Bleacher Report - Articles by Eric Shepperd

One Fan's Ramblings: How to Truly Enjoy Professional Wrestling

Eric Shepperd — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:14:35 -0500

Hello once again I am Eric here writing to you about my thoughts on everything pro wrestling.

Well I had been planning on writing this article for quite some time now but it seems that now is definitely the right time for it. You see, I just have to get a few things off of my chest. What I'm about to write may piss a few people off, or maybe it won't; but I'm sure it needs to be said.

I Love Professional Wrestling. Let's make that very clear here, as goofy as it sounds wrestling is my life. Of course I have plenty of other things going on that are just as, if not more important than wrestling, but I still say wrestling is my life. Why? Well it's quite simple actually, I enjoy it. Yep, that's it.

I love Professional Wrestling because of the action, drama, comedy, and everything that comes with it, but most of all I just enjoy it. You see about a year ago I was finding that those who I knew who liked, and even loved, wrestling were a little to harsh on the product. I was watching Survivor Series last night with a few friends, and once again the PPV was picked apart by them inch by inch, really taking the fun out of it.

Sure, as a whole, Survivor Series sucked. But you know what? I enjoyed it. Through the pretty bad casket match, to the Kozlov/Triple H match, I still enjoyed the show. You see what I like to do is focus on the positives of each show. By doing this you could even enjoy the dismal PPV that was December to Dismember(the opening tag bout was tremendous).

When I see a botch on television or a bad interview or a bad match, I shrug my shoulders and move on. Even if the storyline makes no sense or it looks all too fake, I look to what was good about the show. Looking for the positives, it's a great thing my friends.

Watching PPV's with people like that can be annoying. Even during an awesome match, some will say "Wow that was bad" when a move is performed incorrectly. Of course you notice the botch, even if it's a botched finish like the Mickie James/Trish Stratus match at Wrestlemania 22.

The finish was botched but the match itself was, in my opinion, awesome. While some came out saying that they wished the finished hadn't been botched but I came out of it just happy to have seen a great match-up.

Ross, a great writer for the Wrestling section of this site wrote an article explaining how the Internet wrestling community is ruining wrestling for themselves. It's a great article and a good read and I won't really dwell to much on the factor of spoilers and breaking news, but I feel I must comment just a little bit.

Wrestling fans these days complain about the predictability of the WWE shows, many say Edge's return last night was predictable. Well if you had gone on any "dirt sheet" you would have found that Edge was in Boston and some sites even went out and said that Edge most likely will be revealed as the one who attacked Jeff Hardy. So I wouldn't expect to be surprised off of something I already knew.

This is all besides the point but the fact is that if you stop reading spoilers and dirt sheet's for even one week, you will find yourself enjoying wrestling so much more. I have been criticized by some friends for liking everything in professional wrestling and maybe they are right. But the truth is I just find something I like or enjoy out of every match, wrestler, or event.

In the end, we are all going to still look at spoilers and everything like that but I am just saying that we take this sport we love for granted. Next time you watch a wrestling show, try and focus on the positives and see how you rate the show overall.

I will leave you with this, I am not in any way saying that fans who read spoilers and dirt sheet's aren't "true fans" or don't enjoy the product. All I am trying to say is that I have found that your love for this business stays stronger when you first just look at the positives.

Good night and Good Luck

Bound For Glory: Hits and Misses

Eric Shepperd — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:06:43 -0400

So I just got finished watching Bound For Glory IV A.K.A Bound For Glory 2008 A.K.A. TNA's Wrestlemania. I decided to order the PPV on the knowledge that Bound For Glory tends to deliver in big ways. I was sort of disappointed in the show until the Monsters Ball and the show seemed to just get better and better from there. Now lets take a look at the night with a "Hit and Miss" format that I will be trying out.

The Steel Asylum Match: No surprise that this match started off the show. Its a proven point that starting out a TNA PPV with an X- Division match is a great Idea. Some were expecting Suicide's debut in this match but we didn't get him.

We did get however a very good opening bout with some awesome spots. The Guns really shined in this match with their constant double teaming. Another guy who did very well was Johnny Devine. That pile driver on Rave was sick. Curry Man takes the huge fall and the two men actually in a feud get into it. Lethal takes the victory in this one earning himself what felt like an unannounced Title Shot.

Overall I would have to say this is a HIT.

