Double or Nothing kinda fell short for me.
Having the Hardy's beat the Bucks is just nonsense.
Booking Rancid to have Ruby Soho lose is nonsense.
The highlights for me were Thunder Rosa v. Deeb even though I felt that match went a little long.
Darby v KORimjob was one of the better matches.
Death Triangle v HOB was awesome except for the finish I am so fucking over people spraying mist in the eyes.
Triple threat tag was really good. HUNGLE BOY!!! HAHHAHAH!!!!!
Page v Punk wasn't that awesome and unless Page is hurt and needs some time off, the wrong dude won.
Yeah overall it wasn't one of their best shows, the undercard kinda carried it really.
I loved the Bucks vs Hardys haha. I enjoy shtick sometimes and it was basically a PWG match. Apparently Jeff was in rough shape going into it (mostly from the Darby match, big surprise) and since Matt walks like he got his shins blown off in WW2 there wasn't too much they could do. I agree the Bucks should have won but I bet they wanted to job to their heroes.
The Rancid thing is one of the main reasons I'm leaning towards the "last minute change" theory. It's dumb on so many levels and all the other booking makes more sense with Ruby winning.
Rosa vs Deeb was pretty good but I'm starting to hate Rosa matches because of how loud she is haha. She's like Lex Luger and Vickie Guerrero rolled into one (not sure if I used that one yet). I vote we swap her and hook's gimmicks. He would look great in a Texican bodysuit. I do like watching Serena work, usually girls who are super skinny like that aren't believable for me (red velvet suffers from this) but I feel like getting tied up by one of her bony ass arms or leathery legs would really suck. I've noticed that Rosa matches tend to go a little too long or be unevenly paced, even the Britt matches were like that to some extent.
HOB vs death triangle was probably my highlight and yeah I'm pretty over the mist thing but that particular one didn't make me that mad. It would be cool if it was super rare and getting hit with it like guaranteed they'd be under Black's control instead of it just being the new eye rake. Maybe I'm just projecting because I would totally be down with Julia Hart spitting in my face.
I mostly hated Darby vs KOR. Especially since KOR won. His matches all feel kinda same-y to me and there's only so many times I can see him reverse something into a joint lock before I tune out. Also the storyline was laughable and I felt like it didn't need to be on the card.
Page vs Punk was pretty good. Hangman is really starting to remind me of prime HBK. Some dudes just move different in the ring and he's one of them. I agree that he should have won. Honestly I wanted him to have it for at least a year to really add some importance and gravity to the belt but Punk is the money draw so I'm sure Tony wants to see what he can do on top. I don't hate that Punk won so much as I hate that Hangman lost.
That anarchy match is going to go down in history. That was so well down for such a crazy fucking spectacle and my inner ECW fan was marking the fuck out the whole time. I had so much fun watching that and Jericho is just on an absolute tear right now.
That 3 way tag was just like... No way it could be bad with those 6 dudes in there but it still exceeded my expectations haha. Everyone in that match was great but Hungle Boy and Starks are stars and they need to get a singles feud going ASAP.
Did you watch the pre show at all? I genuinely think maybe the biggest pop I heard all night was for Hookhausen haha. Gotta say Tony Neese is a hell of a hand, he made Danhausen look legit. I have to say I haven't really been as high on Hook as most but man he's got his old man's snap.