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Post by wildfire on May 20, 2013 12:41:01 GMT -4
You're much more generous than I!
I thought Cena-Ryback was OK, but not great. Half the match was watching Ryback flare his nostrils while Cena struggled to his feet at an 8 or 9 count (Happened easily 10 times). Ryback couldn't actually manage to stand most times, he kept tripping, and the ref would start the count over for some reason.. I guess because he got one leg under him before staggering back to the ground.
Then, of course, there's the ending. Cena does a stretcher job, while Ryback walks away, but Ryback doesn't win? There was no count for some reason... I guess it was a no contest, but no one ever actually said so.
I thought they made Lesnar look like a pansy... He tosses HHH in the cage like 5 times, but one little missed knee lift and he's dead? When Paul Heyman has to save you, it's bad. Never mind the bad logic (that's kinda always the case with 'escape' cage matches, though).
The Strap match could have been good, but the strap was way too long... Sheamus could hit all for corners, seemingly, while Henry stood impotently in the center of the ring. The light thing was pretty hokey, too.
Then we have the instant replay reversal on the Del Rio match, which is a horrible precedent for wrestling, and the match re-starting (instead of Del Rio just winning there... since Zeb threw in the towel).
The two shield matches were really good, at least. The Jericho-Fandango match was pretty sloppy, IMO, but decent.
Be interesting to see is Cena is off TV to sell for a couple weeks, and what they do with the title.
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2013 12:56:28 GMT -4
Chalk it up to this being one hell of a bad year for wrestling. On this date last year, I had a top 40. This year? I have 34 matches. Fucking unreal.
My biggest gripe with Cena/Ryback was that the ref didn't even count to rule it a draw. Hunter/Brock, I don't know, maybe it's because I sat through their shitfests at SummerSlam and WrestleMania, but I really enjoyed the match. It cut down on the kimura stupidity, Lesnar sold well and was easily the highlight of the match. My biggest gripe is that WM and Extreme Rules were both Hunter ego stroke matches. John fucking Cena can't beat Lesnar handily, but Triple H, who got his ass kicked by Sheamus and Undertaker, can?
I've hated escape cage matches my entire life. I want the gimmick to go away. Cage matches shouldn't be about who's better at running away.
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