411's WWE Superstars Report 06.11.09

Posted by Rob McNew on 06.11.2009

Chris Jericho and John Morrison tear down the house in the main event while Evan Bourne and Zack Ryder provide a pretty good appetizer on another solid episode of Superstars



-Hosted by Michael Cole, Jerry "The King" Lawler, Josh Mathews, Matt Striker, Todd Grisham, & Jim Ross

Beth Phoenix & Rosa Mendes vs. The Bella Twins
Well can Beth successfully carry these three to a watchable match? Rosa starts with Nikki and grabs a side headlock, but Nikki armdrags out and rolls up Nikki for two. Tag to Brie and a double armdrag gets two. Rosa gets shot to the Bella corner and monkeyflipped out. Nikki tags in with a necksnap for one, but Rosa grabs a headlock and tags in Beth. Nikki tries for a single leg, but Beth grabs an armbar to break. Nikki forearms out, and then Brie tags in with a double dropkick. Beth answers with a double clothesline to the twins for two. Brie gets fired into the corner, and Beth buries a shoulderblock into the midsection. Beth misses a corner charge allowing Nikki to tag in, and she comes in with a pair or dropkicks. High elbow from Nikki sets up a drop toehold to the bottom rope. Nikki hits an X-Factor, but Rosa distracts the official. Brie pulls her off the apron, but the time allows Beth to hit the glam slam which finishes at 3:25. The Bellas seemed on their game, and Beth was up to the task. Nothing terrible here at all.
Winners: Beth Phoenix & Rosa Mendes (Phoenix pins Nikki-Glam Slam **)

-Recap of the WWE Title controversy from Monday

Evan Bourne vs. Zack Ryder
I'm telling you, Ryder will get over if they give him any type of chance. This is a great gimmick. Ryder is wearing tape over his ribs selling injuries from the SSP on Tony Atlas Tuesday. Bourne hits an armdrag at the outset, so Ryder bails to the corner. Bourne grabs a hammerlock, and then armdrags him over. Ryder reaches the rope, and then delivers a right hand . He bails to the rope, and then delivers a thumb to the eyes when Bourne goes after him. Bourne reverses a second rope snap mare into a hurracanrana, and then hits a dropkick for two. Ryder comes back with a corner shoulderblock, and then a backdrop sends Ryder to the apron. Ryder hits a kneelift to Bourne as he comes back in, and grabs a reverse chinlock. Bourne hits a backslide for two, and then a legdrop across the back of the neck. Bourne heads to the top for the SSP, but gets caught by Ryder and pushed off. Ryder covers for two and we head to break. Back from commercial Ryder hits a flapjack for two, and delivers a suplex for another two count. Ryder grabs a bodyscissor, but Bourne counters into a half crab. Ryder comes out of that, and delivers a kick to the ribs. Reverse suplex by Ryder gets two, and Ryder locks in a Dragon Sleeper!?! He lets go of that and grabs a waistlock, but Bourne elbows out. Ryder misses a dropkick, and Bourne is able to hit one putting both men down. Bourne hits a hurracanrana, and a spin kick to the head. Bourne hits a running clothesline for two, but Ryder grabs a single leg. Bourne answers with a enzaguri, but Ryder is right back with jumping pin combo of some kind for a two count. Ryder puts Bourne on the top rope for a superplex, but Bourne is able to fight him off and hit the Shooting Star Press that finishes at 11:56. Thats right Bourne and Ryder got 12 minutes on television. And people complain about this show?
Winner: Evan Bourne (Pinfall-Shooting Star Press ***)

Chris Jericho vs. John Morrison
Oh this should be good. Jim Ross calls Morrison a "main event waiting to happen." He also gets a jab in at Raw mentioning that Smackdown again gets the main event slot on Superstars. Jericho bails to the floor after Morrison gets the better or a lockup. Back inside Jericho grabs a headlock, and hits a shoulderblock. Jericho hits the ropes, and runs into an armdrag from Morrison. Jericho hits a forearm to come out of an armbar, and then rams Morrison into the top buckle. Morrison fights back with a forearm, and then hits a heel kick. Armdrag from Morrrison allows him to go right back to the armbar. Morrison grabs a double leg takedown, and then goes back to the armbar. Jericho gets a right hand off the corner break to gain control, and then hits a kneelift. Jericho rams Morrison into the buckle again, but runs into a boot in the corner. Morrison hits a clothesline sending Jericho over the top to the floor, and then hits a corkscrew splash over the top rope. Morrison tries to springboard back inside, but Jericho gets to the ropes to knock him off as we head to break. Back from commercial and Jericho slingshots Morrison under the bottom rope. Jericho sends Morrison to the floor with a springboard dropkick, and then catches him coming in with a running kick. Back suplex from Jericho sets up reverse chinlock. Morrison comes back with a backbreaker and side Russian legsweep for two. Jericho comes right back with a running enzaguri for two. Jericho chokes out Morrison on the second rope, and then delivers a headbutt. Jericho locks in a double arm chickenwing, but Morrison comes free with an elbow. Morrison charges into a boot from Jericho who heads to the second rope, but dives into a fist from Morrison. Morrison hits a dropkick, and goes for the moonlight drive which is countered by Jericho. Morrison comes right back with a tornado DDT for two, and then whips Jericho to the buckle. Charge at Jericho comes up empty, and Morrison gets hit with a running bulldog. Jericho goes for the lionsault, but comes up empty. Morrison hits the "flying Chuck" a springboard spinkick for two. Jericho comes right back with a codebreaker attempt that misses, and Morrison answers with a running knee to a seated Jericho for two. Jericho hits a heel trip and goes for the Walls, but Morrison counters. Jericho charges into the corner, but misses allowing Morrison to go up top for Starship Pain. Jericho moves out of the way of that and goes for the Walls again. Morrison counters into a rollup for two, but Jericho counters into a rollup of his own and with a handful of trunks gets the three count at 12:53. This was an amazing match, and a serious contender for WWE free TV match of the year. Morrison continues to look like the next mega star while Jericho stays the most over heel on the roster.
Winner: Chris Jericho (Pinfall-Rollup ****)