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Pejazzle
18-07-2011, 05:27 PM
In front of a raucous crowd, Punk overcame Cena and survived a post match Money in the Bank 'cash-in' by Alberto Del Rio to keep possession of the belt.

It was professional wrestling at his finest.

WWE have received a lot of criticism in recent years but this was a flawless exercise in the booking, promotion and performance of a wrestling show.

The night started with a very good Smackdown version of the Money in the Bank ladder match.
The Chicago crowd loved Sheamus and the match was notable for good performances by Sin Cara, Cody Rhodes and Heath Slater.
But few would have predicted Daniel Bryan coming away from the match victorious.
It was a memorable moment, and a great way to inspire the crowd, who would become so important during the night.
WWE opted to put their two least anticipated matches next up.

Kelly Kelly mercifully beat Brie Bella in short order, before Mark Henry destroyed Big Show in a hard-hitting affair that was never pretty, but credit goes to the two big guys for working very hard.

The Raw Money in the Bank match was a shade below it's Smackdown equivalent, but it was still an entertaining encounter.
Highlights included Alex Riley and R-Truth pulling out rare over-the-rope dives, before Evan Bourne hit an Air Bourne on all his opponents from a very high ladder.
Eventually, it was the expected victor, Alberto Del Rio, who emerged with the briefcase, ripping Rey Mysterio's mask from his face in the process.

The world heavyweight title was on the line between Randy Orton and Christian, with the stipulation being that Christian would earn the belt should Orton be disqualified.
The pair have wrestled many times in 2011, but the storyline continues to be a quiet success, and Christian's character development was excellent here.
He goaded Orton into kicking him in the groin, drawing a DQ. Christian was declared the winner, and was consequently destroyed by Orton post match, with two RKOs on the announce table.
The interesting aspect was that the crowd were pro-Christian — who was supposed to be playing the heel — but when Orton initiated the bad guy beat down post match, they loved it.

And then it was main event time. First out was Punk, and the reception was astonishing.
Think Rock v Hogan at Wrestlemania 18. RVD v Cena at One Night Stand 2006. Or indeed any major match you have ever seen or cared about in history, and this was up there.
The match was methodical, played to both wrestlers strengths, and was beautifully paced.
At around the half hour mark, after several believable near falls, Vince McMahon emerged, accompanied by Director of Talent Relations John Laurinaitis, who Punk namechecked a few weeks ago in his now infamous promo.
Attempting to play off of the Montreal Screwjob, Vince sent Laurinaitis to ring the bell when Cena had Punk prone, but Cena himself stopped this. The distraction allowed Punk to nail a GTS and win the belt, and send the crowd into raptures.
Vince wasn't done. Grabbing an announcers' headset, he called for Alberto Del Rio, who raced to the ring with his briefcase.
Punk hit him with a kick then ran away through the crowd. The show ended with Punk celebrating in the crowd, and Vince McMahon pondering what had just occurred.

With the expectation level of this PPV staggeringly high, it is in many ways incredible that the show delivered in such a way. It was an almost faultless show, full of excitement, emotion and great wrestling.
The follow up on Raw should be epic. Credit must go to Punk, Cena and all of WWE for putting together, seemingly out of nowhere, probably the most gripping angle in wrestling this century.


Source:

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/wrestling/3701026/Money-in-the-Bank-pa-per-view-is-a-smash-hit.html

Diablo13
19-07-2011, 02:33 AM
I wouldn't have expected such an in depth review of a wrestling event in the Sun!
I have to say the journalist actually sounds like he knows what he is talking about and I enjoyed reading that review, which I agree with.
For one of the smaller new PPV's, which was shown on a normal Sky Sports channel in the UK, both the build up and execution of it was great!
Now the question is can they maintain that standard for Summerslam, one of the years biggest PPV's, in August?

Congrats to the Sun's reporter on a great review and to the WWE on a great show. woohoo