Match Of The Week: 05.19.07.

May 24th, 2007.
TNA Impact on Spike TV
Samoa Joe vs. Sting

This week, following WWE Judgment Day, we had a pretty piss poor edition of WWE Monday Night RAW. Ric Flair rematched Carlito and we saw the debut of Johnny Nitro and Kenny Dykstra as a tag team, but 98% of the show was Vince McMahon and Lashley. If anyone wants to see an entire show based around Lashley, they must be crazy.

WWE ECW On Sci-Fi was the same old. RVD & Punk vs. Elijah Burke and Marcus Cor Von in the main event. Dreamer/Snitksy, Striker/One Of The Majors and even Kevin Thorn over a jobber but without a real reason as to where Ariel went.

Smack Down! had The HooliganZ vs. William Regal & Dave Taylor turn into an all out brawl with Deuce & Domino. Matt Hardy beat The Miz. Chavo Guerrero got pinned by Jimmy Wang Yang. And Batista won a pointless four way match to become the number one contender for a title he just lost twice in a row. Ugh. MVP's celebration on becoming the new U.S. Champion was better than the actual wrestling this week in WWE.

TNA Impact! on Spike TV gets the overall win this week, as it had a solid show with three segments based around tag teams and a main event of pay-per-view proportions (At least on paper)

Impact! opened with Team 3-D and The Steiner Brothers confronting each other. This was really cool and had a really big feel to it. Two of the greatest tag teams of all time are set to feud, and it just looks like it's going to be awesome.

LAX took on the team of Christian Cage and Tomko, while Damaja & Basham took on Kip James & Lance Hoyt. Some solid tag team action.

But it was the main event that sealed the deal for me. Samoa Joe went one on one with Sting for the first time (When was the last time WWE pulled out a good "first time" match?) and Christopher Daniels was at ringside. Ultimately, Daniels would hit Sting with a baseball bat and allow Joe the 1-2-3 to go on to Slammiversary in the King Of The Mountain match. This is interesting for several reasons. First off, it's odd to see the Fallen Angel sort of on the same side as Joe for a change in TNA. Also, I was really hoping Sting wouldn't be in King Of The Mountain because he's probably my least favorite guy to be champion right now, so I'm glad Joe got in instead of him. (And yes, I could have seen Sting going in and TNA writers sending Joe off to fight some other pointless match) Samoa Joe also didn't even use any of his finishers to get the win, so it should make for an interesting rematch-- unfinished business if you will.

So we're going to get a Sting/Christopher Daniels match at Slammiversary and Samoa Joe moves closer to the title while Sting seems to be moving further away, which is a good thing. Next week on Impact!, A.J. Styles fights a qualifier against Jeff Jarrett. Should be interesting as I can't really see either of these men not being in King Of The Mountain at Slammiversary.

Match Of The Week: 05.12.07.

May 17th, 2007.
TNA Impact on Spike TV
Motor City Machine Guns vs. Jerry Lynn & Tiger Mask IV

WWE was busy this week planning for Judgment Day, which pretty much looked like a car wreck waiting to happen. The majority of their shows, sadly, revolved around Lashley and Vince McMahon so they really just bored me.

What's more so than the actual matches and shows from WWE this week is the fact that not one but four superstars were given their walking papers. 2 Cold Scorpio- who never even got a chance to return- Scotty 2 Hotty, Nick Mitchell and Ariel were all released by WWE. I am most upset and disappointed by the release of Ariel. Why/how WWE could do this is still beyond me.

TNA Impact, however, had a really good episode. Kurt Angle fought Rhino in the main event, and Christopher Daniels beat Raven in a first blood match despite already have a cut on his head. Kind of cool stuff to see. But we also saw the Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) take on Jerry Lynn and Tiger Mask IV. I didn't expect to see Tiger Mask on Impact, so this was really cool. Plus, the aftermath of a decent five minute or so match saw Jay Lethal amongst others come out. This whole thing is far more interesting and entertaining than any storyline WWE currently has going.

Match Of The Week: 05.05.07.

May 11th, 2007.
WWE Friday Night Smack Down!
The Undertaker (Champion) vs. Edge *World Heavyweight Championship Match*

While TNA was building up to their Sacrifice pay-per-view on Impact!, WWE was having quite a different week. Not too much exciting happened between Raw, Smack Down! and ECW except what was revolving around Edge.

Mr. Kennedy had come up with an injury. Which was most unfortunate because The Undertaker was also injured and it was rumored Mr. Kennedy would be cashing in his Money In The Bank and winning the World Heavyweight Championship from 'Taker. And honestly, who else could have done it? Randy Orton was in hot water. 95% of the other main eventers are injured.

That's when Edge took over.

On Raw, Edge challenged Mr. Kennedy for his Money In The Bank briefcase. He won.

On Smack Down!, Undertaker went through a brutal cage match with Batista. As both mens feet hit the floor at the same time, it was declared a tie and Undertaker kept the belt. Many expected Batista to win because Undertaker was going away with his injury.

