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Monday
Sabu apparently really is gone from TNA.
Smackdown got a 1.8, significantly up form last weeks 1.6.
Monday Night Raw
Date: November 8, 2010
Location: M.E.N. Arena, Manchester, England
Commentators: Michael Cole, Josh Matthews
Yes those are the correct commentators. No idea why Lawler is gone. Ok so since Im watching this Tuesday morning due to falling asleep, the reason is apparently he had an infection from a knee injury/surgery and had to be in the hospital to get it cleaned up. Makes as much sense as anything else would. Anyway were in England tonight so expect Barrett to be a huge face. Also this was taped so the show might be a bit off. Lets get to it.
Also I avoided spoilers so this review is more or less just like watching Raw.
We open the show with Cena in the ring at a podium and reading from a scroll. Scrolls are awesome. He introduces Barrett with an overly done intro that hes not happy to read. Looks like that Wrestlemania Reading Challenge paid off. Yep Barrett gets a big reaction but its not all cheering. The rest of Nexus is here too and that theme song is growing on me.
Barrett has some big old elf ears. He says he has returned to a nice pop. Theres going to be a big preview of his championship celebration tonight. A Cena chant breaks out and Barrett isnt happy with it. We see a clip from Smackdown where Otunga brought Nexus in and lost. Barrett gets on him and says if youre going to do that, be successful. The fans chant something that I cant make out.
He turns his attention to Cena who gets a very mixed reaction. We see the clips of Cena refereeing fairly last week and costing the Nexus the (dull as all hell) tag match. Barrett says explain yourself. Cena says it all started as a joke at a Smackdown Thanksgiving show where he rapped and then the next thing he knew he was wearing a backwards hat and had a chain around his neck and he was invisible.
Barrett gets annoyed at Cenas funny joke and Cena says that the explanation for last week was Nexus lost, plain and simple. Barrett says for Cena to announce what hes going to say at Survivor Series, which is that Barrett is the new champion. Before he can heres Orton. As he comes out, a thought occurs to me: if Cena gets fired, couldnt they just immediately rehire him? Was that covered?
Orton knows he can beat Barrett. Wade says he has an army behind him and Orton has no one. Its E-Mail time and the heat on Cole is INSANE. At the PPV, no disqualifications or count outs to the title match. That isnt said but it can only be won by pin or submission. Nexus is also banned. Tonight its Nexus vs. Team Orton in a ten man tag. The GM will pick the members of Team Orton later. The guest referee is Cena. He kicks over the podium and shoves down Otunga before leaving.
The Divas Cup is next. Oh dear.
Divas Cup: Bella Twins/Eve Torres vs. Tamina/Alicia Fox/Maryse
Theyre all in very short shorts and cut off shirts, dressed like Liverpool for the heels and Manchester United for the faces. The fans arent happy with the Man U stuff as apparently there are a lot of Manchester City fans. Tamina vs. Eve to start us off. Samoan Drop by Tamina as she lives up to her racial stereotypes.
Next week its a three hour Old School Raw. That isnt acknowledged by the announcers but rather were told that on a graphic onscreen. Eve gets a kind of enziguri to put down Maryse as the fans dont seem to care. A Bella vs. Alicia now as the Bellas look good in those shorts. Maryse gets her DDT on a Bella and they switch for the rollup win for the good girls. And theres no cup.
Otunga is giving a speech to Nexus and is cut off by Barrett when he comes in. Barrett throws Otunga off Team Nexus tonight as he has Cena tonight instead.
Hart Dynasty vs. Usos
Do they really think we want to see this again? Its a handicap Divas Title match at the PPV which I have to think Natalya wins as shes beaten both girls in a big brawl already. Jimmy vs. David to start. Apparently Jimmys partners name is Jey not Jay. Kidd hits a Mysterio-esque dive to one of the Usos into a rana which was pretty freaking sweet.
Kidd gets beaten down and I could have sworn there was a three count but apparently it was only two. Smith doesnt look happy at all. Hes on the floor arguing with Natalya actually. And so much for that as hes there for the tag. Theres the powerslam to one of the Samoans for two as the other breaks it up. Jumping superkick kills Tyson on the floor and another one gets David. Jey ends him with a top rope splash.
Santino has invited Sheamus to a tea party later.
Striker is in the back and asks Orton who he thinks his partners will be tonight. Miz comes up and says hes one of his partners tonight.
Back from a break and Nexus is talking until Otunga comes in and theyre not happy with his most talented person comment. He wants them to have his back tonight but Gabriel wants to know if Barrett says its ok. Theyre not sure if theyre going to do it or not.
We recap the wedding from Tuesday which had me rolling laughing.
Goldust vs. Ted DiBiase
Goldust is ticked off at him and has to be held back before the match starts. He does his breathing thing and gets slapped into the face. We hit the floor and its all Goldust here. Back in the ring and Ted is pounding away. Not much of a match here but just a bunch of brawling and striking. Sweet damn this is boring.
With Goldust down, Maryse walks over and picks up the Million Dollar Title with ease. Well that was easy. Snap powerslam by Goldust gets two and Aksana bounces down to ringside and hits Maryse in the face with the belt and runs off with it. Goldust gets a quick rollup for the pin as Cole says holy confusion.
John Cena vs. David Otunga
This should be a somewhat long match as its the ending segment of the first hour. Otunga has a Nexus hoodie now. Nexus comes out with him, including Barrett. And so much for that as Barrett sends them away and leaves with them, making this one on one. Otunga tries to run and fails miserably at that and the fight is on.
Dropkick puts Otunga down but Cenas shoulder is acquainted with the post so the A-List can take over. Thats a very short list as hes just one guy. Dueling Cena chants. After a very short offense by Otunga, Cena makes the comeback, hits his sequence of moves and the FU/STF ends this. Nothing match.
After a break Otunga has a bag of ice on his neck in the back. Barrett comes in and is all ticked off at him. He says go back to Smackdown and fight Edge. If Otunga loses, hes out of the team.
Its time for Tea Time with Santino. He and Kozlov come out in very stereotypical British suits which look cool. I actually didnt recognize Kozlov. Santino says theyve been watching British TV shows and movies to get the culture down. Sheamus comes down and Santino says he has green tea, regular tea and ginger tea, getting a laugh from the crowd. He makes up for it by offering .Mr. T? Oh its just a picture.
Basically this turns into nothing but jokes about Sheamus being very pale. That takes several minutes though. Sheamus cant remember why he hates Santino. Santino cant remember either. Kozlov: He hates you because you beat him in the biggest upset in WWE history. This is a decently funny segment actually. And now Sheamus is pissed off. Santino spills tea on him and an e-mail makes the obvious match with Kozlov in the back.
Santino Marella vs. Sheamus
We start after a break and Santino is in street clothes. Thankfully he has his in ring gear on after it. Apparently this is common according to Cole. Marella runs and another e-mail says get in or be suspended. He gets in and gets his head kicked off. He hits Sheamus low for the DQ and then the real beating begins. Morrison comes out to prevent murder on WWE television.
Cena is watching a video on Mania and we zoom into the monitor to watch it too. Its in Atlanta. Ok then. Barrett pops up and says do your job or never be at Mania again. That was a nice touch.
Same second generation Stand Up For WWE thing again.
Nexus vs. Team Orton
Team Orton is Orton, Miz, Daniel Bryan, R-Truth and Mark Henry. Sweet damn does no one believe in surprises anymore? Cole jumps up to hug Riley in a funny moment. Cena comes out with Nexus. After a break Bryan vs. Gabriel starts us off. What is with WWEs obsession with ten man tags lately? Off to McGillicutty now and the good guys beat on him for awhile.
