Reported By Jason Chinsolo on Wednesday, November 14 2007
Full Credit: WrestlingObserver.com
The Hardy Boyz vs. MVP and Mr. Kennedy
A quick recap of last night's RAW main event is shown. Kennedy and Matt start us off. Kennedy gets an early advantage with a headlock and shoulder block. Matt goes right back in with an armbar before tagging in Jeff. Jeff works over Kennedy a little before MVP tags in. MVP and Kennedy try a double clothesline, but Jeff ducks and dropkicks them out of the ring. Matt sets up for the Poetry in Motion to the outside, which Jeff nails, almost falling short, however. Good move, nevertheless. Jeff and Matt work over Kennedy till Kennedy is able to tag out to MVP. MVP is able to get an advantage with a nasty Yakuza kick, sending Jeff to the outside as we go to commercial.
Back from commercial, MVP has Jeff locked in a seated abdominal stretch. He wears Jeff down with a couple of submissions before tagging in Kennedy. Kennedy circles Jeff like a mad man before going into his own seated abdominal stretch. Jeff is able to battle out of it with a hip toss and makes the hot tag to Matt! Matt, unfortunately, kills whatever momentum the match had by badly tripping on the ropes on the way in. Kennedy saves the spot by engaging in a fist fight, which Matt gets the better of and hits a second-rope elbow to the head. In comes Jeff, who nails the Poetry in Motion in the corner, then misses a Swanton. MVP comes in and goes to town with knee drops and stomps. Back to the abdominal stretch. MVP and Kennedy go back and forth with frequent tags, keeping Jeff isolated. MVP goes for the running boot in the corner, but misses, allowing Jeff to gain some momentum. He battles back and jumps out to the apron, but Kennedy grabs him by the hair and tosses him head first to the floor. The announcers sell it like he hit hard. He rolls him back into the ring, and MVP covers Jeff to get the three. FINAL RATING: **1/2 Solid tag team action, but nothing spectacular. It does put heat on the match for Sunday, which is a damn good thing.
Post-match, Kennedy goes to bash Matt with a chair, but MVP stops him and says, "That's my partner." Kennedy begrudgingly leaves and MVP apologizes to Matt on Kennedy's behalf. This puts more depth into the match Sunday and was an effective angle.
The Survivor Series Classic is the main event from the first Survivor Series PPV. God, was Andre awful in the ring.
Matt Striker is in the ring. He says Big Daddy V has the flu and isn't there, and as such, reminds us all to get inoculated. Fitting advice. He does say that V will be at Survivor Series, however, and says he will dominate every single man on Team HHH before Kane interrupts. Striker pleads with Kane to not attack, but... well, you know the drill. Short, and it seemed like an excuse to get Kane on TV, but I like Striker, so what the hell do I care?
Kelly Kelly and Michelle McCool vs. Melina and Layla
Since Melina is the only one who knows how to wrestle here, she basically dictated the pace of the entire thing. It's not worth going over each move, but the heels double-teamed Kelly till she makes the hot tag. Michelle nails a belly to belly for some reason, ducks a cross body block, and hits a roundhouse kick to pick up the victory. FINAL RATING: DUD Standard divas match. Should have had the heels go over to put more heat on the match for Survivor Series, but I doubt people will be paying attention to the storytelling in that match.
The Miz comes down to the announce table for the main event. The Survivor Series card is run down at this time.
CM Punk vs. Jamie Noble
During Jamie Noble's entrance, he is interrupted by the same save_us video, updated for time, of course. The two are about to tie up before none other than John Morrison wanders down to the ring. Now we go to commercial.
Back from commercial, the two former ROH world champions trade some tie ups and catch as catch can wrestling. Morrison is now on commentary, as well. Noble eventually gets the advantage and attacks Punk like the pitbull he is. Punk regains control and stiffs Noble with some kicks and a nasty dropkick to the head. Noble regains control briefly and goes for a back body drop, but Punk catches him and nails a double underhook backbreaker. He tosses Noble in the corner and runs at him, but Noble gets the knees up and hits a knee drop to Punk's arm from the second rope. He body slams Punk with Punk's arm wrapped behind his back. Noble goes to a hammerlock as a legit "Noble sucks" chant can be heard. Guess the exposure is paying off. Noble continues to work over the arm and stops Punk's attempt at offense with an armbar DDT into an almost anaconda vice. Punk is able to battle out and hits a back body drop. Noble pops right back up and knocks Punk down. He puts Punk in a key lock. Punk once again stands up with Noble attached. He nails Noble with a Samoan drop and goes to town with elbows, soccer kicks to the head, and a running powerslam. He whips Noble into the corner and hits the high knee/bulldog. He goes for the springboard clothesline, but Noble catches him in a Fujiwara armbar. Awesome spot. Punk rolls through and kicks Noble in the head. He goes for the GTS, but Noble battles out and goes for some kind of double underhook move, but Punk lifts him back up and finally hits the GTS to gain the victory and gain momentum heading into Survivor Series.
FINAL RATING: **3/4 Obviously not what these two are capable of, but the finishing sequence was great (from the armbar on) and their half-speed is still better than some guys' full-speed. Miz and Morrison were great on commentary, too.
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