Exclusive Ring Rust Radio interview with Ring of Honor star Dalton Castle as he prepares for his match at All Star Extravaganza 7 against Silas Young

The hosts of Ring Rust Radio – Donald Wood, Mike Chiari and Brandon Galvin – recently had the chance to speak with rising Ring of Honor star, Dalton Castle. With ROH’s All Star Extravaganza 7 airing live on Pay-Per-View and iPPV, Castle puts his boys on the line in a match against his rival, Silas Young. Castle has been one of the hottest up-and-coming stars in Ring of Honor and even had the opportunity to face wrestling legend Jushin “Thunder” Liger this year.  You can listen to the interview on the YouTube link below or continue past it and read the entire interview here!

Ring Rust Radio: The biggest news is that you will be taking on Silas Young at Friday’s All-Star Extravaganza pay-per-view in San Antonio. The stipulation is that if Silas wins, he gets your boys, but if you win, Silas becomes one of your boys. What can the fans expect from this match and are you approaching the bout any differently with your boys on the line?

Dalton Castle: Well, it’s a tough one to approach. I have faced Silas twice now and I have beaten him twice. Obviously, I feel pretty confident. At the same time, I feel like teaching this silly boy a lesson so it’s something I can’t pass up. Sure, there is a risk putting my boys on the line, but it’s not that big of a risk when the reward is to take Silas and put him in his place, which is rightfully underneath my feet as a lounge amongst all of them. Silas is no slouch. I have beaten him twice but he is a heck of an athlete. Strong back there. Silas does a lot of lateral pulls so that back is strong and perfect for my heels.

Ring Rust Radio: One of the matches that really helped put you on the map in ROH was your clash with Jushin Thunder Liger at Global Wars. What was it like for you to step in the ring with a legendary, 30-year veteran of the business, and what did you learn from that match that’ll help you moving forward?

Dalton Castle: Do you remember the way you felt when you saw Jushin Thunder live? Do you remember when he hit that ring the way you felt as a fan? Do you remember that giddiness you felt inside? The butterflies in your belly, the excitement, the smile that you couldn’t wipe off your face? Now trying doing that but being inside the ring he gets in. It’s tough to focus on an opponent when you grew up watching him. What I have learned is to stop liking people. You lose some focus if you do.

Ring Rust Radio: You've wrestled against some of the top talent in the world this year including Jay Lethal and Adam Cole. How do you approach and prepare for matches of that magnitude knowing expectations are so high?

Dalton Castle: Well I guess I can’t treat a match different. Each match I treat kind of the same. I want to be the best, I want to win, I want it all. If I’m not putting as much focus in one match as I am in the other, then I am going to slip up and something bad is going to happen. With that being said, going up against Lethal and Cole, two people I truly do respect as performers and wrestlers, I do focus a little bit harder. I get a little bit nervous but the bottom line is I have been doing this for a while, I know what I am doing, I am fearless, and I am a hell of an athlete. So I always try to remind myself of how good I actually am and that calms me down a little bit.

Ring Rust Radio: You have one of the most unique and interesting characters in all of wrestling. What went into creating the Dalton Castle persona and what or who were some of your inspirations?

Dalton Castle: Well I have been building this for several years. You start wrestling, you learn the moves, and then you learn how to carry yourself through a match, and frustration builds when you don’t get the attention that you think you deserve. You try something new and you try something else new and I didn’t see myself getting the focus that I thought I needed or wanted or craved. I needed that attention so I kept thinking about how could I get more eyes on me, how can I stand out, and what are people not doing that I can do? You add a little bit here, you put on a suit, you add a boy or two, and things kind of fall into place. It didn’t happen overnight that’s for sure. As far as influences or who helped paved the way? It wasn’t anybody in wrestling, its rock and roll. I look to glam rock, I look to people who perform on stage regardless of how good their music is, but how they present themselves. People like: Freddie Mercury, Elton John, Liberace, the guys from Foxy Shazam and the Darkness, those are all people that stood out to me and I kind have taken from them and put it into my own act.