Orton throws him to Nexus and says he wants Barrett. He gets Slater instead. After a bit of Truth vs. Slater everyone comes in and Team Orton clears the ring. Otunga saunters out and were not sure what hes going to do here. We take a break with Otunga staring at Barrett. Back with Truth vs. Gabriel. Truth gets to play a mini Morton but brings Henry in to scare Harris a bit.
Josh says Cruiserweight so dont expect him on Raw EVER again. Henry misses a splash but takes down McGillicutty to get out of trouble. Bryan in again as this is rather boring. Barrett vs. Bryan now with the British dude taking over. Bryan really plays Morton as the fans want Miz. They get the Viper vs. Barrett instead and Orton takes over.
Elevated DDT to Barrett as Cena counts to five. Orton waits as long as he can which is kind of stupid as it gives Barrett more time to make the easy counter. Wasteland is reversed and Truth comes in for no apparent reason and its all breaking down. Otunga trying to get involved caused this apparently. Back to the title match preview and Wasteland is countered again. Cena stops Otunga and Miz drills Orton with the Skull Crushing Finale so Barrett can pin him. Cena didnt see Miz.
Results
Bella Twins/Eve Torres b. Tamina/Alicia Fox/Maryse Small Package to Maryse
Usos b. Hart Dynasty Top rope splash to Smith
Goldust b. Ted DiBiase Rollup
John Cena b. David Otunga STF
Sheamus b. Santino Marella via DQ when Santino hit him low
Nexus b. Team Orton Barrett pinned Orton after a Skull Crushing Finale from Miz
Tuesday
Apparently Eric Young is done with TNA for now. Does anyone actually care?
There will be a Tribute to the Troops show this year but its going to be a combination of Vince, Show, Kelly and Eve in Afghanistan and some matches from a show in Texas which apparently the wrestlers are FAR happier with and I cant say I blame them as a flight around the world is a long way.
NXT
Date: November 9, 2010
Location: Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester, England
Commentators: Michael Cole, Josh Matthews
Were down to four now which is probably a very good thing. Based on what I can find, the season ends on 11/30 so we have only four episodes left. That being said, Im not expecting much tonight. Last weeks show was very fun although with things being back to normal I wouldnt expect something as interesting this week. Lets get to it.
Striker tries to bring out the girls but here comes Goldust. Aksana wont answer his phone calls and all he wants is an explanation. She comes out with the Million Dollar Belt. Goldust says they knew they didnt love each other but he didnt understand why it happened last week. In short, its all about Aksana and she gets half of everything, including the value of the title.
She starts a USA chant in England. Goldust calls her a conniving witch and says she isnt very smart because theyre not in American. Theyre in Europe so theyre on her turf actually. Since theyre not in America they can have her thrown out of England. I have no idea if that makes sense or not but it sounds kind of stupid.
Naomi comes out and yells at Aksana about how shes a gold digger and all that jazz. Naomi challenges her to a match tonight. In a funny moment, she asks her pro, Goldust, for advice. The comedy here is really low level but for some reason Im liking it. He tells her to get in the ring and get her butt kicked.
Mania is coming to Atlanta. They havent changed that.
The girls are in the ring now and its an arm wrestling competition. Elimination next week. Why dont they just say theyre rigging it for Naomi here? AJ vs. Aksana is first and the blonde wins with ease. Kaitlyn vs. Naomi is of course domination as well.
What is a surprise is that Kaitlyn wins like its nothing. Thats rather surprising. Aksana starts losing so she pulls Kaitlyns hair a few times for the DQ so Kaitlyn wins. She looks good in the hat. Cole slept through this in a funny addition.
Nikki Bella vs. AJ
We recap the twin magic stuff that the Bellas do. Nikki is the evil Bella so far and she keeps the whole aggressive thing going here. AJ has had nothing so far. Josh and Cole continue to be the best part about this show by far. AJ has nothing here. The PA system goes off and something is said about a database being updated. I thought something was going on with my computer.
Nikki might have hurt her knee. AJ has had maybe 4 kicks in this whole match. Primo says hes been watching the whole time. The announcers arent sure if they switched or not. Either way AJ gets a rollup to win it. I forgot to check the time but it was roughly 4:00 long.
Stand Up For WWE which is about the current superstars and how good the people are.
Kane vs. Big Show on Friday.
Survivor Series ad which is almost all about Orton vs. Barrett and the Cena issue, which is fine as thats the biggest match by far.
The next competition is looking at high school pictures of wrestlers and the air horns are back. Most of these are really easy until we get to Jerry Lawler whose picture is in black and white. The last one is Mark Henry who looks like he does now. AJ and Kaitlyn tie at two and Naomi gets one. They have a tiebreaker which is John Morrison who is easy again. AJ wins after they fight for who gets to say the name. This was far better.
BEHIND THE SCENES OF KNUCKLEHEAD!!! Screw Inception, screw Legendary. THIS is your Oscar winner right here, hands down.
Theres a new Cena DVD which is more about the man outside the ring. Oh and there are matches too. One thing I do like about WWE is how fast their DVDs come out. This is the first official reference Ive heard of it and it comes out in a week. Thats fast.
We recap, as in see again, the Ziggler/Kaitlyn/Vickie thing from last week where Big Dick Johnson hit her with a cake by accident. We also see Kaitlyn vs. Vickie from Smackdown meaning we get to see Kaitlyn in those awesome shorts of her. Vickie comes up to her in the back and both say Dolph is leaving Kaitlyn. Kaitlyn says Vickie has a big ass and gets slammed into a table. Kind of pointless but Kaitlyn gets hotter every week.
Naomi vs. Aksana
Cole: This feud has been going on for nearly FORTY FIVE MINUTES! Hes having a blast with this and its coming out in his performance. We go to a break after Naomi comes out and we get an Old School Raw ad. This would be so much better if the old school stars theyre talking about were active competitors or anywhere near their primes when Raw debuted.
Goldust comes out to be in Aksanas corner which she seems fine with. Ok never mind as hes in Naomis corner. Naomi beats on her for the most part and then actually gets beaten down. The more interesting thing here is Josh saying Cole goes into the locker room and says that Cole is just a character and that hes fed all of his lines. Thats not something you hear often.
Cole keeps referencing a friend named Paul. I wonder who that could mean. Aksana is getting more offense in here than she ever has I think. A spinwheel kick gets one for Naomi. After some more basically uninteresting stuff, Naomi hits a leg lariat out of nowhere for the pin in about 5:30.
Results
Kaitlyn won an arm wrestling competition
AJ b. Nikki Bella Rollup
AJ won a Guess the Superstar challenge
Naomi b. Aksana Leg Lariat
Wednesday
Kevin Nash resigned with TNA. I cant say Im really surprised.
Thursday
Lacey Von Erich has quit TNA. Eh not a huge loss. As hot as she is there are a ton of people that would give her a job doing something.
Impact
Date: November 11, 2010
Location: Impact Zone, Orlando, Florida
Commentators: Tazz, Mike Tenay
Episode Title: Night of the Immortals
Well after Turning Point I have no idea where theyre supposed to go other than to the same exact places theyve been before. Hardy is still champion, Immortal and Fourtune are still running everything, and everything is working exactly the same as it was just a few weeks ago after BFG. The only difference is that less people are watching and the fans are less enthusiastic. Im not looking forward to this but this is what I do so lets get to it.
And heres Immortal to new music which sounds like a bad country/rock song. Fourtune is here too. They bring a trashcan for some reason. Eric says Turning Point was great and hes going to start with Abyss who apparently was behind the buying of the Congregation. Ok then. Eric says that we saw an MMA clinic at the PPV by Jarrett. Oh Im not liking where this is going.
Flair says nothing of note. AJ says they got rid of Sabu and theyre happy with it. Tonight its Richards vs. AJ. They bring out Hardy who is in a tie. Wow indeed. He says something about Morgan and it makes no sense. The fans chant overrated. Hardy says he has sipped from the cup of Hulkamania and is therefore Immortal. I give up.
