y'know... i was really expecting this mania to be disasterous.
i hate hbk. i have no interest in seeing a mahon match. henry is unsaveable shit. foley has become pathetic to me. cena is being booed relentlessly, to the point where they're cheering h's, and they're seemingly not addressing that. i was under very strong belief that there'd be no austin, no hogan, or no bret hart run in (which most of you would consider a good thing, anyway). boogie man, girl matches, masterpiece, etc...
just wasn't lookin like something i'd be at all interested in.
but, quite honestly, i was amazingly surprised.
i think foley did a great job. he truly worked the match and worked it well. the cool highlight bump spots were fun and well done.
hbk's spots on junior were at least memorable.
the rey / angle / orton bout was great -- three of my favorites, if not my favorites. it was just nonstop great spots.
the crowd was AMAZINGLY into cena and h's match, even despite the retarded intros they both had (hhh's entrance theme had... an entrance theme?)
the match itself, i thought was really good. they didn't feed into the crowd like the equally polarizing hogan and rock match of x8, but they fed off the crowd very well and put on a great show. very intense. towards the final shot at the end, where the camera panned back to reveal cena calling for his finisher, it really looked like the crowd was going insane.
flair's role in money in the bank was great, even if he didn't win -- and rvd really deserved it.
and, y'know, i gotta say, mickie james' match was actually really good! even aside from all the great boobie and bergyner shots!
sure, there was some crap in there. the torrie bout. booker t being ridiculously jobbed (though his "freak hallway" segment was fantastic). i hated every moment of the taker match. no masterpiece / carlito "payoff" split after the match. jbl and benoit was nothing memorable. and the angle/rey/orton match was but a mere 9 minutes.
but... for the most part... i gotta say i was truly pleasantly surprised with how it played out. definite, solid B.
