Tag: Heat

Heat 02/23 (453)

Not much worth seeing. I mean, it was fine, but I’ve finished and can’t recall anything except how bad Shad is. On one hand, they know, because JTG wrestles 90% of each and every match, but on the other hand, they had Shad and Shelton do a three reversal finish. I had this theory that … Continue reading “Heat 02/23 (453)”

Not much worth seeing. I mean, it was fine, but I’ve finished and can’t recall anything except how bad Shad is. On one hand, they know, because JTG wrestles 90% of each and every match, but on the other hand, they had Shad and Shelton do a three reversal finish.

I had this theory that Super Crazy’s ballooned up because of the free buffets at WWE tapings – that’s not the sort of thing they have in Mexico, as every luchador notes after they go. The thing is, they theoretically have food at SmackDown shows, even if it is the b show. One can only assume that the SmackDown catering sucks.

I’m not emotionally prepared to talk about UIC beating Loyola. I may never be ready. Tournament win or bust.

Heat 02/16 (452)

Okay show. Only a seven minute main event – they trust Shad less than they trust the Highlanders! That’s not so good. Kenny was boring. Shelton/Scotty was fine. So I did check, and there are seven weeks with dual episodes. 11/01/05 (pre Taboo Tuesday) & 11/04/05 11/25/05 & 11/27/05 (pre Survivor Series) 12/16/05 & 12/18/05 … Continue reading “Heat 02/16 (452)”

Okay show. Only a seven minute main event – they trust Shad less than they trust the Highlanders! That’s not so good. Kenny was boring. Shelton/Scotty was fine.

So I did check, and there are seven weeks with dual episodes.
11/01/05 (pre Taboo Tuesday) & 11/04/05
11/25/05 & 11/27/05 (pre Survivor Series)
12/16/05 & 12/18/05 (pre-Armageddon; *)
01/06/06 & 01/08/06 (pre NYR)
01/27/06 & 01/29/06 (pre Rumble)
02/17/06 & 02/19/06 (pre NWO)
04/28/06 & 04/30/06 (pre Backlash)

* – no recap, but I’ve had this show on my computer for weeks just to fill in the gap – I’ll get to whenever I’m caught up on lucha, ha.

All those pre PPV shows were ‘net exclusives, so they wouldn’t be aired internationally (not really ‘air’ed) at all, and most of them weren’t a hour either. They dropped doing them last year and no one complained.

Okay, but that’s seven episodes, and I was only supposed off six episodes, so I must’ve skipped one. I’m thinking it must be the 09/16/01; MTV was just showing videos that weekend so no Heat aired. Except I guess it must’ve aired in the UK and of course that’ll count for international airings. I know they didn’t count that one on the TiVo Program Info, last I could check.

Should I change my episode numbering? Dunno. Did I waste time on something no one but me cares about? Probably!

Watching part of SmackDown while typing this: What brand is Scotty on? He was back on SmackDown tonight with no one even noticing. Good to see Funaki sticking with his partner. Good to see Jamie Noble is still alive. WHAT THE HECK HAPPENED TO SHANNON MOORE. What brand is he on? The Token Multi-Man Cruiserweight match appears to be occurring one month early. I thought they forget about Jimmy Wayne Yang for a moment. Maybe he and Noble can team up!

Enough of this. Hope everyone likes me listing lucha recaps with everything else, because that’s the way I hope to be doing it now. If there’s any blog posts I feel like I actually work on enough that they need to be noticed, I’ll probably them out on the link list/rss feed.

Heat #451

02/09: they like the long form Cade & Murdoch tag matches and I’d almost like to believe in them, if they were actually going some place. They’d probably actually have some fun matches with Kendrick and London, but then, that’s pretty much everyone. Still, you put them on SD! and you move over the Grease … Continue reading “Heat #451”

02/09: they like the long form Cade & Murdoch tag matches and I’d almost like to believe in them, if they were actually going some place. They’d probably actually have some fun matches with Kendrick and London, but then, that’s pretty much everyone.

Still, you put them on SD! and you move over the Grease guys to get into the never ending fued with the Highlanders and things are – I don’t know better, but more amusing for sure.

THURSDAY RAW THURSDAY. I wonder if there will be any matches?

Heat 02/02 (450)

This week’s show. Anniversary special: THE BATTLE FOR IT ALL. They only really needed Val on the tecnico side and (unfired) Conway on the rudo side to make it the biggest match in this era of Heat. They really give the Highlanders the shortest comebacks possible, which must mean something to someone. Why DID they … Continue reading “Heat 02/02 (450)”

This week’s show. Anniversary special: THE BATTLE FOR IT ALL. They only really needed Val on the tecnico side and (unfired) Conway on the rudo side to make it the biggest match in this era of Heat. They really give the Highlanders the shortest comebacks possible, which must mean something to someone.

