Brock Lesnar is Back! Here Comes The Pain!

Ok, I know I said that I wasn’t going to write anymore blogs till around SummerSlam and that I was going to take a break but when something as big as this happens I can’t just sit and keep my mouth shut! BROCK LESNAR IS BACK IN WWE!!!!

Last night saw an amazing Raw that could even rival Sundays Mania. The crowd was on fire, being pro Daniel Bryan throughout, chanting “Yes” like it’s the new “Woo” or the new “What”. As well as supporting top Face and Heels all-night.

The event started strong with The Rock, thanking the fans and vowing that he will come back, and he will one day walk down the ramp, the WWE Champion.

If that is to happen he will have to do a full stint in the WWE not just a match, so will this for SummerSlam or later for maybe Survivor Series?

At the end of the show John Cena came to address the crowd about his lost and he did it typical John Cena fashion, trying to be the bigger man and wanting to congratulate Rock face to face.

The crowd didn’t like his attitude (other than the John Cena fans), and booed him. I agree with those who booed, we want him to get angry to get rough and become Heel instead of the same old gimmick over and over.

John Cena called on The Rock but the crowd were chanting, “We want Lesnar!” I didn’t think it was going to happen, I knew Lesanr was in Miami but never thought he was going to turn up.

It was when WWE tweeted that Lesnar just walked in the building that I moved to the end of my sofa.

Just as Cena introduces the Rock to come back out, Lesnar’s music plays and Brock appeared at the top of the ramp and I flew from my seat.

He came to the ring and offered his hand but then picked Cena up and laid an emphatic F5 on Cena closing the show.

The rest of the show had great matches; Santino defends his US Title in a Triple Threat against Dolph and Swagger and walked out victorious. He gets some defence from the Funkasaurus who gets strong support from the crowd.

The new superstar, known as Lord Tensai came next. He is a familiar face to us older fans as he was better known to us as Albert or A-Train.

He has a reasonable debut squashing Alex Riley.

CM Punk defends the WWE Title in a well fought match against Mark Henry.

Henry won but by count out allowing CM Punk to retain. Throughout the match the strong crowd made good use of there “Yes” chant at favoured moments and chanting “No” at bad moments.

After the match Jericho come from the crowd and poured Jack Daniels over Punks face, he then went to stomp on him and slipped and fell in the puddle he had just created. #FAIL. He then goes and gets another bottle to smash over Punks head but the bottle (which was rigged) exploded before Jericho even got close to Punks head.

Sheamus came to the ring to the mixed reaction to the crowd as more boo’s than cheers were heard.

Del Rio also made a return, promoting with Sheamus, and the smart crowd changed their chant from “Yes” to “Si”.

Daniel Bryan chants went over the top of Del Rio as he challenges Sheamus for the World Title.

Del Rio’s mic cuts out and as he gets another one he turns into the Boot of the Irishman.

Although the crowd were strong for D Bryan, Bryan never made a showing for the crowd. He was only shown back stage watching the Sheamus promo.

Cody Rhodes loses to Kofi due to a Big Show distraction.

Eve came out and addressed the crowd about manipulating Zack Ryder.

A match between Ryder and Miz followed in a good contest that saw Miz win in his usual fashion being the last match before the big finish of this amazing show.

I am really looking forward to seeing what happens now with Brock back from the UFC.

Questions for you.

How amazing was it to see Brock back?

Do you remember Albert?

What do you think Brock wants?

Matty.D signing off.

Wrestlemania Ends an Era.

Well last night was the biggest night of the year for Wrestling fans across the globe in what was one of the most hyped Wrestlemanias in history.

Unfortunately it didn’t live up to expectations as it was one of the most poorly booked Wrestlemania’s ever, and it all started with the opening match being the World Title contest between Daniel Bryan and Sheamus.

Not only was this match first but it also only lasted 18 seconds. Bryan kissed AJ for good luck, turned and got a face full of Sheamus boot followed by the 1-2-3. We was not happy, epically as Tommy was super excited for the match and he was most looking forward to that contest, to then basically be slapped in the face. It wasn’t a good start and disappointed many across the world.

It did line up a joke for the rest of the night of what lasts longer than Bryans match, Daniels Entrance lasted longer than his match. The slim jim promo lasted longer than Bryans match. The gags were endless.

