This is a totally new show & it seems that WWE is not content with 3 weekly branded shows (which they barely have enough talent to fill), they now want to directly challenge TNA and have created this show which airs in the US on Thursdays. I'm not sure what time it airs so I can't comment as to whether it is direct competition against TNA Impact. (having checked on Wiki it airs at 8pm then again at 11pm and it appears that 2nd show is directly against the 2nd airing of Impact on Spike TV.)
On the colour desk are Todd Grisham & Jim Ross.
The Undertaker vs Matt Hardy. Well it might be a new show but Matt Hardy looks fatter than ever and this match wasn't even good enough to be called average, the match ended with Undertaker getting the win off a count out after Hardy bailed from the ring and thats a p**s poor way to start your new show WWE! Jeff Hardy coming out to hit the beatdown wasn't entirely unexpected but it put Fat Matt back into the ring for Taker to hit the chokeslam and get some kind of closure on his uneventful match.
Wrestlemania 25 video package.
Elimination Chase To Backlash - Christian vs Finlay (with Hornswoggle). Basically the winner of this will meet Jack Swagger at the Backlash PPV to contest the ECW Championship, a belt with less prestige than Tazz's old F**k The World title. This match was far too long, not remotely entertaining and thankfully over after Christian hit the Killswitch (what used to be called The Unprettier back in TNA) to take the win and will progress to the title match at Backlash.
The colour desk changed hands as Michael Cole & Jerry Lawler took the helm.
Cody Rhodes vs Shane McMahon - Quite frankly the days of folks like Vince & Shane O Mac fighting in matches should be long gone as its a f**king awful idea and demonstrates the lack of creativity that WWE have going on at the moment. If this was the main event then it meant there was the possiblity of 13 minutes or so worth of this match going on before the end of the show, sadly they both really dragged this one out with lots of holds and wear down moves. This couldn't have been any more dull and they were already kicking the arse out of this match before it was half done, sadly Rhodes took took the win after Shane hit Rhodes with a chair from outside the ring and the ref DQ'd Shane for using a foreign object. The cameras had to cut away as Shane failed to get anywhere close on his coast to coast attempt and the slow-mo showed how little contact Shane got and how much of a bump he took just to look like a c**t.
If this is all WWE have to go against TNA on a Thursday then Jeff Jarrett & Dixie Carter should have no worries at all.
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