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WWE 2007: The Year of Redemption

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Backstory: After a few thoughts going through my head about what I should do for my next attempt at a project, I've decided that I'm going with a 2007 one. Not very 'out there' so to speak, but if you have a problem with it, bite me. (;)) A few things 1. Aside from the big 4, all PPV's are single branded. 2. I'm going to write all 3 in recap unless it's a lead-up to one of the big 4 (a la Great American Bash to Summerslam) 3. I'm gonna pretty much abandon the Women's division. Sorry, just never enjoy writing with them. Some will still be involved in storylines, but for the most part, they'll either be backstage reporters, valet's, or released. Now, I don't know how long it's gonna go, but hopefully you enjoy the ride with me. My last thread ended on 4-7-09.


Wresltemania 23 Results

Money In The Bank Ladder Match:
Mr. Kennedy defeated Edge, CM Punk, King Booker, Randy Orton, Finlay, Jeff Hardy, & Matt Hardy

Singles Match:
Great Khali defeated Kane (5:31)

Singles Match for the United States Championship:
Chris Benoit (c) defeated Montel Vontavious Porter (9:19)

Singles Match for the World Heavyweight Championship:
The Undertaker defeated Batista (c) (15:47)

8 Man Tag-Team Match:
ECW Originals (Tommy Dreamer, Sabu, Sandman, & Rob Van Dam) defeated The New Breed (Elijah Burke, Marcus Cor Von, Matt Striker, & Kevin Thorn) (6:25)

Hair vs. Hair Match:
Bobby Lashley defeated Umaga (13:04)

Singles Match for the Women's Championship
Melina (c) defeated Ashley (3:13)
-After the match the Women's title was retired.

Singles Match for the WWE Championship:
John Cena (c) defeated Shawn Michaels (28:20)

***

RAW Roster:
Armando Alejandro Estrada
Carlito
Charlie Haas
Chris Masters
Edge
Eugene
Jeff Hardy
Jim Duggan
John Cena ~ WWE Champion & 1/2 of the World Tag-Team Champion
Johnny Nitro
JTG
Kenny Dykstra
Lance Cade
Melina
Randy Orton
Ric Flair
Robbie McAllister
Rory McAllister
Shad
Shawn Michaels ~ 1/2 of the World Tag-Team Champion
Shelton Benjamin
Super Crazy
The Great Khali
Trevor Murdoch
Triple H ~ Currently Out with a Torn Quadriceps
Umaga ~ Intercontinental Champion
Val Venis
Vince McMahon ~ General Manager
Viscera

Tag-Teams/Stables:
Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch
John Cena & Shawn Michaels*
Cryme Tyme
Jim Duggan & Eugene
Highlanders
Rated RKO*
World's Greatest Tag-Team
Ric Flair & Carlito*

*- Occasional tag-team

Announcers:
Jim Ross ~ Play By Play
Jerry Lawler ~ Color Commentator
Kelly Kelly ~ Backstage Interviewer
Lillian Garcia ~ Ring Announcer

ECW Roster:
Ariel
Balls Mahoney
Bobby Lashley ~ ECW Heavyweight Champion
CM Punk
Elijah Burke
Hardcore Holly
Kevin Thorn
Little Guido Maritato
Marcus Cor Von
Matt Striker
Mick Foley ~ General Manager
Mike Knox
Paul Heyman ~ Currently Suspended
Rob Van Dam
Sabu
Snitsky
Stevie Richards
The Sandman
Tommy Dreamer

Tag Teams/Stables:
ECW Originals (Balls Mahoney, Rob Van Dam, Sabu, The Sandman, Tommy Dreamer)
The New Breed (Ariel, Elijah Burke, Kevin Thorn, Marcus Cor Von, Matt Striker)

Announcers:
Joey Styles ~ Play By Play Commentator
Tazz ~ Color Commentator
Brooke ~ Backstage Announcer
Tony Chimel ~ Ring Announcer

Smackdown Roster:
Ashley
Batista
Brian Kendrick ~ 1/2 WWE Tag-Team Champions
Chavo Guerrero ~ Cruiserweight Champion
Cherry
Chris Benoit ~ United States Champion
Daivari
Dave Taylor
Deuce
Domino
Finlay
Funaki
Gregory Helms
Hornswoggle
Jamie Noble
Jimmy Wang Yang
Kane
King Booker
Matt Hardy
Montel Vontavious Porter
Mr. Kennedy
Paul London ~ 1/2 WWE Tag-Team Champions
Queen Sharmell
Rey Mysterio ~ Currently Out With A Knee Injury
Scotty 2 Hotty
Shannon Moore
The Boogeyman
The Miz
The Undertaker ~ World Heavyweight Champion
Theodore Long ~ General Manager
William Regal

Tag-Teams:
Blue Bloods (Dave Taylor & William Regal)
Deuce & Domino
London & Kendrick

Announcers:
Michael Cole ~ Play by Play
JBL ~ Color Commentator
Maria ~ Backstage Interviewer
Justin Roberts ~ Ring Announcer

Pay-Per-Views:
Backlash; April 29, 2007 Philips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia
Judgment Day; May 20, 2007 Scottrade Center, St. Louis, Missouri
Hardcore Heaven; June 3, 2007 Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, Florida
Great American Bash; July 22, 2007 HP Pavilion, San Jose, California
Summerslam; August 26, 2007 Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford, New, Jersey
Unforgiven; September 16, 2007 FedExForum, Memphis, Tennessee
No Mercy; October 7, 2007 Allstate Arena, Rosemont, Illinois
Survivor Series; November 18, 2007 American Airlines Arena, Miami, Florida
Guilty As Charged; December 16, 2007 Save Mart Center, Fresno, California
Royal Rumble; January 27, 2008 Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
No Way Out; February 17, 2008 Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada
Wrestlemania 24; March 30, 2008 Citrus Bowl, Orlando, Florida
 
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#27 ·
Well, I guess I should update this thread for anyone that's reading before I'm off for a few days.

Smackdown (April 20th) has not been touched yet. I've been busy getting a start on Backlash, which I am roughly 1/3 done with, and am quite enjoying writing it. However, tomorrow I will be leaving with my family for 9-11 days, and won't return til possibly the 16th, and since recaps don't take me long to write, I hope to have the next four shows (Smackdown 20th, Raw 23rd, ECW 24th, and Smackdown 27th) all done by early August, then get Backlash up, which could possibly be done before the final Smackdown is, which would help me a lot. I am enjoying writing these recaps and don't want to rush them and get burnt out like I have in previous attempts at BTBs. The recaps will continue to come until I get to the road to Summerslam, which I feel has a pretty epic card.

Anyways, the main focus of this post was to inform anyone reading that I will not be online for the next 9-11 days as I'll be on vacation, so any reviews of Smackdown, RAW, or ECW from the past week. I may return it, but I can't promise anything. Please don't classify this as "bumping" or "spamming" plz. :$
 
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Friday Night Smackdown
April 20, 2007

Smackdown kicks off with a video package from last weeks Number One Contenders Match for the World Heavyweight Championship featuring Kane versus Batista...

Friday Night Smackdown - April 13th, 2007:
...Batista can't believe it and puts Kane's head between his legs before he lifts him up and CONNECTS WITH A BATISTA BOMB! Batista is about to cover...BUT THE LIGHTS GO OUT! Nobody knows what the hell is going on, and when the lights come back on, both Kane and Batista are down and out on the ground! The referee, confused, has no choice but to begin counting them both out! He reaches 8 before Batista starts to regain consciousness, and just before Batista can pick himself up, the referee reaches 10... and the match is declared a draw! Batista gets up and can't believe the announcement by ring announcer Justin Roberts and gives Kane a Batista Bomb for good measure as Cole and JBL wonder what happened to the two men. Smackdown then fades to black.
"Rise Up 2006" by Drowning Pool then plays as Smackdown's opening video plays. After the opening pyro the fans give out a few rowdy cheers as "I Walk Alone" plays, with the "Animal" Batista making his way down the ring. Dave is dressed in a suit, not looking like he's going to compete here tonight. He keeps his shades on his head and gives some of the fans high fives as he passes by, not really acknowledging them. He grabs the microphone from Justin Roberts and waits for the crowd's cheers to die down before he begins.

Batista rubs his chin before thinking about what to say, wanting to make his words stick out loud and clear. He says that he's had about enough of the bullshit that Kane and the Undertaker have pulled out on him for two straight weeks. First, he's screwed out of the title, then, he's screwed out of the number one contendership spot. He's had enough of it, and it needs to stop before he really gets angry. Kane keeps talking about the voices in his head, but Batista says that he doesn't give a fuck if Kane had "daddy problems" when he was young. The World Heavyweight Championship deserves to be wrapped around his waist, and both those two have screwed him out of it, now he wants them to pay.

"Slow Chemical" plays next as the 'Big Red Machine' Kane makes his way down the ring. He ignores doing his signature turnbuckle pyro and gets a microphone handed to him by a production crew worker. He walks around the ring with Batista giving him a confused look before he begins by saying that he's "sorry". Kane says that the voices wanted him to have his brother come out and help him win the match, but he didn't want to win that way. Batista interrupts him and asks him who the "voices" are, and Kane says that he doesn't know. Batista, clearly getting frustrated, tells Kane that he doesn't care what the voices said, he's been screwed by them (Kane and Undertaker) for too long, and that he's gonna take some action right now. Batista then drops his microphone and makes his way over to Kane, but "McMillant" hits just in time to save Kane, as Smackdown General Manager Teddy Long comes down to some small cheers.

He tells Batista that he has gotten the short end of the stick in these past couple of weeks, so that's why at Backlash he'll be getting a chance to let out his anger when he faces Kane and The Undertaker in a Triple Threat Match for the World Heavyweight Championship. Batista smiles as Long continues, telling Batista that he can get some of that anger out on them tonight because he's going to have to find a partner to team up with him to take on the Brother's of Destruction in a tag-team match, with the winning team being able to pick the losing teams opponents next week on Smackdown. Batista then decides to not attack Kane, instead smiling and nodding his head as Smackdown goes to commercial.

{Commercial}

Smackdown comes back on air with the tag-team of Deuce and Domino already inside of the ring. They talk a little bit of strategy as "Hey You" plays and the WWE Tag-Team Champions, Paul London and Brian Kendrick make their way down the ring, sprinting. They do their backflips off the top ropes and hand the referee their tag-team championships, but just before the match can get underway, "Rule Brittiana!" plays, with The Bluebloods, William Regal and Dave Taylor make their way down the ring. Instead of entering the ring, however, the two go over to the announcers booth and do some guest commentary with Michael Cole and JBL. The match is then begun.

The match between the two teams is highly one sided in favor of Londrick, with the finish coming when Kendrick has Deuce in the Sliced Bread #2 position, and just before he can run up and connect with the finisher, the Bluebloods come in and take out the WWE Tag-Team Champions, giving them the win by Disqualification at 5:21. Regal continues to pound down on Kendrick while Taylor takes London. The champs put up a decent battle until Deuce and Domino help out the Bluebloods, then it becomes a four on two assault. London and Kendrick are hopeless when Taylor goes outside and grabs the WWE Tag-Team Titles and tosses them inside of the ring. He has Domino keep London up in a vertical position as he STRIKES HIM WITH THE TAG-TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS! He then hands the other title to Regal who STRIKES KENDRICK WITH THE OTHER BELT! London and Kendrick are both busted up now, with the four men believing their job is done, toss the tag-team titles at the champions, who are getting treated by the referee as we go backstage.

***

The Miz is the man who is shown on the television screen, trying to hook up with a few beautiful women, with none of them looking that interested in the Miz. He tries to impress them by saying that he's on a winning streak, but then one of the girls reminds him that it's only been one match against a guy in the crowd. They all then leave saying that they aren't interested in him, which makes the Miz a little upset. He then is about to walk away when he is caught up by Todd Grisham who tries to interview him a little bit. The Miz asks Grisham what he wants, and Todd says that he has an upcoming match tonight against Scotty 2 Hotty, and what his thoughts are on his opponent. The Miz says that Scotty 2 Hotty shouldn't even be classified in the same league as the Miz, let alone wrestle in a match with him. The Miz says he's had pieces of crap that wrestle better then Scotty. The Miz then says that Scotty is nothing but a loser, just like Rey Mysterio.

Grisham reminds The Miz that Mysterio did win the World Heavyweight Championship a little more then a year ago, but the Miz tells him that's only because he wasn't wrestling him for the title. The Miz says that he's the future of the business, and that little midgets like Mysterio are the guys that will be telling their grandchildren that they wrestled in the same company as the greatest wrestler ever, The Miz. The Miz then says that next week he will be holding a special MizTV show, so if Mysterio wants to give him a piece of his mind, do it next week. Now, he has a match to win. The Miz then walks off as Smackdown goes to another commercial break.

{Commercial}

"Reality" hits as The Miz makes his way down the ring, to a little louder amount of jeers this week. The Miz walks down the ring and sees a group of fans there wearing Rey Mysterio shirts and makes an "L" on his forehead with his fingers, telling them that they are losers. The Miz then enters the ring as he waits for his opponent. "Turn It Up" plays next as the Miz's opponent, Scotty 2 Hotty makes his way down the ring. He gives the crowd some high fives before he makes his way inside of the ring, savoring every moment of the fans that he can. Scotty then enters the ring as the bell is rung and the match is started.

The match, must like last week, is a total squash match from the get go. The Miz overpowers the cruiserweight with some clotheslines and shoulder thrusts before he lands the Mizard of Oz and covers Scotty for the three academically at 2:39. After the match, The Miz grabs Scotty by the head and throws him out of the ring so he can taunt inside of the ring himself. Cole and JBL then play up the cocky superstar's now 2 and 0 record since redebuting on Smackdown, with them then going backstage to Todd Grisham, who's with the Belfast Brawler Finlay.

***

Grisham asks Finlay about his upcoming match against Mr. Money In The Bank, Mr. Kennedy, for Kennedy's briefcase. Finlay says that he shouldn't even be fighting for the briefcase, he should already have it after how close he was at Wrestlemania. Grisham asks Finlay his strategy going into the match, and the fighting Irishman says that he's going to go out there, teach Kennedy a little something about respect, win the briefcase, and cash it in at Judgment Day. Finlay is about to leave, but bumps into the man that he will be facing in a short while, Mr. Kennedy. Kennedy is chewing his gum ferociously with his Money in the Bank briefcase in his hand. He tells Finlay that he must have had one too many at the bar before he came because there is no way that a guy as old as Finlay is can beat a guy as in great of shape as Mister Money in the Bank himself. Finlay tells Kennedy better watch his mouth because he doesn't have the skill to back it up, but Kennedy instead laughs at Finlay before saying that when he does win his first ever World Championship Finlay will be able to say that he helped pave the road for Mister....Kennedy. Finlay then walks away and Kennedy says "Kennedy" a second time. Smackdown then goes to commercial.

{Commercial}

Smackdown comes back on air with a man inside of the ring with a beautiful woman by his side. He tells his girlfriend that this place is a dump, which the crowd boos him with. He says that he doesn't think even 5 percent of the people in here have an IQ above 20, and each of them are probably cousins with each other. The crowd boos the man as his girlfriend lays one nice kiss on his cheek, which the man gives a cocky smirk at. He announces himself as Johnny Jeter, and that his girlfriends name is Maryse. They both leave the ring and walk over to a small child, no older then 8 years, and notice that he has a Batista shirt on. Johnny asks the kid who his favorite wrestler is, and the kid replies with Batista. Johnny asks why, but before he lets the kid answer, he pulls the microphone away from him and says probably because Batista reminds the kid of himself; a big, blubbering idiot. Jeter laughs as he enters the ring, now ready to make his debut.

"Gonna Punch Someone Tonight" plays as Smackdown's resident *******, Jimmy Wang Yang makes his way down the ring. Yang gets a small group of cheers and enters the ring as the match begins. The match is a competitive first contest for the rookie Jeter, who spends most of the match on the offensive side of things, just not being able to put Wang Yang away. The finish comes when Jeter attempts a superplex but Yang pushes him down before setting up for the Yang Time. Yang goes for the moonsault but... crashes and burns! Jeter quickly goes over to Yang and locks in a half nelson choke... and Yang almost taps instantly at 7:21! Jeter is successful in his debut, with Maryse entering the ring and giving her boyfriend a congratualtory kiss. Jeter smirks again, before taking the microphone from announcer Justin Roberts and saying that what he did there should be a message to anyone in the Cruiserweight Division. Johnny Jeter is here, and he's going to become the quickest person ever to win a title in the WWE. He then spits at Yang's feet, who is still trying to recover from the half nelson choke, as the duo leave the ring and Smackdown goes backstage.

***

We see King Booker along with his wife, Queen Sharmell, walking backstage to their dressing rooms. Booker unlocks the door and opens it to see Matt Hardy sitting in his chair. Booker immediately goes ballistic, asking Hardy how the hell he got in his room. Matt says that he had someone close to Booker open it for him. Booker asks who the hell he is talking about, and then a man taps Booker on the shoulder, causing the King to turn around and bump into The Boogeyman! The Boogeyman laughs maniacally before shoving a handful of worms in his mouth, which Booker proceeds to tell him to get the hell out of his dressing room. Boogey leaves and Booker turns his attention back to Hardy.

He asks Hardy what the hell he wants, and Hardy says that Booker gave him a minor concussion last week, and now that he is fully healed, he wants a match against Booker next week. Booker laughs at Hardy, saying that he has no intentions on fighting Matt since they are even. Matt threatened to take out his queen so Booker gave him a concussion. He does not want to waste his time on Matt anymore, as he has more important things to focus on. Matt gets up and starts walking to the door, but just before he leaves he says that he will get his one on one match with Booker, whether Booker wants to or not. Smackdown then cuts to a commercial break.

{Commercial}

Smackdown comes back on air with a video package promoting the WWE Draft, which is going to occur in just 10 days on a special three hour edition of RAW. Champions, friends, enemies, tag-teams, brothers, all can be separated or united when the draft happens on RAW at a special starting time of 8/7 central.

We are then backstage yet again, this time with the Cruiserweight Champion Chavo Guerrero. Chavo looks all dolled up, about to leave in a limousine, when Gregory Helms comes running and slaps on the window, wanting Chavo to roll it down. Chavo asks his good friend what he wants, and Helms says that he just got news from Teddy Long. Chavo asks him what the news was, and Helms says he pulled a few strings, and Helms got himself a title match. Chavo gets out of the limo and asks Helms if he's serious, and Helms nods his head. Chavo rubs his hands together, knowing that the two of them become one of the most powerful tag-teams of all time. Chavo asks him what his plan is to beat Benoit for the title next week, but Helms interrupts him by saying that he doesn't have a United States Title Shot.

Chavo then thanks him for getting them a tag-team title match against London and Kendrick, but Helms said he didn't get a WWE Tag-Team Championship shot either. Chavo gasps and says that he's getting the biggest match of his career against the World Heavyweight Champion the Undertaker? Helms shakes his head, saying that he got a Cruiserweight Championship match against Chavo, one on one. Chavo yells at Helms, telling him that he has to go back and forfeit the title match. Helms says that Teddy already signed it for next week with a fifteen minute time limit. Chavo kicks the door and says that he better just lay down next week otherwise this partnership will be no more. Helms says he's gonna bring all that he's got, and Chavo gets back into his limo, pissed, before driving off.

***

"Turn Up The Trouble" plays as Mr. Money In The Bank, Mr. Kennedy makes his way down the ring, ready for his match against Finlay with his Money in the Bank contract on the line. He grabs the microphone and announces himself as a future World Heavyweight Champion from the greatest city in the world, Green Bay, Wisconsin. "Lambeg" plays next and the Belfast Brawler Finlay with his signature shillelagh in his hand. Finlay looks determined here tonight to take the Money in the Bank briefcase and become something he's never been before his great career - a World Champion. He drops the shillelagh by his corner as the match begins.

