Chris Benoit vs. Mr Kennedy - WWE Friday Night Smackdown 12/01/2007
This was so, so boring. Benoit tired but ultimately failed to get anything out of Kennedy. Kennedy was a bore on offence and looked so uncoordinated. Chavo coming out for the interference made the entire match pointless. Now I wouldn't have minded if the match was interesting but it really wasn't. *1/2
Chris Benoit vs Chavo Guerrero - WWE Friday Night Smackdown 19/01/2007 [WWE United States Title Match]
One thing off the bat is the feeling of hatred. Chavo is a great heel when it comes to his work. He comes across as so petty in whatever he does and it works in his favour. Chavo beats Benoit with the steel chair and goes to town on his arm with it. Usually, Benoit’s game but it gets turned on him, another great hook of the match. Benoit sells it really well early on. Really draws you in. Chavo does an awesome spot where he does the three amigos onto the US title belt and the steel chair. Even better when he misses a frog splash and lands of the chair he used. Benoit locks on the sharpshooter because his arm being worked on meant he couldn’t lock on the crossface and again, Chavo ruled because he is crawling towards the chair, the clutch he has been using all match and he has to tap before he can use it. Great stuff. ***3/4
Edge vs Shawn Michaels - WWE Raw 22/01/2007 [Street Fight]
With HHH gone at New Year’s Revolution, Shawn Michaels is left on his own to finish off the DX vs Rated RKO feud. After last week’s attack (I think) with Edge and Orton blooding HBK up, HBK is out for revenge. So we got a street fight with him going against Edge.
No normal Shawn Michaels routine for the entrance. Goes right for Edge early on, which is good although I do love striptease in my wrestling. Shawn ruins the moment by throwing some god awful punches. Oh well. One of the main tropes mid-2000s main events was the constant blood baths, only in this case, we don’t actually get to see what caused the blood. They do more weapon spots but they are all sold really badly with Edge at one point blowing off a slam on the ladder only to get slammed through the ladder again by Shawn Michaels off the top rope after a superplex attempt. Shawn Michaels tries to portray anger, I think, but it comes off so goofy with his facial expressions that make him look on the verge of tears, and an old man Terry Funk impression, which is done so poorly to the point of parody. Edge is bad, as per usual, botching lifting HBK on his shoulders and having his usual awful looking offence. Overall, this was a very soulless, generic street fight with two bad performances. *3/4
The ECW Originals (Rob Van Dam, Sabu, The Sandman & Tommy Dreamer) vs. The New Breed (Elijah Burke, Kevin Thorn, Marcus Cor Von & Matt Striker - WWE ECW 03/04/2007 [Extreme Rules Eight Man Tag Team Match]
Fantastic match. The match started off like a normal match but soon rose in intensity at an alarming rate. You might have well taken Dreamer and Sandman out because they did nothing. Sabu and RVD blew me away with their performance. The New Breed looked phenomenal too. Great stuff. ****
Brian Kendrick & Paul London vs. Chavo Guerrero & Gregory Helms - WWE Friday Night Smackdown 06/04/2007
Pretty decent match by the tag champions. There were a ton of fun, faced paced spot. The crowd was on their feet for the match. Nothing that I'll leave a big impact on people but entertaining nonetheless. Deuce and Domino coming out was interesting. A good showcase for the tag champions for their tag team championship title match next week. ***
This was so, so boring. Benoit tired but ultimately failed to get anything out of Kennedy. Kennedy was a bore on offence and looked so uncoordinated. Chavo coming out for the interference made the entire match pointless. Now I wouldn't have minded if the match was interesting but it really wasn't. *1/2
Chris Benoit vs Chavo Guerrero - WWE Friday Night Smackdown 19/01/2007 [WWE United States Title Match]
One thing off the bat is the feeling of hatred. Chavo is a great heel when it comes to his work. He comes across as so petty in whatever he does and it works in his favour. Chavo beats Benoit with the steel chair and goes to town on his arm with it. Usually, Benoit’s game but it gets turned on him, another great hook of the match. Benoit sells it really well early on. Really draws you in. Chavo does an awesome spot where he does the three amigos onto the US title belt and the steel chair. Even better when he misses a frog splash and lands of the chair he used. Benoit locks on the sharpshooter because his arm being worked on meant he couldn’t lock on the crossface and again, Chavo ruled because he is crawling towards the chair, the clutch he has been using all match and he has to tap before he can use it. Great stuff. ***3/4
Edge vs Shawn Michaels - WWE Raw 22/01/2007 [Street Fight]
With HHH gone at New Year’s Revolution, Shawn Michaels is left on his own to finish off the DX vs Rated RKO feud. After last week’s attack (I think) with Edge and Orton blooding HBK up, HBK is out for revenge. So we got a street fight with him going against Edge.
No normal Shawn Michaels routine for the entrance. Goes right for Edge early on, which is good although I do love striptease in my wrestling. Shawn ruins the moment by throwing some god awful punches. Oh well. One of the main tropes mid-2000s main events was the constant blood baths, only in this case, we don’t actually get to see what caused the blood. They do more weapon spots but they are all sold really badly with Edge at one point blowing off a slam on the ladder only to get slammed through the ladder again by Shawn Michaels off the top rope after a superplex attempt. Shawn Michaels tries to portray anger, I think, but it comes off so goofy with his facial expressions that make him look on the verge of tears, and an old man Terry Funk impression, which is done so poorly to the point of parody. Edge is bad, as per usual, botching lifting HBK on his shoulders and having his usual awful looking offence. Overall, this was a very soulless, generic street fight with two bad performances. *3/4
The ECW Originals (Rob Van Dam, Sabu, The Sandman & Tommy Dreamer) vs. The New Breed (Elijah Burke, Kevin Thorn, Marcus Cor Von & Matt Striker - WWE ECW 03/04/2007 [Extreme Rules Eight Man Tag Team Match]
Fantastic match. The match started off like a normal match but soon rose in intensity at an alarming rate. You might have well taken Dreamer and Sandman out because they did nothing. Sabu and RVD blew me away with their performance. The New Breed looked phenomenal too. Great stuff. ****
Brian Kendrick & Paul London vs. Chavo Guerrero & Gregory Helms - WWE Friday Night Smackdown 06/04/2007
Pretty decent match by the tag champions. There were a ton of fun, faced paced spot. The crowd was on their feet for the match. Nothing that I'll leave a big impact on people but entertaining nonetheless. Deuce and Domino coming out was interesting. A good showcase for the tag champions for their tag team championship title match next week. ***
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