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WWE Rumors: Vince McMahon Said To Be ‘Furious’ Over Rollins vs. Ambrose At TLC

Published

5 years ago

December 17, 2018

Mr. McMahon is said to have been ‘furious’ with a match at WWE TLC!

WWE’s 2018 pay-per-view schedule is official completed following last night’s TLC (see the results with Mitchell’s Live Report), an event that overall seems like the majority of the WWE Universe enjoyed.

There is one match that has received a lot of criticism however, as Seth Rollins took on Dean Ambrose with the Intercontinental Title on the line. Of course if you watched the broadcast, the match that went on just before the main event Tables, Ladders and Chairs Match for the SmackDown Women’s Title and just after a great WWE Championship contest was not received well by fans at the SAP Arena in San Jose or on social media. Audible “This Is Boring” chants could be heard, as well as “We Want Becky”, surely a disappointment for anybody who was looking forward to the next chapter in the Rollins/Ambrose feud.

While the match would pick-up the pace not long after the crowd voiced their displeasure, Ambrose’s eventual title win still left fans feeling like the match fell flat. It looks like someone pretty important in WWE also took notice, as Dave Meltzer reports on the latest Wrestling Observer Radio that WWE Chairman Vince McMahon was “furious” over the match. While it wasn’t indicated if Mr. McMahon’s ire was due to the match itself or the crowd’s reaction, either way things certainly didn’t go how the company wanted.

EA’s Take: Look, I don’t blame anybody for finding the match boring because I did too. There were some calling it bad though and that’s just plain incorrect. There’s a difference between a match being bad and a match being placed very poorly on the card. These guys just followed a great WWE Title Match and had to precede the most anticipated match of the night. They never should have been in that spot. That should have been for a feud that’s been secondary, like perhaps the Orton vs. Mysterio Chairs Match.

What did you think of last night’s Intercontinental Title Match? Let us know on social media @theCHAIRSHOTcom and always remember to use the hashtag #UseYourHead!

Let us know what you think on social media @ChairshotMedia and always remember to use the hashtag #UseYourHead!

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Mitchell’s AEW Continental Classic Update! (11/27/23)

What a start to the tournament!

Published

5 months ago

November 27, 2023

Steven Mitchell

Did your picks win points?

The AEW Continental Classic is underway, with almost everyone competing. Check in here if you haven’t seen the winners and losers of week 1!

Here are your Gold League standings!

Jon Moxley: 1-0, 3 points
Swerve Strickland: 1-0, 3 points
Jay White: 1-0, 3 points
Rush: 0-1, 0 points
Mark Briscoe: 0-1, 0 points.
Jay Lethal: 0-1, 0 points

Here are your Blue League standings!

Brody King: 1-0, 3 points
Claudio Castagnoli: 1-0, 3 points
Daniel Garcia: 0-1, 0 points
Eddie Kingston: 0-1, 0 points
Bryan Danielson: Yet to Compete
Andrade El Idolo: Yet to Compete

My Thoughts:

Nothing too crazy, nothing too wild, this tournament only just got started. The only disappointing point is that they could not get Bryan “cleared to compete” Saturday night. Not sure how much of that is shoot given the bad eye, but this was kinda the problem of wanting him in the tournament over tons of other choices. Bryan wants to face Okada for WrestleKingdom 18, how is Bryan supposed to do that at his best if he’s also gonna be in a round robin, doing five top level matches in about as many weeks? And it takes away from Andrade being able to do something. Also a little surprised we didn’t even hear from Andrade on Saturday.

Now as we heard on Saturday, round two’s matches are set. Gold League will see Mark Briscoe VS Rush, White VS Swerve, and of course, Moxley VS Lethal. Nice variety there, a couple 0-1 guys facing off, as well as two 1-0 guys, and then 1-0 VS 0-1. No offense to Lethal, but he feels like an 0-2 going up against Moxley. Hard to call the other ones but that’s the fun of it. Meanwhile, Blue League sees Brody VS Claudio in a showdown to be 2-0, then Bryan and Andrade finally jump in, Bryan against Eddie and Andrade against Garcia. Sadly, feels like Eddie and Garcia are going 0-2, no way Tony Khan is booking Bryan and Andrade to lose their first shots.

In fact, that could be half the reason they did wait on those two, that’s almost too good for just a first round opener. But I still would’ve done it, same as NJPW does stuff like that for round robins, which this is all modeled after anyway.

Let us know what you think on social media @ChairshotMedia and always remember to use the hashtag #UseYourHead!

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AEW announces Continental Classic entrants

The C2 is set!

Published

5 months ago

November 22, 2023

Steven Mitchell

Tony Khan Reveals the Blue and Gold “Leagues!”

Originally livestreamed, Tony Khan and Tony Schiavone officially announced the twelve total entrants and divided them into the two round robin blocks known as the “Blue League” and “Gold League.” If you don’t feel like sifting through the almost 30 minute video, the groups are:

Blue League

Bryan Danielson
Andrade El Idolo
Brody King
Claudio Castagnoli
Daniel Garcia
Eddie Kingston

Gold League

Jon Moxley
Swerve Strickland
Rush
Mark Briscoe
Jay Lethal
Jay White

Tony Khan also explains the rules for the Continental Classic:

Every match has a 20 minute time limit
The winner of each match earns 3 points, losers earn 0, 1 point for a draw
EVERYONE ELSE is banned from ringside for true 1v1 action

Eddie Kingston also joined the selection special as his “life’s work” is on the line in this tournament, both the ROH World Championship and NJPW Strong Openweight Championship on the line as part of the modern day North American Triple Crown Eddie, Tony Khan, AEW, ROH and NJPW are looking to create together. Gold League competes tonight on Dynamite while Blue League will have their start this Saturday on Collision. Look for more articles like this one to keep up with the Continental Classic standings over the next six weeks of tournament action!

Let us know what you think on social media @ChairshotMedia and always remember to use the hashtag #UseYourHead!