Legion's SummerSlam 2012 Review

[We Are Legion]

Last night, WWE presented it's 25th Anniversary Edition of SummerSlam live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California for the 4th straight year. As you might know, the Staples Center is home to the 2012 Stanley Cup champions Los Angeles Kings... and some basketball team with a name that doesn't make sense.

SummerSlam has had a rich history and has regularly been billed as "WWE's 2nd largest event" to the ultimate stage of Wrestlemania. This is the same event that brought us such classics as Bret Hart v. British Bulldog, Steve Austin v. The Undertaker, The Rock v. Brock Lesnar, Shawn Michaels v. Hulk Hogan, and Edge v. John Cena and would feature yet another high-caliber spectacle on this day. The event proved to be one of WWE's better pay per views of the year and featured a megaton main event between WWE Vice President/legend Triple H and former UFC Heavyweight champion/former 3-time WWE champion Brock Lesnar. The card was loaded with other WWE stars and definitely looked excellent on paper.

The one thing I was disappointed about heading into the event was Booker T's new role as general manager of Smackdown, meaning I wouldn't be able to critique his outrageous commentary as I have been in previous months. *sad face*


Dolph Ziggler (w/ Vickie Guerrero) v. Chris Jericho

The event kick-started with Vickie Guerrero's shrieking voice introducing her meal ticket and 2012 Money in the Bank-winner Dolph Ziggler, followed shortly by Chris Jericho making his entrance who was wearing bandages around his abdomen as a result of an attack last week at the hands of Ziggler.

Throughout the early stages of this match, Jericho did a good job limiting his move arsenal to sell the rib injury, but I felt Dolph Ziggler didn't do a very good job attacking the injury. Instead, Ziggler was mostly attacking Jericho's head with stiff blows, sleeper holds, and DDT's, which was a little strange to me. Ziggler did utilize the abdominal stretch at one point to attack the injured ribs of Jericho, it just didn't happen as often as it should have. The whole point of injuring an opponent prior to the match is to paint a bullseye on their opponent to exploit, but Ziggler didn't exactly do this.

Despite this minor gripe with the psychology of the match and Jericho selling an injury that Ziggler wasn't really attacking, the action in the ring was still great if you don't pay attention to that sort of thing. Ziggler would hit his finisher, followed shortly with Jericho landing the Code-breaker, but Jericho was too winded to make the cover for the pin.

Vickie Guerrero attempts to interfere by distracting Jericho at ringside, which results in Ziggler making a roll-up pin on Jericho from behind. Jericho counters the pin into the Walls of Jericho submission, which Ziggler taps out to moments later. Ziggler and Vickie both look stunned as Jericho makes his way backstage celebrating. During this, Jerry Lawler keeps insisting Jericho "finally won the big one" which just sounded all kinds of stupid. First of all, this was the first match on the card, a non-titled grudge match against someone who really hasn't even had a decent run with a world title yet. Jericho has defended the World Heavyweight Championship at Wrestlemania and has about 50 other career accomplishments he would put over beating Ziggler. This was just silly commentary by Lawler, who realistically is the guy who's "lost his touch".

Good match for an opener. Definitely surprised Jericho won this match considering this will likely be his last match for a while as he has been confirmed to be taking a sabbatical from the WWE shortly. If Jericho shows up at all this following week on Raw or Smackdown, I expect a raged Ziggler to attack him again and likely put him out of action kayfabe-wise to explain Jericho's departure. Regardless if this happens or not, I expect Jericho to pop up again later down the road after Ziggler cashes in his briefcase to become World Heavyweight Champion. This would make a good Royal Rumble/Wrestlemania 29 feud.

Either way, this was definitely the most unexpected outcome of the evening.


Daniel Bryan v. Kane

This was a match that Daniel Bryan was booked in as punishment by Monday Night Raw general manager AJ Lee. Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler remind us repeatedly before the opening bell that Bryan has never won a 1-on-1 match against Kane, so it was a safe bet that Bryan would win. Bryan is greeted by a chorus of "Yes! Yes! Yes!" chants, which prompts the commentators to explain Bryan's complicated relationship with the fans. This is all just another reason why I find Bryan to be one of the most interesting wrestlers in the company.

This was a very, very good match. Psychology-wise, it was undoubtedly the best of the night. I was very impressed with the chemistry Bryan and Kane had. Kane dominated most of the opening minutes and nothing Bryan tried seemed to be effective. Kane utilized his massive physical size and strength advantages over Bryan to keep total control. Even when Bryan tried to attack the legs of Kane, Kane would retake control using his upper body strength, even while down on his knees.

