Scott Keith. July 10, PPVs , Reviews. Totally forgot about this mini-feud. Lawler bitchslaps Styles on the way to the ring to really put the heel heat on himself, but Styles jumps him in the ring and Tazz finishes with the Tazzmission at Angle was representing ECW, as the brand was supposed to be built around him until he fell apart and got fired. The classy crowd chants "Pussy" at Orton and Angle goes for the leg early, but Orton pulls himself out of the ring to escape.
Back in, Angle takes him down with the headlock, but Orton runs away again. Back in, Angle takes him down with the double-leg and rides him on the mat, and the crowd lets Orton know that he got bitchslapped. Maybe with cleaner chants, but still. Orton makes the ropes, so Angle challenges him to take his best shot at a headlock. Orton tries and Angle casually takes him down with a suplex, but misses a charge and hits the post.
Orton slugs away , but Angle takes him down again before running into a back elbow. Orton gets two and then whips Angle into the post and drops knees for two, quieting the crowd.
So we have proof: Randy Orton can bore even the hottest crowd. Orton hits the chinlock, but Angle reverses to a half-nelson and turns him over for two. This was a really interesting period for Angle, as he was trying to work a realistic style, which made the contrast against the homogenized WWE Main Event Style of guys like Orton all the more striking. Orton goes back to his favorite chinlock and the crowd immediately starts the boring chant.
Angle comes back with a german suplex after a couple of false starts, and they slug it out with forearms. Angle wins that one and gets the rolling germans, although you can really see his dwindling power at this point.
