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MattHarms	Posted on 05/18/06 at 18:15:56 Backstory: I started with Wrestlemania 22, making a few adjustments, keeping somethings in place but there are a lot of changes. At this point I am right before the June Raw Pay Per View, Vengeance. Some times are similiar to what the WWE did in real life for the first few shows but not many. Week One(Wrestlemania 22, Raw 4/3/06, and Smackdown 4/7/06) Wrestlemania 22: -On Heat: Matt Striker pinned Eugene after using the ropes for leverage() and Paul Burchill pinned Simon Dean after hitting the Plank( 3/4) -To open up Wrestlemania 22 World Tag Team Champions Kane and the Big Show defeated Carlito and Chris Masters when Kane pinned Carlito with the Tombstone Piledriver in 7:53(* 1/4) -In a match that was just added on the pre game show by Theodore Long, MNM defeated Spanky and Paul London to retain the WWE Tag Team Titles in 9:46 when Mercury pinned Spanky after Melina tripped him up on a suplex as both entered the ring(** 1/4) -Torrie Wilson pinned Candice Michelle in the Playboy Pillow Fight(-3/4) -Rob Van Dam won the Money in the Bank Ladder Match over Lashley, Finlay, Ric Flair, Matt Hardy, and Shelton Benjamin after Rob Van Dam hit the Van Daminator to Shelton as he was moments away from grabbing the briefcase before taking it himself in 29:21(*) -Shawn Michaels and Triple H had a backstage confrontation, before wishing each other luck on their respective matches. -WWE United States Champion Chris Benoit made John Bradshaw Layfield to the Crippler Crossface in 13:28(* 1/2). After the match, JBL fired Jillian Hall. -Edge pinned Mick Foley after hitting the Spear into an exploding board in the corner in a Hardcore Match in 18:34(** 1/4) -Booker T pinned the Boogeyman after crowning the Boogey Man with his own clock in 5:11() -WWE Women's Champion Mickie James defeated Trish Stratus with the Stratusfaction to capture the WWE Women's Title in 9:48. About a minute before the finishing move, Trish was attacked by Candice and Victoria on the outside of the ring and rolled back into the ring. (* 3/4) -The Undertaker defeated Mark Henry in the Casket Match after three Tombstone Piledrivers in 10:49( 1/2) -Vince McMahon says he promises to put Shawn Michaels out of his misery tonight but Shane McMahon thinks out loud if his father has gone off the deep end. -Shawn Michaels defeated Vince McMahon in a Streetfight after Triple H ran out with the Sledgehammer, leaving it into the ring and Vince picked it up but got the Sledgehammer Superkicked into his face in 22:41( 1/2). When Shawn saw the replay, he appeared to be not too happy about how he won. -Rey Misterio defeated World Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle and Randy Orton to capture the title when Rey pinned Orton with the Frog Splash in 18:35(** 1/2). -Triple H pinned WWE Champion John Cena to win the title in 21:32. Shane McMahon, attacking for his father since he was taken to the hospital, made the match a No Disqualification match at the last minute. Shawn Michaels came out as Triple H prepared to use the sledgehammer and attempted to hit Triple H with the Sweet Chin Music but The Game ducked and Cena got blasted. Shawn Michaels was in "too much shock" due to his mistake and Triple H scored to pin to win his eleventh WWE Championship(* 3/4) WWE Raw is War 4/3/06 -Taped for Internet Heat: Viscera defeated Trevor Murdoch via countout after Murdoch turned tail and ran as Viscera prepared to give him the Visa-gra(1/4) Mark Jindrak made his return to the WWE, pinning Rob Conway with a backslide(), Matt Striker defeated Sedrick Strong with the Overdrive(* 1/2), and in the main event, Goldust pinned Lance Cade with the Curtain Call(*) -Triple H came out, saying he did not want to take a shallow victory and offered John Cena a rematch tonight. Cena came out and accepted and Shane came out, saying after last night Cena and Triple H should get a fair one on one match, so it will be in the confines of a Steel Cage. -Mickie James and Candice over Trish Stratus and Torrie Wilson when Mickie James pinned Torrie with a DDT in 4:06() -Rob Van Dam talks about his Money in the Bank victory but the Spirit Squad interrupts, saying RVD does not have enough spirit to deserve that briefcase. This leads to match, which sees Rob Van Dam making short work of Kenny with the Five Star Frog Splash in 4:13() -Shane McMahon is in a meeting with Shawn Michaels and states he will be bumped down to Interconinental Title level due to the vile act he did by costing Cena the title. Shawn swears up and down it is not his fault but Shelton comes in, along with Momma. Shawn makes a crack about Mrs. Benjamin's weight and this sets Shelton off which sees Shane decide to make an Interconinental Title Match between Shawn Michaels and Shelton Benjamin tonight. -Shawn Michaels pinned Shelton Benjamin with a roll up to win the Interconinental Title in 9:35 after Shawn accidentally kicked Shelton into his Momma, ending her WWE career. This is HBK's fourth Interconinental Title reign, the first since 1995( 3/4) -Ric Flair and Eugene defeated Carlito and Chris Masters when a giant Samoan interfered, attacking Flair, causing the disqualification in 6:30. The Samoan lays Flair out with a pair of shots to the throat. Masters and Carlito had words afterwards(** 3/4) -World Tag Team Champions Kane and the Big Show defeated Gene Snitsky and Tyson Tomko when Kane pinned Snitsky with the Choke Slam in 4:57(* 1/4) -Edge squashed Johnny Parisi with the Spear in 4:43. Edge vowed to retain the WWE Championship, no matter what the cost(* 3/4) -WWE Champion Triple H pinned John Cena to retain the Title with the Pedigree in 19:00. During the match, Shawn Michaels entered the cage and attacked Cena, preventing him from delivering the F-U to the Game(** 1/2) -Triple H and Shawn Michaels beat down John Cena, hitting him with the Sweet Chin Music and another Pedigree before the familar sounds of "De-Generation X" hits across the arena. Michaels and Triple H pose with the Interconinental and WWE Championship Belts. Shelton attempts to make the save but gets plastered. Finally, Kane and the Big Show come out to brawl with the newly reformed DX as Raw goes off the air. WWE Smackdown 4/7/06 -On Internet Velocity, the Gymini defeated Scotty 2 Hotty and Funaki when Jake pinned Funaki with the Extreme Weight Loss( 1/4), Orlando Jordan defeated Sedrick Strong with the Black Ice(*), Spanky pinned Simon Dean with Sliced Bread #2(), and Sonny Siaki made his WWE Smackdown debut, pinning Nunzio with a Springboard Clothesline(*) -Booker T brought a petion to Palmer Cannon, banning the Boogeyman from Smackdown for ninety days. Cannon agreed but gave Booker T a match with Tatanka to make things interesting. Booker said soon he would be back on top and the World Heavyweight Championship would be his. -Randy Orton came out, saying it was a miscarriage of justice that he got pinned by Rey but Kurt Angle came out, interrupting Orton and said he lost the belt without getting pinned. Theodore Long decided to settle the dispute by making Angle against Orton tonight for the #1 Contendership for the World Heavyweight Title, the winner getting a title shot at Judgement Day. -Booker T pinned Tatanka after the Scissor Kick in 7:32( 1/2) -JBL begs Finlay to be his partner against Benoit and Lashley. Finlay agrees because he is always up for a good fight but he vows to slap JBL around if Layfield does not hold up his end of the deal. -Finlay and JBL over Chris Benoit and Lashley when Finlay pinned Benoit after the Muscle Buster in 10:26. The announcers hype up the fact Finlay has just pinned the United States Champion( 1/2) -WWE Cruiserweight Champion Gregory Helms pins Paul London with the Shining Wizard in 14:36 in a fantastic back and forth match with lots of nearfalls. (*) -Daivari says the Undertaker will pay for making a mockery of him and Mark Henry at Wrestlemania. Theodore Long says he is giving Mark Henry one more chance to beat the Undertaker. Daivari says after he unleashes his surprise, he will have no problem with the Dead Man anymore. -The Undertaker defeated Mark Henry by disqualification in 5:08 after a Seven Foot, Five Inch, Giant of a Man enters the ring, clobbering the Undertaker, and choking him against the ropes, making him pass out. Daivari interduces him as the Great Khali and says he has just destroyed the Undertaker.( 1/2) -The return of the King of the Ring Tournament is announced, with the first round match next week. -Randy Orton pinned Kurt Angle to earn a World Heavyweight Championship Match at Judgement Day after reversing the Ankle Lock into a cradle and pulling the tights for the victory in 13:52.(** 1/2) Next Week should be up soon. Until then, enjoy.
MattHarms	Posted on 05/18/06 at 19:17:30 Week Two of the WWE Booking of Matt Harms(WWE Raw 4/10/06 and WWE Smackdown 4/14/06) It should be noted that their was no Heat or Velocity taped this week as it was a Raw/Smackdown Supershow this week. So let's get down to business. WWE Monday Night Raw for 4/10/06 -DeGeneration X comes out, crowing out their accomplishments in the past week. Shane McMahon comes out, stating he will shut down DX one week after they have been reformed, making himself and John Cena against DeGeneration X tonight in a tag team match. Shawn says that the Heartbreak Kid and the Game will take Shane out, just like they did to his old man at Wrestlemania. -Mickie James pinned Torrie Wilson with the Mick Kick in 1:55. Victoria and Trish both watched from the ramp as both ladies will face off in a #1 Contenders Match next week on Raw( 3/4) -Chris Masters and Carlito ask Shane McMahon for high stakes matches tonight and Shane decides to give Masters a match with Rob Van Dam and Carlito a crack at Edge. Both look pleased at what happened. -World Tag Team Champions Kane and the Big Show defeated the Spirit Squad members Kenny and Mikey to retain the titles when Kane caught Mikey on a springboard move with a big boot to score the pin in 5:29. After the match, we see that Kane and the Big Show's lockeroom had been toilet papered and spraypainted by DX with the message "Greetings from your next World Tag Team Champions. Suck it." -Edge cuts an intense promo about how everyone has been talking about DeGeneration X reforming when they should be talking about Edge and his performance against Mick Foley at Wrestlemania 22. Edge says he is going to make an example out of Carlito tonight, to show why the Rated R Superstar is the best thing on Raw. -A Six Man Tag Team Match involving Rob Conway, Matt Striker, and Trevor Murdoch against Val Venis, Viscera, and Eugene never got started as Triple H and Shawn Michaels came out with baseball bats, attacking all six men in the match. Triple H gets on the microphone talking about how these jabronis take up valuable airtime from the Game and the Heartbreak Kid. -Edge defeated Carlito by disqualification in 6:22 when Shawn Michaels and Triple H interfered, attacking Edge. Triple H gives Edge the Pedigree and gets on the microphone telling Edge "he will show him something that is really Rated-R" before giving Edge a crotch chop. Shawn introduces Carlito as the newest member of DeGeneration X due to his coolness. ( 1/4) -Umaga(the samoan that attacked Flair last week) defeated Rory Fox in a short match with a Shot to the throat in 1:53. (1/2 ) -Rob Van Dam pinned Chris Masters with a Victory Roll as Masters pounded away at Van Dam on the ropes. Masters got on the microphone before the match, assuming he was also a member of DX, since Carlito was in. After the match, DX ran out, the announcers made a big deal about how they never touched Rob Van Dam, despite having all the time to clock him. Triple H, Shawn Michaels, and Carlito attacked Masters, laying him out and Shawn declares "We don't take jacked up Lex Luger wannabes in DX, bitch" before a trio of crotch chops go off over the fallen body of Masters() -Shane and Cena talk about how they are on the same page for tonight, due to a common hatred of Triple H and Shawn Michaels. -Triple H and Shawn Michaels defeated Shane McMahon and John Cena when Triple H pinned Shane McMahon after a shove to the mat and Shane going down in 0:00:23(3/4) -Cena looked livid as Shane double crossed him. Shane, Triple H, and Shawn Michaels attacked Cena, laying out Cena once again but Edge comes out, chasing on DX with a chair before Cena got up and stared down with Edge as Raw goes off the air. WWE Smackdown 4/14/06: -The First Match of the King of the Ring Tournament is announced for tonight is a rematch from last week's main event, involving Kurt Angle against Randy Orton. -Spanky and Paul London defeated MNM in a non title match when Spanky pinned Nitro with the Sliced Bread #2 in 10:41 in a fantastic, high impact tag team match(* 1/4) -Finlay destroys the Mexicools Juan Deeres in an attempt to pick a fight and he slaps around the Mexicools when they confront him about it but Chris Benoit makes the save. Finlay challenges Benoit to a six man tag team match involving The Crippler and "his two little border crossing buddies" against Finlay and two partners of his choosing. -Booker T challenges any young star to come out from the back and out comes Sonny Siaki from the back, accepting Booker T's challenge. -Sonny Siaki pinned Booker T with a roll up in 6:45. The announcers put over Siaki as a blue chipper and "an electrifying personality", much like another star that made it big in the WWE. Booker threw a fit, as underestimated the rookie sensation Siaki( 3/4) -Finlay, Daivari, and Mark Henry defeated Chris Benoit and the Mexicools when Mark Henry splashed Super Crazy to score the pin in 8:01. Finlay and Benoit brawled to the back at the end of the match. () -Simon Dean came out, talking about his patented Simon System, and called out the World Heavyweight Champion Rey Misterio Jr. Simon says maybe Rey should use the Simon System to not look like he as thin as a rail. Rey challenges Simon to a match, which Simon accepts. -Rey Misterio pinned Simon Dean in a non title match with the 6-1-9 and the West Coast Pop in 4:52( 1/4) -William Regal says he is so confident that he can defeat Burchill that if he does not, he will team with Burchill next week and dress up in anything Burchill wishes to. Regal then states when he beats Burchill, Burchill has to quit the stupid pirate stuff. Burchill agrees and the match is on. -Paul Burchill pinned William Regal with the Plank in 9:06. As a result, Burchill has to pick what Regal wears when the two team up next week. ( 1/2) -Daivari promises the Great Khali will make his debut next week in the ring. It should be noted that the Undertaker has not been seen since he got choked out by Khali last week. -KOTR First Round Match: Kurt Angle defeated Randy Orton after making him tap out to the Ankle Lock in 16:05. Rey joined us on color commentary, scouting his Judgement Day opponent for the World Heavyweight Title. Orton taunted Rey and this allowed Angle to pull off the Triple German and the Ankle Lock to advance to the semifinals to face the winner of Finlay/Benoit. Orton looks pleased, as he still has his World Heavyweight Title Shot at Judgement Day(** 1/4)
MattHarms	Posted on 05/18/06 at 20:53:15 Week Three(Raw 4/17/06 and Smackdown 4/21/06): Raw 4/17/06: -On Internet Heat: Chavo Guerrero Jr pinned Rob Conway with the Frog Splash(**), Gene Snitsky and Tyson Tomko over Chris Cage and Lash Leroux whe Snitsky pinned Leroux with a boot to the face(1/2), Mark Jindrak pinned Lance Cade with the Mark of Excellence(** 1/4), and in the main event, Goldust pinned Trevor Murdoch with the Curtain Call(* 1/4) -DeGeneration X comes out to kick off Raw. Shane says he is the power now but "No Chance in Hell" starts up and out comes Mr. McMahon. McMahon is not too happy about Shane allowing DX reform and being behind it. Vince challenges his son to a Streetfight at Backlash, where the winner gets the losers twenty five ownership of the company and Shane accepts. Vince says Shane is not old enough to put over Vince's knee and get spanked by his father, and that will happen at Backlash. Vince orders HBK to put the Interconinental Title on the line against Shelton Benjamin, reminding HBK of the rematch clause in the contracts, and has Carlito face John Cena later tonight. Vince also makes two more matches for Backlash(in addition to the match for the World Tag Team Titles involving Kane and the Big Show against Shawn Michaels and Triple H that was announced over the weekend on WWE.com). The Loser of the Interconinental Title Match tonight vs Rob Van Dam for the number one contendership for that title, and John Cena faces off against Edge for the next shot at Triple H and the WWE Championship. -Chris Masters, Eugene, and Rob Van Dam defeated the Spirit Squad consisting of Mikey, Kenny, and Johnny when Van Dam pinned Kenny with the Five Star Frog Splash in 9:13( 1/2) -As Masters goes backstage, he is attacked by Carlito. Carlito spits an apple at Masters while doing a crotch chop. -Victoria pinned Trish Stratus to earn a WWE Women's Title Shot at Backlash after rolling up Trish after Mickie James hit Trish with a belt shot in 5:42. It is put over that Mickie is now ducking Trish and would rather have anyone else face her for the title. () -Kane and the Big Show defeated Val Venis and Viscera to retain the World Tag Team Titles after the Big Show pinned Venis with the Choke Slam in 4:13(DUD) -DeGeneration X ran out but Kane and the Big Show managed to fight them off. Michaels and Triple H were sent packing, as their ambush did not work as the announcers wondered if even the legendary DX could put down the monsterous alliance of Kane and the Big Show. -John Cena defeated Carlito by disqualification in 2:31 after his fellow DX teammates Triple H and Shawn Michaels ran in, laying waste to Cena. Edge ran out but accidentally Speared Cena in attempting to save him and got the Sweet Chin Music and Pedigree for his troubles as the two possible contenders for Triple H's title were laid out in the ring(* 1/4) -WWE Interconinental Champion Shawn Michaels pinned Shelton Benjamin after Triple H pulled Michaels out of the way on a Stinger Splash and Benjamin hit the post, allowing Michaels to hit the Sweet Chin Music for the pin in 10:31. Benjamin gets beaten by DX, as the announcers cry about how he needs backup if he ever would hope to hold his own against Michaels and Triple H. Kane and the Big Show came out again, making the save and DX decided to make a strategic retreat.() WWE Smackdown 4/21/06: -On Internet Velocity: Jamie Noble and Kid Kash over Scotty 2 Hotty and Funaki when Noble pinned Scotty with the Tiger Driver(), Gregory Helms pinned Lash Leroux with the Shining Wizard to retain the WWE Cruiserweight Title(*** 1/4), Psicosis pinned Simon Dean with the Psycho Guillotine(* 1/2), and Sonny Siaki pinned Nunzio with a springboard clothesline in return match from two weeks ago( 1/4). -Randy Orton comes out, stating he is the uncrowned champion and all that. He said Angle cheated to win last week and Rey and Angle seem to be conspiring against Orton getting his rightful place in the sun. At Judgement Day, Orton was set to capture the King of the Ring title and the World Heavyweight Title both in the same night, but that was ruined. Orton challenges both Rey and Angle to a match tonight. The announcers wonder if Orton has lost his mind challenging two top wrestlers to a handicap match. -Booker T cuts a promo about how he is destined to be the King of the Ring and it will be the first step to a World Heavyweight Title reign for the Booker Man. -KOTR First Round Match: Booker T pinned Matt Hardy with the Scissor Kick in 12:31 after countering the Twist of Fate with a low blow( 3/4) -Finlay says he is going to beat Benoit when they meet in the Quarterfinals but he also wants Benoit's United States Title. Finlay says he respects Benoit because he brings a good fight but the Irishman will hold the United States Championship in the future. -Mark Henry and Finlay over Chris Benoit and Lashley in a preview for the two remaining quarterfinal matches in the KOTR when Mark Henry pinned Chris Benoit with a powerslam in 7:05(* 1/2) -Paul London pinned Johnny Nitro with the dropsault in 9:00. London and Spanky have been named the #1 Contenders to the WWE Tag Team Titles after their non title victory over MNM last week( 1/2) -Burchill says he had the perfect idea for Regal after their match last week. Over the loud speaker rings "He's a man, just a man, he's a real man's man" and Regal comes out, dressed up in the construction worker outfit of the Man's Man Gimmick from back in the day. Regal does not look too pleased at Burchill's choice of ring attire. -The Gymini defeated Paul Burchill and William Regal when Jesse pinned Regal with the Extreme Weight Loss in 5:26() -Daivari comes out, hyping the Great Khali as the most awesome wrestler in the world and the man who is going to deliver Daivari the World Heavyweight Title in the near future. -The Great Khali squashed Chris Cage with the Double Handed Choke Slam in 0:00:51(- ) -Orton came out for the Handicap Match against Rey and Angle but Orton asked if they really thought Orton would go it alone. Orton says he is going to be World Heavyweight Champion soon but he got a Wrestling God to be his partner and he offered this man the first shot at the World Heavyweight Title when Orton captures it at Judgement Day. Out comes JBL to join forces with Randy Orton for this match. -John Bradshaw Layfield and Randy Orton over Kurt Angle and Rey Misterio Jr when JBL countered the West Coast Pop with a power bomb and hit the Clothesline from Hell to score the pin in 10:55. Orton trash talks Rey after the match but Angle attacks Orton, putting him another Ankle Lock before JBL clocks Angle with the Clothesline from Hell. The heels stand tall as Smackdown goes off the air. (**)
MattHarms	Posted on 05/18/06 at 21:34:54 Week Four(Monday Night Raw for 4/24/06 and Smackdown for 4/28/06 along with the final Backlash card) Monday Night Raw 4/24/06: -Internet Heat: Chavo Guerrero Jr pinned Lance Cade with the Frog Splash( 3/4), Trevor Murdoch pinned Vordell Walker with a flying knee smash to the back of the head(), Rob Conway pinned Mark Jindrak with the Ego Trip( 3/4), and in the main event, Matt Striker pinned Goldust after using the ropes for leverage( 1/2) -Vince comes out, announcing Triple H will face Kane and the Big Show will take on Shawn Michaels as a preview for the World Tag Team Title Match at Backlash and also John Cena and Edge will team up tonight against V-Squared, Val Venis and Viscera. Vince announces he has been training hard, wanting to take Shane to the woodshed for double crossing him in the street fight this Sunday. -Shane McMahon orders Trish Stratus to team up with Mickie James tonight to face Candice and Victoria tonight but Trish refuses, saying she would never team up with the psycho again. Edge enters the office with Lita and Shane gets an idea to put Lita and Mickie James against Candice and Victoria tonight. Lita has not wrestled for over a year and Edge does not like this but Shane threatens him with suspension if he interferes and his match with Cena at Backlash called off. Edge wonders who truely has the power, Vince or DX. Shane says after he whips his old man and beats the insanity out of him this Sunday, it will be Shane O' Mac and the DX Express. -Candice and Victoria defeated Mickie James and Lita when Mickie walked to the back, causing a rusty Lita to be destroyed two on one and Victoria hitting a brain buster to score the pin in 5:31(3/4). -Shawn Michaels confronts Shelton Benjamin, saying after he beat Shelton twice, by outsmarting him, he has gotten Shane to get Shelton a match with someone a little more on Shelton's level of intelligience. -Shelton Benjamin pins Eugene with the T-Bone Suplex in 7:05. Rob Van Dam scouts from the ramp, as he will be facing Shelton Benjamin this Sunday for the #1 Contendership for the Interconinental Title and has a chance to hold both a WWE and Interconinental Title shot at the same time.(*) -Val Venis and Viscera defeated John Cena and Edge when Edge accidentally hit Cena with the Spear and got squashed in the corner by Viscera before getting hit with an elbowdrop which held down Edge for the pin in 12:11. Cena returned the favor with the F-U on Edge, as the announcers hype up the #1 Contenders match for Triple H's WWE Championship this Sunday. ( 3/4) -Shawn Michaels defeated the Big Show by disqualification after Kane ran out and Choke Slammed Shawn Michaels. Show and Kane laid into Michaels after the match, sending a message to DX in 10:23(** 3/4) -Carlito and Chris Masters have a Masterlock challenge where Triple H attacks Masters with a chair as he had the Masterlock on Carlito. Carlito steals Masters's money he put up for the challenge after spitting an apple in his face. These two will meet one on one with Sunday at Backlash. -Umaga pinned Will Jones with a shot to the throat in 1:56. After the match, Ric Flair ran out and attempted to choke out Umaga with a tie but got a thumb jabbed in his throat by Umaga. Umaga ripped up Flair's three piece ten thousan dollar armani suit, chewing it up because he is a Samoan Savage. () -Kane defeated Triple H by disqualification after Shawn Michaels interefered. DX took turns working over Kane's wrist with a chair, taking the possibility of the Choke Slam away from him for this Sunday. The Big Show tried to save but was held back by security ordered by Shane McMahon.() WWE Smackdown 4/28/06: -Internet Velocity: Kid Kash and Jamie Noble defeated the Mexicools when Kash pinned Psicosis with the Dead Level in ( 1/4), WWE Cruiserweight Champion Gregory Helms pinned Vordell Walker with the Shining Wizard in to retain the title(), The Gymini and Simon Dean over Sonny Siaki, Funaki, and Scotty 2 Hotty when Jesse pinned Scotty with the Extreme Weight Loss( 1/2), and Tatanka pinned Nunzio with the Trail's End() -WWE United States Champion Chris Benoit defeated Orlando Jordan by making him tap out to the Sharpshooter in 6:49. Jordan seemed to be improving as of late and gave Benoit a hell of a fight before going down. ( 1/2) -JBL demands a World Heavyweight Title Match but Theodore Long refuses to give in, insteading giving JBL a match against a top young Smackdown talent. JBL asks who it is and Long says it's Burchill. JBL laughs it off, thinking he will have an easy time with Burchill and says he will use the pirate as a stepping stone to the World Heavyweight Title. -Booker T and Finlay over Kurt Angle and Matt Hardy when Finlay pinned Matt Hardy with the Muscle Buster in 9:29. If Finlay beats Benoit in the KOTR Quarterfinals next week, he could put himself in position for a United States Title Shot. ( 1/2) -Daivari introduces the Great Khali while stating the Undertaker has been missing for three weeks now as Khali has finally put the final nail in the coffin of the Undertaker. -The Great Khali defeated Will Jones with the Double Handed Choke Slam in Forty Seven Seconds(-* 1/4) -Melina asks Randy Orton if he would be willing to team up with MNM to face off against Rey Misterio Jr, Spanky, and Paul London later tonight. Orton agrees but for a price. Melina understands and Orton and Melina walk off, towards a private backstage room. -John Bradshaw Layfield pinned Paul Burchill with the Clothesline from Hell. Burchill got a few close nearfalls and JBL had to resort to kicking Burchill in the groin before hitting the Clothesline from Hell in 7:34 ( 3/4) -MNM and Randy Orton defeated Rey Misterio, Paul London, and Spanky when Orton pinned Misterio with the RKO in 15:34. Melina was not out for this match, due to being indisposed after her meeting with Orton and Orton came out all sweaty with a big grin on his face. The announcers moan that Orton will never let us hear the end of it, as he has just pinned the World Heavyweight Champion. ( 3/4) -The replay of the last two KOTR Matches are shown, leading to... -Lashley pinned Mark Henry after popping up from the World's Strongest Slam and hitting a spear and the Dominator in 6:08 to advance to face Booker T in the KOTR Semifinals(1/2) WWE Raw Presents Backlash(As always with my circuits, Predictions are welcomed):* World Tag Team Title Match: DeGeneration X(Shawn Michaels and Triple H) vs Kane and the Big Show(c) Winner Receives a Shot at the WWE Championship: Edge vs John Cena Winner Receives a Shot at the Interconinental Championship: Shelton Benjamin vs Rob Van Dam Streetfight where the Winner receives the 25 Percent the Loser Owns of the the WWE Company Vince McMahon vs Shane McMahon Carlito vs Chris Masters WWE Women's Title Match: Victoria vs Mickie James(c) Umaga vs Ric Flair Special Bonus Match: Gene Snitsky and Tyson Tomko vs the Spirt Squad's Kenny and Mikey vs Val Venis and Viscera On the Heat Pregame Show: Trevor Murdoch vs Chavo Guerrero Jr.
