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Hello and welcome to another edition of Random Randomness, I amyour host JT and tonight I’ll be giving my opinions on this week in wrestling, well sort of.  Well let’s get this going:

Well, since the show doesn’t air for another 11 hours, I guess I have to hide the rest of this review on the other side of the jump…

Oh yeah…Superstars time!

Match 1:  Chris Masters vs Santino

Santino got a huge pop when he came out.  Masters gets the win with the Masterlock.  Santino is pure gold though. 

Match 2:  Christian vs Paul Burchill

Christian is the man!  Respect the champ, Peeps!!!!  Zack Ryder is doing guest commentary.  Apparently Ryder has tanned everyday this week.  He also sent out a shoutout to his girlfriend…xoxo.  Captain Charisma gets the win via the Unprettier.  I know its called the Killswitch now, but it will always be the Unprettier to me.

Josh Matthews interviews Randy Orton.  He says he will make John Cena suffer at HIAC and become WWE Champ yet again.

Main Event:  Dolph Ziggler vs Finlay

Mr. Ziggles gets the win after an eye rake and his Zig Zag. 

Thats it for this week.  Check out next week.  PEACE OUT!!

So on RAW earlier tonight we found out that Evan Bourne, Jack Swagger, and Mark Henry have all joined RAW as part of a 15 Superstar trade.  Here’s the complete list:

Coming to Monday Night RAW:

Jack Swagger (from ECW)
Evan Bourne (from ECW)
Mark Henry (from ECW)
Alicia Fox (from SmackDown)
Gail Kim (from SmackDown)

Coming to Friday Night SmackDown:

Matt Hardy (from RAW)
Finlay (from ECW)
The Hart Dynasty – Tyson Kidd, DH Smith, and Natalya (from ECW)

Coming to ECW:

Shelton Benjamin (from SmackDown)
Goldust (from RAW)
William Regal (from RAW)
Nicki & Brie Bella (from RAW)

Somebody please tell me – what the hell was the point of the draft?  The Bellas went to RAW from SmackDown with the Draft, as did Matt Hardy.  Alicia Fox just got over to SmackDown from ECW and now she’s on RAW.  It’s ridiculous.  Ah well, whatever.  Be interesting to see if ECW is as good minus Swagger, Bourne, Henry, and the Hart Dynasty.  Shelton Benjamin is the only major SmackDown loss – and I say this because they pretty much treat Gail Kim like she’s a jobber anyway.  In fact, SmackDown will be even better with David Hart Smith, Tyson Kidd, and Natalya (who was drafted to ECW from SmackDown earlier this year in the supplemental draft, incidentally).

I just don’t see the point of this – the draft was just two months ago!

Break out the Harry Slash and the Slashtones, because this ECW on SciFi review…  is…  EXTREME!

Ok, maybe not, but it is in real-time, so don’t forget to refresh the page every so often if you’re visiting between 10PM and 11PM Eastern on June 23, 2009!

ECW theme plays: Look, new ECW.  I just brought up the original ECW, how can I not question your heart?

Five nights away from The Bash, where Mark Henry, Jack Swagger, Christian, Finlay, and ECW Champion Tommy Dreamer will attempt to walk out as champion in a Scramble match!

But tonight, Evan Bourne is here with taped up ribs due to injuries suffered at the hands of The World’s Strongest Man, Mark Henry.  Bourne’s opponent is The Hart Dynasty’s Tyson Kidd.

Evan Bourne def. Tyson Kidd

Matt Striker assumes that if he presses Triangle and L1, Kidd or Bourne will do something exciting, since they’re almost like video game characters with their high flying offense.  David Hart Smith and Natalya hopped up on the apron at the same time, earning themselves an ejection from the referee.  Bourne knocks Kidd out of the ring and hits a high-flying maneuver to the outside, earning himself a classic “ECW” chant!  Back in the ring, however, Kidd goes after the injured ribs of Bourne.  Kidd stretches Bourne as only a Hart Dungeon graduate can do, but Bourne reverses a back suplex attempt into a pin attempt for one.  Kidd doesn’t let this minor setback impede his progress, he goes right back after Bourne’s ribs, driving his knee into them and then draping Bourne across the top rope.  Bourne starts to battle back amid “Let’s Go Evan” chants.  Bourne uses a unique rollup to score a two count and starts to build momentum.  Bourne hits a hurricanrana and a Tito Santana-esque flying forearm before taking Kidd down with a high knee.  He climbs the ropes and launches a picture perfect Shooting Star Press for the victory!  Excellent match to kick off ECW!

