The Segments
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Without mincing my words too much, the segments between matches during this event were awful. They were cringeworthy, and even if you hadn’t read the title of the PPV and noticed where it was taking place; come the end of the night, you’d had it rammed down your throat so much that you just didn’t care.
From Vicky Guererro singing ‘Happy Birthday Mr. President’, to Santino Marella being taken away by members of the Presidential Detail for attempting to show off his Cobra Strike, to Booker T and Reggie James, a half-way decent Barack Obama impersonator, taking 20 minutes out of the show to complete a Spin-A-Roonie in the ring.
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The crowd was...impartial to say the least. This was WWE at their head-in-hands worst, attempting comedy for comedies sake. It’s something the company are still yet to learn, that the times that they reach comedy perfection, are the times when they aren’t over-thinking.
However, being subjected to this for nearly 40 minutes of the show really ate into the wrestling time. Another match or even an extension of a rushed finish (here’s looking at you half the match card) could have replaced the time the WWE wasted with pointless segments.
The only redeemable part of these was an interview with CM Punk, in which he alluded to him being the most honest man in the company, and that he would have something big planned for everyone to see when he beat Rey Mysterio.
This little comment eventually built into what we know today as his infamous Pipe-Bomb, delivered two weeks later on the RAW leading up to Money in the Bank. Thank goodness for CM Punk!
Is it worth watching? An overall rating
No. Quite frankly no. It’s such a shame that this PPV came at a time where the company was viewed as stale, with content that many fans labelled as ‘overly’ family-friendly. The wrestling, when it wasn’t stagnated by odd finishes, or clogged up with wrestlers who were completely out of their depth (Ezekial Jackson), was of a good standard.
The CM Punk vs. Rey Mysterio bout was a good match-up, with the Randy Orton and Christian encounter adding more to their feud and the opener between Kingston and Ziggler showed some excellent wrestling skill.
It is a shame therefore that the remainder of the matches were subject to bone-headed booking decisions and unnecessarily confusing finishes, as it really does drag the quality of the overall product down. Would I recommend it to you as readers? No.
Capitol Punishment Eyes On Rating: 4.5/10
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