Re: The 2008 MOTYC Thread
Edge vs. Punk - Smackdown
Early part of the match is all Punk looking great, out powering, mat wrestling, striking against Edge, but early on that didn't lead to any big moves, despite a long control period. When Punk went up top, Edge struck opportunistically, knocking him off and using that to control.
This control worked until Punk utilized his striking advantage to attack Edge. Edge continually tried to sneak out one big move for a pin, while Punk usually had ready counters with strikes, which got bigger and bigger, closer and closer nearfalls. Eventually, the spear was countered into Go to Sleep, but Edge fell out of the ring, a distracting run in later, and Punk ate a spear for the loss, but came out looking golden. *** 3/4.
This did a fantastic job of getting over Punk as on Edge's level and everything Edge did played into his opportunistic character. TV MOTY over Jeff Umaga and far over Angle-Joe.
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