The online version of Heat is now online.
This week's show features Kerwin White and Nick Nemeth
taking on Shelton Benjamin and Matt Striker. Also, Rob
Conway takes on WWE hall of famer Greg "The Hammer"
Valentine. You can check out the latest edition of Heat
at WWE.com.
(1) Viscera and Val Venis defeated
Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch in a non title match when
Viscera pinned Murdoch with the VD.
Segment one opens up with a preview for
the video game Mortal
Kombat: Shaolin Monks. We get this at the beginning
of all four segments. Actually, I've played it and its
a fun game. Definitely worth at least a rental if you're
an MK fan. Anyways, the show opened with the tag champs
Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch taking on Val Venis and
Viscera in a non-title match. Coach said he could appreciate
someone wearing a cowboy hat. They showed highlights
of Val and Viscera's disqualification win three weeks
ago on Raw. Todd Grisham put over the champs saying
they have never been pinned since debuting on Raw. Lance
and Val start out as Grisham and Coach talk about Coach's
upcoming match with "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
at Taboo Tuesday. Lance takes the early advantage with
some kicks, but Val gets him in the corner and delivers
some chops. Val gets reversed into the corner and hits
a back elbow. He climbs to the top but Murdoch crotches
him on the top rope while Cade distracts the ref. Viscera
distracts the ref, so Cade only gets a one count on
the cover. Cade argues with Viscera which shields the
ref from seeing Murdoch getting some cheaps shots in
on Val. Murdoch tags in and the two hit a double backdrop
on Val followed by a two count. Cade tags in and lowers
his head for a backdrop, but Val responds with a kick
to the head. Lance tags out to Murdoch, but this allows
Val to finally make the tag to big Vis who works over
both of the champs. He whips both champs to the corner
and charges in, but Trevor gets out of the way and Cade
kicks him in the face. Murdoch runs at him but gets
caught in a black hole slam. Val then pulls Cade backwards
by the legs and gives him a crotch job into the ringpost.
Val climbs to the top and hits the money shot on Murdoch.
Viscera follows up with the VD and scores the pin. Afterwards,
they show a commercial plugging the new edition of Raw
magazine with Triple H on the cover.
THE VERDICT
Pretty basic by-the-numbers tag team match.
Heels take advantage in the beginning, then the babyface
makes the hot tag and scores the clean win. It sure
doesn't help the champs get any credibility when they're
losing to two guys that have been in the jobber role
for quite a while now. I can't really recommend the
segment unless you must see some tag
team wrestling.
(2) Snitsky defeated Rosey with
a mafia kick.
In segment two, it's Rosey taking on Gene
Snitsky. The announcers acknowledge Hurricane removing
his mask on WWE unlimited Monday following his beatdown
at the hands of Kurt Angle. Rosey starts with a side
headlock but Snitsky shoves him off for a shoulder block
which has no effect. Gene whips Rosey to the outside
and tries to come off the apron with a double axehandle,
but Rosey catches him with a shot to the gut. Rosey
tries to Irish whip him on the outside, but Snitsky
reverses Rosey into the ringpost. Snitsky rolls him
back in and drops some elbows while the announcers talk
about Edge and Chris Masters invading Smackdown. Gene
continues to work over Rosey, but drops his head for
a backdrop and gets kicked in the gut. Snitsky reverse
into the ropes, but Rosey hits a shoulderblock. He follows
with a clothesline and a samoan drop before going for
a second rope moonsault (seriously) but Snitsky gets
out of the way. Snitsky hits a mafia kick and scores
the pin. From here we go to a commercial for the self
destruction of the ultimate warrior DVD.
THE VERDICT
Actually not a bad match for these two.
I wasn't expecting much going in, but they kept it short
enough that it wasn't that bad. Very surprising to see
Rosey attempt a moonsault and him missing that was a
good way to set up the finish.
(3) Rob Conway defeated Greg "The
Hammer" Valentine by disqualification when Eugene
interfered.
