The online version of Heat is now online.
This weeks show features Rob Conway taking on legend
Koko B Ware. Also, Kerwin White takes on Val Venis.
You can check out the latest edition of Heat at WWE.com
(1) Shelton Benjamin defeated
Johnny Parisi with the T-Bone suplex.
Segment one opens with Shelton Benjamin
taking on Johnny Parisi in singles action. No coach
this week as Tommy Dreamer is taking his place on commentary
with Todd Grisham. Tommy appears to be the world's biggest
Heat fan. The announcers talk about how the fans voted
Shelton into the Intercontinental title match at Taboo
Tuesday last year. They lock up and Parisi goes for
the arm early on, but Shelton springs himself off the
ropes and reverses it. Matt Striker comes out at the
top of the ramp to look on. As you recall last week,
Striker had walked out on Shelton in a tag match against
Kerwin White and Nick Nemeth. Shelton hits a backdrop
and an armdrag, but Parisi gets out of it with a series
of punches and kicks. Parisi tries an Irish whip to
the corner, but Shelton reverses him into the corner
and hits a forearm to the back. Shelton finally notices
Striker and glares at him. He gives Parisi a kneelift
but is distracted by Striker's presence. Parisi rakes
the eyes then goes for a back suplex, but Shelton slips
out the back door and hits a couple right hands. He
whips him to the corner and charges in, but Parisi moves
out of the way and Shelton goes shoulder first into
the corner post. Parisi takes advantage with some kicks
in the corner and follows with a choke. He then hits
a shortarm clothesline for a one count. Parisi goes
to a front facelock to wear him down. Shelton fights
out, but Parisi hits a few forearms to the back and
a knee to the face to regain control. Parisi goes for
a suplex, but Shelton lands on his feet and springs
to the top rope for a reverse flying forearm. Shelton
hits a series of clotheslines, so Parisi tries throwing
him outside the ring, but Shelton catches himself on
the ringapron and gives Parisi a springboard blockbuster.
Shelton whips Parisi to the corner and hits the stinger
splash. Parisi staggers out and Shelton slaps on the
T-Bone suplex for the 1-2-3. Striker gives an insincere
clap before walking to the back. They close out the
segment with a video hyping the Taboo Tuesday main event,
a triple threat match for the WWE title with John Cena
defending against Kurt Angle and a mystery opponent
to be determined by the fans. The choices are Shawn
Michaels, Kane and The Big Show.
THE VERDICT
Decent match. Bascially a squash for Shelton,
but Parisi did get some offense in. They are furthering
the Shelton/Matt Striker feud. It boggles the mind why
that is a match that must be built to. It's scary to
see Shelton in the curtain jerker on Heat when you know
he can be doing much more.
(2) Tyson Tomko defeated Shawn
Riddick by knockout
Segment two starts off with the problem
solver Tyson Tomko taking on Shawn Riddick. Tomko attacks
with a spinebuster and pretty much beats the hell out
of Riddick with punches and knee strikes as the crowd
chants "Tomko sucks." Tomko throws him to
the outside and rams him back into the ring apron. He
rolls him back in but gets caught with a punch to the
gut. Tomko throws him in the corner and charges in,
but Riddick moves out of the way. This allows Riddick
to get a couple right hands in. Tomko breaks that up
with a knee and whips him to the corner. Riddick jumps
to the ring apron and gives Tomko a shoulderblock to
the gut before climbing to the top, but Tomko hits THE
KICK OF DEATH! THE KICK OF DEATH! Riddick lays unconscious
on the floor as the ref checks him and awards the knockout
victory to Tyson Tomko. Tomko runs into Snitsky backstage.
Snitsky says "Hey Tomko. Great match man. I love
how you tore his head off with that boot. But you know
what? It kinda reminded me of last week's battle royal
on raw when you took my head off with that same boot.
But you know what? I can respect that and I was thinking
I'd rather have you with me than against me. So what
do you say. Snitsky. Tomko. New tag team around here.
What do you think?" Tyson wasn't sure. Snitsky
said "Come on man. We got the goatees, we're big,
we're scary. We got the foot fetish...oh, that's me
with the foot fetish. But anyway, what do you think?
New tag champs baby." Tomko said he'd think about
it but didn't seem crazy about the idea. They close
out the segment with a video hyping the Taboo Tuesday
match between Ric Flair and Triple H. Fans determine
the stipulation and have the choices 1 fall to a finish,
submission or steel cage.
THE VERDICT
The match was what it was. It put Tomko
over as a monster and his knockout streak continues.
This segment is must see just for the Snitsky promo.
That was so bad and I loved every minute of it.
(3) Kerwin White defeated Val
Venis with a rollup with a handfull of tights.
