"RESET: Into Darkness": Monday Night RAW (4/25/16)

All good things must come to and end. After having 3 back-to-back shows of Authority-free content, Stephanie McMahon returned to Monday Night RAW (sans HHH) to interrupt Shane. She announced that this was Shane's last night to run RAW because this Sunday at Payback, Vince McMahon will decide if Stephanie or Shane will take control of RAW. Once again, it's another weird stipulation that teases the end of The Authority storyline but at least it has a better and concise buildup, and this doesn't require Shane to do another death-defying stunt.

That opening segment with Stephanie really sucked the air out of the room, as Shane phrased it, and that disinterest affected the rest of show. Sad to say that the show really felt like a chore again, with more segments and promos than actual wrestling matches. The results can be found here.

The major highlights were:

• Chyna, who passed away last week, was acknowledged on RAW via a graphic and a touching video package. Despite their publicly estranged relationship and the personal problems she's had, WWE went out of their way to pay their respects to her. They focused on what she accomplished when she was with WWE and showed clips of her with DX and as Eddie Guerrero's beloved Mamacita.
  
• League of Nations have quietly disbanded and was put into single matches: AJ Styles vs Sheamus, Sami Zayn vs Rusev, and Roman Reigns vs Alberto Del Rio. And they all lost.
  
• The much-awaited in-ring debut of Karl Anderson and Doc Luke Gallows. They got wrestling gear and outfits that matches pretty closely to their NJPW attire. Even their entrance theme sounded similar to the Bullet Club theme. After a lengthy match, they defeated the Usos and started to beat them down until Reigns came out to make the save. Reigns is so tainted that the normally cheered Usos got boos and "USOS SUCKS" chants.
  
• The New Day, The Vaudevillains, and Enzo and Big Cass all came out to do their respective promos. It should be noted that the Tag Team Championship title will not be defended at Payback.
  
• There was a video package that talked about the 14-year history between Owens and Zayn's blood feud featuring commentary from the two. Not only did it explain the feud to casual fans but it also showcased a unique feud that has carried over from several wrestling promotions to WWE. It was a great opener to Sami and Rusev, who had a great match. Sami won, which infuriated Lana enough to throw her shoes at him, and got blindsided by Kevin Owens.
  
• For some freaking reason, there was only one Women's wrestling match again and it was just Natalya defeating Emma. Charlotte was on commentary. Becky, Sasha, and the other women were nowhere to be seen.
  
• Dean Ambrose abandoned his Ambrose Asylum talk show (and potted plant) to call out Jericho for attacking him from behind last week. Although their feud stemmed from Ambrose Asylum taking over The Highlight Reel, the real issue is that Jericho had become an egomaniacal top heel who brags about being untouchable. Ambrose is back in PPV mode and taking on Jericho because that's what he does. Their segment ended with Ambrose trapped in the Walls of Jericho on the announcer's table. Jericho has one-upped Ambrose a few times, so hopefully this means Ambrose gets a win at Payback.
  
• As I mentioned earlier, Reigns is tainted. The problem is that even though Reigns has taken on this tweener-ish persona, WWE isn't helping his image by showcasing a video package where he's meeting with Make-A-Wish kids. Those same kids were there at ringside and Reigns was smiling and interacting with them. When he went into the ring, the crowd resumed booing at him. Gallows and Anderson jump Reigns after he defeated Del Rio. Styles makes the save and tries to keep his brothers out of the ring and ends up getting Superman punched by Reigns. Just when it looked like Reigns was standing tall after taking out Gallows and Anderson, Styles comes back with the Phenomenal Forearm and lays out Reigns.
  
  

By the way, the crowd for this go-home show was pretty bad. AV Club pointed out that they only chanted a few times because the casual fans were supposed to. It's a lukewarm response for a go-home show which sort of takes you out of the matches. Nonetheless, the last 3 weeks for Payback has been handled quite well and the card this Sunday is full of new talent, save for WWE veterans like Jericho, Natalya, The Miz, and Ziggler. The only sad news about Payback is that the promotional materials still features The Wyatt Family and neither Bray or the rest have been seen since his injury.

