WWE Superstars
June 16, 2011
Report by: Andrew Hayman of Wrestleview.com
The Superstars video rolls and we are underway for the 6/16 edition of WWE Superstars! Kane will take on Tyson Kidd in our main event tonight.
Zack Ryder’s music hits and he makes his way out to an ENORMOUS pop! Scott Stanford and Josh Matthews welcome us to the show. Ryder grabs the mic off of the announcer. He says everyone is here to see Zack Ryder, he says his Broskis are here even his dad is here, even his girlfriend is here and she is looking hot as hell. There is no stopping the Ryder Revolution. See all these Zack Ryder signs, bro are you serious? He asks who wants to be the broski of the week? He says all it takes is dressing to impress, fist pumps and the most important thing, take care, spike your hair. Woo Woo Woo You Know It! Primo’s music hits and he makes his way down to the ring. The referee calls for the bell and our first match of the night is underway.
Zack Ryder vs. Primo
Ryder gives us some fist pumps and the two lock up. Ryder gets sent to the corner, Primo charges but Ryder dodges, roll up but Primo kicks out. Ryder grabs the arm of Primo wrenches it and puts him in an arm bar. Primo gets up and connects with an arm drag but Ryder holds the arm and still applies the hold. Ryder gets up off Primo and let’s out a Woo Woo Woo, the two circle the ring while the crowd let out some let’s go Ryder chants. The two go to lock up but Primo with an adventurous takedown, he then starts slapping the back of Ryder’s head messing up his hair. Ryder gets up asks Primo if he is serious bro? Ryder then takes Primo down with a series of clotheslines, Ryder grabs Primo and sends him head first into the turnbuckle. Primo goes sprawling across the ring, Ryder with an Irish whip followed by a back body drop. Primo gets up and leans on the ropes, Ryder clothesline Primo to the floor and follows it up with a splash to the outside! Ryder gives us another Woo Woo Woo. Ryder rolls Primo into the ring. Ryder gets in but is met with a shot to the head from Primo. Primo sends Ryder to the corner and hits him with some slaps. Primo sends Ryder to the opposite corner, he charges him looking for a diving kick but Ryder dodges out of the way and Primo gets hung up on the ropes. Zack with a flurry of kicks to the face of Primo. Primo scurries to the other corner but Ryder walks over and gives Primo a series of shots to the face and gut. Ref breaks it up, Primo grabs Ryder and sends him shoulder first into the ring post. We cut to a commercial.
Commercial, RAW power to the People.
We come back and Primo has a head lock locked in. Ryder to his feet, he gives Primo some elbows to the gut and Primo breaks the hold. Primo sends Ryder to the ropes and looks for a back body drop. Ryder sees it coming and leaps over Primo and looks for the roll up but Primo kicks out at 2. Primo has a bridging stf locked in. Primo breaks it. Ryder to the corner and he hits Primo with a few shots to the head. But Primo with some of his own, he then hits some shoulders to the gut. Primo sends Ryder to the other corner and hits him with a drop kick. Primo with a knee to the head of Ryder. Cover, but Ryder kicks out. Primo grabs both of Ryder’s arms and pulls them behind him. Primo applies the knee to the back to add more pressure. Ryder powers to his feet, but Primo stops the momentum with a knee to the gut. Primo standing elbow drop. Cover, but Ryder kicks out. Primo applies a camel clutch. Primo lets go of the hold. He sends Ryder to the corner looks to charge but Ryder flies out of the corner and hits him with a flying forearm. Both men to there feet, Ryder with some shots to Primo, Primo looks for his own but Ryder catches all of them. Ryder with some running forearms. Ryder with a flap jack and then follows it up with a standing leg drop across the face. Cover, but Primo kicks out. Ryder whips Primo the corner and hits him with a broski boot! Cover, 1…2… Primo kicks out! Primo goes to lift Primo up but Primo drops down and Ryder hits his chin on Primo’s head. Primo looks for a back stabber but Ryder grabs the ropes and then turns and connects the Rough Ryder! This match is all over!
Winner via pinfall: Zack Ryder
Shots of the crowd are shown followed by highlights of the match. Ryder celebrates with the crowd. And we cut to a Capitol Punishment promo. It’s the one from RAW last week. We cut back and Scott plugs the main event which will be Kane vs. Tyson Kidd.
Commercial, WWE fact.