Foley in Corenette's Office: There were quite a few of these segments so I will just group them together. I love Foley so I was just loving these segments. I marked out for a mention of Yurpal(sp?) the Clown. Anyway these segments were definitely a HIT. P.S: I too would rather be in Velvet.

Bimbo Brawl: This was the only match on the card that I thought wasn't worthy of the PPV. No weapons were used in the match If I am not mistaken and I just wish Rhino had something better to do then this. Sadly this one was a MISS.

Consequences Creed Promo: Good promo by Creed here. It was a good Idea to mention his TNA debut last year at Bound For Glory. Putting the Patriotic factor in this match made in worthy of the PPV. Creed made me believe he could become champion. HIT.

X-Divison Championship Match: Very good match between the two men here. Nice to see the crowd really getting behind Creed. Some nice spots that I am too tired to recall at the moment. Im becoming a fan of Creed and was rooting for him to win.

I really thought Creed was going to get the win tonight but as long as we see him get the title down the road then I am fine with Bashir holding onto the title. Bashir vs Machismo will probably take place at Turning Point which is a match I would like to see. HIT.

TNA Knockouts Championship: These three women should tonight why TNA has the best women's division in wrestling. The cross body by Kong was pretty cool and that chop to the chest of Roxxi was brutal. I really wanted to see Kong hit that splash but it set up for a good finish.

Taylor Wilde hits Roxxi with her Northern Lights Suplex with a bridge and grabs another victory. It will be interesting to see where TNA takes the Knockouts Title from here. HIT.

Monsters Ball Match: This match was just freakin brutal. LAX showed off there team work once again tonight putting in a great performance. Abyss is just a glutton for punishment and takes the cheese-grater like a man.

Then we come to Steve "Mongo" McMichael facing off with James Storm. I didn't really mind the football face-off but his count was just getting on my nerves. Oh and Steve, its a MONSTERS BALL match, there are no dq's! There was no reason for him to take the tacks away from Storm.

Anyway back to the match, Morgan hits an amazing Crossbody to the outside which really impressed me. This guy is definitely growing on me. When I saw Devine come out and turn around I knew we were in for a treat.

The lighter-fluid came into play and Abyss once again proves why he is the craziest man in TNA Wrestling. 3D throws Abyss throw the flaming table and Abyss is STILL ON FIRE after he hit the table. It was very clear Abyss wasn't going to be a factor in this match anymore. Like Abyss or not, you have to respect him.

Anyway the finish to the match was well done with Team 3D hitting Hernandez with a 3D on a thumbtack covered table and then Beer Money comes in and steals the victory. I was thinking Roode and Storm would come out on top and I was glad they did. A huge HIT for the match itself but a MISS for hiring Mongo to be the referee.

Three Way Match: This was a great match between three great wrestlers. That moonsault by AJ was sick. It would have been amazing if he had been able to hit a reverse DDT with the moonsault.

Some really well done spots were included in this match and the finish was very good. A top rope unprettier by Christian allows Booker to hit a top rope scissors kick for the win. I personally thought this match should have been a number one contenders match but I take the great match any day. HIT.

Angle/Jarrett Promos: Both Angle and Jarrett gave solid promos with Angle trying to make this match even more personal. Jarrett gave a simple and sweet answer and made me ready for this upcoming match-up. HIT.

Angle vs Jarrett: In my opinion, and I might get some flack for this, but I truly thought that this was match of the night. Angle and Jarrett told a phenomenal story that had me hooked from beginning to end. Jarrett showed that he still has "it" if you will, and that he would definitely be an asset to the company as a full-time wrestler once again.

The match seemed like it could have gone either way which is a great thing for a wrestling match. Just a quick side note, Angle hits the most beautiful moonsaults in my opinion. The ref bump was expected when you have a special enforcer in a match. A vicious chair shot by Angle on Foley was great. You just knew that Foley was about to get physically.

Jarrett gets smashed with a chair as well but Foley pulls the referee out before Angle can get the win. Foley comes back in and trades punches with Angle before pulling out Mr.Socko and grabbing the mandible claw. Guitar Shot by Jarrett and he gets the victory. I was very happy when Foley counted the three.

Like I said before, In my opinion this was the match of the night that told an amazing story. Whether we see Foley vs Angle in the future is still up in the air but one thing is for sure, this match was a HIT.

TNA World Heavyweight Championship: Now we have come to our main event seeing Sting take on Samoa Joe. It was a good idea to have Joe and Sting go right after each other since it just wouldn't make sense for them to just "wrestle."

