I mean in the Hunter matches Taker just took an incredibly entertaining ass kicking for 30 minutes, and in the Punk match Punk bounced around almost as well as Ziggler. Last night against Lesnar, someone not as ring-smart as Hunter or as believably nimble as Punk, Taker's limited mobility was really present. It was a shame, and part of me wonders whether the match actually blew ON PURPOSE, so as to really make the finish that much more believable.

There's a shoot interview I've watched probably 3 times before of Taker during his biker phase on TSN in Canada. He talks about not wanting to be the old head sticking around past his prime and leaving the ring knowing he looked like shit and that there was a kid seeing him for the first time that he he didn't deliver for. With all of that in mind, I can't help but think maybe he wanted to go out and look dead on purpose...