Other than SuperSmackdown, there was not a lot of anticipation for the week that we just finished. It was our faults for doubting that WWE would not bring the excitement as Raw trumped the rather lackluster SuperSmackdown. WWE dropped two big bombs on Monday Night Raw… sorry the Raw Supershow. The first announcement on Raw was that from this point forward the superstars of Smackdown will be joining the superstars of Raw for the newly christened Raw Supershow. From the way Triple H announced the news, it sounded like the official end of the brand split, but that was never specifically stated by the COO. So there has been a lot of confusion surrounding this announcement that will hopefully be put to rest this coming Monday. The second big announcement was that Triple H cancelled CM Punk vs. Kevin Nash for Night of Champions and in its’ place will be CM Punk vs. Triple H! It was a big surprise as I personally thought the WWE would slowly build-up to a match between CM Punk and Triple H. With the news that Kevin Nash was not cleared to wrestle at Night of Champions, the decision to have CM Punk vs. Triple H at Night of Champions makes sense. Aside from the big news, there were a lot of great matches on TV. Randy Orton vs. Dolph Ziggler and CM Punk vs. Miz from Raw was a pair of phenomenal wrestling contests while AJ Styles vs. Christopher Daniels was the best wrestling this writer has seen on Impact Wrestling in over a month other than the horrible ending. None of these matches could touch the excellent chemistry and action that took place in the Steel Cage on SuperSmackdown as Randy Orton vs. Christian for the World Heavyweight Championship takes home the Silverdome Match of the Week.
For the past four months, Christian and Randy Orton have battled over the World Heavyweight Championship. Last Tuesday, the two met for what was considered their final encounter for the prestigious World Heavyweight Title in the battle-tested Steel Cage. Once the bell rang, Christian went right for the win by escaping the cage. Christian took down Randy Orton with a big punch and immediately went for the cage door. Orton would not be taken out that easily as he quickly recovered from Christian’s initial attack. Orton would stop Christian from exiting the door, so the Instant Classic would try to scale the steel structure. Halfway up the steel cage, Christian would change his mind and try to hit Orton with a cross body, but the Viper countered Christian’s cross body with a dropkick. With the wind knocked out of Christian, the momentum swung right into Orton’s corner. The WWE’s Apex Predator would use the swing in momentum to damage his opponent as Orton would hit Christian with some stiff clotheslines, an impactful back body drop and one vicious knee drop before going for a pin. Christian kicked out at the count of two. After kicking out of Orton’s pin, Christian would take the advantage and try to climb the cage yet again, but Orton would stop Captain Charisma. Orton and Christian would battle back and forth until Christian hit a spinebuster and a neckbreaker. With Orton down, Christian went straight for the door, only for Orton to pull him back into the ring. Orton would start firing away right hands at the Pontiff of the Peepulation. Christian countered one of Orton’s punches and sent the Viper right into the corner before scaling the steel cage. Yet again, Orton would stop Christian from climbing the cage. The two superstars battled on the top turnbuckle before Orton caught Christian with a thunderous superplex. The superplex signaled desperation time for both competitors. From that point, the pace of this match hit a fever pace. Orton and Christian went for everything. From spears, inverted DDTs and frog splashes to powerslams, neckbreakers and second rope DDTs, Orton and Christian could not get the win. Randy Orton would go for the RKO, only for Captian Charisma to dodge Orton’s devastating finisher and start to climb the cage. Christian almost made it out of the cage when Orton caught up to him. The two superstars would end up sitting on the top of the steel cage trading punches. In a last ditch effort, Christian tried to fall off the cage to the floor, but Orton would pull the Instant Classic back into the confines of the cage and onto the top rope. Orton and Christian would continue to trade punches while standing on the top turnbuckle until Orton would smash Christian’s face against the steel cage. Orton’s desperation move gave him enough time to set Christian up for a RKO off the top turnbuckle in order to retain the World Heavyweight Championship. With that incredible RKO off the top rope, the final chapter in this somewhat one-sided yet unbelievable feud has come to a close. For the last four months, Randy Orton and Christian have given us wrestling fans some of the best World Heavyweight Title matches in a long time and brought back the prestige that belt lost in a few mismanaged title reigns. No doubt, Randy Orton vs. Christian is the feud of the year.
The WWE has not announced anything for this week’s editions of Raw and Smackdown. On the flip side, almost everything has been announced for this week’s Impact Wrestling. This week will see the return of Jeff Hardy, Kurt Angle vs. Mr. Anderson for the TNA World Heavyweight Title, James Storm vs. Robert Roode vs. Gunner vs. Bully Ray, Eric Young vs. Robbie E for the TV Title and the British Invasion vs. Devon and the Pope. Another big week for TNA leading into next Sunday’s No Surrender PPV event. Hopefully they can make the best of it, but I personally have my doubts. Until next weekend readers, have a good week ahead. Cheers.
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