Quick hits on WWE Superstars
• The highlight of Thursday’s show was the verbal confrontation between Rey Mysterio and Dolph Ziggler. Mysterio has improved on the mic over the years, and Ziggler held his own and had presence. Ziggler running his mouth and then running away was a good way to get heat. I’m looking forward to the Mysterio-Ziggler Intercontinental title match at the Night of Champions pay-per-view a week from Sunday.
• Cryme Tyme defeated The Hart Dynasty for the second time in three meetings. Ugh.
• The Bella Twins are now 2-0 against Katie Lea Birchill, winning once again when they switched places. I don’t understand how the twin who doesn’t start the match always wins so easily. When their opponent is worn down and not expecting it, I suppose it makes sense, but Birchill knew they probably switched and had been in control of the match.
• It’s a shame that there are no other babyface teams on the Smackdown roster for The Hart Dynasty to feud with other than Cryme Tyme. It’s a similar situation with the women in ECW, as the only ones on the roster are the Bella Twins and Birchill.
• The Big Show-Kofi Kingston match wasn’t bad. Big Show came off as a monster, and Kingston got in a flurry of offense before losing.
• I liked the video package on R-Truth. Hopefully, “Pretty Ricky” has been future endeavored.
Comments
I hope that the R-Truth promo means that they are finally gonna give him his much deserved push
Posted by: frank from dundalk | July 17, 2009 5:28 PM
Is it just me, or does Dolph Ziggler look a lot like a young Kurt Russel, circa "Big Trouble in Little China"?
Posted by: Curtis | July 17, 2009 5:37 PM
The Mysterio/Ziggler confrontation should've been saved for Smackdown. That was a FANTASTIC promo that Ziggler cut. His tone and facial expressions was dead on.
Much better than anything Shelton Benjamin or Matt Hardy has done promo-wise in their entire career.
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Posted by: The Natural | July 17, 2009 5:39 PM
Ziggler was channeling Randy Orton during the verbal confrontation with Mysterio. I bet he's been studying Orton's promos. Ziggler' s delivery was identical to Orton's.
Posted by: Jerry | July 17, 2009 6:27 PM
Re: R-Truth - One can hope. Play off the Pretty Ricky as Truth having fun with the fans, but please let's never see that again. I actually thought they had something good going on when he'd cut promos on his opponents in the ring before the match.
Posted by: Tim K | July 17, 2009 7:02 PM
"Pretty Ricky" was the first time I enjoyed a Ron Killings segment. I hope he has the night off on the 28th.
Posted by: Jerry | July 17, 2009 9:00 PM
@jerry,
you're right about the ziggler/orton comparison. I also thought ziggler was channeling orton during the promo. But he sped it up a little more than Orton, which is a good thing because sometimes, Orton drags out his sentences too long. But the yelling and interjecting quickly between mysterio's words, as well as the facial expressions, definitely took a page out of the Orton book.
I know Ziggler is a heel, and has to act a bit cowardly, but running THAT FAST from mysterio was a little ridiculous no?
Posted by: The Natural | July 18, 2009 12:44 AM
Really didn't care to much for the show... it put me to sleep around the divas match. Usually I like Superstars too!
Posted by: Sery | July 18, 2009 11:50 AM