This is how the match would go for the majority of it's duration until Bryan, whether out of desperation or calculation, throws a hard open-palm slap right across Kane's face which completely freezes the action in the ring as Kane's blood begins to boil. Kane then erupts in a complete fit of rage and begins to pummel Bryan against the turnbuckle relentlessly. The referee warns Kane he will have to disqualify him if he doesn't let up and proceeds with the 5-count. Kane finally backs off at the last second just before the referee calls for the bell and screams at the referee furiously.

Bryan then mounts a counter-assault as Kane's strikes become reckless and inaccurate. Finally, Bryan begins to take the upper-hand in the match.

The crowd becomes a factor now as "Yes!" chants permeate the arena, much to the dismay of Bryan who screams "No! No! No!" back at them as he ascends a turnbuckle. After taking too much time jawing with the fans, Bryan attempts a diving headbutt to the grounded Kane. Kane lifts his right arm and catches Bryan's throat before he makes impact, gets to his feet with Bryan's throat still in his hands, then proceeds to land a devastating chokeslam on Bryan. Kane immediately signals for the tombstone piledriver. Kane lifts Bryan up and mounts him atop his shoulders, but Bryan quickly counters out and rolls up Kane for the pin and the win.

Bryan quickly retreats backstage following the match. Kane pursues him and is shown backstage destroying equipment and even throws Josh Matthews like a rag doll before disappearing and leaving a wake of debris. AJ Lee later announces via Twitter that Kane will be reprimanded for putting his hands on Matthews later this week.

There was honestly nothing I didn't enjoy about this match. A lot of people see a match with Kane involved and thumb their noses at it automatically, but this was seriously the best match Kane has had in the past few years easily and Bryan can definitely be credited for that. This would stand as my favorite match of the night and once again, I find myself anticipating Bryan's next move more than anyone else on the pay per view, and in this case, even his opponent's. This match was a very unexpected and sincerely appreciated treat.



INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP: Rey Mysterio v. Miz (c)

Rey Mysterio makes his entrance sporting Batman-themed attire, normally a tradition he does at Wrestlemania when he's not injured and actually makes the card. I guess he expanded the tradition to Summer Slam because chances are, he might miss Wrestlemania 29 too if he's not hurt or suspended. I also kind of smirked at the question mark on the front of his "bat suit". I know it alludes to his name being "Mysterio" and all, but I wonder if someone bothered to remind him of that guy called "The Riddler", because you know... oh never mind.

Miz's entrance is complete with his Wrestlemania 27 "AWESOME" block letters atop the entrance ramp that he used when he was WWE Champion. You can usually tell from subtle details like this that WWE is legitimately behind this guy again.

Very contrasting wrestling styles throughout this match. Miz would take control early using very heavy, stiff, and deliberate shots, while the offense Mysterio managed to squeeze in was his usual high-flying routine of hurricanranas and acrobatics. I noticed very early in this match that Miz was actually wrestling a lot like Randy Orton... almost exactly like Randy Orton.

The crowd booed Miz furiously throughout the match, especially when Miz raised his arms and taunted them after dominating Rey and tossing him from the ring numerous times. The short bursts of offense Rey mustered up were interrupted almost immediately by a strong lariat or other simple momentum-killing moves by the Miz.

Miz gets caught by Rey in the ropes at one point, and Rey managed to land the 619. Looking to finally take control of the match, Rey ascended the turnbuckle to follow-up with a splash, but Miz rolls out of the way. Rey still manages to catch Miz off guard with a surprise roll-up pin, but Miz once again avoids the upset and kicks out. Miz then proceeds to land the Skull-Crushing Finale on the exhausted Rey Mysterio and picks up the win.

Nothing about this match really jumped off the page, but none of it was bad either, which is a good thing. Very decent match between these two and the one important thing you can take from it is that Miz is definitely back. And it seems we can look forward to watching him exhibit more of this menacing new move arsenal.



Backstage segment - CM Punk and AJ Lee

This segment was a little weird and really kinda killed the momentum this pay per view had going. Basically CM Punk confronts Monday Night Raw general manager AJ Lee backstage and claims she only pitted him in a triple threat match, or "a match he could lose the title in without being beaten" as Punk put it, because he turned down her marriage proposal several weeks ago. As soon as Punk says this, AJ's facial expression immediately shifts into a weird vegetable state as if all systems in her body just shut down immediately and she just came off looking really stupid. As Punk walks away, AJ still seems as though she's stuck in some weird trance and Lawler claims she wasn't listening. Definitely not how it came across to me.

