Friday, 28 February 2025

Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy [Season 2,] Episode 67: The Comeback Kid by AverageMansReviews

Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy [Season 2,] Episode 67: The Comeback Kid by AverageMansReviews

Review Time

5 things about this episode

Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/bodily functions/transformation/electrocution/regeneration/medical

Let's just get this done: Storyline, Character [Character developments,] Action and Art; this match for Kidd is still having a hard time in this match up, it is going to be difficult to see him progressing. What the hell was this character development about? On one hand I was really on board for this leg strap, because it fits in with wrestling everyone with me so far? But on the other hand when it started glowing like the fleece from Sinbad and the Golden Fleece, I was like Oh hell to the No. Yes I am very much aware they have done other mystical things in one way or another, in this TV program up to this point anyway, where it fitted in with what they were go with, but in this specific situation; it is and was one step too far well for me anyway. Kidd performs this: a reverse spinal crack a mid air suplex and excellent animation to show this mini sequence of events.

This episode receives: 6/10, this episode is good; but this is consistently no way near where things were roughly speaking from the first season and boy howdy how it is showing, so I am happy that we just have 10 episodes to go.

 

Thursday, 27 February 2025

Tony Fumbled Chants During Ricky Saints F. K. A. AEW's Ricky Starks Debut Match on NXT 25/02/2025 by AverageMansReviews

Tony Fumbled Chants During Ricky Saints F. K. A. AEW's Ricky Starks Debut Match on NXT 25/02/2025 by AverageMansReviews

Warning: in one way or another I am going to be as the young kids say today keeping it 100%, so from time to time I won't be pulling my punches and I will be using adult language references, but a softer version.

Background to this content: I was really going to leave this situation alone, but that was until I found out that the AEW fan base are now called sickos and before I continue I wouldn't and am not triggered by this even though someone on social media keeps referencing that I am. What I am is a 42-year-old man that thinks calling another section of people sickos, because you disagree with them to give yourselves [generally speaking the WWE fan base] superiority over wrestling even though I have said on social media those that live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones and yes this is coming from the WWE/NXT referencing Tony Khan in a chant Tony Fumbled during Ricky Saints debut match.

Here are just some of the 25 names/acts that the WWE has fumbled:

1. Bray Wyatt/The Wyatt Family

2. Bray Wyatt/The Firefly Fun House

3. Luke Harper/Bludgeon Brothers: but at least he got to show his true potential in AEW as the Exalted One Mr. Brodie Lee

4. Shayna Baszler: let's be honest if she had testicles she would be consistently in the main event picture and I can say this based on fact, she is the equivalent of Brock Lesnar: but she is an all-round much better package than him and let's not forget NXT build her up as Lesnar [you will see a consistent theme developing at one point or another.]

5. Asuka: NXT build her up as a really strong wrestler, on the main roster completely different representation.

6. Ember Moon: putting her injuries to one side NXT excellent wrestler with unique gimmick, but don't worry she is killing it in ROH/AEW as Athena.

7. Naomi: outside of the WWE at Impact Wrestling/TNA really make something of herself including winning the Impact Wrestling Knockouts World Championship. Comes back to the WWE, she doesn't even get involved in The Bloodline storyline [you know it isn't like she is married to Jimmy Uso or anything.] But no slowly but surely they take the shine off her and now put her in a storyline/WWE Women's Tag Team Championships with Bianca Belair [ to replace Jade Cargill for injury reasons] and then they eventually lose them, I should imagine she will be somewhere around the storyline with Belair and Cargill [speaking of Cargill.]

8. Jade Cargill: so let me get this right AEW spend years building up making her the first-ever AEW TBS Women's Champion with the longest range in date of 508 days and as everyone knows I am not a big fan of hers, but instead of putting her on NXT, where you could move around with her inexperienced/wrestling style [yes even AEW fans knew or I think I can say some knew she was being protected.] The WWE decide to put her on the main roster, where it has been somewhat obvious, they quickly decided to put her with Belair to gain experience.

9. Isla Dawn: NXT UK/NXT build her up as a really strong wrestler/with The Unholy Union: Alba Fyre. Yes they won the WWE Women's Tag Team Championships on their home ground of Scotland at WWE Clash at the Castle: Scotland 2024, but for the vast majority of the time they got badly treated.

10. Kay Lee Ray/Alba Fyre: NXT UK/NXT build her up as the real deal a very strong wrestler holding the NXT UK Women's Championship for a record-setting 649 days, as I have just referenced she has not had the same kind of presentation.

11. Toni Storm: NXT UK/NXT build her up as a real prospect if my memory is correct and when she gets to the main roster she gets treated as a joke, but she is absolutely killing it in AEW.

12. Ilja Dragunov: NXT UK/NXT build let's be honest as a miniature version of Walter from the aspect of incredibly hard-hitting and if you want to beat me you are going to have to kill me, on the main roster they have successfully took way is in a vulnerability.

13. Karrion Kross: NXT build him along side Scarlett as this really intense unstoppable force and regardless of how many times he has gone to the main roster or come back to the WWE or whatever, they have completely washed away this once marvellous gimmick [speaking of gimmicks that have been completely fudged up that brings me on to this guy.]

14. Carmelo Hayes: NXT build him as with or without Trick Williams [preferably with Williams as a double act:] as he/they can really take care of business as his HIM gimmick/his/their persona would suggest, he should be somewhere between the mid-card and the main event on the main roster, he can/they can really back it up, but no it looks like Hayes has had all of that superstar building stripped away from him just to seemingly be placed working with The Mix.

