So, Myke, what did you think of the "Bathroom Brawl"?
And since no one got a chance to read/comment this in the last thread, I will re-post it:
[quote name='Matt Young']It's going to take time to build an audience on Monday nights. The fact that they maintained their usual rating while going head to head with WWE is a good sign.
And since I forgot to mention it before... I really hope Drew McIntyre doesn't win MITB. I like him, but he's nowhere near world champion level, and I'd hate to see that as the end of WrestleMania, of all shows.
Speaking of MITB, it's been booked terribly. I mean, I like most of the guys who are in it, but it's just so... weird. Here were my predictions from before they started doing qualifying matches:
Kofi Kingston vs. John Morrison vs. R-Truth vs. Drew McIntyre vs. CM Punk vs. Rey Mysterio vs. The Miz vs. Christian
Of course, I didn't know it would be a 10 man match. But I only got 2 guys right- 3 if Kofi qualifies tonight. At least all of the guys I named will be on the WM card, as long as Kofi qualifies tonight. What happened with him, anyway? He was pretty hot at the end of last year/beginning of this year, but since being in the WWE title match at Elimination Chamber, he's wrestled in a meaningless six man, teaming with Yoshi Tatsu and Evan Bourne against the imploding Legacy, and he beat Chavo on Superstars. I'm pretty sure that's it.
The Miz, I can understand being in a tag match since he now holds the title, and they always seem to squeeze Big Show onto the card. As for their opponents, Morrison and Truth, I can accept Truth not being in MITB. I almost slotted in MVP instead of Truth. But, as much as I enjoy watching the team, Morrison is too good to be stuck in a tag team right now. He should have been one of the top choices- along with Christian- to win MITB, and now he's not even in it.
As for the guys who did qualify, and who they defeated:
Christian beat Carlito: No-brainer here.
Dolph Ziggler beat Morrison and R-Truth: I already gave my opinion on Morrison and Truth. Good match, but Ziggler hadn't won a match outside of Superstars in 6 months (unless you include countout and DQ victories over Kane). Ziggler should have been IC champ last year, but this was out of nowhere.
Kane beat Drew McIntyre: Kane's only useful purpose is to put people over. He certainly should not be in a ladder match. And him ending McIntyre's undefeated streak was so stupid. Drew should have lost, in an IC title match, to someone who would have gained something from the victory. Then again, this episode of Smackdown was the worst booked show I've seen in my 20 years of watching wrstling, so...
Shelton Benjamin beat CM Punk: Shelton's always awesome in MITB, and Punk vs. Mysterio will be a really good match, but Punk's a 2-time defending MITB winner. He should have been given the opportunity to defend that honor, and should have been the man Christian (or Morrison, if he was in it) knocked off the ladder at the end to win the match.
Jack Swagger beat Santino Marella: REALLY? Did anyone expect Santino to win? They could have at least given Swagger a credible opponent. And, while I like Swagger, he's in the same boat as Ziggler- he hadn't been pushed since SummerSlam of last year.
MVP beat Zack Ryder: So, it was obvious that MVP was winning, but they could have at least given Ryder more than a minute and a half.
Matt Hardy beat Drew McIntyre: I still like Matt Hardy, even though he got all fat from volcano tacos, but he hasn't done anything in the last 6 months since his brother left. He had been teaming with The Great Khali and Maria on Superstars, for God's sake. And, although it was "expunged", that was another loss for McIntyre.
Evan Bourne beat William Regal: Neither man had won much in a long time. Evan Bourne will be great in a ladder match, but that's really all I have to say about this one.
Drew McIntyre beat Aaron Bolo: Um... yeah. I'm glad they got McIntyre into the match, but they've booked him terribly. And if this is just a "swerve", having him lose, only for him to go on to win MITB,

that.
So my point is that, while I still expect the match to be good and I like most of the participants, it's kind of a letdown. And really, who besides Christian (and maybe McIntyre) would be a credible winner? I see this year as the first time a MITB winner loses in his title match.[/QUOTE]