WWE “No WAY Out 2008″
Chavo Guerrero (c) vs. CM Punk
I am a big Chavo fan. I think he is starting to deliver on his talent both in the ring and his ability to make a match important. He would definitely be a guy who could make some people a good career with, like CM Punk, Koffi Kingston, or Elijah Burke. They had a good WWE-style match and then the finish gave it the little special oomph at the end. ***
Smackdown Elimination Chamber:
Batista vs. The Undertaker vs. Big Daddy V. vs. The Great Kahli vs. MVP vs. Finlay
Better then I expected. They let Finlay hit some big moves and I liked that. Undertaker was good but I thought he had to carry the match with Batista being immobile, plus Big Daddy V’s “lack of dexterity”, so Undertaker sold way too much for me. But wow, he was good anyway. Big Daddy V pretty much up and flopped all over this match. Otherwise I thought everyone was great and it had a good pace. Bad Khali! Bad! Oh man, why do I want Khali to be decent?! MVP was GREAT with his use of the bling! That was straight out of John Cena’s heel playbook when he was bone-thuggin’, and MVP did a big spot with the Undertaker as well. Good finish too! Hornswoggle makes his appearence in this match as well. Why was Kane not in this match, but Big Daddy V? ***1/4
Ric Flair vs. Mr. Kennedy - Win or Retire Match
They ruined the Flair thing, man… wow. Flair should have had matches like this and run through the entire roster to build to a Wrestlemania pay-off and a great finish to a great career. I liked this match although Kennedy could have done something more to shine. He was just kinda there, acted like a dick, but didn’t bust out anything spectacular. **3/4
Edge (c) vs. Rey Mysterio Jr.
Wow, one month after the crowd at MSG booed Rey Rey, even I’m getting sick of seeing this match. To bad Vickie Guerrero isn’t there, she is on a tear, for her. I don’t want to boo Rey, I just wish he’d get new matches with new opponents. A long run between Undertaker and Edge through the last 3 months would have had more heat going into Wrestlemania then Undertaker vs. Edge cold. But only Rey could take the loss after loss thatEdge has to dole out. So why give the title to the Undertaker if Edge is the best heel in the company right now? Rey couldn’t go and they went to a fast finish where there really wasn’t even a hint of Rey getting a win here. **
This leads to:
Big Show & Floyd Mayweather segment:
Big Show returns, turns heel because Rey is still on the outside and Mayweather jumps in the ring. One of the best celebrity spots ever. Shane-O-mac comes out to stop Big Show from chasing Mayweather and his posse.
Randy Orton (c) vs. John Cena
I don’t think these two can really work an excellent match. Randy’s style is monotonous and VERY WWE’ish. Cena has his bouts with unathleticism. I didn’t like the match much at all because it never clomaxed for me or got to that one point where I thought it was any good at all. The ending was even worse. **3/4
Elimination Chamber for RAW: Triple H vs. HBK vs. Jeff Hardy vs. Umaga vs. JBL vs. Chris Jericho
Worse then I expected. The SD! match was a bit better. HBK bled out of nowhere, enough so that they showed an clip of jericho and HBK slamming into each other because it made no sense for the guy to have a busted head at that point. Some decent stuff from Umaga who made the match much better. Everyone contributed, even JBL… AFTER getting his ass eliminated. But I was hoping this would be Jeff Hardy’s night and it wasn’t. No big cage spots either. ***
