#MayCon Better Than Expected

If you caught my post, Swept Under The Ring, you might think I didn't have high hopes for last Saturday's historic match. Honestly, I didn't nor the Pacquiao fight. I am a Floyd Mayweather Jr fan, I saw all previous pro bouts, just didn't think these guys had the skill set for him. It takes more than highlights, sad songs and tragic stories to sell me on a boxer beating Mayweather.

Let me say, Conor versus Floyd was not disappointing, I enjoyed their match. My take is a little different from popular opinions. I start before the fight, a man jumped off the couch from a two year lay off. Within those two years, Mayweather accumulated just as much media footage as fights. For a guy who didn't train much, expected to get knocked out from one punch, he made it look easy.

McGregor said he would stand in the middle of the ring, I saw him in retreat instead. I don't discredit his warrior effort. His first boxing match was against an all-time great. The backpedaling counters were not working for C Mac. Nor were his amateur scoring punches. Mostly landing on the arm, no force behind them. I know why they weren't meaningful punches. Conor went for big strikes early in the first two rounds. He made a few good connections, just didn't have the stamina to keep up at that pace.

Fighters find out the hard away against Floyd, bulking up doesn't help them. The Pound For Pound King lived up to his name and put the gloves to his opponent. He didn't look to impress with defense,  didn't back up. The champ pressed forward throwing with bad intention. It was funny, it looked like getting hit was intentional. The amount of hits landed were close, one's were more meaningful. No glass jaw for Mayweather, no lack of heart for McGregor, overall a great fight!

Underrated Superstar returns

Raw Preview(8/28/17)

Tonight's Monday Night Raw comes from Memphis,TN; it should be fascinating to see the follow up too last week's show. WWE.com is only advertising the rematch for the Womens Championship, which has me suspicious that we might see a quick title change. It wouldn't be out of WWE's wheelhouse, it was just one year ago that Sasha Banks & Charlotte had a series of title changes on free television. So it would not be shocking too see the Old Man go back to that philosophy.

With nearly a month before the big Braun-Lesnar showdown no need to over think this one, just continue to book Braun has a monster, and keep Brock's appearances limited. One would think the next logical step for Ambrose & Rollins is to forward their program with the former champs, however there absence last week mixed with the introduction of the Hardys muddy up the waters a tad bit.

Finally the most intriguing follow up will be how does this crowd react to Cena-Roman interactions, last week hostel, informed Brooklyn crowd was predictable. This week not so much Memphis has a lot of wrestling history, and it share of knowledgeable fans, but it's not known for being a crowd that will take over your show. How Samoa Joe and Miz fit in this, I'm still not sure but I will sure be watching. Enjoy

Track Of The Day(Money Monday)

Money Monday will kick off with the icon Nas in "Money Is My B*****". It comes to no surprise that he was able to  take Money an inanimate object; and flip it into a desirable women that he's been chasing for quite some time. There aren't many better in telling this story. Enjoy

Asuka Relinquishes the NXT

WWE.com issued the following:

NXT Women’s Champion Asuka relinquished her title to NXT General Manager William Regal tonight at Full Sail University in Orlando, Fla. After her dominant performance and historic 500-plus day reign as NXT Women’s Champion, The Empress of Tomorrow looks to her future for new opportunities in WWE, though no specific details are known at this time. Her reign will officially end on the date that her historic announcement airs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It was slightly disheartening to hear about the injury to NXT Womens Champ Asuka, but if there is a silver lining to this unfortunate news is that she will have to relinquish her title, but not lose it. Since Asuka is unbeaten this would be the ideal situation. Asuka has been of WWE most dominant protected Acts of all time; no matter what gender. She's has beaten everyone NXT has thrown at her, Baylee,Emma,Dana,Micke,Ember Moon, ect....., so it just makes sense once she returns to just head straight to the main roster. Each Brand could use her; if she goes to Raw Sasha Banks would be the most likely opponent. Smackdown Live could use her more, with fresh opponents like Natalya, Charlotte, and of course Becky Lynch. Either way the addition of Asuka should be interesting and hopefully good. Enjoy

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