Yep, Magnus was the biggest bad guy of the night and well deserved too, he’s very accomplished on the microphone. One would be inclined to think that he’s bulked up to impress a certain rival company who prefers that look? Anyway, after a good initial pop he took to the mic and trashed Scotland, earning him the most heel heat of the night. Either the camera doesn’t do him justice or he’s been hitting the gym hard while he’s been away. Magnus made his return and was looking ripped beyond belief. The Cowboy hung around after the decision long enough for his music to get played and ended up spraying a few beers about before heading to the back. Ultimately Aries took the win with a Brainbuster on Storm, and he seemed rather happy about it.
The highlight of the match was Aries performing a suicide dive on Storm, who actually moved and Roode took the hit. The match was more or less a handicap match due to Roode and Aries recent alliance, albeit with moments of distrust and interrupting each other’s pin attempts. Following the theme of the night this was a good fun match, but again with nothing too dramatic that could cause injury. Storm was really popular with the fans, especially ladies of certain age. Bobby Roode elected the most heel heat of the night to that point while James Storm received a massive pop. Whether you like him or hate him everyone has an opinion of him. He received a great mixed reaction, a bit like CM Punk. I had the chance to meet Austin Aries at the meet and greet session and he was on great form, as he was in this match.
Match of the night by a distance in my book. As it turns out the British girls scored the win, which didn’t sit well with the heels who saw their attempt at retribution thwarted by Velvet Sky. The heels were more interested in arguing with Velvet Sky, who has gigantic boobs by the way. I felt a little sorry for the British girls because they were pretty much left to themselves to get the crowd going, which wasn’t easy considering a lot of the crowd had never heard of them. I feel like Tara and Gail Kim could have helped out their inexperienced opponents by building a little heat by antagonising the crowd, but alas that didn’t happen. Technically it was sound, if a little slow and basic, but the crowd just didn’t get into it. As you might expect this was the poorest match of the night. Tara & Gail Kim (Velvet Sky as guest referee)Īgain I wasn’t too familiar with The Blossom Twins, but at least they were facing two recognised heels to make life a little easier. As you might expect the crowd weren’t as into this as the other matches, but to give the guys credit the action was just as good if not better than some of the other matches. Thankfully Spud cut a promo and bragged about winning British Bootcamp before the match started to clear up who was the good guy and who was the bad guy. Having not watched British Bootcamp I was fairly unfamiliar with these guys. I have to say that I found this a little weird, he’s just a referee. When he got to the ring he revealed his “damn right I did it” t-shirt and even put on some Hitman style shades, which was pretty funny. Overall I really enjoyed this match, there was some fun interaction with the fans at ring side and although it didn’t really catch fire it was still a fun way to start the show.Įarl Hebner was then introduced as the referee for the next match, entrance music and all. Daniels cut a promo before the match claiming that only he and Kazarian could make a kilt look good and questioned the manhood of Scotland’s male population. Daniels and Kazarian were really over, partially due coming out in Braveheart costumes kilts, face paint and even ‘See You Jimmy’ hats. He’s big lad!Ī good match to kick things off, a little too basic to really get the crowd going but a good showing all the same. Hernandez at the fan interaction session.