Review: WWE TLC PPV

I don't usually see the monthly ppv's, mostly b/c they tend to suck, but with the prospect of Christian and Shelton Benjamin in a ladder match, I couldn't resist. Christian said he wanted to make it the best match of the night, and it was great. They did some wicked moves, and it was fast-paced. And then it started going downhill.

John Morrison vs. the Scottish guy endorsed by Vinnie Mac. Does that guy have another submission move? Matt Striker was trying his hardest to sell it, but really. It wasn't all too bad, was kinda exciting when Morrison got to get going. But really, this guy doesn't seem to have put in his on-screen dues to get the IC title.

Mickie James vs. Michelle McCool. Still going with that Piggie James schtick. Mickie looks like a healthy girl w/ meat on her bones. Anyways match was so-so. Nothing that couldn't be seen on regular TV.

Cena vs. Sheamus. Boring. Yawning thru the entire match. Obviously, neither of them have good ring sense b/c they could only have 1 table out at a time. Everything was so awkward. Loved how Matt Striker put it into perspective, and he's so right. It's sad how tame Jerry Lawler's become. I wish the fans started chanting "loser" when Cena was walking out.

Undertaker vs. Batista. Not so boring but was still yawning. Batista really needs to learn how to wrestle. Like honestly, would it kill you to learn a suplex or submission hold? Undertaker tried, but there's only so much he can do to sell Batista, and he's getting up there so his stamina's not so high. Happy Taker kept his title.

Kofi Kingston vs. Randy Orton. Woke me up. Good to see Kofi and Randy let it out. Randy hasn't had very technically challenging foes lately (*cough* Cena). Some very good moves and back-and-forth action. I'm sad Kofi lost, but they had a good match.

DX vs. Jerishow. Good match to cap the night. Exciting, very back and forth, which displays the guys' experience on crafting a match. When they were wrestling separately at the beginning, it just didn't work. I was too busy wondering what the other pair was doing. But once they got back in the ring, it was cool. I wonder if the ladder was supposed to rip in half like that. I hope Jericho's okay. That fall he took looked really nasty. You could see him try to push off the ropes, but he didn't have the traction. It was cute when Jericho was on Show's shoulders.

I went with A to see it b/c D had to work. A doesn't watch much wrestling, but it still wasn't too bad. Almost didn't make it b/c his car mysteriously died while parked in my driveway for 5 minutes. When we were about to push it back up the driveway to plug it in, it started again. So wierd. While we were wandering HMV, he decided that he just needed to pick up the Farscape boxset. I pointed out that he could wait for Boxing Day or check the prices online or at other stores, but nope, he just had to get it right then. Which completely explains how he committed the 4 of us to a trip package for SDCC, which'll cost us $1600 each. Went from sending an email out about a website that "showed" the package (I didn't have time to look at it since I was busy at work, but apparently there's not much on there anyways.) in the morning to saying that he put the deposit down on the same afternoon. Like WTF?!