Noteworthy: Another good show sees one half of the tag team champs take on one half of the number one contenders and the battle for high flying supremacy is still on.
Kofi Kingston beat Sin Cara with
the Trouble in Paradise in 4:20
The battle
of the high fliers continues here on Superstars. This week Kofi Kingston gets
Sin Cara who has new ring gear but is looking more and more rotund around the
mid rift these days. Its nice to see two faces pitted against each other these
days, especially on a show like this. An early hand shake shows us that this is
just an exhibition.
The chain
wrestling early on, impossible to keep up with but all fun and extremely
entertaining. Kofi hooks on a cravat and they grapple for a while on the mat as
Sin Cara tries to break the hold. Out of an Irish whip Sin Cara lands a drop kick
on Kofi who is just getting up off the mat, it looks great but only garners a
two count.
Well, its
needs noting that there are no blue and yellow lights this week but there’s
also no hard cam again. You win some, you lose some as a viewer these days.
Sin Cara
grabs a double underhook backbreaker and gets another two count and so lays on
a rear chin lock of his own that he turns into a neckbreaker on Kofi. Kofi
kicks out at two and when he gets up is able to thrust Sin Cara face first into
turnbuckle. He then lands the Boom Drop followed by a messy Trouble in Paradise
that is supposed to be turned into a power bomb by Sin Cara but wasn’t caught
properly. Sin Cara gets a two count.
Sin Cara
uses Flair chops in the corner and places Kofi on the top rope. He leaps up and
hits an enzuigiri, a tilt a whirl headscissors into pin, but again can only get
two. Sin Cara goes for a springboard moonsault off the middle rope but is
caught mid air in the Trouble in Paradise.
Kofi gets
the win in a match that really ought to have been given longer so that they
could have explored more, especially in an opener for the fans before Raw.
Hopefully, we get a rematch next week, this high flier contest has been so, so
much fun for the past few weeks.
Jimmy Uso (w/ Jey Uso) beat Stardust
in 6:03
I assume
that Goldust was unavailable this week because he wasn’t on Raw and didn’t accompany
his brother in this match. Just shows, though, win the tag titles and you’ll
end up on Superstars!
First off, I
think Cody Rhodes needs some credit where it’s due. Here’s a guy who’s young
but has been round for a long time in this company. He’s reinvented himself
several times and this latest character is quite the departure. Yet, he’s
utterly devoted to it and is completely committed to it. Yes, ok, the character
isn’t what we want in 2014 but he’s adopted a whole new move set and just shows
how adaptable he is. He’s a talent. And, if you watch the network, you’ll often
see him as a talking head on documentaries and he’s extremely good. Thumbs up
and kudos to you, Cody.
This was a
good match. They started out with a back and forth until Jimmy hit a shoulder barge
and scoop slam on Stardust who then kicks out at two. As he retreats to the
ropes, he then pulls this wonderful snarl where he looks like a mix of his dad
and his brother. His frustration is then met with an Uso dance and he gets
dumped to the outside. Jimmy is about to go for the topé but Stardust is scared
off by threat of it. Jimmy climbs outside and gets face planted on the apron
and we go to the break.
As we return
Stardust is covering Jimmy and because he only gets a two count, starts to stomp
and beat down on Jimmy. He then applies a chin lock. Stardust throws Jimmy into
the corner and delivers a big boot and then goes outside to smash the knee on
the post but gets kicked off.
Stradust
rolls back in and they hit each other with a clothesline and both men go down
for an eight count. Jimmy gets up first and gets the heat using clotheslines, a
super kick and a kneeled slap followed by a sitout power bomb. He goes for
charge to the corner but it is reversed by Stardust who rolls him up for two.
Jimmy goes
for the Samoan drop but it is countered and then out of a whip is hit for a two
count. Stardust then hits a neckbreaker and gets a two count for himself. And
then the match just ends what feels like two minutes early: Stardust jumps off
the top rope but is caught with a super kick and then Jimmy hits a top rope
splash for the win.
Why I do
believed that this was another good episode of Superstars, this has been quite
the streak the last few weeks.
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