First up, thank you to everyone who came out for the LiveBlog tonight. Best turnout, best comment volume and quality and it was a blast. You guys fuckin' rock.
Onto the show, the rumor was that things would be toned down tonight because of Linda McMahon's opponent sending scouts to the arena tonight. That meant one of two things - absolute boring with nothing advanced, or a night of wrestling angles advanced. We got more of the latter than the former.
Firstly, the Jericho/Bourne stuff was executed so well. Everyone in the LB was CONVINCED that Jericho was jobbing his way out of the company, but we were wrong. Some thought that tonight's match was better than last night's. I havent seen the F4W match yet, but I loved tonight's match. Good stuff, without the blatant calling out of spots that I heard happened last night too. I could watch a million different Bourne/Jericho matches. So good.
Second, how about the Miz? Are they serious about elevating him? I hope so, because, AS I'VE BEEN SAYING ALL ALONG (sorry, caps lock), he's money and the future of the company. Great segment with Orton and Edge. Great promo and exection on the stop of the promo and sneak attack on Orton.
Thirdly... the n(XT)Wo stuff. I admit, I was cringing at the promo where they all apologized. Even as a red herring, it was way too over the top. Even with the awesomeness at the end? Well, I don't think it worked.
HOWEVER, it got awesome at the end. The big complaint is that they're not giving us an inkling as to whether they're faces or heels. In this day and age, that's a recipe for disaster. However, they're attacking the right people - Vince, Cena, guys with heat. I think if they're going to get over as mixed-reaction guys, like the original nWo, this is probably the best way to go. Will it work? I have no idea, but it does make for good TV. The beatdown Vince took at the end was pretty epic, especially that 450. Sidenote, Justin Gabriel should never talk. HE should only give 450s. In fact, if he's being interviewed backstage, he should just lay out the reporter (Josh Matthews) and give him a 450. THAT'S IT.
Other than that, there was a lot of filler. Not sure if that was their way to write him out or amp up the heat for both his feud with Vince and for his proteges (who've been kinda heatless since the trigger was pulled WAY too late on their tag title win post-WM), but either way, it was kinda flat. Same for the mixed tag match save for that incredulously and inexplicably good HIIIIIIZAAAAAAH~! delivered by Alicia Fox on Eve (Hiza being a flying knee). Still it was a good episode. Not great, but good.
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