The two put on a very compeititve twelve minute match, with Finlay using the No-Disqualification rule for him to his advantage. He gets a few near falls after a Rolling Hills and big boot, but then Kennedy starts getting the advantage by getting out of a headlock with a whip off the ropes and a kick to the gut. The finish comes when Finlay, trying to use the No-DQ stipulation again, attempts a shillelagh shot to the head of Kennedy, who ducks the shot, before connecting with a roundhouse kick to the head! Kennedy then picks Finlay up and places him on his shoulders, looking to land the Green Bay Plunge and...CONNECTS! Kennedy then covers Finlay for the win at 12:45 to retain his Money in the Bank briefcase. Kennedy immediately goes to the outside and grabs his briefcase then announces himself as the winner outside of the ring, not wanting to go back inside with Finlay. Finlay is laying inside of the ring, trying to recover from the Green Bay Plunge, as Smackdown goes to commercial.

{Commercial}

Smackdown comes back on air with Montel Vontavious Porter inside of Teddy Long's office. He's pleading with Long to give him a match against Benoit next week for the United States Championship, and Long says that while he has pinned him in a tag team and singles match, he still needs one more impressive win by Smackdowns richest superstar to see if he's worthy of a title match. MVP says he'll take anyone as long as he gets his title match against that piece of trash Benoit. Long says that he might wanna be a little nicer to Benoit, and MVP asks why, which Long replies by saying because Benoit is gonna be his tag-team partner next week when they take on the WWE Tag-Team Champions, Paul London and Brian Kendrick, and if MVP wins, he'll get his title shot against Benoit in the near future. MVP smiles and agrees to that before leaving Long's office as Smackdown goes back out to the arena.

***

"Slow Chemical" plays first as the Big Red Machine, Kane makes his way down the ring. Kane has a crazy look on his face, presumably the voices talking to him, then comes into the ring and does his usual turnbuckle pyro as he waits for his partner and brother to make his way down. "Rest in Peace" hits next as the current World Heavyweight Champion, The Undertaker makes his way down the ring, slowly. The Undertaker does his usual pre-match actions before the Brothers of Destruction wait for their opponents. "I Walk Alone" plays next as the Animal, Batista, makes his way down the ring. He does his normal pyro and stays out of the ring as he waits for his partner. "Whatever" plays and the current United States Champion, Chris Benoit makes his way down the ring to a good handful of cheers. Batista and Benoit shake hands before they both enter the ring with the match beginning.

Kane begins for his team, while Batista insists on starting for his team. The two have some good exchanges until Batista drives Kane into the turnbuckle and tags in Benoit. For the next few minutes we get some good in ring action from all four of these men, until we get to the finish where Benoit tags in Batista as he gets on the top rope. Batista whips Kane off the ropes and connects with a devastating SPINEBUSTER before Benoit hops off the top turnbuckle with a DIVING HEADBUTT. Benoit then goes and takes out the Undertaker as Batista lands a Batista Bomb and pins Kane at 11:58 to win the tag-team match! Batista is very, very excited for his win, quickly dumping Kane out of the ring before giving his tag-team partner a big bear hug. The two then shake hands and raise them up in the air as Kane and the Undertaker look at each other with some tension in the air as Smackdown fades to black.

Quick Results:
Paul London & Brian Kendrick def. Deuce & Domino by DQ @ 5:21
The Miz def. Scotty 2 Hotty @ 2:39
Johnny Jeter def. Jimmy Wang Yang @ 7:21
Mr. Kennedy def. Finlay to retain his Money in the Bank Briefcase @ 12:45
Batista & Chris Benoit def. The Brothers of Destruction @ 11:58


Backlash:
When:
April 29, 2007
Where: Philips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia
Official Theme: Bring Me To Life - Evanescence

Singles Match for the WWE Championship:
John Cena (c) vs. Shawn Michaels

Singles Match for the Intercontinental Championship:
Umaga (c) vs. Carlito

Singles Match for the ECW Heavyweight Championship:
Bobby Lashley (c) vs. Rob Van Dam

Triple Threat Match for the World Heavyweight Championship:
The Undertaker (c) vs. Batista vs. Kane

Ladder Match for the Number One Contendership of WWE Championship:
Edge vs. Jeff Hardy

Debut of "The Killers Korner"
Featuring host Randy Orton & Johnathan Coachman's hand selected guest

More to be announced.
 
#29 ·
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First time reviewing this thread, and I'm glad to have gotten some info on what went down on the main event, helped me be not as clueless.

I'm not too sure if I liked the cursing in the opening promo. "Bullshit" I'm alright with, but "fuck" not as much, I just don't see it as something you can get away with as easily. Nevertheless, a solid recap that gave me a good feel about what was going on, with both men playing their roles well. Batista was convincing as the pissed-off guy wanting the World Title after being screwed, and although the description for Kane wasn't as great, it still introduced me to Kane and his voices, which is good to know. Teddy was biased towards the big man again (he's always favored Batista, true facts), but the Triple Threat for the belt at Backlash sounds like it'll be a powerful match. The main event between tonight sounds great, especially with the stipulation it comes with, and I'm looking forward to finding out who Batista's partner'll be. Good intro here.

We really got nothing of the match, except that DnD were getting jobbed out, something I don't mind. Still, would've liked to have seen more. The Blueblood's assault was pretty brutal and drove their feud with the Tag Champs well, and them being busted open was a nice touch to make it seem a little more intense. Looking forward to London and Kendrick getting some payback for it.

Pretty funny stuff with Miz getting rejected, and more info for me to take in here as well. Good interview as well, Miz really making himself looking like a big deal, and some harsh words against Scotty and Rey. I'm not expecting too much from Miz/Scotty, but MizTV on the other hand, sounds like it'll be a great segment.

For some reason, I really don't see Miz bieng the type of guy to squash people, but you're pushing him, so I guess it works. In any case, his taunting Rey fans was a great touch to get heat and progress his feud with Rey. Next week's MizTV should be a great segment to really put him over.

Kennedy was awesome here, especially the line about having one too many. Good stuff here, and I'm looking forward to the match more thanks to this segment. However, I think that the MITB defense maybe should've been held at Backlash, as it would've been a better way to put Kennedy over on a bigger stage. Unless, that's what you plan on doing, so I'll just read on and see what happens. Great segment here.

I really think Jeter and Maryse should've come out to a theme song instead of already being in the ring when this started. Anyway, Jeter went with th original heel tactics of dissing a crowd and a little kid, should've gotten some big heat for that. I think maybe his match with Jimmy should've been a little shorter, as seven minutes probably wouldn't have held the crowd's attention much for the newcomer. I like that he has a submission finisher, but maybe it should've been something that looks a little more impressive. Good win for Jeter, although he already messed up in his claim, being the quickest person to win a title. Carlito and DiBiase Jr. did that in their very first match, unless you meant quickest as in literal speed, MPH type of way.

Hmm. A Booker/Matt feud would be a great way to elevate Matt, and it seems that way. Matt's pretty driven in this case, good stuff, and Booker's the typical chickenshit heel avoiding conflict when it doesn't benefit him. Made me look forward to their match, great job here. And as for Boogeyman, maybe you should look into releasing him.

Draft special are always something to look forward to, should be big.

Awesome segment here, just awesome. I loved Chavo thinking Helms meant he'd gotten a title shot for every title other than his, hilarious stuff. The match next week should be a great one, as both can really go, and up to fifteen minutes of it? Great stuff. Definitely looking forward to it.

Didn't know the match was No DQ, maybe you should've emphasized on that during their segment. Anyway, fine match to put Kennedy over, but what I didn't like was that Finlay hit the Rollings Hills and didn't put him away, but then Kennedy hit the Green Bay Plunge for the finish. It's the same move, and you didn't say Kennedy did it from the top rope for the extra impact, unless it was implied. Anyway, good match for Kennedy to pick up some big momentum, and he didn't even use the No DQ rules, as far as we knew.

Good stuff from MVP, and once again Teddy's being biased. MVP has all the qualifications for getting a US Title Match. However, the tag match next week sounds just a little odd. Benoit's teaming with the guy that wants his title, and if they win as a team, then that guy gets the title match? If Benoit was heel, he could easily desert MVP. I doubt that's what'll happen, but it could. Either way, putting those four in the ring together should make for a great match.

Now, I'm sure that this was a great match if we'd gotten more from it, but it really didn't come off that way, especially since arguably the most important man in the match, 'Taker the World Champ, didn't do anything. And Kane, he didn't really fare well either, might've helped to show how he got the tables turned on him. Sort of disappointing for the main event. It did really show Batista's passion for wanting the title back, and that Benoit can have with the best, though.

Decent show, but it really lacked PPV-focus. Looking over the current card, only one match at Backlash features SmackDown!. Aside from this, it was centered more around the development of characters and wrestlers, which is perfectly fine. The matches were quick short sentences, which didn't really do much, other than the Finlay/Kennedy match. I can't said this is the best I've seen from you, but there's definitely potential there, and I'll try to help you out as much as I can to develop that potential. 7/10.
 
#30 ·
Decent show, but it really lacked PPV-focus. Looking over the current card, only one match at Backlash features SmackDown!. Aside from this, it was centered more around the development of characters and wrestlers, which is perfectly fine. The matches were quick short sentences, which didn't really do much, other than the Finlay/Kennedy match. I can't said this is the best I've seen from you, but there's definitely potential there, and I'll try to help you out as much as I can to develop that potential. 7/10.
I guess I should point out that Backlash is supposed to be a RAW only PPV, but with the storylines as they were with Cena/HBK as Tag-Team Champs, so I was a little short on talent on the RAW side of things, I had to throw an interbrand match from SD and ECW to give it more flavor. After Backlash, aside from the big four, the PPV's will rarely feature a match from the other two brands.

Didn't know the match was No DQ, maybe you should've emphasized on that during their segment. Anyway, fine match to put Kennedy over, but what I didn't like was that Finlay hit the Rollings Hills and didn't put him away, but then Kennedy hit the Green Bay Plunge for the finish. It's the same move, and you didn't say Kennedy did it from the top rope for the extra impact, unless it was implied. Anyway, good match for Kennedy to pick up some big momentum, and he didn't even use the No DQ rules, as far as we knew.
Yeah, I should've pointed out that NO-Dq was only applied for Finlay. T'was my bad.

Good stuff from MVP, and once again Teddy's being biased. MVP has all the qualifications for getting a US Title Match. However, the tag match next week sounds just a little odd. Benoit's teaming with the guy that wants his title, and if they win as a team, then that guy gets the title match? If Benoit was heel, he could easily desert MVP. I doubt that's what'll happen, but it could. Either way, putting those four in the ring together should make for a great match.
I know it sounds confusing, but over time, my plans will work out. I'm still trying to get out of the storylines they have and get into what I have planned, so the stuff my be kinda weak for now. Thanks for the review, btw.
 
#31 · (Edited)

Monday Night RAW
April 23, 2007

RAW kicks off with highlights of the tag-team match between the World Tag-Team Champions John Cena and Shawn Michaels taking on Cryme Tyme in a tag-team match. We see the champions defeat the "men from the hood" and then the aftermath between the Champs, which has Cena F-U Michaels after HBK tried to superkick him. HBK is then shown staring at Cena with an unhappy look on his face before the package ends and the normal music and video as the pyro goes off. JR and King then welcome us to the show hyping up some of the announced matches tonight, including the World Tag-Team Champions John Cena and Shawn Michaels against their final challengers before Backlash, the World's Greatest Tag-Team, Carlito's mentor Ric Flair take on Umaga inside of a steel cage, and Edge taking on another close friend of Jeff Hardy.

"Da.ngr" plays as The Great Khali along with Ranjin Singh make their way down the ring. Ranjin leads the way for Khali, who is very disliked by the crowd. Khali slowly walks down the ring and enters before grabbing a microphone from Lillian Garcia. He shouts something Indian into the mic, and Ranjin translates it by saying that Chris Benoit shouldn't even show up here tonight. Benoit knows that he's in over his head and that he should save himself the pain and embarassment by not coming out here and just letting The Great Khali win by count-out. The two then wait and believe that Benoit isn't going to show until "Whatever" hits and the United States Champion Chris Benoit makes his way down the ring. Benoit raises his United States Championship up in the air as he enters the ring before the match begins.

The match, despite Benoit being as good as he is, is heavily one sided for Khali. Khali uses his strength to overpower Benoit, who tries to be like the rabid wolverine that he is and fight back. After minutes of headwork by Khali, he whips Benoit off the ropes and hits him with a big boot! Khali then picks him back up and delivers a headbutt to the skull of Benoit! Khali then puts his hand up in the air and gets ready for the brain chop, but Benoit, despite all the work done to his head, sees Khali's hand and puts his hands up, catching Khali's hand before Khali can hit the brain chop. Khali tries to use his immense strength to overpower Benoit and hit it, but Benoit, being the crafty veteran he is, grabs Khali's hand and puts it under his legs before locking him in the CRIPPLER CROSSFACE! Khali, never have been locked in the hold, doesn't know what to do, but his crafty mouthpiece grabs Khali by his enormous foot and places it on the bottom rope, FORCING A ROPE BREAK!

The referee notices this and pulls Benoit off of Khali, who can't believe that Khali got his foot on the bottom rope. Benoit asks the referee why he pulled him off, and the referee points at the foot on the bottom rope. Benoit then goes over to Ranjin and shouts something at him, which gives Khali some time to recooperate from the crossface. Benoit turns around and starts pounding on Khali's head, not wanting him to get back into a vertical position, and then again tries for the crossface... but Khali gets near the ropes before Benoit can fully lock it in! Benoit, looking almost more pissed off then usual, stomps on the gut and head of Khali before using a great deal of strength to drag his foot to the middle of the ring. Benoit immediately goes over to the top rope and attempts the diving headbutt and... LANDS IT! Benoit's quickly puts an arm over Khali's enormous body for a cover... but RANJIN PULLS THE REFEREE OUT AT TWO AND A HALF! Benoit notices this and goes over and brings the referee back in, but once he turns around... he is met with a BRAIN CHOP! Khali quickly gets down to a knee and covers Benoit for the win at 8:20 for the Punjabi Nightmare!

The crowd gives Khali some big heat for the cheap way in which he defeated the respected veteran of Benoit, who is feeling the after effects of the Brain Chop. Khali looks down at his beaten opponent and laughs as he pushes him out of the ring with his foot. Ranjin re-enters the ring and the two raise their hands in celebration while Benoit tries to recover on the outside. We then cut backstage to Todd Grisham who's with the Rated-R Superstar, Edge.

***

Grisham welcomes everybody before he jumps right at it and asks Edge why he has to keep taking out close friends of his Backlash opponent Jeff Hardy with a con-chair-to after every match. Edge tells Todd that, since Jeff Hardy is incapable of wrestling until Backlash, he's gonna make sure he takes out his rage on the ones close to Jeff so he feels their pain. Grisham asks Edge what he thinks of his opponent at Backlash, and Edge replies by saying that Jeff is like the best player on the JV Basketball team and I'm the best player on the Varsity Basketball team, he's better then most, but he's not the better then everyone like I am. Jeff is better then most at ladder matches, but I'm better then everyone at ladder matches. My name is associated with ladder matches like Jeff Hardy's name is associated with drugs. So I see this ladder match as one more step I'll climb until I have the WWE Championship around my hands. Jeff has never won in the big match situations, I have. Jeff has never won a World Title, I have. Jeff isn't going to win the ladder match, I am. Edge then leaves as RAW goes to commercial.

{Commercial}

We are backstage, in what appears to be a locker-room, where we see Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin, the World's Greatest Tag-Team, getting ready for their match tonight. Benjamin tells Charlie that tonight is their night to shine. All of the other teams had their chance to get the World Tag-Team Championships and failed, and now it's their turn. They have to stay focused, go out with no regrets, and let Cena and Michaels beat themselves. Charlie nods his head as the duo walk out of the locker-room as the camera's cut back to the arena.

***

"Virtual VooDoo" hits as the Samoan Bulldozer Umaga along with his manager Armando Alejandro Estrada make their way down the ring. The Intercontinental Champion has the title inside of his mouth as he makes his way down the ring, and once he enters the cage he hands the belt to Estrada. Umaga gets a nice feel for the steel cage, testing the strength of each side by pulling and watching them somewhat shake. "Also Sprach Zarathustra" plays next as the Nature Boy Ric Flair along with Umaga's challenger at Backlash Carlito make their way down the ring. Once Ric makes it to right outside of the cage, he gives Carlito a hug, who wishes him good luck, and enters the ring, trapping himself with the vicious monster inside of the cage. The referee rings the bell and the match begins!

Flair and Umaga look around at the steel cage before they lock eyes at each other, Umaga with a toothy grin on his face while Flair with a "what the hell did I get myself into" look. The match allows for pinfalls and submissions to be made inside of the ring, but Flair seems intent on getting out of the cage alive. Umaga holds the advantage early in the match, using the cage as a weapon by throwing Flair against each wall of the cage before landing a Samoan Drop in the middle of the ring. Umaga may have been able to pick up the win there, but Estrada tells Umaga to give more pain to Flair, so he does by grinding his face against the cage! Estrada then instructs Umaga to place Umaga between the ropes and hit the Samoan Wrecking Ball. Umaga obliges, and LANDS THE SAMOAN WRECKING BALL DRIVING FLAIR'S BACK INTO THE CAGE! Umaga lets out a huge smile as he sees that FLAIR IS BUSTED OPEN!

Flair looks like a helpless person, and with Umaga believeing the damage he wanted to do being done, he starts to make a walk towards the door which is opened. Carlito looks on with agony as he tries to encourage his mentor to get up and win, but Flair looks to be a lost cause. Umaga is just a few steps away from the door, and once he gets one foot out, Estrada comes over with a chair and tells Umaga something before we see Umaga go back inside of the ring to give Flair more damage! The crowd boos Umaga for not just coming out and ending this massacre, but Umaga seems to zone out of the boos, as he throws the chair down in the middle of the ring and pulls Flair by his now bleach red hair right on top of the chair. Umaga puts Flair's head in between the chair before running off the ropes and attempting a body splash... BUT FLAIR GETS OUT OF THE WAY IN TIME! Umaga's body crashes hard onto the mat as Flair looks to get to the advantage.

Umaga slowly gets back to his feet as Flair gets the chair off of his head. Umaga walks over to Flair, who is only up thanks to the ropes, and gets met with a LOW BLOW by Flair! Umaga bends over in pain now and Flair takes advantage by driving Umaga's head straight into the cage! Flair then decides that it's time to make his way up the cage but just as he's about to get to the top of it Umaga pulls him back down. For the next few minutes we get some nice back and forth action between the two until we get to the finish with Flair locking Umaga in the figure-four. Umaga is showing a weakside and is screaming relentlessly in pain with Flair showing no remorse. Umaga is seconds away from tapping but delivers some hard fists to the open wound of Flair just in time for him to release the hold. Flair gets off of Umaga and goes over to the chair that Umaga brought in and looks to be swinging the fences for it, patiently waiting for Umaga to get up. Umaga slowly gets up on the otherside, oblivious to Flair holding the steel chair. Estrada comes over and yells something at Umaga, and once Umaga turns around he delivers a SUPERKICK TO THE CHAIR FLAIR WAS HOLDING, KNOCKING THE NATURE BOY OUT! Umaga grabs Flair by the hair and screams in the air before landing a Samoan Spike on Flair! Umaga then covers Flair for the win at 13:28!