Either way, this is just another reason I seriously dislike AJ's segments.



WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP: Alberto Del Rio (w/ Ricardo Rodriguez) v. Sheamus (c)

The challenger Alberto Del Rio rolls out to the ringside area in a black Ferrari California, a car that looks a lot like the Ferrari Sheamus took for a joy ride in San Antonio, Texas a couple weeks prior. Sheamus even points at the car a few moments later during his entrance and we're shown Raw replays of the San Antonio show.

In the opening moments of the match, neither man really mounted a distinct advantage over the other. Sheamus and Del Rio exchange a wild series of offense which eventually lands both men outside the ring. Del Rio finally gets the upper-hand after Sheamus is sent into the ring steps. Del Rio would proceed to dominate the middle portions of this match and remain in complete control. He removes the padding off the top turnbuckle, but makes no attempt to utilize it immediately.

Del Rio didn't exhibit his usual style of technical wrestling that we're so used to seeing from him, which I was a little bummed out about. Normally Del Rio likes to target one of the arms and spend the whole match setting up for his armbar submission, but Del Rio was really all over the place in this match, even though Sheamus kept selling a left arm injury. Del Rio even teases his own version of Sheamus's brogue kick, which fails, but Del Rio quickly regains momentum and the debacle doesn't affect his momentum much.

Del Rio finally lands a heavy arm-breaker on Sheamus utilizing the turnbuckle and immediately singes in the armbar submission. After being stuck in the hold for several moments, Sheamus manages to get to his feet and power-out of the submission. Sheamus finally gets on a roll of momentum for the first time in the match and lands White Noise on Del Rio, who kicks out at 2. In desperation, Del Rio finally utilizes the exposed turnbuckle he removed earlier and Sheamus becomes rocked.

Then a very wild finishing sequence begins. Del Rio pulls his ring announcer Ricardo Rodriguez into the ring and seems very upset with him and begins to push him around. This left me pretty confused as we've seen this sort of thing regularly from Tensai, but not Del Rio. The referee steps in to break apart the scuffle and walks Ricardo over to the ring ropes to escort him out of the ring. During this time when the referee's back is turned to Del Rio, Ricardo takes off his shoe and tosses it towards Del Rio. Unfortunately for Del Rio, Sheamus catches the shoe instead and lays Del Rio out with it. Sheamus follows-up with the Irish Curse and scores the pin on Del Rio for the win, even though Del Rio's foot was on the bottom rope, which the referee didn't see.

After the match, Sheamus walks backstage celebrating and Del Rio is furious in the ring. He and Rodriguez plead their case relentlessly to the referee that his foot was on the rope and the pinfall shouldn't have counted. The referee gives up trying to argue with Del Rio and Rodriguez and simply walks away. The closing moments show Del Rio hanging his head in disbelief, completely gutted after another devastating loss.

I would have liked this match better if Del Rio had stuck to his usual routine of technical-style wrestling, but I understand that he wanted to come across as more desperate than he normally is. I still liked their match at Money in the Bank 2012 more, but this wasn't a bad match by any means. The ending sort of hinted at a No-DQ final rematch at Night of Champions, but I'm okay with that. Despite the shady nature of his win, Sheamus still comes away from this match looking very strong after surviving Del Rio's relentless acts of desperation in this match. Del Rio, on the other hand, doesn't have a whole lot left to salvage.



WWE TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP: The Prime Time Players v. Kofi Kingston & R-Truth (c)

Following the WWE release of their manager AW, I don't think many people gave the Prime Time Players much chance of winning this match. They're just not a team that is the least bit interesting without a mouthpiece like AW and Kofi and Truth can stand on their own two feet both in and out of the ring. And given the recent rumors of WWE revamping their tag team division in the coming months, it was logical to assume WWE would keep the belts on a credible tag team.

The match was very back and forth throughout, incredible athleticism on both ends without the annoying ringside commentary of AW taking away from it. Titus retreats from the ring once Kofi is tagged in, and for some reason Kofi chases him around the ring... which never ends good for the guy doing the chasing. DY steps in front of Kofi and gets leveled, but Titus capitalizes on the opportunity and goes on to dominate Kofi for the next few minutes of the match.

