Runa216 said:
Well he wasn't defeated cleanly, if that helps. he was interrupted by the ref then low blowed by him. The match fucking sucked, and the pay per view was terrible. had some decent matches, but why even HAVE a pay per view called hell in a cell if there's only one HIAC match and it's only 11 minutes long and shit? Del Rio vs Orton was maybe a 4/10 match. had some good spots, but lots of boring shit. Del Rio fucking sucks. Rhodes Scholars vs Hell No was 6/10, had some good spots and a decent ending despite ending unclean Kofi vs Miz was solid 7/10 but could have been much better given the athleticism of both men and Miz's charisma Cesaro vs his challenger was decent 5/10, but basically a slightly slower, less interesting kofi vs Miz. PtP vs Cara/Rey was 5.10, not bad, nothing special and had no stakes Show vs Sheamus was probably the best match at 8/10 I didn't watch the women's 3 way match Punk vs Ryback was a 2/10 match for it being short, most of it consisting of Punk running away. |
Man, it sounds like that PPV DID suck! I was looking for Punk/Ryback to blow the roof off the place in a brutal Hell in the Cell match but it sounds like that didn't happen at all. Everything else seems like it was TV calibre and lacking inthe PPV feel.
And that's a big problem for WWE. A PPV is what? 4 hours of (supposed) wrestling. It's supposed to be the culmination of a month's worth of stories with Wrestlemania being the culmination of a years worth of stories. The product is just strectched too thin. There aren't enough top tier guys. We still have Cena, Orton, Punk, Sheamus, Big Show, and Ziggler. That's about it. Those guys have gotten a bit stale, TBH. Guys like Del Rio, Kofi Kingston, etc. are entertaining but just aren't on that level, yet. Ryback added some excitement because he was somewhat of a spectacle to behold but I didn't even feel like "Oh shit! It's Ryback! CM Punk is going to get it now!" when he showed up last night. For me, his stock has dropped now that his streak is broken--even if it wasn't a clean win.
I got sidetracked. I was going to say that we get THREE HOURS of Monday Night Raw. We get matches like Champion vs. Champion on Main Event. We get Orton vs. Big Show on Friday Night Smackdown. There's still Saturday Morning Slam (for the kiddies), and if you look hard enough, you can find WWE Superstars. The talent is just stretched too thin. Too much wrestling programs, each with a PPV quality match. Suddenly, PPV matches just don't excite anymore.












