***SPILER ALERT!!!***
This entry contains info in last night's No Way Out 2009 PPV. Here are your options
1. Don't read this. Find a video sharing site (because your an idiot if you waste your money on the PPV replay) and watch it.
OR
2. Take five minutes to read this and save yourself the 3 hours of agony, disgust, and contempt that you might otherwise feel while watching No Way Out 2009.
There are two words that describe NWO2009: mediocre filler. No Way OUt is (and prettymuch always has) been just a filler PPV leading up to WrestleMania. In past years, however, the show has yeilded some much better matches than this year's show.
The Smackdown Elimination Chamber was entertaining, but not what you usually expect from an Elimination Chamber. It certainly did not live up to the original Elimination Chamber, but then again, not many matches do live up to their original incarnations.
Triple H winning the title was unexpected, but not a shocker. Triple H is a man you can trust to carry a title into WrestleMania. He almost guarantees a good WrestleMania main event (depending on who he wrestles). I had honestly expected WWE to capitalize on Jeff Hardy's huge popularity. Right now, Jeff equals money ($$$), and I figured they'd realize that a Jeff vs. Matt main event at WrestleMania is a dream match for many fans, a match that might get them some more PPV buys come WrestleMania, but apparently the Smackdown bookers are just as confused as the RAW bookers.
Randy Orton vs. Shane was probably the most boring and unnecessary No Holds Barred match of all time. The problem with WWE sometimes is that they do not understand this one simple fact: hardcore does not always equate a good match. This match was boring!!! Neither man (or the crowd for that matter) felt like they gave a crap about the match. This was undoubtedly the worst match Shane has ever been involved in. He has had some entertaining matches in the past, but this was not one of them.
I understand the need to have Ortonon this card. He is probably the best heel in WWE right now, with the possible exception of Jericho. Both men have real "heel heat", while Edge just has "go away heat". That said, couldn't they have picked somebody more skilled than Shane to take out Orton, or rather to make a poor attempt at taking out Orton?
Swagger vs. Finlay was not a bad match. It was pretty much what I expected. It was a descent catch-as-catch-can bout. Swagger is impressive, and I think the ECW title is going to be the least of his career accomplishments in a few years. However, I am damn sick of Hornswaggle. He was entertaining...three years ago, but not anymore.
Shawn Michaels vs. JBL was the second worst match on the card. Not even Michaels could salvage this match from the absolute bordom and contempt that JBL arouses in me. This storyline could have been so much more compelling if it had been anybody but JBL. His character itself is the only thing that facilitated him being involved in this story with Michaels. Other than that, there isn't anything that qualifies JBL to EVER step into a ring with Shawn Michaels. This was a horrible ending to a potentially god storyline.
The RAW Elimination Chamber was without a doubt the most entertaining match of the evening. While I thought it was crap that Edge won the belt, it was not really a shocker to me. The only good things that might come of this is that Vicki Guerrero may have seen her last television appearance (yahoooooo!!!!!!) and maybe Edge can get some legitimate "heel heat" instead of the heat he has from being associated to the disgrace that is Vicki Guerrero.
To be quite honest, I did not expect Triple H and Edge to be leaving No Way Out as Champions. I am hoping that this does not lead to Edge vs. Cena at WM25.
I doubt that Matt or Jeff will be involved with the main event on Smackdown. My money is on Triple H vs. Undertaker. There have been rumors swirling for months about Taker's retirement match at WM25. After being fired from WWE, Bruce Pritchard even posted the original storyline plans for the angle on the internet. Obviously they will not be going forward with those plans (unless the bookers are smoking crack with Jake the Snake), but we may see a similar incarnation involving Taker and Triple H.
