The lifelessness carried through to the next bout, Dolph Ziggler getting over was clearly the main task for the commentators, they sold how close he was coming and how well he was doing to death, the match just didn't work for me, I was surprised but I didn't find they gelled that well together which surprised me. I did like some spots though, Ziggler being tripped by Mysterio and nearly taking off into orbit was cool and Ziggler throwing Mysterio into the announce table did look really devasting as did the gut buster off the top.
Too many restholds by Ziggler sort of killed the pacing of the match. The pace should have been quicker yet we got a slow plodding match. The crowd was dead for this one too.
I thought Ziggler showed great energy and seemed to be pushing the matches tempo a bit. The rest holds are always in a heels repertoire, used to slow down the match. But to me it was Rey who really showed no energy in the match. It seemed he wasn't into it at all last night while at the same time I thought Ziggler did good.
Regarding the CM Punk vs. Hardy match. I thought it was good not great. But I may have some bias towards it because I really like CM Punk. And what their doing with him now is the same thing they did with him in Ring Of Honor several years ago. I loved that character and I like the way hes going with it. To turn Punk full on heel he almost had to lose the match cleanly to hardy. Its just a shame because he was so Jericho like, in a good way, with his cockiness throughout the match. I loved the i got face paint on me line during the match.
And also really liked Punks promo at the beginning of the PPV. I am a fan of CM Punk and have been for a long time so I hope this is a step in the right direction. A step that makes his character a full on heel. But the kind some of the crowd will cheer for just like they did for him in ring of honor several years ago.
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