Joe hitting that flying dropkick on Sting was just AMAZING. I really can't believe he took that kind of risk. The crowd was very hot throughout the whole match and both men seemed spent when the made it back to the ring. It was cool to see both men kick out of their own finishers.

I was really hoping Joe would win this one but got worried when Nash came out. Nash hits Joe with Sting's bat and Sting captures his third world title at Bound For Glory. The match in it self was very good and told a great story, not as good as Jarret/Angle, but a great story none the less.

Nash turning on Joe and being the big surprise was a MISS for me but it does advance the Young vs Old angle in TNA that I personally have really enjoyed. The match was a HIT no doubt, but with TNA history, Sting probably won't be holding on to that belt for that much longer.

So to recap, thats 10 Hits against three misses which means this PPV was a HIT! Some may argue this show wasn't anywhere near a "Wrestlemania" type show but for $34.95 it offered some great wrestling. I for one am glad I order the Pay Per View and will be watching Impact this Thursday to see where TNA goes from here!

Thanks For Reading.

Why John Cena Is Professional Wrestling

Eric Shepperd — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:22:47 -0400

Hello wrestling fans I want to talk to you about one man, John Cena. Nothing really made me say "I have to write this" but I just thought I would throw my thoughts out there. Some of you will agree and some of you will disagree but in the end I just want John Cena haters to have an article that will make them think.

John Cena debuted on June 27, 2002 when he faced Kurt Angle on Smackdown. The man that would go on to be arguably the biggest star in wrestling today put up a good effort (albeit a losing one) against Angle.

Things picked up for Cena when he adopted the "Doctor of Thuganomics" gimmick and Cena soon received praise from the Internet wrestling community. Cena would feud with The Undertaker and then a few months later he would turn face and win the United States title. The sky was the limit for John Cena when he got a shot for the WWE Championship at Wrestlemania 21.

Cena defeated JBL in a lopsided match that saw JBL dominate and then Cena pick up the win with the F-U. Cena showed everyone that he deserved the title though when he beat JBL in their now famous "I-Quit" match at Judgement Day. John Cena was then drafted to Raw and become the top guy on that brand. Why was it then that Cena was so hated when the title was finally taken off of him at New Years Revolution?

Many argue that Cena's reign was just too damn long and while it was a fairly long reign he put on some very good matches with the likes of Chris Jericho, Christian Cage, Kurt Angle, and Shawn Michaels.

Another point that is brought up is that Cena was being shoved down our throats and that it wasn't believable for someone to beat the odds that many times. The truth is John Cena wasn't given more airtime than any other main-event star that held the WWE Championship would be given. To not feature one of your biggest stars is ridiculous.

As far as him overcoming the odds, this is professional wrestling, there are plenty of things that require you to suspend your disbelief. Does anyone honestly think two guys can punch each other in the face and not be phased by it?

The over-coming the odds argument reminds me off the infamous undefeated streak of one Bill Goldberg. The guy went undefeated for a year! No one is that good. But the streak worked because Goldberg was over just like John Cena was and still is.

Ah being over, the WWE did a smart thing when the mixed reactions for John Cena got louder and louder. They pointed out the fact that love him or hate him, he elicits a reaction.

In my opinion it's better to be a face that gets booed then a face who gets no reaction whatsoever. I must take a moment and give credit to the WWE. They could have taken the easy way out of things and turned John Cena heel, but oh know they kept him as a face and Cena kept winning over people with his constant great matches.

John Cena vs HHH-WM 22
John Cena vs Edge vs HHH- Backlash 06
John Cena vs RVD-ONS 06
John Cena vs Edge-Summerslam 06
John Cena vs Edge-Unforgiven 06
John Cena vs Umaga-Royal Rumble 07
John Cena vs HBK-WM 23
John Cena vs HBK-1 hour match on Raw
John Cena vs HBK vs Randy Orton vs Edge-Backlash 2007
John Cena vs Great Khali-Cena had Khali's best matches
John Cena vs Randy Orton-Summerslam 07
John Cena vs HBK- Wrestlemania Rewind Match on Raw
John Cena vs HHH vs Randy Orton-WM 24
John Cena vs Jeff Hardy-Raw before Night of Champions
John Cena vs HHH-Night of Champions 08
John Cena vs Batista-Summerslam 08

Just take a look at the list I have compiled, all of those matches were definitely above good, with some being just great. I understand the "shoved down our throats" argument and I understand the "overcoming the odds" argument but I don't get it when people say that John Cena can't wrestle and has bad matches.

