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The 2011 MOTYC Thread

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#190 ·
World Heavyweight Championship Elimination Chamber Match
Edge(c) vs. Rey Mysterio vs. Kane vs. Drew McIntyre vs. Wade Barrett vs. Big Show - ****
Far exceeded my expectations. Excellent match that really made everyone look strong except Barrett, but who even likes him anyway? The finishing stretch was great, but I feel like people will overrate this based on that sequence, which was really just the same moves over and over. Regardless, match of the night by far. Currently WWE's MOTY.
 
#191 ·
Whatever, I thought Barrett looked like a bad ass. The only guy who I wasn't more impressed with afterward was Big Show.

Agree that the ending was way too finisher-and-kickout heavy though. Felt like an indy match since it hadn't earned the weight of all those kickouts.
 
#193 · (Edited)
A 4-star match with Wade Barrett, Drew McIntyre, Big Show and Kane? Won't believe it unless I see it with my own eyes...

OK, I've seen it now.
Wade Barrett... hit a nice pumphandle slam on Mysterio. Other than that, jobbed perfectly to Big Show - like a real jobber. Good job, except he's supposed to look like a main eventer. Big Show... did what he can. Chop-chop-chop-punch-pin on Barrett, then took finisher after finisher from everybody else - that way he both looked strong and made it easy to accept his early elimination. Drew McIntyre... sucks. This guy is boring as fuck. None of his offense was memorable. Kane... was awesome. Looked really dominant, like he should. The multiple-man match format hides his weaknesses rather well. One complaint, though. His elimination wasn't satisfying at all. Edge's spear is unimpressive enough on it's own AND Kane held Rey Mysterio as a shield. This shouldn't have kept Kane down for a 3-count. Rey Mysterio... star of the match. Everything he does, he does well. Need to vary his offense, though. Head scissors - 619 - springboard splash - repeat. These 3 moves are good, but don't really cut it. Edge... looked good. Booked like a champion, probably because he is. Should use moves besides spear, though. All in all, the match was enjoyable. The two best performers started and closed it, the pacing was good, it didn't feel too long.
***1/2
 
#195 ·
Edge vs Rey Mysterio vs Kane vs Wade Barrett vs Drew McIntyre vs Big Show - Elimination Chamber Match - World Heavyweight Championship - Elimination Chamber 2011
Really suprised at how good this was as it looked quite weak on paper but they managed to make a really exciting match out of it. Match was sorta just chugging along until Drew came in and starting ripping shit up. His rampage of destruction was sooo good. The Barrett and Rey pod spots were awesome too. Show being the suprise entrant was underwhelming but at least I knew it was gonna be a let down of sorts. Show was fine in the match though and the Show/Barrett segment with Show getting Barrett on his own at last was great. Kane getting the monster push rather than Drew or Barrett seemed a massive waste as Kane wont benefit from it one bit. The spear spot to eliminate Kane was nice. The Edge/Rey climax wasn't as good as 09 but it was still really good. The 1st spear kickout was an awesome near fall because it's still a credible finisher somehow. 619 kickout didn't have the same effect as it was obvious after the spear kickout but the final spear looked great and compensated perfectly for the other spear not being enough. Edge looked good without awful booking making him look stupid and Rey looked better than he has in a while. Barrett and Show were good, Kane was meh and Drew was fantastic. Think he might be my favourite guy atm. Was thinking during the match it'd be awesome for him to get a main event push and face guys like Edge, Rey & Taker this year on PPV but then I remembered Ziggler and went back to wanting him on Superstars against guys like Masters, Tatsu, Smith and Goldust. Tons of great spots, all 3 pod spots were awesome and better than anything in the Raw Chamber. WWE MOTY so far. The aftermath with Christian and Del Rio was awesome. Christian going to town on Del Rio was great. Wasn't a fan of the ring crew doing the chamber back up during all of this though but whatever. Wasn't anywhere near as bad as them showing a replay whilst Edge speared Del Rio. I mean everyone knew that spot was coming but the guy in the truck it seemed. I'd be much more interested in a 3 way with Christian than just Edge sv Del Rio. It's not gonna main event and they seem to like doing a big singles main event match and then a 3 way in recent years so it seems likely to happen.


