So the drama moment of this week's RAW was the revelation that Paul Heyman was literally behind the steering wheel when it came to CM Punk. This is a Very Good Thing, and has a lot of prospects to it.
However again, the highlight was Daniel Bryan and Kane. So much this week, Kane being the teacher's pet, Kane asking "I will?" when told he was going to catch someone falling backwards in a trust exercise, discovering their mutual evil, and then, being forced to hug it all out, which predictably ended in violence and anger. My favourite bit of this all was just watching Bryan trying not to burst out laughing in the ring. I say keep them together somehow. Oddball tag-team or something. Don't do the same next week, let them move on.
Wednesday, September 05, 2012
Saturday, September 01, 2012
Irrational hatred of Pete Rose
Kane won raw this week with his monologue about his past. Simply wonderful stuff.
Friday, July 28, 2006
Even more wrestling on UK TV
Now, we are very lucky to have The Wrestling Channel on Sky. Well now we have a bonus show on the generally wonderful ESPN Gold (442 on Sky). They have started showing Waddell's Wrestling show. This is presented by the genius advocat and commentator of the underappreciated sports, Sid Waddell. They seem to be showing two decent old school wrestling matches from the World of Sport days, and being fairly respectful about it. Last night I saw Sammy Lee competing in a fight in the early 80s. I remembered about halfway through that he was familiar, and suddenly realised it was Jushin Liger, wrestling utterly ungimmicked and unmasked. There used to be a fine tradition of sending young Japanese wrestling talent to Britain to literally learn the ropes. Well worth a look.
Monday, June 05, 2006
Since you've been gone, since you've been gone
Well that was a long sleep. Away from here for far too long, and what happens in the meantime? They only go and revive ECW. Well this got me thinking, what ECW was always good for was scouring the world for great feuds between wrestlers to bring to America. Cutting-edge wrestling. Well here is something for Paul Heyman to look at. Blood Gen vs Do Fixer. Great tag-team action. Apparently a few weeks after this match, they had an absolute classic in Ring of Honor. Now it would be a bit cheeky to steal ROH's thunder, but sod it, you need something a bit different to get people's attention, and this would be wonderful. Hard-hitting, ultra-fast, chaos with forethought. I loved a lot of this, but I think my favorite move was an slick triple suplex in the Eddie style, but with much more speed and snap. Enjoy, and let me know what you think.
Tuesday, May 02, 2006
Raw "As Live" - 2/5/2006
To start us off tonight, Mr McMahon decides to celebrate beating Shawn Michaels and God, by taking the night off. So he declares The Spirit Squad to be general managers for the evening. They decide to give one of their number (Kenny) a title shot against John Cena, and a cheerleader-themed Diva battle royal.
Diva Battle Royal.
Victoria looks less than chuffed to be dressed so. Mickie James looks a lot happier about it. Haha, she does the boohoo face after the footage of Trish dislocating her shoulder. She should be someone's manager, I love how she has behaved thus far, they need to get more out of her. Trish trips Mickie up to cause her to lose. Yep, give them each a tag team I say. Sucky match, but hey, could have told you that at the start. Wanted to draw you in a little before I hit you with the bad news.
Spirit Squad (three of the others bar Kenny) vs Eugene, Golddust and Snitsky
Oh boy. I'll predict this sucks before we start. Did we ever find out what Eugene's drug problem was properly? Hopefully he has had proper treatment and support to get over it. It didn't suck though! Eugene wrestles most of the match, Spirit Squad win with a Jonny-go-round spinning kick to his head.
Matt Stryker beats Eugene up with a dictionary during an interview. Hey, I laughed.
Rob Conway vs Kane (Shawn Michaels as ref, wearing a May 19th t-shirt as enforced by the Spirit Squad).
Why Spirit Squad, with your sucky match choice, you really spoil me! May 19th is the date that sends Kane mad. Mainly because the promoters of his film didn't realise the Da Vinci code film was released the same day. And now Kane is mad. Not as mad as me mind. Rob Conway mocks Shawn, Shawn checks him for foreign objects, low blows him, and dresses Rob in the shirt instead. Shawn is a frigging genius, I tells you.
I do like Shawn playing the slight chicken, and hiding out of the way as Kane destroys him. Even providing a trash can "accidently" to Kane. Kane wins with no offence against him whatsoever. Shock, horror. Shawn makes the whole match though, hilarious throughout.
