I'll be blunt. This was about as mailed-in a show has ever felt since I've been watching. Too many videos and recaps and other extraneous stuff. Then, the main event is a promo. You start and end the show with promos. Okay, but what about the wrestling?
Well, to their credit, they gave a PPV-quality match between Triple H and John Cena. Problem was that it felt flat, a paint-by-numbers match between two face main eventers. And this was probably the best match on the card, which was disappointing given that RAW has had at least one really good match for the most part in the last few weeks. Oh, and Marty Janetty looked like he shot enough meth to take down a mastodon, but he was over, so good for him.
Actually, I lied. The best match on the card really wasn't even a match as much as it was a segment. Randy Orton and Ted DiBiase, in what was a major teaser for El Hijo del Million Dollar Man to go face, had a match where Orton ordered DiBiase not to attack him. The crowd really got into it, and I have to give major props to the Jacksonville crowd, who got into really everyone and made the show seem a lot better than it was. Anyway, that match was red hot, and it was probably the best thing Orton has done all year outside of punting Vince in the head.
But the show just seemed dominated too much by non-match stuff, non-promo stuff. The promos they did have were good, including the surreal DX/Team RAW promo, but I didn't need to see them open and close the show.
However, of all the videos and extraneous stuff they showed, I have to give them major props for the Captain Lou tribute. Very classy, very heartfelt and very deserving of praise. It's times like this that you really believe Vince is sincere about his otherwise lipservice towards honoring the wrestling of years past.
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