I'll post the matches then the promo spots per hour. I'll also do this for TNA Impact that I recorded on Thursday 7/24 but will do that in a separate blog.
Hour 1
Roman Reigns vs. Orton & Kane | |||||||||||||||
Reigns | Orton/Kane | A lot of pinfall attempts, unnecessary, and punches | |||||||||||||
1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
2 | 3 | Kane gave away finish by constantly checking for it. | Looked for the superman punch 3 times and on the last one stayed staring at RR. | ||||||||||||
4 on 1 Alicia Fox, Eva Marie, Naomi, and someone else against Nikki Bella | |||||||||||||||
Nikki | Others | Whole thing reaked of suckage | |||||||||||||
Bo Dallas vs. Sandow (King James version) | |||||||||||||||
Bo Dallas | Sandow | ||||||||||||||
1 | Punch spot by Bo | ||||||||||||||
1 | 1 | Taunting back and forth by both guys while the other rested | |||||||||||||
1 | Sandow Front chin lock | ||||||||||||||
1 | Taunting like he was shooting the ball | ||||||||||||||
1 | Taunting the crowd before an elbow drop |
Promo Spots - 1st Hour ONLY
Opening Segment with HHH/Orton | ||||||
Divas backstage | ||||||
Steph Pre match | ||||||
Steph Post Match | ||||||
WWE Network Promo | ||||||
Replay from Steph Post Match for the 2nd time. | ||||||
Sandow as LeBron James | ||||||
Promo for Fozzy "Lights go out" | ||||||
Promo for the Highlight Reel | ||||||
The Highlight Reel The Wyatts attacked Y2J in the back then cut a promo |
Hour 2
The Miz vs. Ziggler | A few high spots, no one counts and more 2 counts than I cared for. | ||||||||
Miz | Ziggler | Nice Figure 4 by Miz, turned out to be a decent match | |||||||
2 | Started the match by rolling out of the ring, gimmick spot | ||||||||
1 | 1 | Front face lock by miz reversed to a sleeper hold from dolph | |||||||
1 | Chin Lock | ||||||||
1 | 1 | Both men are down after miz misses something like a bronco buster | |||||||
1 | Dolph goes off, then suddenly can't get up, was he gassed? | ||||||||
1 | Frustrated after a 2 count, gave ziggler a break | ||||||||
Paige/AJ vs. Emma/Naty | It was a better diva match than the other, but was less than 5 mins. | ||||||||
Paige/AJ Lee | Emma/Naty | ||||||||
1 | AJ Skipping around the ring with Emmas hair in her hand | ||||||||
Fandango vs. Zac Ryder w/Layla and Summer Rae | |||||||||
Fandango | Ryder | Quick match with Layla assisting by removing fandango's foot from the rope |
Promo Spots in Hour 2
Bray Wyatt continues his Promo to start the 2nd hour | ||||||
Y2J being tended by Medical, he wasn't even there on Monday night! | ||||||
Flo Rida seen walking through the back, greeting the talent | ||||||
HHH and Seth Rollins backstage with Cesaro | ||||||
AJ Lee skipping backstage with Paige | ||||||
Battleground review of Paige/AJ Lee | ||||||
Paige betrays AJ with an immediate replay of course | ||||||
Flo Rida Promo | ||||||
Replay of Steph and Bri Bella again | ||||||
Flo Rida attacking Heath Slater spot | ||||||
Flo Rida "concert" he clearly had a cd going and was lip singing to it |
Final Hour
Big E and Kofi vs. Rybaxl | Good seeing the crowd getting behind Ryback again with Feed me more | ||||||||
Big Kofi | Rybaxl | Nice win by Ryback, rolling through a Kofi high spot for the pin | |||||||
1 | Ryback using kicks | ||||||||
Rusev vs. Kali | |||||||||
Rusev | Kali | ||||||||
No real chance for either man to have a low spot given Kali's ring pace is malasses | |||||||||
Dean Ambrose vs. Cesaro | |||||||||
Ambrose | Cesaro | ||||||||
1 | Some kind of arm wrench | ||||||||
1 | Re application of the same move | ||||||||
1 | 2 count and then rested | ||||||||
1 | Both men down after a suicide dive through the ropes by Ambrose | ||||||||
1 | Ambrose goes for a chair |
Hour 3 Promo Spots including the final 20 minute spot by Paul Heyman and Brock Lesnar
Steph gets arrested | ||||||||||
Replay of Steph getting arrested | ||||||||||
HHH talking with someone named Jimmy to get Steph out | ||||||||||
Xavier Woods recruiting Big KofE | ||||||||||
HHH on the phone about Steph. | ||||||||||
Replay of Bray Wyatt attacking Y2J | ||||||||||
Rusev vs. Swagger review from Battleground | ||||||||||
Lana attempted a promo but was interupted by Kali (this late in the show?) | ||||||||||
Royal Pains promo cause Sheamus was in the episode | ||||||||||
Stardust and Goldust Promo | ||||||||||
Another replay of Steph and Bri, now adding Steph's arrest | ||||||||||
Renee Young update on Steph | ||||||||||
Renee Young interviews HHH about Steph | ||||||||||
WWE Network Total Divas promo | ||||||||||
HHH announcement on who's against Cena at Summerslam | ||||||||||
Paul Heyman shows up with Option C |
And there you have it, let's do a quick break down:
Total Matches: 9, so 3 per hour
Total Promo spots: 36 (Bray Wyatt was counted 1 times as his just continued into the second hour)... so 12 Promo spots per hour. I bet TNA does a bit better job on that front.
Total "Rest Spots": 38 divided by 9 matches, that's over 4 per match and the saddest part is, I didn't count them in the Divas match or in a couple of matches. So that number goes up to about 7 per match where I counted them. Here's hoping TNA does better.
And a final note: WWE, if you just showed us something, don't immediately do a replay, you're not the NFL, NBA, etc, you made that clear when you said you were "Sports Entertainment", so quit acting like you need instant replay to show us literally what just happened, we saw it when it happened, remember, like a few seconds ago when it happened. Quit showing the same clip of a story nobody cares about in Steph vs. anyone, she's not an in-ring performer and the whole "arrest" gimmick was about as real as her "puppies" to use the old WWF term for a woman's chest. And last but certainly not least, decide if Bray is a heel or a face and please quit acting like the WWE Universe is full of naive idiots. Jericho wasn't there, it was all over the dirt sheets etc that he wasn't in the back, so amazingly you have footage of him getting jumped, please be more original, if you have to leave a story alone for a week or two, then do so, you still have Rowan and Harper in tag competition and Bray can cut a promo on an absent Y2J, problem solved. It just felt horrible watching the Wyatts try to do anything, like watching Kali, ever.