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Making the Grade - Hell in a Cell 2016

10/30/2016

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by Adam Salzer
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Hello, everybody! Welcome to the latest edition of Making the Grade! Tonight may be one of the most anticipated Hell in a Cell PPVs in HISTORY! Will it live up to the hype? Let's find out!
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Hell in a Cell Preview

10/30/2016

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By:  Troy Boesen
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​Hell in a Cell kicks off on October 30th from Boston, Massachusetts.  I wish they would stop photoshopping the wrestlers on the poster.  For example, they removed Charlotte’s mole.  I present to you my projected match order and preview of each booked match.  Match card and order subject to change.
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PRESHOW: Cedric Alexander, Lince Dorado and Sin Cara vs Tony Nese, Drew Gulak and Ariya Daivari
The Build: The Purple Rope Club packs everyone in, always.
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My Prediction: Alexander, Dorado and Cara
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Sasha Banks © vs Charlotte Flair in a Hell in a Cell Match
The Build:  The feud that should have led to a Main Event spot instead leads to a terrible “Triple Main Event” bullshit.  Also, I don’t think this will close out the show.  So this will be the first female main event, and maybe eventually we get the first women’s match to close a PPV.

My Prediction: Sasha Banks.  If she survives.  
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Enzo Amore and Big Cass vs Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson
The Build: Not much of anything.  Gallows and Anderson jobbed out the two weeks leading up to the PPV, which means...

My Prediction: Gallows and Anderson.  Because fuck logic.
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TJ Perkins © vs Brian Kendrick
The Build: Perkins keeps forcing in terrible video game puns, and Kendrick seems to be the only person taking this serious. 

My Prediction: Brian Kendrick.  The TJP experiment isn’t working, and Kendrick would do better in the role of Heel champ.
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The New Day © vs Cesaro and Sheamus
The Build:  Cesaro and Sheamus took a best of 7 series to a draw, and the logical solution would be that they do a triple threat for the Universal Championship, which is why they are going for the Tag Team belts.  The New Day are going to break Demolition’s record of 1,540 days as champs. 

My Prediction: New Day.  Shocker.
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Roman Reigns © vs Rusev in a Hell in a Cell Match
The Build: Rusev is trying to defend his country and his wife from a jerk who keeps trying to hurt him and disrespect him. 

My Prediction: Roman Reigns.  Because the heel always wins.
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Bayley vs Dana Broke
The Build: Creative has no idea what to do with Bayley.  This is why she should have been on SmackDown Live, where they understand how to do more than one feud. 

My Prediction: Dana Brooke.  
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Kevin Owens © vs Seth Rollins
The Build: Triple H screwed over Seth Rollins in order for Kevin Owens to win the Universal Championship.  Rollins was instantly booked in a match with Triple H.  Wait, what?  Triple H hasn’t appeared since then? 

My Prediction: Kevin Owens.  Via Triple H interference. 

​What are your thoughts?  Post your predictions in the comments section below!
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3 Up, 3 Down [October 26th]

10/26/2016

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By:  Jason Stuart

​This week was once again a solid win for Smackdown.  Both shows delivered non-title matches with their Champions.  Both shows featured promos with their top women.  Both shows featured the mid-card champs and contenders in a promo battle.  That said Smackdown crafted the show together better than Raw, so once again the edge goes to them.  How did I reach that conclusion?  Well, let’s take a look at the best and worst of this week’s shows.

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Power Top Rankings:  Week 12

10/26/2016

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By:  Troy Boesen
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​Raw was a shitshow.  With WWE’s 50/50 booking, it’s hard to pin down who really matters anymore.  Let’s get this over with.
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The List of Jericho is a more prestigious item than the Universal Championship.  It was the main focus of the go home Raw to Hell in a Cell.  Owens and the belt really didn’t play a role at all.  This is an issue. 
 
Hey man, we want to cheer our hometown boys: Talk about a huge misstep.  Vince really doesn’t understand how a crowd works anymore.  Trying to get a Minnesota crowd to boo the Beast Infection was a tough sell. 
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Sami Zayn is going to be eaten: Braun Strowman is starting to get to show that he can actually talk as well as be entertaining.  Zayn is Dolph Ziggler 2.0.  He can lose every match and still be credible if he needs to jump up to the main event.
 
US Title: One of the bullshit Triple Main Event matches was not really featured on the go home show. 
 
Axelmania: Curtis Axel got to be a face in his hometown but got squashed by Bo Dallas.  At least they understood that a hometown guy is going to get a pop.
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​Tag Team Titles: This is still on hold for 50 more days.
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​Women’s Title:  Expect the Women’s match to go on FIRST instead of LAST at Heck in a Speck. Also, expect the Canadian crowd to hijack the show from then on out.
 
