WWE Superstars on WGN Live Recap


Date: 05/07 6:55 PM
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Written by Stevie J

Our coverage of WWE Superstars is LIVE so hit F5 or refresh on the results as often as you like. Be sure to join us tonight for the AngryMarks Podcast at 11 PM EST, 10 Central via blogtalkradio.com/angrymarks with our special guest Matt 'Zombie' Manning. You can also join the live chat at angrymarks.com/chat as well.

Say what you will about whether or not there's a point to Superstars but I enjoy it every week if for no other reason than I get to hear that great opening song by Adelita's Way. BTW does anybody else think it's weird to see William Shatner doing Priceline commercials when there's a new Star Trek movie coming out tomorrow and he's NOT playing Captain Kirk? I'm still trying to get over the idea of Sylar as Spock too. Here we go with Superstars: "I'm INVINCIBLE tonight!!!" Yeah.

Here comes the Rated R Superstar himself, Edge! If I wasn't so broke right now I'd buy that new t-shirt of his of the fist clutching a beating heart. He's got the title belt over his left shoulder as he makes his way to the ring, where two stools have already been set up so he can bring The Cutting Edge to Superstars. He's even got a custom made Rated R mat to walk on. Edge grabs the mic as the crowd boos. "Welcome to The Cutting Edge. Before we square off in one week at Judgment Day, I wanted to have my opponent as my guest here tonight. So without further adieu, ladies and gentlemen, Jeff Hardy!"

Okay, the last time I saw this at a Smackdown taping in Omaha, the pyros went off in Jeff Hardy's face before he even made it down to the ring to answer Edge on his show. That doesn't happen this time - Jeff makes his way to the ring unimpeded; that is except for being impeded by all the adoring fans he slaps hands with. It's amazing just how many kids in the crowd wear those Hardy arm wraps. "Have a seat Jeff, have a seat. You know Jeff, about a month ago I had John Cena here as a guest. I talked to him about our storied past and how it had to come to an end. I told him it would end in Last Man Standing. Lo and behold, that's exactly what did happen!" Edge holds up the belt. "I've rid myself of one long-time rival, and that's why I had you here tonight, because I wanted to tell you I'm going to do the same to you at Judgment Day. I'm exorcising my demons Jeff. So savor that victory you had at MSG last week, hold onto that." (HAR-DY! HAR-DY! HAR-DY!) "It doesn't matter. See Jeff I want you to hold onto that feeling, because like with Cena and I, it has to end. It will end at Judgment Day. It will end like it always does - with me standing victorious, and you crawling back to whatever hole you came out of A LOSER."

Jeff: "So you want to talk about the way things have gone down between us. Really? Correct me when I became WWE Champion, I beat a punk by the name of the Rated R Superstar. That was YOU right?" Edge: "That was a lucky night." Jeff: "No a lucky night is when someone's brother smashes his head in and leaves him for you to pick up a cheap victory. I'm still looking for something missing. I've figured out what it is. I've figured out it's the title I had stolen from me at the Royal Rumble. That title is coming back where it belongs to ME at Judgment Day!" One of Jeff's better promos. Edge: "You see Jeff you and I started in this company at about the same time. From the first time we locked up until now one thing has always remained the same - I take advantage of opportunities when I see them, that's what I do. You... you get opportunity after another handed to you whether you deserve it or not and you squander them! You're a new man, you've turned a new leaf, well you don't have me fooled. Deep down inside you're still the same screwup you always have been and always will be."

Jeff: "Wow well thank you for that awesome journey down memory lane. And you're right we've been through a lot. But if you're afraid you'd better buckle up because you're in for a lot more!" Jeff hits Edge, they brawl, he finally gets the Twist of Fate and then hits a Swanton on top of that to EMPHATICALLY make his point. Jeff's music plays and he holds up the title belt as Edge is left laying on the ground. He drops the belt and leaves the ring to celebrate with his adoring fans as Edge lays in the ring selling his pain. Tonight's main event will be John Morrison v. Chris Jericho, and we get a teaser for that before we go back to Edge selling and Hardy walking out with a smug look on his face. That takes us to commercial.

* Santina & Kelly Kelly v. Rosa Mendes & Beth Phoenix

Michael Cole is busy making lots of bad jokes about Santina during this match. Rosa kicks "her" in the butt to start the match. Miss WrestleMANia awkwardly runs the ropes before Beth tags in, then "she" scurries away and tags in Kelly Kelly to avoid fighting with her. Kelly Kelly does a headscissor and a dropkick, then Beth tags out to Rosa. Kelly throws her into the corner, screams loud, then hits the backflip handspring elbow she used to do on ECW. Santina tries the same on Beth and his it, and scarily, Kelly's looked better. Beth gets mad and tags in to start working Kelly over. She and Rosa cut off the ring to work on her as Santina looks on. Santina finally gets a hot tag and tries to schoolgirl Beth for two. "Santina has had Beth's number in the last few weeks." REALLY COLE?! I hadn't noticed. Beth tags out. Kelly gets tagged back in and hits a leg split drop on Rosa for three. WINNERS: KELLY KELLY & SANTINA.

Has Santina even lost yet? Cole implies "she" hasn't, he may be right. Finlay is warming up backstage, Zack Ryder is cleaning his hair up backstage, and we go to commercial with each getting ready for their match.