Things didn’t improve much from there as the opening hour was slow and unexciting.

A mediocre match between Kane and Randy with Kane winning after a top rope Choke Slam, Big Show then got his Wrestlemania moment by beating Cody Rhodes for the Intercontinental Title in a less than brilliant contest and to end the hour we had the Divas tag team match. A lot of this time was filled with overly long promo videos miss placed in entrances and sponsor ads that just got in the way.

It was at the 1 hour mark when we were shocked to have Triple H vs. Undertaker next. This was still early on the card and as shown as being a co main event why is it happing at the 1 hour mark of a 4 hour show? It really makes you question what a Main Event is in the WWE.

Luckily though this match was a breath of fresh air although it wasn’t the end of an era we were hoping for, but sill showed great storytelling and emotion throughout. Best match of the night by far and a truly epic confrontation.

It started slow and use of the Cell was minimal but did add a nice flavour to the match.

It went back and forth with the Steel steps coming into play which saw Taker land across after an amazing spine buster. There was blood on Triple H’s head but this was not a planned bleeding but WWE didn’t really have an issue with showing it which was a good thing.

It turned into a beating of sorts though once Trips got hold of chair and went to town on the back of the bald Undertaker. Trips hit the man so hard so many times he left cringe worthy welts and bruises on Takers back.

Triple H kept asking Shawn the guest Ref to end it as Taker kept kicking out of pins. Undertaker asked Shawn not to end it.

Sledge Hammer followed the chair as the beating continued but Shawn’s interference saved Taker from a hammer blow to the head.

The match came close to ending when Shawn was going to just call for the bell but it didn’t happen.

To stop Shawn calling for the bell Taker locked in Hells Gate on Shawn incapacitating him and continuing the match.

Trips saved Shawn with a Sledge to Takers head. Things then turned as Taker locked in Hells Gate on Trips and it looked like an image of last year.

With Shawn still out nothing could be done as another official enters the cell.

A Choke Slam followed but Trips kicks out of the pin. Taker, in anger, then Choke Slams the replacement Ref.

Sweet Chin Music to Taker followed by the Pedigree and it looked like it was all over for the Deadman but he shocked the world and still kicked out.

A chant of “this is awesome” filled the Stadium, as the men come back to life and things continue.

Triple H removes Shawn from the ring in anger and we get some Vintage Taker, ending it on a Tombstone. Shawn slides back in and counts but once again kick out at 2!

Things slow again as the men turn things into a boxing match exchanging blows and falling into a clinch like position.

Pedigree! 2 count. Shock again; edge of your seat is the location of most people watching at this point.

It was now Takers turn with the Steel Chair as he gets revenge for the shots he received earlier, smacking Trips across the back just as hard, if not harder, than when Trips hit him.

Things get tough for Trips as he struggles to stand, leaning against the corner turnbuckle. He tells Taker to “Suck it” and then receives a Sledge Shot to the head, followed by the Tombstone that did end the match.

Emotion and respect was shown as the Undertaker struggled to stand, Shawn offers his hand and brings Taker to his feet and holds his arm up in Victory to the cheers and applause of the crowd.

Shawn returns to Trips still lying on the mat as Taker poses sending off fireworks and the 20 – 0 is shown to the purple lit crowd.

Shawn and Taker together pull Triple H to his feet and carry him together away from the ring in strong show of respect, friendship, and the end of an amazing Generation of superstars.

This should have been the last match, and it’s a giant disrespect to the 3 men in my opinion putting them so early in the card. But either way still a brilliant match.

Next was a quick look at the Hall of Fame group with an amazing ovation for the Rated R Superstar, Edge.

We did notice how ever that Ric Flair, never got a close up, or much of a showing in the Hall of Fame promo video most probably due to his current employer being TNA.

The sillier match of the night, Team Teddy vs. Team Johnny came next. It was your typical 6 aside Tag match with only a couple special moments. One big highlight being when the match broke down and Kofi, Truth and Ryder all jumped over the top rope to 3 or 4 members of Team Johnny who they had just thrown out.

It came to an end with Ryder going for the Broskie Boot on Miz but as he pumped the crowd Eve stepped in and did it with him. This caused the Ref to ignore the action and remove Eve along with the help of Ryder whose back is now turned. Miz pounced with a Skull Crushing Finale and took the win placing Johnny as GM of Raw and SmackDown. A result which I believe a lot of people should have seen coming.

