Welcome to the February 27th edition of the Slingshot Suplex Smackdown Review. This week we'll see an appearance from John Cena and they Hardy's square off as the build for Wrestlemania continues. Lets see what this week brings us shall we.


John Cena's music hits to open the show and gets a huge pop, which is the reaction he deserves. I know alot of people got so used to cheering the anti-heros in wrestling through the attitude era, but if u ask me it was time for wrestling to have another "hero" ala Hulk Hogan in the 80's and Bret Hart in the 90's. Especially with the more attention to the family unit now instead of just 18-24 year old males. Cena sais that the title is being held by a coward and that he wants a rematch for that belt tonight. Edge makes his way out to the stage. Sais if Cena wants his rematch he'll do it. But Vickie comes out and states that Edge will not compete tonight. Cena will face Big Show instead. OK but predictable opening.

Colon's vs Miz and Morrison: WWE Tag Title Match:

This tag feud has been highly entertaining to this point and tonight they will face for the Colon's tag titles only. They recap the "date" from last week, truly hilarious stuff. Primo and Miz start off the match. These 2 teams have beautiful chemistry together. Simply the 2 best tag teams WWE has had in years. Hopefully the fact that neither Miz or Morrison qualified for money in the bank will mean a wrestlemania match between these 2 teams, maybe to unify the titles. I wanna see a Tag TLC match between these 2 teams..now that would be awesome. The Bella twins make their way to ringside. These 2 should just stay in the back, I know the whole date last week was hilarious but this feud doesnt need the fucking bella twins ok. Primo plays the babyface in trouble. Carlito gets the hot tag. Morrison goes for the flipping neckbreaker but Carlito counters into the backstabber, by the way my favorite finishing move in wrestling. Carlito gets the pin and the Colon's retain the titles, and leave with the girls. Good match, nice fast paced action with everything making sense and flowing nicely.

Ricky "the dragon" Steamboat will be inducted to the hall of fame this year. Arguably the best "in ring performer" of his time and maybe ever, if you havent seen this guy in action look him up cause its a thing of Beauty.

Vladimir Kozlov vs Undertaker:

The fact that this match is taking place now pretty much confirms that Shawn Michaels will win monday night to go on to face Taker at Wrestlemania, not that i ever thought he wouldnt anyways. I'm one of few people that i've seen online that actually likes Kozlov, and he looks pretty good so far in this match. I like his old school heel persona, I pretty much like anything that is throwback anyways. Very solid match and Kozlov shockingly pins the Undertaker when he counters ol' school into a powerslam. I really hope they dont make the match at Mania a triple threat match. Please give us Shawn vs Taker one on one. Hopefully they put Kozlov over here just to make it less obvious, we'll have to wait and see I guess.

Matt Hardy vs Jeff Hardy:

Matt has been absolutely brilliant since turning heel. I wasnt sure how well he could pull it off but he has in a big way. Jeff comes out in street clothes, looks like they are gonna go with the "i dont want to fight my brother" type angle, until enough is enough and Jeff cant take it no more. Its booking 101 but its extremely effective when done right and so far this has been done right. Alot of reports are that WWE changed they're plans when the plans for Christian to be the attacker were leaked on the net, but I honestly think that this was the plan all along. Jeff sais whether Matt likes it or not he is still his brother. Matt snatches the mic and sais he is not his brother, and for once this is gonna be about him. Sais he has always been the more talented Hardy, i actually agree with him some there, as a pure wrestler Matt has always been better but Jeff's unique look and a couple of fresh high flying moves always got him more attention. Matt keeps telling Jeff to fight him, then he slaps him in the face, Jeff still wont so Matt backhands him pretty hard lol. Jeff just shakes his head and walks away to a good pop from the crowd. Jeff stops on the stage and makes the fans cheer to rub it in to Matt. Great segment and job well done by both men, this angle is going along very nicely.

Shelton Benjamin vs Chavo Guerrero:

MVP is on commentary. I love his face turn so far, that losing streak really got him over as a face after a while. In my opinion I'd rather see this feud being an A & B feud between MVP and Shelton with Chavo C'ing his way out of it, but it seems we're getting a 3 way battle for the U.S. title so ok. I'd like to see it all end at Mania with a triple threat for the belt but I think its wishful thinking and will probably happen on Smackdown more then likely. Shelton and MVP have a staredown on the outside, Shelton picks Chavo up and throws him into MVP. Sweet roll up by Chavo when they get back in the ring gets the victory. MVP rolls in the ring behind Shelton and hits the drive-by leaving him laying.

