WWE Superstars Results: 3/18/10 - MitB Momentum

Kane vs Shelton Benjamin

The Money in the Bank Qualifiers rarely get a chance to build momentum for WrestleMania. Luckily with WWE Superstars, these qualifiers have a chance to prove why they will become Mr. Money in the Bank.

Shelton Benjamin, who is 1-1 against Dolph Ziggler, tested his strength against The Big Red Machine, Kane. Shelton bases his in-ring work to pure athleticism, or simply put, great mat work. At WrestleMania, Shelton will be a part of his fifth Money in the Bank Ladder match, which must leave people wondering if this is perhaps Benjamin's year.

Shelton, possibly the best in-ring competitor that the WWE has, being able to have a 5-star match with Shawn Michaels, is highly underrated. Unlike TNA, where one can escape with having poor mic skills, the WWE depends on their champion being able to hype the crowd. Hence why fans get stuck with John Cena as champion at least once a year. Yet, where Shelton lacks in mic skills certainly makes up for in his athleticism.

Kane came close to winning the MitB last year, but was kicked off by C.M. Punk at the last second. Now that C.M. Punk will not be competing in this year's match, it will guarantee a new MitB winner, something that hasn't been seen in three years. Kane is not a great technician in the ring, even tough he can deliver textbook drop kicks, but he will rely on his size and strength to dominate the match. Having been in several ladder matches before, Kane is not afraid to reach for new heights.

The match ended with a choke slam by Kane as he paves a way towards WrestleMania.

Katie Lea Jillian Hall vs. Bellas

With WrestleMania just a week away, a women's match has yet to grace the card. But after last year's debacle which angered so many former women's champions in the spoof 25-Diva Battle Royal, do we really want a women's match? The final (noteworthy) Women's match at WrestleMania was in 2006 when Mickie James defeated Trish Stratus for the Women's Title.

Katie Lea is the former sister of Paul Burchill. Former because since his release he will never be mentioned again. Katie Lea foretold that Jillian and herself would gain victory over the Bellas.

Jillian Hall, a former Divas' Champion in her own right. Actually, Jillian was not a real champion, but a transitional one. Real champions defend the title against the former champions, unless intercepted by a MitB, or in the outlook of a new feud. Jillian's only role as Divas' Champion was to take it from Mickie James and lose it to Melina, in the duration of minutes. Jillian enacted her rematch the following week only to lose it in a more pathetic fashion than the last. Sadly, that will be the highlight of her career.

The Bellas have been out of action from the ring for several months, not due to injury, but occupied with their other job: arm candy to the celebrity guest hosts. Not pretending to be able to tell the Bellas apart, won the match in an impressive feat.

Jillian, awkwardly, got the upper hand in the match against the Bellas. Evading a hurricanrana into a perfectly place electric chair drop, sadly the announcers are too busy talking to credit any wrestling ability, especially by the Divas.

The match ended with a Bella flipping Jillian on her back and then double leg locking her legs to Jillian for the pin.

Christian, Mark Henry and Yoshi Tatsu vs. Jack Swagger, William Regal and Zack Ryder

For the first time WWE Superstars showcases a match with all former ECW superstars, a main event that never seemed to occur while ECW was still on the air. Former ECW Champion Christian captains Mark Henry, another former ECW Champion, and Yoshi Tatsu against Jack Swagger, yet another former ECW Champion, William Regal and Zack Ryder.

Another correlation between these two teams is that they are captained by Money in the Bank Qualifiers: Christian and Jack Swagger. And just like the opening match, these two are in need of momentum.

Throughout the past weeks Christian has received a wave of momentum, not losing a single match since officially being signed to RAW. Indeed a favorite to win last year, will this be his year? Appearing in 'Mania 2000 in a hellacious Triangle Ladder Match which saw him and the 2010 Royal Rumble winner Edge win the match. Could we possible see Christian take on Edge in a future World Title Match?

As for Jack Swagger, he was the most dominating man in ECW until Christian took the ECW title from him. Since coming to RAW, Swagger has had two impressive matches with John Cena but has been stuck in a feud with Santino Marella. A Money in the Bank win would escalate Swagger's career to the level it should have been during his first month on RAW.

