WWE Superstars on WGN America
Taped in Green Bay and Milwaukee, Wisc.

[Q1]The opening video aired, followed by Jack Swagger’s music, and Josh Matthews welcomed us to Superstars. Matthews and Matt Striker are on commentary as Swagger made his ring entrance. They hyped the US Title match. They hyped the ECW Title Scramble match at The Bash. Evan Bourne was out next to a solid pop. He still has his ribs taped. A video showed the end of the Bourne/Mark Henry match on ECW last week…

1. Jack Swagger defeated Evan Bourne at 8:45. The match started out with a lot of mat wrestling before Swagger tossed Bourne into the corner. He tried to hip toss Bourne, but he landed on his feet and hit a drop toe hold. Bourne followed up with a drop kick to the side of Swagger’s head for two. Bourne charged at a standing Swagger and he tossed Bourne over the top rope to the floor. Bourne recovered into the break…[C]

Back at 5:01 and Swagger had a waist lock on Bourne. Bourne managed to escape and hit a drop kick. Swagger kneed Bourne in the face and went to the second rope. He missed his splash attempt. Bourne ducked a clothesline and hit a John Morrison Chuck Kick to the back of the head for two. He pushed Swagger to the floor and hit a plancha on the outside. He rolled Swagger back in and went to the top. Swagger ran up the turnbuckle and hit a belly to belly superplex for two.

Swagger picked up Bourne for the gut-wrench power bomb, but Bourne reversed into a hurricanranna. Bourne went to the top for the shooting star press. Swagger moved and Bourne landed on his feet. Swagger hit a clothesline from behind and followed up with the power bomb for the win…Dolph Ziggler was shown backstage heading towards the ring…

Shore’s Slant: This match was great after the commercial, but the first part exposed Bourne just a little. Swagger is a great athlete and looked uncomfortable working with Bourne. I realize both are still relatively new, but still. If Bourne is in the ring with someone really slow and green, it could be a disaster. Hopefully they’ll protect him from that.

[Q2][C]Back from commercial, Dolph Ziggler made his entrance. Todd Grisham and Jim Ross took over on commentary. Ziggler got a mic and said for the three Divas who were rendered speechless and forgot his name last week on Smackdown, after The Bash, they would never forget his name, Dolph Ziggler. Jimmy Wang Yang made his entrance…

2. Dolph Ziggler defeated Jimmy Wang Yang at 2:58. Yang started off with an arm bar that Ziggler broke dirty. Ziggler hit a very cool modified belly to back for two. He continued to beat down Yang, hitting a power slam and a more traditional belly to back. Ziggler went to the top and Yang hit a stiff dropkick on Ziggler’s face. Yang hit a cross body from the top that Ziggler rolled through for one. Yang hit a standing elbow and went to the top. Ziggler knocked his feet out and Yang fell to the mat. Ziggler hit his jumping neck breaker finisher for the win…The announce team hyped the main event…[C]

Shore’s Slant: I’m glad Ziggler got the air time, but the match was a squash. I just hope the PPV is the blow off to his feud with Khali as he has talent out the Yang. Get it? See what I did there? Anyway, if you want any further proof that Smackdown is the better show, consider Ziggler and Morrison in a feud over the IC or even World title. How great are these guys looking like they will be?

Back from commercial, a Triple H promo video was played…

[Q3]Ringside, Michael Cole and Jerry “The King” Lawler discussed the Orton/Hunter angle. They introduced the Raw rebound which recapped the Last Man Standing match, the McMahon/Trump angle, the Three Stages of Hell announcement, and Hunter’s final assault on Orton…The announce team ran through The Bash card…

Backstage, Kofi Kingston was interviewed by Josh Matthews. He put over MVP and Matt Hardy, but said he would still be champ after the match…MVP made his ring entrance…[C]

Shore’s Slant: Totally off subject, but how about John Morrison putting over my daughter on his Twitter Pics. Check it out: http://twitpic.com/87va2. Many thanks to my boy, and Dot Net Member, Jase for pointing it out to me. If you are a member, you’ve already seen the pic. If you’re not a member….why?

Back from commercial, Matt Hardy made his ring entrance, followed by Kofi Kingston…

3. Kofi Kingston defeated MVP and Matt Hardy to retain the United States Championship in 15:55. Matt tossed Kofi to start and then worked on MVP, hitting a bulldog for one. MVP hit a belly to belly throw on Hardy. Kofi came back in the ring and he and MVP punched Hardy back and forth. Hardy was whipped, jumped over MVP and ate a drop kick from Kingston. Kofi covered, MVP pulled him off and covered, and the Kofi pulled him off. They argued and Hardy hit Kofi into MVP, sending MVP to the floor. He rolled up Kofi for two.

[Q4]Hardy hit a flapjack hangman on Kingston and covered. MVP stood up on the floor and punched Hardy in the face. MVP got back in the ring and worked on Hardy. He hit a drop toe hold for two. Kofi hit MVP at the break…The first commercial was a Superstars commercial. The commercial featured Umaga. What the hell was that?[C]

Back at 7:55, Matt hit a double clothesline and MVP went to the floor. Kofi reversed a whip into a jumping monkey flip and a dropkick for two. MVP made the save and Hardy rolled to the floor. MVP and Kofi traded kicks and MVP got the advantage. He hit a knee drop for two. Kofi exploded and ran the ropes. He jumped over MVP about 30 times and hit a side Russian leg sweep. He went for his Boom Boom Leg Drop, but Matt pulled the ropes down, sending Kofi to the floor.

Hardy got back in the ring and worked on MVP. He hit a axe handle from the second rope and teased The Twist of Fate. MVP blocked the kick and punched Hardy till he fell. MVP hit his Ballin’ Elbow. When he stood, Kofi kicked him out of the ring. Kofi hit his leg drop and covered. MVP punched him in the face to break the count. Hardy hit the side effect on MVP for two. Hardy reversed a whip and sent Kofi into a big boot from MVP. Hardy hit the Twist of Fate on MVP. MVP half kicked out as Kofi half made the save. Hardy picked up Kofi and teased Twist of Fate again, but Kofi pushed him off into the ropes. Hardy bounced off and Kingston hit Trouble in Paradise for the win. Post match, Kingston celebrated in the ring to end the show…

Shore’s Slant: I have been very critical of Raw and the Raw matches on Superstars recently. I mean, I’ve been right, but I want to give credit here. I hope the Raw writers were watching. This wasn’t the greatest match ever, but it was a ton of fun, had some great near falls, and was more entertaining than anything I’ve seen from the red brand in a while. Supposedly, Matt Hardy tore an abdominal muscle in this match (not confirmed). If he did, he fought through it well and I didn’t see a spot where it might have happened. Good win for Kofi, I hope we see more of him and MVP on Raw next week. That’s it for Superstars this week. Thanks for reading and join me tomorrow night for the best wrestling show on TV, Smackdown!

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