Falls Count Anywhere

11-15-07

I'm rooting for the giant squid.

Great Match
If you get a chance, go out of your way to see Christian Cage vs. Kaz in a Ladder Match at TNA’s Genesis. It was such a great match that I was forwarded a note from a friend of where to find it on the net. I watched it and was blown away. It was almost at the Match of the Year level. I was thrilled and even turned away from the computer and paid full attention.

The guys worked very hard, especially Kaz. That guy is just a mad man, has been since his days in Ring of Honor, and Christian was a bump-taking and name-making machine. It was like 1999 or 2000 again when he was making guys like Buhbuh Dudley and The Hardys look like superstars. In fact, he should take a lot of credit for making guys in his WWF years. The finish was nearly as good as the old WWF TLC match finishes. Christian went over the ropes and Kaz caught himself which allowed him to get the win. Great stuff.

Traci Brooks, that superstar-in-the-making who is stuck in a company that doesn’t know how to make Superstars, went down and fainted during the Rohde vs. Samoa Joe match. No word on why, but she’s OK.

RAW notes
I didn’t see too much of RAW, but what I saw was pretty good. They opened with Batista who did a weak promo selling his Hell in the Cell with the Undertaker. It was very weak and though he’s done a few great ones when building matches, he’s usually better at doing angles instead of promos.

They had Undertaker/Batista vs. Cade/Murdoch. This was almost a squash, and it didn’t make UT or Batista look better and it did make Cade and Murdoch look a little like chumps.

...it's like a really cool playing card come to life...

On the other hand, Maria got to play fear against Beth Phoenix. Phoenix finished her off really fast with the Fisherman’s Buster. They’re doing a good job building her up and Santino came out and said that Maria was gonna be OK and then laid it into Austin, who wasn’t there, so he decided to take his aggression out on Jim Ross, which led Jerry Lawler to stand up to him. That led to a match later in the show which I didn’t get to see because I fell asleep right after this segment. It was a fun one and Santino is a great mid-card guy who gives an entertaining bit for the fans.

News and Notes
Brock Lesnar will be facing Frank Mir in February in the UFC. There’s a lot of talk about this match. Mir’s a talent, but he gasses fast sometimes. Lesnar is untested and there’s no knowing how he’ll perform in the Octagon. There’s no question that he trains hard and will be one of the toughest fighters, but he’s not been fighting often enough and it takes time to get used to the cage. I’m interested and want to see where they go.

Booker is officially TNA. The idea is he’ll work once in a while since he’s well-off and never wanted to get too old to work. He’ll probably be wasted in TNA, but it’s nice to see him in a setting where he could have some really good matches.

We’ve got Kaz vs. Kurt Angle for the World Title at the next TNA PPV. My money’s on Angle.

I’ve caught a couple of the Strike Force shows on Fox Sports World the last week or so and Cung Le is a star who should get more exposure. He had an excited fight with some guy who was a good punch thrower. Strike Force puts on great shows and they’ve got one this weekend that should be fun.

Dana White said that Sean Sherk will be stripped of his title if the ‘roids suspension is unheld in the State of California. That’s no shock.

John Cena’s new DVD is said to be very well-produced. The matches show how much he’s improved.

Edge will be back full time for the Royal Rumble. That’s a big deal for SmackDown! since they’re in need of a strong worker up top, even though Batista and UT have been having good matches against one another.

OK, that’s all for today. More on Monday!

Chris Garcia