[Caponex75]

Originally Posted by Taroostyles

Cena/HHH-***3/4-****

Change that rating or I will find you

Incredible fucking match. I actually think that was better than both of Cena's matches with HBK.

[Taroostyles]

What's wrong with that rating?

I really liked the match, saying something is 4 stars or close to it should mean you really liked the match.(Which I did)

I would probably lean towards the **** side of it tho. So most people are giving it 1/4* higher, no big deal.

[DRodri90]

HHH vs Cena >>> ****1/4

[Sephiroth]

Night of Champions
WWE Heavyweight Championship: HHH(c) vs. John Cena - ****

Dragon Gate Challenge 2
El Generico & Kevin Steen vs. Naruki Doi & Masato Yoshino - **** 1/4
Jimmy Jacobs & Tyler Black vs. Shingo & BxB Hulk - ****

Return Engagement
Non-Title Match: The Briscoes(c) vs. The Murder City Machine Guns - **** 1/2 (Possibly **** 3/4)

Everything is so smooth and well done. They packed in a more meaningful match than their last match, which is about 10 minutes longer. They don't look like they are anticipating the next big spot and everything just flows perfectly.

This is a much better match than their first encounter.

[Andy3000]

6.29.08 WWE Title Match: HHH v John Cena (WWE Night of Champions):

Fan-effin’-tastic match! Going into this I knew the result, but it still immersed me in a way that many matches I don’t know the result of could. The first part of the match was great, in that it established both guys as being on the same level – the top level – while being evenly matched at the same time. The payback shoulderblock, vertical suplex and crotch chop/salute spots enforced that idea. The one difference seemed to be that HHH had the edge in the cerebral (no pun intended) department, outsmarting Cena by ducking his flying shoulderblock, sending him flying outside the ring. This first part seemed (actually, the whole match seemed) like a “battle for dominance” deal between the two top dogs in the company over who really was THE alpha-male… and it fuckin’ ruled!

From there it’s both guys going after the other while trying to maintain that dominance, even busting out some of their big time moves in the process, before Hunter takes his favourite turnbuckle bump and flies over the ropes, selling his knee on the landing. I have to applaud his sell job, not just here, but for the entire match, as it really was fantastic. Cena, squeaky clean babyface or not, goes right after it with a chop block and starts to pick it apart as the crowd pretty much boo the shit out of him. It’s awesome (not that everybody’s “turning” on him or anything, since I actually like him, but just for the crowd’s reaction)!

Then it’s the awesome finishing stretch! Both guys go full throttle and, like the entire match, it’s so damn great. Cena constantly going for the STFU since Hunter’s leg is pretty much done at this point was great; Hunter fighting out of it with everything he had, managing to lock on a desperation Crossface was another nice bit of psychology as it focused on Cena’s recently injured pectoral and back which Trips worked over briefly in the opening stages; the back and forth fist fight was SO GREAT because it really showed that both of these guys, even though they don’t hate each other, just won’t go away and they both desperately want that title – it’s pretty much the perfect way to demonstrate an “alpha-male A vs. alpha-male B” battle, right in the middle of the ring. Oh, and the crowd are going completely batshit through all of this.

Finally, after a freakin’ war, Hunter manages to get the upper hand he needs and hits the Pedigree, retaining the strap in the process. Their Wrestlemania match was a fantastic match in it’s own right, but I think that particular match was helped immensely by the crowd; this match was, for me anyway, on another level as far as the actually work in the ring went, as well as having another awesome crowd to back it up. In a word, this was epic! ****1/4

[GP_Punk]

I liked HHH-Cena as well.

Loved the early bits which were much more "indy style" in terms of story (the 'one-up'ing and countering) than the regular punch-kick stuff the WWE style dictates and they really worked off both of the guy's movesets despite not having that much of a history together.
Cena goes all out on the leg without remorse and the way he bends H's leg on one of the STFUs was really nice-looking.
STFUing him made sense on all sorts of levels, both in going after the injured leg and being the move he beat him with in the past.

My only complain is the somewhat sloppy move execution in the first stages, which holds it back from being a definite 4+1/4...
I'd say ****-****1/4

[Ownage™]

How do you guys think HHH/Cena matches up with Edge/Taker? I think it's just as good. Maybe better.

[-Mystery-]

Originally Posted by Ownage™

How do you guys think HHH/Cena matches up with Edge/Taker? I think it's just as good. Maybe better.

Better than Backlash and Judgment Day but nowhere near the Mania match and close to the One Night Stand match.

[Taroostyles]

I thought it was definitely better than the BL, JD, and ONS matches but probably not quite as good as the WM match.

[Andy3000]

I actually prefer it to the Edge/'Taker matches. I've got both the Wrestlemania and TLC matches at ****1/4 too, but HHH/Cena is just my favourite ahead of them. I'd need to re-watch the 'Mania match before deciding on which was actually better though. Either way, HHH/Cena is my second favourite WWE match this year, behind HBK/Flair.