disregard the 8-person match...just kidding.

Punk is just awesome. Textbook heel shit all the way through. And Heyman takes great advantage of us being able to hear the audio.

That first tombstone came out QUICK. Damn! And the All Japan-style 'fuck yo finisher...I'm trying to win!' nosell worked in that case.

I was screaming 'cheat!' at Punk right before he pushed the ref. Great great great.

Great match construction to get Taker out of having to do his annual over the top rope dive.

Clearly Taker can just work out for 8-15 weeks, wrestle once a year and still be awesome for a few more years. And they have at least 3 or 4 more opponents for him.

Unless Cena and Rock work their asses off AND we get an awesome ending, Punk/Taker have taken the show. I have generally low expectation/interest in Haitch/Brock. It'll be solid but I'd be shocked if I got blown away.

Jimaveli