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 The Great American Bash- I Was There! Feb 01, 2009
, my cousin, my dad, and my brother had pretty good seats to WWE's annual Great American Bash payperview in Long Island, New York. We didn't get to see the dark match but we got to see the entire show live which was a real treat.
Match 1- Curt Hawkins and Zach Ryder d. John Morrison and The Miz ©, Finlay and Hornswoggle, and Jesse and Festus.
This was a nice opener to the show but I would've preferred if this was on the mid-card and not just the first match. Miz and Morrison were barely tagged in the entire time as Finlay, Hornswoggle, and Curt Hawkins and Zach Ryder were in the ring mostly. One of my favorite moves in the match was when Hornswoggle did a Hurracarana on I think was Festus. Curt Hawkins and Zach Ryder won when Jesse was on the top rope and he pushed Jesse off and pinned him. 4/5
Match 2- Shelton Benjamin d. Matt Hardy ©
This was a really good back and forth match between two accomplished competitors. I made a prediction before the match that because Matt Hardy had held on to the championship for so long that he was booked to lose it. I was right. Shelton beat Matt Hardy with Paydirt and pinned him for the three-count. Unfortunately, It wasn't as good as the tag team match. 3/5
Match 3- Mark Henry © w/ Tony Atlas d. Tommy Dreamer w/ Colin Delaney
This was a pretty good match. My prediction was that Dreamer was gonna get squashed like a bug. I was wrong. Dreamer hit the Dreamer DDT and Mark Henry was down. Then Colin Delaney yanked Tommy Dreamers leg which led Tommy right into Mark Henry's Worlds Strongest Slam which decimated Tommy Dreamer. I even got a picture of the moment when Colin was Yanking Dreamers Leg. Again, just an okay match. 3/5
Match 4- Chris Jericho vs. Shawn Michaels
Anytime these two get into the ring it is magic. This match was bloody, gruesome, and awesome all at the same time. Chris Jericho destroyed Shawn Michaels giving him the Lionsault and the Codebreaker onto the rope. With Shawn Michael's ailing injuries Y2J had this one in the bag. Lance Cade interfered on Chris Jericho's behalf. This was probably one of the better matches. I feel very lucky that I got to see Shawn Michaels before he's going to retire. 5/5 Great Match!
Match 5- Michelle McCool d. Natalya
Michelle McCool was super hot so everybody stood up when she came down the ramp. Natalya- not so much. Brian remarked that she looked like a fat cow but I let that go as I watched two of my favorite SmackDown divas engage in combat. Michelle McCool tried a heel hook at the start but Natalya reversed it. Natalya eventually applied the Sharpshooter but amazingly, Michelle McCool made it to the rope and broke out. Michelle than applied the heel hook and Natalya suffered her first singles loss in the WWE. This match was way to short but WWE made up for this by having Eve and Cherry come down the ramp to celebrate with Michelle. 3/5
Match 6- C.M. Punk fought Batista to a double disqualification
This match was a very good match with a lot of back and forth between Punk and Batista. The Match lasted around 10 minutes and ended when Kane interfered and kicked the cameraman over. He Chokeslammed C.M. Punk and Batista looked pissed. Batista then Spinebustered C.M Punk. The next night on Raw JBL and Batista both asked for title shots and now it's C.M Punk vs. JBL for the World Heavyweight Championship at SummerSlam. It was sick when Kane kicked the cameraman. Man is he demented!
4/5 good match.
