Quick hits on WWE Superstars
• After lackluster episodes of WWE Superstars the past two weeks, I thought Thursday’s show was good. The highlight was a confrontation between Chris Jericho and R-Truth. Jericho was in the middle of cutting an entertaining promo (doesn’t he always?) when R-Truth came out and took on Jericho both verbally and physically. R-Truth handled himself very well on the mic and came off looking like he was Jericho’s equal. A program with Jericho could really help R-Truth get to the next level. As an aside, Jericho’s facial expression (he looked at R-Truth like he had two heads) when R-Truth got in his face and enthusiastically said, “What’s up?” was priceless.
• The Matt Hardy-David Hart Smith match – which Smith surprisingly won – was just OK. After the match, The Great Khali helped Hardy up, and then tossed him over the top rope to send a message that it’s every man for himself in the Royal Rumble match Sunday. The way Hardy has been booked, it seems as if he is being punished for something (his brother Jeff showing up in TNA Impact earlier this month?). First Hardy is put in a tag team with Khai, then he loses to Smith and then Khali makes him look like a fool afterward.
• The biggest surprise of the night was that the women’s tag team match between the Bella Twins and Katie Lea Burchill and Jillian Hall was actually good. Believe it or not, the Bellas – who won the match – looked decent in the ring. As for Katie Lea, I like her more every time I see her. WWE could really do more with her. She has a unique character and she can work.
• For some reason, after Nikki Bella scored the winning pin on Katie Lea with a victory roll, she kept Katie Lea in the pinning position for several more seconds. Now that I think about it, I don’t blame Nikki one bit for not being in a hurry to let go.
• Chris Masters got a nice pop for winning the triple threat match over Chavo Guerrero and Primo. The match played to everyone’s strengths, as Guerrero and Primo carried it, while Masters picked his spots and delivered his power moves. With the announcement that the winner of the match would gain entry into the Royal Rumble match, it was pretty obvious that Masters was going over.
• What happened to the “Ask the Divas” segment?
Comments
That was a great promo by R-Truth. It's such a shame that WWE isn't giving him a push. I hope this altercation with Jericho will lead into a program between the two, which will hopefully elevate him a bit.
Posted by: Jasko | January 29, 2010 8:02 PM
What happened to the “Ask the Divas” segment?
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Ask the Divas.
Posted by: Christopher | January 29, 2010 11:33 PM
Speaking on the "Katie Lea can work" aspect, I still contend that her OVW ladder match against Beth Phoenix to inaugurate that promotion's women's title is one of the best ladder matches I've ever seen. Not "women's ladder matches," but "ladder matches,' period.
Posted by: EazieCheeze | February 1, 2010 9:05 AM