Bourne and Miz followed up with what was (in my opinion) the best match of the night. I was skeptical about Miz’s in-ring skills for a long time, but the newer, more vicious version we’ve seen of him lately (beginning with his assault on R. Truth a few weeks ago) leaves me looking forward to his matches as much as I do his work on the mic. Bourne was, as always, entertaining as hell; he even threw in one pin attempt I don’t recall ever having seen before (I won’t try to describe it – just know that I couldn’t do it without tearing a hamstring). The finish came when Evan had control of the match and went for Air Bourne. Miz brought his knees up at the last second, then won with the clean pin.
Winner: The Miz
The final match of the night was a 3-on-3 tag team contest between the Nexus (represented by Wade Barrett, Skip Sheffield, and David Otunga) against John Cena, Chris Jericho, and John Morrison. If you’ve ever wondered why Vince McMahon loves John Cena so much, you have to see Cena at a house show. All the other established stars play these things at half-speed – by comparison, Cena seems like he must have received a cappuccino enema just before his music hits.
They played up the tension between Jericho and Cena whenever they had the opportunity, but most of the match was spent watching Morrison get pummeled by the Nexus. They used common tag team heel tactics to keep JoMo away from his corner, and it was literally about 7-8 minutes straight of waiting for the hot tag. As someone who’s never been in the ring, it’s tough for me to tell – is Sheffield a little sloppy in the ring, does he work a little stiffer than everyone else, or is he just really good at selling his offense? I noticed this before on some of his clotheslines, but tonight it seemed like everything he did just sounded louder than what everyone else was doing.
Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.
