Last Call for Alicia Fox. Since becoming the Divas' Champion in October, Melina has taken on all comers. Actually, Melina has only defended her title twice... against Jillian Hall as to her rematch clause... and against Alicia Fox at Madison Square Garden. Once again she would take on Alicia Fox in a non-title match. And unlike the Women's Champion, Michelle McCool, Melina does not sit at ringside with funny shirts, but, instead, participates in every possible divas' match on RAW. Alicia Fox, who has not been seen in quite some time, took on Melina in one-on-one action. The former wedding planner attempted an inverted double underhook to contort the spine of Melina, but Melina's flexible back bent her body in ways that should not be humanly possible. With that said, Alicia actually walked away from the match... feeling that she gave it her all, yet Melina brought her back in order to execute The Last Call. The competition is really weak over on RAW, while SmackDown has all the diva star-power.Vance Archer, Future Champion? ECW's contribution to WWE Superstars was a squash match between "The Gold Standard" Shelton Benjamin and Vance Archer. Since the TLC pay-per-view, Shelton Benjamin has not seen ring action, yet his return match was not for the faint of heart. Vance Archer got slapped hard in the face after placing Shelton in the tree of whoa (wrapping the opponent upside down from the top turnbuckle). With that empathic statement imprinted on the side of the face, Vance Archer started mercilessly kicking the abdominal region of Benjamin well past the 5-count. And if that were not enough, Vance connected with the Bull's Eye as his empathic statement to the Gold Standard. Now, this match played off the same way as when Shelton faced off against Sheamus, who also failed to adhere to the 5-count, and that man is the current WWE Champion. Will Vance Archer follow suit and climb the mountain as well?
What to do with Charlie Haas? Aside from 2008, and short stints in 2009, Charlie Haas has, for the majority of the time, been off WWE television; leaving most to speculate that he had been released. Indeed, Charlie Haas did request to be released from his contract, but WWE gave him a raise instead after it was presupposed that Kurt Angle had plans for Haas over on TNA. So, after months of being off screen, Charlie Haas teamed up with Mike Knox in a losing effort against Cryme Tyme. On last week's episode of SmackDown, Cryme Tyme took on a team of local wrestlers, for what reason we will not know; but it appears that WWE took an interest from WWEStrikesBack blog post, since they teamed two superstars mentioned here last week. However, after much fortitude against the likes of Shad Gaspard, Haas fell to the Shout Out of JTG. If WWE really wants to make an interesting team - unite Vance Archer and Haas. Or, they can do the sensible thing, which is to bring Haas over to ECW to be established as a top heel. And what would be better than for the once World's Greatest Tag Team to feud?
Carlito Not Forgotten. The main event was provided by RAW with Chris Masters and MVP taking on Jack Swagger and Carlito. Carlito, really? MVP, no doubt finally severing ties with Mark Henry; not so much that there were bad words exchanged but a mutual understanding of branching off. Mark Henry is doing his own thing on RAW, while MVP has become a regular on WWE Superstars. Jack Swagger, a phenomenal wrestler, uses his height and strength to overpower his opponents, just last week he gave the former WWE Champion, John Cena a run for his money. Both MVP and Jack Swagger are primed for the main event scene, they just need that one match that will catapult them to super-stardom. Chris Masters is beyond shadow of doubt excelling as a fan favorite with his dancing pecks. But are the pecks being over done? Chris Masters is also sporting a new entrance theme, which sounds like any other rock theme, but it doesn't fit "The Masterpiece" as did the theme prior. And if pecks and a new theme were not enough, he also has the lovely Eve Torres by his side. Then comes Carlito... In 2004, Carlito in his first match defeated John Cena for the United States Title. So how can someone who defeated Cena in his first night have such a horrible wrestling career? Ric Flair believes it was due to lack of passion. But at the start of his career, Carlito won both the US and I-C Titles in little over a year, and contested for Cena's WWE Title at New Years Revolution in an Elimination Chamber match, but since then WWE has failed to continue pushing his character. The best possible thing to do with Carlito is to reunite him with his brother, and actually work on their gimmick as Caribbean Cool Brothers. As for the match, Chris Masters flex, or made-dance, his pecks as setting up for the Master Lock on Carlito, but the distraction of MVP knocking Swagger over the ropes prompted Carlito to strike Masters with the backstabber for the 3-count. Carlito, only with Chavo Guerrero, has vowed to make the most of the new year, but will he be able to keep that promise as RAW goes head to head with TNA this Monday Night.
Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Match #1: Team John Morrison vs. Team The Miz. The captains, both intermediate champions, each successfully defended their titles just days before the pay-per-view. But in what condition would these former team mates be in, especially since Morrison suffered immense damage from his 2 out of 3 falls match with Dolph Ziggler? The action was faced paced with Evan Bourne eliminating Morrison's foe with the Shooting Star Press and then being quickly taken out by SmackDown's newest Scotsman, Drew McIntyre. The playing field evened out with each team losing a player. Then the Celtic Warrior found himself against Finlay, an interesting confrontation as they are both Irishman; one following the stereotypical 'lucky charms' irish lore against the ruthless warrior of ancient Ireland. Sheamus proved the better with a boot to the face that eliminated Finlay right out of the match. Followed by Shelton Benjamin and Matt Hardy, the rest of Morrison's team was eliminated, leaving Morrison as the last remaining superstar against Drew McIntyre, Sheamus, and The Miz. John Morrison put up a valient effort, but was eliminated by Sheamus. This marks the second consecutive pay-per-view, in which The Miz out did his former WWE and World Tag Team partner.
Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Match #3: Team Kofi Kingston vs. Team Randy Orton. Legacy proved victorious over The World's Strongest Tag Team, with Orton repeating his take down of Mark Henry, and Rhodes, redeeming his loss on WWE Superstars, by pinning MVP. It was solely up to the ECW Champion, Christian, to eliminate both Rhodes and DiBiase of Legacy, only to be taken out by their leader. It was dissapointing to see R-Truth eliminated so quickly by Punk, seeing as he was given a push on SmackDown. WWE decided to sacrifice that push in order to focus of Kingston's push in recent weeks. Kofi Kingston is no stranger of facing a large group by himself, since he has been a part of numerous Fatal Four-Ways, Triple Threats, and even a 6-Pack Challenge during his United States Title reign; hence, why it was no surprise to see Kofi alone against CM Punk and Randy Orton. Now, don't forget, Kofi and Punk were once World Tag Team Champions over on RAW, so they know how the other thinks, but Kofi found a way to eliminate The Only Straight-Edge in the WWE. The two captains remained, Kofi often getting the better of Orton, would look to win tonight. This feud started because Orton claims that Kofi cost him the WWE Championship at Bragging Rights (sound familiar?), and it escalated to MSG where Kofi broke Orton in half through a table with the Boom Drop. Within seconds, Kofi struck with Lost in Paradise to be, what WWE has dubbed him as the, 'Soul' Survivor, having eliminated two former World Champions.
