"WWE Superstars" 6-11-09 Talkback (Spoilers)

[The Penguin]

The fallout from Extreme Rules continues on Superstars as new Intercontinental Champion Chris Jericho faces former two-time Champion John Morrison in a non-title match.

WWE Superstars #9
Thursday, June 11, 2009 @ 8 p.m. ET/7 CT on WGN America

WORTH IN GOLD?
John Morrison faces Intercontinental Champion Chris Jericho in non-title action on "WWE Superstars" as the Shaman of Sexy looks to prove he is worthy of having gold strapped around his waist.

BOURNE TO BATTLE
Zack Ryder, the ECW newcomer who has had a great deal of success since joining the Land of the Extreme, takes on Evan Bourne on "WWE Superstars."

BRAWLING BEAUTIES
Nikki & Brie Bella take on Beth Phoenix & Rosa Mendes in Divas tag team action on "WWE Superstars."

[LinkG07]

I have to say this has been a Superstars where the smile never left my face. One of the best I'd say.

Beth & Rosa vs The Bella twins - Not a bad match with Beth finally getting some good time in the ring with Santina nowhere in sight. The Bella Twins work well together and they almost got the win with Nicki getting their facebuster in. However Rosa being the crafty intern that she is, isolated Brie and the Referee so that Beth can pick up the win. Well done on both parts. - ***

Evan Bourne vs Zack Ryder - Yes please. This match was very nice with both Evan and Zack looking great out there. Evan sure has a quick temper and knows how to make hits look feirce when he's angry. Both guys have moves that I love to see every time: Bourne's flying clothesline and Ryder's Flying leg lariat, just awesome. I have to say Ryder can taunt pretty good. - ***1/2

Chris Jericho vs John Morrison - Match of the night! Morrion's best match to date! I loved every minute of this. Jerichos' being as cocky as ever with his win from Sunday, hamocking up on the turnbunckle. Morrison corkscrewing out of the ring. All of it was so entertaining. The finish was sooo good! Morrsion crossing his legs to roll Jericho up was the most innovative escape I've seen someone do in the move and shows his reflexibility. (no wonder him and Melina were dating >:3 ) But Jerchio pulling the tights proved both that he's as bad as ever and that Morrsion has a chance of beating him. ***** Just awesome. I knew this match was gonna be epic as soon as it was announced earlier in the show and I wasn't disappointed.

[Condiment King]

The divas match was about as good as you'd expect which was alright I guess.

Could do without the Raw Rebound for obvious reasons. It really irks me when they just do the Raw Rebound on all the shows when Raw is the worst show (including Superstars) that WWE has right now and the ratings reflect that nobody watches Smackdown, the best show. If anything, we need a Smackdown Rebound on Raw. I also can't help but think that instead of these filler segments, why not have a lower midcard/midcard wrestler or wrestlers have an angle/skit/whatever.

Bourne vs Ryder was pretty darn good. Zack Ryder is freaking growing on me. His outfit has gotten progressively more ridiculous and now he's like some over-the-top '80s parody. Certainly more interesting than faceless Edgehead.

Jericho vs Morrison was freaking awesome. I don't completely remember the first Jericho/Morrison match on Superstars (outside of it being good) but I think this was better. It was also better than the Jericho/Morrison match I saw live at a house show recently (which was also real good). Man I really liked when Jericho missed the lionsault and Morrison immediately hit his second rope enziguri. And I really really liked when Morrison blocked the codebreaker and eventually hit his knee. Lots of great action. Finish was alright. They were a little leg-tied there. But hey, this match was really great.

I hope Smackdown hasn't given away too many good matchups recently. Clearly Jericho vs Mysterio is continuing, but I wonder who would be next for Jericho? Jericho has already wrestled for free against Punk and Morrison at least twice each since April. Eh, I'm sure they could come up with storylines to make it fresh. Plus Punk seems like he's turning heel so that's a non-issue anyway.

[LinkG07]

Sadly, RAW used to indeed give a Smackdown Rebound. Now that I think about it, why did they take that away??

[Condiment King]

Sadly, RAW used to indeed give a Smackdown Rebound. Now that I think about it, why did they take that away??

I believe they've had exactly one since the draft -- the week after the first Smackdown show with the new roster.

[The Penguin]

It seemed to be the Bella Twins’ poor teamwork that cost them the win against Team Glamazon. If Brie hadnt come around to take yank Rosa off the apron, the legal Bella (Nikki) may have gotten the win rather than pinned for the loss.

I wish they had a theme to the Superstar videos. Next week I would like to see Kofi compete on the show to bring it full circle. If the idea behind the videos is to give additional wrestlers exposure, then you have to follow-up.

I really enjoyed the Bourne-Ryder match and would like to see more of these two. I thought for sure Ryder would use Evan’s rib injury to pick up the win, but we got the Shooting Star Press instead (not that I’m complaining).

Jericho-Morrison was great to watch. On the replay today (at least in my area) WGN screwed up the commercials and took out part of the match which I found annoying because I wanted to see it again! Both guys really brought it and I’m excited to see the fans continue to respond to John Morrison.

Sadly, RAW used to indeed give a Smackdown Rebound. Now that I think about it, why did they take that away??

I always assume they do the SmackDown Rebound when they have time. If the show is running over they skip it and if the show is running short, they run it. With the other shows taped (and ECW usually having time when it is live) they can obviously time things better and they normally find room for it.