15. SAnitY [all:] NXT built them up as must see, on the main roster they were I can't watch.

16. The Hurt Business: their journey was cut short and so much wasted potential, but never mind they are doing absolutely fine in AEW as The Hurt Syndicate, they could just do with a missing piece of the jigsaw to make them complete again Cedric Alexander.

17. Ricochet: I have seen a grain of salt of his work in NXT due to online clips, but he was never given a decent opportunity on the main rosters, but don't worry he is doing absolutely fine just getting into the swing over at AEW.

18. Swerve Strickland: likewise I didn't see any of his run at the WWE, but as we can clearly see he is a massive deal over at AEW.

19. Mustafa Ali: I think we can all agree anyone that can make themselves look like/sound like a real deal within a gimmick that was doomed from the outset in RETRIBUTION deserves to be seen as a real big deal.

20. Cesaro/Claudio Castagnol: this the worst kept secret in modern times of the WWE, that he could have really been a main eventer and to compound that fact, he got to show it taking on Roman Reigns at WWE WrestleMania Backlash 2021 for the WWE Universal Championship.

21. Pete Dunne: NXT UK/NXT build him as on his own merits a very hard wrestler and not forgetting anyone that can throw down with Walter should be on the main roster going for Championships [speaking of people that can throw down with Walter/King Walter swiftly brings me onto this guy.]

22. Chad Gable: basically it is like watching history repeat itself with Cesaro, where Gable has proved himself as a Babyface or Heel he should be up around to begin with the high of the mid-card/in the conversation of the main event from time to time as I think most people would agree it should have been him to end Walter's legendary WWE Intercontinental Championship run and not Sami Zayn at WWE WrestleMania 40/2024: Night 1.

23. Shinsuke Nakamura: stop me if you have heard this before; but yet again NXT build him up as one of the best wrestlers in the world at that point in history, but on the main roster he has been condemned to mid-card mediocrity and even right now with the WWE United States Championship he hasn't done anything with it, I mean and this is generally true a couple of days ago I had to remind myself that he actually had this championship, so he has a gimmick evolution and he gets given this championship and yet you have him do nothing with it; so this is absolutely pointless.

24. Ethan Page: I mean NXT have essentially said to AEW hold my beer, you think you did terrible with him, wait until you see what we do with him, yes he has won the NXT Championship, but the old expression goes what have you done for me lately. I mean over in AEW we all know he was very talented, unfortunately he just wasn't given much time on-screen/match time to do anything, basically the NXT have done marginally worse than AEW, because they gave him the championship for 86 days and began to show his true talent, but didn't give him another time with the NXT Championship: in my honest opinion I think this was NX T flying the middle finger at AEW for putting a championship on him..

25. Motor City Machine Guns: I don't know about anyone else, they are a modern day legendary tag team and to see them not be treated as such is firstly massively disappointing pointing and secondly for them to only have their first-ever  WWE Tag Team Championships run last only 42 days is just so fudgin' wrong, wrong and fudgin' wrong and just to finish off this shower of manure they lose them on an episode of WWE SmackDown Friday 06/12/ 2024 to #DIY [Tommaso Ciampa & Johnny Gargano.]

There are two choices: the first is every promotion fumbles someone at some point, so you know it happens, you can still have banter with other promotions; man I miss the camaraderie between broadly speaking the WWF, the WCW and ECW fan base; if you wanted to see this style of wrestling you would head to such and such or for a more clean cut example if you wanted to see the best and I mean this nicely for the best mixture of different nationalities you would probably head towards the WCW World Cruiserweight Championship/Division.

Or the second choice; is to continue sticking your head up the posterior of those that are heavily toxic against any other promotion minus the WWE and can't really see the hypocritical nature of what they are saying; meaning the WWF/WWE doesn't exactly have the best track record so you know look behind you before criticising someone else's backyard and yes I am fully aware that the AEW fan base do it as well, but I get the feeling that the AEW community do it out of retaliation, which I am not condoning. But I can see why; for 5 years plus now we have the vast majority of that time been seen as the bad guys or you know not doing right or whatever, as I keep saying how long has the WWF/WWE been around absolutely decades compared to AEW on their way to 1 decade, but then again if you choose remain up the posterior of those supporting the WWE in whatever they do at least you can tell us which ones had eaten nuts the night before.

 

 

Wednesday, 26 February 2025

In-depth Predictions/Other elements for WWE Elimination Chamber: Toronto 2025 by AverageMansReviews

In-depth Predictions/Other elements for WWE Elimination Chamber: Toronto 2025 by AverageMansReviews

Related content: The Tessa Blanchard Problem for TNA & NXT 2025 Link https://averagemansreviews2017.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-tessa-blanchard-problem-for-tna-nxt.html , In-depth Predictions/Other elements for WWE Royal Rumble 2025 Link https://averagemansreviews2017.blogspot.com/2025/01/in-depth-predictionsother-elements-for_28.html and then Rock & Rhodes WWE SmackDown Segment on 21/02/2025 Link https://averagemansreviews2017.blogspot.com/2025/02/rock-rhodes-wwe-smackdown-segment-on.html

Just a heads up/Speculation: there will be some censored adult language references in this content at one point or another such as now. I think this event is on paper of adequate standard, so let's be honest for one fudgin' moment shall we. We are just here for the Elimination Chamber Matches and that is it. Because I don't know about everyone else; 3 out of 5 slots I either can take it or leave it or I have seen it too often for and I really couldn't give a fudge whatever happens, no I really couldn't give a fudge! I will be speculating at some point in this content as it relates to one match/match slot

