As we come to the end of July, it has been one amazing month for wrestling fans. WWE and TNA put on their best PPVs of the year, Raw once again became must-watch TV and it looks like the WWE is finally listening to the fans. Unlike last week, this week was not as hectic. It was still exciting nonetheless. On Raw, we saw the returns of J.R. and John Morrison in between some great matches. Two of those matches were for the WWE Championship. We saw some big things happen with the WWE Championship situation, but we will get to that a little bit later. On Smackdown, Triple H announced Christian vs. Randy Orton in a No Holds Barred Match for the World Heavyweight Championship at Summerslam. We also saw the beginning of two new feuds in Wade Barrett vs. Daniel Bryan and Mark Henry vs. Sheamus. Both of these feuds have potential and could be part of Smackdown’s contribution to Summerslam. It will be nice to see where they go from here. As like last week, this week was filled with great matches across the board. In the end, John Cena vs. Rey Mysterio from Raw knocked out both The Miz vs. Rey Mystero and Alberto Del Rio vs. Kofi Kingston also from Raw and Christian vs. John Morrison from Smackdown to win the Silverdome Match of the Week.
This week’s Raw began with Rey Mysterio defeating The Miz in the final match of the WWE Championship Tournament. Rey walked away with his first WWE Championship. Ever the fighting champion, Rey agreed to give John Cena his rematch for the WWE Championship in the main event of Raw. In a great turn of events, we were treated to another WWE Championship match in the same night. As veterans of the game, Cena and Mysterio started the match rather slow as both superstars tried to feel out their opponent. Cena and Rey battle over control of the match by trading a series of headlocks, back suplexes and bulldogs. Cena tried to take charge of the match, but Rey threw the Leader of the Cenation to the floor. As John recovered from being thrown on the floor, Rey launched his little body onto the ropes and hits Cena with a springboard plancha. After that high-flying spectacle, Cena and Rey battled on the floor. Rey would go onto try and Irish Whip Cena into the steel steps. Cena countered Rey’s attempt and tried to send Rey into the steel steps, but the luchador would jump onto the steps instead. As Rey made his way off the steps, Cena dropped the WWE’s Biggest Little Man with a thunderous clothesline. Cena would roll Rey back in the ring in order to go for a pin, but Mysterio kicked out at two. When Cena and Rey made it back to the ring, as good ol’ Jim Ross, who by the way was calling this very match, would say business was about to pick up. John Cena and Rey Mysterio began to pull out all the stops. Move-after-move, counter-after-counter, these two superstars were neck and neck. From STFs and Attitude Adjustments to 619s and big splashes, both superstars pulled out all their finishers. Even at one point in the match, Rey Mysterio reversed John Cena’s STF into a STF of his own. Cena would eventually power out of the hold. The two popular superstars continue to fight it out until Cena goes for about his third attempt at the Attitude Adjustment. Again Rey counters the move and kicks Cena into the second rope thus setting up for the 619. Mysterio would then go for his finisher for another time. As Rey went for the 619, Cena got back up and caught the King of Mystery on the rebound with one impactful AA. John Cena’s fourth and final AA was the end of the match as he would get the pin and win the WWE Championship. Immediately after the match, Cena’s victory celebration was interrupted by Living Color’s “Cult of Personality”. It was a little confusing until CM Punk, the true WWE Champion, made his return. Raw would go off the air with John Cena and CM Punk both holding their own WWE Championship belts high. This little dilemma does set up what should be another excellent match between these two at Summerslam, but personally I think it could have been done a lot better. All-in-all, the whole WWE Championship Tournament felt rather worthless with the fact that Rey Mysterio, the winner of the tournament, held the title for about an hour and the return of CM Punk. Many people including yours truly, believe that CM Punk is the true WWE Champion. Even if WWE can come up a reasonable claim for Cena to be the WWE Champion, it will feel shallow to Punk’s claim. It would have been easier to either make the final match in the WWE Championship Tournament be a Triple Threat Match between John Cena, The Miz and Rey Mysterio or to never of had this tournament to begin with. Even with these storyline complaints, this match was still a great match and definitely worth checking out if you have not gotten the chance.
Well on this week’s Monday Night Raw, Triple H will be addressing the WWE Championship situation. We will have to see where WWE goes from here, but it should be good. If you are a betting man/woman, it would be safe to bet on CM Punk vs. John Cena WWE Title vs. WWE Title at Summerslam. That is all for this Saturday. Remember to check out the Silver Wrestling Report on tribalwrestling.com. Here is the link, http://tribalwrestling.com/the-silver-wrestling-report-july-24-30/. Dear readers until next Saturday, have a good and safe week ahead. Cheers.
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