Drew McIntyre’s music hits. Drew has a mic in his hand. He says Long Island, Drew McIntyre has a question for all of you. How many of you were chosen by your boss, to be the future of there company. He asks a fan, he says boo all you want, there is only one chosen one in this entire arena. He says he never lies and here is some truth for us. In order for him to pursue his WWE dream, he has to leave the United States of Laziness and Lies. Because it’s time for the chosen one to do some choosing of his own. He is choosing to become the monster we created, he is done living in this nightmare and he is taking everyone a long for the ride. So why don’t we know call him Drew McIntyre the great American Nightmare. Kozlov’s music hits and he makes his way down to the ring. The ref calls for the bell and our second match is underway.
Drew McIntyre vs. Vladimir Kozlov
Drew goes right after Kozlov off the bat hitting him with a flurry of punches and kicks as Kozlov backs into the corner. Kozlov grabs Drew and throws him into the corner hitting his own punches. Kozlov grabs drew and hits some knees to the gut. He follows it up with belly to belly suplex. Cover but Drew kicks out. Kozlov goes to grab Drew but Drew grabs him and slams his head into the turnbuckle. Drew with a kick to the head of Kozlov. Drew goes outside the ring and grabs Kozlov’s arm and slams it into the ring post. Drew gets back in and hits Kozlov with a DDT. Cover, but Kozlov kicks out. Drew with a triangle arm bar. Kozlov to his feet and huts Drew with some punches but Drew sends him back down with a drop kick. Drew gets to his feet akin to HBK. Cover but Kozlov kicks out. Drew with another arm bar. Kozlov slowly getting to his feet and delivers some punches. Kozlov ducks a clothesline attempt and grabs Kozlov and hits him with some head buts. Kozlov sets Drew up across the ropes and kicks him in the gut. Cover, but Drew kicks out. Kozlov picks Drew up looking for a running power slam but Drew grabs onto the ropes and gets out. Drew with a shot to the head of Kozlov and then he sends him shoulder first into the steel post. Drew grabs Kozlov and hits him with a Future Shock DDT.
Winner via pinfall: Drew McIntyre
Replays of the ending are shown and Scott plugs the main event which will be Kane vs. Tyson Kidd. We cut to a commercial.
Commercial, video package of R-Truths heel turn and the feud between John Cena.
We cut back and Yoshi Tatsu’s music hits. He runs to the ring and Jack Korpela welcomes us to the Smackdown portion of the show. Chavo’s music hits. The ref calls for the bell.
Chavo Guerrero vs. Yoshi Tatsu
The two circle each other and lock up. Yoshi gets backed into the corner so Chavo hits him with some punches. Tatsu reverses an Irish whip attempt and he hits Chavo with a hip toss. Tatsu with an arm drag followed by a drop kick. Tatsu with a wrist lock. Tatsu gets backed into the corner again and Chavo hits some punches and kicks. Chavo runs at Tatsu and flips into Tatsu. Cover, but Tatsu kicks out. Chavo with a high angle belly to back. Cover but Tatsu again kicks out. Chavo applies a chin lock but then applies a triangle arm bar. Yoshi gets out of the hold and runs to the ropes. Yoshi turns and is met by a drop kick to the face from Chavo. Another cover but again Yoshi kicks out. Chavo lifts up Tatsu and Yoshi with some big chops followed by a forearm takedown. Tatsu with some kicks to Chavo and he sends him to the corner. Tatsu then grabs Chavo and hits him with a suplex and bridges for the pin. Chavo kicks out at 2. Yoshi gets sent to the corner but he kicks a charging Chavo in the head. Yoshi climbs up the turnbuckle and leaps but Chavo ducks out of the way. Yoshi lands on his feet and Chavo hits Yoshi with a diving spinning heel kick. Cover, but Yoshi kicks out at 2. Chavo picks up Yoshi and goes for the 3 amigos. Yoshi hooks the leg on the third. Yoshi sends Chavo to the corner. Yoshi charges him but Chavo hits him with and elbow. Chavo quickly goes up the top and looks for a moonsault but Yoshi ducks out of the way like Chavo did and Chavo lands on his feet! But out of no where Yoshi hits hit kick to the head! Cover, 1…2…3! this match is over.
Winner via pinfall: Yoshi Tatsu
They don’t show a replay and they plug the main event which is Kane vs. Tyson Kidd which is up next!
Commercial, WCW Monday Nitro DVD. We come back and Matt and Jack are plugging the card Capitol Punishment which is this Sunday!
