For half a second, it looked like WWE was going to do something bold and have Ryback mow through Big Show in 30 seconds. Had they done that, this might have been a huge positive for the show. Instead, we got a match that was average by Raw standards, and even had a Raw screwjob finish. Ryback sadly didnt put Show away, and we got a five-minute match that featured some nice power moves (spinebuster, suplex, cross-armbreaker) from the Big Guy, but Show managed to get in his offense and keep the match plodding along until Miz interfered, setting up a triple threat no one really wants to see. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVvZ8HYwJIw This should have been a Raw match to set up a triple threat at a PPV, not wasting a pay-per-view slot for this. Its a shame WWE opted for this non-finish rather than going for a surprise squash that would have generated a little buzz. Now we have Ryback versus Show versus Miz to look forward to. Yay.
Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.
