Spike needs to never play Jail's theme over all the other pre-show promos again - it's impossible to hear anything clearly. Loved the final 4 BFG Series video, although I hope Sting dyes his beard back from grey. Tenay makes a way better VO guy for a video package than commentator. Show's starting with Hardy-Joe, who got a super-echoey ring intro. Goddamn is Jeff Hardy over. These two had a real good fast-paced match here. And it was made even better by the crowd eating everything up. The finish came out of nowhere, but was great with the Twist leading to a JUDO THROW AND NECK/ARM CRANK FROM JEFF HARDY! Wacky move for him, but it's better than the Spineline. I can't wait for the show to end so I can alter my FPR Edit of Jeff with these new moves. Aries met with Hogan, who has a new black and silver shirt that matches his beard. It really hit me here how different the color is in Hogan's hair and his beard. They came back with Hemme doing a wacky ramp promo with Joe until Magnus came out and stirred shit up and attacked him, to I guess set up SOMETHING for the PPV. Hogan met with the tag guys, for some reason, Robbie E said that Chavo did something LAST WEEK even though he hasn't been on the show in weeks. At least Hogan buried him for calling Chavo a has-been. AJ wanted a shot, but didn't get it, so he cried and bitched and talked about everyone else being a bunch of makeshift tag teams. WOW. Tremendous burial there. Brooke Hogan boringly talked about Tara-Tess being made for the PPV, then Gail came in and bitched.
Sweet - Spike's going to have a BFG Preview show with a pre-show match. AND HOLY CRAP, I think Terrell's tits got bigger. Gail came out to argue with her, and Tara came out in sadly, not the gear she had on against Tess. YES, MMAUL is back after Impact, so now I'll actually watch it. It helps that Batista will be on. Tara and Gail had a real good little match as both a match and vehicle for fanservice. Tara won with a nice countering Widow's Peak out of the corner. For some reason, they had a video package DEVOTED TO A GUY WHO DOESN'T WORK THERE in Joey Ryan. Al Snow is walking to the ring, I guess to explain that logic gap.
Well, sorta - he's going to give Joey Ryan another shot. All he has to do is win, no judges. I loved Taz saying that Joey didn't really need a mic since he's got a GIANT MEGAPHONE. Bully and Joseph had a...delightfully pleasant meeting and Bully warned him about the Aces and 8s. Aries prepared to torture the Aces guy, so I assume he's going to show him a Best of Russo compilation. More tag team bitching, and it's time for RVD-Bully in the final match of the proper BFG Series according to the video. Loved one fan chanting EC-DUB after an RVD dive. Devon's better chant is a wee bit late, but maybe it'll lead to them hiring Devon back just to prevent the company from looking so bad by having someone not in the company get chants...and be listed on their site as TV Champion. Bully and RVD had a real fun match - loved the Cutter out of the five star. Unlike last week's attempt at a highlight reel finish with RVD, this one looked perfect. Aries tormented the Aces and 8s goofball/freelance grip with a piece of paper. This guy has to be the most ripped grip ever. Aries used pliers on his tongue, and it led to Hogan coming in. Aries must've either had one shitty hiding place or he tipped Hogan off. Hogan got a call from the Aces, and proposed a match WITH THE ARM BREAKER versus Aries at the PPV in exchange for the goober. Great, so it MIGHT be Aries-Arm Breaker Guy at the PPV, which should do the lowest buyrate of the year.
Storm came out to a huge pop, cut a good promo, got a huge pop for everything he said and came off like a megastar again. He called everyone out and said Bully would be his PPV opponent since he was the one accusing him of running the Aces and for derailing him last year. Tag title match is up next. Hemme tried to interview RVD, who was interrupted by Magnus and called over the hill. Great little deal with Magnus being the lead shit-stirrer in the company. Hogan picked Team Tex-Mex for the tag title shot. Hernandez seemed lost in there with Chavo having to guide him through double team spots and Hernandez going for a splash while Chavo had a cover. I love Chavo doing the Amigos while Hernandez does the Davey Boy suplex. Holy crap Batista looks ridiculous tonight - even by Batista's standards. Loved Chavo giving Hernandez a super-rana for a near-fall - would've made a great finish. Hehe, Daniels has #WTTCOTWon his gear. Loved him bringing both belts in, using one, and cheating to win against a Guerrero. That was a fun little cluster
of a match. Here comes Hogan to make a PPV rematch. Nope, it'll be AJ and Angle against the champs...even though he just saw the heels cheating and Angle's shirt says there's no I in Team. It'll be RVD-Magnus at the PPV, Ion faces Sonjay, Joe faces Hardy once again, Bully-Storm, and two winners face off in the finals later on that show. Aries came out with Mike (from New York), and he referenced Monty Hall in 2012. Loved the crowd losing it when he said he was tired of getting railroaded from behind. The Arm Breaker came down, hit his guy with a ball peen hammer, and got dove on. IT'S ARIES VERSUS THE ARMBREAKER ON PPV.
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Joe Joe the sailor man, w00t w00t!
You must be this tall to be a Hulkamaniac
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