He probably hasn't practiced it much since his reality tv show days.
The WWE needs to really build the tag team division with some of the guys out there in "no mans land" and Miz would be one of their top faces to give a boost because I do not see any way that this character gets over even if they are hinting at him winning a title soon.
Main Eventers who don't have anything to do should immediately go into the tag division. It seems like a good transition period where they can stay relevant and still be top tier guys. It's when they get lost in midcard feuds that aren't well written that they end up like Miz.
* Ricardo Rodriguez introduces Alberto Del Rio, who will be facing Damien Sandow. Sandow enters the ring making fun of Rodriguez and Oklahomans. Del Rio says Sandow needs to wash his mouth because it smells like "kaka." The match begins and is back and forth before Del Rio wins via submission with the cross armbreaker.
Jim Ross will interview Zeb Colter and Jack Swagger is later tonight.
A Rock - John Cena WrestleMania promo is shown.
Backstage segment with Kane and Daniel Bryan. Both men are arguing over who was the reason that they beat the Prime Time Players on RAW. Bryan got a rematch scheduled, this time he has his hand tied behind his back and Kane is blindfolded. Kane says he's happy to be blindfolded so he won't have to look at Bryan's ugly goat face.
* The Miz vs. Antonio Cesaro in a 2 out of 3 falls match for the US championship is up now. Antonio Cesaro pinned The Miz after hitting The Neutralizer to win the first fall. The crowd is chanting "USA."
Miz won the second fall after locking in the figure four, forcing Cesaro to tap. So we're tied at one fall apiece.
Cesaro is limping badly at the start of the third fall. Cesaro hits a huge uppercut, and the Miz barely kicks out. Miz later hit a big DDT, and Cesaro barely kicked out. Miz locked in the figure four, but Cesaro made it to the ropes. The end of the fall saw Cesaro roll up the Miz, but Miz reverses. Cesaro reverses again, grabs the trunks and gets the three count. Cesaro is still the U.S. champion. He grabs the belt and leaves. Miz is furious in the ring.
Randy Orton and Sheamus are shown backstage. Sheamus says he'll have his back during Orton's match with the Big Show later tonight, since he'll be a sitting duck for the Shield. Orton says thanks.
Fandango appears on the titantron, and the caption says that he'll appear tonight.
Jim Ross enters in the ring, followed by Jack Swagger and Zeb Colter. JR said that himself and Swagger go back a long way, and talked about recruiting him back in his Sooner days. Swagger called the Sooners a team with no heart. Ross asked Swagger what changed since he left. Zeb Colter says he told Swagger about the truth about America. JR said that he doesn't understand where Zeb is coming from and he directed his question at Swagger. Colter goes on an anti-immigrant rant about how they steal jobs. Colter says himself and Swagger refuse to stand ideally by and watch the country self destruct. Swagger says "we the people." JR mentions WrestleMania, and Colter says that when the dust clears at 'Mania, a real American will walk away with the World Heavyweight Championship -- an English-speaking American. He then said that Alberto Del Rio needs to leave this country. He said the country stinks, and the stink is Del Rio. Swagger is fighting for more than a championship, he's fighting for the heart and soul of our country. JR asked what's happened to Swagger, and says he's brainwashed by Colter. Colter says JR is the one who brainwashed Swagger, and all he did was tell him the truth. JR tells Colter to express his right to remain silent. Colter tells him to be civil and JR says he doesn't care what he thinks. Swagger knocks JR's hat off and says he was wrong about JR, and he's gonna fix the problem. Swagger pokes JR in the chest and backs him into a corner. Swagger says JR isn't a real American, he's a sympathizer. Del Rio comes out to JR's aide.
Del Rio says Swagger and Colter are the problem and he's the solution. He said Swagger isn't a real American, he's a real jackass. A staredown ensued before Swagger left the ring with Colter.
* Kane and Daniel Bryan vs. The Prime Time Players is up next. Kane is blindfolded, Bryan has his arm tied behind his back. Bryan puts a face mask on Kane that has a design of a goat face on it (which Kane didn't see). Eventually Kane hit the chokeslam on Darren Young and tagged in Bryan. They got into an argument and Kane shoved Bryan. Titus O'Neil rolled Bryan up for the pin and the win. Kane took off the mask and saw the goat face on it. Kane and Bryan then argued in the middle of the ring after the match. Bryan asked Kane to hug it out, Kane put the goat face mask on Bryan, slapped him in the face and then walked out.
Matt Striker is backstage with The Big Show and asked him if he had any comments. Big Show said that it's WrestleMania season, and he needs to make an impact. He asked, what better way to make an impact than to chokeslam Randy Orton?
* Sin Cara defeated Heath Slater (with Jinder Mahal and Drew McIntyre) via pinfall. Was said to be a boring match.
* Fandango's debut is next.
Fandango is shown backstage trying to teach Matt Striker how to say his name. Fandango said that he mastered the art of dance and it's time to take his rhythm precision and grace to the ring. However, he'll make his debut when Striker gets his name right. So no debut for Fandango tonight.
* Randy Orton vs. The Big Show is up next. Back and forth matchup. Orton hit an impressive DDT off the top rope. The Shield came out from the crowd and surrounded the ring. Sheamus ran to the ring. The Shield start beating up on the 2 of them. Big Show gets up and hits Roman Reigns with the KO punch. Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins leave the ring and Big Show chokeslammed Orton. Sheamus then Brogue kicked Big Show. I believe this is where the show ended.
