Bang for Your Buck PPV Review: The 2013 TLC PPV

1-on-3 Handicap Match

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CM PUNK vs. THE SHIELD

Worst Case Scenario: The Shield hotshots the break-up angle, allowing Punk to get a less than clean victory, while spelling certain doom for Daniel Bryan’s chances for later in the evening.
What Will Happen: A Roman Reigns spear… on Ambrose.

Sometimes, a totally predictable worst case scenario isn’t as bad as you think it’s going to be. Like MR. Brandon Stroud pointed out, the level of thought that went into this match from Punk was a special type of brilliant we rarely get to see in a WWE ring. He single-handedly beat a team who have been the best kill/kill/destroy unit since the nWo and did so without making any of them look bad. That it happened to be the biggest nod yet towards a break up that literally no one is looking forward to was a bit of a bummer, but even that was done with the right amount of attention to detail and logic. In terms of in-ring action, this may not have been the best 1-on-3 handicap match of the night, but given the importance to story line, the work of the participants and the sheer fact that they had one man beat three guys and have all of them coming out of it looking good is a match that more than justifies having to pay for a 1-on-3 handicap, at least once (or twice) a year.

Match +.9

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