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This is the match WWE needed to book to cement Cena’s first-night-back title win at Survivor Series last month, or so the theory goes. The good news is that the match was quite solid.

Jericho, who has been turning in match-of-the-year contenders most of the year with Shawn Michaels, is now primed for a long feud with Cena, and his experience from the extended Michaels feud benefited him tonight. Both Cena and Jericho earned their designer watches tonight, and although Cena predictably won, the match didn’t necessarily resolve the feud, so much as add fuel to the fire.

But considering we’re now in the run-up to WrestleMania, that’s only apropos.

At least the second match of the night, though it ran only twelve minutes, was an enjoyable one, even though a titles wasn’t involved. CM Punk proved a great opponent and style match for the over-exposed Rey Mysterio and the two men provided some nice, solid action and decent ring psychology, minus the disposable diapers, to the table during their time on stage.

I half-expected Rey-Rey to get the win, but apparently the WWE wants to keep Punk’s momentum up; I must say, Punk’s handling his post-title-run stint near the top of the mid-card like a seasoned vet; like Chris Jericho, he’s simply wrestling his heart out every time he’s in the ring.

Remember when John Cena used to do that?

The best diet pills in the world can’t make up for the bloated sight of Vladimir Kozlov in a WWE ring. But we’d better get used to it for a while because Matt Hardy lost his title match against Kozlov to become the new ECW champion.

This shows just how little regard McMahon now holds the ECW brand in; punking out a marketable, popular champion like Hardy after a brief run to the underexposed, overrated Russian big man is just not a way to draw viewers to the SciFi show, nor will it put many butts in the seats at TV tapings.

Does anyone remember The Big Show?