Giving away a better main event than WM23
Wednesday, April 25th, 2007By devoting the entire hour-plus-overrun this past Monday to a “WrestleMania rematch” between John Cena and Shawn Michaels, the WWE has done more to legitimize the feud between the two babyfaces than anything they’ve done to date, including their Wrestlemania 23 main event match.
The Raw rematch, broadcast live from London, England, did not place Cena’s WWE title on the line, but in every other respect, the match was superior to the WM23 Cena-Michaels clash. It was longer, more brutal, more entertaining and took both men more to the limit of their showmanship and physical endurance abilities. Following the match, I’m sure both were interested in hangover cures.
That’s saying something. But not something good. WrestleMania is supposed to be WWE’s biggest annual event, and yet they give away a better match on a RAW broadcast from England than they asked people to pay for as part of WrestleMania? That just doesn’t make sense.
