{"id":44667,"date":"2017-07-09T21:15:38","date_gmt":"2017-07-10T02:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=44667"},"modified":"2017-07-10T00:06:52","modified_gmt":"2017-07-10T05:06:52","slug":"79-mcneills-live-blog-wwe-great-balls-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/07\/09\/79-mcneills-live-blog-wwe-great-balls-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"7\/9: McNEILL&#8217;s Live Blog of WWE Great Balls Of Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-4144527993\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p><em>Don\u2019t forget to join Greg Parks and me on PWTorchLivecast.com immediately following \u201cGreat Balls Of Fire\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2659\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/StaffMcNeill07_120.jpg\" alt=\"StaffMcNeill07_120\" width=\"120\" height=\"138\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Seth Rollins tells Mike Rome that Bray Wyatt&#8217;s worst enemy is &#8220;the truth&#8221;. But R-Truth isn&#8217;t booked for tonight, so Seth&#8217;s fighting Bray instead.<\/p>\n<p>Remember, you can follow this conversation via social media by using the hashtag #IHaveGreatBalls.<\/p>\n<p>Renee Young giggles when saying &#8220;Great Balls of Fire&#8221;. I figured she&#8217;d crack first, since she&#8217;s batting leadoff.<\/p>\n<p>Dana Brooke joins the panel to break down the Sasha vs. Alexa match. Let&#8217;s just say she&#8217;s not getting a podcast with Conrad Thompson.<\/p>\n<p>Emma comes out to give Dana the hook. She doesn&#8217;t take the hint. God bless Dana.<\/p>\n<p>Later tonight, Paul Heyman joins Charly Caruso in the Social Media Lounge. (Sorry, Charly.)<\/p>\n<p>David Otunga reminds us he held the WWE Tag Team Titles with Curtis Axel. I completely forgot that happened, and I&#8217;m not ashamed of that fact.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2492255809\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Paul Heyman won&#8217;t sit down, in case Samoa Joe is planning to attack. I love Paul thinking he can outrun Samoa Joe.<\/p>\n<p>Heyman talks about Samoa Joe as though he&#8217;s Hugh Glass, and Samoa Joe is the bear from &#8220;The Revenant&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Vic Joseph is out to call the Cruiserweight title match. (Vic&#8217;s the new play-by-play guy for &#8220;205 Live&#8221;, for the 98% of you who don&#8217;t know.)<\/p>\n<p>Neville vs. Tozawa. This must be unusual for them, wrestling a title match in front of a crowd that isn&#8217;t drifting toward the exits.<\/p>\n<p>Titus is celebrating Tozawa&#8217;s offense like a maniac. It must be time for Titus to screw it up. Tozawa hits the senton, but Neville rolls outside the ring.<\/p>\n<p>Neville hits a low blow and a thrust kick for the win. Titus is angry with the ref, but he&#8217;s not angry enough to get on &#8220;Friday Night Tykes&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Should I order the WWE Network or not? I hope Renee, Peter &amp; David have the answer.<\/p>\n<p>Good video package hyping the main event. Let&#8217;s start the main show.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-881885428\" class=\"pwtor-content-1 pwtor-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: pwtorchcom_test_300x600 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __300x600\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>We hope everyone enjoys &#8220;Great Balls of Fire&#8221;, no matter which drive-in you&#8217;re watching from tonight.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s the theme song for this month&#8217;s WWE pay-per-view? I forgot.<\/p>\n<p>Seth Rollins vs. Bray Wyatt is the opening match. Really? That&#8217;s optimistic.<\/p>\n<p>Bray Wyatt says he&#8217;s inside Seth Rollins&#8217; head, and that Seth Rollins doesn&#8217;t believe in him. Do WWE promos have editors?<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re joined tonight by our German announce team of Gunter Glieben &amp; Glauchen Globen.<\/p>\n<p>Rollins has to be a little distracted, wondering why Bray Wyatt has bungee cords in his dreadlocks.