Melina wins WWE Women's Championship

You probably already know that Melina won the WWE Women's Championship from Beth Phoenix at last night's Royal Rumble. But you want to see the match video. Of course I have it for you on the ol' blog. The match was a fairly standard WWE women's match. A couple of cool spots, a couple of blown spots. What else is new? The title switch was a bit of a surprise. Of course the ending was by flash pin or a cutback as it's sometimes called. It would indicate a short term title reign for Melina. I expect some Rosa Mendes and Santino involvement in the near future. Part of the problem is that Melina has been terrible as a face since she returned from her injury. We don't care about her. It's not her fault. In their arrogance, the WWE seems to think that we'll accept Melina as a face just because they tell us to accept her. But other than replacing her sneer with a smile, the character is the same with the same entrance and the same music. And she hasn't done anything to encourage fans to accept her as a face except facing different opponents. That doesn't work. Also, she's not a good enough wrestler for fans to admire that part of her character. Usually that doesn't matter in the WWE but I think fans do admire Beth's superior mat skills despite her heel behaviour. So I wouldn't match these two up in the first place. Melina tries hard but isn't capable of holding up her end of the match. We'll see where they go with this. I expect Beth to be very pissed on RAW tonight. Enjoy the match!

Royal Rumble 2009 Melina vs Beth Phoenix - MyVideo