Next was the WWE Championship match which had the added stipulation that if Punk gets disqualified he loses the Championship.

This added an interesting aspect to the match as Jericho continued to make remarks about Punks family to hopefully fuel Punks anger and force him to get DQ’d.

The match was good and saw a number of Walls of Jericho’s and Anaconda Vice’s, back and forth between the two best in the world.

It came to an end with an Anaconda Vice, and the two men collapse in the ring after Jericho tapped.

If you had a sharp eye you would have seen Jericho rustle Punks hair, most probably a way of saying well done after the matches’ conclusion.

After that match we lead into a pathetic, unneeded promo from the Funkasaurus Brodus Clay, and a load of women dressed as his “momma”.

Finally it was time for the Main event, the match we had all been waiting for, The Rock vs. John Cena.

Intros included Machine Gun Kelly for John Cena and Flo Rider for The Rock in special performances for the entrances.

The two men stood in the ring as they are announced followed by a stare down, before the bell rang and it kicked off.

Unfortunately the match was slow and didn’t have the spark we expected. In comparison to other great matches such as, Rock vs. Stone Cold (WMXIX, WMXV), Kurt Angle vs. Brock Lesnar (WMXIX) as well as many others it just didn’t seem to live up to it.

It was all hype no pizzazz, and just didn’t quite have what it takes to go down as “great” and the year build seemed too much for what we got.

All that being said it was still Rock vs. Cena, once in a lifetime (apparently), and it was a sight to see.

It contained a lot of old school style moves, long headlocks, arm drags and DDTs as well as a classic pass out moment with the Ref lifting the hand of Rock to check for consciousness during the STF for Rocks hand to stay up at the third drop.

The match was filled with Attitude Adjustments, Rock Bottoms, Sharp Shooters and the Peoples elbow and no doubt these guys get A+ for effort. B+ for execution.

It was very back and forth and had close calls but it all came to an end as Cena went for his own version of the Peoples Elbow to be Rock Bottomed mid-way through it ending it with a pin.

Rock celebrates as the show comes to close marking the end of the show, and an era.

Overall this event was poor, but if you strip away the issues we are left with a great event.

The Hell in Cell wasn’t like the Cell’s of the old days, and it didn’t compare to WM25 Shawn vs. Taker. But it was still a great contest.

Rock vs. Cena a lot of hype that didn’t come through but still a good match to see.

Overall I give this Werstlermania, 3 out 5.

Questions for you.

Good or bad Wrestlemania?

What was your favourite moment?

Do you agree that it was poorly booked?

Now I am going to be taking a break for a few months from blogging and try and focus on other things.

I will not be gone for good though, I will most probably return on the road to SummerSlam!

Writing this blog took longer than Bryans match.

Matty.D signing off!

Wrestlemania XXVIII this Sunday!

Its Wrestlemania week and we are only days away from the biggest event of the year for wrestling fans across the world.

This could possibly be the biggest Wrestlemania since Wrestlemania X8 when The Rock went against Hulk Hogan, or Wrestlemania XIX with Brock Lesnar vs. Kurt Angle.

This year has two huge matches headlining it and a great set of matches to support them.

We are in for an epic 4 hour spectacular, so let’s have a look at the matches on the card for this Sunday.

Kane vs. Randy Orton

After the flop story between Kane and John Cena, Kane set his sights on a new target, The Viper Randy Orton. The reason behind this is due to one of Kane’s final matches before he put his mask back on.

Back when Kane was slowly turning more “human” and after losing to Orton in a street fight last summer, Kane shook Randy’s hand in a show of respect. Kane doesn’t like that side of him and his show of weakness and is now determined to prove a point and get vengeance by beating Orton at Wrestlemania.

Not the most exciting match on the card and the build-up hasn’t been spectacular but it’s a chance to see Randy Orton in action, Kane on the other hand will need to step up his game or his side of things could flop like his last storyline.

Intercontinental Championship

Cody Rhodes vs. Big Show

Over recent weeks Cody has put a spotlight on Big Shows past Wrestlemania losses. Using old footage Cody showed clips of Big Shows matches from past Mania’s. His loss to Floyd Mayweather (WMXXIV) and Akebono (WM21) was shown as well as a clip of him not even at the event for WMX8.

