THE NEW DAY ARE BABYFACES
It is no secret that the trio of Kofi Kingston, Big E. and Xavier Woods are entertaining as all hell with their in-ring promos and out of the ring sketches on social media. They were on their A-Game tonight with their promo before their tag match, running down the entire League of Nations faction as well as promoting their own cereal “Booty-O’s”. I found their promo highly funny and the Toronto crowd was into it as well.
Despite the match being technically “heel team A vs. heel team B”, The New Day was getting cheered like babyfaces before, during and after the match, which was solid I might add.
It’s safe to say the New Day is the top babyface tag team on the roster because they are too entertaining. Why not just pull the trigger and officially turn them as they have beaten all the baby face teams? You can have them feud with the likes of The Wyatt Family, The Ascension, and The Dudleys, who just turned heel. I can easily see New Day lose at WrestleMania in a match consisting of multiple teams without getting pinned to keep them strong. I see money in New Day chasing the championships as babyfaces. Sorry, Fantasy Booking moment there.
WE CAN’T TAKE THE WYATTS SERIOUSLY
We go from a team that’s entertaining and full of jokes to a team that is a joke. The Wyatt Family are a joke at this point. It’s sad to see that even after their reformation and the addition of a new member in Braun Strowman, The Wyatt Family hasn’t had a major win.
They lost to the Brothers of Destruction at Survivor Series, which they should have won because it was 2 on 4! They lost to Kane, Big Show and Ryback at Fastlane. The Wyatt Family have also lost time and again to 2/3 of The Shield last year.
The Shield was booked perfectly when they were together, they seldom lost a match, their matches were great, they won titles and when they lost, it meant something! The Wyatt Family are victims of WWE’s 50-50 where NO ONE GETS OVER!
Yes, people enjoy Bray Wyatt, but the man has lost more than won. He’s lost to Cena, Undertaker, Kane, Roman Reigns and now, Brock Lesnar. Lesnar, single-handedly beat both Bray Wyatt and Luke Harper in a handicap match because Wyatt didn’t even bother participating in the match.
How can we take Bray Wyatt as a threat if he and his men keep losing?
The Wyatts have lost more big matches than the Buffalo Bills of the early 90’s. Whatever the “Creative” has in store for the Wyatts at WrestleMania 32 better be a big win that could be the catalyst to a meaningful push. It’s not too late for these guys to be taken as a threat. Here’s a suggestion, have them feud with The New Day.
CHRIS JERICHO IS ONE OF THE BEST HEELS WWE HAS
Unlike The New Day, who are heels that are cheered because of their entertaining antics, Chris Jericho reverted back to his 2008-2010 days as a heel tonight. Jericho spent several minutes shunning the Canadian fans for liking AJ Styles and other “flavors of the month” over him.
Also, for the first time in his career, renouncing Canada as his home country to an outpouring of boos from the crowd. The only thing the Canadian crowd didn’t boo is when Jericho reminded them that Swagger beat Jericho for the Big Gold Belt six years ago. Congratulations, Swagger, the fans don’t care about you.
Jericho’s match with Jack Swagger was merely secondary as it was nothing special. The match was just used to build up Jericho for a future match between him and Styles.
Jericho is a master of the microphone as he can get people to love or hate him, which is rare on the main roster these days. When Jericho leaves again, we’re going to miss him because there are VERY few to get us to hate them like he does.
NXT STOLE THE SHOW!
I don’t know about you, but NXT and the NXT Alumni showed up tonight! The NXT matches were the best matches on the card. The Revival defeated Enzo Amore and Big Cass in an amazing NXT Tag Team Championship match that surpassed their NXT Takeover: London bout.
Just great tag team wrestling that outdid the WWE Tag Team Championship by leaps and bounds. Enzo Amore and Big Cass were close to winning the championship but The Revival proved to be the better team yet again after flooring Amore with a modified version of their finisher, Shatter Machine.
Charlotte and Natalya had an excellent match for the Divas Championship match that was just as good as their first match at the inaugural NXT Takeover. I love the fact that we were reminded of their previous encounter, instead of being forced to forget about it. We had a clear face and a heel here as the crowd knew who to get behind and who to boo. Everything in this match was perfect as Charlotte and Natalya put on a technical wrestling clinic.
There were several near falls as Natalya was close to winning her second Divas Championship. Natalya would put Charlotte in the Sharpshooter but Charlotte would have the mat sense to grab her father’s arms (which were under the ropes) to get Natalya to break the hold. Natalya would be distracted by this and would try to slap Ric Flair but would miss. Charlotte would take advantage, roll Natalya up and put her feet on the ropes for good measure to ensure the victory. Way to further get Charlotte over as a heel
Usually, when we see a really good match, the next match after is usually a buffer and not as good. Usually, the Divas Match is put in this slot. However, both the Divas Championship and NXT Tag Team Championship match followed each other very well as the crowd was into both. WWE should consider having the NXT roster do cameos like this a little more often.
WE GOT NO SURPRISES HERE …and that’s not a bad thing
Every champion retained their championships and looked strong before WrestleMania (or NXT Takeover: Dallas for the NXT crew). Roadblock was a glorified house show like the MSG show in October and Beast in the East last July and that wasn’t a bad thing.
Roadblock was a solid show overall and the matches made you think there was going to be a change in the plans. However, with a depleted roster, that was not going to happen. Did this card made me excited for WrestleMania?
The answer to that is no but after NXT’s Tag Title Match, I’m looking forward to Takeover: Dallas!
Good night, everyone! Triple H is the champ!
Derron Browning w/ “Brain of Browning”