One half of the WWE Women's Tag Team Champions The Judgement Day's: Liv Morgan vs. Bianca Belair vs. Alexa Bliss vs. Bayley vs. Naomi vs. Roxanne Perez; Elimination Chamber Match for a Women's World Championship match at WrestleMania 41/2025: my pick is Roxanne Perez. My selection here is based off the process of elimination every other contender could have something going on or easily put in a feud somewhere and combine that with the opportunity to give Perez a big push to go head-to-head with Rhea Ripley [as of this content being first created] at WrestleMania regardless of the outcome it would at minimum establish Perez on the main roster, actually if we were to think about it hypothetically this is what they could be doing with Charlotte Flair and Tiffany Stretton as well.

The WWE Women's Champion Tiffany Stratton & Trish Stratus vs. Queen Nia Jax & Candice LeRae; Tag Team Match: my pick is The WWE Women's Champion Tiffany Stratton & Trish Stratus. The WWE wouldn't or shouldn't allow Stratus as is wrestling in front of her hometown crowd and yes this would be the take it or leave it match slot and finally obviously I expect Charlotte Flair to take Stratton again, as I have already referenced in the related content, my interest in this match up even though I already predicted it likewise in the related content I am already meh about it.

Sami Zayn vs. Kevin Owens; Unsanctioned Match: my pick is Kevin Owens. If you can still find enjoyment when these two wrestle each other; all the power to and I can to a certain extent, but like I said at the beginning, I have seen this too often and in the WWE way; they do have a tendency to have something good and then run it into the ground, I am not saying I am getting fed up with these two wrestlers wrestling one another, because this match will be at minimum good, but all I am saying is; it is leaning towards being the novelty wearing off. On top of that I can see these two wrestling again at WrestleMania with the loser heading to SmackDown that kind of stipulation, but this is just speculation on my part.

Rock & the Undisputed WWE Champion Rhodes; Showdown Answer simply; Will you be my Champion?: Related content if acquired; I think I have made my opinion on this quite clear, but if I haven't allow me to say this one more time I really couldn't give a fudge whatever happens here. I mean as far as I'm concerned it is just a waste of segment or/and possibly somewhere in the region of maybe 20 minutes plus

John Cena vs. CM Punk vs. Drew McIntyre vs. Logan Paul vs. Damian Priest vs. Seth Rollins; Elimination Chamber match for an Undisputed WWE Championship Match at WrestleMania 41/2025: my pick is Seth Rollins. Now this going to take some explaining: Rhodes from the previous segment declines so Rock promises to find someone else, so why not give the people what they have always wanted Cena heel turn to be Rock's right-hand man in exchange for Cena vs. Rollins vs. Champ Rhodes: Triple Threat Match for the Undisputed WWE Championship where Cena is your new Undisputed WWE Champion for his last run as an active wrestler

 

Tuesday, 25 February 2025

Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy [Season 2,] Episode 66: Electrolix by AverageMansReviews

Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy [Season 2,] Episode 66: Electrolix by AverageMansReviews

Review Time:

 5 things about this episode

Warning: there is flashing/colourful/other effects/bodily functions/transformation/medical/references to a coma and mental health

Electrolix: Storyline, action, art and Character [Character developments;] that was a bit of luck they named this stipulation of this match as the title of this episode. [I was wondering how I was going to spell it;] but this wrestling match is now underway. The wrestling aspects of this episode are a massive positive and obviously to complement the wrestling/action we have the excellent standard of art being as engaging as it has always been. Now I have to wonder what is actually going on between Kidd and Roxanne? Because they are either there for one another or the interests in other characters are basically the character developments are confusing and just for the record I am fully aware that people can just be friends, but one moment and they are individually or together going one way or likewise individually or together going another way.

This episode receives: 5/10, this episode is mixed: I have to be honest yet factual my interest in this TV program has definitely waned, which you may have guessed from the gaps in the entries [meaning posting of this TV program and their episodes.] I mean there are some positives to this episode followed by some real childish stuff.

 

Monday, 24 February 2025

The Tessa Blanchard Problem for TNA & NXT 2025 by AverageMansReviews

The Tessa Blanchard Problem for TNA & NXT 2025 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there will be the usage of softer censored adult language

Let's just get on with this shell we?: This content is being created off the back of a couple of days ago I think I saw somebody put up the post basically asking when do you think Blanchard will show up on NXT? Now at the time I just wanted to quickly get away from the post, based on I felt slightly urinated off. Yes before I continue I am very much aware that everyone is entitled to whatever they want to do within reason, but having said that; I felt this individual had completely missed out on the recent Terry Bollea a.k.a. Hulk Hogan appearance backlash. You know he turned up in it was very clear that the majority of the audience didn't want anything to do with him and to be fair the people in live attendance over in TNA have been likewise very vocal about not wanting Blanchard either with them calling her a racist, I mean it has been well told that some individuals were either not wanted her back or at minimum greatly concerned about having a back based on her racist history.

So my obvious point would be this; why would the WWE restrict Bollea's involvement to video packages of any description including but not limited to historic documentaries basically anything that doesn't involve him being live, but then to potentially have Blanchard that will garner the same reaction, now just to cover my back I am not saying that there is a possibility they would not have her show up at some point, but I'm stating here, that it would be stupid and an unnecessary headache, as I should imagine TNA are now finding out. Yes I don't watch this wrestling promotion, but over the recent past of her comeback to this promotion in the very late stages of 2024, I have seen video clips going around social media of her rightly so receiving go away heat and based on the very limited clips I hope they are not thinking of doing what I think they are thinking of doing straight away, I would like to say that I would like them never to put any championship on her again. But we all know that is a unrealistic, so I will take just for now, don't put the TNA Knockouts World Championship on her.

