My No Way Out Review
After the mediocre event that turned out to be the royal rumble the wwe presented its next ppv event no way out, styled as the last stepping stone on the road to wrestlemania this event had some choice matches on offer.
This review is just my general opinion on the matches as a whole and how the relate to the rest of the wwe.
Chavo (c) Vs Cm Punk
A very underplayed match, one suspects that the wwe purposely plays down the ecw brand in favour of its own. At any rate it was a fairly solid match which resulted in a chavo pinfall victory i'm not entirely sure if the crowd was all that interested but there you go.
Winner via pinfall: Chavo
Smackdown Brand Elimination Chamber
An event which in my honest opinion was only one winner involving 2 of the biggest serial jobbers in recent memory khali and big daddy v, they really dont deseve to be in a match like this, the whole shock value of khali's size is so not working anymore and as the fans say "he just cant wrestle.
They might as well just had this match between taker and batista because anyone with half a brain would know that this is all it was going to come down to and with the possibility of putting takers winning streak on the line against the champion i suppose the money men in the wwe just coudnt ignore it.
It was nice to see finlay in this match as i am a fan of him but you just get the feeling that he is slightly out of his depth.
Batista and taker had a good fight but there was only going to be one winner tonight.
Winner: The Undertaker
Mr Kennedy Vs Ric flair
Fact is ... flair doesnt deserve to be beaten in his last match by an "also ran" like kennedy, not saying he isnt a decent competitor, it's just that he hasnt really earned the right to beat the nature boy, and tankfully this didnt happen kennedy was taken to school and "naitch" put him in his place.
I expect ric flairs career to come to an end at wrestlemania its the only venue big enough and fitting enough to retire the legend that is ric flair, i truly hope that the wwe make his fight as epic as possble. This legend deserves no less.
Winner Via Submission: Ric "The Nature Boy" Flair
Edge (c) Vs Rey Mysterio
Unfortunately due to rey's injury we were robbed of what could have been a pretty special match, rey never fails to deliver but with a torn bicep theres only so much he can do. I'm pretty interested in how the whole viki/edge storyline will pan out... i half expected vince to step in and fir viki for getting too emotinally invested in her job thus leaving teddy long to resume his position.I guess we are all expecting edge to turn on viki as soon as he has no need of her (it's what most good heels do) the question is will it be sooner rather than later?.
The match itself was fairly straighforward, i guess they didnt want to risk further injury to rey but in the end edge won via straight pinfall.
Winner via pinfall: Edge
So Big show is back and looking very thin lost about 108pounds according to various sources, turned heel almost immediatly attacking rey outside the ring after a short promo, floyd mayweather intervened on rey's behalf, personally i wish show would have chokeslammed floyd through the ring.
Randy Orton (c) Vs John Cena
This was probably the biggest question mark of the night, the onus was on cena after his big return at the royal rumble to regain his title and go on to wrestlemania. in all honesty i wish cena would have stayed out a futher 4 months like he was supposed to.
The match itself was pretty cool lots of back and forth, I fully expected cena to win here but orton got himself intentionally dq'd by hitting the ref, it probably wont matter in the long run i'm sure we will see cena in the main event at wrestlemania, sadly.
Winner Via DQ: John Cena
Raw Brand Elimination Chamber:
This was what i was waiting for all night this match(with the exception of JBL) had the biggest and the best superstars of the year competing for a spot at wrestlemania. There was good action from the start, and umaga was very impressive dealing high amounts fo damage. The very sad part about this is... that the WWE has totally forgotton how to do something new instead of going for something completely different they went with the "safe" option of HHH winning. Dont get me wrong i think HHH is great but i for one am getting sick of the tired boring old storylines involving HHH/Cena/Orton.
The wwe had a great oppurtunity to cash in on some great popularity in jeff hardy, push a wrestler that totally deserves it and finally do something different for the fans, instead as it stands we are going to be subjected to a samey dull old fued between orton and HHH, i'm sure john cena will be involves somewhere along the the line too.
Winner: HHH
All in all i though it was a fairly decent event, i expected most of the results but was also bitterly dissapointed with others on this strength and in my opinion it is shaping up to be one of the most predictable wrestlemania events in recent memory.
PS. Thanks so much to anyone who reads this, im not use to writing out such long posts especially at 5am in the morning and my belly full of cider.
Keep in mind these are just my personal opinions and i'm sure others may differ i would appreciate not being slated for expressing them
love and peace xx
