8 Man tag Match - CM Punk, Jimmy Wang Yang, Shannon Moore & Kofi Kingston vs Elijah Burke, Deuce, Domino & Shelton Benjamin. This sounded like it'd be a very good match with some decent talent involved. Punk's team were the better workers for most of this. Yang sold well & Kingston got an excellent pin. He's bound for greater things for sure.
Diva Dance off - Layla, Maryse, Eve Torres, Lene Yada & Kelly Kelly. Doing this basically says we don't trust these people to actually wrestle so we've got them doing this s**t instead. (Is Lena Yada supposed to be Gail Kim's replacement? She looks very similar & wears the same style costume Gail used to). Kelly Kelly took the obvious win that no-one cared about, such a waste of tv time.
Tommy Dreamer vs Mike Knox. Well at least it was going to be until the GM made it Mike Knox vs Colin Delaney. Colin can certainly take bumps & sell like crazy. I assume their running him as the modern day Mikey Whipwreck? Knox won in a very short match.
Tag Match, The Miz & John Morrison vs The Undertaker & Kane. This was a pretty even match, one of Miz & Morrison's better matches that I've seen. They both worked well enough but Miz looked a bit unsure doing some stuff with Kane which Kane no-sold anyway, showing a low level of in-ring trust. 'Taker & Morrison looked comfortable enough working each other, Undertaker took the win off the tombstone piledriver for his team. No shock there really.
This was another ECW show where they demonstrated they just don't have enough staff to work the matches & fill the air time they have. The Diva Dance off was evidence enough of that point. If they wanted to impress me with Mike Knox, they should have had him take on both Dreamer AND Delaney AND still have won. He'd have gotten way more over, winning in that way. ECW needs its own people and no-one from Smackdown or Raw coming in week after aweek. If they haven't got the staff then it's time to stop the shows & cease the brand until they have.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Monday, April 14, 2008
WWE Friday Night Smackdown 11th Apr 08 reviewed
Let me start by saying I actually could have reviewed this on Friday but I really needed the sleep. The show starts with a bit of business between Great Khali & The Big Show. I watched it on fast forward, I hate storyline set-up's & related b**ls**t.
Tag Match - John Morrison & The Miz vs Jimmy Wang Yang & Shannon Moore. Even though Miz & Morrison had the upper hand for most of this match it was Yang & Moore who proved to be more entertaining & had miles better moves. Yang doesn't need his s***ty gimmick (I'm assuming he's the Jay Lethal of WWE?) as the guy has talent! Miz took an undeserved win for his team. It's about time they dropped the belts to a WAY more entertaining team.
Finlay vs Matt Striker. Finlay took the win after using the stick. C**p match, waste of good tv time.
Victoria (with Natalaya Neidhart) vs Michelle McCool. Victoria got the win with some outside help. Not a good match at all really.
Batista comes out to bores us on the mic. Shaun Micheals likewise.
Vladimir Kozlov vs Mat Logan. Another squash match for this guy? BORING! Kozlov took the very DULL win. This guy will never be over in a million years. He's a useless c**t. Simple as that.
Matt Hardy vs Chuck Palumbo. With MVP ringside it was pretty certain we were going interference. As pretty s**t matches go, this was one. Hardy got the win. With no interference but Hardy getting "distracted".
Undertaker vs Festus. I have no idea who thought this match would ever be entertaining. How Festus was getting a match against a titleholder is a complete mystery to me. It's not as though he's even a singles competitor. Either 'Taker wasn't taking this match very seriously or Festus is an incredibly sloppy worker as this match revealed far too many of the "secrets" of how wrestling really works.
So many "punches" given away (bad camera angles too) and 'Taker didn't seem to want to sell much of what Festus was giving out as "real". Festus made a lot more of this match than I expected him to but it still looked incredibly scrappy & sloppy, I would use this in their wrestling school as an example of "how not to work on tv". Undertaker got the win off his submission hold. Pretty boring match actually.
Tag Match - John Morrison & The Miz vs Jimmy Wang Yang & Shannon Moore. Even though Miz & Morrison had the upper hand for most of this match it was Yang & Moore who proved to be more entertaining & had miles better moves. Yang doesn't need his s***ty gimmick (I'm assuming he's the Jay Lethal of WWE?) as the guy has talent! Miz took an undeserved win for his team. It's about time they dropped the belts to a WAY more entertaining team.
Finlay vs Matt Striker. Finlay took the win after using the stick. C**p match, waste of good tv time.