Dark Match:
The Big Show left the ring. Orton slowly got to to his feet and then shook hands with Sheamus. The two celebrated in the ring and approached the barricade, but chooses to leave through the crowd. The Shield regrouped and returned to ringside and surrounded Orton and Sheamus in the ring. Kane's pyro went off and he entered the ring. This turned into a 6 man tag.
Kane, Randy Orton and Sheamus vs. The Shield. Randy hit Rollins and Ambrose with scoop slams. Reigns jumped in and it was 3 on 1 on Orton. Kane got in, but they beat him up too. Rollins grabbed a chair, but Sheamus rolled in and Brogue kicked Rollins. Orton hit Ambrose with an RKO, and Kane followed up by chokeslamming Reigns. The Shield retreated, and the match was a no-contest. Orton, Kane and Sheamus celebrated to end the show.
I don't ****ing understand. Can WWE make up their mind on whether Sheamus is feuding with The Shield or Wade Barrett already?
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Speaking of NXT, I just found out that Big E Langston is the NXT Champion. Do they acknowledge this on Raw/Smackdown? Do they even acknowledge that NXT exists?
Speaking of NXT, I just found out that Big E Langston is the NXT Champion. Do they acknowledge this on Raw/Smackdown? Do they even acknowledge that NXT exists?
they drop the belts.
i think Reigns was the current champion too. before the shield. or something something....
Main Eventers who don't have anything to do should immediately go into the tag division. It seems like a good transition period where they can stay relevant and still be top tier guys. It's when they get lost in midcard feuds that aren't well written that they end up like Miz.
But also in Miz's case - he did it to himself.
You've been on Miz's case since day one. Miz fell into oblivion because WWE totally buried him in the Cena feud and nobody could recover from that.
The Miz/Cena feud reminds me very much of the Y2J/HHH feud back in 2001. Miz/Y2J became an afterthought to a feud that was really Rock/Stephanie and Cena/HHH leading into the main event at WM, and it completely buried Miz/Y2J for a while afterwards.
The pumped in cheering for Miz was embarrassing. Very few are about him, they need drop him off the radar for a while and have him return after they repackage him. What they have him doing now isn't working and he doesn't understand how to properly use this character anyways.
Agreed. He is really uninteresting at this moment.
Josh Mathews / Michael Cole / Brad Maddox on commentary
Sheamus & Randy Orton defeat Cody Rhodes & Damien Sandow. Sandow ate a Brogue Kick, Rhodes ate an RKO to take the pin.
After the match, The Shield challenged Orton and Sheamus to find a partner for a six man at WrestleMania. Orton and Sheamus accepted.
The Miz defeats Darren Young via submission (Figure Four). Wade Barrett helped on commentary.
Backstage, Big Show wanted to be the tag partner against The Shield. Orton & Henry said they already picked somebody - The Ryback.
Layla & Kaitlyn defeat Tamina Snuka & Aksana. Sloppy match. Kaitlyn hit Aksana with a GORE, but Layla snuck a tag in and pinned Aksana with a crossbody. Turn coming.
Backstage, the Bellas beat up Naomi and Cameron. Bellas made fun of the "dancing dinosaur and his fat friend who thinks he is Japanese."
Dolph Ziggler defeats Kane with the ZigZag. Daniel Bryan and Big E brawled at ringside towards the end. This distracted Kane leading towards the finish. Big E tossed Bryan over the timekeeper wall. After the match, Ziggler taunted Kane until Kane grabbed Zigg's throat for a chokeslam. Big E saved Ziggler, then hit his finish on Kane.
Another Ricardo/ADR spoof on Colter aired. This one was about Canadians. It was pretty funny.
Fandango vs Great Khali never happened. Fandango came out, calling Khali "stretch." He wanted Khali to pronounce his name. Khali tried. Fandango was sickened by Khali's attempt. No match.
Backstage, Booker made Shield vs Sheamus, Ryback, and Orton official. The Shield then attacked Orton and Sheamus and left them laying.
Mark Henry vs The Ryback never happened. 10 seconds after the bell rang, The Shield attacked Ryback. Ryback initially cleared the ring and faced back off with Henry, but the Shield got the better of Ryback on attempt #2. The Shield left Ryback laying with a trio powerbomb. After Shield left, Henry came back in and gave Ryback a World's Strongest Slam. And then another. And then another. Henry welcomed Ryback to the Hall of Pain.
Jack Swagger pinned Chris Jericho. This was a good, long match with a lot of back and forth trading nearfalls at the end. Swagger won with his gutwrench powerbomb.
Swagger and Zeb posed to close the show.
Yes folks, Brad Maddox on commentary. This is a must-see edition of Smackdown.
Nah, they're obviously going the route of Ryback pulling himself out of the six man and going against Henry. Henry hit three Worlds Strongest Slams on him.
What the hell? All signs were pointing to Ryback vs. Henry and Shield vs. Orton, Big Show, and Sheamus, and now this? Maybe Ryback will ask to fight Henry instead to get revenge. And then Big Show takes Ryback's spot in the 6-man match.
I hope they're not planning on doing Ziggler & Big E vs. Bryan & Kane at Wrestlemania. That doesn't really scream Wrestlemania to me.
What the hell? All signs were pointing to Ryback vs. Henry and Shield vs. Orton, Big Show, and Sheamus, and now this? Maybe Ryback will ask to fight Henry instead to get revenge. And then Big Show takes Ryback's spot in the 6-man match.
I hope they're not planning on doing Ziggler & Big E vs. Bryan & Kane at Wrestlemania. That doesn't really scream Wrestlemania to me.
After getting 3 WSSs....... I think you are going to be correct. Then they have to go to Show. That kind of keeps Show heel as he will say they are desperate. Maybe Show leaves the team at WM.