Vince and I watched "Mad Max: Fury Road" over the weekend. I only watched the first movie and, even though I watched videos that summed up the rest of the original Mel Gibson trilogy, I still think things escalated too quickly from being somewhat chaotic in the first movie to full blown post-Apocalypse with the third movie. No matter; I enjoyed the hell out of this movie. The best part? The title character, Max, wasn't even the main focus. The fierce Imperator Furiosa, played by Charlize Theron, was the real hero. And Nux, played by Nicholas Hoult, went from being a somewhat annoying flip-flop character to totally redeeming himself. I literally teared up in the end. Great storytelling right there. Loved it.
I only hope that they don't make sequels for it. But seeing how Hollywood is also sequel, trilogy, and franchise happy, it'll probably happen.
WWE Payback was on later that day. We missed the kick-off show (WTF on adding R-Truth and Stardust at the last minute) but we really didn't care. Quick rundown of the PPV:
- Sheamus defeated Ziggler, who cut himself pretty had after headbutting Sheamus. BLOOD!
- New Day defeated Cesaro & Kidd, thanks to Woods' quick thinking on taking off his jacket to look like Kingston pinning Cesaro.
- Wyatt defeated Ryback. I'm happy that Wyatt won and Ryback actually put on a really good match but otherwise, it wasn't terribly exciting.
- Lana threw in the towel for Rusev and translated that "HE QUITS!", thus getting Cena a clean win and retaining his title. Welcome to the midcard, Rusev!
- Tamina and Naomi defeated the Bella Twins. Ehhh.
- Neville defeated King Barrett via countout. Awesome match but disappointing ending. Right after Neville was declared the winner, Barrett runs in and starts beating him up. Neville did the Red Arrow but it didn't matter because the match was already over.
- Seth Rollins retains his title after pinning Orton using HHH's pedigree.
The Fatal 4-Way was the most entertaining match of the night (next to New Day vs Cesaro and Kidd). We got a mini Shield Reunion. Reigns and Ambrose just fighting it out ("Loser buys beer?"). Neither Reigns or Ambrose turned heel and Ambrose didn't get the pin. Which means Ambrose didn't "lose" another PPV! The former Shield members all looked strong. Rollins is still trying out different finishers so he pinned Orton by using HHH's Pedigree. It was a big surprise in the end to see HHH come out to the ramp to help up Rollins. He looked like a proud dad.
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