The story pushes Show down further and further and it was obvious where it was going. In a later week Show vs. Cody was booked for a championship match at Mania, knowing that he would be facing the giant didn’t stop Cody from mocking the big man as he continues to ridicule him.

I like Big Show but I think he could be better and personally I prefer Cody as a Champ than Show. That being said though it would be really mean and a big low blow to have Big Show lose again at Mania. After having his past losses spotlighted and now holding the record for shortest World Title reign in history it would just be over doing it having him lose again. He might as well give up now if that’s the direction they are sending him down.

Kelly Kelly & Maria Menounos vs. Eve & Beth Phoenix

A waste of a Divas match. Pointless. Unneeded. This will be the toilet break.

Originally the divas match was meant to be Beth vs. Kharma but most probably due to her new baby Kharma will not be performing at Mania. This tag match is a backup.

The story behind it is Maria Menounos, host of NBC’s The Extras, had been interviewing Kelly. Eve and Beth became jealous from this and the two divas turned up on the Extras to confront Maria and Kelly and that’s when the challenge was made.

Maria is no stranger to the ring as she performed at Tribute to the Troops and scored the pin on current Divas Champ Beth. But she is no pro either, this could have been a lot better match if Natalya was involved in Maria’s place and had the right back story to support it.

Team Teddy vs. Team Johnny

Over the past weeks Teddy Long GM of SmackDown and John Laurinaitis Interim GM of Raw have been fighting over full control of both Raw and SmackDown. The board of Directors have decided that there will be just one GM for both shows.

To decide this Teddy and Johnny spent the last few weeks putting together a 6 man team each for a 12 man tag match at Mania that will decide total control.

Team Captains are David Otunga for Johnny and current US Champ Santino Marella for Teddy.

Johnny quickly acquired Jack Swagger and Dolph Ziggler which obviously came with Vicki Guerrero. In response Teddy took R-Truth and Kofi Kingston.

Johnny then took on the big man Mark Henry and in response Teddy took The Great Khali.

Christian also joined Team Johnny but due to an attack from CM Punk he was injured on last night’s Raw.  He was quickly replaced by Drew McIntyre.

Zack Ryder was recruited to team Teddy as well as mascot Hornswoggle.

Lastly there was the Miz who was trying to prove why he should be involved in this match but kept coming up with losses that was not helping his case, but last night he was added to Team Johnny once he saved him from a pending Cobra strike.

Teddy just needed one more member by this point, and after a match between Mark Henry and Khali last night, Teddy ended up in the firing line of a Worlds Strongest Slam. Booker T jumped from the announcers table and laid out Mark with a scissor kick to the back of the head. Teddy then added Booker as the last man on the team.

So to Sum up-

Team Johnny – (C) David Otunga, Jack Swagger, Dolph Ziggler, Mark Henry, Drew McIntyre and The Miz

Team Teddy – (C) Santino Marella, Kofi Kingston, R-Truth, The Great Khali, Zack Ryder and Booker T

This match might be a bit silly in places but is going to line up a big change in storylines, we could see the longest GM to ever be on WWE Teddy Long disappear, or we could lose Johnny back to the WWE offices where he belongs leaving us with one man as the onscreen GM of both shows.

My money is on Johnny winning but I will be supporting Team Teddy.

World Heavyweight Championship

Daniel Bryan vs. Sheamus

This was a match we was meant to have last year at Wrestlemania XXVII but it was bumped to a dark match and then removed all together.

This year though we are getting it and there is a bigger prize in the middle.

D Bryan won the World Title off Big Show late last year by cashing in his Money in the Bank briefcase and handing Show the record of Shortest World Title Reign.

From that point onwards Bryan went on a slow decline into a Heel character that he has bought forward very well.

Early this year Sheamus won the Royal Rumble allowing him a title match at Mania. At the time he had a choice between Bryan and CM Punk but wouldn’t revile his choice till Elimination Chamber but it was obvious who he would go for. At the Chamber event Sheamus came to the ring at the end of the Smackdown match and laid out its winner D Bryan signalling what title he will be going for at Mania.

The rivalry has continued to heat up and we should be in for a good match, but that being said there is a wild card in play.

