WM thoughts, first hour and a half

Skipped the Raw Tag Title match, don't care.

The Money in the Bank ladder match was solid, with Flair taking a huge bump off a ladder, being escorted out due to injury, then returning for one last spot which was hilarious. A six-man ladder match neccessitates the match being a somewhat coherent spot-fest. Nothing you've never seen before, with maybe the exception of Benjamin's running swanton off a ladder propped up on the ropes. And Bobby Lashley's fear of heights making it hard for him to climb the ladder was a new one. The match felt a bit short, 2 1/4 count. RVD is pretty damned over, so look for him to job to either Cena or HHHHHHHHHHHHHHH at the ECW PPV Sneaking Out the Morning After.

The US Title match was uneventful, with the exception of the Wrestling Republican taunting Chris Benoit by mocking Eddie Guerrero's mannerisms. It made sense in the context that John "Texas Reagan" Layfield hates immigrants (and probably Negroes, too, but that isn't really relevant) and other assorted foreigners, such as the "Canadian Liberal" Chris Benoit. (Actually, the Wrestling Libertarian claimed that a win over Benoit, combined with his victory over Guerrero to win the WWE World Title last year, would make him "the greatest technical wrestler ever," probably a euphemism for something relating to Nixon's "Southern Strategy", which the GOP never actually used to win elections but RNC Chair Ken Mehlman kinda-sorta apologized for last year.) A neat sequence involving JWL reversing the Liberal Crossface into a pinning predicament and using the ropes for leverage finishes the match, with Goldwater stealing the US Title much like Kennedy stole the 1960 election, which everybody acknowledges now but don't dare suggest shenanigans in either Bush victory because that would make you a comm'nist and terrist. 2 count for the match, 3 count for all the digs it allowed me to get in at Ron.

I gotta give Edge major props and a kudo for taking some serious shit in the Hardcore match with Foley. Usually when Mick broke out the thumb tacks or barbed wire in his WWF days it was for the purpose of making the other guy look great when they used it on Mick (see HitC vs. Undertaker and HitC vs. HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH). Edge actually took a bump in the tacks and shots from the barbed wire bat, doing a decent amount of bleeding. Lita even got some Hardcore Socko cuts on her lips. Sure, Foley took the brunt of the fiery table, but Edge even exposed himself to some of that as well. 2 and a half count for even distribution of pain and suffering.

More later as I get the chance to watch it.