Friday, 8 May 2020

In-depth Predictions/Other elements for WWE Money In The Bank 2020 by AverageMansReviews

In-depth Predictions/Other elements for  WWE Money In The Bank 2020 by AverageMansReviews

Just a quick heads up: I am beginning this blog roughly 7 days before hand, just so I can do this and other contents throughout this week so these matches may be slightly out of order, but as long as I get the predictions in and done that is all what matters.

The Miz & John Morrison vs. The Forgotten Sons vs. The Lucha House Party vs. the SmackDown WWE Tag Team Champions The New Day 4-Way Match: my pick is The Forgotten Sons, now I am not going to lie I know absolutely nothing about this trio under the WWE, all I know is Jaxson Ryker wrestled under a different persona/name for Impact Wrestling under the persona/name Gunner and I still had to look this up, because I couldn't remember his name properly, but I think it would be a wise move to just freshen up the Blue Brand's Tag Team Division

Tamina vs. the SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley: my pick is Bayley, I know I really don't watch this company anymore, but what the hell is Tamina doing in this match, unless she has found a way to connect with the audiences somehow which is quite convenient considering there are no live audiences at the moment, so let's just get a character/performer which doesn't connect with the audience's to be a No1 Contender at this pay-per-view; now forget all of your cruel and stupid ideas/plans lately WWE but this makes perfect sense to me.

But in all seriousness now I know this course of action probably had more to do with the facts/just to cover my back speculation that this company at the moment has a limited amount of characters/performers due to this global situation or other characters being booked or in another storyline so by the process of elimination it just leaves Tamina and they probably want to save Banks vs. Bayley for the SmackDown Women’s Championship for SummersSlam or Survivor Series of this year

Seth Rollins vs. the WWE Champion Drew McIntyre: my pick is Drew McIntyre, this should be a good match; but McIntyre will retain here, on a quick side note if it should happen that Mr. McMahon wakes up on the wrong side of the bed on the day of recording this match and doesn't have this conclusion, I will be less than happy because there is no way in hell McIntyre deserves to be a transitional Champion and on top of that if they are looking to build new characters for here and now and the future this Championship needs to stay where it is for a reasonable amount of time like 100 days or SummersSlam or past this pay-per-view, but having said all of this; the way this company is at the moment I would be satisfied with around 90 days plus.

Bray Wyatt vs. the Universal Champion Braun Strowman: my pick is Braun Strowman, I find this match really depressing. Because if you read between the lines this entire situation was made out of a senior citizen Mr. McMahon making a terrible booking decision in the Middle East WWE Super Showdown 2019 Goldberg Defeats "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt to become the new Universal Champion  followed by he who cannot be named and no I am not speaking of Lord Voldemort but Roman Reigns absolutely perfect and absolutely justifiable reasons for pulling out of WrestleMania 36 [due to this global situation and his not one but two previous life-threatening health concerns and his family.]

So based on everything I have just said in the previous paragraph and because I am well experienced of seeing how this company likes to function as it relates to this scenario they will want to put the Universal Championship back on Bray Wyatt/"The Fiend" Bray Wyatt as soon as possible and forget things ever happened.

You may have noticed that they have booked Bray Wyatt in this match and not "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt, I think this may be because they could have Stroman retain here somehow so it forces "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt to come out and play after this match and between then and the next pay-per-view consequently we see the evolution of Stroman's character having to fight back against "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt as well, I have Stroman to still be the Universal Champion here, but you can take this as a future prediction he will not be after the following pay-per-view; he will drop it to "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt.

What is really annoying me is the possibility that the WWE may have Stroman lose here to quickly rectify their mistake and move on, yes it is an inevitability that they will put the Universal Championship back on this latest version of Bray Wyatt, but at least if they were to take my route, by giving Stroman a little bit more time with this Championship and evolve his character a bit, it would leave him in a much better position to be up around the upper Mid-Card/Main Event when things go back to normal, because let's be honest this company haven't really used him properly or nowhere near to what he could be or should be at this point in his career, one final thing as it relates to this match; please, please, please WWE don't make Stroman a transitional Champion again; he just doesn't need it.

