Strummer Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 Cena enters at number 30 and wins the Royal Rumble!! I haven't been that shocked by a wrestling result in years. Kudos for the company for keeping this under wraps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 Agreed. That result explains the booking in the Orton/Hardy match, they had to put Orton over strong to bring him back into the feud with Cena as a strong champion. And to hell with Keith. I thought the JBL/Jericho match was really well done, save that botched bulldog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strummer Posted January 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 Noticed that too Al Keith's irrational hatred for JBL continues. Lack of ~!Moveset Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sek69 Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 Man, Cena is not human. How can you come back from a pec tear that fast? Granted he wasn't in there long, but coming back that soon is just crazy. At any rate, I was saying to some friends that Cena's so far beyond almost everyone on the roster right now it's scary. He's awfully close to that Rock/Hogan level of greatest performers in WWF/E history if he isn't already there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingus Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 How can you come back from a pec tear that fast? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BO1 Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 Jericho/JBL looks sickly beautiful from some handheld shots I saw of it. Too bad for a steam-loosening botch somewhere along that line, as written. Will have to watch it, see how bad is it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 Jericho/JBL looks sickly beautiful from some handheld shots I saw of it. Too bad for a steam-loosening botch somewhere along that line, as written. Will have to watch it, see how bad is it.I assume you did not see it. It occurred during Jericho's comeback, after he was bleeding heavily. He went for a bulldog, missed, and JBL sold it anyway. (Note that I'm not blaming JBL for anything, from his angle he likely did not see how bad it looked.) The crowd of course jumped on it, and since it was at a crucial juncture in the match it took the two a bit of effort to get the crowd back in. To their credit, they did. I'm curious to see what kind of camera angle they use to cover it up on dvd, ala Austin/Trump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Evans Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 Speaking of JBL/Jericho, How come no one is expressing outrage over the unprotected chairshot JBL took and the whole strangling angle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 Speaking of JBL/Jericho, How come no one is expressing outrage over the unprotected chairshot JBL took and the whole strangling angle?I think because JBL hasn't wrestled in a year and a half; it is not like he takes these kind of risks all the time. There is likely some bravado at work, especially if you believe the locker room stories of JBL. Ideally you cut risks like that down to a bare minimum, but in professional wrestling we'll never see them eliminated entirely. As for the strangling, I think some people have gotten upset, but it's not exactly a program that lends itself to sensitivity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 I watched Orton/Hardy again, liked it much better the second time around. It seemed like they were trying to recreate the vibe from Angle/Benoit five years ago, giving Orton the clean win but making Hardy's effort look strong. Especially when they showed Hardy post-match. The problem was that the crowd heat just wasn't there. Give them the same match and a hot crowd and that comes off completely different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cox Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 Well, whose fault is it that they didn't get the crowd involved? Isn't that what their job is? Plus the crowd seemed amped for other stuff all night, it just happened to be that Hardy/Orton didn't vibe for them for whatever reason. Myself, I thought while the RKO out of nowhere was great, that they didn't do enough to establish Hardy as a real threat to win the belt throughout the match, and I don't think anybody bought Hardy as a challenger in that spot, even with the big wins he had pulled off. I enjoyed the match, but it's as much Orton and Hardy's fault that the crowd wasn't hot for their match as anything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Posted January 29, 2008 Report Share Posted January 29, 2008 Well, whose fault is it that they didn't get the crowd involved? Isn't that what their job is? Plus the crowd seemed amped for other stuff all night, it just happened to be that Hardy/Orton didn't vibe for them for whatever reason. Myself, I thought while the RKO out of nowhere was great, that they didn't do enough to establish Hardy as a real threat to win the belt throughout the match, and I don't think anybody bought Hardy as a challenger in that spot, even with the big wins he had pulled off. I enjoyed the match, but it's as much Orton and Hardy's fault that the crowd wasn't hot for their match as anything else.Normally yes. It was an odd crowd though, they booed Rey Mysterio right out of the curtain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Posted January 30, 2008 Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 One thing I noticed, the production values seemed off this time around. They missed a couple of entrances (like Chuck Palumbo's), and the live shot missed Undertaker leg-dropping Snitsky through a table. It's odd as live production is one thing WWE always does right. Perhaps it was produced for HD and certain things come out wrong for us stone-age SD users? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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