Well, I literally got done watching the PPV just moments ago and decided to start typing immediately with things still as fresh in my mind as they can be and I have to say, it was a pretty solid show overall, even though there were a few things that baffled me. A 6/10 sounds just about right and here are my notes/thoughts:
- Enzo getting injured was certainly a big blow for the opening match and at least the good news is that it wasn't something very serious so thank God for that. Should we assume that since this match was basically a no contest, that these two teams (provided Enzo is good to go), will go at it at Extreme Rules? I's say it sounds like a fair assumption.
Oh, and by the way, I loved how New Day were enjoying their pizza at ringside during that match. Found it hillarious, though unfortunately the fun part was obviously cut short due to what happened with Enzo.
- KO vs SZ was, as expected, the MOTN and I guess it didn't really matter who would win. As Snowman put it nicely yesterday, quite frankly us fans were the winners for this one. Funnily enough, I originally had KO penciled in to win before changing my mind but that doesn't really matter anyway.
- The Miz retaining was something the majority of us expected, however I guess we all thought that his wife would be the key here and not actually KO and SZ causing the distraction. Either way, I loved how things went down and, well, I guess it's rather obvious that we are looking at a Fatal 4way at Extreme Rules.
Speaking of KO, once again he was as usual awesome during commentary and I loved his mocking of Michael Cole, as I'm sure you all did. The man just speaks for all of us and I just wish WWE would just listen. Get Renallo and Corey out there already....
- Ambrose and Y2J I thought put up a pretty decent match and I was glad to see the obvious happening, thus Dean getting the win.
- Charlotte and Natalya match was in my view the second best match of the night behind KO and SZ and while, again, we all pretty much knew Charlotte would retain, I do wonder which clown came up with the Montreal screwjob idea. I mean, seriously? Granted, I get that this was a way to keep this feud going since I do still believe that Charlotte will carry the belt till Summerslam before dropping it to Sasha but I found it distasteful, to say the least.
- So, both Shane AND Stephanie running RAW, huh?. One would say typical Vince but hey, I actually like the idea cause it surely brings a lot of intrigue, not to mention a future confrontation between Shane and HHH which ought to be interesting, whether it results in a match between them or not. To be honest, I don't really see Shane wrestling again (I think Mania was the last time) but never say never I guess...
- The main event was pretty good for the most part. I mean, given that there was no chance for a different outcome, I thought it went down okay and even though nothing major came out of it in terms of a heel turn or Balor showing up or a new Roman Empire faction and whatnot, the fact that they immediately talked about a rematch at Extreme Rules certainly leaves the door open.
- As far as the preshow goes, I honestly don't understand why Kalisto retained yet again since WWE are not doing anything with the guy anyway and I certainly don't understand why Ziggler got the win over Corbin. Quite frankly, I didn't even like the idea that this match took place at the preshow to begin with but the outcome? Give me a break...
- I cannot tell you how fucking annoying it is watching Cole read the stupid script while calling the action and I'm not talking about the various stats that they throw every now and then but the action itself. Even the "Congratulations Roman" in the end I think he read off the paper. Seriously? You can't even memorize a stupid single sentence like that? As for JBL and Byron, meh, fuck it, not even worth it...
All in all, a good PPV. Dare I say better than Wrestlemania last month? Sure, why not, it was better and with that said, definetely looking forward to RAW...
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