[2000-03-06-WWF-Raw] Perry Saturn & Dean Malenko vs Edge & Christian

[soup23]

Dean Malenko is a really fun heel. Yelling at the ref and being relentless on Edge’s leg. Edge does some good selling too and for a 5 minute match, I enjoyed this greatly. I still don’t care at all about Terri and while King and JR had some good one liners at each other on commentary with Terri out there, the in ring action certainly took a back seat. Terri fakes an injury that has a concerned Edge checking on her allowing Saturn to gain the win on Christian. **1/2

[Loss]

Good work, but had no heat and Jim Ross tried, but Lawler and Terri Runnels had no interest in talking about the match. For Saturn and Malenko having left WCW, the more things change, you know the rest. I have nothing against Terri Runnels, but this reeks of them just trying to find a place for her more than having a place for her.

[gordi]

Seemed like a pretty decent match, but it was just there as background colour for the Sisyphean task of trying to get Terri over.

[AstroBoy]

Fun to see Dean and Perry still being kind of protected at this stage. This was more of a vehicle to advance this Terri/Edge/Christian story but sure it was a good and compact match tucked in as well. Edge stayed within his limits and sold fine. Christian got to show off some nice pieces of offense. The crowd was dreadfully dead. Terri's bump was hilariously choreographed and unconvincing to top things off.

[GSR]

Terri Runnels joins ‘the King’ and JR for commentary and she’s practically falling out of her top. We miss the opening seconds as the cameras are concentrating on the announcers and JR speculating whether Terri is managing Edge and Christian, as opposed to the in ring action. Drop toehold/baseball slide dropkick double team by Saturn and Malenko. Edge reverses a whip to the corner, Saturn goes for the tip up, however Edge catches him on his shoulders and pancakes him to the canvas. Double hiptoss and Christian with a face first suplex. Spinning heel kick to Malenko followed by a double flapjack. As the official tries to get Christian out of the ring, Saturn is in and clips Edge’s knee from behind. Pump handle suplex and Saturn and Malenko then focus all their efforts on that knee. Desperation enziguiri and he’s able to make the tag to Christian. Reverse DDT on Saturn as he takes it to the Radicalz. All four men are in the ring and Terri leaves the announcer’s table to get a closer view at ringside. Malenko and Edge take a spill over the top rope to the floor, although we don’t see how as the camera is again concentrating on Terri. She goes to check on Edge, however Malenko clobbers him and he accidentally collides into her. Terri’s clutching her ankle, while in the ring Eddy Guerrero is up on the ropes distracting the official. As Edge is trying to apologize to Terri, the Radicalz with a ‘Total Elimination’ on Christian for the win. As soon as the bell rings Terri is up and skipping to the back as Edge realizes he’s been duped by her.

 

This was more about Terri than the wrestlers who came across as though they were playing second fiddle to her. Work between the two teams was fine, but the commentators barely talked about the match, preferring to talk to Terri. Although it’s only six months since the ‘Terri Invitational Tournament’ when the Hardyz and Edge & Christian were battling for her services, she does seems passé and as though her time has been and gone.

[Migs]

"It's pretty much all about you, isn't it Terri?" - JR

 

Nice little tag match within all the gaga.