Punk admitted on his DVD that his matches with Morrison were pretty poor. But I think his 'Last Chance Match' on ECW where he finally won the title was a lot better.
WWF Smackdown – 01.20.00 X-Pac vs. Test- ¼*
Kurt Angle and British Bulldog vs. Steve Blackman and Al Snow- ¼*
Matt Hardy vs. D-Von Dudley- ½*
Chris Jericho, Chyna, and Hardcore Holly vs. Too Cool and Rikishi- ½*
Big Bossman vs. Prince Albert- DUD
Crash Holly vs. Viscera- ¼*
Edge vs. Gangrel- DUD
The Rock vs. Kane vs. Big Show- *
This show was just terrible lol. This was just a filler show, as the real go-home show was the Raw three days before this show. Even then, not one much surpassed one star and it took until the main event for a match to even earn a full star. That final promo with Triple H and presumably Cactus Jack might have been good, but my show cut off right at the beginning of Triple H's promo so I didn't get a chance to watch it. After this we're onto the Royal Rumble and of course, the HHH/Cactus street fight!
Miz deserves a lot of credit as well in the Bryan match, arguably his best performance in a match. I found Bryan to be the better performer due to his strong selling and tremendous build and pacing of his offence to create some genuine nearfalls which had the crowd believing either could win, but Miz really made the control segment and limbork engaging on top of being logical and wrestled a smart match to compliment Bryan's strong babyface work on the other end. I'd happily say Bryan is the better guy and have good reason he called/mapped out the bulk of the match but Miz really wasn't carried by Bryan and produced a pretty remarkable performance given what I thought of his work before the match.
The Triple H/Cactus Jack Royal Rumble Street Fight was 13 years ago today, January 23, 2000. Great match that I haven't watched in awhile. Going to watch that one tonight.
2000 isn't quite the GOAT RR. 01 beats it overall imo. But its currently 2nd on my list and I'vw watched all from 88-08 so far. Hope 09 holds up because its a favourite of mine. Made me love wrestling again after really losing interest during 08.
2001 is a bit overrated imo, as some people believe it's perfect. Ivory/Chyna was fucking awful. Still, no denying everything else is very damn good, with both the Ladder Match and the RR going ****1/2 in my books.
Some MIZ matches that are actually good would include his match with Bryan @ NOC 2010, his FCA match with Morrison to kick off 2011 was awesome, and I enjoyed his two matches against Jerry Lawler to a lesser degree than the former two matches I mentioned.
The best match MIZ was ever involved in however, would be the TLC triple threat with Del Rio and PUNK, even though the awesomeness of that match has nothing to do with MIZ in the slightest. It's the only MIZ match that I currently have at four stars, even though the best MIZ match where he actually CONTRIBUTES SOMETHING would be the Bryan match.
The match with Punk at OTL was surely better than the ER match, but that was already to be expected. Both guys deserve huge praise, but not my favourite Bryan performance. In the ER match, Sheamus worked a lot, credit where's due, but Bryan quite helped by making him look like a million bucks there.
Speaking of Miz & Bryan... thoughts on Miz vs Bryan vs Morrison from HIAC 2010?
I loved it when I first saw it, but I haven't seen it in about 2 years, so I might try and fit a rewatch in there sometime.
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