WWE Heat Report-12th August 2007
By Shaun Best-Rajah.com Reporter
Commentators: Todd Grisham & Jack Korpella
Ring Announcer: Lilian Garcia
Welcome aboard. Jack Korpella is in for the demoted Jonathan Coachman this week as the latter is busy with Raw duties. Three matches on hand so let's send it in for our first match which is a Cruiserweight affair.
Daivari vs Super Crazy
Daivari does a little bow/prayer ritual upon entering the ring. Crazy receives a nice welcome. Grisham and Korpella discuss each combatants recent wins against Mr Kennedy and Val Venis respectively. The crowd chant Super Crazy at the start. Daivari gains the advantage with a side headlock, go-behind and shove. Daivari preaches to the unimpressed Crazy who responds with a dropkick then a quick takedown for a one count followed by a snapmare and quick rollup for another nearfall. Crazy armdrags Daivari who hooks Crazy's hair. Daivari boots the gut, slams but misses an elbow drop. Crazy hits a deep armdrag. Daivari takes Crazy to the ropes. Crazy runs the ropes and shoves Daivari down. Crazy steps over Daivari and attempts a springboard cross body from the second rope but Daivari meets him with a dropkick to the gut. Daivari Irish whips Crazy front first to the corner. Crazy falls down, Daivari gets a nearfall. Bodyscissors by Daivari who hooks the hair and ties up an arm. Crazy tries to punch so Daivari sits on top and connects with two punches of his own. Daivari hits a gutbuster which makes Crazy go to the corner where Daivari punches and boots. Daivari sends Crazy off the ropes who manages to get Daivari over with a sunset flip for a nearfall. Daivari quickly clotheslines Crazy for a nearfall before cinching in a waistlock. The crowd get behind Crazy who backs Daivari to the corner. Daivari rolls through with the hold still applied. Crazy repeats the feat but this time he backelbows Daivari into the corner before breaking free. Crazy ducks a lunge and hits two dropkicks. Crazy fires up, lands forearms then sends Daivari off the ropes into a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. Crazy with a standing moonsault 1-2-no. Crazy slams Daivari, heads to the top rope but misses with a second moonsault. Daivari applies a Camel Clutch and Crazy taps out. Daivari pulls off another upset here on Heat. Here is Your Winner: DAIVARI. Post match, after Daivari gets the referee to raise his hand a few times he grabs a mic and announces himself the winner in Persian tongue. That's what it sounded like anyway.
Val Venis vs Sterling Keenan
The heavily tattooed Keenan is Sterling James Keenan of 1PW fame and is the guy that got squashed by Mark Henry on Smackdown this past week. Val hangs his towel in the corner this week. This disappoints the woman at ringside holding a towel sign which states she wants to trade towels with Val. Grisham gives us the backstory of Keenan asking for this match as he thinks he can beat Val. Let's see how he does here. Val with a nice showing in the Battle Royal this past week on Raw by the way. Lockup leads to an armdrag by Val who lets out a smile. Val works a waistlock takedown into an armbar, Keenan hooks the bottom rope with his boot forcing Val to break. Keenan charges into a drop toehold. Val holds Keenan's arm down, drives a knee into it, before twisting it behind Keenan's back and into a hammerlock. Val drives another knee into the arm. Keenan gets up as Val delivers an armwringer followed by three shoulder thrusts and another hammerlock. Keenan gets to the ropes to force another break. Keenan talks trash before slapping Val. Val blocks a second slap before unloading with a punch, boot and chop combo which puts Keenan down in the corner. Val chokes Keenan with his boot before pulling him up for another chop. Keenan gets backelbowed down off the ropes. Val drops an elbow then lands some mounted mat punches to the head. Keenan rolls onto the apron, Val gets him up, Keenan hangs Val up on the top rope. Keenan boots the gut before working over Val in the corner with punches and a choke with his hands. Val goes to another corner, Keenan lands some more shots before delivering a twisting neckbreaker for a one count. Keenan punches Val. Val reverses Keenan off the ropes and catches him in a spinebuster. Val quickly goes up top, connects with the Money Shot and just like that it's over. 1-2-3. No resthold of doom this week. Here is Your Winner: VAL VENIS. Nice little match. Val wrestled a clean match early on then showed his intensity later. Keenan did well and I look forward to seeing him compete in 1PW next weeekend in Doncaster. Post match Val poses up in the corner.
Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch vs Cryme Tyme (Non Title)
Main Event time. Everyone's favourite robbers are back in the Heat house. Cryme Tyme nearly bring the roof off of the HSBC arena. Lots of Cryme Tyme signs in the crowd. Cryme Tyme get the crowd going while Cade and Murdoch antagonise the crowd by posing with their belts. Grisham reminds us of Cryme Tyme's 10-0 record on Heat. Actually it's 12-0. Korpella notes two of those wins have been against Cade and Murdoch. My records state three Heat wins if you include singles aswell as tag matches between the duos. Grisham says that now William Regal is in charge of Raw then maybe a Cryme Tyme win will persuade him to give them a tag title shot. Let's see. JTG gets the place poppin' before locking up with Cade. Cade knees the gut and slams. Cade tries another slam, JTG slips behind, Cade thwarts a rollup attempt off the ropes but turns into a dropkick. JTG dropkicks Murdoch. All four men are now in. Shad clotheslines Cade then clubs Murdoch from behind. Cryme Tyme dispose of the redneck wrecking crew with clotheslines over the top rope forcing the heels into a rethink. Cryme Tyme play to the fans and JTG gets the crowd rocking with a 'Money, Money, Yeah, Yeah' chant. Cade gets back in and assumes control over JTG with a side headlock and shoulder tackle. JTG comes back with a hiptoss for a one count. Cade quickly reverses an armwringer before going to a side headlock. Murdoch blindtags in as JTG sends Cade off the ropes. Cade counters a backbodydrop attempt with a boot then holds JTG for Murdoch's running boot which sends JTG through the ropes. Korpella speculates on a possible broken nose for JTG as Heat cuts away for commercials. We return to see Murdoch knee JTG in the gut then deliver slaps across his back. Shad looks on concerned from the apron. Cade lands some shots then cuts off a JTG fightback with a boot and slam. Cade lifts Murdoch into a legdrop on JTG for a nearfall. JTG punches back but Murdoch cuts him off with a knee, some fists to the back and a kick to the temple. JTG counters Murdoch's suplex attempt into a small package for a nearfall. Murdoch hooks a leg allowing Cade to drop a forearm shot across the back. Cade headbutts the back before holding JTG prone for a Murdoch forearm shot across the back. Murdoch lands some crossface shots to the head before delivering a snapmare and tying JTG up in a cross armbar/chin wrench combo. JTG escapes via a jawbreaker and goes to the corner as Murdoch tags out. Cade runs into a backelbow but then backelbows JTG down himself. Murdoch quickly tags back in and goes to the top rope. Murdoch launches himself at JTG who lifts a leg to catch Murdoch in the throat. JTG manages to tag out as Murdoch groggily gets up. Murdoch turns to get punched down by Shad. Shad clotheslines Cade then Murdoch before sending Murdoch off the ropes into a backbodydrop. Shad fires up, removes his bib then lets out a 'Broooklyn, Brooklyn' cry. Shad scoops Murdoch up to deliver snake eyes in the corner. Shad goes for a running foream but Cade trips him from outside. JTG plants Cade through the ropes with a low dropkick. Back inside Murdoch drops an elbow across Shad's back for a nearfall. Shad rolls out onto the apron. As Murdoch goes to suplex him back in, JTG trips Murdoch and hooks his leg as Shad falls on top and gets the duke. 1-2-3. Cryme Tyme win another one to put them right into contention for a tag title shot. Here Are Your Winners: CRYME TYME. Post match, Cryme Tyme hug then high five in the aisle as Cade and Murdoch look on in shock. Korpella remarks Robbin' is their job.
Grisham signs off and thanks us for watching to end the show.
Best Match: Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch vs Cryme Tyme.
Worst Match: None.
Verdict: Thumbs in the middle for a nice little show. Nothing really stands out as being great but at the same time nothing stands out as being bad.
Due to Saturday Night's Main Event being taped tomorrow night with Raw it looks as though Heat will be a special edition next week. Nevertheless I'll return on Sunday and also give the lowdown on the 1PW show from the Doncaster Dome which I'm going to next Saturday. Abyss, Homicide, Nigel McGuinness and Sterling James Keenan amongst many others are all scheduled to be on hand. So until then, take care and have a good week. Later, Shaun.
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