WWE: Royal Rumble 2010

Royal Rumble Wreaks of Familiarity
"Royal Rumble 2010" is nothing special. Plain and simple. Most of this PPV lacked originality, and by the end of the broadcast, I was underwhelmed.

1) ECW Championship
Christian (champion) v. Ezekiel Jackson
---Undoubtedly the best match on the card, and I think the Atlanta crowd's participation will confirm that. I confess I haven't watched the SyFy program in a long while, but I think I will give it another look if it's going to produce solid matches like this. Christian has always been a great in-ring performer, but Jackson really stepped up to the plate. For some reason, his brutish strength is more appealing than most superstars with this kind of dominant gimmick. The action was back-and-forth, with both men coming up with some good counters to familiar spots. The pace was always quick, and the slower moments were still intense. I am very surprised at how much I enjoyed this match, and look forward to these two mixing it up some more.
"7.0 /...

ANOTHER GOOD RUMBLE
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ROYAL RUMBLE 2010

1.[ECW TITLE] CHRISTIAN VS EZEKIEL JACKSON-the opening match would pit Christian against the bigger Jackson. The match was as one would expect with Christian having to use his speed while Jackson dominated with strength. Jackson looked really good here as did Christian as he always does, really good opening match. The pace was good and the chemistry between them was on point as well. Christian ends up hitting his finisher for the win.

2.[U.S. TITLE] THE MIZ VS MVP-now like I always say I am a fan of The Miz so any time he is wrestling I am watching. I also liked M.V.P. who got this title shot on the spot as Teddy Long added the match a short time earlier. Both were good in this but not as good as they could have been together. Luckily they had some really good matches later but on to this one. The match while not the best was good with M.V.P. getting off to a good start taking it to Miz. But Miz would come back at the end keeping his...

A "Rated R" Return Along With An EXTREME Exit
ECW Champion Christian vs. Ezekel Jackson - This was a real solid opening match as we all know what Christian is capable of but Ezekel Jackson stepped it up here in getting himself over as a powerman that all about what his entrance music implies...Domination. Ezekel overpowered Christian various times throughout the match causing Christian to play defense, use his speed, & take high risk to get an advantage. It was a solid opening match & good showcasing for Jackson even in defeat as they would go on to have better matches (like their Extreme Rules match on the final ECW broadcast) but one funny moment was Matt Striker bringing up a note in the history of the ECW Championship to no immediate responce from the others leading to Michael Cole saying, "I'm trying to forget that moment."
As a side note, this would end up being the last ECW match on PPV as WWE ended the brand right before the next PPV.

United States Champion The Miz vs. M.V.P. - Eventhough this was...

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