Tag Archive: Tv Time

  1. Smackdown 11/16/12: Buyrates are important, I’m told.

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    With Survivor Series only days away, this would be the WWE’s last ditch effort to squeeze the buy rate juice out of it’s viewers… too bad many people have stopped watching Smackdown. Why you may ask? Perhaps because it has lately been a rehash of RAW matches from the previous Monday, or the same ones to follow on the next Monday. And tonight we get THREE non-title matches, or so I’m led to believe. Great. Whoop dee doo. Let’s hop to it, shall we? …until the juice runs down my leg.

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  2. Smackdown 11/02/12

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    Coming off a stinker of a PPV, the WWE has decided to try to salvage the product. In all fairness, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and it would appear that almost every single member of the IWC is visually challenged. That’s the P.C. way to say fucking blind, right? Just kidding, most of that PPV sucked. Let’s see if Smackdown gets the same treatment. It doesn’t cost $45-55 either! Hopping time…


    Best Cubito Aequet ever.

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  3. RYTMANS RAW REVIEW – 08/13/2012

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    Let’s do things a bit differently this week.

    MATCH RESULTS

    • CM PUNK VS BIG SHOW – NO CONTEST: It’s basically Big Show dominating, with Punk fighting back from behind until Daniel Bryan comes out in a full mad-on. Bryan slaps the “no” lock on Punk and Show joins in for a “little rough up the champ” action until Cena makes the save. AJ comes out and pulls a “Teddy,” making a tag match for later in the night.

    • RYBACK DEFEATS JTG – This was in response to JTG griping backstage about not getting TV time. It’s the same match we’ve seen for about… ever.

    • R-TRUTH DEFEATS HEATH SLATER – After the match, the PTP (minus AW) run in for a beat down on R-Truth. Kofi supposedly is out of the country, leaving Truth outnumbered.

    • SIN CARA DEF TENSAI – Tensai spends most of the match overpowering Sin Cara, until the Lucha legend side-steps him into Sakamoto and hits a DDT from the top rope. Tensai beats down Sakamoto after the match.

    • DOLPH ZIGGLER DEF JERICHO/THE MIZ (3-WAY) – Jericho won a twitter poll to be the guest on Piper’s Pit. After a few minutes, Ziggler and Vicki come out to run Jericho down. Miz joins in and tries to kick Piper and Jericho out. After Jericho cleans house, we get a commercial break. When we come back, we’re told AJ made this match via twitter. Dolph gets the pin on the Miz.

    • LAYLA & KAITLYN DEF EVE & BETH PHOENIX – Pretty standard tag, with Layla actually trying to show some personality. (Nice spot with Layla butt-bumping Eve in the face.) Ends with Kait rolling Beth up for a three count.

    • JOHN CENA & CM PUNK DEF BIG SHOW & DANIEL BRYAN – Interesting theme here. NO ONE wants to tag out on either side. Bryan tags in whenever Show gets close. Show gets more and more bothered. Cena tags in whenever Punk gets close. Punk returns in kind. Punk and Cena do the “stealing each other’s moves,” routine, and eventually both Show AND Punk wash their hands of the whole thing. It ends with an AA on Bryan for the pin, and Punk rescuing (?) Cena from an attack from behind by Big Show.
    • DAMIEN SANDOW DEF CHRISTIAN – I have NEVER seen Christian jobbed out like this. Christian gets in an elbow shot from the top rope, but when he follows Sandow outside to the floor, and gets sent into the steps, Sandow bounces his head against the steel steps. Brodus Clay hobbles out on his bum leg to distract Sandow, but all Christian gets is a roll-up for two. Sandow ends this with his neck-breaker variation.

    Okay so, why the new approach? Well one, I’m sick of being up till three in the morning trying to recap EVERY segment in detail, and two, I wanted to get that stuff out of the way for my 1st official…

    RYTMAN RANT!

    Re: This show’s pacing, W.T.F?

    Here’s the deal, we have Shawn Michaels guest starring tonight. Apparently, Triple H’s flight was delayed, and he’s not there yet, so Shawn is scared. Every segment is Shawn looking over his shoulder like Daffy Duck during duck season, waiting for his inevitable Brock Beat-down. Eventually, Shawn is in the ring with Brock and Paul Heyman, and Hunter rolls in just in the nick of time to protect Shawn (which is a whole other thing) and sign the contract. Brock signs and leaves. Perfect spot to end the show…

    Except we have 15-20 minutes left.

    Okay so, umm… commercial break!

    And we’re back. Well, okay… let’s have a shot of Shawn and Hunter having a heart to heart that ends with Shawn walking off possibly pissed at Hunter. And we’re out!

    No we are not.

    Hoo-boy, okay-commercial… and interview Big Show about going into Summerslam-WAITAMINUTE! SOMETHINGS HAPPENING IN THE PARKING LOT! Heyman is blocking Shawn’s car with his car. They’re yelling at each other, AND LESNAR GRABS SHAWN! The camera goes black and we hear Lesnar beating down Shawn.

    Okay, end on a cliff-hanger; what happened to Shawn? Good, we’re out-no we’re not.

