The 411 From 406 » money in the bank http://406northlane.com/blog From Cleveland To Bloomington And Back Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:41:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Chewie’s WrestleMania 26 Recap http://406northlane.com/blog/2010/03/chewies-wrestlemania-26-recap/ http://406northlane.com/blog/2010/03/chewies-wrestlemania-26-recap/#comments Tue, 30 Mar 2010 04:57:27 +0000 Chewie http://406northlane.com/blog/?p=1768 WrestleMania XXVI is in the books and I have to say it was a very good offering overall.  Quite frankly this is the type of show I wish they had last year for the 25th anniversary.  It wasn’t anything mind blowing but it was a very solid event from top to bottom.

Showmiz vs. [...]]]> WrestleMania XXVI is in the books and I have to say it was a very good offering overall.  Quite frankly this is the type of show I wish they had last year for the 25th anniversary.  It wasn’t anything mind blowing but it was a very solid event from top to bottom.

Showmiz vs. Morrison & RTruth – This was a decent opener.  I didn’t really surprise me that they kept the straps on Showmiz.  Once they lose, The Big Show has absolutely no program to work.  That said, it’s not going to be too long before Miz has fewer belts than he does now.

Orton, Rhodes & DiBiase – Happy to say that I called the outcome of this one.  Nothing real surprising here with Orton getting the win.  I have to say that these guys are definitely better apart than they were together.  I can’t stand Rhodes (not sure why but he just looks “weird”) but DiBiase is gonna be a star in the near future.  I’m guessing that this feud is far from over.

Money In The Bank – Nice looking match.  Honestly I was surprised that Swagger got the win here.  I’m not a big fan of his and I’m very interested to see how they build that character toward his title shot.  You can be sure that it won’t be based on his mic skills.

HHH / Sheamus – I thought HHH would actually put Sheamus over here but was happy that he didn’t.  This was a much better match that I expected.  I’m curious as to if this feud is just going to die.  Thinking they might play the “mutual respect card” and have HHH take him on as a pet project.  If they go that route, the first thing they need to do is get Sheamus a damn tan.

Rey / Punk – Good stuff here. Didn’t think there was a chance in hell that Rey would lose and he didn’t.  Always like watching Rey wrestle.

Hart / McMahon – Totally lame. Was pretty disappointed in this one.  I always though that if there was one wrestler that could come back and look decent it would be Bret.  I was wrong.  It wasn’t terrible, just SLOW.  Can’t blame the guy for having a stroke but I expected more from the Hitman.

Jericho / Edge – Good match.  Glad that they left the strap on Jericho but this is far from over.  I do have to say that since the Rumble in January Edge looks MUCH better in the ring.  Thinking this may be the strap that Swagger ends up getting a run with.

Women’s Match – Bunch of ass running around.  This was a total waste of time and should have never been put on the card.

Cena / Batista – GREAT match until the end where it got a bit sloppy.  Pip mentioned that he thought Cena has a heel run in him in the next year or so and after giving it some thought I tend to agree with him.  Think Cena would be a great heel.

Taker / Shawn – Not as good as their match last year but still the best of the show.  I’m VERY happy to see that this was the main event.  There aren’t too many “legends” left in the WWE and a match with two of them should headline WrestleMania regardless of if there’s a title on the line.  Sorry to see Shawn go but SO glad the streak is intact.  I just don’t see a reason for the WWE to build up that streak for so many years to throw it away at this point.

Overall MUCH better than last year.  No real surprises but I feel much better about spending the money this Monday than I did last year.

]]> http://406northlane.com/blog/2010/03/chewies-wrestlemania-26-recap/feed/ 0 The WrestleMania 26 Drinking Game http://406northlane.com/blog/2010/01/the-wrestlemania-26-drinking-game/ http://406northlane.com/blog/2010/01/the-wrestlemania-26-drinking-game/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 03:22:30 +0000 Chewie http://406northlane.com/blog/?p=1584 WrestleMania XXVI will take place on March 28th in Arizona.  I’m happy to say that after working through some logistical issues, Pip and I will once again renew our Beeramid tradition!  As with years past, we have created these “rules of engagement” which will help us to construct that glorious structure.