Bryan has got an on screen girlfriend, AJ, who he is using to his advantage as well as pushing his Heel character more by playing an overly pushy and bossy boyfriend belittling his girlfriend AJ. AJ continues to play the innocent one, even with the way he treats her saying she still “loves” him.

Yes this is very soap opera like story, but it could put an interesting aspect to the Title match this Sunday.

WWE Championship

CM Punk vs. Chris Jericho

This match has been building ever since Jericho returned to WWE in what could only be one of the biggest disappointments in WWE history. The end of the world as we know it never came, there was no big revile or change and his cryptic messages lead to nothing but his return.

In the end Jericho won a number one contender Battle Royal after Elimination Chamber lining up the match we knew was coming.

A feud was already high before this point but as soon as the match was booked it was spot lighted.

To add extra heat to the match Jericho recently started talking about Punks parents and sister’s apparent problems, such as the fact that his dad was a drunk.

These verbal attacks lead to Punk breaking PG and using the word shit 3 times. Even though he swore it was muted for us at home. Last night on Raw after another verbal attack from Jericho, Punk locked Christian in the Cobra Clutch in rage and this is what sparked the apparent injury mentioned earlier.

This should put some serious heat on the match and it has done what Jericho is best at doing and that is being hated.

We should have a strong Punk crowd at Mania but there will still be Jericho support out there to.

Hell in a Cell End of an Era

Undertaker vs. Triple H guest Ref. Shawn Michaels

Since Mania last year we have been wondering when Undertaker would be coming back and who he would face and most likely be his last Wrestlemania opponent. They decided to go with Triple H in what is looking to be the most exciting match of the Undertaker streak.

This year the match has been stuck in a Hell in a Cell, a place which Taker and Trips are no strangers two. It’s their home away from home as they have been in the most Hell in Cell matches out of all superstars. In fact up until the first Hell in a Cell PPV there hadn’t been a Cell match that didn’t involve one of these men in one way or another.

Not only is it in a Cell, but the referee will be the legend Shawn Michaels, best friend to Trips and a loser to Undertakers streak two years running. He holds the fate of the streak and an era in his hands.

Over the past month we have had a lot of confrontation that is really heating up the match and emphasising the end of an era headline.

But a big question is what era is ending? Is it the end of an era because these 3 men are the last of the old days, they were here before the PG era, the Invasion era, and the Attitude era.

Or is it the end of PG or something along them lines? As you may have noticed WWE have been pushing boundaries, harsher language as mentioned earlier and matches that are rougher as well as more close edged stories, it does look like they are spacing themselves from the PG rating.

Speculation predicts that this match will be like the old days and that there will be blood. Another clue of that is in the promo videos for the match. Usually if they show old footage with blood they would black and white the shot, or cut it out of the shot altogether, but this time it is shown quite clearly.

The whole thing is exciting and I’m looking forward to seeing these two legends but heads for what should be the final time.

Also on top of all this Undertaker still has not reviled his new hairdo, or should I say lack of hair, nor has he reviled a new look.

What waits at the end of the line for these men?

John Cena vs. The Rock

The biggest match ever in WWE, the biggest name of the past vs. the biggest name of today, The Rock vs. John Cena.

This is a match that has been a year in the making and it is finally just days away. The real build for it has been within the past month but hasn’t sat right some people.

To avoid the two fighting each other it’s been week after week of promos, some have been bad, some good. But it has got quite samey and boring and we wanted something different to happen, regardless though it hasn’t taken away from the match at all, the two names alone is the selling point.

One promo that sticks in peoples mind though was old school Cena. One week Cena came out to classic world life music and dressed in his classic gear and performed a John Cena rap.

Later in the show The Rock performed a “Rock” Concert, reminiscent of the days around Wrestlemania XIX when he used to play the guitar a lot.

His promo didn’t quite wow us like Cenas but was still good to see some old school Rock all the same.

Both these promos made us think about how it isn’t a PG era promo and its old school, is this further clue to the end of PG?

The next thing on peoples mind is the result of the match; people are thinking Cena will win and it will lead to a rematch on Raw or at the next PPV.

I personally want it to go the other way, I would prefer to see The Rock win, just because I’m old school and I’m obviously going to support the old school character, even if it is for just one night.

