Tag: John Cena

Post SummerSlam Comments and Recap

The 25th Anniversary edition of Summerslam is now in the books and in my humble opinion it was a solid but unspectacular PPV. Some excellent matches and then there was the FIGHT that took place between HHH and Brock Lesnar. All in all, I believe we got our money’s worth and that’s what we deserve.

Here’s a recap of the matches and the winners. My comments will be in red and italics.

Pre-show:

Antonio Cesaro def. United States Champion Santino Marella

Cesaro was impressive and the humorous spot in the match was when Marella pulled out the 2nd Cobra from the rear of his tights and the announcer saying “That’s what you call a backup plan”.

Chris Jericho def. Dolph Ziggler

My personal favorite match of the night – not the best match of the night, but my favorite. I make no bones about being a huge Jericho fan, and both he and Dolph put it all on the line for us fans. It was good to see Jericho prove Ziggler wrong about not being able to win the big one any more. Right after the PPV ended, Zigglar touted his demand for a rematach. http://www.tout.com/m/yzzs1v

Daniel Bryan def. Kane

I had to step away during this match so I will let WWE.com give this recap: At SummerSlam, two hotheads collided as Daniel Bryan defeated Kane in a thrilling back-and-forth encounter that had both Superstars seeing red.

Intercontinental Champion The Miz def. Rey Mysterio

Great work by both superstars! Nothing more to add than you know The Miz is a great heel, because I can’t stand him!

World Heavyweight Champion Sheamus def. Alberto Del Rio

Can’t really believe I’m typing this, but Sheamus stole this one from Del Rio. Rodriquez attempted to throw a shoe to Del Rio but instead, Sheamus caught it and blasted Del Rio with it. Then on the cover, the referee missed Del Rio’s leg on the rope as Sheamus pulled his leg down after the 3 count so the ref wouldn’t see it. 

WWE Tag Team Champions Kofi Kingston & R-Truth def. The Prime Time Players

I will just take this quote directly from our live blog tonight:  “Truth and Kofi retain! What a cross body from Kofi on Titus from the top turn buckle to the floor just before the pin by Truth”. Here is  the link to the archive of the DTRT Wrestling News Live Blog of SummerSlam – http://blyve.com/event/f02d3150647a406ebc000000

WWE Champion CM Punk def. John Cena, Big Show

Show pretty much dominated until both Punk and Cena applied submission holds AT THE SAME TIME on the giant. Show tapped out, but referee didn’t know what to do. Hit Raw GM AJ Lee’s music. She skips to the ring in her business suit, and after Punk gave us a plug (well not really, but he told AJ to Do The Right Thing), she said RESTART THE MATCH, and that included Big Show who had tapped out. Cena hit the Attitude Adjustment on Big Show, but Punk quickly threw Cena out of ring and pinned Show to retain the title. Not sure Punk is going to gain that RESPECT he wanted from Cena when Cena did the work and Punk got the pin. That’s a Triple Threat Match for you though.  

It should also be noted that earlier in the match Cena was about to do U Can’t C Me on Big Show when Punk broke it up and then mocked Cena by waving his own hand in front of his face while laughing at Cena. 

I have no inside information, but I’m thinking Punk vs Cena tomorrow night for the main event on Raw. We’ll see if I’m right. 

Triple H vs. Brock Lesnar

Ok, this wasn’t a match, it was a fight. That’s what Lesnar said it would be and that is what it was. The Game held his own and when he hit his second Pedigree on Lesnar it looked like The Cerebral Assassin might pull of the stunning upset. However, Lesnar had worked over HHH’s left arm all night and when he once again locked in the submission hold that had broken both The Game’s and HBK’s arms – HHH tapped out. 

Some random observations on the match: the crowd was mostly quiet during the match, which I believe was because they were in awe of how brutal this match was; for those who think this is all fake – I would ask how did Lesnar get those big whelps under each eye; The Game seemed to be apologizing and tearing up after refusing medical attention on his left arm; Michael Cole asks if this is the end of Triple H. I was a little disappointed in the crowd chanting “You tapped out” as Hunter stayed alone in the ring at the end of the PPV.

There you have it folks. As I said earlier, a solid PPV. I wish they would have used Raw GM AJ Lee a little better tonight. Her one line of restart the match was uneventful and her talent is much better than being under used that way, and besides with Big Show tapping out, why didn’t they have Cena and Punk finish one on one? I didn’t care for the end of the Sheamus vs Del Rio match either. It just didn’t feel right to me. Other than that, put another great big thank you down to the WWE for providing a great evening of Sports Entertainment!

Ed Boston

Co-Founder of DTRT Wrestling News

And BTW I just now saw a tout rebuttal from Jericho to “Zoggler” http://www.tout.com/m/f311y5

Tout With Cena’s Theme Song

Who will it be at #SummerSlam? @WWETheBigShow @JohnCena or @CMPunk ? I’m thinking our young fans are counting on Cena!

My Inspiration For This Site

A few days ago I was at the house of one of my daughters. My daughter told my oldest grand child to “go ahead and show Papaw, he likes wrestling”. Next thing I know, Isabella – shown above – was doing her best John Cena impression of  You Can’t See Me!

Here is how the rest of the conversation went:

Me: What was that?

Izzy: John Cena doing You Can’t See Me.

Me: Where did you learn that?

John Cena is on Fred (Fred: The Show on Nickelodeon).

Me: John Cena is on WHAT?

Izzy: John Cena plays Fred’s dad.

So there you have it. My 6 year old grand daughter is a fan of John Cena because of a kid’s show on Nick. Ah but there’s more.

