Heart Punch

FOR: Starting the show with Batista getting revenge. AGAINST: No-DQ? Batista and UT are screwed. FOR: Kane laughing at Boogeyman's worms. FOR: I'm with Cole on this one. JBL: "Kane has finally found someone more sadistic and more of a monster than himself." Cole: "I wouldn't say more ." JBL: "I would!" Cole: "Maybe 'just as'." FOR: JBL: "How do you prepare for a sick monster like Kane, with that goofy eye of his, and a guy who is EATING WORMS ON THE APRON?" FOR: Regal and Taylor working over Kane again. AGAINST : I was dreading this tag. FOR: Kane begging off Boogeyman's worm offer. AGAINST: What's with spending two minutes on Cherry's role with the team? FOR: Deuce covering Kendrick's shoulders with his knees. FOR: This match, surprisingly. FOR: Cole: "Do you even listen to me?" "JBL: "No." FOR: About time Benoit said something to this guy. AGAINST: Is this a...

FOR : 400 shows? Wow. FOR : Batista's new pyro. FOR: The sequence that led to Batista pushing Finlay off the top rope. AGAINST : KENNEDY? AGAINST : The sound's pretty bad tonight. AGAINST : And it's about to get worse. "Hot Red?" FOR : At least it's working. FOR : Jillian: "I wasn't done yet. Go back." AGAINST : Did we really need a replay of that? FOR : That's even the old Hardyz video. AGAINST : That Matt-Helms counter even screwed Cole up. FOR: Chavo drawing Benoit into the ring, then waving Helms in while the referee went to get Benoit out of the ring. FOR : How the hell did Benoit backdrop MVP while locking the Sharpshooter on Helms? AGAINST : Isn't it disgustingly early to be selling tickets for Survivor Series? FOR : JBL's "bird flying around with the Earth on fire" line. AGAINST : London's still down? What's the angle here? AGAINST : How utterly anticlimactic. FOR : The replay of the look on Kendrick...

AGAINST: I kind of liked having the PPVs be brand-exclusive. FOR: A Last Man Standing rematch? AGAINST: Hornswaggle's still hiding under the ring? AGAINST: Is that a Kennedy chant? FOR: That's more like it. AGAINST: What, no match? FOR: Thanks, Teddy. AGAINST: Is Michelle a face again? AGAINST: Ashley's screams of Pain and Anguish. FOR: Deuce & Domino's music is among the new greatest things ever. AGAINST: Why is Cherry power walking? FOR: JBL on London & Kendrick: "They're lunatics. But they're damn good lunatics." FOR: London breaking his 10-punch to dropkick Domino off the apron. AGAINST: Uh, what exactly happened to cause that? FOR: D&D busting into Teddy's office. FOR: Benoit's two rope breaks. FOR: The comedy of JBL saying "player haters." AGAINST: The German suplex-off-the-apron-to-the-floor tease. It's never happening. FOR: MVP's belly-to-belly overhead suplex. FOR: This match. FOR: NO...

I'm working on a recap of PWG's Battle of Los Angeles shows from 2006 but, obviously, they ain't done yet. So here's some stuff to watch to tide you over in the interim... Takashi Sasaki v. Yuko Miyamoto - Scaffold Deathmatch (Big Japan Pro Wrestling - 3.14.07) Early candidate for Match of the Year and one of the better deathmatches I've ever seen. Not a fan of the DM style at all, but I can certainly appreciate them when they're done well. This is pretty brutal, but even beyond the weapons there's a killer match at the core. Takeshi Morishima v. Homicide - ROH Title (ROH - Fifth Year Festival:Philly - 2.17.07) Whatever your thought is on the booking, it's hard to deny that Morishima is a KILLING MACHINE. I'm curious to see how this all plays out and won't really bitch about it unless it all goes south from here. Ring of Honor v. Combat Zone Wrestling - Cage of Death (ROH - Death Before Dishonor IV - 7.15.06) The big blow off for the entire ROH/C...

FOR: Jeff? AGAINST : Jeff nearly got killed on that top-rope backdrop. FOR: Jeff selling that he's not fully recovered. AGAINST: Did Finlay just turn face? FOR: I was wondering why Teddy was so willing to give Kennedy Hornswaggle in a match. FOR: Who-wha? Oh, it's Timbaland. AGAINST: "Timby?" FOR: You know this happens to him all the time. FOR: The WrestleMania video package, particularly the beginning with the spliced scenes from 3 and 23. FOR: Nice bitchslap. AGAINST: Did Miz crotch himself in the corner on purpose? FOR: JBL tries to remain unimpressed: "Yes, I've wrestled on five different continents. I've never seen that." I don't think he knows what just happened. I know I don't. FOR: Shockingly, this match. FOR: MVP hiding behind the ring and listening for the end of the match. AGAINST: Miz wins?!?!? KENNEDY. AGAINST: How is Matt already bleeding from the mouth? FOR: JBL to Cole: "I mean, you should know what it...

AGAINST : "The Biggest Interview In Sports Entertainment History?" FOR: Edge. FOR: Edge vs. Matt. AGAINST : Khali? AGAINST : Cole thinking JBL might actually be opposed to Edge's tactics. FOR : Kane ending this farce. AGAINST : What exactly are Kane's plans for that hook? AGAINST : Sonic on a Nintendo system just looks so wrong. BOTH: Did he just say ten-Diva tag? FOR: Kennedy and Finlay not breaking the grapple while rolling out of the ring. FOR: JBL: "That's a $1,000 hat." FOR: Finlay finishing the job Kennedy started on the turnbuckle pad. AGAINST: The Lepreton Bomb? FOR: JBL: "I love her." AGAINST: A spear? FOR: Cole: "Everybody laughs at me. I'm used to it." FOR: Ah, it's called the Playmaker. All right. FOR: OUCH. FOR: Jeff's rope-hang kick in the corner. AGAINST: Bad camera angle on the Whisper in the Wind. You can tell Jeff completely missed. AGAINST: Seriously, WTF is Edge's problem? FOR: Mi...