Hogan is amazingly enough here for a change. He has the five oclock shadow thing going again so you know hes a heel here. The fans cheer him of course so the whole THEYRE EVIL thing means nothing here. Hogan insisted on having Flair here apparently. He thanks Flair for helping which he was gone and has a surprise for Jeff.
From the roof lowers the new TNA World Title belt which is ugly as all hell. It looks like it has a mask on the front of it and is purple. He says if anyone wants to challenge Immortal they need to pray. Cue Popes music and hes in the crowd. He gets way too emotional and is going to put Eric in a casket tonight.
Joe pops up in the crowd also and Jarrett says bring it on. He makes fun of the MMA thing Jarrett talked about and said bring it on tonight. Oh and something about Gunner and Murphy. RVD comes out by the announce table and wants Hardy tonight. Morgan comes out to the main stage and says HE wants a title shot. He says he exposed Hardy at Turning Point and will expose that ass again tonight. Please there are children present. Nothing special here as Hogan says be careful what you wish for.
Back from a break, Hogan and Flair and Bischoff are in the back and say that everyone wants to be Immortal. Flair says they dont get old but they get great. Thats true actually as Flair officially predates history. Hogan throws out Joe vs. Gunner/Murphy and RVD vs. Kaz where if RVD wins hes #1 contender. Morgan vs. Beer Money and Williams.
Robbie and Cookie are slightly arguing. Apparently they have a mixed tag tonight. Apparently its now.
Cookie/Robbie E vs. Jay Lethal/Taylor Wilde
Wilde is a tag champion here since you probably forgot that. Cookie isnt happy about this in the slightest. She looks good though. And lets have a break so we dont have wrestling in the first 35 minutes. Ah there we go and Shore stalls immediately. I thought they were from Jersey, not Memphis. Cookie wont do much as Wilde wants to fight.
More heel stalling as Cookie doesnt want to fight so she tells Robbie to do it himself. Wilde comes in which means that Cookie has to come in too. And then Cookie literally runs around before tagging out. Back to the guys now and Lethal gets to show off a bit. Basically this is a glorified comedy match. Heel miscommunication sets up the Lethal Combination on Robbie but Cookie stops the cover. Robbie gets a shot with Cookies boot to Lethal to end this.
We recap the Dudleys career. Theyre up next.
Heres Team 3D to say goodbye. Ill put the heel turn time at 3 minutes and Ill take slightly under. The fans dont want them to go. Ray talks about how great it is to get to leave after facing the Guns and how proud they are. Yep hes the heel here. They say theyre going to have fun after they retire and hug it out. And of course Bubba blasts D-Von in a SHOCKING, yes SHOCKING I say, display.
Back and Bischoff talks to the referees about some punk kid referee that happens to be Bischoffs son (not mentioned). He cant keep a straight face so they put the camera on Erics hands. The referee says he was wrong and Morgan should be champion. Morgan comes in and says make him the referee in the handicap match tonight.
Gunner/Murphy vs. Samoa Joe
The guards beat on Joe to start as they have to tag in and out. Muscle Buster to Murphy and its over in 85 seconds. Gunner gets beaten up too. Jarrett comes in to beat up Joe with the nightstick. Oh and the long choke on Gunner is no sold. A fan runs in and he happens to be bald and be one of the best amateur wrestlers in American history. He saves Jarrett and all the people know his name.
We apologize for having that wrestling interrupt our talking. Flair says Gunner, Murphy and Angle are dead men. Abyss goes to guard Eric as he heads to the bathroom.
After a break in said bathroom, Pope punches Bischoff and beats up Abyss.
Rob Van Dam vs. Kazarian
Kaz jumps him as he poses on the ropes and its on fast. Big old monkey flip sends Kaz down. RVD accidently takes down the referee with a cross body and here comes Flair, chair in hand. Rhyno, whose contract has apparently expired, comes out and turns heel, goring RVD and putting Kaz on top for the pin. No rating again due to the vast majority being Rhyno standing around.
Dreamer comes out to yell at Rhyno and like an idiot turns his back on Rhyno who pops him with a chair.
Pope continues to torment Bischoff and puts a Pope skull cap and sunglasses on him and tells him to rap. This is getting very creepy.
Hogan yells at Abyss who is assigned to go find Eric.
Legends Title: Stevie Richards vs. AJ Styles
Richards jumps AJ in the aisle and its on. No bell yet. They go to a break before it starts. The bell rings after apparently 5 minutes of fighting. Would it have killed them to ring the bell before we left so they could argue they had five extra minutes of wrestling there? AJ destroys him for the most part as Stevie is trying but hes not in AJs league.
The springboard forearm eats Stevie Kick for two as his foot gets to the rope. Apparently AJ renamed the TV Title in tribute to Flair. As in the guy that was TV Champion in the 70s. They botch a powebomb adnt eh Styles Clash is botched to hell and back as Stevie lands on his head in a SCARY bump to end it.
Pope is STILL beating up Bischoff, throwing him in a casket. And Abyss cant find these guys HOW?
Back from a break Pope wheels the casket out to the arena. Nice place to hide wouldnt you think? Abyss of course comes out to beat on him and tries to get to Bischoff but Pope comes back. Heres your brawl for the week. Eric gets out to low blow Pope and put him in the casket. They ram it into the stage.
Fourtune/Beer Money vs. Matt Morgan
The heels jump him to start and apparently they dont have to tag here even though Gunner and Murphy did. Ok so they do have to tag and its Williams to start. Heel chicanery allows a lot of knee work to be done. Storm uses a figure four and heres Eric to yell on commentary about Pope. He wants Morgan to win or he never gets a shot at Hardy.
Morgan makes the comeback and Mike talks Eric into saying if Morgan wins he gets a title shot. He suplexes Beer Money and we head to ReAction. We open the NEW SHOW with Morgan popping Flair. Beer Money and Flair just leave so Williams takes the Carbon Footprint to end it and give Morgan the title shot.
Hardy pops up and talks about true power before popping up behind him and kicking him in the balls. Twist of Hate and Swanton dont end the show because this is another show.
Results
Robbie E/Cookie b. Taylor Wilde/Jay Lethal Pin on Lethal after a shot with Cookies boot
Samoa Joe b. Gunner/Murphy Muscle Buster to Murphy
Kazarian b. Rob Van Dam Pin after a Gore from Rhyno
AJ Styles b. Stevie Richards Styles Clash
Matt Morgan b. Beer Money/Douglas Williams Carbon Footprint to Williams
Friday
Eric Young is already back with TNA. Im shocked too.
Smackdown
Date: November 12, 2010
Location: M.E.N. Arena, Manchester, England
Commentators: Michael Cole, Matt Striker, Todd Grisham
Still in England here and the big matches tonight seem to be Edge vs. Otunga, Show vs. Kane and the IC Title match between MVP and Dolph Ziggler which I think might be the token title change for the live crowd. We need to actually start building some stuff to Survivor Series as I think we only have three matches unless Im missing something. Lets get to it.
We open with a recap of Barrett telling Otunga that if he loses to Edge tonight hes off the team.
Cue Green Day.
Heres Edge who I definitely like much better as a face. He says hes a busy guy and that he hopes everyone has their tickets for Mania because hes walking in as the World Heavyweight Champion. Tonight its about David Otunga though. Heres Nexus sans Barrett who is with the Raw guys. They surround the ring but heres Vickie?
Teddy apparently has had customs issues so shes in charge. If any Nexus guys come in then Otunga automatically loses and is excommunicated from Nexus. Think thats overkill much? Vickie runs down the card for the night because that hasnt been done enough I guess. Nexus gets to be lumberjacks along with the rest of the Smackdown roster. What is with the obsession with lumberjack matches recently?
