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Match #1: Kelly Kelly & Eve vs. Alicia Fox & Katie Lea Burchill
Well the good thing about Jillian not being in this match is that she can’t lose for the fifth week in a row. Push soon anyone? Katie and Alicia got the lucky drawings out of a hat this week to pair up together. Eve and Alicia are ready to get things poppin’ on Superstars. Alicia shows Eve why she’s a better wrestler until Eve pulls out one of her three moves, the dropkick. Katie is in and after a little tussle, she is dragged over to the face corner. Kelly helps out Eve with a double team elbow for a one count. Kelly kicks the hell out of both heels and hits a hip toss on Katie. Eve is in with a sunset flip attempt for a near fall. She hits a clothesline and a somersault splash (if anyone knows what that move is actually called, I would appreciate the input) to continue the offense. She hits a modified Samoan drop and heads to the top for what looks to be a moonsault. Alicia goes for the distraction and Katie throws Eve to the outside. Eve’s left knee looks to be in legit pain, at least for the moment after taking a nasty bump, as Katie gets her back in the ring. She works over the injured knee and gets a near fall. Alicia is back and she applies the half Boston crab. Eve fights out and propels Alicia across the ring before getting to Kelly for the hot tag. She is feeling good after a couple of clotheslines and a dizzy head scissors. She hits a handspring elbow and another head scissors, but the pin attempt is broken up by Katie. Eve gets involved and both her and Katie find themselves down on the outside. Kelly hits a crossbody but Alicia rolls through and holds on for the three count.
Winners: Alicia Fox & Katie Lea Burchill

The one thing that stood out in this match was Eve actually implementing a couple of new moves into her move set. Usually, the extent of Eve’s wrestling ability is a dropkick and possibly a shoulder block. Today, however, she showed improvement and I hope to see her continue on that path. As for the rest of it, do we care? Divas, divas, divas.
*1/2

The main event is a six man tag featuring John Morrison, The Great Khali, and Matt Hardy vs. The Hart Dynasty & Drew McIntyre.

Match #2: Evan Bourne vs. Carlito
It is always fun to see Bourne in a match, and this encounter with Carlito should be a good one. Carlito takes an early advantage with a couple of hard left strikes. Bourne fights back with vicious kicks for a one count. He hits an innovative arm drag, a drop toe hold, and a kick to the side of the head for a near fall. Nice dropkick from Carlito allows him to buy some time. Two count. Scoop slam is followed up by an elbow, with another two count ensuing. Neck and back submission applied. Bourne gets out and turns the tides with a head scissors. A clothesline and dropkick sends Carlito to the outside. Evan goes for the suicide dive, and while Carlito avoid it, Bourne lands on his feet. He then hits a knee to the face and Carlito is on his back anyway. He gets Carlito back in the ring and sets him up for SSP. Carlito rolls all the way out of the ring and we say hello to a commercial.

Bourne is still in control as he hits a head scissors and a forearm strike. Carlito takes the advantage with a huge boot and gets a near fall out of it. He ferociously stomps away at Evan in the corner. Then he sends Bourne neck first into the bottom rope. Two count. Submission applied. He almost gets out of it but Carlito connects with a SICK neckbreaker for an extended two count. Intelligently, neck submission is applied once again. Bourne hits his way out but gets hit with a springboard flying elbow. Another near fall. One more submission for the hat trick. A crossbody counter gets a two count. Bourne uses his knees for a nice takedown on Carlito and that gets a two count. Rollup from Carlito doesn’t keep Evan down long enough. Carlito hits a running knee but a clothesline attempt is countered with a crucifix pin attempt that is yet another two count. Spinebuster connects. Evan kicks out at two and three quarter. Bourne hits a kick to the side of the head and goes up top for the SSP, but Carlito takes his legs out. He tries a superplex but Bourne counters with a sunset flip powerbomb. He heads up top again and this time, the SSP connects. Finally, a three count.
Winner: Evan Bourne

That was an awesomely enjoyable match from these two young stars. The beatdown of Evan was innovative and intelligent, with Carlito using an assortment of different moves and submissions to keep the pressure on the neck and back. Evan fought back with great offense and Carlito sold it well. The go-home sequence was nice also, which sets up for a very nice match between two young stars.
**3/4

An Edge video and a Raw Rebound later and we are ready for the main event.