I mean there is an argument that any time will not be a good time, I'm saying that you really, really, really should not give off the impression that she can just walk back into TNA and be given a championship, as it will really jar the fan base off.

But then again the WWE have a similar problem with Charlotte Flair from the aspect of as soon as she comes back she gets things handed to her like the Women's Royal Rumble Match 2025 Winner and to speed this up she probably will defeat Tiffany Stretton and become the new WWE Woman's Champion at Wrestle Mania 41/2025: which will make Flair a 15 times women's world champion [I know I was being hopeful as it relates to my Royal Rumble predictions that she would put over Stratton, that was hopeful thinking and what I have seen this feud building heading towards Mania, so far it has been complete garbage, I already have very little interest in seeing it already:] but I digress; so can we just give it to her another three times so we she is a 17 time champion, that way she can hurry up and retire, I mean minus these world championships, the other record she is trying to break of her father [Ric Flair's] is divorces: Ric 16 world championships and 4 divorces, Charlotte 14 world championships and as of this content being created 3 divorces. But to finish off these two promotions individually or together are going to do what they are going to do, I just wanted to point out this content before things potentially going down this way, because people will say it is easier to say after the fact or in this case facts.

 

Sunday, 23 February 2025

Rock & Rhodes WWE SmackDown Segment on 21/02/2025 by AverageMansReviews

Rock & Rhodes WWE SmackDown Segment on 21/02/2025 by AverageMansReviews

Related content: Fifty Shades of Grey 2015 Link https://averagemansreviews2017.blogspot.com/2021/02/fifty-shades-of-grey-2015-by.html and then Mortal Kombat 1995 Link https://averagemansreviews2017.blogspot.com/2017/08/mortal-kombat-1995-by-averagemansreviews.html

Warning: there will be the usage of softer censored adult language

What are we going with here?: So clearly I have many questions so let's begin: so are we going with a Babyface, Tweener or Heel? Because even so early on from the outset at one point or another we can say all three are applicable, but the transition between one another is jarring and considering who I am talking about here Dwayne "The Rock"/"The Final Boss" Johnson has one of the best promos/mic workers ever in wrestling when he puts in less or has issues on the microphone it is highly noticeable and with that being said we are now getting a fourth personality which Johnson has to deal with also now and for let's call him Business Johnson which this does include anything to do with WWE [which we also got here when he made the announcement for New Orleans: is the place that will be hosting WrestleMania 2026/42 or/and his projects outside of the WWE, which we also got here: Moana 2 2024 crossing the $1 Billion mark.]

So as you can probably tell I found this entire segment to be quite messy and I will even go one more step to say that I have no proof of this, but if someone was to tell me with evidence that this was a very last-minute segment, I wouldn't have any problems believing that, because roughly speaking this segment was 26 minutes long and boy howdy apart from speeding up their entrances, I found this quite boring.

The uncomfortable truth is the fact that the WWE had done this to themselves from the perspective of on the debut of Raw on Netflix Monday 06/01/2025 Johnson essentially buried the hatchet with Cody Rhodes so the story ends or so we thought maybe? [I have to be honest I don't care about this.] But moving on to Friday 21/02/2025 on SmackDown, we have this re-opening/continuation development storyline.

A mixture of someone that watches many films, TV programs and has equally been around wrestling long enough; the WWE are essentially asking their fan base to get re-engaged with a storyline that originally opens the gates again to a controversial situation where instead of getting something that some of us wanted to see Rock vs. Reigns for the Undisputed WWE Championship we got what we got instead [yes Johnson made reference to this on SmackDown as well.]

The reason why I made reference to watching many films and TV programmes is because; in my opinion this is going to be an extremely tough ask for broadly speaking anyone to get engaged with; be it in a storyline capacity for simultaneously a character development capacity because the whole situation has gone cold and as I have already referenced there may be some people out there already that I like myself that are not interested in this whatsoever.

I mean they could have left the door open to revisit this storyline, but because of what happened on Raw, they really well and truly shish kebab the bed on this one. So consequently in more recent times as of Friday; when Johnson tells in a nutshell Rhodes I can make all your dreams come true, but I want your soul in return.

For me I am not surprised that this got people talking and criticising it, because without repeating myself because they put a full-stop in this feud just some time ago, it is absolutely no wonder why this development fell as flat as a cow turd, the deliverance by Johnson as it relates to Rhodes' soul was an just terrible; I believe it's intended deliverance was meant to be more of a mixture between "The Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase [I can offer you lucrative and secure options; just come and work beside me as my Fixit Guy] mixed with Jake "The Snake" Roberts [with the deliverance of the wrestling industry is a hard place and his mind games to match.] But in reality the deliverance came off with a mixture between Fifty Shades of Grey 2015 and Shang Tsung Mortal Kombat II video game 1993/Mortal Kombat film 1995 [I should very quickly point out I am not criticising this video game or film because individually they are both legendary, I am just referencing them for source material] and yes wrestler record someone has already put together a computer sequence where Johnson performs Shang Tsung's Soul Stealer fatality on Rhodes: I know this to be true because I have already seen it: fantastic work who ever made this.

