JBL vs. Cena... eehhh.... it was alright for what it was. I really didn't care for the finish though. I dunno...if you get choked for 2 seconds and start heaving up blood, might be something that warrants a checkup. (In a funny note while I was watching it someone of course had to make the gay comment. I of course protested their statement...then felt like an asshole when JBL tied up Cena and broke out a whip......)
Hahaha... Nice... (Spews food on keyboard thru laughter tho')...
As for JBLs blood... I thought the idea was that he'd smacked his mouth on the chain (which was already on the floor) when Cena FU'd him.
How fuckin' annoying was the ref in that match though? Head-lock: Ref checks for blood.... Cena get irish whipped into the corner: ref checks for blood.... JBL mops his own brow for sweat: Ref checks for blood.... ARRRRRRRRGGHHHH... Let the fuckin' wrestlers follow their moves up!
Still haven't seen the Edge/Taker match, but otherwise, yup, a cool PPV even if I'd rather not see 100% gimmick matches all on one night....
Biggest disspointment for me was Jeff/Umaga. I had this down to be a bit of a showstealer myself - Falls count anywhere has Jeff's name written all over it + Umaga's looked great of late. But the ending was shit.... Both men would be dead from those falls. (There's a fairly simple rule for these kinds of spots, IMO.... If you can't pull it off on camera then don't do it.) That said, it was already hopeless by then...
Jeff ruined the fire-extinguisher shot and as for that spot on the stairway where Jeff slid the banister..... "Innovative!" Says King..... For fucks sake, I think every 4 year old does that shit at some point when their mum drags them out on a shopping trip! Those few events aside you're left with a couple of ring entrances.
The ECW match was fun, but if it wasn't for Big Show and the 'all against the giant' approach of the match... I'd have been "Meh" x 100... "Men hitting each other with sticks that break all the time... zzzzz"...
Beth V Melina... Good stuff. Was getting kinda late by then and started to dose in the middle, but damn that hold that finally won it for Beth looked so painful... Surely even a suitably trained athlete isn't quite meant to bend THAT much!?!?!?!
Batista/HBK was MUCH better than I expected.... It was a rare occasion where I've felt any more emotion from a Batista match than that beyond "Big muscly Batista want win match, ugg... must get title."... Obviously HBK was there (match with a broom etc.) and his selling was just fuckin' awesome (he looked utterly destroyed!), but thought 'Big Dave' was good and the ending was great. Agreed Jericho coulda done with the powerbomb for his troubles though (LOL) even if Batista was more then happy to see HBK fall off the stretcher to prolong the beatings.
I think all involved deserve major props for their parts in this Batista/HBK/Y2J story...
HHH/Orton... Finally gave in and went to bed mid-match... I get the impression I missed a minute or two max. before the injury and early-finish.
Orton doesn't have much luck does he? ....Cena's injury prevented him beating Cena for the title (i.e. Orton title reign Plan A) and now what was presumably to be the penultimate match in a fued that had come full circle over 7/8 months (i.e. Orton title reign: Plan B), injury prevents us from seeing a the intended conclusion.
So, no Orton, no Regal, JBL losing too much to currently be worthy of a title shot (kayfaybe). ...Damn; Raw needs this draft more than SD does now!!!
