JohnJohnson
aka JuanJuanson
I just thought I'd share my perspective on the match. First some background. I was at home drinking a few beers watching this with my room mate. I'd like to point out that he is a Cena fan. In fact Cena is his favorite wrestler. Ironically, it has nothing to do with anything he does in the ring or on the mic or even in his personal life. He immediately likes anyone who is a white rapper for some reason. The second reason he loves Cena is because I boo him. For some reason this guy just picks the opposite of what I like. He had no opinion of Daniel Bryan until I explained to him that Bryan is the best wrestler in the WWE and my current favorite. He now gives loud, annoying, exaggerated boos to Bryan and even more annoying exaggerated claps to whoever his opponent is. I personally don't care for Cena or Orton. Both are bland and have the exact same ring styles. I'm also not a fan of Orton's posing.
Anyways on to the match. The match received a lot of hype throughout the night, but still couldn't get me to give a shit. I wasn't intereested in any of their recent matches, although I did like the spots were they used each other's finishers at the Royal Rumble. For some reason, in this match, it seemed like Randy Orton was actually trying for the first time in a long while. He was working the crowd well and his offense and timing seemed to be on par this match. It's almost like he mentioned in the begining of the show, that the viper is back. I actually got into the match somewhat. I would have been very much more into the match had it not been for the fact that Orton was beating the crap out of Cena the entire time. I wouldn't have a problem with that if not for the fact that whenever Cena gets the crap beat out of him the whole match, it means he hits an AA out of nowhere and wins. I also no that no pinfalls or AA attempts work until Cena has done his 5 knuckle shuffle as a prerequisite. In order for him to do the 5 knuckle shuffle, it has to be immediately preceeded by his back suplex. His back suplex can only come after hitting 2 consecutive shoulder blocks. If he hits one only, and is interrupted, then the sequence will have to begin again from the start. I think you get the point here. So here we have Orton wrestling his ass off and working the crowd, while Cena sells a beating, only to come out with an AA. I understand it's his finisher and it's the second one in the match, but there was no other real offense besides a famouser. It's like playing a Smackdown game, you gotta get the body orange/red or at least yellow to get the pin. You can't win the match with a power move and 2 finishers. But after Orton did all the wrestling, Cena gets the easy win, and is suddenly completely healed of all damage from the match.
I turn and look at my room mate and say: This is why people hate Cena, you know.
But overall at least Orton is improving and wrestling more like his old self.
Anyways on to the match. The match received a lot of hype throughout the night, but still couldn't get me to give a shit. I wasn't intereested in any of their recent matches, although I did like the spots were they used each other's finishers at the Royal Rumble. For some reason, in this match, it seemed like Randy Orton was actually trying for the first time in a long while. He was working the crowd well and his offense and timing seemed to be on par this match. It's almost like he mentioned in the begining of the show, that the viper is back. I actually got into the match somewhat. I would have been very much more into the match had it not been for the fact that Orton was beating the crap out of Cena the entire time. I wouldn't have a problem with that if not for the fact that whenever Cena gets the crap beat out of him the whole match, it means he hits an AA out of nowhere and wins. I also no that no pinfalls or AA attempts work until Cena has done his 5 knuckle shuffle as a prerequisite. In order for him to do the 5 knuckle shuffle, it has to be immediately preceeded by his back suplex. His back suplex can only come after hitting 2 consecutive shoulder blocks. If he hits one only, and is interrupted, then the sequence will have to begin again from the start. I think you get the point here. So here we have Orton wrestling his ass off and working the crowd, while Cena sells a beating, only to come out with an AA. I understand it's his finisher and it's the second one in the match, but there was no other real offense besides a famouser. It's like playing a Smackdown game, you gotta get the body orange/red or at least yellow to get the pin. You can't win the match with a power move and 2 finishers. But after Orton did all the wrestling, Cena gets the easy win, and is suddenly completely healed of all damage from the match.
I turn and look at my room mate and say: This is why people hate Cena, you know.
But overall at least Orton is improving and wrestling more like his old self.