ROH Final Battle 2014 predictions

The time of the year has arrived, its the annual Final Battle and it's sure to impress. We have an amazing card set up with great lead ups. You got your main event and every belt is defended in this Pay Per View and is available on Ring of Honor's website.

Match #1
Mark Briscoe vs. Hanson vs. Caprice Coleman vs. Jimmy Jacobs in a Four Corner Survival Match

My pick to win: Caprice Coleman
More than a conqueror, the sky splitta and the kind of the only one of these guys who has actual momentum going into the match. He has been repackaged with a gimmick now and this would be his return which will sure be a spectacular match.

Match #2
The Young Bucks and ACH vs The Addiction and Cedric Alexander in a Six Man Tag Team Match

My pick to win: The Addiction (Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian) and Cedric Alexander
Christopher Daniels' triumphant ROH return has been a success from the very beginning. Along himself has come with him a PWG legend in the form of Frankie Kazarian. And one of the greatest breakout stars in ROH's recent years, Cedric Alexander. Nothing against the Young Bucks but its hard to bet against the best tag team in the biz-i-ness.

Match #3
Michael Elgin vs. Tommaso Ciampa

My pick to win: Tommaso Ciampa
The Sicilian Psychopath has been brought back to ROH. And even though he didn't win the Survival of The Fittest 2014 he seems to be born for greatness. His promos are priceless and Michael Elgin is still recovering from his loss to Jay Briscoe in his homecountry. Ciampa for the win!

Match #4
Moose vs. R.D. Evans

My pick to win: R.D. Evans
After months of #TheNewStreak continuing till it was 173-0 R.D. finally got a title shot against Jay Lethal. But his best man Ramon now known as Stokely Hathaway and Moose turned on him and cost him the title after Prince Nana, who wanted revenge on R.D. for taking The Embassy from him, convinced them to do so. I respect ROH for respecting Goldberg's streak and not surpassing it. R.D. has also unveiled amazing mic skills with his promos on YouTube and seems like the cornered animal ready to be unleashed on Moose.

Match #5
Roderick Strong vs. Adam Page

My pick to win: Adam Page
Since The Decade has come along they have had two recruits which they claim to teach the path of greatness to, Adam Page and TaDarius Thomas. But recently Jimmy Jacobs, BJ Whitmer and Roderick Strong have not been on the same page, no pun intended. Roderick Strong disapproves of Adam Page just as much as BJ Whitmer approves of him. This has led to Whitmer calling Roderick cancer and cutting him out. I pick Adam Page because his momentum can't be stopped.


Match #6
Jay Lethal (c) vs. Matt Sydal for the ROH World Television Championship

My pick to win: Matt Sydal
Since returning to ROH Matt Sydal has been Truth Martini's no.1 priority to recruit. He has been targeted and helped to win matches several times but when it came to decision time he chose to not join The House of Truth. Jay Lethal didn't take kindly to that and attacked Matt's brother a week before their match at Final Battle. I'm confident that Matt Sydal's road to redemption won't have a dead end but reach World Television gold.

Match #7
reDRagon (c) vs, Time Splitters for the ROH World Tag Team Championships

My pick to win: reDRagon (Kyle O'Reilly & Bobby Fish)
When reDRagon was touring Japan they dominated every tag team put in their path. Forever Hooligans and The Young Bucks to finally win the Super Junior Tag Tournament 2014. But their successful tour didn't stop there, they also beat the Time Splitters for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles. Now Kushida and Alex Shelley want to make them feel their own poison and take the ROH tag team titles to Japan. I picked reDRagon because they're seemingly unstoppable. Many times I have doubted them but they finally won me over. They'll keep the belts.

