February 26, 2006
Thanks to pwtorch

Y’know, it’s the first time I’ve noticed WWE has dropped the “Sunday Night” from the title of the show. I’m sure it’s been several weeks, but that’s how I roll. Officially, the show should be called Friday Night Heat as you can see each new episode on Friday. But I can’t seem to shake the lazy, late-weekend feeling from Raw’s little brother, so around these parts you can think of it as (Sunday Night) Heat.

Eugene defeated Rob Conway The most important thing either Coach or the Grish can mention about Conway during his entrance walk is that he has shaved his moustache. Eugene wants to shake hands but Conway rudely declines. Eugene reverses a Conway rear lock-up and Conway elbows out of it. Coach mentions Doink the Clown. Conway applies a long headlock and Eugene reverses a hip toss attempt into a big bulldog. Conway recovers, kicks Eugene and re-applies the same side headlock as before. Both combatants run the ropes until Eugene slides to the outside of the ring. Conway fails to notice Eugene’s absence right away and continues his rope-running. Eugene slips under the ring to play games with Conway. Conway thinks he’ll outsmart Eugene and waits for him on the other side of the ring. Eugene sneaks behind Conway and rolls him up. Conway kicks out and clotheslines Eugene and kicks him into the corner. Conway punches Eugene repeatedly and hits him with a big elbow off the ropes. Conway poses a little before dropping another elbow and covering Eugene for a two-count. Conway throws Eugene into the corner and gets another two. Eugene tried to power out of another Conway headlock and reversed a corner charge by Conway into a roll-up for an almost pin. Eugene hulked up as Conway smashed his head into the turnbuckle and peppered Conway with punches. Eugene airplane-spinned Conway, knelt behind him and made him fall. Eugene covered him, but Conway kicked. Eugene hit a spinebuster and tried to do a People’s Elbow but Conway intercepted him and landed a power slam. Conway screamed, “Now it’s over” and set up the Ego Trip. Eugene reversed into a backslide pin and the surprise victory. Conway acts pissed and Eugene claps and acts silly.

Conversation Pieces: It’s good to see Nick Dinsmore back in action. It’s bad to see he’s still saddled with that go-nowhere gimmick. I kind-of followed these guys while they were in OVW and they’re both much better than currently being portrayed.

Commercial for WrestleMania 22. It’s so much larger than life.

Commercial for the Black video game. Classical music is a good way to refine rampant destruction.

Chavo Guerrero defeated Lance Cade People are still way over for Chavo. Cade attacks Chavo during Chavo’s ring intro. An early cover only gets Cade two. Cade rams Chavo into the corner multiple times, kicks him a lot and chokes him. The crowd doesn’t like that so much. Chavo fights back with some European uppercuts and some punches but Cade catches him with a backbreaker and stops his offensive rush. Cade works over Chavo’s back, holding onto the ropes during an abdominal stretch but the ref catches him and they have some words. Chavo catches his breath during this break and fights back with a dropkick. Cade begs him off and asks for a time-out. Chavo responds with a dropkick and the Three Amigos. Cade powers out of the third suplex and puts Chavo in a hanging suplex of his own. Chavo reverses this into a ddt and goes to the top turnbuckle. Chavo hits the frog splash and gets the pin. Chavo celebrated and thanked the fans. Coach and the Grish played up the size difference between Chavo and Cade.

Conversation Pieces: Chavo looked good in this match. Usually he botches a spot or looks awkward trying to pull something off. The match with Johnny Parisi from Heat two weeks ago is a perfect example of both. But he was much improved this episode. Continuing to deliver this way consistently could lead to a better spot on the roster for him. Or I could just be kidding myself.

Clips package for the Eddie Guerrero induction into the Hall Of Fame.

