Hell In A Cell.
We weren't originally going to order this PPV, but the Cena vs Barrett match swayed it for us.
Miz vs Morrison vs Bryan.
I was sceptical about this match, because Submission matches normally bore the hell out of me. It started off well, but it then got very interesting. The star of this match for me, was definitely John Morrison. Not only did JoMo do an amazing Starship Pain (and actually did it correctly) but he did what quite frankly can only be described as a leap of death. The man is crazy. I thought that he had Miz at the top of the ramp, but to my surprise I was very happy to see Alex Riley break it up and fall into a cameraman (which is always funny).
Bryan then made Miz tap out. What I find strange is that Bryan isn't getting a big crowd reaction at all, I have a theory for this: ENTRANCE MUSIC. It can either make or break a wrestler. The entrances should reflect a wrestlers character (Zack Ryder and Cody Rhodes being great examples) but Bryan's music is boring. Actually, that is quite a good judge of character.
Orton vs Sheamus.
I was confused as to why this match was so early on in the card but I was looking forward to it all the same. Randy Orton's HIAC matches are always excellent, so I was hoping Sheamus could perform to the same standard. He did.
This match was full of high spots, my favourite being Randy Orton telling the cameraman to 'MOVE!'. Orton won with an RKO (one of my favourite finishers) and then climbed up the cell. All I was thinking when he got up to the top was, 'For crying out loud Randy, don't fall off.' Luckily, he didn't.
Edge vs Swagger.
Edge had shown up on Smackdown to rain on Jack Swagger's parade in his never-ending quest to end stupidity. It only makes sense that Alberto Del Rio was his next target. Although this time, it was Swagger who interrupted Edge. Edge got a bit angry and went after Swagger and Del Rio and the GM (who sounded a bit like Verne Troyer last week) interfered in the brawl. The GM organised an 'impromptu' match betweeen Swagger and Edge. It was a fair match, as per usual Swagger bled from the mouth. Edge won with a spear and nicely set up a Bragging Rights feud.
Cena vs Barrett.
This is it. This is what months of Cena fighting against Nexus boils down to. Before this match, I was hoping for Barrett to win. Not because I dislike John Cena but because I didn't want WWE to disband their best product. I was not disappointed.
The match started off very well and whilst John Cena was gaining the upper-hand, Nexus then decided to take front row seats at the bottom of the ramp. Wade got a bit angry at them and his Manchester accent got very broad, I'm disappointed that Justin Gabriel didn't have a rational explanation to enlighten us with (in the past he has come out with such gems as, 'Where's the spare key?'). I then had a little mark out moment where the Superstars joined forces and drove Nexus away from ringside. This is where I would have turned into Creative Director and Wade would get John set up for the Wasteland whilst Cena was distracted by the Superstars. This way, Wade would have won and Cena could have blamed his loss on the other Superstars. Therefore, turning him heel.
Unfortunately this didn't happen. The match went on for a bit longer, with Wade even kicking out of the AA (which gave Wade a lot of credibility). Cena had the STF locked in until a fan got into the ring and distracted the ref. Another fan (these fans look suspiciously like NXT season 2 rookies) then hit Cena in the head which helped Wade get the pin. YES! Even though there was interference, Cena is now part of the Nexus. I really didn't think that WWE had the guts to pull something like this off but they have surprised me again. I cannot wait until RAW.
Natalya vs McCool.
Two of the best female wrestlers in the WWE get to have a great singles match on PPV. What I didn't like was that when they unified the titles, they decided to keep the Divas Championship. I would prefer it if the WWE referred to their female competitors as 'wrestlers' and kept the Womens Championship, which sounds a lot more credible than the Divas.
The two of them had a brilliant match, until it ended in a DQ. Hopefully the feud will carry on.
Undertaker vs Kane.
I wouldn't say that I was looking forward to this match. Both Taker and Kane are past their prime and this is a very physically demanding match. Although, I know that both of them can pull off anything.
The match was very even, with a lot of 'BOO...YEY...BOO...' from the crowd. All their finishers were used (including a Last Ride from Taker). Kane then knocked out the ref, allowing Paul Bearer to enter the cell. Taker got temporarily blinded by light coming from the urn, which was then given to Kane by Bearer. I did not see that one coming! Kane won with the help of Bearer. Overall the match wasn't bad. It didn't need the cell though, as it was hardly used. I'm glad I didn't get my hopes up for a HIAC match like the one Taker and Foley had.
This PPV was well worth our money, the word 'surprise' has been used a lot in this post and that is what WWE does best. The predictability that WWE has had in the past has most definitely gone and if this is the standard that all PPVs are going to be, I'm looking forward to the future.
The thing that ruined it a bit for me, was Lawler's digs at Striker. Keep it professional guys.
R x
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