Best match: Smackdown Chamber
Worst match: swagger/gabriel
This ppv was a major let down. I had just received my copy of EWF Violent Night and was really in to the shooters touch match but stopped to watch this. The booking of the raw chamber was weird and reminded me of an Armory spot show. The Miz is just god awful. Someone needs to do this guy a favor and sit him in front of a tv and make him watch hour after hour of The Cowboy or even more recent, The Showstopper. Watching the Showstopper/Dankind stuff made me want to punch the Showstopper. The Miz is horrible. I wouldn't have minded a bigg larry run in and a larrydriver to miz to end that match
Kyle Blakeman
Tampa Bay
Booooooring. Horrible. Nothing memorable at all. No title changes. No new feuds or storylines developed (other than Laurinaitis vs Long!?). It's as though they put on the most boring show ever just prior to Mania to make Mania seem amazing in comparison. An embarrassing show and effort from bottom to top
Kevin MacKenzie
Thumbs in the middle show
Best match: Smackdown Chamber
Worst Match: Gabriel vs. Swagger
Santino, Bryan, and Barrett are the only reason I'm not giving this
show "thumbs down" It was nice to see three guys who don't usually get
a lot of shine put on one heck of a show. The ending moments of the
Smackdown chamber match were among the best in the history of the
chamber. I really wasn't expecting this after seeing all of the goofy
"Rocky" skits leading up to the match. In this instance, they should
have dialed back the comedy. Santino's work in the ring tonight
proved he can come off as a realistic underdog when working in
earnest.
I'd actually like to see another match between Tamina and Beth. The
did a pretty good job of beating each other up, and acquitted
themselves as wrestler as opposed to divas.
I'm not a fan of stretcher/ambulance matches, so Kane and Cena didn't
have a chance of winning me over. These two have had no chemistry
during their feed, and this match suffered from that immensely. John's
recent aggression has felt totally contrived.
I bet this matched sucked live. The "chamber" surrounding the
scaffolding makes the screen hard to see, and I imagine the fans in
the building tonight had as hard of a time following action outside
the ring as I did at last year's chamber in Oakland.
I hope that this feud is done for and creative steers Cena toward his
match with Rock. Tonight's latest version of the "Super Cena" match
has certainly made me ready to see him get his butt whipped by Rocky.
I'm looking forward to hearing your thoughts.
-Adam Bogan
Sacramento
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