A couple of days ago, I took Isabella to the pool at their apartment complex. There was a couple of kids that Isabella was playing with who were probably about 8 and 10 years old. Once again, the next thing I know, all three of them are doing You Can’t See Me in the pool and were all talking about Fred. I asked the other two kids if they liked wrestling. The boy who was the younger of the two said yes, and the girl said no. I asked the boy who his favorite wrestler was and of course it was John Cena.

Now, let me regress a little bit. After the first time seeing my grand daughter wave her hand in front of her face and her informing me that John Cena played Fred’s dad, later that night I sent a text to my friend and partner here on DTRT Wrestling News, Trevor and told him what I had seen and heard and how cool I thought it was that Izzy had done that. I also wanted to verify with Trevor that in fact Cena does appear on the Fred show – for those who may not know, Trevor is a much better source for me than Google or Wikipedia.

Trevor’s response was, “Yes it’s true, he does.” and then added “Fred started on YouTube.”

Now let’s move back ahead to just after the kids in the pool doing their Cena impressions, which made a real impression on me. My next text was again to Trevor asking, “How can we capture that audience?’

As is usually the case with Trevor, he had an immediate response, “We cover more Cena… make a kids section with brighter colors, big buttons, and free games to play”.

This is a project that is under construction, but it’s up and we are ready to roll.

So there you have it. The inspiration for DTRT Wrestling News 4 Kids!

Thank you Isabella for being Papaw’s inspiration for this site and for so many other things in my life!

 

Ed Boston

Co-Founder DTRT Wrestling News and DTRT Wrestling News 4 Kids

Raw Recap – 8/13/12 – Raw Ends In Dramatic Fashion As Lesnar Appears To Break HBK’s Arm

 

 

  • CM Punk vs Big Show – out comes Daniel Bryan and interferes and punches Punk. Bryan and Show double team Punk until Cena hits ring and clears out Show and Bryan. Out comes AJ and announces that later tonight it will be Bryan and Show vs Cena and Punk.

 

  • Ryback crushed JTG! – Feed Me More

 

  • R Truth w/ Lil Jimmy pins Heath Slater – Prime Time Players, minus recently fired AW enter and lay out Truth.

 

  • Sin Cera upsets Tensai

 

  • Jericho in Piper’s Pit as voted by the fans on Twitter during the show.

 

  • Y2J v Dolph v The Miz in triple threat match. Awesome work by all three. After Vickie distracts ref Dolph pins Jericho after it looked like Jericho was gonna beat Miz with the Walls of Jericho.

 

  • Layla and Kaitlyn vs Beth Phoenix and Eve with Kaitlyn rolling up Phoenix for the victory.

 

  • Cena and Punk defeat Bryan and Big Show – even though Punk walked out on Cena, Cena pinned Bryan. As Big Show was ready to attack Cena, Punk returned and saved Cena from the giant. Afterwords – Punk offered Cena his hand to shake. Cena declined.

 

  • Damien Sandow defeated Christian even though Brodus Clay tried to distract Sandow.

 

  • With no words spoken Lesnar and Triple H sign their contract. Then a little later as HBK tries to leave the parking lot, Paul Heyman blocks his way. Lesnar pulls HBK out of the car and the two end up back in the ring. After a devastating F-5, Lesnar slapped the same hold on HBK that he used to break The Game’s arm back in April.  As Triple H headed to the ring to help The Showstopper, Heyman told him to stop or Brock would break HBK’s arm. As The Game held back, Lesnar appeared to snap the arm of Shawn Michaels. Go here to read Trevor’s take on the final segment.

8/6/12 Raw Video Highlights: Big Show KOs his foes; Shawn Michaels backs Triple H at SummerSlam

Raw 1002 comes from San Antonio, home of Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels. GM AJ Lee had announced that it would be HBK Appreciation Night, and the home town fans were rocking for three hours of Raw. Here are some of the video highlights from WWE.com. For the complete show results, click here.

 

The New Raw Theme Song – done by Toby Mac!

Do you think Daniel Bryan has any regrets? GM AJ Lee announces it’s Bryan vs Kane at SummerSlam.

Is Randy Orton ready to take on the massive Big Show, or even better can he give him an RKO?

Welcome back Kelly Kelly and The King is a happy camper!

It’s HBK Appreciation night, but it doesn’t look like Brock Lesnar appreciates the Heart Break Kid.

Main Event: Cena vs Bryan!

Raw 1001 Preview

We were shocked – shocked, we say – when CM Punk seemingly snapped on Raw 1,000 and GTS-ed The Rock into a catatonic state after The Great One interfered following Punk’s WWE Title Match against John Cena to close the show. The Second City Saint left without another word as boos rained down upon him for the first time since the “pipe bomb,” with Rock splayed in ruin across the canvas and a thousand questions echoing in the WWE Universe’s collective mind. Elsewhere, Cena found himself on the wrong side of history, and Raw got itself the unlikeliest of General Managers by appointment of Mr. McMahon himself. Here are five things to look out for on Raw 1,001.

 

CENA WINS HIS FIRST MONEY IN THE BANK!

HE MADE A PROMISE AND HE KEPT IT……… JOHN CENA ENDS MONEY IN THE BANK ON EMOTIONAL HIGH

Last night’s pay-per-view event ended with the emotional victory by John Cena winning his first ever “Money In The Bank” match. As the match ended the crowd was so loud and the emotions were so high that when the briefcase finally came off the cable it was attached to it sounded as if the roof to the arena was going to collapse. You could littarly hear all the young John Cena fans in tears.

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