Mark Henry then came out and destroyed both men.

Edge picked up the pieces of a bloody Undertaker, cashed in and became the new World Heavyweight Champion.

Though it may not have been the best plot, it could have been worse. At least Batista isn't holding the belt again.

Match Of The Week: 04.28.07.

May 4th, 2007.

WWE Friday Night Smack Down!

Matt Hardy vs. Mr. Kennedy

WWE had a very interesting post-Backlash week. Lashley was defeated for his ECW Title by Vince McMahon at the PPV and very little else of interest happened. RAW actually had a really decent Edge vs. Randy Orton match, which almost won this spot this week. Then again, RAW also had Umaga squashing RVD (Since RVD seems to be on his way out) as well as Jeff Hardy vs. Johnny Nitro #432 and to end the show... John Cena is jumped by... Khali? Yeah, that feud will pay off well!

ECW saw the debut of the Major Brothers, who defeated Matt Striker and Monty Brown. RVD won a # 1 Contender's match, defeating The Sandman, Tommy Dreamer and Sabu in the main event. C.M. Punk also managed a quick squash over Kevin Thorn.

TNA Impact! was some what more interesting. Team 3-D faced the team of Rhino and Samoa Joe. Jacqueline Moore lost her two front teeth in a brawl with Gail Kim (For real) and Christian/A.J. Styles vs. Kurt Angle/Sting was the main event. You know, it seems like just about everyone in that group of four has fought so far except for Kurt Angle vs. A.J. Styles. Come on, TNA. Stop teasing, start pleasing!

On Smack Down!, Finlay fought Miz for some reason. Boogeyman took on William Regal. Brian Kendrick lost to Domino. And MVP defeated Kane in a # 1 Contender's match for the U.S. Title. Why don't they just give MVP the belt already? He's more than proved himself!

Since Mr. Kennedy and Matt Hardy fought for nearly twenty minutes and it was one of the best matches I've ever seen (Plus I really like both guys), they win the honors this week. But fear not, Edge and Randy Orton. You were close.

The Stats: 40

The Stats: 40

1] Paul London (13)

2] Brian Kendrick (11)

3] C.M. Punk (8)

4] William Regal (4)

5] Johnny Nitro (3)
Gregory Helms (3)
Melina (3)
Dave Taylor (3)
Sabu (3)
K.C. James (3)

6] Matt Hardy (2)
Mr. Kennedy (2)
Deuce (2)
Domino (2)
Kenny Dykstra (2)
Super Crazy (2)
Joey Mercury (2)
Mickie James (2)
Carlito (2)
Rob Van Dam (2)
Ashley Massaro (2)
Samoa Joe (2)
Raven (2)
Abyss (2)
Aaron "Idol" Stevens (2)

7] Chavo Guerrero Jr. (1)
Shawn Michaels (1)
John Cena (1)
Cibernetico (1)
Chessman (1)
Charly Manson (1)
Cuervo (1)
Escoria (1)
Ozz (1)
Chris Masters (1)
Cassidy Riley (1)
Monty Brown (1)
Shelton Benjamin (1)
Elijah Burke (1)
Jimmy Wang Yang (1)
Michelle McCool (1)
Brother Runt (1)
Kurt Angle (1)
Justin Credible (1)
Rhino (1)
Randy Orton (1)
Ric Flair (1)
Mitch (1)
Shannon Moore (1)
Mike Knox (1)
Kevin Thorn (1)
Hardcore Holly (1)

Match Of The Week: 04.21.07.

April 23rd, 2007.
WWE Monday Night RAW
John Cena vs. Shawn Michaels (non-title match)

From around April 25th until May 3rd I was on vacation in CT for my sister's wedding. It made it kind of hard to rank certain matches because I wasn't watching them in real time, but none the less I will do this and try to recap everything the best I can-- if not for you, then for me.

On this week, WWE was coming from England for all of their shows. C.M. Punk made a very quick turn on The New Breed on ECW on Sci-Fi, costing Elijah Burke a match and then giving him the GTS. Smack Down! saw an interesting match of Kane & The Boogeyman vs. William Regal & Dave Taylor. Brian Kendrick was also in action against Deuce.

On TNA Impact, the much hyped match between Sting and Kurt Angle (first ever meeting!) fizzled out in three minutes. But what did you expect from a non-PPV match? Later in the night, Christian vs. Sting would end in around eight minutes. TNA really needs a two hour time slot to put on better, longer matches.

While RAW had mostly low points, the one thing that stood out was just an awesome non-title match between Shawn Michaels and John Cena. HBK picked up the non-title victory, but the best part of it all I'd say would have to be the fact that it lasted for almost an hour. I don't think WWE has had a television match go this long since they had 60 Minute Iron Man matches some years back. If WWE continues this trend of wrestling, they could actually be doing something good for a change.