Another WWE pay-per-view is in the books and I'm not sure what to make of tonight. I want to say Over the Limit was better, but that'd be pushing it. It wasn't a bad show, but it certainly isn't a show I'd go back and watch again. The WWE Championship and World Heavyweight Championship matches saved this show from being a complete dud that's for sure.
It was just an average pay-per-view with nothing really special happening. Well, at least nothing we didn't see coming anyway. Let's get to my reaction of this show from top to bottom.
World Heavyweight Championship Match
Sheamus (c) vs Dolph Ziggler (w/Vickie Guerrero)
I'm kind of disappointed that this opened the show, but that goes to show you how far the World Heavyweight Championship has come to a point where it opens a show.
But besides all that, this match was damn good. I mean, very good. It was extremely well contested and was a great back and forth wrestling match. I was surprised that these two wrestlers have great chemistry. I didn't get bored of it at all. Great action and storytelling from start to finish. Sheamus gets the win after hitting the Brogue Kick.
I hope this is the beginning of a feud with these two, but I doubt it. This was just Ziggler filling Alberto Del Rio's spot in the match which sucks because I think Ziggler deserves a main event spot. I think this kid is ready, but who am I say who's ready or not?
Nonetheless, a great opening match.
Tuxedo Match
Santino vs Ricardo Rodriguez
To be blatantly honest, this match bored the hell outta me. I didn't find anything funny about this match until the end when Ricardo had Del Rio's face on his underwear.
Santino won and so ends the comedic portion of this show.
Intercontinental Championship Match
Christian (c) vs Cody Rhodes
These two proved they can put on a great match when given enough time to do so. There was great back and forth action, storytelling and a lot of technical wrestling thrown in there. I want to say this got to 10 minutes, and maybe more. I liked the match. I feel like these two can do even better than this if they got an extra 15 minutes, but I'm not in charge of these things.
Christian wins and retains the IC Title. I hope this the last we'll see of this feud. I think this is the closure Cody Rhodes needed for his IC Title run. He lost the belt at Over the Limit and lost tonight in his rematch. It's time for Rhodes to move on and start getting in the main event scene. Maybe he's the next opponent for Sheamus. You never know. As far as Christian goes, I'd love to see him feud with either Miz or maybe Damien Sandow next.
Fatal 4 Way #1 Contenders Tag Team Match
The Usos vs Darren Young & Titus O' Neill vs Tyson Kidd & Justin Gabriel vs Primo & Epico
I thought this match was going to be a complete dud, but it turned out to be really good. The good about this is that you have a chance to showcase great, young talent and show what these new kids can really do. The bad thing about this is that nobody really knows or cares that much about these guys because they haven't been featured on RAW or SmackDown enough for people to care about them.
The match was pretty good with all these guys getting some action in. The best spot was Tyson Kidd hitting a hurricanrana off the top rope sending Primo crashing into everybody else on the floor! That was SICK! And then came the swerve when A.W. who wanted to recruit Primo and Epico into a stable he was trying to form, screwed them and allowed Darren Young and Titus O' Neill to get the win.
What made it even better was that They all jumped Primo and Epico afterwards confirming that A.W. is going to be with Young and O' Neill full-time.
You know, this little turn would've have been so much more better if we cared about the people involved.
But anyway, Darren Young and Titus O' Neill look like they're really getting a push in the tag team division here. They maybe a threat to take the tag belts off of Kofi and Truth. Now, let's see if WWE can give these guys some air time so that we can really care about them.
Triple H addresses the WWE Universe
I'm going to cut through all the BS and get the heart of this promo. Triple H challenged Brock Lesnar to a match at Summerslam. You know Summerslam right? The pay-per-view that's all the way in August? Keep in mind that we're still in June.
He said get rid of the lawyers, the lawsuits, and the legal junk and he wants to "Fight" Brock at Summerslam.
As a fan, I can't wait to see this match because I've been wanting to see Triple H and Brock Lesnar feud with each other ever since 2002 and this is something I can't wait to see. But the thing about this is that they have to announce this match two months in advance to ensure that people are going to buy Summerslam. They can't build storylines like they used to anymore. Back in the day, HHH and Lesnar would've headlined No Way Out. You didn't need a bigger stage like Summerslam to get a match over, but again, I digress.
I'm looking forward to seeing how they build this up in the next two months.
Divas Championship Match
Layla (c) vs Beth Phoenix
These put on another solid match. It wasn't nearly as good as their match at Over the Limit match, but still solid nonetheless. They sort of repeated the same things they did in last month's match. Of course, the crowd didn't care because WWE hasn't given us a reason to care about the Divas anymore like back in the day.
Layla retains here and I don't know where she goes from here. Maybe Kharma returns and goes after Layla and Beth gets involved? I don't see how long they can milk a Beth Phoenix/Layla feud. They either bring in Kharma or here's what I'd love to see: Have Michelle McCool make a comeback and go after Layla. That'd be a feud I'd love to see. Former Lay-Cool partners going at it for the Divas Championship. That's what I'd do.