Women's Money in the Bank Ladder Match Nia Jax vs. Shayna Baszler vs. Asuka vs. Dana Brooke
vs. Lacey Evans vs. Carmella: my pick is Shayna Baszler, this was a difficult choice because in theory if this company wants to focus on new stars Baszler is an obvious choice and furthermore she should have won at wrestleMania 36, but as the senior citizen Mr. McMahon has gone cold on her it didn't happen, but if it isn't Baszler to take over from Lynch this company doesn't have many other options Banks is on the Blue Brand and she isn't in this match I know that didn't stop Lesnar, Charlotte is busy and Rousey no thank you [I don't care if it is a work or not I have a massive problem with somebody disrespecting the wrestling business yet is still very willing to take a large amount of money out of it.] So based on if they want to go short-term I will say Asuka, but for the future as in making a new star Lacey Evans, yes I am still sticking with Baszler, I am just discussing the other two options they could take. Nia Jax or I just don't know why they don't change her character's name to fit in with her wrestling style of Calamity Jane with the amount of injuries that has happened involving other characters/performers and her, so no I wouldn't waste this opportunity on her at this time, not until she is more safer/ reliable in the ring, as we all know accidents do happen in the world of professional wrestling, but as it relates to her she needs to work on this to better her position in the company and consequently her career.

Well yes there is also Carmella, but we have already been here and this company have already screwed that up regardless if they try to tell us different or have a second go at it a man won the first-ever Women's Money in the Bank Ladder Match [James Ellsworth,] if it should happen I receive any backlash for this; there are two points I would like to make 1. This is a fact and 2. If Lesnar can win the Men's Money in the Bank Ladder Match not being booked in it from the beginning James Ellsworth winning the first-ever Women's Money in the Bank Ladder Match this counts as well, this company can't have it both ways, one isn't acceptable but the other is more than acceptable and how to put this nicely Dana Brooke just no she isn't winning here.

Men's Money in the Bank Ladder Match Daniel Bryan vs. King Corbin vs. Otis vs. Aleister Black vs.
Rey Mysterio vs. AJ Styles: my pick is AJ Styles, now for me there are three possible winners here, I think as you can tell from my pick this company will take the short-term booking option of Styles vs. McIntyre some time down the line; SummerSlam, this would be an excellent choice a big stage for a big match, yes I am a periodical booker and the WWE should be in this day and age doing the same kind of thing where they used the big pay-per-views to section off the year to make new Champions and so on, just for the record I am not saying they cannot do this with other pay-per-views or TV episodes [let's say this character/performer is going to hold a Championship for two months let's put a time table in place and work to that, obviously if it is going well after two months let's extended by a month and look at it then, basically they should be looking at what AEW are doing, I'm not talking about in this global situation because that would be unfair, I mean before this global situation and I know TV ratings across the board are down, but in fairness and balance I have a feeling/think that Triple H. and/or his people or whomever came up with it has/had the right idea of what I mean where Johnny Gargano and at the time the NXT Champion Tommaso Ciampa was having that long, long, long feud before unfortunately Ciampa had that long injury out and yes I didn't see any of it but I know of it,] but a lot more leaning towards long-term booking would bring structure to being organized and possibly/more than likely a better TV product but I digress including whilst Styles has been brought back early, because of TV ratings they need to do something with him [yes there are other characters/performers coming back early as well because of this problem] but as it relates to this situation they need to do something with Styles so here we are, but the long-term future plan of building a star should be Black and yes Bryan is the third option, but because of this global situation even though I have chosen him as the third option I don't see it happening at this time, it is just Bryan has to be in with a shout because of who he is, I couldn't just ignore it.

Corbin has won the briefcase before and what a complete waste of time that was and for Rey Mysterio, I don't see this company giving him the briefcase even to try and get him to re-sign with the company and for Otis with once again putting this really nicely just no, but I do expect a good showing from everyone in particular Rey Mysterio and Otis, because that is what you get with Rey Mysterio a good showing and for Otis, hopefully this could be his breakout performance/showing so at least he could push himself up the card that way.