Umaga vs some guy
Quick ugly squash. Bored before I started typing.
Vince is rubbing Candices breasts. Great. HHH interrupts. He looks like shit, that is one hell of a cut from last night. HHH agrees to be the ref for the Cena championship match.
Edge introduced by Lita for his interview segment, the Cutting Edge, with Mick Foley. I love his entrance, always matching arrogantly out of the smoke. Looks great. Foley seems to have brought the A-interview with him. We get the highlight of the Wrestlemania spear into a burning table. Great move there. Foley calls for a hardcore rematch with Edge right here, in Columbus, Ohio. Edge chickens out for this week. They seem to be teasing a barbed wire match, but I will believe that when I see it.
Chris Masters challenges anyone to take on the Masterlock challenge, RVD answers the call. Shelton runs in and takes advantage to beat him up, Carlito in for the save with a chair. Mickey of the Spirit Squad interrupts to set up the obvious tag team match. Joey Styles is called to see them during a long rest hold in the match. Some brutal kicks from Shelton and RVD in this, ends up with Charlie Haas taking a chair off Shelton, giving Carlito the opportunity to roll up for the win.
The Spirit Squad accuse Joey Styles of having no spirit, and that if he doesn't call the match properly, he will have to appear on Raw in a cheerleaders outfit. Wooooooooooooo. I hope this is leading to him quitting to go to ECW. If not, I will be spitting feathers. Joey comes back, has an argument with the gloating Jerry Lawler, and ends up on his arse. He stomps off in a fury.
After the break, Lawler apologises, and asks Joey back out. Joey RIPS ON WWE. ON SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT! I'm going to cheer a bit here. YAYAYAYAYAYYAYAAY! Anyways, Joey tells it how it is. How it worked in ECW, why it sucks here. "I am sick of our own chairman"."I am sick of sports entertainment, and most of all, I am sick of you fans who buy into this crap"."I quit". Go Joey! Now why does Joey Styles (whom I think is wonderful) get to "leave" with this sort of dignity, and JR, who left because of a potentially fatal illness, got treated like pondscum? Go figure!
John Cena vs Kenny of Spirit Squad
Cena dominates the first couple of minutes, gets Kenny up for the FU, then HHH as ref punches him in the face. Cena gets beaten up by the rest of the Spirit Squad, but when he is thrown in for the easy pin, HHH counts slow. And starts to act up as the bad ref against Kenny. Kenny ends up frustrated and pushes HHH. Bad move, gets a thump, and HHH is going to take everyone on. HHH throws off the shirt and walks away. Spirit Squad attack Cena viciously, and then Michaels walks out ready to ref. HHH and Michaels have the longest staredown. Michaels stops a count, then superkicks Kenny. Cena and Shawn clean house. Kenny back in for the FU and Cena wins.
I think this week wasn't a great show, but I think it sets some interesting stuff up. I think this is the start of the ECW storyline, sets up a potential return for JR, and starts to ask more questions as to what might happen with Michaels and HHH. DX anyone?
Diva Battle Royal.
Victoria looks less than chuffed to be dressed so. Mickie James looks a lot happier about it. Haha, she does the boohoo face after the footage of Trish dislocating her shoulder. She should be someone's manager, I love how she has behaved thus far, they need to get more out of her. Trish trips Mickie up to cause her to lose. Yep, give them each a tag team I say. Sucky match, but hey, could have told you that at the start. Wanted to draw you in a little before I hit you with the bad news.
Spirit Squad (three of the others bar Kenny) vs Eugene, Golddust and Snitsky
Oh boy. I'll predict this sucks before we start. Did we ever find out what Eugene's drug problem was properly? Hopefully he has had proper treatment and support to get over it. It didn't suck though! Eugene wrestles most of the match, Spirit Squad win with a Jonny-go-round spinning kick to his head.
Matt Stryker beats Eugene up with a dictionary during an interview. Hey, I laughed.
Rob Conway vs Kane (Shawn Michaels as ref, wearing a May 19th t-shirt as enforced by the Spirit Squad).
