Quick hits on WWE Superstars
• Thursday’s episode was pretty bland. There were no standout matches, and the biggest star on the show was probably Mark Henry. No one scheduled to wrestle at Sunday’s SummerSlam pay-per-view appeared.
• What’s going on with Shelton Benjamin’s character? He came off like a tweener on the Abe Washington show a couple weeks ago, wrestled like a babyface last week against Zack Ryder, and then played heel on this show against Tyler Reks. Benjamin may always be stuck in the mid-card anyway, but playing such a wishy-washy character virtually guarantees it.
• I had a difficult time getting into the Henry-Chris Masters match. I like Henry as a babyface, but Masters just doesn’t do that much for me. He needs a new gimmick or to be paired with a diva or something.
• Nice showcase win for R-Truth over Charlie Haas. The crowds seem to be getting more and more into R-Truth. By the way, what ever happened to Pretty Ricky?
• Beth Phoenix and Kelly Kelly had a decent match. Kelly Kelly got a couple of nice near falls before Phoenix prevailed.
Comments
Hopefully they forgot about Pretty Ricky. That was terrible.
Posted by: Ryan Deppa | August 21, 2009 8:24 PM
"He needs a new gimmick or to be paired with a diva or something."
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I agree. When his unbreakable hold was broken, the character lost whatever mystique he had.
Posted by: Christopher | August 21, 2009 10:37 PM
poor charlie haas
Posted by: eee | August 21, 2009 11:04 PM
Here's an idea... give up the "brands", put all the talent on one show, make it a live show, use SD creative for the one show and call it a day. What do you think Kevin? Does that sound like a plan or what? Could you imagine the ratings??? Great job as always!!
Posted by: Gwen | August 22, 2009 12:55 AM
By the way, what ever happened to Pretty Ricky?
Don't ask about it! You might make him come back!
Posted by: Rob Brown | August 22, 2009 8:13 AM
Don't worry yall, I'll be baaack soon :)
Posted by: Pretty_Ricky | August 22, 2009 3:06 PM
Masters has done absolutely nothing for me since he returned. There's no mometum whatsoever.
I'd much rather see him being used to add depth to the tag team division (pair him up with Haas, another guy that isn't being used).
Posted by: Jack Windham | August 22, 2009 8:12 PM