MattHarms	Posted on 05/19/06 at 16:41:30 WWE Backlash 2006 Results -On Heat, Chavo Guerrero Jr continued his winning ways by defeating Trevor Murdoch with the Frog Splash in a pretty decent match( 1/2) -DX arrive in the limo, promising an DX-Rated night as Carlito will face Chris Masters, Shane faces off against Vince, and Triple H and Shawn Michaels take on Kane and the Big Show for the World Tag Team Titles. -Mickie James retained her WWE Women's Title against Victoria with the Mick Kick in 5:34 in perhaps one of the best Women's matches in some time, giving the time. Trish Stratus and Lita both watched from the ramp, as the announced put them over as future contenders for the Women's Title() -Shelton Benjamin was on the cell phone and said he was calling for backup against DX. This man will arrive tommorow night on Raw, making his return to the WWE. Shelton also promised to beat Rob Van Dam and get the #1 Contendership for the Interconinental Title before getting his belt back. -Carlito managed to block the Masterlock with a low blow back kick to the groin and roll up Masters, placing his feet on the ropes for leverage to score the pin, in Carlito against Chris Masters in 9:03. Afterwards, Masters put Carlito in the Masterlock, wearing him down until security pulled Masters off.( 3/4) -Val Venis and Viscera defeated both Kenny and Mikey of the Spirit Squad and the dynamic duo of Gene Snitsky and Tyson Tomko when Viscera pinned Snitsky with the Sex Drive in 8:29. This was the bathroom break match of the show for sure. (DUD) -Umaga pinned Ric Flair, but not before Ric Flair hit a double axe handle off the top rope. Umaga no sold it, due to Samoans having hard heads and chopped Flair in the throat to score the pin in 6:10. The announcers wonder if Flair is losing his touch() -A video package of the long history of Vince and Shane, including footage from their past disputes, leading to the final match tonight. -Shane McMahon defeated Vince McMahon in a brutal, Streetfight. The Mean Street Posse made a one night return, assisting Shane but was promptly laid out by a crazed kendo stick wielding Vince. The second line of defense, a cameo by former corporation hired gun, Test was bashed in the head with a garbage can by Vince. The Spirit Squad came out but Vince laid them all out with Stunners before Shane hit his father in the face with a chair and went up top, hitting a Firebird Splash to score the pin in 13:38, receiving Vince's twenty five percent, thus owning fifty percent of the company.( 3/4) -In a post match interview, Shane fires his father from the company and states that Raw will now go under a newer, hipper approach, with new stars getting opprotunities, and will no longer be under the vision of a crazed old man. -Rob Van Dam pinned Shelton Benjamin with the Five Star Frog Splash in 15:00. Triple H and Shawn Michaels attack Shelton on the floor, ramming him into the post before Van Dam, unaware of the interference, hits a leaping kick and hits the Five Star Frog Splash to score the pin. (* 1/4) -Triple H and Shawn Michaels tell Rob Van Dam he has until tommorow night to make his decision. The announcers wonder if RVD has sold out to DeGeneration X. -DeGeneration X(Shawn Michaels and Triple H) defeat Kane and the Big Show to win the World Tag Team Titles when Triple H hit the Big Show in the head with the WWE Championship Belt and Shawn Michaels pinned him in 18:49. Now DX has control of the WWE, Interconinental, and Tag Team Belts, no one might be able to stop them. (* 1/4) -Edge defeated John Cena in a high impact match with many nearfalls. Cena hit three F-Us and had Edge in the STFU for over a minute on one time but Edge kept fighting back and hit two Spears and an Implant DDT but Cena kept coming. Eventually, Edge puts on a Reverse Sharpshooter and Cena is too far gone, so he submits giving Edge the chance to challenge Triple H for the WWE Championship in the future in 21:53(*** 1/4) -Triple H comes out, staring down Edge as the Pay Per View comes to a close. Edge and Triple H are on a collision cource for the WWE Championship, you don't want to miss it when it happens.
MattHarms	Posted on 05/20/06 at 02:43:42 Week Five(Raw 5/1/06 and Smackdown 5/5/06) WWE Raw 5/1/06 -On Heat, Eugene pinned Lance Cade with the Stone Cold Stunner(), Matt Striker continued his undefeated streak by pinning Jay Fury with the Overdrive( 1/4), Trevor Murdoch pinned Mark Jindrak with a flying knee smash to the back of the head(** 1/4). and in the main event, Gene Snitsky and Tyston Tomko defeated Val Venis and Viscera when Snitsky pinned Val Venis with the Egoist Schwein(1/2) -DeGeneration X comes out, gloating about their accomplishments last night. Shane decides on his first night on the job to book matches that benefit DX. First he books Kane and the Big Show to face off against all five members of the Spirit Squad, Shelton Benjamin taking on John Cena in a Lumberjack Match. Edge comes out, challenging Triple H to put up his WWE Championship on the line. Shane goes to deny Edge but Triple H agrees to put his title on the line tonight. -Carlito pinned Ric Flair with the Cool Breaker in 2:38. Flair seems to be still slipping down, not able to get too much offensive in Carlito. Is Ric Flair's time in wrestling done? ( 1/2) -Mickie James begs Lita to be her partner against Maria and Trish tonight. Lita reluctantly agrees but she wants a Women's Title Shot in the future. Mickie waves off Lita, apperantly accepting this deal. -The Spirit Squad defeated Kane and The Big Show after Test ran out, helping them beat down the bigger men and Kenny scored with a springboard splash to pin Kane in 6:24(* 1/4) -Kenny announces that Test is the new coach for the Spirit Squad and will make sure none of the jealous wrestlers of Raw come out to mess with them. -Chris Masters defeated Shawn Michaels with the Masterlock to apperantly win the Interconinental Title in 10:17 in a pretty good match, Michaels pulling out a miracle by leading Masters through. Shane comes out and takes the Interconinental Title Belt away from Masters, saying it was a non title match and he did not earn a shot anyway. Masters goes after Shane but gets attacked by Carlito. Carlito and Michaels put a whipping on Masters, leaving him laying in the ring. (*) -Maria and Trish Stratus defeated Mickie James and Lita after Lita decided to return the favor to Mickie from last week by walking out on her, which allowed Maria to score with a backslide to pin Mickie James in 4:11(DUD) -Mickie James goes psycho, demanding a match against Maria, Lita, and Trish next week, Six Women style. Victoria and Candice step in, offering to be Mickie's partners. -Rob Van Dam pinned Rob Conway after Conway posed and Van Dam rolled him to the canvas with a rolling bodyscissors for the pin in 6:56( 3/4) -Shawn Michaels and Triple H came out, saying that they are asking RVD to null and void his shots at both their belts in exchange for a membership of DX. Van Dam looks about ready to accept but he cheapshots Michaels with a spin kick and dropkicks Triple H to the floor before running off. Van Dam states he will take both the Interconinental and WWE Belts in the near future as he won the Interconinental Contendership last night and the Money in the Bank at Wrestlemania. -Shelton Benjamin defeated John Cena in a Lumberjack Match in 13:00. The Lumberjacks were the Spirit Squad, Murdoch, Cade, Matt Striker, Gene Snitsky, Tyson Tomko, and Johnny Parisi. The Lumberjacks battled both men but Shelton eventually blocked the F-U and hit the T-Bone Suplex to score the pin. The Lumberjacks attacked Shelton, beating him down but Charlie Haas ran out, making his WWE return and helped Shelton clear the ring. The World's Greatest Tag Team stood tall, reunited here on Raw. (*) -Shane throws a fit about the WGTT joining forces and Shawn Michaels confronts him about it, seeing a threat to the World Tag Team Titles held by him and the Game. Kane and the Big Show come in, wanting their rematch against DX but this gives Shane an idea. He makes a match between the WGTT against Kane and the Big Show next week, winners get a World Tag Team Title Shot against DeGeneration X in the future. -In the main event, Edge defeated WWE Champion Triple H by disqualification when Shawn Michaels ran out and attacked Edge with a chair in 1:51 when the match barely got started. DX battered Edge for several minutes, leaving him a bloody mess. ( 1/4) -Triple H gets on the microphone and states Edge got his title shot and Triple H is not required to defend his title for another thirty days but since the Game is in a good mood, next week he is going to give some random nobody a shot to reach for the stars when he defends the WWE Championship against the winner of a random lottery. Triple H says he will make someone a star, before putting them down just like the rest. WWE Smackdown 5/5/06: -On Internet Velocity: Tatanka pinned Simon Dean with the Trail's End(* 1/4), Super Crazy and Psicosis defeated Jamie Noble and Kid Kash when Psiocosis pinned Kash with the Psycho Guillotine( 3/4), Simon Dean came back out to introduce the newest product of his Simon System, Sylvan. Sylvan defeated Nunzio with a front face suplex( 1/4) and in the main event, Orlando Jordan pinned Sonny Siaki after Siaki made a "rookie mistake" by missing a crossbody and Orlando covered him using the ropes for leverage(*) -Randy Orton comes out, gloating about his victory against Rey Misterio Jr last week in the six man tag team match. Orton says he is going to take the night off because he deserves it. Orton promises to become the World Heavyweight Champion at Judgement Day. -MNM and Booker T defeated Lashley, Spanky, and Paul London when Booker T pinned London with the Axe Kick in 11:02. This match had a lot of high impact moves, with quite a bit of double teaming as Lashley vs Booker T next week in the KOTR Semifinals along with London/Spanky vs MNM for the WWE Tag Team Titles at Judgement Day. () -Daivari hypes the Great Khali as the best, the biggest, the most awesome star to ever hit Smackdown. Daivari says Khali will take out everyone in his path one by one, until the World Heavyweight Champion remains. We are reminded that the Undertaker has not been seen since Khali attacked him about a month ago. -Finlay pinned Chris Benoit after moving out of the way of the Swandive Headbutt and tripping up Benoit, before flipping over and scoring the pin to advance into the Semifinals of the KOTR tournament to face Kurt Angle in two weeks in 15:19( 1/4) -Burchill says Layfield may be a great business man but we will see how nice his suits look when he forces JBL to walk the plank. Matt Hardy attempts to make Burchill focus, as they have a tough tag team match against Mark Henry and JBL tonight. -Matt Hardy and Paul Burchill defeated Mark Henry and John Bradshaw Layfield when Burchill countered a power bomb from JBL into a sunset flip to score the pin in 7:58. Burchill ran out, as JBL threw a fit that he lost to a "pirate who is not a United States citizen but a no good dirty Brit".() -JBL against Burchill was added to Judgement Day by Theodore Long. -William Regal is backstage, as the lower card wrestlers sing "He's a man, such a man's man" at Regal. Regal says he has "bloody had it" and he signs an open contract that Rey Misterio Jr had circulated for a non title match tonight. Regal says he will prove he is not to be trifiled with when he "tans the champion's bloody hide." -Kurt Angle defeated WWE Cruiserweight Champion Gregory Helms in a non title match with the Angle Slam in 5:02. Finlay attacks Angle, blasting him with a Muscle Buster off the ropes. The announcers go into a hush, reminding us about the past involving Angle's neck. -The Great Khali pinned Scotty 2 Hotty in a match where Scotty managed to knock Khali back a few steps with a dropkick but Khali blasted Scotty with a tomahawk choke before planting him with the Double Handed Choke Slam to score the pin in 1:17. (-* 1/4) -Mark Henry came in the back, saying he should get a World Heavyweight Title Shot due to pinning Rey several times before he became champion. Theodore Long says everyone is locked out of title shots until Orton gets his match at Judgement Day but he will give Mark Henry a non title match against Rey next week. -In the main event, William Regal pinned World Heavyweight Champion Rey Misterio Jr in a non title match with a vicious snap Double Underhook Power Bomb in 8:14. Rey took Regal lightly and it cost him big time. Regal proved he still has the juice to tie anyone in knots. Rey fought back harder towards the end but Regal did too much punishment on Rey(*** 1/4) -Randy Orton came out, hitting Rey with the RKO before posing over his fallen body with the Championship Belt.
MattHarms	Posted on 05/21/06 at 02:26:16 WWE Monday Night Raw 5/8/06 -On Heat: Goldust pinned Trevor Murdoch with the Curtain Call(* 1/2), Lance Cade pinned Buck Quartermain with the Flying Elbowdrop(* 1/2), Val Venis and Viscera defeated Tyson Tomko and Gene Snitsky when Val Venis pinned Snitsky with the Money Shot(-1/4), and in the main event, Chavo Guerrero Jr pinned Rob Conway with the Frog Splash(* 1/4) -Shane McMahon came out but John Cena and Edge came out, both demanding title shots but Shane refused to give in to them, but decided to be a nice guy and give both Cena and Edge chances to qualify for the random lottery later tonight. Edge will face to face off against a man who has yet to taste defeat on Raw, Matt Striker, and John Cena will run the Spirit Squad Gauntlet facing all five members of the Spirit Squad. -John Cena ran the Spirit Squad Gauntlet. First he pinned Mitch with the F-U in fourteen seconds(3/4), he followed that up with a victory over Nicky with a second F-U in 1:16. Johnny was next to fall, giving Cena a bit more of a fight but getting hit with a spinning power bomb in 4:38(** 1/4). Cena defeated Mikey by disqualifcation after the three members of the Spirit Squad that were defeated ran in and attacked Cena, allowing for a four on one beatdown in 2:46(), and then Kenny defeated Cena with a springboard legdrop in 6:24. Cena made a comeback but was too battered to hit the F-U(). -Rob Van Dam talks about Money in the Bank and the ECW: A Second One Night Stand, Pay Per View is announced for the first time. Van Dam promises to make the biggest impact of all that night but Shane interrupts making Van Dam against Shawn Michaels tonight in a non title match, with Van Dam's money in the bank on the line. -Umaga and Carlito defeated Chris Masters and Ric Flair when Carlito rolled up Masters using the ropes for leverage in 5:27( 3/4). -Matt Striker defeated Edge by countout when Triple H attacked Edge, hitting him with the Pedigree on the floor after Striker knocked Edge to the floor in 5:49() -Lita, Trish, and Maria defeated Candice, Mickie James, and Victoria when Maria pinned Mickie with a backslide for the second week in a row in 5:43(1/2) -Maria against Mickie for the Women's Title is announced for next week. -Rob Van Dam pinned Shawn Michaels in a non title match with the Money in the Bank Contract on the line when Van Dam hits the Five Star Frog Splash in 16:39 in a high impact match with many near falls(** 1/4) -Michaels attacks Van Dam after the bell, hitting him with the Sweet Chin Music and Shane comes out, annoucing Van Dam is getting his IC Title Shot he earned at Backlash right now. -Rob Van Dam fought back, nearly winning the Interconinental Title but Triple H came out as Van Dam signaled for the Five Star Frog Splash and struck Van Dam in the back of the leg with the Sledgehammer. Michaels puts on the Sharpshooter but Van Dam rolls him into a cradle but Shane distracts the referee and Triple H rolls over the cradle for a two. Van Dam misses a spin kick and Michaels hits the Superkick for the pin to retain the title in 7:35. Despite a short time frame, this match was just as good as the first one with no resting at all. ( 1/4) -Triple H held the lottery but first made a bunch of snide remarks about ECW. Triple H draws a name, the first one out, and it's Max Mini. However, there is no Max Mini in the house so Triple H draws again and the name that comes out is Nikolai Volkoff. He may be running for office but he is not on Raw, so third time is the charm. The name drawn out, is...Eugene. -WWE Champion Triple H pinned Eugene with the Pedigree to retain the title. Eugene nearly won the belt with the Stone Cold Stunner, Rock Bottom, People's Elbow, and Hogan Leg Drop in a row but Triple H kicked out of all of that to prove he is superior to the wrestlers who used those moves as their trademarks, and hit Eugene with a gutshot before hitting the Pedigree in 7:10( 3/4) -Edge came out, Spearing Triple H before cutting a promo on him. Triple H did not give Edge his one on one title shot, his fair one on one title shot as promised, so Edge got a court order which demands Triple H is going to put up the WWE Championship Belt on the line next week on Raw against Edge inside the confines of a Steel Cage. Triple H gets up and Edge gives him another Spear as Edge against Triple H in the cage for the WWE Championship is hyped. -In the main event, the World's Greatest Tag Team used their technical wrestling skills to work over the Big Show and Kane, wearing them down which allows Haas to deliver a breathtaking Northern Lights Suplex on Kane and hold him down for the pin in 11:45. The World's Greatest Tag Team will get a World Tag Team Title Shot in the near future.( 3/4) WWE Smackdown 5/12/06 -On Velocity: Simon and Sylvan defeated the FBI when Simon pins Nunzio with the Simonizer( 3/4), Matt Hardy pins Buck Quartermain with the Twist of Fate(** 3/4), Tatanka pins Jesse Gymini despite a lot of switching with Jake(* 1/2), and in the main event, Jamie Noble pins Super Crazy with the Tiger Driver(** 1/2) -In the KOTR Semifinals, Booker T pinned Lashley after rolling him up out of the corner with a sunset flip in 12:47. Mark Henry came out and powerslammed and splashed Lashley, gaining a measure of revenge for Henry's lost in the first round of the KOTR() -JBL and Finlay join forces in a plot to bring down their enemies, Angle and Burchill tonight in a tag team match. -Gregory Helms comes out, saying that no one can beat him, no cruiserweight in the world can pin him, which leads to. -Spanky, Paul London, and Scotty 2 Hotty defeated Gregory Helms and MNM when Scotty 2 Hotty pins Helms with a Springboard DDT in 10:12. MNM brawled with Spanky and London towards the back at the end(* 1/4) -Gregory Helms and Scotty 2 Hotty for the Cruiserweight Title at Judgement Day has been added. -Randy Orton cuts an interview, talking about how people think he is not going to keep up with Rey's lucha libre style on Sunday. Orton says he is going to prove he is quicker and more agile than any luchadore. -Randy Orton pinned Psicosis with the RKO after Psicosis missed the Psycho Guillotine in 7:59. After nearly breaking his neck on a plancha, Orton decided to go back to brawling and mat work. (* 1/2) -Mark Henry and Lashley was added to Judgement Day when Lashley grabbed Palmer Cannon and pinned him up against the wall, threatening him to make the match. Mark Henry attacked Lashley again, powerslamming him onto a stack of wooden palates. -Finlay and JBL defeated Kurt Angle and Burchill when Finlay pinned Angle with a Samoan Drop off the second rope in 7:36( 1/2) -The Draft is announced to begin on the June 5th Raw with the same format as last show(One pick a week, with two picks on the last week, Five Draft Picks total) -Daivari introduces the Great Khali, once again hyping him up as the best thing in the world, and reminding us we have not seen the Undertaker since he took him out. Daivari says he has an open contract for Judgement Day for Khali. -The Great Khali defeated Sonny Siaki. The Rookie Sensation fought hard, hitting three dropkicks and some punches but was caught on a crossbody before getting chopped in the head and hit with the double handed choke slam for the pin in 2:53() -Chris Benoit pinned William Regal with a German Suplex in 13:29 to retain the United States Title in a stiff, match with lots of suplexes, chops, and holds on the mat. This was a reward for Regal for beating Rey-Rey last week in that non title match() -Mark Henry pinned World Heavyweight Champion Rey Misterio Jr in a non title match after reversing the West Coast Pop into a vicious power bomb and squashing Rey like an insect with the World's Strongest Slam for the pin in 8:44. Rey hit three 6-1-9s through the match but it was not enought to keep Henry down but Rey also managed to kick of an earlier World's Strongest Slam.(** 3/4) -Randy Orton runs in and hits Rey with the RKO, because Orton's a dick. Smackdown goes off the air.
