-Maybe Cena was gone long enough? Every once in a while a firey Cena promo gets over. This one somehow worked for me, although next week I'll get back to bitching about it. He and Damien may have put on one of the 10 best matches this year. Unpredictable, you could buy into every near-fall, there were innovative spots, etc. Fantastic stuff... I'm not worried about Sandow after this as stated in another thread, but... ugh, thanks for reminding us all how much we hate this guy. This may have hurt Cena worse than Sandow, so tired of the same old Cena crap.
-Speaking of that, when the Divas' came out for their tag I marked for something... They really put over Brie being distraught over Bryan's injury, but didn't mention a peep about Nikki being worried about Cena's. They missed a chance to talk up Cena to get a Bryan angle over. YES! There were good spots in the match, so you'll take your good spots and throw 2 thumbs up at the Divas.
-Daniel Bryan and HBK... wow. Just wow. Covered it already, but damn am I happy to see a pissed off Bryan. Can't say that enough. Bryan finally gets some character development, woo!
-Ambrose talking was great, though they kinda killed my buzz when they announced another crappy match between these two... luckily the Shield interfered, another fun six-man, and Reigns spearing both Uso's was awesome.
-Fuck Ryback.
-Punk and Bryan feuding with the Wyatts? Hell yeah! Bryan and Punk will be in title contention again soon, hold your horses, this isn't a burial, this'll just elevate the Wyatts before everyone involved in this winds up fine... If we get Rhodes, Goldust, Bryan and Punk vs the Wyatts and Kane in a 4-on-4 match... Well, I would say it would be a money match but the rest of the card certainly won't be up to par. Cannot wait for that match though! Always great to see the Wyatts getting pushed.
-There's plenty of other little things on this show that I loved, but can't think of them atm. Sorry!
-There's only one complaint I had from this show.... sorry, I've tried, but I'm completely Aces and Eights-ing the corporation angle now. They're still getting heat, and the payoff will be fun, but... They're using so much TV time and using so many people on something that, as a fan, I just don't give anything resembling a fuck about. "Best for business" "Not a star" "B+ player" Enough is enough. I couldn't pay attention to anything in the final segment until Big Show came out and just started punching people. Kane's part of the Corporation because it's "best for business"? He's unmasking? Big Show's suing the company? Absolutely awful.
-Although admittedly, Big Show is a guilty pleasure of mine in this role. He's playing the pissed off monster really freaking well, there's nothing to get my panties in a wad over as long as he only gets 1-2 title shots before the focus gets back on the young talent where it should be. Problem is, no matter how well you build it, I don't want to see Orton vs Big Show for the title (nor does it feel like that big a match). I don't want to see HHH vs Big Show period. So guess there really isn't a point to this, is there?
-Still... we got character development... mid-card feuds... young talent being elevated... matches that had a point... good wrestling... an "anything can happen" atmosphere... backstage segments... no time wasted on any idiots (except Ryback)... Great, great stuff.
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