A lot of people are saying Finlay took cheap shots on Tommy Dreamer and Christian last week – but they don’t mention the shot on Jack Swagger.  The show a video of the cheap shots in question – including the cheap shot on Swagger that I mentioned.

Speaking of Finlay, he’s on his way to the ring.

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For some ungodly reason, Finlay still has Hornswoggle’s music.  I know this because he’s on his way to the ring as I type this.  And apparently, he’s got something to say.  People want to know what his problem is and why he did what he did to Christian and Dreamer.  He tried to break up a fight between the two of them a few weeks back, and nobody called him to apologize – they texted him.  What he did last week wasn’t a cheap shot, it was an eye for an eye, and this Sunday at The Bash…

Oh radio, tell me everything you know…

Zack Ryder tells Finlay to listen up, because Finlay’s overlooking the fact that he’s got a match with the man of ECW, Zack Ryder.  Woo Woo Woo, you know it.  Whatever that means.

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Finlay def. Zack Ryder

The match is underway when we come back, and Finlay is in control.  As Matt Striker says, Finlay is looking to make Ryder’s Woo Woo Woo turn backwards into Ow Ow Ow.  Finlay attempts to wear down Ryder with submission holds and fierce strikes.  Ryder starts to battle back after he and Finlay inadvertantly cracked heads, which seemed to hurt Finlay’s injured eye.  Ryder starts to work over the Irishman with submission holds of his own.  Mr. Woo Woo Woo goes after the injured eye, wearing Finlay down.  Finlay starts to fight back with a barrage of strikes.  He hits the Finlay Roll but only gets a two count.  Ryder goes after the eye again, and exposes the steel turnbuckle as the referee checks on Finlay, but Finlay manages to catch Ryder with a surprise roll up for the victory!

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RAW REBOUND: Randy Orton and Triple H both failed to answer the referee’s ten count, thus allowing Randy Orton to retain the WWE Championship.  Donald Trump sold RAW back to Mr. McMahon for twice what he paid for it.  Mr. McMahon then told Randy Orton he’s going to wrestle in Three Stages of Hell at The Bash, defending his title once again against Triple H, who assaulted him in the parking lot after the show.

Josh Matthews and Matt Striker run down the card for The Bash.

Striker gets in the ring and has a blackboard illustrating the ECW Championship Scramble match with him.  Your teacher teaches us the rules of the match.  He then welcomes Gregory Helms, who is standing by backstage with Mark Henry.  Henry starts to talk about tonight’s main event, when a large box falls on a production assistant.  When Henry turns back around, Helms is gone, and The Hurricane is saving the production assistant!  When Henry turns back around again, Helms is there and asks him again how he feels about his match tonight.

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Jack Swagger is the first man out for tonight’s main event, followed by his tag team partner for the evening, Mark Henry.  The ECW Champion Tommy Dreamer makes his way out first for his team.  Christian makes his way out and we’re set for our main event of the evening.

Tommy Dreamer & Christian vs. Mark Henry & Jack Swagger

Christian and Swagger start off with Christian taking early control.  He tags in Dreamer who doesn’t fare as well, until Swagger tags in Mark Henry.  Dreamer knocks Henry out of the ring and dumps an incoming Swagger out as well.  Dreamer hits the rolling senton from the apron on Henry and Christian hits a cross body from the top onto Swagger, and the “ECW” chants start up again as we head to a…

