Review: Royal Rumble 2010

So I went to see it with D, who picked me up an hour late b/c he couldn't remember what time to pick me up even though he chose that time. Wonder why he doesn't have a job still? Anyways, this meant that I couldn't look at what was at the 75% sale at Bath & Bodyworks. Technically I probably don't need any of the stuff (except to give away as gifts) but I just can't resist trying their new scents. And since we had to pick up food at T&T, and stand in line, we only got in 30 min before the show started. Good thing that David went out to pick up earplugs though. It was really loud.

Christian v. Ezekial Jackson
Good match, with Christian being the underdog (despite being champ). Nice back-forth, storytelling. a very good match. I don't get to see ECW anymore (local station doesn't seem to carry it anymore), but I think it still might be on the WWE website. But honestly, I didn't watch it too much since I would fall asleep (not always a commentary on the action, it was after being up 18 hours), and the only people to watch were Christian, Shelton Benjamin and Yoshi Tatsu.

I can't believe Teddy Long called the ECW manager "baby girl". That's pretty disgusting. Anyways, he made a "surprise" match of Miz vs. MVP. Which was ... okay. Not quite convinced that MVP's improved that much. He did for a while, but seems to be coasting now. Miz seems to be in semi-coast mode too.

Randy Orton v. Sheamus
Quite surprised that Sheamus is still champion. He's not too bad...in the limited amount of moves he does. Not too clunky. But he's so new, doesn't seem to have quite earned his stripes to become champion, but maybe that's the point they're making. Anyways, nice little tete-a-tete between Cody, Teddy and Randy in the back. Pretty good match, and loved when Randy "slithered" backwards. Can't wait to see the fallout to Randy's fight w/ Legacy on RAW. It used to be that the RAW title was higher-standing than Smackdown, but Sheamus is just getting onto the B-list, so I was semi-surprised to see it that early.

Mickie James v. Michelle McCool
Nice to see Michelle get her comeuppance. Uh, not much more to say since it was a short match. Like 3 moves?

Undertaker v. Rey Mysterio
Really good match. Was kinda funny to see Undertaker with a bloody nose b/c all the blood over his mouth and nose, kinda looked like a clown. Errr, maybe not that funny since I hate clowns. Anyways, good storytelling. I thought Mysterio had been champ more than once. I did want Rey to win while I was watching the match, but I'm a Taker fan.

Royal Rumble
That so sucks that Evan Bourne is just a jobber now. Ugh. And what the hell w/ eliminating people in under a minute after they come in the ring?! Matt, Yoshi, and so many others didn't even get to do anything. While it's great that they had Beth in the ring, it was pretty lame in the way they had her eliminate Khali. They're basically saying that's all a woman can do. At least Chyna got to get some people out the traditional way (kicking their butts over the top). And so sucked that Punk just threw her out. At least she got to throw a clothesline. Quite the shocker when HBK super-kicked HHH out so quick. I think after that, a lot of people didn't have too much sympathy for him when he was eliminated by Batista. But best thing of the night, the return of Edge!!! Sure, it was similar to Cena's return 2 years ago, and Edge didn't look quite ready. Still a little pudgy and sporting the Grizzly Adams look. But it was sweet. I thought after Batista was out, Cena would win, but thankfully not. Wished they had Kofi more. He was good.

So it was a good Royal Rumble. Worth the $16.75. And I'd chosen seats that weren't near kids so it was a good crowd around.