Heart Punch

AGAINST: This tag match again? FOR: Cena: "Hell, I live here." FOR: The look on JBL's face during Cena's gift presentation. AGAINST: Why is Finlay climbing the stairs? FOR: Cena/Finlay! AGAINST: No Amy? FOR: Regal's heel shenanigans. FOR: Taylor's fallaway slam of Kendrick from the turnbuckle. FOR: Yang getting the hot tag. AGAINST: Regal and Taylor walking out? WTF? FOR: Mercury's return. FOR: Holy shit - footage from the "HHH Runs The Gauntlet" SmackDown Inferno match from ... '99? FOR: The contrast between Kennedy and MVP panicking and trying to keep themselves from wetting their pants and UT and Kane just standing there and snarling at the camera and Taker doing his eye thing. AGAINST: How much did World of Warcraft pay for that Office Space footage? FOR: MVP being so freaked out by the hearse that his own pyro startles him. AGAINST: MVP talking to Chimel and Korderas like they can help. FOR: Kane looking at the hearse ...

Yeah, with no ECW to recap today, I'm bored. I'm planning to work on another recap later, but I wanted to put up a quick VV for two reasons...both the Misawa/Marufuji GHC title switch and Angle/Joe II from this past weekend have officially hit the net and that's notable enough to warrant an immediate post, methinks. Found some other stuff of interest as well. I'll try not to post every match ever wrestled this time around! Mitsuharu Misawa v. Naomichi Marufuji - GHC Title Match (NOAH - 12.10.06) This is loading as I type this, so it'll be a while before I get to sit down and watch it. Meh. The reviews I've read have said it's good, though. Not great...but good. One has to wonder why Misawa is taking the title back, though I'm so out of the loop on the puro that perhaps he's just bridging the gap between Marufuji and their next big choice as champion. Beating Misawa theoretically means more than beating Marufuji at this point, so that makes some sense...

He has 'til *5*, referee! My week off starts today! Fan-friggin'-tastic! If not going to work doesn't put you in a good mood, nothing will. Except for maybe the fine selection of wrestling goodness that I present in this very special SUPER-SIZED post that celebrates my vacation! Be there. "American Dragon" Bryan Danielson v. KENTA (Pro Wrestling NOAH - 12.2.06) Haven't watched this myself as of yet. Since I got my newer PC repaired, these video sites actually work, though. They take longer than hell to load, but they do work. I'm hoping to check this match out later. At any rate, this is supposed to be really good, but not to the level of their match in ROH. The crowd is supposed to hurt it a bunch, as they're apparently dead throughout. "American Dragon" Bryan Danielson v. KENTA (ROH - Glory By Honor V, Night Two - 9.16.06) And...this would be the companion ROH match. ****3/4 sez Meltzer and worth every snowflake in this man's opinion. D...

FOR: Kennedy surveying the hearse. FOR: Wait, did the car just start? AGAINST: Cole and JBL not noticing the car starting until the lights go out. FOR: The crowd shots. AGAINST: Cole botching his 'Playboy research' joke. FOR: This match. FOR: Cena's promo. AGAINST: Why not do Batista's promo in the ring or something? AGAINST: What are those, toy shilleaghs? FOR: JBL: "Torpid. It means 'dull and unenergetic'." Cole: "It was so much easier when Tazz was out here." FOR: I'd normally prefer a faster-paced match, but it's better for these two guys. AGAINST: Cena's not here, right? FOR: I also expect Booker and Finlay to show up on Raw on Monday. FOR: Yang/Noble! FOR: Helms's suit. FOR: Helms's retort to Cole's "What's that on your head?" question. FOR: Cole: "Well, at least I don't wax my eyebrows." AGAINST: How is that softening Kane up? FOR: JBL on Sylvan: "He just surr...

-Clips from December to Dismember. Well, honestly, it was clips of the Elimination Chamber. If this package went a minute, the other matches got a combined 2½ seconds at the most. At any rate, that Bobby Lashley is your new ECW champion. I might have preferred Show. -Paul Heyman promo, from after D2D. He's in tears because Show lost the title. But only because the odds were so stacked against him. Err…you're the guy who made the match. Kinda hard to bitch about it now. The rematch clause is in effect on this week's show. In other words, in 45 minutes or so. Huzzah… -Montage. Rob Van Dam & CM Punk v. Test & Hardcore Holly - What an interesting dichotomy of talent/lifestyle on that first team. And, uhh…Test. Van Dam dedicates the match to Sabu, who was injured (?) at D2D. Guess it was an angle. Don't care enough to look into it. Styles mentions that Vince McMahon had sent Paul Heyman home earlier in the day . In the ring, RVD takes Holly over with a 'rana, th...

Sorry to say, I accidentally taped over the 11.21 episode of ECW, so I'll pretend to have recapped it and you pretend that you've read it. See? Everyone is happy. -Heyman and his bodyguards are out. He officially announces the weapons that will be in the Elimination Chamber. Chair, Crowbar (not Devon Storm, though that'd be pretty nifty), a table and a barbed wire bat. Apparently, all of the people who start in the pods will have a weapon. Otherwise, it's just a regular EC match. Wow…that's underwhelming. -Opening montage. -Tonight, we get a special Elimination Chamber triple-header. CM Punk v. Test, Sabu v. RVD and Bobby Lashley v. Big Show. Rob Van Dam v. Sabu - They run through a quick side headlock takedown into headscissors kip up sequence. Then do so again, for no real reason. Let the indy standoff die, dudes. It's time is WAAAAY past. They trade punches and Sabu takes RVD down with a dropkick to the ankle. He whips Van Dam into the corner, but charges in...

AGAINST: They're bringing back the Inferno Match? FOR: JBL: "I did what I had to do!" Cole: "So did Batista!" JBL: "He cheated." AGAINST: It doesn't sound as good when Sharmell's pissed off. AGAINST: What, Mr. McMahon changes the stips immediately pre-match all the time. AGAINST: Finlay? FOR: He's got a point. FOR: Yay MNM! FOR: Yay Melina! AGAINST: Why is Cole talking about ECW like he was there? And why is a Raw guy teaming with a Smackdown guy to hype a match on an ECW pay-per-view? WORLDS ARE COLLIDING FOR: Cole and JBL referencing the history between these two teams. FOR: Chemistry's still there. FOR: JBL on Ron Simmons: "He makes a living now saying one word." FOR: Kendrick's escape flip and tag. AGAINST: What happened? Can we get a replay? FOR: Thanks, guys. FOR: Kennedy to MVP: "You're stupid. Yeah, you're an idiot." AGAINST: They're not actually gonna do this tonight, a...