Hypothetically if we get Johnson vs. Champ Rhodes for the Championship at WrestleMania 41/2025, as things are I am very much like; meh, but we will have to wait and see what happens between now and then, but one thing is for sure they will have to go some to get me re-engaged in this feud. But to finish else's content even though I have explored this segment as I have already shown I can see what they were trying to do but because on one thing or another, this is far from a brilliant start to this potential feud/continuation.

 

Saturday, 22 February 2025

Wasted: Braun Strowman vs. The New Bloodline's: Jacob Fatu; Singles Match at WWE Saturday Night's Main Event XXXVIII 2025 by AverageMansReviews - Spoiler Alarm!

Wasted: Braun Strowman vs. The New Bloodline's: Jacob Fatu; Singles Match at WWE Saturday Night's Main Event XXXVIII 2025 by AverageMansReviews - Spoiler Alarm!

Related content: Recommendation of: WWE Saturday Night's Main Event XXXVIII 2025 - Spoiler Alarm! Link https://averagemansreviews2017.blogspot.com/2025/02/recommendation-of-wwe-saturday-nights_11.html

Warning softer adapted adult language warning: in this content and yes I know I am not or likely to be a professional wrestler.

Well that was a waste of time wasn't it: I really did think we were going to get a breakout performance from Fatu, you know something more than what we had seen up to this point, which I have to be honest it is getting really fudgin' old. For those younger generations out there in the wrestling community and/or the Internet landscape; okay, it is okay to present someone as a monster type of persona, but what makes a monster type of character like such as names like; The Undertaker, Kane, Vader, Mankind or even Sid had the common sense to generally speaking pick up the W and then decimate their opponent if it requires, you see I don't even have a problem with the decimation in this match slot or after a match.

I know they are trying to tell me that he doesn't care about winning, but if this is the case they shouldn't be giving him the time on the mic to develop his character then, basically what I'm saying is even give him the time to develop as a fully rounded character that has the intelligence to pick up the W or just have him as muscle, choose one way or the other. You can't have both, because you will have someone like me pointing out okay on one hand he is showing signs of intelligence, but then again he doesn't have enough intelligence to pick up the W which in turn makes them look stupid.

Yes I am aware of someone else's content of their thumbnail indicating that he is going to get a minimum a strong push and I have also seen Strowman online apparently indicate that this is not over. Which for me is a massive shame, because they had my interest even though it was just a case of putting over Fatu and don't get me wrong this we had a clean result here I would've been more interested in continuing this feud, but as we have this absolute bull-manure I have very little to no interest in seeing this feud continued, I mean if they even wanted to do a Strowman passing out cold, that would have been something to build upon.

But I can't tell you how stupid, how fudgin' stupid I found this match outlay to be, we are still at square two with Fatu's all-round presentation as a commodity, in hindsight after everything is said and done this match slot is and was fudgin' pointless, I mean even at this point I would have even taking Strowman retreating and then Fatu picking up the W via count out, at least we could have built something positive on top of it. So if I haven't made myself crystal clear yet, there are a number of ways they could have done anything better than what they did here, because we have already seen this kind of shtick from Fatu and it is just getting fudgin' boring now hence why I gave this match/match slot a 3/10.

 

Friday, 21 February 2025

Wasted: Kevin Owens vs. Randy Orton; Singles Match at WWE Crown Jewel 2024 by AverageMansReviews - Spoiler Alarm!

Wasted: Kevin Owens vs. Randy Orton; Singles Match at WWE Crown Jewel 2024 by AverageMansReviews - Spoiler Alarm!

Related content: Recommendation of: Recommendation of: WWE Crown Jewel 2024 - Spoiler Alarm! Link https://averagemansreviews2017.blogspot.com/2025/02/recommendation-of-wwe-crown-jewel-2024_9.html and then Wasted: Raw brand; the WWE World Women's Champion The Judgement Day's: Liv Morgan vs. SmackDown brand; WWE Women's Champion Queen Nia Jax; Singles Match for the inaugural WWE Women's Crown Jewel Championship at WWE Crown Jewel 2024 - Spoiler Alarm! Link https://averagemansreviews2017.blogspot.com/2025/02/wasted-raw-brand-wwe-world-womens.html

Warning softer adapted adult language warning: in this content and yes I know I am not or likely to be a professional wrestler.

The problems are as follows: well it should be fudgin' obvious, after the previous match slot they serve up this. For the people that will say, but this match never officially took place. So you're defence is on one hand they do what they did in the previous match slot and then straight after that, they spend time in one way or another building up a match that never officially took place? Hasn't the penny dropped yet? Whatever way you want to see it; it is just bad, like I referenced in the related content in is; basically they progressed the feud and that was it. I mean hypothetically they actually promoted a match that they had no intention of it taking place here and this shouldn't have happened unless of medical grounds, so this is why this match/match slot received 2/10.

 

Wasted: Raw brand; the WWE World Women's Champion The Judgement Day's: Liv Morgan vs. SmackDown brand; WWE Women's Champion Queen Nia Jax; Singles Match for the inaugural WWE Women's Crown Jewel Championship: at WWE Crown Jewel 2024 by AverageMansReviews - Spoiler Alarm!

Wasted: Raw brand; the WWE World Women's Champion The Judgement Day's: Liv Morgan vs. SmackDown brand; WWE Women's Champion Queen Nia Jax; Singles Match for the inaugural WWE Women's Crown Jewel Championship: at WWE Crown Jewel 2024 by AverageMansReviews - Spoiler Alarm!

