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By: Aaron Hubbard
ROH on HDNet 09.28.09:
QUICK RESULTS:
- Tyler Black and Jerry Lynn defeated Kenny King and Rhett Titus[*1/2]
- Sara Del Ray defeated Nikki Roxx [*1/4]
- Sonjay Dutt defeated Alex Payne [**]
- Cage Match: Brent Albright defeated Claudio Castagnoli [***]
THE RIGHT:
DUTT VS. PAYNE: I was originally going to put this in purgatory and combine it with the awful promo that Sonjay cut afterward, but then I remembered how awful the promo was and decided it didn't deserve the honor of purgatory. Without that promo to hinder it, this match finds its way in the right. Sonjay really isn't entertaining in his heel role, mostly because the only thing he has to offer is his highflying and he doesn't do much of it when he works heel. Payne worked hard however, and showed some impressive moves and strategy. I never really bought him getting the win this time, but this sort of match will help make an eventual fluke win plausible. My only complaint was that the crowd cheered Sonjay and booed Payne, even though Sonjay is a heel who did nothing worth cheering and Payne is a babyface who was working hard. But Dutt's a "star", so what do I know.
CAGE MATCH: ALBRIGHT VS. CC: The only thing on this show that I could find nothing to complain about. These guys have had a surprisingly fun rivalry, and this was the big payoff. Much like the whole feud, this match did nothing to set the world on fire, but it was smartly booked and fun while it lasted. There was no "I hate you" grappling in this match; it was a straight up fight as the two men traded punches and Very European Upppercuts for a good portion of the match. Claudio spent much of his the early portion playing the coward, trying to escape. We had a bit of an ugly spot where CC was supposed to pull Albright into the cage door, which wasn't there, but they covered nicely with Nana slamming the cage door on Brent instead. Once Castagnoli had the advantage, he started getting sadistic by slamming Brent in the cage and working him over, a smug grin on his face the whole time.
Brent would get a hope spot by countering the Alpamare Waterslide and would then slam Claudio into the cage to start taking over. He slammed him into the cage multiple times as revenge and busted Claudio open. We then got a pair of cool spots where Brent German Suplexed CC off of the cage, and then a top rope Exploder that sent CC back in when he tried to escape. But Castagnoli would escape the Half-Nelson Suplex and hit a low blow. Instead of walking out, he had Ernie Osiris fetch a steel chair and tried to stomp Brent's face like he did in an earlier episode, but Albright ducked, returned the low blow and then stomped his face in for the win. It was smart and used all the major plot points from the feud and put them into the match. They made liberal use of the cage but every time they sent each other into the cage, it had a purpose. Very solid main event.
PURGATORY:
ROXX MAKES A CAMEO: The match was good, not great, and gave Sara Del Ray a win over a former (and now current) TNA Knockout. It was hard-hitting and I marked out for the Abesigiri that Del Ray busted out. But there were problems. Problem 1) the match, while better than most women's matches on TV, was just as short. Both of these girls can go longer than that and have great matches. Problem 2) This was the first women's match on ROH TV since Episode 18. That's NINE episodes without a women's match. Over TWO months. Why should I care about the Women of Honor? With TNA's Knockout Division still getting highlighted and Smackdown!'s division putting on solid matches every week, maybe ROH has given up. Which is SAD.
CABANA PROMO: Cabana has charisma and is instantly likeable. He talked about how he doesn't take things too seriously and likes to have fun. He name-dropped CM Punk, which is good, it gives him a little credibility in case any non-ROH regular is watching the show and they are friends. But the problem is, this didn't really seem to accomplish anything besides telling us to not take Cabana seriously. It sounded like he was about to say "I can be serious when push comes to shove" or some such, but it was cut-off. Please follow up on this ROH, Cabana is one of the few truly marketable guys you have.
THE WRONG:
SONJAY HAS SWAGGER: After his match with Alex, Sonjay got some promo time with Kyle Durdan. He said that ROH is like his sideburns; they are aggressive, they are accurate, they are on point, and they have swagger. Uh, WHAT? means that he has swag and surf. WOO WOO WOO, Jabroni. Seriously, what the HELL was all that supposed to mean? I'm sure someone was entertained by this; Hell, two-move wonder Zach Ryder got over with the same stupid gimmick. I honestly would be happy never seeing Sonjay on my screen again, but if he has to be on, SHUT UP and do flippy stuff. The only reason this is in purgatory is that he sold his match with Delirious next week, and we got to see the hilarious skit where Daizee Haze got a Judo trainer for everyone's favorite masked lizard-man.
NIGEL THE BROKEN RECORD: Nigel got hurt, he's taking everyone down, yadda yadda blah blah. NEXT!
THE RIDICULOUS:
THE BUSINESS EXPOSING OPENER: And from the poor to the piss-poor. Let's get this out of the way: Jerry Lynn, you're a legend. Tyler Black, you're probably the future of the company. Kenny King, you are a great athlete. Rhett Titus, you are entertaining. You all worked hard and tried to have a good match. But Kenny, you need to learn which way to turn when your opponent is about to do an arm drag. You need to learn to not stop when a planned spot goes a little slower than expected, clotheslining your partner after it's obvious you noticed he was there. Rhett's timing was fine; trust the people you work with, and if they mess up, move on. Rhett, you need to learn how to bump properly, and if you can't at least LOOK like you landed on Tyler Black's knee for an inverted atomic drop, don't sell it and insult my intelligence. Production team, you should be ASHAMED that you got that horrible angle for the botched atomic drop. It's your job to make these guys look good and help cover for them when they make mistakes. All of this made ROH look bush-league, and ROH isn't bush-league. Titus and King, both of you guys are better than what I saw in this match. You are both talented wrestlers with a great work ethic and more charisma than most of the people in the locker room. This is not me bashing you, just calling a spade a spade. The match was awful, but it's in the past and I'm done with it. I look forward to seeing you two tear it up in the future.
The 411
This is easily the worst episode of the show since I started reviewing it. I've addressed all that was bad, and there was a lot of bad. There was some good, but nothing was good enough to save the show. I don't know what happened, sometimes things happen and everyone just happens to have an off night. ROH is BETTER than this. I'll repeat what I said above; the show was awful, but it's in the past and I'm done with it. I look forward to seeing great shows in the future.
SHOW RATING: 4.0
By: Steve Cook
Superstars 10.01.09:
THE RIGHT:
Shad Gaspard vs. Tyson Kidd: The Cryme Tyme vs. Hart Dynasty feud continued with some singles action this week between the power man of Cryme Tyme and the technician of the Hart Dynasty. Shad got all sorts of offense early and it looked pretty impressive, but once Tyson went after Shad's knee and started working it over, it became a pretty darn good wrestling match. The sharpshooter around the ring post was an especially nice move from the man with a bad haircut. Yep, I'm still bashing the hair, but Shad also committed a fashion faux pas of his own…I didn't even know they made Ed Hardy blue jeans. Considering the prices I hear for that particular brand of clothing, I can only assume Cryme Tyme either counterfeits the stuff or stole it from somebody. In any event, it was a very good match from two guys more accustomed to tag team matches than singles action. Considering how long tag teams last these days (not very), it'd behoove these guys to work on the singles aspect of the game.
Kofi Kingston vs. The Miz: When Miz & John Morrison broke up, everybody assumed that Morrison would break out into a huge star and Miz would fade into obscurity. After Miz came out on the short end of a feud with John Cena, everybody assumed that Miz would slink off into the night and never be heard from again. Instead, Miz has established himself in the US title picture and has been part of several decent matches, including this Superstars main event with Kingston. He's become a pretty decent wrestler, which most people didn't think possible when he debuted with WWE. Good for him. Kingston is still over and this program with him feuding against Miz & Jack Swagger at the same time is certainly helping him in that regard. Speaking of Swagger, he got to come in at the end and beat up Kingston to help build the triple threat match at Hell in the Cell, which should be a pretty good piece of business. Kofi vs. Miz vs. Swagger has actually become one of the more entertaining aspects of Raw, which bodes well for their future. The explanation of Kofi being from Ghana but living the Jamaican lifestyle may be one of the lamer things I've heard in quite awhile, but oh well.
PURGATORY:
Nothing
THE WRONG:
Sheamus vs. Tyler Reks: If this match was considered the better of the matches they had on Monday & Tuesday, I'd hate to see the one they thought was worse. Boring, pedestrian and dull would be the three words I would use to describe this four and a half minutes of wrestling. Luckily it wasn't long enough to be terribly offensive. Sheamus seems to have some potential and might be worth something someday, while Reks seems doomed to job duty and hasn't really shown anything special during his matches on Superstars & ECW.
THE RIDICULOUS:
Ask The Divas: It's funny how an attempt to showcase the Divas' personalities shows that they have no personality.
The 411
After what I called the worst Superstars I'd seen last week, the show rebounded with two very good matches featuring improving young talent. This show is at its best when it gives young talent some time to work on their craft. I'm not as high on the three match formula as some people are, but this week it worked pretty darn well and only contained a little bit of filler. I wouldn't go out of my way to watch any of it…unless you really like Kofi Kingston or want to see everything with Cryme Tyme vs. Hart Dynasty, but it was a fine hour of wrestling television.
SHOW RATING: 7.0
By: Daniel Wilcox
iMpact! 10.01.09:
THE RIGHT:
Big Daddy Cool vs. Big Stevie Cool: I've said it before (controversially, in some people's minds), but I could watch Nash kick people's assess all day long. The guy is an absolute bad ass. Actually, Stevie got quite a bit of offence in here, perhaps too much, but once Nash hits that boot it's over, and Stevie got his ass jack-knifed. Good stuff.
Sit-Down with AJ and Sting: While I would have liked to have seen this rivalry be given more spotlight on the show, considering it is the Bound for Glory main event, what we did get was pretty good stuff. For the first time in a long time, AJ came off as his own man and one who could take it to Sting come their match at the pay-per-view. There are a couple of different ways they could go with this feud and this segment did a good job of laying some groundwork.
Kurt Angle vs. Hernandez: OK sure, it only got five minutes, but it was a really fun five minutes with both guys going all-out. I wasn't a huge fan of the non-finish but there wasn't really any other way they could go either. I love how the World Elite continues to look strong despite obviously being weaker than the Mafia. I'm intrigued by what combination of guys will go at it at Bound for Glory involving this lot.
Six-Man Tag Main Event: This was an odd choice for the main event but it was a fairly solid bout and the only one on the show that got anywhere near a decent amount of time. While the match didn't set the world on fire, it was fun and just about everyone looked good. Lashley got the big win, which works as he's the only guy so far to be booked on the pay-per-view. The attack by Joe took me by surprise because these guys haven't really been feuding despite the fact that they're booked to work each other at Bound for Glory. I will say, it's good to see Joe dominate someone for a change as his latest heel run has made him look like a bit of a bitch.
PURGATORY:
Abyss Wants Answers: This week's show started off with Abyss demanding answers regarding Mick Foley's shocking heel turn last week. Foley responded with what was a typically good Foley promo, and I liked how, for the most part, they turned it into an issue of imitation rather than a retarded feud about a caricature. That said, they still bought up the picture a hell of a lot just to remind of the retarded beginnings of this feud. Abyss recovered from an assault by Foley and took out the security, and this continues to be a stuttered build up towards their match at Bound for Glory. The backstage segments were pretty good though, especially with Abyss dominating Foley in the back prior to the pull-apart brawl.
ODB vs. Kong: First of all, when and where did Kong earn a random title shot. I hate that kind of thing. And second of all, when did Kong become so easy to beat? She use to be unstoppable. Anyway, this poor match lands in purgatory purely for the post-match stuff and the way they're keeping this three-way dynamic going smoothly without it being clear who we're supposed to cheer for. All three chicks have pretty loyal followings, so there's no need to force one or two of them to be heels/faces. This should make for a fun triple threat at Bound for Glory.
Lacey Debuts: So TNA decide to introduce Lacey by having her attack Sarita and Taylor after a disingenuous apology by Sky and Rayne. I'm not completely sure what the point of the fake apology was when no one was ever going to buy it, unless it was just to get the faces out there. Regardless, it was hardly the most memorable debut and a claw hold? In 2009? Really? But at the same time, it wasn't a horrible debut either, and Lacey is beautiful, so it's a good fit.
Eric Young vs. Matt Morgan: So this match was nowhere near as good as the Angle/Hernandez match, and it had the exact same ending, essentially a non-finish leading into another brawl. Doing the same thing twice just doesn't sit right with me as this came across as lazy. They could have taken out this whole match and given the time to other stuff, maybe just made the earlier brawl a minute or two longer and given the ladder match more time.
THE WRONG:
Ladder Match for an X Division Championship Shot: Let's get the obvious out of the way – this was a fun match. All five guys worked hard, they did some nice spots and it was good. But really, who gives a way a multi-man ladder match on TV, with no fucking build, no rhyme or reason behind it and no fucking point. On top of that, the match got about five minutes. If you could point out to me where the logic behind that is, please go right ahead. Then again, this is the same shit people having been saying about TNA for years, so I'm not in the slightest bit surprised.
THE RIDICULOUS:
Bunny Match: OK, this was pure and utter crap. WWE had some really bad version of this in their time, but this was just not good. Neither girl even looked that hot and ultimately it was a complete waste of time, because no one actually cares about Traci being in Playboy. And surely this is hyping something Christy did whilst in WWE, so that's not good.
The 411
This was another fun edition of Impact. Considering the only bad things on the show were a T&A segment and a poorly booked but still fun Ladder Match, and there was actually a hell of a lot to enjoy about this week's show. All of the angles heading into Bound for Glory are playing out nicely and that is shaping up to be a really good show, and although Impact can be hit or miss, they're back on a roll with the last few weeks gradually getting better and better.
SHOW RATING: 7.5
By: Jeremy Thomas
WWE SmackDown 10.02.09
THE RIGHT:
LATINO HEAT: The Eddie Guerrero segment was just beautifully done, I was very impressed with how it came off. Of course, the WWE Production team has always been great with these, but still it was nice to see that they did such a fantastic job here and devoted a good amount of time to it. I expected something maybe twenty, thirty seconds; we got three minutes. I thought that the decision to include stuff from the Eddie tribute show could have come off very poorly, but in fact it came off beautifully. It brought back all the Eddie memories, both good and sad, and the 'E gets all the credit in the world for this one. I absolutely loved it. And I'll be a jackass about this but I believe it to be true—if you didn't like this tribute, you have no heart. End of story. The standing ovation he got after the video spoke volumes.
JOHN MORRISON & KOFI KINGSTON vs. DOLPH ZIGGLER & THE MIZ: We had Mr. All-American himself sitting on commentary, scouting his opponents in this particular tag team matchup. Swagger was a man of not all that many words, giving a brief comment and then tossing his headset away as Kofi came down. This actually worked well as it played him off as totally focused. The teamings here were actually quite good, as both teams had partners with similar dynamics. Morrison and Kofi do the acrobatic stuff well, while Dolph and Miz play the egotistical jackasses excellently. And of course, we had Miz and Morrison facing off, which I loved to see as a nod to continuity. This had all the tools to be the match of the night and it didn't disappoint on that level as everyone did very well in the ring and worked nicely off each other. Kofi played the face in peril quite nicely and sold Miz and Dolph's offense quite well, but never felt like he was hanging behind the others in the match. Morrison's involvement was actually a little minimal but he took the loss to make Dolph look strong heading into Hell in the Cell. The match could have been a bit longer perhaps, but otherwise I really enjoyed this.
FINALLY…: Last week on Fact or Fiction, I asked whether the Rock's pre-taped promo would be the highlight of the show. I have to say, I disagree with my esteemed colleagues; this was undoubtedly the highlight, with the Eddie tribute being a close second. First off, I'm happy to see Mr. Johnson coming back, even if just for a pre-taped segment. It started off funny, with Rocky giving several outtake-style versions of his infamous tag line. The best one: "Spiritually, the Brahma Bull is at one with nature." Brilliant. He ragged on Dolph Ziggler, then finally got his catch phrase right. At that instant, the Rock was back as if he had never left. He gave an absolutely inspired promo that hit all his catchphrases and deservedly had the crowd eating out of the palm of his hand. He even got to sing! He took a moment to address CM Punk and tear him down in such a way that only the Rock could do, making fun of him and yet putting him over at the same time. He then had a hilarious riff on Taker, acknowledging that he never definitively beat Taker. And he got in a note about guest-hosting Raw, making the IWC explode before he tossed off his catch phrase. Just. Simply. Awesome.
THE BIGGEST EIGHT-MAN TAG IN SMACKDOWN HISTORY: That's exactly how Justin Roberts announced this match. We got D-X down to the ring first, followed by John Cena and then the Dead Man. After that were the heels—Punk, Orton and Priceless. Good Christ, the entrances ALONE were ten freaking minutes long. It still left them with about sixteen minutes though, and those sixteen minutes were pretty decent. It wasn't the main event extravaganza that the 'E was hoping it would be, but it was still very good. We had some good in-ring work, and in the meanwhile we had some fun dynamics with Shawn and Taker staring off at each other remembering their match from 'Mania. Punk worked quite well with Legacy and looked strong during the match. The end of the match saw Taker pin Orton, which works for me as it gives just enough doubt that Orton might pull off the win due to the laws of Booking 101. It was a good way to send off the show and a celebration of past and present, which worked well.
PURGATORY:
THE BACKSTAGE CELEBRATION: So, good ol' Teddy had a party going on backstage to celebrate SmackDown's tenth year on the air, and had just about every superstar he could find who wasn't already on the show there—and some who were. We had the Hart Dynasty, Beth Phoenix, Maria, Chavo, Gail, the Brooklyn Brawler, and Michael Cole shouting out "VINTAGE" to everything he could. I'll admit, I laughed at that and it's nice to see Cole can poke fun at himself. It ended up with Finlay talking Teddy into having a drink…and there came Punk. He trashed the entire locker room for drinking and said that as long as he was champion, it was going to be "Prohibition Rules." Well, nice to see he's making friends. This was nice because as opposed to Punk just ragging on the fans like he had been for the last few weeks, he's finding a reason to go after the wrestlers. I also appreciate that the Blue Brand can advance angles while still holding a celebratory episode and even on the celebration skits.
Of course, that wasn't the only angle that got advanced…we got the return of VICKY! That's right, Vicky Guerrero was backstage and apparently, she hasn't gotten any better at reading her lines. She sounded like she was reading directly off a page as she talked about Teddy lifting Hell's Gate and said he didn't have the backbone to run the show. We then got Eric Escobar's introduction, who is apparently Vicky's new boyfriend and Vince's new signing. The guy's got the look, but we'll have to see how he is in the ring. He certainly has an automatic heat magnet with Vicky as a manager. The bit with Santino as Taker was awesome, too.
The first segment of this was very good; the later ones were a bit more hit and miss. Cole did the random catch-phrase shouting a few too many times, and while Zach getting locked out of the "VIP Room" of the party was cute, it went on too long. Still, it was nice to see Matt Hardy back on camera, and he looked very friendly with Triple K, didn't he? The rest of the stuff was silly but occasionally funny; the USA vs. Iran stuff was cute, although Michael Cole eating the Sheik's ejected choke material and puking on Jericho's shoes was less so. But hey, even that got the greatest expression of all time:
I don't care who you are, that right there is a priceless expression. The last bit had Drew McIntyre toasting SmackDown and calling himself a future World Champion before Truth came in to attack. Again, I'm glad they're using the time to put over angles at the same time as celebrating. A lot of this was good, but there was enough iffy stuff that I couldn't quite put it in the Right. So close, though.
TAKER'S GOT A PROMO TOO: The Rock's promo wasn't the only pre-taped one we got. We got a creepy pre-taped promo by the Dead Man about how Punk was about to enter a place of suffering with no forgiveness, only vengeance, and all that. Taker talked about knocking Punk from the black horse of something or other and said he'd need his pills soon. I appreciated the subtle things like the shadow of the cell playing over Taker, but this was a bit much for me. It wasn't bad work from Taker but the overwrought music and theatrics dragged it down.
THE WRONG:
THE NEW THEME: I had to talk about this little change. Now, I will say that the WWE themes usually grow on me and I end up liking them more as time goes on. But I really don't like this new song one bit. The video intro is all right I suppose—those are always good, and I noted that they tossed McIntyre in there. But the song itself sounds beyond generic and frankly, I probably couldn't tell you who the band was even if I knew the band. The old SmackDown theme was fine. I do recognize the importance of changing up the theme from time to time and this might grow on me, but for now I don't like it.
BATISTA vs. KANE: After a great opening montage that included a great moment of Arnold punking out 'H, we got the theme song and then this match between the Manimal and Kane. Now, I don't have Big Dave's skills like some people and I've been outspoken of my feelings about Kane as an underrated worker, but I had some serious concerns here. Why? Because the last time these two faced off, they stunk up the ring in the main event of Raw. I hated that match, and I was skeptical of this one. We got SmackDown moment #64 when Big Dave and Rey Rey won the tag titles, after which Kane made his way down to the ring with a bit of a crowd reaction. And sure enough, I started to cringe when these two brutal, vicious men…locked up. These are bad-asses. They're not technicians, and in no way is this a test of technical prowess; it's a brawl. So why not go right into the punch-fest? Instead we got more rest holds like a side headlock from Big Dave before Kane took over. He then stomped Dave around before…a submission hold. Followed by another one after the break. We saw more physicality in the commercial break highlights than in the first half of this match. I appreciate that they're not gassing out early, but really, why such a boring match? It picked up toward the end but ended too abruptly and then was just over. Not my kind of match. I should also note that JR mentioned out of the blue last week that Kane hadn't lost a match on SmackDown since returning, and then he loses the next week. Joy.
MELINA vs. MICHELLE McCOOL: This was a Lumberjack Match—I refuse to use "Lumberjill"—for the Women's Title. The crowd was moderately hot for Melina, as was I. I've said it before and I'll say it again: turquoise is her color. Now, Melina and Michelle have put on some good matches with each other, but I have never been a huge fan of Lumberjack matches. I feel that if they're carried off right they can work well, but often times it causes too many problems by putting the focus on the Lumberjacks. JR and T-Grish pointed out how Melina had a huge advantage because none of the Divas like Michelle—which worked really well when Michelle beat Melina. This wasn't an atrocious match, but it wasn't especially good either and certainly wasn't one of this duo's best. Things quickly got out of control as expected, and it became—surprise, surprise—all about the Lumberjacks. Beth interfered and Michelle got the win because of that. I doubt this feud is over, but it should be at this point. I like Melina and I like Michelle, but these two have fought WAY too much over this belt. Time for new blood.
THE RIDICULOUS:
DID YOU KNOW?: Nope. And, as always, I don't care.
The 411
SmackDown's Tenth Anniversary show felt significant, and felt like a celebration. That automatically puts it way ahead of Raw's 800th episode which seemed mostly like another episode of Raw. We had a couple good matches and some great moments in the Eddie tribute and the Rock's promo, although we had some pretty iffy stuff as well. All in all, it was worth checking out for several reasons, and made for an enjoyable show.
SHOW RATING: 7.5
From JUSTINW:
Sharpton didn't waste too much time. Cut a quick promo for his 'friends', you know because all black people are friends it seems. Then he set up a short backstage skit with Masters and gang, and danced with the Bellas. No harm at all. Plus it was all for a damn good cause, so what's the big deal here yo?
I wasn't really that negative on Sharpton, Justin. I think he was an iffy GM for the night, but that wasn't what I disliked about the show for the most part. You're right, there wasn't any hard and like I said, he was inoffensively bad.
From theHomewrecker!:
Just a thought & I could be totally wrong, but in all the Diva matches, I hear "botched" this & "botched" that against Gail Kim, Rosa, Kelly Kelly Kelly-why??bc I love kellykellykellykellyk-e-l-l-y... Kelly'O miynnnneeee...,Alicia Fox & even some Beth Phoenix "botches" & a few others I'm sure I've missed.. but could, the common denominator in those matches be Mickie James? --- I know she's hot & all ( & hasn't been interesting since "crazy stalker" Mickie) but could the bouncy, hoppy, "yeah! girl power" Mickie be why these Diva matches suck balls & not in a good way? sure, she's the IWC heir to Trish, but I see her in her matches & she's telegraphing moves, constantly looking over her shoulder to see if where she's at & if the next spot is going on --- she seems rookie, IMO, & after all these years she should be better. --- at least she's guilty of being a "ring vet/general" failing to make a diva match look good...
... Don't get me wrong, I love me some Mickie James but if she's constantly in "bad" matches with divas supposedly "not ready"... where really does the blame lie?
... that's the most thought I've given to Diva wrestling other than the eye-candy sport I think WWE intends it to be. But if we're taking it seriously & all, I'd like to hear other people's thoughts..
This inspired a lot of discussion, and I'll just say this. Out of the crop of Divas on Raw, Mickie is clearly one of the top people. The female wrestlers in the WWE pale in comparison to many of the other women wrestlers around the world, including my personal favorite women's organization SHIMMER. However, I don't think it's off-base to say that if MsChif, Sara Del Ray, the Canadian Ninjas and company were competing against Triple K, Rosa, the Bellas and others that they would have trouble carrying off consistently good matches as well. No, Mickie is obviously not a ring general, and I've never said she is. But she is one of the best wrestlers and I find it very hard to blame her for the fact that she's in there with some very spotty people for the most part.
From W. Axl Rose:
Jeremy, you forgot the best part of the opening segment of Raw. MVP referred to Jerishow as "Beauty and the Beast," and Big Show, off mic, mind you, responded with "Jericho isn't a beast! He's a good looking man!"
That one line reminded me of everything I love about the Big Show.
You know, I was even going to bring that up but it spaced while I was actually writing. Yes, it was awesome, no doubt and thanks for pointing it out!
From The Great Capt. Smooth:
I loved the look on HBK's face, when he was tell HHH that Bob Barker wasn't the Hulk. It would have been even funnier for him to yell out, "GOD!", but I doubt he would have done that, for obvious reasons.
I rather liked it myself. I thought we were going to get funny Shawn in hysterics, but alas, no.
From SweetPete816:
You know, I actually thought they sent Jericho and Show out there knowing Sharpton was going to get booed. It looked like the plan was to try and deflect some of the heat to JeriShow.
That was sort of my thought, too. And it did work, to some degree, but I still really disliked the whole segment due to generally bad work all around.
From SteveB:
Just one more thing on Hornswaggle: When the hell are they going to have him speak instead of these insipid and marginally retarded grunting noises he makes? He's a human being, not a leprechaun. Hell, according to legends and bad movies, even leprechauns can speak. Enough already. Someone give him a razor, some soap and some lines.
Probably never. Vince finds the leprechaun gimmick funny, so I imagine we'll get him grunting for a long time from now. Just be glad he's not humping things and jacking off inside garbage cans.
From The Truth of it All:
One for the ridiculous column from RAW:
Cena's no sell of a complete beat down.
Suspension of disbelief is one thing, but my six year old kid said
"Why didn't Chris Jericho and Big Shows moves hurt John Cena, daddy? They hurt MVP and Mark Henry earlier. How come he is getting up"
Now, bearing in mind, he thinks wrestling is real, even he is confused.
So even fucking retarded WWE booking and creative, who have delighted nobody but themselves at how great the PG product is, are now losing the belief of SIX YEAR OLDS! Wow, that is some accomplishment.
At least when Hogan got battered in the 80's like that, he'd be gone for a few weeks whilst he healed up, in storyline terms of course.
I think that your story illustrates my point about SuperCena this week perfectly. Thanks!
From Guest#7837:
"I swear that Ted is looking more and more like Orton every day. And I don't mean in stature, I mean he physically looks like Orton, without exaggeration."
Randy's seed is clearly taking effect. A few more nights of seeds swallowing and the transformation should be complete and anything remotely interesting about Ted will be gone forever.
Okay, that's a disturbing image. Although I don't think becoming like Orton makes someone uninteresting. But that's a debate that will probably never be settled.
Posted By: Matt Hardy is Jake Roberts (Guest) on October 05, 2009 at 10:43 AM
Cold mac and cheese,Jericho?
Posted By: Insane Snake (Guest) on October 05, 2009 at 11:56 AM
Am I the only one who remembers Rock pinning the Undertaker during his Biker phase after Ric Flair smacked him with a lead pipe?
Think it was just before Flair/ Taker at wrestlemania.
Posted By: prankstar (Guest) on October 05, 2009 at 12:25 PM
How do you not like the new smackdown theme. the old one f'n sucked. This one at least fits.
Posted By: ? (Guest) on October 05, 2009 at 02:58 PM
I know that you don't care for the "Did You Knows?", but that is pretty cool of them to offer people in the military free tickets. Also, Eddie had such a great grin. It made you want to like him. Probably the best one since would be Kofi or Kelly Kelly.
Posted By: The Great Capt. Smooth (Guest) on October 05, 2009 at 05:01 PM
There was alot of vomit on Wrestling TV last week. Cole blowing chunks on Jericho's shoes and Creed puking during the ladder match. Last week was a good week for barf.
Posted By: DoomWarrior (Guest) on October 05, 2009 at 05:30 PM
Am I the only one who remembers Rock pinning the Undertaker during his Biker phase after Ric Flair smacked him with a lead pipe?
Think it was just before Flair/ Taker at wrestlemania
That at happened at No Way Out of the same year.
Posted By: Epix (Guest) on October 05, 2009 at 06:47 PM
Gotta disagree with putting the new SD them in the wRong. Its upbeat and it doesn't sound like Christian rock/ country theme that's plagued my ears for the past 4 years. That fact alone deserves to be in the puRgatory.
Posted By: bighustle (Guest) on October 06, 2009 at 02:41 AM
JT, with regards to last night's Raw: have you still yet to notice the degeneration (no pun intended) of Chris Jericho's persona? I don't mind him being the butt of a joke, as on Smackdown with the puking deal, but he's been slipping in and out of the stereotypical "dunderheaded idiot heel" role over weeks past.
I speak specifically of the 'really, you like my hair..?' horseshit in the JeriShow/DX/Steelers segment. He's not Santino or Zack Ryder or even the Jericho of ten years ago; he's supposed to be SHREWD and above such nonsense, right? I mean, am I wrong here? Anyway, this was symptomatic of a general muddying of Jericho's persona that I've mentioned to you a few times in the last couple months.
Posted By: KanyonKreist (Guest) on October 06, 2009 at 03:30 PM
Where's Hell in a Cell's 4Rs?
Posted By: AL (Guest) on October 07, 2009 at 05:25 AM
Jericho mighy be bullet proof like you say, but a singles win now and then is welcomed...
Posted By: ICON (Guest) on October 11, 2009 at 12:06 AM
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