The latest pay-per-view offering from the WWE will go down to me as one of the more bizarre, yet in the end more fulfilling PPV's we have seen in awhile. It had a solid range of emotions, from the stupid (pizza eating?!) to the strange endings (Finley vs Mysterio) to of course one of the best matches we have seen at a PPV in awhile, possibly the best since Michaels vs Cena at WrestleMania 23 in Randy Orton vs Triple H in a "Last Man Standing" match for the belt. All in all, the PPV took on another feel from the open when they gave Orton the belt, only to have him lose it, to, in the end, have him regain it right back.

I cannot argue with the WWE's ultimate decision to give Randy a title reign. While he has his moments of boredom to me, the crowd eats him up, and his heel persona right now is tops in the business, with only Edge comparing once he returns. If you are going to go with a heel champion on RAW, you really have no choice than to go with Orton. So for that, I think the WWE did the right thing. This PPV was a great indication that you can have a successful promotion without John Cena, and his injury might in the end be a shot for others to truly step up.

I give the upmost props to Triple H for doing what he did last night. I applaud him for being talked into getting the belt (I'm sure that part wasn't hard) but then as well for dropping it in an outstanding match that again, should get some consideration for Match of the Year. I will fully admit that I totally groaned at the start of the show when it was announced he and Orton would go at it for the strap, because you knew that he (HHH) would win. Then he beats Umaga clean, which took on the tone of H being a one man wrecking crew. Then though they did the right thing with his loss in the main event.

It sets up what should be a "Hell in the Cell" rematch for Cyber Sunday, and will lead to a series of matches between the two. Basically what it does is push ahead the program that was originally slated for early 2008 leading up to WrestleMania 24. Also don't dismiss those backstage love sessions between Batista and HHH, as that easily could lead to them having the main event or part of the main event mix at Mania.

The remainder of the card was crap for the most part. I encourage you to check out our "No Mercy Post Match" show for complete details on the remainder of the card as well as our announcement on the winner of our contest for a 2007 SummerSlam DVD and No Mercy T-shirt.

Posted by Matt Loede on Monday, October 08, 2007 at 5:47 AM | Permalink