Hokay, I'm properly knackered cos I watched wrasslin' all night last night.
My thoughts:
Money In The Bank: Typical spotfest, good fun though. Man that Kofi Kingston can move.
Kid Rock comes out... I like Kid Rock, but is this really necessary? And what idiot books Kid Rock at a WWE show, without getting him to do 'American Badass'. It's not like its associated with one of your top guys or anything, WWE!
25 Diva battle royale: oh god, here we go again. It's not even over-the-top-rope. If you're going to book a women's match at the biggest PPV of the year, get some women who can wrestle in.
Jericho vs Rowdy Roddy Piper, Jimmy Snuka and Ricky Steamboat: Man Snuka looks old, wow Roddy still has his amazing repertoire of moves *yawns* Rowdy Roddy Piper's not at the Gates of Dawn tonight. Holy Shit! Steamboat! Those beautiful deep arm drags, chop off the top! Skins the cat! A lovely powerslam! Cross-body! Steamboat at 56 is better than half the WWE's roster! Its like being transported back 19 years! Shame it wasn't just Steamboat versus Jericho, to be honest.
JBL vs Rey-Rey. (IC title) Oh here we go, squash match. Oh stfu JBL. Wait a minute! Rey has come out dressed as The Joker from the Dark Knight! Awesome!
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Wow, first time I ever saw a squash match where the guy doing the squashing is half the size of the squashee. And JBL's quit! Best thing to ever happen at a WWE event!
Stone Cold driving around on a quad bike then drinking beer is more entertaining that a 25 diva battle royale. Who knew?
Matt Hardy (version 2.18) vs Jeff Hardy. Pleasantly surprised, expected a spotty match from the kings of spot-monkeying, but it hung together pretty well. Still some sick bumps.
HBK vs The Undertaker : 30 minutes of sheer epicness. everything, from the entrances right the way through the match done perfectly. This year's HBK-Flair.
Big Show vs Edge vs Cena Triple threat for the World Championship. Big Show is a lot better these days, he's carrying less weight, and he seems to be much happier now he isn't pushed as the monster heel all the time. Nice solid match.
Triple H vs Orton (WWE title): First thing, they really need to go back to the old belt, the jewel encrusted thing just doesn't work. It fitted Cena's gimmick, but if a belt makes the big gold WCW belt look tasteful, then its just too gaudy. A disappointing match. Didn't make enough use of the stipulations (title changes hands on a DQ or countout) I expected Orton to win the title on a faked up DQ, and Vince coming out to restart it. Nothing you can't see on Raw, and we're seriously supposed to believe this is a grudge match from five years ago... when these two have met countless times in the intervening period? Might have worked better with a Special Guest Referee, TBH.