Falls Count Anywhere

06-01-06

I passed on the Smurfs' Blood

Well, I didn’t get a SmackDown! tape, but the big deal with SD! right now is that Kurt Angle is going to ECW. This means that SD! is losing an important part of the equation, especially without Benoit being around.

It’s a hard thing to swallow as it makes it obvious that ECW’s getting a bigger push than SD!, but it also means that Kurt has a chance to heal up a little, since they’re not starting for a while and then when he gets back, he’ll be at his best.

Diego Sanchez vs. Alessio UFC fight was great. It was back and forth and really, it could have gone either way. I watched it three times, once just to watch it and twice using a scoring system that’s something like they use in Boxing and I got two different results each time. Sanchez is a bad ass and he got the win in the ring.

RAW was pretty good at times, but I hated the Vince McMahon rant at the start and the fact that they didn’t reveal the new GM on the show. That was a dumb thing. Coach was named new Executive Assistant. It really didn’t matter, other than he got to make a match for Cena.

Benjamin and Kane had a match that ended when Kane went nuts after a new Kane, in his original garb, came out and chokeslammed the original Kane. You could have heard a pin drop while that was happening. It was just another stupid angle for Kane, who has had to deal with a lot of crap. See No Evil has done good numbers considering the costs and should mean that WWE Films won’t go broke too soon.

Armando came out to offer Coach the assistance of Umaga when Viscera came out. That led to Umaga beating Viscera in a match. Umaga did give Big Viz a Downward Spiral on the outside. That was awesome.

Who had the order of the Phoenix?

Torrie Wilson and Beth Phoenix along with Trish beat Victoria and Candice with Mickie James. This wasn’t a terrible match, but it was only kinda cool. The only thing that really stood out was the big Michinoku Driver thingee that Phoenix did to get the pin.

John Cena beat the debuting Johnny Nitro. It was an OK match with Nitro getting some offense. Really, the best part of the match was Melina doing her entrance and having Nitro slide in between her legs. She got an OK reaction and if they don’t just job him because of all the political stuff, he’ll do OK.

Heyman basically said that Mick Foley was a Hard Core Uncle Tom. That’s what it boiled down to until Heyman announced that RVD and Kurt Angle were his first two draft picks. Kurt attacked Mr. Foley, which was an awesome sight. I really hope they go with those two feuding to keep the impact on Kurt lower than usual except for the blow-offs on PPV.

Sadly, this was where the tape cut off. Still, it looked OK. I’m excited to see what’s going to happen next.

That’s all for this shortened week. Next week, they’ll be a whole bunch more.

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Chris Garcia