I enjoyed most of the show. Cena/Rollins was a classic, even with the Stewart heel turn that he clearly telegraphed because he's not a rassler and he has no sense of in ring timing. Cesaro and Owens got the shittiest spot of the night and they still had a good match, but the crowd was pretty dead for it. It would have been a lot better if Cesaro/Owens was the opener, the crowd would have gone ape for it. Put it 3 and half hours into a four hour show and everyone is exhausted and just waiting for the main event, no matter who is in the match. Even I was and I'm a big fan of both guys!
The finish to the world title match was the weirdest shit I've seen in a long time. Why are they so obsessed with having such weird, convoluted finishes? And timekeeper ringing the bell is so hilariously out of the blue that you have to wonder who came up with it. I'm sure it was Vince because every time there is a fucking four way match or no DQ match nowadays Michael Cole will say something like "Now remember folks this is no DQ so you can only win by pinfall or submission, rope breaks don't count" and you're like WTF are you talking about, if you can win by submission why in the name of fuck wouldn't a rope break count?! YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?! That was on RAW a few weeks ago. He said something equally silly tonight I just can't remember what it was. So clearly Vince is just making shit up as he goes along. "Ah yes, the timekeeper rings the bell if he sees a tapout. It's an age old tradition dammit!"
Anyway, someone said that the timekeeper, who has the eyes of a goddamn SUPER EYESIGHT X-MAN, saw the tap out and then when Naitch held up the "one" or whatever the count was on the pinfall, the timekeeper interpreted it as him calling for the bell, because apparently his sight is good enough to see Undertaker's obstructed view hands make a little girl tap out gesture but they're not good enough to see that Little Naitch was just holding up a one or a two instead of calling for the bell. It's like the timekeeper was all hyped up on fuckin' coke or some shit. They need to get Mark Yeaton back apparently. This shit never would have flew under his watch!
Someone said the finish would have been a lot less stupid if they just had Paul see the tap out and not have any bell. And then Paul could be outside saying he tapped out he tapped out and then when the match ends the same way with LEsnar passing out (WHICH ISN'T A SUBMISSION IN MY BOOK LILLIAN!) and he'd have the footage to prove it and say that his guy won. That timekeeper shit was so fucking weird.
What a weird finish to an otherwise really good match.