Momentum swings when Kofi finally makes the tag to R-Truth who proceeds to clean house. Kofi leaps over the top rope and lands a crossbody to Titus as R-Truth scores the pin on DY in the ring. Kofi, Truth, and Lil' Jimmy celebrate in the ring afterwards.

Nothing to write home about in this match, though it wasn't terrible. There's just not a whole lot to take from it when you consider the crippling effect AW's release had on the Prime Time Players and that nothing meaningful would come from this match. Still, both teams made the most of it and still delivered a decent tag bout, even though it was mostly forgettable in the end.



WWE CHAMPIONSHIP (Triple Threat): John Cena v. Big Show v. CM Pink (c)

As soon as the video package is rolled prior to the match, Michael Cole mentions that CM Punk has never headlined a pay per view since December 2011, even though he's been WWE Champion this whole time. Even though I'm glad that WWE is finally making a play on that very true and very tragic fact, it still sort of hinted that CM Punk was going to win. I originally picked Cena to win this match, but I immediately changed it to Punk when Cole said that.

And another thing... "CM Pink"... that is seriously not your color at all. Please don't ever wear it again. It works for some people, but not for you. Thanks.

Big Show would dominate the match constantly throughout. Punk and Cena even team-up a few times, but every time it's met with Big Show answering and taking back control of the match. Show scores a near-fall on Cena early while Punk is incapacitated in the corner, but Cena kicks out. Lawler mentions that is something Punk must avoid and reminds the viewing audience he can lose his championship without being pinned.

Big Show definitely seems to be having an easier time dealing with CM Punk and focuses the majority of his offense on Cena throughout the match. Lawler even suggests that it might be easier to beat Punk than Cena. I'm sure Punk will likely confront Lawler for that comment later this week.

Punk scores a near-fall on Big Show after taking advantage of Cena landing "You Can't See Me" on him. It would seem as though Punk is letting Cena deal the heavy damage to Big Show and attempting to capitalize. Finally Punk wraps Big Show in a very peculiar submission hold that I've never seen Punk use before, one that involves wrapping his own leg around the front of Big Show's head while wrenching his arms around the back of his head. Kind of like the Anaconda Vice with a leg in the middle.

While Punk has Big Show in this submission, Cena comes from out of nowhere and lock on the STF at the same time. Show is now in two different submission holds and quickly taps out.

After the referee calls for the bell, CM Punk and Cena argue about who should be champion now. AJ Lee comes down to the ring and stands there looking stupid for 20 seconds before finally saying "Restart the match." Was that really so hard to say, AJ? My god.

Following the bell, Big Show immediately chokeslams both Cena and Punk from out of no where and scores a near-fall on Cena. Shortly afterwards, Big Show takes a swing at Cena with the WMD, but misses. Cena immediately lands the Attitude Adjustment on Big Show. Before Cena can score the pin, Punk quickly shoves Cena out of the ring and pins Big Show himself. Punk retains courtesy of Cena's finishing move.

I definitely liked this match and there was good chemistry between all the wrestlers. They definitely made Punk look weak though, which can only mean his shaky heel turn will continue to get worse. I honestly don't have a clue where WWE will go from here. Maybe they try Cena v. Punk again at Night of Champions next month, or maybe a new contender (Orton?) will step up to face Punk. Either way, the only story I see right now is CM Punk is suddenly being portrayed as a weak champion and will likely start using shady tactics to keep his belt on his way to becoming one of the longest-reigning champions of all time. I just hope WWE has more subject matter planned because that story is hardly a classic anymore and will spoil long before his time comes to drop the belt. I just really hope this doesn't end like Honkey Tonk Man's Intercontinental Championship reign did where Punk gets squashed in 5 seconds at the end of it, which I could definitely see happening all things considered.


15 Minutes of Interlude

Many celebrities are shown in the crowd. Including Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst, who aside from looking 50-years-old these days, was apparently unaware of the new PG environment WWE has taken to since Limp Bizkit performed at Wrestlemania XIX way back in 2003.

Photo courtesy of Dejay11chris

Former WCW Champion David Arquette was also shown in the crowd, holding up a shiny replica belt of the WCW Championship (or World Heavyweight Championship, both are similar).

Kevin Rudolph also performed "Don't Give Up", the bad theme song for SummerSlam 2012. The divas did what sadly they do best these days and provided for eye candy and bad dancing during the performance. I definitely could have done without this segment.



