Even more shocking than Cena referencing testicles, gross sex acts and the fact that all the Divas have had plastic surgery on a TV-PG show, was the fact that within 10 minutes of meeting and exceeding my weekly Nickelback quota, WWE got crazy and put on some actual wrestling. Even better, it was a match between Dolph Ziggler, who is no stranger to the coveted Shitterson Match of the Night Award, and Sheamus. I’m a Ziggler fan, and was worried when the match started, because I knew it had to end with Sheamus as the victor, as WWE is rightfully trying to build him in advance of his World Heavyweight Title Match at WrestleMania XXVIII. But while Sheamus went over clean, he actually made Ziggler look like a real threat along the way. And in return, Ziggler did Sheamus right by bumping like an absolute maniac, as is his wont, doing more for Sheamus in a single match than a month’s worth of Jinder Mahal squashes.
Still, not everything about the match was great though, as it still seemed a poor use of resources to have a SmackDown guy beat up a Raw guy, who a very short time ago, was actually the No. 1 contender to the WWE Title. I also wasn’t a big fan of the finish, which was a pretty standard WWE affair, with the face popping up and hitting his finisher out of nowhere for a surprise win. Call it the “RKO approach” to booking a match. My least favorite part of the match, however, was when WWE cut away from the action to check in with Daniel Bryan and A.J. in a skybox. I like the skybox a lot as a piece, but it’s crazy to show people sitting down and chatting when there’s actual wrestling going on.