Thursday, 7 May 2020

The Transformers 1984 -- 1987 [Season 3 And 4, Volume 4, Disc 10] Episode 94: The Return of Optimus Prime: Part 1 by AverageMansReviews

The Transformers 1984 -- 1987 [Season 3 And 4, Volume 4, Disc 10] Episode 94: The Return of Optimus Prime: Part 1 by AverageMansReviews















Review Time: this episode is good.

Warning: there are colourful or flashing effects or something to these effects and animal testing

Storyline/Origin storylines/Back stories/Problems: now these three components work hand-in-hand and not for good reasons the storyline or origin storyline or the back story as it relates to Optimus Prime as you will see is problematic in this episode [I will discuss it later in this section,] but the human origin storyline gets shown to the viewers.

The back stories come to us the viewers via mental imagery, Decepticon [Ratbat's] reconnaissance/Intel, on TV news report and in the dialogue exchanges.

Problems; Optimus Prime straight off the bat I am not going to lie after about a grand total of a day, I decided to do some research on this because it makes no sense basically without giving too much away because of the deaths of this iconic character children were not happy so basically they decided to change the ending of a previous episode The Transformers 1984 -- 1987 [Season 3, Volume 1, Disc 7] Episode 73: Dark Awakening, which I have seen a tiny bit of it in someone else's material; in this version they leave things on a question-mark, I had never seen this before but it still makes no sense, from Episode 73 without giving too much away Optimus Prime is mentally or emotionally or physically in bad shape, yet in this episode here he looks brand-new but still dead.

Optimus Prime's origin storyline; Rodimus Prime in short he says the Quintessons created Optimus Prime; this is so wrong so, so very wrong! They created his previous form known as Orion Pax; but it is Alpha Trion who is the creator of Optimus Prime and not I repeat not the Quintessons.

This Quintesson [one of the big ones with five faces] is working on Optimus Prime, the viewers can clearly see he is talking out of a face which is clearly not in the primary position as in the front, so it is a bit late in the day to be pointing this out but I was under the impression the face of the front in its primary position, this was the only one that could talk, why didn't they use this personality trait/skill more frequently in this TV program when it was suitable to do so? But at least you learn something new every day.

Action sequences/Artistic visions: now let's talk about something a little bit more happier these two components work hand-in-hand or individually as it relates to the artistic visions, we have so much chaos happening and for the artistic visions we have these scenes of this Sun before it goes supernova or this bronze  memorial statue of Optimus Prime with Rodimus Prime sharing this monologue with him or this Planet Saturn in the background when we have Rodimus Prime giving this mission to Sky Lynx.

Character developments/Bloopers: we have new characters/a new line of merchandise, a new collective known as Throttlebots; leader Goldbug, I knew there was a blooper here after some more research this character shouldn't exist here because you have his previous form still alive in this episode by the name of Bumblebee. [This is just a rough description look for this scene where we are outside of this location, Rodimus Prime is giving out these orders you have basically Superion transforming down into the individual Aerialbots and Defensor and then you have on the left-hand side; this dark yellow Autobot with a silver lower face section; blue eyes this would be Goldbug and he is in other scenes after this as well, but he will get turned into a different colour, because of the storyline.]

Now it is where we have this Combaticon [Swindle] just standing in this Hospital with his back to us but in front of these two Protectobots [Hot Spot and Blades] with a sizable gap in the middle as these two human characters [Dr. Mark Morgan and Dr. Gregory Swofford] are running down the stairs and through this sizable gap urgently going to see another human character [Jessica Morgan.]

This episode receives: 7/10, yes there is so much happening in this episode but as you can see this episode has problems [on a quick side note I have just remembered/looked at an old episode review of this TV program where I did say I wasn't going to bring up the bloopers but never mind, I had forgotten that [yes I had forgotten not to bring up the bloopers,] I have been working on other contents as well, but still never mind.


