Yeah, this PPV was pretty mediocre. The highlight was CM Punk out-popping DX. That was glorious.
It's sad, because the only logical thing to do with the World Heavyweight Championship, is continue the Batista/Booker feud, and although their match tonight wasn't a complete abortion, I wouldn't say they have the best chemistry. They need to just throw six guys together in a six-man Hell in a Cell Match. Granted, they have the Extreme Elimination Chamber coming up, but short of Ken Kennedy challenging for the World Title, Smackers has nothing.
The Spirit Squad vs. The Legends was interesting to me, simply because it looked like they were going to put the young guys over. Once Dusty Rhodes and Ron Simmons were gone, it should have been easy to give the win to the youngsters, but surprise, surprise: old guys technically win, but still look like chumps. This match didn't help anyone. The only good that can come of it, is if Kenny calls out Johnny on RAW, says he should have survived against Flair, and attacks his leg.
Johnny should have beaten Flair, and then been hailed as leader of The Spirit Squad by Mikey, Nicky and Mitch. Kenny takes exception, and attacks Johnny. There's everything you needed to get from the match. If you wanted to keep The Spirit Squad together, the logical thing to do would have been to have Kenny, Johnny and Mikey survive.
The United States Championship match was good, but not great. Chavo looked solid in the ring, but the marks probably think of him as a total bitch, as he had a lot of outside help, yet still couldn't secure the title. He should probably win it on SmackDown! this week.
The Women's Championship match was very similar to the World Heavyweight Championship match. It started off shittish, but then picked up steam towards the end. I quite enjoyed Cryme Tyme. Lita is an awful actress. I guess they're setting up for a Rated-RKO/Cryme Tyme match for the World Tag Team Championship. That should be...something.
It was good to see Mr. Kennedy defeat The Undertaker, but Taker looked far too strong here. What as so hard about having MVP just waffle the Dead Man with a steel chair? It puts him over as a heel on par with Kennedy, and it gives Ken his much needed win. A double-turn here would have been sweet, but the WWE don't have the balls to really put faith in Mr. Kennedy.
Did Big Show really need to pin everyone he did? I think the match would have been much more effective if Kane survived, as well as John Cena and Bobby Lashley. One guy from RAW, one guy from ECW and one guy from Smackers. It seems as if it is a coin toss between CM Punk and Bobby Lashley at December to Dismember.
If I were the WWE, I'd put the ECW World Championship on CM Punk. He was by far the star of the night, and he's still yet to lose a match. He's the
real kind of undefeated, and they can make that mean something for ECW heading into WrestleMania. Punk for World Champion! It's not too early.