Tuesday, March 20th, 2007
Quicken Loans Arena
Cleveland, Ohio
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We get a lengthy recap of the history of the Master Lock and then show Bobby Lashley being the one to break it. We then get a cheesy promo from Chris Masters saying he's going to break Lashley in half. Our main event tonight is Masters vs. Lashley. They haven't cared about Masters in months and now we are supposed to again?
Rob Van Dam & Sabu vs. Kevin Thorn & Marcus Cor Von
It's all RVD and Sabu until RVD misses with a kick and it allows Cor Von to clothesline him to the floor. The crowd is surprisingly not into this at all. Sabu gets a hot tag to more of a no reaction. You usually can always count on reactions for Sabu and RVD, but it's just not happening here tonight. We get a really sloppy finish here, but it all leads to Cor Von hitting Sabu with the Pounce and picking up the victory. This was just not a well executed match and the crowd was sitting on their hands. The Pounce is always cool though.
Match Rating: 1/2*
More Snitsky vignettes. Just what this show needs.
Snitsky vs. Mike Tolar
Even worse than the vignettes are the actual matches. He hits a big boot and that's all. At least these are quick.
Match Rating: 1/4*
They announce that The Sheik will be the next inductee in the Hall Of Fame.
CM Punk vs. Hardcore Holly
It was a good thing that they had the winning streak of the best young talent on their roster ended by Hardcore Holly. Elijah Burke is out to observe the match. With how dead the crowd has been, it has me wondering how bad SmackDown might be. Holly hits a big reverse elbow and takes control. He goes for a superplex, but Punk is able to knock him to the mat. Punk follows it up with a leg drop and now Burke is on the apron. Punk is distracted by Burke, as is the ref. Out comes Kevin Thorn and he snaps the neck of Holly on the top rope. Punk hits Go To Sleep and gets the victory, but Punk isn't real happy about it. This was going along decent until the abrupt ending.
Match Rating: *
CM Punk tells Burke backstage that he doesn't need anyone to help him. Burke tells him to think about what the New Breed can do for him in the Money In The Bank.
It's time for Extreme Exposé again.
Tommy Dreamer vs. Elijah Burke
Sandman is in Dreamer's corner and Striker is in Burke's. Dreamer is able to hit a reverse neckbeaker and a bunch of punches. He catches Burke and then hits a fall away slam. Burke is in the Tree Of Woe and Dreamer hits him with the running dropkick. He goes for a DDT, but Burke is able to grab the top rope. Burke hits the Elijah Express and that's all. Another abrupt match and another match with no crowd reaction here tonight.
Match Rating: 1/2*
Chris Masters vs. Bobby Lashley
I mean Masters has had nothing on TV other than a Super Crazy feud that has been dropped. I get they are just looking at any possible way to continue to build Lashley, but this one just seems pointless. I'm thinking this one won't be very long. Lashley is dominating and clotheslines him to the outside. Masters ducks a clothesline and Lashley hits the ring post. They get back in the ring and Masters tries for the Master Lock, but Lashley hits a half nelson slam instead. He hits a powerslam and the vertical suplex. Lashley hits the Dominator for the victory. Pointless.
Match Rating: 1/2*
These last few weeks of ECW and Raw have been so terrible. I must have been blinded by the fact that I was going to my first WrestleMania in order to be so into this. Of course the one show that actually has been good, SmackDown, was the one I typically did not watch. This was a small step up from Raw, which is not a compliment.
Overall Rating: 33%
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