The Hate Has Not Been Embraced

Shocking, isn't it? No, not really. Cena beat Kane at Elimination Chamber, and in the main event of the PPV. There were really no swerves or anything too interesting in the actual story of the match. Match quality itself? There were a few nice spots here and there, which you would expect in a match that is just begging for a brawl. In the end, the match was okay.

Was it worthy of being the main event? In a PPV that is supposed to be about Elimination Chamber matches, an Ambulance match ended the show. Of course, there was a reason why this match trumped two World title matches. Centerpiece Cena was involved. Think back to his TLC match with Wade Barrett. Cena overcame that issue in the main event of the PPV, despite no World title being on the line. Again was the Cena/Kane match worthy of the final spot? Had the WWE pulled some kind of swerve in either of the two big title matches, I would say that one of those matches deserved the finish. The way things went, I'm not going to be angry about the choice to end it with Cena/Kane. The feud has been developing for months now, anyway.

The hate has not been embraced, but that is not surprising. Does that make the match even more pointless? Most people believed that Cena would not give in to Kane. Even had Cena lost the match, how would that lead to him turning heel? They could still do it, but it might be a stretch. In the end, the point of this whole feud was to create a situation that Cena can overcome.

What happens to Kane now? A depush. That, again, is not surprising. He will end up just like Nexus in 2010/2011. So many people called that a botch. I already see some bitterness over how Cena/Kane was handled from some fans. I will agree that this feud wasn't developed as well as even Nexus was, and that there was some logic missing in the actual storyline, but the overall point is the same as it was with Nexus. Put over the centerpiece of Raw, John Cena. Kane still has his mask. He can still pick on Ryder and Eve, the leftovers of the storyline. But hype will be diminished. Time for Cena/Rock.