If the WWE did their job, then every wrestling fan watched No Mercy. So it's time to figure out if it was worth the price.
The first thing I want to bring up is the set. Ever since the WWE went to HD, there normal set was always better looking than most of the pay-per-view sets. Tonight, the No Mercy set actually looked really good. It was very simple as it was a modification of what they usually do, but it was different enough to state that tonight was bigger than your normal wrestling event.
The opening match sees Matt Hardy defend his ECW Title against Mark Henry. It's starting to bother me that ECW gets the opening matches at most of the pay-per-views. I understand that everyone has already paid to see the event and placement isn't as important, but it does seem a little disrespectful that they only get one match and it opens the show.
The match itself was very slow paced. It was the typical big guy story that they told. Hardy would get in some offense before Henry would take control. Henry did sell his knee attacks very well and the limp progressed through the match.
The Side Effect that Hardy gave Henry looked amazing and really got the crowd going. The end was very well planned. Henry goes for the World's Strongest Slam but Hardy attacks the knee and reverse to the Twist of Fate. Hardy retains in a decent match.
It's really good to see that the Twist of Fate is being protected. It's going to be a big deal when someone finally kicks out of it.
We get a backstage interview with Triple H and Jeff Hardy. It was interesting to see that Triple H wasn't taking Jeff serious during the interview. He was playing around with his phone and saying that he was pulling for Jeff to win. This was interesting but would only work if Hardy wins the title tonight, otherwise it just makes Jeff look bad.
The next match is Beth Phoenix versus Candice Michelle for the WWE Women's Title. Candice continues to show how bad she is with everything she does. Even in her opening, she's missing all of her music cues; coming out at the wrong time in her song and pulling off her jacket at the wrong beat.
The match wasn't as bad as I was expecting but Beth is an amazing worker. She kept the match interesting. However, they never should have went for the arm bar. Beth applied the arm bar on Candice's bad arm. She was in the move for a long time and effectively mad her one of the strongest people in the locker room.
We've seen for the past few weeks how legitimate the arm bar is because of Jamie Noble and now Candice stays in the hold for over a minute. Everyone else taps out in a matter of seconds.
The match ends with Candice going for the Candy Wrapper and Beth reversing it to the Glam Slam. It was a smart move to have Beth retain the title. Now, for continuities sake, Kelly Kelly should be the number one contender. For better stories sake, either Mickie James or Katie Lea should be fighting for that title.
We get Kane doing a promo backstage about his up coming match. I didn't think that any of this is needed on a pay-per-view. The point of a promo is to get people to buy your product. Everyone watching already ordered the pay-per-view, so now is not the time to talk. It's falling on deaf ears.
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