Related content: Recommendation of: Recommendation of: WWE Crown Jewel 2024 - Spoiler Alarm! Link https://averagemansreviews2017.blogspot.com/2025/02/recommendation-of-wwe-crown-jewel-2024_9.html

Warning softer adapted adult language warning: in this content and yes I know I am not or likely to be a professional wrestler.

Well that was a bunch of shish kebab wasn't it: I mean I wasn't for these Championships in the first place, but as we have them let's try and give them some prestige from their inception? Okay, let's not and say we did. I mean they could have done this absolute horse manure at any other time, just not here and now. Basically we had Dominik Mysterio and Raquel Rodriguez ensuring that Liv Morgan wins this inaugural WWE Women's Crown Jewel Championship. So my question is very simply this; if the WWE hierarchy don't take this championship seriously by taking this course of action, then as a WWE consumer why should I? Because in essence Morgan should have just taken this championship and put it in the bin, because that is how much it has of worth and prestige it has; in essence this version of this championship and its history is already dead on arrival. I mean even the WWE 24/7 Championship had a better run before it got stale and that is saying something and let's be honest even if Morgan cheated on her own to overcome Jax that would have been much better, because that would show as a heel she is able to stand on her own two feet and be resourceful. But let's be completely honest and let's just call it as it is; these Championships female or male are just a publicity stunt to make sure that the WWE's biggest financial partner can say that they have their own champions, so that is why I gave this match/match slot a 3/10.

 

 

Wasted: O.T.M's: Jaida Parker vs. Champ Roxanne Perez; Singles Match for the NXT Women's Championship at NXT No Mercy 2024 by AverageMansReviews - Spoiler Alarm!

Wasted: O.T.M's: Jaida Parker vs. Champ Roxanne Perez; Singles Match for the NXT Women's Championship at NXT No Mercy 2024 by AverageMansReviews - Spoiler Alarm!

Related content: Recommendation of: Recommendation of: NXT No Mercy 2024 Link https://averagemansreviews2017.blogspot.com/2025/02/recommendation-of-nxt-no-mercy-2024-by_9.html

Warning softer adapted adult language warning: in this content and yes I know I am not or likely to be a professional wrestler.

Yes even though I gave this match/match slot 5/10, it still deserves to be here: I have gotten fed up with Perez as a complete package and on top of that very much Booker T. and his biased comments, because she comes out of his wrestling school. Like I said in the related content; either put them together as an on-screen pairing of wrestler and manager with T. still on commentary full-time as it relates to NXT or remove him whenever his protégé has a match, because to be brutally honest it does very much give me go away heat and likewise like I said in the connecting content I have seen enough of Perez to know she isn't really a prodigy, she isn't progressing and in the related content I have been very open about my dislike for essentially what we have here is a woman's roster in NXT being fed to both of its women's champions [the NXT Women's North American Championship Kelani Jordan] as a sacrifice some talented wrestlers to try and make two stars, it has just dawned on me that with the inclusion of the incoming talent of Giulia, Stephanie Vaquer and Zaria that over time this changes, because I am of the belief that it champion is only as good as its competitive division and just for the record I am not saying that the previous contenders of the NXT Women's North American Championship Wendy Choo wasn't strong enough; but at this point she was out there to make Jordan look better and keep the match presented as organised/you know a ring general that keeps everything together and for the NXT Women's Championship Parker was basically fed to the champion even though Parker held her own really well, you know there is a wrestler in her she just needs seasoning, but for Perez I no longer see what is all the hype about with her, I say this with no disrespect to Parker, but if Parker looks much more of a prospect than Perez at the moment considering Parker made her debut in the back end of 2022 and Perez made her debut sometime in 2018 then there is a fudgin' problem isn't there; As I have made it clear also in the connected content, if she was to make her jump to the main roster they would run rings around her.

 


Wasted: Queen Jax vs. Bayley; Singles Match for the WWE Women's Championship at SummerSlam 2024 by AverageMansReviews - Spoiler Alarm!

Wasted: Queen Jax vs. Bayley; Singles Match for the WWE Women's Championship at SummerSlam 2024 by AverageMansReviews - Spoiler Alarm!

Related content: Recommendation of: WWE SummerSlam 2024 Link https://averagemansreviews2017.blogspot.com/2025/02/recommendation-of-wwe-summerslam-2024_9.html and then Reactionary To The Wrestling News of: Nia Jax WWE Return on Raw 11/09/2023 Link https://averagemansreviews2017.blogspot.com/2023/09/reactionary-to-wrestling-news-of-nia.html 

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Yes even though I gave this match/match slot 5/10, it still deserves to be here: I mean let's start off with I get it; I get it the WWE where trying to build a feud between these two wrestlers, but I don't know about everyone else but I really wouldn't have lent in too hard on the fact that Jax is basically a calamity in the ring, be it in the feud building or/and reference it on commentary.

I mean if the truth was known I don't particularly like watching Jax wrestling, I have come to the conclusion that this is it for her as it relates to her skills in the ring and let's be honest they haven't really improved, so with that being said consequently she does always give off the impression that she is one step from making a mistake.

I really don't like her version of a bonsai drop a.k.a. the Annihilator, but as you can see from my linked in content that isn't exactly news, because I have not liked it seems her comeback in 2003. I hope this doesn't or anything doesn't go wrong, but mark my words if or when something goes wrong with this move I don't want to hear it, in fact if or when something else goes wrong I don't want to hear it, because I am getting fed up with this shish kebab, because everyone knows what she is like.