Segment three starts with a recap of the
Stone Cold/Stephanie/Coach segment from Raw this past
Monday. Back in the ring, Rob Conway takes on former
Intercontinental champ and WWE hall of famer Greg "The
Hammer" Valentine. They show a prerecorded interview
with Rob Conway where he says Greg Valentine's time
is over and he will take a beating the Con Way. Rob
takes control early and "hammer" chants ring
from the crowd. Valentine backs him to the corner and
hits a couple of chops before hip tossing him to the
middle of the ring. Greg whips him to the outside and
gives a forarm to the chest as he tries to get back
in. Conway trips up Valentine's leg from the outside
and pulls him out to the floor where he whips him into
the ringpost. Rob rolls him back in and works him over
with some punches to the head. Valentine comes back
with some elbows to the head and puts on a headlock.
Conway shoves him to the ropes and goes for a dropkick,
but Valentine holds onto the ropes to avoid the move.
He then drops a couple elbow before giving the sign
for the figure four. Valentine does his headbutt to
the midsection, and follows with the figure four, but
Conway kicks him off sending Valentine shoulder first
into the corner. Conway beats down Valentine in the
corner and sets up for the ego trip, but Eugene runs
in for the save resulting in a disqualification. Afterwards,
Eugene tried to raise Valentine's arm, but he shoved
down Eugene and left. Eugene sat in the ring crying.
They plugged the Divas uncovered book available this
Tuesday.
THE VERDICT
Kind of a dull segment. This was good
for the beginning of a Conway/Eugene feud but the match
itself was really blah. Not really worth going out of
your way for. Hammer looked really old.
(4) Kerwin White and Nick Nemeth
defeated Shelton Benjamin and Matt Striker when Kerwin
pinned Shelton following a doubleteam electric chair.
It's main event time in segment four with
Kerwin White and Nick Nemeth taking on Shelton Benjamin
and Matt Striker. They showed highlights from last week's
match when Kerwin and Nick beat down Shelton after the
match and Matt Striker made the save which set up this
tag team match. Matt Striker starts out with Nick Nemeth.
Striker hits a couple armdrags early on as the crowd
chants "Chavo." Striker hits a dropkick and
follows with another armdrag before tagging out to Shelton.
Striker hits a drop toe hold and Shelton follows with
an elbow drop. Shelton throws some punches, but Nemeth
rakes the eyes and tags out to Kerwin. Kerwin is armdragged
immediately then reverses an irish whip allowing Nemeth
to get a cheap shot in on Shelton. When Shelton turns
his attention to Nemeth, Kerwin attacks him from behind
and throws him out to the floor where Nemeth gets another
cheap shot in. When Shelton makes it back in the ring,
they double team him in the corner while the announcers
talk about Kane winning the battle royal on Raw. Kerwin
and Nemeth go for a double suplex on Shelton but he
turns it into a double neckbreaker. Shelton goes over
for the tag, but Striker jumps down from the ring apron
refusing the tag and walks up the ramp. Kerwin ddts
Shelton for a two count. Kerwin and Nemeth double team
Shelton as Striker laughs from the top of the ramp.
They whip Shelton to the corner, then Nemeth tries to
whip Kerwin into Shelton, but Shelton ducks the oncoming
Kerwin and hits a forearm to the head on Striker. Kerwin
charges and gets backdropped. Shelton hits a series
of right hands on both men then whips Kerwin to the
ropes and lifts him into the air dropping him chest
first to the mat. Shelton knocks Nemeth out of the ring
and climbs to the top for a clothesline on Kerwin. Nemeth
grabs the nine iron and jumps on the ring apron but
Shelton knocks him off. Shelton goes for a back suplex
on Kerwin, but Kerwin floats over and Nemeth sneaks
in while the ref is getting the nine iron out of the
ring. The two hit a doubleteam electric chair on Shelton
and Kerwin scores the pin on Shelton.
THE VERDICT
Decent match. The action was good when
Shelton and Kerwin were in there. Striker and Nemeth
were alright but definitely a step down from the other
two. The gimmick that Kerwin and Nemeth are doing really
takes away from their matches. The Striker turn seemed
to come out of nowhere. This looks to be setting up
a Shelter vs. Striker match next week. This was the
best match on the show.
OVERALL:
This show was just kinda there. Nothing
here that you really need to go out of your way to see.
Decent main event, but the other matches were really
too short to even form an opinion on. They are using
angles here to set up future matches though and that's
good. Vis and Val will earn a tag title opportunity
after this week's win and it looks like Conway vs. Eugene
and Shelton vs. Striker are something we'll see down
the line. I guess with Heat, I'd like to feel like I'm
getting something I don't get from raw and right now
I'm not getting it.