The main event ended with Zack Ryder failing to connect with the Rough Ryder and Christian striking with the Killswitch. Once again, Christian is riding with all the momentum. But with a week left, how will the others catch up?

WWE Superstars Results: 1/28/10

Not even the fans believe in The Truth

R-Truth interrupted Chris Jericho, who stated that he would go on and win the Royal Rumble. Truth, who pinned Jericho last week in their tag team match, not only insulted Jericho, but proclaimed that he would win the Rumble. Usually fans are behind fan favorites, but even the fans couldn't see Truth headlining WrestleMania. And Truth has to stop talking with a southern accent, no one can take him seriously as a competitor. He spends more time skipping and jumping rather than winning hard fought matches. I understand whole heartily that the WWE is catering to a family audience, but what happened to hard fought intense matches? What happened to superstars and gimmicks that we could scream our heads off. Where are the future Kurt Angles, the Chris Jerichos, the Shawn Michaels, the Eddie Guerreros, the Chris Benoits, the Stone Cold Steve Austins, the Rocks... what happened to real star power being seriously made in the WWE? Just because it's a family show, doesn't mean that the spirit of true compeition must die with these animated gimmicks.

You Can Look, But You Can't Tell Them Apart

The last time the Bellas were in a match was in a losing effort to Maryse in the Divas' Tournament. However, this time, the Bellas stepped up their game and executed a higher quality match against Jillian Hall and Katie Lea. The Bellas went from drop kicks, to forearms, to twin related combination moves, the bottom line, the Twins were red hot. Much like Kelly-Kelly last week, when she defeated Jillian Hall, the Twins have improved and they looked good doing so.

Chris Masters Lost in a Sea of Spanish People

Chris Masters, a.k.a. Pecks Masters, contested this week in a Triple-Threat Match to determine a entry spot at the Royal Rumble against Chavo Guerrero and Primo Colon. Masters appeared with his Spanish girlfriend, Eve Torres, and was the favorite to win the match. I never pay much mind to these below average mid-card matches, but the aggressiveness of Chavo Guerrero showed promise of a good fight. At one point, Chavo launched from the top turnbuckle and frog splashed Masters and Primo on the outside. And later, Chavo side-stepped out of an oncoming Primo, who went head first through the ropes and into Masters who was still on the outside. Chavo vowed to make a name for himself and to be taken more seriously, well this match gets him just a bit closer in doing so. If Chavo were to raise the intensity of his matches, then I can see him going on to win a mid-level title in the near future, but as for now, he passed out from the Master-Lock, granting Masters an entry spot at the Royal Rumble.

Matt Hardy's Key of Destiny Stolen by Jeff

Last week on SmackDown, Matt Hardy pinned D.H. Smith in a tag team match, turned handicap as his partner Khali was of no use. This week on Superstars, Matt Hardy would go one-on-one with the son of the British Bulldog, David Hart Smith. In Matt's corner was Khali and Runjin, and in Smith's corner was Tyson Kidd and Natalya. Has Matt Hardy fallen so far down in his WWE career that he's tag teaming with Khali? Matt recently went through surgery for his burst intestinal wall because he refused to take time off during a big push in his mediocre career. He went back to back capturing the United States Title and then switching to the ECW Title and reigning as the face of the Tuesday C-brand. He later started a feud with his brother, costing him the WWE title, for a reason. Matt has not, and probably never will, captured a World Title. Etched on the pants of Matt Hardy is an emblem of a key that is suppose to unlock his destiny, but Jeff stole that key long ago. Jeff Hardy, despite his drug addictions and tardiness, has done something that his brother will most likely never accomplish - superstardom. While word has it that Jeff has jumped flagships and will start wrestling on TNA with his friend Shannon Moore, Matt Hardy cannot even manage to build any momentum for himself, as the only Hardy left in the WWE, to grasp the brass ring that has always alluded him. Instead of being in the title picture, Matt Hardy is here on Superstars getting pinned by D.H. Smith.

The Bella Twins: The Price is RAW SlideShow!

Bob Barker COME ON DOWN!!!; MVP and Mark Henry Gain Momentum

The Legendary game show host of "The Price is Right," entertained the WWE Universe in a special night of RAW entitled: "The Price is RAW!"

