Well Bradders, I'll be the first person to give you a review on what looked like a spectacular pay-per-view:
Booker vs. Finlay: A good selection for your opening match. I would've started the show off with this match as well. The finish was perfect. I liked every bit of the match.
Chavo Interview: He's a good heel, or at least you're making him a good heel. A little short, but it was still good.
Chavo Guerrero vs. Eric Young: Nice choice for the second match. A decent enough Cruiserweight match. Cruiserweight matches can get a little boring, but the way you do them is making them much better.
Striker Interview: Using big words like that puts Striker in excellent character
Tag Team Titles: This match was okay. I liked how it got down to D&D and Londrick, going to develop a good feud here I sense. Some of the spots I wasn't interested in, but a nice match none-the-less.
CM Punk vs. Mr. Kennedy: I'm glad that you had a face finally win, but the attack afterwards made you put 4 heels over in a row. (Tag Teams count as one as I'm sure you know) These two are great to put against eachother, so I'm glad you did it.
Edge Interview: Good promo. Edge was in character. You do interviews very well.
MVP vs. Matt Hardy: MVP is definitely better, but Matt does deserve the title, so I liked that. I didn't like after how he envoked his rematch clause. Just wasn't very realistic, and I didn't like it. Then a Hardcore Match....that's how to entertain my friend. I knew MVP would get it back. After the match, it said still champion, so does this mean that when Hardy "won" he didn't win the title? Just want to get some clarification, that's all.
Cena Interview: I didn't think it was necessary to 1. Have another interview and 2. Have Cena appear, even if he'll face the winner.
Elimination Handicap Match: I was looking forward to this match. Kane & Batista would make a good tag team if Batista wasn't at Main Event Level. I knew they would win, but had fun reading it none-the-less.
Edge vs. Undertaker: Match of the Night...easily. I had a good time reading this match. Putting Taker over was a good idea. I don't think he'll hold onto it for that long...four or five months at the most. Good match!
This was a spectacular show! Just about everything was amazing! Cut back on the interviews, but that's all. You're an excellent match writer and promo writer. Good job mate!
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Just to clear a few things up. Cena played a part in the main event, hence why he was there. Putting the heels over was just my way of making the faces who did win look that much stronger. Also MVP invoking his rematch clause for his match will be explained on Smackdown. Thanks for the review!
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Nige’s GAB Review
First note is that the video package seems a little small or you’ve just used part of it here
Finlay/Booker is a good way to start the show and I hope that Finlay comes out on top here now that Booker has left the WWE. Not a bad match up, it is very physical which is always the case with Finlay, so that matched reality which is a must. The interference of Sharmell throughout was good to see and again realistic, and just when you think Finlay has it won, she manages to stop the count. The build up to the climax was real good and the moment Finlay left the ring to chase Sharmell basically said that Booker was going to win. My only problem with the ending was it was a little stop start, but not too much of a problem. Booker winning this way doesn’t really do much damage to Finlay and obviously helps Booker and I am interested to see where you take him now that he has really left the WWE. The format of the match was good with constant break ups of the text so that it wasn’t all in blocks and hard to read. Well written and a hell of a start
The Chavo Guerrero interview didn’t really seem like him to be honest, well maybe just the last comment about kicking some pathetic ass. I like the arrogant side of him coming out, which needs to be really. My only problem really is that I don’t like a superstar being interviewed right before his match on a PPV. I hope Chavo retains as Young will never be as popular as he has been in TNA. The Henry/Palumbo angle is random, but it may make its point tonight. The match itself wasn’t bad, the attention to detail is pretty impressive with the description of how the moves affect their opponents, really does stand out. Wow, Chavo kicked out of the finisher, not a major finisher but in itself it says that Chavo will win tonight and that could be the end of Young’s short push which is a shame but Chavo has to go over. Some really quick action and a nice pace to the climax which just had to happen, a dodgy finish again, not that I disagree with it. You actually sold Young well with his effort and determination to try and pull through and with Chavo winning with a shot to the head, I think Young is still over enough for a rematch. Very good match and some real reader involvement here with Young putting so much in as I changed my opinion on him which shows you can write well so well done
