WWE CAPITOL PUNISHMENT

Sunday, June 19th, 2011 from Washington, D.C.

DOLPH ZIGGLER vs. KOFI KINGSTON: Good opener. Someone backstage, probably a young writer, was like: "How come the sleeper hold never fucking works?" It worked and Kofi went to sleep and lost. **1/2 (out of ****)

THE MIZ vs. ALEX RILEY: I suppose this is the summer of the big Alex Riley push. And wasn't he busted for a D.U.I. this year in Florida? I guess Michael Vick got a second chance, why not Alex Riley? This match was not entertaining. The only amusing part was when Riley pulled Cole by the tie and threw him to the floor. I have yet to see a good Miz match. *1/2

THE BIG SHOW vs. ALBERTO DEL RIO: Mark Henry put The Big Show through the announce table. That was a good spot. After that, Show was hobbling around and eventually the ref just rang the bell and said he couldn't continue. *1/2

EZEKIEL JACKSON vs. WADE BARRETT: Barrett was funny on the mic making fun of the U.S. pre-match. Jackson won the IC title here. Meh. Who cares? 1/2*

CM PUNK vs. REY MYSTERIO, JR.: Great last few minutes of this match. Quick, fun, slick, surprising. **1/2

RANDY ORTON vs. CHRISTIAN: Orton got a concussion in Spain a week ago. Why was he wrestling? An okay match, but not up to their last two. **

JACK SWAGGER vs. EVAN BOURNE: Filler, but better than the usual filler. *1/2

R. TRUTH vs. JOHN CENA: Really awful. Surprising? No. Little Jimmy: help. 1/2*

TNA SLAMMIVERSARY

Sunday, June 12th, 2011 from Orlando

JAMES STORM & ALEX SHELLEY vs. DOUG WILLIAMS & MAGNUS: One half of Beer Money is hurt so Alex Shelley took his place. It didn't exactly work. *1/2 (out of ****)

SCOTT STEINER vs. MATT MORGAN: Surprised that Steiner lost considering he probably thinks he's God. 1/2*

ABYSS vs. KAZARIAN vs. BRIAN KENDRICK: Abyss is the X-Division champ, aka the cruiserweight champ. No, it doesn't make sense nor is it an intriguing storyline. Because Kendrick and Kazarian were stuck with a plodding fat guy this match was a mess. 1/2*

SOMOA JOE vs. CRIMSON: Somoa Joe lost to the undefeated TNA version of Seamus? Lame. 1/2*

MICKIE JAMES vs. ANGELINA LOVE: Remember when TNA had good women's matches? Those were the days. 1/2*

A.J. STYLES vs. BULLY RAY "Last Man Standing Match": Great finish to a match that was all fake punching for the first five minutes. Bully Ray bled and Styles jumped off the light pole on the set and down onto Bully on a table. It was a crazy leap and the highlight of the show. ***

STING vs. MR. ANDERSON: So Mr. Anderson is the new champ. When your title match isn't the main event something is probably wrong with your company. 1/2*

JEFF JARRETT vs. KURT ANGLE: A good match but not nearly as good as some of their epic matches like April's cage match. It seemed a little off and didn't go as long as I'd hoped to build momentum. Kind of disappointing since it was their apparent last match. **1/2