Viscera defeated Tyson Tomko Coach has so many problems, he doesn’t know where to start. Snitsky comes to the ring with Tomko. Val Venis accompanies Viscera. Coach doesn’t like the way Venis keeps rhythm to Vis’ music. Tomko rakes Viscera’s eyes to begin and tries to swing him into the ropes but Big Vis ain’t moving. Instead, Vis flings Tomko into the corner and picks him up for a slam. Vis attempts a running splash but Tomko moves and Vis eats canvas. Tomko follows up with a ddt. Tomko works over Vis’ head with some punches and kicks and follows up with a headlock. Vis powers out and Samoa-drops Tomko, then clotheslines him back to the mat after Tomko gets up. Vis hits the Black Hole Slam and turns Tomko over on his face. Vis plays to the crowd and gazes at Tomko’s ass lovingly. Vis grinds his hips and bounces off the ropes but Snitsky grabs his leg and Tomko drives an elbow into Vis’ knee. Tomko calls for a chair and Snitsky complies but the ref catches him. Tomko walks right into the Sex Drive, or, if you remember Albert, the Albert Bomb. Vis gets the three. He and Venis strut away while Snitsky and Tomko have words. Snitsky leaves Tomko in the ring.

Commercial for the Divas DVD. One of them has never been on top of a bus in her underwear before. Huh, go figure.

Another commercial for that Black video game by EA. It’s Rated M because people get shot.

Recap of the Main Event from Raw and those really awkward promos cut by the Big Show, RVD and HHH.

Goldust defeated Trevor Murdoch Murdoch is accompanied by a spit cup. A clip is shown of Murdoch walking away from Goldust in a match from last week’s Heat. Murdoch speaks to the crowd about that match and he didn’t b*tch out because he was scared but because he had something in his eye. By no means is he an “eye-ologist,” but he knew medical attention was necessary. He’s not freaked out by freaky Goldust and he doesn’t care about the media making him out to be a scaredy-cat. As a matter of fact, he wants to go right now so he calls out the Golden One, who obliges. Murdoch puts the boots to Goldust before ‘Dust can even fully get into the ring. Goldust fights back with some punches and an elbow. Murdoch rolls out of the ring and milks his spurious eye injury. Murdoch teases getting into the ring and pulls Goldust out to the floor. Murdoch rams Goldust into the guardrail. Murdoch climbs the turnbuckles and hits Goldust, who has returned to the ring, with a big flying cross body block but only gets a two-count on a subsequent cover. Murdoch works over Goldust’s back and applies a chinlock. Goldust powers out and tries to slam Murdoch but Murdoch reverses it into a pin attempt. Goldust kicks at two. Murdoch blocks a corner charge by Goldust with an elbow and flips onto Goldust from the second turnbuckle. Again, Goldust kicks. Murdoch slaps Goldust’s head repeatedly and tells him to get up. Murdoch puts up the ‘Horns and works over Goldust’s back with multiple shoulder thrusts in the corner. Goldust moves out of the way of a shoulder charge and Murdoch hits the ringpost instead. Goldust levels Murdoch with a running clothesline. Murdoch walks into a power slam by Goldust but kicks out at two on a cover. Goldust hits an inverted atomic drop and back-body-drops Murdoch. Goldust flings Murdoch into the corner but Murdoch ducks out of Goldust’s charge. Murdoch follows with a back suplex and pin. The ref counts three and Murdoch celebrates his apparent win. Turns out, both wrestler’s shoulders were down and Goldust lifted his at the last second and got the victory. Murdoch attacks Goldust after the match and leaves him lying in the ring as Heat comes to a close.

Conversation Pieces: Murdoch’s bail last week, while cowardly, was still in character for his old-school, tough-guy heel. But his promo this week didn’t fit. He wouldn’t give a reason for his cowardice. In fact, he wouldn’t bring attention to it and would pound anyone who did. One of the writer’s must have thought “eye-ologist” would be a funny thing for a hillbilly to say. I like the use of his spit cup. I just hope he doesn’t eventually resort to smacking people in the head with it to win. How appropriate to have a Dusty Finish for a match with a Dusty Offspring.

Overall: A pretty middle-of-the-line episode of Heat. A good showing by Chavo and I’m always glad to see Trevor Murdoch mixing it up. I think the undercard could be utilized better during the Road to WrestleMania. All these guys should be fighting for a spot in the WrestleMania line-up. Vince could make allusions to needing to fill the card and if anyone could really impress him perhaps they could end up wrestling at the biggest show of the year. Heat would be a great showcase for the little guys trying to make a name for themselves.