I think I have mentioned this a couple of times before, maybe in a random thread or in the shout-box, but is there anyone else who thinks that the quality of matches in the WWE has stunk? Maybe it is because I am completely disinterested in the product, but anytime I watch, every match they have is the same. You might get something different in the mid-card because they don't care, but every main event match follows the same formula:
BIG MOVE
PIN
BIG MOVE
PIN
BIG MOVE
PIN
It is the exact same reason that I thought the Owens/Cena matches, outside of the first one (and that was really only because of the shocking result), weren't good. They were the same thing. I guess since people fall for it every single time, it's whatever, but WWE is lacking severely in match psychology. I think a lot of it has to do with Undertaker's WrestleMania matches. They followed that formula and now it is applied to just about any main event match they have. All of Cena's matches nowadays are like this too. It started off as something cool but it is so formulaic. Actually maybe that is it. The Cena open challenge matches because this trend didn't become as rampant until those started. NXT matches are far more entertaining, not because of the performers but because they don't feel so basic. Every WWE main event match is the same.
That is probably why Lesnar matches feel so good - they offer something different to the table. Otherwise, I'm bored to tears by just about any other main event match. Another example is Rock/Cena from WM29. That was God awful. Just finisher after finisher after finisher. There are some situations where this works (Punk-Cena from MITB was kind of like this, but it kind of wasn't either - there was a much better and lengthier build-up to the big moves whereas nowadays it happens after like 5 minutes) but it shouldn't be applied to every big match just because you think it makes it more epic.
I wish they did more matches like Bryan/HHH from WM30. That was class.