Unforgiven Thoughts

This show can be summed up in one word. Boring.

Intercontinental Title - Jeff Hardy vs Johnny Nitro
This was fine to start with when Hardy was doing all his usual stuff at the start but Nitro's heat was boring as hell. Hardy's comeback was good as always and they did some decent nearfalls. They had me a few times at least. Jeff would have won the belt if they hadn't had been doing the two title changes later in the show.

Kane vs Umaga
Short and sweet. I love watching two big men pound the shit out of each other and this is what this was. Nothing special but Kane made Umaga look really good. The shitty ending means this is going to continue.

World Tag Team Championship - Spirit Squad (Kenny & Mikey) vs The Highlanders
Pretty boring match to be honest. Spirit Squad won with the usual antics. Again I'd expected a title change but the two they did later were more important than this.

Hell In A Cell - DX vs McMahons & Big Show
Nothing match. No big bumps. No awesome spots. Usual raking the face against cage spot (the brand new cage I should admit) a million times, plenty if chairs and a sledgehammer in use. A cluster like you'd expect. DX won when Hunter laid waste to Vince. This has to be the end.

Women's Championship - Trish Stratus vs Lita
The usual Trish/Lita match but the crowd were hot for young Miss Stratus. Fun match whilst it lasted with a great finish (Trish used the sharpshooter). Trish got the send off she deserves. The video package before this match was great. Maybe if they'd done something like this on Raw over the last few weeks this might have actually got over.

Carltio vs Randy Orton
Orton cut a nothing promo before the match. Thankfully Carlito didn't get the opportunity. Boring match, apart from the finish where Orton hit an RKO after Carlito went for a flying thingy madgicy. Pushing like Orton can hit the RKO out of anywhere worked two years ago. As soon as he started teasing it it sucked. Hopefully they're going back to the old way.

WWE Championship - TLC Match - John Cena vs Edge
Great heat. They loved Edge and hated Cena, although there was some Cena love. Easily the best match of the show. Not the best TLC ever but it was decent. They did some fun spots and did them very well through teasing them before they actually did them so when somebody did get put through the table the crowd popped. RVD and Sabu take note please. Awesome finish with Cena hitting a super-duper FU off the ladder through two tables and grabbing the belt.

Overall a boring show that was saved from disaster by the reaction to Trish and the main event.