Greatest Moves Ever! Kevin Steen: Package Piledriver

We all know that piledrivers are nasty; hell, Stone Cold and Chyna both had their careers cut short because of them. When it comes to the nastiest looking piledriver of them all, it has to be Kevin Steen's Package Piledriver. Not sure whether this counts as one of the greatest moves, but it's certainly one of the most brutal.



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Greatest Matches Ever! WWF: Shawn Michaels versus Razor Ramone, Summerslam 1995

After watching this week's Raw and the Fatal 4 Way PPV, I have been left wandering why the hell I even what WWE anymore. Maybe I'm turning into one of those people who tell you that music in the 60s was better than it is now, because WWF/E used to put on some awesome matches. Then I think about some of the matches that TNA/ROH/PWG are putting out at the moment, and then I realise I'm not being nostalgic, some of the best matches I've ever seen have happened over the past 5 years, it's just WWE that has gone shit. I think it was the screwjob of Danielson on NXT, and then firing him for working an angle which has pushed WWE over the line for me. Of course, when the kids are chanting 'we love Cena' at any house show they can, when they're the ones buying the merchandise and pestering their mums and dads for them to buy the next PPV, you can see why dumbing down is seen as a good business decision. Shame.

Anyway, I'm coming across as one of those bitter people who rant about stuff they haven't a clue about on the internet, and I'm really not. Just to prove it I'm going to share one of my favourite matches. Now if you're a new WWE fan, you might not like it, but this will be because you're not used to watching decent wrestling. Any fan over the age of 25 will have fond memories of wrestling in the 890s, and most of the time it is just nostalgia talking, but Shawn Michaels versus Razor Ramone at Summerslam 95 is awesome, and set the groundwork for pro-wrestling since.

It's weird watching this match again and realizing that Scott Hall didn't always waddle to ring or get out of breath when climbing into the ring. Anyway, enjoy!









Rose-tinted specs or not, this match is awesome

Review: WWE Fatal Four-Way

With one of the worst titled pay per views I think I’ve ever heard, Fatal Four Way could easily be mistaken for the name of a gay porn film. This was an odd pay per view, the crowd throughout was flat and the matches were pretty mediocre.

The first match was Kofi Kingston versus Drew McIntyre for the Intercontinental title. This match was give far too much time, it was 17 minutes long, but felt like longer. Before the match began McIntyre called Teddy Long out to, erm, sit on a chair and watch the match so he would be there to present the title when McIntyre won. There were some pretty decent spots throughout the match, but nothing mind-blowing. The match culminated in a ref bump, with McIntyre in a position for a clean win. I learnt something watching this match which I did not realise previously: if you are a general manager, you have no referring privileges. However, if a referee shirt is forced on you, then suddenly you do. I hate to say it, but what the fuck? So with Kofi pinned, Long went in for the dramatic count... one... two... and he stopped, he just couldn’t tap three. Matt Hardy then did a run-in a knocked McIntyre down with a Twist of Fate to allow Kofi to get the win and retain the title. It seems odd though that a babyface would need the combination of a ref bump, a corrupt pin-count and a run-in to get the win... hmm...

Next up was a Divas match, fast forward...

Then we had a match between Evan Bourne and Chris Jericho, which for me was the match of the night. I’m pretty sure that over the last few weeks on Raw there wasn’t any mention or build up to this match whatsoever. When it comes to the WWE wrestlers, there aren’t that many who I particularly rate, but I think Evan Bourne is awesome in the ring and has a lot of potential. The match was as expected from these two, with Bourne doing a lot of high-flying moves and Jericho keeping him grounded for moves like the Boston Crab, erm, sorry, Walls of Jericho. Bourne pulled of his Air Bourne (geddit?) move, which is a 520 degree summersault to a splash, which Jericho countered with the Code Breaker (that looked pretty cool). The match was won when Bourne did his Air Bourne onto Jericho’s back for the pin. I’m hoping that this victory marks the start of a push for Bourne, who has spent most of WWE career on low-mid card slots. This was also one of the few matches of the night where the crowd actually reacted to what was going on in the ring.