Victoria (with Natalaya Neidhart) vs Michelle McCool. Victoria got the win with some outside help. Not a good match at all really.
Batista comes out to bores us on the mic. Shaun Micheals likewise.
Vladimir Kozlov vs Mat Logan. Another squash match for this guy? BORING! Kozlov took the very DULL win. This guy will never be over in a million years. He's a useless c**t. Simple as that.
Matt Hardy vs Chuck Palumbo. With MVP ringside it was pretty certain we were going interference. As pretty s**t matches go, this was one. Hardy got the win. With no interference but Hardy getting "distracted".
Undertaker vs Festus. I have no idea who thought this match would ever be entertaining. How Festus was getting a match against a titleholder is a complete mystery to me. It's not as though he's even a singles competitor. Either 'Taker wasn't taking this match very seriously or Festus is an incredibly sloppy worker as this match revealed far too many of the "secrets" of how wrestling really works.
So many "punches" given away (bad camera angles too) and 'Taker didn't seem to want to sell much of what Festus was giving out as "real". Festus made a lot more of this match than I expected him to but it still looked incredibly scrappy & sloppy, I would use this in their wrestling school as an example of "how not to work on tv". Undertaker got the win off his submission hold. Pretty boring match actually.
WWE Monday Night Raw 14th Apr 08 reviewed
Tonights show coming from London, England from the O2 arena better known as The Millenium Dome! The show opens with HBK boring us on the mic.
#1 Contender Tag Team Match, Santino Marella & Carlito (how the f**k are they in this match, they've been a tagteam all of a week or so?) vs Brian Kendrick & Paul London. Well the other team deserve to be here on account of how they beat the champions recently. Carlito took the win that his team really didn't deserve or put any work into.
Womens Championship Match, Mickie James vs Beth Phoenix. I'm not sure who was putting who over better here, they were both working really well. After that nasty submission Phoenix did, James made a decent comeback attempt and got a great win off a fantastic rollup to become the new Womens Champion.
JTG (from Cryme Tyme) vs Trevor Murdoch. Both of them brought their Tag partners to ringside so it may as well have been a tag match. Well this was f**king awful & over quickly with JTG taking a c***py win.
Randy Orton vs William Regal. Did anyone really believe for even a femto-second that Orton would job to Regal in his home country? Nope, me neither. Orton won off the RKO. No shock there really. Regal was on top for most of this, is this a possible comeback for him?
Intercontinental Championship Match, Umaga vs Chris Jericho. I guess nobody doubted Y2J wouldn't win here. He got his win with the help of the ropes. Scrappy match to be honest.
Hacksaw Jim Duggan vs Paul Burchill. I assume they thought Burchill would get over in his home country with Duggan jobbing? Burchill may have taken the win but he certainly wasn't getting any kind of welcome home from the Brits.
HHH vs JBL. This match is just a case of either who you hate more or who you care less about. Frankly I'm amazed it was the main event of the night. The women had already taken care of that. This was c**p! It really didn't need the run-in by Orton either (BTW, Why did the ref go and get the belt and bring it in the ring? He should have been calling for the bell and a DQ on outside interference with the win to HHH). The ref made no attempt to ever call for a bell or try to stop this. What's the point of a main event with no finish? Even as a set-up for Backlash this was still UTTER S**T!
#1 Contender Tag Team Match, Santino Marella & Carlito (how the f**k are they in this match, they've been a tagteam all of a week or so?) vs Brian Kendrick & Paul London. Well the other team deserve to be here on account of how they beat the champions recently. Carlito took the win that his team really didn't deserve or put any work into.
Womens Championship Match, Mickie James vs Beth Phoenix. I'm not sure who was putting who over better here, they were both working really well. After that nasty submission Phoenix did, James made a decent comeback attempt and got a great win off a fantastic rollup to become the new Womens Champion.
JTG (from Cryme Tyme) vs Trevor Murdoch. Both of them brought their Tag partners to ringside so it may as well have been a tag match. Well this was f**king awful & over quickly with JTG taking a c***py win.
Randy Orton vs William Regal. Did anyone really believe for even a femto-second that Orton would job to Regal in his home country? Nope, me neither. Orton won off the RKO. No shock there really. Regal was on top for most of this, is this a possible comeback for him?
Intercontinental Championship Match, Umaga vs Chris Jericho. I guess nobody doubted Y2J wouldn't win here. He got his win with the help of the ropes. Scrappy match to be honest.