    We come back from commercial (notice a pattern?) to see Hunter and everyone else who wanted some extra camera time worrying about Shawn. We cut back to ringside where Lesnar has Shawn up in a fireman’s carry and is walking to the ring. Shawn takes the F-5 and as Hunter runs to the rescue, Lesnar locks on the arm-breaker. Heyman warns Hunter not to take another step, or Lesnar breaks Shawn’s arm; which he does anyway. Raw ends FOR REAL with trainers trying to help Shawn, and Lesnar running away with an evil grin on his face.

    And Raw comes in at 10:01 p.m. here in Chicago.

    Seriously

    We honestly couldn’t have Shawn get beaten up at the beginning of the show? We couldn’t put this contract signing crap in the middle of the show and get it over with in time for (what should’ve been) the main event? Did you guys try SO HARD to end on time that you wound up short? Could you have given that extra time to, maybe Christian/Sandow?

    This was a HUGE step backwards, I’m sorry, it is. You went from going overtime with the Main Events over the last two weeks, to going under trying to make time for a stupid segment that you had to strrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetch out with false endings to fill up time THAT YOU TOOK AWAY FROM THE MATCHES!

    (Sigh)

    Seriously WWE, re-evaluate your damn priorities before Raw goes the Nitro route.

    Cancelled

  4. Smackdown 10/24/10

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    Night of Champions fall out is the theme of the night… sort of. See, WWE has another PPV in two Sundays – Hell in a Cell. As a result, one could expect continuity of most storylines towards that event. Or so logic would lead one to believe… The suffrage commences now!
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  5. WWE Superstars

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    Hello, all.  Don’t call it a comeback.  I’ve been here for years.  Well, I was here last week if you don’t recall.  Let’s dive in and see what we can find.

    Match 1:  Cryme Tyme vs Mike Knox and Dolph Ziggler

    Alright!  We have a Dolph Ziggler sighting.  Dolph Ziggler has become a resident of WWE Superstars of late.  I think it would make sense to have him on ECW right now.  It would give him some exposure on a show that people actually watch on a semi-regular basis.  Think about a Dolph Ziggler and Shelton Benjamin feud.  That sounds great to me.  But, I digress.  I also just noticed that Shad shaved off his corn-rows.  When did that happen???  JTG pins Mike Knox with the Shout Out.  Todd Grisham tried to use the word “redunkulous” for some reason.  He shouldn’t try words like that.  He sounds “redunkulous”!!!

    Trailer for The Marine 2

    Believe it or not, I think this movie acutally looks better than the first one.  It doesn’t look nearly as cheesy.

    Match 2: Vance Archer (aka Lance Hoyt from TNA fame) vs Tommy Dreamer

    Vance Archer and his tramp stamp look very generic, but I like his intensity…and they guy is gigantic.  He has the potential to be ECW (or whatever they plan on calling it) Champ someday.  Vance Archer wins with his Reverse DDT.  Does that have a name yet???

    Main Event:  Jack Swagger vs MVP

    Didnt this match already happen last week???  At least these guys are getting some TV time.  Can somebody please explain to me how RAW can be 3 hours long and not have Jack Swagger and MVP on it in some sort of match???  Even Yoshi Tatsu and Zack Ryder who aren’t on the brand were involved in a 6-man tag match.  Swagger has a match on ECW on Tuesday, so I guess that means he might be going back there.  Way to drop the ball on this guy.  Shoot…way to drop the ball on both of these guys.  There was no reason to move Swagger off ECW to begin with if he wasn’t going to be used.  Now they have to rebuild to guy.  Kinda seems inefficient and unproductive to me.  MVP hit the Drive By and the Playmaker to get the win.  This match was great.  I guess any time these guys can get on TV they better put on a good show.

    Thanks for reading and I’ll see you next week.

  6. WWE Superstars w/Breaking Point Predictions

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    Alrighty then…let’s get retarded!

    Match 1:  Kane vs Jimmy Wang Yang

    Holy Crap!  We have a Jimmy Wang Yang sighting.  Kane totally destroys him, but he got tv time.

    Match 2:  Yoshi Tatsu vs Shaemus

    Shaemus is becoming one of my favorites!  This guy is huge and good, which usually doesn’t happen.  Sheamus gets the win.

    Match 3:  Katie Lea vs Nikki Bella…or is it Bre?

    The Bella’s use the ole switcharoo and Bre ends up pinning Katie Lea.

    Match 4:  Dolph Ziggler vs Slam Master J

    Dolph gets the win here.  Slam Master J would have been great in 2 Cool, but now his gimmick is terrible.  He needs to restart the Freebirds.  Why did the IC Title match get scrapped for Breaking Point?

    Main Event:  The Miz and Jack Swagger vs Kofi Kingston and Primo

    The Miz gets the pin in this one.  The Miz and Swagger should be main eventing PPVs by now.

    Breaking Point Predictions:

    US Title:  The Miz defeats Kofi Kingston

    Tag Titles:  JeriShow defeats MVP and Mark Henry

    Singapore Cane Match:  Kane defeats Khali

    Submissions count anywhere Match:  Legacy defeats DX

    WWE Title I Quit Match:  John Cena defeats Randy Orton

    World Heavyweight Title:  Undertaker defeats CM Punk via DQ