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The Tables, Ladders and Chairs PPV was a game-changer as far as WWE is concerned. Instead of reinforcing the status quo of the last three or four years, some new talent was elevated and some fresh faces brought to the forefront of WWE, and while no breeches were split in the effort, perhaps a few heads were.

In match one, Christian defeated Shelton Benjamin to retain the ECW title, with a rousing, high-spot-heavy 18-minute match.

In the next match, Drew McIntyre defeated John Morrison for the Intercontinental Title in a solid 10-minute match that put one new face into the title mix.

Next, the women’s title match was given a respectable nine minutes to develop and Michelle McCool won the woman’s title from Mickie James.

Shock went through the crowd at 16 minutes when Sheamus upset WWE Champ John Cena to become the new champ! Sheamus’s rise has been quick and took some by surprise, but has been handled well and as long as they let him keep it a month or two, it could prove an interesting way to launch Sheamus’ career… however, the odds of him holding it until WrestleMania are quite slim.

Next up, Undertaker defeated the new heelish Batista at 15 minutes to retain his World Title, but this has got to be the most boring feud on WWE TV today. Move on, please!

At 13 minutes, Randy Orton predictably defeated Kofi Kingston.

Finally, at 24 minutes, JeriShow (Chris Jericho and the Big Show) lost their unified tag titles to DX (Triple H and Shawn Michaels) so now it’ll be DX appearing on both shows for a while…

All in all, some nice title-change surprises and a couple still-predictable results. But WWE is showing improvement in how they handle integrating new talent, so… that’s something!

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