I have never marked out so hard in my entire life. Thumbs down from Batista is the greatest peice of story creative has come up with in the last year for all I care. For once I don't feel like they are insulting my intelligence.
As for the rest of the night, here are my impressions:
Hassan impressed me for once, he may not have the best skills, but his attitude, demeanor, and look are PERFECT. He has incredible heat, and given time, I think he will get better in-ring. When he does get better, if he still has this gimmick, he will be an amazing entertainer.
@ Christy owning Trish. Also, good job on Trish's makeup, cake every part of her face with make-up yet leave the black eye visible completely the entire time. God she looked so fake tonight.
finally, finally, FINALLY Snitsky -vs- Kane seems to be over. I hope it stays that way. Also, I marked out like a little kid when Benjamin whacked Sntitsky with the chair, it looked and sounded brutal. Loved his attitude the whole way through. I sense a heel turn for him coming, and I hope it leads to a feud between him and Batista. RATINGS BABY.
Chris Masters has the best physique I've seen in a while. I don't think he botched the part where he busted richards nose either, I think that was scripted to make him come off as even more powerful than he already looks. However I hate that they are going to give him the super push, which is already apparent. But I had a funny feeling about it....For some reason I see Masters -vs- Lesnar sometime this year, and Lesnar will be forced to job to him to make up for his past behavior.
HBK -vs- Angle. No doubt this will be the match of the night come April 3rd.
E&C REUNION. MARK OUT MOMENT AGAIN! I used to really hate christian, but in all honesty, he is a god amongst men in the WWE, and I see a VERY bright future for him.
Overall, tonight delivered the goods. 3 HUGE mark out moments for me, and they didn't botch anything as far as I'm concerned as far as storylines go. HOPEFULLY THEY KEEP THIS UP NEXT WEEK AND BEYOND.
8/10