Match 7- JBL d. John Cena in a Parking Lot Brawl
The most violent parking lot brawl I've seen. John Cena electrocuted JBL's balls, JBL set a car with John Cena in it on fire, and many more violent things happened. The car actually went on to the stage. John Cena went to F-U JBL unto the car but JBL realized it and pushed John Cena face first into the windshield. JBL got the pinfall. John Cena actually bleeded real blood on his elbow. Cryme Tyme did not interfere for Cena nor did Simply Priceless interfere for JBL. Great Match 5/5
Match 8- Triple H © d. Edge
Boy! What can I say about this match? Both competitors are seasoned veterans of the ring and it was a mostly fair match. Triple H the game got a huge pop while Edge got many boos due to him cheating on Vickie Guerrero with Alicia Fox, the wedding planner. There were many memorable moments between the two competitors such as when Edge DDT'd Triple H onto the hard ring floor. Every fan can agree that one of the best parts was when Alcia Fox interfered to give Edge the title belt to use on Triple H, and Vickie Guerrero came down the ramp and clotheslined her. Then Edge was gonna spear the wedding planner but she ducked and Edge speared Vickie. Best Match Hands Down 5/5
Is CM Punk A Fluke...We Will Find Out!!! Sep 09, 2008
2008 Great American Bash
July 20, 2008
Nassau Coliseum
Uniondale, Long Island, New York
Fatal Four Way Match for the WWE Tag Team Championship:
John Morrison & The Miz (Champions) V. Finlay & Hornswoggle V. Jesse & Festus V. Curt Hawkins & Zach Ryder
Ok opener here. It was below average from where I sit, but it's watchable I guess. Nothing worth spending alot of time on. Hawkins & Ryder win the titles. **
WWE United States Championship:
Matt Hardy (Champion) V. Shelton Benjamin
good match here. good wrestling too. I have always been a Shelton fan and I was glad to see him win the title here in a good match that told a good story, but there really wasn't any build-up so it's bitter sweet. Shelton wins!!! *** I saw Shelton wrestle at a house show last weekend and he looked a little lazy in the ring. Like, he really didn't want to be there. I hope that doesn't hurt his chances on getting a championship push anytime soon.
ECW Championship:
Mark Henry (Champion) V. Tommy Dreamer
umm...SQUASH....Herny wins...DUD. Pointless ending with Colin turning on Dreamer because Dreamer didn't even have the match won...or was he even close to having it won so...
Shawn Michaels V. Chris Jericho
very, very, good and emotional match here. Jericho plays the ruthless heel to perfection and Michaels plays the gutsy wrestler trying to fight his way though injury. Jericho wins because the ref stops the match for Michaels well-being. ***3/4 Jericho is the best heel in the company right now and his Title win at Unforgiven was a shocker, but I think it will be good (even if I am a CM Punk fun).
Match to Determine the First Ever Diva's Champion:
Michelle McCool V. Natalya
not a good match at all. Natalya is a better worker than Michelle, but she just didn't have it here. McCool wins the title, but only cause she is dating Taker. *
World Heavyweight Championship:
CM Punk (Champion) V. Batista
Good match here with the psychology being that Batista is too strong and Punk is a fluke champion. They have a good match that keep me interested for the whole thing. I really don't like the ending here because Kane comes down and causes a double DQ but there was really no follow up and I think Punk should have gotten the clean win here to prove that he wasn't a fluke, but good match either way. ***1/4
New York City Parking Lot Brawl:
John Cena V. JBL
ok...first of all, they weren't in NYC, but long island. Second, it wasn't even in a parking lot. Third, there were TOO MANY big spots and not enough selling of those spots to make this match. Fourth, all but the end was taped the night before, so some of the "magic" that live TV has was gone. The right man won and that was...JBL. **3/4
WWE Championship:
Triple H (Champion) V. Edge
very good match. I think this match could have been better, but the storyline actually hurt the match in my eyes. They really didn't build up to the match. All there was was the stupid wedding thing. Triple H wins. ***3/4
I really think that last year's was a better event. It was more solid and it had better matches and storylines, but this year's wasn't too bad. Jericho/Michaels was match of the night and the two World titles match was pretty good (I don't think of the ECW Championship as a world championship anymore, WWE has made it into a second Intercontinental title).
3 1/2 stars for the Bash '08 Aug 26, 2008
The Great American Bash 08 to me is the second best Bash the WWE has put on. The matches were all decent, but most of them was just there to continue most of these storylines they had going on at this time. Good card though.