MattHarms	Posted on 05/21/06 at 03:06:34 No Heat or Velocity due to it being a supershow occuring in this week. WWE Monday Night Raw 5/15/06 -Triple H comes out, looking at the Cage hanging above the ring. Triple H starts off by calling Edge someone who is a low rate, low income nobody "much like everyone ever to compete in Extremely Crappy Wrestling." Triple H says it will be a cold day in hell before he loses his WWE Championship to anyone who has ever wrestled in a third rate bingo hall and he damn as sure is not losing it to a Canadian pretty boy. Triple H talks about what happened the last time a "deluded Canadian with delusions of grandeur" crossed DX on a cold night in Montreal. Bret Hart fell to the power and is no longer here. Jericho fell to the power and is no longer here. Edge is the next Canadian to fall. Triple H makes a few more remarks about ECW being a flea market promotion and how it is a joke that the WWE is wasting money promoting yet another reunion Pay Per View for it. Triple H dares anyone from ECW to prove him wrong. -Mickie James defeated Maria in a match that was about as ugly as Snitsky with her version of the Stratusfaction Bulldog in 4:07(- 1/2) -The Spirit Squad prep up backstage but Cena walks up to him, saying they may have spirit but if was not for the numbers game, the Spirit Squad would have been all defeated by Cena last week. Cena challenges the Squad to a six man tag team match and the coach of the squad, Test, agrees, nominating Kenny, Mikey, and Johnny for the bout. -Chavo Guerrero Jr, Eugene, and John Cena defeated Kenny, Mikey, and Johnny of the Spirit Squad when Chavo pinned Mikey with the Frog Splash in 7:56. Johnny got hit with the Stunner by Eugen and Kenny got hit with the F-U( 3/4) -The World's Greatest Tag Team asks for their World Tag Team Title Match but Shane McMahon refuses, saying it is stupid that champions have to defend their titles all the time but number one contenders do not. He forces WGTT to put their number one contendership on the line against Val Venis and Viscera tonight in tag team action. -Trevor Murdoch pinned Ric Flair with a flying knee smash to the back of the head in 5:47. Flair continues to slip and the announcers wonder once again if Naitch has lost his touch. ( 1/4) -Shane once again forces Van Dam to put the Money in the Bank on the line against Matt Striker but Van Dam says that if Triple H makes one more anti-ECW comment, Van Dam may have to cash on his title shot to humble Triple H. Shane declares it will never happen, as Van Dam as WWE Champion will be the biggest public relations nightmare to hit the WWE since Austin's first title reign. -The World's Greatest Tag Team defeated Val Venis and Viscera when Shelton pinned Venis with the T-Bone Suplex in 5:26( 1/4) -Rob Van Dam pinned Matt Striker to retain the Money in the Bank Contract with the Five Star Frog Splash in 5:27(*) -Shane comes out, saying Van Dam will lose his title shot as the law of averages will catch up to him, and will face off against John Cena next week, with the Money in the Bank Briefcase hanging high above the ring in a Ladder Match. -Carlito, Shawn Michaels, and Umaga defeated Kane, the Big Show, and Chris Masters when Umaga pinned Kane with a shot to the throat in 6:09( 1/4) -Edge cuts a promo, promising to walk out of the cage with the WWE Championship held high above his head for the second time. -WWE Champion Triple H pinned Edge with the Pedigree in a fantastic Steel Cage Match which saw both men bleeding at the end. Edge missed the Spear, hitting a metal bar on the cage which allowed Triple H to hit the finishing move for the pin in 17:36(* 1/4) WWE Smackdown 5/19/06 -Theodore Long is out, making Randy Orton and Rey Misterio Jr team up tonight, two days before their World Heavyweight Title Match at Judgement Day, as they will face Simon Dean's Gymini in tag team action. If Rey costs Orton the match, Rey is stripped for the World Heavyweight Title and suspended for ninety days. if Orton costs Rey, Orton is stripped of his title shot and suspened for ninety days. -Psicosis pinned Kid Kash with the Psycho Guillotine in 5:56. Both men were put over as great wrestlers who competed in ECW in the past, hyping up the "ECW A Second One Night Stand." -JBL shows footage of him beating Booker T, Eddie Guerrero, Rey Misterio Jr, The Undertaker, Kurt Angle, the Big Show, and many others. JBL says he will not lose to some pirate and at Judgement Day he will prove why he is a Wrestling God. -Burchill, Spanky, and London defeated MNM and Orlando Jordan when Burchill pinned Nitro with the Plank in a high flying six man tag team match in 9:45() -Booker T vows to become King of the Ring This Sunday, no matter if its Kurt Angle or Finlay, Booker will stand on the throne. It is also announced that the winner of the KOTR receives a World Heavyweight Title Shot. -Lashley and Chris Benoit defeated Mark Henry and Booker T when Benoit pinned Booker T after ducking an Axe Kick and hitting the German Suplex in 11:22(* 1/2) -Daivari hypes up the Great Khali as the best thing ever, the Undertaker is still missing, and it is announced the Great Khali will face Tatanka this Sunday at Judgement Day. -The Great Khali pinned Nunzio with the Double Handed Choke Slam in 1:54(DUD) -Rey says he will wait unti this Sunday but all the times Orton hit him with the RKO will come back to get him. Orton will have to knock out Rey before he can beat him as Rey will not stop fighting, no matter what and Orton will have to pry the World Heavyweight Title out of Rey's dying hands. -Kurt Angle and Finlay had a stiff back and forth KOTR Semifinal Match with Finlay fighting the Ankle Lock several times and kicking out of a couple of Angle Slams. Finlay hit the Muscle Buster but Angle managed to kick out. Finlay attempted to pull the Tombstone out of the mothballs, which would have killed Angle's neck dead but Angle reverses into the deadly heel hook, forcing a tap from Finlay in 17:25. Angle/Booker KOTR Finals(* 1/2) -Rey Misterio Jr and Randy Orton defeated the Gymini when Orton pinned Jesse with the RKO in 7:45(* 1/2) -After the match, Orton attempted to cheapshot Rey with the RKO again but Rey was ready, whipping Orton into the post, causing him to get crotched. Rey punishes Orton with a 6-1-9 but West Coast Pop is ducked and Orton hits the RKO on Rey anyway, standing on top of him with the belt held high over his head as Smackdown goes off the air. Final Judgement Day Card(Predictions Welcomed): World Heavyweight Title Match: Randy Orton vs Rey Misterio Jr(c) King of the Ring Finals: Booker T vs Kurt Angle WWE United States Title Match: Finlay vs Chris Benoit(c) Mark Henry vs Lashley John Bradshaw Layfield vs Burchill WWE Tag Team Titles: Spanky and Paul London vs MNM(c) The Great Khali vs Tatanka WWE Cruiserweight Title Match: Scotty 2 Hotty vs Gregory Helms(c) Heat Exclusive: Noble and Kash vs the Mexicools
MattHarms	Posted on 05/22/06 at 21:42:53 WWE Judgement Day 2006-5/21/06-Results -On Heat, The Mexicools scored a win over Kid Kash and Jamie Noble when Super Crazy pinned Noble with the Moonsault in 8:44(* 1/4) -A look at the last few months involving Randy Orton and Rey Misterio Jr, leading up to their World Heavyweight Title Match tonight, is shown. -Burchill pinned JBL to score the upset with the Plank after ducking the Clothesline from Hell in 10:00. JBL attacked Burchill afterwards, hitting him with two Clotheslines from Hell and a power bomb, showing he is a sore loser( 1/4) -Spanky and Paul London defeated WWE Tag Team Champions MNM to win the titles when London pins Mercury with the Calling London in a high paced, high flying tag team match with many nearfalls in 13:45(**) -Simon Dean came out, talking about the Simon System and downgrading the fans but Matt Hardy came out to shut Simon up, leading to.... -Matt Hardy pinned Simon Dean with the Twist of Fate in 5:31() -Daivari talks about the Great Khali and how we still have not seen the Undertaker since the week after WM22 -The Great Khali pinned Tatanaka after shrugging off a top rope Tomahawk chop before hitting a double handed choke slam and pinned Tatanka with a foot on the chest in 2:44(-* 1/2) -Finlay defeated WWE United States Champion Chris Benoit to win the title after blocking the Crippler Crossface by hoisting Benoit up and crotching him on the ropes before scoring with the Muscle Buster in 14:52(**) -Lashley pinned Mark Henry after popping up from the World's Strongest Slam and hitting a spear and Dominator in 2:46() -Finlay and Lashley brawled with each other in the back once they bumped into each other. -Booker T pinned Kurt Angle to win the King of the Ring Tournament after blocking the Ankle Lock by kicking Angle into the post and hitting the Scissors Kick in 12:16 (** 1/4) -Mark Henry came out, hitting Angle with three splashes, causing Angle to be stretchered out. It appears Mark Henry decided to take out his quick defeat by Lashley on Angle. -WWE Cruiserweight Champion Gregory Helms pinned Scotty 2 Hotty with the Shining Wizard after avoiding the Worm and hitting a low blow in 7:39() -World Heavyweight Champion Rey Misterio Jr pinned Randy Orton after Orton got cocky on a top rope move, Rey dropkicked him, and then ran up the ropes to do a Super Rana to score the pin to retain the titlle in 21:55. Booker T commentated, as he will be the next man to challenge for the World Heavyweight Championship. (****) -Booker entered the ring afterwards, talking trash to Rey. Booker T against Rey Misterio Jr for the World Heavyweight Title is coming in the future.
MattHarms	Posted on 05/23/06 at 18:26:34 WWE Monday Night Raw 5/22/06: -On Heat: Goldust pinned Lance Cade with the Curtain Call(), Rob Conway pinned Colt Cabana with the Ego Trip(* 1/4), Mark Jindrak pinned Gene Snitsky with the Mark of Excellence(* 1/4), and in the main event Kane and the Big Show beat Val Venis and Viscera when Kane pinned Val Venis with the Choke Slam from Hell(* 1/4) -DeGeneration X are out tonight and declare they will be defending the World Tag Team Titles against the team of Eugene and Chris Masters tonight. These two have never teamed up before yet they are getting a World Tag Team Title Shot. The announcers wonder if Triple H and Shawn Michaels are ducking the World's Greatest Tag Team. They say they will make sure RVD does not walk out tonight with his Money in the Bank title shot on the line. -Lita defeated Victoria and Trish Stratus to earn a Women's Title Shot at Vengeance when Lita made Victoria submit to a reverse Texas Cloverleaf in 7:03. Mickie James jumped Trish Stratus, preventing her from winning but Lita attacked Mickie James, hitting the Spear on her before holding the Women's Title over hier head( 1/4) -Trevor Murdoch talks about how he beat the oh so good, oh so great Ric Flair last week and tonight, he is going to end the recent winning streak of Chavo Guerrero Jr. -Chavo Guerrero Jr pinned Trevor Murdoch with the Frog Splash after Murdoch missed a flying knee to the back of the head in 9:03( 3/4) -Shane calls the WGTT into his office. They may have a tag team title shot but tonight they have three fifths of the Sprit Squad in a handicap match with that tag team title shot. -The World's Greatest Tag Team defeated Kenny, Mikey, and Johnny of the Spirit Squad when Shelton pinned Johnny with a T-Bone Suplex in 6:01. Mitch and Nicky attacked the WGTT, beating them down after the match. (* 1/2) -Shane makes the WGTT against Mitch and Nicky next week, with the World Tag Team Title Shot on the line again. -Edge pinned Umaga with the Spear in 6:26. During the match, Umaga tore his quadricep, causing him to miss eight months of ring time. ( 1/2) -Matt Striker came out, pointing out he beat Edge a few weeks ago. Edge dares Striker to beat him again and Striker accepts the challenge for next week. -The Big Show and Carlito never got started when Matt Morgan made his WWE return, attacking the Big Show, laying him out with a Big Boot and F-5. Carlito and Morgan double teamed Show until Kane made the save. Morgan is the newest member of DeGeneration X and is once again Carlito's running buddy. -World Tag Team Champions Shawn Michaels and Triple H defeated Eugene and Chris Masters when Triple H pinned Chris Masters with the Pedigree after Shawn Michaels hit Masters with the World Tag Team Title Belt when he had the Masterlock on the Game in 8:21() -Rob Van Dam defeated John Cena in a Ladder Match to retain his Money in the Bank. DX attacked RVD during the match but Cena would not go for a shallow victory, chasing them away with a chair. This allowed RVD to hit the Van Daminator and Five Star Frog Splash from the ladder before climbing up and grabbing the briefcase in 13:31(*) -DX attacked RVD after the match, Cena got up and got hit with Sweet Chin Music as RVD got planted by the Pedigree. Triple H stood over RVD, grabbing the microphone and saying it will be a cold day in hell before Rob Van Dam ever beat him for the WWE Championship. WWE Smackdown 5/26/06 -On Velocity: Gregory Helms defeated Vito with the Shining Wizard( 3/4), The Gymini and Sylvan defeated Nunzio, Funaki, and Scotty 2 Hotty when Sylvan pinned Nunzio with a Reverse DDT( 1/2), Matt Hardy pinned Colt Cabana with the Twist of Fate( 1/4), and in the main event, Simon Dean pinned Tatanka after using the ropes for leverage on a backslide( 1/2) -Booker T comes out, in his crown and cape. He says he is royality and the next World Heavyweight Champion. Theodore Long comes out and says that Booker will get his title shot next week against Rey. Mark Henry comes out and says he beat Rey several times, including two weeks ago in a non title match, so he should get the title shot. Kurt Angle interrupts, saying he never was pinned to lose the World Heavyweight Title, so he should be getting the next show at Misterio. Long decides to make Henry/Angle next week, #1 Contendership for the World Heavyweight Title after Booker gets his title shot and a tag team match involving Rey/Angle against Booker/Henry tonight. -Burchill defeated Orlando Jordan by disqualification in 7:39 when JBL ran in and laid a whoopin' on Burchill, hitting him with a pair of Clotheslines from Hell. JBL says Burchill will never get the better of him.() -Spanky and Paul London defeated the Mexicools to retain the WWE Tag Team Titles when Spanky pinned Psicosis with Sliced Bread #2 in 10:13(*) -MNM attacked London and Spanky afterwards but they were fought off before getting knocked to the floor. Theodore Long brings security out, making a Best Two Out of Three Falls Match next week for the WWE Tag Team Titles between the two teams as MNM's obligated rematch. -Randy Orton comes out, saying he got screwed out of his rightful title victory when Rey did an illegal low blow. Orton should be the one challenging for the title this week. Orton also makes a few choice remarks about ECW and challenges anyone from the back. -"The Rookie Sensation" Sonny Siaki pinned Randy Orton after a crucifix cradle after Orton did a cocky cover after the RKO in 7:13. Orton attacked Siaki afterwards but was dropkicked to the floor. Siaki is a put over as a future WWE Champion by the announcers. (* 1/2) -Next Week, the man, the myth, the legend returns. Mr. Kennedy...Kennedy makes his long awaited return to the ring on Smackdown. -JBL defeated Chris Benoit by disqualification when Burchill interferes in 5:09. Burchill and JBL brawl around the ring as Benoit stews in his own juices, not too happy about Burchill interfering when he had the match in hand. (* 1/2) -Benoit walkes into Theodore Long's office, demanding a match with the Great Khali next week. Benoit says he is going to prove he is the most dangerous man on Smackdown by beating the man who took the Undertaker out of action. Long reluctantly agrees to the match but warns Benoit that Khali has yet to even be knocked off his feet. Benoit says he will prove him wrong by putting Khali in the Crippler Crossface and making him tap. -Finlay and Lashley battled to a double countout, causing Finlay to retain his United States Title in 2:50. Both men brawled all over the ring, through the back, and into the streets as security attempted to detain them. (* 1/4) -Long makes Finlay against Lashley next week in a Streetfight for the United States Title. -Mark Henry and Booker T defeated Kurt Angle and Rey Misterio Jr after Angle accidentally clipped Rey in the knee, causing Booker T to hit the Scissor Kick to score the pin in 12:19(***) -After the match, Booker T laid into the knee of Rey with a series of elbowdrops as Mark Henry worked over Kurt Angle with a powerslam before splashing him multiple times, leaving him laying for the second time in many days. -As this is the last Smackdown before the draft, we go over the blockbuster card signed for next week:(a special two and a half hour broadcast) Booker T vs Rey Misterio Jr(World Heavyweight Title Match) Mark Henry vs Kurt Angle(#1 Contenders Match) The Great Khali vs Chris Benoit Finlay vs Lashley(United States Title Streetfight) JBL vs Burchill MNM vs London and Spanky(2/3 Falls Match for the WWE Tag Team Titles) The Return of Mr Kennedy to the ring. Tune in or else!
MattHarms	Posted on 06/02/06 at 17:36:00 WWE Monday Raw 5/29/06: -On Sunday Night Heat: Gene Snitsky and Tyson Tomko defeated Kenny and Mikey of the Spirit Squad when Snitsky pinned Kenny with a kick to the head(1/4), Eugene pinned Rob Conway with the big boot and Legdrop(* 1/2), Trevor Murdoch and Lance Cade defeated Vordell Walker and Alex Arion when Murdoch pinned Arion with a kneesmash to the head from the top rope(* 3/4), and in the main event, Chavo Guerrero Jr pinned Johnny Parisi with the Frog Splash(* 1/2) -Shane McMahon is out in the ring, saying Triple H and Shawn Michaels will put the World Tag Team Titles on the line tonight against John Cena and Rob Van Dam. Van Dam comes out and announces he is cashing in on his WWE World Title match at One Night Stand. Shane says he could care less as Van Dam will never walk out with the belt. DX runs out, attacking Van Dam, before Cena makes the save. -Carlito pinned Chris Masters in a Loser Leaves Raw Match after Matt Morgan interfered, laying out Masters with the F-5 allowing Carlito to score the pin in 8:54(** 3/4) -An announcement that the draft will begin next week, taking on the same format from last year. -Lita squashed Torrie Wilson with a Spear and sloppy as hell Texas Cloverleaf combo in 2:19. Mickie James watched from the ramp.(3/4) -Matches announced for One Night Stand: Masato Tanaka faces Balls Mahoney, Kid Kash vs Rey Misterio Jr, and CW Anderson against the Sandman. More matches announced on Smackdown. -The World's Greatest Tag Team defeated Mitch and Nicky of the Spirit Squad when Hass pinned Mitch with a Northern Lights Suplex in 4:48. The Squad got bumped around a lot during this match.( 1/4) -Matt Morgan defeated Kane after Carlito distracted Kane, allowing Morgan to hit the F-5 to score the pin in 4:55. Morgan and Carlito battered Kane until the Big Show made the save.() -Matt Striker talks about how he beat Edge a few weeks ago and how he will beat him again tonight. -Edge pinned Matt Striker with the Spear in 4:47(** 3/4) -A look at Ric Flair's losing streak over the past couple of weeks and the fact that he has asked for a match with the Big Show this week to prove he has not lost it. -The Big Show squashed Ric Flair in 16 seconds with the Choke Slam. Show no sold some chops before hitting the move. () -Triple H talks about how it is a waste of airtime that ECW is getting a Pay Per View on June 11th and says he will beat Van Dam in his own world, just like he has beaten him time and time again in the WWE. But tonight, DeGeneration X will defeat Cena and Rob Van Dam. -Shawn Michaels and Triple H defeated Rob Van Dam and John Cena to retain the World Tag Team Titles when Triple H pinned Cena with the Pedigree in 16:05 in a high impact, star studded tag team match with many nearfalls. (* 1/4) -Triple H attacked Rob Van Dam after the match, using the Sledgehammer to work over Van Dam before hitting the Pedigree on the chair. Cena attempted to save but the Spirit Squad attacked him before The World's Greatest Tag Team made the save. WWE Smackdown 6/2/06: -On Velocity: The Gymini defeated the Mexicools when Jesse pinned Super Crazy with the Extreme Weight Loss in 8:09( 3/4), Kid Kash won the WWE Cruiserweight Title pinning Gregory Helms with the Dead Level(** 3/4), and in the main event, Tatanka pinned Nunzio with the Trail's End() -Mr. Kennedy comes out to the ring, hyping up his return. Then his match against Sonny Siaki helping which allowed Mr. Kennedy to pin Siaki with the Green Bay Plunge after Randy Orton distracted Siaki in 6:44( 1/2) -New One Night Stand Matches: Axl Rotten vs Ian Rotten(Tai Pai Death Match Part II), The Impact Players, Nova and Chetti, and Meanie and Stevie in a three way dance, and Mick Foley facing off against Tommy Dreamer. -Paul London and Spanky faces off against MNM in a Two Out of Three Falls Match for the WWE Tag Team Titles. First Fall: Spanky pins Mercury with the Sliced Bread #2 after Nitro and Mercury accidentally collide in 1:12 Second Fall: Nitro pinned London with the Snap Shot in 11:52. Third Fall: Paul London pinned Joey Mercury with the Calling London in 15:39 to retain the WWE Tag Team Titles. () -Simon Dean comes out, talking about his Simon System and saying that any wrestler who is on it will be a championship wrestler. Simon calls out Chris Masters(making his Smackdown debut after being kicked off of Raw), saying he uses the Simon System but Masters grabs Simon, saying it is insulting to think he is on the Simon System. Masters put Simon in the Masterlock, punishing him for his lies. -Burchill defeated John Bradshaw Layfield with the Plank in a high impact match in 7:18. Burchill controlled most of the match, showing his previous win over JBL at Judgement Day was not a fluke. JBL attempted to attack Burchill but Burchill hit another Plank, leaving JBL laying to the crowd's approval(*) -The Draft starts on Monday. -The Great Khali defeated Chris Benoit in 6:42. Benoit could not beat Khali, no matter how many chops and headbutts he threw at him. Khali was simply too big to get off his feet so Khali planted Benoit with the double handed choke slam. Khali continued to beat down Benoit and Kurt Angle attempted to mkae the save but Khali destroyed Angle, leaving him laying as well. (3/4) -Finlay defeated Lashley to retain the WWE United States Title in a streefight after nearly bashing his head in with a pipe in 12:50(** 3/4) -Mark Henry defeated Kurt Angle to earn a World Heavyweight Title Shot when Mark Henry hit the Big Splash in 7:32. Angle was weakened after being beaten down by Khali. (* 3/4) -World Heavyweight Champion Rey Misterio Jr defeated Booker T by disqualification to retain the title after Randy Orton ran in, attacking Rey Misterio Jr with the RKO in 8:28(** 1/2) -Orton goes on the microphone, saying this is not over, wanting another World Heavyweight Title Shot. Booker T shoves him, yelling about about Orton costing him the title. Mark Henry and Daivari come out, saying that it will be Henry getting the next title shot as he earned it. The three heels bicker as Smackdown goes off the air.
MattHarms	Posted on 06/03/06 at 02:04:34 WWE Monday Night Raw 6/5/06: -On Heat: Val Venis and Viscera defeated Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch when Viscera pinned Cade with the Sex Drive(* 3/4), Rob Conway pinned Mark Jindrak with the Ego Trip(** 3/4), Chavo Guerrero Jr pinned Gene Snitsky after falling on top on an attempted bodyslam(* 3/4), and in the main event, Matt Striker pinned Eugene with the Overdrive. -Shane McMahon comes out, ready to announce the first draft pick. John Bradshaw Layfield comes down to the ring, to boos from the fans. JBL is the first draft pick on Raw. JBL gives a long winded speech, saying the wrestling God will accomplish more on Raw than on Smackdown. JBL throws out a challenge to Ric Flair tonight, convinced that after all the times Flair has lost in recent weeks, JBL can beat Flair as well. -In a preview to a Second One Night Stand, The Hardcore Chair Swinging' Freaks fought Danny Doring and Roadkill to a no contest when DeGeneration X interfered, laying all four men out. Triple H got on the microphone, stating that no one in ECW could take down DX before throwing out a challenge to have Rob Van Dam bring out any three former ECW Wrestlers to join forces with him for an eight man tag team match against DeGeneration X later tonight in the main event. -Trish Stratus pinned Victoria with the Stratusfaction in an impressive, high impact match for the Women in 6:06. Victoria attacked Trish with a chair after the match, leaving her laying proving this is far from over. (**) -Lita challenges Mickie James to a match later tonight but it is revealed to be a tag team match with Lita and Edge against Mickie and a partner of her choosing. Lita decides there is no one eccentric enough to team with Mickie so this is going to be a handicap match. -Ric Flair defeated John Bradshaw Layfield after three low blows and a small package, pulling on the tights for added leverage in 5:25( 1/2) -JBL attacks Flair backstage afterwards, creaming the Nature Boy with a pair of chairshots. JBL is not happy he was the first person to lose to Ric Flair since before Wrestlemania. -The World's Greatest Tag Team and John Cena defeated Johnny, Kenny, and Mikey of the Spirit Squad in an impressive six man tag team match when Cena pinned Kenny with the F-U in 7:15(*) -Mickie James says she has a partner. "Shattered Dreams" productions comes up, revealing Goldust had agreed to team up with Mickie James for this mixed tag team match. -Edge and Lita defeated Goldust and Mickie James when Lita pinned Mickie James with the Litasault in 6:10. Goldust chased Edge to the back prior to the finishing move.(* 1/2) -Rob Van Dam introduces his partners for the eight man tag with DX. The Sandman, Tommy Dreamer, and the last one which gets the biggest ovation of all...MICK FOLEY! -Team ECW defeated DeGeneration X when Rob Van Dam pinned Carlito with the Van Daminator and Five Star Frog Splash as Foley took out HHH with a double arm DDT, Dreamer hit Michaels with the Spicolli Driver, and Sandman whacked Morgan with the Kendo Stick in 13:56(* 3/4) -Triple H and DX leave the ring, with Triple H stating hell will freeze over before Rob Van Dam defeats him in the center of the ring at a Second One Night Stand. Triple H says for RVD to enjoy his moment of glory tonight, as Triple H will cause it to come crashing down on his own turf. WWE Smackdown 6/9/06: -On Velocity: Matt Hardy pinned Jamie Noble with the Twist of Fate( 3/4), the Gymini defeated Funaki and Scotty 2 Hotty with the Extreme Weight Loss(*), Gregory Helms pinned Tatanka with the Shining Wizard(), The Great Khali defeated Joey Ryan and Chris Vaughn in a handicap match(DUD), and in the main event, William Regal defeated Psicosis with a double underhook power bomb() -Randy Orton came out, gloating about his recent string of victories or the victories he has deluded within his own mind rather as he lost to both Rey Misterio Jr and Sonny Siaki in recent weeks. He remarks that a certain bush league promotion is having a Pay Per View this Pay Per View. Something called "Extremely Crappy Wrestling." Orton calls out any former ECW wrestler to face off against the Legend Killer in the main event. -The Next Match is an Extreme Three Way Dance for the WWE Cruiserweight Title between Nunzio, Super Crazy, and Champion Kid Kash. Nunzio is eliminated in 9:52 before Super Crazy and Kid Kash fight it out, ending with Super Crazy hitting the Moonsault in 15:27 to become the new WWE Cruiserweight Champion, not even a week after Kash won it on Velocity. ( 1/2) -Burchill is goofing around backstage but Finlay walks up to him, deciding to slap around Burchill just to be a dick before William Regal walks off, starting to repremand Finlay for his attacks and saying Burchill did nothing to provoke Finlay, even if he is an odd fellow who has "lost his blooming mind thinking he's a bloody pirate". Finlay blasts Regal with a stiff uppercut to the nose before Burchill attacks Finlay, leading him to the ring for a brawl. -Finlay pinned Burchill to retain the WWE United States Title. Regal watched from the ramp with a bloody nose, as Finlay finished Burchill off with the Muscle Buster in 7:12. Finlay worked over Burchill before Regal made the save which lead Finlay to whack Regal in the head with the United States Title and lay him out with the Muscle Buster. (**) -Super Crazy defending his WWE Cruiserweight Title against fellow Mexicool Psicosis is announced for A Second One Night Stand in a best two out of three falls match. -Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit defeated MNM when Benoit made Joey Mercury submit to the Sharpshooter in 8:27. Davari and Khali scouted Angle from the ramp. ( 1/2) -Orlando Jordan came out, calling out whomever got picked for Smackdown for the draft this week, saying OJ is gonna knock them out, ain't gonna stop OJ, no ya aint. "The Champ is Here" and John Cena comes out, making his return to Smackdown, after getting drafted to Raw last year. -John Cena ran over Orlando Jordan in 6:04 before hitting him with the F-U. The crowd was rabid in welcoming Cena back to Smackdown. () -Mark Henry and Booker T defeated Lashley and Rey Misterio Jr after Mark Henry countered the West Coast Pop with a vicious power bomb and pinned Rey with a foot on the chest in 6:28. Henry will receive his title shot next week against Rey. ( 1/4) -Tommy Dreamer comes out, accepting Orton's open challenge which allows Dreamer to pin Orton in 8:58 thanks to a bit of a distraction from Sonny Siaki and a Spicolli Driver(** 3/4) -A Second One Night Stand Promo is shown, detailing the matches for the Pay Per View. ECW: A Second One Night Stand Final Card(Predictions Welcomed). WWE World Title: Rob Van Dam vs Triple H(c) Mick Foley vs Tommy Dreamer "The Enforcer" CW Anderson vs The Sandman WWE Cruiserweight Title 2/3 Falls Match: Psicosis vs Super Crazy(c) Kid Kash vs Rey Misterio Jr Masato Tanaka vs Balls Mahoney Tai Pai Death Match: Axl Rotten vs Ian Rotten The Impact Players vs Chris Chetti and Nova vs the Blue Meanie and Stevie Richards Sunday Night Heat: The Full Blooded Italians(Nunzio and Tony Mamaluke) vs Danny Doring and Roadkill
Memphis25	Posted on 06/03/06 at 09:11:45 Quick Predics for ECW, forgive bad spelling. Danny Doring/Roadkill go over The Full Blooded Italians in back in forth match. The Impact Players go over in a borderline squash Axl over Ian, post match New Jack kills them both with weapons ends with Jack using a staple gun to staple 100 dollar bills to thier heads calling them whores for going to Vinces ECW. Masato Tanaka over Balls with a roring-Elbow on to Balls ECW ONS II chair thus hitting him the face. Rey Misterio Jr over Kash Psicosis over Super Crazy new CW champ The Sandman over CW Anderson post match CM Punk confronts Sandman and gets a Sinapore cane shot. Tommy Dreamer over Mick, Lita runs in on Dreamer then, Beulah or Fancine comes in takes out Lita Dreamer hits Spicolli Driver on Thumbtacks. Triple H over RVD with RVD about to hit 5* the lights go out and HBK is in the Ring he gets A Vandaminator, HHH hits Rob from behind and nails the pedigree lights go out SABU in the ring HHH takes him out. HHH has the Sledge hammer about to hit RVD with it the lights go out one more time and its TAZ and he lays into with HHH with various suplex and when RVD turns to jump to top rope Taz turns on him and hits the Tazmission on RVD, with Rob out Taz tell HHH to pin RVD and then taz chokes out Hunter as he goes to cover RVD, Throws his body ontop of RVD the ref counts 1-2-3 as Taz has his arms crossed with a pissed look on his face as Joey Syles screams OH MY GOD the monster for Red Hook is back as the bodies are shown layed out as we fade to black.