Wednesday, 6 May 2020

The Transformers 1984 -- 1987 [Season 3 And 4, Volume 4, Disc 10] Episode 93: The Burden Hardest to Bear by AverageMansReviews

The Transformers 1984 -- 1987 [Season 3 And 4, Volume 4, Disc 10] Episode 93: The Burden Hardest to Bear by AverageMansReviews















Review Time: this episode is lots of fun

Storyline/Back stories: the storyline is excellent and the back stories get discussed in the dialogue exchanges.

Action sequences/Artistic visions: now these two components go hand-in-hand in this episode so for one example we have Bruticus vs. Defensor or individually as it relates to the artistic visions we have this scene at the beginning of this episode of the Sun rising over this river with this shimmery reflection and sparkly little effects with the sun rising it illuminates the sky and clouds with a wash of different colours such as blues, whites, yellows and greens beginning heavier on the left hand side and slowly getting lighter to the right-hand side and on the right-hand side there is this land more than likely this is part of a community/place of work  and behind that to the right is possibly is a Mountain or a Forest [I think one or the other is acceptable.]

Character developments: now we have come to another situation where I can't say too much in this review, because it would be giving way too much of this episode away, when you come to watch this episode it will become crystal clear why I cannot, but for here and now; all I can say is; there are two excellent character developments.

This episode receives: 10/10, this episode feels like as this is the final single episode [as in all the remaining ones are in parts,] it wants to go out with a big bang and it does that alright with ease.






Tuesday, 5 May 2020

The Transformers 1984 -- 1987 [Season 3, Volume 3, Disc 9] Episode 92: The Face of the Nijika by AverageMansReviews

The Transformers 1984 -- 1987 [Season 3, Volume 3, Disc 9] Episode 92: The Face of the Nijika by AverageMansReviews














Review Time: this episode is good

Warning: there are robotic elements showing and elements of death

Storyline/Back stories/Origin storyline the storyline is good and the back stories come to the viewers in the dialogue exchanges or origin storyline via storyteller with mental imagery.

Action sequences/Artistic visions: these two components work hand-in-hand here is just one example; this small selection of Autobots exiting Sky Lynx [in transformed mode of Bird] when he opens his beak they come out into outer-space into battle with their handheld weapons drawn and shooting or likewise just for one example individually as it relates to the artistic visions the inner working of this character are close-up for this small sequence; it is elegant [that is as much as I can say without giving too much away, but you will know it when you see it.]

I am confused/Character developments: I have always been under the impression that the Autobots and the Decepticons have two separate Insignias [everyone with me so far?] I now find out that in this episode without giving too much away obviously they go under another name Universal Emulator.

On a quick research you can find out lots, lots and so on and so forth more information if you put in the words Transformers Insignia than Transformers Universal emulator, I did this just to see what would come up, if after all these years if I was using the wrong word and by the looks of it I wasn't obviously full disclosure it would've helped if I had used the right spelling to begin with as it relates to emulator, but I got there in the end and in a nutshell because I can't say too much about them the character developments are good [let's just say when you come to watch this episode everything I have been cautious to make reference to in one way or another will become crystal clear.]

This episode receives: 7/10, as I have always said this episode is good.


Sunday, 3 May 2020

The Transformers 1984 -- 1987 [Season 3, Volume 3, Disc 9] Episode 91: Call of the Primitives by AverageMansReviews

The Transformers 1984 -- 1987 [Season 3, Volume 3, Disc 9] Episode 91: Call of the Primitives  by AverageMansReviews














Review Time: this episode is top-notch entertainment

Warning: there is death, colourful and flashing effects or just to cover my back something to these effects in this episode; if anyone is wondering why I say something to the effects it just covers me if I should receive any backlash in the future.

Storyline/Back stories/Origin storylines: the storyline is well like every other component or element to this episode is fully packed with back stories in the dialogue exchanges or the back stories and origin storylines come to the viewers via storyteller with mental imagery [yes I am trying to put this down without telling you too much, so all I can say here is if or when you come to watch this episode this will make better sense after you have seen this episode or unless you have seen this episode before, consequently you would have an idea of what I am referring to.]

