WWE's third interactive pay-per-view came to us from The U.S Bank Arena in Cincinnati, Ohio with a brand new name, Cyber Sunday. With a record setting number of votes cast, over 14 million, it was going to be interesting to see the way the fans had voted.
The main decision the fans made was putting King Booker's World Heavyweight Championship on the line in the Champion of Champions match. The main event was average, nothing more, nothing less. This was to be expected; after all, it was a main event involving The Big Show. The match went back and forth with Big Show out of the ring for a lot of the time. This is because the WWE is trying to hide the fact that Show is broken down and needs time off desperately to help heal his aching body. The ending came when Sharmell ran into the ring to nail Cena with the gold. She received a FU for her troubles much to the delight of the crowd. The STFU was then applied to the King but as he tapped like a mad man the referee was too busy seeing to our fallen Queen. It was as the refs back was turned Mr Britney Spears, K Fed, trying desperately to promote his album, made a run in appearance and lamely hit Cena on the back with the World Championship. This distracted Cena long enough for Booker to nail him again with the Championship but this time he got the three count to become the Champion of Champions. The night didn't end with Booker T celebrating one of the most important wins of his career but instead showed K Fed taunting Cena and the angry crowd in Cincinnati.
Before the DX/Orton and Edge match there was a backstage promo which involved HBK trying to show, despite the opinion of Eric Bishoff, the he knew what the word controversy meant. This involved him giving Sweet Chin Music to three backstage personnel. This was hilarious. Eric Bishoff was the fan's choice for referee and as expected, he screwed DX to their first pay-per-view loss since their reunion back in June. The match was a good one; the crowd were solidly behind Triple H and Michaels. The match was slow to start of with; the best exchanges came towards the end of the contest. Edge went for the spear on Michaels but accidentally nailed Bishoff. This took him out the game for a few moments. When DX had the match won and the substitute referee came down Bishoff recovered to deck the new referee and break up the pin. HBK was then taken out by Edge and a steel chair this left the Game to be double teamed and eventually Orton picked up the pinfall after a RKO onto a steel chair. This little feud is just warming up.
In other notable happenings of the night Ric Flair and Rowdy Roddy Piper defeated the bickering Spirit Squad to capture the World Tag Team Championship. This was a surreal moment, my God; Rowdy Roddy Piper was like a pregnant Casper the Friendly Ghost out in the ring. Entertaining match but nothing more. Umaga and Kane had their best battle in the opener of the night. A hard hitting, physical battle which ended with The Samoan Bulldozer hitting the Samoan Spike to beat the Big Red Machine. Lita won the finals of the Woman's Championship in a Diva Lumberjack over Mickie James in a poor and messy match. Cryme Tyme won a Texas Tornado match against The Highlanders, Haas and Viscera and Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch. The match had its moments and the fact that Cryme Tyme won was a surprise to no one. Jeff Hardy, like King Booker, managed to retain his gold despite the fans choosing the opponent. Carlito and Hardy should have had a much better contest. Don't get me wrong, it had its moments, but Carlito used a lot of rest holds and this slowed the match right down.
So Cyber Sunday didn't give us the doubles champion we were all hoping for. In fact, it didn't give us very much at all apart from the worlds oldest Tag Team Champions with a combined age of over 100. Nothing to brag about really is it. The action was mediocre at best, and the only storyline that really developed was the DX/Orton and Edge feud. Poor, poor, poor.
The main decision the fans made was putting King Booker's World Heavyweight Championship on the line in the Champion of Champions match. The main event was average, nothing more, nothing less. This was to be expected; after all, it was a main event involving The Big Show. The match went back and forth with Big Show out of the ring for a lot of the time. This is because the WWE is trying to hide the fact that Show is broken down and needs time off desperately to help heal his aching body. The ending came when Sharmell ran into the ring to nail Cena with the gold. She received a FU for her troubles much to the delight of the crowd. The STFU was then applied to the King but as he tapped like a mad man the referee was too busy seeing to our fallen Queen. It was as the refs back was turned Mr Britney Spears, K Fed, trying desperately to promote his album, made a run in appearance and lamely hit Cena on the back with the World Championship. This distracted Cena long enough for Booker to nail him again with the Championship but this time he got the three count to become the Champion of Champions. The night didn't end with Booker T celebrating one of the most important wins of his career but instead showed K Fed taunting Cena and the angry crowd in Cincinnati.
Before the DX/Orton and Edge match there was a backstage promo which involved HBK trying to show, despite the opinion of Eric Bishoff, the he knew what the word controversy meant. This involved him giving Sweet Chin Music to three backstage personnel. This was hilarious. Eric Bishoff was the fan's choice for referee and as expected, he screwed DX to their first pay-per-view loss since their reunion back in June. The match was a good one; the crowd were solidly behind Triple H and Michaels. The match was slow to start of with; the best exchanges came towards the end of the contest. Edge went for the spear on Michaels but accidentally nailed Bishoff. This took him out the game for a few moments. When DX had the match won and the substitute referee came down Bishoff recovered to deck the new referee and break up the pin. HBK was then taken out by Edge and a steel chair this left the Game to be double teamed and eventually Orton picked up the pinfall after a RKO onto a steel chair. This little feud is just warming up.
In other notable happenings of the night Ric Flair and Rowdy Roddy Piper defeated the bickering Spirit Squad to capture the World Tag Team Championship. This was a surreal moment, my God; Rowdy Roddy Piper was like a pregnant Casper the Friendly Ghost out in the ring. Entertaining match but nothing more. Umaga and Kane had their best battle in the opener of the night. A hard hitting, physical battle which ended with The Samoan Bulldozer hitting the Samoan Spike to beat the Big Red Machine. Lita won the finals of the Woman's Championship in a Diva Lumberjack over Mickie James in a poor and messy match. Cryme Tyme won a Texas Tornado match against The Highlanders, Haas and Viscera and Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch. The match had its moments and the fact that Cryme Tyme won was a surprise to no one. Jeff Hardy, like King Booker, managed to retain his gold despite the fans choosing the opponent. Carlito and Hardy should have had a much better contest. Don't get me wrong, it had its moments, but Carlito used a lot of rest holds and this slowed the match right down.
So Cyber Sunday didn't give us the doubles champion we were all hoping for. In fact, it didn't give us very much at all apart from the worlds oldest Tag Team Champions with a combined age of over 100. Nothing to brag about really is it. The action was mediocre at best, and the only storyline that really developed was the DX/Orton and Edge feud. Poor, poor, poor.