They kind of lost it in the middle. Bad call in having Punk call the match in my opinion. It was really good and definitely top 20 if not top ten, but for what it could have been Punk/Bryan disappointed me.
Great PPV through and through though. Main event was tremendous, hilarious funtimez despite the retardicity of placing it last.
What an awesome match. Very glad the crowd was into this match all the way with dualing "CM Punk -- Daniel Bryan" chants, YES! chants and even a "This is awesome" chant.
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Punk/Bryan could easily top it if they let them go all out and have a classic. Probably would have been with a hotter finish. Next PPV match will probably be a Cage match so I don't see it happening there. Hopefully they get a 3rd match at MITB and they give them all the freedom in the world.
Yeah I can see them having a trilogy of matches on PPV now, especially judging by the end of this one. I hope they don't have them in a cage match, it could be good, but I would rather see them straight up wrestle 3 times like Punk/Cena did last summer but with one extra match.
I don't get why someone would use the finish as a reason to not give the match 5 stars. I mean I understand why to some it's not a 5 star match, but I think the finish was perfect. It was better than:
-A clean Punk win (would've ended the feud with Bryan/made it pointless to continue)
-A clean Bryan win (Would've been incredibly odd and the wrong move)
-A DQ end (A weaker attempt to continue the feud than what we got)
-A count out end (see above)
I wonder what people who didn't like the ending were expecting? I suppose one other thing they could've done logically is have the ref get knocked out, Bryan has Punk beat (by some cheap measure like hitting him with the belt), and ends up losing with the GTS. But honestly that has happened a lot more than what we saw, and some of the best matches of all time don't end with someone hitting their finisher. The only other times I can think of where we had an ending that was similar to what we saw was the Edge/Benoit tap out/pin, and the Taker/Angle tap out/pin (the one time Taker tapped out). It was a fresh, cool thing to do and I think the sequence leading into the Yes Lock was excellent.
If they go the submission match route next PPV then the ending to the match should be one of the last things to use as a reason to take the match down a notch.
But out of curiosity, I ask again, what did people who didn't like the ending want?
Felt too sudden for me. With a match as great as it was I was left wanting a lot more from the finish. It was a good finish but I wanted a great finishing stretch and not a cute sudden one.
Fuck it, I am giving Bryan/Punk the big *****, even the smallest things in that match made it that much more epic.
Also, the Fatal 4 Way gets **** from me, and the tag title match and Rhodes/Christian gets honorable mentions, not MOTYC stuff, but worth a watch. For a PPV people were meh about besides Bryan/Punk, this really delivered as a good show.
My God I haven't looked foward to watch a match as much as Bryan/Punk in ages. I forgot that Over The Limit was even on. Sounds like a very hit and miss show. lol at the main event .
I'm comfortable giving Bryan/Punk ****1/2 - ****3/4. I think the finishing sequence, or lack thereof, was what really prevented it from getting the full five. Everything else was fantastic as it comes.
I'm comfortable giving Bryan/Punk ****1/2 - ****3/4. I think the finishing sequence, or lack thereof, was what really prevented it from getting the full five. Everything else was fantastic as it comes.
I don't get why someone would use the finish as a reason to not give the match 5 stars. I mean I understand why to some it's not a 5 star match, but I think the finish was perfect. It was better than:
-A clean Punk win (would've ended the feud with Bryan/made it pointless to continue)
-A clean Bryan win (Would've been incredibly odd and the wrong move)
-A DQ end (A weaker attempt to continue the feud than what we got)
-A count out end (see above)
I wonder what people who didn't like the ending were expecting? I suppose one other thing they could've done logically is have the ref get knocked out, Bryan has Punk beat (by some cheap measure like hitting him with the belt), and ends up losing with the GTS. But honestly that has happened a lot more than what we saw, and some of the best matches of all time don't end with someone hitting their finisher. The only other times I can think of where we had an ending that was similar to what we saw was the Edge/Benoit tap out/pin, and the Taker/Angle tap out/pin (the one time Taker tapped out). It was a fresh, cool thing to do and I think the sequence leading into the Yes Lock was excellent.
If they go the submission match route next PPV then the ending to the match should be one of the last things to use as a reason to take the match down a notch.
But out of curiosity, I ask again, what did people who didn't like the ending want?
I liked the ending. The match was so much about them being evenly matched on strikes, bodypart-work and even highspots that they wound up returning to technique over and over. Eventually, Punk just won because he was able to take one little advantage, and even then tapped out a second later. A highly technical, evenly-paced and exhausting match ending in a highly technical and evenhanded way like that seemed fine to me. Certainly they pulled it off in execution.
I think some people might have wanted a decisive victory, like Punk finally nailing a G2S and just pinning him. I didn't need that, and am ecstatic that Bryan is probably returning for a rematch after this.
The end did make Bryan look really strong, stronger than Punk even which was awesome and really adds that 'If Bryan is that little bit more careful, he can beat Punk' vibe to the next match. I loved Punk getting out of the ring really quickly instead of celebrating like he usually does, intentional or not but it felt like Punk knew he was beaten and just wanted to get the fuck out of there.
Also, they should really let Bryan start using 'I have til 5'.
Yeah it wasn't a good/well structured match at all. It felt more like a huge angle than a match. The story telling was good in parts but in others it was just frustrating to watch.
Don't do ratings, but if I had to for HHH/Taker and Bryan/Punk I'd have them both at about 4 1/2 for completely different reasons obviously.
I went to access and saw Dean Ambrose v Seth Rollins twice, both completely different matches, and both we're in the region of 3 3/4 or 4. Dunno if they're on youtube anywhere or something.
Just finished watching Naito/Okada. If this match would of went on like two more minutes, I would say ***** and my MOTY, but since it did not, ****3/4 and #3 on my MOTY list. Still top notch match though.
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