1. WWE Tag Team Titles
Jesse & Fetus vs. The Miz & Morrison vs. Finlay & Hornswoggle vs. Hawkins & Ryder
Talk about an eye opener. These four teams really impressed me. Each team had their time to show off their abilities and use some good double team moves. All the teams had a very good showing and it never got boring or uninteresting. Very good opener. 3.5/5
2. United States Title
Matt Hardy vs. Shelton Benjamin
Matt and Shelton really mesh well with each other. These two men put on a very good showing as well. Shelton pulled off some good submission holds to wear down Hardy which added some hard punishment on Hardys back. The match had some very good back and forth action with some great counters. Great U.S. title match. I really enjoyed watching this one. 4.5/5
3. Ecw World Title
Mark Henry vs. Tommy Dreamer
Squash match but it wasn't that bad. It had a few nice impact moves from Henry. Dreamer did everything he could to make Henry look like he was dominate. The ending worked in alright but we all knew it was coming sooner or later with Colin Delannie splitting away from Dreamer. 3/5
4. Chris Jericho vs. Shawn Michaels
Very personal match right here. Michael's ribs took a hard blow in the early going which weaken him a little bit. HBK would then try to work on Jericho's leg, even applying an inverted figure four on Jericho. Jericho would also dish out hard shots onto Michaels injured ribs. Some good wrestling here and there with some nice high risk. Michaels get very bloody and just beaten down. The match came to a very brutal end, pretty good match to watch though. 4.25/5
5. Divas Title
Michelle McCool vs. Natalya
Decent match. Both divas tryed some wrestling in the beginning which led to some hard pops used by both divas. Natalya pulled off an impressive surfboard on McCool. Both gals used submissions. I really like Natalya using the sharpshooter as her finishing move, I think it works pretty well for her. Wasn't really all too fond of the conclusion but oh well. Average women's match. 2.5/5
6. World Heavyweight Title
Batista vs. CM Punk
I must say before hand, earlier in the ppv Cm Punk had a pretty interesting interview that I recommend on checking out. The match was very good too. Punk used those viscious and hard kicks of his very effectively on batista. Batista did showed his strength by just overpowering the smaller Punk. Punk pulled off some great counters and the match had some very close near falls. Punk also takes a hard slam onto the floor late in the match. The dq by Kane really took away from the match in my opinion but the after match beatdown by Batista made up for it. Good title match. 4/5
7. NYC Parking Lot Brawl
JBL vs. John Cena
I have to say I wasn't really all into this one while Cena and JBL fought in the parking lot. Both men dished and recieved hard punishment out there. They both took some sickening impact blows into the car windshields and windows. JBL would even set a car on fire with cena in the car. I really enjoy the match once it got taken to the stage area. JBL took some very hard slams on the steel stage. I felt it had a very good ending as well and I really enjoyed that part the most. Brutal end in this one too and the bloody arm of cena and the beaten body of jbl proved it. 3.5/5
8. WWE Championship
Triple H vs. Edge
I also have to say for this match that it had a pretty weak storyline building up to it. But the match made up for it. The match started out very fierce and intense. The match had some good outside ring action. Edge really works on Triple H's ribs. Both men took a lot of hard impact shots. Edge would also hit the edgeacution on Triple H on the floor. The inteference was only to continue Edge's storyline with Vickie but it didn't take away from the match at all. Good main event but I did expected a little bit more from these two talented superstars. 4/5
The Bash 08 was a good but not nearly as good as 2007's. I recommend this as a rental.
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WWE's Best Bash Yet Aug 23, 2008
WWE Tag Team Champions John Morrison & Miz vs. Finlay & Hornswoggle vs. Jesse & Fetus vs. Zach Ryder & Kurt Hawkins - This did the job that an opening match should do in that it was fast paced while everyone got their moments to look strong. The ending heavily reflected the disadvantage of the champions walking into the match as the Edgeheads walked off as champions without Morrison & Miz being involved in the fall.
United States Champion Matt Hardy vs. Shelton Benjamin - This was an enjoyable solid "ground wrestling" match with a solid pace throughout the bout. It wasn't your typical "high flyin'/spotfest/entertaining" type match that both men are more famous for but it was enjoyable.
ECW Champion Mark Henry vs. Tommy Dreamer - The first flop of the evening as Mark Henry just can't put on a "better than average" match when he's the one "in charge" of the match. This was just a glorified squash match in that Tommy's heavily weak offense was just no match for Henry and the moment Tommy started gaining some momentum, Colin Delany turned on Dreamer to help Henry pick up the win. Just a poor match that in retrospect was pointless concidering how Delany ended up getting released within the next month.
Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho - Unlike their previous encounters, this wasn't about putting on a showstealing much but heavily putting over the personal issue between both men...even to the point where HBK was so serious that he didn't do his normal "on his knee & pray" fireworks entrance & just walked to the ring never taking his eyes off Jericho. HBK was selling injuries to his ribs & eye right from the start while Jericho used a more impactful & relentless offense than normal as well. The real highlight here was the closing moments with Jericho just being the most vicious anyone has seen from him in a long time (if ever) by just beating on a bloody HBK & attacking his eye with Lance Cade getting in a shot as well. Again, not their best match but you got the story they were putting over.
Divas Championship Match: Michelle McCool vs. Natalya - With the recent heavily developments in the womens division on RAW for the past couple of months in terms of stepping up & being more of the way it was back in 2002-2004 were they were putting more of a focus on the inring action, this was time for the SmackDown divas to put on a show. It just turned out to be very disappointing match as it was only decent at best & nothing really noteworthy here past McCool being the first "Divas" Champion.
World Champion C.M. Punk vs. Batista - This was the shock of the night here as I didn't expect Batista's style of wrestling (when he wants to put in an effort) to clash well with Punk's but it did & put on quite the performance here as it was Punk's wrestling style vs. Batista's power style. Eventhough the ending involving Kane was kinda a jip, it didn't take away from what was a good encounter between these two
NYC Parking Lot Brawl: John Cena vs. J.B.L. - Well I guess WWE finally figured out what made their "I Quit" match so well recieved...they didn't try to make them play to their weaknesses in straight wrestling, they played to their strengths & just let them brawl plus gave them toys to play with...in this case, cars. This match resembled the old Broiler Room Brawls or other parking lot matches (Cena/E. Guerrero & Shamrock/Blackman) in that they started the brawl away from the arena & eventually made their way to ringside. They used the cars, jumper cables, forklifts, and even gasoline & fire (which was a little too "over the top") as weapons in this brawl. They eventually made their way to ringside before JBL pulled a quick one by throwing Cena onto the hood of the car for him to finally get his victory over Cena.
WWE Champion Triple H vs. Edge - After these two having minor interactions between each other for years now (Edge chasing the World Title in 2004/2005, with John Cena in Apr. 2006, the Rated RKO vs. DX feud, ect.), these two finally meet one on one for the WWE Title on PPV. As you saw via highlights throughout the PPV, Edge's marrage was off to a rocky start (to say the least) when Triple H revealed that Edge cheated on Vickie with the wedding planner before the wedding so Edge was out for revenge which showed as he rushed towards Triple H right from the start before HHH overturned Edge's momentum. HHH ended up hurting what looked like his wrist which Edge focused on for a while before the match went back & forth between both men including Edge continuing to block Triple H's pedigree. However the ending with the wedding planner & Vickie Guerrero (who took one hell of a spear) getting involved, Triple H capitalized on the distraction to retain his championship.
DVD extras include Vickie Guerrero & La Familia backstage after the main event along with Kane backstage talking about what's in his bag.
In the end, I felt like this PPV was better than Royal Rumble, No Way Out, and Night Of Champions but it's right behind all the PPV's from WrestleMania to One Night Stand. The only real flops are the ECW & Divas title matches so this is one event I would recommend.
 WWE GREAT AMERICAN BASH 2008 Jul 29, 2008
WWE TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
FATAL FOUR WAY TAG TEAM MATCH
WINNERS AND NEW WWE TAG TEAM HAKENS AND RYDER
WWE UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP
MATT HARDY VS. SHELTON BENJAMIN
WINNER SHELTON BENJAMIN
ECW CHAMPIONSHIP
TOMMY DREAMER VS. MARK HENRY
WINNER MARK HENRY
HBK VS.Y2J
WINNER Y2J
WWE DIVAS CHAMPIONSHIP
MICHELLE MCOOL VS. NATALLYA NIGHTHART
WINNER MICHELLE MCOOL
WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT
CM PUNK VS. BATISTA
DOUBLE DQ
PARKING LOT BRAWL MATCH
JOHN CENA VS JBL
WINNER JBL
WWE CHAMPIONSHIP
TRIPLE H VS. EDGE
WINNER TRIPLE H
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