RIP AMBROSE ASYLUM & POTTED PLANT

2016 - 2016

Weekend Recap (4/22/16 - 4/24/16)

Friday (4/22):

• Went to Sweet Tomatoes for dinner
• Played L4D2 with Dan and Joel eventually joined us at the end

Saturday (4/23):

• Vince and I checked out 2 more houses this weekend. Both are 2-story homes with a pretty unique layout. We liked one house simply because it's doggie and move-in ready. 
• Decided to meet up with Joel and Pam at the World Market Place for the TOMS warehouse sale. I got 3 pairs of shoes in total for myself and Vince while Pam got 2 bagfuls.
• Afterwards, we went to Cafe de CEBU for lunch. It was a brand new place and we tried some of their Filipino dishes, which isn't bad for the price.
• We then drove to Red Springs Boardwalk to hang out for a bit. There were a lot of people getting pictures taken.

Sunday (4/24):

• Went to Costco and Wal-Mart to do some grocery shopping
• Took a nap
• Woke up to watch a few episodes of Persons of Interest
• Vince played Dark Souls 3 til I fell asleep

What to expect for Monday Night RAW:

I need to address something major that happened on NXT before the weekend. Samoa Joe defeated Finn Balor for the NXT Title. IN A HOUSE SHOW. Since then, Finn has been constantly teasing/trolling about making an appearance on the main roster soon. Gallows and Anderson are making their in-ring debut tonight too.

The major thing that needs to be addressed is Shane McMahon, who's been the last-minute GM for RAW since WrestleMania. Other people have been getting the spotlight and we're seeing a decent build for some of the featured matches. Unfortunately, last week's RAW saw it getting a huge drop in ratings this year. Hopefully this go-home show will snag more viewers. The show has been slowly getting better since then.

"RESET: Revolution": Monday Night RAW (4/18/16)

(Note: I'm trying to find all stupid film sequel titles since WWE is firmly following this clean slate theme following WrestleMania 32, hence the "RESET" titles).

Monday Night RAW went live on London around 12 pm PST and judging by the reactions on Twitter, it seems like the matches and storyline progressions have been the same quality with the last 2 shows, which is GOOD. Shane McMahon is being the benevolent RAW GM and is setting up matches for the rest of the night. And yes, I'm totally spoiling myself and watching a livestream of it, just so I can see how much they edit when it broadcasts at 8 pm.

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Once again, Monday Night RAW continues its wonderful momentum post WrestleMania and laying the groundwork for Payback. The new hit "show", the Ambrose Asylum kicked off the first hour, with an insanely loud London crowd cheering for "Deano!" as Ambrose welcomed Shane McMahon as his first guest. They get rudely interrupted by Kevin Owens, followed by Sami Zayn, and finally Chris Jericho. Shane saw an opportunity and announced 2 new matches for Payback: Chris Jericho vs Dean Ambrose and Kevin Owens vs Sami Zayn (finally!) He also made Ambrose and Owens the main event to end RAW. The results can be found here.

Unlike last week, the pacing of the show started to drag in the third hour. The major highlights were:

• Jericho and Zayn being the first match of the night, which was a better showing from their match at Smack Down last week (minus Ambrose and Owens distracting the commentary team). Jericho cheats with an eye poke and wins over Zayn.
  
• AJ Styles finally meets Karl Anderson and Doc Luke Gallows in a backstage segment. AJ was so happy to see his boys and appeared to be unaware that the 2 made their debut last week by taking out the Usos.
  
• Mauro Ranallo appeared to be filling in for Renee Young, who said she was stuck in the US due to her work visa.
  
• Reigns and Styles had a brief segment in the ring, where Reigns promises to defend the title and to get respected instead of being liked without the title, whereas Styles said he wanted to be liked and respected to be a champ. As Styles left the ring, Anderson and Gallows attack Reigns from behind, leading to a backstage segment where Reigns is suspicious of Styles after his boys attacked his cousins last week (holy crap, continuity).
  