Main Event
Jay Briscoe (c) vs. Adam Cole in a Fight Without Honor for the ROH World Championship

My pick to win: Adam Cole
After winning Survival of The Fittest 2014 Adam Cole has a world title shot against Jay Briscoe. When Jay Briscoe had an injured arm he wasn't cleared to wrestle for months until Nigel McGuiness told him he had to vacate the belt. Reluctantly Jay's father told him he had to shake the hand of the winner of the tournament if they win like a man. The tournament started and Adam Cole won the belt. But when Jay shook his hand and was walking away Adam Cole superkicked him in the back of the head. From there one of the fiercest rivalries in recent years started and now it has been rekindled. I have faith in Adam Cole. This guy has played his cards right and payed his dues and he reminds me of a young Ric Flair but way better in the wrestling side of things. Jay Briscoe is a great wrestler no doubt but this is the end of his reign

Ring Of Honor 2015 Success Sheet

Well, well, well. Time to place my faithful bunch of ROH wrestlers for 2015. Now ROH is the alternative to WWE and TNA. It has great storyline sand amazing wrestling with a good and upcoming roster. Tomorrow is ROH's biggest event of the year, Final Battle, (talk about keeping the best for last) and good on me for taking my ROH picks now. Remember there's a huge and talented roster with a lot of good wrestlers and obvious choices, I went with the legit ones.

1. Adam Cole

Bay bay! Adam Cole is has had the biggest success in recent years, winning the ROH world title and television title, and recently winning Survival of the Fittest. The Cole train doesn't seem to be stopping any time soon. Tommorow night it will be Jay Briscoe vs Adam Cole in a fight without honor for the ROH world title. In my eyes we'll have a new world champion bay bay.




2, Silas Young

The last real man in professional wrestling may not be featured in Final Battle but he's definitely a future world champion. He is full of potential and can be a brawler just as much as a grade A high flyer. Also although it is not very obvious Silas has been all over ROH for the past few years. He has recently popped into the scene though and a world title run will be in his future.

3. Mark Briscoe

Like I said earlier Jay Briscoe's reign is very near to its conclusion. So while the bigger brother cools off from a crushing loss at Final Battle little brother can go and capture his glory. Mark has shown over the years that he may not be as talented as Jay on the mic but he's surely one of the best. Back in 2013 he had his shot against his brother but came up short. 2015 looks to be Mark's year of ascension.


4. Tommaso Ciampa

Well this is a no-brainer. After almost capturing his ultimate moment of glory at Death Before Dishonor XII but he lost his cool and that cost him the belt in an angle that was so well worked I actually thought he was legitimately suspended. Ciampa undoubtedly has the charisma, mic skills and great moveset , his future is as bright as his Mohawk usually is.


5. Caprice Coleman

Seriously how has this guy never won a title in ROH? He has champion written all over him. His recent entrance theme music video on ROH's YouTube channel is amazing and just watch any of his singles matches to know that this guy can sell and deliver. He has had rocky years though and that seems to have cleared up and his resurgence in ROH will sure be triumph. 

6. Kyle O'Reilly

Sure, you may know him as half of reDRagon in ROH but in PWG this guy has took the ball and ran with it in his single career. He has the wrestling skill no doubt. But he can improve a little bit on his mic skills and bam you have yourself a champion. At this rate I can see him either continuing with Bobby Fish into winning more tag team gold or climbing the singles ladder straight to the top.

7. Frankie Kazarian

Frankie has had a rough run with the big companies. First he is unused in WWE. Then in TNA he has to job to a bunch of heavyweights rather than be world champion and that's what I love about Ring of Honor. Size doesn't matter. You can see anyone with charisma and wrestling skills go straight to the top and this environment is where Kazarian can thrive.

8. TaDarius Thomas

This guy is in fact the first wrestler I've seen that delivers a fusion of capoeira and professional wrestling. His kicks are literally  lethal and he reminds me of a young Rob Van Dam. Van Dam ended up soaring to the top of the ladder winning the WWE championship and way more. TaDarius seems to be on the same road to glory.

9. R.D. Evans

Well talk about best of two worlds. The barrister himself keeps it to a whopping best of three worlds. He has worked as an outstanding manager, heel leader and now believe it or not he is a top notch wrestler. The promo he gave before his match with Jay Lethal proves this man's mic skills and #TheNewStreak says a lot about how he can handle a gimmick. Sure he won't go from his current state of greatness to world champion (although he might), he will surely dethrone Jay Lethal in 2015.

