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Superstars: Usos Can’t Stop The Harts | Superstars: Usos Can’t Stop The Harts |
| Written by Scott Anderson | |
| Jul 27, 2010 at 08:36 PM | |
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NXT Rookie Percy Watson accompanied his Pro, MVP, to ringside for MVP's tag team contest against The Dudebusters alongside Chris Masters. Watson's enthusiasm was once again contagious, and helped propel MVP to victory, though not as much as when Chris Masters locked the Master Lock on Trent Barreta after Barreta had attempted to halt the momentum MVP was building against Caylen Croft. Barreta was unable to break free of the hold, falling limp before Masters hurled him out of the ring, leaving MVP to strike Croft with the Play-of-the-Day to secure the victory. Chavo Guerrero, on the other hand, hasn't won many bouts recently, but this week the Latin Warrior managed a surprising about-face against JTG. The pace of the match was blistering, with the former Cryme Tyme member coming at Guerrero from all directions, but a spinning heel kick from Guerrero was all it took to swing the match back in his favour. Guerrero then hurled JTG shoulder-first through the turnbuckle into the ring post, leaving JTG unable to avoid Guerrero's Frog Splash to bring the match to an end. Yoshi Tatsu has also been on the winning side of the ledger on WWE Superstars recently, but this week Primo Colon was able to regain some pride with a surprising victory against Tatsu, despite Tatsu having the better of the contest with his dazzling array of kicks and aerial strikes. But all it took was one Backcracker, a finishing move learnt by Primo at the hands of his brother Carlito, to turn the bout around and secure Primo a rare win. And, in the main event, The Usos faced The Hart Dynasty in a non-title bout to re-inject themselves back into contention for the Unified Tag Team Championships. Jey Uso and David Hart Smith began the bout, and the large Canadian quickly gained dominance with his superior grappling skills, almost forcing Jey to submit by diving over him with a flying armbar. But Jey just managed to get to the ropes to break the hold, but it wasn't long before Smith had turned him head over heels to leave the Uso strung up in the Tree of Woe. Smith then tagged in Tyson Kidd who charged in with a low drop-kick to Jey's face. Kidd then continued his partner's mat-based offense, locking in a Fujiwara armbar, but Jey managed to drag Kidd far enough across the ring so that when he was able to break free of the hold it wasn't far to reach out and tag Jimmy Uso into the match for the first time. Jimmy fared no better than his brother, however, and he was soon forced to kick out of a pinfall after Kidd had struck an armdrag followed by a wheelbarrow pin. Smith and Kidd continued to tag in and out quickly, leaving The Uso's reeling from the offense of the Unified Tag Team Champions. The Uso's eventually managed to get back into the match after isolating Tyson Kidd from his corner, with first Jimmy trapping Kidd in the middle of the ring with a sleeper hold before Jey left Kidd stunned by hurling him into the safety barrier outside of the ring. Now in control it was the turn of The Usos to tag rapidly in and out, softening the smaller Hart up in preparation for their end-game. And the end looked near after Jey had Irish whipped Jimmy at high speed into Kidd's head in the corner of the ring, before Jimmy dove into a headlock with a momentum that through Kidd almost half-way across the ring. But Kidd managed to duck under a clothesline attempt by Jimmy and struck his own, enabling him to reach his corner to tag in Smith just as Jimmy reached out for the hand of his own brother. Smith erupted from the pent-up tension of seeing his tag team partner so brutally beaten, and his anger spilt over onto Jey with a series of shoulder blocks and clotheslines. Roaring with determination Smith then grabbed Jey's legs and turned him over into the Sharpshooter. Tamina, the Uso's distaff cousin, leapt onto the ring apron to distract Smith, but Natalya Neidhart ran around the ring to take Tamina down with a clothesline. And even though Smith had released the hold due to Tamina's intervention he immediately down Jey with a big boot to the face before turning to tag in Kidd one more time. Smith then hoisted Jey onto his shoulders for the Hart Attack, and as Kidd spring boarded over the ropes to send Jey down to the mat with a clothesline he also extended his legs to drop-kick Jimmy out of the ring before hooking Jey's legs for the cover and the referee's three count. WWE Superstars results
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