Best Match: John Cena vs Batista (c) at Wrestlemania 26.
I was looking for ward to this match so bad. They had only faced one time before in a great match at Summerslam. So it was a somewhat fresh match.
I thought the match they put on was incredible.
Batista really played the hell role well in this match.
The facial expressions, the demeanor, he hated John Cena.
And John Cena was amazing as usual.
The “You can't see me” from the ropes was something I've never seen before and I thought it was awesome.
Cenas' entrance with the marines was great, showing that less is more.
The story was great too with them being the top two guys in the company for years ala Hogan/Warrior.
Just great action, well paced and they told a story in the ring.
And then John Cena celebrating with the “Cena haters” at the end was priceless.
They really pulled out all the stops and put on an amazing match.
Best Storyline: The only one that comes to mind is the Nexus. And that's saying a lot, seeing as how I didn't really enjoy it.
The first night was shocking, came out of nowhere.
But then at Summerslam, it went downhill.
So I'm going to have to go with Edge and Jericho. These guys are two of my favorites and I was marking out when they had their World title match at Wrestlemania.
Their match was disappointing, but I loved the story going into it.
Former tag team partners, Jericho burying Edgw after he got injured and then Edge winning the Royal Rumble (who didn't see that coming?) and the whole “Spear” thing was catching on.
Jericho leaving with the gold too was great, he deserves it.
I thought that was the best storyline in WWE this year.
Best PPV: I'll have to say MITB. I really thought it was going to be bad. I thought it was going to diminish the value of the briefcases. But to my surprise that didn't happen.
Funny this topic was to come up right after I bought the DVD today and watched it!
It reminded me how WWE, when they really try, can put on an excellent show.
I thought the placement of the matches was perfect.
The opener, the Smackdown MITB, was a great way to start off the show.
Some great spots in that match, Kofis' leap off the ladder onto McIntyre on the table. Big Show getting buried under all the ladders.
And the booked the Big Show perfectly, as a giant in this match.
The whole show flowed really well.
Best PPV they did all year I think.
Worst Storyline: I may get flamed for this. But I'm going to have to say the Nexus storyline. This thing never made any damn sense from the beginning.
Sure the first night was shocking, but the shock wore off when I kep thinking to myself “Why isn't anyone from the back coming down to help John Cena?”
And then the next RAW starts with them in the ring with their wrestling gear on. If they're not supposed to be there, how the hell are they in the ring with a live mic?
And where did they get changed?
They don't have a locker room to get changed in.
And security just lets them stand there?
And then they get contracts after they beat the piss out of the top guy in the company?
And then they have their big match at Summerslam where they need to go over and they get beat?
After ddt'ing John Cena on concrete, he's still able to beat Gabriel and Barrett?
And then John Cena has to join Nexus and then he gets fired but he still shows up in his purple shirt wearing knee pads, and he's got a camera crew following him around backstage?
This storyline has been so stupid, and yet the IWC thinks this is great?!?!
Talk about drinking the kool-aid. Geez.
This is the stupidest, most nonsensical storyline in YEARS.
Sigh, that felt good to get off my chest.
