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Exciting PPV! Highlights: Ziggler/Edge - This match built up to a good finish. Way better than Kane/Edge. Orton/Miz - Not as good as the first match but still solid. Rumble - Bryan & Punk going at it for the first 1/3 of the Rumble. Morrison hitting the C4 on Bryan and playing Spiderman. New Nexus acting as a gauntlet. The big guys not clearing house like I expected. Didn't watch wrestling seriously until 2 years ago so don't really know Booker T and Diesel, but still nice to see the 2 cameos. Chavo trying the 3 Amigos on everyone. Riley's disappearing act. Almost having a heart attack when Santino popped up. Happy Del Rio won. I don't mind Eve winning the Diva title. They should have Layla beat McCool in a contenders match. Layla beats Eve. Beth Phoenix beats Layla. Meanwhile Awesome Kong is smashing up all the other Divas on her way to meeting Beth at Wrestlemania. I'd also like Del Rio to try to win the Heavyweight Title and then go for the WWE Championship at Wrestlemania. When was the last time someone tried to win both titles at once? Cons: McIntyre & DiBiase not getting a push in the Rumble. I agree that any wrestler in a title match shouldn't also be in the Rumble.

Favourite quotes from Smackdown: "I don't know what Kelly's thinking... if anything." "The spear is banned." My Dark Horse for the Rumble: Drew McIntyre.

DiBiase finally beat Bryan in one of the best matches on NXT. Interesting to see what what fueds they move on to or whether they'll let DiBiase take the US Title off Bryan.

A fun but very gimmicky Raw. Probably the weakest in the last 2 months. Enjoyed King/Cole/Ziggler/Vicky on commentary. And I like the idea of each brand having a heel stable. I bet it was HHH's idea. Del Rio and Morrison (2 of my fav wrestlers right now) are still getting the biggest pushes entering the Rumble, as well as Punk and Barrett (don't think either will win though).

RAW was more interesting than Smackdown this week, IMO. I'm glad they've done a brand split on Nexus. Enjoying the McIntyre/Baretta fued. I'm interested to see what sort of push they both get this year. Is it just my imagination or has there been more cross-over between brands the last few months? It's certainly given the creative team more to work with. Enjoyed seeing Ricardo Rodriguez clumsily win his first match on NXT. He's funnier than Santino. I'm also starting to enjoy DiBiase's losing streak and he's putting on some decent matches. Del Rio is getting a lot of heat for the Royal Rumble but I don't see the need for either him or Punk to win it (Or Cena or Barrett for that matter). I don't think Christian and HHH will return yet, unless they want to give the HHH/ Sheamus fued some momentum before Wrestlemania. Would be cool if Jericho turned up. My pick: John Morrison

Nice to see more crossing over of the Brands. Ricardo Rodriguez is awesome! I hope after Wrestlemania when (fingers crossed) Del Rio is World Heavyweight Champion, Rodriguez puts on his Lucha mask and turns on Del Rio (with a little help from Rey). Also hope Husky/McGilicutty get some Tag Team action soon against Kozlov/Santino. And for Slater/Gabriel to turn face.

Finally a Smackdown that was as epic as some of the recent Raws.

Skip Sheffield was more menacing than any other Nexus member bar Barrett, and he has the Clothesline from Hell. I hope they give him a good heel push. Funnily enough he was a complete p***y on NXT and I didnt like him!

Miz vs Morisson (great match) and Punk and Barrett on the mic in the same segment (awesome). Cage match was cool but given that Miz is a heel the winner was predictable. Maybe they'll throw Morisson in and make it a triple-threat match at the Rumble. Hope Orton turns heel after the Miz feud. Raw's off to a good start in 2011. And I tracked down a highlights video of Chimaera (aka Ricardo Rodriguez - Del Rio's ring announcer). Here I was thinking he was just a good actor.