Why Spirit Squad, with your sucky match choice, you really spoil me! May 19th is the date that sends Kane mad. Mainly because the promoters of his film didn't realise the Da Vinci code film was released the same day. And now Kane is mad. Not as mad as me mind. Rob Conway mocks Shawn, Shawn checks him for foreign objects, low blows him, and dresses Rob in the shirt instead. Shawn is a frigging genius, I tells you.
I do like Shawn playing the slight chicken, and hiding out of the way as Kane destroys him. Even providing a trash can "accidently" to Kane. Kane wins with no offence against him whatsoever. Shock, horror. Shawn makes the whole match though, hilarious throughout.
Umaga vs some guy
Quick ugly squash. Bored before I started typing.
Vince is rubbing Candices breasts. Great. HHH interrupts. He looks like shit, that is one hell of a cut from last night. HHH agrees to be the ref for the Cena championship match.
Edge introduced by Lita for his interview segment, the Cutting Edge, with Mick Foley. I love his entrance, always matching arrogantly out of the smoke. Looks great. Foley seems to have brought the A-interview with him. We get the highlight of the Wrestlemania spear into a burning table. Great move there. Foley calls for a hardcore rematch with Edge right here, in Columbus, Ohio. Edge chickens out for this week. They seem to be teasing a barbed wire match, but I will believe that when I see it.
Chris Masters challenges anyone to take on the Masterlock challenge, RVD answers the call. Shelton runs in and takes advantage to beat him up, Carlito in for the save with a chair. Mickey of the Spirit Squad interrupts to set up the obvious tag team match. Joey Styles is called to see them during a long rest hold in the match. Some brutal kicks from Shelton and RVD in this, ends up with Charlie Haas taking a chair off Shelton, giving Carlito the opportunity to roll up for the win.
The Spirit Squad accuse Joey Styles of having no spirit, and that if he doesn't call the match properly, he will have to appear on Raw in a cheerleaders outfit. Wooooooooooooo. I hope this is leading to him quitting to go to ECW. If not, I will be spitting feathers. Joey comes back, has an argument with the gloating Jerry Lawler, and ends up on his arse. He stomps off in a fury.
After the break, Lawler apologises, and asks Joey back out. Joey RIPS ON WWE. ON SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT! I'm going to cheer a bit here. YAYAYAYAYAYYAYAAY! Anyways, Joey tells it how it is. How it worked in ECW, why it sucks here. "I am sick of our own chairman"."I am sick of sports entertainment, and most of all, I am sick of you fans who buy into this crap"."I quit". Go Joey! Now why does Joey Styles (whom I think is wonderful) get to "leave" with this sort of dignity, and JR, who left because of a potentially fatal illness, got treated like pondscum? Go figure!
John Cena vs Kenny of Spirit Squad
Cena dominates the first couple of minutes, gets Kenny up for the FU, then HHH as ref punches him in the face. Cena gets beaten up by the rest of the Spirit Squad, but when he is thrown in for the easy pin, HHH counts slow. And starts to act up as the bad ref against Kenny. Kenny ends up frustrated and pushes HHH. Bad move, gets a thump, and HHH is going to take everyone on. HHH throws off the shirt and walks away. Spirit Squad attack Cena viciously, and then Michaels walks out ready to ref. HHH and Michaels have the longest staredown. Michaels stops a count, then superkicks Kenny. Cena and Shawn clean house. Kenny back in for the FU and Cena wins.
I think this week wasn't a great show, but I think it sets some interesting stuff up. I think this is the start of the ECW storyline, sets up a potential return for JR, and starts to ask more questions as to what might happen with Michaels and HHH. DX anyone?
Monday, May 01, 2006
Backlash Live
We've had our share of coffee, we have a day off work tomorrow, there are 3 hours of wrestling ahead of us, it's dark, and we're wearing a dressing gown. Hit it!
Carlito vs. Chris Masters:
Carlito steals a win here, in a slightly longer and more interesting match than expected. Credit to both for that. Crowd seem loud and excited, and this didn't bore them. Cool.
Ric Flair vs. Umaga :
Flair still has one of the best entrances in the business. Shame everything else about this match sucked. Overlong squash, Umaga wins.
Trish Stratus vs. Mickie James (WWE Women's Title):
Tonight the part of Mickie James will be played by Mickie James, and the part of Trish by Trish Stratus. Trish took a real nasty bump off the top rope to the outside, and either did a great sell-job of an injury, or got injured. Gets strangled by Mickie for the mentalist DQ.