Yet again it is down to someone reliable and can actually wrestler to make sure that Jax looks good and takes a possibility for being the ring general [for those people that don't know what this means in this case; it basically means the dancing  equivalent of lead position] and for Bayley I can give no higher praise than she is the equivalent of Arn Anderson regardless of the booking decision, she will do her very best to make sure or try to make sure that whomever she is working with they will hopefully look better or there is progress in some way or another after their encounter and on average I have to say that the crowd were noticeably let's just go with in different to this match/match slot.

 

 

Wasted: Damage CTRL's: Iyo Sky vs. Chelsea Green vs. Lyra Valkyria vs. Tiffany Stratton vs. Naomi vs. Zoey Stark; Money in the Bank Ladder Match for a Women's Championship Match Contract at WWE Money In The Bank 2024 by AverageMansReviews - Spoiler Alarm!

Wasted: Damage CTRL's: Iyo Sky vs. Chelsea Green vs. Lyra Valkyria vs. Tiffany Stratton vs. Naomi vs. Zoey Stark; Money in the Bank Ladder Match for a Women's Championship Match Contract at WWE Money In The Bank 2024 by AverageMansReviews - Spoiler Alarm!

Related content: Recommendation of: WWE Money In The Bank 2024 Link https://averagemansreviews2017.blogspot.com/2025/02/recommendation-of-wwe-money-in-bank_9.html

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Let's get down to business: this match/match slot ended up receiving 5/10, on the whole though where some botches like Valkyria slipping whilst attempting a tornado DDT and Sky fixing it so that Valkyria can go again, then shortly after these these two trying a back body drop/suplex into a ladder, then Starks performing this samoan drop with Valkyria on to a letter, but Starks misses a little, then following up with Starks catapulting herself onto Valkyria whilst she is laying on a ladder with Stark’s hitting her head on the ladder and from many the commentary team of Cole and Graves with comments of car wreck and other bits eventually high praise in one way or another slightly irritated me. But what really fudged me off and yes I am care if it went as smoothly as it could I really hate this spot and just to cover my back I don't care if you are male or female or other I just don't want to see it end of story.

Sky performs from the top of a ladder onto another horizontal ladder an inverted piledriver; I don't like this move, because it is a big risk for a small payoff on the basic version forgetting the ladder element for a second, I mean just go and ask Steve Austin what this move is like when it goes wrong? I know for those older wrestling fans it was a botch when he faced Owen Hart at WWF/WWE SummerSlam 1997 [WWF/WWE Intercontinental Championship vs. Kiss my posterior Match.] I should point out before this spot this match out laying head really pulled itself together and was heading towards a positive mark of 6/10, but it was down to this spot, I really didn't like it so I took a mark off, even though it went as well as it could have, I really don't see the point of doing it when it could have so easily gone south, I am not scaremongering but as I have all been shown at WWF/WWE SummerSlam 1997 when it goes south, it goes south quickly.

 


Wednesday, 19 February 2025

Average Extra of: Baldoni fighting allegations, whilst Lively & Reynolds at SNL 50th Anniversary 2025 by AverageMansReviews

Average Extra of: Baldoni fighting allegations, whilst Lively & Reynolds at SNL 50th Anniversary 2025 by AverageMansReviews

Heavy Warning: there will be censored adult language references, I will be brutally honest in this content, neither am I defending this individual, but I am also not getting out my pitchfork, so you have been warned from the outset.

Real Talking Time:

Let's be honest with one another this situation is completely bull-shish kebab: you see whilst doing a little bit of research [turning to a lot of research] for this content, there is one thing that I keep coming back to and there is: something doesn't smell right? And if something doesn't smell right or add up and then make sense consequently it is a fabrication.

Because there has been a lot happening in situation I have chosen to simplify things, because as you can imagine if you go down this rabbit hole it is surprisingly deep. So as you can imagine I have many questions such as:

Like if Justin Baldoni and others were unprofessional and worse allegedly why didn't Blake Lively and allegedly others walkoff set and refused to work under these conditions? I don't care if she is contracted to this project or not if she or/and others felt this way, make a stand and say screw the money, I mean if they felt that strongly you can always sue so you can get some money.

Why did it take Lively until sometime in December 2024 to file this case of alleged sexual harassment? If she has been in distress over this situation why Oh why was her husband Ryan Reynolds [with her sitting next to him in the audience at SNL - Saturday Night Live: a legendary comedy show at its 50th anniversary: Sunday 16/02/2025 basically going: everything is great why what have you heard? Then moving on to another gag,] as to make light of their current/her current case. The only comical thing about this is as someone else has pointed out as well of me; if you come across this clip and you find a clip involving Kevin Costner [he is also sitting in the audience in close proximity to Cher] all I am going to say is: penny for your thoughts Kevin? Because he just looks really urinated off about something that is all I am going to say because I don't want to bring him into it as well, but you can clearly see he is far from a happy bunny.

My opinion on this situation/speculation mixed with a little bit of fact: as you can clearly see as I am incredibly streetsmart, something doesn't add up and if something doesn't add up the chances of it being made out of something very tiny and insignificant which has been misinterpreted or we must be open to the idea that it has been deliberately interpreted as alleged unwanted behaviour for either public image or/and financial gain must be on the table.

