9 Match Star Ratings For WWE Crown Jewel 2019
8. Brock Lesnar Vs. Cain Velasquez - WWE Heavyweight Title Match
Your writer has very little knowledge of nor interest in mixed martial-arts.
Certain reputable and knowledgable critics on Twitter have it that this was a well-worked emulation of the real deal that carefully balanced Cain's pro wrestling inexperience in a way that felt spirited and authentic before he fell to the Beast in the sort of flash tap-out that is considered far more honourable in the octagon than WWE's squared circle.
Even if that were the case, it was never going to work; without the hyper-masculine, bloodthirsty atmosphere of high-drama UFC box office, this all fell very flat. And even if this were to have played out in front of a hot North American crowd, the optics of pro wrestling - which WWE is, and which WWE fans are knowledgeable of and interested in - consigned it to failure.
"You tapped out" is a chant designed to humiliate that precise method of defeat. John Cena never tapped as the top babyface. Roman Reigns hasn't. It isn't just framed as an embarrassment; it is marketed as an embarrassment. Cain had already failed to impress with his physique - again, pro wrestling optics - his rotten worked punches, and his poor promo game.
He was struggling, and now he's failed.
Star Rating: DUD