The ending to this past week’s Smackdown was probably the best ending to a Smackdown there has ever been since the program came on the air in 1999. Never in a million years would I have actually thought that [don’t-call-him-Antonio] Cesaro would get a clean win over Randy Orton, no matter how much I preferred Cesaro over Orton any day of the week. I totally expected Orton to kick out of the Neutralizer and hit some hackneyed RKO out of nowhere for an infuriating victory.
But he didn’t kick out, and Cesaro got a clean win on national television.
I actually came out of my seat at that moment and pumped my fist at that. I’m 31-years old and cheering over the result of a professional wrestling match.
As a fan, I think this was a win on the level of Benoit winning the world title almost ten years ago for me. Seriously.