12/14/2023 0 Comments Lio rush tweetMike “The Miz” Mizanin Vs The Charismatic Enigma Jeff Hardy Oh that cad! Rey of course sells all of that well whilst Orton stalks around ringside in his usual manner, looking all villainous as he likes to do.īyron Saxton is backstage with The Miz, who seems pretty happy that Rey got clobbered there seeing as he’ll face Rey if he’s able to win the next match. Shockingly, Orton is a poor sport following that and beats Rey up following the match. Thoughts: Too short to be any more, but the wrestling was fine Orton tries the RKO following that, but Rey counters to a backslide for three to advance. It’s been fine, but short matches are not normally a good way of making a tournament seem important/prestigious, which is a lesson WCW learnt in 1999. Orton manages to block the 6-1-9 though and follows with the second rope DDT, as they are doing a much abbreviated version of their normal match here. Rey sells well and then makes a comeback with some nice high flying, with Orton doing his usual good job of being a base for the smaller wrestler. I’m not sure if Orton is supposed to be the Heel here, but if he is then the crowd doesn’t seem to have gotten the memo, as they chant for him whilst he tries to unmask Rey and just generally behaves like the usual psychotically cruel character he plays most of the time when he’s a bad guy (and sometimes as a good guy now I think about it). Rey doesn’t really get much of a babyface shine here, as he tries a springboard move of some kind and Orton takes him out of the sky with a dropkick. World Cup Tournament To Decide THE BEST IN THE WORLD The crowd reaction was pretty mild all told, with the fireworks getting a bigger pop than Hogan himself, although the crowd was mostly polite throughout the promo. Hogan cuts the usual promo, looking more and more like when Shawn Michaels dressed up as him in 2005 with every day that passes. Hulk Hogan joins us to start things off, complete with a firework display. The event is emanating from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on the 2nd of November 2018Ĭalling the action are Corey Graves, Michael Cole and Renee Young You can view the card for the event by clicking below Ĭard with guide « WWE Crown Jewel 2018 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH – The Internet Wrestling Database I wonder if the majority of negative reviews for Crown Jewel 2018 are because of the Khashoggi situation as opposed to the actual quality of the show? I guess we’ll only find that out by watching it, so let’s brace ourselves and see if Crown Jewel 2018 really is a Stinker. However, as with many things, money talked and Crown Jewel 2018 took place regardless. WWE got a lot of stick for even running Crown Jewel 2018 to begin with as it took place a month after Jamal Khashoggi had been murdered by the Saudi government, so giving the regime a wrestling show so soon after the crime took place was in spectacular poor taste even for WWE. I looked at the card for Crown Jewel 2018 and one thing that instantly jumped out at me was a certain World Cup tournament, just because it jolted a memory as to who ended up winning it. For those not acquainted, a Stinker Review is when I look at a show that has a bad reputation and see if that reputation is deserved or not.
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