Umaga, having been taking to the limit by the Nature Boy, is very relieved that the match is done with. The cage is quickly raised as Carlito comes in and checks on Flair, who's face is a bloody mess. Armando Estrada comes in and gets Umaga out of the ring, wanting him to get out and rest up for Backlash. Carlito helps Flair up and Flair uses Carlito as a support to keep him up as he slowly makes his way to the back with cheers from the crowd. RAW then goes to a commercial break.

{Commercial}

RAW comes back on air with a video package promoting the draft. It says that the draft is going to be here in just 7 days. Anyone can be moved, and you won't want to miss it in seven days time.

***

"Sexy Boy" plays as RAW comes back to the arena with the Heart Break Kid, Shawn Michaels, who is making his way down the ring for his upcoming tag-team match against the World's Greatest Tag-Team. Shawn gives the crowd some high fives as he enters the ring with the World Tag-Team Championship wrapped around his waist. He hops around in the middle of the ring before he flexes and his pyro goes off. "The Time is Now" blares throughout the arena next as the other half of the World Tag-Team Champions and WWE Champion John Cena makes his way down the ring. JR and King talk about the animosity between the Champions, with Michaels superkicking Cena two weeks ago after a tag-team match and Cena delivering an F-U after a tag-team match last week. Cena seems calm as he enters the ring, only for him to get tenser as he enters and bumps into Shawn. Cena purposely goes to the top rope and shows off both of his titles to the crowd, which, for the most part, gets booed at, with the crowd knowing what John is trying to do. The two then keep their distance as they wait for their tag-team partners.

"World's Greatest" is the last to play as Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas, The World's Greatest Tag-Team make their way down the ring, confident in their chance to earn a World Tag-Team Championship title shot here tonight. They give each other a two handed high five before they slide into the ring and wait for the match to begin.

The match is the toughest that the Champions have faced of the four teams that have been placed against them in the past few weeks, with Benjamin and Haas collecting many close nearfalls in the first few minutes, only for Cena and HBK to kick out of every one with a little more difficulty then the last. The match looked to be near an end at the 6 minute mark after Benjamin and Haas hit the Superkick/German Suplex combo on Michaels, only for Cena to show his loyalty to Shawn by entering the ring and breaking out the count at two. The finish of the match comes a couple of minutes later when Cena has Haas on his shoulders for an F-U, but Michaels comes in and looks to set up for the Sweet Chin Music, but everyone is confused as to who Michaels is going to hit it with. Cena quickly drops Haas down to his feet and walks over to Shawn wondering what the hell he is doing, with them almost having the match won. The two butt heads and lose their focus, and suddenly Benjamin enters the ring and takes out HBK as HAAS ROLLS CENA UP FOR THE WIN AT 7:49! Cena and Michaels look at each other in shock, which quickly turns to anger as each blames the other for the loss. Benjamin and Haas, on the otherhand, quickly exit the ring and celebrate what might have been their fluke victory, knowing that a World Tag-Team Championship shot will be theirs soon.

Cena is handed his WWE and World Tag-Team Championship, while Michaels gets handed his title, but the two never take their eyes off of each other. Michaels throws the championship around his shoulder while Cena wraps the World Tag-Team Championship around his waist and holds the WWE Championship in his hand. The two get within inches of each other, with them mouthing words that we can't comprehend. After a few seconds of talking they stop and Cena raises his title in the air, with both of them staring at it, then each other. Michaels then cracks out a grin as he slaps Cena in the face! CENA RETALIATES WITH SOME RIGHT HANDS AND A BRAWL IS BROKEN OUT! The two take it to the ground and start rolling around in the ring, still delivering punches to each other. Security eventually makes their way out and breaks up the brawl before it really gets nasty, but everyone gets the picture, the WWE Championship is what they are dying to capture, and they'll kill each other to get it. The two continue to stay broken up as RAW goes to commercial.

{Commercial}

RAW comes back on air and we see The World's Greatest Tag-Team celebrating their victory from a few minutes ago. They are seen talking about how they hit the moves that they hit when they bump into RAW Interim-General Manager Jonathan Coachman. Coachman congratulates them both on the win and tells them that since they defeated Shawn Michaels and John Cena here tonight, at Backlash, they will take on John Cena and Shawn Michaels for the World Tag-Team Championships. Benjamin and Haas look at each other with huge grins on their faces, knowing how big of an oppertunity they have in six days. They then walk off and Coachman continues to walk before he bumps into the Legend Killer, Randy Orton.

Coachman tells Randy that he's just the guy Coachman was looking for. Orton tells him to cut the crap and says that he demands that he finds out who his guest is for his first edition of the Killers Korner right now. Coachman laughs and tells Randy that he will find out the same time that everyone else does. Orton doesn't seem to be in the laughing mood and tells Coachman that he better let him know. Coachman says that he won't tell him who his guest will be, but he will give him a hint. The hint is that the man has previously wrestled in both the WWE and WCW and is a former World Champion. Coachman then leaves and Randy looks on as RAW goes back out to the arena.

***

"Masterpiece" is heard as The Masterpiece, Chris Masters makes his way down the ring. Masters is dressed to compete, with his opponent already inside of the ring. His opponent is Rodrigo who is billed from Puerto Rico. JR and King try to build Rodrigo up by saying that he was a former World Heavyweight Champion in his homeland of Puerto Rico, but nobody is buying that he can beat Masters. Masters rubs his hands as he makes his way down the ring, knowing that this will most likely be a quick match. Turns out, he was right. After a minute or two of brawling by Masters, he locks in the Masterlock and defeats Rodrigo by knockout at 2:48. Masters continues to hold in the lock even after his win before he throws Rodrigo down to the mat and makes his way to the back as RAW goes to commercial.

{Commercial}

RAW comes back on air and we hear JR and King promote the RAW matches for Backlash. They start with the Intercontinental Championship match between the Samoan Bulldozer Umaga and Carlito. They then move onto the ladder match for the number one contendership to the WWE Championship between Edge and Jeff Hardy, before they go to the World Tag-Team Championship Match between Champions John Cena and Shawn Michaels against the Worlds Greatest Tag-Team. They finally end with the big one, the WWE Championship match featuring John Cena and Shawn Michaels. Once they are done, they wait for the main event.

"Metalingus" plays as the Rated-R Superstar, Edge makes his way down the ring for his upcoming match against another close friend of Jeff Hardy. Edge has a smirk on his face, believing in every word that he said in his interview a few minutes ago. He makes his way up the steps and enters the ring as he waits for his opponent to come down the ring. "Live For The Moment" hits next as Jeff's brother, Matt Hardy makes his way down the ring. JR and King remind us of the history between these two over Lita cheating on Matt and siding with Edge, with them then talking about the hate that these two had against each other, with it boiling up tonight. Matt doesn't take his eyes off of Edge, knowing that Edge will try to take him out at no stops. Matt enters and does his normal ring taunts before the bell rings and the match is underway!

The two lock up in the middle of the ring with a collar-and-elbow tie up, looking to wrestle this match straight up, until Edge rakes the eyes of Hardy, taking the early advantage. Edge uses dirty tactics early in the match and tries to end it after an Edge-O-Matic, but Matt kicks out at two. Edge again tries to end the match after a missle dropkick, but Matt once again kicks out at two. Edge starts to get frustrated and stands on Matt's face, using the ropes for leverage! Matt is seen screaming in pain, with his face turning a dark purple, unitil Edge lets go of the ropes at a four count from referee Mike Chioda. Edge whips Hardy and tries to take him out with a spear, but Hardy sidesteps it and Edge slides against the canvas!

Hardy keeps the advantage for the next few minutes, attacking the head of Edge with a DDT and a forearm smash to the temple. Matt eventually goes to the top rope and lands a diving elbow to the head of Edge, with Edge looking dazed and confused. Matt continues to pound on Edge's head, holding nothing back, until we get to the finish where we see Matt attempt a Twist of Fate, only for Edge to push Matt into the referee, taking him out! Matt looks at the referee to see if he's okay, while Edge pulls out some BRASS KNUCKLES from his tights. Matt turns around to see Edge and GETS NAILED WITH A BRASS KNUCKLES SHOT! Edge tries to revive the referee, wanting to steal a victory, and once the referee starts moving, Edge covers Matt for the count with the referee slowly making the count...BUT MATT KICKS OUT AT A TWO! Edge can't believe it and quickly gets ready for a spear...AND LANDS IT! Edge then covers Matt for the win at 15:20!

Edge quickly jumps up and celebrates his victory until he looks around the ring and notices Matt is still down from the spear. Edge quickly leaves the ring and grabs two steel chairs from under the ring. He tosses them into the ring and re-enters, looking to take out Matt. Edge stomps on Hardy a couple of times to assure that he is down, then places one of the chairs under Matt's head and grabs ahold of the other one. Edge grabs the chair and holds it up in the air, showing a insane grin on his face, then... the chair is pulled out of his hands... BY JEFF HARDY! Edge turns around and sees Hardy with the chair in his hands, and quickly makes a run to one of the exits in the ring. The crowd gives Edge some major heat as Jeff helps his brother up and gives him a hug before Jeff looks at Edge and mouths 'this Sunday'. Edge quickly storms to the back as RAW fades to black.

Quick Results:
The Great Khali def. Chris Benoit @ 8:20
Umaga def. Ric Flair @ 13:28
The World's Greatest Tag-Team def. John Cena and Shawn Michaels @ 7:49
Chris Masters def. Rodrigo @ 2:48
Edge def. Matt Hardy @ 15:20


Backlash:
When:
April 29, 2007
Where: Philips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia
Official Theme: Bring Me To Life - Evanescence

Singles Match for the WWE Championship:
John Cena (c) vs. Shawn Michaels

Singles Match for the Intercontinental Championship:
Umaga (c) vs. Carlito

Singles Match for the ECW Heavyweight Championship:
Bobby Lashley (c) vs. Rob Van Dam

Triple Threat Match for the World Heavyweight Championship:
The Undertaker (c) vs. Batista vs. Kane

Ladder Match for the Number One Contendership of WWE Championship:
Edge vs. Jeff Hardy

Tag-Team Match for the World Tag-Team Championships:
John Cena & Shawn Michaels (c) vs. The World's Greatest Tag-Team (Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin)

Debut of "The Killers Korner"
Featuring host Randy Orton & Johnathan Coachman's hand selected guest

More to be announced.
 
#32 ·

ECW on Sci-Fi
April 24, 2007

ECW begins with a video recap of last weeks main event between CM Punk and Rob Van Dam...

Punk covers RVD for the win...1...2...KICKOUT! Punk can't believe it and picks RVD up and drives him back first into the turnbuckle! Punk then places RVD on the top rope in a seated position and puts him in a superplex position...BUT RVD PUSHES HIM OFF THE TURNBUCKLE! RVD QUICKLY GETS TO HIS FEET AND LANDS THE FIVE-STAR FROG SPLASH ON THE LAYING PUNK! RVD covers Punk for the win... 1...2...3!!! RVD wins with the Five-Star Frog Splash at the 15:23 mark.
"One of a Kind" plays as number one contender to the ECW World Heavyweight Championship, Rob Van Dam, makes his way down the ring to some huge cheers from the crowd, having a very pleased look on his face. He has one of his shirts on which reads "The Whole F'n Show!" Van Dam enters the ring and is handed a microphone as he begins. He first says that CM Punk gave him a heck of a challenge last week in the final of the elimination chase, but now he has to focus on the most important thing to him, the ECW World Heavyweight Championship, and the guy holding the thing that he wants, Bobby Lashley. He says that he knows all about the accomplishments that Lashley has had, from the amateur wrestling championships to everything here in the WWE, but the one thing Lashley hasn't accomplished yet is beating me, Rob Van Dam, on pay-per-view. Lashley may be able to brag how he's defeated everyone that's been thrown at him, but until he beats me at a pay-per-view, he's nothing more then a chump.

"Hell Will Be Callin Your Name" plays as the ECW World Heavyweight Champion, Bobby Lashley comes out and makes his way down the aisle. Lashley is dressed in his wrestling gear, with the ECW World Heavyweight Championship wrapped around his waist. Lashley, due to his lack of charisma inside of the ring, doesn't say much, only talking about how he's beaten everyone from seven foot giants to former world champions to 350 pound savages, so going through RVD shouldn't be tough for him. Van Dam then replies back by saying if Lashley feels so confident why doesn't Backlash show up five days early and they fight for the title right here, right now? The crowd gets excited for that announcement, but before anything happens between the two, "Crash" is heard and ECW Representative Mick Foley comes down and stands on the entrance ramp. He says that while the great city of Raleigh deserves a title match between the two right here and now, he's already made matches for the both of them tonight. Lashley and Van Dam look at each other, then Foley, wondering who their opponents are. Foley says that Lashley has looked impressive in beating the past two losers of the elimination chase, so we're going to see how he fares against the final eliminationee of the elimination chase, CM Punk, in the main event here tonight.

The crowd likes the anticipated matchup between Punk and Lashley, with Van Dam cracking a big grin, knowing that it will be a tough battle for Lashley to wear him out before Backlash, but Foley says that Van Dam will have a challenge of his own because he's taking on Hardcore Holly. Van Dam's smile quickly fades away as the two opponents at Backlash stare at each other as ECW on Sci-Fi goes to commercial.

{Commercial}

ECW comes back on air, with Van Dam still inside of the ring, presumably waiting for his match against Hardcore Holly. After a few seconds of hype from Tazz and Joey Styles, "How Do Ya Like Me Now" plays as the Alabama Slamma Hardcore Holly makes his way down the ring. Holly, pissed off like usual, sneers at the crowd before he enters the ring. He goes to the top rope and does his usual taunts before he gets ready for his match against Van Dam. The referee rings the bell and the match begins.

It is a tight matchup throughout, with Holly teasing many Alabama Slams during the time they are given, only for Van Dam to slide out of every attempt. A big spot comes mid match when Holly, having Van Dam in the Superplex position, tries to land the move, only for Van Dam to deliver some punches to the face and push him off the turnbuckle and connect with a missle dropkick to get a nearfall. After a few more minutes of battling between the two, Van Dam finishes Holly off by dodging a top rope crossbody and quickly going to the top rope and landing a Five Star Frog Splash to finish off the Alabama Slamma at 8:07.

After the match RVD goes to the top rope and does his "R-V-D" thumbs taunt, only to get JUMPED BY HARDCORE HOLLY! Holly is really pissed off that he didn't win the match, and now he's taking out his frustrations out on Van Dam! Holly starts pounding on Van Dam's back before he hoists RVD on his shoulders and WHIPS HIM HARD INTO THE GROUND, CONNECTING WITH THE ALABAMA SLAM! Van Dam holds his shoulder in pain, with Holly finally feeling like he's done enough to get himself noticed, with ECW going backstage as a referee checks up on Van Dam.

***

We see the lovely Brooke backstage, who's with the New Breed. Elijah Burke and Matt Striker are dressed to compete, getting ready for their elimination tag-team match against two members of the ECW Originals in just a few minutes. Brooke asks Burke what's on their minds going into the match, knowing that once this match is over, we may never hear of the New Breed ever again. Burke, being laid back, laughs, telling Brooke that they are two of the most in shape athletes that you will ever see in the WWE, while the Originals could be mistaken for garbage handlers. They've been fighting with the Originals for long enough, and now they want to end this charade and move onto bigger things, such as the WWE Tag-Team Championships. Brooke asks Striker what their strategy is going into the match, and Striker, being a smartass that he is, goes into detail that the mix of intelligence by Striker and athletic ability by Burke will be more then enough for them to eliminate both members that the Originals throw at them. The two then leave as ECW goes to commercial again.

{Commercial}

"Don't Waste My Time" plays as the New Breed, Elijah Burke and Matt Striker, make their way down the ring for their elimination tag-team tables match. The two look pumped, ready to eliminate the Originals for once and for all. They both quickly enter the ring and do their usual pre-game rituals as they wait for their opponents. "Boxed Man" plays next as the ECW Originals, Tommy Dreamer and The Sandman, make their way down as the opponents for Striker and Burke. Burke and Striker share smiles before the Originals enter the ring and the elimination tag-team tables match begins.

The match plays under tornado tag rules, so all four men are inside of the ring at the same time. The first elimination comes when Burke and Striker hit a suplex on Sandman, sending him through two tables at 3:23. For the next few minutes its Striker and Burke dominating Dreamer, close to sending him through a table with a DDT attempt by Striker, but Dreamer delivers some punches to the gut of Striker and delivers a DDT of his own to Striker, sending him through the table at 5:59! Burke quickly tried to surprise Dreamer and deliver a bulldog through a table, but Dreamer held his ground and pushed Burke into the ropes. For the next few minutes its a tight one until we get to the finish which has Burke laying on a table and Dreamer on the top rope. He yells to the crowd that the New Breed is "gone forever", but merely seconds before he jumps and lands a splash on Burke, MARCUS COR VON ENTERS THROUGH THE CROWD! The crowd gives the Alpha Male some huge heat, but he doesn't care. He enters the ring and starts punching the face of Dreamer, trying to stall until Burke gets off the table. The referee tries to take Cor Von off of Dreamer, but once he finally gets off, the damage is already done. Burke quickly goes over to Dreamer, who is still seated on the turnbuckle, and picks him up and delivers a POWERBOMB THROUGH THE TABLE TO END THE MATCH, AND THE ECW ORIGINALS, at 9:01.

After the match, Cor Von, Striker, and Kevin Thorn all come inside of the ring and celebrate with their leader, Burke, who has finally ended the Originals for good. Dreamer, however, hangs his head low, depressed at the result of the match, with him and his friends being split up for good now. He slowly makes his way to the back, with nobody there to console the heart of ECW. As Joey Styles and Tazz talk about all the dedication Dreamer has to ECW, we are taken backstage with Brooke, who's with CM Punk.

***

Brooke welcomes everyone before she gets right to it and asks Punk what he thinks about his challenge tonight against ECW World Heavyweight Champion Bobby Lashley. Punk says he knows he won't be going to Backlash fighting for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship, so this match is to prove a point - that he can hang with the best in ECW, and that he should be the next one in shot for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship. For him, this is his chance to shut up all the haters that think he just got signed because of what he believes in and show why in a few months you'll be hearing the words "CM Punk... ECW World Heavyweight Champion." Punk then walks away as ECW cuts to another commercial break.

{Commercial}

ECW comes back on air with a video package, which is promoting next weeks Draft. It says it will be a three our special, and that you'll want to see where your favorite superstar ends up. It'll be in full, btw.

***

We then hear "Hell Will Be Callin Your Name" along with the ECW World Heavyweight Champion, Bobby Lashley seen making his way down the ring. He points out to the crowd, with a positive response, as he slowly makes his way down. He quickly enters the ring and hands his belt to the referee as he awaits his opponent. "This Fire Burns" plays next, as the Straightedge Superstar CM Punk makes his way out of the curtain. He has his ribs shirt on and seems very pumped up about this match. He quickly makes his way down and throws his shirt into the crowd. The referee then rings the bell and the main event begins.

The match, while not as good as the spectacular affair last week between Punk and RVD, is a very solid 11 minute bout. Lashley, using his strength, holds the advantage early on in the match, at least until Punk sidesteps a spear attempt from the huge beast. It is then Punk who uses his technical abilities to take control of the match, hitting a step up enziguri and hurricanrana before attempting to lock in the Anaconda Vise, only for MIKE KNOX TO COME DOWN THE RING! Nobody has an idea why the monster is coming down, but he quickly turns this match sour as he takes out both Punk and Lashley at 11:39, wanting to get his name known. The crowd gives Knox heat, who just takes a deep breath and takes it all in, with Joey Styles and Tazz degrading Knox for his actions. Knox walks around the ring and continues to take in their boos, until Punk and Lashley get revenge on Knox and start taking him out! The crowd gives the two some wild cheers for taking out Knox, and they eventually dump him out of the ring. Punk, holding his neck, gives Lashley a handshake, not wanting the two to have bad blood amongst themselves. Lashley shakes Punk's hand as ECW fades to black.

