BY MICHAEL GOODPASTER
I wanted to write some kind of paragraph to introduce this review that would paint it one way and then change it up with my actual opinion. It’s an old writing trick that is easy to throw out there to get a ramble or story going. I’m not doing that today. I’m just going to flat out say that this Pay Per View was bullshit.
Alberto Del Rio and RVD put on a really solid match. I have no complaints about it at all. Del Rio is consistently awesome these days and RVD never misses a beat. These two beat the shit out of each other and put on a good hardcore war for WWE 2013 standards.
From there it was easy to skip ahead three matches. I did not want to see Santino and Khali team up against Swagger and Cesaro. I’d had much rather seen a Santino/Cesaro match… hell, as a team even. And I don’t care about Curtis Axel. I’m not a fan of R-Truth either so this wasn’t either of their chances to win this one specific fan over. Then I had no desire to see AJ and Bella Cheese.
This all gets me to the Goldust/Cody vs. The Shield. This was another really good match. I’ve not seen a tag team match with this much fire and crowd hype in a LONG time. It just felt old school and it worked well. These guys kicked ass. I’m glad Goldust and Cody won and can’t wait to see if they get a Tag Title run for a little while. It could be a lot of fun. I enjoyed Bray Wyatt and Kofi Kingston, but I felt bad for them. The crowd sucked for it and they had to do a lot to win them over. It was a really solid match for sure and a better match for both men.
But that’s where it ended. Punk and Ryback didn’t gel together AT ALL. It felt really forced and un-natural. It was fifteen minutes of looking at the clock wondering how much time Orton and Daniel Bryan would get. Turns out, they got about twenty five minutes to go out there and tell a story. The end of the story? No contest! Someone interfered and there was no winner declared.
The main event of a $65 PPV ended in a no contest that saw the blow off of a Big Show storyline. How much more bullshit are you people willing to take? The finish to this already mediocre show is one of the most insulting excuses for a pay show I’ve ever seen. I’m ashamed of the WWE for charging people for this show. A few quality matches does not make up for leaving the fans with a disgustingly poor production.
I need a new hobby.
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