Matt Striker was on form in this interview. I think it’s a mistake to do too many interviews as I found out after my first PPV. Other backstage segments should be used apart from just interviews. This one was much better than Chavo’s as Striker took the lead for the team and really put Burke & Cor Von over really well for their form in ECW and taking half the guys out from there. He was in character and was enjoyable too to see him have a go at Josh like that. My concern is that the outcome is obvious now that Cor Von has actually left the company IRL, which is a shame really because you have pushed these guys really well
The next match I didn’t have too much interest in, maybe because Regal & Taylor are not together now, I’m not sure. But again, you wrote a very good match and it flowed better than all the matches so far. London & Kendrick seemed their usual selves throughout and I really was expecting them to pull the win out of the bag. Again the detail is really good, little things like while Domino is winded, London sneaks behind and rolls him up. It made no sense that The Worlds Greatest Tag Team turned up and did that to London & Kendrick, but the suplex through the announce table was a shock for this match up as it is saved for a bigger match. From then on, there was only going to be one team winning and so it proved to be with a decent finish, not the best but a big win for Deuce & Domino. I’m really pissed after reading this match but you’ll find out why tomorrow night
Great build up to the Punk/Kennedy match, really liked the fact you had a promo for this match as I feel it could be the making of Punk, especially if he wins which I don’t expect as Kennedy has too much to lose. Wow, what a match this was. It had everything, some great spots out of nowhere, crowd involvement, stiff at times, really great and a pity that I couldn’t actually see it on TV. Really was fantastically well written and hopefully you can see the difference between this and Vengeance and how much better this show is. The enziguri spot was written well and the action that followed, again was in great detail as they battled in to what turned out to be a Green Bay Plunge. I think you should have said Kennedy was a bit dazed before he could make the cover instead of saying after a few seconds, he makes the cover. Great moment when Punk kicked out and the finish then was handled really well and what an upset. Great win for Punk, but I can’t figure out if this is a bad deal for Kennedy. The match was so good and the fact that it’s Punk may not effect Kennedy that much, but well done man on a great match
Another Josh Matthews interview. I struggle for who else to do Smackdown interviews, and now Brooke is left, I’m even more pissed off. Anyways, not a bad interview from Edge, could have been better but you got his fire to keep his title and his arrogance across well. I don’t ser Edge losing and it would be a horrible decision if you took it away from him so soon as he is the MotherF’n man! Should be a great match up and I see a dirty victory or a DQ loss for Edge, but he needs to keep his title
Matt & MVP, should have been before the main event IMO, but what the hell it’s an awesome match regardless. This was good too, close to the level we’ve seen between them with some even better spots put in there too. I was in two minds who would walk out of this one with the gold and as the match went on, I could just see Matt sneaking it. MVP needs a good run with the US title, not a long one, maybe another month or two before he gets pushed to the rafters. I think you did go a little far here with the ladder spot though and the Mourinho comment, but then again this is always going to be your problem, getting too carried away with your imagination. The ladder spot was great had it not been a normal match up, a No DQ match would have been fine but as much as I would have liked to have seen the spot, I think it was out of place, kind of like the Deuce & Domino table spot earlier. Anyway, MVP did unbelievably well to kick out of it and somehow went on to win, but it was all too quick after the ladder spot when Matt had a small advantage. Good match, but the finish I think spoilt it for me
Cena here? WOW! The Saturday Night’s Main Event hype is a good idea, but not another interview, with Josh again too. I would have had him go in to see Teddy Long, after all he invited them there too, small drop of the ball there Bradders but I think Cena on the show is okay as long as he doesn’t get involved in the main event
