Cody Rhodes vs. Damien Sandow
“Best Case Scenario: After talking Damien into putting up the briefcase, the crowd gets behind Cody at the level they were during the Money in the Bank match, he narrowly loses to Sandow in an epic cheat spot which compels the Powers That Be to grant Cody a rematch at Night of Champions in the form of a ladder match. In the build up to that match, Cody starts giving mustache rides to plants in the audience.”
Even though this was essentially the opposite of what would have been “best”, it managed to hit all the right notes for the match they were having. However, since nothing was on the line, it felt like a match they had on for the sake of rounding out a card when they could have had a tag title match on here instead (unless the Big Show still can’t totally go). If this ends with Rhodes vs. Scholar for the MitB contract at Night of Champions, that’s cool, otherwise, this could have been replaced by a more “important” match. But it definitely wasn’t bad, unenjoyable, disappointing.
Match: +.5
PPV: +.7
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