The Weekly Review #2

Welcome to the second edition of Tkellionaires "Weekly Review" where I will be breaking down the past week in wrestling.

Monday Night RAW

Top Performer

Theres no doubt that it wouldnt be Mike Tyson again and no its definitely not going to be John Heder either. RAW honestly didnt impress me this week cause most PPV implications were settled last week so it wasnt easy deciding. So instead im claiming it a tie. Sheamus looked decent by taking out Evan Bourne with a Celtic Cross and Randy Orton looked ok also by putting out Chris Masters with a RKO. If you think there should be just one up front winner then your in luck cause these two will face off at the Royal Rumble to decide.

Best Match

RAW lacked great matches this week but there were a few good matches. Among them was the best one and it came from a match last week. Randy Orton became #1 contender when Dibiase and Rhodes interfered in his triple threat match with John Cena and Kofi Kingston. So this week Cena and Kingston teamed up to chase revenge on Legacy who cost them a shot at the WWE championship.

Legacy started off strong early on but Cena eventually took control and hit the five knuckle shuffle. Cody then used his elbows to avoid the AA and Dibiase came in to help double team. Kofi comes in and takes a beating until getting the tag on a motivated John Cena. Cena comes in and lands the AA on Rhodes this time around but Dibiase jumps in to break up the three count. Legacy begins double teaming Cena again but Kofi is able to sneak onto the top turnbuckle and land a solid cross body block on Legacy that leads to the three count. Kofi Kingston and John Cena win!

Best Promo

Im not sure if Mark Henry throwing Jack Swagger over the rope in a 1-2 minute battle is considered a match or a promo but none the less it didnt win anyway. Last week RAW's closing segment was Vince McMahon and Retribution. Well this week Vince McMahon started the show by saying Bret Hart needed to go and wasnt welcome in the WWE. Well the crowd boos but the promo really picks up when the Undertaker comes out and takes over the promo.

He is joined by HBK who has been waiting for his answer regarding a Wrestlemania rematch. Undertaker agrees that he was the biggest challenge hes had on the grandest stage but he wont accept the match... Instead he wants them to go at it tonight! But HBK declines that challenge and says he wont be satisfied facing the Undertaker unless its at Wrestlemania. Determined to break the streak, HBK realizes that the only way hes going to face Undertaker is to win the Royal Rumble.

Main Event

The main event is created when guest host John Heder made friends with The Miz and Big Show. D-Generation X would be the opponents and it all starts when John Heder comes out wearing a robe reading "The Flame" :P. The match goes on as normal but Heder decides to join in as soon as Hornswoggle gets in. He delivers a brutal thrust kick to the chest but Hornswoggle is able to get the tag to HHH. Frightened, Heder struggles and ends up losing with Big Show jumping on him followed by a tadpole splash by Hornswoggle.

After the match we find out Big Show and John Cena are officially in the Rumble but even bigger as I predicted... DX is somewhat broken up. HBK has been so caught up on taking on the Undertaker that we all knew that Triple H was going to have something to do with it and sure enough, he wants to win the Rumble in the city he won it in last time... Atlanta.

ECW

Top Performer

ECW only put up two matches so I almost had no choice but to give it to Vladimir Kozlov who appeared on the always un-appealing Abraham Washington and let us know about him while turning down Santino at the same time.

Best Match

The best and only match was a tag match with Baretta and Croft taking on Goldust and Yoshi Tatsu. The match was close the whole time with a lot of back and fourth counters until Trent Baretta interfered behind the referees back to deliver a clothesline that allowed Croft to pull out the pin.

Best Promo

The only real promo other than the dreaded Abraham Washington show was Zack Ryder claiming to be the new face of ECW. But much like last time... The Hurricane showed up to put Ryder down on the mat with a crossbody block. These two clearly hate eachother and the rivalry will live on.

Main Event

In a rematch from last Thursday, Christian will take on his rivals partner, William Regal. Christian is off to a fast start but is quickly slowed down and beaten throughout the match. When Christian finally see's a shot to counter, he takes it to the top turnbuckle and it ends up fatal until he found a way to bounce back and throw Regal out of the ring. Christian is then brutally punched in the back of the head directly after by Ezekiel. The bell goes off but Regal and Ezekiel continue the beating all the way to the end of show.

WWE Superstars

Top Performer

Even though he lost... Vance Archer looked very powerful in his loss to Shelton Benjamin. Theres a first for everything and it will be interesting to see if he can bounce back next week.

Best Match

Jillian vs Kelly Kelly? No. It was Vance Archer taking on the gold standard to avenge his only loss that ended in DQ. Shelton Benjamin fought hard but it was clear that Archer was more powerful and just when you thought Benjamin was about out of fuel... he slides Archer into the Oklahoma Roll and becomes the first wrestler in the WWE to pin Archer.

Best Promo

There were no promos.

Main Event

Kane and Chris Jericho were set to rage war and last week Kane looked good across the board in both his matches. This time around it was a different story as Jericho slowly picked him apart making it seem like he was building toward a victory. Jericho had total control but when he lost it, there was no stopping the momentum that Kane picked up so Jericho decided to block the chokeslam and head out. Jericho made his way up the ramp to close the show with a count out in Kanes favor.

TNA Impact

Top Performer

Personally, I was far from impressed by Impact this week. But very few stuck out and one of those was Orlando Jordan. He debuted a few weeks back and was impressive Thursday night. Orlando was able to put out D'Angelo Dinero in his match to pick up a victory after a flatliner in a near squash match.

