We kick off with Zack Ryder coming out. Dawson and
Riley are putting over Ryder’s ‘evolution’ now, saying that he was part of a revolution
with his social media work and now he’s moving on. Total crap; I feel bad for
Ryder. Wade Barrett is out next – crazy to see him for two consecutive weeks on
this show.
Match 1 – Zack Ryder v Wade Barrett
Wade Barrett pinned Zack Ryder in 8:52. Alex Riley has
taken over where Matt Striker left off, by talking a lot of crap during these
matches. He needs to watch it because that’s precisely why Striker was never
given the time of day by the end. Anyway, he talks about Barrett’s degree in
Marine Biology (which is legit) as the two lock up – hardly the most heelish of
qualifications.
Ryder takes the early control, using wrist locks, chin
locks and arm drag takedowns to dominate Barrett. Ryder sells the arm drags
before Barrett is in position and looks a little off the pace here. He hits a
facebuster (his go-to move) followed by a sweet drop kick and gets the first
near fall of the match. Barrett rolls outside the ring, Ryder baseball slides
him as we go to the break.
After the commercials, Ryder Irish whips Barrett into
the ropes, hits a clothesline and sits up on the top turn buckle. Barrett gets
up and pounds him with a big boot to turn the tables. He rolls Ryder back into
the ring for a 2 count. A-Ry starts talking trash about how whenever the boys
are out in bars, Barrett won’t drink without toasting the Queen first. Meanwhile
in the ring Barrett hits his signature pumphandle slam for another near fall.
Barrett goes back to the rear chin lock, Ryder powers
out, hits another facebuster to break the offence and Ryder climbs the ropes
for a missile drop kick and a 2 count. He tries the Broski boot but Barrett
kicks out again at 2. Ryder then tries for the Rough Ryder, Barrett ducks it
and as Ryder turns around he’s hit with the Bull Hammer and pinned for the win.
This was an ok match, Ryder works hard but I wonder where these two are headed.
Barrett is in the Money in the Bank programme right now after losing the IC
title. At 6’ 7” and 246lbs, you’d think they would go with him at some point
for a title reign at least.
Then it's the Raw Rebound -we get the All Stars Ladder Match
segment. Punk and Bryan are the stars here. Then we’re shown the end of the Kane
and Orton match with Bryan as guest referee.
Out comes Natalya next accompanied by Eva Marie. Eva
was signed recently to WWE and has been linked with Natalya for the foreseeable
future while they film the E! show Total Divas. She’s beautiful and has long
dark red hair – it’s no shock that she used to be a fashion model. Naomi comes
out with Cameron in a beautiful dress next. This is presumably another Total
Divas angle match. We seem to have this now every other week on Superstars; I’m
never too sure who is supposed to be the heel. By the end of this one, everyone’s
a babyface!
Match 2 – Natalya v Naomi
Natalya beat Naomi in 4:12 via submission. The match
started like all Natalya matches do with a headlock takedown, a head scissors,
some arm drags into wrist locks and some basic mat work. They run the ropes and
Naomi hits the ‘rear view’ – a move where she jumps and sticks her ass in her opponents
face. Natalya then goes for the Sharpshooter but Naomi powers out and we return
to the rear chin lock.
Natalya puts her in a suplex and holds it for a good 5
seconds, hits it and then sits on her – yes, sits on her – for a 2 count. Riley and Dawson talk about the
marriage between Natalya and Kidd putting over how they were Hart Dungeon
graduates and had been together since they were teenagers. Meanwhile, Natalya
is drop kicked and rolls outside where Eva Marie comes to her aid. Eva looks
pretty wooden and looks a bit clueless as to what is expected of her in this
role. Naomi sportingly offers her the chance to back in the ring to compete by
pulling the ropes apart.
The two get back in the ring, shake hands but Naomi
pulls Natalya in and rolls her up for a quick near fall. Naomi then lands an
impressive hurricanrana for another 2 count but Natalya gets up, no-selling it
and puts her in the Sharpshooter. They tease that Naomi will break it and get
to the ropes but Natalya pulls her back and gets the submission. Quite a good
match by Divas on Superstars standards. Naomi and Natalya eventually shake
hands in the ring as Eva Marie helps them to reconcile their differences and
raises both their arms.
The show ends with the tremendous video package of
Mark Henry’s WWE career followed by most of Cena v Del Rio from Monday. The
matches were short this week to allow for more Money in the Bank build-up
content.
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