WWE Superstars Recap 04.22.10

WWE Superstars Recap 04.22.10

Smackdown commentators Todd Grisham and Matt Striker were on hand for the open of WWE Superstars. Shad Gaspard made his way to the ring with a strap draped around his neck. He wore new ring attire and had a new theme song as well. Grisham and Striker discussed how Extreme Rules is just three days away.

Goldust vs. Shad Gaspard

Goldust had momentum late in the match after a near fall on Shad. He started pounding away on the big man in the corner, but Shad shoved him off. From there Goldust took a running boot kick from Shad. Shad lazily walked up to Goldust and Goldust rolled him up by surprise. Shad kicked out, then threw Goldust shoulder first into the ringpost. Shad grabbed Goldust for a one-arm slam move where he slammed Goldust's back to the mat.

Winner: Shad wins via pinfall over Goldust.

They introduced highlights from this week's WWE NXT on SyFy with a recap of the "Rock'Em Sock'Em Rookie Challenge". It was an American Gladiators Style contest where you had to knock your opponent off a pedestal with a jousting stick. The winner in the end was Skip Sheffield who got a special feature on WWE.com later that night.

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Yoshi Tatsu vs. Zack Ryder

Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler from Raw were now on hand for this match. Rosa Mendes was along with Ryder for the match.

Ryder was in control after a return from commercial, grounding Yoshi with a hold. Yoshi made a comeback though and avoided Ryder on a corner move. Yoshi was able to do his rolling bulldog from the corner with Ryder followed by a swift kick to Ryder's chest for a near fall. Ryder got a kick in from a whip to the ropes, but Yoshi came back to backdrop him, then smashed him with a punch in the corner. Yoshi jumped off the corner at Ryder, only to get chopped and then a backbreaker hit on him. Ryder had a near fall, with Yoshi barely escaping. He used a series of kicks on Ryder and the action went to the corner where Yoshi hit a roundhouse kick from the apron. Yoshi jumped off the corner with a spinning kick to take Ryder out as Rosa looked disappointed from ringside.

Winner: Yoshi Tatsu wins via pinfall over Zack Ryder.

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Cole and Lawler talked about Cena vs Batista for Extreme Rules. They showed highlights of their feud starting with Batista losing the WWE title at Wrestlemania 26 by tapping out to the STF. They also showed Batista hitting a Batista Bomb to lay out Cena on Raw and then announcing they'd fight in a Last Man Standing match at Extreme Rules, as well as Cena getting in the ring to put the STF on Batista after his match against Orton was a DQ.

They talked about the rest of the Extreme Rules 2010 matches including Edge vs Jericho in the steel cage, CM Punk vs Mysterio, Orton vs Swagger and HHH vs Sheamus in a Street Fight.

Carlito arrived to the ring for the main event along with his WWE NXT rookie Michael Tarver. Superstars took a commercial break.

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John Morrison vs. Carlito

Carlito went off on the mic saying he's sick of not being booked in matches. He said he was one of the few Raw stars to show up this past week, and is now putting the guest hosts on notice. He said "Carlito is Raw" and just then Morrison made his entrance to silence Carlito.

Carlito had a talk with Tarver outside the ring before the match started to make sure he wouldn't mess things up for him. After commercial break, Morrison managed to gain some momentum and had a near fall on Carlito. He punched him into the corner then whipped him across the ring. Morrison tried to jump on the middle rope for a move but Carlito kicked him down. Carlito toyed with Morrison by stopping on his face a bit. Morrison got to his knees to stage a comeback, but Carlito kicked him down for a near fall.

Morrison gained momentum again, but was hit by Carlito's elbow from the corner. Carlito had a nice reversal/counter on Morrison for a DDT and another near fall. Carlito pulled Morrison away from the ropes for a sunset flip but Morrison rolled through and kicked Carlito. He then went for Starship Pain, but Carlito got out of harm's way.

In the closing moments, they traded punches with Carlito hitting a Spinebuster. Morrison got onto the apron, then slid under Carlito's legs. Carlito tried to go for the Backstabber, but Morrison blocked then elbowed him and kicked Carlito in the head. After a failed near fall, Morrison set up for Moonlight Drive. Carlito blocked it and got a pinfall, but Michael Tarver had got on the apron to distract the ref. Morrison finally kicked out as the ref turned around. Carlito went over to ask Tarver what he was doing, and Morrison hit a Springboard mule kick to knock Carlito down for the pin.

Morrison got out of the ring and went to celebrate near the crowd as Tarver was enraged at ringside.

Winner: John Morrison wins via pinfall over Carlito.

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