Body Shaming: Dana Brooke is a built powerhouse, despite what her outfit makes her look like.  Her body shaming Bayley by making fun of her lack of giant muscles doesn’t feel right in the women’s division.  Also, arm wrestling matches haven’t been fun to watch since Over The Top.  Also, why was Dana, the heel, wearing a “charity” (*cough* scam *cough*) shirt while Bayley was in her normal ring gear? 
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The Purple Rope Club remains a bright spot for matches, but a sore spot for storytelling.  TJ Perkins just doesn’t have the natural charisma of Brian Kendrick, and because of this, I want Kendrick to destroy the pint-sized Pac-Man.
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​SmackDown Live continues to be a more well-rounded show
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​World Title: Styles beat Ambrose!  When was the last time we saw a “win and you get a title shot” match end with the Champion winning?  I love it.
 
Wyatt Randy?  Wyatt?: Bray Wyatt has always said that facing him and his clan of filthy jobbers would leave people changed.  It only took three years for someone to actually feel changed by Bray Wyatt.  Randy Orton turned heel by attacking Kane.  Only on SmackDown could hurting Kane be a heel turn.  We need another big Face on this show. 
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​Tag Titles: Thanks to Survivor Series, we really are in a holding pattern for now.  We have begun to have qualifying matches for the Survivor Series 20 man tag match.  This would make more sense if you had 10 teams on SmackDown Live.
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​Cum on my Bliss: Alexa has quickly become a top female heel.  She went N.W.O. on Becky and broke out the spray paint.  She blasted all over Becky’s back.  Poor Becky even got some in her hair.  I feel like maybe Becky should have worn one of her WWEShop.com shirts so as not to ruin a perfectly good pumpkin shirt.
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First Impressions:  Pokemon Sun and Moon Demo

10/22/2016

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By:  Andrew Lister

​Welcome to First Impressions, a brand new article series about upcoming video games, television shows, or other media.  Each article will focus on previews, demos, or first episodes and give you, our reader, an idea of what you can expect and whether you should spend your time and/or money down the road.

Let's kick off our first installment with our first impressions of the upcoming Pokemon Sun and Moon!
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A Brief Introduction to Pokemon

For those of you who have been living under a rock, Pokemon is a Japanese video game franchise that hit the scene in America back in the mid 90s with the Gameboy titles Pokemon  Red and Pokemon Blue.  Since then, the series has seen a number of games across all the iterations of Nintendo's handheld, countless anime series, dozens of animated movies, a successful card game, and the mobile game craze Pokemon Go.

The concept of Pokemon is to go out into the world and attempt to capture wild animals known as Pokemon (or Pocket Monsters).  Not only are you going around subjugating all the animals you can, but you're also training your Pokemon to fight against other trainers, a rival, evil organizations like Team Rocket, and leaders of gyms.  Each game has interesting locales to explore, individuals to challenge, and new Pokemon to befriend.
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Sun & Moon Demo Impressions

The Pokemon Sun and Moon demo was released on October 18th.  Like the demo that was released for Alpha Sapphire and Omega Ruby, players not only get a glimpse of what they can expect in the new release, but they can rack up some free items and Pokemon and transfer them to the full version of the game, which hits stores on November 18th.

As had been hyped, you start the demo with a level 35 Greninja.  This just isn't any Greninja, though.  As had been hyped, you find out that this Pokemon was given to your young protagonist by someone else to use.  Even though the letter stating this doesn't include a name, we know that it comes from Ash Ketchum, the main character from the Pokemon anime.  This Greninja comes with the ability Battle Bond, which turns Greninja into a strengthened form when it defeats an opponent.  The form that he takes is known as Ash-Greninja, and its abilities, look, and animations all change for the better.
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There really wasn't as much to the demo as I would have expected.  You get your first look at the Alola Region in two major areas.  The first is a town known as Hau'oli City.  It's got several shops to visit, people to talk to, and Pokemon wandering around.  There is a sense of life to the town, yet it also feels somewhat unsatisfying.  For example, the Pokemart inside the Pokemon Center isn't accessible.  The Pokemon Center is the only place that really allows any interaction.  That being said, I do like the visual aspects of healing your Pokemon in this version.

The second zone is known as Ten Carat Hill.  Here you have a few things to do, including fighting wild Pokemon in grassy areas, areas hidden behind large rocks that can be broken by a charging Pokemon that you can ride, trainers to challenge, and a cave to explore and complete a quest.  It's fun for a while, but once you complete everything there is to do, you don't have any real reason to load up the game again aside from meeting up with NPCs at specified days to collect more items to send over to the full game.
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One of the coolest part of getting to play through these demos is seeing some of the new Pokemon in action.  Just about every patch of grass in the demo has one of these three Pokemon wandering around.  These are obviously the Pokemon you'll run into at the start of the game, level up to around 15 or 20 and then get rid of for some actually good Pokemon.

