~Ring of Honor held two shows over the weekend, one in Detroit and the other in Chicago Ridge.
Here's what went down:
Ring of Honor Results - 4/18/08
Detroit, Michigan
-Mitch Franklin, Pelle Primeau, Ernie Osiris defeat "Unreal" Mike Elgin, Danny Daniels, Mike Nakazawa.
-Silas Young defeats Rhett Titus.
-Jigsaw defeats Joey Matthews.
-ROH World Champion, Nigel McGuinness & Claudio Castagnoli defeat Kevin Steen & El Generico.
-Necro Butcher defeats Delirious in a Falls Count Anywhere match.
-Jack Evans & Ruckus (Vulture Squad) defeat Brent Albright & Chris Hero.
-ROH Tag Team Champions, The Briscoes defeat Austin Aries & Kota Ibushi Austin Aries.
-Jimmy Jacobs & Tyler Black (The Age of the Fall) defeat Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin (The Motor City Machineguns).
Ring of Honor Results - 4/19/08
Chicago Ridge, Illinois
-Austin Aries defeats Silas Young.
-Necro Butcher beats Alex Sugarfoot Payne & Mitch Franklin.
-Claudio Castagnoli & Pelle Primeau defeat Brent Albright & Adam Pearce.
-Mschif defeats Lacey, Daizee Haze and Ashley Lane in a 4-way match.
-Chris Hero beats Delirous.
-Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley beat ROH Tag Team Champions, The Briscoes, in a non-title match.
-Kota Ibushi defeats El Generico
-Zach Gowen, Tyler Black & Joey Matthews defeat Jack Evans, Ruckus & Jigsaw
-ROH World Champion, Nigel McGuinness successfully defends his title against Kevin Steen.
The first thing that jumps out at me after reading these results are that Kota Ibushi and the Motor City Machineguns picking up wins. Since debuting last week, Ibushi has been racking up the losses and Sabin & Shelley, TNA regulars, haven't won a match in god-knows how long. The machineguns seemed to have tied up their series with the Briscoes at 1-1 with a win in Chicago and the Briscoes winning their match last year . Who knows when the third match is coming.
All signs are pointing towards a potential Nigel McGuinness vs. Claudio Castagnoli feud/match. McGuinness told Castagnoli in the last ROH Videowire that if he helped him win his match against Kevin Steen & El Generico in Detroit, then he could earn a ROH World Title shot on May 10 in NYC. I'm sure the match will probably be good and all but I just don't see Claudio Castagnoli as ROH champ, I just don't see it.
Necro Butcher just seemed to be kicking ass all weekend.
4/19 WWE Smackdown Results
(Pics from WWE.com)
~This week's episode starts with Batista as a guest on WWE Intercontinental Champion, Chris Jericho's talk show, The Highlight Reel. Jericho talks some trash about Shawn Michaels, Batista's opponent at Backlash, WWE's upcoming PPV, and then Jericho talks some trash about Batista.
-That doesn't work out too well for Chris Jericho.
-WWE United States Champion, MVP, beats Tommy Dreamer in a non-title match.
-Hornswoggle beats Matt Striker. [*Note* That pic is pretty funny]
-Chavo Guerrero defeats Jaime Noble
-Then Chavo's new bodyguard, the "One-Man Fence" Bam Neely beats down Jaime Noble.
-Guess who's happy now.
-So, Mark Henry is getting handled by Big Show.
-But then The Great Khali, who had his peace offerings rejected by Show last week, comes down to the ring and lays Big Show out.
-Cherry picks up a win over Victoria.
-Vladimir Kozlov (and his spotlight) runs over some guy for the third week in a row. No pic for this one.
-World Heavyweight Champion, The Undertaker and Batista are in the middle of a non-title match but then Edge and Chavo Guerrero interfere.
-Batista takes out Chavo.
-Taker takes out Edge.
-The match ends in a countout and Smackdown General Manager, Vickie Guerrero, announces that The Undertaker and Batista will have a rematch next week with the World Heavyweight Title on the line.
No Jesse or Festus this week, which sucks.
Batista and The Undertaker have a bit of history together steming from last year and WWE showed a pretty good video montage covering everything, which I thought was cool.
I'm digging the slow build to the Batista/Shawn Michaels match and I'm also digging Jericho's role as the annoying instigator throughout this feud. I hope this feud continues in some shape or form after Backlash (hopefully Michaels vs. Jericho) because it's pretty damn entertaining.
I'm also starting to get into the whole Vladimir Kozlov gimmick, spotlight and all. However, all that screaming kind of gets on my nerves.
Match of the Night, in my opinion, was Chavo Guerrero vs. Jamie Noble. I really enjoyed that match.
Cherry has the worst theme music. Ever.
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