Well, as it turns out, not only was it Goldberg's final night, but Brock Lesnar's as well. Lesnar wants to pursue football. He's young yet, I suppose. And the match wasn't slated for the main event, and the fans didn't really care much for it (maybe since both competitors were on their way out). Undertaker, who returned, seems to be headed to the Dominant Slot on Smackdown, and Smackdown is headed toward Late WCW Country. Shame that this is when Eddie Guerraro is champion...
But now Chris Benoit is champion, too. That's a good thing, like a return to the Bret Hart days. What ain't a good thing is that Chris Jericho was once again screwed. Jericho and The Rock have a lot in common, actually. They both get the shaft more often than not, but maintain fan interest in spite of it, only The Rock is a media favorite and Jericho isn't, and so it hurts Jericho's future prospects more and more each time it happens. This was the biggest night of the year, and the writers decided that it would be a good time...to push forth story developments. Four years ago at WrestleMania 2000 Triple H got the win over The Rock in a fatal four way, which I thought was another crummy ending. The Rock I don't think ever really recovered, and soon went off to pursue film roles, which he's concentrated more and more on. Last night he and Mick Foley lost to Randy Orton (plus the backup of Batista and Ric Flair, who at least got a win at this event for a change, even if it had nothing to do with him). Orton and his Smackdown equivalent, John Cena, both got the wins, and so did Christian, making it a time for the young, I guess, as well as a time for the old (The Undertaker), and guys who have been around but only now started to get somewhere (Benoit, Eddie Guerraro). Then there was Chavo Guerraro, who got the win over Rey Mysterio, who now has consecutive losses at the event to wrestlers who're being pushed and really shouldn't be ahead of him. Matt Hardy is going to be fading more and more. Why is Chavo getting this push? In appreciation of all the years he did stuff and didn't really get anything to show for it? Is that was this is? A token gesture? Is that the current era?
Speaking of token gestures, Rob Van Dam got his victory as well. Ooh! With Lesnar out of the way, RVD can reclaim the top slot in the PWI 500 now!
Sorry, I'm just in a bitter mood right now...Last night should have been unbelievable. Instead, it was pretty much unbelievable. Cudos to Benoit and Eddie Guerraro. They deserve it. It's the rest of the roster that needs something now. Like a swift kick in the pants. Cena could provide it, and it looks like hes being looked on favorably, but he still has a ways to go before he reaches a point where he could properly call himself heavyweight championship calibur. Is Christian going anywhere, besides this feud with Jericho? The cynic in me says no. He's Scott Steiner/Test Redux, and he's dragging Y2J down with him. Undertaker is back again, and maybe he's the next Smackdown champion. No excitement there. Lesnar is gone. There's hope that he will return one day. Goldberg is gone. There's hope he'll return one day. Triple H has a feud with Edge most likely on the horizon...
Ah...I thought last night was supposed to be inspiring or something...Let's just hope that Sid Vicious doesn't rear his ugly head...
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