Quick Results:
Rob Van Dam def. Hardcore Holly @ 8:07
Elijah Burke and Matt Striker def. Tommy Dreamer and The Sandman @ 9:01
Bobby Lashley nc. CM Punk @ 11:39


Backlash:
When:
April 29, 2007
Where: Philips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia
Official Theme: Bring Me To Life - Evanescence

Singles Match for the WWE Championship:
John Cena (c) vs. Shawn Michaels

Singles Match for the Intercontinental Championship:
Umaga (c) vs. Carlito

Singles Match for the ECW Heavyweight Championship:
Bobby Lashley (c) vs. Rob Van Dam

Triple Threat Match for the World Heavyweight Championship:
The Undertaker (c) vs. Batista vs. Kane

Ladder Match for the Number One Contendership of WWE Championship:
Edge vs. Jeff Hardy

Tag-Team Match for the World Tag-Team Championships:
John Cena & Shawn Michaels (c) vs. The World's Greatest Tag-Team (Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin)

Debut of "The Killers Korner"
Featuring host Randy Orton & Johnathan Coachman's hand selected guest

More to be announced.
 
#33 ·
Backlash Recap
April 29, 2007
Phillips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia


1. The World's Greatest Tag-Team (Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin) def. John Cena & Shawn Michaels (c) to win the World Tag-Team Championship (10:51)
-Late in the match, John Cena hit Benjamin with the F-U, only to be blindsided seconds later by his partner Michaels, who delivered a Sweet Chin Music to his face, then proceeded to drag Benjamin on top of Cena to allow the World's Greatest Tag-Team to become champions.

2. Carlito def. Umaga to win the Intercontinental Championship (8:21)
-After the match initally ended via a double count out, RAW General Manager Jonathan Coachman demanded the match to be restarted. A few minutes later, Carlito pulled off the upset by dodging a Samoan Wrecking Ball and rolling the Samoan Bulldozer up for the pinfall victory.

3. Bobby Lashley def. Rob Van Dam to retain the ECW World Heavyweight Championship (13:20)
-After over 13 minutes of battle between two of ECW's biggest stars, Lashley put an end to The Whole Damn Show. RVD attempted a Five-Star Frogsplash, which Lashley was able to roll out of, and then quickly landed the Dominator seconds later to pick up the victory and keep his reign, which has been going on since December, going.

4. Jeff Hardy def. Edge in a Ladder Match to become the next Number One Contender to the WWE Championship (17:38)
-In what was certainly a match for the ages, Jeff Hardy has finally become the number one contender to the WWE Championship after he unhooked the contract at the top. Near the end of the match Hardy hit a Swanton on Edge, who was laying on a table, near one of the turnbuckles. Hardy proceeded to climb the ladder and win the match.

5. The Undertaker def. Batista & Kane in a Triple Threat Match to retain the World Heavyweight Championship (14:11)
-For almost 15 minutes three of the largest superstars on the Smackdown brand beat the ever-livin' snot out of each other, which happened to have the Deadman come out on top. Batista speared Kane through the middle ropes, which sent the Big Red Machine to the outside of the ring. The Undertaker then capitalized on this opportunity and hit Batista with the move that he beat him with at Wrestlemania, the Tombstone Piledriver.

6. John Cena def. Shawn Michaels to retain the WWE Championship (24:38)
-In what was the only 'true' rematch of Wrestlemania 23, John Cena again got the best of the Heart Break Kid in what was an epic match for the ages. It took Cena two F-U's and an STFU to finally put Michaels' hopes of winning another World Title to rest. After the match, the two men finally exchanged a clean and fair handshake, which has ultimately ended this feud
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Last thread ended a little over a month ago 4/6/10. Aight, boys and girls. I'm back to another of my old threads. I know, I can't stick to one thread for more then what seems like a show, but trust me, even with three brands to deal with, I will be able to get this thread moving along, so please stay with me. Pretty please :eek: Next show up will be the WWE Draft, which will be in full, then after that, I'll sadly have to go back to recap. I will provide a roster update after the draft show, as well.
 
#34 ·
Backlash Comments​

The WGTT as tag champions is always a good thing, as they’ll be able to carry the division for awhile, although they haven’t really done that much, so I’m not too sure they’re all that credible, at the moment. Having Michaels turn on Cena is also a pretty cool idea, as it gives the main event a bit of hype and what not. I was glad to see you gave the match a fair length to, as it allows the WGTT to get over a little. A good start anyway, bud.

Carlito has barely been built up, and hasn’t done anything in awhile, therefore I must admit, having him defeat a monster like Umaga disappointed me a little. I’ll be interested to see what you do with ‘Lito as champ, yet I don’t know how you’re going to be able to deal with making Umaga a monster again. So yeah, not sure you made the best decision here, man.

I’m just going to come out and say that I’m not the hugest fan of Bobby Lashley, so to see him beat RVD kind of disappointed me a little bit. I’ll have to see what happens on ECW from here, but I can’t see RVD doing anything else but be champion on the brand, so I definitely expect him to be drafted.

Ughh at Jeff Hardy now being the number one contender for the WWE Championship. The guy can’t wrestle, and he can’t talk on the microphone for shit, therefore I don’t see any appeal in reading him in a BTB. Edge on the other hand, is a terrific read. Anyway, I’ll have to see how you go.

I don’t like The Undertaker as a champion, I don’t know why, but I just feel as if he is much better suited to roam around and get over mid card talent, before eventually beating them. As for Kane, he’s shit house these days, so I don’t know how he will go from here. I wonder what will happen with Batista from here, maybe a heel turn?

I’m happy Cena retained the title, as not a lot of people like him, so having him as champion these days is a little refreshing. As for what’s next for HBK, I don’t really have a clue, but he could do just about anything.

Not really much feedback, more my opinion on things due to the short length of the PPV. I followed this thread a little when it was first started, and I’ll try and continue with that now. Good luck.
 
#35 ·

Monday Night RAW
April 30, 2007

3 HOUR WWE DRAFT SPECIAL

RAW kicks off with a video package recapping last nights Pay-Per-View Extravaganza known as Backlash. It focuses on the WWE Championship match between John Cena and Shawn Michaels, a rematch of the Wrestlemania 23 main event. Both Cena and Michaels are seen going toe-to-toe for over 20 minutes, until it is Cena who pulls out the victory via the STFU. Cena and Michaels' handshake is shown from the end of the PPV, then it switches to the Draft focus.

A deep overvoice is heard, proclaiming this day as the day the WWE will be flipped upside down. Tag-teams will be broken up. Champions will be switched. Big names will move. Expect the unexpected. And it is all because of the three hour special known as the WWE Draft! The video then ends and we get taken out to the crowd.

***​

The crowd is absolutely electric for tonight's Draft Special, and we get a large pyro for one of the WWE's biggest nights of the year. After a few more minutes of scanning the crowd, we get taken to the three man announcing team of Jim Ross, JBL, and Tazz, one from each of the brands.


Jim Ross: Hhhheelllloooo ladies and gentlemen, welcome to a jam-packed edition of Monday Night RAW! To-

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: FEATURING the Smackdown Brand...

Tazz: An' don't forget about us guys at E-C-dub.

Jim Ross: Ah, yes, as you folks at home can see, tonight all three brands present to you one of the biggest shows of the year, the three hour WWE Draft Special. Throughout the night we will see matches between superstars from all three brands with them fighting for a chance to earn a draft pick for his respective brand.

Tazz: Ah' yes, and the night will end with a huge 15 man Battle Royal, with 5 men from each brand fighting for not one, but TWO draft picks!

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: Will you please pipe down? We all know that the blue brand will win all of it's matches tonight, and (pointing towards JR) we'll take YOUR WWE Champion, and (pointing towards Tazz) we'll take YOUR ECW World Heavyweight Champion. It's going to be a glorious day for Smackdown. Raw just has a bunch of prima-donnas, and ECW has a bunch of no-names. Smackdown has the talent to win every single match tonight.

Jim Ross: Well, I don't wanna be a 'negative Nancy' for you, JBL, but us guys at RAW have some extremely talented superstars who should be able to win tonight.

Tazz: Now, now, you guys have gotta stop sellin' my brand short. We have some extremely gifted superstars over here and we're gonna prove it tonight.

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: Oh please, you guys will be lucky if you even have a roster after tonight, let alone win a match.

All of the bickering is stopped as the bell is rung and our first match for a draft pick is under way.

Lillian Garcia: Ladies and gentlemen, this is our first WWE Draft match of the night, which is a triple threat match for one pick.

***The Masterpiece***

Hits and Raw's own Chris Masters comes out, to some mild boos. JBL gives out a few chuckles under his breath as Masters makes his way down the ramp, flexing his enormous pecs. Masters eventually makes it into the ring and connects his hands overtop his head, indicating his 'Masterlock' finisher.


Jim Ross: Well here comes one of the strongest men in the WWE at the moment, Chris Masters. I don't think anyone has broken out of his deadly 'Masterlock' finisher yet, and that has been going on for well over two years. This kid has a lot of talent, and could possibly be a future WWE Champion.

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: I don't care if this guy may be a WWE Champion tomorrow, next week, or at Wrestlemania 24, tonight, this kid ain't pickin' up a 'W', especially if he's going up against a Smackdown Superstar.

***Bad Dream***

Coming out second is ECW's own Tommy Dreamer, to a small amount of cheers. The Heart and Soul of ECW has a shirt on with ECW as the label. He gives the crowd high fives as he makes his way down the ring, and slides into the ring, doing his usual pre-match antics.


Tazz: Hey, it's the Heart and Soul of ECW, mah man Tommy Dreamer! A former ECW World Heavyweight Champion himself, I like our first representative from General Manager Foley. Dreamer is a smart, grizzled veteran, who can go in the ring.

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: I do not see why you guys are getting you hopes up at all. I don't even know who Smackdown's representative will be, but I'm extrememly confident that he will pick up a win in this match.

***Born Naughty***

Hits and out comes the third competitor of the match, Smackdown's William Regal. The Englishman has his usual trench coat on as he scurries down the ring. He has a nasty sneer on his face, disgusted that the crowd would have the audacity to boo him. Regal slides into the ring and dumps his trench coat over the top rope as these three men get ready to begin the match.


John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: Oooh boy, hard nosed Bill Regal at your service. This man is a hell of a brawler and doesn't take shit from anybody. I feel bad that Dreamer and Masters have to go up against one of the best technical wrestlers in history.

Jim Ross: I do respect Regal for his technical ability, but will he certainly isn't as strong as Chris Masters...

Tazz: And he doesn't have half the heart that Tommy Dreamer has.

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: Oh will you two shut up and watch Smackdown pick up the first pick of the night? Please?

And with that, the bell is rung and the match begins.

Match One
Triple Threat Match for One Draft Pick
Chris Masters vs. Tommy Dreamer vs. William Regal


Like most triple threats, there really isn't a dull moment in the amount of time that these three men are given. At the beginning of the match the heels, Masters and Regal, double team Dreamer, despite them being on opposite brands. The two beat down Dreamer before Masters press slams him and throws him to the outside. Masters then gets distracted for just a moment, flexing his muscles off to the crowd, which causes Regal to jump him and get the advantage. He uses his technical skill to wear down Masters while Dreamer recovers on the outside, and eventually locks in the Regal Stretch, only for Dreamer to slide in and break it up at the last second to save both ECW's and RAW's chances at winning the first pick.

Dreamer disposes of Masters before he walks over to Regal and the two swap right hands with each other, which Dreamer wins. He eventually gets a two count with an inverted DDT, however Masters is the one who then breaks up the pin. With Regal down, Masters seizes an opportunity and wraps his arms around Dreamer into a full nelson hold, otherwise known as the Masterlock. Dreamers face quickly turns to a purplish color, and appears to be unconscious. Masters, knowing that Dreamer won't tap out, throws him face first onto the canvas and prepares to cover him, however, Regal gets back on his feet and surprises Masters by throwing him through the ropes and covering Dreamer himself to pick up the win for Smackdown!

Winner: William Regal via Pinfall (7:02)

Lillian Garcia: Ladies and gentlemen, your winner of the match via pinfall... William Regal! Smackdown will receive one pick.

Regal jumps up in the air happily after he picks up the surprising victory, much to both Dreamers and Masters dismay. Masters is seen on the outside holding his hands on top of his head, not knowing that Regal had gotten up to his feet. Dreamer is laying down on the canvas inside of the ring, still trying to recover from the Masterlock. Regal gets his hand raised by the referee as he, along with everyone else, waits to see who the first pick of the night is.

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: Yeaahh, baby. Didn't I tell you chumps that Smackdown was gonna win? One and oh already, and we're about to pick up a huge weapon.

Jim Ross: Dammit, dammit, dammit. That no good William Regal stole a victory right under Masters' nose. Masters had the match won, JBL!

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: Oh you stop your whining. You sound like Michael Cole with all of your whining. I told you, Regal is a smart man and he picks his chances, and now Smackdown's gettin' another Superstar.

Attention is quickly turned to the titantron, which has all of the faces of the RAW and ECW wrestlers on there. It flips through some noticable faces, such as John Cena, CM Punk, Randy Orton, Carlito, Elijah Burke, and Rob Van Dam before it lands on...

'THE SAMOAN BULLDOZER' UMAGA!!!!!!


John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: Oh HELL YES barbeque boy!

Umaga, along with his manager Armando Alejandro Estrada, come out from the back of the curtain, with Umaga giving a toothy grin to the crowd. He lets out a large scream to the crowd as Estrada nods in approval.

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: Talk about adding another piece to an already stacked roster, boys. It's gonna be tough to make it to the top here on Smackdown with another big piece added. Umaga is gonna make everyone's life a living hell, believe me.

Jim Ross: While it's always bad to lose a superstar, I don't think many are upset that this imposing figure is off to the blue brand. He simply dominated the Intercontinental Division for months and now he's looking to do it on Smackdown.

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: Looking? JR, this guy will be smellin' World Title Gold by the end of the year, trust me.

Jim Ross: The draft has now begun, but before we get a match for another pick, let's go backstage with Kelly Kelly, who's with WWE Champion John Cena. Kelly...

***​

Kelly is all dolled up for her interview, with John right next to her with his WWE Championship right around his shoulder.

Kelly Kelly: Ladies and gentlemen, with me at this time is none other then the WWE Champion John Cena!

Mixed reaction towards Cena, which is no surprise here. He simply smirks it off and rubs his chin in anticipation for Kelly's first question.

Kelly Kelly: John, last night, in a match for the ages, you defeated Shawn Michaels again, and after the match, he shook your hand, which has all but ended this 'feud' between you two. My question is, what's next for the WWE Champion?

Cena takes his hat off his head and readjusts it before talking into the microphone that Kelly basically has shoved in his face.

John Cena: Well, Kelly, there's a handful of guys on this roster who are capable of challenging me for the title, so I'm just waiting to see who's going to step out of that curtain and face me next.

Kelly Kelly: We all know that tonight is the annual WWE Draft night, so what are your thoughts about getting some new blood on the RAW brand?

John Cena: Kelly, I'm all for it. Anything that can make RAW stronger as a whole is a plus. And hey, I don't have a problem with anyone that comes here. If they wanna come out and try to make a statement, fine. They just better know that I have the biggest prize in all of the WWE right on my shoulder.

Kelly Kelly: It has been announced that tonight it will be you and the man you beat last night, Shawn Michaels, in a tag-team match, facing the World Heavyweight Champion The Undertaker and his opponent last night, Batista, in a tag-team match for one draft pick. Any chance that there is a little bit of tension between you and Shawn still?

Cena rubs his chin and scratches his head, thinking of an answer to Kelly's last question.

John Cena: Kelly, I'm not gonna lie, I don't think me and Shawn will ever clearly see eye to eye. There's just been too much between us in the past two months for us to work as a fine tuned machine. However, Shawn, like me, is a team-player, and he knows that what's best for RAW is for us to beat Batista and the Undertaker tonight.

Kelly Kelly: John, thank you for your time.

John nods his head and then walks off the interview set, ending the interview as RAW goes to it's first commercial of the night.

***Commercial***

Raw comes back on air with Lillian Garcia inside of the ring, announcing the second match for a draft pick.


Lillian Garcia: Ladies and gentlemen, this is the second draft match of the evening, for one pick, which is Smackdown versus RAW!

***Slow Chemical***

Out comes the twisted and demented monster, Kane. His normal pyro goes off as his music hits, and the Big Red Machine makes his way down the ring. Kane has that evil look on his face, like he is ready to kill someone.


John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: Oooh boy, looks like Smackdown is gonna pick up another superstar, and we still have two and a half hours to go, haha!

Jim Ross: I wouldn't be counting your chickens before they hatch, JBL. I'm sure whoever RAW brings out here will be able to go with the Big Red Machine.

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: JR, have you been sniffing too much of your Barbeque Sauce? There's no chance in HELL that Kane loses tonight. No matter who it is.

***Also sprach Zarathustra***

And out comes the living legend himself, Ric Flair, who has his protege and newly crowned Intercontinental Champion Carlito by his side. Flair gives Carlito a look of uncertainty as he makes his way down the ring, knowing that it will be no walk in the park with Kane. Eventually he slides under the ropes and gets ready for his match, as Carlito grabs a chair and sits by ringside.


Jim Ross: And who said we didn't have some aces up our sleeves, JBL? You and I both know that Flair is one of the greatest to ever lace 'em up, and he's defeated a 'who's who' of names. Kane has his work cut out for him tonight.

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield': You also forgot to mention that Flair is twenty years past his prime and that he hasn't done anything memorable in over ten years! Flair was one of the best... in the 1980's! Now, he's nothing more then a washed up 60 year old man. This is a walk in the park for Kane tonight.

Jim Ross: Flair may be in the twilight of his career, but no doubt does he have the ability to shock us every once in a while, which I believe is what he will do here tonight.

Once again, the bell rings and the match between these two begins.

Match Two
Singles Match for One Draft Pick
Kane vs. Ric Flair


The crowd is a little more alive for this match then the previous, as both of these two men are more over then the other three by a clear margin. Flair tries to avoid Kane at first, knowing that he cannot win a strength contest with him. During the beginning of the match Flair uses his brain and slowly works on the body parts of Kane by clipping his knees and raking his eyes, which is signature Nature Boy moves. For a while Flair appears to have the upset pulled on Kane, until Kane no sells a knife-edge chop and takes Flair down with a clohtesline!

For the next few minutes Kane toys with Flair, eventually hitting the Chokeslam, only for Carlito to step in and pull his mentor out of the ring, saving him from a pinfall loss. Kane, not liking Carlito's involvment one bit, goes out the ring as well and the two go at it for a few seconds, which ends with Kane taking Carlito out with a big boot to the face! Kane then walks over to Flair, who is near the barricade regaining his energy. Kane grabs Flair by his bleach-blond hair and whips him into the ring, but just as he's about to get inside of the ring as well, the bell rings, and the match is over.

Winner: Ric Flair via Count Out (8:29)

Lillian Garcia: Ladies and gentlemen, your winner via count-out... Ric Flair! RAW will receive 1 draft pick!

Count out!? Kane cannot believe it. He absolutely loses his mind! Kane grabs the steel chair that Carlito had been sitting on during the match and starts slamming it onto the ground in anger, before whipping it at the steel steps. Inside of the ring, Flair's protege Carlito helps him up as the referee raises his hand for victory.

Jim Ross: I told ya' to never count out good ol' Naitch, JBL!

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: This is flat out bullshit JR! How can you give the victory to someone by a count out? You said that William Regal's victory was cheap, but I think Nature Boy has him beat in that category.