Next up was the four-way match-up between CM Punk, Big Show, Rey Mysterio and Jack Swagger. This wasn’t a great match, but I was surprised by the result. With the push that Big Show had been getting of late, this seemed to be the obvious winner... I was wrong. The match was a pretty run-of-the-mill four-way match with most of wrestlers attempting stop each other getting the pin. The only cool move in this one was a three way suplex between Swagger, Punk and Big Show. Swagger looked out of his depth in this match though, falling down before getting hit, missing timings, etc. The match was interrupted by Kane, who brought out a coffin for some reason and tried to put Punk in it, but was stopped by Luke Gallows... which was odd, especially as nothing further came of it, all it did was keep Punk out of the ring for the finale. To end the match Mysterio got the 619 and a splash on Swagger to get the pin. I didn’t expect this, so even though it was a piss-poor match, at least I was surprised by the result.

Up next was the Miz versus R Truth for the American title. Miz came out and did a rap over Truth’s theme, which was hilarious, not because the lyrics were funny, but because Miz blatantly forgot his lines and just stood staring at the camera blankly for what seemed like an eternity before doing his ‘I’m awesome’ line... which of course, he isn’t. This match was a stinker, and the crowd we chanting ‘this is boring’...ouch! R Truth reminds me of the Ultimate Warrior, he’s got a great entrance, but once the wrestling starts people realise he’s not so great. The match was about 15 minutes long, and Miz and Truth had no chemistry in the ring, this was horrible to watch. Miz retained his title and no one cared.



Throughout the night, we had promos about the NXT guys maybe coming in and the WWE stars being ready for them, so as the final match arrived (a four way between Cena, Sheamus, Edge and Orton) you kind of knew what was coming. Again this match sucked. The NXT people came out and did exactly what they did when this angle first started and beat on Cena. I know I’ve not written anything about this angle, mainly because I wanted to see how it played out after the Danielson sacking, but when it first happened it was exciting and it was Danielson that made it with spitting in Cena’s face... but alas! The angle quickly became boring. But with all the chaos and the fact that the match was no-DQ, Sheamus jumped in a got the pin so he’s now the champion. What became apparent is that the WWE writers haven’t got a fucking clue how to develop this angle with the NXT guys, which is a shame, because it had so much promise. Just because the WWE has watered-down the violence, do they really need to do the same thing with story lines? Grrr... I’m finding WWE incredibly tedious to watch at the moment.

So with the PPV running ½ hour short of the usual, and with the bad bad matches and lame storytelling, you can’t help but feel a little short-changed. In the UK, we get most of the WWE PPVs except the big four on Sky Sports, so I feel really sorry for the American fans who’ve had to fork out for this inferior bullshit. This could well be the worst PPV I’ve seen from WWE.

I think you'll like this...

I was looking for some Tajiri stuff for the 'Greatest Moves of All Time' series we've got going on here, and I came across this gem...it's a match from way back when RVD was actually pretty good. This is a throwaway WWF match from round about the time of the ECW invasion angle, albeit for the Hardcore title which RVD held, but RVD puts on a much better performance than anything he's done in TNA.

The whole match is worth watching, but the bit you'll like starts at 1:55...

Greatest Moves Ever! Douglas Williams: Chaos Theory

There have been some pretty good suplexes as finishers over the years, Mr. Perfect's Perfect plex is one of them for instance. However, the best suplex I have seen for a long time belongs to Douglas Williams - The Chaos Theory. This is a rolling German Suplex which just looks better every time I see it!

Greatest Moves Ever! Jack Evans: Moonsault DDT

Back in the Eighties, Moonsaults and DDTs were seen as pretty intense moves, now they are ten-a-penny. This being said, check out Jack Evan's Moonsault DDT, this move is awesome.

That Clown from Outta Town - iMPACT, June 17th

The quality of iMPACT has been extremely inconsistant lately - it seems to go from being pretty damn good one week to utter shite the next. All I'm really hoping for this week is that the Angle vs Joe feud starts as it means to go on - hi-octane, and dripping with blood.

And please start with wrestling this week TNA! Just this once, let's not have someone who's paid to WRESTLE get on a microphone and start yammering on. If people want to see talking, they'll watch the news. Nobody would be impressed if Peter Sissons put Trevor McDonald in a submission hold during the 10 O'Clock News, and nobody gives a fuck about people talking during iMPACT. That's just how it is. Fucking get over it and start with a fucking match!