Exclusive Ring Rust Radio interview with WWE Superstar Neville as he prepares for the Money in the Bank Pay-Per-View

The hosts of Ring Rust Radio – Donald Wood, Mike Chiari and Brandon Galvin – had the opportunity to interview WWE Superstar, Neville. A former NXT Champion, Neville has been wowing audiences on Raw and SmackDown with his high-flying, innovative offense. Neville speaks about his time in NXT, his time on the independent wrestling scene, the opportunity to compete in Money in the Bank and more. You can listen to the interview on YouTube at the link below or continue on and read the entire interview here!

Donald Wood: Money in the Bank is Sunday, June 14 from Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio and can be seen on the WWE Network. You are one of the seven men in the Money in the Bank ladder match. What is the pressure like for you to perform in this match after only being on the main roster for a few months and how confident are you that you can walk away victorious?

Neville: I don’t really feel the pressure too much.  I think nobody expects me to win for the most part.  That is certainly something I am used to and I am used to exceeding expectations.  I feel like this match is designed to suit my style.  I don’t feel too much pressure so I am going to go in there take whatever opportunity is thrown my way and put myself on the map.  Anything is possible in a match like that.  Maybe you will see the man that gravity forgot grabbing that contract at the end of the night.  I certainly hope so but I am going to give it my best shot.

Mike Chiari: A lot of Superstars in WWE history have used ladder matches to reach the next level and become top stars. Shawn Michaels, Edge and Christian and the Hardys all come to mind, so for you, as a guy who excels in a high-flying, high-risk environment, do you view Money in the Bank as a match in which you can seize that signature moment and establish yourself as a big-time player in WWE?

Neville: Absolutely. I feel like it’s a match that suits me.  With these types of matches you always remember the winner, but you also remember the guys that put everything on the line.  The ones that took the risks and did these things to put themselves on the map.  I look to win and that is the priority but I realize in a match like these there are chances to put yourself ahead in the game.  I am certainly prepared to go the lengths to do that.  I am really pumped and ready to perform Sunday.

Brandon Galvin: Are you looking forward to being in a ladder match with six other superstars or do you prefer a one vs. one ladder match like when you wrestled Bo Dallas in NXT last year?

Neville: It’s hard to say what I prefer because they are so different.  The strategy and planning for each one is totally different.  Honestly I don’t know what to expect, I don’t have too much experience in matches like this with multi-men and the ladder.  It’s hard to say which I prefer, but I know this match for me is perfect and a huge opportunity.  I am super excited and ready for this Sunday at Money in the Bank.

Donald Wood: The jump from NXT to the main roster can be a daunting concept for many stars, but your transition has been seamless. With smaller wrestlers not always finding success in the WWE, were there any concerns from you about making the move and how do you feel the fans and the people backstage are reacting to you?

Neville: I think NXT prepared me for Raw and Smackdown more than I ever could have hoped for.  I was with NXT for about two years, so by the time I debuted on Raw I felt very much ready.  There was a level of concern but I was lucky in the sense that I got the chance to wrestle some of the top guys early on.  Guys like Seth Rollins, Sheamus, and more recently John Cena.  So it was a concern that I wouldn’t get those types of opportunities when I came in but I was fortunate enough to get them and grab them.  I was very happy in the way I transferred and the opportunities I got.  

Mike Chiari: Not long after your main roster debut you put on a great match against John Cena for the United States Championship and it almost looked like you were going to win title before Rusev interfered. What did going shot for shot with one of the biggest stars in WWE history mean to you personally, and what do you think it did for your credibility in the eyes of the fans, especially the ones who weren’t familiar with your work in NXT?

Neville: That match was huge for me.  It was very surreal to be standing across the ring from John Cena on Monday Night Raw.  I think it really did a lot for me.  It was a real opportunity I needed and John is a WWE Superstar.  He has been the top guy in the WWE for years and years.  So the fact that I had that opportunity and went toe to toe with him was amazing.  It put me in front of the eyes of the WWE Universe and the world.  That was a really cool experience, it was so much fun and it was priceless.