WrestleMania XXVI will take place on March 28th in Arizona.  I’m happy to say that after working through some logistical issues, Pip and I will once again renew our Beeramid tradition!  As with years past, we have created these “rules of engagement” which will help us to construct that glorious structure.

The last time Pip and I got together we came dangerously close to “one night one case” and I’m thinking March 28th just may be the night… time will tell.  Let’s get it on!

ED NOTE: Looking back over the photos from last year, we realized that we did in fact take down a case that night… too drunk to remember until a year later.

  1. 3 drinks when (not if) Bret puts Vince in a sharpshooter
  2. 3 drinks for every missed match outcome
  3. Slam a full beer if Undertaker loses
  4. 3 drinks for any legend cameo, 5 if they actually get involved in a match
  5. Half a beer for a successful airplane spin
  6. 3 drinks for each wrestler who bleeds
  7. 5 drinks should someone win by submission
  8. 2 drinks for every wrestler who performs their signature move
  9. 4 drinks for every wrestler who has their signature move reversed
  10. 6 drinks if “Money In The Bank” winner cashes in their title shot opportunity the same night
  11. 1 drink for outside interference.
  12. 1 drink for every mention of the previous nights HOF ceremonies
  13. Full beer if WM 27 is within driving distance of Cleveland/Indy
  14. 5 drinks if Shawn Michaels gets involved (defined as interference for either side that would directly effect the matches outcome) in the Vince/Bret match
  15. 3 drinks for any surprise run ins
  16. 2 drinks for every unsuccessful attempt from the top rope (holy crap)
  17. 3 drinks for the appearance of a midget
  18. 4 drinks if someone crawls out from under the ring
]]> http://406northlane.com/blog/2010/01/the-wrestlemania-26-drinking-game/feed/ 2 WrestleMania 25 Recap – Lackluster Show With A Couple Of Standouts http://406northlane.com/blog/2009/04/wrestlemania-25-recap-lackluster-show-with-a-couple-of-standouts/ http://406northlane.com/blog/2009/04/wrestlemania-25-recap-lackluster-show-with-a-couple-of-standouts/#comments Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:38:39 +0000 Chewie http://406northlane.com/blog/?p=552 Pip, my brother and I got together and carried on our tradition of watching WrestleMania together.  This was the 25th anniversary of the show so were expecting big things and a great show.  What we got (with a couple of exceptions) was neither.  Overall I’d have to say it was a pretty bad show [...]]]> WrestleMania 25Pip, my brother and I got together and carried on our tradition of watching WrestleMania together.  This was the 25th anniversary of the show so were expecting big things and a great show.  What we got (with a couple of exceptions) was neither.  Overall I’d have to say it was a pretty bad show with just a couple of high spots – certainly not what we were expecting from the biggest show of the year… and the 25th anniversary at that.  I’ll take it one step further and say that the only thing that made this one watchable was that Pip and I were hanging out and drinking heavily (Beeramid 2009 pics here).

Carlito & Primo vs. John Morrison & The Miz – no fucking idea why this wasn’t shown.  I’m not a huge fan of tag team wrestling but these guys are pretty solid in the ring and it would have been nice to see more of the roster on the 25th WrestleMania show.  This is especially true when we got what we did (keep reading).

Money In The Bank – good opener but I don’t think it should have been the opener.  This match included CM Punk, Mark Henry,  MVP, Finlay, Shelton Benjamin, Kofi Kingston, Christian Cage and Kane.  REALLY sloppy but I suppose I can forgive it cause there’s just so much going on.  Pretty sure Shelton took a header and no one caught him.  Ouch.

Kid Rock Performance – OK…  I love his music but what… the… fuck!  There’s absolutely NO NEED for him to sing 4 songs.  This is time that was wasted and should have been spent elsewhere on the show.

