Two excellent ladder matches highlight a show where The Nexus look to make an impact.
Opening Match: Money in the Bank Ladder Match: Kofi Kingston vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. Christian vs. Cody Rhodes vs. Matt Hardy vs. Drew McIntyre vs. Kane vs. Big Show
Everyone goes after Kane and Big Show except Rhodes, who tries to climb a ladder to no avail. Big Show tries to climb but a rung breaks. Poor guy. He throws the ladder onto Kane. Everyone attacks Big Show and sends him into the ring steps. McIntyre catapults Christian into a ladder. Hardy stops him from climbing with a few ladder shots. Hardy and Christian start brawling on the outside. Christian hip tosses Ziggler off the top of a ladder. Hardy hits the Side Effect on Kofi and teams up with Christian to DDT Kane. They sandwich Kane with ladders. Christian flapjacks Hardy onto a ladder. Rhodes pushes Christian off a ladder and onto Big Show. Kofi connects with Trouble in Paradise on Kane and Hardy adds the Twist of Fate. Rhodes back suplexes Kofi off a ladder. McIntyre clears the ring but Kane stops him from climbing. Kofi baseball slides a ladder into Kane. He catches McIntyre with Trouble in Paradise. Kofi climbs a ladder on the outside and leg drops McIntyre through an announce table. Big Show impressively catches Ziggler with a chokeslam. He splashes a ladder onto Christian and Hardy. Big Show brings out his reinforced ladder and gets it into the ring after some struggle. Rhodes stops him from climbing with a ladder shot to his ankle. Ziggler drops Rhodes with an electric chair but gets caught with a chop from Big Show. Kofi springboards onto the reinforced ladder. Big Show tries to stop him but falls victim to a tornado DDT. Rhodes missile dropkicks Kofi off the ladder and follows with the Crossrhodes onto another ladder. Ziggler Zig Zags Rhodes into the reinforced ladder. Kane sends Big Show to the floor by pushing over his ladder. Everyone else starts throwing ladders on top of Big Show. Kane clears the ring but Ziggler stops him from climbing by applying a sleeper hold. Kane fights him off and chokeslams him off the apron. He chokeslams Kofi onto a ladder on the outside and throws Rhodes into an entrance prop. Christian and Hardy powerbomb Kane off the reinforced ladder. They battle for the briefcase but both fall off the ladder. McIntyre finally wakes up and starts climbing. Kane throws him off the ladder and grabs the briefcase for the win at 26:17. This was simply a ladder match done right. Twenty-six minutes were appropriately given to these eight men and they made the most of it. The aspect I enjoyed the most was that everyone received a chance to shine. Kofi was involved in the jaw-dropping spot of the match. Big Show had his reinforced ladder story working for him. Christian and Hardy were put over by being portrayed as veterans of the ladder match. Everything came together and this was an excellent contest. I think WWE might have found gold with this pay per view concept. **** Read the rest of this entry
