Falls Count Anywhere

08-13-07

Let me put the dishes away first...

SmackDown!
Decent edition, but there was a hilarious flaw. I missed some of it, but what I saw was pretty good.

They opened with Batista vs. Domino in a minor squash. I have to say that I’m liking the way that the WWE is actually recreating the whole squash concept. Batista hit a fine Spinning One Armed Slam. Even if he’s not as good as he should be, Batista has some decent offense. Spear and the DemonBomb finish the whole damn thing.

Khali gets too much screen time. They’re just trying too hard to get him over.

The weird angle of the night that I thought worked was they announced Rey Mysterio returning and Chavo came out dressed as Rey. Rey took on Eugene and the match was actually really well done. Chavo tried the 619, but flew through the ropes. It was a nice touch. They had Chavo throw a fit and take off the mask. Eugene was mad that he got duped and Chavo took control and won the match. Nice touch, but only if they’re really working on a Rey return.

Victoria and Kenny Dykstra were making out to open a segment. That’s just wrong.

I hear Mark Henry had a squash. I didn’t watch it. I refuse. I hear Henry has reupped and has a new, much lower money contract than he had for the last decade. We’re looking at more Undertaker vs. Henry it seems like.

Victoria took on Torrie Wilson. Victoria was dressed as Spiderwoman, but she did not use the Simpsons Movie version of SpiderPig. The match was OK; it was really used to set up Jimmy Wang Yang vs. Kenny, but Victoria used the Widow’s Peak to get the win. I think that they need to be building up Michelle McCool, which they started to do in the post-match (despite the fact that they’re still portraying her as a slut) but Torrie is hotter.

Matt Hardy and Fit Finlay had a fun match. These guys are awesome. They worked a smart match with Hardy and Finlay trading a lot of great stuff. I gotta say these guys worked pretty darn stiff. You know that Fit’s always gonna hit ya hard, but Hardy was strong-style too with tough elbows. These guys are so tough. Finlay, who apparently loves to fight, has a great uppercut that hit really hard. Hornswaggle run in! They’re really working that little guy hard. Hardy manages to get a Twist of Fate on a distracted Finlay for the win. Good stuff.

Kane and Sylvan wrestled. My BagelBites dinged. I walked in with Fit Finlay attacking Kane. I actually wanna see that feud.

Cast those demons OUT!

Masterlock Challenge. I’m so over this! They had a nice bit where guy who was gonna take the challenge and Masters asked him about himself and he said that he’d just got out from doin’ a nickel in Chino. OK, that’s not true, but he did say he just got out of prison. They went with a different guy and that ended up with a quick challenge. At least they had one comedy bit.

Khali took on Ric Flair. This was kinda ugly. Flair could have dragged a 3* match out of Khali in his prime. This ain’t Flair’s prime. Flair Cheats to Win…but doesn’t win and has to submit to a terrible looking Claw! That’s right. The CLAW is BACK!!!

Batista runs in and tries to give him the DemonBomb, but Khali doesn’t go off his feet and that leads to THE CLAW!!!!

OK, the Claw is back, but other than that, I’m not into Khali. Gotta say the rest of the show was pretty darn good.

That’s all for today. More on Thursday!

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Chris Garcia