Week In Wrestling Review (Jan 29th - Feb 4th)

Pretty full week in terms of non-wrestling related stuff. Didn't have time to see all of ROH on HDNet (I warned you it'll be the one to go) and I'm not going to be reviewing NWA Anarchy this week either. On the flipside, that is only two hours down, and seeing as the Royal Rumble was this week you are actually gaining an extra hour than usual.

WWE Smackdown (January 29th)
Excellent show this week, and I mean excellent. I was of course annoyed that we didn't get to see D-X versus The Straight Edge Society but was perfectly happy to see Rey Mysterio versus Shawn Michaels and that terrific moment when Undertaker appeared and chokeslam'd them both at the same time. All the matches on this card were good or better with a particular standout to me being Morrison/McIntyre, which was excellent. I want to spent this sentence telling you how brilliant Serena is; every mannerism is spot on, she is awesome.

WWE Royal Rumble (January 31st)
Going in I thought we'd have an awesome Rumble Match with a weak undercard - turns out it was the other way round. Zeke/Christian was much better than I expected, Miz/MVP was as good as I expected it would be, Orton/Sheamus worked out really well, Mickie got her comeuppance on McCool brilliantly (though I wanted a match tbh), and Mysterio/Taker, which I was not at all interested in seeing, was outstanding. When we look to the Rumble though, a few things made it enjoyable: CM Punk, Beth Phoenix, Shawn Michaels, and Edge. Everything else was rather "meh" and I think I can put that down to a) Bringing out the big names too early, b) Not allowing anyone who isn't a big player get much shine. The closest to this was Punk and his promos, but he was eliminated way too early, and Truth eliminating Henry and Show.

WWE Monday Night RAW (February 1st)
Very, very fun RAW. William Shatner was only ever going to be so bad it's funny or just funny, and he surely delivered. I hope WWE will release a Shatner spoken-word theme-music CD for real, because I would totally get behind that. Outside of the Guest Host, we had a collection of really good matches. Jack Swagger looked like a million quid (Yeah, I've Britised an Americanism) against Triple H, which bemused me even more because I still don't know how they've not pushed him up the card yet. Glad they've went with Ted DiBiase in the Elimination Chamber instead of Cody Rhodes, he should be the one getting the push. One thing to criticise: Why O why did Kofi had to win his qualifying match by DQ? Are you trying to making him look weak, WWE? The Bret/Vince stuff is also awesome, I am loving it. I guess we'll see Batista w/Vince versus Cena w/Bret at Mania.

ECW on Scyfy (February 2nd)
Somewhat of a landmark ECW with Vince McMahon announcing its death and all that. I won't go into how stupid people on the internet are being, either saying it is a good thing because it destroyed the name of ECW or because WWE needed a show to get over young guys ... yeah, because ECW hasn't been doing that since Angle and Show left. That said, I good albeit underwhelming ECW this week. All the matches were fine, but the thing I enjoyed most is WWE turning another attempt by news media to give them a bad rep into a storyline.

WWE Superstars (February 4th)
This is why I like Superstars. Instead of overbooking stuff they take two midcard workers who can put on a good show, in this incidence Evan Bourne and Carlito, and let them go and perform. The two had a really good match this week. Drew McIntyre & The Hart Dynasty versus Khali, Hardy and Morrison was also a really good match. Then you have the Divas Tag Match, which would have been a good match if it weren't for that blackhole of talent called Alesha Fox.

TNA iMPACT! (February 4th)
Fuck me, what the hell are they doing? The only match that was face vs heel was Styles vs Pope, and THE POPE WON! WTF TNA? Styles is not only your World Champion but the guy Ric Flair is trying to put over and you have him lose? Idiots. And yeah, Samoa Joe is gonna be cashing in his Feast or Fired Case for a title shot at the next PPV (don't know what it is called), even though I don't even remember him being on TV in the last few weeks.

Show of the Week: WWE Smackdown
Wrestler of the Week: Edge
Non-Wrestler of the Week: Serena (I really wanted Shatner to win this, so he gets runner-up)
Match of the Week: Undertaker vs Rey Mysterio (Royal Rumble)
Promo of the Week: CM Punk "Straight Edge Rumble"