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We all know Punk is a trooper. We knew he was going to sell for the match. Also, his offense was extra brutal and focused, and it really looked like he was going in for the kill, which given the path he's on was a huge plus. He's quickly becoming an all-timer, but it was Morrison, one of those guys whose selling was questionable, who really surprised with his dedication to the story. Morrison has proven over the last four months that he actually has what it takes to work a solid main event style in the WWE. He's got to have a personal stake and he's got to get down to brawling so that his style gets grounded and more visceral. It really felt like Morrison was looking for revenge from getting sprayed with that aerosol can a couple of weeks prior, even if his quest was unfulfilled.
I thought it was amazing to see two guys play up their hobbled states so well and really accentuate the brutality of their contest while adding in an extra "never say die" subplot. Matches like these are why the WWE far and away has the best wrestling action, no matter what anyone else says.
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I guess I am the only one that thinks they weren't selling cause they were legitimately hurt? :) I wish Morrison would show this much interest in all his matches maybe I would like him more.
ReplyDeleteI gotta disagree, but it's not the fault of Punk or Morrison, who gave great performances and sell-jobs. I actually think this hurt Morrison's momentum by having him get beat in 3 minutes.
ReplyDeleteI think if this were twice the length, and Punk won via flash pin (kick out the leg and cradle him)or kneebar(selling the knee injury and putting Punk over decisively) then it would have been much better for Morrison than just getting pinned clean via GTS.
Again, loved the work in the match, but just kinda hated the booking and length.
I came across that sentiment at A1 too, and I disagree. I don't think a clean loss hurts Morrison at all.
ReplyDeleteThinking about it, Punk has a main event program going into WrestleMania against Randy Orton, one of the three or four biggest names going in WWE right now. I think he needed to look strong there more than Morrison did, mainly because Morrison's a guy who's shiftless right now. He's got no program, and as he demonstrated the night previous in the RAW EC, he can get his heat back by doing AMAZING stunts and popping the crowd. He's the kind of guy who probably could be sacrificed to the altar of Punk in the name of having as much heat for his match with Orton as possible.
Besides, Morrison is most likely getting shunted into MitB, and you've gotta think that he's one of the odds on favorites to win. When he does, no one's going to look back at the curtain jerking match where he jobbed cleanly to the WWE's next big thing in the making.
I thought about that while I was typing up the response, and I actually took that into consideration.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I still think it could have been longer, I can't say I disagree with that logic. Maybe it's just that I don't like sacrificing the future to each other to build heat for one, or that I like it when the odds on MITB favorite is pushed like he's a main eventer waiting to happen, rather than just another upper mid carder (remember when Jeff Hardy beat Shawn Michaels clean in '08 before fuck-up #573?)
Not saying that Morrison shouldn't have lost in a clean fashion (Punk by kneebar in 6 mins is clean. Hell, Punk by GTS in 6 mins would have been fine for me), my problem is just that he was beaten SO quickly and decisively as to render his hard work in the chamber semi-pointless. But you are right in saying that Morrison can get his heat back easily due to his atheleticism, so it shouldn't be much of a problem.
Seems to me that that loss can easily be explained away as "while hurt" and have very little effect on Morrison's heat. Now if they keep using him as a doormat in the lead up to WM, that will be a problem, yes, but if they instead let him overcome and show off some of that intensity, then it'll be all good.
ReplyDeleteOn another note, Morrison's worked a lot of good stuff with Punk, from back in ECW to a few skirmishes on Smackdown and RAW while he and Miz were tag team champions. So it seems to me there's good chemistry there that can be called up pretty readily. Seems like he's not one of those guys who can work a great match with anyone just yet, but he definately can with certain people he clicks with.