• Baron Corbin squashes Fandango and rockbottoms Dolph Ziggler who was on commentary. I want to point out that Ziggler looked so indifferent to be there. Can't blame the guy; he's been jobbing out NXT callups.
  
• Cesaro interrupted the Miz and Maryse segment, where the Miz said Cesaro had to fight against Rusev, who was accompanied by Alberto Del Rio and Sheamus. Cesaro said he spoke to Shane to change up the match where the LON and Miz would fight Cesaro **rips his tearaway suit** and The New Day. Since Cesaro's return, he's gotten more confident and looking more and more like a main eventer.
  
• The tag team tourneys saw The Vaudevillains advancing over The Usos and Enzo and Big Cass advancing over the Dudleyz. This sets up the 2 NXT tag teams competing for the tag team contendership at Payback. The Vaudevillains got little to no reaction, which was strange considering how over they were for NXT TakeOver:London a few months back.
  
• There was only one women's match segment and it was a doozy with Becky, Sasha, Natalya, and Paige vs Naomi, Tamina, Charlotte, and Summer Rae. Natalya put the sharpshooter on Charlotte, who quickly tapped out. Knowing 50/50 booking, Natalya needs to look strong before losing to Charlotte at Payback.
  
• The main event with Ambrose and Owens was really good. There was a lot of brutal looking spots, such as Owens doing a frog splash on Ambrose outside the ring, and Ambrose countering Owens frog splash with his knees up. An exhausted Ambrose wins the match, only to get hit by Jericho's Codebreaker.
  
  

Unfortunately, there's still the inevitable return of The Authority with them possibly addressing Shane on how he's running RAW. It still doesn't make sense why he's been the last-minute GM for the last 3 weeks so it might finally catch up to him soon, possibly before or after Payback. Speaking of Payback, these are the matches set for May 1:

• WWE World Hvt. Title match: Roman Reigns vs. A.J. Styles
  
• Intercontinental Title match: The Miz (w/Maryse) vs. Cesaro
  
• Sami Zayn vs. Kevin Owens
  
• Chris Jericho vs. Dean Ambrose
  
• Women’s Title match: Charlotte (w/Ric Flair) vs. Natalya (w/Bret Hart)
  
• Tag Tournament #1 contender Finals: The Vaudevillians vs. Enzo Amore & Big Cass

Weekend Recap (4/15/16 - 4/17/16)

Friday (4/15):

• Ren, Primo, Andrew, Joanna, Vince and I ate at Bachi Burger for dinner. Slow service as usual but the food was great.
• Went to Suncoast to bowl 2 games. Joanna had never bowled (!) so she bowled her first game while risking to break her manicured nails. She didn't want to play for the 2nd round. Vince ended up being a little too harsh on her and she ended up leaving the bowling alley and waited outside while we finished playing. I got upset with Vince because we all know how he can be sometimes except Joanna was never at the other end of it. Hopefully things are ok now.

Saturday (4/16):

• Went to Santa Fe to watch the first showing of "The Jungle Book." We didn't know the first showing was close to being sold out so we had to pay for a later showing.
• Went to Wal-mart to shop for a few minor things, got a smoothie and went back to the theaters to finally watch "The Jungle Book." If Disney continues to handle their live-action adaptations in this quality, I'm all for it. It was amazing.
• Just stayed at home to be lazy for the rest of the night

Sunday (4/17):

• We checked out 2 houses with Vince's parents. We fell in love with one house and it seems just perfect for us (the address has "Dutch Oven"!). The problem was that the house was $250k, which Vince's parents found was too expensive. They said to look for a house that's at least $230k or lower, which means we're back to square one.
• We went to Joyful Chinese Restuarant to talk more about the houses and our options. Vince also treated them because it was his dad's bday next weekend and he wouldn't be able to see them.
• Went home, took a nap, and woke up to go on the computer.
• I got caught up on a few anime shows and unfortunately forgot to watch ROH.