JTG’s music hits and he has a mic in his hand. He says city of haters aka Rhode Island. What is really going? He says besides him coming out looking so damn fresh. He is here to talk to us about hunger. He says when he says hungry, he doesn’t mean the type which you see on TV with the starving kids in Africa. He is talking about the hunger for success. That’s his hunger. He says that hunger brought him to the WWE and makes him the flyest WWE superstar her today and will make him he flyest manager the WWE has ever seen. ‘Classy’ Freddie Blassie, Bobby ‘The Brain’ Heenan, all got nothing on him. If he can bring the same success to himself. He can bring it to anybody. Even the greatest technical wrestler today. And it doesn’t matter how big and scary you are, even Kane if you around, your going down. Tyson Kidd’s music hits and the two walk down to the ring. Kanes flames go off and he makes his way to the ring. Kane gets in the ring and does his thing and we cut to a commercial.
Commercial, Christian heel turn. WWE Monday Night Raw “Power to the People” next week.
We cut back and the referee calls for the bell.
Kane vs. Tyson Kidd w/ JTG
The two circle each other and lock up but Kane throws Kidd across the ring. They circle and Kidd grabs the back of Kidd but Kane throws him across the ring again. Kane looking to grab Kidd but Kidd is dodging around the ring. Kidd with some kicks to Kane, Kidd looking to whip Kane but Kane grabs the ropes and Kane sends Kidd out over the top rope. Kane goes to grab Kidd and lift him into the ring but Kidd grabs Kanes head and drops back down to the mat so Kanes neck slams into the top rope. Kidd gets up on the apron and looks for a springboard maneuver up and whips him to the corner. Kane charges but Kidd vaults back over Kane. Kidd then with a shot to the face Kane looks for a big boot but Kidd ducks and hits a swing neck breaker. Cover but Kane kicks out at 1. Kidd with some kicks to Kane. Kidd goes to the ropes but Kane nails him with a clothesline. Kane with an Irish whip to Kidd in the corner. Kane charges, Kidd with a boot to the face. Kidd goes up and leaps looking for a cross body but Kane catches him. Kane holds him but Kidd hits a tornado DDT! Cover, but Kane kicks out at 1. Kidd looking for the sharpshooter but Kane grabs the throat of Kidd. Kidd gets out but walks into a big boot. Kane hits Kidd with a clothesline in the corner and follows it up with a side walk slam. Kane goes up top and hits a diving clothesline! Kane gets his hand ready and hits Kidd with an enormous choke slam! This match is all over!
Winner via pinfall: Kane
Replays of the ending are shown. And Kane celebrates in the ring. Jack Korpela wishes us good night and we fade to black.
Thoughts
Again another week and another solid Superstars. I am really liking this trend.
Tonight we opened up with Zack Ryder mainly because Raw this week was in Ryder’s home town. A lot of people, especially the IWC aren’t happy about Ryder not being on RAW and being on Superstars instead. I don’t have a problem with it. I prefer Ryder on Superstars, I think him being only on Superstars sort of adds to his character. You got this guy who is widely popular because of the internet. So why not put him on your only internet show? I may get some backlash for that but I think it’s true. Now to the match! I thought it was a good solid match with the sole purpose of putting Ryder over.
Drew came out and delivered a good promo. I think this is a glimpse of Drew’s new character and I like it. Sort of reminds me of Jericho’s parasites angle a year or two ago but I don’t think that will be a problem. The match the two put on was another solid match. Not spectacular but again a good match to put Drew over. I really do hope they do something with Kozlov instead of having him on Superstars to put people over or be there for the comedic value with Santino. I mean I love the comedic stuff, but I think Kozlov has the in-ring ability to be a big player again. Just give him a manager.
The Yoshi-Chavo match I thought was match of the night. It was a good quick back and forth match between the two. But I’m a sucker for matches between little men. By the looks of this and what happened on NXT we are going be seeing a feud between the two.
Finally the main event. I’ve been a fan of Kidd having different managers, but I think getting squashed by Kane isn’t the way to go. I’m calling it a squash because Kidd hardly got any offense in and the match was under 5 minutes, which is way too short for a main event. It sort of feels like that after 2 months of constant supervision by al of these elite people that Kidd would improve and start to come into his own. But then out of no where you stick him with JTG and have him squashed by Kane. Fair enough have him lose to Kane but I mean he could of put up a better fight. I just think it makes Kidd lose a little bit of credibility as this star they are making him out to be.
Well that about wraps this up for the week. If you want send me some feedback, questions, hate or whatever my email is amdy985@hotmail.com – or you can follow me on twitter @amdy985. Thank you all for reading and I will see you all next week!