So does anyone else find it weird that Lively waited until sometime in December 2024 to file this case? I mean she could have done it at any time, but she waited until December. I mean it isn't because the project It Ends with Us 2024 [which I should very quickly add: is also based around domestic abuse, which I also have to say is convenient, so you are working on a film about domestic violence and now you're claiming alleged sexual harassment: I am just putting it out there, that wires could easily get crossed and just for the record no I haven't seen the film and I am very unlikely to see it based on my strongest disdain for genuine abuse of any kind.]

But I digress: so this film gets released and sometime in August of 2024, it does incredibly well from the budget of $25 million it makes $351 million. Love me or hate me I don't give a fudge, but I will be completely honest with you based on my opinion yet again; why Oh why would it benefit Lively to not to sue Baldoni before she did? Well it is obvious; she would be damaging her own film which she had a very hefty payout of $3 million including producer which it has been indicated topped up her $3 million, so she has a financial incentive not to sue before she did and it is worthwhile mentioning and before I continue I will say this twice; I am not saying this is the case here, I am not saying this is the case here. But you can have all kinds of different contracts; for an example; contracted to do multiple films or for another example in some cases a percentage of the box office or merchandise sales or producer as I have already shown, so it depends how her contract was structured.

Because of their appearance on SNL the indications is they are probably lost this case, because as I understand it; it isn't the most strongest of cases to begin with and basically they needed to show a united front. To be honest again; I find it to be in bad taste that Lively, 37 and Reynolds, 48 feel it is acceptable to mock anything to do with unwanted sexual practices and because I have been around films and TV for many years, I agree with the sentiment that SNL aren't going to care about this comedy skit, because all they are interested in is TV ratings and word of mouth, so from SNL's objective achieved, because people are still talking about it.

What are Marvel going to do?: Now in fairness and balance this should now cause Marvel Studios a headache, because hypothetically if they wanted Ryan Reynolds to comeback as Wade Wilson/Deadpool what are they going to do now? Because on one hand if he does come back Marvel Studios need him more than he needs them, because let's be clear Wilson/Deadpool is still/well before this still a financial asset and even if they did want to bring Ladypool back into it they would even be forced based on she was voiced by Lively and I don't see Reynolds being exactly thrilled to have her recast as things are. On the other hand how they dealt with Jonathan Majors/Kang the Conqueror: I know these two situations are very different, but my point being they are still around at minimum unwanted behaviours cases either directly or indirectly and let's put it this way if I can make it loose connection between unwanted behaviour and then unwanted behaviour, someone that doesn't like Marvel Studios is going to see the double standards regardless of as I have already indicated very different situations.

Lively & Reynolds have no case: I have been spending a little bit of today looking at other people's content where they all resoundingly say these two individuals don't have a case against Baldoni, I mean allegedly all they have is some screenshots of people saying bad things, but as I understand it there is a counter lawsuit from Baldoni defamation of character.

Finally we come to the heart of the subject: now if you know me or have been following me long enough; you know full well I hate this kind of shish kebab, where in this case Lively has seemingly engineered this whole situation, where hypothetically she and others allegedly could have done something much sooner, but didn't because that would more than likely doomed her own film [The End of Us 2024,] but she waited between sometime August to December 2024 to take legal action over seemingly nothing as in nothing can be proved minus the equivalent of hearsay and apparently some words on screen from a social network platform, which is not proof in her case. But Lively being 37 years old is very much aware of the world around her meaning #Metoo and all of this.

So as it relates to this average man working on this content; when are we going to take this power away from people that clearly using the current climate to their advantage to destroy or attempt to destroy another individual, when thanks to the people like Amber Heard and now Blake Lively it makes people that generally get either sexually harassed or worse hard to come forward and as a man with a disability and a mental health illness on top, I am getting fed up to my back teeth women putting me through the ringer because people like Heard and Lively have empowered them, to essentially to crush man and consequently they can do what the hell they fudgin' like whenever they like, if I slightly step out of line or not either way I am going to get it in the neck and the funny thing is I have people asking me why don't you go on dating sites, I don't like paying someone for my unhappiness and as soon as they find out I am less than perfect I get ghosted.

But I digress; until we say enough is enough if you want equality fine, but it does come with responsibilities and restrictions. But then again let's be honest of what I have seen and experienced over these modern times, nothing will change in a positive way, because broadly speaking most people in a dominating position are reluctant to give up their power even though they may cry for equality, that is not what they really want, they just want more rights, privileges and acceptance for their outlook, behavioural patterns and many other aspects, so this may just be the recent case, but trust me when I say it won't be the last.

 

 

Monday, 17 February 2025

Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy [Season 2,] Episode 65: A Cold Reception by AverageMansReviews

Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy [Season 2,] Episode 65: A Cold Reception by AverageMansReviews

Review Time:

 5 things about this episode

Warning: there is flashing/colourful/other effects/bodily functions/transformation/vehicle crash/medical/electrocution/references to Russia, inappropriate and under age references

Okay Kidd Muscle is just now a really boring character: Storyline, Character [Character developments,] Action and Comedy; there is a couple of stipulations outlined for Kidd's next match such as it is going to take place outside and for some strange reason it is going to have big electrified X in the ring as well and no it isn't an Ultimate X Match from TNA, even though within the confines of this TV program that or something similar would have fitted in nicely with this TV program. Kidd doesn't seem to get the message that Roxanne has emotionally moved on, but maybe he will now as she kicks him hard and up into the air; I know this is also meant to be comical, but it just comes off as the usual/consistent shtick which at this point is in the grand scheme of things is another thing that has lost its enthusiastic sparkle.

This episode receives: 5/10, this episode is mixed: there isn't much more I can say here really, other than this mark is a precise reflection on this episode.