Continuing our run through WWE C-shows, it's time to hit up Superstars. Based on this episode, I suspect I'll enjoy it less than Main Event, with too much time spent on Raw/Smackdown recaps. Stuff that noise, use that time to give me a Fandango vs Heath Slater match!
Natalya vs Tamina
This match starts really oddly, as Natalya walks towards Tamina with her arms raised up high and takes a punch to the stomach straight away to give Tamina the advantage. Made Nattie look like an idiot. Tamina basically controls the bulk of the match from hereon, maintaining her advantage with a vicious looking clothesline. Tamina hits a slightly clumsy looking powerslam before Natalya starts her comeback. Nice to see Natalya showing some real fire too, but her spinning clothesline gets blocked with a big boot to the face. Tamina tries a Samoan drop, which Nattie escapes and puts on the Sharpshooter straight away for the tapout. Really poor structure, as Tamina basically dominates in an uninteresting way, then Nattie gets the win with one of her first real offensive moves.
Big E vs Drew McIntyre
Man, Big E really was the C-show king at this time. I actually thought this was a step up from the Main Event match the same week. Loved Big E showing off his power by catching a McIntyre crossbody and hitting 3 backbreakers. Drew gets control following the smallest Jinder Mahal distraction, as his leaping on the apron gives Drew an extra second or two to avoid a corner charge. Like the Main Event match, Drew works over Big E's arm, but it's more effective this time. Firstly because it makes sense with Big E jarring his shoulder on the corner charge, but also due to how Drew uses it. Here, he's more actively trying for pinfalls and, when he only gets two, goes to the arm as a weak point to control Big E to buy some time to think. In the end, it's Drew's overconfidence that costs him: he starts pounding Big E in the corner, but pauses to lambast the crowd for counting along. This gap allows Big E to throw him down and run though his finishing sequence to hit the Big Ending for the win. Really fun match here, though at this point I'd like to see Big E mixing up that finishing run a bit. Still, enjoyed this.
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