• The main reason I enjoy watching WWE Superstars every week is because it doesn't require me to think too much. Unlike Raw, Impact, WWE NXT and Smackdown, Superstars focuses on wrestling matches and offers basically nothing in regard to story lines. It's a nice change of pace, especially because the matches are usually good and the show allows wrestlers who are under-utilized on Raw and Smackdown to get some TV time and not have to always end up staring up at the lights. All four matches on Thursday night's show were decent and featured many of my favorite mid-card performers.
• I enjoy watching Dolph Ziggler and Shelton Benjamin work together, although I wish their match would have been the main event – and thus had more than just four or five minutes. Since Benjamin won their last meeting, I knew Ziggler would go over in this one. Benjamin came out looking strong in defeat since he kicked out of The Zig Zag before falling victim to the sleeper hold. I like that the old sleeper hold has become a finisher.
• Two things came to mind as I was watching Ziggler: 1. It's a real shame he can't cut a main event-level promo, because he has all the other necessary attributes – a great look, in-ring ability and cocky heel charisma; 2. If Ziggler was in TNA, he would be much better-suited for the role of Ric Flair's protege than A.J. Styles. No disrespect to Styles, but it's just a bad fit for him.
• There was an awkward spot during the Ziggler-Benjamin match when they appeared to butt heads on a move in which they were coming off the top turnbuckle. I'm not sure exactly what they were going for on that one.
• The main event, which saw Christian and MVP defeat Carlito and Chavo Guerrero, had a lot of action. I like that WWE is having the WWE NXT rookies (Heath Slater and Michael Tarver in this instance) at ringside when their mentors are wrestling.
• Goldust pulling off his Final Cut finisher on a guy the size of Mike Knox was impressive. And speaking of impressive, a monster such as Knox delivering dropkicks and crossybody blocks is pretty remarkable. With every match he loses – which is every match that he's in – I'm more dumbfounded as to why WWE isn't doing something with him. It's especially perplexing because Vince McMahon is known to favor big men (yes, I know that I sound like a broken record when it comes to Knox).
• The Zack Ryder-Santino Marella match was entertaining. It used to bother me that Marella never won, as I thought WWE could do something with him as a Honky Tonk Man-type character ( a guy who comes off as a joke but always finds a way to either win or avoid defeat). But now that it's crystal clear that Marella is around strictly for yuks – which I'm OK with since he's very good in a comedic role – I'm really glad that he didn't defeat Ryder.
• Is it just me or is Rosa Mendes getting better looking every week?