Instant Feedback: 900 Lbs. of Horse Manure

If they had spent as much time putting over the talent on the show as they did putting over the fact that RAW now has more episodes combined than Titus, Cop Rock and Shit My Dad Says combined, this would have been a great show. Instead? It was about as self-indulgent, repetitous and bland as you could get for a two hour borefest. There were more Smackdown wrestlers and storylines advanced than there were RAW ones. None of the matches were all that good except for maybe the limited snippet of a match we got between Jack SWAGGAH~! and Evan Bourne (not surprising, but yeah). There was a confusing segment where Nexus was buried and then thanks to KANE'S DEMON MAGIC got Undertaker in a compromising position. And then of course, they broke booking rule #1 in the main event, the Champ doesn't get pinned or submitted cleanly. There were extenuating circumstances, but having Heath Slater pin Sheamus clean like that is almost like having Haku pinning Hulk Hogan in the salad days of the Heenan Family. It was just baffling.

About the only saving graces on the show came from, surprise surprise, Smackdown heels Alberto del Rio, whom I'd be afraid to light a match around for fear he may literally catch fire, and CM Punk, who eviscerated the crowd and cut an awesome promo, which continued into the best segment of the night with Big Show. Everything else was flat and drowned out by Cole and Lawler chirping the company line. Total waste of two hours. And to think, before the night began, I was wondering why it wasn't three hours. I guess I should be thankful.

However, I will give both John Cena and Undertaker their propers here. They both sold Nexus attacks like Champs, with Undertaker failing to complete his sit-up after Wade Barrett's finisher and then the 450 from Justin Gabriel, and then Cena getting pinned clean as a whistle thanks to Gabriel's 450 again. It was only one night, but at this point, I'll take what I can get from both guys.

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