Reel in Place

In June, Rob Van Dam beat John Cena for the WWE Title, but here, a little over a month later, Edge is the champion and RVD has been suspended as a result of a drug-related arrest. So, things have changed, but the backup plan is a pretty good one. Edge cost Cena the title, so there is still that issue, and Edge pinned RVD in a triple threat with Cena to win the title, so the title has been integrated into things seamlessly. That leads us to this night, singles match for the WWE title between Edge and John Cena, not where the WWE planned to be, but still a worthy main event.  Before the bell rings, Edge is pulling his funny faces, looking fired up, but when the bell rings be bails to the outside immediately. Cena catches up with him, but Edge uses his overexuberance to get the advantage as we go to commercial. Edge botches a superplex, slipping on the top rope, but Cena manages to get himself over on it, so it ends up looking good anyway.   We get another one of those dread...

  John Cena dispatched Triple H and Edge in a post-Mania triple threat and was left without an obvious opponent. Enter Rob Van Dam, the holder of the Money in the Bank briefcase, to challenge John Cena for the WWE Title at the upcoming ECW One Night Stand. John Cena was no stage to hostile crowds, people have sided with Triple H rather than cheer for him, but this is something different. This crowd is visceral, this crowd is ready for war, this crowd, for this one match, on this night, it's as real as it's going to get. The interplay between Cena and this crowd is legendary at this point. The shirt being thrown into the crowd and then thrown back is iconic. You can tell right away, this is just one of those nights. Something special is going to happen here. Cena takes charge, all while being showered with 'You can't wrestle chants.' RVD hits an enziguiri and Cena bails to the outside. We get some of the really bad 'boo' and 'yay' punch exchanges, and...

John Cena beat Triple H at Wrestlemania, but only because Triple H underestimated him, at least according to Triple H. He wants a rematch, but Edge won at WrestleMania, so he wants a shot at Cena. So, they both get a match with the champion at Backlash. Edge dips out early to let Triple H and Cena fight it out, and they are happy to oblige. Cena gets the advantage early, covers HHH, but Edge slips in the ring to break it up, and then pops right back out. The same thing happens when Triple H goes for a cover. Triple H and Cena are slugging it out, with Edge cheering them on from the apron. Eventually, they grow tired of Edge's shtick and team up to go after the Rated R Superstar. From here, we get a series of the guys coupling off, first Triple H and Edge, then Cena and Edge, and then Triple H and Edge. typical triple threat fair, with nothing much of note except for Cena hitting a top rope splash on Edge. Edge grabs Triple H is a sleeper and Cena slides in the rings, picks both up ...