Let me just start off by saying that I wish I went to the event. I live about 20 minutes away from the TD Garden (by car, of course) so there’s no excuse for me to not have gone. The Celtics/Lakers game were playing at 3:30 PM Eastern time and of course, I couldn’t miss the game. This was on January 30th so why this post is going up now was because of time constraints. I regret not going to the event because when another “big” event like this is coming to Boston, I will never know. Boohoo.
LIVE! from Boston, Massachusetts (my hometown, YAY). We’re officially on the “Road to WrestleMania.” It’s becoming a slogan. Trademark that, WWE. You know you want to. Ringside commentators are Michael “And I Quote” Cole, Jerry “The King” Lawler, and Matt “No Nickname” Striker.
First match is underway and it’s…
World Heavyweight Championship Match
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| Edge (c) vs. Dolph Ziggler w/ Vicki Guerrero |
- Stipulation here is if Edge uses his “Spear,” he will lose his championship belt automatically to Dolph Ziggler. No if’s, and’s, or but’s about it. That’s what Vicki Guerrero ensured. She banned the move because it’s dangerous and we should fear it. Fear the Spear.
- Good back and forth match with a couple of false finishes.
- Edge has to find a way to win without using his finisher. He actually pulls off a submission move that looks like a variation of the Sharpshooter, except Edge is facing the front and not sitting on the back of Ziggler. Edge with a submission move? NO WAY!
- Kelly Kelly, for unknown reasons, comes down and fights Vicki Guerrero, ultimately K.O.’ing her. Ziggler fights back and hits the sleeper hold on Edge. Edge lifts Ziggler and flails and accidentally knocks the referee down. The crowd knows what Edge should do next. Vicki down, Ziggler down, referee down. There’s only one thing to do. SPEEAAAAAAAAAAAARRRR! Edge hits the spear on Ziggler as the referee slowly wakes up from the dead. It’s legal if no one sees it, right?
- Dazed Ziggler gets back up and Edge pays homage to his fellow Canadian, Christian, and hits his “Killswitch Engage/Unprettier” finisher for the three count on Ziggler. Great match and great way to kick off the show. The match got about 20 solid minutes.
WINNER and STILL World Heavyweight Champion: Edge
WWE Championship Match
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| The Miz (c) w/ Alex Riley vs. Randy Orton |
- Alex Riley makes his presence known and interferes a couple of times when the referee was unaware.
- Slow match with spots coming at the right time to get the crowd back alive.
- Randy Orton hits his usual sequences of moves including clotheslines and the quick slam. Also going with attacking every single limb of The Miz.
- Orton hits his hangman’s DDT on The Miz and starts to coil up for the RKO. The New Nexus comes out without CM Punk and distracts Orton. Alex Riley tries to interfere again and gets thrown out of the ring off the top rope onto the New Nexus. The referee is distracted by what's going on on the outside as The Miz slithers back into the ring to try to capitalize but ends up getting an RKO. CM Punk comes out from nowhere and hits the GTS on Orton. Punk retreats. The Miz pins Randy Orton and retains his title.
WINNER and STILL WWE Champion: The Miz
2 on 1 Handicap Match for WWE Divas Championship
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| Natalya (c) vs. Lay-Cool |
- If memory serves me correct, this is the SAME exact match from Survivor Series a few months ago. I checked, and it is. My memory does not fail me.
- Before the match even begins, the mysterious RAW General Manager decides to e-mail us with a change to the match.
- Instead of going with what was advertised, it will now be a Fatal Four Way Divas Championship match. Natalya vs. Michelle McCool vs. Layla vs… AWESOME KONG? Just kidding. It seemed like the perfect cue. Instead, it was Eve.
- Not much to mention. It’s the usual diva moves that result in nothing noteworthy. I will say that there was one spot with Natalya where she gets Eve AND Layla in the Sharpshooter. Nice spot.
- “Controversial” ending where Eve hits a moonsault from the top rope onto Layla whilst Michelle McCool schoolboy’s Natalya. The referee’s attention was with Eve and she gets the three count while Michelle McCool assumingly does, as well. Eve is granted the championship.
WINNER and NEW WWE Divas Champion: Eve
WHAT WE’VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR…
40 Man Royal Rumble Match
- There’s no way I’m going to give a full run down of the match but I’ll make a list of who went first and how many eliminations they got. Wish me luck.
** ( ) = # of eliminations
1) CM Punk (7)
2) Daniel Bryan (2)
3) Justin Gabriel (0)
4) Zack Ryder (0)
5) William Regal (0)
6) Ted DiBiase (1)
7) John Morrison (0)
8) Yoshi Tatsu (0)
9) Husky Harris (2)
10) Chavo Guerrero (0)
11) Mark Henry (2)
12) JTG (0)
13) Michael McGillicutty (3)
14) Chris Masters (0)
15) David Otunga (1)
16) Tyler Reks (0)
17) Vladimir Kozlov (0)
18) R-Truth (0)
19) The Great Khali (1)
20) Mason Ryan (2)
21) Booker T (ZOMG) (0)
22) John Cena (7)
23) Hornswoggle (0)
24) Tyson Kidd (0)
25) Heath Slater (0)
26) Kofi Kingston (1)
27) Jack Swagger (0)
28) King Sheamus (1)
29) Rey Mysterio (2)
30) Wade Barrett (2)
31) Dolph Ziggler (0)
32) Diesel (ZOMG x2) (0)
33) Drew McIntyre (0)
34) Alex Riley (0)
35) Big Show (2)
36) Ezekiel Jackson (1)
37) Santino Marella (0)
38) Alberto Del Rio (2)
39) Randy Orton (3)
40) Kane (1)
WINNER: Alberto Del Rio
Final Thoughts: I SHOULD’VE BEEN THEREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
8/10
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