What to expect for Monday Night RAW:

Monday Night RAW is being taped early (11 am PST) since it's taking place in London. Which means there will be spoilers throughout the rest of the day before it airs in its usual timeslot of 8 pm. Also important to note was the sudden creation of https://twitter.com/falconarrowWWE, an account bearing the same name of the r/SC's Wredditor insider who deleted his account after doing an AMA. This guy listed the following major spoilers that will occur to make tonight's RAW "memorable":

• Shane opens raw/attacked by hhh.
• Karl and Doc attack/How you doin.
• Finn debuts/Aj segment.
• Reigns Closes raw./Heel turn.

r/SC is understandably wary of this account because FA would never blatantly spoil segments like this. It seems odd that he would turn to Twitter. Not only that, this account boasts that it's being run by an actual WWE Superstar, was approved by WWE to do so, and will be deleted afterwards. So far, one of the spoilers was confirmed: Shane is hosting RAW again for the 3rd straight week in a row (seriously, that WrestleMania stipulation was pointless).

Also, something odd I accidentally stumbled upon, I found where a certain future Total Dvias couple with a bulldog lives in Henderson, NV.

Personal Post

I haven't done these in a while and for once, it's going to be positive!

So after the whole thing with Vince's job situation, he ended up getting his job back at his previous job (the same one where he was basically furloughed) and is happily quite busy again. As for me, I'm still here at my same job. It didn't occur to me that I would be hitting my 4th year in November. It still feels like I left my previous job 2 years ago. Speaking of which, I got a call from my manager, Alex, out of the blue. He was looking at laser cutting stuff and wanted to see if I was still working there. I should stop by and visit when I have some free time.

Anyways, job stuff aside, our interests has changed this year. Vince and I were hitting our stride with keeping up to date on comics books and breezing through graphic novels. Last year, we sadly had to give it up after Vince lost his job, so now we're left with 2 big box of unfinished comic book issues. We're also not that interested in comic book conventions anymore, at least for the time being. We skipped out on this year's Wizard World Las Vegas (Vince even skipped out on meeting Paige) and we'll probably skip out on the upcoming Amazing Las Vegas Comic Con in the summer. It was an expensive habit to get into and we were getting overwhelmed with trying to keep up with all the new series and storylines that were being churned out. Comics are out and pro-wrestling is in.

Back in February, Vince and I went to ROH's 14th Anniversary PPV at Sam's Town. I recently got Vince tickets for WWE's Money In The Bank PPV at the T-Mobile Arena in June as a birthday gift. And I just bought tickets for ROH's 2nd Vegas PPV, Death Before Dishonor, at Sam's Town in August. My interest in wrestling has gotten out of hand, to say the least. I've been through fandom phases before but not one as serious as this sicne Doctor Who. This is due to watching other promotions besides like ROH, NJPW, LU, etc. I'm still very much a WWE fan and I'm hoping my current favorites - Dean Ambrose, Kevin Owens, Cesaro, Sami Zayn, and AJ Styles - will have a good year now that the Authority vs Reigns storyline has finally ended.

Right now, our plans for the end on the year are up in the air because we're in the middle of looking at houses. Our contract for our apartment is ending soon and we hate that it's been steadily going up every year. Getting a house means we can finally get a Corgi! Priorities man...

"RESET: Electric Boogaloo": Monday Night RAW (4/11/16)

Just hours before Monday Night RAW went live, it was announced that "due to overwhelming social media support," Shane McMahon would be hosting RAW again. This is one thing to nitpick regarding Shane's storyline but I'll let it slide. If last week's episode was good, last night's episode was great. The results can be found here.

