Another randomly selected WWE blu ray was "Hell in a Cell 2010" that I decided to watch before putting on eBay. Despite a lot of solid work on the undercard, the main event leaves a bad taste in the mouth that sours the whole thing.
This was the second time that the "Hell in a Cell" match concept had been extended to become a full pay per view event. This one happened on the 3rd of October, 2010 at the American Airlines Centre in Dallas, Texas. There were seven matches on the card, two of which took place in the cell, Randy Orton vs. Sheamus and Kane vs. The Undertaker.
Again, most of this card was really good, even the Divas match (in these days before the women's revolution) was solid. The opening match, a three-way submissions count anywhere bout between Daniel Bryan, John Morrison and The Miz was probably the highlight. The first Cell match, between Orton and Sheamus was good. Edge vs. Jack Swagger set up was . . . Odd, but the actual in ring stuff was worth it and Wade Barrett beating John Cena to have him join The Nexus was a good story.
The actual main event though, particularly it's climax, was a bit of a shambles. Paul Bearer turning on the Undertaken again, to side with his son wasn't a bad bit of story, but the blinding angle really didn't work - as, even with the ability to edit it, it still looked like the Bearer shined a crappy torch about and then stood around for ages before giving the Urn to Kane for the finish.
The blu ray package isn't very good either, I always wonder why they give you the Raw and Smackdown from before the show, rather than the aftermath ones - as that's what you'd actually be interesting in seeing - what happened next. This doesn't even come with the preliminary six-man tag, that happened at the actual show.
There are good matches on the show, but it's lasting legacy is the terrible main event.
This was the second time that the "Hell in a Cell" match concept had been extended to become a full pay per view event. This one happened on the 3rd of October, 2010 at the American Airlines Centre in Dallas, Texas. There were seven matches on the card, two of which took place in the cell, Randy Orton vs. Sheamus and Kane vs. The Undertaker.
Again, most of this card was really good, even the Divas match (in these days before the women's revolution) was solid. The opening match, a three-way submissions count anywhere bout between Daniel Bryan, John Morrison and The Miz was probably the highlight. The first Cell match, between Orton and Sheamus was good. Edge vs. Jack Swagger set up was . . . Odd, but the actual in ring stuff was worth it and Wade Barrett beating John Cena to have him join The Nexus was a good story.
The actual main event though, particularly it's climax, was a bit of a shambles. Paul Bearer turning on the Undertaken again, to side with his son wasn't a bad bit of story, but the blinding angle really didn't work - as, even with the ability to edit it, it still looked like the Bearer shined a crappy torch about and then stood around for ages before giving the Urn to Kane for the finish.
The blu ray package isn't very good either, I always wonder why they give you the Raw and Smackdown from before the show, rather than the aftermath ones - as that's what you'd actually be interesting in seeing - what happened next. This doesn't even come with the preliminary six-man tag, that happened at the actual show.
There are good matches on the show, but it's lasting legacy is the terrible main event.