GOTNW Posted December 29, 2016 Report Share Posted December 29, 2016 Common themes along these Cena metamodernistic classics: using a fire extinguisher and the Big Show corner chop. I'm not really sure what to think of the match. It's definitely worthy of being inducted in the list of meme matches, but it felt like a celebration of crappy overproduced wrestling more than anything, and as good as he has been in so many matches and promos this stuff does serve as a sort of reality check that a lot of his work has also just been not good. In terms of what made this work I would easily rank Ace's selling and acting (throwing himself out of the ring after the Airplane Spin was brilliant) and Michael Cole's enthusiastic biased commentary over the entirery of Cena's work. I did find the STF "torture" spots amusing, lord knows being trapped in Cena's loose STF is hardly the most terrifying thing that could happen to a man. I still maintain getting upset over stuff like this is naive but I am in no rush to seek out more of its kind now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goc Posted December 29, 2016 Report Share Posted December 29, 2016 I think people would have been less upset by this if they hadn't made it the main event. And really there was no good reason for this to be the main event over the title match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeCampbell Posted January 14, 2017 Report Share Posted January 14, 2017 I just remember Michael Cole on commentary saying that Big Johnny looked much better on those videos that he'd watched, and my buddies and I totally cracking up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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