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There is a lot of discussion coming out of last night's show. With the exception of Yard Father, most felt that it was a very poor effort from the WWE. In my opinion, it was the worst WWE PPV since December to Dismemeber, and definitely the worst "major" PPV in years. I say it was awful because ofthe entertainment value of the show, not for the news coming out of it. Let's do a quick rundown.
-Team HBK d. Team JBL - Not really a surprise here. Cryme Tyme was buried. Morrison looked strong. I hope they aren't setting up another Khali push. Match was solid, but nothing special.
-Raw Divas d. Smackdown Divas - Match was terrible. Went way too long. Santino was hilarious as usual.
-The Undertaker d. The Big Show in a Casket Match - This was the worst casket match in history. Both men phoned it in. It is sad to say, but it may benearing the end of The Taker's career. The Show's career just continues to be a disappointment. Remember when he was headlining WrestleMania thisyear?
-Team Orton d. Team Batista - This was probably my favorite match of the night. I liked the ending with Batista looking strong but Orton nailing him with anRKO to get the win. Should be interesting to see where they go with Orton and Priceless.
-Edge d. HHH and Vladimir Koslov to become the new WWE Champion - This was a terrible bait and switch. The WWE explicitly pushed Hardy in the main event overthe past two weeks, only to pull him with a piss poor explanation. The match itself was AWFUL. Koslov will not be back in the main event picture afterstinking it up with HHH. I am assuming Edge goes on to fued with Jeff Hardy. Like I said last night, this was far too similiar to Jericho winning the titlein the championship guantlet match or whatever it was called.
-John Cena d. Chris Jericho to become the new World Champion - This wasn't a terrible match, but it went too long. Cena wasn't ready to wrestle a 30minute match in his first match back. I understand why Cena won the belt. The WWE is struggling, and they know Cena is their biggest draw. I feel bad forJericho, as he did a great job on Raw, but in the current scene, I don't see him holding the title again any time soon. He will be the one to job, as theyeventually build toward Cena vs. Batista at WrestleMania 25.
I expressed my disgust enough in the Survivor Series thread regarding the who Jeff Hardy angle. It was completely tasteless on the WWE's part, even fortheir standards. I'll just leave it at that for now. We'll see how it is addressed on Smackdown this week.
Also, as a cost cutting measure the WWE has decided to start taping two episodes of Smackdown together in some instances. Again, I understand why they aredoing it, but I hate that they are doing it as it completely kills the crowds by the end of the show. Expect the WWE to dust off the speakers from theGoldberg era because they will need to start pumping in crowd noise for the second show of the tapings.
Nothing has been announced yet for Raw, so we can just continue our discussions from last week's thread for now.
