Just finished the show.
Hardy vs Orton
The red cell looks really dumb.
These big spots look so contrived and fake and take forever to set up. Orton standing around twiddling his ass for Jeff to do the surf board...the superplex taking 2 years to get going...Orton getting off the table a full swing before Jeff let's go and decides, well fuck I might as well fall now. This was boring. it doesn't help matches like this when the announcers can't convey emotional investment in what they are watching.
Charlotte vs Becky
The women are so awesome and their matches are just as good as the guys if not better...
This was slow, sloppy, and awkward...and the ending was really dumb. Spear into a roll up...that's new and should never be used again because it sucked.
Most of Shield vs Drew and Dolph
The only remotely interesting thing is this match is Drew. He deserves better. Match was decent...there's just no real reason to care about anyone involved when they're treating as clear second tier guys.
AJ vs Joe
This match was good...they went at it like people who actually dislike each other. That said...I hate the sleeper into the roll up pin finish...they've done it with Joe way too many times...and I hate the he tapped while I was pinned finish...so I really hated combining them into one. They've done two screwing finishes in a row now...one is ok, but this should have been a clean finish. See my previous comments on announcing.
Bryan and Hoe Twin Wife 2 vs Miz and Hoe French Wife
Brie and Maryse both suck, so them were guaranteed to be involve in the finish and drag this down. They did not disappoint.
Next!
Ronda vs Bliss
Next!
Roman vs Braun
We've seen this before...I'm bored with it. Hey...let' take a nap for 10 minutes so most of shield and Drew and Dolph can fight some more and do the HBK Cell spot that we've seen 8000 times...diminishing returns...what's that?
The only entertaining part of this was Brock. I love how everyone whined and moan about how much Brock sucked when he was champ...and now they're cheering like school kids...suplex city...suplex city!
This was a boring show...1 good match...1 decent match...and tons of wasted potential.