WWE Superstars TV Results
June 3, 2010 - Year 2, Week 8
Taped the Week of May 31
Report by James Caldwell, Torch assistant editor

This week's WWE Superstars episode features Christian vs. Chavo Guerrero in the main event from the Smackdown brand. Raw will have Mark Henry vs. Primo. Also, there will be two Divas matches with Gail Kim vs. Jillian Hall and Michelle McCool vs. Tiffany.

Superstars opened with Mark Henry coming to the ring as Raw announcers Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler introduced the show from Austin, with the show taped on Monday. Cole said Henry was wearing Texas Longhorns colors. He was sporting black athletic gear with burnt orange trim. (Black being the alternative UT jersey color worn once when Nike needed merchandise sales and the UT basketball team was blown out by Duke a few years ago.) Henry entered the ring and threw up the Hook 'Em Horns sign to the UT crowd, which drew a nice pop. Primo then came out drawing heat doing the reverse.

1 -- MARK HENRY vs. PRIMO COLON

Primo tried to go after Henry's early on, but Henry remained on his feet. Henry then knocked down Primo with a shoulderblock. He teased a big splash, but Primo moved and Henry ate the mat. Primo then went up top for a dropkick, but Henry flung him away. Primo kept trying to go after Henry's lower body to chop him down. He then went up top again, but Henry caught him in mid-air. Henry then planted Primo into the mat with the World's Strongest Slam for an emphatic victory. After the match, Henry struggled to the corner selling the leg work and stood on the bottom turnbuckle to salute the crowd. More shine for Henry put a wrap on the match.

WINNER: Henry in 3:00. Fine match accomplishing the goal of getting over Henry's power offense with the crowd into the action thanks to the pre-match activity by Henry. This is right about where Primo will be slotted for a while until WWE finds another way to utilize him post-Carlito reunion. (*)

Up later: Co-Women's champion Michelle McCool vs. Tiffany in a Divas match from the Smackdown brand.

[Commercial Break. Hulk Hogan is back with another Rent-a-Center spot with Troy Aikman. He's wearing pink bunny slippers now. Apparently the joke is that's all he got in the divorce.]

[Q2]

2 -- GAIL KIM vs. JILLIAN HALL

Good action to start with some fast-paced offense from both sides in the beginning of the match. Gail then nailed a monkey flip and corner leg whip that floored Jillian. Gail then executed a nice head scissors coming through the ropes to the floor. Gail tried to follow with more offense on the outside, but Jillian cut her off. Back in the ring, Jillian went to work on Gail. Per the match formula, the story unfolded where Jillian got cocky working over Gail, giving Gail an opening to take back control. Gail tried to execute a superplex for the big finish, but Jillian blocked and dropped Gail to the mat for a nearfall. Gail then regrouped and executed her Eat Defeat jawbreaker for the pin and the win.

WINNER: Gail in 5:00. Nice match with a good flurry of offense from both sides from start to the finish. It's nice to see Jillian on Superstars where she's given time and opportunity to have a good match and not limited to a one-note gimmick on Raw. Of course, she probably wouldn't be on TV if she didn't have the recognizable "Britney Spears/Brooke Hogan parody" act that WWE likes to write into Raw guest-hosting bits. Meanwhile, Gail continues to just bide her time looking for an opportunity. (*1/2)

[Commercial Break. More Hogan, Aikman, and pink bunny slippers.]

Raw plug: They're essentially advertising that everyone with a pulse on the roster will be on Raw this Monday for the three-hour Viewer's Choice episode guest-hosted by the A-Team.

In-ring: Co-Women's champions Michelle McCool and Layla came to the ring for the next Divas match on the show. They each have their own Women's Title belt. Tiffany then came out sporting a sort of lime-green tennis outfit for the match.

3 -- Co-Women's champion MICHELLE McCOOL (w/Co-Women's champion Layla) vs. TIFFANY -- non-title match

McCool chucked Tiffany to the outside early on, drawing taunts from Layla ringside. McCool then delivered a knee to the side of Tiffany's face, driving her into the announce table. Tiffany barely made it back into the ring before a ten count and McCool went back to work on Tiffany. Tiffany made a comeback moments later and executed a monkey flip out of the corner. Tiffany delivered an emphatic kick to the mid-section before attempting a sunset flip pin, but McCool blocked and smashed Tiffany with the Styles Clash for the pin and the win.

