BRM Reviews WWE Bragging Rights 2010 (bad)

[Big Red Machine]

WWE Bragging Rights 2010 (10/24/2010)- Minneapolis, MN

I LOVE the ring tonight!

DANIEL BRYAN vs. DOLPH ZIGGLER (w/Vickie Guerrero)-7.75/10!
When was the last time we heard a “THIS IS AWESOME!” chant in WWE?

WWE TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH: John Cena & David Otunga vs. Cody Rhodes & Drew McIntyre(c)- 4.25/10. Too short, but nothing sloppy. Then Cena hits Otunga with an Attitude Adjustment.

GOLDUST vs. TED DIBIASE - 5/10. DAMN! Goldust still winds up with the title! WTF?! Dibiase should be the babyface here! Goldust STOLE SOMETHING OF HIS WITH NO PROVCATION WHATSOEVER!

WWE DIVAS TITLE MATCH: Layla(c) (w/Michelle McCool) vs. Natalya- 4.75/10. Best Divas match I’ve seen in a while. They are getting the right kind of heat for this angle. All of the DQ’s and cheating… I just REALLY want to see Lay-Cool lose to Nattie!

BURIED ALIVE MATCH FOR THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE: Kane(c) (w/Paul Bearer) vs. Undertaker- 6.5/10.
A good match… until Nexus showed up and ruined it for no reason. Josh Matthews promises us that this will be “the Final Chapter of the Brothers of Destruction.” I am sure that Matthews did exactly as he was told, but this little introduction of his is why I can’t stand Buried Alive matches. They are just too far for my suspension of disbelief.
And of course we get the magical magic BS that already foreshadows Taker’s return.

BRAGGING RIGHTS 14 MAN ELIMINATION TAG TEAM MATCH:
Team Raw (The Miz, Ezekiel Jackson, CM Punk, Sheamus, R-Truth, Santino Marella, & John Morrison) (w/Alex Riley)
vs.
Team Smackdown (Big Show, Tyler Reks, Kofi Kingston, Rey Mysterio, Alberto Del Rio, Edge, & Jack Swagger) (w/Hornswoggle)
7.25/10. I liked the story that they told. Riley sacrificing himself was especially good. The confusion with Rey pinning Zeke Jackson was bad.

WWE TITLE MATCH: Randy Orton(c) vs. Wade Barrett (w/John Cena) 5.75/10. Not even close to being acceptable as a main event.
As soon as Barrett said “If I don’t win this match” rather than “If I don’t win the title,” the finish was obvious. They didn’t tell a good story, but they told and okay story very well to get to it.
It was, however a HUGE mistake for this to be the main event. Ending a main event in a DQ is a surefire way to piss off the crowd. Orton RKOs Cena. This match was all about getting to this desired situation. It felt a lot like it should have been on Raw, rather than on PPV.

Overall, this show wasn’t very good. Dragon vs. Ziggler was great, but most of the rest of the show was sub-par. I also really disliked the fact that the two World Titles really didn’t mean much at all on this show. The focus of the Barrett-Orton match was the Barrett-Cena issue, and the focus of the Kane-Taker match was the feud, rather than the belt (one of the announcers even mentioned this).

[Earth Child]

We never EVER got the explanation for why Nexus helped Kane win the Burried Alive match. I would have liked to know where they were going with that

[badnewzxl]

We never EVER got the explanation for why Nexus helped Kane win the Burried Alive match. I would have liked to know where they were going with that

Nor have we found out who the Anonymous GM was

[Earth Child]

We never EVER got the explanation for why Nexus helped Kane win the Burried Alive match. I would have liked to know where they were going with that

Nor have we found out who the Anonymous GM was

Sucks doesn't it?

They could have done something really exciting with both.

[Rabid619]

Personally i think they can still wrap up the anonymous GM thing BUT the Nexus ship has sailed. They teased it with Otunga then it just vanished.

[Big Red Machine]

Personally i think they can still wrap up the anonymous GM thing BUT the Nexus ship has sailed. They teased it with Otunga then it just vanished.

Which is the thing that pissed me off the most. Otunga teased that there was some secret reason behind it which Barrett didn't want getting out.