Fab Five WWE Matches of the Week 9/21-9/27

1. Christian v. Zach Ryder ECW 9/22

Another in the long line of really good Christian matches. He has a formula which he can plug guys into. Opening back and forth wrestling, leading to a big Christian bump, heel working over the bodypart injured in the bump, and then a near fall exchange with lots of reversals. When you are working with a greenish roster it is a good formula. The big bump here was pretty nasty, flying ribs first into the stairs, and I liked the way Ryder worked over those ribs. Near fall section was fun too, the rollup by Ryder did really feel like a possibly title change. Ryder really has his gimmick down, and works the Jersey Shore club douchebag about as well as Punk works sanctimonious straight edger.

2. C.M. Punk v. The Undertaker Smackdown 9/22

Say what you will about the Undertaker, for a guy who's gimmick is that he is an indestructible zombie he can really put over an opponent. Punk came out of this match looking pretty strong, he was able to go toe to toe with the Undertaker and still have some real moments of advantage. I can't imagine his inevitable DX feud will work out as well. Although Helmsley/Lemmy v. Punk/MacKye would be an awesome celebrity Wrestlemania match. Punk really gets chucked around at the beginning, which he sells really well, he does pretty good "I saw a ghost" eye bugging reactions. I did like how he fought back though, the constant little elbow shots he is throwing in his matches now are pretty cool. I was also impressed with how quickly Undertaker threw on the gogoplata, that shit took forever when he first started using it, here he was Diaz brother quick. FInish was fun too, Punk goes over semi clean, but stuck in a cage his strategy wouldn't work. Heck of a TV main event, and everything the PPV should have been.

3. Goldust v. William Regal Superstars 9/22

These are certainly two of the four best wrestlers in the WWE, and on paper this pretty much looks like a dream match. We didn't get what you might hope for, as the match was pretty truncated, but what we did get was pretty good. Regal's early armwork didn't mean much, but it was really well applied, I loved the grinding of the knee. The punch exchange was great too, short but nifty. Still just a taste of what these guys could do against each other, but a great taste.

4. Miz v. Evan Bourne RAW 9/21

This was basically an indy wrestling style exchange of cool moves. For this kind of match to work the moves have to be pretty cool and they really were here. I dug the apron knee lift and chicken wing camel clutch by Miz, and the John Woo kick by Bourne was pretty sweet. Also both guys bumped well, I especially liked the way Bourne eat the corner clothesline Miz stole from him, very professional. Cool finish with Bourne missing the shooting star, landing on his feet and getting hit by the stroke thing Miz is using as a finisher. RAW would be a lot more watchable if they had more fun 6 minute matches like this

5. Finlay/John Morrison v. Dolph Ziggler/Mike Knox Smackdown 9/22

Whoever laid this match out, did the really smart thing of parking Morrison on the apron for 90% of it. Finlay is a fun face in peril and Knox and Ziggler have some pretty good teamwork. Something seemed to click for Ziggler in the last couple of weeks and his offense no longer looks so dainty. Morrison's hot tag though was pretty embarrassing, those were some girl slap punches on both guys. Still enough Finlay to squeeze this ahead of Batista v. Show.