January 29, 2016
Episode 355
(taped January 25, 2016)
City: Miami, FL
Venue: American Airlines Arena
Commentary: Rich Brennan, Byron Saxton
Ring Announcer: Lilian Garcia
Intro Video
“New Day Coming” by CFO$
Match 1
Stardust vs Darren Young
(referee: Drake Wuertz)
Result: Stardust wins via pinfall after Queen’s Crossbow
Time: 5:59
Match Thoughts
Pretty good match. If nothing else it was very entertaining. At one point early in the match Darren Young shoves Stardust, so Stardust leaves the ring and very loudly, and incredulously complains that “he threw me so hard!” That cracked me up; I had to watch that part twice. The match itself was solid if not terribly unique. I guess it just goes to show that Stardust can elevate any match just with his entertainment value.
Video
Replay of Styles versus Jericho from RAW.
Video
Replay of part of The Rock on RAW.
Backstage
Jojo asks Tyler Breeze where his head is at. Breeze says his thoughts tonight are the same as before every other match in his entire life. He then goes to change his outfit.
Match 2
Titus O’Neil vs Tyler Breeze
(referee: Danilo Anfibio)
Result: Titus O’Neil wins via pinfall with Clash of the Titus
Time: 4:31 (1 break)
Match Thoughts
Another pretty good match. I think they’ve both had better than this though. Breeze had O’Neil in trouble for a little while, but O’Neil’s comeback seemed kind of sudden.
Video
From RAW, Triple H is the champ and the number one contender will be decided in a triple threat at Fastlane.
** I think it’s interesting how they edited the video to where it seems like Michael Cole is calling Stephanie McMahon a bitch. They have him saying “you know what they say about payback” and then cut immediately to Stephanie coming out onto the stage. Maybe Cole did that intentionally on RAW too and I just missed it. I tend to tune him out. **
Show Impressions
Pretty good matches mean it’s a pretty good show. I think the Stardust match is worth watching mostly for his antics.
Match of the Night
Stardust vs Darren Young
I think both matches were about even in quality, but Stardust complaining about being shoved easily put this match over the top for me. I’ll probably be laughing about that for a while.