Matteus	Posted on 06/03/06 at 15:11:08 On 06/03/06 at 09:11:45, Memphis25 wrote: Triple H over RVD with RVD about to hit 5* the lights go out and HBK is in the Ring he gets A Vandaminator, HHH hits Rob from behind and nails the pedigree lights go out SABU in the ring HHH takes him out. HHH has the Sledge hammer about to hit RVD with it the lights go out one more time and its TAZ and he lays into with HHH with various suplex and when RVD turns to jump to top rope Taz turns on him and hits the Tazmission on RVD, with Rob out Taz tell HHH to pin RVD and then taz chokes out Hunter as he goes to cover RVD, Throws his body ontop of RVD the ref counts 1-2-3 as Taz has his arms crossed with a pissed look on his face as Joey Syles screams OH MY GOD the monster for Red Hook is back as the bodies are shown layed out as we fade to black. LOL well damn, if he hadn't thought of booking it that way before, I'm sure it's eating away at him to do it now ;)
MattHarms	Posted on 06/03/06 at 16:29:54 Paul Heyman Presents: ECW: A Second One Night Stand On Heat: Danny Doring and Roadkill defeated the FBI when Doring pinned Nunzio with the Wham Bam Thank You M'am in a pretty decent tag team match. Sal E. Grazino came out with the FBI which led to a" Where's My Pizza, Sal E. Ate It" chant from the ECW fans in attendence. (** 1/4) -Joey Styles will be your sole commentator for this evening. -Axl Rotten defeated Ian Rotten in the Tai Pai Death Match Part II after Axl whacked Ian with a baseball bat with glass and thumbtacks glued on it while also wrapped in barbed wire before going to the top rope and hitting a fistdrop with the glass glued fist to the top of the head of Ian to score the win. () -The Smackdown Heels come take their seats, led by Randy Orton. Role Call is(other than Orton): The Gymini, Finlay, MNM, Mark Henry, Daivari, and the Great Khali(who gets a "You're a useless fuck" chant from the ECW crowd. ). Orton gets on a microphone and says he is just here to enjoy some low budget, low quality, sub par wrestling tonight. -Masato Tanaka pinned Balls Mahoney in a stiff match with many chairshots and Masato also hit a Frog Splash through a table("Eddie" chants from the crowd on that one). Balls whacked Tanaka with a chair but Tanaka no sold it, Roaring Elbow, setting up Balls and Diamond Dust brings him down for the pin in 8:34(* 1/2) -The Spanish Angel, Vito, Tony Devito,and Vic Grimes come out. They are...Da Baldies. They make several threats before "Natural Born Killerz" begins to play and the crowd gets all excited but...it's only Orlando Jordan dressed up as New Jack wielding a plastic trash can full of non lethal weapons. The crowd starts booing Jordan, who enters the ring, attempting to attack DeVito with a rubber ducky but he gets smashed and beaten down. Spanish Angel takes a staple gun and staples Jordan's forehead before they hang Jordan over the top rope with a rope. (Joey Styles: "Since when did New Jack have hair like Buckweat.") -The Impact Players(w/Francine and Jason) defeated Nova and Chris Chetti and Blue Meanie and Stevie Richards in a three way dance. The crowd chants "Simon Dean" to Nova and Nova puts his finger up to his lips saying "shh, don't give away my weekend Velocity job." Francine hits a low blow to Not Simon Dean allowing Justin Credible to hit That's Incredible to score the first elimination in 6:17(Joey: "Something so incredible it has been banned from use in the WWE"). Storm and Justin Credible double team Stevie Richards, finishing off with a Spike Piledriver in 9:15( 1/2) -The Impact Players talk trash to the crowd as everyone else leaves but after about five minutes of this a voice proclaims "We are Taking Over". The Blue World Order(Da Blue Guy, Big Stevie Cool, and Hollywood Nova) come out to the ring. (Joey: "If Nova keeps it up, he'll have more personalities than Ed Leslie"). Time for an ECW staple THE IMPROMPTU MATCH~! -The Blue World Order defeated the Impact Players and Jason when Nova pinned Jason with a big boot and Hogan Leg Drop in 6:28. ( 3/4) -Rey Misterio Jr defeated Kid Kash with the West Coast Pop in 9:16. The crowd chanted: "You're not Eddie" at Rey Misterio Jr which allowed Kash to attack him and dominate mosts of the match. Kash hit the three amigos on Rey, just to be a dick before going up top. Frog Splash missed and Rey dropkicked Kash from behind. 6-1-9 connects(to boos) before Rey goes to the top rope. West Coast Pop and Kash is held down for the pin. The fun has just begun as Randy Orton hopped out of his seat, entering the ring and hitting the RKO to Rey Misterio Jr. Orton picks up Rey and kicks him before laying him down with a sloppy Evenflow DDT. Orton poses in a mock crucifix position. (Joey: "Orton paying tribute to an ECW legend who cannot be with us tonight due to conflicts with his job working in Universal Studios in Orlando.") (* 3/4) -Paul Heyman comes out, saying that he is going to make an announcement that has been in the works for quite some time. August 28th, on the USA Network at 6:00 PM Eastern, ECW will be making a full time return for the return of Hardcore Television. Any former ECW wrestler is welcomed, as well as any young stars who think they can hack it in ECW as well as any Raw and Smackdown stars looking for a shot. Heyman cauctions them the competition will be fierce. Heyman tells the fans to enjoy the rest of the show. -The Raw Heels take their seats, led by Shawn Michaels. The Role call other than Michaels: The Spirit Squad(who get massive boos), JBL, Trevor Murdoch, Carlito, Matt Morgan, Rob Conway, Gene Snitsky, Tyson Tomko, Candice, and Victoria. -2/3 Falls Match for the WWE Cruiserweight Title: Super Crazy won the first fall with a Liger Bomb in 7:04. Psicosis won the second fall with the Psycho Guillotine after Crazy missed the Moonsault in 13:39. In the final fall, with a series of pinning sequences, Super Crazy managed to score with a twisting cross body on Psicosis to retain the Cruiserweight title in 20:24. The two shook hands afterwards. () -The Sandman defeated CW Anderson with the White Russian Legsweep in 5:16. This was a stiff brawl. The Sandman had the cane after CW was knocked down but Rod Price, Jack Victory, Tom Marquez, Julio Dinero, Chris Hamrick, and Tony Stetson ran out, getting caned by a wild Sandman. CW Anderson hit the Spinebuster for a two count before going up top. He gets slammed off, whacked with the cane, and White Russian Legsweep to score the pin. (* 3/4) -Cactus Jack defeated Tommy Dreamer with a Flying Elbowdrop through two tables in 15:45 in a Falls Count Anywhere Match. Foley got on the microphone tonight and says this will be his last match...in this hellhole arena which drew boos setting Foley as the heel for tonight. Foley put a few headlocks on Dreamer as a throwback to his anti-hardcore character but Dreamer fought back. The thumbtacks were brought out, DDT on the thumbtacks score a two count. Dreamer goes for the Spicolli Driver but Foley kicks Dreamer low and pulls out a barbed wire chair, which he smashes over Dreamers head. Tables are brought out and glass is smashed over Dreamers head. Dreamer comes back, putting a trash can over Jack's head before whacking it with a golf club repeated. Attempted Super Spicolli Driver through two tables stacked on the outside but Foley fights it, shoving Dreamer off before tucking the barbed wire chair under his arm and hitting the Flying Elbowdrop. Pin is scored on the arena floor, giving Foley the win. (**) -Triple H comes out, dressed in street clothes with an entrance with no music and no pomp and circumstances, not even a water spit. The Game tells the ECW fans they do not need to see him at his greatest, as he is going to defeat Rob Van Dam tonight right in front of his people, thus crushing his hopes an dreams of becoming WWE World Champion for good. -WWE World Title Match: This match was perhaps one of the most intense title matches in quiet some time. Triple H was not prepared for Van Dam tonight who really brought the technical and brawling Game to Triple H. Also, the fans threw off Triple H with chants such as : "Steph's a Crackwhore" and "Terra Rizing". No matter what Triple H did, Van Dam kept brawling back, including a segment of brawling in the crowd. Van Dam had Triple H on the ropes but Shane McMahon was out, calling the Raw and Smackdown stars from the stands. The Spirit Squad were the first to attempt to interfere but the Sandman ran out, cutting them off with Singapore Cane Shots. Morgan and Carlito were next but got in a brawl with Axl Rotten and Balls Mahoney. JBL attempted to run in as Triple H managed to catch RVD in a Sleeperhold but The Blue World Order attacked Layfield. Van Dam fought out and MNM are the next to try but Masato Tanaka takes them out with a chair. Candice and Victoria run to the ring but Francine runs out and knocks down Candice before getting into a catfight with Victoria. Van Dam misses the Five Star in the ring. Snitsky and Tomko brawl with The Impact Players. Murdoch attempts to enter but Chetti, Doring, and Roadkill cut him off. Triple H goes for the sledgehammer underneath the ring. The Great Khali lumbers towards the ring but Mick Foley runs to the ring, attacking Khali but gets bounced acround, taking a sick bump off the stage. Eventually all of the ECW wrestlers are brawling with all of the Raw and Smackdown heels but Shawn Michaels is in the ring as Van Dam ducks a sledgehammer shot and connects with a spin kick. Sweet Chin Music to Van Dam! The lights go out for a brief moment. The crowd is pointing upward and cheering. IT'S SABU! Sabu is on the light rigging, eighteen feet above the ring. He leaps off, taking out Shawn Michaels with a clothesline. Triple H is up and kick to Sabu. Pedigree brings Sabu down. Triple H has the Sledgehammer and swings it at him but Van Dam ducks. Van Daminator Kick to the Sledgehammer brings Triple H down!. Van Dam is climbing to the top rope, up to the top rope, high risk move on the way. Five Star Frog Splash connects. The referee counts and the pin is scored. Rob Van Dam is the new WWE World Champion in 17:05(** 3/4) -Van Dam holds up the WWE World Championship over his head. After four years of hard work, Van Dam has climbed to the top of the mountain. Tommy Dreamer and the Sandman enter the ring, hoisting RVD on their shoulders with Van Dam holding the WWE Championship over his head high as Triple H gets up, looking pissed. The crowd gives one of the loudest "R-V-D" chants on record as the Raw and Smackdown Heels enter the ring, looking rather missed. Triple H attempted to make sure Van Dam did not walk out with the belt but his plan backfired. In a moment The Glass Shatters and Stone Cold Steve Austin comes out from the back on a four wheeler with a couple of coolers of beer. He passes out some cold beverages(The Sandman takes two) before toasting Van Dam and strapping the belt around Van Dam's waist, giving him the Stone Cold seal of approval. We fade to black with the ECW roster and Stone Cold celebrate RVD's win with the Raw and Smackdown heels looking down from the ring on them in loathing.
Psymin1	Posted on 06/03/06 at 20:11:56 Oh my god, Matt. That was incredible! I got goosebumps reading that ONS, especially at the end. Damn good writing. I can't wait to read your new ECW. It should be amazing. Keep it up, man, you have some awesome stuff here. Now let's just the real ONS can that entertaining. :) ~Branden
MattHarms	Posted on 06/03/06 at 21:37:30 WWE Monday Night Raw 6/12/06 On Heat-Murdoch and Cade called out any two ECW wrestlers to show them up and who should come out by Danny Doring and Roadkill. Murdoch and Cade over Doring and Roadkill when Murdoch pinned Doring with a flying knee smash to the back of the head( 1/2), Val Venis pinned Chris Vaughn with the Money Shot( 3/4), Chavo Guerrero Jr pinned Carlito with the Frog Splash in a pretty good high impact match(* 1/2), and in the main event, Mark Jindrak pinned Johnny Parisi with the Mark of Excellence( 1/4) -Shane McMahon comes out to kick things off on Raw, stating tonight on this program, there will be more changes. Rob Van Dam did win the WWE Championship last night but that all comes to an end tonight on Raw. Van Dam's title reign will be nothing but a one night stand as he faces off against the WWE Interconinental Champion Shawn Michaels. McMahon says that any Raw wrestler who jumps ship come August 28th will be blacklisted and refused employment for the WWE once ECW "goes under again." The World's Greatest Tag Team comes out, demanding their World Tag Team Title Shot but Shane decides to match Shelton up with Triple H tonight instead, saying the WGTT will face DX on his own timetable. -Trish Stratus pinned Mickie James in a non title match with the Stratusfaction in 8:45. This is the first match between these two since Wrestlemania. Victoria ran out and attacked Trish, laying her out with a DDT. Victoria will face Trish as part of Vengeance with the winner receiving a Women's Title Shot on the July Saturday Night's Main Event on July 15th. Also, Mickie will defend her title against Lita on that night. (** 3/4) -Goldust talks about Edge, about how he may be the Rated R-Superstar, but Goldust is the X-Rated Sensation. Goldust says Edge is going to get his dreams shattered come Vengeance when the two meet in the ring. -Tyson Tomko and Gene Snitsky defeated Kane and the Big Show after Carlito and Matt Morgan interfered alowing Snitsky to pin Kane in 7:33. Morgan and Carlito will be facing Kane and the Big Show at Vengeance due to the events of the past couple of weeks. (3/4) -Triple H cuts a promo, talking about how he underestimated Van Dam. Van Dam may be a great wrestler but Triple H is the best in the business. Triple H says tonight Van Dam will lose his WWE World Title to Shawn Michaels and HBK has promised the Game the first crack at the title when he won it. -Matt Morgan squashed Viscera with the F-5 in 4:44(-) -On August 28th, Monday Night Wrestling will get a little more Extreme. It's ECW Hardcore TV, 6:00 PM Eastern Time on the USA Network. Tune in. -Shelton Benjamin defeated Triple H by Disqualification in 6:36. Shelton had Triple H on the ropes, about ready to finish him off but Triple H pulled out a sledgehammer, using it on Benjamin, causing the DQ. Haas ran out but he got more of the same. ( 1/2) -Rob Conway came out for the next match, against the next draft pick which turned out to be Batista! making his return from several months on the shelf with the injury. -Batista pinned Rob Conway with three lariats, a spinebuster, and the Batista Bomb in 1:34() -John Bradshaw Layfield and Edge defeated Goldust and Ric Flair when JBL pinned Goldust with the Clothesline from Hell in 7:16. Flair will be facing JBL at Vengeance as well as Goldust facing off against Edge. ( 1/4) -In a match nearly as good as last night's WWE World Title Match, Rob Van Dam defeated Shawn Michaels by disqualification after Triple H ran in as Van Dam hit HBK with the Five Star Frog Splash in 15:25. A lot of brawling in the crowd, nearfalls, and Van Dam bleeding before Triple H decided to stick his nose into Van Dam's business() -Triple H gets on the microphone, saying Van Dam owes him a return shot and it will happen at Vengeance. Rob Van Dam will face Triple H one on one for the WWE Title...HELL IN A CELL!!! Triple H and Shawn Michaels double teamed Van Dam but Batista ran out, making the save. Raw goes off the air with a brawl involving Batista and RVD against Triple H and Shawn Michaels. WWE Smackdown 6/16/06 -On Velocity: Super Crazy pinned Nunzio with the Moonsault to retain the WWE Cruiserweight Title( 1/4), The Gymini defeated Chris Vaugn and Alex Arion with the Extreme Weight Loss( 1/2), Burchill pinned Simon Dean with the Plank( 1/2), and in the main event, MNM defeated Funaki and Scotty 2 Hotty with the Snap Shot( 1/2) -Mr. Kennedy does his announcer bit, which leads to him pinning Psicosis in 7:32 with the Green Bay Plunge. Kennedy is really hitting it with a pair of good matches since returning to Smackdown with Siaki a couple of weeks ago and then with Psicosis(* 1/4) -Spanky and Paul London are signing autographs with fans when Francine comes up, hitting on them. This allows for a distraction as Justin Credible whacks London over the face with a singapore cane and Spanky is attacked by Lance Storm. London is bleeding splinters from the cane getting in his eye. The Impact Players struck on Smackdown, saying they are after the WWE Tag Team Titles. -Kurt Angle confronts Daivari, saying he wants a match with the Great Khali but Daivari laughs off Angle, saying even an Olympic Gold Medalist could not defeat his awesome find. Instead, it will be Davari and Khali against Angle and a partner of his choosing tonight, providing Angle can find someone that can match up to Khali. -The Impact Players won the WWE Tag Team Titles, defeating Spanky and Paul London when Credible pinned an injured Paul London with a DDT as London was sitting on the top rope to win the belts in 12:16. Spanky and London requested the match, despite being attacked by the Impact Players earlier tonight and it cost them dearly. The Impacts are put over as someone who could be a part of the new ECW relauching on August 28th(* 1/4) -Chris Benoit and John Cena defeated Orlando Jordan and Randy Orton when Cena made Jordan tap to the STFU in 8:23. Cena and Orton stared down after the match, as the announcers wondered what would happen if those two fought one on one. ( 3/4) -Chavo Guerrero Jr(the newest draft pick) defeated Kid Kash when Chavo pinned Kash with the Frog Splash in 10:04. It is announced that after Chavo has his match with Carlito over the weekend on Heat, he will be done with the Raw brand. ( 3/4) -Kurt Angle calls out his tag team partner, Chris Masters for their tag team match against Khali and Daivari. -Chris Masters and Kurt Angle defeated The Great Khali and Davari by disqualification when Khali refused to quit choking Angle on the count of five in 5:41. Angle passed out from Khali choking him but Masters attempted lock the Masterlock in Khali but Khali was too big. (DUD) -Booker T walked up to Sonny Siaki, giving Siaki a chance to take a walk tonight and save getting beaten down by Booker. Siaki chose to slap Booker in the mouth. -Booker T pinned Sonny Siaki with the Book End after Randy Orton tripped Siaki up from behind. Orton attacked Siaki, planting him with the RKO. Orton sure has his plate full, with potential matches with Siaki, Cena, and the World Champion Rey on the horizon() -Rey Misterio Jr pinned Mark Henry to retain the World Heavyweight Title when Henry missed a Splash off the top rope and Rey hit the Springboard Thesz Press to hold down Henry for the pin in 7:58. Rey held his title over the head, managing to win once again when it mattered the most. ( 1/2)
MattHarms	Posted on 06/04/06 at 00:08:53 WWE Monday Night Raw 6/19/06: -On Heat: Mark Jindrak defeats Trevor Murdoch with the Mark of Excellence(** 1/2). After the match, Cade attacks Jindrak, Murdoch and Cade beat down Jindrak but Jindrak fights back, challenging Cade and Murdoch to a tag team match for the Vengeance Pre Game Show. Mitch, Nicky, and Mikey of the Spirit Squad defeated Ace Steel, Rory Fox, and Chris Bosh when Mitch pinned Bosh with a springboard legdrop(* 1/4), Matt Striker pinned Johnny Parisi with the Overdrive(*** 1/2), and in the main event Tyson Tomko and Gene Snitsky defeated Val Venis and Viscera when Tomko pinned Venis after a double flapjack(DUD) -Shane McMahon comes out looking very somber. It seems after his recent events that Shane abused his power, the Board of Directors is installing someone to keep Shane in check. Shane says this man will make his debut this Sunday at Vengeance and while Shane will be the fifty percent owner of the WWE, this man will be the new General Manager of Raw. Shane decides to make the World's Greatest Tag Team defend their World Tag Team Title Shot tonight. -Batista squashed Kenny with the Batista Bomb in 2:21. The Spirit Squad ran in and Batista laid them all out before Shawn Michaels ambushed Batista, laying into him with a chair. (* 1/2) -Trish and Lita talk about how they are going to have to put aside their past differences to coexist tonight against Candice and Mickie tonight in a tag team match. -DeGeneration X(Carlito, Matt Morgan, and Shawn Michaels) defeated Goldust, The Big Show, and Kane when Matt Morgan pinned Goldust with the F-5 in 6:03. Batista ran out, attacking Morgan and Carlito before Shawn Michaels ran off like a coward. (* 1/2) -Shane McMahon introduces his surprise for the WGTT. The reuniting of the the Basham Brothers. Doug and Danny Basham look ready to go tonight on Raw. -The next draft pick is revealed to be Lashley. Lashley beats Lance Cade with the Dominator in a squash in 4:46(* 1/2) -August 28th: USA Network gets more Extreme with ECW. Paul Heyman announces that on that night, a sixteen man tournament to crown a new ECW World Champion will begin. Announced so far for the tournament: Sabu, Tommy Dreamer, The Sandman, and Justin Credible. More to come in later weeks. -The World's Greatest Tag Team defeated the Basham Brothers when Shelton Benjamin pinned Danny Basham with the T-Bone Suplex to retain their tag team title shot in 9:38(*). -The Spirit Squad and their coach Test ran out, attacking the WGTT before Lashley stormed from the back, throwing the Spirit Squad around like ragdolls before the WGTT double teamed Test, laying him out -Trish Stratus and Lita defeated Candice and Mickie when Lita pinned Mickie James after rolling her up from behind in 6:57( 1/2) -Announced for Vengeance: Kenny and Mikey of the Spirit Squad team up with Test to take on the World's Greatest Tag Team and Lashley. -Edge forced Eugene to submit with a reverse Figure Four in 9:34. Edge is starting to revert back to his angry young man full of rage character from the start of his career. Lita was not even out with him. Goldust gets on the titantron, saying he will shatter all of Edge's dreams at Vengeance. (*) -A video package is shown taking a look at highlights from past of Hell in a Cell Matches, leading up to Rob Van Dam against Triple H in the Second One Night Stand rematch this Sunday for the WWE Championship. Only this time, it will be Hell in a Cell. -Triple H and Shawn Michaels defeated Rob Van Dam and Batista when Triple H pinned Van Dam with an Arn Anderson Style Spinebuster on a steel chair that Van Dam brought into the ring in 9:53. Batista and HBK brawled towards the back, as those two men will be competing for the Interconinental Title this Sunday. Triple H poses over Van Dam, promising his 12th World Title this Sunday. (* 3/4) WWE Smackdown 6/23/06 -Velocity: Psicosis and Chavo defeated MNM when Chavo pinned Mercury with the Frog Splash(**), Simon Dean pinned Chris Bosh with the Simonizer( 3/4), Tatanka pinned Nunzio with the Trail's End( 3/4), and in the main event, Kid Kash and Jamie Noble defeated the Gymini when Kash pinned one of the Gymini with a super springboard Frankensteiner. ( 3/4) -Rey Misterio Jr is signing autographs for the kids but Finlay walks up, slapping Rey around. Finlay says he is looking for a fight and he shoves Rey around. Mark Henry decides to attack from behind and Finlay and Henry stomp Rey Misterio Jr before Burchill swings in on a rope to make the save. Theodore Long comes into the area, making a tag team match for later tonight as a result of this. -Ken Kennedy pinned Paul London with the Green Bay Plunge in 7:11. London had the right side of his face taped up due to the attack from the new WWE Tag Team Champions the Impact Players last week and it made his performance suffer. (*) -Randy Orton talks to Orlando Jordan. Orton says Jordan has just got to reach for the stars and maybe he will be as good as Randy Orton. Orton says he is taking Jordan under his wing, showing what a real young star is, unlike that lucky punk Siaki. Tonight, Orton got them a match against Kurt Angle and John Cena. Jordan looks really ill but Orton says he'll take care of them. -Eugene(Draft Pick #3) defeated Sylvan with the Stone Cold Stunner in 7:43. Eugene hi fived some kids at ringside after the match. () -Cena and Angle talk about their problems last year on Raw but reserve to bury the hatchet, if only to shut Randy Orton up. If either wins the World Heavyweight Title, then all bets are off. -Orlando Jordan and Randy Orton defeated Kurt Angle and John Cena when Orton pins Cena with the RKO in 10:13. Khali and Davari came out, which caused Angle to bolt from the ring, attacking Khali but getting beat down. Orton took advantage of Cena's distracted state to pick up the win. ( 1/2) -Next Week: The Great Khali faces off against Kurt Angle and also, a twenty five men battle royal where the winner gets a World Heavyweight Title Shot at the Great American Bash. -Gregory Helms pins Super Crazy after using the ropes for leverage on a backslide to win the WWE Cruiserweight title back in 8:29( 1/2) -Helms gets on the microphone, saying the Cruiserweight Title has finally came back to where it belongs and there is not a wrestler in the back who could stand up to him. "Ohhh Chavo!" Chavo comes out to the ring, staring down Gregory Helms but Helms decides to leave, as Chavo stands in the ring, making the belt motion around his waist. -The Great Khali squashed Spanky with the Double Handed Choke Slam in 3:49. Daivari got on the microphone, reminding Angle he was next, next week. () -Mark Henry and Finlay defeated Burchill and Rey Misterio Jr when Finlay pinned Rey with the Muscle Buster in 7:53. Burchill tried to save but Henry was too much for him. Finlay kicks Rey in the face before picking up the World Heavyweight Title Belt and the United States Title Belt before throwing the World Heavyweight Title belt at Rey. (* 3/4) Final Vengeance Card: WWE World Title Hell in a Cell: Triple H vs Rob Van Dam(C) WWE Interconinental Title Match: Batista vs Shawn Michaels(c) Edge vs Goldust John Bradshaw Layfield vs Ric Flair Matt Morgan and Carlito vs Kane and the Big Show WWE Women's Title Match: Lita vs Mickie James(c) Victoria vs Trish Stratus Kenny, Mikey, and Test vs the World's Greatest Tag Team and Lashley. Sunday Night Heat: Cade and Murdoch vs Mark Jindrak and a Mystery Opponent.
