Raw Review: Survivor Series Contract Signing
By Mike Smith
WWE.com
Dolph Ziggler vs. Luke Harper for the Intercontinental Championship
Just before the match started, Lillian Garcia announced that it was changed to an Intercontinental Championship Match. Right on cue, Joey Mercury and Jamie Noble jumped in the ring and helped Harper take out Ziggler. Ziggler started to fight back, but Seth Rollins jumped in and took out Ziggler with the briefcase.
The referee originally refused to start the match, but Ziggler demanded that he do so until the referee relented.
Harper started the match with a big boot and powerbomb, but both times Ziggler kicked out in two. Harper continued his offense, as Ziggler used his agility to counter Harper’s attacks and try and climb back into it.
Twice, Ziggler had Harper on the ropes, first with a fameasser, then a superkick, but Harper was able to stay alive.
Eventually, Harper connected with the huge clothesline to defeat Ziggler and take the title.
Harper defeats Ziggler via pinfall.
After the match, Rollins climbed in the ring and hit Ziggler with a curb stomp.
2.5 out of 5 stars – This was a really good match. Now that that’s out of the way, let’s talk about why this was terrible.
First, horrible time for a title change. You’ve made this more about John Cena and The Authority than Harper and Ziggler.
Second, with his team under fire, Cena didn’t make the save for one of the only guys brave enough to stand by his side, as he was surrounded by four of their enemies.
So to recap: match=good, booking=bad.
The Miz, Damien Mizdow and Grumpy Cat backstage
Miz was pitching a movie idea to Grumpy Cat, who just sat there…looking grumpy.
Miz got upset over that reaction and stormed away with Mizdow, before returning on his own to tell Grumpy Cat to look for his Facebook friend request, then Miz kissed the cat.
This was lame, but I’ll admit that I laughed at the kiss. I also laughed at Jerry Lawler who was laughing really hard at this segment, then said it looked like Grumpy Cat just watched on of Miz’s movies.