WWE Royal Rumble

Edge vs Dolph Ziggler

Got to get a kick out of Edge's feeble Spear being worked as "too dangerous". This started slow... and stayed that way until the final minutes. Dolph in control was dull and mostly restholds, but I am almost tempted to say Edge wasn't a totally useless sack of shit, purely because I marked for him busting out the Edgecator. Shame it wasn't the finish though, and we had some bullshit with Vickie and Kelly to follow. I guess they had to do something for nearfalls once they realised Edge has like 2 trademark moves. The legdrop into powerbomb counter and Spear into the sleeper were neat, but this was still not good.

The Miz vs Randy Orton

This somehow managed to be even worse than the previous match and was a complete bore. I want to like Orton, but he does absolutely nothing to engage me or the audience. He doesn't sell in a compelling way that allows you to buy into the match, his offence is mostly him standing and clubbing people with the odd random move here and there, his execution isn't good enough to grab your attention, he seems hesitant to take any bumps, no believable match enders outside the RKO, etc. etc. Not that Miz was much better, but Orton felt like the bigger problem. Bad, bad match.

The Royal Rumble

This had a mix of a lot of good and a lot of bad. It was all going pretty well until about the half way mark but went downhill after Punk's elimination and nose-dived pretty horribly at the end. Most of the highlights actually came from the mid-card guys like Bryan, Morrison (the spot where he caught himself on the rail was fucking great and one of the best spots in RR history), Regal, Chavo, etc. The Punk/Nexus stuff was good while it lasted but they shouldn't have had Khali take some of Nexus's momentum and Booker's entrance before Cena going against them. I actually found the Hornswoggle comedy funny at first but it definitely over-stayed it's welcome. Show and Henry should have played a bigger parts after the build they put into them. Didn't care about Diesel and thought he looked as immobile as ever but fuck he was the most over guy in the match, which is actually kind of sad more than anything. Miz eliminating Cena makes me think they will run Cena vs Miz or Miz vs Cena vs Orton at Wrestlemania, the latter of which I really hope not. Del Rio winning it is alright though I'm not overjoyed about it, but he is still the second best option after Punk, which again is kind of sad. The false finish with Santino did nothing for me. No Taker and no Christian was also dissapointing, and no Nexus/Corre stuff in the match itself was weird considering the build.

Also 40 guys proved to be too much, the match dragged on like fuck after the 30th guy and there was easily 10 guys who served no purpose other than bumping the numbers.