Even if you don't think those matches were near great, you have to admit there nowhere near bad. Sure John Cena isn't Kurt Angle, or Eddie Guerrero, or even Shawn Michaels, but he he also delivered when the bell rang.

I've often said that it takes two to tango and that applies here as well. The fact is that John is part of what made those match great. Even though I consider HBK to be one of the best ever, he still couldn't pull out a great match with someone that's a bad wrestler. The (R)Truth is that one wrestle can have a good match with a bad one, but he simply cannot have a great match with a bad wrestler.

One last point for me to hammer home is the call for Cena to stay away from the title and that Cena getting injured again is great because he won't be able to go for the title. The fact (there's that word again) is that once a guy wins the big one, and more specifically becomes a main-eventer, he is never out of the title picture.

Plus John Cena hasn't been WWE Champion since, are you ready for this?, October of last year.

The bottom line is that John Cena is truly "McMahon's Dream Wrestler" as Paul Heyman so aptly put it. He is because he loves this business and no matter what offers he gets he will always stay true to the WWE.

Take a look at that picture at the top of the article. What do you see? I for one see passion. The passion to be in the wrestling business and the passion to entertain the fans. This article is called "Why John Cena is Pro Wrestling" and the answer is his passion. His passion brings about great matches, great promos, and a great reaction(positive or negative) from the fans.

Say what you will about John Cena, but im going to have to say that Cena Is Professional Wrestling

(Eric is a rabid professional wrestling fan and Luther Reigns Number One Fan;), He writes for no-one but himself, for the rock, and for the people.)

No Surrender: Samoa Joe Retains/Jarrett Returns

Eric Shepperd — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 17:03:07 -0400

Hello everyone and I am back here with my TNA No Surrender Review. Im going to go ahead and do things in order tonight. So sit back, relax, and enjoy my thoughts on TNA No Surrender!

Sting Promo: The Stinger was a little off tonight during his speech. It did pick up in the end though. He would be making some great points about disrespect if only Joe and AJ actually had shown Sting disrespect. What did AJ do, call him a coward?

Well Sting didn't show up for a month to explain why he was helping Booker T so I would say AJ's comment was in the right. And Joe, oh yes he didn't listen to Sting when he told him to stop beating Booker T up.

I really think this respect angle has potential but at least in my eyes Sting is coming off as a guy whose scraping the bottom of the barrel. We get a Bret reference in Canada! What a shocker!

Booker T Announcement: Sucks that Booker couldn't make it down for the PPV. I was looking forward to the four-way. Ah well like Tenay said my thoughts are with everyone effected by the hurricane.

Rock and Rave Infection vs The Prince Justice Brotherhood: I freaking love the PJB. At first I hated the Stone Cold Sharkboy gimmick but now I kind of like it since he is being paired up with other *ahem* freaks.

Curry Man is the greatest thing to happen to this business. Well maybe not but he had me laughing in this match with his encounters with Christy Hemme. I still think Eric Young has the potential to be a big star. The guy is over with the crowd, is a good wrestler, and he has the charisma to boot. For now I guess we will have to settle for Super Eric. Funny ending as well with Curry Man not wanting to get up after pinning Hemme.

ODB vs Awesome Kong: Well TNA had to throw this together when Miss Kim decided to leave TNA. Pretty good brawl between the two with one or two nice spots. Not the best womens match ever, but it wasn't boring. By the way There was a Suicide mention in the video package for this match and another one later on in the night. Im interested in the character but they better not postpone it too long.

Christian Cage Promo: For the second time in one week Christian Cage has delivered a fantastic promo. On Impact he had a great one that really made you believe that this was his night. Tonight was no different with alot of emotion going into this one. With two promos Cage made himself a front-runner to win the title tonight

Abyss and Matt Morgan vs Team 3D: Pretty good tag team match if you ask me. They had a couple of nice false finishes and everyone looked strong. A month or two ago I wasn't very keen on Matt Morgan but he seems to be growing on me. The guys got talent, whether that will take him anywhere is yet to be seen. That Torture Rack back-breaker from Abyss always looks painful! 3D loses but makes it look like Abyss hit Morgan with the chair, good stuff.

