Ball Rankings 8/16/2007

RAW

1. John Cena
2. Umaga
3. Randy Orton
4. Mr. Kennedy
5. Ron Simmons (Sorry.. Not Enough Wrestling)

Divas

1. Michelle McCool
2. Victoria
3. Torrie Wilson
4. Jillian
5. Mickie James

ECW

1. Big Daddy V (Still, needs to wear a shirt)
2. The Boogeyman
3. John Morrison
4. CM Punk
5. Stevie Richards

Smackdown!

1. The Great Khali
2. Batista
3. Matt Hardy
4. Hornswoggle
5. Kane
   

ECW 8/14 Thoughts

Best Match: Kevin Thorn vs. Stevie Richards
Worst Match: Tommy Dreamer vs. Big Daddy V
Best Non-Wrestling Moment: New ECW GM
Worst Non-Wrestling Moment: -None-
Rating (out of 8): 5

The Good

1. New ECW General Manager
   
   This is long overdue. I don't know why they made Estrada the GM, but I guess thats OK. It's long overdue. Although, I still have to say, that Estrada talks really slow.
   
   In related news, if you read Jim Ross' most recent blog post, he mentioned that he thought an ECW GM is long overdue. I don't know exactly how much power he has at the WWE, but I think this is very interesting...and long overdue.
2. Contract Signing
   
   Morrison got OWNED... big time. Not much else to say.
3. The Boogeyman's Promo
   
   Again, not much to say, but it was kind of neat.
4. Extreme Expose, The Miz, and Balls Mahoney (who happens to be the REAL face of extreme.)
   
   This was interesting. It did a number of things. 1st, it established that The Miz is afraid of Balls Mahoney, but it also proved that Kelly Kelly is the loser of the group. The loser of the group needed to be established. It was a tossup beforehand, but probably Brooke.

The Bad

1. Big Daddy V's Man Boobs
   
   Sorry, someone has to say it.
2. Big Daddy V vs. CM Punk
   
   All this showed us is that CM Punk shouldn't be the #1 contender.
3. Big Daddy V vs. Tommy Dreamer
   
   Again, stupid. This isn't the Big Daddy V show. I did like the bit about him running to the ring in 60 seconds.
4. Kevin Throne vs. Stevie Richards
   
   I know I said it was the best match, but that's wasn't saying much last night.
5. John Morrison vs. The Boogeyman
   
   Bad match, and all John Morrison's fault. John Morrison has botched that kick 2 weeks in a row now.

Thoughts

1. John Morrison really does talk to much.
2. Big Daddy V jiggles... a lot.
3. Why is Striker coming to the rings if he isn't going to interfere?
4. Why is the Boogeyman changing his look weekly?
5. What does Tazz have against soccer?
   

ECW Thoughts

Best Match: CM Punk vs. John Morrison (15 Minutes of Fame)
Worst Match: Balls Mahoney vs. The Miz
Best Non-Wrestling Moment: CM Punk's/John Morrison's Interviews
Worst Non-Wrestling Moment: Kevin Thorn attacking Stevie Richards (but it's nice to know that Richards is charismatic. I wasn't sure if he was or not.)
Rating (out of 8): 6.3

Good Things

1. The Boogeyman's Squash Match/Big Daddy V attacking Boogey
   
   It is very rarely that you will hear me say that a squash match is good, but this one was. Matt Striker is also very good with the microphone. This looks like it is going to be a very good feud, that I could see even including a PPV match. I doubt the WWE Executives see it that way, but I do.
2. Elijah Burke vs. Tommy Dreamer
   
   This, even though I don't have much to say on it, was a very good match. I think that the Elijah Express should be used as a setup to an even bigger finisher though.
3. The Interviews
   
   I believe there were 3 of them, and they were all good. Stevie Richard's interview was even good until Kevin Thorn attacked him.

The Bad

1. Big Daddy V's Man Boobs
   
   Enough said. WWE... Put a shirt on him!
   
2. The Miz Talking/The Miz vs. Balls Mahoney
   
   1st off, I think we can all do without The Miz talking. 2nd off, Balls deserves better then to be jobbing to The Miz. Also, The Reality Check isn't a good finisher. I don't like it.

Well, there you have it. More good then bad ECW.

ECW Results/Thoughts

ECW was good last night... really good. It was probably the best ECW the WWE has put out in quite a while.

Tuesday night started out with John Morrison coming to the ring to make another speech. He did a really cool "shush" thing into the microphone, but he sounded high. Not how he was talking, just what he was saying. His big announcement was that he was going to continue doing the 15 Minutes of Fame, an idea I kind of like. He also made fun of Paris Hilton in this announcement. I have to say, it was a few weeks too late.

Then Morrison's inferior opponent came to the ring. He looked really strange. Morrison had an official come to the ring, Morrison delivered a low blow, the bell rang, and then Morrison won with a Corkscrew Neckbreaker. That move is one of the cooler in the WWE today.

After Morrison finished off the jobber he went on to say htat nobody deserves to be in the same ring as him. Then Tommy Dreamer comes out and says he wants to be ECW champion more then anything. Elijah Burke also came to the ring to say he deserved a title shot. After all of that CM Punk decides he wants to play too and tells Morrison that if he can't last 15 minutes in the ring with him, then he will never challenge him again. Morrison then decides to have a triple threat match where the winner gets a 15 Minutes of Fame match with Morrison.

The next match was Stevie Richards vs. Kevin Thorn. Although Stevie Richards got a cheap win, it was a very good match. Mostly one sided, but very violent. And although I don't have much to say about it, it was very good.

Also on the Extreme Agenda was Big Daddy V (with Matt Striker) vs. 3 jobbers. Boring match. Extreme one sided. Violent at times, gross at other. It started out though with 3 bad headbuts by Big Daddy V, but eventually got a little better. After the match though the Boogeyman made a return to ECW, this time with a new look. They took all of the yellow paint out of his face. I think it makes him look like he's wearing a mast, but it's cool. Very... "Boogey"...

After Extreme Expose danced around, The Miz came out. He had a match against non-other then Balls Mahoney. Obviously the WWE writers have been reading this blog. Also, it was a very nice transition from the Extreme Expose dancers to the match. During this match there was an amazing Nutcracker Sweet. Amazing. Brilliant even. But then they just had to go screw it up with the end. The move The Miz used to finish off Balls wasn't very high impact at all. Also, why are they letting The Miz win this match? What are they going to do? Give him a main event push? They shouldn't.

What the WWE should do instead is give Balls a main event push. Recently WWE had a poll on there website asking who was the true face of Extreme. The answer, by far, Balls Mahoney. He had almost 80%. I think Tommy Dreamer was 2nd with less then 10%.

Finally, the main event was awesome. CM Punk vs. Tommy Dreamer vs. Elijah Burke. It was a great match. Burke did an awesome handstand. It was great.