Fab Five WWE Matches of the Week 8/3-8/9

1. Rey Mysterio v. Mike Knox Superstars 8/4

Rey is really great at working these kind of cat and mouse matches. Rey might be the best wrestler in the world right now, and while his offense wasn't super spectacular, his bumping and selling was great. I don't remember Knox looking like such a killer before, but man can Rey eat a clothesline and a big boot. Your Knox cross body was the one piece of fancy offense and it ruled, it looked like a shark swallowing a seagull. Nice little TV match

2. C.M. Punk v. Jeff Hardy Smackdown 8/4

Punk has been pretty below average his entire WWE run up to this point, but man has the heel turn lit a fire under him. Even his Muai Thai stuff, which looked shitty as a face, is landing with a thud and a force here. Hardy takes some nutty bumps for a TV match which is mostly an angle. I loved the double knees counter of the swanton, and I thought the finish worked fine. Post match beat down was super nasty, the chair around the neck was probably pretty safe but looked violent as hell, and "Fix him so I can Break Him Again" should be the thing people remember about Punk 20 years from now.

3. Tyler Recks/Yoshi Tatsu v. William Regal/Paul Burchell- Superstars 8/4

It so great that Regal has been moved off of RAW so we get to see him in longish matches every week. Hell we have seen more in ring Regal in the last month, then in the last four years. This was pretty much one awesome pro carrying three greenish rookies. The Tastu v. Burchill section was fine, but once Regal came in, the match changed, just the couple of back elbows he threw were on a different level. They have run the Burchell/Regal tag team before, but this is the first time that Burchill sort of looked like he belonged, the double team working over of Tatsu was pretty nasty stuff. I don't know if Tatsu is significantly better then your average random hairless effeminate Puro worker, but I get the sense Regal can beat him into someone I want to watch.

4. Goldust v. Sheamus ECW 8/4

The 2009 Dustin resurgence is pretty improbable, he looks slimmer then he has in 15 years, and really has his crispness and execution back. This match is a total one man show, I dug all of his arm selling and Sheamus actually looked competent for large parts of this, I especially dug the hammerlock slam on the ropes. He doesn't look competent for all of it though, terrible kick to the stomach and an awful looking missed clothesline (how are you going to throw a clothesline a foot over Dustin's head, he is 6'5 for fucks sake.) Goldust only had about a minute of offense, but it looked great, strung all of his stuff together great. I dug the finish and the post match attack, would like to see Dustin move on to other guys, but I am enjoying this series.

5. Christian v. Tommy Dreamer ECW 8/4

A decade or so ago, Dreamer would do this match every week, they have spread them out at enough at this point to make them special. Both guys will take some nasty shots, and both the car door and the hotdog truck are unique enough props that this felt fresh. Good finish too. If they do the sensible thing and retire Dreamer this was a fine career swansong