Match #3: John Morrison, Matt Hardy, & The Great Khali vs. Drew McIntyre & The Hart Dynasty
Goal of the main event: make the Great Khali a non-factor. The forgotten one, Matt Hardy, and Tyson will begin the festivities. Hardy hits a clothesline after a little bit of chain wrestling. Morrison is tagged in and some double team offense gets a one count. Tyson stomps away in the corner and tags in McIntyre. He keeps it up with an uppercut and a stomp to the face. Morrison fights back with a clothesline and starts pounding away at the IC champ. Here comes the Great Khali. He hits a headbutt and a big chop to the face. Tyson runs in but gets a boot to the face. Khali slaps Drew across the chest in the corner. Everyone for miles away could have heard that. Hardy is tagged in and he hits an elbow from the second rope. Two count. Tyson hits a kick to the back of Matt’s neck and Drew follows up with a big boot. Smith is in and he starts the beatdown. Plenty of stomps is followed by a suplex for a one count. Commercial time.

David Hart Smith has a neck submission hold applied on Hardy. Matt counters a powerbomb attempt with a side Russian leg sweep. Tyson and Morrison get the quick tags. Morrison hits some nice quick offense, ending with a heel kick. He goes for Moonlight Drive but gets distracted by Smith. Tyson tries to take advantage but Morrison counters with a sit-down powerbomb. Two count. Morrison thinks Starship Pain but is distracted again. Tyson disposes of Morrison on the outside. Natalya gets a kick in on the outside while the ref is distracted. Drew is the legal man and he rams Morrison back first into the side of the apron. They get back in the ring and the tag is made to Smith. He hits three successive belly-to-belly suplexes for a near fall. Morrison fights back with a sick pele type kick and is looking to make a tag. He gets to Hardy, who hits his quick offense ending with a bulldog. Two count. Side effect connects but both men break up the pin. They go after Khali and take him out. Almost. Khali grabs both of them before they can beat up on Hardy. Morrison hits a nice splash from the security railing on both men. Hardy hits the Twist of Fate and tags in Khali, who connects with the Punjabi Plunge and gives the faces a win.
Winners: John Morrison, Matt Hardy, & The Great Khali

There was plenty of good work from those involved, and not seeing Khali get too into it is always a plus. David Hart Smith definitely continues to improve me, and I think he could be a star in singles competition in the future. The Hart Dynasty should be in the tag title match on Monday instead of Miz and Big Show, but hopefully they get a shot soon after that. Morrison was good as always and sadly Hardy is stuck teaming with Khali and what not. Do you think he ever gets mad at his brother for holding him back?
**1/2

Once again, Superstars delivered with another decent show. The divas match was average for them, but it was good to see Eve actually use a couple of different moves this time around. The match of the night was between Carlito and Evan Bourne, with the high-flyer getting the win after an intriguing contest. The six man tag was good as well, although it is time for Morrison to be working with top guys and Hardy to not be stuck with Khali.

The match of the night was Raw’s Evan Bourne vs. Carlito and this week’s edition of WWE Superstars gets a grade of B.

What will happen to ECW in the standings? If WWE decides to put NXT matches on Superstars, then I will just combine the two. Most likely, however, this will come down to Raw and Smackdown.

2010 Matches of the Week

1. Smackdown 2
2. Raw 2
3. ECW 1

Later.

Tags: Alicia Fox, Carlito, drew mcintyre, Evan Bourne, Eve, John Morrison, katie lea burchill, Kelly Kelly, Matt Hardy, The Great Khali, The Hart Dynasty