Diva Battle Royal – Um… OK.  Have a dude win Miss WrestleMania???  As Pip said, that’s the kind of thing that you should do like the 5th or 6th time you have this battle royal… not the first and CERTAINLY not on this show.  The announcers didn’t even know who was in the ring.  Pathetic.  These weren’t announced on the show so in case you’re interested here’s the divas that were included:  Santina Marella, Eve Torres, Jillian, Katie Lea, Brie Bella, Nikki Bella, Beth Phoenix, Alicia Fox, Gail Kim, Kelly Kelly, Layla, Maryse, Michelle McCool, Melina, Maria, Natalya, Mickie James, Tiffany, Rosa Mendez, Joy Giovanni, Molly Holly, Jackie Gayda, Sunny, Torrie Wilson and Victoria.

Chris Jerico vs. Roddy Piper, Jimmy Snuka & Ricky Steamboat (with Ric Flair) – There’s dust that’s younger than Snuka and his one man-boob sticking out was just terrible.  I can’t remember Piper EVER doing a dropkick and his one-legged variation reminded me why.  Steamboat was awesome… simply amazing.  We made a comment that he could get in there today and win the IC title.  It was so great to see a “legend” that still has it.  Thank you Ricky Steamboat!  The Wrestler was a great movie but the whole Rourke tie-in was gay on the PPV.  We totally saw it coming and his doing with 1 punch what the other guys couldn’t do three on one?  Come on.  WWE fans deserve better than this.

Matt Hardy vs. Jeff Hardy – I actually put the boys to bed during this and heard that I didn’t miss much.  The final twist of fate was pretty cool through from what I saw on the replay.

JBL/Rey Misterio - huh???  JBL’s been talking for weeks about how he’s going to do something “special” at WrestleMania.  So he goes out, proceeds to lose the Intercontinental title in 21 seconds and then quit?  Whatever.  JBL deserves better than this.

Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels – WOW!!!  Fucking wow.  This right here made it worth the $55 that I spent on the show.  Absolutely unbelievable.  This match just got itself a spot in my “Top 10 WrestleMania matches” list.  SO glad that they kept the streak intact.  In fact I’ll be super fucking bitter if they ever end it.  Mean Mark Calloway deserves to retire with it.

Edge vs. The Big Show vs. John Cena – I thought for sure that Edge or Show was going to take it.  I was pleasantly surprised that Cena took it down.  I really like him as champ rather than playing the role of chasing the title.

HHH vs. Randy Orton – OK… what the hell happened here?  They were running WAY late on the show and someone must have told them to go home right then.  Weak ending to a pretty poor match and it was even worse that this was the main event of the show.  I can only assume (based on this debacle) that this feud isn’t over.

GENERAL THOUGHTS:

This felt like any other show.  Aside from the “legends” match and the piss poor HOF stuff there was nothing special about this “25th anniversary edition.  How can you NOT have Hogan, Warrior, Hart, Savage, etc. on this show?  I know that there’s a TON of bad blood there but come on!

How could we have this show without the McMahons?  This just seemed pretty poorly thought out.  I’d definitely give the writing crew a bad grade here.

Anyone watch the HOF on USA Saturday night?  20 minutes of Steamboat, 5 minutes of “the others” and the rest of the show for Austin.  Stone Cold is OBVIOUSLY the biggest player there but you’ve just GOT to include some more people in your coverage.

And why… in the hell… was Koko inducted?  If you watch the montage they showed it goes like this:

Koko beating a jobber
Koko beating a jobber
Koko as part of a 3 man tag match
Koko beating a jobber
Oh, Koko lost that match
Koko beating a jobber
Koko beating a jobber

What the hell… I’d just like to announce right here that I’ll be inducted next year as the WWE’s number 1 fan.  Apparently all it takes is longevity.

Ugh…

* chewie runs away and waits for the DVD to come out which he KNOWS he’ll have to buy *

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