The Heel Turn: Reliving the highlights of the exciting live WWE show in London
Last Saturday night brought the
return of the WWE to the John
Labatt Centre, and I was in attendance
for what proved to be a fun
live show. The matches mainly
featured some mid-card fan
favourites, such as John Morrison,
Evan Bourne and Zack Ryder.
Jack Swagger did a great job of
getting heel heat by constantly
declaring that he was better than
all the fans in attendance due to
the fact that he is American. This
makes me wonder why he needs
Vickie Guerrero managing him
when he seems fully capable of
getting a rise out of fans all by
himself.
R-Truth and the Miz, who recently formed a tag team, also proved to be charismatic and entertaining as they worked up the crowd before their match against Bourne and Kofi Kingston. The Miz is now a true believer of R-Truth's opinion that a conspiracy exists against them. Perhaps there is, as there is no reason why R-Truth shouldn't get a WWE championship reign in the near future. He'd absolutely make for a more interesting heel champ than Del Rio.
Predictably, the match that raised some of the most attention was the Divas tag match with Divas champion Kelly Kelly and her partner Eve taking on the Bella twins. The face Divas may not have a long-lasting partnership, as Eve is rumoured to be turning heel at some point. More trouble will be coming in the form of the "Divas of Destruction," Beth Phoenix and Natalya, who've both turned heel themselves and vowed to eliminate all the "Barbie doll" Divas by any means necessary. This is an excellent opportunity for Natalya to develop her mic skills, as she is already a phenomenal athlete who just needs to amp up her personality. The next time they put the belt on Natalya better result in a longer title reign, as even on her worst day she can wrestle circles around the majority of the Divas division.
The main event of the night was a title match with Del Rio defending against John Cena, who by now has made a career out of never-ending title shots and rematches. Del Rio played the part of the cowardly heel, as he kept running out of the ring to avoid Cena. Ricardo Rodriguez, the personal ring announcer for Del Rio, was also at ringside until he was ordered backstage by the ref because of his interference attempts. When it appeared that Cena was going to win, Rodriguez ran back out carrying a steel chair and hit Cena with it. This gave the victory to Cena, but the WWE championship does not change hands on a disqualification, so Del Rio's reign was safe for another week.
The one highly visible problem with this live event was the lack of fan interaction. There were no photo or autograph opportunities, which even the TNA show a few months back had plenty of. Perhaps more main event Superstars being in attendance should have been another priority, as Triple H and CM Punk were noticeably absent.
R-Truth and the Miz, who recently formed a tag team, also proved to be charismatic and entertaining as they worked up the crowd before their match against Bourne and Kofi Kingston. The Miz is now a true believer of R-Truth's opinion that a conspiracy exists against them. Perhaps there is, as there is no reason why R-Truth shouldn't get a WWE championship reign in the near future. He'd absolutely make for a more interesting heel champ than Del Rio.
Predictably, the match that raised some of the most attention was the Divas tag match with Divas champion Kelly Kelly and her partner Eve taking on the Bella twins. The face Divas may not have a long-lasting partnership, as Eve is rumoured to be turning heel at some point. More trouble will be coming in the form of the "Divas of Destruction," Beth Phoenix and Natalya, who've both turned heel themselves and vowed to eliminate all the "Barbie doll" Divas by any means necessary. This is an excellent opportunity for Natalya to develop her mic skills, as she is already a phenomenal athlete who just needs to amp up her personality. The next time they put the belt on Natalya better result in a longer title reign, as even on her worst day she can wrestle circles around the majority of the Divas division.
The main event of the night was a title match with Del Rio defending against John Cena, who by now has made a career out of never-ending title shots and rematches. Del Rio played the part of the cowardly heel, as he kept running out of the ring to avoid Cena. Ricardo Rodriguez, the personal ring announcer for Del Rio, was also at ringside until he was ordered backstage by the ref because of his interference attempts. When it appeared that Cena was going to win, Rodriguez ran back out carrying a steel chair and hit Cena with it. This gave the victory to Cena, but the WWE championship does not change hands on a disqualification, so Del Rio's reign was safe for another week.
The one highly visible problem with this live event was the lack of fan interaction. There were no photo or autograph opportunities, which even the TNA show a few months back had plenty of. Perhaps more main event Superstars being in attendance should have been another priority, as Triple H and CM Punk were noticeably absent.