10. Maria Kanellis

Now I know you expected 10 wrestlers on my sheet but managers are still in-ring personalities. I could not exclude Maria here because she has just been such a great manager throughout 2015 that in 2015 she will deliver the world title to someone. Right now The Kingdom is doing great under her wings and with her Michael Bennett's career will skyrocket to the throne.

Fury (2014) review

"Wardaddy: Ideals are peaceful. History is violent."

Fury is an American World War II movie directed by David Ayer (End of Watch). This movie revolves around one tank named Fury used to house 4 brothers in arms until a former clerk who was brought into war by force joins them as their assistant driver. As Norman Ellison ( Logan Lerman) struggles with the cruelties of war and the harrowing decisions he has to make, the Unite States army makes their way into Germany. The tank is commanded by hardened veteran Don 'Wardaddy' Collier (Brad Pitt) and the other three memebers are Boyd 'Bible' Swan (Shia Labeouf), Trini 'Gordo' Garcia (Michael Pena) and Grady Travis (Jon Bernthal). Wardaddy has to keep his emotions inside and not show himself broken to his soldiers, while Boyd is a religious man who even says prayers with dying German soldiers. Gordo is mostly a mexican caught up in this war and Grady is the tough one from the south. As they make their way through war this movie showcases the brutality and the seriousness of the war. It shows how hard it is to kill for Norman. At one point he would rather get killed. It shows the differences between the new soldiers and the hardened veterans. This movie might as well be the newest and most different take on the World War II. Rather than a 'murica run-in to shoot the Nazis down, this movie takes it to a whole other level of emotions (I cried 5 separate times while seeing it) and shows us the true colors of war.

World Wrestling Entertainment 2015 Success Sheet

As with the article I wrote on PWG's future champions, I'm going to do the same with WWE's future champions. Mainly I just want to make sure I know who I'll stick with for the entire next year or in the rare case of me being right about all of them then we'll see a side switch. But there's a difference here. With PWG I just predicted the future champions and gave them specific titles to win. Here I'm going to name 10 wrestlers out of WWE's current roster and 5 wrestlers from NXT to win any title during 2015.

1. Seth Rollins

The Aerialist himself Seth Rollins has made quite the splash with his new look and gimmick in the WWE. He has hell to pay after The Authority's loss at Survivor Series but they can't take away his money in the bank briefcase right? I mean last time Damien Sandow cashed in and it was a tragedy. I'm picking him hoping he will surely grasp the WWE World Heavyweight Championship and bring an end to the same old champions routine.

2. Cesaro

Of coarse The Swiss Superman was going to be on this list. I have see this man start from the smug 5 language speaking Swiss Aristocrat and now we see a finished real life Superman. He has had amazing battles with Dolph Ziggler and great matches with anyone overall. I honestly can't say I've seen a bad Cesaro match. With this reputation 2015 looks like a good year to be on this guy's side.

3.  Luke Harper

Luke Harper made my head explode after he won the Intercontinental Title. I mean I was cheering for him to win but then I thought Dolph would pull the old hero not zero thing and keep the belt. To my happiness he didn't and Harper's your new champion. It's all uphill from here for Mr. Harper.

4. Erick Rowan

Now you might think I just put him here because Luke Harper's here and Bray Wyatt will be somewhere along the list. That won't happen because Bray is too sure of a choice. It would be like picking Dean Ambrose. Erick Rowan in my eyes has been one of the few big men in the WWE that have an actual solid gimmick and can move around easily in the ring while being strong (he bodyslammed the Big Show).

5. Fandango

Yay Fandango is reborn and he's beating the life out of everyone now! So now with a new dancer in Rosa Mendes Fandango has made his return with a new look and theme. He has always been the Ballroom Brute and with him winning the season 4 of NXT and beating former Undisputed Champion Chris Jericho I have complete faith in this man to win the gold in 2015.

6. Kane

Why not Kane? He is repackaged as Corporate Kane and he still has his monstry feel. Sure he hasn't won in a long while but him beating the breath out of the Exotic Express was great and everytime he loses he loses with a rollup or a move that's not really a loss. Kane's big year (not the biggest but a big year none the less) will be 2015.

