Fab Five WWE Matches of the Week 8/10-8/16

1. Goldust v. Sheamus Superstars 8/11

Wow, Dustin has looked great since coming back, but this was a classic early 90's level Dustin performance. He took two big time bumps (on the stairs and off the top) but his in ring bumping was even better, he does a great flipping bump for Sheamus's shitty polish hammer, which actually made it look kind of devastating. The fired up babyface comeback was great too, I loved his big corner lariat and powerslam. Sheamus was a guy in a great match with Goldust, but he didn't do anything obviously bad. I bought all the near falls, and I loved Dustin finally getting a win.

2. C.M. Punk v. John Morrison Smackdown 8/11

For a guy who was slightly below average a year ago, Punk has been blowing me away lately. This was the best match these two have had against each other, with Morrison using his athletic stuff mainly to counter, and Punk delivering a pretty nasty beating. The diving double knees on the apron was awesome, and he was laying in the kicks too. This did have you trademark Punk chinlock spot call which is always kind of irritating, but outside of that pretty great 10 minute match. Punk going over clean puts him over big for Summerslam, and I can't believe he is the guy the show is being built around.


3. Finlay v. Dolph Ziggler Smackdown 8/11

Nasty little Finlay carry job. I loved the return of the apron skirt spot which was my favorite thing about the initial WWE Finlay run. The ring apron facewash was pretty nasty too. Still not completely sold on Ziggler as he was throwing some questionable punches for a match that was otherwise this stiff. Could be into a Knox v. Finlay feud, lets hope they get a 10 minute Superstars slot.


4. John Morrison v. David Hart Smith Superstars 8/11

Morrison works these kind of ROHish indy innovation matches, which aren't my favorite kind of wrestling. I did like this more then most though, as Smith wasn't trying to outflip Morrison, but just wanted to chuck him around with power moves. Really nasty superplex by Smith, and I also dug all of Morrison Meiko Satamura kicks. Everything in this match seemed to land with more impact then your normal Morrison match. Fun stuff.


5. William Regal v. Tommy Dreamer ECW 8/11

The Summer of Regal continues, as he delivers a classic beatdown of Tommy Dreamer. Dreamer comes in with a taped arm, and Regal pounces on it in nasty ways. Really great Dreamer performance too, as he showed a bunch of fire, had nice looking body shots and some really good selling. I loved how Regal countered Dreamers run, by focusing back on the arm and the finish was great. I am hoping for Regal v. Christian to be one of those endless Punk v. Chavo style ECW feuds.