<\/p>\n<p>Booker: &#8220;You guys, this is called a courting period&#8221;. (Silence.)<\/p>\n<p>(For a transcript of Booker T&#8217;s commentary tonight, send $8 and a stamped, self-addressed envelope to&#8230;someone else.)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Wyatt&#8217;s going to that unholy place&#8230;&#8221; Fort Worth?<\/p>\n<p>Bray wins after a thumb to the eye. It would be on the one show I didn&#8217;t predict someone using that finish.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Battleground&#8221; will be brought to you by WWE Brand Face Paint. WWE Face Paint: These colors don&#8217;t run.<\/p>\n<p>The Hardys are ready for their 30 minute tag team iron man match. (Not going anywhere for a while? Grab a Snickers.)<\/p>\n<p>Matt &amp; Jeff are taking tonight&#8217;s bout seriously, because&#8230;these guys work pretty stiff.<\/p>\n<p>Enzo vs. Cass is on deck. Unless Enzo gets knocked out backstage beforehand. It happens in every third Enzo match.<\/p>\n<p>You know, at least Sting waited a month or so before letting the same guy turn on him twice. I&#8217;m just saying&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Enzo Amore tells us &#8220;That&#8217;s Life&#8221; by Frank Sinatra is his favorite song. Shockingly, the Dallas crowd doesn&#8217;t know the words.<\/p>\n<p>Enzo invites Cass to come out for the match and stomp his dreams. SPOILER: Cass&#8217;s new finishing move is called the &#8220;Dreamstomper&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Enzo&#8217;s been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet, a pawn &amp; a king. He&#8217;s been up and down and now he&#8217;s a grease spot in the ring.<\/p>\n<p>Cole wonders where Cass&#8217;s anger at Enzo is coming from, proving once again that he doesn&#8217;t watch the show he&#8217;s announcing.<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, Big Cass won. Maybe if Enzo had quoted from &#8220;High Hopes?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Kurt Angle episode of &#8220;WWE 24&#8221; is guaranteed to be a better story than anything in development at WWE Studios.<\/p>\n<p>Hardys vs. The Barr in an iron man match. (I figure that&#8217;s the correct spelling of Sheamus\/Cesaro because&#8230;the Corre.)<\/p>\n<p>So, you know how nothing ever happens in the opening minutes of an iron man match? I didn&#8217;t even have time to get ice.<\/p>\n<p>The crowd is chanting for someone named &#8220;Brother Nero&#8221;. Is he in developmental?<\/p>\n<p>Booker T explains that Jeff Hardy is trying to slow down the match. Because Jeff is being coached by Les Miles.<\/p>\n<p>Sheamus &amp; Cesaro go up two falls to none. Whatever you do, Kevin Dunn, don&#8217;t show those last couple moves in slow motion.<\/p>\n<p>Cole thinks The Bar&#8217;s 3-1 lead is &#8220;insurmountable&#8221;. Come on. These are the Hardy Boys, not the Cleveland Cavaliers.<\/p>\n<p>Booker tells us Jeff Hardy is a professional. Seconds later, Sheamus attacks Jeff from behind and pulls Jeff off the apron.<\/p>\n<p>Twist of Face off the top rope by Matt. (That&#8217;s not a typo. Look how Sheamus landed.)<\/p>\n<p>Booker says if the match ends in a tie, there should be a sudden death fall. Mr. McMahon screams up &#8220;Shut up, Booker!&#8221; so loudly Booker doesn&#8217;t need a headset.<\/p>\n<p>So yeah, Cesaro &amp; Sheamus win this, four falls to three. The feud is over, unless WWE can&#8217;t come up with new challengers by this time tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>Xavier Woods&#8230;blah blah&#8230;Rocket League&#8230;blah. John Cena will fight Rusev in a flag match in two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Up next, Alexa Bliss and Sasha Banks compete for the WWE Women&#8217;s Title&#8230;in a drag race. (What? No good?)<\/p>\n<p>Did You Know? Bayley once held the WWE Women&#8217;s Title.<\/p>\n<p>Alexa Bliss fakes a dislocated shoulder to sucker Sasha in. Apparently she&#8217;s double-jointed. I don&#8217;t know how she got that one by the talent relations people.