Brandon Galvin: Shortly after your debut on the main roster, you surprised a young WWE fan on the Meredith show, which created a ton of buzz. How rewarding was that experience for you and what do you consider to be the most rewarding part of being a WWE Superstar?

Neville: That’s the most rewarding thing for me to reach out to the kids.  It’s really crazy but it’s the most important thing we do.  I really didn’t expect that reaction like everyone gave me being on the Meredith Vieira show.  I was sitting in the pit in back, and it made me realize how important what we do really is.  That’s the most important thing is how we reach the WWE Universe and how we inspire people in their life.  If I can do that and be given the chance to do it, it’s really the best thing we do.   

Donald Wood: With the success of stars like Kevin Owens, Seth Rollins, Dean Ambrose, yourself and many others, there is no denying the influence of independent wrestling. How did working the indie scene before coming to NXT help you prepare for the WWE experience and what are some of the difference you didn’t expect?

Neville: The landscape is completely changing and I love it.  The way things are working out and the opportunities people I grew up with are getting.  I feel the independent scene is important and it fueled my passion for four years.  It taught me the life lessons that helped make me who I am today and helped me on the path I followed to living my dream job every day.  The independent scene is hugely important and the roads you travel in it shape you.  My career path is the best I could have hoped for and that’s thanks to independent wrestling and territories across the world.

Mike Chiari: NXT and WWE were initially treated as very different entities, but now it’s mentioned so often on Raw and SmackDown and you even have Kevin Owens defending the NXT Championship on live WWE programming. What do you think it does for the prestige of the NXT title and for the NXT brand as a whole to be featured so prominently in WWE and be presented to an audience that isn’t necessarily the same as NXT’s hardcore fan base?

Neville: You know I think it does a lot for the brand but I feel like the NXT brand became its own thing by itself.  You have to watch the NXT shows to realize the depth of talent the NXT brand has compared to Raw and SmackDown.  That’s a real testimony to the guys and girls at NXT.  It shows how hard they work to put on such a great product that it’s become its own brand.  It’s now becoming more heavily featured on Raw and SmackDown, I think that is just awesome.

Brandon Galvin: How did you come up with the Red Arrow and what type of training or practice goes into doing a move like that in order to have it ready every night?

Neville: The Red Arrow took a long time to come together and I wanted to make a move that was unique to myself.  It’s a move I built up with building blocks.  I wanted to do a corkscrew moonsault backwards, so I had the idea of doing it forwards like the shooting star corkscrew, and I was aware no one else did that in wrestling.  If I could perfect this technique it would be unique to me.  So it took a long time and me putting these building blocks together and had to come over the fear involved.  Eventually, I nailed it and knew it was going to be my own.  It’s been my move now for a long time, about six or seven years now I’ve been using the Red Arrow.

Donald Wood: Everyone knows how Triple H has really taken a lot of the top NXT stars under his wing and brought them up to the main roster with a guide. What is your perception on how Vince McMahon looks at the top NXT stars? Does he look at them the same way Triple H does? How do you think Vince looks at you as a top star?

Neville: It’s hard to say with Vince being super busy with the main brands and PPVs.  I don’t know how much time he has to see NXT.  I know the guys like the Shield and the Wyatts who go through NXT and found success on Raw and SmackDown paved the way for more movement from NXT to the main roster.  It’s really hard to say for definite to be honest.

WWE Hell in a Cell preview – Booking on autopilot

WWE is hosting the “Hell in a Cell” Pay-Per-View this Sunday in Dallas, Texas, though if you look at just the card, you’d barely know it was a special event. Besides getting Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins in their first real match since the start of their feud, almost everything else on this card is something we’ve seen many times before.

I’m going to run through the card quickly, go over the build-up and who should win and my take on it. But for what should be one of the most interesting events of the year, the Hell in a Cell PPV might not be much more than another episode of Raw.

