Csonka Reviews Free Survivor Series Matches With Goldberg, Brock Lesnar, & More (Vol. 3)

Csonka Reviews Free Survivor Series Matches With Goldberg, Brock Lesnar, & More (Vol. 3)

OFFICIAL RESULTS
– From Survivor Series 2016: Goldberg defeated Brock Lesnar @ 1:20 via pin [NR]
– From Survivor Series 2016: Team Raw defeated Team Smackdown @ 19:00 via pin [****]
– From Survivor Series 2008: Beth Phoenix, Mickie James, Candice Michelle, Kelly Kelly & Jillian Hall defeated Michelle McCool, Maryse, Natalya, Victoria & Maria @ 8:25 via pin [*½]

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Brock Lesnar vs. Goldberg: Lesnar attacked right away, got shoved on his ass and Goldberg hit two spears. Goldberg then hit the jackhammer and won. Goldberg defeated Brock Lesnar @ 1:20 via pin [NR] Well, it needed to be short, a long match could have been a disaster, but I have to question building Lesnar to the point where a 50-year old dude beats him in under two-minutes. Sure the reaction was amazing, but I wish they could do something like this to make a guy like Rusev a real star. The feel good moment is nice and all, but they’re still relying on part timers and not using the resources they have to make new stars. It’s still an issue as we speak, the names from the past are getting older and they are running out of people to bring back. I wasn’t a huge fan of the Goldberg vs. Lesnar program, although I enjoyed their Mania sprint. But I know some loved it, because it gave them Goldberg one more time.

Slater, Rhyno, Hype Bros, American Alpha, The Usos & Tyler Breeze & Fandango vs. Team Raw Enzo Amore and Big Cass, Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson, The Shining Stars, Cesaro and Sheamus, and New Day: Fandango handed out fashion violations, and then got eliminated by New Day. The Usos then immediately eliminated New Day. Team Raw then took control back, working the heat on Ryder. Ryder made a comeback on Gallows and Anderson, but then got cut off again and ate the Magic killer and Ryder & Mojo are gone. Alpha tagged in and worked with the Club, Raw then isolated Gable and took control, with Epico working his dollar tree Eddie Guerrero routine. Jordan finally got the tag, doomsday bulldog to Primo and the Stars are gone. We got the big team vs. Team standoff, everyone brawled and then Cass and Enzo ran wild. Slater up top and hits a stage dive onto the pile on the floor. Sheamus worked with Alpha, Cesaro in and I really wanted to see that tag match. Gable with a plancha onto the pile, The Club back in and they hit the Magic Killer on Alpha for the elimination. The Club then worked over Slater. Sheamus missed a charge and posted himself, Gallows in and worked over Slater with elbow drops. He then knocked Enzo to the floor, “By accident,” and Rhyno then gored Gallows for the elimination. It broke down, Rocket launcher on Rhyno and the SD Champions are gone thanks to Enzo and Cass. Uso superkick to Enzo, big splash off the top and Enzo and Cass are gone. The Usos. Sheamus and Cesaro are left. Finlay roll by Sheamus and then the brogue kick misses, enziguri and superkicks then Cesaro makes a save. Sheamus and Jimmy battle in the corner, Jey tagged in and after Sheamus hit white noise off the ropes, he ate a splash but Cesaro made the save again. Really fun homestretch here, Cesaro then hit the uppercut train, set Jimmy up top and then dropkicked him to the floor. 619 by Cesaro, and then the high cross followed for a near fall. Cesaro then hit the big swing, the sharp shooter was broken up as the Usos superkicked the knee, tequila sunrise applied and Cesaro countered into thru sharp shooter. Sheamus then curt off a superkick with the Brogue and Raw wins. Team Raw defeated Team Smackdown @ 19:00 via pin [****] That was a hell of match, with a ton of fun interactions and a great homestretch. It was a blast, even if a bit too chaotic early. Work wise, the closing stretch killed everything on this show. The Usos, Sheamus and Cesaro were all awesome in the final minutes.

Michelle McCool, Maryse, Natalya, Victoria, & Maria vs. Beth Phoenix, Mickie James, Candice Michelle, Kelly Kelly, & Jillian Hall: Beth and McCool, who were the women’s champions at the time, kick things off. They work a solid back and forth to begin, and Maryse tags herself in and seems to hate everyone on her team. Before she can do anything, Maria tags herself in and Beth tosses her around with ease. Maria manages ahead scissors, Kelly tags in and hits a sunset flip for 2. They exchange some rough looking pin attempts, and Victoria is in and gets eliminated by a Kelly RANA. Maryse in, and eliminates Kelly with aside back breaker. Mickie tags in, beats down Maryse but McCool tags back in. They work into bridge up spot, working for pins and work well together, the best stretch in the match so far. Maria tries to make the save and hits McCool; the Mickie DT eliminates McCool. Maryse rolls up Mickie with the tights for the elimination. Natalya and Candice are in, Natalya overpowers her and locks in the sharpshooter but Jillian makes the save. Candice spears Natalya and pins her. Maria and Jillian in, Jillian works her over hits the back handspring elbow but Maria hits a rough looking victory roll for the elimination. Candice in, and eliminates Maria with a bridging northern lights suplex. Maryse eliminates Candice with a figure four. Beth and Maryse are left, Beth catches the high cross, but Maryse rolls her up for 2. Beth kills her with the glam slam for the win. Beth Phoenix, Mickie James, Candice Michelle, Kelly Kelly, & Jillian Hall defeated Michelle McCool, Maryse, Natalya, Victoria, & Maria @ 8:25 via pin [*½] This was really rough, and a perfect example of how they used the book the women. An opening stretch with nothing and then rapid fire eliminations with no heat.

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– Thanks for reading.

“Byyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyye Felicia!”

5.5

The final score: review Not So Good

The 411

This is an overall rough collection, with the Survivor Series tag from last year being the best of the bunch, and still a ton of fun.