WWE MONEY IN THE BANK

Sunday, July 15th, 2012 from Phoenix

DOLPH ZIGGLER vs. DAMIEN SANDOW vs. SIN CARA vs. CHRISTIAN vs. CODY RHODES vs. TENSAI vs. TYSON KIDD vs. SANTINO MARELLA "LADDER MATCH": This has become my favorite WWE ppv. I mean, two ladder matches guarantees two good matches. The only other show that guarantees two good matches is the Elimination Chamber ppv. & I love Wrestlemania, sure, but I love ladder matches more. And even though I picked Ziggler and Cena to both win and they did, they were both good matches, this one being a zany clusterfuck of a match with missed spots and sick spots and a wild energy to it. The sickest spot had Tensai tossing Dolph over the announce table and onto the announcer's chair. The catch? Dolph flew through the air and landed upside down on the chair and bounced off. It was scary. Definitely one of the best WWE matches of the year. ***1/2

SHEAMUS vs. ALBERTO DEL RIO: Yawn. 1/2*

TITUS O'NEAL & DARREN YOUNG vs. PRIMO & EPICO: I read the paper while this was going on.

CM PUNK vs. DANIEL BRYAN: Good match. They used a chair, a table, and kendo sticks. AJ didn't really sway the match...so what was the point of her being the ref? Punk put Bryan through a table from the top rope to win. ***

RYBACK vs. CURT HAWKINS & TYLER REKS: More paper.

LAYLA & KAITLYN & TAMINA SNUKA vs. BETH PHOENIX & NATALYA & EVE TORRES: More paper. Really...the WWE can't put a good 3 hour show together? There were 3 matches that didn't even belong on RAW.

JOHN CENA vs. BIG SHOW vs. THE MIZ vs. KANE vs. CHRIS JERICHO "LADDER MATCH": Good not great, but it had some interesting stuff that made it stand out. Like Cena tossing Show through the announce table early. Kane being suplexed onto a ladder. Cena won, cashed in his briefcase on RAW to announce he'll face Punk at the 1,000 RAW on July 23rd. Everyone says this means a Punk heel turn. We'll see. But it looks like Summerslam will be Lesnar/HHH and Cena/Punk which ain't bad. ***

TNA DESTINATION X

Sunday, July 8th, 2012 from Orlando

RUBIX (JIGSAW) VS. MASON ANDREWS (SCORPIO SKY) VS. LARS ONLY (JOHNNY YUMA) VS. DAKOTA DARSOW: There were a lot of "stars" not on the show tonight; no Bully Ray, Mr. Anderson, Jeff Hardy, Abyss. This show felt like a CZW Best of the Best type of show...which isn't bad...but it would have helped if we knew who any of these guys were (they had them on only one Impact). This was wild but also a mess. **

KID KASH VS. MASON ANDREWS: Yes, Kid Kash is still wrestling. I saw him in ECW at the ECW Arena in, like, '99. He's still mediocre. *1/2

DOUGLAS WILLIAMS VS. KENNY KING: King jumped ship from ROH who fired him. He's got a dumb name and isn't all that exciting. *

SONJAY DUTT VS. RASHAD CAMERON: Dutt has a crazy finisher. He leaps off the top rope and does a flip and lands feet first on the opponent's chest. Sick! I also saw him at the ECW Arena at CZW's Cage of Death X. I guess that says something about TNA's star power. **1/2

ZEMA ION VS. FLIP CASANOVA: Jesse Sorensen came out before this match to say that he will return, win the X-Division title and then the World title. Zema, if you forget, broke Sorensen's neck by accident. I like Zema. Go figure. **

KURT ANGLE VS. SAMOA JOE: Not good. Bad finish. Joe choked out Angle and the ref called it. Jeez, remember when these guys were in the main event burning the house down? It felt stale, bygone. **

A.J. STYLES VS. CHRISTOPHER DANIELS "LAST MAN STANDING MATCH": Great match that I missed most of thanks to an internet stream failing. The finish had AJ giving Daniels his face plant finish off the ramp through a table. ***

KENNY KING VS. ZEMA ION VS. SONJAY DUTT VS. MASON ANDREWS "ULTIMATE X MATCH": They haven't had a great Ultimate X match in a long time. I remember them always being stellar. Not sure what happened, but I guess the wrestlers haven't been as good. Dutt got hurt but came back out late to take a hard bump off the X in the center of the ring and Zema won. **1/2

BOBBY ROODE VS. AUSTIN ARIES: This, like every Roode match, was not good...but Aries won the title clean and that was shocking and awesome. It's nice to be surprised. **