Last Wrestling Match Watched 2.0

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WWE Extreme Rules 2010 - Street Fight: Triple H vs. Sheamus
So this was suppose to be the opening match but they didn't even make it to the ring, and started the fight backstage where Sheamus waffles Hunter with a lead pipe. Pushing this match 5 matches into the show. Triple H's selling "the nerve damage" throughout the entire Street Fight. Was good and made Sheamus look like an a-hole, it made him look absolutely vicious, especially after nailing Triple H with four bicycle kicks for the win. After the match, Triple H absolutely refuses medical assistance because that’s what you do when you’re EXTREME. For doing so, Sheamus BICYCLE KICKS him down again at the top of the ramp. Now HHH has no choice but to ride the stretcher to the locker room. **3/4

WWE Extreme Rules 2010 - Steel Cage Match: Edge vs. Chris Jericho
Weird but fun match as Edge kinda went heel for the last few minutes with the work he did on Jericho's ankle. The match had great characterizations and good psychology on the finish, but nothing outside of the Springboard Codebreaker was all that memorable. I would have liked to have seen Edge descend more into his crazy ankle-breaking character though. ***1/2

 

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WWE Extreme Rules 2010 - Last Man Standing Match for the WWE Championship: Champion John Cena vs. Batista

DUCT TAP! ARE YOU SERIOUS! REALLY? DUCT TAP!. But in all seriousness it was a cheap way to end and kinda heelish like it felt like something a heel should do not Cena but i guess they just wanted to make it east to have a rematch at the next PPV. Now aside for the finish the match was by far not as extreme as I hoped it would be, but at least it's wasn't boring. ***1/2

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WWE Over The Limit 2010 - Intercontinental Championship: Drew McIntyre vs. Kofi Kingston

A few weeks back on Smackdown, McIntyre was fired and stripped of the Title by Teddy Long for beating up Matt Hardy too badly. A tournament was held for the vacant Title with Kofi defeating Christian in the finals, but immediately following the match the Hand of Vince stepped in, not only reinstating McIntyre, but giving him back the belt. As a result we have this match here with Kofi getting the chance to win it for real. Solid match that showed Kofi's aggressive side. The post match sees McIntyre grab the mic and insist that the show will stop until Teddy Long comes out and reverses the decision. Instead, Matt Hardy comes out and lays him out with a Twist of Fate. **1/2

 

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WWE Over The Limit 2010 - Hair vs. Joining the Straight Edge Society: CM Punk vs. Rey Mysterio

So after they've both beaten each other with only one of the stipulations on play, we have one more match with both things on the line now. The SS has been banned form ringside, forcing Punk to go it alone. This was the match of the night, which isn't saying much, These two have fantastic chemistry and they pulled out all the stops in this one. This also nice spots and nearfalls and the crowd was really into it. When the match was stopped because CM Punk was bleeding pretty badly, the crowd started chanting “Boring.” You could see that Punk was pretty angry. And although we got fucked out a decent match at Wrestlemania due to unreasonable time constraints, from a quality standpoint this is 2010′s feud of the year. ***3/4

 

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WWE Over The Limit 2010 - Unified Tag Championship: The Hart Dynasty (w/Natalya) vs. Chris Jericho & The Miz

This match pretty solid. The crowd just never seemed to get into it, though. Again, there were a few messy spots in this match but there were a lot of good false finishes. I’m glad The Harts were given more time to get your own chunk of offence in. ***1/4

 

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WWE Over The Limit 2010 - "I Quit" Match for the WWE Heavyweight Championship: John Cena vs. Batista

We pretty much knew coming in that Cena was going to retain but the match was better than expected as both guys tried to keep the match alive and fast-paced throughout, but once they take the action out of the ring and around the arena things got slowed down and predictable. I liked how Batista grabbed the mic before the match began and told Cena this was his chance to quit so he hit him with the Mic. The ending, with Cena tossing Batista through the ramp, gives us a reason why Batista won’t be on television for a while, as many internet sources have reported. Sheamus came out at the end and delivered a nice kick to Cena’s melon, so that will be the next program. ***1/2

 

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WWE Raw 04/02/2013 - Chris Jericho vs. CM Punk

Excellent television match, That was PPV quality. and I would have been more than satisfied if it was on PPV. It really was that good it had some hard-hitting, well-worked/well thought out stuff with a ton of wild near falls. And a tons of great near falls and counters. While it wasn't better than their Mania match or even the extreme rules one this was a more fluid performance as both seemed a lot more comfortable in their respective roles. I hope we get to see more of in the very near future. Plus Punk go over Jericho clean here was a nice surprise and it makes him look good as he heads into Elimination Chamber against The Rock, while Jericho looked super strong in defeat. And continues to show that even though he's taking breaks he can still go. ***1/2 - ***3/4

 

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WWE Fatal Four Way 2010 - Intercontinental Championship: Kofi Kingston vs. Drew McIntyre

Match was good with solid psychology, although I hated the part where Kofi had to lay there forever while McIntyre got Teddy in the ring. And to make things worse, he doesn't even get to kick out after laying there forever. The Teddy Long & Matt Hardy getting involved after the ref bump was a bit much, and I found it strange the announcers were talking about Kofi "overcoming the odds" or whatever when McIntyre was the one who got screwed. **3/4

