Yeah, I thought I was watching a really awful and bland sitcom again. Seriously, that? Yeah.
Instead of focusing on the obviously bad comedy and the beyond trite and tired HBK/HHH vignettes, I'm gonna focus on the ending. It was basically the same kind of match that Jericho and Cena had in London on Mary Jane Day, but shorter, not as good and with Orton instead of Edge interfering to cause the DQ. However, there were some interesting dynamics going on with Orton, and not just because they were in Canada.
I don't know whether it was because the RKO looked so awesome or whether the crowd really was turned by the Jericho pre-match promo or whether they really were into the surprise dream teaming of Cena and Orton, but I noticed a really huge pop for the combo FU/RKO at the end of that match. They were jeering Orton all night long, so it wasn't the typical Canadian contrarianism.
This wasn't the first time that Orton got some face poppage. He was getting cheers immediately post-Rumble, which were put on the kibosh when they saddled him with the awful, awful "I've got a mental illness and will threaten to cancel WrestleMania" material to keep him heel. Leave it to a savvy Canadian crowd to bring the cheers back.
Honestly, I don't know why they just don't run with Orton as a face now. Triple H is far better heel. Jericho and Show are both great heel foils for Orton, especially Jericho, whom I think would have great matches with a face Orton. Plus, it could give them some leeway to maybe turn Cena heel... nah, that'll never happen, especially with Jeff Hardy possibly taking time off. But hey, it's good to get the rest of the Internet to simultaneously hemmhorage for one fleeting moment, amirite?
The endgame of the show tonight wasn't enough to make me forget Jillian Hall and bait-and-switch on Bret Hart and the stupid vignettes in "Texas" and the contract on a pole match and all the other really, really bad comedy, but it was good if almost by accident, just to show the WWE that maybe they have a franchise face waiting in the wings who is utterly miscast as a "classic heel". Of course, having to sit through another tired booking mechanism (opponents teaming together before their big match) but whatever. At least we get Morrison/Punk III on Smackdown this week.
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