All 3 hours of RAW, which normally feels like a weekly chore to sit through, was consistently entertaining. Shane McMahon kicked off the show by announcing upcoming matches on tonight's card and giving opportunities to other people. It has been such a long time since the show has had a mostly neutral GM who not only made sure the audience would enjoy the show, he also made sure to look out for the talent. He gave Sami Zayn another chance to be another possible contender for the WWE WHC title by going up against AJ Styles, and Zayn and Styles put on a great hardhitting match. He sets up Kevin Owens and Cesaro in a match, where the winner will face off against the Miz for the IC title. He also kicks out Owens for threatening to harm Zayn again and cost him his match. He announces a tag team tournament where the winners will face off against New Day for the Tag Team Championship title. And in one small hilarious in-ring segment, Shane (via a crumpled memo from Ambrose's pocket) cancelled Jericho's "Highlight Reel" and replaced it with "Ambrose Asylum."

On top of well booked matches were a few surprises. First was Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows taking out The Usos. While WWE didn't officially acknowledge them as Bullet Club, that didn't stop the audience from chanting their name. The Tag Team division looks promising with 2 new NXT call ups (sorry Lucha Dragons and Ascension) and now these new "Outsiders." Another surprise was Dr. Phil, whom the audience feared would be a throwaway celebrity guest, who actually tried to reach out to Charlotte and implored her to stop using Ric Flair to cheat her way to the top. This might be the start of a much needed split between Charlotte and Flair since she's turned heel.

Shane even set up the main event match that saw Roman Reigns and Bray Wyatt teaming up against Sheamus and Alberto Del Rio. It was a baffling set up, considering Reigns and Wyatt's drawn out feud from last year. The crowd reaction basically changed Wyatt into a babyface while Reigns was continuing to get the boos. This was a refreshing change from the last time Reigns and Wyatt closed out RAW. As tweeners (the champ being more of a dick and the cult leader being more of babyface), they had good chemistry, even though Reigns remained cautiously adamant after they won.

Overall, this was another feel good RAW following WrestleMania and it really seems to reflect that they're taking extra steps to improve their product. The main story is not about Authority vs Reigns anymore. Now we're seeing other talents getting the spotlight. We're seeing storyline progression. And most importantly, the show ended on such a good note and renewed excitement for their upcoming shows. I'm just happy that 3 of my current favorite wrestlers (Ambrose, Cesaro, and Owens) got TV time.

So I mentioned last week how worried I was that WWE killed Ambrose's momentum (again), especially after WrestleMania. I honestly didn't expect him to appear on RAW at all until Jericho's Highlight Reel segment was announced. I'm excited at the fact that they're quickly moving Ambrose and Jericho into a feud. This doesn't appear to callback Jericho's shoulder check to Ambrose from Night of Champions or when Ambrose eliminatied Jericho from the Royal Rumble. Instead, this is a cocky Jericho saying he's untouchable after beating AJ Styles at WrestleMania and Ambrose simply stepping up. He's back in TV mode, where he's being goofy instead of intense, which is fine for him. At least he'll get a believable win this time.

Weekend Recap (4/8/16 - 4/10/16)

Friday (4/8):

• It's Vince's 6th Annual 29th Birthday! I got him a Bebop and Rocksteady t-shirt and presented him with a Money In The Bank briefcase with fake tickets and a contract for him to sign.
• We decided to eat at Pin Kaow for dinner
• Dan and Corinne couldn't play with us like they usually do on Fridays. Instead, we played L4D2 with Joel and his cousin Kevin.

Saturday (4/9):

• We had an 11 am appointment with a different realtor to check out a house that Vince's mom recommended. I immediately disliked the place. I didn't like where the house was located and how cramped it felt for a 2-storey building.
• Vince's parents had a party to attend and wanted to meet up at 2 pm. We had some time to kill so we decided to watch "Hardcore Henry." Absolutely fun and violent movie, and I didn't get motion sickness either!
• Ate at Capital Grille with Vince's parents. We walked around Fashion Show for a bit. Vince bought his dad's bday gift after they left.
• Got some boba smoothies from Volcano Tea
• Took a long nap, woke up to play games, then actually went to bed

Sunday (4/10):