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Swagger is pounding away on Christian as we come back, but Christian starts to battle back.  Dreamer gets the tag in, and starts dominating.  Christian inadvertently causes distracts the referee, however, allowing Mark Henry to sneak in and attack Dreamer from behind, which gives Swagger the opportunity to take over and tag in the World’s Strongest Man.  Swagger and Henry make the ghost of Gorilla Monsoon proud by cutting the ring in half and using frequent tags to keep a fresh man in the ring, but Swagger finds himself caught with a Dreamer spinebuster.  Swagger gets to Henry first, but Dreamer gets to Christian soon after.  Captain Charisma takes Henry down with a missile dropkick from the top rope and gets a two count.  Christian goes for a sunset flip on Henry, but Swagger tags himself in.  Henry goes to sit on Christian, who moves, but Swagger, the legal man, goes for a Gutwrench Powerbomb, which Christian escapes before hitting the Killswitch.  Swagger was close enough to the ropes for Tony Atlas to pull his foot under the rope.  Henry squashes Christian on the outside, allowing Swagger to hit the Gutwrench on a second attempt to pick up the win.

After the match, Henry drops Dreamer with a World’s Strongest Slam, and then gives one to Jack Swagger for good measure.

My Thoughts: THE HURRICANE IS BACK!  This show is usually awesome enough, but to actually see The Hurricane on my television made it that much better for me.

ECW is consistently one of the best shows every week.  There’s a reason for that – the talent.  Twice tonight, ECW chants broke out in the crowd.  It may not be the original, as I alluded to earlier in this post, but it’s still an extremely (no pun intended) enjoyable professional wrestling program.

Hey everybody. Welcome to another catch-phrase filled review of WWE Superstars.  Ain’t no stoppin’ me now….

Match number 1: the World’s Greatest Tag Team against the team that “spits in the face of people who don’t want to be cool,” Primo and Carlito.

Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo,yo,…..yo,….yo,….yo,….YO!  During the match, Cryme Time makes an appearence to distract the WGTT.  Carlito hits a springboard flip into a backstabber.  The San Juan Southpaw gets the win for the Colons.  Now that’s cool.  This was a good tag match.  It looks like WWE is seemingly rebuilding the tag division.  This match gets a 8 out of 10

Match number 2: The two time, two time All-American American Jack Thwagger against Finlay

On his way to the ring, Swagger does his monkey walk.  I find it really weird.  His name may be Finlay and he may love to fight, but he got dominated in this one.  Swagger gets the win with his gutwrench powerbomb.  This short match gets a 5 out of 10.  It didn’t present enough for anything more. 

The main event: The Champ is (not) here for this one.  John Cena against The Million Dollar Man……errrrrr…..I mean the Million Dollar Man’s son, Ted DiBiase.  Oh well….Everybody’s got a price and everybody’s gonna pay! 

Word Life against the Priceless one.  This is definitely a future main event fued.  John Cena gets the win in this match with the STFU.   This match was decent for a Cena match.  The guy has gotten better and is no longer torture to watch in the ring.  This match gets a 7 out of 10.

The show was ok.  The show was definitely not The Miz, so it was not awesome.  I am however, because that’s how I roll!  Peace out PEEPS!!!

What up, Peeps?!  Let’s get this thing crackilackin’…

The show starts with “The Cutting Edge” with the World Heavyweight Champ hosting the number one contender Jeff Hardy

Edge starts off talking about their long and storied pasts and how it needs to end at Judgement Day.  He then calls Jeff a loser and tells him to crawl back into his hole.  Jeff has gotten better on the mic, but he continues to yell everything.  This ends with Hardy hitting the Twist of Fate and the Swanton Bomb.  Whatever…moving on.

The first match of the evening is the Diva tag match with Miss Wrestlemania Santina Marella and Kelly Kelly taking on Beth Phoenix and Rosa Mendez

Diva wrestling blows!  Santino..errr…Santina is hilarious, but Kelly Kelly sucks.  This match was funny when Santino/a was involved.  Otherwise, it was a big fat stinky turd.  Anyways, Kelly Kelly gets the pin on Rosa.  This match gets a 3 out of 10 just because of the pure comedic gold that is Santino/a.

Woo Woo Woo.  The next match of the night is Finlay and Zack Ryder.  You know it!

Youtube the video entitled “My new haircut” and tell me Ryder doesn’t look like the douchebag in that video.  Woo Woo Woo… Finlay handles Zach Ryder in a pretty short one.  This match gets a 5 out of 10.  You know it!

