Tonight, we watch Triple H deal with the WWE Championship situation, and there are a lot of very solid matches. Read on!
We start with that excellent promo they've been showing for the past week hyping the CM Punk and John Cena feud, which is just a great idea over all. We follow that by having CM Punk come out to the ring for one of his great promos – he's probably the best performer in the WWE today. He might be the best at the promos since Chris Jericho, who had my favorite promos of all time. In any case, a great promo about how he changed the company and the fact that it's now back to routine with Cena as champion. And then Triple H comes out! He's always been good at promos, and it seems he's starting to push himself as a heel which is where he shines, when he's not part of DX. During this promo, I loved CM Punk's references to various wrestlers that aren't in the WWE anymore – this was definitely somewhat of a shoot, as the WWE doesn't generally let them talk about those who have left the company, especially those who, like Mick Foley, work for a competitor. Overall, that was a fantastic promo, but that's to be expected when CM Punk is involved.
Up next we have a Battle Royal of most of the divas in the WWE right now. It's extremely chaotic at the start, and these huge matches are usually terrible and almost impossible to follow. It gets a little once it gets down to 6 combatants left, with the Bella twins and Beth Phoenix being the only ones whose names I know. Oh, and... Eve? I think that's her name, and she has a nice elimination where she just dodges out of the way of a baseball slide. Beth Phoenix wins through an extremely amusing double elimination on the Bella twins. Not a bad match, though it had a rocky start. Oh, and Beth Phoenix is now a heel, as evidenced by her attack on Kelly Kelly after the match. I hope that Beth wins the Diva Championship, as she seems like she's much better technically than Kelly is.
A decent promo between R-Truth and The Miz. Both of them are good heels, though the Miz is much better at promos. Of course, the fact that R-Truth called Triple H “Mr. Hs” is pretty fantastic. A reasonably good promo, though it's nothing special. Truth's gimmick is starting to get old, while I don't think Miz's ever will – it's basically the same as Mr. Perfect's, and that stood the test of time. Josh Matthews interviews Cena once they come back from the commercial break, though it's not a particularly interesting one. All he says is he's interested in what Triple H's decision will be, which is... kind of obvious, and really didn't need to be said.
In better news, we've got a tag team match next! Rey Mysterio and John Morrison vs The Miz and R-Truth. I always love high flier matches, and this is no exception – while Rey isn't quite as agile as he used to be, he is still a solid wrestler with great technical skills, while John Morrison seems to be inhumanly agile, and he's got one of the coolest finishers I've ever seen. Unfortunately, he has been on a break since I started watching again. Overall, this is a good match – R-Truth and the Miz work very well with high fliers, and it shows here. There aren't any huge spots in this match, mostly just a lot of very solid wrestling with some good counters by the Miz on both Morrison and Mysterio's counters. And look, more proof that beating an opponent after already winning is a heel tactic!
Another unimportant promo with Triple H about the situation with the WWE Championship, and I forgot what it was about before the commercial break was over. The next bit is a promo featuring Dolph Ziggler and Vickie Guerrero – while I appreciate Vickie's skill at being a heel, it makes me kind of sad. The promo gets better once Alex Riley joins in, and it almost becomes a contest about who can wear a suit better; if that's the case, I think A-Ry won. This could be a quality feud, especially when Riley points out Ziggler and the Miz's similarities – might be a good contrast between Ziggler's privileged attitude and the work ethic that Riley displays.
Hey look, Michael McGillicutty and David Otunga got new theme music! Makes sense, now that the New Nexus doesn't exist anymore. They're facing Zack Ryder and Santino – I don't know much about Santino, though he seems amusing, and my feelings on Ryder were made clear in my review of the latest Smackdown. What follows is another solid match – Ryder and Santino job convincingly, but I hope that McGillicutty and Otunga lose the tag team championship soon – they're kind of boring.
Kind of tired of these promos, though Punk's is by far the best of the bunch. He has a good sense of humor that works really well in his promos.
Following this, is it just me or does Ricardo Rodriquez, Alberto Del Rio's ring announcer, give off a massive pedo vibe to anyone else? So, for this match we have Alberto Del Rio facing Evan Bourne. Bourne is one of my favorite wrestlers, though a big part of that is the fact that he uses the Shooting Star Press, renamed the Air Bourne. He also displays some good high flying moves in this match, though I think the best spot in this match was the enziguiri to Bourne on the top rope from Del Rio. I can't decide if I like Del Rio or not, but it will be nice once he eventually gets beaten, which means he's an effective heel. His story seems to be that he's making a lot of enemies with his brutality, as Kofi runs to the ring to help Bourne in the post-match armbar that Del Rio puts on Bourne.
And we get the climactic promo, with Triple H coming out followed by John Laurinatis, who calls for Cena to be stripped of his title, which I am fully in support of! Cena comes out and there's some good back and forth banter between him and Laurinatis. Triple H decides not to, Punk comes out and joins the promo. It ends up with the most obvious outcome – Punk vs Cena at Summerslam for the WWE Championship. It devolves into an extended pissing match between Cena and Punk, which goes on for a little too long.
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