Either way this should the most epic match in history, and hopefully it won’t be the last.

So that’s it, big names, big card a BIG Wrestlemania, and I couldn’t be more excited! This is going to be a brilliant weekend, and I hope you all enjoy it.

Questions for you.

Predictions?

Team Teddy or Team Johnny?

Team Bring it or Team Cenation?

What will happen in the Cell?

That’s it for now Matty.D signing off.

A Terrific Chamber!

So last night was Elimination Chamber, the final stop on the road to Wrestlemania and man did it in impress in my opinion!

It all started with the WWE Championship Chamber. My support was on Ziggler throughout.

Unfortunately it wasn’t meant to be, but while in the match he performed brilliantly as well as taking some great hits to the steel grating being thrown over the ropes multiple times throughout.

Punk and Kofi started the match off in a great opener, Dolph was first to join in showing off his skills, Truth next who didn’t really leave a great impact on the match, and he was eliminated first by CM Punk.

Miz entered next and soon found himself in the Anaconda Vice. It looked to be all over for the Awesome Superstar when Jericho entered and Punk and Jericho came face to face.

The two men became the focus fighting hard and giving us a preview of what may come at Mania.

Ziggler came back into the fray to receive a Code Breaker from Jericho, Eliminating him from the match.

A beaten down Kofi who may have bleeding, (ref stuck some medical gloves on, either someone was bleeding or he was about to give someone a rectal exam.) came back into play flying off the top of a pod onto Miz and Punk, but was soon wrapped up in a painful looking Walls of Jericho. With Jericho’s knee in the back of his head Kofi had no choice but to tap.

The punishment didn’t end there though as Jericho continued to punish the man until he finally chucked him out the Chamber.

Just as the door was closing Jericho received a kick to the head from Punk, sending him out of the Chamber and knocking a camera man down with the door.

At first this all looked like part of the act but then as it dragged out it seemed more real. EMT’s came down to check on Jericho as the replays where repeated from various angles. It was then that you can see that Jericho did hit his head pretty hard on his way down. He was obviously meant to fall out but maybe not land in the way he did.

A slightly lost Punk contemplated how to play this out until things finally moved on.

Jericho was ruled out of the match leaving Miz and Punk to fight it out and after a few close calls it was Punk that walked away victorious.

Later we saw Josh Matthews back stage with Jericho in the background being still attended to by the medics.

So the main thing on my mind is, was this a legit injury or a very well performed piece in the match? If it is a real injury I don’t think it was overly serious as Jericho wasn’t taken to any nearby medical facilities or Hospital and was attended to at the arena.

Hopefully it will turn out to be a minor concussion, weather real or scripted, and therefore won’t affect the storyline too badly and leaving our hopes for Jericho vs. Punk at Mania intact.

Next up came a quite impressive and long Divas match between two of the top Women in WWE today.

Beth Phoenix and Tamina put together a great filler match, best Divas match of recent years. Unfortunately the crowd didn’t hold it up being there usual quiet and boring selves and it made this impressive contest seem lacklustre.

The match saw some solid wrestling, some out of ring action as well as a Tamina flying off the turnbuckle and a Glam Slam from Beth.

Tamina’s flight from the top landed flush but Beth kicked out, a Glam Slam later and Beth retains her Divas title hopefully lining up a Kharma vs. Beth Mania match.

Before the second Chamber match we had a special announcement from John Laurinaitis. It wasn’t an announcement though it was a group of Heel Wrestlers appealing for John to be both Raw and Smackdown GM. Superstars that appeared to support John were Alberto Del Rio, Mark Henry and Christian.

With David Otunga already present the men spoke about how they would want Teddy out and John in as SmackDown GM as well as Raw. Otunga then used his phone snap a picture of the group that soon appeared on Twitter and wwe.com.

Then we entered the oddest Chamber matches we have ever seen yet an exciting one. Throughout the event back stage clips have been shown promoting Santino Marella in a Rocky Balboa style to the music of former Superstar Eugene. That being said it didn’t really promote him well as it was quite silly but once we got to the match all that was forgotten.

The match started with Wade Barrett and Big Show, first to join them was Cody Rhodes turning things into a Triple Threat giving us all high hopes for any of these guys to win.

Next in was the underdog, the shocker entry from a SmackDown Battle Royal, Santino Marella.