7. Titus O'Neil

Winning is officially spelled "T-I-T-U-S". Titus O'Neil is money. He has the mic skills, charisma, size, looks, agility and wrestling ability. He has it all wrapped into one big box that WWE has made out of him. Titus' year will be 2015 when he'll run through the roster and leave a lot of beaten people behind while stacking a lot of W's and a lot of gold.

8. Mark Henry

The world's strongest man has has a resurgence after his loss to Rusev and his feud with the Big Show will continue through 2014. But 2015 will be one successful year for this man and a lot of people will be inducted into the Hall of Pain. Mark Henry is legitimately strong and has the mic skills to last him a life time. His T-shirts are neatly made. 

9. Emma

Switching over to the Diva side of things. Emma has been a sensation in NXT ever since her debut and is catching up with the huge crowds at WWE events. She has possibly one of the coolest move sets on the current roster. She also does Tajiri's Tarantula. Emma was a Survivor this past Survivor Series so she is on a bit of a winning streak as of late and I'm sure these improvements will develop into WWE Divas title gold.

10. Tamina Snuka

After being a manager in both FCW and WWE there was a time when Tamina came into her own. She showed wrestling ability that I personally didn't expect out of a manager and she rose up the Divas rank one by one. But everytime she had an opportunity at the WWE Divas Championship she came up short. Later she became AJ's hired gun and after breaking up she had a few more shots at the title. What I don't understand is why WWE hasn't already given her that belt? Well she has been injured for about 5 months now and she should recover after the 6th. She will return and be a Superfly Splash away from the title.

Now let's roll over to the NXT-verse

1. Tyler Breeze

This guy has taken the gimmick of Rick Martel and Sylvan and perfected it into Prince Pretty. He walks down the isle while taking a selfie video and his superkicks are devastating and he is the first model-gimmick type guy I see succeeding in WWE. He speaks with such self confidence and backs it up in the ring. He's had amazing matches with Sami Zayn and Tyson Kidd but 2014 seems to be the conclusion of the whole Zayn redemption saga so Breeze's time will come in 2015.

2. Enzo Amore

Sporting one of the coolest haircuts in wrestling history and a mic skill equivalent if not better of the 1999 heel Rock is Enzo Amore. This guy is backed up by his man Colin Cassady but he hasn't wrestled much. It doesn't matter though, he has the mic skills and the looks so maybe he can wrestle more in 2015 and bam! success.

3. Marcus Louis

After having his hair shaved bald at NXT takeover this Frenchman is perfect for a revenge story. His partner left him for the wolves so Louis will exact revenge and then go on to win a few more matches and  bam you have another successful NXT talent. The reason you don't see Kevin Owens, Hideo Itami, Fin Balor, Sami Zayn or Adrian Neville here is because they're are just too obvious of choices.

4. Tye Dillinger

I know, I know he's just a jobber with Jason Jordan. But listen to me for a second, Tye Dillinger is the undisputed king of the developmental terretories. I know that's not saying much but his better known name is Shawn Spears. He was the king of OVW and his stint in FCW was remarkable. He is crazy talented and if you see his OVW matches you'll see what WWE is missing out on.

5. Sasha Banks

Sasha Banks has always been a great wrestler in the indies. She was great in Chaotic Wrestling but she has improved vastly since she made her NXT debut. She can beat Charlotte for the NXT Divas Championship and then drop it to Bayley showing that bullies don't always win. Also she has the best finishing move names. "Bank Statement" and "Bankrupt" are just pure gold.

Don't agree with my success sheet? Write your own and put the link in the comments so I can check it out and tell you what I think about it.

Twins (1988) movie review

Movie poster

Arnold and DeVito

Twins is a 1988 comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman (Ghostbusters I & II). It's about a government experiment of making the perfect human being from the seed of 6 great man and one woman. But the experiment goes wrong and turns out twins. Vincent Benedict (Danny DeVito) and Julius Benedict (Arnold Schwarzenegger). As a child Vincent is sent to an orphanage and Julius is raised in a remote island as a strong and smart man who finds out about his twin and wants to go and find him. Vincent however had gone downhill from there. He was stuck in a huge debt of $20,000 to loan sharks, The Klane Brothers, so he steals cars from a parking lot his friend, Al Greco (David Caruso). When Julius arrives in L.A. he finds out how Vincent's life has gone downhill (he had sex with one of the nuns at his orphanage when he was 12!) tries to pull him out of the mess. He finds him in prison and bails him out. But Vincent is not convinced that they're twins (you probably know how different they look).