Vickie makes them shake hands or Otunga will forfeit his match. Apparently she wants them to be like fine Englishmen. If Edge doesnt do it he loses his title shot. They shake hands which Im sure was completely legitimate. Edge goes to leave but spears Otunga off the apron to knock down all of Nexus.
Alberto is driving around in the back. How ridiculous does that seem when you picture him doing it all day?
Alberto Del Rio vs. Kofi Kingston
Why cant Alberto afford his own driver? I guess this is the closest thing to direction we can have for Kofi. Todd mentions some soccer player for Man U and you can see Cole turning to him as he freaks out on him. Back and forth stuff to start. Striker says Kofi can defy gravity. Wouldnt that mean he can literally fly? I think you mean he can jump really high there teacher man.
I think they botch something as Kofi goes down off a shoulder block that had zero force behind it. I dont think that was supposed to happen. Kofi slips on the apron and Alberto gets the enziguri as we take a break. Back as Kofi gets in a few kicks but its about 90% Alberto so far. Kofis tights look like they have Spidermans logo on them.
Kofi gets a BIG springboard cross body for two. Thats definitely his biggest move of the match so far. Coles laughing as he says unbelievable on a replay is funny stuff. Kingston gets going a bit finally but misses Trouble in Paradise. Alberto goes to the apron and comes back in a second later. The Cross Armbreaker ends it clean at approximately 7:35 of 11:05 shown.
Post match here comes Rey as apparently the decisive victory over Alberto a few weeks ago wasnt enough to end this feud. 619 clears the ring. The commentators make it sound like theyve never fought before.
In the back Nexus thinks they need to change the plans because they dont want to get destroyed by Smackdown in the lumberjack match. Otunga says come out there and do it for him. He says if Otunga fails any of them could be next. That gets their attention I guess.
Natalya vs. Layla
Sweet damn just get this feud over with already! Layla looks very god if nothing else. Natalya gets a vertical suplex and does some squats while holding her up. They do an insane head scissors spot that would be great if there hadnt been at least two botches. The fans dont seem to care about Layla. Striker wants to use British accents. And theres the Sharpshooter to end it clean in 3:23.
Kane says that everyone has false hope regarding Edge and reminds us that he buried Taker.
Edge vs. David Otunga
All of the Smackdown roster comes out and stalks Nexus. For no apparent reason they dont close from both sides. Why is Goldust on a Smackdown show? Even Finlay is out there. Edge gets a spinwheel kick to start as Nexus is on the ramp rather than around the ring. We take a break less than a minute in and its all Edge. The Smackdown guys (including the Harts too) beat on Otunga before sending him back in.
Del Rio trips up Edge as hes getting back in the ring so Otunga can take over a bit. His offense is so generic his finishing move might as well be called the vanilla ice cream drop. Edge makes his comeback after Otungas biggest move in his offensive flurry is a suplex. How could Edge come back after THAT? Edge gets a rollup for two.
He pauses to baseball slide Del Rio which starts a big brawl on the floor. In the ensuing chaos McGillicutty comes in and takes the spear that was supposed to be for Otunga. Edge sets for another on the A-List but Kane comes through the crowd and chokeslams him as Otunga crawls over for the pin to stay in Nexus at approximately 6:30 of 10:00 total.
Intercontinental Title: Dolph Ziggler vs. MVP
Dolph is alone here. A quick rollup gets one for MVP. According to Todd MVP kicking Dolph out of the ring is the same as MVP almost kicking Dolph out of the ring. Love that play by play there dude. Back from a break and Dolph is in control again. MVP seems very fond of rollups as about five minutes in weve gotten four of them.
Ziggler gets the turnbuckle off and MVP gets a small package as the referee is putting it back on. The champion misses a Stinger Splash and here comes MVP again. Ballin gets two. The English fans give us dueling chants. Ziggler jumps off the middle rope into a big boot for two. He hits the Zig Zag but MVP has his foot on the rope. Ziggler shoves it off before the referee sees it for the pin at about 6:00 shown of 9:30.
Stand Up For WWE. Yep because the previous match couldnt use these two minutes. The Divas love WWE too.
Kane cant find Paul Bearer.
Cody comes out and says that England and America are friends. Hes tired of all the stereotypes about Englishmen having bad teeth. Theyre not stereotypes because theyre true according to him. England is definitely NOT dashing. He gives out mouthwash and tooth brushes to people there which is kind of funny. He goes up to a guy in the crowd and says that he too can be ..no never mind he doesnt have any hope.
We get a grooming tip, naturally about keeping your teeth flossed. I still think Dustys kids are one massive rib on him. No match or anything but just a heel running down the audience. This guy is awesomely old school.
Kane still cant find Bearer. No buffet jokes sadly.
Kane vs. Big Show
Kane pounds away to start and Show will have none of it. I dont get why he doesnt go for his big punch immediately. If its the knockout shot then why not just drill the guy early and get the win? This is happening because Kane and Show had an issue in the tag match last week. And because these two are joined at the hip throughout their career. Todd says Kane might be on the biggest roll of all time. Thats rather amusing.
Show just overpowers him and as Grisham sounds like an idiot. Grisham: that registered on the seismic scale. Cole: its Richter Scale. Grisham: Thank you Dr. Joyce Brothers. See what I have to deal with? Both guys go to the floor on a clothesline and we cut to Paul in the back bound and gagged watching on a monitor as we go to a break. Back with Show working on the arm and using his basic stuff that works because hes so big ala Andre.
Kane gets a running DDT to counter and take over again. They go up to the middle rope and Show teases the suplex. Kane knocks him off and hits the clothesline for two. Show hits some running splashes but the champion gets a boot up to stop. Kane calls for the chokeslam but heres Edge with Bearer still bound and gagged and in a wheelchair.
He says that wheelchairs have a hard time stopping once they get rolling. Edge teases shoving him off, telling Kane to not come any closer. If you cant figure out the ending to the match from here you have no business watching wrestling. Its a chokeslam if youre curious as to the finisher which ends it at 11:15 shown of 14:45.
Edge wheels Bearer off to end the show.
Results
Alberto Del Rio b. Kofi Kingston Cross Armbreaker
Natalya b. Layla Sharpshooter
David Otunga b. Edge Pin after Kane chokeslammed Edge
Dolph Ziggler b. MVP Zig Zag
Big Show b. Kane Chokeslam
Quick Results
Raw
Bella Twins/Eve Torres b. Tamina/Alicia Fox/Maryse Small Package to Maryse
Usos b. Hart Dynasty Top rope splash to Smith
Goldust b. Ted DiBiase Rollup
John Cena b. David Otunga STF
Sheamus b. Santino Marella via DQ when Santino hit him low
Nexus b. Team Orton Barrett pinned Orton after a Skull Crushing Finale from Miz
NXT
Kaitlyn won an arm wrestling competition
AJ b. Nikki Bella Rollup
AJ won a Guess the Superstar challenge
Naomi b. Aksana Leg Lariat
Impact
Robbie E/Cookie b. Taylor Wilde/Jay Lethal Pin on Lethal after a shot with Cookies boot
Samoa Joe b. Gunner/Murphy Muscle Buster to Murphy
Kazarian b. Rob Van Dam Pin after a Gore from Rhyno
AJ Styles b. Stevie Richards Styles Clash
Matt Morgan b. Beer Money/Douglas Williams Carbon Footprint to Williams
Smackdown
Alberto Del Rio b. Kofi Kingston Cross Armbreaker
Natalya b. Layla Sharpshooter
David Otunga b. Edge Pin after Kane chokeslammed Edge
Dolph Ziggler b. MVP Zig Zag
Big Show b. Kane Chokeslam
Sabu apparently really is gone from TNA.