First of all, before I get into the card, I have to address the fact that Brock Lesnar isn’t booked. Remember back when they stripped Daniel Bryan of the title because he was injured and not going to be able to defend the title in a 30 day period? Why doesn’t that apply to Brock Lesnar? Why is the Authority OK with Lesnar being the champ but not defending the title at the monthly PPVs?

But what’s even worse is that it doesn’t even seem to be an issue. At the very least, John Cena should be pointing it out that Lesnar isn’t defending the title and no one knows when he’s coming back. But nope – let’s just ignore the fact that this is the first month in a long time when the World Heavyweight Championship isn’t being defended on a PPV.

Dean Ambrose vs Seth Rollins

Hell in a Cell grudge match

This should be the legitimate main event of the show, though it’s entirely possible that it will be forced to play second fiddle to Cena vs Orton. The Rollins/Ambrose feud has been one of the longest and most well-built feuds in WWE right now and both guys are hugely popular with the live crowds. Ambrose has been working to get his hands on Rollins, even having to go through Cena to do it. These guys deserve to be in the main event spot on the card.

While everyone will want Ambrose to go over, I’ve gotta believe Kane will play some role in the match (much like he did in the very first HIAC) and allow Rollins to get the win. Though this seems like the logical way to end the feud between Rollins and Ambrose, having Kane intervene would allow them to continue the feud, which has been the only interesting and original feud in the company. Certainly more interesting than the other “main event” match…

John Cena vs Randy Orton 

Hell in a Cell #1 contender’s match

Despite John Cena losing a “Contract on a Pole” match to Dean Ambrose for the chance to face Rollins at HIAC and despite Randy Orton wanting to wrestle “the other one” (read: the loser of that match), Cena and Orton’s match is now, inexplicably, for a shot at the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.

It makes absolutely no sense that either guy should be given a World title shot. Neither have done anything to earn a shot at the title. Cena failed in his last match to beat Brock Lesnar and lost to Ambrose in a bid to main event HIAC. And I can’t remember the last time Orton did anything of note at all.

On top of all that, how many times have Cena and Orton faced off now? These two have wrestled each other what feels like hundreds of times since they both came into the company over 12 years ago. Cena vs Orton is nothing new, yet they are still being handed title shots for doing nothing and still being shoehorned into the main event scene despite no one wanting them there or being interested in seeing them wrestle again.

I don’t want either of them to face Lesnar next. But if one has to, I’m going with Orton. Cena has held the belt way too many times in his career and having him beat the one in 1 and 21 would just totally negate Brock’s mystique and not to mention totally ruin the ending of Undertaker’s Wrestlemania streak. I’m not saying I want Orton to be the one to do that to Lesnar either, but at least putting Orton against Lesnar will be something different. Especially if Orton turns face (and against the Authority) sometime soon, like the internet has predicted he will.

Nikki Bella vs Brie Bella 

Loser has to be the other’s servant for a month

No lie, this should be in the Hell in a Cell, not Cena and Orton. Besides Ambrose and Rollins, Nikki vs Brie has been the only feud consistently built up over the past few months that has enough animosity and hate between the participants that would make sense for a Cell match.

Granted, WWE has totally dropped the ball with this feud the past few weeks. For a while, the Bella feud was a driving force on Raw and Smackdown. It even main evented a few episodes of Raw. But the past couple weeks, it’s like WWE all but forgot about these two, relegating the feud to app segments and some weird 6-Diva tag match last week where Brie, for some reason, pinned Nikki and Michael Cole acted like it was the end of their feud, that she finally got her redemption.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not envisioning a Nikki vs Brie HIAC match to be anything spectacular along the lines of Undertaker/Michaels or Triple H/Undertaker but at the very least it would be entertaining to see these two face each other in a Cell match and even if it wasn’t good, it would at least be memorable. But as it stands now, it probably won’t even be that. Nikki has to win this match. It almost doesn’t make sense for Brie to win. How would they make sense of good guy Brie bossing around bad guy Nikki and make her still seem like the face? Nikki is all but a lock to win this one.

