411’s WWE Superstars Report 05.19.11

Episode 20; May 19, 2011

Commentators: SmackDown; Jack Korpela & Matt Striker Raw; Scott Stanford & Josh Matthews

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Championship’s role call: WWE Champion: John Cena… World Champion: Randy Orton… Intercontinental Champion: Wade Barrett… United States Champion: Kofi Kingston… Tag Team Champions: Big Show and Kane… Diva’s Champion: Brie Bella… Internet Champion: Zack Ryder

Yoshi Tatsu vs. Tyson Kidd (w/Michael “PS” Hayes):   Pre-match, Hayes discusses his history in Corpus Christi and immediately begins to insult the fans; he says they have nothing special about them and neither does Tatsu. Kidd has ambition; the fans there probably cannot spell ambition. Hayes begins to spell it (incorrectly) until the referee interrupts, “hey, we gotta match, here…” Hayes takes forever to leave the ring and Kidd takes advantage kicking him before the bell. This match ought to be fun. The bell rings and Kidd hits a snap-suplex and tries for a quick pinfall. Kidd stands on Tatsu’s head; maybe he stole the Yoshi [figure] head! Kidd beats on Tatsu in the corner and he reverses; Hayes hops up on the apron to create a distraction and Tyson is able to counter with a neckbreaker. The referee is extra miked tonight so we can hear his entire conversation with Michael Hayes. Jack Korpela questions why the referee is allowing “such a blatant distraction”; have you seen one wrestling match in the past fifty years? Kidd snaps Tatsu over and hits a basement dropkick. Kidd gets a few nearfalls and then settles into a chinlock. Tatsu counters a telegraphed dropkick and then dropkicks and clotheslines Kidd to the floor. The referee blocks Hayes from assisting/interfering and then Tatsu pescados out onto Kidd on the other side. Tyson kicks Tatsu into the ring barricade and retains the advantage; Hayes jumps up on the apron again and MOONWALKS. Back from commercial, Tyson has Yoshi locked in a side headlock; Tatsu tries to comeback but Kidd counters into a back suplex… reversed into a crossbody by Tatsu. Kidd sneaks in a clothesline and chokes on the ropes; Hayes gets in his face but the referee turns around before he can hit him. Hayes distracts the referee again allowing some more choking by Kidd. Good old school manager. Kidd runs along the floor and hits a running one foot dropkick to Tatsu (who was draped on the ropes from the inside of the ring). It gets two so Kidd reapplies the chinlock. Tatsu sneaks in a crucifix but misses a dropkick; a running boot puts Yoshi back down again. Another chinlock is applied; Kidd misses a corner charge and Tatsu drop-toeholds him into the bottom turnbuckle. Hayes offers encouragement but Tatsu comes back with a series of kicks and a spinning wheel kick for two. Hayes removes the jacket in frustration as Tatsu goes to the top; Kidd catches him and crotches him. Top-rope superplex follows and Kidd crawls into a nearfall; Kidd turns Tatsu into the Sharpshooter… he just makes the ropes. Kidd misses a slingshot guillotine legdrop but recovers with a nice slingshot reverse victory roll (nice) but Tatsu rolls-through into a schoolboy… for two. Tatsu sneaks a deadly roundhouse kick and gets three. Post-match, Hayes enters the ring and applauds Kidd and helps him up and slaps him in the face. Hayes says “don’t fail me, I’ve forgotten more than you’ll ever know”. Tough love! 6/10 The match was good but the ending was rather abrupt; the loss shows the type of teacher that Hayes is… not accepting any failure. I assume this is not the end of the relationship; just to show what kind of one it will be; surprising I thought Kidd would get a few more wins going with his new advisor before the first loss.

Here is your winner… Yoshi Tatsu @ approx. 10:40 (broadcast) via roundhouse kick pinfall.

