By Chris Shore

Superstars on WGN America
Taped in Nashville, Tenn. and Atlanta, Ga.

[Q1] The opening video aired, followed by the pyro, and Michael Cole and Jerry “The King” Lawler welcomed us to Superstars. The Bellas made their ring entrance in slutty referee outfits. A video recapped Jillian's match with them from last week. Jillian and Primo made their ring entrance, followed by Yoshi Tatsu and Gail Kim...

1. Yoshi Tatsu and Gail Kim defeated Primo and Jillian at 5:54. Kim and Jillian started. Jillian tossed Kim around, but Kim came back and hit a shoulder tackle. Jillian tagged in Primo and Tatsu ran in to save Kim. Primo whipped Tatsu into the corner and Jillian clubbed him. Not to be out done, Kim hit a flying head scissor on Primo. The men put the crowd to sleep for three minutes and then Primo tagged Jillian. Tatsu tagged Kim for good measure and the women battled. Jillian argued with the Bella in the ring and punched her. The other Bella ran in and Jillian punched her. Kim rolled up a distracted Jillian and the first Bella made a fast count...The announce team hyped Kelly Kelly and Tiffany vs. LayCool for later...[C]

Shore’s Slant: Well, that was rough. Mixed tag matches rarely work, and this was an example of why. You had four good workers in the ring, but the drama just isn't the same. Is anyone else shocked by the fact that the Bellas and Jillian are getting more storyline than any other Diva on Raw? Unbelievable.

Ole King and Cole hyped the WWE YouTube channel...Zack Ryder made his ring entrance. Goldust was out to a big pop...

[Q2] 2. Zack Ryder defeated Goldust at 7:47. Goldust started with an arm drag, and followed with his run the ropes into an arm drag and armbar gimmick. Ryder tried to whip out, but Goldust grabbed the rope, and hit an arm bar into butt bump that spilled Ryder to the floor...[C] Back at 5:15, Goldust hit a slingshot into a back breaker combo and started for the top. Ryder jumped up and hit a hangman on Goldust and went on the attack.

Goldust came right back and worked move set. He stood Ryder in the corner for punches. He hit three and Ryder pushed him off. Ryder charged and Goldust hit a power slam. Ryder acted scared of Goldust and Goldust charged in. Ryder drove him into the corner and followed with the Rough Ryder for the win...A video recapped NXT...The announce team hyped the Masterlock Challenge for next...

Shore’s Slant: Honestly, there were almost four minutes of commercials in that match, so we got roughly 3:45 of action. Not a lot to work with. I felt like the match should just be getting started when it ended. What a terrible waste of time by WWE.

[Q3] Back from commercial, a chair was in the ring as Josh Matthews and Todd Grisham took over on commentary. Chris Masters made his ring entrance, followed by the Dudebusters. Caylen Croft got in the ring as Trent Baretta waited at ringside. He stalled for a moment and then finally sat in the chair. Masters locked in the hold and the ref called for the bell. Baretta got in the ring and mouthed off to Masters. Masters challenged him to sit down. Baretta acted stupid and then did. Masters started to slap on the move, but Croft attacked from behind. The Dudebusters beat up Masters and left him in the ring...The announce team hyped the Divas main event...[C]

Shore’s Slant: That was awful. The Dudebusters are the worst act in the WWE, and we've already seen Zack Ryder tonight. They have no charisma, and beating up Chris Masters is like slapping the kid who thinks he is tough but always cries when he falls down in gym. He make look tough, but nobody notices him. And how in the hell do the Divas have the main event? Who thought that would be a good idea? Wow.

The Raw Rebound video recapped the Nexus angle...The announce team ran down the current Money in the Bank card...

[Q4] Team LayCool made their ring entrance...[C] Kelly and Tiffany came out together to Kelly's music

3. Layla and Michelle McCool defeated Kelly Kelly and Tiffany at 6:42. Tiffany and McCool started. Tiffany is still green and McCool tried to make it look good. Mostly she just screamed while Tiffany hit a monkey flip and tagged in Kelly. Kelly scored a two count on a Sunset Flip and immediately lost control. McCool tagged in Layla, and her and Kelly worked some acrobat moves before Kelly hit a clothesline and tagged in Tiffany.

Tiffany worked Layla who had rolled to the floor, but Layla drove Tiffany into the corner and took control. Layla and McCool worked in and out, almost allowing Tiffany to tag a few times, only to take out Kelly and cause her to distract the ref. Tiffany finally made the hot tag and clotheslined Layla. She took McCool out, and then hit a clothesline on Layla. McCool tried to grab Kelly's foot and distract her, but Kelly moved and hooked a roll up on Layla. McCool slid in the ring, and Tiffany was slow to come in, causing the ref to delay the count. Tiffany finally made it in to distract the ref, and McCool hit a big boot on Kelly. Layla covered for the win...

Shore’s Slant: I'm of two minds about this. I appreciate WWE giving the women almost seven minutes of actual TV time. But they picked two crappy workers (the faces) and the two most stale acts (the heels), so I'm not sure they did themselves any favors. Tiffany is God awful, and Kelly is only marginally better. She's more athletic, but she is very slow, especially when hitting the ropes or turnbuckle. Layla has the charisma to be a good heel, but McCool is killing her. Ugh, tough show. I'll have more to say tomorrow in my hitlsit. Thanks for reading and I'll see you then.

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