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I’m convinced Edge has been watching “The Dark Knight” a lot lately because his recent work is as close as a psychotic deep performance we’re going to get to Heath Ledger’s Joker. The Hell In A Cell was amazing, and although the action was slow and it was more of a spotfest, the execution was excellent. The spear on the announcers’ table, the Edge crash through the two table, and the breaking of the cell were three amazing spots. Undertaker using Edge’s moves was very well thought-out and made sense, since Edge had been the one taking a page out of Undertaker’s book by being psychotic as of late. This will be a Match of the Year candidate.
I didn’t expect Cena and Batista to have that great a match. What I didn’t expect is how well they seemed to click together in the ring. They did a very good job executing the sequences of moves which were well thought out to begin with. Whoever booked the match deserves credit. It portrayed both guys as larger-than-life characters, which was the point. Batista’s expression after the match helped put Cena over, even though he lost clean. It’s a shame they rushed this match, it would have been a great WrestleMania moment.
The Shawn Michaels-Chris Jericho confrontation was simply amazing. Having in mind who’s involved, I’m not surprised, but these guys just keep getting better and better. I thought Michaels’ wife did a great job as well. Very smart of them not to book this match here, but keep it for Unforgiven.
Everything else was just about where I expected it to be. Hardy and MVP could have had a better match, and I thought Triple H and Khali will be worse, but it was smartly booked for what it was. I have to say that Punk and JBL was better than my expectations, and JBL looked his best since he’s come back. Matt and Henry was just ridiculous. They deserve a rating below 1.0 this Tuesday just for that. Very stupid.
Eddie T.
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