I have not made time to watch the PPV entirely, I was just looking forward to Macho Mandow and Axelmania(please ignore the *South Park* guy playing World of Warcraft and using his spare time to bitch about wrestling, you guys have a comedy angle that for once doesn't bore or insult one's intelligence), but I saw the 1st 2 matches.
I HATE MELTZER! I don't "hate" him, hate him, but he pisses me off with his overrating of puroseus and his ability to brainwash a generation of wrestling marks who can't make up their own minds. How the hell does he give Tanahashi and Okada 5 stars in every single one of their big matches, but give Sheamus and Ziggler only 3 1/4 stars? First, the two 5 star matches I saw from Tanahashi and Okada were good, but not 5 star good, one was 4 1/2 at best and the other no more than 4 stars, but to be fair, I don't know the storyline so, that does count for something. Now Sheamus and Ziggler do not have the best storyline, but it's decent enough considering their is no title or immediate contendership involved. Yet in the ring, Sheamus is smoother than he's ever been and Ziggler's timing has always been impeccable. These two cut an incredible pace for about 20 minutes that would put most ROH stars, indy darlings, X division and cruiserweights to shame. There was nothing wrong with that match... nothing. But because I understand the ratings process, story was lacking, but it's a 4 star match at least. It was also slightly better than the tag match which was also awesome. WWE is stepping it up, let's hope this continue. I will share my opinions on the rest of the event, if I ever get to watching it. I literally only cared for the Ziggler vs Sheamus match, I still haven't seen theirs in the ppv before, but I will now.
PS: I've thought about it and sometimes I wonder if Meltzer owns equity in NJPW and UFC because of how he constantly buries american wrestling next to these two brands and products. Meltzer doesn't even hype up ROH maybe because he knows WWE is the bread and butter for his newsletter. He destroys TNA all the time, and is partially responsible for them going out of business(People hang on to Dave's every word). It just doesn't make sense. I've looked up some of these names and matches from Japan, and many just don't hold up. I've chosen not to name any more in order to not incur the wrath of the internet. Point is... Ambrose vs Rollins(and they haven't even had a truly great match yet) over Tanahashi vs Okada. I also wonder if he gives Reigns so many charity points because he knows fans hate him and wants WWE's stock to drop... I'm just sayin... i mean theorizing.