Jennifer Stevens of New York City, N.Y. (6.0): Best Match: Triple H vs. Orton to close the show. Worst Match: MVP-Matt Hardy segment. This show was made just above average for me by virtue of the stellar Last Man Standing match. It's such a shame the undercard wasn't stronger, or this truly might have been a breakout show for WWE. I can't say anything beyond the main event really stood out above what I might see on a good Raw or Smackdown. The six-man tag was okay but a little sloppy, and Mysterio vs. Finlay needed an actual finish, and not a goofy injury angle. The fans are never going to believe a legit ring injury after this. The opener was pretty good, but everything else was forgettable - the women's match, Batista vs. Khali (although the former's leap from wall to wall was pretty sweet); even Triple H vs. Umaga should've been better. C.M. Punk vs. Big Daddy V was downright horrible. Why does WWE even bother to keep that show around if this is the best they can do? Take it back to hardcore or let it specialize in high-flyers or something. The match was garbage, and in that respect represented the current ECW well (no offense to the talented workers by any means; it's just a bad situation that needs fixing). Sadly, even that craptacular contest was better than watching Matt Hardy puke on MVP. Good God. Did I give this show a six? It would have been a three without the main event. The title matches and fallout came together well considering the short amount of time they had to put it together. I love the heat they built, I love the belt on Orton and I love that they will continue building towards Y2J and not hotshot a cheap return. An okay PPV effort overall, but very pale compared to the can't-miss shows of the past, and compared to what I know WWE is capable of.

C.J. Moss of Fresno, Calif. (7.0): Best Match: Orton vs. Triple H (Last Man Standing match). Worst Match: Pizza filler. I hope when people judge this PPV card, they do so without the Y2Hype. The fans (especially us on the internet) created the Jericho hype when WWE promised nor advertised anything. So those feeling ripped off by a lack of impending Jericho return only have themselves to blame (and I fall into that category as well). Objectively speaking, this was a good show whenever Randy Orton was involved and the rest of it ranged from bad to decent. The first match was more of a beginning storyline match rather than a an actual match to be judged but what was there was decent. It had the feeling that Orton was beginning to become Randy Savage to Triple H's Hulk Hogan (funny considering what happened later in the show with Hunter Hulking up). Some of my friends even called him RKOhhhyeeah after the match. The second match was the "we forgot the IC and Tag Team Champions" cluster match that was entertaining for what it was. Punk against Viscera introduced Punk to the "if you're over, you're going to get beat or punked out" policy WWE has. The Hardy-MVP segment was the worst of their can-you-top-this segments and, unfortunately, this one was on PPV. Triple H against Umaga wasn't what I expected it would be. I'll give the benefit of the doubt and say this was short to continue the show-long WWE Title storyline (and considering where it was on the card, it had to be anticipated that something else would happen). I'd expect better from these two under different circumstances. Finlay and Mysterio felt like the beginning of a story rather than the end and if what they were able to show us is any indicator, I'm all for it. In the Y2Viral video of the week, we see REV_22:12 and 2ND_COMING as the new additions. Revelations 22:12 states "And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward with me, to give every man according as his work shall be." Just in case anyone was interested. After a string of a good few months to begin the year, Candice has had a couple of bad ones. Her match with Beth Phoenix was the icing on that cake. Weird post-match too. The Punjabi Prison is a cool gimmick concept. Too bad Khali will be involved every time the gimmick is used because other wrestlers can use that structure to make a damn entertaining match. The Last Man Standing Match saved the show. Excellent match. The only problem I had with it was that in a similar situation last year, Cena was pinned after two spears from Edge within 3 minutes. Hunter went 15-plus with Orton and had way too much Superman offense compared to a relatively fresh Orton. But, as a match on its own, it was a damn fine car wreck - if you don't remember that SuperHunter was beaten up before and could still lift up 50 pounds of ring steps over his head. But I'm satisfied with the end result and the match in general even if it's hard for me to overlook that Triple H hung in there with Orton that long after having "injured ribs" while C.M. Punk was dragged out of the arena for the same thing two hours earlier.

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