MattHarms	Posted on 06/08/06 at 14:30:15 WWE Vengeance 6/25/06: -On Heat, Cade and Murdoch come out as Jindrak announces his partner to be the returning Sean O' Haire!. Jindrak and O' Haire defeated Cade and Murdoch when O' Haire pinned Cade with the Prophecy in 8:55( 1/2) -The World's Greatest Tag Team and Lashley defeated Test, Kenny, and Mikey in an action packed six man tag team match with a constrast of styles in 9:32 when Haas pinned Mikey with a German Suplex( 1/2) -Mickie James retained the WWE Women's Title over Lita. Lita hit a vicious DDT but missed a Moonsault, allowing Mickie James to hit the Mick Kick and score the pin in 8:34(* 1/4) -JBL against Ric Flair never got underway as JBL attacked Flair in the ramp, hitting him with three Clotheslines from Hell before power bombing him on the steel. Flair is left laying. -Matt Morgan and Carlito defeated Kane and the Big Show when Morgan pinned Kane with the F-5 in 9:10 in what could have been a minor upset. () -A video package detailing the history of Hell in a Cell is shown. -Trish Stratus pinned Victoria to earn a shot at the WWE Women's Title on the July 16th edition of Saturday Night's Main Event after Victoria went up top facing the crowd and Trish caught her with a reverse Top Rope Frankensteiner in 8:07( 3/4) -Shane McMahon comes out, dressed for a fight and ready to challenge whomever it is named Raw General Manager to a Streetfight. The truck horns are heard and Kevin Nash walks down to the ring wearing a three piece suit. Nash steps over the talk rope and Shane rethinks his strategy and jumps over the top rope. Nash gives a short interview, saying it is glad to be home and announcing that on July 3rd on Raw, the World's Greatest Tag Team will be facing Triple H and Shawn Michaels for the World Tag Team Titles. If DX refuses to play ball, Nash will strip them on the titles. -Edge pinned Goldust in a vicious brawl that saw Edge get busted open throughout the course of the match. Goldust scored a series of nearfalls but Edge escaped the Shattered Dreams and hit the Spear in 9:43. After the match, Edge laid out Goldust with an Implant DDT. () -Edge gets on the microphone, challenging the winner of Hell in a Cell to a WWE World Title Match tommorow night on Raw. -Batista defeated WWE Interconinental Champion Shawn Michaels by countout when Batista prepared to go for the Batista Bomb but Shawn Michaels ran from the back and got himself counted out to retain the title in 14:26() -Triple H cuts a promo, saying RVD is back in his world tonight and the Hell in a Cell is his match. Triple H declares he will win the title for the eleventh time. -RVD just sits in his lockeroom, saying there is nothing he could say that would describe what he is about to do to Triple H in that Cell. -Hell in a Cell: This match starts with brawling on the ramp and into the crowd before it even gets into the Cell, which Triple H busts RVD open early by catapaulting him into the cell before hitting a DDT on the floor. Triple H rolls RVD into the ring and assaults him but Van Dam comes back, kncoking Triple H back with a series of kicks and punches before dropkicking him to the floor. RVD climbs up the cell, hitting a moonsault off of it from three fourths of the way on. Van Dam rolls Triple H into the ring, Rolling Thunder scores a two count but Triple H comes back, catching RVD with a low blow on a punch in the corner before bringing the Spinebuster. Barbed Wire Board is in as Triple H works over Van Dam with the board but Van Dam manages to faceplant the Game into the board, busting him wide open. Five Star Frog Splash gets two. RVD goes to the floor, putting a table into the ring but Triple H reverses a whip and puts a sleeperhold on RVD. RVD fights out and low blow. Van Dam climbs to the top rope but Triple H cuts him off. Pulling DDT out of the corner onto the barbed wire board! Triple H covers but only scores a two and a half count. Pedigree attempt but RVD trips up Triple H and slingshots him over the top rope and to the floor. Somersault plancha knocks both RVD and Triple H through the cell and to the outside. Van Dam drags Triple H over but Triple H cheapshots Van Dam before climbing up the cell. Van Dam grabs a chair before climbing up the cage. Van Dam throws the chair at Triple H but Triple H cracks the chair over the head of Van Dam before he can hit the Van Daminator! Triple H drags Van Dam to the side of the cell, preparing to Pedigree him off to the floor. This could kill both men! Thankfully Van Dam has the pressense of mind to trip Triple H up and spin him around before catapaulting him into the chair laying on top of the cell. Triple H is dazed, picking up the chair. Van Daminator connects! Triple H falls backwards off the cell, crashing through the Spanish Announcer's Table. Van Dam takes a running start and Five Star Frog Splash from the top of the cell to Triple H! Both men are down and injured but Van Dam thankfully has the pressense of mind to pull Triple H back towards the cell! Van Dam pulls Triple H back towards the gap in the cell but The Game is underneath the ring, grabbing the Sledgehammer. Van Dam rolls Triple H into the ring before grabbing the sledgehammer and stomping the game a few times, before putting the handle on Triple H's throat. Van Dam climbs up to the top rope and Five Star Frog Splash, driving the handle of the Game's sledgehammer into the throat! Van Dam collapses on top, no more left but scores the pin in 23:49(**** 1/2) -Triple H's throat may have been crushed but he is also coughing up blood. He took a nasty spill off the cell and medics are wheeling gournys out, putting Van Dam on one and Triple H(along with an oxygen tank), on another. Van Dam is handed the WWE Championship Belt, weakly holding it up in victory as he is being wheeled out of the arena. This is the last sight we see as Vengeance goes off the air.
MattHarms	Posted on 06/08/06 at 16:32:53 Raw/Smackdown Supershow this week, meaning no Heat or Velocity tapings. WWE Monday Night Raw for 6/26/06: -Shawn Michaels is out, announcing that after last night, Triple H suffered a concussion, a collapsed windpipe, some cracked ribs, and a bruised sternum, which will put the Game out until September with an injury. Shawn Michaels holds up the World Tag Team Title Belts, stating it is a sad night, but he must forfeit yet another championship belt without anyone being good enough to lose it. General Manager Kevin Nash comes out, taking the World Tag Team Title Belts and saying that over the next few weeks, he will be scouting several top tag teams and making an announcement on how the vacancy will be filled at a later date. However, the match with Michaels and Triple H against Kane and the Big Show is still on for tonight, so either Michaels finds a partner or he goes it alone. And Carlito and Morgan have a match with the World's Greatest Tag Team. -Rob Conway comes out, making a challenge to anyone on Raw. The crowd explodes into cheers as Chris Benoit makes his way down to the ring, the fourth draft partipent. Benoit enters the ring, attacking Conway, beginning a match. Conway actually came back a few times but Benoit managed to lock on the Crippler Crossface to make Conway tap out in 12:46(*** 1/4) -Mickie James offered to pay Candice and Victoria to take out Trish Stratus, so Mickie has an easier time when she defends the WWE Women's Title against her at Saturday Night's Main Event. -Trish Stratus pinned Candice with the Chick Kick in a quick match in 2:10. Afterwards, Victoria attacked Trish and joined Candice in laying a beatdon on her.(1/2) -Chris Benoit cuts a promo about how he is always the guy who will be there to give a great match, how he does not matter in the general scheme of things. Benoit says he will make an impact this time around on Raw. The announcers wonder what that could possibally mean. -The World's Greatest Tag Team defeated Carlito and Matt Morgan by disqualification after Carlito blocked the Stinger Splash with a chairshot in 8:12. Morgan and Carlito beat down The World's Greatest Tag Team after the match. (* 1/4) -RVD cut a promo, looking rather battered after his match last night but Edge interrupts, demanding RVD put the WWE Title on the line. Against all logic and despite the fact he is less than a hundred percent, Van Dam decided to agree to Edge's challenge, putting the WWE Title on the line tonight in the main event againt the Rated R-Superstar. Edge responded by Spearing Van Dam. -Lashley ran over Trevor Murdoch, finishing off with the Dominator in 3:13(* 1/4) -Shawn Michaels comes out, announcing his tag team partner for this evening. Mr. Kennedy....Kennedy comes out as the fifth and final draft pick from Smackdown to Raw. -Ken Kennedy and Shawn Michaels defeated Kane and the Big Show when Kane kicked the chair Michaels brought into the ring into his face and caused a disqualification in 8:49. Kane and Show had words afterwards but did not come to blows. (* 1/2) -Batista cuts a promo about how he had the Interconinental Title in his grasp but Kevin Nash interrupts, agreeing with Batista. Nash states that next week on Raw, Batista will be facing off against Shawn Michaels for the WWE Interconinental Title and it will be inside a Steel Cage Match. Batista looks please, promising to crush Michaels in the cage where he has nowhere to run. -Batista and Ric Flair defeated JBL and Test when Batista pinned Test with the Batista Bomb in 5:53. ( 1/2) -August 28th ECW. Partipents Announced for the ECW World Title Tournament: The Sandman, Sabu, Tommy Dreamer, and Justin Credible. Just added this week: Masato Tanaka and Mike Awesome. Tune in August 28th as the USA Network has just gotten a little more Extreme. -Rob Van Dam retained the WWE World Championship against Edge in a high impact match with many nearfalls. Edge attempted the Spear towards the end but he hit the Ringpost, allowing Van Dam to hit a leaping leg lariat and Five Star Frog Splash to retain the WWE Championship in 13:42( 1/4) -Van Dam looked tired but Chris Benoit runs out to the ring and attacks Van Dam from behind! The crowd is in shock before Benoit grabs Van Dam in a full nelson and dumps him on the back of his head with a dragon suplex. Boos are drawn as Benoit kicks Van Dam in the face until Van Dam's nose is busted open. Benoit lifts up Van Dam, dragging him to the center of the ring before locking him in the Crippler Crossface. The announcers speculate this is what Benoit mean when he said he was making an impact. Van Dam is left in a pool of his own blood as Raw went off the air with Benoit standing over him, sneering. WWE Smackdown 6/30/06: -The Great Khali and Daivari open up the program as Daivari hypes up Khali as the ultimate force in the WWE and talks about the wrestlers he defeated. Tonight, Kurt Angle will be the ultimate addition to Khali's undefeated streak. Chris Masters comes out to confront Khali, disputing Daivari's claims of Khali being the ultimate force in the WWE and attacks him with a Polish Hammer before laying into Daivari. Khali attacks Masters from behind, laying him out with a Mongolian Chop and a kick to the chest. -The Impact Players retained the WWE Tag Team Titles defeating the Mexicools when Francine caught Psicosis with a low blow as he went up top allowing Credible to superkick Crazy into a Storm crucifix for the pin in 8:39. The announcers talk about how Credible will be in the ECW World Title Tournament when ECW returns on August 28th. ( 1/4) -The next draft pick from Smackdown comes out and it is Matt Striker, drawing boos. Striker feels he can bring a lot of class to Smackdown and raise the average intelligience of the Smackdown wrestler. Striker says an exhibition is in order and he brings out independent wrestler Anthony Franco, who Striker runs over with an exhibition of stiff, high impact(for WWE anyway) moves before finishing off Franco with the Overdrive in 3:48(* 1/4) -Eugene walks up to Finlay, saying how Finlay is one of his favorite wrestlers but Finlay is in no mood for fun and games so he pops Eugene with a stiff punch, knocking him out. Eugene pops up after a couple of minutes, looking rather upset that Finlay attacked him. -Kevin Nash, Shane McMahon, and Theodore Long meet, talking about Saturday Night's Main Event. They sign a contract for the match on that night for a Raw vs Smackdown match, with the winner getting the Summerslam main event. Nash closes the segment by remarking he never thought he'd see this particular match in the WWE. -Chavo Guerrero Jr defeated Gregory Helms by countout after Chavo went for the Frog Splash but Helms ran to the back to save his Cruiserweight Championship in 5:22( 1/2) -Orton talks about how he has a World Heavyweight Title Shot against Rey Misterio Jr on Saturday Night's Main Event but also about how he is going to win the Battle Royal tonight as an insurance policy just in case he gets screwed out of his rightful title victory again. Orton says he has a back up title shot at the Great American Bash if he wins the battle royal. Orton says tonight he has Misterio and Cena and the final draft pick will be his tag team partner. -Finlay pinned Eugene with the Muscle Buster to retain the WWE United States Title in 7:05. Eugene gave it an effort but Finlay was just too much for him. Finlay puts the stomping on Eugene but Burchill makes the save before getting destroyed. Regal attempts to come out to get him some of Finlay but Regal gets put down as well. (* 1/2) -Rey Misterio Jr and John Cena defeated Edge(the fifth draft pick) and Randy Orton when Rey pinned Edge after Cena hit the F-U to Edge and Rey hit the Dropping of the Dime in 9:03. Cena and Orton mixed it up afterwards. ( 1/4) -Angle cuts a promo, talking about he has put down many men but the Great Khali may be the most awesome of them all. Angle says he may be big but all men are the same when they are down on the ground, ready to tap. -The Great Khali defeated Kurt Angle in 5:35 with the Double Handed Choke Slam. Angle came the closest anyone has ever came to defeating Khali, including working over his Ankle while it was trapped in the ropes on a missed kick. Daivari ran in and got Angle Slammed but that was enough for a diversion as Khali finished Angle off. Afterwards, Khali delivered another Double Handed Choke Slam to Angle. () -25 Man Battle Royal. The final ten were: Tatanka, the Impact Players, Kurt Angle, Randy Orton, John Cena, Mark Henry, Booker T, Finlay, and Burchill. Tatanka when first due to Finlay but Burchill was put out on the other end by the Impact Players. Finlay and Cena mixed it up but Orton snuck up behind Cena and pushed him to the floor. Angle ducked both Impact Players and dumped them both to the floor. Mark Henry scooped up Finlay and dumped him down to the floor, leaving Angle against Orton, Booker T, and Mark Henry. The three heels triple teamed the soul face in Angle but Mark Henry accidentally clotheslined Booker T, bringing him to the floor. This allowed Angle to connect with the Angle Slam on Mark Henry and batter Orton with the Triple German Suplex before rushing Henry as he got up and dropkicking him over the top rope and to the floor. Orton attacked Angle, planting him with a DDT, before attempting to get Angle out but Angle fought Orton, grabbing onto Orton's leg and slowly pulling him towards the floor. Orton pounded away on Angle but Angle let go of Orton's leg but Orton landed on the apron. Orton hit a pair of european uppercuts from the apron and attempted to suplex Angle to the floor but Angle dropped down behind. German Suplex release sends Orton flying down to the floor, giving Angle the win in 23:40. Angle will be facing Rey Misterio Jr for the World Heavyweight Title at the Great American Bash. (* 3/4) Post Draft Trades:** MNM, the FBI, and Tatanka were traded for the Spirit Squad and Test over the weekend before the July 3rd Raw.
MattHarms	Posted on 06/17/06 at 19:12:04 WWE Monday Night Raw for 7/3/06: -On Heat: It is announced a new title, exclusive to Heat will be debuting, the WWE Internet Title. In First Round Matches for the Internet Title Tournament, Rob Conway pinned Val Venis with the Ego Trip(**) and Viscera pinned Gene Snitsky with the Sex Drive(-). Also, in non tournament tag team action, Jindrak and O' Haire defeated the FBI when O' Haire pinned Nunzio with the Prophecy( 1/4), and the team of Goldust and Tatanka defeated the Basham Brothers when Goldust pinned Danny with the Curtain Call( 1/2) -Maria came out to introduce MNM to Raw but Melina felt the air head Raw interviewer did not do her two men success. This lead to an impromptu match between Melina and Maria where Melina pinned Maria with a DDT in 3:36(-* 1/2) -Chris Benoit demands a shot at the WWE World Title to General Manager Kevin Nash but Shawn Michaels interrupts, stating it is his right as Interconinental Title to get the shot first, due to his number one contender status by holding the belt. Michaels vows to capture the WWE World Title and dedicate his reign to the fallen Triple H(who will be out until the Fall due to his Hell in a Cell induced injuries). Michaels and Benoit go nose to nose before Nash says that he will make a decision who who gets the WWE Title Shot at Summerslam soon enough. -Ken Kennedy pinned the Big Show after Show accidentally crotched himself on the top rope and Kennedy hit the Green Bay Plunge in 9:30(). -Chris Benoit destroyed Johnny Parisi with the Crippler Crossface in 3:56. After the match, Benoit asked "is this the best Raw has to offer?" before dumping Parisi on his head with a dragon suplex. ( 1/2) -It is announced that on Saturday Night's Main Event, it will be Raw vs Smackdown facing off in the main event in the WWE debut of War Games! It will be five Smackdown Superstars against Five Raw Superstars, with the winning team getting the main event at Summerslam for their brand. -Candice and Victoria defeated Trish Stratus when Victoria pinned Trish with the Widow's Peak in 6:36. Mickie James watched from the ramp, as she will be facing off against Trish Stratus on Saturday Night's Main Event for the WWE Women's Title. ( 3/4) -The World's Greatest Tag Team say they should get the World Tag Team Titles by default due to being the last number one contenders before Triple H got injured and DX was stripped of the belts. MNM comes out, saying The WGTT has not defeated them. Nash comes out and makes "A Top Contenders Match" tonight, between MNM and The World's Greatest Tag Team, with the winners advancing to a World Tag Team Title Match next week against another team handselected by Nash. -The World's Greatest Tag Team battled MNM to a no contest as two referees entered the ring. Shelton had Joey Mercury pinned with the T-Bone at the same night Nitro had Haas pinned with a Rocker Dropper off the second rope in 13:32. There was no winner decided on tonight. ( 1/2) -Advertisment for ECW beginning on August 28th on the USA Network. ECW World Title Tournament partipents: Sabu, Masato Tanaka, Mike Awesome, Justin Credible, the Sandman, Tommy Dreamer, and many more. -Batista pinned WWE Interconinental Champion Shawn Michaels in a Steel Cage Match after kicking out of the Superkick and hitting three larats and a Batista Bomb to become the new WWE Interconinental Champion!(* 1/2) -Raw goes off the air with Batista holding his newly won title belt in the air. WWE Smackdown 7/7/06 -On Velocity, The Gymini defeated Spanky and Paul London when Jesse pinned Spanky with the Extreme Weight Loss( 1/2), Funaki pinned Hack Myers with the Rising Son( 1/4), Orlando Jordan pinned Stevie Richards with the Black Ice(* 1/4). and in the main event, the Mexicools defeated Jamie Noble and Kid Kash when Psicosis pinned Noble with the Psycho Guillotine() -John Cena comes out, pumping up the crowd and throwing out a challenge for a shot at the World Heavyweight Champion Rey Misterio Jr, but Edge makes his way out interrupting Cena. Edge says that Cena has only defeated Edge a couple of times fairly but last time they met at Backlash, the Rated R Superstar got the duke. Cena asks Edge what his point is and Edge asks how about they settle the score at the Great American Bash. Edge against John Cena, Best Two Out of Three Falls Match. Cena accepts and Edge lays him out with a Spear. -"The Rookie Sensation" Sonny Siaki pinned William Regal with a cross body block off the top rope in 8:46. Randy Orton joined us on commentary, talking out his World Heavyweight Title Shot in eight days on Saturday Night's Main Event and how he is going to get back on top of the Mountain. We are reminded Orton also has a match with Siaki at the Great American Bash. Afterwards, Orton runs in, blasting Siaki with the RKO. () -The Spirit Squad and Test bump up the crowd, making their Smackdown debuts. This leads to Kenny and Mikey winning a tag team match over Seth Skyfire and Mac Johnson when Kenny pinned Johnson with a springboard legdrop in 7:27() -Matt Hardy is in the back as the Impact Players confront him, calling Hardy all washed up and talk about how he doesn't have the fire anymore. Credible canes Matt Hardy down, saying that it is the duty of the Impact Players to put all the old, washed up stars out to pasture but Matt Hardy pops up, saying he has an old tag team partner visiting tonight and challenges the Impact Players to a tag team match tonight. Credible laughs it off but accepts the challenge. -Chavo Guerrero Jr and Burchill defeated Gregory Helms and Finlay when Burchill pinned Finlay with a roll up after William Regal distracted him in 9:27(* 1/2) -It is announced that next week, William Regal, Burchill, and Finlay will compete in a triple threat match for the United States Title. -Chris Masters came out, calling the Great Khali out but all he gets is Daivari. Masters beats down Daivari but Khali came out, taking the Masterpiece out with a karate chop and a kick to the chest. Masters is left laying as the announcers talk about how these two men will compete at the Great American Bash and wonder how Masters could possibally get the Masterlock on the Great Khali. -Matt Hardy and the returning Shannon Moore defeated the Impact Players in a non title match when Moore pinned Credible with a springboard sunset flip/top rope clothesline combo in 8:36.( 1/4) -A rematch, this time with the WWE Tag Team Titles on the line is set for the Great American Bash. -Stevie Richards defeated Booker T via countout in 1:35 after the music of the Boogeyman started up and Booker ran to the back. The Boogeyman has apperantly returned and has once again set his sights on Booker T, who now looks to be an even bigger target due to his King of the Ring Victory. (* 1/4) -In the main event, Kurt Angle and John Cena defeated Rey Misterio Jr and Edge when Angle made Rey pass out to the Ankle Lock in 13:18. If Angle does that at the Bash, he is the new World Heavyweight Champion. (**** 1/4)
