By Graham "GSM" Matthews World Tag Team Champion Jeff Hardy Brawled with The DCC While "Broken" Matt Hardy is recovering from amnesia, I'm glad Jeff has something worthwhile to do in the form of a feud with The DCC. Jeff has never been the best talker, but this was a straightforward promo with him calling out The DCC and narrowly escaping an attack at the hands of the group, building intrigue for the night's main event with which member of The DCC Jeff would face. X-Division Champion DJ Z, Mandrews & Braxton Sutter def. Trevor Lee, Andrew Everett & Marshe Rockett and Rockstar Spud & Decay in a Triple Threat Elimination Team X Gold Match The rules of this match were that every individual from each team had to be eliminated, not just one member. Thus, although there were a few sweet spots mixed in, most of the eliminations were completely forgettable because they happened so quickly. Not to mention Abyss looked like an idiot for blatantly getting himself disqualified in plain view of the referee. The only real intriguing aspect of the match was how DJ Z promised whoever survived from his team a future title shot, so him vs. Sutter should be happening at some point.
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By Graham "GSM" Matthews Mr. McMahon Endorsed Raw General Manager William Regal; WWE Champion Triple H and Mr. Kennedy Interrupted Regal McMahon appearing at the start of the show to endorse Regal was a nice touch that explained why he wouldn't have take action against him for abruptly ending the show the week prior, plus it was in line with McMahon's heel character. That said, McMahon in small doses is always good and this was a smart use of him. The subsequent interaction between Regal, Triple H and Kennedy was well done and successfully set up the night's Handicap main event while also promoting ECW's "grand" 100th episode for the next night. Women's Champion Mickie James def. Beth Phoenix in a Lumberjill Match I'm never a fan of Lumberjack-style matches, especially with the women, because the Superstars surrounding the ring always take away from the action. However, that strangely wasn't the case in this match as the Divas weren't much of a distraction and James and Phoenix were able to contest an even better match than they did a few weeks earlier. Tension was also teased between Phoenix and Melina when Melina accidentally cost The Glamazon the match. By Graham "GSM" Matthews Rich Swann vs. Kona Reeves Ended in a No Contest It isn't every day that a jobber receives entrance music, so perhaps there's a chance Reeves is signed to a contract. After all, he has competed on NXT before as Noah Potjes and he showed some good charisma here. Of course, not as much as Swann. Unless you watched the Cruiserweight Classic, the average viewer doesn't know much about Swann, yet he's still fairly over with the audience because he's likable, is excellent in the ring and has sweet dance moves. I certainly did not SAnitY coming out to put an abrupt end to the matchup, which was a nice transition into what happened next. SAnitY Attacked No Way Jose Selfishly, I was hoping Jose's extremely addictive entrance music would hit when he came to Swann's aid, but no such luck. I guess I'll have to wait a week with Jose facing Eric Young on next week's episode. This was a pretty basic ambush from the heels that effectively build toward that bout, and I was surprised Jose was cheered over Young considering Young is a Canada native (I say that as a good thing). By Graham "GSM" Matthews Trios Champions Fenix, Drago and Aerostar def. The Rabbit Tribe Well, The Rabbit Tribe is certainly interesting, to say the least. Paul London has always been exotic, so I guess this is a good gimmick for him. I don't know who the other two guys under the masks are, but I heard one of them is Mr. Cisco. At any rate, this was a fun little match where both trios came out of it looking good. Fenix, Drago and Aerostar are exceptional together and The Rabbit Tribe showed signs of potential, despite being a filler opponent for the champs. I'm not sure where they go now that they've challenged for the titles and lost, but I suppose we'll see. As for Kobra Moon, I couldn't care less about her character, so I'm not too thrilled to see her feuding with Drago at the moment. Dante Fox def. Killshot We really hadn't seen too much of Fox prior to this point, nor did this feud have much momentum other than the few interactions these two have had in the last month. That said, this match was a pleasant surprise in that it was absolutely incredible. We already knew how excellent Killshot is in the ring, but this was a breakout performance by Fox and the two had fantastic chemistry together. The commentators laid it on thick that these knew each other so well while at war and that showed throughout the bout with Fox and Killshot countering each other's signature moves. I'm also glad Fox scored the victory because it keeps the program alive. I'm anxiously anticipating the next time these two clash after this awesome outing. |
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