SmackDown Match: Dolph Ziggler vs. Finlay. Last week on WWE Superstars, Dolph Ziggler had an impressive win over Matt Hardy, but would he be able to take on SmackDown's resident fighting Irishman, Finlay? The commentators focused mainly on Ziggler, not giving much credit to Finlay. When they mentioned, "He's in line for gold," they were talking about Ziggler, since Finlay's career was over about four years ago. Finlay's best chance at gold was on ECW, he could have been the ECW Champion, but instead he's jobbing to the Champions of Tomorrow. I guess you do what you are asked of if you keep getting nice paychecks, but seriously, it should eat away inside of you. Dolph Ziggler won with the Zig-Zag. For two weeks straight, Ziggler has defeated two veterans from SmackDown, but with Drew McIntyre inline for Morrison's IC Title, when will he move on to the next level? Probably when he stops showboating and remains 100% focused in the match.SmackDown Match 2: The Hart Dynasty vs. Jimmy Wang Yang and Slam Master J. Jimmy Wang Yang appeared in a doo-rang alongside his tag team partner, Slam Master J. This choice of matching headwear is shades of when Yang teamed with Shannon Moore, who wore a cowboy hat to compliment Yang's redneck gimmick. This union came about simply because they are from the state of Georgia: J is from Atlanta, and Yang is from Austell. This is also the second experimental tag team to be showcased on WWE Superstars, the first: Evan Bourne and Primo. The Hart Dynasty have been on a roll as of late, defeating Cryme Tyme followed by Escobar in a handicap match. But they also have one added ingredient that makes them Better than the Best, Period, and that's Natalya. While the referee was distracted, Natalya dragged Yang out of the ring and scooped slammed him to the ground. How many female managers have you known to do that? Slam Master J had an interesting turn about within the match, taking Tyson Kidd to the limit. It looked as if J would win the match with a vertical suplex, or vertical facebuster, but it was countered into a Three-quarter facelock corkscrew neckbreaker. The Hart Dynasty claim that they are better than the best, period... Well, have they defeated Jeri-Show or DX? The Hart Dynasty have a long way to go to be considered better than the best. So their slogan should be "Better than the Best, Question Mark?"
RAW Match: MVP vs. Jack Swagger. A match up against a former 2-time United States Champion, and a 2-time All American-American: MVP and Jack Swagger have feuded on and off again within the past six months. Jack Swagger, a former ECW Champion, is looking to capture the United States Title, which is currently held by The Miz; while MVP wouldn't mind becoming a 3-time US Champ, or capture the Unified Tag Team Titles with his partner, Mark Henry. My problem with MVP and Mark Henry becoming the Unified Tag Team Champions, is that with those titles, one is able to transcend their own brand and appear on the show of their choosing. And, as we learned from Verne Troyer, Mark Henry does not have much of a personality. MVP pretty much carries all the personality for the whole team. For this reason, MVP and WSM will never hold the gold until Henry changes his gimmick. As for Jack Swagger, he attempted to go undefeated until the end of the year, but thanks to The Miz, Swagger lost to Evan Bourne. Jack Swagger dominated all of ECW, until being defeated by Christian for the ECW Title. Then, after being drafted to RAW, I thought he was going to join forces with Randy Orton, which would have really boosted his career ten-fold, but that never happened. Then Swagger-Miz-Kofi entered a Triple Threat Match for the US Title at Hell in a Cell PPV, which clearly would give Swagger the edge, but that never happened. Jack Swagger should abandon this racial feud with MVP and move on to a heated one with Miz. Yes, I said racial feud, because they don't like each other's backgrounds. MVP grew up in a "bad" neighborhood, which got him into some trouble and did jail time. And now he's described as a bling-wearing, club-hopping, bottle-popping man that should not be a role model. Swagger, on the other hand, went to school and graduated at the top of his class. Don't get me wrong, these two are impressive athletes and always put on great matches. The aspect of this feud that I'm not too particularly found of is the fact that MVP is part of a tag team and should be focusing on that, not single matches. Hence, putting MVP on a tag team was a bad move on the part of WWE, MVP is a great singles competitor and should remain as such. Jack Swagger has got the Swag and the capability to one day become the WWE Champion. MVP lost the match because he was too focused on theatrics instead of keeping his head in the game, and a Gut-Wrench Powerbomb can also do the trick. Final Assessment: This episode of WWE Superstars marks the first time that an ECW Match was not shown. Also, this episode did absolutely nothing to hype up the TLC PPV this Sunday, but, then again, it's a show to build up "The Champions of Tomorrow."
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