The voice of Price is RAW was none other than WWE Hall of Famer, Howard "The Fink" Finkle. For those who are too young to know, Howard Finkle was the main ring announcer for WWF/E for it's first 30 years.

Bob Barker started the show in true game show fashion by having Fink call out the contestants to guess the price.

The contestants were: Santino Marella, Jillian Hall, Irwin R. Schyster (I.R.S.), and Chris!

Jericho was not at all pleased at being called Chris, "I am Mr. Jericho to you!"

The prize called into question was the Smackdown 10th Anniversary 3-Disc DVD Set available on Sept. 15th.

Mr. Jericho ended up winning the guess with $1 and had the chance to win an all-expense paid vaction to Hawaii - being displayed by the lovely Bellas in grass skirts - yes I know... great stuff.

All Jericho had to do was defeat his opponent and he could soak up the rays in sunny Hawaii.

Yet, that opponent was none other than Montel Vontavious Porter, MVP!

Last week, both MVP and Mark Henry had their respective matches with their opponents this Sunday, Chris Jericho and Big Show. MVP lost last week, and Mark Henry won via disqualification on the part of the Big Show.

This week the tables turned...

A match up between MVP and Chris Jericho is always fun to watch, because both are sound technical wrestlers and they have explosive personalities.

In addition, MVP is primed to become RAW's main eventer. Ever since he's face turn, the crowds have really been backing him up. I think the WWE should start plugging MVP in for the WWE Title hunt - you know, shake things up a bit. Isn't this why we have the draft every year?

MVP rolls up Jericho for the 3 count and gains momentum for this Sunday.

The following contest was to guess the prize of an All-Axxcess Gold Pass to WrestleMania XXVI, which Santino guessed the price.

Yet, Santino had the opportunity to win a hot tub - featuring the Bella twins in some nice red bikini's playing in the tub. Santino, you gotta love the guy, asked if they Bella twins came with the hot tub because he wanted to make Bella-Santino soup, ha!

All Santino had to do was win The Slam contest and he would be the proud owner of the tub. Well... easier said than down when your opponent is The Big Show.

Really? Big Show didn't even break a sweat, in one bodyslam - Show won.

But don't celebrate yet Show, because his next opponent for The Slam contest was his opponent for this Sunday - Mark Henry.

Last week, Big Show lost the match but it was Mark Henry who was laid out in the ring.

Now... A Slam Contest - I haven't heard of this concept since WrestleMania against Andre the Giant and Big John Stud for $15,000 in a bag.

Honestly, Santino was going to lose to Big Show - but Mark Henry can at least even it out and replicate the John Stud vs Andre match.

Proving that he is the Worlds Strongest Man, Mark Henry bodyslams the Big Show gaining momentum as well for this Sunday's Unified Tag Team Title bout.

It's easy to have all the momentum going into the match - so did Cryme Tyme - but when it comes down to it, this is not a singles match, it's the mark of how well you can communicate in the ring with one another. And unlike last time, Mayweather won't be their to pass a pair of brass knuckles.

So to MVP and Mark Henry, goodluck to your match this Sunday, you will need it.

The Bella Twins Join ECW

Through the Trump trade ECW loses Natalya in exchange for the Bella twins. What is the advantage?

After having much potential on Smackdown, the Bellas' careers, drafting to RAW, were flat lining.

On RAW, the twins were either arm candy for the Colons or participating in Diva Tag Team matches that mainly boosts the feud between the champion and contender.

The Bellas had a great gimmick on Smackdown - going under the ring for a fresh Bella to emerge and pick up the win.

The two sisters resemble not only in looks and attire, but also in wrestling ability.

The arrival of the twins is a renewed opportunity to show the WWE Universe that they are more than a sexy pair of twins, they are determined women that want to be taken seriously.

The arrival also allows Katie Lee Burchill a chance to appear in the ring, since before, her only possible opponent was Natayla, but she started to manage the Hart Dynasty instead of wrestling.

It was Brie who picked up the victory against Katie Lee, this week, by implementing their twin tactic. While the ref was distracted by Katie Lee, Brie took the place of a tired Nikki and executed a face buster.

However, GM Tiffany has to take into consideration to hiring more women to compete on ECW, because the possible combination of the twins battling Burchill will grow stale after the third week; thus, bringing down ECW's rating under her watch.