The first one pictured if my favorite of the three, Rockruff.  He's an adorable rock type Pokemon that will eventually be able to evolve into one of two wolf forms depending on the version of the game that you own.  The Moon version is actually a pretty awesome looking werewolf while the Sun version is more of a traditional direwolf.

The second is a normal/flying type called Pikipek.  I like the sort of woodpecker look on this one.  We don't know if this one will evolve, but I'd assume he has two evolutions as we've seen with Pokemon like Pidgey and Starly.

The Donald Trump looking one is Yungoos.  I'm assuming he'll be out new Ratatta-sort of entry.  This normal type Pokemon evolves into a completely Trump-esque creature Gumshoos.  I'll be passing on this one.
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The demo did show off a few interesting changes to the game and battle system.  The first thing to note is that the movement in this game is now completely unrestricted.  As the games have evolved, movement has gone from the four directional options to a psuedo-free range of movement.  Now you can use the thumbsticks to go in any direction.

The dual screens of the 3DS, as shown above, have been changed somewhat during battles.  You can click on either your Pokemon or your opponents on the lower screen and get some basic information, such as their types and any status bonuses or weaknesses.  As a guy that forgets constantly the different types of all the million Pokemon, this is a huge plus.  Having the visual reminder of the number of times I've used moves like Sand Attack or Growl is also a nice touch.

One other change that I noticed comes when you select your moves.  Once you battle a certain Pokemon, it tells you whether a move is effective, not effective, or super effective.  This may piss off some hardcore players, but for someone that can't memorize the ridiculous type chart, it's really a good change!  I imagine that they'll remove that from competitive cooperative battles or at least give players the option to turn it off.

Final Recommendation

I know that I missed some aspects of the demo, but I feel like everyone should go check it out for themselves.  If you're a fan of the world of Pokemon, you won't be disappointed.  The demo provides a small taste of what the final product will be, and I feel that it could be one of the most enjoyable experiences in the history of the franchise.  If you're new to the game, give it a shot!  It seems like they've put a lot of time and love into this game, and I don't think it will disappoint.

​Get Pokemon Sun and/or Moon when they launch on November 18th, 2016!
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3 Up, 3 Down [October 21st]

10/21/2016

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By:  Jason Stuart
​This week was interesting.  I feel like Raw had the 2 best segments of the week with the opener and closer of their show.  Then I watched Smackdown, and they seemed to have the better overall show.  Raw did an amazing job with those 2 segments, but as for the rest of the show…well Smackdown was good.  Let’s check out the bests and worsts from this week. 

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Power Top Rankings: Week 11

10/21/2016

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By:  Troy Boesen
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Universal Title: WWE is scrambling to pull Jericho out of this feud as he is the most over of the three and isn’t in the match.  As happy as I am that we are going to have the women main event a ppv, it’s sad that they can easily main event because the Universal Title picture is so watered down at this point.  The women’s feud is not as hot as it should be, or could be, but Owens vs Rollins just doesn’t feel important.

Goldberg: Here’s the thing.  Sometimes we let our past experiences hurt our chances to have a better experience.  If my wife has a bad experience at a restaurant, she won’t ever want to give them a second chance to do better.  Everyone seems to be upset that we are getting Goldberg vs Brock 2 because the first one was so terrible.  The first time that The Rock and Stone Cold faced each other was a nothing match, but a few years later they but on great matches.  I’m not saying that Goldberg and Lesnar will be a five star match, but don’t let the original match that happened 12 years ago between two guys who are in far different mindsets today let it cloud your chance to enjoy what is a match that has no consequence on anything.  Just enjoy the ride.
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US Title: I’ve always been a huge fan of the US belt (except when they use it for US vs the World garbage feuds), but I don’t care about the belt right now.  Reigns has dropped the prestige of this belt because he doesn’t seem to even want the damn thing.
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Tag Titles: Day 420 passed.
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Women’s Title: Sasha vs Charlotte still scares me, and even more so that it seems this will be the main event.  We could see a live death in the ring. 
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Dayley: Dana Brooke vs Bayley makes me think that Bayley really is the Sami Zayn of the women’s division.
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​Cruiserweight Title: WWE continues to try to cram as many guys into the Purple Rope Club matches as possible.  
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World Title: More comedy, but again, this was okay.  We are done with James Ellsworth for a while save for a possible Rumble appearance.  Styles will face Ambrose next week in a non-title match.  If Ambrose wins, he gets a title shot. 