Santino Marella & Vladimir Kozlov vs. Curt Hawkins & Zack Ryder:   This actually stems from a match last week where Hawkins costs Kozlov a match against Ryder. Scott Stanford (who rules) dubs Hawkins and Ryder the “Major Broskis”… I like it! Santino starts off with Ryder and trips him down but Zack takes over; Santino tips-over in the corner and fakes out Ryder with a Cobra. Ryder retreats and tags in Hawkins; Curt DISRESPECTS THE COBRA so Santino snags him with a Tiatoshi takedown. Kozlov tags in… I must break you! Kozlov also uses the Tiatoshi but Hawkins controls with a headlock. Kozlov fires him off and battering rams him through the ropes to the floor. Ryder comes to his aide. ARE YOU SERIOUS, BRO? Back from commercial, Vladimir powerslams Ryder and boots him in the face; fall-away slams sends Ryder to the floor. Kozlov celebrates a little too much and the Long Island Iced Z hangs his throat off the second rope and tags in Hawkins. Curt drops a flying Hart attack clothesline and knees the back of his head. Hawkins and Ryder hit a tandem Russian leg sweep/STO combo. Ryder chokes in the ropes; Hawkins sneaks in a cheap shot from the apron. Ryder grabs a chinlock but Kozlov quickly fireman’s carries himself free. Zack nails Santino from the apron distracting the referee allowing the Broskis to illegally double team Vlad. Hawkins applies a front chancery and Kozlov tries to power his way to the corner but an elbow cuts it off; Curt tries the same move Ryder did earlier, knocking Marella off the apron, but it backfires and Kozlov backdrops into the hot tag. Santino comes in and handles Curt with the split-legged hiptoss; Ryder runs in but eats a spinebuster from Kozlov. Marella hits the Salute head-butt to Hawkins. Marella strikes the Cobra and gets a three count on Hawkins. Post-match, the winners trumpet taunt around the ring. 6.5/10 Meh, the match was good and entertaining but I would have liked to seen Hawkins and Ryder get a win there in their reunification match; I get it, Santino and Kozlov are super over and get the crowd all pumped up, but they seem to be building mini feuds here on the C-Show so having the heels win here does a lot more for them as Santino and Kozlov wouldn’t get any less over for it.

Here are your winners… Santino Marella and Vladimir Kozlov @ about 9:45 (broadcast) via Cobra strike pinfall.

Evan “Air” Bourne vs. Drew McIntyre:   They are advertising Broken Dreams, Drew’s entrance theme, on iTunes; great, now I don’t have to watch his matches anymore! Drew gets a reverse wastelock slam but Bourne controls with a hammerlock; McIntyre segues into a standing side headlock, Bourne fires him off but Drew shoulderblocks him down. They run the ropes and Bourne outmaneuvers him with a wheelbarrow arm drag followed by a Japanese arm drag. Bourne tries to go back to the hammerlock but McIntyre powers him back into the corner and props him on the top rope. Bourne fakes him out with a diving clothesline and segues into an arm drag in midair; dropkick sends Drew to the floor that pisses him off and he pulls apart the announce table. McIntyre charges back in and Bourne capitalizes with a dashing hurracanrana; McIntyre backdrops Bourne to the apron but gets his head kicked off.  Drew comes back with a clothesline off the apron sending Bourne for an inverted 360º sell onto the floor. Whoa! Back from commercial, Drew tries a vertical suplex but Bourne knees himself free, as only he does, but runs into a big boot; that gets two. Drew stomps and punches a mudhole in the corner; he even does the Steve Austin wristwatch taunt! TAUNT STEALING! They fight atop the ropes and Drew scores with a LONG delayed vertical superplex. Impressive… most impressive, but he is not a Jedi yet because it only gets two. Drew is puzzled as to why he did not get a win as he heads to the apron with Bourne; he goes for, what I assume was supposed to be a running Emerald Fusion on the apron, but Bourne sips off his back and drops him off the apron face first into the steel steps. It sounds more impressive than it looked. Back in the ring, Bourne begins to kick away and completes the flurry with a jumping spin kick but it gets a nearfall. He hits a running basement dropkick in the corner to McIntyre and the WWE switches to the turnbuckle cam for the impact. Looked cool. Air Bourne is countered via a McIntyre ring escape so Evan leaps out onto him there with a crossbody block. They return to the ring where the finishing sequence is quite awesome… Bourne tries hurracanrana but McIntyre blocks mid-move and then turns it into a turnbuckle powerbomb, catches Bourne on the rebound with the Future-Shock DDT, for three. Nice. 7/10 Good main event match this week; Drew has had two or three good matches in a row, since getting embarrassed by Randy Orton on his last SmackDown. I have been rather harsh on him, may rethink my opinion; although, he was in there with the trusty Chris Masters (in a loss) last week and the high powered bump machine Bourne (in a win) this week. The ending sequence went off flawlessly and smoothly looked good and earned the match at least one more point; it capped off a (usual) good Superstars.

Here is your winner… Drew McIntyre @ around 13:10 (broadcast) via Future-Shock DDT pinfall.

OVERALL 7/10 The usual good show with entertaining little storylines (Michael Hayes and the Major Broskis reunion) running through the past few, and including, this show. Good show unfortunately buried on the Internet.