The Schlome Says....
Time to review HELL IN A CELL 2010
Quote:
|
Welcome ladies and germs to another star studded extravaganza. Feels just like 2 weeks ago i wrote one of these...Oh wait...I did. Anywho, sit back and enjoy my take on HIAC Twenty Ten.
|
Match 1
United States Championship - Submissions Count Anywhere Match
Daniel Bryan vs Miz vs John Morrison
The discussion immediately goes to - Why is John Morrison in a submissions based match when he has barely used a rear chin lock? The answer? He is a park whore. Yes, you heard it here first. His park whoreness got him a spot in this match to add a touch of flash to an otherwise standard opener. So on to the match. I thought it was good but did not get anywhere near the rating that Bryan vs Miz got at the last event. The good thing here was the arena brawling. Typically, your resident good guy, Schlomey, cannot STAND arena brawling. It is always boring & cheesy looking in my eyes. They did a great job tonight I think. I was enjoying the submission by the Miz on Morrison using the hand rail in the crowd. Pretty innovative stuff. Morrison's park whore came in to play and provided a nice "holy poop" moment or two. Overall this match was pretty great and met my expectations for such a match type.
Winner & Still Champion: Daniel Bryan
MATCH RATING: 81 out of 100
Match 2
WWE Title Match - Hell In A Cell
Sheamus vs Randy Orton
I feared I knew how this match would play out before it even began. Flashbacks of last years Hell In A Cell PPV featuring John Cena vs Randy Orton began flooding my mind. Sadly I was right. Here we have a VERY boring match with little to no emotion or use of the sadistic structure. I mean come on, it might have been a good 1 on 1 match but given that this is supposed to be the "be all end all" of structures it would have helped to incorporate it into the match. The last 7 minutes of the match were actually pretty good. The emotional level increased and the close counts and big moves came out. Sadly to me that makes it a little to easy to call it a good match. Yea he kicked out of a guys finisher...that's dramatic ...but does not make the match good. That's the easy way out.
Winner & Still Champion: Randall Keith Orton
MATCH RATING: 44 out of 100
Match 3
Impromptu Singles Match
Jack Swagger vs Edge
The premise leading up to this match was lame. Having Del Rio come out and waste our time (and a lot of other peoples money) really bothers me on a PPV. All he did was recap all the shit we just saw 2 days ago and other stuff we have been beaten to death with for a month. Edge made the save and for some reason Swagger came out to confront Edge for his beatdown from Smackdown. So the match itself was really freaking good. PPV quality match with basically no build so I give both guys props for making a match of great interest with little to nothing to work with. Edge, who I feel has been "calling it in" since Wrestlemania, put on his best singles match since returning. Swaggers losing streak may continue but at least a good singles match made him look pretty great.
Winner: Edgeward
MATCH RATING: 78 out of 100
Match 4
Stipulations Match
John Cena vs Wade Barrett
Brace yourselves, TPWW...Match of the night belongs to........John......Cena. I think I just threw up a little. Anyways, the match was top notch. PROOF that you don't always have to like the wrestlers in a match as long as the writing is good enough to get someone invested. Some nice swerves and some pretty close calls made this match top notch. The finish, of course, is what made me smile my evil Jew Grinch smile.
Winner: Wade Barrett
MATCH RATING: 88 out of 100
Match 5
Divas Championship Match
Michelle McTaker vs Nattie Neidhart
I was impressed with the Diva tag match on Smackdown. Not going to lie. I was actually looking forward to this match. The action was good and very crisp for a change. The finish was expected, at least by some. Welcome to actually getting to wrestle Nattie come in and blow me (please?) away.
Winner via DQ - Nattie Neidhart
MATCH RATING: 55 out of 100
Match 6
World Heavyweight Championship - Hell In A Cell Match
Kane vs Undertaker
I was amped for this. Actually I was bragging that this was Kane and Takers best feud / storyline ever. The match action was fine. Again not as evil, sadistic & hardcore as I desire but the energy was at least there to support the story. The ending is what I cannot handle. So Taker has Kane up for the Tombstone and then for no reason the lights go out and Bearer blinds Taker with a flashlight in the urn. Instead of Bearer hitting Undertaker with the urn he waits until he is fully standing and then just hands it off to Kane. Talk about anti climactic heel turning. His facials were basically flat and really was hard to tell what he was trying to accomplish. So yeah Kane destroyed Taker with the urn, hit the chokeslam and kept his belt. Sour tastes all around. Continuation of a storyline is one thing but having it happen in such a peculiar and visually unpleasing way was just...odd and lazy.
Winner & still champ: Kane
MATCH RATING: 68 out of 100
Quote:
AFTER THE BELL OPINION:
This PPV was sometimes fun but mostly boring & sometimes hard to swallow. The amount of time they wasted with skits, commercials ect.. really bothered me this month. Also, the amount of time I spent reliving the glory days of Hell In A Cell in my head was equally as annoying. Seriously, disband this gimmick until you have the balls to bring back blood & weapons. The cell matches the last 2 years now have been a baby pat on the ass compared to a dump truck being driven over you. It's bullshit to pretend that these matches even come close to the amazingness of some of the VINTAGE cell matches.
|
OVERALL SHOW RATING: 414 out of 600
------------------------------------------------------------------
BEST MATCH OF THE NIGHT
John Cena vs Wade Barrest
WORST MATCH OF THE NIGHT
Sheamus vs Randy Orton
BEST MOMENT OF THE NIGHT
John Morrison set dive
BIGGEST LET DOWN OF THE NIGHT
The ending to the Kane vs Undertaker match