Sin Cara vs Hunico
Meh. This was a repeat of their match from RAW. Once again, I'm finding it real hard to care about Sin Cara when there's really nothing to invest in for him. Everything about him screams Rey Mysterio wannabe and I feel like he's so much more than that. But I digress.
Sin Cara wins in a solid match.
Triple Threat match for the WWE Championship
CM Punk (c) vs Daniel Bryan vs Kane
Here We Go! This is the match I've been waiting for all night long! The best storyline that WWE has going on right now will finally get its payoff. Let's set the stage for those who haven't been following. I'll make it short and sweet.
Bryan and Punk have been feuding, Kane has beef with both men, AJ's gone crazy since being dumped by Daniel Bryan and has been acting as such, all three are battling for the WWE Championship, and somehow AJ is the X-Factor in all this.
Tonight, she was seen with Punk and Bryan wishing them luck and when she got to Kane, he laid a BIG kiss on her! It's hard to tell what's going to happen. Let's get to the match!
The atmosphere was amazing and the crowd was HOT for the entire match! They were cheering from start to finish and loved all of it.....somewhat. Well, here's what I thought of it. The match itself was amazing and the fans made the match even better. There was never any lull in the action and there were great spots. The YES! Chants were in attendance in MASS and the crowd loved this match. There were great near fall spots, and I found myself cheering for Daniel Bryan. This match was extremely well done. Match of the night of course and it's not even close. For the most part, triple threat matches always deliver and this one didn't disappoint at all.
Now, here's where I bet EVERYBODY had a problem with the match: The way it ended. AJ comes running down to the ring and gets on the apron, Kane accidentally bumps into her knocking her to the floor, and CM Punk drops Kane with the GTS for the win. Kane leaves the ring and carries AJ off to the back and AJ looks back giving Punk a little smile.
I bet a lot of people were thinking AJ was going to screw over Punk and Kane and side with Bryan and help him win the WWE Championship. But the way they did it ensures us that this storyline isn't over yet. From the beginning, AJ was playing Kane like a fiddle all to help CM Punk retain the WWE Championship. She was planning it all along: Play Kane for a fool, screw Bryan, and help Punk. But I somehow can't feel like this story is over. I feel like the AJ payoff still hasn't come yet. It's coming, it's not over yet. I still can't get enough of the storyline. The more it keeps going, the more I love it. Just wish we would've seen Bryan at the end. He sort of just vanished.
Ryback vs Dan Delaney & Rob Grymes
And yet ANOTHER squash match for Ryback. Nothing more, nothing less. You know, I undertstand they're trying to build this guy into the next Goldberg, but at least Goldberg was facing people that were relevant and actually his size. Sometimes, he'd take out people twice his size. Ryback is beginning to bore me with the squashing of these 90 lb guys.
Steel Cage Match
John Cena vs Big Show
Well, here's it is. The Main Event: John Cena vs Big Show. If John Cena wins, Mr. McMahon will fire John Laurinatis, but if Big Show wins, John Laurinatis will fire John Cena. Quite a sticky situation indeed.
The match itself was slow and sometimes boring, but it followed John Cena matches to a T. Cena would get some strong offense in early on until Big Show started to dominate. Show would continue to dominate Cena until he could muster up enough strength to topple the Giant. But here's where things got interesting.
Cena would attempt to leave the Cage with help from Mr. McMahon, but Big Johnny would slam the Cage back in his face. Cena walks right into a chokeslam and kicks out! If the match was going to end at any point, it would be right there, but it didn't which meant John Cena was going to win at some point. You just didn't know when or how it would happen.
Big Show would later on go for the WMD. He'd miss Cena, and knock out the ref, but he'd come back and take Cena down anyway. And then, everybody that Big Show had destroyed in his reign of terror: guys like Zack Ryder, Kofi Kingston and Brodus Clay made their way down to the ring. Big Show would take them out but turn around into an AA.
But guess who won? You guessed it. John Cena. John Cena got to the top of the Cage and Big Show crawled out of the door. It was a race to see who would get to the floor first and John Cena won. Big Johnny got fired right on the spot by Mr. McMahon and got AA'ed through the announce table to cap it off. John Cena stands tall......once again.
So, John Cena wins and John Laurinatis is fired. Where do we go from here? Does Triple H take over? Does Mr. McMahon re-hire Teddy Long? Does something happen that causes John Laurinatis to come back? This next move is crucial.
This entire month of Big Show running through most of the RAW Roster was pretty much all for not since he couldn't come away with the win. I don't understand this to be honest. How does this at all help the Big Show. This heel turn isn't completely wasted, but it's taken one hell of a dent tonight. Where does he go from here now? I really doubt his feud with Cena is over, but how can he be taken seriously now? He didn't do what he said after all this and Cena continues to end every show on top no matter who he takes on. No matter how over a heel can be, they wouldn't dare have him go over John Cena and make him legitimate.
Overall, it was an average show saved by the World Championship and WWE Championship matches and was capped off by a poor main event that was saved by some late theatrics by other superstars. I would've liked to see some other things go differently, but that isn't the way things work. We have to wait and see how things develop.
Tomorrow's RAW should be most interesting. And I'm going to be there LIVE so I'm gonna love it......hopefully.
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By: Gerald "Showstopper" Prophete
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