Petey Williams vs Creed vs Bashir: Match of the night IMO. Whether it was because I was kinda tired towards the end of the show or that the ladder match had some botches, I still think this was MOTN. Great back and forth action. Between this and the Ladder Match the X- Division really shined tonight. Perfect ending with Williams hitting the CD and Bashir stealing the victory.

Im a huge Petey fan by the way and it was nice to see his home country give him some love. Congrats to Bashir for the well-deserved title.

Taylor Wilde vs Angelina Love: Solid womens bout but nothing special. I like Rhino a lot so I kind of wish he was doing something better than being Taylor's friend. Oh well, and Cute Kip? Come on man you can do better than that. I sort of liked the "Mega Star" Kip James character but this is just bad. Kip's a pretty darn good talent and being the make-up artist for TBP isn't helping him. God damn this guy can't get a break.

Jay Lethal vs Sonjay Dutt: Nice ladder match out of the two here tonight. The concept was kinda dumb but the match wasn't. They tried some new things and some worked out while others didn't (did Lethal think Sonjay was going to hit that ladder?).

Anyways I loved the back-body drop spot onto the ladder. WAIT....WHAT? Liz can't turn on Macho can she? Well she did, the only two good things about this storyline are their matches and the "fury" it has brought out in Jay. Have Jay smash Sonjay's face in at BFG and then elbow drop Val and move Lethal onto bigger and better things. OHH YEAAH WORLD TITLE YEAH!

Angle Promo: Good promo that cleared up his strategy now that Booker won't be in the main-event. Nowhere near the awesomeness that was Cage's promo, but it was still good.

Beer Money vs LAX: Good tag team match up here with Beer Money getting another cheap win. I hear Shelly is actually gone from TNA, oh well I just wonder why the chose for her to be assaulted in the women's bathroom. Anyway I smell a Six Sides of Steel Tag Team match at Bound For Glory between these two teams.

AJ Styles vs Frank Trigg: I like MMA, I like AJ Styles, and I like what I've seen out of Frank Trigg, but this match was a mistake. Booking an MMA match on a Wrestling PPV is just stupid. The We Want Wrestling Chants (my favorite) turned into the Fire Russo chants which then turned into some this is b***s*** chants.

I would be pissed to if I paid my hard earned money to see a wrestling show and then was treated to an MMA match. Oh well, Trigg cut a bland promo that wasn't that bad and in the end the only redeeming quality of this was AJ getting some kendo stick revenge.

Samoa Joe Promo: Before I get to this I just want to say im annoyed by Booker's new voice. Its like he's trying to be Jamaican Royalty. Stick with regular Booker or Good Ole Englishmen Booker.

Anyways Joe cut a very effective promo. I say that because he brought up some great points on why Sting doesn't deserve his respect. I would have liked for Joe to ask Sting the question of who he's beaten in the last six months. The truth hurts but that's what Joe gave us tonight. No doubt Sting deserves his money and his time with his family but its all open for attack once you question someone's respect.

Samoa Joe vs Christian Cage vs Kurt Angle: Quite simply three of the best in professional wrestling today. Sting coming out to try and mess with Joe added to the story of Joe losing his focus. The three men had a very good match-up but I was pretty damn tired so I can't give it all the praise it may deserve. Nice to see Jarrett come back and nail Angle. Can't wait to see what Jeff has to say about attacking Angle!

Bound For Glory Thoughts: Bound For Glory is looking good so far. Beer Money and LAX will most likely have a tag team warfare of some kind and after tonight we can expect Kurt Angle vs Jeff Jarrett. I for one am I Jeff Jarrett fan so I will be looking forward to this matchup. Whether or not the will have a good match, well have to see.

And Samoa Joe vs Sting for the TNA Heavyweight Title. The main-event that has been talked about is now official. I really like Joe's promos on Sting and will look forward to more in the coming weeks. Sting may be older but when it counts he is on his game so Joe/Sting should be one hell of a main-event. Lets just hope Sting doesn't win the title only to lose the title on the next Impact;)

P.S.: For those of you that watched ECW this week you saw Jake Swagger make his debut. The guy he beat is named Josh Daniels and is one of the best independent workers out there today. If you ever get a chance to see him I certainly would!

Until Next Time, Take Care...

Jeff Jarrett's Return a Good Sign for TNA?

