Saturday has finally come and things in the hectic World of Wrestling have seemed to calm down. It has been one of the craziest weeks in WWE history. Starting with last Sunday’s incredible Money in the Bank PPV, history was made this week. CM Punk won the WWE Championship and took it with him to free agency. On Raw, Mr. McMahon put together an 8-man tournament in order to crown a new WWE Champion. Later that same night, Mr. McMahon was relieved of his duties as Chairman of the WWE and Triple H was announced to be McMahon’s successor. On Thursday, CM Punk crashed WWE’s panel at the San Diego Comic-Con and had a little war of words with Triple H. Finally on Friday, Smackdown Money in the Bank winner Daniel Bryan announced he will be cashing his Money in the Bank briefcase at WrestleMania 28. If you have not noticed by now, it was a newsworthy week. Even though the great amount of news, there were a lot of great matches all week long. The two amazing Money in the Bank Ladder matches from Money in the Bank, R-Truth vs. Rey Mysterio from Raw and Randy Orton vs. Kane in a Street Fight from Smackdown were among the best, but none of them come close to the Silverdome Match of the Week. This week the award goes to a match that could possibly be the Match of the Year, the Silverdome Match of the Week is John Cena vs. CM Punk from last Sunday’s Money in the Bank PPV event.
After a full month of build, the match every fan eagerly anticipated happened last Sunday at Money in the Bank in Chicago. The crowd in Chicago was on their feet as their hometown hero, CM Punk and the defending WWE Champion, John Cena. The atmosphere in the Allstate Arena was just electric as the crowd was completely engrossed in this match. The match started out quite slow with both Punk and Cena trying to get a feel for one another. These early moments of the match consisted of quite a few holds and lock-ups and many series of reversals between Punk and Cena. About halfway through the match things started to pick up when Punk and Cena started to pull out their big hitters. CM Punk and John Cena started throwing everything and the kitchen sink at each other. Punk hit not one, but two stiff knees while Cena was leaning against the ring ropes before hitting his signature knee into a bulldog combination. That was later followed by Cena pulling out his top rope leg drop on two separate attempts, which he connected on the second attempt. We got some excellent back-and-forth action that kept everyone in the audience and at home on the edge of their seats. CM Punk would later get Cena back by hitting the GTS. Unfortunately for Punk, his knee connected with Cena’s ribs instead of his head, which caused Cena to fall out of the ring. Trying to get the win, CM Punk would try to connect with the GTS yet again. This time Cena would reverse the move into the STF. With the Chicago crowd cheering him on, Punk used every ounce of strength in his body to pull himself towards the bottom rope. Cena would thwart Punk’s attempt to break the hold by dragging the Straight-Edge Superstar to the middle of the ring and locking in the STF again. When it looked like Punk ran out of luck, he reversed the STF into the Anacoda Vice, but Cena would escape the hold. Eventually Cena hit Punk with the Attitude Adjustment that caused the Punk fans around the world to cringe. As the refs hand went down for the three count, Punk’s arm shot up and with that the Punk faithful in Chicago cheered at the top of their lungs. The loudest cheers I have personally heard since Shawn Michaels kicked out of that thunderous Tombstone back at WrestleMania 25 (when J.R. has his out-of-body experience). In an effort to put Punk away, Cena hit a second AA on a tired CM Punk and again Punk would kick out. After about 30 exhausting minutes, Mr. McMahon and John Laurinaitis made their way down the ramp. As soon as John Cena locked in the STF, Vince called for the WWE belt and the bell to be rung. He sent Laurinaitis to make sure of it. Laurinaitis was making the turn around the ring when John Cena intercepted the Vice President of Talent Relations with a thunderous clothesline. Before getting back in the ring, Cena gave one disappointing glance McMahon’s way. Once Cena made it back into the ring, CM Punk was there to hit a glorious GTS to put an end to this classic. With a CM Punk win and a chaotic ending along with some excellent wrestling and storytelling, CM Punk vs. John Cena will most likely be one of the most memorable matches of this decade. It capped off on incredible Money in the Bank PPV event and showed why we all love wrestling. Unless there is another match with this much great wrestling, storytelling and emotion, John Cena vs. CM Punk will no doubt be the Match of the Year.
There is no rest for the weary. This week looks to continue the rather hectic atmosphere. This Monday’s Raw marks the first of show with Triple H as new WWE Chairman and after Punk’s little stunt at Comic-Con it looks like The Game will have a lot to address. Also scheduled is the final match of the WWE Championship Tournament between Rey Mysterio and The Miz. It should be one exciting Raw that no wrestling fan should miss. Well that is all for this late Saturday night. Just one more thing, please check out my exclusive article for tribalwrestling.com. It is my Weekly Rundown of the week’s events in much more detail than you see here. Here is the link, http://tribalwrestling.com/the-silver-wrestling-report-july-17-23/. I am hoping to get it up by tomorrow or Monday. Until next Saturday dear readers, cheers.
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