The Main Event of the evening and a match that should Main Event at a ppv in the near future is The Shaman of Sexy John Morrison against Chris Jericho.

What a main event!  John Morrison in amazing and Chris Jericho is….Chris f’ing Jericho!!!  I want Morrison’s coat…that thing is awesome.  Jericho has gotten a little pudgy lately, but is still great.  Morrison maybe the most athletic guy in the WWE, and that’s saying something…that guy can hit some sick spots!  The end of the match sees Shelton Benjamin’s music hitting and him appearing on screen.  This distracts Morrison and Jericho hits the Code Breaker for the win.  This match gets a 8.5 out of 10. 

My favorite thing Jericho has ever done was the bet he had with Christian over who could hook up with Trish first.  The bet was for…wait for it…wait for it…ONE CANADIAN DOLLAR!  LMAO!!!  There’s my cheap Christian plug of the night.

Overall this show was pretty good.  It had good humor with Santino/a and a great match with Jericho and Morrison.  The show gets a 7.5 out of 10.  And now I shall leave you with a fact of life as I know it…The Office is awesome!!!

I had fun doing a real-time last week, so why not do it again?  I have no idea what’s booked for tonight, so I guess we’ll all find out together!

ECW in REAL-TIME after the jump!

Hey everybody!  Tharvey1 here with the WWE Superstars Review for the Thursday April 16, 2009.  Since this is the debut of the new Superstars, lets get this thing started off right. 

Match number 1 of the night was Matt Hardy vs. The Undertaker. 

The match started off with Taker dominating inside and outside the ring.  As soon as the action got back into the ring, Taker went “Old School,” then sent Matt back outside the ring with a clothesline over the ropes.  After the commercial break, Matt reversed a chokeslam into a neckbreaker, and then got his offense in.  Taker then hit a bigboot as Matt tried to jump off the top rope, thus putting Taker back in control.  The end of the match saw Matt scramble out of the ring and walk back up the ramp for an intentional count-out.  Jeff Hardy does a run out and forces Matt back into the ring and into a chokeslam.

This was a pretty good match.  Not too many spots to screw up, although I’m sure Shelton Benjamin could have found a way to if he were involved.  I give this match a 7 out 10.

Match number 2 of the night was Christian vs. Finlay in the Finals of the Elimination Chase for the ECW Championship

I was in attendance for this match and the main event.  During the ECW taping, Tiffany made this match for Superstars.  The start of the match was slow and saw a lot of restholds.  This is understandable, as both men had participated in the triple threat match with Tommy Dreamer not 45 minutes before hand during ECW. 

The middle of the match saw a descent mix of power and tope rope spots.  The finale of the match had Christian hitting the Unprettier (yes I will still call it that, even though WWE wants to call it the Killswitch).  This was a good, short match, especially for both men’s second match of the evening.  Christian is one of the best talents in the WWE, and hopefully he gets his shot eventually.  There’s my cheap plug of the evening for Captain Charisma.

I give this match a 6.5 out of 10

Match number 3 and “Main Event” of the evening was Shane McMahon vs Cody Rhodes

Before the match, Shane cut a promo with Eve backstage about Randy Orton.  Blah, Blah, Blah.  Whatever…who cares?…time to wrap that angle up soon.

The beginning of the match had Shan’O Mac taking control, and treating Cody like the girl he has been made to be over the last few months.   Cody got a little offense during the middle of the match.  He got outside the ring and went for a chair, reentered the ring, and had the chair confiscated by the referee.  Shane got tossed outside the ring by Cody, grabbed the chair, and promptly struck Cody with the chair.  Cody wins by DQ. 

After the match, Shane hits Cody a few times with the chair and sets him up for the Coast to Coast with a trash can from under the ring.  Terrible effort with the Coast to Coast.  Shane’s getting to old for that spot.

I give this match a 5 out 10.

Pretty good debut for the show.  I can only hope this doesn’t turn into another Velocity or Heat.  I will leave you with a random fact of life as I know it:  RDLee loves Bacon!  Had to give him a return shoutout from his realtime review.

Thanks for reading, and see you next week for another review of WWE Superstars.