WWE Superstars on WGN America
Taped in Knoxville, TN and Greenville, SC

[Q1] The opening montage was shown and Michael Cole welcomed us to Superstars. Jillian came out in a Carolina Blue outfit and said hello to everyone. She said that she is so excited about her match and she was nervous. She said she turned on the radio and started to since Rockin’ in the USA by Miley Cyrus to annoy the hell out of us and Kelly Kelly came out.

1. Kelly Kelly defeated Jillian in 3:45.Jillian twisted Kelly’s arm and Kelly countered with an arm drag takeover. Jillian got back on offense and hit a clothesline for a near fall. Jillian hit an botched facebuster for an near fall. Jillian stretched Kelly and threw her to the ring. Kelly countered with some kicks and multiple clotheslines. Kelly hit the spinning head scissors on Jillian. Kelly took a nasty bump in the corner from Jillian. Kelly hit the K2 to win the match.

Mind of Marv: Eh, your standard boring Divas match. Missed spots and botches…WWE doesn’t care so why should I?

Cole hyped the main event, Kane vs. Jericho for later tonight…[C]

[Q2] 2. Shelton Benjamin beat Vance Archer in 11:23. Both men were locked up for the first thirty seconds of the match. Then they exchanged shots and Shelton hit a flying shoulder block. Archer hit some chops and Shelton countered with blows to Archer’s head. Archer threw Shelton face first into the ringpost. Archer went for his finisher, but Shelton countered with an small package rollup for an nearfall. Shelton got thrown out of the ring, but he grabbed the ropes and hit a head scissors to Archer outside of the ring. [C]

The show returned with Archer having the advantage and he hit a big boot to Shelton. Vance applied a submission to Shelton and Shelton countered out. Archer continued to attack Shelton on the ropes. Archer applied an neck vice and switched to an body scissors to Shelton. Shelton tried some elbows and tossed Archer by hit an leg whip. Shelton hit a spinning crossbody and hit and hit a Dragon Whip to Archer for an nearfall. Shelton hit a German suplex for a nearfall. Shelton missed a dropkick and Archer threw him in the corner.

Archer worked on Shelton in the corner and Shelton countered with a botchy Oklahoma roll for the victory.

Mind of Marv: This match was OK, it was just slow motion. I’m not high on Archer, so it was probably a good thing Shelton carried him in this match. The fans were groaning and sitting on their hands because they were obviously bored. It was a lot of holds which made it drag….thank God for caffeine or I would have been sleep.

The Ask the Divas segment was shown and the main event was hyped again. [C]

[Q3] Did you Know: Kane and Shawn Michaels has been in more Royal Rumbles (11) than anyone else in WWE.

Mind of Marv: About time that the Did You Know fact was something relevant…

The Miz was featured in a video package and the SD announcers run down the Rumble card. Chris Jericho came out to mega heel heat as usual. [C]

3. Kane defeated Chris Jericho via countout in 16:17. Jericho stalled to get in the ring for the first thirty seconds and when he got in the ring, he slid right out. Jericho walked around and finally the locked up with Kane around 1:20. Jericho slapped Kane and Kane started pounding Jericho in the corner. The referee was in the way and Jericho took advantage. Kane hit an uppercut and a low dropkick for a nearfall.

[Q4] Kane started to work on Jericho’s arm and beat on him in the corner. Kane applied an arm bar to Jericho. Jericho hit some kicks to Kane’s gut and hit some jaw shots to Kane. Kane got back on the advantage, but Jericho used the ropes to toss Kane out and Kane tried to get back in but Jericho countered with a flying dropkick. [C]

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The show returned with Jericho working on Kane in the corner. Jericho got some shots in but Kane pushed him off. Jericho tried to slam Kane’s head but Kane countered with an Irish Whip and slammed him in the corner. Jericho countered by throwing Kane’s shoulder in the ring post. Jericho used the ropes to work on Kane. Jericho applied a sleeper to Kane and Kane countered with some uppercuts. Jericho countered with an inzurghi for a nearfall. Jericho taunted to the crowd and applied another sleeper hold.

Kane backed Jericho into the corner and Jericho went for a Codebreaker but Kane countered with a side slam. Kane hit muiltiple uppercuts and a sidewalk slam for a nearfall. Kane went to the top rope but Jericho countered with a dropkick for a nearfall. Jericho hit an bulldog on Kane. Jericho missed the Lionsault and Kane hit an big boot for a nearfall. Jericho hit a chop block and went for the Walls, but Kane countered out. Jericho went for another Codebreaker, but Kane countered. Kane went for a chokeslam, but Jericho crawled out and got counted out.

Mind of Marv: Thank You Smackdown for saving this show. Both veterans worked their asses off and put on a quality main event for Superstars. Overall, if we didn’t get this main event, this show was very forgettable. I’ll have a lot more to add with the Hitlist tomorrow.

Shoot me some emails at mr.hermanstyne@gmail.com and I will debate WWE and NFL. I will be back for Smackdown tomorrow night. Thanks for watching along.

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