Jim Ross: Oh will you stop with the sour grapes. Let's take a look at who RAW will be getting.

Once again we are focused on the titantron, this time with a variety of Smackdown and ECW superstars appearing on it, such as Batista, CM Punk, Rob Van Dam, Matt Hardy, and Bobby Lashley, before landing on...

'THE BIG RED MACHINE' KANE!!!!!

"Slow Chemical" plays again, and Kane doesn't really know what the hell is going on, since he was taking his time beating the shit out of the steel chair. However, once he notices that he has been drafted to RAW, Kane looks at Flair and Carlito in the middle of the ring, gives out a demented laugh, and strikes his pyro to go off, which gives a scare to the tandem inside of the ring.


Jim Ross: How do ya' like that, JBL? One of your own is now a RAW superstar!

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: JR, Smackdown's talent pool is so deep we didn't need Kane anyways. In fact, I'm glad you took him off our hands. Just some more dead weight that we got rid of.

Jim Ross: Oh I beg to differ, JBL. We know how twisted and demented Kane really is, and now he's going to be bringing those actions here to RAW.

***​

Now we are shown an extended recap of last night's Backlash PPV, which has it showing some more highlights, other then the main event. These highlights include:
-Jeff Hardy finally retrieving the contract to become the Number One Contender to the WWE Championship
-The World's Greatest Tag-Team beating Shawn Michaels and John Cena to win the World Tag-Team Championship, the third Tag-Title Reign for the team.
-Carlito winning the Intercontinental Championship against Umaga, his 2nd in his career.
-And Bobby Lashley beating Rob Van Dam to retain his ECW World Heavyweight Championship that he has held since December of the past year.

Once the video ends, we get taken to another commercial break.

***Commercial***

Once RAW comes back from a commercial break, we get taken to the middle of the ring with Lillian Garcia announcing the third match of the night.


Lillian Garcia: Ladies and gentlemen, this is the third draft match of the evening, for one pick, which features Smackdown versus ECW!

***Live For The Moment***

Out comes Matt Hardy to a decent pop from the crowd. He does his normal V-1 hand signal before coming down the aisle and giving the fans high fives. Matt has one of his WWEshop.com shirts on, which he gives to a young fan in the front row, before sliding into the ring, waiting for his opponent to come out.


John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: Smackdown may have been screwed out of getting two picks in a row, but Matt Hardy tops anything that that garbage brand has to offer.

Tazz: JBL, I don't know if you noticed, but you're a huge prick.

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: Don't get angry with me just because your brand doesn't have a pick yet.

Tazz: We still have a long show to go, JBL. I doubt we'll be held scoreless for long.

***Unglued***

Plays and the freak known as Snitsky makes his way out from the curtain. Snitsky, yellow teeth and all, slowly tumbles down the ring, before walking up the steps and entering the ring. Snitsky, having a few feet and pounds on Hardy, strikes a little bit of fear into Hardy, possibly because of his bad teeth. Possibly.


Tazz: Snitsky might not ever win a beauty pagaent, but this guy is one tough mother f'er, and Matt Hardy I think knows that.

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: The only thing that Matt knows is that Snitsky's teeth haven't felt the feeling of a toothbrush since the third grade.

Tazz: Do you ever have anything nice to say about anyone?

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: It's called doing my job, jackass.

Sadly, the bickering between the Smackdown and ECW announcers is cut short, as the bell rings and the match begins.

Match Three
Singles Match for One Draft Pick
Matt Hardy vs. Snitsky


Snitsky begins with the advantage in this short match, just absolutely smacking the taste out of Hardy's mouth at the beginning of the match with a decapitating lariat. Snitsky, with the momentum that he has had over the past few weeks on ECW, toys with Hardy for a few minutes, eventually taking him down with a big boot to the face. Snitsky tries to connect with the Pumphandle Slam about three minutes into the match, but Hardy gets out of it with some punches to the head of Snitsky.

Once Hardy gets out of the Pumphandle Slam he begins to take some of Snitsky's momentum, first with a forearm smash, then with a turnbuckle clothesline, followed by a bulldog. The crowd is now behind Matt, who is really feeling the momentum now. With Snitsky down on the ground, Hardy gives his V-1 hand gesture, getting the crowd even more excited. Hardy waits for Snitsky to get up on his feet, and once he does, Matt delivers a kick to his midsection and wraps his left arm around Snitsky's head, getting ready for the Twist of Fate. Hardy yells out to the crowd, but just before he can connect with the move, Snitsky uses his strength to drive Matt backwards into the turnbuckle, which causes him to release the hold!

Snitsky regains his energy before he lifts his long leg into the throat of Hardy, choking him into submission! Hardy's arms are flailing in the air, but the referee saves Matt by breaking up the hold, due to Matt being around the ropes. Snitsky isn't too happy with the decision by the referee, letting out a huge yell to the referee. The referee scurries away in fear, and Snitsky believes his message has been sent: don't fuck with him. However, all of the time that he spent arguing with the referee allowed Matt to regain his stamina, and once Snitsky turned around to face Matt, Hardy kicked him in the gut and quickly landed the Twist of Fate for the pinfall victory, earning Smackdown another pick.

Winner: Matt Hardy via Pinfall (6:44)

Lillian Garcia: Ladies and gentlemen, your winner via pinfall... Matt Hardy! Smackdown will receive one draft pick!

Matt Hardy gets up to his feet and raises his arms in celebration. He gets his arm raised by the referee, while Snitsky looks on in disappointment. The ugly bastard smacks his hands onto the canvas, angered that he lost to someone that is so much smaller then him.

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: Yeeahh baby! Smackdown just keeps on winnin'! I told you that that freak Snitksy didn't have a chance against a Smackdown wrestler! Man, Teddy Long's boys are havin' a field day on those chumps on RAW and ECW!

Tazz: Oh will you shut your yap, JBL?

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: 'Ey, don't you get lippy with me just because your associated with a bunch of losers! Smackdown is where it's at, boy.

Jim Ross: Well let's turn our attention to the TitanTron and see who will be Smackdown's newest superstar.

Attention is quickly turned to the titantron, which has all of the faces of the RAW and ECW wrestlers on there. It flips through some noticable faces, such as John Cena, CM Punk, Randy Orton, Carlito, Elijah Burke, and Rob Van Dam before it lands on...

'THE MASTERPIECE' CHRIS MASTERS!!!!!

And a resounding boo comes out from the crowd as RAW's Masters has been shipped to Smackdown. "The Masterpiece" plays and Masters comes out of the curtain with a Smackdown shirt on. He raises his hands and does the Masterlock signal before making his way back.


John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: Haha, another one of your 'guys' from RAW has been taken away, JR. How do ya like THAT!

Jim Ross: It's no doubt that you guys got quite an asset in Masters. Like I said when he was wrasslin' for the good guys earlier in the show, he's a big kid. He has to learn from his mistakes, but the skies the limit for this guy.

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: Oooh boy, first we get the freak Umaga and now we have Masters!? I'm pretty sure we all know where the class of the WWE is now.

Tazz: John, I wouldn't get too cocky. We still have two hours to go, and a lot of things can change in two hours.

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: Yeah, like us taking out both of your guys' talent pools! Haha!

Jim Ross: Oh John you stop. Anyways, last night, the RAW brand presented to you our annual post-Wrestlemania pay-per-view extravaganza, Backlash. Titles were won, tag-teams were broken up, and one man has finally gotten the chance that he has been dreaming for since he was a child. Here's a video...

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???: I am the 'Charismatic Enigma' Jeff Hardy.

Quick clip of Hardy wrestling during one of his first big matches, the Ladder Match at No Mercy 1999.

Jeff Hardy: I've been at the bottom of the totem pole...

Hardy is seen being pinned by Razor Ramon in his 'debut' in 1994.

Jeff Hardy: But now I'm on top of the world...

Clip of Hardy retrieving the contract during the Ladder Match last night at Backlash.

Jeff Hardy: I've finally earned something that I've worked for for over TEN years!...

Hardy is seen doing his infamous Swanton Bomb during the second Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match at Wrestlemania X-7.

Jeff Hardy: The chance...

Hardy is seen landing his 20 foot ladder drop in this most recent Money In the Bank Ladder Match at Wrestlemania 23.

Jeff Hardy: To become...

Hardy hits a leg drop from the top of the Steel Cage during the Hardy's Tag-Team title match at Unforgiven 2000.

Jeff Hardy: WORLD CHAMPION!

Hardy is celebrating with one of the many Tag-Team championships that he has won throughout his career as the video ends and RAW goes to another commercial break.

***Commercial***

RAW comes back on air and we are in an office, RAW General Manager Jonathan Coachman's, to be exact, and we see all three General Managers in the room, watching the draft on a television monitor like all of you fans at home. Mick Foley, ECW's General Manager, is the man that breaks the ice.


Mick Foley: Teddy, man, quite a draft you have so far, 'eh?

Teddy Long: Oh yeah, playa'. Umaga an' now tha' Masterpiece? I'm likin' what I'm seein' fo' mah' boys.

Long takes a sip of the champaign that is in his glass, while Foley cracks open a brewski. Coachman, on the otherhand, seems furious at how Smackdown already has two picks under their belt.

Mick Foley: (taking a sip of his beer) Aaah, man this is some nice cold beer. A perfect way to enjoy RAW tonight.

Teddy Long: I agree. Let's 'ave a toast: to the three greatest General Managers in the world, playa'.

Mick Foley: Amen to that, bro.

The two clank their drinks together, but Coachman continues to be a little gittery, pulling out some papers out of his desk.

Mick Foley: Hey Coach, you alright?

Jonathan Coachman: Yeah, yeah... I was just thinking...

Teddy Long: 'Bout what, playa'?

Coachman strokes his goatee before tossing the papers back into the drawer.

Jonathan Coachman: Well... I've received word about a huge free agent wanting to come back to the WWE, and yesterday I was gonna offer him a contract, but...

Mick Foley: But what?

Jonathan Coachman: But I was told by WWE Headquarters that since this man is a former World Champion both you and Teddy have to receive a fair shot at this free agent as well. So I was thinking...

Coachman pauses, thinking over his plan.

Teddy Long: Well go on wit' it, Coach.

Jonathan Coachman: I was thinking that all three of us could put a little friendly 'wager' on this free agent, with the winner earning the rights to that said free agent.

Mick Foley: Well, what's the wager?

Jonathan Coachman: At Judgment Day, all three of us, you, me, and Teddy, pick a representative to wrestle in a triple threat match, where the winner earns his brand the right to sign the free agent. What do you guys say?

Foley and Coachman give each other looks, before sharing a smile and nodding their heads in approval.

Teddy Long: Jus' one thing... who is this free agent?

Jonathan Coachman: Well I thought you'd never ask...

And just like that, the doors close, and we are taken back out to the middle of the ring with Lillian Garcia for the next match of the night.

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Lillian Garcia: Ladies and gentlemen, this is our fourth draft match of the evening, for one pick, which features RAW versus ECW!

***Papparazzi***

Plays and Johnny Nitro, along with his valet Melina make their way down the red carpet, with the Papparazzi taking pictures as they come down. Nitro does his usual intro, with Melina doing the splits across the bottom of the rope, before helping her man enter the ring. Nitro takes off his large fur coat and hands it to his woman, and then waits for his opponent to come out.


Jim Ross: Now here comes the cocky, but talented, Johnny Nitro, along with his lovely valet, Melina. He certainly will have a chance to pick up a victory for us tonight.

***This Fire Burns***

Hits next and CM Punk makes his way out of the back for ECW, to a nice amount of cheers from the crowd. Punk has his normal ribs t-shirt on, which can be found exclusively on wweshop.com :)side), and tosses it into the crowd as he makes his way up the steps. Punk enters the ring and rubs his hands together, anxious in getting his hands on Nitro.


Tazz: Oh baby! One of EC-dub's brightest superstars is out here. JR, your man Nitro is gonna have a tough out here tonight.

Jim Ross: To be fair, I wouldn't say that Punk has a walk in the park either. Johnny Nitro is a former Intercontinental Champion and know's his way around the ring, Tazz.

Tazz: Yeah, but Punk has that Swagger about him. That confidence that he's going to win the match. I'd watch out if I was Nitro.

The bell is then rung, and another draft match is underway.

Match Four
Single Match for One Draft Pick
Johnny Nitro (w/ Melina) vs. CM Punk


The match, featuring two highly athletic superstars, has nonstop action throughout. Both Punk and Nitro show off their wide variety of moves, which include Punk hitting a springboard clothesline, a diving crossbody, and a step-up enziguri. Nitro connected on his fair share of moves as well, including a springboard elbow drop, Russian legsweep, and a running knee smash. Psychology isn't a major focal point during the match, as the two are busy exchanging their maneuvers instead. Nitro eventually becomes the man with the advantage and picks up a two-count, only for Punk to roll up the shoulder just in time.

Nitro keeps his composure, however, and continues his dominance for the next few minutes, until he tries to go big and land the Starship Pain, only for Punk to roll out at the last second, causing Nitro to crash and burn! Punk uses this to his advantage by throwing Nitro into the turnbuckle and connecting with a knee to Nitro's face, followed by a bulldog! Punk then continues holding the upper hand for a few more minutes until he tries to end it with the Go To Sleep, only for Nitro to slide off of his shoulders and take Punk down with a ROUNDHOUSE KICK! Nitro then covers Punk for the win... BUT PUNK GRABS THE BOTTOM ROPE AT 2 1/2! Nitro looks at the referee and can't believe that the match is still going.

Nitro vents his frustrations by slamming his hands onto the mat like a two year old who just didn't get what they wanted. Nitro then walks over and lifts Punk up by his head, only for Punk to sneakily hoist Nitro onto his shoulders and quickly hit the Go 2 Sleep for a victory, resulting in ECW's first draft pick of the night.

Winner: CM Punk via Pinfall (8:19)

Lillian Garcia: Ladies and gentlemen, your winner, via pinfall... CM Punk! ECW will receive one draft pick.

Punk immediately gets up to his feet in a nice pop for his victory, smirking at the defeated Nitro. Nitro rubs his hands through his hair, shocked that he got pinned after having the advantage near the end. He quickly storms out of the ring and hides his face in shame, with Melina trying to cheer him up as he makes his way to the back.

Tazz: Yess, baby! EC-dub ain't gettin' shut out tonight!

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: Big deal, Tazz. CM Punk was facing a RAW wrestler, so are you really surprised that he won?

Jim Ross: I've heard about enough out of you, JBL.

Tazz: Man, I don't care. I just wanna see EC-dub's new extremist!

The three announcers take a look at the TitanTron, which shows various superstars, such as John Cena, The Undertaker, Ric Flair, Carlito, King Booker, Randy Orton, and Matt Hardy, before landing on...

'THE BELFAST BRAWLER' FINLAY!!!!!

"Lambeg" plays and ECW's newest acquisition comes out to a chorus of boos, except from Tazz, who is giddy with excitement at the announcers desk.


Tazz: Hahaha, take THAT JBL. We just got a huge steal with Finlay. He'll certainly be able to fit the 'extreme' mould that us at ECW look for.

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: Actually, Tazz, I'm happy that you took that filthy Irishman away. That means we don't have to see his little bastard on Smackdown anymore either. This is called an addition by subtraction, and I'm positive nobody in the back is weaping over FINLAY.

Tazz: Say what you want, but he can kick your ass anyday of the week, JBL.

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: Oh please. He's nothing more then a worthless Irishman.

Jim Ross: I hate to break it up between you two, but we have to go backstage with Todd Grisham. Todd...

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We are now taken backstage with Grisham, who's with 'The World's Greatest Tag-Team' Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas. The two are flashing smiles with their newly won World Tag-Team Titles around their waist. Both of them shine up their titles as Grisham begins their interview.

Todd Grisham: Guys, I'd first like to congratulate on your title win last night against John Cena and Shawn Michaels. It was quite a performance that you two put on.

Shelton Benjamin: Of course it was a great performance by us, Todd. They don't call us the World's Greatest Tag-Team for nothing.

Todd Grisham: Um, actually, you guys are the only ones that call yourself the World's Greatest Tag-Team.

Charlie grabs Todd's microphone and interrupts him

Charlie Haas: That's... that's... that's because we... we haven't had a chance to shine yet... Yeah, we've always been... we've always been held down by guys who thought they were better then us. But... but now we're the ones that are holding the belts, not any of them.

Haas pushes the microphone back into Grisham's chest as Grisham preps for another question.

Todd Grisham: Well guys, in just a few minutes it will be put up or shut up for both of you as you guys will be going up against a tag-team from Smackdown for one draft pick. Are you guys nervous as your first match as champions?

This time Shelton takes the microphone and answers the question for himself and his partner.

Shelton Benjamin: Todd, please. Nervous isn't even in our dictionary. As far as we're concerned, Smackdown can throw five guys at us, and we'd still win. So two guys? That's... that's a piece of cake.

Todd Grisham: You guys seem to be awfully confident for only holding the titles for a day as of right now...

The two men are insulted that Todd doesn't believe their sentiments of being great.

Charlie Haas: Listen here, Todd. Me an' Shelton... Me an' Shelton both are gifted in amateur wrestlin', an' now we're gonna show 'em off tonight. It doesn't matter that we've only held the title for a day...

Shelton Benjamin: Yeah, because soon, we'll have the longest ever reign as champions.

Haas let's out an enthusiastic 'yeah', while Grisham forces a laugh out of himself before interrupting the two.

Todd Grisham: Guys, look, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but... but Demolition has the longest single reign with your belts, with over 450 days as champs. I'm not sure you guys can last over a year as champions, if I'm honest.

The champions let out a laugh before Benjamin grabs the microphone again.

Shelton Benjamin: Pssh, Todd, please. You think a year is a challenge to us? I'll tell you what, if we can't last a year as champions, the World's Greatest Tag-Team will split up... forever.

Haas and Grisham both give Shelton a surprised look after his last comment.


Todd Grisham: Ar- Are you honest with that notion, Shelton?

Charlie Haas: Yeah, Shelton, are you?

Haas and Grisham both stare intently at Benjamin, wanting to know if he's serious or not.

Shelton Benjamin: Yes, I most certainly am, guys. Now let's go get ready for our match, Charlie.

Shelton walks off the set, as Charlie takes his time, soaking in all of the words that Shelton has just said within the past two minutes, before following along. RAW, however, goes to another...

***Commercial***

Lillian Garcia is back inside of the ring to make the ring announcements as RAW comes back on the air.


Lillian Garica: Ladies and gentlemen, this is our fifth draft pick match of the evening, a tag-team match scheduled for one-fall, which features RAW versus Smackdown!

***World's Greatest***

And first out, representing RAW, are the newly crowned World Tag-Team Champions, the (Self-Proclaimed) World's Greatest Tag-Team, Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas. Benjamin has a big pop in his step, probably because he's finally getting a decent push. Haas, however, is a few steps behind Shelton, still thinking over what Shelton told Todd Grisham right before RAW went to commercial that if the two didn't hold the titles for at least a year the World's Greatest Tag-Team would split up for good.


Jim Ross: JBL, Tazz, no offense to any of the wrestlers on either one of your brands, but these two men that are making their way down the ring now are the two of the best amateur wrestlers in the WWE right now. Benjamin is a former Golden Gopher, where he was a two time All-American, and Haas was a two time Big East Champion when he was at Seton Hall. They certainly have the wrestling ability to hold onto the titles for over a year, as Shelton has promised.

***Hey You***

Sprinting out from the back are Smackdown's representatives and current WWE Tag-Team Champions, Paul London and Brian Kendrick. The two sprint down the aisle and slide into the ring, remove their masks, and do their traditional backflips off the top turnbuckle, which gets a small pop from some of the fans in the front row. They hand their titles to the referee and get in their corner, ready to start the match.