MattHarms	Posted on 06/23/06 at 00:57:55 WWE Monday Night Raw for 7/10/06 -On Heat-In the Internet Title Tournament: Tyson Tomko beat Nunzio with the Yakuza Kick(** 3/4) and Goldust pinned Tatanka with the Curtain Call(* 3/4). In the main event, Mickie James retained the WWE Women's Title against Torrie Wilson with the Mick Kick( 1/4) -Kevin Nash comes out, with the vacated World Tag Team Title Belts over his shoulder, annoucing that four qualifying tag team matches will happen tonight, where the winning team advances to the main event which will be Tables, Ladders, and Chairs V!!! Also, Nash introduces his War Games team for Raw on Saturday Night's Main Event, It will be Shawn Michaels, Batista, Ric Flair, and the World's Greatest Tag Team. -In the First TLC Qualifer: The World's Greatest Tag Team defeated the Basham Brothers when Shelton pinned Danny Basham with the Exploder Suplex in 5:15( 3/4) -ECW Promo: Announced for the Tournament: Justin Credible, Mike Awesome, Masato Tanaka, The Sandman, Sabu, Tommy Dreamer. Just Added: Kid Kash and CW Anderson. Also, two newcomers will be making their debut, as Homicide and CM Punk make their ECW debuts, against each other on the August 28th ECW premier. Video clips, courtesy of Ring of Honor, show some highlights of Punk and Homicide for the people not well familiar with their exploits. -Benoit sneers at the ECW promo, saying he did all he could accomplish in that rinky dink outfit before coming up to the big leagues. He makes his way out to the ring, saying that it is a joke that Ric Flair is what is put in War Games and the Crippler is not. Ric Flair comes out, putting over Benoit as a great wrestler but reminds Benoit that he gave him his big break as a member of the Four Horsemen. Benoit cheapshots Flair before challenging him to a match. Flair pops up, accepting Benoit's challenge. -Chris Benoit made Ric Flair tap out the Crippler Crossface in 7:23. Most of this match was Benoit pounding on Flair with a variety of suplexes and chops with Flair bleeding towards the end. The announcers say RVD hasn't been seen since Benoit put that beating on him a couple of weeks ago. (**) -In a TLC Qualifier, Carlito and Matt Morgan of DX defeated Val Venis and Viscera when Morgan pinned Venis with the F-5 in 7:59( 1/4) -Trish Stratus cuts a promo about how after Wrestlemania she never received a rematch for the Women's Title but that will change on Saturday Night's Main Event when she faces Mickie James one on one for the championship. Trish says for the sixth time she will hold the belt but Mickie James attacks her from behind, smashing the Women's Title Belt over the face of Trish a couple of times before setting her up and hitting an Implant DDT before leaving Trish laying. -Rob Conway and Rene Dupree have a face to face confrontation backstage, talking about their La Resistance days and how they will team up once again for a chance to become the World Tag Team Champions. However, they are not La Resistance anymore, they are now Models Inc. -Mark Jindrak and Sean O' Haire defeated Models Inc when Mark Jindrak pinned Rob Conway with the Mark of Excellence in 10:01 to qualify for TLC later tonight. (*) -JBL and Mr. Kennedy defeated The WWE Interconinental Champion Batista and Lashley when Kennedy rolled up Batista in a small package while using the tights for leverage in 11:51( 3/4) -MNM hype up their chances at World Tag Team Title conquest, but first they have to beat Kane and the Big Show to do so. -MNM defeated Kane and the Big Show to qualify for TLC when Kane scooped up Nitro just as the Big Show attempted to big boot Mercury but Mercury ducked and Show hit Kane, causing Nitro to fall on top for the pin in 6:05. Kane and Show had words afterwards() -The ECW Promo was shown earlier tonight was replayed again. -Mark Jindrak and Sean O' Haire won TLC V to become the new World Tag Team Champions over Morgan and Carlito, the World's Greatest Tag Team, and MNM in 19:01. MNM and WGTT brawled with each other around the ring and to the back, which left Carlito and Morgan against Jindrak and O' Haire. O' Haire managed to take out Morgan with a Seanton Bomb through a stack of tables from a ladder before they double teamed Carlito and climbed the ladders, to grab the World Tag Team Title Belts hanging above the ring. ( 3/4) WWE Smackdown 7/14/06: -On Velocity: The Mexicools defeated the Gymini when Crazy pinned Jesse with the Moonsault(*** 1/2), Orlando Jordan pinned Will Jones with the Black Ice(* 3/4), Kid Kash pinned Scotty 2 Hotty with the Dead Level(*), and Kenny and Mikey of the Spirit Squad defeated Paul London and Spanky when Kenny pinned London with a springboard legdrop( 1/2) -Mark Henry came out, not looking too pleased. He is not happy about all the new talent coming to Smackdown and taking away spots from people who earned it. He is talking about John Cena. Cena comes out, saying if Mark Henry wants some, he can come get some. Mark Henry decides to attack Cena but Cena fights back, causing Mark Henry to retreat before the referees come out to seperate the two men. -Chavo Guerrero Jr, Shannon Moore, and Matt Hardy defeated the Impact Players and Gregory Helms when Chavo pinned Helms with the Frog Splash in 13:48( 1/2) -It is announced John Cena, Edge, Kurt Angle, Finlay, and Booker T will be representing Smackdown for War Games tommorow night. Also, Cena and Mark Henry is made official for later tonight. -Finlay retained the WWE United States Title in a three way dance defeating Burchill and William Regal when Finlay pinned Burchill with the Muscle Buster in 6:39. Regal attacked Finlay after the match, brawling to the back with the tough irish man. () -Jamie Noble comes from the back, saying how he does not get any respect from anyone, so he is calling out the so called number one contender for the World Heavyweight Championship, the man who will be fighting Rey Misterio Jr at the Great American Bash, Kurt Angle. Angle comes out, defeating Jamie Noble with the Ankle Lock in 9:56, but not before Noble got a series of nearfalls in the process( 1/4) -Randy Orton cuts a gloating promo about how he is going to walk out of Saturday Night's Main Event as the new World Heavyweight Champion. When Interview Steve Romero points out the very real fact the Great Khali might be the defending champion, Orton goes really pale at the notion he might be facing the unstoppable monster tommorow night. -Sonny Siaki and Stevie Richards over Randy Orton and Booker T when Siaki pinned Booker T with a backslide as the music of the Boogey Man distracted Booker T in 8:12. (** 1/2) -The Great Khali defeated the World Heavyweight Champion Rey Misterio Jr by disqualification in 5:35, as a result, Rey retains the title and Khali retains his undefeated streak. Rey hit a series of high impact moves but they did not take Khali and in fact, the big man was about ready to put Rey out with a series of chops to the head followed by a big boot but Chris Masters ran out, attacking Khali, causing the disqualification. Masters and Khali, who will be facing off at the Great American Bash, brawled to the back and Randy Orton ran in, hitting Rey with the RKO. (1/4) -John Cena made Mark Henry tap out to the STFU after Henry missed a Vader Bomb type Splash off the ropes in 10:23. Cena went for the F-U several times but he could not get the move off on Henry. () WWE Saturday Night's Main Event for 7/15/06 -Randy Orton defeated World Heavyweight Champion Rey Misterio Jr via countout in 16:02 after during a brawl on the floor, Orton made it back into the ring but Rey didn't. The announcers say that the referee should have restarted the count and Rey looked not too happy about the match being prematurely stopped due to the bad call from the official. (* 3/4) -The Next SNME is October 28th. -Trish Stratus won the WWE Women's Title, picking Mickie James after reversing a power bomb into a victory roll in 9:59( 3/4) -War Games: The WWE-ized War Games is a single ring, with a Hell in a Cell type cage. John Cena and Shelton Benjamin are in the initial period and Cena becomes the first person to bleed in the WWE's redition of War Games after a catapault into the cage/followed by a spinning kick combo into the cage. Raw wins the coin toss, as Charlie Haas came out, causing the World's Greatest Tag Team to double team Cena, before Cena comes back briefly, holding up the odds until Finlay comes out. This match is right up Finlay's alley as he batters both men, before busting open Charlie Haas on the cage. Raw partipent number three is Batista and the Interconinental and United States Champions brawl, with Batista laying waste to Finlay with a spinebuster during the exchange. Finlay gets triple teamed by the Raw guys(Cena is really out of it on the floor), causing the Irish Brawler to be busted open. Smackdown #3 is Booker T who fights off the World's Greatest Tag Team before running straight into the wrath of Batista. Raw keeps the advantage as Cena is half dead on the floor from the beating he took. Raw #4 is Shawn Michaels who taunts Finlay with a crotch chop as Benjamin and Haas hold him before pounding away on Finlay. Booker T comes back, getting into a brawl with Shawn Michaels before busting open HBK on the cage, causing him to start gushing blood all over the ring. Smackdown #4 is Edge, who runs into the ring, taking Michaels out with a Spear, which causes him to fly off the apron and crash into the cage, knocking him out. Edge works over Benjamin with the Sharpshooter but Haas catches him with a DDT like move before Ric Flair runs into the cage. He has experience in War Games as he gives chops for every Smackdown competitor before putting a battered Cena in the Figure-Four Leglock. Finlay, Booker, and Edge attempt to save but they are held off by the other three Raw competitors. The Final competitor is Kurt Angle, who enters the ring as Smackdown appears to be done for. Raw assaults Angle as he comes into the ring, as Angle appears to be the victim of a five on one assault with his fellow Smackdown stars down before Angle catches Batista with a German Suplex. Belly to Belly Suplex on Flair. Benjamin attempts a kick but Angle ducks it and Angle Slam. Angle and Michaels trade punches and Michaels delivers the Sweet Chin Music on Angle, knocking him out. Batista holds Angle while Michaels grabs a chair from underneath the ring, entering the ring with the chair. He aims the chair but Michaels accidentally smashes the chair over Batista's head! Angle grabs Michaels and German Suplex release. Haas rushes Angle but gets taken down with a drop toehold into the Ankle Lock! Haas struggles but his fellow Raw wrestlers have been laid out so Haas taps out, causing Angle to get the victory for Smackdown in 23:41. As a result, Smackdown will receive the main event slot at Summerslam and Angle goes into his Great American Bash World Heavyweight Title Shot on a roll. (*)
kurropt_antagonist	Posted on 06/23/06 at 01:38:19 Would you mind putting more space in-between each match/promo? They run together, especially when trying to read every show in one sitting. :p
MattHarms	Posted on 06/23/06 at 21:57:08 WWE Monday Night Raw for 7/17/06 -Internet Heat: Tatanka pins Gene Snitsky with the Trail's End(-1/4) and the Basham Brothers defeated Ace Steel and Johnny Parisi when Doug pinned Parisi with the Ball and Gag(* 1/4). In the Semifinals of the Internet Title Tournament: Rob Conway pinned Viscera after Viscera hit the corner on an attempted avalanche and Conway rolled him up(1/4), and Goldust pinned Tyson Tomko with the Curtain Call(* 1/2). As a result, next week Goldust will face Rob Conway where the winner is the first WWE Internet Champion. -Kevin Nash came out, talking about Summerslam, and how Raw lost the main event slot but never fear, he has a plant. He says Rob Van Dam will defend the belt against the number one contender in the main event. Out comes Shawn Michaels, assuming he is the number one contender but Chris Benoit comes out, arguing his case for a title shot, so Nash makes Benoit against Michaels later tonight, winner receives a WWE World Title Shot at Summerslam. -Trevor Murdoch defeated Kane by disqualification when the Big Show ran in, laying out Murdoch with the Choke Slam in 4:51 before Murdoch could use a chair on Kane. Show and Kane went nose to nose after the match. (* 1/2) -Maria interviewed the new WWE Women's Champion Trish Stratus. She talked about her great title reigns but Melina comes out, declaring she is the dominant Women on Raw. Victoria then comes out, saying she is the only Women worthy of a title shot and shoves around Maria which leads to an inpromptu tag team match. -Melina and Victoria defeated Trish Stratus and Maria when Melina pinned Trish with a Reverse DDT in 6:01(* 1/2). -Mr. Kennedy comes out to introduce the next match, which sees the WWE Interconinental Champion Batista pin Nunzio with the Batista Bomb in 1:39 to retain the title.() -Vito comes in, laughing at Nunzio, before challenging Batista to another match, saying Vito will show Nunzio how it's done. Batista then had a second Interconinental Title Match with Vito where after a short, but brutal match, Batista hit a lariat, a spinebuster, and Batista Bomb to put down Vito to retain the Interconinental Belt in 3:33. After the match, Mr. Kennedy attacked Batista with a microphone, before laying him out with the Green Pay Plunge and standing over him with the Interconinental Title Belt ( 1/4) -Morgan and Carlito along with Shawn Michaels make plans about how to sustain DX, since Triple H is out of action with injuries. Michaels says Carlito and Morgan should reach for the stars, implying they should make an attempt to become the World Tag Team Champions against Jindrak and O' Haire. Michaels vows to bring the WWE Championship bak to DX, after he becomes the number one contender after tonight. -Mark Jindrak, Sean O' Haire, and Lashley defeated Carlito, Matt Morgan, and JBL when O' Haire pinned JBL with a Crucifix Power Bomb in a slobbernocker of a six man tag team match in 11:23() -Shelton Benjamin pinned Johnny Nitro with a sunset flip in 8:54. Mercury entered the ring, attacking Shelton before Charlie Haas made the save, allowing the WGTT and MNM to brawl around the ring. () -Rob Van Dam cuts a promo via satallite, vowing to return next week and how it doesn't matter who gets the WWE World Title Shot at Summerslam, because he is Rob Van Dam. -ECW Promo for August 28th. ECW World Title Tournament Partipants are so far: Justin Credible, The Sandman, Sabu, Tommy Dreamer, CW Anderson, Mike Awesome, Masato Tanaka, and many more. Also, Homicide will face CM Punk in the ECW debuts of both men and much more. As part of the commericial, we get an extensive look at Sabu. -Chris Benoit and Shawn Michaels battle to a double pin in 15:57 when neither man could get a shoulder up on a Benoit Dragon Suplex. This was a hard fought match with many nearfalls, with both men escaping each other's main moves on several occassions. (*) -Kevin Nash came out, announcing that Rob Van Dam will defend the WWE World Championship against both Chris Benoit and Shawn Michaels at Summerslam in a Triple Threat Match! WWE Smackdown 7/21/06: -On Velocity: Super Crazy and Psicosis defeated Kenny and Mikey of the Spirit Squad when Psicosis pinned Kenny in 5:21 with the Psycho Guillotine( 3/4), Sylvan pinned Stevie Richards with a front suplex(* 1/4), Eugene pinned Simon Dean with a Rock Bottom/People's Elbow combination(*), and in the main event, Jamie Noble and Kid Kash defeated Spanky and Paul London when Noble pinned London with the Tiger Driver(* 1/4) -Theodore Long comes out, introducing a blockbuster six man tag team match tonight involving the Great Khali, Booker T, and Randy Orton against John Cena, Rey Misterio Jr, and Kurt Angle. -Chris Masters pins Mark Henry with a Polish Hammer in 6:10. Daivari and Khali watch from the ramp, scouting Chris Masters for their match this Sunday at the Great American Bash. (* 1/2) -Sonny Siaki cuts a promo, stating how he is going to rise to the top of the Smackdown, making a name for himself at the expense of Randy Orton at the Great American Bash. Siaki reminds us he is a real blue chipper, the Rookie Sensation, and all that jazz. -Matt Hardy pinned Justin Credible after reversing That's Incredible into a Victory Roll in 7:57(* 1/4) -Booker T and Sharmell are backstage but as they enter their lockeroom, they find the Boogey Man inside, with worms hanging from his mouth. They run off in horror as the Boogey Man laughs at their misfortune. -Burchill and William Regal defeated Finlay and Orlando Jordan when Regal pinned Jordan after dumping him on his head with a half nelson suplex in 9:02. Finlay and Regal brawled around the ring, as their match for the United States Title at the Great American Bash is hyped up. () -Lance Storm pinned Shannon Moore with a cradle piledriver in 7:51(* 1/4) -Randy Orton, Booker T, and the Great Khali defeated Rey Misterio Jr, John Cena, and Kurt Angle. Edge was on commentary for this match, talking trash about John Cena while talking about their match this Sunday, two out of three falls. Khali stood on the apron most of the match, looking meancing. The ending came when Rey attempted to take out Orton with the West Coast Pop but Orton moved, causing Rey and Angle to collide. Orton shoved Rey to the floor and hit the RKO on Angle in 12:25 to score the pin. (***) Final Great American Bash 2006 Card(Predictions are welcomed) World Heavyweight Title Match: Kurt Angle vs Rey Misterio Jr(c) Best Two Out of Three Falls Match: Edge vs John Cena Randy Orton vs Sonny Siaki The Boogey Man vs Booker T WWE United States Title Match: William Regal vs Finlay(c) The Great Khali(w/Daivari) vs "The Masterpiece" Chris Masters WWE Tag Team Title Match: Shannon Moore and Matt Hardy vs The Impact Players(c) WWE Cruiserweight Title Match: Chavo Guerrero Jr vs Gregory Helms(c) #1 Contenders Battle Royal for a WWE Tag Team Title Shot: Kenny and Mikey of the Spirit Squad vs Noble and Kash vs the Gymini vs Spanky and London vs the Mexicools. And on the pregame show for Sunday Night Heat: Mark Henry vs Eugene.
MattHarms	Posted on 06/26/06 at 22:28:04 WWE Great American Bash 2006-7/23/06 -On Heat: Eugene scored an upset over Mark Henry after delivering a backslide as Henry posed for the crowd. After the match, Mark Henry beat Eugene down in the ring. ( 1/4) -A video package is shown, detailing the history of the Great American Bash(both WCW and WWE) over the years. -The WWE Tag Team Champions the Impact Players defeated Shannon Moore and Matt Hardy to retain the titles in 9:43 after Storm made Moore submit to the Canadian Mapleleaf. After the match, the Impact Players put a beatdown on both Moore and Hardy, before "breaking" Moore's leg with a singapore cane. (* 1/4) -The Spirit Squad came out for the next match, which saw Booker T pin the Boogey Man with the Book End in 5:04 after the Squad distracted the Boogey Man. () -Kid Kash and Jamie Noble became the #1 Contenders for the WWE Tag Team Titles, winning a five team battle royal. Order of Elimination were: The Mexicools, The Gymini, Spanky and Paul London, and then Kash and Noble took on the Spirit Squad when Noble putting Kenny out after the Boogey Man came out to distract the Squad in 10:39. The Boogey Man forcefed Kenny worms after the match before getting into a brawl with Test. ( 3/4) -WWE Cruiserweight Champion Gregory Helms pinned Chavo Guerrero Jr after Chavo missed the Frog Splash and Helms hit the Shining Wizard in 9:49(*** 1/4) -The Great Khali defeated Chris Masters after powering out of the Master Lock and hitting a Mongolian Chop followed by a pair of boots to the chest in 4:55. After the match, the lights went out and the music of the Undertaker, who hadn't been seen since the Smackdown after Wrestlemania haunted the Great Khali. (-1/4) -Randy Orton defeated Sonny Siaki in a match which caused Siaki to get a series of close nearfalls on Orton before Orton countered a ten count punch with a low blow and hit the RKO to score the pin in 10:47( 1/2) -Orton cuts a promo afterwards vowing no one is coming to hold him down and he will become the World Heavyweight Champion sooner or later. -WWE United States Champion Finlay pinned William Regal to retain the title after two Muscle Busters in 9:53. Regal also suffered a broken nose at the hands of Finlay. () -Edge and John Cena battled in a best two out of three falls match. Edge took the first fall with the Spear in 6:17, while Cena evened the odds in 12:55 with the F-U. They battled for several more minutes before Cena hit a superplex, causing both men to be knocked out and the referee to count them out, forcing a no decision between the two in 19:50. Both men were carried from the ring on stretchers. ( 1/4) -Rey Misterio Jr retained his World Heavyweight Title in a hard fought match against Kurt Angle. Angle worked over the ankle of Rey for most of the match but when Angle attempted to latch on the Ankle Lock, Rey flipped Angle into the ropes, hitting a pair of 6-1-9s before finishing off Angle with the West Coast Pop in 20:22. Angle and Rey shook hands after the match but Angle glared at Rey, making it clear he was not done going after the World Heavyweight Title. (* 3/4)
Matteus	Posted on 06/27/06 at 00:43:40 I just wanted to let you know I'm reading, Matt. There's way way WAY much to comment on, but just know I really love it all. You have a mind for booking, and it's just perfect length that I can glance at it and enjoy it wholly.
rey619	Posted on 06/27/06 at 14:47:38 I dig the abbreviated format as well, and it's probably the best way to run a universe (yes, to me, running 2 or 3 brands constitue a universe).
MattHarms	Posted on 06/27/06 at 18:03:19 WWE Monday Night Raw 7/24/06: -On Heat: Danny Doring and Roadkill defeated the FBI when Roadkill pinned Vito with the Dirt Road Slam(** 3/4), Tatanka pinned Johnny Parisi with the Trail's End(* 1/4), the Basham Brothers defeated Val Venis and Viscera when Doug pinned Val Venis with the Ball and Gag Bomb. Venis and Viscera exchanged shoves after the match(* 1/4), and in the main event, Rob Conway pinned Goldust after hitting him with the championship belt to become the first WWE Internet Champion!(** 3/4) -Shawn Michaels came out, talking about his quest for the title and how at Summerslam he is going to win the WWE World Title for his good friend and DX teammate Triple H(The Game is out until October with injuries suffered in Hell in a Cell). Michaels says it doesn't matter if he has to go through both Chris Benoit and Rob Van Dam to win the title, because at the end of the night, the Heartbreaker Kid will stand on top of the mountain the WWE Champion. Out comes Chris Benoit who gets in the face of Michaels, saying that he had Michaels beat last week, it was his dragon suplex that was the final move, and the only reason he could not get the shoulder up, is because he was too tired from beating Miochaels from pillar to post. The truck horn sounds before this gets too further and Kevin Nash comes out. The Raw General Manager states that he is putting Chris Benoit and Shawn Michaels in a tag team match tonight against Kane and the Big Show and if either attacks the other during the match, then they will forfeit their Summerslam title shot. -Sean O' Haire beat John Bradshaw Layfield by disqualification after Matt Morgan and Carlito ran in, putting a beating on O' Haire in 7:47. Mark Jindrak attempted to run in but he got pummeled as well. It is announced that at Summerslam, Jindrak and O' Haire will defend the World Tag Team Titles against Carlito and Morgan. (* 1/2) -Nash calls MNM and the World's Greatest Tag Team into his janitor's closet turned office where Torrie Wilson and Maria just exited from as the segment started, with Nash buttoning his pants back up as the two women exited. He says he knows they want a tag team match against each other but Nash is going to save that for Summerslam but tonight he has a bit of a different match. Tonight it will be Nitro and Benjamin against Mercury and Haas. Nash tells them to have fun. -WWE Women's Champion Trish Stratus defeated Victoria and Mickie James when Trish pinned Victoria with a roll up after Mickie and Victoria accidentally collided in 7:47(hmm, the One Man Gang must be booking tonight). After the match, Mickie and Victoria beat down Trish until diva search reject Michelle McCool ran out, saving Trish from a beatdown while making her debut on Raw. (*) -ECW Promo. Announced for the Tournament: CW Anderson, Justin Credible, The Sandman, Sabu, Masato Tanaka, Tommy Dreamer. Just added to the tournament, Kid Kash and Mikey Whipwreck. Also: the ECW debuts of Homicide and CM Punk as they square off against each other. A special video look at the Sandman finishes this promo. -WWE Interconinental Champion Batista defeated Lashley by disqualification after Mr. Kennedy....Kennedy(who was on commentary) ran in, attacking Batista in 5:57. This match was just a brawl with both men going through the motions. A lariat knocks Mr. Kennedy...Kennedy, back causing him to decide to retreat to face Batista another day. (DUD) -Rob Van Dam cut a promo, talking about how he is going to walk out of Summerslam with the WWE World Title Belt but first, he has to face "the awesome force" of the legendary Trevor Murdoch tonight in his return match in non title action. -Johnny Nitro and Shelton Benjamin defeated Charlie Haas and Joey Mercury when Nitro pinned Mercury after they laid out Haas with the Snap Shot and Mercury laid down in 13:26. Benjamin attempted to attack but he got beat down, another Snap Shot. The World's Greatest Tag Team is left laying in the ring by MNM. ( 3/4) -WWE World Champion Rob Van Dam pinned Trevor Murdoch in a non title match with the Five Star Frog Splash in 3:41. It should be noted that Van Dam pointed to himself after he did every move, like his ECW self and once did a dive into the crowd to Murdoch like in ECW. ( 1/2) -Chris Benoit and Shawn Michaels defeated Kane and the Big Show when Michaels pinned Kane with the Sweet Chin Music after Kane accidentally hit Show with a big boot, causing him to be tangled up in the ropes in 10:29. Rob Van Dam watched from the ramp, with the belt over the shoulder as Benoit and Michaels both promised to be the new Champion at Summerslam. ( 1/2) WWE Smackdown 7/28/06 -On Velocity: Test defeated Paul London with the Pumphandle Slam after the Spirit Squad interfered(**), WWE Cruiserweight Champion Gregory Helms defeated Spanky with the Shining Wizard to retain the title. ( 1/4), and in the main event, The Mexicools and Scotty 2 Hotty defeated The Gymini and Simon Dean when Psicosis pinned Dean with the Psycho Guillotine( 3/4) -Theodore Long comes out to the ring, announcing that a first will happen on Smackdown, as he has bought the rights to the match from Raw General Manager Kevin Nash. Long remarks that after Nash received his payment, he was seen heading into a strip club with his new found earnings. After Long's business transaction, he is pleased to present, now Smackdown exclusive, The Elimination Chamber! Long announces that Rey Misterio Jr will be defending his World Heavyweight Title in this bout and announces the five qualifying matches. Edge faces off against John Cena, Finlay faces off against Chavo Guerrero Jr, Randy Orton locks horns with Burchill, Booker T takes on Mark Henry, and the Great Khali faces Kurt Angle. The winners of these five matches will advance to the Elimination Chamber on August 27th at Summerslam. -John Cena prepares for his rematch from the Great American Bash against Edge but he is confronted by Randy Orton. Orton wishes Cena the best of luck, for both tonight's match with Cena against Edge and the Chamber, because if Cena is in it, then Randy Orton will have to kill his legend. Orton knows for a fact he is going to be in it because "face it, I know I can beat some guy who dresses like a pirate." Orton then does the "you can't see me" hand motion, mocking Cena and gets popped in the mouth as a result. Orton goes down, his lip is bleeding and Orton curses out Cena for ruining his "extreme good looks." -Edge pinned John Cena with a roll up after Randy Orton came out, grabbing the ankle of Cena on an attempted F-U which caused Edge to roll up Cena for the pin in 9:06. Impressive match, lots of back and forth action between the two. Edge is now in the Elimination Chamber and Cena is on the outside, looking in thanks to Randy Orton. (* 3/4) -The WWE Tag Team Champions the Impact Players defeated Jamie Noble and Kid Kash when Lance Storm made Noble submit to the Canadian Mapleleaf after the Impact Players pummeled Noble for all of the match in 12:10. Kash came in, kicking Noble's leg right out from underneath his leg and saying he is through carrying Noble. He is the Notrious K.I.D., the baddest M'fer in the WWE, and he is going to go Extreme, so he doesn't need dead weight like Jamie "By Gawd" Noble. Kash spits on Noble, destroying that tag team.(* 1/2) -Orlando Jordan is backstage, saying that last bit with Kash turning on Noble inspired him, to be more extreme. He takes out a framed picture of New Jack, saying New Jack was good in his time but now it is Orlando's time to shine. Orlando says from this day forward, he will be referred to as "The New Age Gangsta" Orlando Jordan and he throws out a challenge to Rey Misterio Jr tonight, to prove his street wise nature. -WWE United States Champion Finlay defeated Chavo Guerrero Jr with the Muscle Buster in 7:04. Chavo gave it a valiant effort, but Finlay kept pounding Chavo, before hitting the finishing move to qualify for the Elimination Chamber. (*) -Daivari cuts a promo with the Great Khali in the background. Daivari says the Undertaker's music playing last Sunday was just someone attempting to mess with Khali's mind. The Undertaker was finished by Khali, taken to his final resting place. Towards the end of the interview, the lights flicker backstage with a voice that sounds a lot like the Undertaker stating "Khali, rest in peace." Khali is freaked out but a shaken Daivari orders his client to focus on Kurt Angle and getting into the Elimination Chamber tonight. -Burchill defeated Randy Orton to qualify for the Elimination Chamber in 9:24 after John Cena came out, distracting Orton and allowing Burchill to roll up Orton with a sunset flip off the second rope. Burchill now joins Edge, Finlay, and champion Misterio in the Elimination Chamber. Orton and Cena trade punches after the match but are seperated by Smackdown security. ( 3/4) -World Heavyweight Champion Rey Misterio Jr pinned Orlando Jordan in a non title match when Jordan attempted to bring a chair into the ring but he got it 6-1-9ed into his face and Rey hit him with the West Coast Pop in 5:55. ( 3/4) -Booker T pinned Mark Henry to qualify for the Elimination Chamber after Sharmell distracted Mark Henry and Booker T hit a pair of Scissor Kicks in 9:55() -The Spirit Squad came out to do a practice rountine along with their coach Test, but was interrupted by the Boogey Man, who motioned the ceiling, dropping a load of worms on the Spirit Squad and Test. The Boogey Man laughed evilly as the Squad looked not too happy about getting a worm bath by the Boogey Man. -Kurt Angle cuts a promo, saying last time he beat the Great Khali, he was put down, but this time, he would make the big guy tap out. Angle says he will regain the World Heavyweight Title in the Elimination Chamber, it's true, it's true. -Kurt Angle defeated the Great Khali via countout in 4:47 to qualify for the Elimination Chamber. Khali had Angle defeated with a pair of chops to the head and a boot to the face but the music of the Undertaker came up, spooking Khali and causing him to go to the back, despite Daivari's best attempts to get him to return. As a result it will be Kurt Angle, Booker T, Edge, Burchill, Finlay, and the World Heavyweight Champion Rey Misterio Jr. competing in the Elimination Chamber at Summerslam. (-1/2)