Action sequences/Artistic visions: now not to repeat myself here but individually or going hand-in-hand these two components are fully packed powerful, highly imaginative and highly creative as we have ongoing carnage everywhere we the audience look

Character developments: it doesn't matter what insignia these characters have on them if they are Primitives be them the Dinobots or the Predacons they will answer the call being sent, this is worthwhile pointing out that even though all of these Primitive characters are answering this call they still have their individual personalities and so on, so what I am basically saying here is this; even though they are heading towards this place they still don't like each other even if they have the same insignia they still don't like one another on the Decepticons side of things, which taking this option with the character developments has to be given praise, because they could have chosen the much lazier option of just all these characters being like zombies being drawn to this place, yes they are still being drawn to this place anyway but as you will see without giving too much away it isn't exactly a smooth ride.

Bloopers: so still without giving too much away we have Grimlock Blasting is way out of where he is, but he is not in his robot mode so how can he use his handheld weapon to get out of this location? [Yes there was no transformation sound effects, just in case you were thinking he transformed at any time] and in the same sequence the voice-over/sound effects doesn't match up with what is happening on screen at that time, so basically we have Grimlock with voice-over/sound effects giving the impression he is shaking his head clear but on screen he is perfectly still, on a quick side note if I haven't referenced this before or if I have some time ago just to cover my back again in the future from any backlash as it relates to the bloopers I haven't always brought them up just in case someone says "You haven't said this or you haven't pointed out that blooper."

This episode receives: 10/10, this is one of those occasions where looking back I just wonder if a two-parter episodes option should have been taken here that is how much the viewers get in this episode that it would have comfortably taken over a second one without interrupting the chaotic nature of this episode it just means they could have had more time and fun with everything, but nonetheless this is the only mark I had in mind after viewing this episode

Saturday, 2 May 2020

The Transformers 1984 -- 1987 [Season 3, Volume 3, Disc 9] Episode 90: Money Is Everything by AverageMansReviews

The Transformers 1984 -- 1987 [Season 3, Volume 3, Disc 9] Episode 90: Money Is Everything by AverageMansReviews














Review Time: this episode is good

Storyline/Back stories: the storyline is good and the back stories get discussed in the dialogue exchanges.

Action sequences/Artistic visions: now firstly these two components go hand-in-hand and bring so much to this episode, they take place in different places as well so there is a good variety here like for a quick example we have this Terrorcon. [Hun-Grrr] chasing, and firing on this ship named Lazy Sue with Hun-Grrr eating this Satellite during this sequence in outer-space, the pilot of this ship his name Dirk Manus, on an individual level the artistic visions are very eye catching be it these yellow haired and green characters dancing in unison/repetitive loop in the scenery of this very posh restaurant [keep your eyes peeled because as I have already said they are a part of the scenery] or when Dirk Manus and Captain Marissa Faireborn are dancing or in outer-space when the viewers come across the Moon or the Planet Saturn.

Character developments: In short here is something for you to hear/look out for; a dialogue exchange between Dirk Manus and the Quintesson General as it relates to the Terrorcons.

Bloopers: the first one is where we have Computron he is computing the probability of this situation happening and what action they should take next, but if you look at his eyes one moment they are red and the next minute they are their normal colour blue, the next one is where we have Dirk Manus and Captain Marissa Faireborn in this posh restaurant one moment she has blond hair and the next moment it goes back to what it should be; being dark brown and the final one is where Dirk Manus communicating over this communicator with the Quintesson General [face-to-face,] but the viewers clearly see Dirk Manus hang up on the Quintesson General, because he is being caught in the act by Captain Marissa Faireborn and he knows someone is behind him by his facial expression before he gets 100% caught, but the strange thing is this; he is still talking to this Quintesson General as if he was there [basically here is me thinking "You know Dirk the final bit you just said there the Quintesson General didn't hear or see any of that right? Because you hanged up or the equivalent of that on him and still gave important information away about your business deal to a potential stranger or a hostile individual which turned out to be Captain Marissa Faireborn and is it just me or if you were knowingly about to be caught or 100% caught, you would try and give out false information or lie try and attempt to cover your tracks? I know I would."

This episode receives: 7/10, this episode is a high ranking version of this mark.