 

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WWE Fatal Four Way 2010 - Chris Jericho vs. Evan Bourne

Great "FUCKING" match here as Jericho does what Jericho does and puts over the young up and comer big time. Just ashame Evan would ruin it, damn pothead. They played it perfectly, with Jericho staying one step ahead mentally, but he just couldn't keep up with Bourne physically. So Evan Bourne is the perfect comeback babyface with his offence, against a heel as good as Jericho. The commentators did a great job of trying to make the match seem more important as well. One thing about Jericho is he can lose match after the match can still stay over with the crowd cause we know that Jericho can still go and we also appreciate him putting over the young guys and knowing when the time is right. ***3/4

 

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WWE Fatal Four Way 2010 - World Heavyweight Championship Match: Jack Swagger vs. Big Show vs. Rey Mysterio vs. CM Punk

A series of qualifying matches were held to determine the three challengers, one of whom was originally Undertaker, but he was legit hurt by Rey Mysterio in their match. This is covered up in storyline by saying that Kane found him in a “vegetative state”, and now he’s coming for revenge against whoever was responsible. A good match and most of it was just biding time until the Kane run-in. Although if you’re not going to do anything with Swagger and then just abruptly cut him off like this, then what was the point of making him champion in the first place? This is Rey's 2nd World Heavyweight Championship and 2nd overall world title because he's never won the WWE Championship. The action was fine and all, but it was cut short due to time, and other distractions. **3/4

 

[Crippler]

WWE Fatal Four Way 2010 - WWE Championship Match: John Cena vs. Sheamus vs. Edge vs. Randy Orton

I really didn't like that ending, although the match was acceptable up to that point. Sure it continues the story-line with the NEXUS, but to do a cheap Title change off but i guess cause it's Cena and he can't ever look bad this was the way to do it. But really if you want to put the Tile on Sheamus, just have him win the damn thing because he has no credibility as champion with a win like that. I should point out that Cole had mysteriously disappeared… just as he had when Nexus first formed on Raw. Lots of action, but not much of a story-line. Just a bunch of guys turning on each other. ***

 

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TNA Impact Wrestling 2/14/2013 Bobby Roode vs Austin Aries

Great match. It entertained me and both this two individual talents put on a great effort. They have a great chemistry in ring as a team and as opponents. The beginning of the match was fun as both men expected other one to lay down and get pinned. None of them do that so Aries lay down but he went for a roll up. They match went back and forth. Great counters happened in the match. It ended when the team I hate, because of Chavo Guerrero, interfered the match.

 

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WWE Money In The Bank 2010 - Smackdown Money in the Bank Ladder Match: Kofi Kingston vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. Christian vs. Cody Rhodes vs. Matt Hardy vs. Drew McIntyre vs. Kane vs. The Big Show

I really dislike Eight people in this match it makes it even more than a clusterfuck then it should be. And normally I don't even like watching these but this one is the exception cause it's FUCKING AWESOME with a great story (the smaller guys vs. Kane and Show, can Christian and Matt finally win the big one, Kofi's feud with Cody, Kane's quest for his brother's attacker) just so much good stuff rolled into one. Another thing i loved was Show’s struggle to get the 350lb ladder in the ring, worked because it was completely logical with the storyline they were telling. ****1/4

 

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WWE Money In The Bank 2010 - World Heavyweight Championship: Jack Swagger vs. Rey Mysterio
These two worked well together and they told a simple story around Mysterio’s injured ankle. The first few minutes were fucking superb but as the match progressed Rey seemed to forget about the ankle just to hit his signature spots. I did really like the tribute to Guerrero/Angle match from WMXX with the ankle lock and boot. ***1/4 After the match, Swagger attacks and gets back on the ankle, but Kane runs out to make the save. Kane beats Swagger to the back and all is seemingly well, BUT WAIT! Kane has come back out with the MITB briefcase and Charles Robinson and he's looking to cash it in right now.

WWE Money In The Bank 2010 - World Heavyweight Championship: Kane vs. Rey Mysterio
Kane moves in early to jump Mysterio but he limps out of the way. Kane grabs him by the ankle and rams it into the ring. Kane goozles him and hits the Chokeslams. Kane hits the Tombstone. 1-2-3! NEW WORLD CHAMPION, This is one of those obvious storytelling turns that everyone saw coming at some point using the MITB but still a cool moment especially if you're a Kane fan. DUD!

:KANE:

 

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WWE Money In The Bank 2010 - RAW Money in the Bank Ladder Match: Randy Orton vs. The Miz vs. Mark Henry vs. Ted Dibiase vs. John Morrison vs. Chris Jericho vs. Evan Bourne vs. Edge

Another very good, back and forth ladder match as everyone here put in a great effort and some of the cringe-worthy bumps were truly unique. I don't feel like it had as strong a story as the first one. But It did have some new bumps that didn't require gimmicked ladders, something that hasn't been done in a while. The ending felt like it was an afterthought that not a ton of prepping went into, and it deflated the crowd. Miz was up the ladder so fast that the fans didn't even have time to heat him up. ***3/4 Maryse attempting to climb the ladder was the highlight for me.