Falls Count Anywhere

09-10-07

I prefer Spectreman, anyway.

A Few Notes
No word on Flair. If he really does go, there’s a good reason but no one is quite sure what that reason is. He may have a few too many skeletons in the closet to stick around a place being investigated closely, and if that’s the case, and the rumor mill has been running with that one, it would mean there’s bigger trouble ahead.

TNA signed a new deal with Spike to do a two-hour show for the next two years. That’s a huge plus for TNA, which could use the cash and the security, and it means that they’ve got a little more time to work with. I think we’ll see longer matches and not too many new hires, unless the WWE dumps a lot of talent on the market, which could happen.

A Few UFC Notes
I saw the Michael Bisping vs. Matt Hamill match and all I can say is Bisping was flat-out robbed. He’s a talented fighter, and he was working at his home, but he had a lackluster fight compared to Hamill who just went out and did amazing things. OK, maybe not amazing, but he was certainly in control for almost the entire match. This was supposed to be a walk for Bisping, who was way over with the crowd, but Hamill came to fight and did a great job. I’d love to see a rematch, because I think Hamill will be a big deal if he keeps fighting at this level.

Mirko Cro Cop lost to Cheick Kongo. It wasn’t a bad fight, but Mirko has no luster left. I mean Mirko was a monster when he got beat by Randleman and he came back and was still a monster. Here, he was little more than a good fighter. It would be hard to take Pride seriously anymore when the most powerful fighter (OK, one of the two most powerful fighters) has fared so poorly.

Quintain Jackson beat Dan Henderson to be the unified Champion of Pride and UFC. Jackson was good in Pride, and Henderson was tough, and it was a good fight. Nothing as dramatic as the Couture fight last week, but what are you gonna do? I have to say that Jackson is tough and I want the rematch with Liddell soon because you’re not going to find two fighters better right now…except for Couture. He’s a bad man!

A Little SmackDown!
What I saw of SmackDown was OK. The MVP Lounge is a nice touch and MVP has real charisma. I’m loving the feud with Hardy. He called Matt into the ring and they had a bouncer check his name on a list before he could come into the ring. Genius! They did a great spot where Matt took his half of the World Tag Titles after smacking MVP but good! He asked for a match at Unforegiven, but MVP had already signed a rematch for Deuce and Domino.

They then had Matt take on Deuce in a decent match. Deuce is probably the better of the team and Matt Hardy was always the best Hardy Boy when it came to working (not just flipping around!) Deuce was about to give Matt the Kick in the Face, but MVP tripped him and Matt got the Twist of Fate for the win. This was good stuff.

Noble was trying to catch Hornswaggle with a box trap. Eventually, he found himself trapped. This was both dumb and funny.

The last part I saw was Kenny Dykstra getting pinned by Chuck Palumbo. It was a weak match, but they had Michelle with Chuck and Victoria with Kenny. They were both very very hot. Michelle laid out Victoria with a big kick when she tried to take Chuck’s bike. Meh.

That’s all for this edition. Thursday will see more of the regular stuff!

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Chris Garcia