Smackdown got a 1.8, significantly up form last weeks 1.6.
Monday Night Raw
Date: November 8, 2010
Location: M.E.N. Arena, Manchester, England
Commentators: Michael Cole, Josh Matthews
Yes those are the correct commentators. No idea why Lawler is gone. Ok so since Im watching this Tuesday morning due to falling asleep, the reason is apparently he had an infection from a knee injury/surgery and had to be in the hospital to get it cleaned up. Makes as much sense as anything else would. Anyway were in England tonight so expect Barrett to be a huge face. Also this was taped so the show might be a bit off. Lets get to it.
Also I avoided spoilers so this review is more or less just like watching Raw.
We open the show with Cena in the ring at a podium and reading from a scroll. Scrolls are awesome. He introduces Barrett with an overly done intro that hes not happy to read. Looks like that Wrestlemania Reading Challenge paid off. Yep Barrett gets a big reaction but its not all cheering. The rest of Nexus is here too and that theme song is growing on me.
Barrett has some big old elf ears. He says he has returned to a nice pop. Theres going to be a big preview of his championship celebration tonight. A Cena chant breaks out and Barrett isnt happy with it. We see a clip from Smackdown where Otunga brought Nexus in and lost. Barrett gets on him and says if youre going to do that, be successful. The fans chant something that I cant make out.
He turns his attention to Cena who gets a very mixed reaction. We see the clips of Cena refereeing fairly last week and costing the Nexus the (dull as all hell) tag match. Barrett says explain yourself. Cena says it all started as a joke at a Smackdown Thanksgiving show where he rapped and then the next thing he knew he was wearing a backwards hat and had a chain around his neck and he was invisible.
Barrett gets annoyed at Cenas funny joke and Cena says that the explanation for last week was Nexus lost, plain and simple. Barrett says for Cena to announce what hes going to say at Survivor Series, which is that Barrett is the new champion. Before he can heres Orton. As he comes out, a thought occurs to me: if Cena gets fired, couldnt they just immediately rehire him? Was that covered?
Orton knows he can beat Barrett. Wade says he has an army behind him and Orton has no one. Its E-Mail time and the heat on Cole is INSANE. At the PPV, no disqualifications or count outs to the title match. That isnt said but it can only be won by pin or submission. Nexus is also banned. Tonight its Nexus vs. Team Orton in a ten man tag. The GM will pick the members of Team Orton later. The guest referee is Cena. He kicks over the podium and shoves down Otunga before leaving.
The Divas Cup is next. Oh dear.
Divas Cup: Bella Twins/Eve Torres vs. Tamina/Alicia Fox/Maryse
Theyre all in very short shorts and cut off shirts, dressed like Liverpool for the heels and Manchester United for the faces. The fans arent happy with the Man U stuff as apparently there are a lot of Manchester City fans. Tamina vs. Eve to start us off. Samoan Drop by Tamina as she lives up to her racial stereotypes.
Next week its a three hour Old School Raw. That isnt acknowledged by the announcers but rather were told that on a graphic onscreen. Eve gets a kind of enziguri to put down Maryse as the fans dont seem to care. A Bella vs. Alicia now as the Bellas look good in those shorts. Maryse gets her DDT on a Bella and they switch for the rollup win for the good girls. And theres no cup.
Otunga is giving a speech to Nexus and is cut off by Barrett when he comes in. Barrett throws Otunga off Team Nexus tonight as he has Cena tonight instead.
Hart Dynasty vs. Usos
Do they really think we want to see this again? Its a handicap Divas Title match at the PPV which I have to think Natalya wins as shes beaten both girls in a big brawl already. Jimmy vs. David to start. Apparently Jimmys partners name is Jey not Jay. Kidd hits a Mysterio-esque dive to one of the Usos into a rana which was pretty freaking sweet.
Kidd gets beaten down and I could have sworn there was a three count but apparently it was only two. Smith doesnt look happy at all. Hes on the floor arguing with Natalya actually. And so much for that as hes there for the tag. Theres the powerslam to one of the Samoans for two as the other breaks it up. Jumping superkick kills Tyson on the floor and another one gets David. Jey ends him with a top rope splash.
Santino has invited Sheamus to a tea party later.
Striker is in the back and asks Orton who he thinks his partners will be tonight. Miz comes up and says hes one of his partners tonight.
Back from a break and Nexus is talking until Otunga comes in and theyre not happy with his most talented person comment. He wants them to have his back tonight but Gabriel wants to know if Barrett says its ok. Theyre not sure if theyre going to do it or not.
We recap the wedding from Tuesday which had me rolling laughing.
Goldust vs. Ted DiBiase
Goldust is ticked off at him and has to be held back before the match starts. He does his breathing thing and gets slapped into the face. We hit the floor and its all Goldust here. Back in the ring and Ted is pounding away. Not much of a match here but just a bunch of brawling and striking. Sweet damn this is boring.
With Goldust down, Maryse walks over and picks up the Million Dollar Title with ease. Well that was easy. Snap powerslam by Goldust gets two and Aksana bounces down to ringside and hits Maryse in the face with the belt and runs off with it. Goldust gets a quick rollup for the pin as Cole says holy confusion.
John Cena vs. David Otunga
This should be a somewhat long match as its the ending segment of the first hour. Otunga has a Nexus hoodie now. Nexus comes out with him, including Barrett. And so much for that as Barrett sends them away and leaves with them, making this one on one. Otunga tries to run and fails miserably at that and the fight is on.
Dropkick puts Otunga down but Cenas shoulder is acquainted with the post so the A-List can take over. Thats a very short list as hes just one guy. Dueling Cena chants. After a very short offense by Otunga, Cena makes the comeback, hits his sequence of moves and the FU/STF ends this. Nothing match.
After a break Otunga has a bag of ice on his neck in the back. Barrett comes in and is all ticked off at him. He says go back to Smackdown and fight Edge. If Otunga loses, hes out of the team.
Its time for Tea Time with Santino. He and Kozlov come out in very stereotypical British suits which look cool. I actually didnt recognize Kozlov. Santino says theyve been watching British TV shows and movies to get the culture down. Sheamus comes down and Santino says he has green tea, regular tea and ginger tea, getting a laugh from the crowd. He makes up for it by offering .Mr. T? Oh its just a picture.
Basically this turns into nothing but jokes about Sheamus being very pale. That takes several minutes though. Sheamus cant remember why he hates Santino. Santino cant remember either. Kozlov: He hates you because you beat him in the biggest upset in WWE history. This is a decently funny segment actually. And now Sheamus is pissed off. Santino spills tea on him and an e-mail makes the obvious match with Kozlov in the back.
Santino Marella vs. Sheamus
We start after a break and Santino is in street clothes. Thankfully he has his in ring gear on after it. Apparently this is common according to Cole. Marella runs and another e-mail says get in or be suspended. He gets in and gets his head kicked off. He hits Sheamus low for the DQ and then the real beating begins. Morrison comes out to prevent murder on WWE television.
Cena is watching a video on Mania and we zoom into the monitor to watch it too. Its in Atlanta. Ok then. Barrett pops up and says do your job or never be at Mania again. That was a nice touch.
Same second generation Stand Up For WWE thing again.
Nexus vs. Team Orton
Team Orton is Orton, Miz, Daniel Bryan, R-Truth and Mark Henry. Sweet damn does no one believe in surprises anymore? Cole jumps up to hug Riley in a funny moment. Cena comes out with Nexus. After a break Bryan vs. Gabriel starts us off. What is with WWEs obsession with ten man tags lately? Off to McGillicutty now and the good guys beat on him for awhile.
