BrownieDude

The whole premise of being credible is too overblown. Punk was about as credible as Snitsky's dentist when he won the WHC.

I don't believe that HHH/Khali will draw as much, at least in the U.S.A, as much as people think. I know casuals, and they see face/face matches as the ones worth paying for. They don't appreciate the finer dynamics that the more educated fans do.

If we are going to continue the flip side debate, here's an alternate angle. You say MVP being in the main event is unjustified due to his lack of credibility. I would argue that being in the ME GIVES him credibility. Its a battle royale; all MVP has to do is stay outside the ring and dump Jeff Hardy over from nowhere to win. Its pretty clear SD aren't looking at this match to draw or they would have thrown Big Show in there. Edge was a title contender when he never went over anyone clean and won Battle royales in similar fashion.

Anyways, onto a brief SD review. Not a great episode.

SD Review:

- MVP/Jeff was a pretty good opening segment. It was all real and Jeff took it well I thought. His sincerity remains to be seen, and his performance on the mic was limited but acceptable. MVP wasn't at his phenomenal best but was still quite impressive. Nice way to open a feud and the show.

- Benjamin is getting some very nice heat and cuts an acceptable promo before his match. I will be quite honest, Jeff and Shelton are both heavily criticized for their mic work but both were acceptable tonight. His "Ain't no stopping me noooooooooooooooow" slogan to finish drew a lot of heat. The actual match was a short squash. Shelton hit the Pay Dirt, but it wasn't the greatest variation of the finisher. I re-iterate it shouldn't be an out-of-nowhere type move. Regardless, ok short match. (1/2*).

- Festus/Hawkins was another "ok" squash. Festus just displayed his power and won easily with the Fireman's carry flapjack. Post match beatdown courtesy of the Edgeheads after the bell rang. Nothing vicious, cheap unsustained heat. (1/2*)

- Kozlov/Richards was a boring squash. (1/4*). Headbutt is an awesome finisher. Well not really, but its pretty hilarious.

- Battle royale was not great at all. MVP being first to go sucked, and seeing Umaga go second was a surprise. Kennedy soon followed. Kennedy continues to get nice crowd reactions pre-match. Umaga's superkicks on his fellow giants were pretty sweet. Show hit a nice toss on Jeff Hardy, but Hardy jumped from the top rope to get caught on Show's shoulders. Show went to dump him outside the ring, but Hardy reversed it into a hurricanara and eliminated Show. Hardy hit the Swanton and low blow on Khali to no avail and eventually got thrown out. (*1/4).

- Maryse has no concept of how to wrestle. Michelle with the heel hook in a very mediocre match serving no purpose but to make her look strong. (1/4*).

- I missed Kendrick/Moore. Apparently it was a 15 minute classic. Not. Another squash.

- Final segment was pretty ok. I thought Edge wasn't at his greatest on the mic but given the circumstances its accpetable. Crowd didn't give as big of a pop as I thought it would, but they gave a pretty long ovation. They popped for the HIAC announcement though. GOod final segment to end a pretty terrible SD.