Great video package to build up this one, gives Cor Von and Burke a push for sure. One thing I noticed was that you called Cor Von, Brown all the way through this. I’m sure you’ve had him as Cor Von all the way up until this show. Strange! Anyway, a decent match, better than I expected. I thought that The New Breed would win this until the firing of Monty Brown IRL, then it was all too obvious which isn’t really your fault. Burke put on a hell of a show here and I think you could be onto a winner with him right now. When it was down to him and Batista, I could actually see Burke snatching it, especially when Brown/Cor Von came in for the pounce, but it wasn’t to be and Batista manages to pull out the inevitable win. Good showing for The New Breed and Burke in particular. Batista & Kane as the main event, shows that Edge is leaving champ tonight or there is a turn on the way before Summerslam which would be a dumb mistake in my book
The MVP interview wasn’t needed although more so than some of the others. He could have gone to Teddy Long and told him what he had to say, which was good by the way. MVP could be big if you keep on pushing him like this and that is only a good thing
Okay main event time and the promo before was really good yet again, another high point to the writing of this show. I don’t see Edge losing the title, especially after the outcome of the last match, but let’s see. The match started so well and I think you portrayed the actions of what Edge would do in a match with Taker really well and it played out well from that sense. It got a bit messy, not too bad but the ref spot was good until what happened next. Cena in a refs shirt on a Smackdown show was just too much. I can see you want to hype the match at Saturday Night’s Main Event, but the fact is a Clash of the Champions show, you didn’t need to ruin this main event and completely screw up the show. I would feel cheated had I bought this PPV after seeing this main event fall apart like it has. Cena could have attacked the champion on Smackdown or Raw, but to completely ruin a main event and almost the entire show is a booking disaster. Not only has it ruined the show, you’ve taken the title of Edge which is unforgivable thinking of how long he has been champion, completely stripping him of the gold and a lot of credibility and heat he had built up. What a disaster, what did I tell you about keeping control of your imagination? Up until this match, there weren’t too many faults, but this just overshadows the show and in a bad way, which what will always be remembered
Overall. The show was really good until the main event with a few flaws like the interviews being done too much, the ladder & table spots. The writing was really good, video packages too, but you know what I feel about the main event now and you’ve got to look at this because you can’t carry on going to far because I feel you could completely overdo the War Games match at Summerslam and go way too far, and you can’t afford too for a third straight PPV. It’s a real shame because it was going so well until Cena showed up!
Thanks for the review Nige! To clear a few things up, The World's Greatest Tag Team showed up to send a message, they have been cost 3 matches now from D&D but they were unable to get their hands on them. The interviews were a negative point but I can see where you are coming from, it did seem very generic. On to Cena, well I am not going to give too much away but Cena won't be face forever you know. This was also to hype up The Saturday Night's Main Event match, Cena attacked Undertaker, instead of Edge (who was his primary target) because the Undertaker attacked him first. I can see how it put a dampner on proceedings but I will definitely work on that for Summerslam. Thanks again for the in depth review.
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Re: Bradley presents - WWE: History Rewritten
First off, how ya doin', Bradley? I don't think I've ever left feed on any of your shows, but I'm here to leave some thoughts on the GAB I just read, which I must say was somewhat pheonomenal. Some things confused me, like the constatnt showing up of RAW Superstars, but I can live with it.
Let's get to the feedbacking...
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Alright, solid way to kick things off, I guess-Book & Finlay. I've read alot with these two locking up, and I must say, this was pretty good. One thing I sorta didn't like thruout reading your matches though, was there was always like one huge block of pure writing that looked really intimidating. Anyway, this was well written from my standpoint, and I'm glad Book got the win, even if he had to the fight the urge to hit a Spin-o-rooni
Good way to portray Young with the constant rookie attitude thruought the match here. I love that Chavo is almost relying on Henry to seemingly win the match for him, and in a way, he did. Not sure how much time passed betwen Palumbo knocking out the ref, and Chavo smacking Young in the head with the title, but it seemed awfly quick. I'm content with Chavo winning, though I'll have to see if Young has anywhere else to go after this.