Segment three has Kerwin White taking
on Val Venis. "Chavo sucks" chants ring from
the crowd. They lock up and Val works on the arm early
while the announcers talk about the Gregory Helms promo
on WWE Unlimited this past Monday. Tommy Dreamer gives
a mini rant on Helms acting as the voice of the fans.
Kerwin goes to a side headlock but Val gets out of it
and goes back to the arm. Kerwin finally makes it to
the ropes and gives Val a thumb to the eyes on the break.
Kerwin whips him to the corner and begins to work on
the back with some kicks and knees. Kerwin follows with
a back suplex for a two count. Kerwin taunts the crowd,
then whips Val to ther ropes for a backdrop. The "Chavo
sucks" chant starts up again as Kerwin continues
to work on the back. Val elbows his way out but with
the damage done to his back, he is unable to get Kerwin
up for a suplex. Kerwin hits a forearm and suplexes
Val who lays on the mat in pain. He whips Val to the
ropes and lowers his head for another backdrop, but
this time Val kicks him in the head. Val hits a series
of punches and whips Kerwin to the ropes for a backdrop.
Val holds his back in pain. Val whips him to the ropes
and hits a series of ten clotheslines in the corner.
He hits a half-nelson slam but instead of going for
the cover, he goes to the top rope for the money shot.
Nick Nemeth jumps on the ring apron and distracts Val
allowing Kerwin time to recover. Val punches Nick off
the ring apron, but the distraction allows Kerwin to
roll up Val by the tights and score the pin. They close
the segment with a video recap of the John Cena/Kurt
Angle match from Raw this past Monday.
THE VERDICT
This was probably the best match of the
show. The problem is no one takes either guy seriously.
There was no mention at all about Val and Viscera's
non-title win over the tag champs last week. If we're
supposed to care about non title wins, the announcers
need to take at least five seconds here and at least
make mention of it. In the commentary of the next segment,
while discussing the tag title match at Taboo Tuesday,
Grisham claims that Cade and Murdoch have never lost
a match, so apparantly last week's win by Val and Viscera
never happened.
(4) Rob Conway defeated Koko B
Ware with the ego trip
Segment four opens with a video hyping
the Steve Austin vs. Jonathan Coachman match at Taboo
Tuesday. Fans will choose the type of match and the
choices are verbal debate, arm wrestling or street fight.
Main event time with the birdman Koko B Ware taking
on Rob Conway. Conway attacks Koko about halfway down
the ramp. He works him over on the floor before ramming
him into the ringpost. He rolls him in and stomps him
in the corner. Conway knocks him to the ground after
a couple forearms then chokes him in the ropes. Conway
bodyslams Koko and follows with a couple elbow drops
before slapping the legend. Finally Koko gets some offense
in with some windup punches. Koko whips him to the ropes
for a clothesline but Conway ducks and hits one of his
own. Conway whips him to the corner, but Koko reverses
Conway to the corner and charges in, but Conway moves
out of the way. Conway follows up with the ego trip
to score the pin. Eugene runs down after the match but
Conway pulls him out to the floor where he hits the
ego trip on him as well. At Taboo Tuesday, Eugene will
team up with a legend that the fans choose to take on
Rob Conway. The choices are "Superfly" Jimmy
Snuka, "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan and Kamala.
THE VERDICT
This was really not much of a match at
all. Pretty much a squash for Conway. This is an interesting
gimmick where Conway takes on one of the old legends
every week. Really though, the entrance of the legends
is really the only payoff. Once the match starts, you
realize how old the guy is.
OVERALL
Well, when Kerwin White vs. Val Venis
is the best match on the show, that tells you alot about
the show. They did have a solid match, but Kerwin is
sorta turning into the Team Canada of Heat where he
has the same predictable finish to his match every week.
Val has been jobbed out way too long to be taken seriously
either. It's sad to see Shelton Benjamin in the curtain
jerker on Heat when I think he could be doing so much
more. He really needs a heel turn bad to add something
to his currently bland character. I think Parisi could
be doing more as well maybe in a tag team of some kind.
The Tomko/Snitsky thing was kinda interesting. When
Snitsky gets a microphone in a hands, you never know
what's gonna happen and its usually must see TV in that
so bad that its good kinda way.
They did a decent job hyping up Taboo
Tuesday. Excuse me while I go on a bit of a rant but
I just really don't know what they're thinking with
that show. Last year's event bombed and yet they decided
to do it again. Who wants to watch a pay per view on
Tuesday night? Not I, thats for sure. Then you factor
in that they promote it as the fans being in control
of the show when there aren't any options for the fans
to have. We may as well be voting for the President
again. If either Kane or Big Show get over 10%, I think
I'll be stunned. We get the in ring return of Stone
Cold Steve Austin against an announcer? And on the same
show they have Mick Foley in a pretty meaningless match
as well. Legends like Austin and Foley need to be used
a lot better while they can still make a difference.
It seems like one of those pay per views just for the
sake of having a pay per view and that's never good.
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