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I see a lot of praise being dished out for the Rumble and I'm sitting here wondering why. I see the majority of the people rating it a 8+ and I'm just like 
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I'll tackle the show chronologically
We opened with what I will controversially call the HIGHLIGHT of this show. Back when all of you dweebs were hating on ADR I was singing his praises all across the boards saying he would kill as a face. And guess what? He's won you all over. He and Big Show worked a fantastic match. Great selling from both guys, amazing psychology, sick spots, clever finish. I loved it from start to finish. And Del Rio is OVER
: as : fuck :
The tag team titles match was neither a help nor a hindrance to the show tonight IMO. All of the guys were their normal selves but the match was nothing special. It was fine, but that's all it was.
The Rumble match. Good match overall, sure. Ziggler & Jericho having excellent showings was the clear highlight, but was it the only highlight? We had Kofi spot monkeying it up in a pretty overblown spot honestly. Was nothing compared to the handstand shit from last year and will do nothing for Kofi.
Cena not only won, but he dominated. The most trouble he was in was against Bo Derrick or whatever her name is. Speaking of which, fuck that guy lmao. And he got so much airtime getting talked about which clearly indicates they like the kid. :eww: Puke
The ending was set up to be great. You had Ziggler, Cena, Orton, Sheamus & Ryback. But they fucked up from there. And that's what will ultimately stick with me from this match. First of all you have Orton dominate for a short stretch once we were down to these competitors, and the crowd actually ate it up. Then you had Orton eliminated by Ryback, and the crowd booed him for it. They only got on Ryback's side because this was such an anti-Cena crowd.
Anyhow, after Orton goes, Sheamus inexplicably fucking boots ZIggler out to set up the Final 3 of the super faces. Nobody was happy about this. Correct? So if the finish was unanimously hated, how can everyone be so pleased with the match? I don't get it. Ziggler/Cena was the clear final 2, but instead Ryback gets the rub of being the second to last man standing. And Cena wins. I mean...
: gross.
The main event. Man oh man. Rock was... poor. We all saw it. The match stunk. It was scripted poorly, sure. It was based around Rock's "internal injuries" and Punk dominated the match. Seeing a tiny shrimp like Punk dictate the match and own Rock for so long was far from entertaining. Then Punk hurts his knee and that becomes the focus of the match. It was slow like a 1980s match in Smokey Mountain wrestling or some shit. The Shield part was Blue, and the dusty finish, while tricky (you got me Vince you sonofabitch) was far from a satisfying ending for anyone. Rock became what most of us hate, a Superman who won't quit and did it for the fans, and we are stuck with Rock/Cena II with Cena winning the strap at Mania.
edit: Oh and Rock's promo tonight sucked dick. It was good up until around the time he finished talking about his mom. Then it reached Cena 2010 levels of corny.
I'm sorry, but this PPV was average at best. The main positives were Del Rio finally starting to become recognized as the beast that he is and Jericho returning for another run (I'm assuming). The negatives are obvious. A terrible outcome in the rumble and a very poor main event.
If I'm being polite I'd give them a 5/10, if I were feeling like a dick I could go as low as a 3/10
ity2:I'll tackle the show chronologically
We opened with what I will controversially call the HIGHLIGHT of this show. Back when all of you dweebs were hating on ADR I was singing his praises all across the boards saying he would kill as a face. And guess what? He's won you all over. He and Big Show worked a fantastic match. Great selling from both guys, amazing psychology, sick spots, clever finish. I loved it from start to finish. And Del Rio is OVER
: as : fuck : The tag team titles match was neither a help nor a hindrance to the show tonight IMO. All of the guys were their normal selves but the match was nothing special. It was fine, but that's all it was.
The Rumble match. Good match overall, sure. Ziggler & Jericho having excellent showings was the clear highlight, but was it the only highlight? We had Kofi spot monkeying it up in a pretty overblown spot honestly. Was nothing compared to the handstand shit from last year and will do nothing for Kofi.
Cena not only won, but he dominated. The most trouble he was in was against Bo Derrick or whatever her name is. Speaking of which, fuck that guy lmao. And he got so much airtime getting talked about which clearly indicates they like the kid. :eww: Puke
The ending was set up to be great. You had Ziggler, Cena, Orton, Sheamus & Ryback. But they fucked up from there. And that's what will ultimately stick with me from this match. First of all you have Orton dominate for a short stretch once we were down to these competitors, and the crowd actually ate it up. Then you had Orton eliminated by Ryback, and the crowd booed him for it. They only got on Ryback's side because this was such an anti-Cena crowd.
Anyhow, after Orton goes, Sheamus inexplicably fucking boots ZIggler out to set up the Final 3 of the super faces. Nobody was happy about this. Correct? So if the finish was unanimously hated, how can everyone be so pleased with the match? I don't get it. Ziggler/Cena was the clear final 2, but instead Ryback gets the rub of being the second to last man standing. And Cena wins. I mean...
: gross. The main event. Man oh man. Rock was... poor. We all saw it. The match stunk. It was scripted poorly, sure. It was based around Rock's "internal injuries" and Punk dominated the match. Seeing a tiny shrimp like Punk dictate the match and own Rock for so long was far from entertaining. Then Punk hurts his knee and that becomes the focus of the match. It was slow like a 1980s match in Smokey Mountain wrestling or some shit. The Shield part was Blue, and the dusty finish, while tricky (you got me Vince you sonofabitch) was far from a satisfying ending for anyone. Rock became what most of us hate, a Superman who won't quit and did it for the fans, and we are stuck with Rock/Cena II with Cena winning the strap at Mania.
edit: Oh and Rock's promo tonight sucked dick. It was good up until around the time he finished talking about his mom. Then it reached Cena 2010 levels of corny.
I'm sorry, but this PPV was average at best. The main positives were Del Rio finally starting to become recognized as the beast that he is and Jericho returning for another run (I'm assuming). The negatives are obvious. A terrible outcome in the rumble and a very poor main event.
If I'm being polite I'd give them a 5/10, if I were feeling like a dick I could go as low as a 3/10
