Noteworthy: Zack Ryder, now sans bro-tee, got nearly 10 minutes in the ring on WWE television for the first time in god knows how long. Naomi beat Cameron in less than three minutes.
Zack Ryder beat Heath Slater with
the Rough Ryder in 9:47
Zack Ryder
looks as good as ever and came out to a fairly meagre reaction from the crowd
here before Raw. Heath Slater by comparison was looking tired and stern – far less
of his normal self, his character seems to be going through some changes.
Slater keeps
ducking under the ropes looking for time outs in the early going but uses the
distraction to take the advantages and beats down Ryder for a while. He puts on
a wrist lock and Ryder uses a kip up, some signature telegraphed hip tosses and
then puts on an arm bar. Out of the ropes, Slater then gets face planted and
clotheslined over the top rope.
Ryder then
uses a missile drop kick on Slater as he is getting to his feet outside and
then rolls him in the ring for a two count. Another drop kick floors Slater but
a diving cross body attempt misses and sends Ryder over the top rope to the
outside as we go to a break.
Slater’s sterner,
more business-like side is on display as we return. Probably less fun to watch
but makes him look like way less of a joke. Slater slaps on a chin lock and the
thwarts the rising momentum from Ryder with a neck breaker and gets a two count.
He goes back to beating Ryder down and then uses his feet to choke Ryder in the
corner. Every time Ryder fights back he keeps getting worn back down.
Finally,
Ryder hits a facebuster out of nowhere and both men go down for a six count. Ryder
gets the momentum with a top rope drop kick but then runs into a scissors kick
as the match goes back and forth. Ryder kicks out at two and so Slater tries a
suplex which is reversed into neckbreaker and this time Slater kicks out at
two.
Ryder goes
for the Rough Ryder but Slater catches it and turns it into a power bomb. Ryder
kicks out, Slater goes to the top but Ryder manages to crotch him. Slater falls
to the mat in the corner; Ryder hits the Broski Boot, followed by the Rough Ryder
for the win.
Ryder was
good here but this was very much a Zack Ryder match by numbers. I always
wondered why the Broski Boot has never been his finisher – it looks way more
vicious than his jumping leg lariat that he uses and because the crowd chant
along with the ‘woo’s for the punt it feels like more of a triumphant note to
finish on.
Naomi beat Cameron in 2:46
So, these
two were Brodus Clay’s cheerleaders (and great it at it) then they were a tag
team, then they split up and now they’re still kind of feuding because of Total
Divas. I think. I don’t really know. What I do know is that Naomi’s really good
and that they have pretty much ruined Cameron’s look. She now just comes out in
a weird kind of slutty school girl outfit with a giant handheld pink mirror and
her tron just reads ‘girl bye’ on it. And then she got buried on commentary for
not being as good as Naomi (which is true) and beaten in under three minutes
with a really soft move.
Naomi takes
down Cameron on the bell and after some beat down, Cameron takes a walk. She
climbs back in and Naomi slides under her on to the apron on the outside and
uses a high kick which is blocked. Cameron charges at her and knocks the wind
out of Naomi and drapes her head through the ropes. She hits her with a boot to
the side of the head, pulls her back in a gets a one count.
Cameron
shouts some trash talk about how they used to be together and then suplexes her
and tries to pin her with a split leg drop. She puts on a half nelson but Naomi
powers out with a neckbreaker. She hits two drop kicks, two clotheslines and
then uses the Rear View and covers her for the win. I wonder what Cameron did
to deserve this?
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