• Watched some TMNT and ROH before going to Costco for a grocery run
• Went around Downtown Summerlin and had lunch at California Pizza Kitchen
• Took a nap then woke up to make the mango chutney for the steamed Salmon dinner. Then we watched Animaniacs, Person of Interest, and The Flashpoint Paradox movie on Netflix before going to bed

What to expect for Monday Night RAW:

For some unknown reason, Shane McMahon is running RAW again this week. This really might be the beginning of the end of the corrupted Authority storyline seeing how HHH, Stephanie, and Vince McMahon was pulled from the show at the alst minute. The main story will be on Reigns and Styles once again, which may be announced as the main event for the next PPV, Payback. The rest of the show will most likely focus on the all the new NXT callups (Baron Corbin, Apollo Crews, and Enzo and Cass), building up some storylines for the Women's division, The Wyatt Family is getting some storyline progression, and hopefully getting some damn updates on what's going with the IC and US titles.

I don't expect Ambrose to be on the show. If he does, it's probably Ambrose back in TV mode, where he barely cuts a promo, is directionless since he's not chasing a title, and is put in random matches just for the sake of making appearances. He had 1-minute squash match against Tyler Breeze on Smack Down and he had a brief staredown with Chris Jericho last week. After his WrestleMania loss, I don't see Ambrose continuing his "indestructible" trait for long. Still love the guy, it just sucks how WWE instantly killed his momentum and credibility.

"RESET": Monday Night RAW (4/4/16)

WrestleMania 32, for the most part, had great moments and wrestling matches with some undesirable results. As I mentioned yesterday, a lot of favorites - such as AJ Styles, The New Day, Dean Ambrose, Becky Lynch and Sasha Banks, Shane McMahon, and yes, even Triple H - lost. Post-WrestleMania RAW was anticipated to be the most important show and it certainly proved it last night. The results can be found here.

There were some major highlights:

• Shane McMahon took over RAW just for tonight, just so Vince can prove that Shane running RAW would be a disaster, which made his whole match and that HIAC spot pointless. It was, however, refreshing to have a neutral General Manager greeting the talent backstage and setting up matches.
• The League of Nations kicked out Wade Barrett for being their weakest link. All of a sudden, the Wyatt Family (sans Luke Harper) appeared and took them out. Is this a new direction for them, to slowly become babyfaces?
• Zack Ryder, who surprised the WrestleMania crowd and won the IC Ladder match, lost his IC title 24 hours later to The Miz (with former Diva and real life wife, Maryse). It was the most shocking and infuriating moment of the night, which made me recall how angry I felt when Christian lost the title to Randy Orton 2 days later.
• Roman Reigns was acting quite heel-ish and I liked it. He was not affected by the crowd booing at him and he smugly issued a challenge to anyone who wants his title. Out came Chris Jericho, AJ Styles, Kevin Owens, and Sami Zayn, who can't enter a ring without punching each other. Shane would later set the main event to be a fatal 4-way to determine a #1 contender.
• The newly created Women's Championship title had a presentation with all of the Divas Women out in the ring as Charlotte gave an unusually babyface promo about how far they've come to make this happen before taking all the credit. Natalya challenged Charlotte for the title, which means these 2 will be feuding for a bit while Becky and Sasha take on the rest of the Women's division.
• As Wredditor insider FalconArrow pointed out, a lot of NXT call-ups happened. The first was Baron Corbin, who actually won the ATGMBR at WrestleMania. He wrestled and won his first match against Dolph Ziggler (eesh, poor guy). Apollo Crews won against Tyler Breeze (ugh), and tag team favorites Enzo and Cass made their debut to take on The Dudleyz. To cap it off, NXT Tag Team Champions The VaudeVillains will also be making their main roster debut on Smack Down.
• Kevin Owens took out Sami Zayn prior to the main event. Per Shane McMahon, a new 4th contender was added, and it was none other than Cesaro. This match was exciting. Cesaro looked incredible and was fantastic in the ring. There were so many nearfalls that it made it look like anybody - excluding Jericho - could win. In the end, Styles emerged victorious. This means that Reigns will definitely be a heel by WWE's next PPV, Payback, on May 1st.

