Scott's Blog of Doom

OK, one last bracket to go, and then this weekend we’ll merge everything into one big 16-team tournament to crown the winners.

These are all pretty decisive, so let’s speed things up and get to the next bracket.

- Kane & Undertaker (59%) take out Beer Money (41%) in the closest match of this bracket, but Beer Money were never in serious contention.  Undertaker no-sells the beer bottle and chokeslams Roode to finish.

- The Hollywood Blondes (79%) destroy Money Inc. (21%) in something of a surprise, as Austin finishes Dibiase with the Million Dollar Dream to advance.

- Owen & Bulldog (65%) finish off the Andersons (35%) as Anderson hits the spinebuster on Davey, but Owen comes off the top with a Slammy Award to finish and advance.

- The Hart Foundation (83%) finish off the Hardy Boyz (17%) in a landslide.  Really?  No love for the Hardy Boyz, or are the Harts just that much of a force?  They’re not actually my pick to win the tournament, but I can see it happening.  Jeff misses the Swanton and the Harts finish him with a Hart Attack. 

So for the semis, we’ve got:

- Kane & Undertaker v. The Hollywood Blondes

- The Hart Foundation v. Owen & Bulldog

Whoa nellie, I wanna buy that PPV!

OK, these are all pretty decisive, so I’m calling them now so we can move on.

- Edge & Christian (92%) steamroll the Quebecers (8%) in the Battle of Canada, where the promos were probably awesome. 

- The Outsiders (68%) beat the New Age Outlaws (32%) in the battle to win HHH’s love, as Kevin Nash no-sells the belt shot and powerbombs Billy Gunn to win it. 

- The Megapowers (83%) beat the Koloffs (17%) in an 80s dream match that ended up being little more than a squash.  Big boot and legdrop for Uncle Ivan finish this one off, although you have to wonder how much longer Hogan & Savage can work together.

- The Midnight Express (54%) beat Miz & Morrison (46%) in a wonky result because someone was power-voting for M&M, which completely skewed the numbers to the point where I had to turn off the honor system and restrict voting.  More realistically the numbers would have been about 80%-20% in favor of the Midnights, but either way they advance. 

So for our semi-finals (which I think everyone already predicted) we have:

- Edge & Christian v. The Outsiders

- The Megapowers v. The Midnight Express

That’s gonna be some interesting voting right there.

HDNet is free this month, although I have no desire to drop another $10 a month to get it, no matter how awesome the MMA offerings might be.  Seriously, random K-1 history shows?  AWESOME. 

Anyway, point being, I finally got a chance to sit down and watch an ROH TV show on Monday, and it wasn’t terribly impressive.  I know it’s probably at the end of a taping cycle and the crowd is burned out, but it just didn’t feel like anything special, and what’s with booking a no contest in the Briscoes-Bucks match?  This is supposed to be the land of clean finishes!  Nice to see Nigel putting over Colt Cabana clean on the way out, but it was only like a ** match.  I’ve got another three weeks of shows to catch, though, and it’s something different, so what the heck. 

I also watched a good chunk of TNA Impact this week because I was laid up on the couch with a 100 degree fever tonight and little desire to change the channel before Deadliest Warrior came on, and man, this show is every bit as Russo-riffic as advertised.  They hype up a big Homicide-Red title match at the PPV, then have Bobby Lashley squash Homicide like a bug, and then Red gets his revenge already.  What?  And what’s with giving away a Styles-Daniels match for free, putting Styles over clean, and then expecting us to pay $40 to watch a rematch with Samoa Joe involved as well?  AJ just beat his challenger clean in the middle of the ring, where’s the suspense?  A four year old could book this show better.  Bring on Hulk and his friends, I say, it can’t be any worse.