IC Title: The Spirit Squad is in the same position.  They will be around for a little bit before fucking off. 
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Wyatt: Why is Kane a part of this?
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​Tag Team Title: The Tag Titles took a huge backseat this week.  We only got Slyno as part of a 6 man match to further the IC title feud.
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Women’s Title: Why did you have Naomi beat Alexa at No Smercy? 
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Bella vs Mella: Carmella brought up the fact that Nikki is with John Cena.  I could see Big Cass trying to hide behind Enzo with this line.  Also, Alexa Bliss is dating Murphy; Naomi is married to one of the Usos, Joey? Jacky Uso?  Natalya is married to Droz….I meant a different paralyzed guy…. Tyson Kidd! Charlotte is banging Bryon Saxton.  Emmalina is with bald spot Ryder, The women dating male wrestlers is nothing new.  Sasha Banks marrying a seamstress is out of the ordinary.  Since Nia Jax is not like most girls I would think she would probably marry an investment banker or maybe get together with Tamina.
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Power Top Rankings: Week 10

10/16/2016

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By:  Troy Boesen
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Universal Title: The issue right now with the Universal Title picture is that the two people who are in the actual match at Hell in a Taco Bell are secondary characters.  This feud is all about the guys behind the curtain:  Triple H, Stephanie and Mick Foley.  Owens has been trying his best, and Jericho has been enjoying his time in the spotlight, but Seth Rollins is in no man's land.  Seth is a tweener, who is leaning towards face, but he doesn’t have the object of his motivation to play against.  The best he has is Stephanie, who continues to change from face or heel on a nightly basis, meaning Seth does not have a clear enemy.  His feud with Owens isn’t about something that Owens did or even about the title.  Owens didn’t turn on his friends to join with Triple H like Seth did.  Kevin Owens was gifted something that he didn’t ask to be gifted.  It’s hard to find a reason to blame him, and Seth feels directionless without the guy who fucked him over there to be mad.

US Title: Roman Reigns is still the “good guy” in a feud where Rusev is the “bad guy.”  Rusev did threaten to beat up two women this week, so at least that was something.  But Reigns didn’t seem to have a problem with hurting Lana either.  Why would Charlotte team with Rusev, who was a dick to her earlier in the night?  Cause Creative.

Oldberg vs Lazyner: Instead of telling a story by having Goldberg attack Lesnar out of nowhere, or having Lesnar issue an open challenge and having Goldberg accept, we instead decided to try to get ratings at the expense of storytelling by having Paul Heyman challenge Goldberg so they could draw eyes to Raw next week and announce Lesnar will return the next week.

Stro Braunman: Braun wanted more competition. Foley, who is terrible at his job, gave him two jobbers.  I hope this continues until it’s Braun vs 34 local talents at once.

#CleanHouse: #ReleaseTitusO’Neil #ReleaseDarrenYoung #ReleaseCurtisAxel #ReleaseJohnnyFandangoCurtis #ReleaseTylerBreeze #ReleaseBoDallas #ReleaseRTruthBecauseIHateHim
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The New Day are still chugging along to a record nobody cares that they break.

#LetOwensBreakBrunoSammartino’sRecord.
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Women's Title: Sasha vs Charlotte will be a Fox in a Box match.  Remember when a feud was so balls out crazy that they needed to lock two motherfuckers in a cell before they killed each other?  #KillHellInACellGimmick.  I have no doubt that Sasha and Charlotte will try to put on a great show, and that’s the problem.  One or both of them will probably be hurt at the end of this match.  Good thing we have a ton of female talent that can take their place.
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Cruiserweight Title: I’m ready for Brian Kendrick to be the champ.  Perkins sounds so unnatural on the stick.  He’s a tremendous talent and should get better with time, but he needs to spend more time in NXT.  Hey, Sin Cara is here now!  #ReleaseHunico
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World Title: No, I will not add James Ellsworth to this.  Dean is back to comedy Dean, but at least this time it was entertaining.  At least most of it was.  Ellsworth should probably be done after his title shot next week because he is about to jump the shark.  Or he already has.  Whatever.

IC Title: The Miz and Dolph were able to continue this feud and make it still matter.  #SignKennyDykstra

Luke Wyatt: John O’Clock motherfucker!  Best Friends Forever Randy Orton and Kane teamed to take on Bray and Luke.  Luke can apparently enter into people’s bodies now.  Kane disappeared and Luke was in his spot.  It was a good spot.  Harper still deserves more than being second in command of the Wyatt Family (more so because there is no other Wyatt Family Members).
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Tag Team Titles: Slyno don’t have challengers for their titles as The Usos have moved back to their feud with American Alpha.  From the look of the next PPV, we could see Dolph and Slyno vs Miz and Spirit Squad.  Or not.  What do I know?
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WWE Loves Them Some Triple Threats: Naomi beat Alexa Bliss (This was the wrong move; use Natalya as a jobber to keep Alexa hot), and this looks to be setting up a triple threat (yep) between Becky Bedrest and Alexa Bliss.  Depending on what happened to Becky (injury, yeast infection, burst fallopian tube, whatever) we could see either Alexa or Naomi as the next Women’s Champion.
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