Way too long and plodding. You could have cut out the horrible "wrestling" Shane tries to do, cut the match down to 25-30 minutes and it probably would have been better. Or Shane would have passed out from exhaustion. I don't know. My match rating for that one was almost solely based off what they did outside the cell, and a bit of things they did on the inside.
I just don't agree with this. I agree if this response was in there for Taker vs. Shane. But the storyline on this was personal AND actually made sense. So Shane is fighting for his family, and after the 10 millionth McMahon family storyline, this is actually a good one. The guy was fighting for his family and it was personal. Everything leading up was brilliant with the US title and the promos. It felt like a HIAC match. It felt like it was personal. The substance was good. It was believable. Shane's lack of training is okay in this situation because the story made sense.
I bitch so much about WWE's booking, but on three occasions they hit it out of the park tonight.
- New Day vs. Usos was a great HIAC match. Brutal and a great payoff. That was spectacular.
- US title: Corbin gets screwed out of his 1 on 1 match so he actually makes them pay by AJ finishing off Tye and Corbin sneaking the win w/o pinning AJ. Seriously brilliant stuff. It made sense and the recent build/storyline makes sense. I love it when it makes sense.
- Shane/KO: Everything was great. I loved every second of it. It felt big. It felt personal. It felt like the structure made sense. The spots were crazy. I was sweating bullets when they were doing moves on top of the cell. It was great. KO went from hovering around to being a freaking mega star heel. That was awesome.
I also even like that Nakamura isn't winning yet. As long as his big payoff comes at a big time event. I think he should pull off his first title at WM. To be crowned at the biggest stage of them all would be great for Nak. That being said, I still hate Jinder and I hate how Rusev is being booked, but 3 REALLY good stories told tonight by WWE. Stuff you can really sink your teeth into.