Friday, 1 May 2020

The Building of: WWE vs. All Elite Wrestling Volume 14 by AverageMansReview

The Building of: WWE vs. All Elite Wrestling Volume 14 by AverageMansReview

WWE: so has anyone got a clear figure of how many people have been released or furloughed from this company in one way or another at the time of my previous Volume I was partially unaware meaning, I knew a small amount wanted to leave but that was about it.

I want to make something crystal clear before I continue, on one hand it is never good for someone to lose their job or leave their job unsatisfied. But on the other hand I am absolutely delighted that the WWE business practice of tying these performers down to lengthy contracts with lots of money involved with little or no intention of using them and not forgetting the WWE can extend the time on these contracts has blown up in their faces basically they have worked under the theory of if we have these performers no one else can have them [I have to say it is very childish behaviour] so essentially what it does is take this performer off the table and is no threat to the WWE if they go and make it big in another promotion.

I know I have made reference or references about this before; but I do believe that Mr. McMahon needs to step down I know, I know he will never do this. But with everything circling around him be it the WWE or things connected to the WWE [business dealings in the Middle East] or the legal situations this company finds themselves in within this company or outside of this company his second attempt at the XFL which I'm going to be honest and say "Man this was a stupid move to begin with, even before this global situation happened, I mean there is an expression of if you don't learn from your mistakes you are doomed to repeat them, but seriously at his time of life in his early 70's, he must have woken up one morning and said I know what I will do I will have a second stab at building my own American Football league."

If you want something a little bit more up-to-date of why Mr. McMahon should step down; we have Roman Reigns receiving heat backstage because he withdrew from WrestleMania 36 even though this company said something to the effect of "if you don't feel comfortable during this situation you don't have to show up there will be no heat on you." So via a reliable source online that over recent times his name is not to be mentioned or there are no clips of him in Make-A-Wish videos on their own website, this shows that the WWE has absolutely no class.

Now I have a massive, massive, massive problem with this character/performer has medically not one but two bouts of leukemia on his medical record, so as soon as this global situation became a factor he should have been taken off the WrestleMania 36 card; no discussion I would have pushed him out of the door and told him "You are off with pay until further notice, you will be doing a live feed or something on Twitter to give your reactions to every show and pay-per-views until you return" but it is worthwhile pointing out at this time Sami Zayn is currently away from this company due to this global situation; so why is it not okay for one but seems to be okay for another [I am not aiming this at Zayn but the hierarchy] and did I forget to mention at this point Reigns' wife is expecting twins so I don't know about you but I would be thinking it is of the most importants for Reigns to stay at home for himself and his wife.

All Elite Wrestling: we move on to AEW it looks like this company will be going back to taping soon. I mean in fairness and balance if I am going to criticize the WWE for doing this I should criticize this company as well, not to be disrespectful to the wrestling industry but you are not essential services yes I am very much aware that the WWE and AEW are not breaking any rules because they are deemed as essential services, but I want to make this really transparent they are not an essential services, so I really like what AEW are doing but for the final time in this blog they are not an essential service, apologies for repeating myself there a bit; I just want to to reinforce that even when AEW do something questionable I will bring it up, I say questionable because as I have already said where they are; they are not doing anything wrong, I am in no doubt that they will take every precaution they can to protect everyone involved, but I am of the mind set why would you want to put yourself at risk from this global situation if you don't have to.

I mean until the Lockdown has been lifted they could have done two interviews with two wrestlers or on screen characters such as Jake "The Snake" Roberts [this would be entertaining that is for sure to have one of the best talkers in the world of professional wrestling in an interview] roughly 40 minutes each [roughly 20 minutes of advertisements] with two different interviewers for a short time over the computer, mixed in with footage from their time so far in this company just so that people stay at home longer, I mean I wouldn't have minded that for a little while for a few episodes I mean if it gets people to stay at home I am up for that, I know the next thing I'm going to say will probably rub some people up the wrong way but if the TV ratings go down, because of this; then the AEW fan base should realize that they are trying to do their best in this global situation, so we should cut this company some slack.

But as things are; I am far than convinced that this is the best move for this company or the WWE at this time so one final thing stay-at-home, keep safe and this will not last forever.