<\/p>\n<p>So, Alexa Bliss is in trouble, and she takes the countout loss. I can&#8217;t shake the feeling I&#8217;ve seen this somewhere before. Like, three weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p>Sasha catches Alexa on the ramp, then hits Double Knees to Chesty from the announce table onto Bliss. Okay, that part was new.<\/p>\n<p>BREAKING NEWS: Akira Tozawa speaks English.<\/p>\n<p>Time for the Intercontinental Title match. Miz comes to the ring with the tin man and the scarecrow, but that woman definitely isn&#8217;t Dorothy.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s Dean Ambrose vs. The Miz, Curtis Axel, Bo Dallas&#8230;Who else was in the Social Outcasts?<br \/>\n&#8220;This is the pace Miz wants&#8221;. Glacial?<\/p>\n<p>You know, we need to keep adding members of Adam Rose&#8217;s posse to the Miztourage, and see how long it takes before someone picks up on it.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve just joined us, this has been a FANTASTIC night for the babyfaces. Maryse puts Miz&#8217;s foot on the ropes, which the referee somehow missed, even though he&#8217;s staring right at it. Then Bo Dallas interferes. Miz for the win.<\/p>\n<p>WWE Network: When I tell you to jump, you say &#8220;How High&#8221;?<\/p>\n<p>And now, a trailer for &#8220;How Not To Get Fans To Cheer Roman Reigns, In 15 Easy Lessons&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Reigns vs. Strowman in an ambulance match. I hope his wrestling career doesn&#8217;t distract Braun from the outstanding job he&#8217;s doing in the US State Department.<\/p>\n<p>Roman Reigns is on his way to the ring! He brightens your colors. He slices, he dices, he provides Whole-Home Cleaning Power!<\/p>\n<p>Graves thinks Strowman could decapitate Reigns with the ring steps. Caucasian, please.<\/p>\n<p>Okay, who put all that stuff inside the ambulance? And why aren&#8217;t Reigns and Strowman using&#8230;? Oh. Never mind.<\/p>\n<p>Reigns pushes Strowman through part of the video wall. Reigns tries to spear Strowman and literally throws himself into the back of the ambulance. Braun wins. Well, *I* laughed.<\/p>\n<p>Reigns gets his heat back by escaping, putting Braun into the back of the ambulance, and ramming the back of the ambulance into a truck. Nobody seems to care about Braun&#8217;s fate until Kurt Angle shows up and raises hell.<\/p>\n<p>Braun Strowman&#8217;s been in a serious accident and may be dead. Okay. Let&#8217;s go to Heath Slater vs. Curt Hawkins in the swing match!<\/p>\n<p>We interrupt this wrestling match to bring you a special presentation of &#8220;WWE 24: The Jaws Of Life&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Strowman exits the ambulance covered in blood, as if he&#8217;d been booked on WCW Nitro in 2000 when Vince Russo was dumping red dye on everyone.<\/p>\n<p>Braun refused medical attention. Given that the original WWE rescue plan was Jamie Noble holding a crowbar, I can&#8217;t blame him.<\/p>\n<p>Okay, the entertainment portion of the program is over. Time for Brock Lesnar vs. Samoa Joe.<\/p>\n<p>The crowd is back. I guess they&#8217;re happy Braun Strowman is okay. Joe attacks Lesnar before the bell, and throws him through the Latvian announce table. He&#8217;s Vince&#8217;s perfect babyface.<br \/>\nLesnar drags himself back into the ring. We&#8217;re on. Strike, strike, strike, strike, choke.<br \/>\nBrock makes the ropes. German suplex number one on Joe. Number two. Three. Sumbitch.<\/p>\n<p>Low blow by Joe. The ref missed it. Shocking, I know. Brock kicks out. Coquina clutch. They&#8217;re going for an MMA feel, with Brock fighting the hold. Side Slam by Brock.<\/p>\n<p>Lesnar misses a spear, recovers, and hits suplexes four, five and six. But Joe locks in the Coquina Clutch again. And Brock powers Joe into the F5 for the win.<\/p>\n<p>So if you take two guys who act like fighters, you have them cut realistic promos and you make it look like a fight, you get a good match. How about that?<\/p>\n<p>Okay then. Join Wade and friends for the VIP Roundtable. 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