WWE Superstars TV Report

By Daniel Galvan

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Match 1: Jack Swagger and William Regal vs Santino Marella and - Commentators: Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler

Santino and Regal lock up, Regal gets the advantage with a wristlock. Santino evades the manuever by rolling out of it, and putting on a "masterlock" on Regal. Regal then arm drags out of the submission manuever. Regal tries to irish whip Santino into the ring ropes, but Santino does a cartwheel. Regal then tries to hit a clothesline, but Santino drops down and evades the move by doing a split. Santino then armdrags Regal. Regal decides to tag in Swagger. Santino tries to do the test of strength with Jack, but Jack just kicks Santino in the gut. Swagger then irish whips Santino into the ropes, and Santino hits an elbow on Swagger on the re-bound. Santino goes for the cobra strike, but is met with a hard clothesline from Jack Swagger. Swagger tags in Regal, and Regal stomps away on Santino. Regal gets a wristlock on Santino, and Santino tries to hit Regal with the Cobra, but Regal just knees Santino in the stomach. Regal then throws Santino out of the ring. Santino tires to get in the ring, but Regal knees Santino off the apron. He tags in Swagger, and Swagger puts Santino's chest over the second rope. Jack then snapmares Santino into the ring which looked pretty botchy. Swagger the punches Santino. He then clotheslines Santino who is in the ring corner. Swagger gets on the top rope and plays to the crowd in a heel fashion. He then goes for his reverse splash off the top rope, but meets the mat as Santino rolls out of the way. Santino then tags in Masters. Masters then unloads on Swagger with punches. Masters then goes for the Masterlock, but Swagger is able to evade. Masters then clotheslines Swagger twice. Masters then splashs Swagger in the corner. Masters then slams Swagger into the mat. Masters then punches Regal who is on the apron. Masters then calls for the Masterlock, by pec dancing. He locks on the Masterlock, but Regal tries to interfere so he throws Swagger into Regal knocking Regal down. Masters distracted gets chop blocked by Swagger. Swagger then hits the gutwrench powerbomb on Masters and gets the pin.

RESULT: Jack Swagger and William Regal beat Santino Marella and William Regal via pin.

The is a plug for the main event Matt Hardy, Khali, and Maria vs Hart Dynasty. They then show a package from the Elimination Chamber PPV. During commercials they show an RAC commercial with Hulk Hogan. They then showed a Mania 26 video with the climax showing "31" days away. We then get the factoid that, "Last Thursday, WWE Superstars was watched by more people than College Basketball on ESPN."

Match 2: Zack Ryder vs Primo Colon (with new music) - Commentators: Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler

Primo and Ryder lock up and Ryder gets a chicken wing and sends Primo into the ropes. Primo drop toe holds Zack and then slaps the back of his head silly.Primo then punches away on Zack. Primo then hits a dropkick. Primo then punches away on Zack in the corner. Primo then body slams Zack, and goes to the top rope. Ryder then grabs the head of Primo who is on the top rope and clotheslines (old fashion way where they hang them on the ropes instead of the lariat) Primo. Zack then grabs the legs of Primo and catapults Primo into the bottom rope. Ryder then goes for a pin, and only gets two. Ryder than locks in a headlock on Primo. Primo gets the crowd on his side and the elbows Ryder in the stomach and goes for a roll up, but Ryder is able to hold onto the ropes. Ryder than hits a leg lariat and goes for pin only getting two. Ryder than locks on another headlock. Primo is able ot get out, but Ryder irish whips Pirmo into the corner. Primo then jumps on the top rope, and then hits a spinning DDT on Ryder. Primo then hits a flying back elbow to ryder, a clothesline, and then does a cartwheel and hits Ryder with a dropkick. Ryder then whips Primo into the ropes, but Primo is able to get on the apron. Ryder then runs at Primo who is at the apron, but meets a big club fist from Primo. Rosa then yells at Primo distracting Primo. Primo then goes for a body press on Ryder, but Ryder dodges Primo due to the distraction by Rosa. Zack then hits the Zack Attack on Primo.

RESULT: Zack Ryder beats Primo Colon via pinfall.

They then show a NXT trailer. We then get a commercial for the John Morrison dvd.

Match 3: Luke Gallows w. Serena Deeb vs Sylas Young (Silas Young in ROH and AAW) - Commentators: Matt Striker and Todd Grisham

Luke has the mic saying that he would like to dedicate this match to CM Punk, and him an Serena hold up there hands as a pledge to Punk. Gallows then says they are living proof that the Straight Edge Society is the proven way to live your life. Match starts. Sylas gets a waits lock on Gallows, but Gallows just throws Young by the wrist. Gallows then slaps Sylas, and delivers a bodyslam to Young. Gallows then grabs the hair of Sylas yelling at him. Sylas punches Gallows and puts him in the corner. He then goes for a nother manuever, but Gallows just double handed chokeslams Silas onto the mat. Luke then runs at Sylas hitting a body splash into the corner on Young. Gallows then calls for his finish. Gallows then hits a backbreaker on Young. Gallows hooks up the 12th step, and then hits the Gallows Pole and pins Young. Serena kicks Sylas in the ribs after the match. Strikes says Gallows is nearly 7ft tall. (He is 6ft 8in. I guess 4 inches is nearly Striker.)