John Cena vs Big Show:

Main event time. Big Show has apparently gone back to being Edge and Vickie's lackey. Will probably continue that way until after Mania but i'm sure Big Show will eventually get sick of it. Not sure what Big Show will be doing at Mania, i guess he could end up just being in Edge's corner. Cant see him not doing anything though. Big Show keeps telling Cena its his job, I guess implying that its nothing personal. Probably just Big Show talking durin the match, but maybe it means something who knows. Big Show is outstanding here while he is in control, constantly talking to Cena and mocking the fans. It took him a while but Big Show, starting with his run as ECW champion, wich was awesome by the way, finally got how to perform as a giant. Tremendous match so far, maybe the best these 2 have had together. They're doing a great job at teasing Cena's comeback only for Big Show staying in control. Cena finally starts his comeback after Show misses off the second rope. Again Big Show takes control after stopping Cena from hitting the attitude adjuster. Chokeslam attempt but Cena gets him up and hits the attitude adjuster this time, always impressive when done to Show. Edge somes out and rolls in then out of the ring, not sure what that did lol. Big Show gets up and nails Cena with a huge punch, then chokeslam and gets the win. Awesome main event. Great match by Cena and Big Show. I guess Edge coming down was a distraction but it looked awkward because Edge never touched him, he just rolled in the ring and right back out again. But ok lol. Edge stands over Cena after Show leaves the ring and taunts him with the belt.

Overall a pretty solid show. Great tag match with miz and morrison/colon's, kozlov pinning Taker was a suprise, the Hardy's segment was brilliant, and a very solid main event.

Welcome everyone to the February 10th edition of the slingshot suplex ECW review. Lets see what happens this week coming off of Finlays defeat of Jack Swagger in a non-title match last week, earning him a title match at No Way Out.

The show opens with Swagger coming to the ring. Funny moment where the belt falls off of him lol. Swagger has a ton of potential like i said last week, and might be one of the best newcomers to come along in quite some time. He's getting very good heat from the fans which is a great sign for him. He goes on to cut a promo about how hes been embarrassed the last couple weeks and that hes been a victim. He then calls out Hornseswoggle. But thats not who he gets. Instead Christian returns to the WWE to a huge response from the crowd. I didnt read the spoilers so this is a big suprise to me and a very pleasant one. I believe this is a great way to bring Christian back as its too close to Mania to involve him in any big angles on the other two shows. This will re-establish him quite nicely before going on to bigger and better things on one of the other shows. He cuts a very funny promo making fun of Swaggers lisp. He then issues a challenge to whoever wins at NWO for the ECW championship. He'll probably end up winning the title at Mania. Swagger sais christian isnt a threat to him before Christian bops him on the head with the microphone. Great opening segment with the suprise return of Christian.

Swagger is in the back confronting Teddy Long about Christian before Long reveals that Swagger has to wrestle Christian later in the night. Sweet, another pleasant suprise.

Tommy Dreamer is in the ring. They recap the segment with him and Miz and Morrison last week.

Tommy Dreamer vs The Miz:

Decent back and forth match with Miz getting the win with some sort of jawbreaker move. Decent but forgettable. Dreamer continues to put people over like always.

Jamie Noble is shown in the back talking to Teddy Long about the Boogeyman and his worms. Before Long turns his attention to newcomer Tyson Kidd, apparently trained by Bret Hart in the dungeon. That alone makes me very interested to see what this guy can do.

Christian is in the back getting ready for his match before Finlay and Horneswoggle wander in. Finlay sais he'll be watching the match later and that it wont be Swagger he has to go through to become ECW champion but him.

A return video for Evan Bourne is shown. Cant wait for this kids return as he certainly is an exciting up and coming superstar with a huge upside.

Tyson Kidd vs Bao Nguyen:

The debut of Tyson Kidd is next, he cerainly has an interesting haircut. He's accompanied to the ring by Nataylia, it will be interesting to see if they do anything with him and DH Smith in the future. Sweet spinning dropkick by Tyson. Seems to use his feet very well. He finishes off Nguyen with a springboard elbow drop. Impressive yet short debut from Tyson Kidd. After the match Noble appears on the ramp for a little staredown.