"The Perfect Storm": Brock Lesnar (w/ Paul Heyman) v. Triple H

Finally we move to the money match of the evening, a feud that has been culminating since May. WWE shows a very long video package, and you would almost think this rivalry had been going on every week judging from it's length. We see footage of Brock breaking Triple H's arm, Triple H assaulting Heyman, Heyman threatening WWE with law suits, Stephanie assaulting Heyman, and Lesnar assaulting Shawn Michaels.

Prior to the pay per view, Triple H was seen backstage with the match's referee, insisting that he not stop the match unless it's because of pinfall or submission... to "let us fight". Though it was not official, it was insinuated during that segment that this match would be of "street fight" nature, or "No-DQ".

The opening minutes of the match are extremely intense as and all-out brawl erupts between Lesnar and Triple H who exchange a series of haymakers. Lesnar constantly targets the injured left arm of Triple H that he broke a couple months ago and repeatedly attempts to lock in the kimura submission. Triple manages to shake off the submission and sends Lesnar flying over the top rope.

When Lesnar re-enters the ring, he removes his gloves... symbolic of the fact that this match is about to get ugly. The action takes to the outside of the ring again and Lesnar powerslams Triple H on an announcer's desk. Even though it takes Triple H a several moments to get back in the ring, the referee does not initiate a ring-out count.

When Triple H finally makes it back inside the ring, Lesnar does not let up the assault on Triple H's left arm. He bends it behind Triple H and bodyslams him on his own arm. He also twists it, stomps on it, and does everything in his power to bring as much punishment to that arm as possible. He even attempts to kimura several more times, which Triple H uses every last ounce of energy he has to fight out of.

Lesnar remains in total control until once again the action spills outside the ring one more time... and this is where the match really starts to go downhill.

Somehow, in a seriously goofy position while laying flat on his back and with one arm, Triple H miraculously manages to shove Lesnar into the corner of the announcer's desk. Also, the corner of this announcer's desk must have had an invisible knife attached to it. At first when Lesnar hits the table, he just shakes it off as if it was a nuisance. But then about 5 seconds later, he starts selling it off as if it were the most devastating move in the history of wrestling, bending over in agonizing pain, almost looking as if he was about to puke at one point. I didn't understand that, but WWE really needs to get that desk looked at for the sake of the camera crew. That could end up being a huge lawsuit in the future. Lawler and Cole explain it's because Lesnar has stomach problems, but whatever. That was just dumb.

Regardless, Triple H immediately starts exploiting the injury and begins laying a series of kicks to Lesnar's gut and follows-up with the spinebuster. Triple H sets up for the petigree, but Lesnar counters out of it and sets up for the F-5. Triple H counters out of the F-5 and manages to land the petigree on the second attempt and goes immediately for the pin, but Lesnar kicks out at 2.

After the pin attempt, Lesnar nails Triple H with a blatant low blow. The referee, abiding by Triple H's pre-match instruction, does not call for the bell. Heyman taunts Triple H from ringside, insisting this is what he asked for. Then Brock lands the F-5 on Triple H and goes for the pin, but Triple H kicks out. Now the match degenerates into a finishing-move-fest and Triple H lands the pedigree one more time. When Triple H goes for the pin afterwards, Lesnar locks in the kimura again. Triple H tries relentlessly to get out of it, but there isn't much left in the tank at this point. Eventually Lesnar goes to the ground with the kimura locked in tight and Triple H is forced to tap out.

Lesnar and Heyman walk backstage smiling and Lawler and Cole both speculate that Triple H's left arm is broken again. The crowd begins to chant "You tapped out" and Triple H refuses medical attention. Triple H shrugs and says "I'm sorry" repeatedly to the crowd. As Triple H finally makes his way up the ramp, hanging his head in shame, the crowd chants "Triple H". Cole says, "You have to wonder of this is the end for Triple H." Right before Triple H disappears backstage, Lawler says, "I think he just said 'goodbye'".

