Steen Going Over Cena Clean Is Rather Cool, But the Praise Should End Right There

WWE Elimination Chamber 2015

(2015/5/31)

Kevin Owens vs. John Cena

Good match in general, but ultimately very disappointing considering all the praise. I guess many people think high of it because of “shock value” of Cena losing clean to a surly new aggressor, but that’s such a cliché at this point, as he already lost clean to Lesnar last year and to Danielson two years ago. So, it’s not that shocking. This match had a really good first half, borderline great matter fact, but then Cena kicked out of Steen’s finisher in the middle of the match… in Steen’s debut match, lmao. Obviously, it wouldn’t be your generic WWE/Cena big match style if an opponent doesn’t steel Cena’s AA finisher, and that’s the moment that completely threw me away from the match emotionally. The entire second half was nothing but big bombs and finishers, literally. Good match, but very disappointing considering all the hype, the early brawling portions saved it from mediocrity.

***1/4