Big Show informed the fans that he no longer had to put on a fake smile to please them all since he'd obtained an "iron clad contract" meaning he could do whatever he wanted. He went on to claim that there was no other sportsmen that was in his league, maybe weight wise that is. He then showed footage of Brodus Clay dancing in the ring mere moments after he'd been fired on Raw, which was utterly ridiculous at the time, and rightfully shared his anger at that.
He also presented footage of Cena being his goofy and childish self when he was making fun of Laurinaitis a couple of weeks back instead of demanding Show get his job back. He also stated that he's going to embarrass Cena at No Way Out. It was a decent promo from Show, and to be fair I actually agreed with all his grievances he expressed. They made sense to me.
Alberto Del Rio defeated Santino Marella in a senseless squash match. I can understand having Del Rio as the number one contender to the World title win dominantly, but I don't believe it should've been at the United States Champion's expense. Doesn't exactly do much for the title.
Backstage after Alex Riley was done chatting up Eve, Big Show was informed that he'd have his choice of opponent later on and then decided to send a message to the locker room in the form of slamming Riley into the wall.
Kofi Kingston and R-Truth (c) defeated Dolph Ziggler and Jack Swagger to retain the WWE Tag Team Championship. It was a mostly fair match up, with a few exciting moments but unfortunately a few sloppy ones too. Kingston certainly doesn't click with Truth like he did with Bourne. Afterwards a frustrated Ziggler walked away from Vickie and Swagger, claiming he was "better than this," which he is.
Backstage Big Show threatened an injured Sanino Marella, but was then interrupted by Brodus Clay who challenged him to a match, so Show obliged.
John Laurinaitis announced that the match between Big Show and John Cena will be contested inside a steel cage at No Way Out. He then also presented a phoney cover to the new WWE '13 game with himself on it, amusingly claiming that it will be "bigger than Pac-Man!" Michael Cole's sly mocking of Big Johnny was one of the best things about this promo. WWE Champion CM Punk then halted the proceedings and presented the real cover to WWE '13 which of course features himself.
After some more mocking of Big Johnny, Punk warned the GM that the Board of Directors are carefully monitoring him so he ought to be careful what he does. He also kicked in the fake cover with Laurinaitis on it. It was a decent segment with a few funny moments, although these promos are still no patch on Punk's must see ones of last Summer.
Daniel Bryan defeated CM Punk in a highly enjoyable and intense bout. As with Over The Limit these two had another brilliant match of the night, going back and fourth with solid exchanges and wrestling. AJ, sporting a CM Punk tee, came down to ringside to support the World Champion. Unfortunately she also inadvertently distracted the referee as Bryan removed the padding from a turnbuckle which he would later use to bounce Punk's head off of and gain the one-two-three. Afterwards Kane attacked Bryan with a steel chair and Choke Slammed him onto it, but then also received a chair shot of his own from Punk as retribution.
Christian defeated The Miz in fairly short but decent contest. As per usual the hard working and reliable Christian delivered in the ring, credit also to the underutilised Miz for his performance here. Afterwards Miz remained in the ring and complained about his drop in status within the company. He was then halted by Randy Orton who casually walked out and RKO'd him.
Backstage Dolph Ziggler asked Vickie Guerrero to get him out of the tag team with Swagger and back into singles competition like Orton. I totally agree, hopefully this will be the start of Ziggler's deserved push in WWE.
Sheamus defeated David Otunga in an average and forgettable bout.
Before their match could even start Big Show mocked Brodus Clay on the mic, claiming that he just shamelessly danced for the fans like a clown and had no talent. He then speared Clay and beat him down. Kofi Kingston and R-Truth tried to help but Show just quickly swatted them away. That's two other champions made to look weak on the show. Show carried on to attack all three men further, including throwing Kofi through the barricade in a nice looking spot. The closing segment served its purpose in making Show look dominant, although it does all feel just a bit similar doesn't it?
Yes, it does!
ReplyDeleteWith Jericho out, I wouldn't mind seeeing Ziggler face Orton at "No Way Out."
Also, what's up with The Miz? Where do you think they're going with him, Lewis?
I agree, with Ziggler looking like he may be receiving a singles push again he'd be the perfect one to take on Orton I reckon, plus they always seem to have a solid match with each other. It'd definitely be making the best of a bad situation with Jericho's suspension anyway.
DeleteThat's a good question, it looked like Miz was going to gain back some much needed credibility after his win at WrestleMania but I guess that was pretty short lived. I mean, no disrespect to Santino and Brodus Clay but Miz deserves better then putting them over. He's not the greatest in the ring but he's solid and has worked damn hard to improve himself, plus his mic work is some of the best in the company today. Maybe he'll finally snap and quit briefly? Or maybe they're building to him finally getting a huge win over someone, maybe over Punk in a shock victory to win the WWE Championship out of nowhere? Actually that's probably going a bit too far there ha ha.