RESULT: Luke Gallows beats Sylas Young via pinfall.

They show a RAW Rebound. We get a Superstars promo, HBK-Taker prom, and they show us the official theme of Mania. They then show us the mania matches.

Match 4: Matt Hardy, Great Khali, and Maria vs Hart Dynasty - Commentators: Matt Striker and Todd Grisham

Tyson Kidd and Matt Hardy are the first two in the ring. Tyson gets a waistlock, but Matt is able to grab a hold of Kidd's wrist and work a wristlock. He then delivers an arm ringer to Tyson and a side headlock takeover on Kidd. Hardy then works a headlock and Tyson flips out of the headlock on his feet. Tyson then kicks the gut of Hardy and works away on Hardy. Kidd then chokes Hardy on the second rope. Kidd then hits a mule kick on Hardy and goes for a manuever off the ropes, but Hardy trips Kidd and then delivers an elbow to Tyson. Hardy then whips Tyson into the ropes and hits a back elbow on Kidd. Matt then hits an elbow drop on Tyson. He then delivers a fistdrop and legdrop on Tyson. He goes for a pin and only gets two. Hardy then delivers another arm ringer, but halfway through the manuever Kidd just kicks Hardy in the ribs. Hardy then follows Kidd to the ropes and Kidd dropsaults Hardy landing on his feet on the outside apron. Tyson then goes for a springboard manuever, but only meets a hard clothesline from Matt Hardy sending him out of the ring. Matt Hardy then plays to the crowd. We then go to commercial break. We come back with Hardy whipping Kidd into the ropes and hitting a flapjack on Tyson Kidd. Matt then goes for the pin, but only gets two. Matt then delivers another arm ringer to Tyson and tags in Khali. Tyson is able to evade and tag in DH Smith. Matt Striker at this point said that every money in the bank winner has won the title...(What happened to this guy...) DH then kicks Khali in the legs and the gut. DH then runs the ropes and meets a big clothesline from Khali. Khali then chops DH in the corner. Khali then whips DH in the ropes, and Smith meets a big boot and a chop from Khali. DH then tags in Natalya. Natalya then immediately runs and knocks Maria off the ring apron. Natalya then sends Maria back in the ring. Natalya goes for a clothesline, but Maria ducks and then runs the ropes and hits a hurricanrana on Natalya. Maria then kicks Natalya and goes for a irish whip, but Natalya reverses and whips Maria in the corner. Natalya runs at Maria and Maria goes for a double stomp from the top rope, but Natalya just grabs the feet of Maria and puts them on the second rope and then grabs the hair of Maria and slams Maria down onto the mat from the second rope. Natalya grabs the hair of Maria and brings her mid ring. Maria tries to bridge out but Natalya still holding onto the hair of Maria stomps on Maria. Natalya then grinds her knee into the back of Maria while pulling her arms back. Maria tries to bridge out, but Natalya grabs Maria by the hair and takes her down by the hair. Natalya then hits a bodyslam on Maria. Natalya then steps on Maria putting her weight on Maria for a second. Natalya then stares at Khali and chops Khali. Khali then grabs the hand of Natalya, and is distracted when DH hits Khali with a running boot. Tyson goes for a move on Maria, but Maria reverses it and then slaps Tyson. Maria then crawls under Natalya and tags in Matt Hardy. Matt Hardy then runs in and clotheslines Tyson. Matt Hardy then hits a body slam on Tyson. Tyson tries to double stomp Hardy as Hardy runs towards Tyson in the corner, but to no avail as Hardy grabs both legs of Tyson and hits him with a powerbomb. Hardy goes for the pin but only gets two. They then show Justin Gabriel looking on. Hardy goes for a twist of fate on Kidd, but Natalya grabs his hair. Maria then runs in and delivers a bulldog to Natalya. Tyson then tags in DH, and DH runs into a Side Effect and Hardy and goes for the pin but only gets two. Both guys get up and Tyson secretly tags in DH but hardy doesn't notice as DH is still in the ring. The Hart Dynasty then hit the Hart Attack on Hardy, and get the pin.

RESULT: Hart Dynasty (DH Smith, Tyson Kidd, and Natalya) beat Matt Hardy, Great Khali, and Maria via pinfall.

Overall thoughts: A decent show with nothing spectacular, and nothing horrible.