MattHarms	Posted on 07/04/06 at 04:09:14 WWE Monday Night Raw for 7/31/06 -On Heat: Rene Dupree pinned Danny Doring after using the ropes for leverage(* 1/2), Nunzio and Vito of the FBI defeated Ace Steel and Vordell Walker when Nunzio pinned Walker with the Arrivderci( 1/2), Goldust pinned Johnny Parisi with the Curtain Call(), and Roadkill pinned WWE Internet Champion Rob Conway in a non title match after Goldust distracted Conway and Roadkill hit a sidewalk slam/Amish Squas combo. ( 1/2) -JBL comes out, declaring himself the Franchise player of Raw and saying that no one can stop JBL, not even Triple H. The announcers talk about how Triple H is out with an injury and now JBL is apperantly talking trash about the Game. Tatanka comes out, in a pretty decent back and forth match with JBL scoring the win with the Clothesline from Hell in 3:18() -Melina is in office of GM Kevin Nash(still a broom closet), whining about having to team with a psychopath like Mickie James against Trish Stratus and Michelle McCool. Melina wonders why she can't have a one on one match with Trish for the title but Nash says he has a women's division to run, so Melina better run down to the ring and show him something, if she wants to be in line for a title shot. -Mickie James and Melina defeated Michelle McCool and Trish Stratus when Melina pinned Michelle with a reverse DDT in 6:04. Victoria scouted the match from the ramp. ( 1/2) -Nash calls Kane and the Big Show in for a meeting. Nash says they haven't been gelling together as a tag team and wants to split them up so he can add some meat to his WWE Championship division. Kane is all for it but the Big Show stops him. Show wants one more chance to prove themselves as the most dominant force on Raw and Nash agrees, if they can defeat Sean O' Haire and Mark Jindrak for the World Tag Team Titles that is. Kane doesn't look too happy but the Big Show is all pumped up for this match. -World Tag Team Champions Mark Jindrak and Sean O' Haire defeated Kane and the Big Show when Kane accidentally wiped out the Big Show with a top rope clothesline and O' Haire rolled up Kane to retain the title in 9:34. After the match, Show and Kane got into it, with Show laying out Kane with the Choke Slam, asking Kane if he is happy. ( 1/2) -Nash announces that Ken Kennedy, Lashley, and JBL will fight next week, where the winner receives an Interconinental Title Match at Summerslam. -WWE Interconinental Champion Batista defeated Carlito by disqualification after Mr. Kenney interfered, attacking Batista with the title belt in 8:34. Kennedy was on commentary, talking about how it was a big joke about how he has to go through two other wrestlers before he gets his rightful Interconinental Title Shot. JBL and Lashley ran out after the match, getting into a brawl with Mr. Kennedy, hyping up their Triple Threat Match for next week. () -Chris Benoit threatens MNM, saying if they don't take this next match seriously, he will cripple them both. -The World's Greatest World Tag Team and Rob Van Dam come from a smoke filled room, all in high spirits for the next match. -MNM and Chris Benoit defeated the World's Greatest Tag Team and Rob Van Dam when Benoit made Shelton Benjamin submit to the Crippler Crossface in 13:42. Shawn Michaels was on commentary for this match, hyping up his Summerslam title shot, calling both RVD and Benoit light work and saying the Heartbreak Kid will walk out of Summerslam the WWE Champion. RVD and Benoit got into it a few times but when the Crossface was on Benjamin, that spilled the end for the WGTT and RVD. (* 1/2) WWE Smackdown 8/4/06 -On Velocity: Scotty 2 Hotty pinned "The New Age Gangsta" Orlando Jordan with the Worm after Jordan knocked himself with a trash can lid( 1/4), the Gymini squashed the Spirit Squad consiting of Mikey and Kenny when Jake pinned Kenny with the Extreme Weight Loss(), Paul London pinned Simon Dean after Dean lazily covered London and he rolled him into a crucifix(* 1/2), and in the main event, Gregory Helms retained the WWE Cruiserweight Title, pinning Funaki with the Shining Wizard. ( 1/4) -We open up with Booker T, declaring himself the next World Heavyweight Champion but Kurt Angle comes out to dispute this point which leads to Booker and Angle getting into a brief brawl but Finlay comes out, attacking Booker T with Rey Misterio Jr making the save. Theodore Long comes out, saying these four can have a tag team match tonight, with Angle and Rey against Finlay and Booker. -The WWE Tag Team Champions the Impact Players defeated Matt Hardy and Chris Masters when Lance Storm rolled up Chris Masters quickly after Credible caned him in 8:15. Masters was hurt badly in this match after the cane shot from Credible but Matt Hardy's latest partner fails to lift the tag team title belts off the Impact Players. ( 3/4;Masters out for four months with a neck injury). -Daivari is panicking, as the Great Khali is not showing tonight, despite having a match with Burchill. So Theodore Long tells Daivari that he will have to do battle with Burchill instead tonight. -Burchill squashed Daivari with the Plank in 1:45. () -The Boogey Man cuts a whacked out promo, asking the Spirit Squad if they are afraid of the dark. He will face off against all five members of the Spirit Squad at Summerslam in a "Spooky Spirit Gauntlet Match." Boogey Man spits worms at the camera. -The Mexicools and the Boogey Man defeated Nicky and Johnny of the Spirit Squad and Test when the Boogey Man pinned Johnny after spitting worms in his eyes ala Great Muta's mist and hitting him with a choke slam in 8:56. ( 1/2) -John Cena cuts a promo, saying he has to deal with all the pretenders and haters, like Randy Orton. It will be Orton against Cena at Summerslam and Cena will put the hurt on the Legend Killer, but who should show up but Kid Kash. Kash calls Cena nothing but a third rate Kid Kash. Cena may be the master of thug-a-nomics but Kash is the notorious K.I.D, he is Cena's daddy, bitch before slapping Cena across the face. Cena says he will see Kash in the ring. -John Cena made Kid Kash submit to the STFU after hitting the F-U in 8:51. Kash scored a series of nearfalls, including a nice springboard rana/frog splash combo but Cena came back in the end. Randy Orton watched from the ramp, scouting his Summerslam opponent. () -Angle and Rey talk, with Angle saying how nothing is going to come between him and regaining the World Heavyweight Title. They might be partners tonight but in the EliminationChamber, they will be enemies. -Randy Orton pinned Chavo Guerrero Jr with the RKO in 7:47 after Chavo missed the Frog Splash. Orton beat down Chavo some more, putting him in the STFU, mocking Cena before Cena ran out and chased Orton off. ( 1/4) -Edge came out for commentary as Rey Misterio Jr and Kurt Angle defeated Booker T and Finlay when Angle pinned Finlay with the Angle Slam in 10:16. Rey was pounded for most of the match but rallied back, managing to get the hot tag to Angle, who fought off both Finlay and Booker, before getting the pin. Edge sneers at this, saying at Summerslam, the Rated R-Supperstar will once again be on top and he enters the ring, Spearing Rey Misterio Jr, just after Kurt Angle left. The champion is laid out and Edge is standing over him with the title belt over his head. (** 1/4)
MattHarms	Posted on 07/04/06 at 23:40:16 WWE Monday Night Raw for 8/7/06: -On Heat: The Basham Brothers defeated the FBI when Doug pinned Nunzio with the Ball and Gag Bomb(** 1/2), Viscera pinned Lance Cade with the Sex Drive(-1/4), Trevor Murdoch pinned Val Venis with a flying knee to the back of the head, but Venis put up a valiant fight before going down, including a nearfall off of a fisherman suplex( 1/4), and Goldust and Tatanka defeated Models Inc when Goldust pinned Conway with the Curtain Call. Goldust has an Internet Title Shot as a result of pinning the champion, which will happen in two weeks on Heat because next week is a supershow.( 3/4) -Victoria opened up Raw, winning a six diva battle royal, last eliminating Melina to earn a WWE Women's Title Shot at Summerslam in 11:25. Other divas in this match were(in order of elimination): Michelle McCool, Lita, Mickie James, and Torrie Wilson. Victoria will face off against WWE Women's Champion Trish Stratus at Summerslam as a result of this win. (* 1/2) -Morgan and Carlito are in Nash's office and Nash announces that that they will indeed be receiving a World Tag Team Title Shot at Summerslam against Jindrak and O' Haire. The announcers speculate this will not please either the World's Greatest Tag Team or MNM, but the Raw Tag Team division is much stronger than it was six months ago. Tonight Morgan will face O' Haire and Jindrak will face Carlito in singles action. -Matt Morgan pinned Sean O' Haire with the F-5 after Carlito hit O' Haire with his own tag team title belt in 6:53() -JBL cuts a pre taped promo, once again ripping on Triple H, calling him a third rate JBL. JBL goes one step further, declaring himself to be the real celebral assassin and that damn good, even better than Triple H. JBL says Triple H is hiding much like "all those Internet wrestling nerds who have never touched a female breast typing away on their keyboards and calling me the worst wrestler ever", hoping that JBL doesn't track him down and beat the snot out of him. JBL says the Interconinental Title is coming to him soon, but unlike Triple H, JBL will win championship gold on his own merits. JBL calls out Triple H for a confrontation at Summerslam. The announcers speculate after this segment finishes whether Triple H will accept JBL's invite for Summerslam. -Mr. Kennedy defeated Lashley and JBL to earn an Interconinental Title Shot at Summerslam when Mr. Kenney pinned Lashley after JBL knocked out Lashley with a chair but Kennedy cheapshotted JBL dumping him to the floor and stole the pin n 8:15. As a result it will be Batista defending the Interconinental Title against Mr. Kennedy at Summerslam. (* 1/4) -Gene Snitsky and Tyson Tomko are in Nash's office, they want an opprotunity tonight. Nash offers Snitsky a shot at the Interconinental Title against Batista but Tomko yells at Snitsky about the fact he is getting a title shot and Tyson Tomko isn't. Snitsky responds with: "It's not my fault" which Tomko accepts as a concrete reason. After they leave, MNM come into the office, wanting their rightful tag team title shot but they are interrupted by the WGTT who say they never got their World Tag Team Title Shot that they earned all the way back in May in that number one contenders match. Nash says at Summerslam, it will be MNM against the World's Greatest Tag Team but tonight MNM will team up with Shawn Michaels to face the WGTT and Rob Van Dam in six man tag team action. -Carlito pinned Mark Jindrak after Matt Morgan interfered, kicking Jindrak in the back of the head and allowing Carlito to hit the Cool Breaker for the win in 8:02. Doubl team on Jindrak after the match. O' Haire attempts to save but gets pummeled as well. (**) -The Big Show cuts a promo in front of a Raw backdrop, saying that Kane and him had something special, the longest reigning World Tag Team Champions in recent memory but he just had to ruin it by his own greed. Show yells Kane ruined his future so the Big Show promises to destroy Kane's present. Pencil in another match for Summerslam ladies and gentlemen, an already stacked show becomes more stacked. -WWE Interconinental Champion Batista pinned Gene Snitsky after the Batista Bomb in 3:46. Tomko ran it but he got destroyed with a Spinebuster after the match. Batista tells the camera he is going to put Mr. Kennedy down at Summerslam. (1/2 ) -ECW On USA Network promo. Premier on August 28th. CM Punk vs Homicide, first two first round matches of the ECW Championship Tournament, and more. -The World's Greatest Tag Team and Rob Van Dam defeated MNM and Shawn Michaels when Shelton Benjamin pinned Joey Mercury with the T-Bone Suplex in 13:48. Chris Benoit, who will face both the WWE World Champion Rob Van Dam and Shawn Michaels at Summerslam for the championship, sits in on commentary, saying that Van Dam and Michaels will feel pain at Summerslam. After the match, Benoit runs out, attacking both Michaels and Van Dam, laying them out with shots with the championship belt as MNM and the World's Greatest Tag Team brawl all the way to the back. Benoit stands over Michaels and Van Dam holding the WWE Championship over his head, grinning sadistically as Raw goes off the air. (* 3/4) WWE Smackdown 8/11/06 -On Velocity: Stevie Richards pinned Matt Striker with the Stevie T(), William Regal pinned "The New Age Gangsta" Orlando Jordan after Jordan accidentally crotched himself with a golf club and Regal hit a double underhook power bomb for the pin(), Eugene pinned Simon Dean with the Rock Bottom/People's Elbow combo(), and in the main event, The Mexicools defeated the Gymini when Super Crazy pinned Jesse Gymini with the Moonsault(** 3/4) -Theodore Long announces that as part of a random drawing, tonight's matches will be Beat the Clock Challenge Matches. Long says whoever takes the least amount of time to defeat their opponent will enter last in the Elimination Chamber. Also, the Impact Players defend the WWE Tag Team Title Belts against Spanky and Paul London in a return match from when the Impact Players won the belts. -Burchill pinned Sylvan in the Beat the Clock Challenge after the Plank in 6:45. The announcers remind us that is the time all future opponents have to beat for the Beat the Clock Challenge. (* 3/4) -Gregory Helms retained the WWE Cruiserweight Title against Matt Hardy after the Impact Players attacked Matt Hardy on the floor, allowing Helms to hit the Shining Wizard for the pin in 5:53. (*) -Finlay pinned Jamie Noble in 9:41 in the Beat the Clock Challenge. Noble had a knee brace on for this match and Finlay seemed to want to beat down Noble more than beat the clock. Kid Kash, Noble's former tag team partner, watched from the ramp and it is announced that Kash will face Noble next week. Finlay ended things with three Muscle Busters and he continued battering the knee of Noble with a series of elbows after the match, much to the enjoyment of Kid Kash. (* 3/4) -Spanky and Paul London defeated WWE Tag Team Champions the Impact Players to win the titles after Spanky pinned Justin Credible after Matt Hardy caned Credible in 9:04. Gregory Helms ran out, helping the Impact Players turn the tables, laying a beatdown on Spanky, London, and Hardy, leaving them laying in the ring. (* 1/2) -The Spirit Squad came out, revealing that Kenny will be the opponent of the World Heavyweight Champion, the one he needs to beat in the Beat the Clock Challenge. -World Heavyweight Champion Rey Misterio Jr defeated Kenny in 3:51 with a Springboard Thesz Press. The Squad and their coach, Test, attempted to interfere but Rey managed to fight them all off with dropkicks before the Boogey Man and the Mexicools came out to even the odds, fighting the rest of the Squad to the back. Rey then wrapped up things, pinning Kenny and setting the new record in the Beat the Clock Challenge. ( 1/4) -Kurt Angle cuts a very candid promo, talking about how he suffered many injuries recently and how it pains him to get out of bed but Angle feels he has one more World Heavyweight Title reign in him and the Elimination Chamber will be the start of the last hurrah of Kurt Angle, his next and perhaps last reign as World Heavyweight Champion. Angle gets up to the camera whispering "just one more run" before stalking off for his next match. -Beat the Clock Challenge: Kurt Angle made Randy Orton submit to the Ankle Lock after John Cena distracted Orton when he could have won the match in 12:02. Cena came out for commentary midway through the match, saying Orton is the one guy he has never had a big time match with and Cena will put him down at Summerslam, before moving on to the World Heavyweight Title. The record is still held by Rey. (* 3/4) -Beat the Clock Challenge: Edge pinned Scotty 2 Hotty in a high impact but short match when Edge wasted Scotty with the Spear in 1:54. Scotty seemed to have landed awkwardly on a bodyslam that set up the Spear but Edge now has the new record. Edge stands up, making the belt motion around his waist. We could very well be seeing our next World Heavyweight Champion, the Rated R-Superstar and Booker T may have a hard time beating that clock. (*;Scotty 2 Hotty out a month with a strained back). -Beat the Clock Challenge: Booker T pinned Sharmell after Sharmell laid down and Booker scored the pin in 0:05. Booker appeared to get the luck of the draw, getting his manager and wife as his opponent and she simply laid down, giving Booker the win and a free ride through. Booker T will enter last in the Elimination Chamber for Summerslam. (DUD) -Daivari comes out, as it will be the Great Khali against John Cena but once again, no Khali this week. Daivari apologizes for the lack of Khali and says that he has signed his protege a match against the Undertaker at Summerslam and Khali will be here next week for sure. Cena comes out, declaring that Khali is nothing but a big spineless chicken. Daivari looks all fired up and slaps Cena which causes Cena to go after Daivari but Randy Orton runs out, attacking Cena before laying him out with the RKO. Orton stands over Cena, waving his hand in front of his face mockingly as Smackdown goes off the air, as the announcers are talking about Randy Orton vs John Cena at Summerslam.
MattHarms	Posted on 07/05/06 at 18:26:53 WWE Monday Night Raw for 8/14/06: -Kevin Nash is out with a lottery tumbler and declares it has come to his attention that RVD has not defended the WWE World Title in more than thirty days, so Van Dam will be defending the championship tonight on Raw. Nash says he will randomly draw the challenger out of the ten top contenders(with the exception of Benoit and Michaels, who have their chance at Summerslam). Nash draws Carlito and tonight it will be Carlito against Rob Van Dam for the WWE Championship later tonight. The announcers talk about how Carlito set back RVD's comeback last year for six months by attacking him. -Trish Stratus and Michelle McCool defeated Candice Michelle and Victoria when Michelle pinned Candice with a DDT in 4:51 as Victoria and Trish brawled up the ramp, as they will be competing for the WWE Women's Title at Summerslam. -JBL cuts another promo, stating that Triple H is still hiding from him and JBL will beat him down, should he show up for their confrontation at Summerslam. JBL says tonight he is going to face someone with about the same amount of talent as Triple H in the ring. -JBL pinned Viscera with the Clothesline from Hell after Viscera missed an avalanche in 4:30(* 1/4) -Mr. Kennedy fires up the Big Show for their tag team match against Kane and Batista but Show warns Kennedy to stay focused, because Show was burned by one tag team partner already recently and he will finish Kane off at Summerslam. -Big Show and Mr. Kennedy defeated Batista and Kane after Show power bombed Kane through the announcer's table while in the ring, Mr. Kennedy clocked Batista with the Interconinental Title Belt before grabbing both legs and flipping over with a jack-knife cradle to score the pin on the Interconinental Champion before their match at Summerslam in 9:24( 1/2) -Chris Benoit made Lashley submit to the Sharpshooter in a very intense match. Lashley got several nearfalls on Benoit but Benoit slowly and viciously worked over the legs and back before Lashley had to submit to the Sharpshooter in 12:21() -Shawn Michaels pinned Shelton Benjamin after MNM ran in, laying a beatdown on Benjamin and finishing him off with the Snap Shot which allowed Michaels to score the pin in 7:49. Michaels gets on the microphone, promising to walk out of Summerslam the WWE World Heavyweight Champion, declaring, "The Heartbreak Kid lays down for no one." ( 1/4) -Rob Van Dam pinned Carlito to retain the WWE Championship despite Matt Morgan interfering several times in 11:14 with the Van Daminator(Carlito foolishly brought a chair into the ring). Shawn Michaels ran out, laying out Van Dam with the Superkick but Benoit came out, putting the Crippler Crossface on Michaels before standing tall for the second week in a row as Raw ended. () WWE Smackdown 8/14/06* -Randy Orton made Sonny Siaki submit to his own version of the STFU after the RKO in 9:45. This was the rubber match between Siaki and Orton, after both won one. The announcers talk about Siaki's bright future on Smackdown but he just needs a little focus, as he has stalled after such a promising start. (** 1/4) -Cena cuts a promo, declaring that he was not impressed by Orton's performance and at Summerslam, Cena would put Orton down for good, before going straight to the WWE Title scene. -It is announced that later tonight, a six man tag team match will take place between the partipents in the Elimination Chamber Match. -WWE Tag Team Champions Spanky and Paul London defeated the Impact Players in 13:31 when London pinned Lance Storm with the London Calling. After the match, Gregory Helms helped the Impact Players lay a beatdown on London and Spanky but Matt Hardy ran out, making the save. At Summerslam there will be a six man tag team match involving these six Smackdown superstars. (* 1/2) -Jamie Noble made Kid Kash submit to the Trailer Hitch in 16:07 in a very strong style match with loads of nearfalls. The end was set up when Noble countered a super frankensteiner with a top rope power bomb before working over the legs. (*** 1/2) -Mark Henry pinned John Cena with a running poweslam after Randy Orton ran in, hitting Cena with a chairshot to the back as Cena attempted to muscle Henry up for the F-U in 8:00. Orton and Henry laid a beating on Cena with Eugene attempting to make the save but he got beat down as well. (* 1/2) -The Spirit Squad did a practice session but Kenny stalled it to call out the Boogey Man for a match tonight. -The Boogey Man squashed Kenny with the Pumphandle Slam in 3:00. Boogey Man was hit with a dropkick early in the match and he fell off the apron and it took a while to get him back into the ring. (;Boogey Man will be out a month with a broken ankle). -Daivari and Khali get ready, with Daivari telling Khali to remain focused, as tonight they have a match against the Mexicools and tell him not to worry about the Undertaker, as they will take care of him at Summerslam. The lights flicker for a minute, which causes Khali to look around madly. -The Mexicools defeated Daivari and the Great Khali when Super Crazy pinned Daivari with the Moonsault in 4:26 after the lights went out and Khali bolted, leading Daivari at a two on one disadvantage against both Mexicools. ( 1/4) -The Boogey Man is backstage when Test and the Spirit Squad attacks him from behind. The Squad holds the Boogey Man down while Test puts a chair on the Boogey Man's ankle and stomps it a few times, breaking the ankle of the Boogey Man(to explain his absense from his real injury). Chavo comes into the picture, running him off. The announcers speculate on the Boogey Man's condition for Summerslam when he faces the Spirit Squad in a Gauntlet Match. -Finlay, Booker T, and Edge defeated Rey Misterio Jr, Kurt Angle, and Burchill in a high impact six man tag team match with lots of nearfalls when Booker pinned Burchill with the Axe Kick in 16:21. Angle and Rey got into it after the match but Booker, Finlay, and Edge laid them out before Edge turned on Finlay and Booker, laying them both out with Spears. Edge stands tall as Smackdown goes off the air. (*** 1/2) Summerslam Special Report: As a result of the events of Smackdown, Chavo Guerrero Jr will now face Kenny of the Spirit Squad in a one on one match at Summerslam.