****
 
#199 ·
WWE - Elimination Chamber
The SmackDown Elimination Chamber - ****1/4

Chikara - Chaos in the Sea of Lost Souls
Eddie Kingston vs. El Generico - ****
QuackenSaw & The Colony vs. The Bruderschaft - ***3/4
 
#200 ·
WWE - Elimination Chamber smackdown a ****+ match? ? ??!?! Really? Was it the fact that Kane suddenly forget his recent feud with Edge and barely focus his atacks on him, or the fact that Barrett can barely move or the fact that Mysterio did the same 5 spots he has been doing for years but with slower pace every year? The match was good, but ***1/2 mark is more suitable!
 
#201 ·
WWE Elimination Chamber

SD! Chamber: ****1/4
Raw Chamber: Barely ****

I'll echo the awesomeness of McIntyre in the chamber. Edge/Mysterio were the right guys to go the distance as they have good chemistry. Good from start to finish -- and for a 30+ minute match, that's quite the feat.

The Raw chamber wasn't quite as good but between Punk's awesomeness and Morrison's stunts, it was still a quality match.

WWE's best PPV since Money in the Bank.
 
#203 ·
You're in the vast minority for not liking it.
I guess you're just used to the ADD spotfests on the indy circuit. Therefore you must not understand wrestling psychology which makes you an idiot. /sarcasm

See how easy it is to draw wild conclusions? I wasn't confusing length for quality. It was a good match with good pacing.

I can save us some time though. We're not going to change each others opinions.
 
#205 ·
I would give the Raw chamber ***3/4 and the SD one maybe **. Apart from McIntyre, there was not a worthwhile thing in the SD match.

What really bothers me is that a lot of the same people who call indy matches overrated spotfests and then talk about how good matches like that EC are when in reality the SD EC is just a much less impressive spotfest and people confuse slower pace for psychology. I rarely agree with Crabtree any more, but he put it best, that match was just a sequence of events with little to no story tying anything together. I'm trying to come up with an adjective to describe it other than "bad" but I just can't do it. The match was bad.

The Raw EC actually made sense with the characters and the spots used, and Morrison's selling was magnificent. Unfortunately, Orton can't fucking wrestle and Cena is still Cena.

Also, Kofi-Del Rio was pretty damn good. I think I'm getting back into WWE a bit.
 
#207 ·
SmackDown Chamber - Elimination Chamber 2/20/11
WWE match of the year so far. Enjoyed it from start to finish and everybody brought something to the match. Rey was really good as usual, Edge gave us his best performance in a long time, Kane's punches were dope, McIntyre's aggression was arguably the highlight of the whole thing, and the Show/Barrett confrontation was a worthy addition. The pod spots were sick too. Awesome stuff. Around the same level of the '09 chambers.
 
#208 ·
Didn't like the Smackdown Elimination Chamber to much.

I felt like this one was just going through the motions. Spot, after spot (spots that I've all seen many a time). I didn't feel any flair, intensity or innovation. I think it was around when everyone was hitting Big Show with their finishers is when I realized how uninspiring the match was. The best part of the match was when Edge and Rey were left, but it wasn't as good as the EC in 2009 where they did the same thing.

The RAW chamber I thought was a lot better. More impressive visually, better stunts and Morrison sold like a champ. The triple threat final with CM Punk, Cena and Morrison was very engaging and enticing. The booking with CM Punk being tropped in the pod was cute, and Sheamus running into the pot to beat down Cena was a nice surprise (also made sense when he tried it against R-Truth and paid the price).

Overall, I just thought the RAW one had more highlights. I really don't remember much from the Smackdown one other than Wade Barret getting tossed through glass. I doubt that by the end of the year, anyone will be remembering these matches.
 
#210 ·
SD EC ****
 
#212 ·
HOLY CRAP!!!!!!!

KAZ VS. MINORU WAS FUCKING UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!!

Puro MOTY so far EASILY!!!!

an absolute masterpiece of a professional wrestling match. Maybe my favourite Minoru Tanaka match ever, and he is one of my ALL TIME FAVOURITE WRESTLERS, so that says alot coming from me. As for Kaz this was right up there with his 2006 classic with Kondo.

God this was great. They were so fluid in everything they did, the nearfalls were nuts, the strikes were all perfectly timed and the finish was just incredibly dramatic.

I wanna watch this match again RIGHT NOW!

****3/4
 
#216 ·
WWE Elimination Chamber
Edge vs. Rey Mysterio vs. Kane vs. Wade Barrett vs. Drew McIntyre vs. Big Show - Elimination Chamber Match - ****1/4
 
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