Shelton Benjamin vs. Rob Van Dam (WWE Intercontinental Title )
Solid match with a few great highspots, Shelton blocking rolling thunder with a samoan drop, and using the money in the bank case for a Van Terminator being my favs. Also I don't think we've seen the split-legged moonsault out of RVD for a while. RVD gets the pin, the title, a cut over the eye and to keep his title shot.
Big Show vs. Kane:
Oh man, I wish I had taken my toilet break during this, rather than when the ads were on. Nobody wins, least of all me. If you want to know what happens, you can read something written by someone who actually cares about these sort of matches.
Shawn Michaels & God vs. Vince McMahon & Shane McMahon:
Shawn did everything he could to make this, but just not there. The God stupidity saw to that. Spirit Squad help Vince win. Wooooo.
John Cena vs. Edge vs. Triple H (WWE Title)
Hard work, but again, lacking something. HHH did the major major blade job here, normally the Heartbreak Kid is the leader of the bleeders, but this was impressive. Cena gets the pin on HHH for the win, HHH gets to beat everyone up afterwards. I reckon he gets the title on Raw.
Oh and as I've finished this off later, we now know that Trish was proper hurt in that fall, has damaged her shoulder.
Carlito vs. Chris Masters:
Carlito steals a win here, in a slightly longer and more interesting match than expected. Credit to both for that. Crowd seem loud and excited, and this didn't bore them. Cool.
Ric Flair vs. Umaga :
Flair still has one of the best entrances in the business. Shame everything else about this match sucked. Overlong squash, Umaga wins.
Trish Stratus vs. Mickie James (WWE Women's Title):
Tonight the part of Mickie James will be played by Mickie James, and the part of Trish by Trish Stratus. Trish took a real nasty bump off the top rope to the outside, and either did a great sell-job of an injury, or got injured. Gets strangled by Mickie for the mentalist DQ.
Shelton Benjamin vs. Rob Van Dam (WWE Intercontinental Title )
Solid match with a few great highspots, Shelton blocking rolling thunder with a samoan drop, and using the money in the bank case for a Van Terminator being my favs. Also I don't think we've seen the split-legged moonsault out of RVD for a while. RVD gets the pin, the title, a cut over the eye and to keep his title shot.
Big Show vs. Kane:
Oh man, I wish I had taken my toilet break during this, rather than when the ads were on. Nobody wins, least of all me. If you want to know what happens, you can read something written by someone who actually cares about these sort of matches.
Shawn Michaels & God vs. Vince McMahon & Shane McMahon:
Shawn did everything he could to make this, but just not there. The God stupidity saw to that. Spirit Squad help Vince win. Wooooo.
John Cena vs. Edge vs. Triple H (WWE Title)
Hard work, but again, lacking something. HHH did the major major blade job here, normally the Heartbreak Kid is the leader of the bleeders, but this was impressive. Cena gets the pin on HHH for the win, HHH gets to beat everyone up afterwards. I reckon he gets the title on Raw.
Oh and as I've finished this off later, we now know that Trish was proper hurt in that fall, has damaged her shoulder.
Sunday, April 30, 2006
Backlash Preview
Ric Flair vs. Umaga :
Meh. Meh. MEH. Just the wrong thing to use Flair for. Umaga with a chicken-wing submission at 59:49 in an all-time classic. Or 5:03 in a sucky overlong squash. One of those two options, anyways.
Carlito vs. Chris Masters:
Calito grows on me all the time, Masters leaves me cold. So I will go for Carlito winning in an alright match.
Trish Stratus vs. Mickie James (WWE Women's Title):
Sense dictates that Trish gets her win back. However, this has been the best that the Women's Title scene has had for years. Possibly decades. So I will predict Mickie James holds onto the title in a strange manner.
Big Show vs. Kane:
I predict a toilet break. Kane has a movie to promote, Kane for the win.
Shelton Benjamin vs. Rob Van Dam (WWE Intercontinental Title )
Match of the night. Has to be, if it isn't something is very wrong with one of them. RVD to win, me to smile a lot.
Shawn Michaels & God vs. Vince McMahon & Shane McMahon: Let Vince get injured, let Shane do stunts, let Shawn wrestle and be fantastic, and let the God thing be as forgotten as possible. I actually predict I am wrong here, and we have a terrible religious angle overplayed even more.