Orton throws him to Nexus and says he wants Barrett. He gets Slater instead. After a bit of Truth vs. Slater everyone comes in and Team Orton clears the ring. Otunga saunters out and were not sure what hes going to do here. We take a break with Otunga staring at Barrett. Back with Truth vs. Gabriel. Truth gets to play a mini Morton but brings Henry in to scare Harris a bit.
Josh says Cruiserweight so dont expect him on Raw EVER again. Henry misses a splash but takes down McGillicutty to get out of trouble. Bryan in again as this is rather boring. Barrett vs. Bryan now with the British dude taking over. Bryan really plays Morton as the fans want Miz. They get the Viper vs. Barrett instead and Orton takes over.
Elevated DDT to Barrett as Cena counts to five. Orton waits as long as he can which is kind of stupid as it gives Barrett more time to make the easy counter. Wasteland is reversed and Truth comes in for no apparent reason and its all breaking down. Otunga trying to get involved caused this apparently. Back to the title match preview and Wasteland is countered again. Cena stops Otunga and Miz drills Orton with the Skull Crushing Finale so Barrett can pin him. Cena didnt see Miz.
Results
Bella Twins/Eve Torres b. Tamina/Alicia Fox/Maryse Small Package to Maryse
Usos b. Hart Dynasty Top rope splash to Smith
Goldust b. Ted DiBiase Rollup
John Cena b. David Otunga STF
Sheamus b. Santino Marella via DQ when Santino hit him low
Nexus b. Team Orton Barrett pinned Orton after a Skull Crushing Finale from Miz
Tuesday
Apparently Eric Young is done with TNA for now. Does anyone actually care?
There will be a Tribute to the Troops show this year but its going to be a combination of Vince, Show, Kelly and Eve in Afghanistan and some matches from a show in Texas which apparently the wrestlers are FAR happier with and I cant say I blame them as a flight around the world is a long way.
NXT
Date: November 9, 2010
Location: Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester, England
Commentators: Michael Cole, Josh Matthews
Were down to four now which is probably a very good thing. Based on what I can find, the season ends on 11/30 so we have only four episodes left. That being said, Im not expecting much tonight. Last weeks show was very fun although with things being back to normal I wouldnt expect something as interesting this week. Lets get to it.
Striker tries to bring out the girls but here comes Goldust. Aksana wont answer his phone calls and all he wants is an explanation. She comes out with the Million Dollar Belt. Goldust says they knew they didnt love each other but he didnt understand why it happened last week. In short, its all about Aksana and she gets half of everything, including the value of the title.
She starts a USA chant in England. Goldust calls her a conniving witch and says she isnt very smart because theyre not in American. Theyre in Europe so theyre on her turf actually. Since theyre not in America they can have her thrown out of England. I have no idea if that makes sense or not but it sounds kind of stupid.
Naomi comes out and yells at Aksana about how shes a gold digger and all that jazz. Naomi challenges her to a match tonight. In a funny moment, she asks her pro, Goldust, for advice. The comedy here is really low level but for some reason Im liking it. He tells her to get in the ring and get her butt kicked.
Mania is coming to Atlanta. They havent changed that.
The girls are in the ring now and its an arm wrestling competition. Elimination next week. Why dont they just say theyre rigging it for Naomi here? AJ vs. Aksana is first and the blonde wins with ease. Kaitlyn vs. Naomi is of course domination as well.
What is a surprise is that Kaitlyn wins like its nothing. Thats rather surprising. Aksana starts losing so she pulls Kaitlyns hair a few times for the DQ so Kaitlyn wins. She looks good in the hat. Cole slept through this in a funny addition.
Nikki Bella vs. AJ
We recap the twin magic stuff that the Bellas do. Nikki is the evil Bella so far and she keeps the whole aggressive thing going here. AJ has had nothing so far. Josh and Cole continue to be the best part about this show by far. AJ has nothing here. The PA system goes off and something is said about a database being updated. I thought something was going on with my computer.
Nikki might have hurt her knee. AJ has had maybe 4 kicks in this whole match. Primo says hes been watching the whole time. The announcers arent sure if they switched or not. Either way AJ gets a rollup to win it. I forgot to check the time but it was roughly 4:00 long.
Stand Up For WWE which is about the current superstars and how good the people are.
Kane vs. Big Show on Friday.
Survivor Series ad which is almost all about Orton vs. Barrett and the Cena issue, which is fine as thats the biggest match by far.
The next competition is looking at high school pictures of wrestlers and the air horns are back. Most of these are really easy until we get to Jerry Lawler whose picture is in black and white. The last one is Mark Henry who looks like he does now. AJ and Kaitlyn tie at two and Naomi gets one. They have a tiebreaker which is John Morrison who is easy again. AJ wins after they fight for who gets to say the name. This was far better.
BEHIND THE SCENES OF KNUCKLEHEAD!!! Screw Inception, screw Legendary. THIS is your Oscar winner right here, hands down.
Theres a new Cena DVD which is more about the man outside the ring. Oh and there are matches too. One thing I do like about WWE is how fast their DVDs come out. This is the first official reference Ive heard of it and it comes out in a week. Thats fast.
We recap, as in see again, the Ziggler/Kaitlyn/Vickie thing from last week where Big Dick Johnson hit her with a cake by accident. We also see Kaitlyn vs. Vickie from Smackdown meaning we get to see Kaitlyn in those awesome shorts of her. Vickie comes up to her in the back and both say Dolph is leaving Kaitlyn. Kaitlyn says Vickie has a big ass and gets slammed into a table. Kind of pointless but Kaitlyn gets hotter every week.
Naomi vs. Aksana
Cole: This feud has been going on for nearly FORTY FIVE MINUTES! Hes having a blast with this and its coming out in his performance. We go to a break after Naomi comes out and we get an Old School Raw ad. This would be so much better if the old school stars theyre talking about were active competitors or anywhere near their primes when Raw debuted.
Goldust comes out to be in Aksanas corner which she seems fine with. Ok never mind as hes in Naomis corner. Naomi beats on her for the most part and then actually gets beaten down. The more interesting thing here is Josh saying Cole goes into the locker room and says that Cole is just a character and that hes fed all of his lines. Thats not something you hear often.
Cole keeps referencing a friend named Paul. I wonder who that could mean. Aksana is getting more offense in here than she ever has I think. A spinwheel kick gets one for Naomi. After some more basically uninteresting stuff, Naomi hits a leg lariat out of nowhere for the pin in about 5:30.
Results
Kaitlyn won an arm wrestling competition
AJ b. Nikki Bella Rollup
AJ won a Guess the Superstar challenge
Naomi b. Aksana Leg Lariat
Wednesday
Kevin Nash resigned with TNA. I cant say Im really surprised.
Thursday
Lacey Von Erich has quit TNA. Eh not a huge loss. As hot as she is there are a ton of people that would give her a job doing something.
Impact
Date: November 11, 2010
Location: Impact Zone, Orlando, Florida
Commentators: Tazz, Mike Tenay
Episode Title: Night of the Immortals
Well after Turning Point I have no idea where theyre supposed to go other than to the same exact places theyve been before. Hardy is still champion, Immortal and Fourtune are still running everything, and everything is working exactly the same as it was just a few weeks ago after BFG. The only difference is that less people are watching and the fans are less enthusiastic. Im not looking forward to this but this is what I do so lets get to it.
And heres Immortal to new music which sounds like a bad country/rock song. Fourtune is here too. They bring a trashcan for some reason. Eric says Turning Point was great and hes going to start with Abyss who apparently was behind the buying of the Congregation. Ok then. Eric says that we saw an MMA clinic at the PPV by Jarrett. Oh Im not liking where this is going.
Flair says nothing of note. AJ says they got rid of Sabu and theyre happy with it. Tonight its Richards vs. AJ. They bring out Hardy who is in a tie. Wow indeed. He says something about Morgan and it makes no sense. The fans chant overrated. Hardy says he has sipped from the cup of Hulkamania and is therefore Immortal. I give up.