Hacksaw Jim Duggan vs Paul Burchill. I assume they thought Burchill would get over in his home country with Duggan jobbing? Burchill may have taken the win but he certainly wasn't getting any kind of welcome home from the Brits.
HHH vs JBL. This match is just a case of either who you hate more or who you care less about. Frankly I'm amazed it was the main event of the night. The women had already taken care of that. This was c**p! It really didn't need the run-in by Orton either (BTW, Why did the ref go and get the belt and bring it in the ring? He should have been calling for the bell and a DQ on outside interference with the win to HHH). The ref made no attempt to ever call for a bell or try to stop this. What's the point of a main event with no finish? Even as a set-up for Backlash this was still UTTER S**T!
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
ECW 8th April 2008 reviewed
The Miz vs Cm Punk. Don't ECW HAVE any f**king workers any more? Their all either working Smackdown or Raw & can't get enough people on their roster to have to get Miz in to work Punk? Incredibly dull match which was far too long. Punk got the win.
Contract signing. BORING!
Elijah Burke vs Nunzio. Burke got a pretty easy win in quite a s**t match.
Domino vs Kofi Kingston. Kington looked better & certainly had the better of this match & took the win.
Colin Delaney vs Tommy Dreamer. If Delaney wins he gets an ECW contract, if Dreamer loses he's fired. Dreamer took a predictable win off a nice spike ddt.
This was another extremely weak ECW. They just don't seem to have the manpower any more and they aern't allowed to be the ECW they used to be. It really would be kinder if they cancelled this show now.
Contract signing. BORING!
Elijah Burke vs Nunzio. Burke got a pretty easy win in quite a s**t match.
Domino vs Kofi Kingston. Kington looked better & certainly had the better of this match & took the win.
Colin Delaney vs Tommy Dreamer. If Delaney wins he gets an ECW contract, if Dreamer loses he's fired. Dreamer took a predictable win off a nice spike ddt.
This was another extremely weak ECW. They just don't seem to have the manpower any more and they aern't allowed to be the ECW they used to be. It really would be kinder if they cancelled this show now.
Monday, April 7, 2008
WWE Monday Night Raw 7th Apr 08 review
William Regal bores us on the mic. Set up for Randy Orton vs JBL @ Backlash.
Umaga vs Val Venis. Val's still running that same tired old gimmick from 4 years ago? My money was on Val to job here. Yep, Umaga won. no shock there.
Diva Tag Match, Melina & Jillian Hall vs Ashley & Mickie James. Ashley was doing ok until she no-sold the front face slam from Melina. Mickie James took the win with a lovely DDT. These girls are improving ;-)
Tag Match, Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch vs Brian Kendrick & Paul London. This match started nicely, London's dropkick into a moonsault was excellent. Cade & Murdoch were all power with London selling well for them. Kendrick took the good win off a very fast inside cradle. Those 2 are certainly fun to watch!
2 on 1 Handicap Match, HHH vs Randy Orton & JBL. Nothing exciting. HHH got a very predictable win.
Tag Match, Hardcore Holly & Cody Rhodes vs Carlito & Santino Marella. Awful match, Santino took the win. Worst match of the night by far.
Maria vs Beth Phoenix. No belt on the line here though. This was quite a decent match. Phoenix wasn't willing a to sell a couple of Maria's moves but they both looked pretty good. Phoenix took the win.
Jericho bores us on the mic with Batista & Shaun Micheals.
2 on 1 Handicap Match - John Cena vs JBL & HHH. This was all JBL vs Cena really with JBL refusing to tag HHH in then when Cena made any offensive HHH refused to take the tag-in, stepping back so JBL couldn't reach him. HHH & JBL came to blows, JBL hit Orton accidently. Orton RKO'd JBL as the ref was moving HHH out of the ring, Cena threw him out & took the easy pin making it a fatal 4-way for the title @ Backlash. This was certainly better than the 1st 2 on 1 Handicap Match by a long haul. The best RAW I've seen recently.
Umaga vs Val Venis. Val's still running that same tired old gimmick from 4 years ago? My money was on Val to job here. Yep, Umaga won. no shock there.
Diva Tag Match, Melina & Jillian Hall vs Ashley & Mickie James. Ashley was doing ok until she no-sold the front face slam from Melina. Mickie James took the win with a lovely DDT. These girls are improving ;-)
Tag Match, Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch vs Brian Kendrick & Paul London. This match started nicely, London's dropkick into a moonsault was excellent. Cade & Murdoch were all power with London selling well for them. Kendrick took the good win off a very fast inside cradle. Those 2 are certainly fun to watch!