* Fit Finlay v. Zack Ryder

"Woo woo woo!" What what what? Striker says that "some people say he's an offensive and annoying pretty boy poof" and he's got it exactly right. I'm one of those people. Finlay looks non-plussed staring at this goofball. The bell rings and he immediately ducks under the ropes to avoid Finlay. He quickly loses a test of strength and gets knocked down with a shoulder tackle, and then Ryder goes back under the ropes again to adjust his hair. Finlay snapmares him, rips off his purple headband and tussles his hair. Ryder gets pissed and shoves him in the chest, so Finlay slaps him in the face and starts tossing him around the ring. Ryder finally gets a boot to the gut and tries to crossbody him out on the floor, but Finlay pulls the apron cover and causes him to snag it and smack his face on the canvas. Despite this temporary setback Ryder eventually gets back in the ring and gives Finlay a side headlock with authority. Finlay escapes with a jawbreaker then yanks Ryder off the ropes when he tries to go for a move. Ryder wearies of the offense and tries to run out but eats a Finlay clothesline to the floor outside. He tries to spear Finlay in the corner, shoulder hits the ringpost, and Finlay hits the celtic cross. He buries an elbow in Finlay's face as the ref counts to three. WINNER: FIT FINLAY.

Well I'll give Ryder the credit - he's a total goof but I enjoyed that match. In fact I enjoyed it so much I didn't even notice whether the live crowd was into it or not. We get another teaser for Morrison v. Jericho in the main event as we go to commercial break.

More ridiculous bragging by WWE when we come back. They say they had more hits than NASCAR.com - well whoop-de-woo-woo-woo to that! We get a video package of CM Punk highlights. This seems to be their new time-filler/killer gimmick now on Superstars. Well I don't mind it - it actually makes some of these guys SEEM like the superstars they are supposed to be! Highlights from last Friday's Smackdown follow. The focus seems to be on Chris Jericho's smugness, not to mention his backstage brawl with Morrison. Thanks as always to Nickolye for recapping the show! Jericho is headed to the ring backstage as we go to commercial break at 8:40 EST. (Is that twice as good as 4:20?)

Preview of Jeff Hardy v. Edge at Judgment Day when we come back from break.

* Chris Jericho v. John Morrison

Jim Ross and Todd Grisham are our commentary team for tonight's main event. You know, I like the idea of John Morrison being a babyface instead of a heel, but I'm not sure they've done a good job of explaining his turn. He was attacked by Miz when they were broken up on draft day, but that alone doesn't mean he's good. He got in Jericho's face backstage on Smackdown, but that just means he's cocky. None of this adds up to "hey I'm on the side of the fans" now, but putting him up against the man who calls the fans "hypocrites" and "sycophants" may help.

Jericho snaps Morrison to the ground with a headlock. Ross says Morrison has unlimited potential. Y2J and Johnny Nitro trade spots on the ground like MMA fighters jockeying for side control. Jericho gets back to his feet and runs the ropes, Morrison leapfrogs him, nails him with a dropkick and clotheslines him to the floor. Morrison hits the ropes and gives him a flying dropkick TO THE OUTSIDE through the ropes. Not bad, not bad. Morrison throws him back in for a near fall. Jericho hits him with an elbow to the face and gets a two count. Jericho slaps him around a bit, causing Morrison to brawl with him. He throws Jericho into the turnbuckle and prepares to backspring off the ropes, but Jericho flips him over the ropes to the floor outside and he smacks it hard. This sends us to commercial.

We come back live at 8:52 with Jericho screaming "ASK HIM REF, ASK HIM" as he has Morrison in a headlock. Jericho puts his neck on the ropes to choke Morrison, the ref forces the break and John lays there coughing up a lung. Jericho sets up for a delayed vertical suplex, smiling like an evil heel before going up, but he waited too long because Morrison recovered and he goes on offense with flying kicks and a running knee. Two count. Jericho tries to hit a lionsault but misses, and Morrison picks him up to slam his face into the mat for two. Jericho reverses a whip to the corner but eats a boot charging in. This angers Jericho and he grabs Morrison to put him in the Walls, but Morrison gets the ropes quickly for a break. Y2J waits as Morrison stands up but a running bulldog is blocked as Morrison throws him into the corner. Morrison hits a flip with a half-twist off the ropes for a split legged corkscrew but only gets two as Jericho gets into the ropes. Ross: "Morrison's got a lot of sizzle, a lot of flash." That's certainly true. Crossbody by Morrison for a near fall. Jericho with an enzuguiri for a near fall. The crowd finally seems to be reacting to these close but not quite finishes. Springboard head kick for two and...

SHELTON BENJAMIN INTERRUPTS on the Titantron. "Now that I have your attention Morrison, got'cha!" Chris Jericho hits a Codebreaker and gets the three count. WINNER: CHRIS JERICHO. Grisham: "What was that all about?" That was about the Gold Standard screwing with John John the Phenomenon. Benjamin comes out to the ramp to gloat after the loss, smiling and pointing at Morrison. Morrison glares and winces in pain, grabbing his neck, as he stares at Benjamin. That's how we go off the air! Don't forget to join us tonight for the AngryMarks Podcast at 11 PM EST, 10 Central via blogtalkradio.com/angrymarks with our special guest Matt 'Zombie' Manning. You can also join the live chat at angrymarks.com/chat as well.



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