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2007/05/20: WWE Judgment Day PPV


I'm not going to give "money ratings" to this PPV, since I was watching on a couple intermittent feeds.

1. Carlito/Flair

Watched on a good feed with no sound. Match was really good with some nice psychology and selling.

2. Lashley winning but not getting the title.

Meh. Watched on the good feed plus the audio of a backup feed that was about 20 seconds behind. Match was nothing to write home about. Interesting to have a world title match be the second on the show. Of course Vince doesn't think the ECW world title is worth anything anyway.

3. CM Punk over E Burke

Good match. I see Burke being a better wrestler than MVP unless Benoit *really* steps up his training of MVP (and he gets new ring gear).

4. Orton over HBK

Lost my good feed, so I was watching the feed that had audio, but the video was a bit choppy.

Looked like a throw-away match.

5. Hardy Boyz over Cade/Murdoch

Both video and audio were choppy by this point.

6. Edge over Batista

The feed became pretty unwatchable, but I wasn't looking forward to this match anyway, since I don't think Edge is capable of carrying someone as limited as Batista.

7. Benoit/MVP

I was looking forward to seeing how well Benoit could carry MVP, but from the start time, I could tell this match would get much time and still leave any time for Cena/Khali.

8. Cena/Khali

The video and audio both came back. Everyone must have not wanted to see Khali/Cena. LOL. Cena's had a couple good matches, but I don't think *anyone* is capable of carrying Khali to a watchable match. That said, for a match given as much time as this was--this was a lot better than it had any right to be. And the crowd was into it the whole time. Being the "best match of Khali's career" is similar to being the "best smelling piece of fecal matter".


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