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I just got back from the show, and holy shit what a good one to decide to attend. Obviously, the crowd was nuclear for Punk the entire night, and only little kids were cheering for Cena.
The opener was amazing, mainly because Dragon won it out of nowhere. I was a nice little homage to his ROH days when he was hitting Barrett with the MMA elbows on top of the ladder and then kicked his head in. If they decide cool off the Orton/Christian feud and leave Christian with the belt, a Dragon/Christian feud could work very well.
The women's match absolutely sucked balls, and not in a good way. The WWE brass should watch some Shimmer dvds to see hows its done.
The Henry/Big Show match was a yawner as well, but the match wasn't the important part, it was all about the injury angle after the match so it served its purpose.
The Raw MITB match was fun, but not as good as the Smackdown match overall, I think mainly because it was a foregone conclusion that Del Rio was going to win. I have to say the Miz was a fan favorite by the reactions I heard. I also think its funny that Mysterio goes full reerun when his mask is pulled off even though he wrestled for like a year with it off in WCW (which I guess now didn't really happen).
The Christian/Orton match was fun and well-booked. I figured Christian would goad Orton into doing something stupid and he did. The crowd popped huge for the second RKO on the announce table.
I don't think I need to say too much about the main event. It was the most invested I have been in a wrestling match since the late 90's. My wife and I were there sporting our Colt Cabana shirts so it was fun seeing him in the front row. They really showed CM Punk to be a complete mastermind by kicking Del Rio and then hightailing it out of the ring through the crowd so he couldn't get pinned. Vince laid out Johnny Ace on the ramp after the show went off the air.
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