Hogan is amazingly enough here for a change. He has the five oclock shadow thing going again so you know hes a heel here. The fans cheer him of course so the whole THEYRE EVIL thing means nothing here. Hogan insisted on having Flair here apparently. He thanks Flair for helping which he was gone and has a surprise for Jeff.
From the roof lowers the new TNA World Title belt which is ugly as all hell. It looks like it has a mask on the front of it and is purple. He says if anyone wants to challenge Immortal they need to pray. Cue Popes music and hes in the crowd. He gets way too emotional and is going to put Eric in a casket tonight.
Joe pops up in the crowd also and Jarrett says bring it on. He makes fun of the MMA thing Jarrett talked about and said bring it on tonight. Oh and something about Gunner and Murphy. RVD comes out by the announce table and wants Hardy tonight. Morgan comes out to the main stage and says HE wants a title shot. He says he exposed Hardy at Turning Point and will expose that ass again tonight. Please there are children present. Nothing special here as Hogan says be careful what you wish for.
Back from a break, Hogan and Flair and Bischoff are in the back and say that everyone wants to be Immortal. Flair says they dont get old but they get great. Thats true actually as Flair officially predates history. Hogan throws out Joe vs. Gunner/Murphy and RVD vs. Kaz where if RVD wins hes #1 contender. Morgan vs. Beer Money and Williams.
Robbie and Cookie are slightly arguing. Apparently they have a mixed tag tonight. Apparently its now.
Cookie/Robbie E vs. Jay Lethal/Taylor Wilde
Wilde is a tag champion here since you probably forgot that. Cookie isnt happy about this in the slightest. She looks good though. And lets have a break so we dont have wrestling in the first 35 minutes. Ah there we go and Shore stalls immediately. I thought they were from Jersey, not Memphis. Cookie wont do much as Wilde wants to fight.
More heel stalling as Cookie doesnt want to fight so she tells Robbie to do it himself. Wilde comes in which means that Cookie has to come in too. And then Cookie literally runs around before tagging out. Back to the guys now and Lethal gets to show off a bit. Basically this is a glorified comedy match. Heel miscommunication sets up the Lethal Combination on Robbie but Cookie stops the cover. Robbie gets a shot with Cookies boot to Lethal to end this.
We recap the Dudleys career. Theyre up next.
Heres Team 3D to say goodbye. Ill put the heel turn time at 3 minutes and Ill take slightly under. The fans dont want them to go. Ray talks about how great it is to get to leave after facing the Guns and how proud they are. Yep hes the heel here. They say theyre going to have fun after they retire and hug it out. And of course Bubba blasts D-Von in a SHOCKING, yes SHOCKING I say, display.
Back and Bischoff talks to the referees about some punk kid referee that happens to be Bischoffs son (not mentioned). He cant keep a straight face so they put the camera on Erics hands. The referee says he was wrong and Morgan should be champion. Morgan comes in and says make him the referee in the handicap match tonight.
Gunner/Murphy vs. Samoa Joe
The guards beat on Joe to start as they have to tag in and out. Muscle Buster to Murphy and its over in 85 seconds. Gunner gets beaten up too. Jarrett comes in to beat up Joe with the nightstick. Oh and the long choke on Gunner is no sold. A fan runs in and he happens to be bald and be one of the best amateur wrestlers in American history. He saves Jarrett and all the people know his name.
We apologize for having that wrestling interrupt our talking. Flair says Gunner, Murphy and Angle are dead men. Abyss goes to guard Eric as he heads to the bathroom.
After a break in said bathroom, Pope punches Bischoff and beats up Abyss.
Rob Van Dam vs. Kazarian
Kaz jumps him as he poses on the ropes and its on fast. Big old monkey flip sends Kaz down. RVD accidently takes down the referee with a cross body and here comes Flair, chair in hand. Rhyno, whose contract has apparently expired, comes out and turns heel, goring RVD and putting Kaz on top for the pin. No rating again due to the vast majority being Rhyno standing around.
Dreamer comes out to yell at Rhyno and like an idiot turns his back on Rhyno who pops him with a chair.
Pope continues to torment Bischoff and puts a Pope skull cap and sunglasses on him and tells him to rap. This is getting very creepy.
Hogan yells at Abyss who is assigned to go find Eric.
Legends Title: Stevie Richards vs. AJ Styles
Richards jumps AJ in the aisle and its on. No bell yet. They go to a break before it starts. The bell rings after apparently 5 minutes of fighting. Would it have killed them to ring the bell before we left so they could argue they had five extra minutes of wrestling there? AJ destroys him for the most part as Stevie is trying but hes not in AJs league.
The springboard forearm eats Stevie Kick for two as his foot gets to the rope. Apparently AJ renamed the TV Title in tribute to Flair. As in the guy that was TV Champion in the 70s. They botch a powebomb adnt eh Styles Clash is botched to hell and back as Stevie lands on his head in a SCARY bump to end it.
Pope is STILL beating up Bischoff, throwing him in a casket. And Abyss cant find these guys HOW?
Back from a break Pope wheels the casket out to the arena. Nice place to hide wouldnt you think? Abyss of course comes out to beat on him and tries to get to Bischoff but Pope comes back. Heres your brawl for the week. Eric gets out to low blow Pope and put him in the casket. They ram it into the stage.
Fourtune/Beer Money vs. Matt Morgan
The heels jump him to start and apparently they dont have to tag here even though Gunner and Murphy did. Ok so they do have to tag and its Williams to start. Heel chicanery allows a lot of knee work to be done. Storm uses a figure four and heres Eric to yell on commentary about Pope. He wants Morgan to win or he never gets a shot at Hardy.
Morgan makes the comeback and Mike talks Eric into saying if Morgan wins he gets a title shot. He suplexes Beer Money and we head to ReAction. We open the NEW SHOW with Morgan popping Flair. Beer Money and Flair just leave so Williams takes the Carbon Footprint to end it and give Morgan the title shot.
Hardy pops up and talks about true power before popping up behind him and kicking him in the balls. Twist of Hate and Swanton dont end the show because this is another show.
Results
Robbie E/Cookie b. Taylor Wilde/Jay Lethal Pin on Lethal after a shot with Cookies boot
Samoa Joe b. Gunner/Murphy Muscle Buster to Murphy
Kazarian b. Rob Van Dam Pin after a Gore from Rhyno
AJ Styles b. Stevie Richards Styles Clash
Matt Morgan b. Beer Money/Douglas Williams Carbon Footprint to Williams
Friday
Eric Young is already back with TNA. Im shocked too.
Smackdown
Date: November 12, 2010
Location: M.E.N. Arena, Manchester, England
Commentators: Michael Cole, Matt Striker, Todd Grisham
Still in England here and the big matches tonight seem to be Edge vs. Otunga, Show vs. Kane and the IC Title match between MVP and Dolph Ziggler which I think might be the token title change for the live crowd. We need to actually start building some stuff to Survivor Series as I think we only have three matches unless Im missing something. Lets get to it.
We open with a recap of Barrett telling Otunga that if he loses to Edge tonight hes off the team.
Cue Green Day.
Heres Edge who I definitely like much better as a face. He says hes a busy guy and that he hopes everyone has their tickets for Mania because hes walking in as the World Heavyweight Champion. Tonight its about David Otunga though. Heres Nexus sans Barrett who is with the Raw guys. They surround the ring but heres Vickie?
Teddy apparently has had customs issues so shes in charge. If any Nexus guys come in then Otunga automatically loses and is excommunicated from Nexus. Think thats overkill much? Vickie runs down the card for the night because that hasnt been done enough I guess. Nexus gets to be lumberjacks along with the rest of the Smackdown roster. What is with the obsession with lumberjack matches recently?