Why DID they bring Scotty over? I’m not complaining, he’s okay, he’s a willing participant in fun matches, I’m tired of seeing the same 10 guys over and over again but this was all true last month and the month before that. I haven’t been paying close attention, I imagine that the guys who would be Velocity superstars have been cut out of the house show runs with ECW added to the cards, so this is helping out a veteran.

I eagerly anticipate the Scotty 2 Hotty/Super Crazy teamup.

BTW: I’ve made it so the article links should actually update now. I guess, they worked before, but I was too lazy to actually do them. I’ve made them simpler.

Heat 01/26 (449)

This one is from this week. I thought this “the Highlanders get beat up for 8+ minutes but rally back to win lose” was better than the previous one, though maybe not as great as you’d think. It does help that they gave the Highlanders more than 10 seconds of hot tag comeback this time. … Continue reading “Heat 01/26 (449)”

This one is from this week.

I thought this “the Highlanders get beat up for 8+ minutes but rally back to win lose” was better than the previous one, though maybe not as great as you’d think. It does help that they gave the Highlanders more than 10 seconds of hot tag comeback this time.

11:47 is a long time for a TV match and, as far as I can look back, the longest match on this show in at least six years. They did a 10:54 Goldust/Snitsky vs Spirit Squad match on 06/10, and that’s the longest one of the Internet only era. There was a 11:45 Lance Storm/Val Venis vs the Dudley Boys WM Title Shot was back on 03/07/04 that might have been the last best match the Dudleys had (I dunno), but that’s 2 seconds short.

Otherwise, I checked thru all the recaps I’ve got, and can’t find a match longer. Maybe back in the first couple of years, pre-SmackDown, when they were doing stuff that matters on the show? That would’ve been heavy into the Vince Russo era, so who knows.

It didn’t feel exceedingly long, but with all the offense Shelton and Charlie have, I’d thunk I would’ve seen more of it. Didn’t feel like the best 12 minute match these two teams could have, for whatever that’s worth.

Heat 01/19 (448)

from last week. I downloaded the show and had it sitting on my computer all week, but I just didn’t feel like doing it. To be honest, the year in review stuff I’m doing for the CMLL blog is taking up about 7x as much time as I thought it would. I’ve planned on the … Continue reading “Heat 01/19 (448)”

from last week. I downloaded the show and had it sitting on my computer all week, but I just didn’t feel like doing it. To be honest, the year in review stuff I’m doing for the CMLL blog is taking up about 7x as much time as I thought it would. I’ve planned on the last third of the year better, but it’s still a bunch, and this is even with no attempt to edit.

This show, if I can talk about this show in the post about it, was okay. I wasn’t thrilled when I realized how long the main event was going, but it was okay enough. I dunno how they ever expect Cade & Murdoch to be do anything but Heat matches if that’s all they do, but welcome to life.

Heat 12/29 (446)

Top 2006 rivalries. I’m actually surprised this wasn’t more a direct hyped job for NYR. Figures that Todd gives out his e-mail address and I have absolutely nothing to say.

Top 2006 rivalries. I’m actually surprised this wasn’t more a direct hyped job for NYR.

Figures that Todd gives out his e-mail address and I have absolutely nothing to say.

Heat 12/02, 12/09

#441 had a good Val/Charlie match and a good in parts Conway/Crazy match, though there seems to be issues with Crazy – communication? #442 was a Piper tribute show. The MSG match was fun, but I hope they’re sending the well wishes to Piper, because I don’t believe he’s watching Heat.

#441 had a good Val/Charlie match and a good in parts Conway/Crazy match, though there seems to be issues with Crazy – communication?

#442 was a Piper tribute show. The MSG match was fun, but I hope they’re sending the well wishes to Piper, because I don’t believe he’s watching Heat.

Heat 11/11, 11/18, 11/25

* 11/11: past UK matches. This was mostly just showing matches all from the same taping – so lazy – but showing the One Night Only match was cool. Had that been shown in the US before? I know it’s on DVDs. * 11/18: screwjobs. Of all the time to use the WCW library, you … Continue reading “Heat 11/11, 11/18, 11/25”

* 11/11: past UK matches. This was mostly just showing matches all from the same taping – so lazy – but showing the One Night Only match was cool. Had that been shown in the US before? I know it’s on DVDs.

* 11/18: screwjobs. Of all the time to use the WCW library, you pick this time? If you’re going for the barely relevant, they should’ve used the time Giant won the title from Hogan by DQ thanks to an evil Jimmy Hart. Seeing a thin Giant is worth is always worth the price of admission.

* 11/26: actual matches! Everyone was a bit weirded out by the concept. They have matches again next week, I believe, and I can’t make heads or tails of the schedule from there (though I suspect not much, with holiday interruptions, the RAW in Iraq and such.)

I’m not smart enough to know what the deal was with Shelton and Crazy and who’s fault it was (though I could guess if you prod me enough), but there sure was something going wrong.