OdysseySmackdown! October 12 thoughts
October 13th 2007 01:51
Overall, a pretty decent ep of SD! this week. Some parts left me a bit annoyed though, but there was good stuff too.
I'm enjoying the Palumbo/Masters midcard feud. It's good that they're starting Palumbo off at the bottom so to speak-- usually when they bring in a new guy (especially one that gets decent reactions, as Chuck has been), they chuck them in a feud with a top level guy, and eventually make him lose. So I like the way Palumbo has just been put in small feuds with the likes of Masters and Kenny Dykstra before making his way up the card.
Speaking of impressive newcomers, I didn't think I'd like Jesse Festus (or that they'd last too long) judging by those lame "Jesse And Festus On..." vignettes that played leading up to their debut. But I have found them to be quite entertaining so far. It's good to see them debut a new team where both guys have very different looks and gimmicks (unlike say, the Majors, Deuce Domino, and The Highlanders who all look and/or act the same).
Now onto unimpressive newcomers... Just what WWE needs, another Scot gimmick. Because the Highlanders are just soooo over on Raw, aren't they? Anyways, that was a pretty unimpressive debut by Drew McIntire. Surely he should've got to display a bit more offence and win solidly by a finisher, not a roll-up. What happened to Paul Burchall by the way? Wasn't he meant to redebut with Taylor?
I was really looking forward to the Kane/Taker V MVP/Matt match, but was ultimately disappointed. It was basically a squash match, you woulda thought they'd protect Matt and MVP a bit more rather than make them look like complete jobbers. Still though, the Hardy/MVP storyline continues to be the best in the WWE right now.
And speaking of not protecting hot stars... squashing Noble was completely unecessary. He's been on such a role and getting pretty over as of late, so what do they do, job him to the Great Khali. Surely a no-name could've been used to get Khali his post-No-Mercy-loss win back, but no, they have to squash Noble. Ridiculous.
Wow-- has Mick Foley lost his 'name value' or what?! His name got literally no reaction, whilst the mere mention of Stone Cold caused the place to errupt.
The main-event was fine while it lasted. Good to see Finlay involved in the main-event scene once again. I wonder what the CS SD! main-event will be. Looks like they're heading towards a four-way between Batista/Rey/Taker/Finlay, which should be decent and even more entertaining with Austin as guest ref.
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IF YOU MISSED IT: There wan't one spectacular moment or anything that you need to go out of your way to download, but if you're home and not doing anything, catch the replay as it wasn't too bad a show.
I'm enjoying the Palumbo/Masters midcard feud. It's good that they're starting Palumbo off at the bottom so to speak-- usually when they bring in a new guy (especially one that gets decent reactions, as Chuck has been), they chuck them in a feud with a top level guy, and eventually make him lose. So I like the way Palumbo has just been put in small feuds with the likes of Masters and Kenny Dykstra before making his way up the card.
Speaking of impressive newcomers, I didn't think I'd like Jesse Festus (or that they'd last too long) judging by those lame "Jesse And Festus On..." vignettes that played leading up to their debut. But I have found them to be quite entertaining so far. It's good to see them debut a new team where both guys have very different looks and gimmicks (unlike say, the Majors, Deuce Domino, and The Highlanders who all look and/or act the same).
Now onto unimpressive newcomers... Just what WWE needs, another Scot gimmick. Because the Highlanders are just soooo over on Raw, aren't they? Anyways, that was a pretty unimpressive debut by Drew McIntire. Surely he should've got to display a bit more offence and win solidly by a finisher, not a roll-up. What happened to Paul Burchall by the way? Wasn't he meant to redebut with Taylor?
I was really looking forward to the Kane/Taker V MVP/Matt match, but was ultimately disappointed. It was basically a squash match, you woulda thought they'd protect Matt and MVP a bit more rather than make them look like complete jobbers. Still though, the Hardy/MVP storyline continues to be the best in the WWE right now.
And speaking of not protecting hot stars... squashing Noble was completely unecessary. He's been on such a role and getting pretty over as of late, so what do they do, job him to the Great Khali. Surely a no-name could've been used to get Khali his post-No-Mercy-loss win back, but no, they have to squash Noble. Ridiculous.
Wow-- has Mick Foley lost his 'name value' or what?! His name got literally no reaction, whilst the mere mention of Stone Cold caused the place to errupt.
The main-event was fine while it lasted. Good to see Finlay involved in the main-event scene once again. I wonder what the CS SD! main-event will be. Looks like they're heading towards a four-way between Batista/Rey/Taker/Finlay, which should be decent and even more entertaining with Austin as guest ref.
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IF YOU MISSED IT: There wan't one spectacular moment or anything that you need to go out of your way to download, but if you're home and not doing anything, catch the replay as it wasn't too bad a show.
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