This was a very good match up until the whole sequence with Brock apparently breaking his spleen on the announcer's desk. Afterwards, it quickly just became a "finishing move marathon" and lost a lot of the steam it had built up to that point. The match was also not very long at all, only about 15 minutes, which is unacceptable given how much potential time was left in the pay per view (about 20 minutes) and how heavily the match was billed over the past few months. I'm sure most people will still look forward to seeing how events will unfold with Lesnar and Triple H, but it's hard not to be disappointed by this match. But for right now, we're left assuming that Triple H is probably finished, but realistically he'll probably have one more match down the road, possibly Wrestlemania 29 and get a rematch against Brock. I just hope their 2nd encounter is better if it indeed does happen. Lesnar still looked really good in the match though, and it definitely made me wish we got to see the guy in action more than we do these days, but I guess anything's better than what we saw from him since 2004 up until this year. WWE-wise, anyway.




Even with the disappointment of the main event, I still thought this was a very good pay per view. I was also pleased at the absence of "filler matches" and every match on the card had some level of build heading into it. I was also pretty shocked there wasn't a Ryback squash match considering there was 20 minutes of unused time in the pay per view and SummerSlam usually features everyone that has something going for them. Randy Orton wasn't used either, but there were other reasons for that.

And finally, in the spirit of SummerSlam, I'm starting a new awards segment in my reviews. These 5 awards will now be given each month: "Match of the Night", "Wrestler of the Night", "Moment of the Night", "Move of the Night", and "Rotten Tomato Award". Your first winners are:


Legion's Match of the Night:
Match that exhibited the most professional administration of wrestling skill, psychology, and story

Daniel Bryan v. Kane


Legion's Wrestler of the Night:
Best individual performance by a single wrestler

Daniel Bryan


Legion's Moment of the Night:
Most pivotal occurrence of the evening, either to the match itself, or the future of WWE

Triple H taps out


Legion's Move of the Night:
Most unique or devastating wrestling maneuver performed

Double-submission by CM Punk and John Cena


Legion's Rotten Tomato Award:
Match or segment that would have been better served omitted

Kevin Rudolph's performance

 

[~Fallen Angel~]

I thought the pay per view was decent. I agree with everything you said except the Punk/Cena/Show match. I thought it was very weak. I would prefer not to see Big Show added in triple threat matches. I'm not entertained by a big man dominating men that are quite smaller.

 

[Dale]

Very fair review I would say. My general consensus of the PPV is that all of the matches were at least good, but I don't think there was that one match which was outstanding and stood head and shoulders above the rest like alot of people thought we would get with Jericho and Ziggler delivering a 5-star classic.

Also, I actually liked the spot with Brock on the corner of the table as it's a real issue that can be used to give this supposed unstoppable character a weakness.

Also one other thing about this match, does HHH not have the power as COO to actually sanction the match as a No DQ or whatever rather than having to ask the referee to use his discretion?

 

[The New F'n Show]

Very fair review I would say. My general consensus of the PPV is that all of the matches were at least good, but I don't think there was that one match which was outstanding and stood head and shoulders above the rest like alot of people thought we would get with Jericho and Ziggler delivering a 5-star classic.

Agree with this statement spot on. Enjoyed the review and agreed with most. The thing that stood out the most in the show was that each match was quality but not a single one was spectacular. Also like the awards idea.

 

[Deezy]

I liked this PPV alot better than the last one.

I agree with the guy who said, Brock's legit stomache ailments are a great way for him to look vulnerable.

 

[Chris]

I also thought Brock sold that fairly well too. Him screaming out "MY STOMACH!" or whatever sounded like he was in some legit pain.

Good review, I agreed with most of it.

 

[PHX]

Hey Punk was paying tribute to Bret leave him be

But anyways good review don't exactly agree with Bryan vs Kane being MOTN I actually liked Sheamus/Del Rio more despite the finish that I wasn't really a fan of. Thought Rey/Miz was a good match def Miz's best match in a long time and thought the WWE title 3 way was better than some are saying think they used Big Show the right way in this match. Don't really see Punk being booked as a weak champ at all he's still getting clean wins and it was a by any means way to win to push the fact he's neither face nor heel at least right now. Kind of will agree about the main event the pacing just didn't do it for me. Had it's moments but didn't get too into it but Brock's selling of his stomach was damn good and made me think he was legit hurt.

But yeah cool review I like the _____ of the night thing and I"m sure everyone will 100% agree about that draining Kevin Rudolph performance lol.

 

[We Are Legion]

It was the stomach injury that peeved me, it was just the incredibly unrealistic fashion Triple H threw him into that table. I don't care how strong Triple H is, there's no way anyone throws Brock into a table with any force whatsoever from that position. The spot could have been better.

I definitely agree the event lacked a classic. I was just happy I didn't have anything to run down harshly.