Jim Ross: JBL, I have to ask, are these two guys always this energized?

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: Yeah, JR, these two guys always seem to be hopped up on caffeine or something. I think it's annoying, but if they wanna burn up their energy by sprinting down the ring, so be it. As long as they pick up the win for Smackdown right now, I won't care how they make their way down the ring.

Jim Ross: I know you'd enjoy receiving another superstar, JBL, but they're going up against RAW's best tag-team at the moment. Champion versus Champion, right now!

Match Five
Tag-Team Match for One Draft Pick
World's Greatest Tag-Team (Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas) (c) vs. Londrick (Paul London and Brian Kendrick) (c)


This short tag-team match has a lot of action in the five minutes that it is held in. Haas and Kendrick kick off the match, with Kendrick hitting a hurricarana only 15 seconds into the match. Within the next minute Kendrick also connected on a jumping side kick and a springboard crossbody, which earned him a nearfall. Haas, however, got the match in his teams advantage when he poked the eye of Kendrick and threw him into his teams corner, followed by making the tag to Shelton.

Haas holds Kendrick near their corner until Benjamin comes sprinting and connecting with a Stinger Splash! For the next few minutes the World Tag-Team Champions isolate Kendrick from his partner, with Haas hitting an inverted atomic drop while Shelton superkicked Kendrick simultaneously. Shelton tried to end the match with a T-Bone Suplex, but Kendrick got out of it with some elbows to the head of Shelton, followed by another jumping side kick, before finally getting the hot tag to London!

Despite London weighing 200 pounds when soaking wet, he swings the control over to his team in a hurry, hitting a dropkick on Benjamin, sending him crashing to the mat, before running over to Haas and punching him in the face, sending him down to the ground! London continues his flurry of moves with an inverted atomic drop of his own on Benjamin, with a Frankensteiner immediately after. London then makes his move to the top rope, looking to land his finisher, the London Calling, and finish off the match. However, right as London gets to the top rope, Haas comes up and PUSHES HIM OFF THE TURNBUCKLE! London crashes head first into the canvas, and Benjamin immediately takes advantage of the situation by connecting on the T-Bone Suplex and getting the easy 1-2-3 pinfall for his team.

Winners: World's Greatest Tag-Team via Pinfall (5:48)

Lillian Garcia: Ladies and gentlemen, your winners via pinfall... The World's Greatest Tag-Team, Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas! RAW will receive one draft pick.

Charlie enters the ring and picks up his partner, hugging him after their first win as champions. The two get their hands raised by the referees and then are handed their World Tag-Team Championship belts. The two pose with them for a second as they, along with everyone else, await to see who they got drafted over to RAW.

Jim Ross: I don't wanna say I told you so, JBL, but...

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: Keep that mouth of your's shut, barbecue boy. Your 'champions' cheated to win that match in the first place, so I don't know why you're all giddy with excitement.

Jim Ross: I'm pretty sure it still counts as a win, JBL, and that RAW will get a draft pick in a matter of seconds.

The announcers then turn to the titantron, yet again, to see who RAW's newest superstar will be. The draft screen flashes through various Smackdown superstars, such as Batista, The Undertaker, CM Punk, Bobby Lashley, and Matt Hardy, before landing on...

'THE RABID WOLVERINE' CHRIS BENOIT!!!!!

HOLY SHIT! The Rabid Wolverine comes back to the brand where he won his first and only World Championship, back in 2004. "Whatever" plays throughout the loudspeakers and Benoit, with his United States Championship, comes out to a great ovation. He raises his title up in the air and points out to all of the fans cheering for him, only for...

***MacMallitant!***

To blare out through the PA System, with Smackdown General Manager Teddy Long making his way out. Teddy only gets a small reaction, but doesn't appear to want to waste any time, with a microphone already in his hand.


Teddy Long: 'Ey, Chris, playa, I'm sad to see you leave Smackdown here tonight, but there's something that you 'ave, 'dat I need.

Chris looks at long, then at his United States Championship belt, which is a Smackdown only belt. He looks at Long in despair, not wanting to give up the title that he has held since October of the last year.

Teddy Long: Yea', playa, I need 'dat United States Championship belt.

Chris takes one final hard look at his United States Championship belt, kisses it, then reluctantly hands it over to Teddy Long.

Teddy Long: I'm sorry, Chris, but I'm jus' followin' the WWE's rule 'dat a champion can't bring his belt over to another brand. I hope their isn't any hard feelin's.

Chris nods his head in acceptance, then makes his way past the curtain. Long stays out on the top ramp as RAW goes to another commercial break.

***Commercial***

RAW comes back on air with Jonathan Coachman, Teddy Long, and Mick Foley again in Coachman's room, discussing something when there is a knock at the door. Coachman, as it is his room, gets up to open the door. Coachman pulls it open, and the man on the otherside of the door is the 'Legend Killer' himself, Randy Orton. Orton is in his pants and one of his shirts that can be found on WWEshop.com, not dressed to compete at all.

Jonathan Coachman: Oh, Randy, I didn't expect to see you here.

Randy Orton: Well, Coach, you better expect me to stay in here until I get a talk with you... in private.

Foley and Long both hear Randy's words, and Coachman leads them out the door, telling them that it, "will only take a second." Coachman then closes the door and the two sit down in chairs, with Coachman's desk between them.

Jonathan Coachman: So, Randy, what are you here for now?

Randy Orton: Last night, as I was watching Backlash at my hotel room, since I wasn't included on the show, I saw that Jeff Hardy, a man who has been known throughout the lockerroom as a monkey flying drug addict, earn the number one contendership to John Cena's WWE Championship, just by simply climbing a ladder...

Coachman tries to interject Orton...

Jonathan Coachman: Randy, what are you...

But is shut down himself.

Randy Orton: Let me FINISH!... Why is it that a talentless hack like Jeff Hardy can become the number one contender just by climbing a ladder, when there are clearly more talented wrestlers, such as myself, that are not even getting a match on RAW, let alone a number one contendership match? Huh? What do you have to say about that "Coach"?

Coach, annoyed at the tone that Randy is using his name, continues to try and keep his poise. He sits up in his seat before he answers Randy's inquiry.

Jonathan Coachman: Well, Randy, it's because Jeff has shown that he wants to become the WWE Champion, and that he will do anything to get a chance at the title. You, however, have not expressed any interest in wrestling on RAW at all. So why should I reward you for being lazy when there are harder working guys like Jeff here on RAW?

Orton becomes really pissed off that Coach calls him 'lazy'.

Randy Orton: You are calling me... lazy? You really want to see all of the talent that I have?

Jonathan Coachman: Yes, actually, I do.

Randy Orton: Fine then... Tonight, I am entering myself in the 15-man battle royal for two draft picks. I will show you my talent by throwing everyone else over the top rope and winning the match for you.

Jonathan Coachman: Well I certainly look forward to watching you tonight, Randy.

Randy Orton: Save it, Coachman. I'm done here.

And just like that, Orton leaves and we are taken back out into the arena.

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With Lillian Garcia inside of the ring, ready to introduce the next match.


Lillian Garcia: Ladies and gentlemen, this is our sixth draft match of the night, and is a singles match for one fall, featuring the RAW and ECW brands!

***Cool***

Plays and the Intercontinental Champion, Carlito comes out for the second time tonight, this time by himself, and not with his mentor Ric Flair. Carlito tosses his apple shirt into the crowd and takes a huge bite out of the apple in his hand as he walks down the ring.


Jim Ross: For the second match in a row, RAW will feature a superstar that is currently a champion. This time we get the Intercontinental Champion Carlito, who has been mentored by the legend Ric Flair over the past few months and trying to get tips from the 'Dirtiest Player in the Game'. Tonight, however, Carlito will be alone inside of the ring to face his opponent.

***Balls, Balls, Balls***

Hits next and Balls Mahoney, from ECW, comes out of the curtain to a very, very tiny reaction. Things aren't looking good here for ECW already, and the match hasn't even started up yet. Balls jogs down the ring and gives the fans in the front row high fives, before entering and getting ready for his match.


Tazz: For those of you that don't watch ECW regularly, this man here is Balls Mahoney, and he is one extreme mother f'er, man. He's a former tag-team champion himself, and he won't be an easy out for Carlito.

Jim Ross: Certainly he won't be, and now let's get this match underway for another draft pick.

Match Six
Singles Match for One Draft Pick
Carlito vs. Balls Mahoney


Despite what Tazz said about, oh, 15 seconds ago, Carlito does have a rather easy time with Balls. Carlito uses his speed advantage to avoid the out of shape Balls for a few minutes, before taking him down to the ground with a picture perfect dropkick. Carlito then throws a few left hands to Balls and takes him down with a snap suplex. Carlito continues his domination with a springboard back elbow smash, and finishes him off with a Backstabber a few minutes later for the victory.

Winner: Carlito via Pinfall (3:18)

Lillian Garcia: Ladies and gentlemen, your winner via pinfall... Carlito! RAW will receive one draft pick.

The Intercontinental Champion brings an impressive performance here, cleaning up Balls in just over three minutes. Carlito is handed his Intercontinental Championship and poses with it for a few seconds before he exits the ring and makes his way back up the curtain.

Jim Ross: Oh hell yes! An' just like that, we have more draft wins then your brand, JBL.

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: The night ain't over yet, JR.

Jim Ross: Carlito brought out his 'A-Game' here tonight and handily defeated the ECW Original Balls Mahoney. Now let's take a look at who RAW's newest superstar will be...

The camera again pans to the titantron, and yet again we see the faces of popular Smackdown and ECW superstars such as Batista, The Undertaker, CM Punk, Rob Van Dam, Bobby Lashley, and King Booker, before landing on...

'THE PARAGON OF VIRTUE' ELIJAH BURKE!!!!!

"Don't Waste My Time" plays and Elijah makes his way out of the curtian, to a somewhat mixed reaction, although there are more boos then cheers. He waves out to the crowd, to noone in particular, before pointing to himself and shouting that it's "his time".


Jim Ross: How about these last two draft picks for RAW, boys? First we get the experienced vetran in Chris Benoit, and now we are getting one of the brightest talents in the WWE with Elijah Burke. RAW certianly is about to get hot as we approach the summer.

Tazz: While the kid has a big mouth, there's no doubt you guys have a great talent on your hands. He has the talent to become champion, and he may do great on RAW.

Jim Ross: To update you all on who has been shifted to where, so far there have been 6 draft picks, with 3 going to RAW, 2 to Smackdown, and 1 to ECW. On RAW, Kane, Chris Benoit, and Elijah Burke have all been added. Umaga and Chris Masters have been shifted to the blue brand, and Finlay has gone to the land of extreme. It certainly has been a memorable draft night, and it will only get greater as the night goes on, which will end with a 15 man battle royal for TWO draft picks. All of this, and more, will happen on our special three hour edition of RAW, once we come back from a commercial break.

***Commercial***

RAW comes back from commercial with Smackdown wrestler Daivari already inside of the ring, with his theme playing as he gets introduced by Lillian Garica.

Jim Ross: Welcome back to Monday Night RAW, everybody! We have just gotten underway with our third hour of our special WWE Draft show, and are glad that you are here to join us. During the break Lillian Garcia announced the following match as a singles match for one pick, featuring the Smackdown brand versus ECW.

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: And now it's time for the clear-cut best brand in the WWE to win these last three matches of the night, starting with the man inside of the ring, Daivari.

Tazz: Heh, no offense JBL, but Daivari is nothin' more then a joke, man! He'll be shaking in his boots when he sees ECW's representative.

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: Oh please, Daivari can take any hack that can just swing a chair around.

***Huka Blues***

Blares through the sound system and the 'Homicidal, Suicidal, Genocidal, Death-Defying Maniac' Sabu makes his way out of the curtain. He points up to the sky, with a decent reaction from the crowd. As he walks down the aisle he gives the crowd some high fives, before pointing a finger in the air and sliding under the bottom rope. Once Sabu gets inside he removes his turban piece and gets ready in his corner.


Tazz: Yeeahh baby! Another ECW Original out here to kick some ass. I can already tell Daivari is scared just by his reaction when Sabu's theme played.

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: I think you've taken a few too many shots to the head, Tazz. Daivari is simply getting warmed up for his match. He can't wait to take on an idiot that made his name know just by jumping through tables. It'll be a cakewalk.

Tazz: Heh, in your dreams.

The bell then rings as we are taken to the action in the middle of the ring.

Match Seven
Singles Match for One Draft Pick
Daivari vs. Sabu


The match, like the one just a few minutes ago, is only given a few minutes. However, unlike the last match, the ECW Original is in the drivers seat here. Daivari has the advantage for the first minute, jumping Sabu before the bell rings, but once Sabu dodges a missle dropkick attempt from the top rope, he takes advantage of the match and never lets off the gas pedal. He begins his dominance by hitting a jumping DDT, followed by a slingshot crossbody. He then waits for Daivari to get up to his feet, and when he does, he quickly gets taken down again, this time with a springboard leg lariat. Sabu again waits a few seconds before he finally finishes Daivari off with a triple jump moonsault for the pinfall victory.

Winner: Sabu via Pinfall (4:11)

Lillian Garcia: Ladies and gentlemen, your winner via pinfall... Sabu! ECW will receive one draft pick.

Sabu almost immediately gets up to his feet and gets his arm raised by the referee, to cheers from the crowd. Sabu points up into the sky and does a few hand slaps as he makes his way to the back of the curtian.

Tazz: Wha... What did I tell you JBL? EC-dub gets another one. Yeahh!

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: Please, Tazz, Sabu was just lucky that Daivari has been sick the past week with food poisoning, otherwise he'd be the one that was earning the victory tonight.

Tazz: Food poisoning? JBL, man, I thought you'd have a better excuse then that.

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: It's not an excuse it's the DAMN truth. It's nice to see that you have sympathy for guys who are in pain right now, you jackass.

Tazz: Don't start with me, JBL. I'll make you wish you never came here tonight.

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: Bring it on, you fat sack of crap!

Jim Ross: Fella's please! Let's take a look at who's going to jump to the 'Land of Extreme'.

The trio calm down as then all turn to the titantron to see a variety of RAW and Smackdown wrestlers appear on it, such as John Cena, Randy Orton, Edge, Batista, The Undertaker, and King Booker, before landing on...

'MR. MONEY IN THE BANK' MR. KENNEDY!!!!!!!!

HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! ECW HAS THE BIGGEST STEAL IN THE DRAFT SO FAR! MR. KENNEDY HAS BEEN SENT TO THE EXTREME BRAND! Nobody can believe it! "Turn Up The Trouble" hits as Kennedy makes his way out from the back, with his Money In The Bank Briefcase in his hand. He does his traditional intro then walks back out of the curtain.


Tazz: YEEEEAAAHHH! HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT, JBL!?

Instead of some insulting rebuttal, JBL is... at a loss of words.

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: This can't... this is... I don't... how did...

Jim Ross: THIS NIGHT HAS JUST GOTTEN EVEN A WHOLE LOT LARGER! ECW HAS CERTAINLY GOTTEN THE BIGGEST SPLASH OF THE NIGHT SO FAR!

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: I can't... this can't be...

JBL continues to be at a loss of words as RAW goes to another...

***Commercial***

Once RAW comes back from a commercial break, we are taken into a lockerroom, which contains that of the World Heavyweight Champion, The Undertaker. Undertaker is simply staring at his World Heavyweight Championship, as the door is opened, which reveals to be Undertaker's opponent last night at Backlash, and partner in tonight's big RAW vs. Smackdown tag-team match, Batista.

Batista: Look, I don't like you, and you don't like me...

The Undertaker nods in agreement.

Batista: But I wanna WIN tonight! The last time it was you an' me versus these two we lost... and I HATE losing.

Again, the Undertaker shows no emotion whatsoever while nodding in agreement.

Batista: So for tonight, I say we bury our differences and put John Cena and Shawn Michaels out of their misery. Agreed?

The Undertaker nods his head for a third time as Batista leaves the lockerroom.

***​

Lillian Garcia: Ladies and gentlemen, this is our eighth match of the night, and is a tag-team match for one draft pick featuring RAW versus Smackdown!

***The Time Is Now***

Hits and the current reigning WWE Champion John Cena comes out from the curtain, full of energy. He whips his cap into the crowd almost immediately and runs down the ring, giving his fans high fives as he comes down. Once he enters the ring he unstraps his Championship off his waist and raises it up in the air, showing it off to everyone in the crowd.


Jim Ross: It's now that time for one of our two huge main events of the evening, ladies and gentlemen. We are now only seconds away from seeing four of the best superstars go at it in a tag-team match for one draft pick. Boy oh boy, we're having quite a show here, and with two big matches to go, it's only going to get better.

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: I agree it'll get better... if your a fan of the Smackdown brand. We're gonna bounce back with three picks here to end the night.

Tazz: Hehehe, you guys better hope you bounce back, because you just lost one of your bright stars in Mr. Kennedy to us at ECW.

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: Shut your mouth you bum. A guy like Kennedy is way above everyone's league in ECW. ECW is a monsterous step down from Smackdown, and I won't be surprised when he dominates that show.

***Sexy Boy***

Plays next and Cena's partner, the 'Heart-Break Kid' Shawn Michaels, makes his way out from the back, ready to wrestle. Michaels appears to have no hard feelings towards Cena even though he beat him last night, as he's all pumped and full of excitement as he makes his way down the ring.


Jim Ross: And, due to some odd circumstances, here comes Cena's partner and opponent from last night's Pay-Per-View, Shawn Michaels. Despite coming out on the losing side of both of his matches last night, Shawn appears to be in good spirits, which is good for Cena and RAW.

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: JR, it's clear as day that Shawn isn't in a happy place right now. Tonight he's teaming with a guy that, just 24 hours ago, he lost to for a chance to become WWE Champion. No matter how much he is trying to hide it, Shawn doesn't want to be in the same ring as Cena now.

Jim Ross: While you bring up a good point, JBL, the truth is, Shawn is a company man, and he will put his differences with Cena for one night to help out RAW.

***I Walk Alone***

Coming out third is the 'Animal' himself, Batista. Batista does his normal pyro as he makes his way down the ring, giving the crowd some high fives as he slowly walks down the ring. He walks up the steps and smacks both of his shoulders as he waits for his teammate to make his entrance.


John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: Ohh boy, look at this man. That is what I call a wrestler. You can tell that Batista is in the zone today, and that ain't good for your boys on RAW, JR.

Jim Ross: I know, from the days that he was on RAW, that Batista always seems mentally focused. Tonight, though, he's going to team with a guy who he hasn't settled his differences with yet. It's clear that both Batista and the Undertaker have more annimosity between them then HBK and Cena.

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: What you fail to mention, though, is that Batista and the Undertaker are much more complete and talented wrestlers then the two schmucks you guys have in there. Cena and Michaels only have half the talent combined of Batista, and then you throw in the Undertaker, and they are dead meat.

Jim Ross: I have to disagree that Batista is twice the wrestler of Shawn and John combined, but that's beside the point. This is a tag-team match, and it's well documented that both John and Shawn have been on the same page more then Batista and the Undertaker. I think even you can agree that Cena and Michaels are more complete as a tag-team then Batista and the Undertaker.

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: This is professional wrestling. This isn't basketball or football or baseball where the best 'team' wins. In wrestling the best superstars win, and that's exactly what's gonna happen tonight.

***Graveyard Symphony***

Is the last theme to play, which is obviously the tune of the one, the only, The Undertaker. Taker takes his dear ol' time with his entrance, with the crowd going wild for the World Heavyweight Champion. He has his classic large, black trench coat on, with fog coming out from under the ground. Taker makes his slow climb up the steps and disposes of his coat once he gets in. He then stares at his opponents, slowly removes his hat, which reveals his eyes in the back of his head. The crowd again goes wild, and the Undertaker hands the referee his World Heavyweight Championship belt, with the two teams getting in their respective corners, about to start the match.