John Cena vs. Edge vs. Triple H (WWE Title): Should be the second best match. I've actually enjoyed all the handicap matches they have built this up with, made a nice change how it all has been done. HHH for the title. Edge and Cena to end up in their own feud.
Meh. Meh. MEH. Just the wrong thing to use Flair for. Umaga with a chicken-wing submission at 59:49 in an all-time classic. Or 5:03 in a sucky overlong squash. One of those two options, anyways.
Carlito vs. Chris Masters:
Calito grows on me all the time, Masters leaves me cold. So I will go for Carlito winning in an alright match.
Trish Stratus vs. Mickie James (WWE Women's Title):
Sense dictates that Trish gets her win back. However, this has been the best that the Women's Title scene has had for years. Possibly decades. So I will predict Mickie James holds onto the title in a strange manner.
Big Show vs. Kane:
I predict a toilet break. Kane has a movie to promote, Kane for the win.
Shelton Benjamin vs. Rob Van Dam (WWE Intercontinental Title )
Match of the night. Has to be, if it isn't something is very wrong with one of them. RVD to win, me to smile a lot.
Shawn Michaels & God vs. Vince McMahon & Shane McMahon: Let Vince get injured, let Shane do stunts, let Shawn wrestle and be fantastic, and let the God thing be as forgotten as possible. I actually predict I am wrong here, and we have a terrible religious angle overplayed even more.
John Cena vs. Edge vs. Triple H (WWE Title): Should be the second best match. I've actually enjoyed all the handicap matches they have built this up with, made a nice change how it all has been done. HHH for the title. Edge and Cena to end up in their own feud.
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
Raw as live, 24/4
Opens with your usual for the past few weeks segment of HHH, Edge and Cena arguing. Well no talking from Cena. Oh, and Edge getting in a jibe about HHH's Father in Law, not quite saying that, but saying he was sucking up to the old man to get a title shot.
Anyways, just when you think this is all over, The Spirit Squad show up to tell them all 3 are going to be in a match against the five of them. Did miss the beginning of the segment due to a technical fault though.
Onto a 6 man, Chris Masters, Shelton Benjamin & Matt Stryker vs Carlito, Charlie Hass and RVD. Big somersault senton from RVD. Yay! Really fast-paced, and the London crowd really got into it, cheering every big move like crazy at the end. Hot crowd. RVD gets the pin.
Do you know what? I fell asleep after this. Masses of skits, all of them dull. I drifted off at some point. And to be honest, even though I rewatched the rest of the show from here, meh. This is as live. I'd have slept to the end of the live show, and they didn't keep me awake. Apart from a nice big elbow dropped by Shane McMahon onto a table and Shawn Michaels, this all gets a "it made flotsky sleep" rating.
Anyways, just when you think this is all over, The Spirit Squad show up to tell them all 3 are going to be in a match against the five of them. Did miss the beginning of the segment due to a technical fault though.
Onto a 6 man, Chris Masters, Shelton Benjamin & Matt Stryker vs Carlito, Charlie Hass and RVD. Big somersault senton from RVD. Yay! Really fast-paced, and the London crowd really got into it, cheering every big move like crazy at the end. Hot crowd. RVD gets the pin.
Do you know what? I fell asleep after this. Masses of skits, all of them dull. I drifted off at some point. And to be honest, even though I rewatched the rest of the show from here, meh. This is as live. I'd have slept to the end of the live show, and they didn't keep me awake. Apart from a nice big elbow dropped by Shane McMahon onto a table and Shawn Michaels, this all gets a "it made flotsky sleep" rating.
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
Raw as Live 17/4
Vince, get a blog. Yes we know you are trying to be controversial by saying God every five words. It might actually rile people if you put it in the right hands. However nobody cares about it coming from you. Those boring chants during your opening monologue? They really meant it. Pay attention please. Stick those wonderful stylings of yours online instead, where nobody will read them. Blogging is for you Vince.
After far too long, too many "gags" that you saw set up a mile before, he gets kicked in the face by Shawn out of nowhere. For good measure, Shawn comes back to give the "suckit" sign. All is right once more.
Rob Conway vs Kane? Hmmmm. Could this be a squash match? I think so. Kane is beastly, Big Show teaches him a lesson, ho hum.
