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Pretty disappointing Rumble I thought. Was still worth the 30 I paid for it but that's pretty much because of the actual Rumble and Edge.Blaze said:
Going down the card:
-The Cruisers: Decentish match, nobody in the crowd cared, none of the wrestlers were over and a heel Helms won to no reaction. I love how the cruiserweight division has died. Still, a couple of nice spots from London and a killer finisher by Helms. Funnily enough, didn't Helms job to Lawler recently? And we're supposed to believe he's the best sub 220 pounder in the WWE now? 4/10 for this match.
-Mickie v Ashley : Bad, it's obvious that Finlay isn't doing much work with the women anymore because this was just a mess of a match. Absolutely horrible, I could have sold better than Ashley did. 1/10
- Boogey v JBL: I liked it somewhat, Boogeyman botching the worm spot with Jillian was a little embaressing but they covered his in-ring flaws well and it's good to see Bradshaw do a very convincing job for once. 5/10
- Angle v Henry : Horrible, no build up, no one even cared about Henry out there, he got zero heat whatsoever. Angle somehow managed to carry his *** through the match but it wasn't pretty and seeing Mark Henry ending a PPV was a bit much for me. Taker coming in and whoring the spotlight was pretty awful too. I don't think he deserves to headline another Mania. 4/10
- Edge vs Cena: Edge has to be the most improved wrestler in the company. His performances recently show he's developing into a true all-rounder but I reckon he could pretty much go the way of Y2J and be so fed up with being misused that he loses interest in the business.
First of all the actual match itself was very well booked, as Meltzer mentioned, they booked it ina way that Edge carried most of the offence giving people little chance to boo any potential gains from Cena. Edge carried the match billiantly and it reached a pretty acceptable level in terms of being watchable, if not the result.
I feel horrible for Edge. Along with Lita and Flair he drew HUGE these past three weeks as champ, was building solid momentum, confidence, credibility and heat but how did they reward him? They buried him. Jobbing is bad enough on your first title defence, but jobbing clean and tapping to a very unconvincing opponent defies belief for me. I don't know where they can take this now. He'll probably lose his rematch as well and be pushed way down the card for Mania.
IMO his was the best performance of the Rumble. He didn't come out with the "Damn, I'm losing the belt tonight" face that almost all wrestlers put on when they're jobbing to someone and his work in and out of the ring was smooth, controlled and totally assured. The guy has performed like a seasoned veteran recently too bad he's going down the card when he should be going up the card. 7/10 for the match, the outcome not even worth rating.
Trips vs Cena at Mania? Wow! :****ed:
The Royal Rumble: Pretty spectacular as per usual, bit peeved about the 90 second rule instead of two minutes especially since the PPV finished about 13 minutes under time too, why are we getting less for our money now than we did in the past?
Onto the Rumble itself, I thought it was very well booked. Things that bugged me were Trips eliminating both Kane and Big Show, Orton coming straight in and getting rid of Benoit, Flair lastin a solid minute before being tossed out, Booker getting less ring time than the Coach, Trevor Murdoch lastin so bloody long, Chavo being made to look like a jobber, Tatanka as a surprise entrant?
The goods outweighed the bad however in this match, Rey Rey looked excellent all throughout, Lashley looked like he's building some steam,Orton sold surprisingly well, RVD was a bit slow in the ring and some of the guys had to oversell his kicks which eliminated them but it was good to see him back, Benoit was once again brilliant when called upon, I thought Eugene did great for himself, HBK vs the McMahons was great, and of course the ending was superb as well with all 4 of the "expert" picks there to choose from. 8/10
Rey deserved the win more than anyone else in the Rumble as he's been the most consisntently over face in the company along with Batista and previously with Eddie for a couple of years now, but with Trips, Cena, Taker, Orton and Angle all wanting in the ME for Mania he'll probably lose his shot somehow, and considering how much they've whored out Eddies death to give him this shot the heat from most people and especially the Hispanics in the US could be intense, probably even worse than what Cena's gonna get over the next month or so.
All in all, an average card with a top Rumble match, but with too many disappointing outcomes which makes me fear for this year's Mania card.