Best Match

There wasnt many matches unfortunately but there was some ok contests. Even though the Nasty Boyz won, the match was very bland and he could barely lift Eric Young for the slam. So even though it ended with interference, I have to give Hernandez and Matt Morgan credit. The new champs were dominating before British Invasion messed it up for themselves. A shot from there own teammate on accident cost British Invasion a win but that wasnt the end of it until Mick Foley punished them with a chair.

Best Promo

Eric Bischoff telling Waltman and Hall that they were no longer welcome in TNA was alright but I think a promo with feud potential is Mr. Anderson and Abyss. Mr. Anderson came out to brag about his win over Abyss at Genesis by using brass knuckles but little did he know the Monster was behind him the whole time. After talking some trash, Mr. Anderson was hit with a clothesline right in the middle of his MISTAAAAAAA... He ended up bailing but I have a feeling this isnt over.

Main Event

To open the show, Ric Flair and AJ Styles came out to talk about Genesis and about there time and joining of TNA in general. Later on Hulk Hogan had enough and decided to give Kurt Angle another rematch tonight on Impact. And the best part is no interference because if Ric Flair even shows up at ringside then there will be major consequences.

The match starts alot like there match at Genesis with Kurt Angle dominating with both suplex's and ankle locks. But then a huge turn nobody saw coming takes place... Kurt Angle is screwed by the ring of the bell by Earl Hebner just like he did to Bret Hart. Angle is furious and spits in the face of Mr. McM.. I mean Hulk Hogan. He then goes on a rampage destroying chairs and starts swearing alot much like shades of Vanilla Ice on Celebrity Rehab.

In the censored words I was able to make out a "This is (censored)! I will go back to WWE if I have to!". No idea how it will shape up but the show ended with Eric Bischoff coming out bloodied and firing Mick Foley! Camera fades leaving a not so good show with a very suspenseful ending.

Friday Night Smackdown

Top Performer

Batista and Kane both made statements but Batista made the biggest boom taking over the night from the very start to end. He full out dominated Finlay in his match and ended the show by blindsiding his rival Rey Mysterio. Even though he got DQ'ed, he still made a good impressive for the Rumble.

Best Match

Smackdown only put up four matches but only one really seemed to stick out. The shining match was when a handicap match was changed to a tag match. John Morrison and his revealed partner R-Truth were set to battle with Jericho and McIntyre. It was a very close and some what high flying match all the way to the end. Jericho had the victory in his hands but let it slip loose by being caught by a scissor kick that helped R-Truth lead his team to victory. Next week John Morrison will challenge for Drew McIntyre's Intecontinental title in a no DQ match.

Best Promo

Althought the divas put on a decent promo... it went to some Royal Rumble hype. Rey came out with the title on his mind and talked about his glory days as Heavyweight Champion until the Undertaker came out and put him in his place by bringing him back to reality. Undertaker tried to intimidate Mysterio and tell him that he will "rest in peace" but in the end Batista got the final say by attacking rival Mysterio while he was trying to catch Undertakers attention. Smackdown ended with Batista running away from Undertaker with his tail tucked between his legs. 

Main Event

The rising Hart Dynasty took on the Great Khali and Matt Hardy in a main event that was not announced throughout the show. Early on Hart Dynasty had control but Natalya's distraction on Khali only went wrong for them because Hardy was able to get a sneaky cradle pin on DH Smith to lead him and Khali to a win. 

Show of the Week: Monday Night RAW

Thanks for reading this article and feel free to comment on it no matter how mean or nice it is.

-Tkellionaire

Comments

1. Comment #1

   Good article TKell! Keep em coming!
   
   P.S. First!

   Posted by Felix Hunter on Thursday, January 28, 2010

2. Comment #2

   umm.... please someone explain this to me: Wasn't Finlay's finisher the Celtic Cross (Side "slam" Samoan Drop)?

   Posted by JohnnyInsano on Thursday, January 28, 2010

3. Comment #3

   according to Wikipedia, finlay's finisher is the Celtic Cross (Running over the shoulder back to belly piledriver).
   
   Hope that helps!
   
   Garlic bread sandwiches!

   Posted by Phenom The Vampire Lord on Friday, January 29, 2010

4. Comment #4

   If Finlay's Finisher is the Celtic Cross, then what is Sheamus's?

   Posted by Mikey Ramirez on Friday, January 29, 2010

5. Comment #5

   Yes Finlay's finisher is the Celtic Cross but so is Sheamus's. Exept Sheamus's is Crucifix Powerbomb. Also he has the Irish Curse which is basically just a backbreaker.

   Posted by Tkellionaire on Friday, January 29, 2010

6. Comment #6

   I never hear them say Sheamus's finisher's name XD
   
   Wow, you actually did a review for ALL of the shows!

   Posted by 1221 on Friday, January 29, 2010

7. Comment #7

   Yeah... if I didnt then it would be the daily review or something :D

   Posted by Tkellionaire on Friday, January 29, 2010

8. Comment #8

   Crappy article, but not as bad as Vampire Lord.

   Posted by The Unknown One on Friday, January 29, 2010

9. Comment #9

   TUO> Thanks for reading it!
   and thanks for hating it!

   Posted by Phenom The Vampire Lord on Friday, January 29, 2010

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