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Last night's WWE Superstars was another fun wrestling show with four good (although in most cases, short) matches that had nothing to do with major storylines in the company. It was just wrestlers having wrestling matches. Nothing wrong with that, at least to me. Sometimes, you just want to watch wrestling, and not have it all be a commercial for a PPV or storyline-driven material. That's what Superstars was this week, a wrestling show.
Santino Marella vs. Chavo Guerrero was a reminder that, in addition to their roles as the clowns of Raw, they are also pretty good wrestlers too. A nice vertical suplex by Santino, a cool back suplex by Chavo. This was a fun match. Yes, Santino did his usual comedy spots, like missing the diving headbutt, but there was solid work here as well. The finish, with Chavo setting up for the splash, only to be caught in a small package by Marella, worked well. Good opener, and not a sign of Hornswoggle anywhere.
Ask The Divas. Sigh. I did think asking them the question about speaking in public was funny, given the lack of "live" promo time most of them are given.
Jack Swagger vs. Primo Colon started out looking like a squash, then Primo got in a big flurry of offense, which looked great. Then, Primo goes for a tilt-a-whirl headscissors, and Swagger blocks it and hit the gutwrench powerbomb for the win. Short match, but they still let Primo get offense in. Sort of reminded me of the old days when WWF would have PPV events with too many matches on them, so towards the end of the show, you'd have these really short matches where one guy would start off on offense, the other would take over, and then bang, there's the finish.
Paul Burchill vs. Tyler Reks, bringing back blood to WWE! Okay, not really. They were having a solid back and forth match, then Burchill busted Reks open hardway with a headbutt. They continued the match, with Reks hitting a nice reverse suplex (although he almost lost the handle on it). It did seem that maybe they were told to go home once the blood on Reks forehead was noticeable, as Burchill hit the Danger Buster and got the pin. From that point on, the camera stayed away from Reks' head, and there were no replays. Nice little bout, and who knows when you will ever see blood on WWE TV again.
Good Yoshi Tatsu video. He's slowly worked his way into the number two babyface spot on ECW after Christian.
I was looking forward to Chris Jericho vs. Fit Finlay, although the result was never in question. After all, Jericho is main eventing a PPV this month. Still, this was a really enjoyable bout. Jericho and Finlay going for covers early was a different spin on things. I liked Jericho avoiding Finlay's clothesline and tossing him to the floor, then attempting the springboard dive, only to get caught in the apron trap. After the break, Jericho wore down Finlay, setting up for Finlay's comeback. Jericho blocking the sitdown splash and locking in the Walls Of Jericho was a cool spot. The finish, with Jericho grabbing the ropes to stop the Celtic Cross attempt he ran into, then catching Finlay with the Codebreaker for the pin, as well done. Good bout to end the show.
What To Make Sure And Watch If You DVR'd The Show: Watch all four matches, and fast forward through all the other stuff.
