AIW

Sharing my rundown of this year's No Mercy. Got the DVD during the week and just finished looking back at all of the matches today.

Triple H/Orton - **3/4.
Hardy, London & Kendrick/Cade, Murdock & Kennedy - **1/4.
Punk/BDV - n/a.
Triple H/Umaga - *3/4.
Mysterio/Finaly - **
Beth/Candice - *
Batista/Khali (Punjabi Prison) - **1/2.
Triple H/Orton (Last Man Standing) - ****1/4.

Opening match was a decent start to the night. It was a different change of pace to see a WWE Title match early on the pay per view. But at least they got the crowd going before the rest of the night continued and even thought the six man tag was an entertaining little match. But there was a downside to me as the PPV continued since I felt Punk's match was a waste and I was kind of disappointed in how the Triple H/Umaga match delivered given their talent in the ring. Plus Finlay vs. Mysterio had decent action for what it was but was much below par with especially the regular TV matches they've had on Smackdown this and last year. Beth & Candice's match was a mediocre women's match. Batista/Khali was certainly the best that you can probably get out of those two together and wasn't a mess that you'd think it be. Finally, last but not least. The main event was in fact a great match and I just might believe this could be Randy Orton's best singles match in his WWE career thus far. A better Last Man Standing match that I would put over Cena/Umaga and Taker/Batista that took place in the year. But anyway, thought the event overall isn't good or bad yet still watchable with final match being the most helpful towards making this event look better.