Jim Ross: There is one of the most amazing entrances that you folks will ever see. I get chills every time I see the Deadman make his way down the ring.

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: You're not the only one that's gettin' chills, JR. Did you see Cena's and HBK's reactions when the Undertaker rolled his eyes behind his head? Someone might have to check their pants to see if they're wet!

Jim Ross: Oh please, like you aren't intimidated of the Undertaker?

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: No, actually, I'm not. It's probably because I'm not a woman like anyone who is afraid of the Undertaker.

Jim Ross: To our female viewers out there, I apologize for JBL's comments. I know he's an insensitive bastard, but he's only here for about 40 more minutes. We at RAW do not agree with JBL's statements and we hope you stay here for the duration of our show.

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: Quit suckin' up to the women, JR. You're pathetic.

Match Eight
Tag-Team Match for One Draft Pick
John Cena & Shawn Michaels vs. Batista & The Undertaker


The bell rings and the crowd is simply buzzing for all four superstars. We hear a mix of 'Ce-na, Ce-na', 'H-B-K, H-B-K', 'Ti-sta, Ti-sta', and 'Ta-ker, Ta-ker' chants from the crowd, and there really is no clear cut favorite inside of the ring. Cena starts inside of the ring with Batista, with the two locking shoulders in the middle of the ring in a battle of strength, which Batista wins, by shoving Cena to the mat. Cena doesn't punk out, though, and gets right back up to lock up again, with this time Cena throwing Batista down to the ground. Batista takes his time getting up, giving Cena a dirty sneer, before standing up and throwing a right hand at Cena, to some cheers.

However, Cena, not to be outdone, comes back with a right hand of his own, which is a pretty good shot on the Animal. The two trade right hands three more times before Batista drives a knee into the gut of Cena and takes him down to the ground with a decapitating clothesline. Cena's back crashes into the mat, which Batista smirks at before driving some boots to the sternum of Cena, keeping him grounded. After Batista hits his fourth boot to the gut, he picks Cena up by his head and whips him into his teams turnbuckle. Batista then charges at Cena and drills him with a running clothesline, but before he can do any further damage, the Undertaker blindly tags himself in.

Batista tries to hit a two handed chokebomb on Cena, but the referee pulls the two away before he can connect with the move, which confuses Batista, as he didn't know that Taker tagged himself in. Once he finds out that Taker tagged himself in, he yells at him 'What are you doing? I had him right where I wanted him!' Taker simply glares at him as the referee motions Batista to go to his corner, with the Animal quite pissed off.

Taker waits for Cena to get up to his feet, and when Cena does, Taker aims where he wants to hit Cena, and drills him with one of his big right hands. Cena takes the big shot, but stays on his feet, at least for the time being. Taker, smart enough to realize that one punch won't take Cena down, lines up his shot again, which at least sends Cena down to a knee. However, Taker waits for Cena to again get to his feet, and once he does, Taker tries to line up for a third right hand to the head, but this time, Cena sticks his left arm in the way, blocking the shot and sending a right hand of his own. The shot takes Taker more off guard then anything, sending him a few steps back. Cena then gets up to his feet, feeling energized, and lands another right hand on Taker, which sends him to the ropes. Cena thinks on his feet and whips Taker off the ropes, bouncing off them himself after he throws Taker, taking the Undertaker down with a flying shoulder block!

Cena immediately gets up and raises his right hand in the air, to a decent ovation from the crowd. Cena looks up at the crowd, then down at the Undertaker, waving his arm in the air saying that 'You can't see me!'. Once Cena is done with saying those four words, however, instead of him bouncing off the ropes and connecting with the five knuckle shuffle, the Undertaker, while laying flat on the ground, grabs Cena by the neck, preparing to hit the chokeslam! Taker slowly gets to his feet, and just as he's about to hit the chokeslam on Cena, Cena delivers a kick to the gut and dives to his teams corner, tagging in an anxious Shawn Michaels, who gets in for the first time in the match!

Michaels hops over the rope and lunges at the World Heavyweight Chamipon, taking him down to the mat before throwing a few right hands to the face of the Deadman. Michaels then gets up to his feet and does a few of his trademark fist pumps, which gets the crowd going. The Undertaker doesn't spend much time on the ground, but once he gets up Shawn delivers a knife-edged chop to his chest three times, followed by an Irish Whip. Michaels waits for Taker on the rebound, only to get taken down with a Big Boot!

The Undertaker doesn't waste any time with HBK and picks him up by his hair, twisting his arm as he makes his way near his teams turnbuckle. Taker climbs to the top ropes and walks a few feet on the ropes, using Shawn as his balance, before smashing his arm across Shawn's shoulder, connecting on the Old School! Michaels face crashes into the ground and the Undertaker offers the tag out to Batista, who has been bouncing from side to side the whole time he was tagged out.

Batista quickly enters the ring, licking his chops at a downed HBK. He rubs his hands together as he anxiously waits for Michaels to get up to his feet. Shawn takes his time getting up, having to use the ropes as a support. Michaels eventually gets to his feet, with his backside turned to Batista. Michaels eventually turns around, and is met with a punch by Batista, which sends him falling back to the ropes. The Animal whips HBK off the ropes and throws him down with a thunderous SPINEBUSTER! Michaels lands hard on his spine as Batista gets the crowd going by doing his rope shaking taunt. Batista gives thumbs up as he awaits for Michaels to get to his feet, and when Shawn does, Batista delivers a kick to his sternum and whips Shawn's head in-between his legs, getting ready for the Batista Bomb.

Batista again gives his thumbs up, thumbs down taunt, and proceeds to lift HBK onto his shoulders, but Batista struggles to throw Shawn to the ground, as HBK is using his weight to stay on his shoulders. Batista continues to struggle with Shawn for the next few seconds, with Shawn connecting on a few right hands to the face once he realizes that Batista is having trouble. Due to all of the shots that Shawn has given him, Batista fails to connect with the Batista Bomb and drops Shawn on his feet, and gets taken down almost immediately with a Flying Forearm Smash from Michaels!

The crowd is now going wild for HBK, who kips up to an even louder ovation, before he begins to tune up the band. HBK stomps his foot on the canvas five times as he anticipates Batista getting up to his feet, and eventually Batista does, with his back turned to Shawn. Batista then turns around and sees Shawn nearing towards him, but instead of Shawn connecting with the move, Batista instinctively falls to the ground and crawls backwards to his teams corner, tagging in the Undertaker, which gets some jeers from the crowd.

The two Icons stare down each other for a few seconds, with Shawn making the first move towards the Undertaker, delivering a knife-edge chop to the chest. The Undertaker has taken more punishment then that in his career, though, and pretty much no sells it. C'mon, you think a prissy little chop is going to really damage the Undertaker? Shawn believes so, and tries it again, which pisses off the Deadman more then it hurts him. Shawn tries it again, but once he connects with it the Undertaker simply sneers and kicks Shawn down with a big boot.

Taker quickly gets Shawn back up to his feet and whips him off the ropes, taking him down with a sidewalk slam, putting more work on HBK's already worked back. Taker then covers HBK for a pin, but only gets a two count. The Undertaker keeps momentum in his favor, though, by lifting Shawn up and throwing him into one of the turnbuckles not occupied by Cena or Batista, before charging at him and smashing into him with a turnbuckle clothesline! Michaels crumples to the ground after the shot, but Taker shows no mercy. He again lifts Shawn up by the hair and this time throws him into his teams corner, before he tags in the Animal.

Batista quickly goes at Shawn in the corner, connecting with four right hands to the face before he drives his shoulder into the gut of Shawn three times, taking all of the energy out of the Heart-Break Kid. Once Batista is done attempting shoulder thrusts at Shawn he lifts HBK onto the top turnbuckle and gets ready for the superplex. Batista climbs to the second turnbuckle himself and gets Shawn into a superplex position before... LANDING IT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RING! A mixed reaction comes from the crowd as Batista hooks the far leg of Shawn a few seconds after connecting with the move...

ONE!

TWO!

TH-SHAWN GETS THE SHOULDER UP!

Batista looks up to the top of the arena, surprised that Shawn was able to roll up his shoulder after all of the damage that he's received in the past few minutes. The Animal manages to keep his cool, though, and keeps the constant tags with his partner going, with the Undertaker getting back into the match. Taker continues to pound at Shawn, whipping him into one of the unoccupied turnbuckles. Taker then walks over to the opposite turnbuckle and runs full force at Shawn, looking to hit a turnbuckle clothesline, only for SHAWN TO GET A FOOT UP IN THE FACE OF THE UNDERTAKER! Shawn might finally have some momentum! The Undertaker, though, attempts to hit the turnbuckle clothesline for a second time, but this time SHAWN ROLLS OUT OF THE WAY! The Undertaker stops before he runs into the turnbuckle, but can't get Shawn before he MAKES THE HOT TAG TO CENA!

Cena is on a rampage after being on the sidelines for well over eight minutes, immediately taking the Undertaker down with a flying shoulder block. Taker gets up right away and receives a clothesline from the WWE Champion! Taker gets up quickly again and throws a clothesline attempt at Cena, which he ducks and takes the Undertaker down again, this time with a modified belly to back suplex! Cena is really feeling the emotion of the crowd now and lifts his hand up in the air again, preparing for the 5 Knuckle Shuffle! He looks down at Taker, telling him, 'You can't see me' before running at the ropes, only for Batista to get involved! Batista smacks the head of Cena, which causes the Champ to turn around and ask Batista 'What the hell are you doin?'

Cena then turns around and sees a charging Undertaker coming at him and runs out of the way, which causes the Undertaker to run into his teammate! Batista flies off the apron and the Undertaker looks on, in shock at what he had just done, but then quickly realizes that there is a match still going on and turns around, only to get hoisted onto Cena's shoulders, who doesn't waste any time and connects with an F-U! F-U on the Deadman! F-U by Cena! Cena immediately hooks the leg of the Undertaker for a pinfall...

ONE!

TWO!

THREE!!!

Winners: John Cena and Shawn Michaels via Pinfall (14:29)

Lillian Garcia: Your winners, via pinfall... John Cena and Shawn Michaels! RAW will receive one draft pick!

The crowd pops huge for the victory after the great match between these two teams. Cena and Shawn celebrate with each other as Batista looks on from the outside, pissed off that the Undertaker took him out right at the end of the match. Batista smacks the canvas before he makes his way to the back, while Cena poses with his Championship and HBK celebrates his teams victory.

Jim Ross: OH MY GAWD WHAT A MATCH! These two teams went at it for almost fifteen minutes straight before John Cena and Shawn Michaels prevailed! What an effort by all four men, but it's RAW that will be getting the draft pick.

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: It was just a great lapse of communication between Batista and the Undertaker that cost them the match. Batista was just trying to help his team out and the Undertaker screwed both of them over when he knocked Batista off the ring then got F-U'ed right away. They had this match won JR!

Jim Ross: Ah, but they didn't, JBL. Cena and HBK showed that teamwork does matter and that's why they are on the winning end and your Smackdown representatives are looking on in anger. Now let's just see who RAW's newest acquisition will be...

Yet again the announcers and camera turn to the TitanTron to see various Smackdown and ECW superstars flash on the screen, such as CM Punk, Rob Van Dam, Bobby Lashley, The Undertaker, Matt Hardy, and Batista, before finally landing on...

'THE MASTER OF THE 619' REY MYSTERIO!!!!!

WOW! ANOTHER STEAL FROM SMACKDOWN! Kane, Finlay, Chris Benoit, Mr. Kennedy, and Rey Mysterio have all now been moved off the show! The crowd pops to the sight of Mysterio on the titantron, but with him currently being out with an injury he doesn't come out to wave to the crowd.


John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: OH COME ON NOW! YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS!

Jim Ross: Oh HELL YEAH, JBL! One of the greatest Cruiserweights of all time, Rey Mysterio is now going to be wrestling on Monday Nights! Can you believe it, America? We promised you a ground-shaking show, and dammit it's been brought here tonight.

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: THIS ISN'T FAIR DAMMIT! I'M GONNA WRITE A COMPLAINT TO VINCE MCMAHON TONIGHT!

Jim Ross: I don't think that will do you any good, JBL, because all of these draft picks are final!

Tazz: Yeah, big boy, you're just gonna have to play with the cards you guys have been dealt.

Jim Ross: What a draft we have seen here over the past two and a half hours, ladies and gentlemen, and we are now just minutes away from our final match of the night, a 15 man battle royal for 2 draft picks, and you won't wanna miss that, when we come back.

***Commercial***

RAW comes back on air with Lillian Garcia inside of the ring for what will be her final time of the evening.

Lillian Garcia: Ladies and gentlemen, it is time for our main event of the evening! (pops from the crowd) This will be our ninth match of the evening, which will be a 15 man tri-brand battle royal for TWO draft picks.

***If You Rock Like Me***

The Smackdown theme is the first song to go off, with their five representatives, Umaga, Montel Vontavious Porter, King Booker, Mark Henry, and Cruiserweight Champion Chavo Guerrero coming out, all with Smackdown shirts on. Umaga leads the way with his manager Armando Alejandro Estrada right by his side, MVP and Booker right behind them, and then Guerrero, with Henry coming up the rear.


John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: C'mon guys, we need these two picks now. Get us a big win!

Jim Ross: That's quite a cast of representatives that Smackdown has brought out. You have former World Champion Booker T, current Cruiserweight Champion Chavo Guerrero, a former Olympiad in Henry, the newly drafted Umaga, and the young and upcoming gun MVP.

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: It looks like Smackdown's gonna be a tough out for this battle royal, boys. Teddy Long knows he needs these two picks, so it looks like he's throwing everything but the kitchen sink at you guys.

***Don't Question My Heart***

Next to come out is the ECW brand, which is represented by ECW World Heavyweight Champion Bobby Lashley, Hardcore Holly, Marcus Cor Von, Finlay, and Kevin Thorn. Like the Smackdown wrestlers, all five men have an ECW shirt on, with the Heavyweight Champion Lashley leading his teammates, with Holly, Cor Von, and Finlay right behind him, with Thorn slowly coming down.


Tazz: No offense, JBL, but Teddy Long isn't the only man who wants those two picks tonight. I mean, he saved our World Heavyweight Champion for this match. Not only that, he used one of our two draft picks here, and three studs with Holly, Cor Von, and Thorn.

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: Please, none of these guys have the talent of those Smackdown wrestlers. Your World Heavyweight Champion is probably one of the least intimidating sounding men that I have ever heard.

Tazz: What'cha talkin' about?

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: Are you serious? He sounds like a woman, Tazz! Not just a woman, but a 12 year old girl! How can that guy be your leader?

Tazz: Oh you just watch and see what this guy can do inside of the ring, JBL.

***Wanna Be Loved***

And finally, the RAW theme plays, with their representatives being Elijah Burke, Kenny Dykstra, Edge, Chris Benoit, and, of course, Randy Orton. Burke and Dykstra are the first two down the aisle, pumped for an opportunity in the main event. Benoit then follows right behind them, with Orton and Edge side by side, talking some sort of strategy, I would assume.


Jim Ross: Good lord almighty, look at RAW's team! 3 former World Champions, and two more that have the talent to become World Champions sometime in the near future. Jonathan Coachman must be feeling greedy tonight!

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: Yeah? Well too bad that greed is one of the seven deadly sins, and it will finally bite RAW in the ass in a few minutes.

Jim Ross: Oh I'm not so sure about that, JBL, but either way, it's finally time for our main event, 15 man battle royal! Oh baby, here we gooo!

Match Nine
15 Man Over The Top Battle Royal for 2 Draft Picks
Umaga, King Booker, Mark Henry, MVP, and Chavo Guerrero vs. Bobby Lashley, Hardcore Holly, Kevin Thorn, Finlay, and Marcus Cor Von vs. Elijah Burke, Kenny Dykstra, Chris Benoit, Edge, and Randy Orton


I'm not really in the mood for full out detail, so here are the first ten eliminations:
Orton eliminates Holly (2:38)
Umaga eliminates Dykstra (3:14)
Orton eliminates Thorn (4:00)
Lashley, Finlay, and Edge eliminate Henry (5:41)
Edge eliminates Finlay (5:55)
Umaga eliminates Burke (7:19)
Lashley eliminates Guerrero (7:59)
Orton eliminates MVP (9:28)
Booker and Umaga eliminate Edge (11:01)
Orton eliminates Cor Von (11:35)


And now we are taken to the final five of Umaga and King Booker from Smackdown, Chris Benoit and Randy Orton from RAW, and Bobby Lashley from ECW. Lashley has carried his brand into the final 5, eliminating two Smackdown superstars, while Umaga has been the top man for Smackdown, eliminating 3 RAW superstars, with Orton being the stud of this match, eliminating 4 different superstars on his own. Orton and Benoit are resting near one corner, with Umaga and Booker resting on opposite turnbuckles, and Lashley all by himself, down in the middle of the ring. Umaga goes after the man that beat him at Wrestlemania 23, with Orton helping him out, while Booker and Benoit, who had their fair amount of exchanges in WCW, go at it.

Both Booker and Benoit throw many wild right hands at each other, trying to get one really good shot in on the other man, with Booker eventually getting the advantage. About a minute goes by with them both still brawling, until Booker throws Benoit at an uncovered turnbuckle, which cuts open Benoit. Benoit then becomes vulnerable, leaning on the ropes, and quickly gets eliminated by Booker, via a superkick.

King Booker eliminates Chris Benoit (13:05)

The crowd boos Booker, who is busy showboating by holding his pinkie finger up in the air, which does cost him his place in the match, as Randy Orton comes from behind and tosses his ass over the top rope not 20 seconds after Benoit's elimination.

Randy Orton eliminates King Booker (13:18)

The crowd surprisingly gives Orton a nice face pop after he eliminates Booker, as their 'King' is quite a 'douch'. Booker can't belive what just happened, and snaps outside of the ring, kicking an already downed Chris Benoit, who had not left the ring area yet.

Inside of the ring we are down to our final three players, one from each of the three brands. Umaga from Smackdown, Lashley from ECW, and, of course, Orton from RAW. Orton waits on the turnbuckle as Umaga is seen dismantling the crap out of Lashley after just connecting with the Samoan Wrecking Ball. Once Umaga connects with the move he let's out a huge shout to the crowd, who boo him. Umaga then takes his focus off of Lashley for a moment, noticing Orton is resting near the turnbuckle. Not wanting to feel the wrath of Umaga, Orton convinces Umaga that they should work together to throw the ECW World Heavyweight Champion over the top rope. Umaga comprehends and picks Lashley up, before feeding him to Orton, WHO CONNECTS WITH A DEVASTATING RKO!

Orton then brings out his 'Legend Killer' taunt, which gets a surprising mixed reaction from the crowd, before he tells Umaga to pick Lashley up and throw him into the ropes, which Umaga does. Orton, who's been in control of the whole match, then charges at Lashley and takes care of the ECW World Heavyweight Champion with a clothesline over the top rope!

Randy Orton eliminates Bobby Lashley (14:51)

Yet again Orton gets a surprising mixed reaction, partially due to the fact that he has eliminated 6 out of the 14 other participants. However, Umaga is also inside of the ring, and he seems determined to win this match himself. Orton circles around the ropes, trying to avoid contact with Umaga, who is constantly the agressor, until Orton sees a hole and LANDS HIS SIGNATURE BACKBREAKER! The crowd is behind Orton in this encounter between the two supposed heels as he gets to the ground and he starts pounding the canvas, looking to hit the RKO.