Sheamus vs Miz 

United States championship

The set up for this match was pretty weird. There’s a thing in wresting called a “double turn” where a wrestler will change alignment in one match, going from a face to a heel or vice versa. Well, something similar happened with the US and Intercontinental title contenders in the past two months. Prior to Miz challenging for the US title, Cesaro was feuding with Sheamus over the belt and Miz was feuding with Dolph Ziggler over the IC title. After a series of tag matches including all four guys, they just flip-flopped contenders and at this PPV, we have Sheamus vs Miz and Cesaro vs Dolph. It was kinda odd - especially when you consider Dolph beat Miz for the IC title and now Miz just doesn’t care about it anymore and is going after the US belt? Talk about inconsistency.

Anyway, the best part of this match is a guy who probably won’t even be directly involved – Damien Mizdow. Sandow has been absolutely killing it as Miz’s stunt double, mimicking everything that Miz does, says and sells. Putting headlocks on invisible opponents, gesturing and lip syncing to Miz’s promos or selling injuries. It’s safe to say that Mizdow is more over than Miz at this point.

From a pure storyline/character standpoint, I don’t see how the Miz could win this one. There’s been almost no build up for Miz caring about winning the US title. However – Mizdow did beat Sheamus in a 6-man tag on Raw (with Miz celebrating on commentary, yelling “I won! I won!”).

What I want from this match is this – Miz, knowing he stands no chance against Sheamus in a 1-on-1 match, allowing Mizdow to wrestle for him. He’s reluctant but it’s his job to be a stand-in so he gets in the ring. And then I want Mizdow to win the title. Could be cheating or it could be clean but Mizdow is so much more over than Miz, the feud between the two of them over the title or the character or both would be pretty awesome. Then you could put Sheamus back at the top of the card or make him a heel or give him something interesting to do for once.

Dolph Ziggler vs Cesaro

2 out of 3 falls for the Intercontinental title

While I like this pairing and I’m really pulling for Cesaro to win, what I don’t get is why they had this match on Raw (where Cesaro won) and then again on Smackdown (which airs tonight and I won’t spoil who wins). There’s other people on the roster…have them in other matches! Or put them in segments hyping the title match on the PPV! Why put this match on THREE different times in one week!

I mean, both Ziggler and Cesaro are awesome and more of them on my TV isn’t a bad thing but this kind of storyline and match structure just doesn’t make sense to me. It’s this kind of booking that makes me bored with the product and uninterested in what should be a great match. It’s even more unfortunate that what should be the second most important title in WWE (or most important right now seeing as how the World champ shows up once every three months) is treated like something that is barely worthy of a PPV appearance (since this match wasn’t officially made until Cesaro issues the 2 out of 3 falls challenge on Smackdown, which airs tonight).

I love the stipulation in this match and I love that it involves Ziggler and Cesaro. The 2 out of 3 falls should really let these two go all out and tell a great story in the ring, I just wish it had a better build and more hype.

I’m predicting a Cesaro win here. I want the Swiss Superman to win and start bringing some prestige back to the title. Have him take on all comers and destroy them with uppercut variations and other ridiculous power moves only Cesaro is capable of. I want them to start booking the IC title like it’s important again and I think that Cesaro is the perfect guy to do that.

Big Show vs Rusev

I think it’s pretty obvious here that no one is going to beat Rusev for a very long time so it’s almost not even worth talking about this match. Nor do  I want to acknowledge who will eventually beat Rusev (coughCenacough). I think what will happen in this match is not to continue the program between Show and Rusev but to start the feud between Big Show and Mark Henry (or at least continue to work towards that).

When Rusev faced Big Show a week or two ago and Mark Henry came out to try and help Show, Big Show was not happy at all that Henry interfered. I think something similar happens at HIAC and when Big Show gets in Mark Henry’s face, Henry attacks him and kicks off their feud while Rusev and Lana just kinda slink away.

