WWE Royal Rumble 2010 Review
Christian(c) def. Ezekiel Jackson(12:00)
Thoughts: Just think about what would happen to people if the ECW Title match ever went on as the main event when it was around, just to screw with people? Just a thought. Anyway, I thought this was a perfectly acceptable match; not the traditional high-paced opening match, but far from bad too. Zeke did well for his coming-out party on PPV and while the result didn’t surprise me, I was surprised Christian won cleanly. This two had a rematch on the last ECW show in which Jackson won, but as fat as this match, I enjoyed it but didn’t love it.
Rating: **1/2
The Miz(c) def. Montel Vontavious Porter(7:15)
Thoughts: Holy impromptu match, Batman. Honestly, there’s no reason why this match was not announced beforehand as it was built up quite well with great dueling promos from both men the previous weeks on Raw. The biggest problem I have with impromptu matches is that more often than not, they seemed to be booked rather hastily and thus end up feeling like afterthoughts. That was definitely the case here. There was certainly nothing wrong with this match, but it was just too quick and underdeveloped to really mean anything. In fact, the only memorable part of the match was MVP’s post-match pseudo-heel turn. Sadly, he never turned heel again before he left WWE, which is disappointing since I prefer MVP as a heel, but whatever. Decent match, but nothing special.
Rating: **1/2
Sheamus(c) def. Randy Orton via DQ(12:34)
Thoughts: I suppose this match delivered just about all that we could expect it to deliver, but ultimately I’m just not sure that was enough. I was worried about booking a heel / heel title match, but luckily the crowd picked a side very early and stuck with Orton throughout the match. Orton had that so-bad-that-he’s-damn-near-good kind of charisma going for more than a year and it’s surprised me that WWE took so long in pulling the trigger and turning him into an anti-hero face. We may have seen a glimmer of that after the match, but for the most part, we had to wait an additional month after this to see that. The real problem with this match was that Orton’s style and Sheamus’ style just don’t lend themselves to a very exciting match and the result was that this title match served little purpose other than to progress the Orton / Legacy feud by a step or two.
Rating: **1/4
Mickie James def. Michelle McCool(c)(0:18)
Thoughts: I am actually shocked that WWE went with a squash to end the “Piggie James” storyline. Considering some people HATED this storyline (I loved it since it was funny), I'm guessing that a squash is the best way to end the feud properly. I know some people would rather see a hard-fought competitive match, but face it, this is the WWE and a five minute Diva’s match, no matter the quality or the year, would end with boring chants. This way, Mickie gets her revenge, wins a title and further embarrasses the heels with cake. We are all winners… well except McCool in this one.
Rating: N/A
The Undertaker(c) def. Rey Mysterio(11:08)
Thoughts: I really wish Taker and Rey had more 1 on 1 matches together as aside from, they've only had one other 1 on 1 match that I'm aware of. I expected this to be good and it was. Not great, but good, a fine way to bring us into the Rumble match. Rey bumped like crazy for Taker but the kind of offence he got was believable and even made me believe he might have a shot at winning this one. Of course any modicum of thinking would tell you that with this going on before the Rumble, Taker had to retain, otherwise you risk HBK losing his inspiration. Again, I really wish they had more matches together cause they always create nice little hidden gem matches.
Rating: ***1/2
Edge def. 29 other competitors; last eliminating John Cena(49:18)
Thoughts: An interesting booked Rumble. But with that said, not a very memorable one. Sure there were some great moments, like CM Punk's promo stealing the entire third of the show with his outlandish promo between eliminations, HBK eliminating Triple H, and his subsequent elimination at the end, but what about all the other fun moments of the match that have been forgotten about? Beth Phoenix’s entry and elimination of The Great Khali here has already been forgotten by most(except for Khali). And what about R-Truth eliminating Mark Henry and The Big Show at the same time. My jaw dropped when I saw that. Too bad it lead nowhere. There were tons of shocking moments in this match, but stacked on top of each other with the entirely too fast pace and this match felt like it was booked by Michael Bay. Of all the Royal Rumble matches in history, this is one of my least favorites.
Rating: ***1/4
Final Rating:
2.80 out of 5
2.80 out of 5
No comments:
Post a Comment