SmackDown!: War of Two Worlds
5 comments | Posted by MelanieA day late, but whatever. This week on SmackDown! we were treated to a rare sight on WWE television - two Divas matches. While neither were the equivalent of culinary delights, they were pretty good given who was involved! First up was the All-American Diva, Michelle McCool who has been on quite a roll in WWEverse over the past six months as she faced off against Layla.
Given the experience levels of these two Divas, this match was slightly sloppy but still very good. It was interesting to see Michelle work and guide her opponent rather than being the one guided. With two quasi-experienced Divas in the ring, this was a lot better than I expected wrestling wise. However, this match was pretty boring, I remember these two hooking up a few months back and that was a fun match. These two Divas are easily the best products of the Diva Search to date, with no Victoria or Natalya in action this week - there wasn’t that strong competetive edge to this match or the later match, but was a passable 4 minutes.
SmackDown!’s second Diva match was a match no one was really checkin’ for, I certainly wasn’t. Cherry took on Maryse, who after two years I believe made her in-ring debut *gasp* Anyway, yeah I wasn’t really looking to see this match because neither Diva involved appeals to me. Again, given the Divas involved this match could have been a lot worse. Looking at this match, I’m kind of in two minds about Cherry as she’s not a conventional Diva: On one hand, she doesn’t look like a Diva, she’s not very attractive so why is she under contract? On the other hand, maybe it’s a good thing that she’s different? I’m flummoxed that WWE has an unattractive girl on the Divas roster but at the same time, it’s weirdly appealing. The theme of the night seemed to be “Okay wrestling matches, but boring.”
Saturday, May 17th, 2008 at 8:55 pm and is filed under Friday Night SmackDown!. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.
It’s crazy to see how Michelle’s transformed over the years. She’s excellent in the ring in comparison to how she used to be (ex. - her match with Melina in 2005).
Maryse blows my mind - she actually has personality - who would’ve thought! And she actually has some ring presence. She really doesn’t look that awkward. Maybe those 2-odd years of practice payed off. I like that she’s being bitchy and siding with Deuce and Domino. It makes you pity Cherry.
I really like Cherry - she really stands out amongst the Divas and has a figure that is a lot more realistic than, say, Maria’s or some other stick-thin Diva.
The first match was pretty good, both ladies improved immensely.
The second however, was pretty bad. Although I’m not saying that the girls who were involved aren’t good at wrestling, it just lacked some ring psychology. I liked how the crowd cheered for Cherry.
both matches werent anything special, just fillers of time..i liked cherry and maryse match the most cuz cherry keeps growin on me and maryse is just plain old hot…i didnt like the first match. i thought it was kinda sloppy and didnt make any sense..why would the taller mccool work on laylas leg? and her submissions werent impressive..no where near the sharpshooter..im just tired of mccool being shoved own my throat every week…i think cherry is more of a top face on SD than mccool..
Michelle vs. Layla was good - especially considering how little time they had and how they’re relatively still ‘rookies’. Maryse vs. Cherry was TERRIBLE! Over-selling does NOT make a good match AT ALL, neither does one person being hotter than someone else.
I absolutely LOVE Cherry; she is one of my favorite divas of all time, and i have been watching 7 years. I love her uniqueness and that she knows what shes doing in the ring. you write some awesome blogs