This Sunday is the latest WWE Pay Per View and i sit here this fine evening thinking....Is this really happening? I mean the card looks fine, not great but still fine... My Real problem is the name of the Pay Per View. Great Balls of Fire...What does that even mean and who truly thought that was a good name at all. I know your probably thinking, that's pretty Petty to really pick on a name of a Pay Per View, you have got to have more time on your hands than just think about that. You're right, I do have more time on my hands. I just can't help but sit here and wonder, Why?? If Vince truly thought this was a great title for his month adventure for the Raw Brand, then let me try and figure it out. Great Balls of Fire, sounds manly? not really! Sounds exciting? Not at all! Maybe he was thinking with a big match of Brock Lesnar vs Samoa Joe that it would make it seem cool. I don't really think so. I know for a fact that creative can come up with a much better pay per view name. I think just the name and the idea of what this show is about might just over shadow the monstrous main event they actually have on it. I do think the over all match line up for Sunday's show is pretty decent. I think the main event will kill it. I have all the faith in the world in Joe and Brock. I am pretty damn excited for this match up. Let me do a run down of the show itself and give my predictions on the matter. Pre Show Kick Off: Cruiserweight Championship Neville vs Akira Tozawa I think this is going to be a very good match up and i am disappointed that this was bumped off the main show and put on the pre show. I think they should have learned their lesson by now after bumping it at Wrestlemania. Neville is a super human wrestler who has the most amazing ability i have ever seen. He is pretty phenomenal but of course not THE Phenomenal one. I think Akira is going to shine in this big match capacity. My Prediction: Neville will retain Big Cass vs Enzo I think their break up is bad for buisness, i felt that it was too soon. They have been building a very good tag team division and just the fact that they have broken up and the Vaudevillians are gone. Its just starting to make me sad. My passion has always been Tag Team Wrestling and Cass and Enzo should have had at least a Title reign before breaking these guys up. I know when a Tag Team breaks up there is always that barrier of who is the Michaels and who is the Jennetty. Unfortunately, I think Cass is going to be the Jennetty as Enzo is a fantastic and fun Wrestler and man can he talk. In the buisness of 2017 in Wrestling - You have to know how to talk the talk and Enzo can talk with the best of them. Cass is a big guy and that will help him for a while but in the long run he will get pushed aside and i feel will fade away. Enzo would also be a good addition to the 205 Live brand when this is all said and done. My Prediction: Cass will win Seth Rollins vs Bray Wyatt I am very excited about this match. This is one of the few that has really peaked my interest. Seth Rollins is one of the best wrestlers in the world today and i am sad that i have and never will get to perform in the squared circle with him. On the other hand we have the Eater of Worlds, Bray Wyatt! He is a wonderful character and i just think these guys will feed of of each other. This is one of the matches that is going to fly under the radar and that is truly the most depressing thing in this business. I wish more people appreciated great wrestling and storytelling. I truly hope that this is the start of a great feud between the Architect and the Eater of Worlds. I think over all, Bray needs this win more than Seth and the best way to really start this rivalry off is for Bray to get the cheap win. However, i wouldn't put it past WWE to give Seth the win even though Bray needs it more. My Prediction: Bray Wyatt Raw Tag Team Championship (30 Minute Iron Man Match) Sheamus & Cesaro vs Matt & Jeff Hardy So it continues...as it should. These four has really brought Tag Team Wrestling back to the for front on Monday Night Raw. Not that Karl & Luke wasn't, or even the New Day before being shipping to Smackdown. With the Legendary Tag Team the Hardy Boys being back in the WWE. It's been hard not to be excited. Matt and Jeff being Broken and returning to the World of their Creation against a very good European Tag Team made up of the Irish Man himself Sheamus and the Swiss Superman Cesaro. In the words of the Orlando Crowd...Hey Hey Hey, Sheamus & Cesaro! These guys are going to put on a Tag Team Clinic in a 30 minute match. I know for a fact that its going to be fantastic and something that the WWE has needed for a long time. In the end i believe Both teams will get a pinfall. I wouldn't be surprised if ends up being 4-3. The Hardy's will do what they do best and put these guys over and make them look damn strong. My Predictions: Sheamus & Cesaro will retain Intercontinental Championship Miz vs Dean Ambrose I enjoy Dean as a wrestler but i do feel he has gotten stale. He needs something to really push him over that bordom so to speak. I don't think putting him in ANOTHER IC Championship match is going to do it. I felt the best way to get him back and fresh was with Baron Corbin over on Smackdown but i was deeply saddened as their match on the Pre show of Mania was exactly where it should have been after the match was over. I was originally shocked and upset. Dean dropped the ball just like he has over the last few months or so. On the flip side however, Miz is killing it like he always does. Maryse is such a great addition to what the Miz needed and now he has Curtis Axel and Bo Dallas. I hope they do more than with Damien Sandow because the talent they have put together is exciting to say the least. I was so excited to see Bo and Curtis back on Raw in more of a jobbing state. I believe that this match is just to really put over the Miz-tourage and i believe it will be successful. My Prediction: The Miz will retain Raw Women's Championship Alexa Bliss vs Sasha Banks Where do i start? The ladies on Raw has been KILLING it. I am looking forward to this match as i was disappointed in the Bayley/Bliss match at the last pay per view. So i am hoping for something better and i think Sasha will deliver as she has never disappointed me before. I am going to watch this match knowing that these ladies are going to make most of the card look weak and show once again why the Women's Revolution will never be over. My Prediction: Alexa Bliss will retain Ambulance Match Roman Reigns vs Braun Strowman If there was one match that i was not looking forward to the most, it would be this one. These guys have put on a decent show but to be completely honest, the injury to Braun really dampened this one for me. I know its neither of their faults but it really has. I have absolutely no interest in this match. I am hoping these guys will pull it out and put on a show that will engage me. My Prediction: Roman Reigns Main Event: WWE Universal Championship Brock Lesnar vs Samoa Joe I am most excited for this match. It's a match that Joe deserves so much and i am so happy they have put him in the situation of trust. Brock Lesnar is truly a beast and Joe can go toe to toe with the Beast Incarnate. Brock and Joe are going to tear the house down and i truly hope that at the end of the night, We know without a show of a doubt that 1. Samoa Joe is the future of Raw and 2. That this is not going to be their first match against each other. I fully expect Brock to win but Joe will show the world what i and most people know already, He is the THE GUY! My Prediction: Brock Lesnar will retain My after thoughts: As you read above (Unless you skipped it all just to see my summary lol) This will be a undervalued show but it is something that we need to see before going to into the Biggest Party of the Summer. I do feel that the name makes this show look weak and puts a gimmick that it doesn't need or even the comic value that they really need to get rid of. I do not expect any Championship's to change hands but i do feel this is a show that is going to force the peddle to the metal on its way to SummerSlam....In the Mean time, Joe and Brock will make it so that you will remember the name..Great balls of Fire! Thanks for Reading! AJC
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