He didn’t get eliminated but he didn’t do much else as he was quickly squashed and put on the side line for most of the match.

Khali was next in and was first out as Big Show took the Punjabi Playboy out with a well-placed spear.

By now Show had enough of waiting and wanted Daniel Bryan and wasn’t waiting till his pod opened.

Big Show climbed the turnbuckle in front of Bryans pod then attempted to reach inside but of course was stopped by the chains. So what was the simple solution? Well obviously to rip them chains and climb inside anyway, which Big Show did. Big Show climbed into Bryans pod and pounded on the Champ as the countdown played and the pod door opened giving the men some room to fight.

It didn’t take long though for Bryan to end up back in the pod he came from as Show throws the man through the now closed door breaking the glass and landing back inside.

Bryan was then saved for now by Barrett who with the help of Cody was able to remove the big man from the match. It was then that Marella jumped in and with a sneak roll up took out Rhodes to leaving Bryan, Barrett and Marella.

Barrett removed Santino back to the side lines and turned his focus to Bryan who received an awkward Power Bomb into the chained wall and then sat on a turnbuckle and his head bashed into the glass of the pod behind him.

Marella suddenly returned to life taking Wade’s attention away from the champ, once the two men were down Bryan flue from the top turnbuckle with a Chris Benoit style head-butt to Wade and Marella crawled in for the cover eliminating the Brit.

So it was down to the most unlikely of all people Santino Marella and Daniel Bryan in what was an amazing ending to the match.

The crowd was on fire as all support was on Santino and I was on the edge of my seat wanting the impossible to happen.

It was a close one as the two men put on a great show filled with Santinos flair and style and the appearance of the Cobra.

The Cobra actually hit Bryan making it look like it was all over, the crowd were going wild as the Ref counted but it wasn’t meant to be as Bryan kicked out at the last minute.

Santino was in shock and before he knew it Bryan had twisted him, Cobra and all, into the LeBell lock. Santino put up a hell of a fight and the crowd was going wild as he struggled to escape and almost did but on this night it just wasn’t meant to be, Santino was forced to tap.

Even though he didn’t win Santino showed that his in ring skills were up to par with those top superstars, if it wasn’t for his silly gimmicks he would be there more often. I hope he continues heading up the ladder to success.

It wasn’t over for Bryan though as Sheamus came to the ring laid out Bryan with a Celtic Cross, signalling his opponent for April 1^st.

After an impromptu and pointless, crowd killing US Title match between Justin Gabriel and Jack Swagger we headed into the main event.

The Ambulance match between Kane and John Cena, a match with an absolutely obvious ending that if you didn’t see coming you are blinded by what you want to happen, instead of thinking of what will happen.

Even though we all knew Cena would win the road to that moment was an entertaining one. The two men fought from the ring to the ambulance, through the crowd, around the announcers table and back again.

Key moments were a monitor to Kane’s head followed by the steel steps, John Cena receiving a Choke Slam through the Spanish Announcers table, (is it ever there for anything else?) and Kane being thrown from the top of the Ambulance via an Attitude Adjustment. Obviously from the way he flew and sound on his landing said that Kane landed on either a crash mat or a load of Card board boxes which the fans on the nearby stands should of got a good look of so I am keeping my eyes out for pictures on the web.

It was the Attitude Adjustment that took the monster down, dragging his body back Cena threw the Big Red Machine in the back of the Ambulance closed the doors and sent it away.

The final image of the night being Cena pointing at the Wrestlemania sign as we should now start the build-up for Rock vs. Cena.

I rate this PPV 4 out of 5 stars, it was a great show and entertained throughout but whenever a Chamber, Cell, or Cage is involved I feel that there should some R rated content which of course we don’t get, that will always cost them at least half a star in my books.

Undertaker on Raw

Word is that Undertaker will be on tonight’s Raw and most probably sporting his new look, from what I’m told the man is completely bald. How will this affect the fans though? Can we relate to it? I am hoping we will be greeting the more Human side of the Undertaker character as he hopefully turns back into Bad Ass Undertaker or at least something close to it.

Questions for you.

What did you think of the event?

Do you think Jericho is or was Injured?

Predictions for Mania?

What will be the result of Undertakers new look?

That’s all for now Matty.D signing off.