Then a complete and utter change of pace. Chavo interviewed by Jim Ross about his retirement. Completely out of the blue, just a deeper, darker, harder interview. Face to face almost in armchairs, recalling the classic Mankind interviews. Why haven't they used this style more? The serious deadpan Jim Ross works perfectly here. Good segment, appearing to answer questions, but leaving more unanswered.
Shelton vs Charlie Haas? Brilliant :) Former partners and World Tag Team champions, and good ones at that. Neat little match, Haas shows off a neat one arm suplex a couple of times (sort of drops a shoulder then throws), RVD disses from Shelton with a Rolling Thunder of his own, surprise rollup for the lose, so RVD gets a shot at Shelton's title.
Shawn vs Umaga, fairly forgettable, but he can move a bit. Is the point of Umaga to remind Samoa Joe what he could have? DQ to keep up his monster push, then Vince almost gets to get his own back, before God or someone stopping him from doing so. Ouch.
Matt Striker and Carlito promo against each other. Really good stuff. Don't know if I want to see them wrestle, but I want to see them talking with each other more, nicely done. Chris Masters runs in to steal some heat he doesn't deserve.
RVD vs all of Spirit Squad. He gets squashed by all five of them, this serves no real purpose. A shame, because there could have been a quality match somewhere here.
Trish and Mickey serve up yet another well-written segment. If they could only wrestle, but hey.
And then, a Raw main event that doesn't suck. Cena & Edge vs HHH. Cena gets the monster boos, HHH gets the DX chop (where is that going I wonder?) and the sledgehammer, Edge plays possum in the classic Bret Hart style, and gets the win. Everyone (and yes I include HHH here) does the job perfectly. HHH throws Cena for one of the best and convincing ref shots I have ever seen. And at the end, Edge gives HHH a wonderful told you so glance that I think he stole straight from the Blues Brothers. Nicely done.
After far too long, too many "gags" that you saw set up a mile before, he gets kicked in the face by Shawn out of nowhere. For good measure, Shawn comes back to give the "suckit" sign. All is right once more.
Rob Conway vs Kane? Hmmmm. Could this be a squash match? I think so. Kane is beastly, Big Show teaches him a lesson, ho hum.
Then a complete and utter change of pace. Chavo interviewed by Jim Ross about his retirement. Completely out of the blue, just a deeper, darker, harder interview. Face to face almost in armchairs, recalling the classic Mankind interviews. Why haven't they used this style more? The serious deadpan Jim Ross works perfectly here. Good segment, appearing to answer questions, but leaving more unanswered.
Shelton vs Charlie Haas? Brilliant :) Former partners and World Tag Team champions, and good ones at that. Neat little match, Haas shows off a neat one arm suplex a couple of times (sort of drops a shoulder then throws), RVD disses from Shelton with a Rolling Thunder of his own, surprise rollup for the lose, so RVD gets a shot at Shelton's title.
Shawn vs Umaga, fairly forgettable, but he can move a bit. Is the point of Umaga to remind Samoa Joe what he could have? DQ to keep up his monster push, then Vince almost gets to get his own back, before God or someone stopping him from doing so. Ouch.
Matt Striker and Carlito promo against each other. Really good stuff. Don't know if I want to see them wrestle, but I want to see them talking with each other more, nicely done. Chris Masters runs in to steal some heat he doesn't deserve.
RVD vs all of Spirit Squad. He gets squashed by all five of them, this serves no real purpose. A shame, because there could have been a quality match somewhere here.
Trish and Mickey serve up yet another well-written segment. If they could only wrestle, but hey.
And then, a Raw main event that doesn't suck. Cena & Edge vs HHH. Cena gets the monster boos, HHH gets the DX chop (where is that going I wonder?) and the sledgehammer, Edge plays possum in the classic Bret Hart style, and gets the win. Everyone (and yes I include HHH here) does the job perfectly. HHH throws Cena for one of the best and convincing ref shots I have ever seen. And at the end, Edge gives HHH a wonderful told you so glance that I think he stole straight from the Blues Brothers. Nicely done.
