2009 Running Pro Wrestling Thread

What happened tonight?

 

Not a whole hell of a lot.

Alicia Fox is the No. 1 contender for the Diva's title, Miz beat Evan Bourne cleanly, Sheamus (sp*) whipped the piss out of Jaime Nobel (including a powerbomb outside the ring that looked painful), Cena lost to Jericho in a triple threat match with Big Show, Ozzy/Sharon Osbourne were terrible guest hosts and....well, I think that's it.

Oh, wait, a promising Kofi vs. Orton match turned into a Kofi/MVP/Mark Henry vs. Orton/Legacy six-man tag. Henry pinned Rhodes for the win.

 

Noble's facial expressions were great. I genuinely was feeling sorry for him after the powerbomb, which isn't easy for me to do, since I think Noble is much better as a heel than he is a babyface.

Sheamus looked like he took care of him pretty well on the powerbomb. He dropped him pretty low to the mat, although he slammed him pretty hard.

The rest of it, meh. I'm wondering if they're trying to make Hornswoggle heel for some reason or if they'll try to make DX heels again (good luck with that).

I would have liked to have seen Kofi/Orton. The six-man did little for me.

 

All I saw of RAW, for the first time in months, was the Ozzy opening and the Seamus powerbomb which looked fucking scary.

 

Matches switched on the fly are getting old, but there's no sense already going to an Orton-Kofi singles match on free TV a week after their program started. Kofi's character development has really hit the diamond lane now that he's not pretending to be a Jamaican, and that combined with getting the rub from Orton (and Jericho last week) makes him look like the next big Raw face, at long last.

The powerbomb was sweet, and shot from the right angle to make it look believable. Noble sold it like a champ and now people have a reason to hate Sheamus. He's probably not a future world champion, but he looks like he belongs. And Lawler/Cole sold it well without going overboard (and a damn sight better than cutting to the back for something stupid, which TNA would have done).

Too much insider cuteness from DX, particularly in the last segment, but look who it is. At least they're having fun.

Ozzy messed up Evan Bourne's name and it was clear HHH and Big Show were whispering the names in his ear to cover for future fuckups, but on the other hand it's not as egregious as Summerfest and Kofi Johnson because a) nobody understands what Ozzy's saying half the time anyway, and b) everyone figures his brain is mush anyway, so fuck it.

I think Chavo and Hornswaggle are now married in common-law states. Horny as Jack Osbourne was cute, though.

Ricky Hatton would be a total bomb as next week's host, except he's from Sheffield, England, and that's where Raw's going to be, so it'll come off very well, I bet.

 

The way Lawler was being outraged, it wouldn't surprise me to see the King confront Sheamus next week and either have a match, or get beat down. When you hear Lawler being outraged, that's when he usually gets involved.

I can't believe I devoted two posts to Sheamus and Jamie Noble. That's how well done a story they told.

 

Meh, here's the thing - I wish they had done the storyline with someone who has won recently, like MVP, instead. Noble hasn't won since 1975, so everyone in the building knows that this is a squash match. I never saw the point in these - It worked for Goldberg because the rest of Nitro was either cruiserweights or stale old guy matches. Ever since then, the WWE will build up a random guy with a bunch of squashes against crappy jobbers and then wonder why the crowd doesn't respond - Mike Knox, Snitsky, Vladimir Kozlov, etc. Even little kids aren't stupid enough to be impressed by someone beating up Noble or Chavo or Kendrick (is he still on the roster?).

 

Kendrick got fired a long time ago, IIRC.

 

I missed RAW. The World Series and MNF will do that, though.

I'm about to YouTube this powerbomb.

Why did Brian Kendrick get fired? He was good at being an asshole.

 

The powerbomb.

Brutal.

 

I couldn't find on YouTube the one where Vader powerbombed Cactus Jack on the concrete floor. That was one of the first ones where the show ended without any commentary to make it seem real. And Foley said that he was legitimately hurt.

But I did find the one where Vader breaks Joe Thurman's back:

 

Remember both of those very well. I thought Cactus Jack was dead.