Tazz vs. Lawler - DUD
Match was 30 seconds. Not a lot to say. Great to see Lawler as a heel, though.
Orton vs. Angle - ***
Hot crowd, as there was in literally every match. Can't believe they were so into Angle. Anyway, Orton is great at getting heat here. He get's the crowd so pissed that they are pretty much begging for his blood. Every time Kurt goes for one of his patented moves (German, Angle Slam, Ankle Lock) Orton is able to reverse it, thus pissing the crowd off. The anticipation keeps building until Kurt finally gets his offense in. Needless to say the crowd marked out. Building up moves as opposed to just randomly throwing them around? There ya go Kurt.
F.B.I. vs. Tajiri/Super Crazy - **3/4
Standard ECW tag here. Not a lot of storytelling but it was a fun spotfest so it served it purpose. Big Show then comes out and stomps all four guys into the ground. Watch the crowd go from hesitant of Show to loving him after the Cobra Clutch Backbreaker.
Rey vs. Sabu - ***
I liked this a lot less than I used to. Match was basically spot-spot-spot but again it was fun as Hell. Rey even busted out some offense I haven't seen from him in years here. I know a lot of people aren't fans of the finish but I thought it really needed to go down that way. Sabu can't win the title, but you don't want him to lose the match, especially when you have Cena lined up for him at the next PPV. Murder-Death-Kill DDT leads to the no-finish.
Foley/Edge/Lita vs. Funk/Dreamer/Beulah - ****
Pretty insane brawl. If you haven't read Foley's 3rd autobiography, much of it centers around the forming of this match. Foley said he wanted it to deliver because he didn't want to come back just for some random match. I'll say it was a success. I loved when Foley used Socko to get extra heat here btw. Also, pretty crazy stuff with the barb wire by WWE's standards. Almost positive Foley is insane for that fire-into-the-barb-wire spot.
Balls vs. Tanaka - *1/2
Just here for the break between the main events so the crowd won't be dead. Of course they were pretty rabid for this match anyway. Pretty much the footnotes to their generic matches. Still fun for the time given.
RVD vs. Cena - ***1/2
Pretty sure the crowd doesn't like Cena. May be the most in favor of any wrestler I've ever seen in for RVD. I loved Cena's entrance here. May sound weird but if I could be any wrestler on any night I would have loved to have been Cena at Hammerstein. Just to have the crowd that passionate one way or the other would be incredible. Crowd booed every time Cena did anything. Loved the shirt tossing too. Really put over that Cena had never been in any environment like this before. Great stuff as Cena is distracted by the crowd at first, but then he gets comfortable with them and starts to play off them. When he's dominating, the crowd of course boos but Cena shrugs it off and starts taunting them with some shadow boxing as RVD gets to his feet. Crowd is less than thrilled that they aren't getting under his skin. Finish was kinda dumb but it kept Cena strong. Great moment for me as I had been a RVD fan for years and it was nice to see him get to the top.
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