The craziest thing about the whole thing was the commentary. They called it straight at first, then put over the concussion, then they gradually changed their opinions. Cole started doing his "this is serious shit" voice that he does very well, JBL moved over to ADR's side... but Lawler really put it over with the line "Man, I've never liked Ziggler, but his heart and never-say-die attitude is making me a believer" or something like that. Congrats Jerry on your first good line in a few years. Nothing was forced and everything was earned.
Makes me wonder if Triple H has more influence or if Vince is getting away from Smackdown again, there's no way in hell Vince OK'ed this. The big thing I saw here was that WWE gets it, finally. They saw the complete lack of interest in ADR and the unwillingness to boo Ziggler and just had them come out and work in their opposite roles. There was a clean finish and ADR came across as an asshole instead of having to use chickenshit tactics to beat an injured opponent, etc. Basically all the stuff WWE does that make us reject characters were completely gone here and both characters actually got over because of it. Will it last? Probably not, but Ziggler should be an over face for a couple of months because of this.
Can't believe I'm saying this, but I've never been more interested in AJ Lee because of this. (Still don't like her, just interested) She went from being an absolute bitch earlier in the night (and even earlier in the match) to steadily looking after poor Ziggler and seeing if she's okay. What's next for her? The feud with Kaitlyn must continue, but there's no way she can stay with Dolph (unless they write him off TV) if that feud continues. With Kaitlyn possibly going ultra-psycho herself, and you may have had a double-double turn tonight.