I kinda skipped over the promos, sorry
Anyways, this tag match had sort of confusing rules that explained itself as the match went on, I liked that. Also, I'm glad the Bluebloods got knocked out first...I don't know why, I just am. WGTT showing up startled me for a second there, but you explained earlier why they were there. Glad to see DnD retain, but you got their announcement wrong-they're from the 'Other Side Of The Tracks', not the 'Wrong' side. Just wanted to point that out
After the tag match, I started sort of skimming over the matches instead of really reading them in depth...but this one MOTN written all over it, and it was. I honestly wonder where this will push Punk-I'm really curious.
This match was gold-MVP/Hardy. The opening paragraph results were kinda disappointing, but the twist to make it 2/3 falls was brilliant. Way to save the best writing for the thrid fall, great to see MVP retain.
Handicapped special match had weird rules, I really don't know what Striker was there for, but either way, I liked the reseult-excellent booking here to come up with a match like htis with stipulations like this.
Edge/Taker was sweet, though I didn't read the whole thing, just kinda the beginning and end. It might've been MOTN, but I didn't make thru all of it . The big block of writing scared me...
FINAL THOUGHTS-VERY ENJOYABLE, GREAT READ, SCARY PARTS! To be perfectly honest, the big chunks of writing kinda did intimidate me into not reading the whole match. I feel bad staying that, cuz I know you worked hard on it and the huge blocks probably have the most important parts, right? Anyways, if I got anything confused, let me know. Tihs is the first feed I've left for you, but I have to say I am impressed at what happened tonight. I've heard about the build for SummerSlam, and I'm anxiously waiting, Brad XD. OVERALL: 8.5/10
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Opening video package - A bit lame if I'm honest. Could have had alot more to do with the current matches and could have been dragged out a little more with the speech. Keep these as realistic as you can B.
Booker/Finlay - Well first off you need to calm it down on the JBL insults. Normally you don't get him bashing untill the match atleast starts, and it's not even funny if it's forced like that so try and keep to the general talkative side of him to keep him in character rather than pushing the remarks. As for the match itself, it was solid enough with the moves used the way through. The finish was alright but I'm hoping you can move off of this fued, as it's been absolutely done to death.
Chavo interview - Could have gone a bit longer to match some realism but not bad for what it was.
Chavo/Young - For the most part, this was a good match but it was at the finish where things just got lazy and clustered. Polumbo knocked out the ref despite not being in the ring, then Polumbo did jack shit to help Young afterwards. And the way you keep calling him a rookie who does rookie mistakes is just a bad sense of judgement, as he's been wrestling since 1998!
Striker interview - Seems like he's falling into the managerial role here which is a great decision to make at the last minute. What I think this lacked was a bit of basic realism, such as introducing the guest at the time and even mentioning Batista and Kane's names.
Tag Title Match - Domino kicking out from a brass knuckles strike? You've booked him way too strong here, when you could have just done the easy finish, rather than hyping up a DDT (not even the guys finisher) to shake the foundations of the ring and eliminate the best wrestler in the match. The same situation came up on the second fall, since WGTT interfered (when you didn't mention the ref getting distracted, which should be seen as a big thing) and yet there was still a SSPress afterwards. That makes WGTT look incredibly weak and their entrance not neccessary because D & D won cleanly anyway. Bradley, rather than trying to think outside the box, you need to think logically and realistically with your finishes, because that's what gives the reader the lasting impression of the match.
Mystery promo - If the words this guy says is relevant, and not just the same generic rubbish you'd expect to get, this could be very successfull. Not alot I can say here.
Punk/Kennedy - Your best match tonight as the finish seemed intelligent and "normal", which made it better for BTB reading. The momentum stayed nice and even, and it kept alot of what was neccessary for the big match type. What I did notice though was the lack of description, as Punk plancha'd Kennedy, got up and rolled Kennedy back into the ring all in the space of two lines. You could have added in some crowd reaction, the facial expressions on the face of them both, the pain involved and even how Punk hit him in the end.