Vickie makes them shake hands or Otunga will forfeit his match. Apparently she wants them to be like fine Englishmen. If Edge doesnt do it he loses his title shot. They shake hands which Im sure was completely legitimate. Edge goes to leave but spears Otunga off the apron to knock down all of Nexus.
Alberto is driving around in the back. How ridiculous does that seem when you picture him doing it all day?
Alberto Del Rio vs. Kofi Kingston
Why cant Alberto afford his own driver? I guess this is the closest thing to direction we can have for Kofi. Todd mentions some soccer player for Man U and you can see Cole turning to him as he freaks out on him. Back and forth stuff to start. Striker says Kofi can defy gravity. Wouldnt that mean he can literally fly? I think you mean he can jump really high there teacher man.
I think they botch something as Kofi goes down off a shoulder block that had zero force behind it. I dont think that was supposed to happen. Kofi slips on the apron and Alberto gets the enziguri as we take a break. Back as Kofi gets in a few kicks but its about 90% Alberto so far. Kofis tights look like they have Spidermans logo on them.
Kofi gets a BIG springboard cross body for two. Thats definitely his biggest move of the match so far. Coles laughing as he says unbelievable on a replay is funny stuff. Kingston gets going a bit finally but misses Trouble in Paradise. Alberto goes to the apron and comes back in a second later. The Cross Armbreaker ends it clean at approximately 7:35 of 11:05 shown.
Post match here comes Rey as apparently the decisive victory over Alberto a few weeks ago wasnt enough to end this feud. 619 clears the ring. The commentators make it sound like theyve never fought before.
In the back Nexus thinks they need to change the plans because they dont want to get destroyed by Smackdown in the lumberjack match. Otunga says come out there and do it for him. He says if Otunga fails any of them could be next. That gets their attention I guess.
Natalya vs. Layla
Sweet damn just get this feud over with already! Layla looks very god if nothing else. Natalya gets a vertical suplex and does some squats while holding her up. They do an insane head scissors spot that would be great if there hadnt been at least two botches. The fans dont seem to care about Layla. Striker wants to use British accents. And theres the Sharpshooter to end it clean in 3:23.
Kane says that everyone has false hope regarding Edge and reminds us that he buried Taker.
Edge vs. David Otunga
All of the Smackdown roster comes out and stalks Nexus. For no apparent reason they dont close from both sides. Why is Goldust on a Smackdown show? Even Finlay is out there. Edge gets a spinwheel kick to start as Nexus is on the ramp rather than around the ring. We take a break less than a minute in and its all Edge. The Smackdown guys (including the Harts too) beat on Otunga before sending him back in.
Del Rio trips up Edge as hes getting back in the ring so Otunga can take over a bit. His offense is so generic his finishing move might as well be called the vanilla ice cream drop. Edge makes his comeback after Otungas biggest move in his offensive flurry is a suplex. How could Edge come back after THAT? Edge gets a rollup for two.
He pauses to baseball slide Del Rio which starts a big brawl on the floor. In the ensuing chaos McGillicutty comes in and takes the spear that was supposed to be for Otunga. Edge sets for another on the A-List but Kane comes through the crowd and chokeslams him as Otunga crawls over for the pin to stay in Nexus at approximately 6:30 of 10:00 total.
Intercontinental Title: Dolph Ziggler vs. MVP
Dolph is alone here. A quick rollup gets one for MVP. According to Todd MVP kicking Dolph out of the ring is the same as MVP almost kicking Dolph out of the ring. Love that play by play there dude. Back from a break and Dolph is in control again. MVP seems very fond of rollups as about five minutes in weve gotten four of them.
Ziggler gets the turnbuckle off and MVP gets a small package as the referee is putting it back on. The champion misses a Stinger Splash and here comes MVP again. Ballin gets two. The English fans give us dueling chants. Ziggler jumps off the middle rope into a big boot for two. He hits the Zig Zag but MVP has his foot on the rope. Ziggler shoves it off before the referee sees it for the pin at about 6:00 shown of 9:30.
Stand Up For WWE. Yep because the previous match couldnt use these two minutes. The Divas love WWE too.
Kane cant find Paul Bearer.
Cody comes out and says that England and America are friends. Hes tired of all the stereotypes about Englishmen having bad teeth. Theyre not stereotypes because theyre true according to him. England is definitely NOT dashing. He gives out mouthwash and tooth brushes to people there which is kind of funny. He goes up to a guy in the crowd and says that he too can be ..no never mind he doesnt have any hope.
We get a grooming tip, naturally about keeping your teeth flossed. I still think Dustys kids are one massive rib on him. No match or anything but just a heel running down the audience. This guy is awesomely old school.
Kane still cant find Bearer. No buffet jokes sadly.
Kane vs. Big Show
Kane pounds away to start and Show will have none of it. I dont get why he doesnt go for his big punch immediately. If its the knockout shot then why not just drill the guy early and get the win? This is happening because Kane and Show had an issue in the tag match last week. And because these two are joined at the hip throughout their career. Todd says Kane might be on the biggest roll of all time. Thats rather amusing.
Show just overpowers him and as Grisham sounds like an idiot. Grisham: that registered on the seismic scale. Cole: its Richter Scale. Grisham: Thank you Dr. Joyce Brothers. See what I have to deal with? Both guys go to the floor on a clothesline and we cut to Paul in the back bound and gagged watching on a monitor as we go to a break. Back with Show working on the arm and using his basic stuff that works because hes so big ala Andre.
Kane gets a running DDT to counter and take over again. They go up to the middle rope and Show teases the suplex. Kane knocks him off and hits the clothesline for two. Show hits some running splashes but the champion gets a boot up to stop. Kane calls for the chokeslam but heres Edge with Bearer still bound and gagged and in a wheelchair.
He says that wheelchairs have a hard time stopping once they get rolling. Edge teases shoving him off, telling Kane to not come any closer. If you cant figure out the ending to the match from here you have no business watching wrestling. Its a chokeslam if youre curious as to the finisher which ends it at 11:15 shown of 14:45.
Edge wheels Bearer off to end the show.
Results
Alberto Del Rio b. Kofi Kingston Cross Armbreaker
Natalya b. Layla Sharpshooter
David Otunga b. Edge Pin after Kane chokeslammed Edge
Dolph Ziggler b. MVP Zig Zag
Big Show b. Kane Chokeslam
Quick Results
Raw
Bella Twins/Eve Torres b. Tamina/Alicia Fox/Maryse Small Package to Maryse
Usos b. Hart Dynasty Top rope splash to Smith
Goldust b. Ted DiBiase Rollup
John Cena b. David Otunga STF
Sheamus b. Santino Marella via DQ when Santino hit him low
Nexus b. Team Orton Barrett pinned Orton after a Skull Crushing Finale from Miz
NXT
Kaitlyn won an arm wrestling competition
AJ b. Nikki Bella Rollup
AJ won a Guess the Superstar challenge
Naomi b. Aksana Leg Lariat
Impact
Robbie E/Cookie b. Taylor Wilde/Jay Lethal Pin on Lethal after a shot with Cookies boot
Samoa Joe b. Gunner/Murphy Muscle Buster to Murphy
Kazarian b. Rob Van Dam Pin after a Gore from Rhyno
AJ Styles b. Stevie Richards Styles Clash
Matt Morgan b. Beer Money/Douglas Williams Carbon Footprint to Williams
Smackdown
Alberto Del Rio b. Kofi Kingston Cross Armbreaker
Natalya b. Layla Sharpshooter
David Otunga b. Edge Pin after Kane chokeslammed Edge
Dolph Ziggler b. MVP Zig Zag
Big Show b. Kane Chokeslam