The latest edition of Heat is now online. This weeks
show features a main event with Snitsky and Tomko making
their tag team debut against Viscera and Val Venis.
Also, Eugene takes on ROH's Colt Cabana and Matt Striker
faces Tajiri. You can check out the latest edition of
Heat at http://www.wwe.com/shows/webshows/heat/
(1) Matt Striker defeated Tajiri
with a rollup up the ropes while holding the tights.
Segment one has our opener with Matt Striker
taking on Tajiri. The announcers hype up Survivor Series
which is only two weeks away. Striker and Tajiri trade
headlocks, armbars and standing switches before Striker
finally throws Tajiri down to the mat by the hair. Striker
follows up with a back suplex, a knee lift and a suplex.
Todd Grisham makes reference to Striker's locker room
heat as Striker drops a knee to the back of the head.
Tajiri finally gets some offense by grabbing Striker's
leg and executing a dragonscrew leg whip. He tries to
follow up with a clothesline, but Striker reverses it
into a weird looking submission move with Tajiri's leg
hooked between his legs in a standing postion and his
hands locked around the side of the head of Tajiri.
Tajiri backs him into the corner and lands some chops
which are followed by some of his lethal kicks. Striker
shoves him off to the ropes, but Tajiri hits his springboard
back elbow and follows with a spin kick for a two count.
Striker comes back with a neckbreaker, but Tajiri quickly
recovers and lands a kick to the midsection. Striker
charges in to the corner but gets caught in the taranchula.
Tajiri goes for the buzzsaw kick, but Striker ducks
and rolls up Tajiri off the ropes while holding the
tights to score the pin. They close out the segment
with a commercial for the Wrestlemania Anthology DVD
set.
THE VERDICT
This was an okay match but nothing really
worth going out of your way for. Its sad to see that
Tajiri has fallen all the way to opening match jobber
on Heat. He could be doing so much more. Matt Striker
seems like Heat's Carlito in that he only wins by cheap
means.
(2) Eugene defeated Colt Cabana
with a rock bottom.
Segment two has Eugene taking on Colt
Cabana. Colt gives everybody a thumbs down while he's
being introduced. Eugene and Colt trade armbars while
Colt tries his best to do the Iron Mike Sharpe yelling
in pain routine. Eugene shoves Colt to the ropes and
Colt leapfrogs him and bounces off the ropes but Eugene
curls himself up into a ball. Colt looks confused and
goes for a windmill elbow drop but Eugene moves out
of the way. Eugene lands the Junkyard Dog headbutts
and lifts his leg doing the um dog marking his territory
spot. An upset Colt Cabana runs into a single leg trip
and Eugene rides him as if he's a mechanical bull. He
whips Colt to the corner, but runs into a back elbow.
Colt follows with a driving elbow and a suplex for a
pair of two counts. Colt lands a couple right hands
and rams Eugene into the corner turnbuckle a couple
times, but Eugene hulks up and hits the windup punch
on Colt followed by an airplane spin. Both men stagger
around the ring and Colt walks into and atomic drop.
Eugene mocks Colt before hitting the rock bottom for
the pin. From here, we go backstage for a mini promo
with Snitsky and Tomko. Snitsky tells Tomko he likes
his boots. Tomko tells Snitsky he likes his back acne.
Tomko says he can hardly wait to take out Val and Vis,
he can already taste it. Tomko says "Two great
tastes that taste great together." Wow. What a
dream team of insanity those two are. They close the
segment with the divas uncovered commecial. Somehow
that seems appropriate following Snitsky and Tomko.
THE VERDICT
Good comedy match with Eugene and Colt.
I have the feeling a bunch of net fans who don't usually
watch heat will be checking out this segment since Colt
is in it. It was short, but good and pretty much your
typical Eugene match.
(3) Kerwin White and Nick Nemeth
defeated The Heart Throbs when Kerwin pinned Antonio
with a jackhammer suplex.
