SmackDown!
An average show that just didn’t manage to hold my attention. It started off with Mr. Kennedy in the ring doing a promo that was interrupted by the Undertaker’s self-driven limo. It was a neat effect to see it driving itself. I want to give a shout out here to my bud Cynan who is pretty darn sick and a huge Undertaker fan. The Undertaker popped out of the limo. They’re really trying with this Undertaker-Kennedy feud, but they need to drop it and let Kennedy find another option.

London and Kendrick lost a Non-Title match to Dave Taylor and William Regal. It was a good little match, and London and Kendrick might be the best in the world in matches that don’t get enough time. Spanky’s Sliced Bread #2 finisher is awesome and he hit it here, but Regal broke up the pin. Regal chased Ashley around the ring and London made the save. Kendrick was going to help Ashley and London made the save there, too, by hugging Ashley. That’s a sign of a coming break-up, but they shouldn’t do it. These guys are a great team and should stay together. Taylor used the distraction to hit a Double Underhook Suplex for the win.

That's not where you look for his pot of gold...

Batista and Finlay had a long match that I thought was OK. Batista isn’t over to the same level he was a year ago, but he’s still more than most. Finlay is a great brawler, and a brawl was what most of this match was. The Leprechaun went after Batista, but Batista caught and tossed him at Finlay. King Booker came out and tried to attack Batista, who caught him to and was about to give him the DemonBomb until Finlay hit him with the Irish Stick for the DQ.

I watched Noble vs. Jimmy Yang Wang in a match with Gregory Helms on commentary. He was really good. He doesn’t get to talk often, but he made the most of it here. The match was pretty good, though you’re never gonna get what these guys are capable of on SmackDown! They went back and forth and Jimmy ended up getting the win. They’ve had a long-run champ in Helms and they’ve got a guy with a great gimmick who’ll be facing him for the belt soon. I know how I’d book it.

At this point, I lost interest. There was some Vickie Guerrero stuff, and I just tuned out until the Main Event. That was Kane vs. Mr. Kennedy. The match was better than I expected. Kane took control to start and held it until Kennedy dropkicked him to the floor into the rail. Kennedy had control when Kane got back in the ring, hitting a DDT and a Russian Legsweep. Kane got control again, but MVP ran in and beat on Kane too for the DQ. The lights went out and when they came on, Kane was gone. Kennedy ran away and that left MVP in the ring when Kane’s pyro went off.

TNA Turning Point Highlights
I again had to rely on finding clips on-line of the TNA PPV but I did and I was glad I did. I think that TNA puts on good PPV with great wrestling anyway, but the main event was awesome enough to make it worth going out of your way to see.

Well, at least hotter than Eric Young...

The first thing I managed to find was the Traci Brooks vs. Eric Young Bikini Contest. I thought this was weak, but I have to say that Eric is very funny and his continuing stripping method was actually well done. Traci’s so very hot. I still think Trinity’s hotter.

I only managed to see the finish of the Paparazzi Championship Series where Austin Starr missed the 450 and Low Ki…I’m sorry, Senshi, rolled him up. It looked like a good ending.

I got a really bad capture of the Daniels vs. Sabin match. It was about 3 frames a second with a few periods of regular stream and full audio. The call of the match, which I usually don’t get to focus on, was actually pretty darn good. I felt like I was getting the full match with just the few flashing images and the call. Tenay is great. It’s been years since I’ve paid attention to him and here I thought he was great.

Sadly, the finish was a single frame held for nearly three minutes, but Daniels managed to win and then had a confrontation with Jerry Lynn which I hope means that Jerry will be coming back. He’s one of the all-time greats who never really got his due, except for a brief run in ECW.

I was lucky and found the best version of The Main Event. It was gorgeous, and when I went to watch it an hour later, it had already been taken down. No matter, I still got to see Joe vs. Angle. I thought that the last match between these two was great, and this one was even better.

This started with awesome traditional stuff. I think every great match starts like that. Think of Benoit vs. Angle. They always started with regular mat work. Angle worked the style he’s used to, mixing up brawling and pure work. Joe worked the exact same style. This was one of those times when two guys with very similar takes worked beautifully together. There was a great segment where Joe turned Kurt’s Olympic Slam into the Kokina Clutch, which led to Angle getting the Ankle Lock. Rad!

They did the great spot where Angle tried to hit Joe, but ended up whacking the top rope and that sent the chair into his own head. Joe managed to get the Kokina Clutch and kept his feet away which made Angle tap. The crowd loved this match and they were HOT HOT HOT! I’m hoping they don’t do a third, unless they do a time limit draw or wait until Angle or Joe wins the World Title (which is still held by Abyss).

I wish I could get these PPVs in full, but alas, not happening with my cable system. Still, Angle vs. Joe alone was worth all the effort to find the stuff on-line.