Eric Shepperd — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 06:13:33 -0400

Hello Wrestling fans, my name is Eric Shepperd and I will be writing about various topics in professional wrestling. WWE, TNA, and the independent circuit will all be covered.

My first article will be about last night's Hard Justice PPV and the hinted return of "The King of the Mountain" Jeff Jarrett.

Last Night TNA held their annual Hard Justice PPV from Trenton, New Jersey. The card featured some good bouts, but the thing that everyone is talking about is the finish to Joe vs Booker. These two men battled it out in a Six-Sides of Steel with weapons and had a solid bout.

Personally I think the match would have been better if it was just the cage.

Anyway, Booker went for the Axe Kick but the lights went out which can only mean one thing...Sting! But in the past few weeks the lights have gone out and come back on with Booker T holding Sting's bat.

Last night the lights came back on and to everyone's surprise Samoa Joe was holding a guitar. Wham! Joe crushed Booker with it and picked up the victory. Now who is the man that always uses a guitar? Well the one and only Jeff Jarrett of course.

Don West and Mike Tenay did a good job by not saying Jarrett's name but still letting the people at home know it meant Jarrett. Now the question is, is Jarrett's return a good thing for TNA?

Back when TNA first got a deal with Spike TV, TNA fans across the board were calling for Jarrett to step down from the main event. Jarrett had been in the main event picture since day one of TNA. I myself believe he deserves to be there, but you can't keep someone in the title picture forever.

After losing to Sting at Bound For Glory in 2006 Jarrett stepped away from TNA wrestling for quite some time. When he returned he returned as a face and tried to right the wrongs he had committed in the past. Unfortunately, Jeff's wife lost her battle with cancer and Jarrett has been off TV ever since.

It's been awhile since we have seen Jeff Jarrett inside a TNA ring, and I think it's just about time. This might not raise the ratings for Impact or help with the PPV buys, but it will give this fan one more reason to watch Impact on Thursday nights.

Now onto my thoughts for the rest of the PPV.

"Maple Leaf Muscle" Petey Williams vs. Consequences Creed

I was at a wedding so I didn't get to see some of the first matches. From reading the results Creed came off strong, which is a good thing, and I'm glad to see Bashir on PPV. I always thought the man formerly known as Davari was very talented but he was just never really given a chance. Hopefully TNA will be the right place for him.

Taylor Wilde, Gail Kim & ODB vs. The Beautiful People & Awesome Kong

Didn't see this one either so I can't really comment on it, but it's good to see Wilde pick up another win. It's funny: TNA knockouts are on PPV every month unlike the WWE divas.

The Latin American Xchange vs. Beer Money

This was the last match I missed and the one I'm upset that I did. Hopefully they put on a good match and it's great to see Roode and Storm become tag team champs. They're both great workers and great heels so hopefully this cheap win means more matchups with LAX!

"Black Machismo" Jay Lethal vs. "The Guru" Sonjay Dutt

Solid chain match with a stupid stipulation tagged on it. There was no need to have someone be able to win by ripping off their opponents tuxedo. Those "Fire Russo" chants are great. I don't know if this was Russo idea or not, but the Internet keeps reporting that these bad ideas aren't from the mind of Russo.

Which confuses me, since they are exactly something Russo would book. I am liking this feud though, and it gets two talented wrestlers airtime, which is always a good thing.

"The Instant Classic" Christian Cage & "The War Machine" Rhino vs. Team 3D

Very nice street-fight with an awesome finish. I personally thought we were going to see the glass table come into play. Nice to see Abyss out to save Christian and Rhino and not Taylor Wide.

If Abyss not using a weapon goes on long enough, there should be a huge pop when he finally does snap and uses one.

"The Phenomenal" AJ Styles vs. Kurt Angle

Great promo by AJ before the match. It was short and sweet and straight to the point, one of his best IMO.

Very good bout between two of the best IMO. At first the fact that it was really a Texas death match annoyed me, but as the match progressed I was fine.

I loved the senton by Angle off of the stage. That DDT looked really nasty from one of the camera angles. I like how AJ ran back in and attacked Kurt even though Kurt was "injured."

Don West put it very well when he said that AJ had just had enough of Kurt accusing him of sleeping with Karen. The lights out surprised me and Sting hitting the Death Drop on AJ did as well. This Sting storyline is really interesting and I can't wait to see where it goes from here.

So those are my thoughts on the PPV. Thanks to anyone who takes the time to read what I have to say.

Eric Shepperd