I also think now would be the perfect time for Rusev to start going after a title, with the obvious choice being the United States title. (As I write this, I realize that this would mean that Sheamus probably doesn’t drop the belt but if it means Rusev gets gold, I’m all for him keeping the US belt a little longer.) Rusev has crushed everyone he’s faced so far and the only thing left is to set his sights on a title and their campaign against America makes the US title the only logical choice. Have him beat Sheamus and put a Russian flag on it or Putin’s face or something and have him keep squashing people ‘til Wrestlemania.

Paige vs AJ 

Divas championship

Where to start with this one. The build has been terrible. I don’t even know what the story is, really. AJ is the champ who has no friends while Paige, who has one friend and rubs it in AJ’s face, wants the belt. I think the frenemy thing is done though beyond Paige wanting to be the champ, there’s really been no build of any kind. It’s kinda odd.

They’ve built up that despite AJ being the face in this contest, no other Diva likes her. If Kaitlyn were still with WWE, this would be the perfect time for her to show up and have AJ’s back…but that ship sailed a long time ago. Bringing Bayley up to be AJ’s diehard pal would also work but I think Bayley is gonna be stuck in NXT for a while (despite the fact that she’s ready).

I don’t know how this one plays out. I wish Stephanie McMahon was still involving herself and the Bellas in the Divas title situation, while the AJ/Paige confrontations were happening…but that doesn’t seem to be happening either. A Stephanie/AJ feud would be amazing, especially since Stephanie wanting to be Divas champ would bring a lot of prestige back to the belt but I feel like her match against Brie at SummerSlam was a one-time thing and not an indication that she’s gonna be wrestling more often.

AJ wins this one. I really have nothing to base that on either since there’s been no build and no indication of what might come next.  

The Usos vs Gold and Stardust

Tag team championship

Another match that just kinda came out of left field because they haven’t built anything, the Usos randomly have another shot at the tag team titles. I’m not even sure when this match was made, it was just another one of those things that seemed to just be assumed since there’s no other face teams to go against the Dust brothers.

Here’s what I want to see happen with the tag titles:

Have Gold and Stardust retain. The Usos and them always have good matches but there’s no point to drop the titles back to the Usos. Despite the fact that the Dusts are basically heels, they’re walking that tweener line – acting heelish but still getting cheered (because they’re awesome).

I think the Dusts continue to be the tag champs for a few more weeks until The Ascension comes out of nowhere and destroys them for the titles. Have the Dusts issue an open challenge or have the Ascension keep attacking them until they get a shot but whatever happens, have them win. The Dusts will immediately go back to being goofy, likeable faces against the Ascension, thanks to them being tweeners now.

I know the likelihood of that happening is very small but regardless, I see the Dusts retaining at HIAC.

And that’s the way this PPV is gonna play out, folks, you can take it to the bank. I would hope Lesnar shows up on Raw this Monday to start building towards Survivor Series and I would some kind of legitimate Survivor Series build begins as well. I think since Cena is going to be challenging for the belt (again) this leaves an Authority team to face a team led by Dean Ambrose for the traditional Survivor Series match but it’s hard to say, since the use of big groups/stables doesn’t seem to be a thing in WWE anymore.

Survivor Series is November 23 in St. Louis, Missouri so hopefully by then, there are some legitimate teams being built up for a traditional Survivor Series match.

WWE Battleground Pay-Per-View – Big trouble in little Tampa (in GIFs)

I’m not gonna dance around it – I hated the WWE Battleground Pay-Per-View last night. I can’t sugarcoat it – aside from a few bright spots, the overall show was worse than your average Raw.

And I’m gonna tell you why. In GIFs.