WINNER: McCool in 3:00. Decisive win for McCool here. Tiffany is developing well as an in-ring wrestler and will probably be counted on to fill a void on the babyface side of the Women's division on Smackdown. (*)

[Q3]

Backstage: Vickie Guerrero was talking to Chavo Guerrero about Chavo's match with Christian later tonight. Chavo vowed to take apart Christian. Dolph Ziggler then walked in for a "progress report." Vickie started fumbling around her papers and dropping them on the floor. She checked out Dolph as he bent over to pick up the papers. Dolph asked for his progress report and Vickie told him to keep up the good work. She said she would see him later tonight. Dolph no-sold and walked off. Vickie sold lusting after Dolph with her eyes as he walked off camera, then Chavo stuck his nose in Vickie's face to question what's going on with her.

[Commercial Break. Aikman, Hogan, and the slippers.]

Weekly Superstars profile: Fittingly, they focused on Evan Bourne with a highlight reel video package on Bourne.

Smackdown announcers: Todd Grisham and Matt Striker talked up Bourne's big night on Raw teaming with John Cena. Striker then talked up the NXT Season Finale on Tuesday.

Video package: They went back to NXT for focus on Wade Barrett winning the competition after maintaining his #1 Ranking for the last few weeks. The video also focused heavily on the triple threat match won by Wade Barrett. They showed Justin Gabriel's babyface promo after being eliminated first before showing clips of Barrett and Otunga going back-and-forth verbally after Gabriel was eliminated.

In-ring: Cue up Christian's theme music to set up the main event. Christian got his shine walking to the ring before they cut to a break.

[Commercial Break. A spot aired for next week's Raw guest host Quinton "Rampage" Jackson's new DVD out last week.]

[Q4]

4 -- CHRISTIAN vs. CHAVO GUERRERO

Christian scored an early one count and Chavo huffed and puffed to sell frustration. They reset with Christian scoring a back body drop before coming off the second rope with a missile dropkick for another one count. The announcers talked up Vickie's new association with Dolph Ziggler, prompting Striker to reference the Kerwin White days when Dolph was a caddy for Chavo. Ugh. Christian knocked Chavo to the outside, then hit a plancha on the floor. Christian re-entered the ring to wait for Chavo, but Vickie walked out on-stage. After excusing herself, she booked a two-on-one handicap match. Vickie welcomed out Dolph Ziggler as Chavo's partner to stack the deck against Christian. Playing up his heel persona, Chavo gloated and acted tough now with the advantage before they cut to break.

[Commercial Break. Four out of five breaks with Hogan, Aikman, and the slippers.]

4b -- CHRISTIAN vs. CHAVO GUERRERO & DOLPH ZIGGLER

Back from break, Dolph and Chavo tagged in and out working over Christian, who was on the defensive. Ziggler then missed with a corner attack and Christian landed his pendulum kick to begin his comeback. Christian dropped Dolph with a flapjack then his usual sunset flip springing off the second turnbuckle for a two count. Christian fought off both heels, then went up top and airballed a cross-body splash. Chavo then tagged in with a springboard dive to the mid-section. Chavo then wanted the Three Amigos suplex, but Christian countered the third and dropped Chavo with an inverted facebuster.

They went to the finish where Chavo countered the Killswitch and executed a snap suplex. Chavo went up top for the Frogsplash, but Christian moved out of the way. (Before Chavo tried his finisher, though, Dolph blind-tagged into the match.) Christian then hit the Killswitch on Chavo, but Dolph caught him from behind with the Zig-Zag. Dolph, as the legal man, made the pin on Christian for the win. Backstage, Vickie looked on approvingly watching from a monitor. After a replay of the finish, Dolph and Chavo celebrated the victory and the announcers plugged Smackdown tomorrow night before the show closed with another shot of Vickie backstage.

WINNERS: Chavo & Dolph in 14:00 overall. Decent main event focusing on Dolph. Christian had his "out" faced with a stacked deck, which was fine. WWE apparently believes the ticket for Dolph elevating up the ladder on Smackdown is for him to be paired with the "heat magnet" Vickie Guerrero. We'll see if it works out better than it did for Vickie's most-recent beau, Eric Escobar. (*3/4)

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