Falls Count Anywhere

10-02-06

Wrestlin' is outre.

SmackDown!
John Cena came out and did a bit of a promo pushing The Marine as well as his main event for the night. Pretty good, as he always is in these things.

Rey Mysterio is a great star. He’s probably the best flyer of the last twenty years (there’s Jushin Liger who can make a claim, and The Great Sasuke, but neither managed to get as far as Rey-rey did). He had a little match with Elijah Burke that wasn’t bad at all. It was supposed to be Rey vs. Sylvester Terkay, but Burke took his place. Terkay interfered, but Rey fought him off and hit the 619 and a springboard for the win. Terkay than attacked Rey after. Interesting. I wanna see what they’re gonna do with that.

I missed a couple of tag things. A package about Kendrick and London and a match between James and Stevens and The New Pitbulls. I hear that Stevens got the pin when Michelle McCool, who is also hot, interfered.

Chavo took on Matt Hardy. This was mostly a way to get the Helms-Hardy feud a little fire and I thought it worked. Those two had a good match last week and this wasn’t a bad match either. Hardy was in solid control when Helms tried to interfere, though Hardy fought him off.

And then came THE FIST.

Hardy was distracted by Helms and Vickie Guerrero gave Matt a low blow that allowed Chavo to hit the DDT and Frog Splash for the win. Afterwards, Helms hit Matt with the Shining Wizard. I liked this segment because it shows how you can use simple interference and a decent match to build a real feud.

Kennedy is a great talent. He played the cowardly heel saying that he wasn’t going to face Undertaker at No Mercy. They had UT come out, say a little something and then when Kennedy was about to toss the mic at UT, it broke in his hand. That was weird. They’ve got something in Kennedy. The need him to beat UT clean.

The Miz beat Tatanka. It wasn’t a good match. I was very unimpressed.

Jimmy Yang is already over. The segments they did with him earlier have paid off. Jimmy Yang looked good and he’s good in the roll of the Asian Texan. After exploding on Sylvan with a Hurrancanrana, enzuigiri and Corkscrew Crossbody, Sylvan managed to pin him with his feet on the ropes. It was strange, but I like the way they’re going with Yang.

Lashley, Batista and Cena beat Booker, Fit Finlay and William Regal. Cena came out and attacked Regal early. Batista was in charge early on Regal and then Booker. Batista took over and did his thing. Then Lashley came in and got his stuff on. Cena then came back and managed to get the STFU on Fit, but then Booker and Regal came in and broke things up before Finlay got away and managed to hit Cena in the arm with the Shillelagh. That led us to the commercial and then all the heels working over Cena’s hurt arm.

"Say it! Say it! The Marine's much better than Mr. Nanny!"

Cena tagged Lashley, but then the ref wouldn’t allow it since he didn’t see it. Booker hit the big kick, but Lashley got to break up the pin. Booker missed the side-kick and ended up with Cena getting Lashley for the hot tag that the crowd seemed to enjoy. Lashley got a Spear that allowed him to pin Booker. That’s a good way to get Lashley back on the road to the Main Event. After the match, Edge ran in and gave Cena a spear.

I thought it was a show that had moments and slowed a bit in the middle.

John Cena on MadTV
The wonderful thing about John Cena is he’s a pro. He’s not a really good wrestler, but he tries hard. He’s an excellent personality and does well in interviews and TV appearances. On MadTV this week, he showed up to do a skit about The Marine with Bobby Lee. It was as funny as anything MadTV does, and Cena played along very well. He’s got a good comedy vibe to him.

That’s all for today. More will come on Thursday.

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Chris Garcia