After the Wyatt Family/Usos tag title match I was like

But after the AJ/Paige match I was like

The Swagger/Rusev match made me feel

When Dean Ambrose got “kicked out” I was like

But when I realized Ambrose/Rollins really wasn’t going to happen

When Jericho beat Bray with a Codebreaker (a signature move, not even a finisher)

When Heath Slater eliminated Cesaro, I was legitimately like

And after Miz won (which I called every step of the way – Dolph Ziggler eliminating Sheamus only to have Miz eliminate him and win) I was all

After John Cena overcame the odds because CENAWINSLOL and I realized Seth Rollins was gone and couldn’t cash in his Money in the Bank contract, I felt

But overall, WWE Battleground left me feeling

The Kickoff opened with Summer Rae and Layla accompanying Adam Rose to the ring to squash Fandango followed by an OK (mostly because it was short) match between Naomi and Cameron. Both were mostly forgettable – though Layla and Summer Rae have this effect on me 

The opening match of the show was the 2-out-of-3 falls match for the tag team titles between the Usos and the Wyatt Family. This was easily the best match on the card. The Usos have improved by leaps and bounds in the past few years and though I wanted to see the Wyatts come out on top, this match was a great way to kick off the show.

Unfortunately, things quickly took a turn.

The Divas championship match left a lot to be desired. The story leading into it has been boring and nonsensical – why would Paige want to still be AJ’s friend after AJ took the title from her?! Plus, the match itself was a botchfest – which I’m sure no one saw coming. Which wasn’t sarcasm – Paige and AJ usually put on good matches and I thought these two given PPV time would lead to something great. Instead, what we got was this:

The “hoss battle” between Jack Swagger and Rusev was pretty good. The crowd seems to be getting behind Swagger as a face, surprisingly, and even though I could nitpick things (like Rusev not selling the ankle lock more) it was a perfectly fine match and the Swagger count out even set up a rematch well by not giving Rusev a clean victory over Swags.

I’m pretty livid about the blatant “bait-and-switch” which was Seth Rollins vs Dean Ambrose. The match which was one of the most hyped on the card and touted as a selling point for buying WWE Network, didn’t happen because Ambrose got “kicked out” for attacking Rollins. In other words, WWE screwed fans out of a highly anticipated match because Ambrose did something he’s been doing for weeks. I get they want, what will no doubt be, an amazing match for Summerslam but this was a bait-and-switch of the highest degree and fans should rightly be pissed for not getting it.

I don’t get the point of having Chris Jericho go over Bray Wyatt at all. They want to make the Wyatt Family look strong at some point during their main roster run, right?? So why are they losing every single PPV match they’re in?!

The last important match anyone in the Wyatt Family won on PPV was Bray’s victory over Daniel Bryan at the Royal Rumble all the way back in January – because Bray’s victory over Cena in that cage match (at Extreme Rules in May) was essentially meaningless since Bray needed multiple outside interferences to win that match and Cena won every other meeting. Whatever credibility the Wyatt Family had is pretty much gone and it’ll be hard to view them as a legitimate threat from here on out.

As for the Intercontinental title battle royal, I honestly don’t hate Miz winning. His current heel character is pretty great and the sneaky, underhanded way he won really cements it. I only hope that because it was at the expense of Ziggler, that the two will feud for the belt but that would make sense and as I tweeted last night:

What I can’t get over is why, why, WHY did they have Heath Slater eliminate Cesaro? It’s bad enough they treat Damien Sandow like the GIF at right, but now a glorified jobber is better than the guy who won the inaugural Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal? I already lamented Cesaro’s current situation in my article about theBattleground go home Raw so I won’t dwell on it too much now. But still, Cesaro may as well leave for a few weeks and start working on a new character because any momentum he had out of Wrestlemania 30 is dead and buried.

Finally, I wish I could say I’m surprised by the finish of the fatal four-way main event between John Cena, Randy Orton, Kane and Roman Reigns – but there’s a reason the phrase CENAWINSLOL exists. I can only hope Brock Lesnar shows up tonight and does to Cena what he did to Big Show at the Royal Rumble because if Lesnar doesn't get a shot at and take the titles from Cena between now and Summerslam (or at Summerslam), I don't want to live on this planet anymore.

Does WWE hate their fans? I can’t say whether they actively hate the people who give them money and ratings but they sure do seem to have this attitude toward us: