Hidden Highlights 11.12.07: Issue #115

Posted by JP Prag on 11.12.2007

Triple H wears a tape ring on his finger, Mark Henry is prematurely DQed, Matt Morgan does a little old time stuttering, Finlay keeps Rey Mysterio’s forearm in place, and more! All with guest co-host Michael Bauer!

Hidden Highlights
By JP Prag

Issue #115

Hello everyone who thinks they found away to spend Christmas eve on the west coast and Christmas day on the east coast (even if you are Jewish and it is before Thanksgiving), and welcome back to Hidden Highlights!!



Hidden Highlights, they are about the little things that make the product great. They are about showing the positive motions all those involved in wrestling do to make a better show. William Regal may bend his opponent's hand backwards just a little bit harder to dish out the pain. Christian Cage may reference a piece of obscure history. Tazz may bring realism to the product by describing an abdominal stretch in detail. The camera operator may take a low shot looking up at the Great Khali to make him look like a true monster. These are all examples of what Hidden Highlights is about.

Every week this article spotlights Hidden Highlights from the biggest shows on television (RAW, ECW of SciFi, iMPACT, SmackDown!, and a PPV or television special if there is one), delves into the past to find the ones never recorded before, and goes beyond to small shows, live events, tapes, and the indy scene to see what no one else sees. This article may have an author, but it is just as much written by the readers and true fans of professional wrestling—those who love what they watch and want to tell the world what they have found.

I am JP Prag, and I bring you Hidden Highlights with one goal in mind: to appreciate all those little things that make a huge difference.

JP: Whew, I really need it to be Thanksgiving. I've been running at way too high of a level for months now and need a solid break. No offense to this article, but with the addition of the Hamilton Ave Journal, even the writing is taking its toll on me. Luckily, I can always count on someone else to help boost me up; someone like this week's guest co-host Michael Bauer. Since 2006 he has been recapping ECW, and then last week he decided to pit the Boogey Man against Papa Shango. You know what, maybe this wasn't such a good idea.

Bauer: Too late now.

JP: Damn, and I can't even finish my intro correctly. Ah well, here he is: Michael Bauer!

Bauer: Thanks a lot JP. Heck, it is lonely over in ECW land, I just had to try to spice things up with that Boogey vs. Papa Shango match. By the way, who would win a fantasy match of you vs. JT?

JP: Me, obviously. JT doesn't like crowds so he'd cave under the big lights. That, and he's probably be drunk, making it much easier to push him down.

Ghost of JT: I can't argue with that.

JP: Good, because we must get on with the Hidden Highlights!



Monday, November 5, 2007 by JP

JP: It was Retro-RAW Day 2007 as we saw DX reunite, Stone Cold make an appearance with a beer truck, Mr. McMahon be evil, and JR look indignant. I guess we see a lot of those things quite often, but you get my drift. Personally (and especially because I was a WCW fan), I don't feel any affinity for "Cold Stone" or DX, but I did smirk when the former turned on the hose and it sprayed everyone in the front row. Stuff like that you can't script!

(3) No intro for you:

Did you happen to notice that quite a few people were missing their entrances this week? Let's take them in order:

"Joey"

Carlito

Mr. Kennedy

Charlie Haas

Shelton Benjamin

Super Crazy

Hacksaw Jim Duggan

That's quite a few people right there! I have to figure this is due to timing issues and the show was running long. Most like the DX opening segment took more time than expected (it was three minutes just for them to get the ring and start talking), and there was time planned for after Stone Cold's beer bash cleanup, though that could have gone longer than expected as well. I guess it is commendable overall that the directing and production crew were able to get the show back on track for time rather seamlessly.

(2) Put a ring on my finger:

If you have followed Hidden Highlights (and wrestling in general) long enough, you know that many wrestlers are married but find ways to show it. For instance, The Big Show used to wear a piece of black wrist tape over his wedding ring finger (I imagine he didn't want to take the ring off because it was so huge and hard to take off). This week, when DX came out for their opening promo, I noticed that Triple H had a similar tape ring on his left hand… although this one was on his middle finger. I'm not sure what that is about, but thought it was interesting to look at for 20 minutes or so.

(1) Shillelagh in motion:

For the record, that is how you spell shillelagh. I've built it into my spell checker after using it for a while. Anyway, during RAW we got an inter-promotional match featuring Jeff Hardy and Rey Mysterio taking on Finlay and Mr. Kennedy. About halfway through the match, Finlay was in the ring with Mysterio and had managed to knock him down. At that moment, he headed over to face's corner and took a cheap shot at Jeff Hardy. But you had to watch Hardy to see what happened. Jeff then flew into the air, landed on the ring apron on his back a couple of feet away, and in one fluid motion rolled under the bottom rope and into the ring. It was absolutely a bit of amazing and graceful athleticism that it deserves to be pointed out.

Bauer: You know, half the people you mentioned don't deserve entrances.



Tuesday, November 6, 2007 by Bauer

Bauer: So back in the land of ECW, we had Larry's personal favorite, the five match formula. Noble got a chance to shine, Kelly and Layla made me remember why there is only one Women's Division, and we had another Punk vs. Morrison title match. Oh, and we had The Miz just being The Miz.

(3) The very hidden Highlight:

Well, the third one was so freaking hidden, that I couldn't find it. Hey, my eyes are not trained for this stuff. Maybe it was lost in Jamie Noble's "highlight video" or John Morrison's slow mo crap or the need to show half of RAW on ECW. I don't know.

(2) Wait, he did what?:

Well, I'm sure by now we all saw that Mark Henry got a DQ win over Kane by bringing a chair into the ring and using it on Kane. Or did he??? Well, my eyes might be bad, but my hearing is really good and I definitely heard a bell before I heard a chair meet some steel. So what if Kane turned it around on Mark Henry? Henry would get DQed for fucking nothing. Last time I checked, you do the time if you do the crime and Mark Henry got the time a split second too soon.

(1) A great blonde moment:

Kelly Kelly has to be the worst about knowing when the camera is on her. They show her backstage, all smiles like nothing is wrong. Come on Kelly, show us that neck injury backstage, not just when you come out to the ring! Kelly went from happy and healthy to injured and miserable between commercial breaks, give me a break. At least she didn't flip flop during the match, because then it would be the only match ever to receive negative stars.

JP: Wow, keeping you relegated to ECW has really embittered you, huh? Remember: most positive article in the IWC?



Thursday, November 8, 2007 by Bauer

Bauer: So on Impact, we think we ended the Fight for your Right tournament, but we didn't. I thought we had way too much of Angle backstage, they didn't think so. Team 3D continues to bury the X-Division and make their match for Genesis the one I am looking forward to the most. And AJ Styles raised his goofiness to the next the levels with one promo. God is that boy funny.

(3) When not saying something so good:

This was so hidden, I bet Larry will call me a liar for it, but at least once they went backstage and Mike Tenay did NOT say "TO THE BACK!" Why is this hidden? Because they always say the god damn phrase and picking up when they don't is tough. Somewhere though, Larry can't smile because he is just so sick of seeing Kurt Angle at work.

(2) TNA = Tapped of New Approaches:

Well, TNA must have decided it was WWE nostalgia day at the office, because it was all over the place. Forget Scott "Razor" Hall from the music to everything, but Matt Morgan also. Matt Morgan came out after the Christian Cage match because of the bullshit finish, in which Cage used a ladder on Kaz to get the win. Morgan's job was to make a match for Genesis. And then, when Christian was in disbelief, the guy threw a good old stutter in there from the days being a big dumb heel with the big time. I almost didn't pick up on why he did that, but once I remembered, I laughed.

(1) AJ Styles, the Instant Classic:

AJ Styles is definitly learning under Christian and it has shown in everything he has done lately. He has the cockiness, the charisma... and apparently all the bad traits as well. AJ Styles and his temper tantrums almost made me turn back the clock to Christian in the old days. But hell, it was funny to see AJ Styles attempt to be half real wrestler and half Rick Steiner wanna be. AJ Styles has definitely turned into the goofy heel you just hate to love and he just makes everything he does turn to gold.

JP: You'll find that those last two Hidden Highlights are all over the reader section, so you are most definitely not alone in your thoughts there!



Friday, November 9, 2007 by JP

JP: The talent exchange with ECW continued as CM Punk made an appearance to have a DQ match with Jamie Noble. Meanwhile, with most of the rest of SmackDown! appearing on ECW, that left the Major Bros. to get a semi-main event match with Matt Hardy and MVP and the Undertaker to break out the triangle choke! I think that is the first time he has cleanly won a match with that (no controversy). Go figure!

(3) JBL is not just a Hidden Highlight…:

He also reads them! Or at least someone who feeds him lines. For the past two weeks, both guest co-host Daniel Wilcox and reader Chris Wingert have pointed out that MVP has added a "C" to his uniform because he is captain of the team. And wouldn't you know it? JBL brings up the very same point almost using the exact same words as these two Hidden Highlight gurus. I'd sue for plagiarisms, but my job consists of watching their product so I'll just take the free advertising instead.

(2) More things that involve the Irish:

As if I haven't talked about Rey Myserio and Finlay enough this issue, the two had a brutal, long match on SmackDown! that saw Finlay get the relatively clean win. Before that, though, Finlay tried many times to pin Rey. During their match, Rey went up high and Finlay knocked him off the top rope. Rey landed on his back near the ropes and Finlay went for the cover. As he did so, not only did he hook Rey's far leg so that Rey could not use it to reach the rope, he also pushed his palm down on Rey's forearm so that Rey could not move it. It was probably one of the best near-rope covers that I have ever seen and fighting Irishman shows again why he is one of the best ever.

(1) Double bonus for a motorcycle:

To prove how positive this article really is, I will give you not one, but two Hidden Highlights from the Victoria vs. Michelle McCool match with Kenny Dykstra and Chuck Palumbo on the outside.

The first one comes after Victoria hung McCool by her hair over her (Victoria's) back. After slinging her to the ground, McCool was near the rope and Kenny came over and said, "I bet that hurt!" Purely classic moment there by Dykstra.

Later in the match, Victoria had delivered enough wicked shots that she was ready to pin McCool. Now, as noted above, cutting someone off from the ropes is a sign of a smart veteran. That is why I was surprised when Victoria didn't do it here as she normally does. That is when I noticed something else. As Victoria went for the pin, she was about to block the way to the rope, but then jumped over McCool's body to be on the other side away from the ropes. This was because Palumbo was walking right to that area and Victoria did not want to take the chance that Palumbo was going to hit her or pull her out of the ring. Actually very smart.

You know what, I didn't prove anything here. Victoria and Dykstra are Hidden Highlights experts. Guess if I found a ton for Palumbo that would have worked out better. Ah well!

Bauer: You know, I got start being home to watch this show.

JP: Who watches shows when they are on? TIVO is my life!




Hidden Highlights are not just about what was written above, but about what you have seen as well. This article strives to not only spotlight the best Hidden Highlights, but to engage you, the viewers, and make you the best audience in the world.

JP: Just when I thought I could take a nap, I realized the readers were here. So, *GENERAL WARNING*:: some parts of the following Reader Write-in Hidden Highlights may be edited for grammar, spelling, and English translation…

We'll kick if off with… ummm… somebody who didn't give me their name:

I do have a Hidden Highlight from Friday Night Smackdown, though it was rather obvious so I don't know if you can call it hidden. It concerns the match between Festus and I think it was Deuce. When Deuce & Domino & Cherry entered the ring if you watched the clip they didn't do their usual entrance where they help Cherry back-flip over the top rope. She just entered the ring under the bottom rope like a normal Valet.

JP: I think that is because this was a single's match as opposed to their tag team entrance. Melina used to do something similar with different entrances for singles, tag, or her own action. Speaking of action, Brad Garden brings back the long lost section Classic Hidden Highlights, which we always appreciate:

This is a Hidden Highlight from a few years ago. When it was announced that Randy Orton was facing The Undertaker at Wrestlemania he wanted to "send a message". As you may remember he had a 'thing' going with Stacy Keibler. Orton proceeded to RKO Stacy to send his message.

However he wasn't just sending a message to The Undertaker. If you remember Randy Orton's debut he was in Vince's office with Stacy who was 'interested' in young Mr. Orton. This then led to Orton getting in trouble with Vince and be put in a match with Hardcore Holly.

When Orton RKO'ed Stacy he wasn't just sending a message to The Undertaker, he got retribution on Stacy for 'screwing' him in his debut.

JP: What is that girl up nowadays anyway?

Bauer: She's was on "What About Brian?"

JP: What's that?

Bauer: Doesn't matter, the show is cancelled.

JP: Oh. So the answer is: nothing. Got it. Speaking of things I have no idea about, Jon Nelson continues learnin' un the south:

Meethinks Cody Rhodes is being ID'ed from Austell, Georgia gives the WWE an out from two things...

1) To avoid any identification from Canada, the McMahonagement had Chris Jericho based in Manhattan and Chris Benoit from Atlanta. Cody being from Austell knocks out any parallel from Benoit's residence... and

2) Any "Hey, wasn't that the old WCW headquarters?" thoughts from the fan base.

If it's not there, it obviously didn't happen...

Right???

Revisionist history from two angles...

And Austell, for the record, is a western suburb. You'd have to go all the way around the other way for it to mean "eastern."

JP: I really don't know enough about Georgia to have an opinion, but the Canadians got American homes because Canada became a heel country following the evil Hart Foundation, the Montreal Screwjob, and finally South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut. By the way, did anyone else notice last week the Montreal Screwjob was the top story on Wikipedia? Totally random! Almost as random as Jamal:

When Carlito got hit with the pump-handle slam, he landed so hard that the JOBBER sold it! That was hilarious!

JP: Hahaha! "Joey" has another glorious moment! But is at as glorious as Rick Landis?:

My hidden highlight ain't so hidden, and people probably have done sent it to you, even though RAW is still on. Well, it's pretty much a could-be subliminal message (or something along the lines of such)

One of the sponsors for Raw was that new game Jericho. Coincidence or foreshadowing?

You decide.

JP: That was the best written southern accent EVER! What? Oh, you know what? The most these Save_us.222 things go on, the less I care whether it is Jericho or not. I would not put it past Jericho to mess with everyone. Thanks to Zack Rizza for pointing this out as well.

By the way, have you played the puzzle for TNA's viral marketing campaign? I already knew the answer, but I just like puzzles, so it was fun. What about you, Trevor Alexander? What do you think?

I saw you were confused by my cocko comment last week. I was talking about when Hornswaggle used Socko on The Coach's unmentionables his (c*ck) C*ck + Socko = Cocko

JP: Yeah, I would never have figured that out.

Did anyone notice that the USA logo turned green during the DX segment and apparently for the one night only dx return and stayed that way for the entire night. I seriously don't think I've ever seen that before. A network changing it's logo for a particular show.

JP: Because I can't resist a newbie who gives me rampant compliments (they're mine to keep, you don't get to see them), Tammy Heuer said basically the same thing:

On the November 5th, 2007 edition of Monday Night Raw, you know how the big hype was all about DX reuniting? I happened to notice all throughout the show the USA logo was colored DX Green! I'm not sure whose idea this was, or maybe it didn't have anything at all to do with DX, and was just coincidence, but either way, it definitely fit the evening.

JP: The funny part? The SciFi logo continued to be green on ECW? It was very different, that is for sure! Ok, sorry Tammy, I have to back to Trevor.

Give Kelly Kelly some credit, I liked the fact when Kelly Kelly was up in the fisherman's buster she was screaming her head off instead of silently taking the move like most wrestlers would. It played up the fact that she wasn't a full on wrestler and was scared out of her mind.

JP: And then she got beat on ECW because she was still hurting and couldn't kick out! Good stuff indeed.

Anyone else notice that for the first time in Survivor Series history the tag team champs will be on opposite teams (MVP and Matt Hardy). Also the HHH team is made up of 3/5ths of his team from last year (minus HBK and C.M. Punk)

JP: You did, apparently!

Raw is racist - Was it a coincidence that when Rey Mysterio's music hit the camera panned to a section of the crowd that had a couple of people who looked to be Latino in it. I mean it was so blatant I had to rewind my Tivo to see it again. I mean I understand that the production crew likes to cut away to a section of the crowd that holds up signs for the superstar coming out and since the match wasn't announced until the day of the show there weren't any for Rey so there would probably be no signs since Rey is a smackdown guy. I wonder it Jimmy Wang Yang shows up what will they do.

JP: They go to rednecks, of course! Actually, I always pay attention to who they go to in the crowd, especially for ECW and SmackDown! since they are the same audience. It is amazing how different they make the crowds look for the shows, nonetheless the segments. Did you notice that whenever DX was out that the camera always went to some good looking women? See, the crowd is always part of the act, whether they want to be or not.

The opening dx segment lasted longer than three matches COMBINED (Kelly/Phoenix Rhodes/Murdoch and Crazy-hacksaw/WGTT)

JP: See my comments above about the cutting off of entrances.

Would you have thought a year ago that UMAGA would be receiving a bigger main event push than Samoa Joe.

JP: Based on what? Neither man has been the top champion while Joe has gotten more shots than Umaga. Umaga held the Intercontinental championship where Joe had the X-Division title. Joe fairly regularly main events iMPACT, I don't think Umaga does so much. Umaga hasn't won a match against a non-jobber since SummerSlam in August. Samoa Joe ended Christian Cage's streak on not being pinned or submitting a few weeks ago. I'm not saying Joe is the top of his game or as hot as he was, but I don't think Umaga is in as high as a pedestal as you put him.

Anyone else recall last week that Mr. McMahon seemed to have some plan laid out for DX at the end of the show and this week Mr. McMahon isn't mentioned at all as being the force behind DX uniting for one night only after trying so hard to injure HHH last week. Maybe the writers did go on strike in the WWE.

JP: Yeah, I was slightly perplexed at what the evil plan way, but maybe Mr. McMahon is just crazy. Crazy like Lynx Raven Raide? Perhaps:

Okay, this one is kinda subtle, but it was during the DX opening segment on this past Raw. You have Hornswoggle, Boogeyman and Khali all wanting to join DX, but the Highlight is that with those three, you have representatives of all three brands too: Hornswoggle, since becoming a McMahon, has mainly been on Raw, Boogeyman is a member of the ECW roster, and Khali is on SmackDown. Nice touch showing that no matter the brand, everyone wants to join DX.

Also, with the way Triple H did the announcing, it was in the same style as how Road Dogg did it back in the New Age Outlaws days, so maybe a subtle dig to Voodoo Kin Mafia and their little challenge a bit over a year ago.

JP: See for me, DX is the Triple H, New Age Outlaws, and X-Pac version. The Triple H and Shawn Michaels version (with Chyna) I really look at the precursor to the real thing. But that's me, and I'm a WCW fan. But it looks like I'm alone with the return of Reader Write-in Contest finalist Nikolai Nygard:

I'm back. Timing my return perfectly the week after I was mentioned. (Actually I had a bunch of exams but STILL). And I have a Highlight for HBK as part of the opening DX promo on RAW. After HBK came out of the ring with the worm and then the Boogie Oogie Man's music played and HHH and Horny quickly looked to the front of the ring. But HBK, having just come up from being wormified in the back looked over to it. He REMEMBERS that he was wormified mere seconds earlier on that side of the ring. See HBK seems smarter that way, or at least he does until the Boogeyman comes from the other side and yells at Triple H. So that's what I got for now. Hope to write in next week, and TNA: I blame you for my loss.

JP: See, this is why I voted for you. What? Oh crap… Um… quickly, switch to Aryeh Hersh and THE FAMILY FEUD:

The first time John O'Hurley went to Mr. Kennedy to ask for his answer, he went up to him and introduced him by saying, and now we come to Mr. Kennedy. The crowd was still cheering since King Booker had gotten a correct answer immediately before. About a second after John said "Mr. Kennedy" Kennedy responded "Kennedy". He didn't say it very loud, and it was tough to catch because of the crowd, but I thought it was a nice touch by Ken to play his characters role.

JP: Did I ever mention how much I heart kayfabe in the real world? Scott Steiner, that is why you will always be one of the best. Logan Southerland may think he's the best, but we'll see:

This week's impact! seemed like it was chock-full of HHs so here they are.

1) When Matt Morgan came out to lay down the law to Christian and his coalition after the FFTR finals match. He asked Cage if he st-st-stutturred. Which last we saw Morgan on WWE he was given a stuttering gimmick, maybe a nice play on that gimmick and proving that he can talk.

JP: I totally laughed when he did that got the reference perfectly. Of course, I wrote this section before sending this to Bauer, so maybe he got it too?

2) Usually Scoot Steiner's promos are wild and unbelievable but this week the one he cut on AJ was completely appropriate considering the character change in Styles as he's turned into this childish immature goofball. Like when they had the champion speeches several weeks back as he thanked Nintendo, Pokemon, etc. so Steiner ripping on AJ for his Winnie the Pooh pillow, Lightning McQueen sheets and the like just fits.

JP: You think you can be the best by giving props to Scott Steiner?!?! That's MY job!!!

3) When the takedown contest was ongoing they pointed out AJ having a temper tantrum about not being able to takedwon Steiner. The highlight is who was also famous for having temper tantrums... Christian Cage. So it looks like AJ is trying to emulate Christian on every level.

JP: The way I would like to see this go is Christian win the Fight for the Right, beat Sting for the title, and then go on obnoxious reign. AJ finally gets sick of Christian, turns on him, brings back why he was great, and defeats Christian for the title. Of course, that would require consistent writing and long term planning. Not making any accusations or anything…

4) After AJ powdered Scott Steiner in the face and scored some points, SS went out of the ring and came back and started scoring points with his eyes cleared. So obviously he cleared them when he went outside but the cameras' didn't catch it. But when SS suplexed AJ out of the ring at the end I noticed a puddle of water near where AJ landed outside proving the use of the water.

JP: I actually caught Steiner grabbing a water bottle and flushing his eyes in the corner of the screen before he came back, so you are not mistaken. The cameras and the announcers definitely missed it.

As for a retro highlight: The previous Impact as Sting was describing his mystery partner one thing stuck out as he called his partner "A champion's champion" to me that signifies the only person it can only be the winner of the Champion of Champions match at last year's Cyber Sunday, Booker T.

JP: Everyone remember: Booker T's music is general production music and cannot be copyrighted. All right. This article, on the other hand, is copyrighted so I own everything Nicholas Noel says to wrap us up:

Production Does It Again – The opening video for Raw has synched up Kennedy screaming into the microphone with the first "whoa-oh" of the song. Nice touch.

JP: WWE production is the best anywhere, even if some of the other members of staff are lacking

USA Jumps On Board – The "One Night Only" reformation of DX caused USA to change their logo to green for RAW (Although as I watch Law and Order: CI now, I notice it's still green).

JP: This is the topic of the night, for sure.

JR Doesn't Change With The Times – Jeff Hardy dyes his hair blonde and JR still sticks to calling him the "Rainbow Haired Warrior". Does the dye job for Jeff foreshadow a change to a more serious competitor? I maintain Jeff will be the first Hardy to hold a World Title, sorry Matt fans.

JP: The bigger reason for that is Jeff is more marketable and office is more high on him. They were talking about Jeff Hardy's pop before he came out! You don't hear Cole and JBL talking about that. They always talk about potential.

Stone Cold Stops Off At Best Buy – Notice how Stone Cold Steve Austin's copy of "The Condemned" he gave to Santino Marella had the security stickers on the top and bottom edges? Good to see that WWE is still recouping their losses on the film by making Steve buy his own copy.

JP: Actually, at this point the film is a financial success. It has done huge numbers in DVD sales and rentals, making it one of the top rented DVDs for the past 10 weeks. Of course, it will still take about a year before that his the P&L statements and the balance sheets, but you can read all about that in The Hamilton Ave Journal.

Maria Keeps Herself Safe – Again we return to the Austin/Marella/Maria segment, as after Steve drenches Santino Marella with the beer hose, Maria climbs back in to help her man … but with foreshadowing of what was to come she had TAKEN HER HIGH HEELS OFF. Good to see at least one person in the WWE is not taking any chances on hurting themselves. And is it just me, or Maria's hair get bigger and bigger each week?

JP: Did you read her lips when she was talking to "Cold Stone"? She said, "I've just had my hair done! Look, it's all put up!" Pretty good stuff there.

TNA

Matt Morgan Makes Fun Of Himself – During the segment after Christian Cage's match, Matt Morgan ribs himself by referring to his stuttering gimmick in WWE. Comedy gold.

JP: Boy, you are full of repeats! I kid, I kid.

Sharkboy Lives His Gimmick – The footage they showed when Team 3D attacked Petey Williams and Sharkboy supposedly took place in "Catering" … yet Sharkboy was wearing his mask while sitting at the table eating. Didn't realize that giant shark mouth could open.

JP: He also bites people through the mask!

Oh, and Scott Hall's double chin. That just made me laugh.

JP: Scott was looking his age, that's all I'll say.

SmackDown!

The Boy Can Learn – The unlikely pairing of Shannon Moore and JWY took a turn for the HH when Shannon Moore pulled out a move he learned from another former cruiserweight tag team partner … the Poetry in Motion! Yes, the former MF'er showed us all he did learn a few things from V1.

JP: Now if only he'd break out into one of his pop song singles!

Victoria's Secret – Maybe I'm reading too much into this, but Victoria's spider-web outfit reminded me of a great "Spider Lady", namely The Fabulous Moolah. For those not keeping score, Moolah donned The Spider Lady outfit to win the title back from Wendi Richter, who beat her for it 6 months earlier. Nice extra touch of class from Victoria.

JP: You may be, but Victoria is Hidden Highlight magic, so I would not put it past her.

JBL Has His Priorities In Order – The Rey/Finlay post-match beat down was getting underway when Finlay took it to the outside and headed towards the announcer's desk, and what does JBL do? HE MOVES HIS HAT. That is a man who knows what's important in life.

JP: I can't wait to find out where this cell phone call thing is going. That was an angle, right?

Can't you see I'm wishing I entered the HH competition? :P

JP: If I ever do one again, I'll keep you in mind. I'm rather cold to the idea right now after getting burned, so we shall see!

Bauer: Hey, you got burned, but that means you had the entire 411 staff right there with bottles of water to cool you down. Of course, half of them were empty, but it is the thought that counts.

Do you have a Hidden Highlight from this or any week in history that you would like to share? Please e-mail this article at [e-mail] with your thoughts! Send them by Saturday afternoon to be considered! And remember, they can be from any show, live or taped, or any house show, or anything you saw… readers just like to know!




JP: Well king of all Extreme, nice work this week… eventually. How does it feel stepping up to the big leagues?

Bauer: It felt pretty good JP. Definitely a worth while and fun deal.

JP: And when you do a whole article, you see there's quite a bit more to it than just filling in some Hidden Highlights. Heck, you even missed one of those! Well, there's always next week with… hmmm… ::checks list::… oh, yeah… this ought to be interesting.

While waiting to find out who, be sure to catch my very own Saturday morning news report The Hamilton Ave Journal: the only wrestling news report focused on the business of wrestling.

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