5 Ups And 6 Downs From WWE Madison Square Garden 2015
2. Night Of Champions Redux
WWE did a nice job playing up the Dudley Boyz Tag Team Championship match against New Day, making it look like winning the titles was a strong possibility, even the duos destiny. Instead, the match ended the same way that it did two weeks earlier at Night of Champions, with Xavier Woods causing a disqualification by breaking up a Dudleys pinfall attempt. If WWE was going to pull the trigger on a record 10th tag title reign for the Dudleys, Saturday at MSG was the time and place to do it. But if they arent going to give Bubba Ray and D-Von the belts, then New Day should have actually gotten a pinfall victory (whether its through cheating or clean is immaterial) rather than just prolonging the feud. The Dudleys reunion tour in WWE was a nice idea, but having them win matches by DQ and then getting their heat back by beating up the guy who more or less is the manager isnt a memorable way to go out.
Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fortunately became a fan in time for WrestleMania III and came back as a fan after a long high school hiatus before WM XIV. Monday nights in the Carlson household are reserved for viewing Raw -- for better or worse.
