****1/4 for Punk/Cena. Amazing TV match that got a great amount of time to work with. The finishing sequence was incredible. I was a sucker for all the false finishes and the submission counters were awesome too. DAT PILEDRIVER
I liked Punk/Cena but the count out spot was awful. Cena was motionless until 9 then just got up and ran into the ring. Then fell down and acted like he was out again. Keep in mind I like Cena but that and the hurracanrana didn't work for me.
To play devils advocate, it's not like Brock bladed. Hunter threw Brock really hard towards the turnbuckle and Brock didn't have time to get his hand up or his hand eye was off or something. Whatever it was, it's not like the blood was planned.
To play devils advocate, it's not like Brock bladed. Hunter threw Brock really hard towards the turnbuckle and Brock didn't have time to get his hand up or his hand eye was off or something. Whatever it was, it's not like the blood was planned.
Maybe it wasn't, but it was nice seeing Brock bleed since I feel it adds to the personal aspect to their rivalry (Brock breaking Hunter's arm twice, F-5ing his father-in-law) and it will all come to a brutal end at Mania. Hopefully it'll be a good match nonetheless, though I've yet to watch their Summerslam encounter.
I liked Punk/Cena but the count out spot was awful. Cena was motionless until 9 then just got up and ran into the ring. Then fell down and acted like he was out again. Keep in mind I like Cena but that and the hurracanrana didn't work for me.
It's things like that that makes it difficult to give as much credit to John as I'm giving to Punk for this excellent match they had on Raw. Punk did most of the counters and his execution was great. Cena performed well, but a lot of what he does looks too silly when you're watching one of his matches. His facial expressions are often overdone (the crossface he did on Punk. If you get a chance to see that again, look at Cena's face). That hurracanrana looked horrid and they replayed it like 3 times which I found funny. And that countout spot actually aggravated me. He seemed dead for 9 seconds, surprisingly jumps up and runs into the ring, only to go back to laying down for another 10 seconds in the ring. It isn't very believable at all.
I don't want to sound like I'm whining though, it was a very entertaining match.
Would you guys say The Best of Clash of the Champions is a worth a buy if I already own all of Flair, Austin, & Steamboat's sets? Blu Ray extras look even better. Starz would be appreciated as well.
Just checked this out from the library a few weeks ago. Now let me preface that a lot of this is a bit before my time... I became a wrestling fan somewhere around the mid 90s, pre MNW shit. So this set wasn't something I would probably buy, but watch, of course.
There's some fun on this set. There's a great Flair/Luger match from 1990 which might have been my personal favorite. Also there's a fun little Regal/Rhodes (Dustin) although it doesn't necessarily exceed expectations. Sting/Rude was cool, and a lot of the stuff on Disc 1 I've already enjoyed, and only had the set for a limited time. Pillman/Austin was okay.
Didn't really care for a few things... the Cactus Jack match, from what I recall, was rather short. Also some of the Disc 3 stuff failed to impress, like Jericho/Guerrero.
Been so many matches where a wrestler is down by a 9 count only to use his spirit to rise up and enter the ring before the match ends. It was done at WrestleMania 25 in the match everyone creams over. So if it was a problem tonight, it was a problem then.
Great match, but Cena really no-sold a lot of it. This is not just blind Cena hate, the dude just kept ignoring what was being done to him.
Example - the second time Punk hit the running knee to Cena's face when Cena was in the corner, he grabbed Cena to pull him back out and Cena just ignored the fact he got HIT IN THE FACE BY A RUNNING KNEE and just picked up Punk and gave him an AA. Almost got the pin and carried on as if nothing happened.
I don't mind the odd moment of no-sell, due to adrenalin pumping and someone just forgetting to sell for a minute. But the dude did it through the whole match and really takes away from it. Pisses me off.
It was still an entertaining match, and the hot crowd added a lot to it. I think we need a break from Cena/Punk for a while now though. We've seen it enough.
So it's official...Rock vs Cena 2 and Brock vs Triple H 2. What a crock.
Not hard to believe the knee to the face -> fighting spirit bit into the swift F-U for Cena. Guy was hit clear in the face. It was legit. It obviously hurt to an intense degree. Doesn't stop him from grabbing his opponent in close range and drop him quickly for a nearfall. That was one of the better parts of the match.
Only moment worth pointing out as a flaws was how half of the match was seemingly pointless till it picked up. Other than that, the hot sequence at the end was a lot of fun. Replace Cena with Daniel Bryan and nobody would have given a damn. Or Ziggler. Or Del Rio. Or anybody. That's the vibe I'm getting. Apparently Punk was flawless during this and only Cena was at fault. C'mon now. Both were equal shares on all aspects during the match. Much like every single time they lock it up. Back and forth is how their matches always play out.
I honestly couldn't take Trips seriously with that haircut, Also anyone notice how McMahon saw Brock get busted open. I wonder what he was thinking. Probably saying to himself, "What the hell are you doing Brock? Did the script say you had to blade yourself, This is the PG ERA!!!"
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