Jack Swagger vs Christian:

Definitely looking forward to this match, although they could've waited another week for his actual in ring debut. Finlay and Horneswoggle make their way to the ringside area before we go to commercial. When we come back those 2 are on commentary and Swagger is in control. Beautiful tornado DDT out of the corner, vintage Christian. Excellent back and forth match and Swagger is again doing a wonderful job of holding his own with a solid ring veteran. I cant say enough about how far along Swagger is already. Swagger ends up throwing Christian over the table into Finlay before sending him back to the ring. He then removes the turnbuckle pad. But as Swagger tries to drop Christian on the exposed buckle, Horneswoggle distracts the ref allowing Finlay to hit Swagger in the leg with the shalaylee. Christian then hits unprettier for the victory.

Great ECW this week with the suprise return of Christian establishing himself in the main event, and re-introducing himself to the WWE universe. We now have a very solid 3 man race for the title going. Swagger should end up retaining at NWO and go on to feud with Christian leading into Wrestlemania.

Welcome everyone to my review of this weeks ECW show, the show has very little star power but often can showcase some very good wrestling matches so lets see what this week brings us.

Tommy Dreamer vs Paul Burchill:

I am very interested in where the Tommy Dreamer storyline will go. Im hoping that he gets an ECW title match against Swagger at Wrestlemania, but i see him building up to the title match and then coming just short and eventually getting "released" from the company, therefore putting Swagger over even more. Beginning of the match and the crowd starts a Tommy Dreamer chant showing he is still at least sort of over. Dreamer always brings a sense of real emotion to his matches and always has, some performers have that quality some dont. Suprisingly Burchill goes over here after a decent opening match. Dreamer has made a career out of putting guys over and it seems thats what hes trying to do here as well. Much needed victory by Burchill as hes been in a tailspin for quite a while.

Jamie Noble seems to have transfered to ECW now using the line on Teddy Long that "Noble equals ratings"..umm no lol. Noble is very talented and actually very charismatic but lets be honest..if he was ever gonna get over hed be there by now. He'll have a bigger opportunity to showcase his skills on ECW so it might be a very good fit for him but i honestly never see him getting any higher in the rankings of the WWE universe then where hes at now. Hopefully for his sake i'm wrong.

Miz and Morrison come out and start to berate Dreamer, Very good micwork by them as usual. They fit they're role so nicely and seem very natural doing it. Dreamer snaps when Miz mentions his family wich results in a Miz and Morrison beat down. Again Dreamer putting people over wich is what he does best. Overall though a pointless segment for Miz and Morrison in my view but they're mic work made it entertaining.

Jamie Noble is in the ring and his first opponent is revealed to be the Boogeyman.

Jamie Noble vs The Boogeyman:

First of all id like to state that im a huge fan of the Boogeyman character. Its a thowback character thats there for entertainment purposes only and he plays the part very well. Obviously hes not very good in the ring and will never win any championships but thats not his purpose on the card. Noble does a masterful job of bumping around for Boogeyman and actually gets some offense in so not a total squash here. Boogeyman gets the win with the pumphandle slam and then its worm time. I could do without the worms but it fits the character so its ok. Noble actually escapes the worms but him jobbing quite easily here just confirms what i said earlier about where hes going in the company.

Interview with Swagger backstage, god the ECW title belt is ugly lol. Swagger is very impressive in the ring but something about him is just very plain to me. He seems to be getting better every week and does have very high potential.

Jack Swagger vs Finlay:

Finlay should go back to being the man who loves to fight in my opinion but the whole hornswoggle thing is good for the kids so it works for now. Hes gettin his shot at the main event on ECW for a lil bit here wich will be good for establishing Swagger. Pretty physical match between the two, Swagger continues to impress and show he can hang with the veterans. He is very crisp in the ring and doesnt look like a rookie at all, maybe they didnt pull the trigger on his title win too early after all. Swagger ditches the shalaylee but low and behold Horneswoggle pulls out a big shlaylee and hits Swagger in the calf with it allowing Finlay to get the upperhand and hit the Celtic Cross for the win. I dont agree with this, i'm not usually one to care who wins or loses but having Swagger lose here is a mistake. A monster push is just what he needs right now. I'm sure finlay gets a title match now and Swagger will go over in that one but i still dont like the champion getting pinned in the middle of the ring on a regular weekly episode. Good match though and a nice main event.

All in all just another ECW, some decent wrestling but nothing that indicates any real forward progress toward NWO and eventually WrestleMania.