Tuesday, April 11, 2006
Raw "as live" 10/04
Commenting on this show as I watch it back off my Sky+ box. No results known (for a change). We've started out with a lengthy and fairly pointless long promo between Edge, HHH and John Cena. I could recap, but I was pretty bored. Suffice to say, the main event is HHH tagging with Cena to take on Edge, which at least is an interesting arangement for a change. Oh, and along the way, HHH refers to Mick Foley as the annoying turd you can't flush away. This was memorably the same reference that Shawn Michaels made to Owen Hart back in the day, turning him into The Golden Nugget.
Anyways, onto Rob "I've got copies of those pictures that Mark Henry and JBL have" Conway vs RVD. Shelton comes out to commentate, and challenges RVD to a match over the money in the bank suitcase at Backlash. Which suits me fine. Shelton is fantastic in my opinion, and matching him up with RVD is a gread call. RVD wins in a squash match, frogstar to finish of course. RVD is interviewed on the walkway, and challenges Shelton back over the Intecontinental title. Interesting.
Mickie James does a great psycho interview segment with Maria, and offers her a title shot tonight. Oh and a first look at Kane's horror movie. Woo. I can hardly wait.
I've just seen it. Oh well.
Spirit Squad are out to defend the World Tag Team championship. Dumb gimmick in some ways, but they can clearly wrestle some, and they have also used a trampet a bit in matches, which I've felt for a while could be used to good effect somehow. Kane is huddled in the hallway, being haunted by the release date of his film. Good. Out for a rematch for the titles. Yadda yadda yadda Kane gets disqualified and chokeslams the ref and Bg show etc.
Umaga out to win a squash match. Uses his thumb to make him submit. Fancy.
Then Carlito discussing the dissolution of their partnership with Masters. Carlito grows on me the more I see him, always makes me laugh as a promo. Even pulled out a stunning double rope springboard move a few weeks back. Waffles Masters with a chair there, bit of style to it too. I love it when someone is handed a really dumb empty gimmick, and still make it work.
Mickie James (dressed of course as Trish Stratus) beats Maria easily, then is lauded in her victory by Trish Stratus, dressed as Mickie James, including going brown (or a wig, I'm no expert on this). Kisses her and everything, much to Mickie's confusion.
Finally, we get HHH & Cena vs Edge. The ideal way of using these two, getting Edge to do the bulk of the actual wrestling. HHH tries to steal the win, gets FU'd for his trouble, and Cena picks up the win. Please let us have Edge win this and wrestle other people after Backlash. No hope, I know.
Score this one two wavy hands out of five, and we're out.
Anyways, onto Rob "I've got copies of those pictures that Mark Henry and JBL have" Conway vs RVD. Shelton comes out to commentate, and challenges RVD to a match over the money in the bank suitcase at Backlash. Which suits me fine. Shelton is fantastic in my opinion, and matching him up with RVD is a gread call. RVD wins in a squash match, frogstar to finish of course. RVD is interviewed on the walkway, and challenges Shelton back over the Intecontinental title. Interesting.
Mickie James does a great psycho interview segment with Maria, and offers her a title shot tonight. Oh and a first look at Kane's horror movie. Woo. I can hardly wait.
I've just seen it. Oh well.
Spirit Squad are out to defend the World Tag Team championship. Dumb gimmick in some ways, but they can clearly wrestle some, and they have also used a trampet a bit in matches, which I've felt for a while could be used to good effect somehow. Kane is huddled in the hallway, being haunted by the release date of his film. Good. Out for a rematch for the titles. Yadda yadda yadda Kane gets disqualified and chokeslams the ref and Bg show etc.
Umaga out to win a squash match. Uses his thumb to make him submit. Fancy.
Then Carlito discussing the dissolution of their partnership with Masters. Carlito grows on me the more I see him, always makes me laugh as a promo. Even pulled out a stunning double rope springboard move a few weeks back. Waffles Masters with a chair there, bit of style to it too. I love it when someone is handed a really dumb empty gimmick, and still make it work.
Mickie James (dressed of course as Trish Stratus) beats Maria easily, then is lauded in her victory by Trish Stratus, dressed as Mickie James, including going brown (or a wig, I'm no expert on this). Kisses her and everything, much to Mickie's confusion.
Finally, we get HHH & Cena vs Edge. The ideal way of using these two, getting Edge to do the bulk of the actual wrestling. HHH tries to steal the win, gets FU'd for his trouble, and Cena picks up the win. Please let us have Edge win this and wrestle other people after Backlash. No hope, I know.
Score this one two wavy hands out of five, and we're out.
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