MattHarms	Posted on 07/06/06 at 00:05:24 WWE Monday Night Raw 8/21/06: -On Sunday Night Heat: Mickie James pinned Torrie Wilson with a jumping implant DDT(), Gene Snitsky and Tyson Tomko defeated Danny Doring and Roadkill when Tomko pinned Doring after holding him up and allowing Snitsky to boot him in the face( 1/4), Tatanka pinned Rene Dupree with the Trail's End(* 1/2), and in the main event, WWE Internet Champion Rob Conway pinned Goldust with the Ego Trip to retain the title(**) -Hype is made for Summerslam and tonight Rob Van Dam faces off against Mr. Kennedy in a non title match. -WWE Interconinental Champion Batista pinned Johnny Nitro with the Batista Bomb in 7:14. Nitro got a couple of nearfalls on the Interconinental Champion but in the end, Batista came back from defeat to retain the title. Batista will defend this Sunday against Mr. Kennedy. ( 1/2) -JBL cuts another promo but Lashley interrupts him, stating that Lashley is sick and tired of JBL talking trash each and every week about a guy who is injured. However, Lashley is right here and he challenges JBL to a match tonight. JBL accepts, promising to take out Lashley, just like he'll take out Triple H in their confrontation this Sunday. -Chris Benoit defeated Val Venis with the Crippler Crossface in 9:11. Venis had a series of nearfalls as Benoit seemed to underestimate him during this match but when Benoit came back, he slaughtered Venis, finishing him off with a Triple Suplex and Crippler Crossface. After the match, as Venis was going to the back, he was confronted on the ramp by ECW's Don "Cyrus" Callis, who handed him an elevelope. Venis opened it and nodded approvingly, as Callis smirked evilly. The announcers wondered what that was all about. (* 1/4) -ECW on the USA Network will be making its world premier next Monday Night, at 8:00 PM Eastern, right before Raw. We will be live from the ECW Arena next Monday, as CW Anderson will face Mikey Whipwreck in the first round of the ECW World Heavyweight Title Tournament, CM Punk will face off against Homicide, and a three way elimination tag team match will also happen, along with much more. We are also informed that the tournament for the title is sixteen men and the finals will be at ECW November 2 Remember on November 5th 2006 only on Pay Per View. -World Tag Team Champions Sean O' Haire and Mark Jindrak defeated the World's Greatest Tag Team to retain the titles after Mark Jindrak pinned Shelton Benjamin after MNM interference in 9:26. This match came about when the WGTT signed an open contract for a World Tag Team Title Match, we are informed that this match will not count as the title shot they earned when they beat Kane and the Big Show back in May, and the match between MNM and the WGTT at Summerslam will be for a whole other title shot all together. ( 1/2) -Shawn Michaels cuts a promo on both Chris Benoit and Rob Van Dam, saying he is going to bring the WWE World Championship back to DeGeneration X. He says the belt is coming around his waist because "The Heartbreak Kid lays down for no one". -Shawn Michaels pinned Joey Mercury of MNM with the Sweet Chin Music in 8:03(** 1/2) -JBL and Lashley battled to a no contest in 7:41 after JBL went down hard on a spear and was unable to move. The referee stopped the match, as the medics come back, helping JBL to the back. (;JBL out for three months with a dislocated hip) -A video package aired, hyping up Mike Awesome and telling us Awesome has promised to be a big part of ECW on the USA Network when it airs on August 28th. -Mr. Kennedy defeated WWE World Champion Rob Van Dam in a non title match after Van Dam was crotched on the Five Star Frog Splash and Kennedy hit the Green Bay Plunge. Chris Benoit came out, helping Mr. Kennedy lay a beatdown on the WWE World Champion before Batista ran out, chasing off Mr. Kennedy. Shawn Michaels then ran out, attacking Benoit, laying him out with the Sweet Chin Music. Raw goes off the air with Michaels standing tall. Could this be the sight we see at Summerslam during the Triple Threat Match for the WWE World Title? () WWE Smackdown 8/25/06: -On Velocity: Jamie Noble pinned Funaki with the Tiger Driver( 1/2), Eugene pinned Sylvan with the Stunner( 3/4), Gregory Helms pinned Psicosis with the Shining Wizard to retain the WWE Cruiserweight Title(* 1/2), and Simon Dean came out, berating the Gymini, calling them losers, saying they would be nothing without him. This lead to Dean being so confident about his words, he challenged the Gymini to a handicap match, declaring that if he lost, "you will never see Simon Dean ever again". The Gymini squashed Simon Dean in a brutal handicap match with the Extreme Weight Loss. After the match, the Gymini wasted Simon with a Power Bomb/Neckbreaker combination.( 3/4) -We opened up with John Cena pinning William Regal with the F-U in 11:30. Randy Orton was on commetary and cheered Regal on but despite Regal tying up Cena several times in submission holds, Cena kept coming back for more. Orton ran in afterwards but Cena was ready for him this time, backdropping him to the floor. (* 1/2) -The Impact Players talk about making an impact and say they are going to return to Extreme Championship Wrestling after Summerslam but first they will help Gregory Helms take out those three punks, Spanky, London, and Hardy. Tonight Lance Storm will give them a little preview by taking Matt Hardy. -Lance Storm made Matt Hardy submit to the Canadian Mapleleaf after Gregory Helms ran in, taking the knee of Hardy out. The announcers speculate about a possible Hardy/Helms series of matches for the Cruiserweight Title. The Impact Players and Gregory Helms beat down Matt Hardy three on one before London and Spanky make the save. This whole match ran 7:23. (**** 1/4) -Daivari says Summerslam will prove that the Undertaker cannot hang with the Great Khali but Khali looks around nervously everytime Daivari mentions the Undertaker's name. The promo is finished by Daivari declaring that Summerslam 2006 will be the final resting place of the Undertaker, as Khali will finish the job he started in April. -The Great Khali squashed Johnny of the Spirit Squad with a Mongolian Chop in 1:51. Test got on the microphone, firing Johnny after the match and leading the other four members of the Squad on a four on one attack to their former team mate. As Johnny was helped to the back, Don Callis came out, handing an envelope to Johnny like he did to Val Venis on Monday. Like Venis, Johnny seems to be pleased with the results, despite the pain he suffered by getting beat down. (-* 1/4) -Edge pinned Burchill with the Spear in the first of three Elimination Preview Matches for Sunday in 10:09. Edge gets on the microphone, promising to outlast everyone and win the World Heavyweight Title but Burchill attacks Edge afterwards, knocking him back for a few shots. The Rated R-Superstar is not happy, after being made to look like a fool by the Rated-Arrr Superstar. ( 3/4) -WWE Tag Team Champions Spanky and London defeated Kenny and Mikey of the Spirit Squad when London pinned Mikey with the London Calling in 8:47(* 1/4) -WWE United States Champion Finlay pinned Kurt Angle with the Muscle Buster in a non title match in 11:10. Finlay worked over Angle's back for most of the match which caused Angle to be hurt everytime he attempted to suplex Finlay. Finlay ended things with the Muscle Buster before kicking Angle in the face several times after the match, busting him open. Finlay tells us, while holding Angle's bloody, half concious, face towards the camera that he will be a double champion at Summerslam. (* 1/4) -Randy Orton made Super Crazy submit to the STFU after catching him coming off the top rope on a Moonsault and hitting an RKO in 5:54. We are informed that this is Crazy's last match as a Smackdown superstar and he will be returning to ECW on Monday for the premier of ECW on USA. John Cena watches from the ramp, looking amused that Orton once again used his submission finisher to finish a match but we will find out who the future of the WWE is when Orton faces Cena this Sunday at Summerslam. () -Booker T talks about how he has the odds in his favor by entertaing last. He says tonight when he faces Rey Misterio Jr in a non title match, he will walk into the event on a roll. -Booker T pinned World Heavyweight Champion Rey Misterio Jr with the Scissors Kick in a non title match after Rey got caught on the West Coast Pop, got flapjacked, spinaroonie, knee to the midsection, and then the finisher in 8:42. Booker T hit the Book End on Rey before standing over Rey's battered form with the World Heavyweight Title Belt over his head before laying it on the champion's chest. Booker could very well win the Chamber this Sunday but there is only one way to find out and that is tuning in for Summerslam this Sunday on Pay Per View. () Final Summerslam Card(Predictions Welcomed)**: Smackdown Brand Matches World Heavyweight Title Elimination Chamber Match: Edge vs Booker T vs Finlay vs Kurt Angle vs Burchill vs Rey Misterio Jr(c) Randy Orton vs John Cena The Great Khali(w/Daivari) vs the Undertaker The Impact Players and Gregory Helms vs Spanky, Paul London, and Matt Hardy. Kenny vs Chavo Guerrero Jr. Raw Brand Matches: WWE World Title Match: Chris Benoit vs Shawn Michaels vs Rob Van Dam(c) WWE Interconinental Title Match: Mr. Kennedy vs Batista(c) The Big Show vs Kane MNM vs the World's Greatest Tag Team World Tag Team Title Match: Matt Morgan and Carlito vs Sean O' Haire and Mark Jindrak(c) WWE Women's Title: Victoria vs Trish Stratus(c) Plus: JBL calls out Triple H for a confrontation. Despite a leg injury, JBL says he is confident he can beat Triple H on one leg or even with no legs. Will Triple H show up? Find out this Sunday at Summerslam.
MattHarms	Posted on 07/06/06 at 19:32:34 WWE Summerslam 8/27/06: -We open up things wide open tonight with a six man tag team match which saw Spanky, Paul London, and Matt Hardy defeated the Impact Players and Gregory Helms in 9:23 of non stop action when Spanky pinned Gregory Helms with the Sliced Bread #2. The announcers hype that since Spanky pinned the champion, he should be in line for a title shot. (** 1/4) -Extreme Championship Wrestling on USA premiers tommorow night. 8:00 PM Eastern Time, from the ECW Arena in Philly. Don't you dare miss it. -The Big Show pinned Kane with two Choke Slams in 6:51. Show worked over Kane's back for the majority of the match and when Kane attempted to slam Show, he simply collapsed on top before hitting the finish. ( 1/2) -World Tag Team Champions Sean O' Haire and Mark Jindrak defeated Matt Morgan and Carlito to retain the titles when O'Haire pinned Carlito with a tilt a whirl slam from Jindrak followed by the Seanton Bomb from O' Haire in 6:18( 1/2) -The Basham Brothers are watching Summerslam in the back but they are approached by Don "Cyrus" Callis. Words are exchanged with Callis mentioning the Bashams would be a boon to the real ECW, whatever that meant. The Bashams look happy with what they hear, but the camera cannot pick up. Callis remarks to the camera, "the revolution is nearly complete, just one more man." -Chavo Guerrero Jr pinned Kenny with the Frog Splash in 6:55 in a match that was mostly a showcase for Guerrero. ( 1/4) -JBL came out, wheeled out in a wheelchair with two scantily clad nurses. JBL gets on the microphone, calling himself a real hero, a survivor, and the best in the business. He promised to call Triple H out tonight and the Game's music picks up but a midget in a gorilla suit with a Triple H t-shirt and fake nose along with a water bottle comes to the ring. The midget enters the ring, pretending to be all tough but JBL laughs him off, saying that the real Triple H is still hiding and no one can stop JBL. Lashley runs out from the back! Lashley slides into the ring with JBL shoving the midget into the path of Lashley. Lashley flattens the midget with a power bomb as JBL wheels madly down the ramp to avoid the wrath of Lashley. -WWE Women's Champion Trish Stratus pinned Victoria after the Stratusfaction to retain the title in 10:30. Victoria nearly won the belt with the Widow's Peak but the referee was out of position and only could get over in time for Victoria to score a two and a half count. Trish celebrates her victory but Molly Holly runs out from the back! Molly enters the ring, attacking Trish Stratus from behind, beating her down to the canvas before putting her in a guillotine choke like move. Trish looks like she can barely breath and Molly has made her return to the WWE, beating the ever leaving hell out of Trish Stratus. Molly spits on Trish as Trish lays motionless in the ring, choked out by the returning Molly Holly. (* 1/2) -The Great Khali defeated the Undertaker via countout after the Undertaker was too busy beating the snot out of Daivari on the floor to come back in the ring in 15:35. This match was bowling shoe ugly with Khali mostly standing around and looking meancing as the Undertaker laid on the canvas for extended periods of time. Taker hit a pair of clotheslines but Khali was unwilling to play ball. As Taker grabbed Khali by the throat, Daivari attempted to chair Taker from behind but Taker attacked Daivari, beating him down on the floor. After the match, Taker Tombstoned Daivari on the floor and hit Khali three times with a chair, before Khali decided to flee. This is far from over. (-) -MNM defeated the World's Greatest Tag Team after Melina crotched Shelton on the top rope allowing MNM to hit Haas with the Snapshot to score the pin in 12:25. As a result, MNM now has a WWE Tag Team Title shot on Raw against Jindrak and O' Haire. ( 1/2) -WWE Interconinental Champion Batista pinned Mr. Kennedy to retain the title with three lariats, a spinebuster, and the Batista Bomb in 10:05. Kennedy's main problem in this match was his inability to get Batista in position for his finishing move and the announcers speculated that Kennedy needed a new finishing move for him to beat Batista. Once Batista hit the first lariat, it was the beginning of the end for Mr. Kennedy. ( 3/4) -Randy Orton pinned John Cena in a high impact, intense match. Cena had Orton tapping out to the STFU but the referee was bumped so he did not register the submission. As Cena woke up the referee, Orton hit a low blow before rolling up Cena, using the ropes for leverage to score the pin in 9:07. Orton ran to the back before Cena could register what happened and this war is far from over. (* 1/4) -Shawn Michaels defeated WWE World Champion Rob Van Dam and Chris Benoit in a Triple Threat Match to become the new WWE World Champion in 22:23 after Rob Van Dam hit Benoit with the Five Star Frog Splash but Michaels caught Van Dam with the Sweet Chin Music and covered Benoit to steal Van Dam's pin, to become the WWE World Champion for the fifth time in his career! (* 1/2) -Van Dam gets on the microphone, saying it has been fun but he is going home this Monday night. The crowd chants "ECW, ECW, ECW" as Van Dam nods. The announcers thank Van Dam for his contributions over the years but they understand he is going to try and achieve the one honor he has never gotten, the ECW World Heavyweight Title. -Elimination Chamber Match: Finlay and Angle started out, having a nice strong style wrestling match before Burchill entered the match! Burchill battled Angle and Finlay but eventually Burchill was overwhelmed, getting him by the Muscle Buster from Finlay and pinned in 9:38 for the first elimination. Seconds later, Rey Misterio Jr entered the match, scoring a series of nearfalls on both Angle and Finlay before Finlay lifted up Rey and threw him viciously through one of the empty glass chambers. Rey laid motionless, cut up badly by the glass. Edge entered the Chamber! going after Finlay and Angle, catching Finlay with the Spear before working over Angle's neck. Finlay attacks Edge but Edge reverses an attempted Tombstone into a roll up to eliminate Finlay in 18:08. Edge continues to batter Angle as Rey lays, not moving in the shrads of glass from the chamber Finlay threw him through. Booker T enters and the Elimination Chamber match is in full swing, with some nice stuff between Booker T, Edge, and Angle with a series of nearfalls before Angle caught a Booker T axe kick and twisted it into the Ankle Lock, but Edge hit Angle with the Spear, before pinning him, taking Angle out of the match in 28:09. Edge and Booker decide to form an alliance, battering the half broken Rey but Rey fights up from nowhere, managing to put both Booker T and Edge back. Rey delivered a bodyscissors into a bulldog on Booker T before dropping the Dime on him to score the pin in 34:55 It is now down to Edge and Rey Misterio Jr and Edge attacks Rey right away, nearly breaking Rey in half with the Spear but somehow Rey kicks out. Edgecution and another two and a half count. Edge is frustrated and he grabs Rey, propping him against another one of the glass chamber walls. Edge rushes Rey but Rey moves, causing Edge to fly headfirst through the glass! Edge is busted open and Rey dropkicks Edge twice, before bringing him back into the ring. 6-1-9 followed by the West Coast Pop for two! Rey doesn't know what it will take and he goes for another West Coast Pop but Edge counters taking Rey out of mid air with the Spear! Edge puts the Sharpshooter on Rey, with blood oozing through Rey's mask but the champion refuses to submit! Edge elevates the hold slightly but as Edge steps out from between Rey's legs, Rey rolls it into a double leg hook pinning predicament to shock Edge enough to score the pin and retain the World Heavyweight Title in 40:01. The crowd applaudes, we have seen one of the greatest World Heavyweight Title matches in recent memory, especially the last five minutes. (*****) -The last image we see of Summerslam is Rey laying facefirst on the canvas with the World Heavyweight Title in his arms, with blood flowing onto the mat but we are reminded that once again the World Heavyweight champion has been successful, closing out yet another show with a decisive win over the competition.
MattHarms	Posted on 07/09/06 at 20:22:48 ECW on the USA Network for 8/28/06: -We start out already in the ring with a guy in a chicken suit facing off against a man in a dress. The crowd chants: "This match sucks" as the man in drag puts the chicken suit in a side headlock before "Enter the Sandman" by Metallica kicks up and the crowd cheers as the ECW Icon, the Sandman, makes his way into the ring from the stands, smoking on a cigarette while drinking a beer. He smashes the beer can over his head before stomping out the cigarette and entering the ring, caning both of the crappy gimmicks in the ring. Joey Styles finally comes on commentary four minutes into the show, remarking "This is not the WWE, this is E C F'N W and we are live on the USA Network fro the ECW Arena." -Opening credits are shown, lasting about thirty seconds but showing a lot of clips from the last two One Night Stand Pay Per Views. -CM Punk made Homicide submit to the Anaconda Vice in 6:19 in a pretty damn good match for the time allowed. Homicide got a few nearfalls but Punk escaped the Cop Killa before going for the finish, making Homicide tap out to the Anaconda Vice. (*) -Punk gets on the microphone, saying he is going to clean up ECW as it is a cesspool of vulgarity and drug addiction. Punk says he will prove the only addiction he needs is wrestling and Straight Edge means Punk is better than you. Nice thirty second promo which gets its job done. -ECW Hotline Promo: What was Brock Lesnar doing at Titan Towers earlier this week? What is the condition of Smackdown superstar Kurt Angle and find out what former ECW World Champion may be leaving his job in Total Non Stop Action wrestling to return to ECW. Call the ECW Hotline for all the details. -They are Angel, Devito, and Vito and they are Da Baldies. Quick fifteen second promo reintroducing Da Baldies to ECW fans. -Danny Doring cuts a short fired up promo, promising to go to the top of the ECW Tag Team Division again. At the end, Roadkill says: "Chickens". -Nova and Chris Chetti promise to also win tonight's three way tag team dance. -Three Way Tag Team Dance: We got to commercial ten seconds into the match and when we come back, Da Baldies are eliminated in 4:45 after Nova hits the Novacaine on Devito. Another few minutes last with a nice mini back and forth tag team match between Chetti and Nova against Doring and Roadkill, with Chetti scoring the pin on Roadkill after both men hit him with the Tidal Wave Splash in 7:56. () -A short video package hyping up the ECW debut of Colt Cabana who will be making his debut next week on ECW on USA. -First Round of the ECW World Title Tournament: CW Anderson pinned Mikey Whipwreck with the Anderson Spinebuster after countering a Franken-Mikey with a power bomb in 7:47. Mikey got a series of close nearfalls but the New Enforcer put Mikey down in the end. Anderson advances to the elite eight of the ECW World Title Tournament. (* 3/4) -ECW presents November 2 Remember on November 5th, only on Pay Per View. Don't you dare miss it. -The following announcement has been paid for by the Blue World Order. Meanie and Stevie cut a promo, promising they are taking over ECW. The proceeding announcment was paid for by the Blue World Order. -ECW World Title Tournament First Round Match: Rob Van Dam(w/Bill Alfonso) pinned "The New Age Gangsta" Orlando Jordan with the Van Daminator in 9:46. Orlando was outmatched and outclassed by Rob Van Dam, who once again had Bill Alfonso out with him, blowing the whistle. A series of nice moves including a dive into the crowd, a Rolling Thunder with a chair, and a spilt legged moonsault with Orlando only getting short offensive bursts which were met with chants of "Orlando's a pussy" and "We want Bradshaw." The end came with Orlando brought the chair into the ring but Van Dam hit the Van Daminator before pinning Orlando to advance to face CW Anderson in the Quarterfinals. () -Cryus ends the show, promises to unveil the true face of ECW next week on this show. -Next Week: More Tournament, CM Punk is in action, Colt Cabana debuts, the Blue World Order will be in attendance, and more. Live from the Hammerstein Ballroom. WWE Monday Night Raw for 8/28/06:* -On Heat: Gene Snitsky and Tyson Tomko defeated Viscera in a handicap match when they hit Viscera with a double big boot; Val Venis didn't show for some reason. (- 1/2), Victoria pinned Mercedes Martinez with the Widow's Peak(), Goldust pinned Ace Steel with the Curtain Call( 1/2), and in the main event, Tatanka pinned Lance Cade with the Trail's End(1/4) -Chris Benoit comes out, demanding a WWE World Title Shot tonight but Kevin Nash comes out. Nash says he was planning on doing Michaels vs Van Dam tonight but since Van Dam went over to a renegrade promotion after last night, he will have to postpone any title defenses tonight. Benoit says he better get a title shot or he will break Nash's legs. Nash tells Benoit to slow down and says if Benoit can make Kane submit tonight, not just beat him but make him submit, than Chris Benoit will receive a WWE World Title Match at Unforgiven. Benoit nods his head and promises to make Kane tap before going on to capture the one thing that has eluded him his entire career, the WWE World Championship. He is a former World Heavyweight Champion but he has never held the WWE Championship and Benoit vows to correct that fact soon. -Rob Conway, the WWE Internet Champion, comes out, saying that he wants to add more gold to his collection and he calls out Batista to put the WWE Interconinental Championship on the line since Batista is too chicken to come on Conway's show; Heat. Batista comes out and we have a match. -WWE Interconinental Champion Batista defeated WWE Internet Champion Rob Conway via disqualification after Mr. Kennedy came out, attacking Batista. Batista was beaten down but came back, chasing Mr. Kennedy off. The announcers talk about how Kennedy needs a weapon to beat Batista, as he could not get him up for the Green Bay Plunge at Summerslam. ( 1/2) -The World's Greatest Tag Team say they are finally cashing in on their number one contenders status earned in May, so tonight's match with MNM against O' Haire and Jindrak is now a triple threat match with the World Tag Team Titles on the line. -Carlito and Matt Morgan squashed Rory Fox and Mike Kruel when Morgan pinned Kruel with a Uranage Slam in 3:31. Carlito gets on the microphone, informing us that he is not done going after the World Tag Team Titles. () -Mr. Kennedy pinned Ric Flair after reversing the Figure Four Leglock into a small package in 7:14. Flair accepted an open challenge from Kennedy and both these men had a rather spirited match. After the match, Flair offered to shake Kennedy's hand but Kennedy blew him off before attacking Flair. Batista ran out, making the save for his former Evolution mentor. Flair then challenges Kennedy to get a partner for next week and face off against Batista and Flair in a tag team match. ( 3/4) -World Tag Team Champions Mark Jindrak and Sean O' Haire retained the World Tag Team Titles by default after MNM and the World's Greatest Tag Team got themselves counted in in a one fall to a finish Triple Threat Match in 13:17. Jindrak and O' Haire weren't in too much and were estatic with their win, after not putting in much effort to retain the titles. ( 1/2) -The Big Show cuts a promo saying it is bullshit that after his match with Kane, he is not booked while Kane is in the main event. -Shawn Michaels joins the announces for the main event which features... -Chris Benoit making Kane pass out to the Crippler Crossface in 8:21. Benoit kept suplexing Kane until he was knocked out and then put on the Crossface for the inevitable submission. As Benoit went up the ramp to confront Michaels, Big Show lumbered into the ring, laying out Kane with the Choke Slam. () -Michaels and Benoit go nose to nose as Nash comes out, making the match for Unforgiven for the WWE World Title official while announcing that next week Benoit and Michaels each get to pick a partner and face off in tag team action. -WWE Smackdown for 9/1/06:* -Funaki pinned Matt Striker with the Rising Sun(**), the Shane Twins(formally known as the Gymini) defeated Rory Fox and Mike Kruel when Mike Shane pinned Mike Kruel with a power bomb/neckbreaker combo( 3/4), Psicosis pinned Chris Cage with the Psycho Guillotine(), and in the main event, Kenny of the Spirit Squad pinned Jamie Noble with a springboard splash after Mikey and Nicky interfered. () -Theodore Long comes out, declaring the two top contenders for the World Heavyweight Title, Booker T and Kurt Angle will compete for the #1 contendership tonight which brings out Randy Orton and Edge, who both angrily complain they should be receiving shots at the World Heavyweight Title. Long decides to book Edge and Orton in a tag team match against the first two Smackdown wrestlers who sign up in his office, and if Orton and Edge win, then they both get a shot at the World Heavyweight Title whenever they want to. But if they lose, they can't get any World Heavyweight Title matches for ninety days. -WWE Cruiserweight Champion Gregory Helms pinned Spanky with the Vertebreaker in 10:25 to retain the WWE Cruiserweight Title after blocking the Sliced Bread #2. This was signed after Spanky pinned Helms at Summerslam. (* 3/4) -Finlay cuts a promo, calling Matt Hardy a pathetic disappointment to the wrestlers on Smackdown and promising to make a man out of him. -WWE United States Champion Finlay beat Matt Hardy with a chickenwing armbar after the referee stopped the match in 9:07. Finlay battered Hardy after the match, leaving him battered, bruised, and broken in the center of the ring. ( 1/4) -"The Blue Chipper" Sonny Siaki and Burchill defeated Edge and Randy Orton after Siaki rolled up Edge as he was showboating in 10:43. Neither Orton or Edge took their opponents seriously and they paid for it, now locked out of World Heavyweight Title Shots for ninety days. (* 1/2) -Booker T promises to win the number one contenders status tonight and two weeks from tonight, when he receives the title shot, he will become the six time, six time, six time, six time, six time, six time, World Champion. -John Cena made Paul London submit to the STFU in 9:34. Cena was slipping a couple of times in this match, allowing London to surprise him with a few nearfalls before Cena came back with a lot of power offense, taking London down to the canvas and hitting him with a pair of F-Us before locking him in the STFU. After the match, Cena refuses to break until the count of four and a half as the announcers speculate that Cena is becoming more hostile due to his inabiity to gain World Heavyweight Title shots against Rey Misterio Jr. (* 3/4) -Kurt Angle talks about how this match with Booker T and the possible title shot against Rey Misterio Jr may be his last chance to get on the top of the wrestling world. -Kurt Angle defeated Booker T with the Ankle Lock to become the #1 Contender to the World Heavyweight Title in 12:41 after avoiding the Axe Kick in a hard fought, back and forth match with many nearfalls. (* 3/4). -Angle gets on the microphone, saying he will win the World Heavyweight Title this time but he wants a decisive victory. So Angle is throwing out the challenge to Rey. Angle vs Rey, World Heavyweight Title, in two weeks on Smackdown. Sixty Minute Iron Man Match. Angle vows to beat Rey, winning the World Heavyweight Title and if Kurt Angle doesn't, he will retire from wrestling forever! Angle drops the microphone, as they wonder if those stipulations will be sanctioned by General Manager Theodore Long. -Next Week: The Great Khali vs the Undertaker in a Summerslam Rematch.

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