Edge interview - A little too bland, as it really could have been passed off as anyone. With the magnitude of the match, I was hoping for more length.
MVP/Hardy - The first two falls were great, and I really loved the fact that MVP invoked his rematch clause so quickly, but parts of the third fall just tended to confuse me. How did Matt go from a moonsalt over a ladder when MVP was going for the boot? The Mourinho line, how does that add anything to your show or make this PPV any better? Why didn't Matt pin after the moonsalt when he had nothing to lose from trying it? Why does a referee do a freakin' ten count in a hardcore rules match? It's decisions like these which need to be considered, as when people review you it isn't just for the sake of it. It's so that you can learn from them.
Cena segment - Better, alot better than your other interviews tonight. Having all of them be with Josh Matthews is a little lame but still, it gave away some good info and kept things in character, while also giving something to look out for tonight.
Tag Match - First off, why did you need to highlight Kane's debut for a simple match like this? Just focus on the fued at hand, not a huge background check on each man. As for the action side itself, it was great in the ring and had pretty much all the right factors, just like Cole said. What I don't get though is how you seemingly changed the rules of the match half way through. You said the winner goes straight to the SS main event, yet now all of a sudden theres a match on Smackdown that depends the winner, making this one useless. Why the hell would you do that when you could have done it to begin with? It just doesn't register with me.
MVP interview - Another one of the better segments tonight, even though having every single one of them with the same setting just makes it kinda' redundant. A Teddy vs MVP fued I hope stems from this, and if Teddy gets a decent representative, this could be great.
Main Event - I may seem to be repeating myself here, but the beef of this match was great and showed some good action, but confusion seemed to have thrown this into the air. Cena's actions were a bit too rushed, and Edge getting the belt out of absolutely nowhere while the ref was still up just made no sense to me. As I saw with Nige's review above, the time to fix the little flaws is now, as PPV's like SS and matches like War Games really are the ones you showcase once you've hung up your writing boots.
~ Both men were in character and this was a great start to the bash. *** ½
~ Again both men in character and I loved the general match. ** ½
~ For a recap this was kind of long. Deuce ‘n’ Domino should have a good time being champs and I can’t see them letting the titles go in the next few weeks. ****
~ CM Punk winning was a bad idea over Mr. Kennedy, a new era with him would be very realistic. **
~ Short falls for Matt v MVP – you are truly showing the dominance of MVP as he won by two to one falls. Good match writing too. *** ¼
~ Kane and Batista got the predicted win by most, good match and may I say, you’re a brilliant match writer. *** ¾
~ Edge v Taker is a bad match to only do recap on, although this was by far your best match of the show, great outcome too. *****
Overall – Not a bad PPV and here is my average for the matches and the overall rating…
King Booker v Finlay Good to way to open the show. Both men were in character, Finlay as the irish fighting machine with lots of technical holds and King Booker in his King gimmick with his taunts and use of Sharmell. Outside interference was used well from both Sharmell and Hornswoggle. Top rope superplex was a nice touch. Not often you see Finlay do that. Ending should continue the feud too. Good match.
Chavo promo Seemed a bit out of character. Hypes the match up well though.
Chavo v Young Decent match. Chavo retaining by cheating makes sense and could continue the feud again.
Striker Promo Great promo. Very much in character with Striker's long words.
Tag Title Match Quite long just for recap form. I'd prefer PPV matches to be written in full. Match like the one before was decent again. Londrick had some good high flying moves and the double suplex through the table was a nice touch. Couldnt understand why WGTT came out but that's probabbly because I'm not too farmiliar with your BTB. D&D retain. Would have prefered the belts on Londrick and feud with WGTT but there's still time.
Punk v Kennedy Although you stated it in recap it seemed to be pretty much in full. May as well put that extra bit of info into the match and make it a full match. Very good match. best of the PPV so far. Both men got an equal amount of momentum and both hit some good moves. Punk kicking out of the green bay Plunge was great and the ending was exiting. Good to see Punk go over. needed a face to go over at some point in the PPV. Great math.
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