There's another thing to note here. HHH and Stephanie were absent. US Champ Kalisto and rival Ryback were absent as well. And although they were both scheduled for RAW, neither Brock Lesnar or Dean Ambrose appeared. Looking at how "full" RAW was, I guess it makes sense that they didn't have room for them.

Ambrose's absence may be explained as him trying to "recover" from his disappointingly tame match with Lesnar, but it still drew a lot of concern. WWE has once again dropped the ball on Ambrose for the 3rd straight year in a row and his WrestleMania match effectively killed his momentum. I was worried that he lost his chance to be made into a top star with credibility and he was going back to the midcard again. My coworkers offered their take: Ambrose is taking a much deserved break for carrying his feud - and for a brief moment, Roman's feud with HHH - up until WrestleMania.

I can't help but feel bad; I've been rooting for this guy to be successful and finally capture the WWE WHC for 2 years. Rollins had a lengthy title run up until his injury and Reigns is now a 3-time champ, which is ridiculous. It would be a shame to see him booked the same way as Bray Wyatt, or worse, as Ziggler. He'll be the guy to put the star over but never be a star himself. Hopefully he's on Smack Down tonight.

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On a more positive note, I went and bought tickets for WWE's Money In The Bank. I accidentally found out the pre-sale was happening today and, thanks to some nice people on r/SC, I was able to get a promo code to buy the tickets. I did tell Vince that I didn't care how expensive it was, I was going to get us floor seats. It wasn't ringside tickets but it would be the closest we've ever been to the ring for a WWE event. I'm just excited at the fact that we'll get to see Owens, Zayn, Styles, and other favorites live. Oh, and Ambrose since he freaking lives here.

Weekend Recap (4/1/16 - 4/3/16)

Friday (4/1):

• I got out of work early
• We wanted to order some food to watch NXT. Originally opted for Pasta Idea, who said it would take an hour before it's ready for pick up. We got annoyed, tried to order pizza, which was too far from us, and opted to order from Pasta Idea in the end.
• NXT TakeOver: Dallas was on tonight. It was hands down the best TakeOver event ever, purely because of great debuts, shocking moments, and best of all, pure and simple wrestling. No gimmick, no stipulations, and all the clean wins and losses mattered.

Saturday (4/2):

• We looked at some houses at Central park estates. We only got to 2 of them (with the tenants showing us around). Vince's parents liked it but didn't like the HOA monthly fee being that high.
• Decided to hang out with Joel and Pam for late lunch. We ate at Hot N Juicy Crawfish
• Went to Big 5 Sporting Goods then to Lee's Sandwiches for some smoothies. Sorsha peed on Vince! Then we went to their place for a bit. Vince played The Division. It looks... ok.
• Went to Wal-Mart buy some last minute ingredients to make Pork Bell Curry before heading home.

Sunday (4/3):

• Watched ROH (3rd episode filmed in Las Vegas) and finally a glimpse of us at our seats!
• Stayed in to watch WrestleMania 32 from 2 pm to 8:45 pm. It was a decent PPV but overall a disappointing WrestleMania. I'm not even going to make a blog post about it. Instead I'll rant here!
• The Walking Dead finale was stressful. Negan and Lucille made a great debut but they left it ambiguous on who Negan kills off. We have to wait til the fall to see who was killed off. Vince and I know who it was in the comics but we're hoping the show would go a more shocking route and kill Rick or Daryl off.

What to expect for Monday Night RAW:

AJ Styles lost. The New Day (as faces) lost. Neither Sasha Banks or Becky Lynch won the brand new Women's Championship title. Shane O Mac lost. The Wyatt Family looked like goobers to The Rock and John Cena.

Dean "indestructible Iron Man" Ambrose lost in the most disappointingly short WrestleMania match of his career.

And yet I'm still going to watch Monday Night RAW. What's wrong with me.