Segment three started out with a recap
of the raw main event. From there we go to tag-team
action with Kerwin White and Nick Nemeth taking on the
heart throbs. I don't know when exactly the heart throbs
turned babyface, but I must have missed the memo. White
and Nemeth attack from behind and Nemeth throws Romeo
outside. White chokes out Antonio with his shirt while
Nemeth distracts the ref. Antonio reverses into a sitdown
hiptoss and give Nemeth one as well. From here all four
men are in the ring and the heart throbs whip White
and Nemeth to the ropes for a pair of back elbows. White
and Nemeth bail to the floor while the heart throbs
pose in the ring. Nemeth comes in and works over Antonio
in the corner. He whips him to the other corner, but
charges into a back elbow. Antonio follows up with a
reverse body press off the second rope but doesn't try
a cover. Nemeth tags out to White who runs into an armdrag.
Antonio makes the tag to Romeo who comes in and continues
to work on Kerwin's arm. He whips Kerwin to the corner
but gets caught by a Kerwin headbutt to the midsection
while he's charging in. From there, Antonio argues with
the ref while Kerwin lifts up Romeo and Nemeth drops
his throat acrosst he top rope in a double team hot
shot. Kerwin and Nemeth continue to work him over in
the corner with doubleteam moves and quick frequent
tags. Finally, Romeo backdrops Kerwin and makes the
tag to Antonio. He whips Kerwin to the ropes for a backdrop
and knocks Nemeth from the ring apron. The heart throbs
both go to the ropes for a doubleteam move, but Nemeth
trips up Romeo and pulls him outside. Kerwin catches
Antonio in a flapjack on the rebound and hits a jackhammer
for the pin. They close out the segment with ad for
the Jake "the snake" Roberts dvd "Pick
Your Poison."
THE VERDICT
Not a bad match, but these gimmicks are
all played out.
(4) Gene Snitksy and Tyson Tomko
defeated Val Venis and Viscera when Tomko pinned Val
after a mafia kick.
In segment four, its main event time with
the newly formed team of Snitsky and Tyson Tomko taking
on Val Venis and Viscera. Tomko starts out with big
Vis. Tomko shoves him, so Vis responds by shoving Tomko
out of the ring. Tomko tags out to Snitsky who comes
in and tries to bodyslam big Vis which isn't happening.
Vis slams him instead and tags out to Val. He comes
in and they hit the drop toe hold/big Vis elbowdrop
combo. Val covers for a series of two counts. Snitsky
makes the blind tag to Tomko and they hit a doubleteam
sidewalk slam/elbow drop combo. Tomko only gets a two
count but follows with some punches to back of the head
and a suplex. He tags Snitsky and they hit a double
team elbow on Val. Snitsky follows up with a bodyslam
and and elbow drop for another two count. Val tries
to fight back, but Snitsky tags out to Tomko and they
double team Val some more. Tomko hits a running over
the shoulder powerslam for another two count and follows
up with an abdominal stretch. Val gets out, but Tomko
shoves him back to the corner. Val fights his way out
and tries to crawl over to the corner, but Tomko grabs
his leg. Val counters with an enziguri but Snitsky runs
in and nails Viscera before Val can make the tag. Vis
comes in and shoves the ref down before hitting a blackhole
slam on Tomko. Snitsky charges but gets hit with a spinning
heel kick from Vis. Vis goes for the visagra, but the
ref wont let him do it since he's not the legal man.
Val charges Snitsky and goes for a clothesline, but
Snitsky reverses it into a full nelson and throws Val
into Tomko's KICK OF DEATH, KICK OF DEATH. OH MY GOD.
THE KICK OF DEATH. Tomko covers for the pin.
THE VERDICT
Shockingly Snitsky and Tomko actually
looked good together. They did some nice doubleteam
spots and there's just something about those two together
that kinda works in a sick way. I can definitely see
them challenging Show and Kane for the belts at some
point.
OVERALL
This was probably the best episode of
heat since I've started reviewing the show. Really nothing
all that bad on it. Snitsky and Tomko worked alot better
together than I thought they would. Striker's push continues.
We'll have to see if that goes anywhere. Eugene is Eugene.
This could be the final match with the Kerwin White
gimmick. After the whole thing with Eddie yesterday,
I only hope they let Chavo drop that silly gimmick.
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