Week In Wrestling Review (Feb 5th - Feb 11th)

A quick week for me, saw the live stream of RAW but didn't watch anything else until Thursday/Friday. This week I will return to reviewing ROH on HDNet, and also I will be reviewing the FCW from Sunday which featured such small matches as  ... Bryan Danielson versus Kaval (formerly Low Ki).

WWE Friday Night Smackdown (5th February)
I'm sorry to say this was somewhat of a forgettable Smackdown this week. I don't get why, taking a second quick look through the show an it all seems perfectly in order. Jericho and Edge were both on form, allowing them to deliver a kickass opening segment. The show seemed to focus mainly on the Elimination Chamber (that's a good thing) and that brought us plenty of good action. Morrison/McIntyre/Kane was a very enjoyable match, Hardy/Jericho was great, and Mysterio/Ziggler was fantastic. Truth/Knox was okay, but I'm one of the guys that isn't blown away by Truth, though I can see was the fuss is about. Very interesting what they did with Batista, having him walk out of his match against Punk; I look forward to the explanation. I guess my beef with it all was that aside from the Triple Threat and Punk/Batista, everything was very predication, no way were Hardy, Knox and Ziggler getting in the Chamber considering their opponents. I don't really like Mickie on the mic, but it is good to see the Divas still getting the attention and the segment + match ended up being good overall. The Cutting Edge, with The Undertaker, was awesome, mainly due to CM Punk interrupting proceedings, but it is very good to see WWE keeping everything open in terms of who Edge will be facing at Mania.

Flordia Championship Wrestling (7th February)
That match, Danielson/Kaval, was very bad. This was not Danielson's fault, he got very little offence in and generally was made to look weak in comparison to Kaval. Kaval though, who I am not a fan of, went through this match kicking, kicking, kicking, oh some form of takedown? No, another kick. That is all he did, and it got boring quickly ... in fact it never got exciting in the first place. Danielson worked with what he could, but you can't polish a turn, as the old saying goes. Other matches included The Dudebusters (I am hoping they bring that name to ECW, pending Barette and Croft don't get released) versus Joe Hennig and Brett DiBiase; I seem to be one of the few who like Croft and Baretta, so this match was okay to me, Hennig and DiBiase aren't nearly ready enough to step-up yet. Justin Angel versus Iforgothisname Tarver was decent as well, I see a lot of potential in Angel.

ROH on HDNet (8th February)
Surprise surprise, this was boring as hell. I'm not going to berate ROH for thinking Tyler Black and Roderick Strong cutting dual promos is a good way to open the show, because I think that goes without saying. I couldn't be less interested in this Tyler-versus-Aries-for-the-Title-if-there-is-a-time-limit-draw-it-goes-to-the-judges, because it is a terrible idea. My God though, I might be looking forward to a future episode, because we've been promised The Briscoes versus The Young Bucks for the Tag Titles, and they are two of the best tag teams on the Indy scene right now - when will The Briscoes get signed by TNA or WWE? Even the Bucks couldn't drag the blackhole of charisma and showmanship, Davey Richards, to anything more than an okay match. In closing, Steve Corino has gotten fat, I think he should be thinking about an announcing job, or something in creative, very soon, he looked awful tonight.

WWE Monday Night RAW (8th February) 
Okay, this was awesome. By far the best RAW of 2010 so far and it just illustrates how WWE steps-up its game going into WrestleMania. I don't even know where to start, so I'll go with the best bit: John Cena. This is shaping up to be the year John Cena shuts up all his critics and becomes legendary in his own right. His "Money, or the Moment" promo will go down as his defining moment, and it was a promo no one could have done better, including The Rock. Bret Hart was good when he wasn't tripping over things, but we are going to let that slide. Not a fan of ShowMiz getting the Tag Titles, but I am a huge fan of their name. Obviously, I don't know what WWE has planned, but The Straight Edge Society seemed like THE team to put the Unified Tag Titles on, but I am sure even without them they'll continue to be golden. Christian turning up was fantastic, and Sheamus also did very well in their match. I think Christian must have a hidden talent because he always seems to do his best with and gets the best out of bigger guys. Some complain that Christian lost, and though I'd have liked to see him win against anyone else, Sheamus needed to defeat someone who wasn't a jobber. I don't think it was very smart to completely destroy Ted DiBiase when he is the one in the Chamber match, but they also made Cody look good, making me believe they just can't decide on which one they want to push. The guest host was good this week as well, mainly because he was used sporadically, but at least he could talk. I going to get Jared from Subway.

ECW on Scyfy (9th February)
I thought this was a good ECW, just a shame it only has one week left. I have seen potential in Croft and Baretta for a while, but their match with Yoshi Tatsu and Goldust makes me hold onto hope that the transition into WWE NXT will not result in their release; they have a lot more to offer. The match itself was really good. Squash match by Ezekiel Jackson was what it was, and we get an Extreme Rules match, him versus Christian, for the ECW Title next week, so I am not going to complain. Benjamin/Archer wasn't as good, I thought both guys missed big time on this match, not really taking advantage of the No DQ/No Countout rules. In the end, Shelton went over, which makes me suspicious that we will be saying "Bye" to Vance Archer in the next few weeks, which I don't really like.

WWE Superstars (11th February)
To make things quick, all three matches (Swagger/Santino, Christian/Ryder, Ziggler/JTG) were really good. Santino never seems to fail in entertaining me, and he was certainly on form in his match with Swagger. Christian versus Ryder was a good match on all levels, they can play off each other really well and Ryder is proving himself to be a capable worker as well as a charisma machine, and damn, Christian has been awesome this week with two great matches. I love Ziggler, and really like JTG, so no prizes for guessing what my thoughts were here.

TNA iMPACT! (11th February)
Here's me thinking this way the night they made Eric Young (remember him? TNA's Global Champion? Supposed to have an alliance with Kevin Nash) relevant, misleading me with him coming out and cutting a promo alongside Hogan in which he said he was going to go after Hall and Syxx outside the Impact Zone ... only for Kurt Angle to talk him out of it later on. Come on, please, just try, please try to make some of your created stars look good. A lot more terrible stuff on this episode, including the Knockouts to my surprise, but that is because The Beautiful People haven't been interesting in a while, Tara has become terrible at getting responses, and Love has completely lost her momentum in record time. Not all bad though, Desmond Wolfe continues to cut promos the quality no one expected (Super Maxi Pad!) and AJ Styles had a pretty perfect line in the segment with Joe. Also, I'm glad Eric Bischoff is back on TV, say what you want about him personally but you can't deny that the man in entertaining.

Show of the Week: RAW
Wrestler of the Week: Christian
Non-Wrestler of the Week: Eric Bischoff
Match of the Week: Rey Mysterio versus Dolph Ziggler (February 5th)
Promo of the Week: John Cena "Money, of the moment?"