1:33 - JESUS FUCK, not only is it talking, IT'S FUCKING BISCHOFF FUCKING TALKING AAAAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHH JUST FUCK OFF AND DIE
1:52 - Wow, they stripped The Band of the titles because of the thing with Hall - for those of you that don't know, he got drunk and belligerent in a bar, they put him in a taxi home but he went mental in the taxi, punched out one of the windows then got aggressive with the police when they showed up and wound up getting arrested. I think it's fair to start with an announcement on that one to be honest.
2:20 - Cool, straight into a match for once :D
2:42 - I'm not sure why The Band are in the running for the belts they just got stripped of...I guess it's just Nash and Young now. Kinda makes the whole 'band' gimmick a bit pointless...
3:37 - Let's go Jesse! Although Bubba'll blatantly screw them and the Band will advance...
4:33 - Christ, Abyss v Hardy v Anderson :( What a shitty main event
9:47 - FUCK YEAH Jesse goes through :D I love how I just see Moore as wallpaper to Jesse's tag team run haha
11:53 - Damn, I was hoping for Jay
12:49 - This Chelsea and Abyss thing just got fucking retarded
14:21 - New stable...cool :) Hope this meens Beer Money won't be jobbers any more, I liked them when they were good
17:25 - Jay is on top form tonight :D
20:57 - How the hell is anyone keeping a straight face right now...this is fucking hilarious
23:20 - Desmond v Lethal - awesome :D I hope Wolfe wins for once...
27:57 - I wonder who Hernandez is gonna squash this week
25:18 - IT'S FUCKING JOE FUCK HIM UP JOE
25:40 - YOU ARE FUCKING DEAD HERNANDEZ
29:37 - That was going great until Morgan got involved...fucking TNA.
30:07 - Haha, Morgan's a dead man
30:30 - Damn, escaped :(
32:13 - Yay, Douggie
33:42 - Doug v Max Buck...cool, I love Generation Me...wish they had more TV time
36:32 - Fucking nice Diamond Dust...you don't see that very often, it's a great move
39:37 - Sigh, more Jarrett and Sting :/
39:58 - Wow, those action figures look like absolute shite...kinda amusing to see Suicide there because they made the toy before he became Kaz again
41:04 - Cool, Angelina :) I like her...kind of a coin toss whether to skip the Lacey match, she sucks. She's hot as all hell though. Ah, fuck it, I'll watch.
43:24 - How the hell do you nail a backflip from the middle rope no problem, then fuck up a drop toe hold? Surely the backflip is like a million times harder?
45:22 - That was actually pretty good...maybe I'll stop fast forwarding for a few weeks, Angelina is awesome though so it might just be because it was her.
48:02 - I reckon Abyss'll win the 3-way, I kinda hope so because I like Jeff and Anderson as a tag team but I kinda hope not because I don't think Abyss really deserves a title shot right now...
49:48 - 3D v Beer Money :D They've had some great matches, so this could be promising.
56:18 - 3D had it won - I really hope this doesn't end up with 3D splitting up.
57:01 - Ah, damn it...why the fuck is Chelsea at ringside...she's blatantly going to screw Wolfe. This could have been a great match...third match of the night ruined by a fucking screwjob.
58:09 - Dreamer's here :D
59:39 - Ok, she's gone...game on
60:09 - Oh for fuck's sake...why do they keep shitting on Wolfe? He's one of their best talents and they use him as a fucking jobber...it should be Wolfe, Joe and Angle as the top 3 guys
62:51 - Holy shit, did Hogan just say something I actually agree with?! "TNA is on fire right now because of guys like Jay Lethal". Damn straight, so take the belt off RVD and put it on someone who fucking matters!
64:35 - Flair v Lethal at the PPV?? What the christ? This will be a terrible, terrible match.
65:40 - MOTHER FUCK JOE IS AT 6 IN THE FUCKING RANKINGS, I WANTED JOE v ANGLE THIS FUCKING MONTH GOD FUCKING DAMN IT
65:31 - Although, on the other hand - OH MY FUCKING GOD WOLFE v ANGLE I CAN'T FUCKING WAIT THIS IS GOING TO BE FUCKING AWESOME
66:23 - Fuck him up, Stinger!
72:23 - Didn't happen :(
73:37 - I really miss Abyss' old theme tune. And gimmick.
74:34 - The main event is starting and there's over 10 minutes on the clock...this will be the longest main event in months
79:20 - Triple countout? Utter fucking bullshit.
81:10 - Abyss seems to have gone mental :D This is the Abyss we love...I hope Tommy comes to the rescue and feuds him...I hope RVD keeps his fucking nose out
83:09 - Holy shit, Black Hole Slam on the broken glass...fuck yeah Abyss
84:42 - Fuck yeah, chokeslam off the stage :D
85:00 - Here comes Hogan - fuck him up Abyss!

Pretty cool iMPACT this week, a lot of potentially great matches ruined by screwjobs but much better than recent weeks anyway.