WWE Superstars 1/17/2014
Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/08/wwe-superstars-1102014.html
Tom Phillips and Alex Riley are on commentary.
Xavier Woods vs Brodus Clay
Woods comes out with The Funkadactyl's and R-Truth. He dances with the girls. R-Truth joins the commentary team for this. Clay is in a pinstripe suit.
They lock up and Woods is pushed back. Woods hits leg kicks and punches. Woods slides through the legs and dropkicks him. Clay battering rams him over. Clay elbow drops him. Clay hits a heart punch.
Clay hits shots to the back and corner splashes Woods. Clay elbow drops Woods then backbreakers him over the shoulder. Clay lariats Woods down. Clay backbreakers Woods. Clay hits punches to the gut. Woods enzugiri's him.
Woods dropkicks Clay in the knee. Woods hits punches and discus punches him. Woods low diving forearms him. Woods dropkicks him for 1. Woods is caught off the buckles and Clay exploders him. Clay misses a splash off the buckles. Woods hits a soul foot and wins.
Thoughts: It was short and what we got made sense. Clay used his size and Woods picked up the win off a missed splash. Woods was he underdog here. I thought this worked.
The Primetime Players (Darren Young and Titus O'Neil) vs 3MB (Drew McIntyre and Jinder Mahal)
Heath Slater is with 3MB. Titus and Jin go at it. Titus chops him in the corner and throws him. DY is thrown into a spear on Jin. Jin is dropped on DY's knee for 2. Jin jawbreakers him. DM chops DY then DY lariats him. DY atomic drops DM then powerslams him for 2.
DY side headlocks DM. Titus hits shots on DM and chest clubs him. DM chops Titus, talks trash and is lariated over. Titus slams DM and DY is dropped gut first on DM. The heels go out.
We go to break and return. DY top rope punches DM in the gut. DY is thrown shoulder first into the post. Jin stomps on DY outside. Jin head and chinlocks DY. Jin knee drops DY and knee chokes him. DM arm throws DY for 2. DM armlocks DY.
DY takes a double kick to the ribs. Jin double underhook suplexes DY. Jin armlocks DY. DY overhead belly to belly suplexes him. Titus comes in and knocks the heels down. Titus goes up and over DM then facekicks him. Titus corner splashes DM then slams him for 2. DY hits hits a fireman's carry gutbuster on Jin. DM flying knees DY. Titus sky high's DM and wins.
Thoughts: It was acceptable but not much more. The Players aren't the greatest faces ever and they stuck to simple stuff here.
Overall thoughts: There were only 2 new matches as usual here. Both were fine but neither were must see. I wouldn't recommend it, but it's not like it was bad. I'd argue Woods/Clay was the better match on this.
