The Good: Armageddon was never a valued WWE PPV. It was almost as if WWE came to the end of the calendar year and just put out a card that was passable. The 2003 and 2004 events were certainly nothing special. Fortunately, the 2005 event was pretty decent, thanks to a motivated Smackdown roster. MNM had a worthwhile match with the Mexicools pairing of Psicosis and Super Crazy. Even better was Chris Benoit and Booker T's entry into their Best of Seven series. This was a long affair and, despite a fair cagey moments, they had the fans totally invested by the end. The main event Hell in a Cell match between Randy Orton and The Undertaker, whilst perhaps not up to the standards of previous epic Cell outings was still a pretty damn good effort and showed that Orton still possessed all of the qualities to make it as a headliner in the company. The Bad: Once again, the crowd could not care less about the Cruiserweight Title match. This time it was Juventud and Kid Kash out there soaking up the apathy. Apparently WWE were disappointed with both men backstage, feeling they should have used their experience and initiative to quell the 'boring' chants. Big Show and Kane versus Rey Mysterio and (a very injured) Batista was disappointing (but that can be forgiven considering the circumstances). The Rest: JBL pounded Matt Hardy like a jobber in the opener. Throwing his blows with undue force, Bradshaw was sending Hardy a message via WWE management, who were upset that Matt politicked his way out of taking a chokeslam at the end of Survivor Series (as well as still being bitter over the whole Edge/Lita reveal in March).
