• The three matches on Thursday's WWE Superstars were all solid but not spectacular. The results: Matt Hardy (who was sporting a heavily-bruised biceps) defeated Carlito; Christian defeated Chavo Guerrero; and Ted DiBiase Jr. defeated MVP.
• WWE is really piling on poor Michael Tarver. In addition to his sub-par performances on WWE NXT in the challenges, in the ring and on the microphone, his interference cost his pro, Carlito, a match for the second straight week on Superstars, making him look even more inept.
• MVP was the guy who beat Carlito on last week's show. Here's what I wrote after that match: "It's probably not going to happen, but it would be great if someone on the writing team noticed [the strong crowd reaction to MVP], recognized [his] potential and pitched an idea to Vince McMahon that would give MVP a legitimate chance to get to the next level." Like I said, "probably not. "MVP did a clean job to DiBiase on this show. Then again, WWE seems to be attempting to establish DiBiase as a singles heel, so the result makes sense from that standpoint. Plus, seeing as how WWE often does even-steven booking with its mid-carders, MVP will probably win the next one if he faces DiBiase again.
• DiBiase cut a decent promo, but I'm getting the sense that the crowd really doesn't care a whole lot about him as a singles competitor yet. I do think he will eventually get over. Just remember, the last guy who had the Million Dollar belt didn't catch on with the fans at first either, but he ended up becoming a pretty big star. That guy was Steve Austin (then again, he didn't take off until after he ditched the diamond-studded championship belt).
• Am I the only one who was happy to see the return of the "Ask the Divas" segment? This one was a bit disappointing, though, as the women were asked what their favorite karaoke song was. The highlight was Eve doing the Salt-N-Peppa classic, "Push It," but that was more for her dance moves than her singing. As for Gail Kim's vocals on Stevie Wonder's "I Just Called To Say I Love You," well, let's just say she's a good wrestler and leave it at that. By the way, I do a mean karaoke version of Elvis Presley's "Hound Dog."