Well Unforgiven ended a few hours ago. There were a few entertaining matches, but by the end many left me thinking one thing:

"What was the point?"

Match 1: Chris Benoit/William Regal versus Ric Flair/Batista

From World Champion last month to curtain jerker... you really have to feel for Benoit.

Despite that fact, it was a solid match, more due to Benoit and Regal. Flair is getting really repetitive... he performed the "Flair flop" twice - within less than 2 minutes.

Flair tapped to the crossface. An Evolution loss made me antsy about the Main Event...

Next up was a Trish, Tomko and Christian skit. Trish really came across as a tweener here... it set up Tomko coming out next, and it teased a split between Trish and Christian.

Match 2: Woman's title defense: Victoria versus champion Trish

This was way better than I expected! Some nice near falls, interference by Tomko led to Trish retaining. Then came the first real bit of pointlessness of the show:

Tomko attacked Vicki, leading to a save by the "mystery woman". This led to Tomko challenging her to reveal "her"self, and to have an impromptu match (Match 3). Tyson knew it, we all knew it: the mystery woman was revealed as Stevie Richards.

Tomko won. So what? Even the audience began a "boring" chant.

Match 4: Intercontinental Ladder match: Chris Jericho versus Christian

It started slow, but there were some brutal & cool ladder spots. Jericho hit a reverse Walls move on the ladder. He ultimately won the IC strap. The match did indeed become Match of the Night, as many expected.

Lita was up next, again proving her lack of acting chops by giving a weak promo . Kane came out of their dressing room to say the match was now No-DQ.

Jericho next had a promo and began to talk about winning the IC belt. Edge came to maintain their heat for a feud.

Match 5: Kane versus Shawn Michaels, now No-DQ

This was a fun brawl, but led to another "What's the point?" moment for me: Lita stopped Kane from hitting a chair shot, leading to Sweet Chin Music and a clean pin for Shawn. Makes a potential feud between the two seem pointless.

HHH promo came next. It was fairly typical stuff.

Match 6: World tag team title, Rhyno/Tajiri versus champions La Resistance.

I never thought this would be the 'palate cleanser'! La Resistance retained, but it was a tainted win, and keeps the feud alive. I'm guessing that the fact Tajiri isn't feeling well was a major part of the reason.

Match 7: World title match, HHH versus champion Randy Orton.

The first thing I noticed was that referee Earl Hebner looked very different. I think it was a new haircut.

I think this match was too old school . It slowed down any heat the card may have had to date. It really stayed that way until the last few minutes: after a ref bump, Batista and Flair ran down, and got beaten up. Coach ran down to the ring as a replacement ref; ultimately he got an RKO. I think the story here was that Hunter couldn't beat Orton fairly, so he brought in a chair, cracked it over Orton's head, Pedigreed him on it, then had Batista toss Hebner back in to count the pin, making him a 9-time World Champion. My fears from earlier were justified

Yeah, it was a tainted win, yeah, it'll likely lead to an extended feud - but it makes Orton look weak, a 1-month champion. It cements how pointless his win was in the first place.

For all the head scratching this PPV caused me, I have to give it a "Huh?" Thumbs down.