I loved this movie. It made me literally laugh out loud but again its a little bit of a slow starter. By little bit I mean the first 10 minutes are like a documentary with narrator (Tony Jay) explaining the twins' origins but its all uphill from there. A classic from the 80's I give it a 10/10 for being such an awesome movie and making my day!

Sex Tape (2014) movie review

Sex Tape is a 2014 sex comedy directed by Jake Kasdan (Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story). It follows a couple who had a sex drive when they were in university together. But it turns out to be a flashback by Annie (Cameron Diaz) who hasn't not had sex in a very long time since their two kids have been born. Jay (Jason Segel) also wants their sex relationship to improve but there is not time to set aside from all of lifer's responsibility's. Annie writes a blog as a mom and PiperBrothers a toy company is interested in buying her blog. Jay works as a DJ who constantly switches iPads so he gives them away as gifts. On the night of the offer they decide to restart their sex life after Annie sends all the kids to her mom's (Nancy Lenehan) house. After many failed attempts they decide to make a sex tape like they've seen in the internet. So they set the iPad up, take a few shots of tequila and took the book The Joy of Sex and decided to do a marathon through all the positions in one night. They end up with a three hour sex tape which Annie tells Jay to destroy. But Jay forgets to and the entire sex tape is synced with the rest of the iPads Jay used to have. Now they have to go and reclaim all the iPads.
Now this movie has gotten a lot of bad reviews but I just want to state my opinion here. I fairly enjoyed the movie, it made me chuckle but granted it starts very slow. It really starts after the sex tape is synced and from there hilarity ensues. My favorite role was Jack Black as the owner of YouPorn. And Jason Segel really acted his role out. I mean for me in the scene where Annie is wearing Roller Skates and is in her lingerie he really acts like a dad who hasn't had sex in a long while. Cameron Diaz performed like her performance in  The Other Woman. But this movie wasn't all that great and I give it a 2 for Jack Black a 4 for the overall quality which garners it a 6/10 here.

My Pro Wrestling Guerrilla predictions for 2015

Best Friends are your future Tag Team Champions!

To be honest Pro Wrestling Guerrilla may be a promotion you haven't heard of. but it is truly one of the greatest wrestling promotions on planet earth. Now as an independent promotion they stand a comedic but serious standard. Today I'm going to try and make predictions for the fate of their two main titles, The PWG World Championship and The PWG World Tag Team Championships, and who is going to be winning them in the upcoming year 2015. 

I myself haven't seen much of PWG's content except what they publish on YouTube but in the coming year I sure have to since their highlight videos really make me want to check out one of their full shows. 

 1. Best Friends (Trent? and Chuck Taylor) as PWG World Tag Team Champions

Cradle Back To Belly Piledriver by Trent?

Awful Waffle by Chuck Taylor

Best Friends was originally a stable which also featured Joey Ryan but later Joey formed a tag team with Candice Lerae and they are the current PWG World Tag Team Champions. Now, Trent? and Chuck Taylor went on to have their own success in the PWG tag team ranks by winning the 2014 Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament (I know it's shortened as DDT4) and they even got their shot at the belts against The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson). They seem like a pretty successful tag team though but their momentum was cut shor after Trent? was injured I think and now Chuck Taylor has been flying solo for a while. Alas, they may never win the titles in 2014 I believe 2015 will be their year.

2. Tommaso Ciampa as PWG World Champion

For the world title I decided to go with an uncommon guess. A guy who never got anywhere far in the 2014 Battle of Los Angeles, never challenged for the title and basically is always out of the picture. But The Sicilian Psychopath will not be denied in 2015. Recently his matches just keep getting better and better and he has shown in his run with Chaotic Wrestling that he certainly is man event material. Here's one hoping for this Boston native and phenomenal wrestler to win the big one in the upcoming year.