually catch all the pop culture references they spit, but Im missing the boat on this one.
- The E got the filler out the way. Corbin/Ziggler and Crews/ Sheamus were RAW/SD matches on a PPV. I want to like Crews, but im just not seeing it yet. Son is mad athletic, but something isnt catching with the audience. It didnt really catch on with the NXT crowd previously either. The 'E is gonna give him a little push though so we will see what happens. The Crews level cat is the exact guy I was thinking when I say they need to add a European/ TV level title to both shows for this brand split. He isnt close to US/ IC title level, but the crowd needs a little more reason to care about his matches. Ziggler is.... smh, dude is just spinning his wheels right now. He isnt gonna get close to the top again I dont think, and he has run out of backstage broads to run through, so it might be time for him to go.
- The Womens Tag match was just there. For Natalya to flip out over that slight miscommuncation was out of place. That was 10 years of frustration she tried to let out though. And is EVERYONE gonna turn on Becky? If anything, Becky should have turned on Natalya. I think every diva has given Becky the beats, and she hasnt been there a year yet. Literal red-headed stepchild status right now. Opens the door for Charlotte to feud with Paige at the July PPV, and Sasha to come back in the fold for a Charlotte/ Sasha Banks match at SummerSlam
-The Money in The Bank ladder match was good. Everyone got spots in and everyone got messed up. The Michonoku (sp?) driver on the ladder that Owens took looked rough. I missed the Del Rio injury spot everyone was talking about. Overall, I only saw Owens or Ambrose winning, but the match was pretty good.
- Cena/ Styles was a good as it was built up the be. The crowd was into it from the jump, so you know we will be seeing this many times down the line. Vince is gonna milk this thing dry. The ending felt out of place. Cant you give Styles one clean win, Cena? Anyway, the interference gives Cena a reason to bytch and for the rematch to occur. It will probably be on the July PPV and SummerSlam. Great match until the ending though.
- The Rusev/Titus match was just there. I like Titus as a person, but he doesnt have the singles love from the crowd. (Just said that about Crews earlier. I need one of them to break through, or we are screwed for years to come. Our best chance may be Big E. ) Also, did Titus kiss his teenage son in the mouth? WTF? Anyway, Rusev should hold on to that US belt for a while. Great character. Rusev and Titus just dont mesh well though. I hope that they dont have Rusev diss the mans kids and just blow off the fued though. That would be cold blooded. Also, Lana is fine, but she needs to actually do something as ringside. She doesnt yell, doesn't try to interfere, hell, she doesnt even stand on the hard camera side anymore.
- The main event was better then I thought it would be. The 'E really missed Rollins in the ring. The kid can go. Reigns has had great matches since he won the belt. Matched well with Styles and Rollins too. Was surprised that Rollins got the win, and also that Ambrose came and cashed in. I dont think that made much sense. Only thing I can think off is they really want the triple threat at the July PPV since there is no chance that all 3 will be on the same roster after the split. The 'E is always trying to keep us guessing though.

The 'Elite' reference was a Bullet Club reference...

 

[Neuromancer]

Finally watched this. Very underwhelming outside Cena/AJ. Everything was typical raw shyt. MITB was the safest one yet. Not one memorable spot. Seth/Roman was pretty dull. Seth still not 100%. IDK if Reigns is a heel, tweener, what. But his offense is worse then Nash. Dean Ambrose winning MITB and the title is a joke but I guess it makes sense cause you can't have him with the briefcase going into the triple thread match at SS. I really don't care. Wake me when Seth/AJ happens

Waiting on this too.

 

[Mr. Negative]

I just saw that little sissy ref bump..the ref wasn't even down for 5 seconds. WTF...hahahaha...after all of these CRAZY ref bumps in these Austin/Rock/Angle/Taker matches, you thought that deterred from a straight up match? We've seen the ref down like 30 seconds after someone hit their finisher and they have them beat. Ref took like 3 or 4 extra seconds to crawl..that was it. Just like in all of these Cena matches..he hits his finisher and takes a little time before pinning. It's the same semantics.

It killed me the way cole sold the ref bump, though. Talk about ruining the moment.

 

[The Prince of All Saiyans]

@Twitter Look at your boy!!!!

2 time champion tho

 

[mrken12]

2 time champion tho

And shortest reign in WWE history. 2 minutes.

 

[The Prince of All Saiyans]

this clown @'ing me with that bullsh-t

 

[Silkk]

Crowd was going crazy for Styles/Cena

 

[stro]

Finished the show. First off, I really hope WWE doesn't add a half hour to every PPV now. shyt went on FOREVER. MITB was dumb, because it is dumb by default. Dudes taking ultra dangerous bumps with set ups that make no sense at all. KO taking that Michinoku Driver is maybe the most WTF bump in years for WWE.

Roman/Seth was boring as shyt. It makes zero sense why after Roman wanting to get his hands on Seth for 2 years, and Seth waiting 8 months to get his title back, they start the match with 10 minutes of chain wrestling and holds. Zero fire or hatred from either dude. AJ/Roman had more heat than what should be the most personal match on the roster that doesn't involve KO vs Sami. Then another 10 minutes of filler, then 5 minutes of MOVEZ and finisher kick outs. The spear countered with the pedigree should have ended the match. Really dumb to have Roman kick out just to have Seth immediately hit another one and win.

This show really showed that AJ isn't dropping his best wrestler in the world title any time soon. Just compare AJ and Seth. Both basically have the same gimmick and ring style. And see how AJ is worlds better than Seth at absolutely everything. He does the character so much better, his moves and actions as the character are better, his strikes are better, his flips are better, even his promos are better and AJ has never been known to be a particularly good promo guy.

Now the booking itself is perfectly logical. I have no issues with that. I have issues with Seth being shytty at his character, and Dean being shytty at everything.