2 on 1 Handicap Match, HHH vs Randy Orton & JBL. Nothing exciting. HHH got a very predictable win.
Tag Match, Hardcore Holly & Cody Rhodes vs Carlito & Santino Marella. Awful match, Santino took the win. Worst match of the night by far.
Maria vs Beth Phoenix. No belt on the line here though. This was quite a decent match. Phoenix wasn't willing a to sell a couple of Maria's moves but they both looked pretty good. Phoenix took the win.
Jericho bores us on the mic with Batista & Shaun Micheals.
2 on 1 Handicap Match - John Cena vs JBL & HHH. This was all JBL vs Cena really with JBL refusing to tag HHH in then when Cena made any offensive HHH refused to take the tag-in, stepping back so JBL couldn't reach him. HHH & JBL came to blows, JBL hit Orton accidently. Orton RKO'd JBL as the ref was moving HHH out of the ring, Cena threw him out & took the easy pin making it a fatal 4-way for the title @ Backlash. This was certainly better than the 1st 2 on 1 Handicap Match by a long haul. The best RAW I've seen recently.
Friday, April 4, 2008
WWE Friday Night Smackdown 4th Apr 08 review
Edge & Chavo come out to bore us on the mic.
MVP vs Matt Hardy - Hardy took the win. Nothing worth writing about in this weak match.
Zack Ryder vs Festus. Festus isn't a bad worker considering the s***ty gimmick, Festus won.
Shaun Micheals comes out to bore us on the mic. Batista likewise.
Vladimir Kozlov vs Matt Bentley. A squash match, Kozlov got the win. S**t Match.
Tag Contest, John Morrison & The Miz vs Shannon Moore & Jimmy Wang Yang. What happened to Moore's old punk gimmick? Morrison got a win off a good swinging neckbreaker.
Khali wanders down, destroys Moore & Yang. Big Show comes down, Khali f**ks off.
Top Diva Contest Winner, Michelle McCool. Who cares? And a s**t catfight.
Kane vs The Undertaker - This was a match that was going no-where & got even worse after the multiple run-ins. Possibly the WORST Smackdown that has ever been aired? Yes!
MVP vs Matt Hardy - Hardy took the win. Nothing worth writing about in this weak match.
Zack Ryder vs Festus. Festus isn't a bad worker considering the s***ty gimmick, Festus won.
Shaun Micheals comes out to bore us on the mic. Batista likewise.
Vladimir Kozlov vs Matt Bentley. A squash match, Kozlov got the win. S**t Match.
Tag Contest, John Morrison & The Miz vs Shannon Moore & Jimmy Wang Yang. What happened to Moore's old punk gimmick? Morrison got a win off a good swinging neckbreaker.
Khali wanders down, destroys Moore & Yang. Big Show comes down, Khali f**ks off.
Top Diva Contest Winner, Michelle McCool. Who cares? And a s**t catfight.
Kane vs The Undertaker - This was a match that was going no-where & got even worse after the multiple run-ins. Possibly the WORST Smackdown that has ever been aired? Yes!
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
ECW 1st April 2008 reviewed. NOT a joke!
Gosh, well this is a 1st.
I've never reviewed an ECW show (as far as I recall anyway) so this'll be the 1st.
Kane comes out and bores us on the mic, CM Punk likewise.
Stevie Richards vs Mike Knox - Knox took the win. S**te match!
Colin Delaney vs The Big Show - Show took the win. UTTER F**KING S**TE!
Tag Match, Chavo Guerrerro & Shelton Benjamin vs CM Punk & Kane. Shelton & Punk made this match a lot better than it looked. Punk took the win.
If this is the modern ECW, it was better when Heyman was p**sing their funds into the wind.
CLOSE DOWN ECW NOW!
I've never reviewed an ECW show (as far as I recall anyway) so this'll be the 1st.
Kane comes out and bores us on the mic, CM Punk likewise.
Stevie Richards vs Mike Knox - Knox took the win. S**te match!
Colin Delaney vs The Big Show - Show took the win. UTTER F**KING S**TE!
Tag Match, Chavo Guerrerro & Shelton Benjamin vs CM Punk & Kane. Shelton & Punk made this match a lot better than it looked. Punk took the win.
If this is the modern ECW, it was better when Heyman was p**sing their funds into the wind.
CLOSE DOWN ECW NOW!
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