Congrats to BeerPong for winning the league if those are in fact the final standings. I'm Penis Suplex. I picked Masters and Carlito. I come in second. In other news, I only guessed 5 out of the 11 matches correctly. Go me.
Pros:
- Edge and Foley were great. After the Money in the Bank match ran short and not TOO much happened in it, I thought this match was going to steal the show. It did. Edge going into the tacks shirtless and the table spot were AWESOME. Edge is Raw MVP for 2006 so far.
- HBK beats the shit out of McMahon, DX chop, then puts him through the table.
- A couple of the Money in the Bank spots, and RVD winning it.
- Undertaker diving over the top rope and casket, onto Mark Henry.
- The comic bits were funny.
- Though I don't want to admit it, the teasing near the end of the Cena/Triple H match was exciting.
Cons:
- The camera work at the beginning of the show. I know WWE likes to hold close shots so the audience is surprised when someone pops into the frame (whether it be another wrestler, or a run-in), but it hurt the MiTB match presentation pretty badly. I wanted to you know, actually SEE Shelton springboard onto the ladder.
- RVD didn't do too much in the MitB match aside from his splash off the ladder.
- Nearly everything else about the Cena/Triple H match. How it ended. Being the last match on the card.
- They only gave Angle/Orton/Mysterio TEN MINUTES. This is not enough time for a WrestleMania world title match. Especially one where the title changes hands. This was SmackDown's main event, for goodness' sake! The finish came out of nowhere.
- Midget Mysterio wins World Heavyweight Title. He used to kick ass when he wrestled guys close to his size. Now in WWE he's had to throw on 25 pounds of muscle and do lame shit like the 619. I don't like it. At least the title reign will be brief.
- Benoit/JBL didn't get enough time. Oh well, his opponent was JBL afterall.
- The entirety of the Boogeyman v. Booker T and Sharmell; and Torrie v. Candice Michelle matches. There were matches that desperately needed this time.
- Near-entirety of Taker v. Henry except for the rope dive and the tombstone.
- Mickie and Trish's (it's hard to tell with that damn move) botching of the Stratusfaction and subsequent WEAK kick-to-the-head finish ruined their match.
Overall I was satisified with the show, because I only expected three matches to be any good. Money In The Bank was pretty good, even though it was much too short. Edge v. Foley more than delivered and was worth the PPV buy to me alone. I'll remember Shawn beating the crap out of Vince and his ladder jump forever. I knew the rest of the undercard would be pretty average or flat out suck.
I had zero expectations for the world title matches. I was right to.