Orton pounds the mat multiple times, with Umaga slowly moving about. Orton gives out his slithering grin before he gets up to his feet and CLIMBS OVER THE TOP ROPE HIMSELF, THUS ELIMINATING HIMSELF, THUS GIVING SMACKDOWN THE VICTORY AND TWO DRAFT PICKS!!!!

Randy Orton eliminates himself (16:29)

Winner: Umaga via Event @ 16:29 (16:29)

Oooh that left a sour taste in all of the fans mouths', for sure. The bastard Orton gives out a devilish grin as he makes his way to the back, pissing the crowd off for giving this match up. As Orton makes his way back we hear a thunderous 'You suck! You suck!' from the crowd, who takes it in like it's water. He eventually leaves the ring as Umaga celebrates his cheaply won match on the inside of the ring, with his manager Armando Alejandro Estrada.

Jim Ross: OH THAT NO GOOD SON OF A BITCH RANDY ORTON! WHY THE HELL DID HE DO THAT?

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: WHO CARES WHY HE DID IT? SMACKDOWN'S LEAVIN' WITH THE FINAL TWO PICKS BABY!

Jim Ross: GOD DAMN YOU ORTON! YOU SCREWED RAW OUT OF TWO MORE POSSIBLE SUPERSTARS!

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: What are you talking about, JR? What Randy did was a genius move...

Jim Ross: NO HE JUST PROVED HOW BIG OF A JACKASS HE REALLY IS!

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: JR, you are just jealous that Smackdown won two draft picks. Calm your ass down.

Jim Ross: All I have to say is that Randy Orton can GO TO HELL for all I care! You don't screw your employer like that!

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: JR, I'm sure Randy has his reasons for what he did, but for now, let's see who's all going over to SMACKDOWN, baby!

JBL has a huge ass grin on his face after Smackdown was able to salvage the night by winning the big one for two draft picks. All three take a look at the titantron as we see various RAW and ECW faces, such as John Cena, Rob Van Dam, Bobby Lashley, Edge, Randy Orton, and Hardcore Holly, before landing on...

'THE ALPHA MALE' MARCUS COR VON!!!!!

"Smooth" hits and one of the bright studs of ECW Marcus Cor Von comes from out of the back. Sweaty from just participating in the battle royal that got him drafted over to the blue brand, Cor Von howl's out to the crowd, to some boos, before making his way to the back.


John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: Ohh yeah, baby. Another solid addition to Smackdown's United States Championship division. He certainly will be put in the hat for contention right away now that Chris Benoit was forced to vacate his title earlier tonight.

Tazz: Man, first Elijah Burke went to RAW, and now Cor Von is on Smackdown, so much for the New Breed staying in tact.

However, the announcers and cameras keep their eyes glued on the titantron, awaiting for Smackdown's other draft pick to be made. Again, we see the usual RAW and ECW faces of CM Punk, John Cena, Rob Van Dam, Mike Knox, Edge, and Triple H, before landing on...

'THE HEART-BREAK KID' SHAWN MICHAELS!!!!!

HOLY SHIT! HOLY. SHIT. HO. LY. SHIT. No doubt this is the biggest move of the night! "Sexy Boy" hits to a large ovation and Shawn Michaels comes out for his now final appearance on RAW. He blows some kisses to the crowd and does his flexing pyro taunt for one final time, staying out there as the announcers wrap up the show.


John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: OH THANK YOU RANDY! The Heart-Break Kid is comin' to Smackdown, boys and girls!

Jim Ross: SON OF A BITCH! First we lose the battle royal, now one of the greatest superstars that I have ever seen is moving over to Smackdown! Thanks alot Randy Orton.

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: JR, c'mon, you said it yourself that you have to 'expect the unexpected'. Well, who would've expected that Randy would tank the battle royal? And then who would've expected that Shawn Michaels would have moved to Smackdown for the first time ever? What a night it was!

Jim Ross: I agree that it was quite a night, and we are glad to have presented you our annual draft show. Good night, everybody!

***End Show***

Quick Results:
William Regal def. Chris Masters & Tommy Dreamer via Pinfall (7:02)
Ric Flair def. Kane via Count-Out (8:29)
Matt Hardy def. Snitsky via Pinfall (6:44)
CM Punk def. Johnny Nitro via Pinfall (8:19)
The World's Greatest Tag-Team def. Londrick via Pinfall (5:48)
Carlito def. Balls Mahoney via Pinfall (3:18)
Sabu def. Daivari via Pinfall (4:11)
John Cena & Shawn Michaels def. Undertaker & Batista via Pinfall (14:29)
Umaga won 15 Man Battle Royal (16:29)

Draft Results:
Umaga to Smackdown
Kane to RAW
Chris Masters to Smackdown
Finlay to ECW
Chris Benoit to RAW
Elijah Burke to RAW
Mr. Kennedy to ECW
Rey Mysterio to RAW
Marcus Cor Von to Smackdown
Shawn Michaels to Smackdown
 
#36 ·
Raw Feedback​

This has taken you far too long to get up for my liking. Here’s to hoping from now you become more consistent, but then again, I can’t really talk about consistency. :$

Not many people, except for guys like Wolfy and Legend are able to make the commentary of a show rather interesting, although I must say, you passed with flying colours here. Whilst JR and Tazz were decent enough, JBL was gold.

The opening match up was a pretty good one, with two guys who can go at it and Tommy Dreamer. Nothing else to really say, it was a decent enough match, and a good win for Regal, who I’m hoping has a bright future in this thread.

Umaga going to SD is a pretty big move. I like it though, as Umaga hadn’t been doing that well on Raw as of late. I doubt maga would come out smiling though, that’s so out of character that it’s not even funny.

To be perfectly honest, I felt as if Cena’s promo was very lacklustre. During the beginning, there was nothing to show that it was Cena, it was almost as if it was just some random guy talking. Then, the interview just ended so suddenly, with no big hard sell, or go home line, it almost seemed as if Cena was talking about what he was having for breakfast. I didn’t like it at all.

Another decent enough pairing which is really to be expected, as the good matches always come around when all brands are together. I liked how you gave Flair the win, yet kept Kane strong, even if Kane is so past his prime.

Kane going to Raw is not something I like, as Raw had just gotten rid of a monster in Umaga. Not only that, but Umaga overshadows by a mile.

I don’t know what the point of having a Backlash recap in the middle of the show is, when you already had one at the beginning?

A good win for Matt Hardy over Snitsky, though I must say, the matches haven’t really been as strong as I expected for a draft show.

Chris Masters to Smackdown? This could be a good move, as the guys got talent and deserves a push on the less crowded SD.

I’m not going to sugar coat this at all. The fact that Jeff Hardy is number one contender is bad enough, if he becomes World Champion I’ll probably never read again.

The segment between the three GM’s was a rather interesting one, definitely the best promo of the night so far, since there has only been two. Anyway, a triple threat match for JD should be a good read. This free agent better be Brock Lesnar to.

CM Punk is one of the few guys who can pull a decent match out of Nitro, so this is definitely a match I would have been interested in seeing. Punk had to get the victory here, as ECW needed to finally get the draft pick.

Honestly, I’m a little disappointed in Finlay going to ECW. He can kick ass with the best of them, but he is a mid carder at best, and I think ECW would benefit with a huge name coming over.

The WGTT interview was surprisingly not that bad, despite both guys sucking on the mic, yet both guys seemed to repeat themselves, and stutter a lot which just got annoying as it went on. As for Benji’s little stipulation regarding their title run, I think it’s a bit stupid, tbh, unless of course you’re going to have them remain champions for a year. Breaking up just because Benji said this, would really be ridiculous. Be careful with what you do here, man.

The fact that this tag match got less time than Hardy/Snitsky and Flair/Kane is a joke. SHOWCASE your talent on big shows such as this draft show. Nothing much else to say, except it’s a good win for the WGTT. Oh, I’d love to see a fully fledged feud between these two teams to, even if they are on separate brands.

Chris Benoit to Raw? That’s definitely a big draft pick.

Titles not allowed to switch brands? When did this rule come into play? Sounds like some sort of bull you’ve just made up because you didn’t know what else to do. Seriously, I don’t like it, you should have had him lose the title on this show in a match, not just get it taken like this.

A pretty good segment with The Coach and Orton, although I don’t really like Coach as the face GM. Simply doesn’t suit him at all. I’d love to see Orton fuck up Hardy, and get the title shot.

A big win for Carlito. I’m loving the momentum his receiving.

Elijah Burke coming to Raw? Awesome. I want to see the guy get pushed. With that being said, ECW is really losing big time with this draft.

Sabu and Daivari on a draft show? Shows how good the roster depth of this time period is.

Mr. Kennedy to ECW! Thank god for this. Seriously, this was needed badly, as ECW were really losing out, but now they’ve got one of the best guys in this whole thread on their show. A good choice here, PP.

Batista and ‘Taker confrontation was good enough. I was glad you kept ‘Taker silent, because so many people mess up when trying to write him.

A big, big match here, with the two ‘Mania main events going against each other. These are more of the type of matches I expected, so yeah, I’m glad we got a good one eventually. A good win for Michaels and Cena, keeping them strong, whilst Taker/Batista tension will probably continue.

The Battle Royal seemed good enough, and what a big win for Umaga. However, what the fuck was Orton doing? I guess this was his way of getting back at The Coach, so I can’t wait to see what happens next week.

Marcus Cor Von is a fairly big draft pick but SHAWN MICHAELS was huge. Awesome ending to the show with a big draft pick, that’ll rock the foundations of the entire company.

I’ve gotten into the habit of not summarising everything, and getting into my point with reviews, so I hope it seems efficient. Anyway, honestly, this could probably past as a normal show, but for a two hour draft show, I expected something better. I don’t know why, but I expected more quality matches, and we could have had a few more promos, I mean I think we had like three or four for the whole bloody three hour show. Definitely some things to work on, but with the draft now behind you, I expect you to really get into your groove.
 
#37 · (Edited)
Supplemental Draft:
-Jamie Noble to ECW
-JTG to SmackDown
-The Miz to RAW
-Val Venis to ECW
-Super Crazy to SmackDown
-Shannon Moore to ECW
-Shad to SmackDown
-Matt Striker to RAW
-Gregory Helms to ECW
-Viscera to SmackDown


Updated Rosters:

RAW Roster:
Carlito ~ Intercontinental Champion
Charlie Haas ~ 1/2 of the World Tag-Team Champion
Chris Benoit
Edge
Elijah Burke
Eugene
Jeff Hardy
Jim Duggan
John Cena ~ WWE Champion
Johnny Nitro
Jonathan Coachman ~ General Manager
Kane
Kenny Dykstra
Lance Cade
Matt Striker
Melina
Randy Orton
Rey Mysterio ~ Currently Out with an Injured Knee
Ric Flair
Robbie McAllister
Rory McAllister
Shelton Benjamin ~ 1/2 of the World Tag-Team Champion
The Miz
Trevor Murdoch
Triple H ~ Currently Out with a Torn Quadriceps

Tag-Teams/Stables:
Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch
Jim Duggan & Eugene
Highlanders
Rated RKO*
World's Greatest Tag-Team
Ric Flair & Carlito*

*- Occasional tag-team

Announcers:
Jim Ross ~ Play By Play
Jerry Lawler ~ Color Commentator
Kelly Kelly ~ Backstage Interviewer
Lillian Garcia ~ Ring Announcer

ECW Roster:
Ariel
Balls Mahoney
Bobby Lashley ~ ECW Heavyweight Champion
CM Punk
Finlay
Gregory Helms
Hardcore Holly
Jamie Noble
Kevin Thorn
Little Guido Maritato
Mick Foley ~ General Manager
Mike Knox
Mr. Kennedy
Paul Heyman ~ Currently Suspended
Rob Van Dam
Sabu
Shannon Moore
Snitsky
Stevie Richards
The Sandman
Tommy Dreamer
Val Venis

Tag Teams/Stables:
ECW Originals (Balls Mahoney, Rob Van Dam, Sabu, The Sandman, Tommy Dreamer)

Announcers:
Joey Styles ~ Play By Play Commentator
Tazz ~ Color Commentator
Brooke ~ Backstage Announcer
Tony Chimel ~ Ring Announcer

Smackdown Roster:
Armando Alejandro Estrada
Batista
Brian Kendrick ~ 1/2 WWE Tag-Team Champions
Chavo Guerrero ~ Cruiserweight Champion
Cherry
Chris Masters
Daivari
Dave Taylor
Deuce
Domino
Funaki
Hornswoggle
Jimmy Wang Yang
Johnny Jeter
JTG
King Booker
Marcus Cor Von
Mark Henry
Matt Hardy
Montel Vontavious Porter
Paul London ~ 1/2 WWE Tag-Team Champions
Queen Sharmell
Scotty 2 Hotty
Shad
Shawn Michaels
Super Crazy
The Boogeyman
The Great Khali
The Undertaker ~ World Heavyweight Champion
Theodore Long ~ General Manager
Umaga
William Regal
Viscera

Tag-Teams:
Blue Bloods (Dave Taylor & William Regal)*
Deuce & Domino
London & Kendrick
Cryme Tyme

*-Occasional Tag-Team

Announcers:
Michael Cole ~ Play by Play
John 'Bradshaw' Layfield ~ Color Commentator
Maria ~ Backstage Interviewer
Justin Roberts ~ Ring Announcer

Pay-Per-Views:
Judgment Day; May 20, 2007 Scottrade Center, St. Louis, Missouri
One Night Stand; June 3, 2007 Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, Florida
Vengeance; June 24, 2007 Toyota Center, Houston, Texas
King of the Ring; July 22, 2007 HP Pavilion, San Jose, California
Summerslam; August 26, 2007 Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford, New, Jersey
Unforgiven; September 16, 2007 FedExForum, Memphis, Tennessee
No Mercy; October 7, 2007 Allstate Arena, Rosemont, Illinois
Cyber Sunday; October 28, 2007 Verizon Center, Washington D.C.
Survivor Series; November 18, 2007 American Airlines Arena, Miami, Florida
Guilty As Charged; December 16, 2007 Save Mart Center, Fresno, California
New Year's Revolution; January 3, 2008 Wembley Stadium, London, England
Royal Rumble; January 27, 2008 Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
No Way Out; February 17, 2008 Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada
Wrestlemania 24; March 30, 2008 Citrus Bowl, Orlando, Florida
 
#39 · (Edited)

ECW On Sci-Fi
May 1, 2007

Tuesday Night ECW begins with a highlight package of last night's annual WWE Draft show, which saw ECW pick up two talented wrestlers. We first get shown CM Punk defeating RAW's Johnny Nitro, which in turn leg the 'Belfast Bruiser' Finlay being brought over to the land of extreme. Then we are presented with ECW's other win of the night, which was ECW Original Sabu over Smackdown's Daivari, which got them the big fish of the night, the current Mr. Money In The Bank Holder, Mr. Kennedy. Once Kennedy's long intro is completed, the package ends and the show begins...

***Don't Question My Heart***

Once the theme song of ECW is finished we get taken out to the crowd, who are rowdy for tonight's show. The crowd is scanned as we are taken to the announcing team of Joey Styles and Tazz, who is working his second straight day of work.


Joey Styles: Hello everybody and welcome to ECW on Sci-Fi, with us just 24 hours removed from last night's WWE Draft special! I'm Joey Styles, and along with my colleague beside me, Tazz, we are glad to present to you ECW here tonight.

Tazz: Ah yes, Joey, it's great to be back here in the 'land of extreme'. It just didn't feel right being on RAW last night, and I'm glad I'm back with you announcing some of the best talent in the WWE.

Joey Styles: Last night ECW received two draft picks to bring over, with them being the 'Belfast Bruiser' Finlay, and the big one, 'Mr. Money In the Bank' Mr. Kennedy.

Tazz: It was a rough start for our guys here, but I have to admit, when I saw Mr. Kennedy's face pop up on the titantron, I couldn't stop smiling. This guy has it, Joey, and hopefully we will see it sometime in the near future here on ECW.

***Turn Up The Trouble***

Joey Styles: Well Tazz, I don't think we will have to wait very long, as that is Mr. Kennedy coming out right now!

Yes, Joey Styles is correct, that is the theme of none other then the current Mr. Money In the Bank, Mr. Kennedy. Kennedy walks down the ring with his own custom made shirt on, and his briefcase in his hand. However, he doesn't seem to be in a cheerful mood, at least by the looks made on his face. Once Kennedy gets inside of the ring the spotlight is set on him and only him, with him talking into the microphone above the ring.

Mr. Kennedy: I... I am the current Mr. Money In The Bank. I am exactly 6 feet and 2 inches tall, and weigh a very cut 243 pounds. I am the future of ECW, and my name is... MMMMMMMMIIIIIISSSSSSTTTTTTTAAAAAAAA......... KENNNNNNEEEEEDDDDDYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!

A mixed reaction for ECW's newest star, who isn't pleased with the said reaction.

Mr. Kennedy: I SAID... I AM the FUTURE of ECW... MMMIIIIIISSSSSTTTTTAAAAAAA........ KKKKEEEENNNNNNEEEDDDDYYYY!!!!!!

That mixed reaction has quickly switched to primarily boos, which Kennedy actually seems to want.

Mr. Kennedy: KKKKENNNEEEEDDDDYYYY!!!!!!!!!!

Yet again Kennedy hears nothing but a bunch of boos, which actually causes him to smile.

Mr. Kennedy: Last night... Last night when I found out that I was drafted over to, here, I was not happy.

Some more heat for Kennedy, who seems to be taking a drafting to ECW as a downgrade.

Mr. Kennedy: (To the crowd) Oh will all of you idiots SHUT...UP?

Yeah, I don't think that's gonna make those people an in cheerier of mode Ken. Normally insults piss people off, not intimidate them.

Mr. Kennedy: Anyways, like I was saying... I know that being drafted to ECW is a step down for me. (More heat from the crowd) I mean, look at me. I am the current Mr. Money in the Bank. I have defeated many former World Champions, such as Batista, The Undertaker, Chris Benoit, King Booker, Rey Mysterio, and many, many others. All of those guys are more talented then the hacks that you people call 'extremeists.'

The crowd is still not happy with Kennedy, with him taking weak shots at some of their favorite wrestlers.

Mr. Kennedy: What exactly makes these guys extremeists, anyways? Is it the fact that all they can do is jump through tables and smash each other's skulls in with steel chairs? Is that why you people cheer for these losers? Because they're nothing more then glorifited stuntmen? Because you could do just as good of a job as they can? Because every single guy back there is nothing more then a garbage wreslter, and that none of them are real world champion material, like myself?

Kennedy finally get's the anticipated 'You Suck' chants, which he takes in like it's air, then quickly switch to an 'E-C-Dub' chant, which Kennedy laughs at.

Mr. Kennedy: Honestly, it's like I'm talking to a bunch of braindead monkeys with you guys. No wonder this company went out of business six years ago. None of the guys wanted to hear idiots like every single one of you pretend to be cool and try to be a cult.

Kennedy continues to get booed as some people chant out 'You Suck Dick'.

Mr. Kennedy: No, I'm not into that kind of stuff, sorry to disappoint you guys. And even if I did, you guys would be happy because that would be the only action that any of you hicks would ever GET!

The crowd continues to boo Kennedy, not appreciating that he's calling each and everyone of them ...s, but what are you gonna do?

Mr. Kennedy: Ha ha, all you internet geeks don't have a comeback now that you've been outed? You guys really are pathetic.

Kennedy points his ear out to the crowd, awaiting some type of respone, but all the crowd can give is a 'Fuck You' chant.

Mr. Kennedy: I know that many of you guys like to sit on the internet and try to read the dirtsheets to make yourself feel smart, but what every single one of you dumbasses fail to get right is that I AM going to be a future world champion. I don't care if it's the ECW World Heavyweight Championship, or the World Heavyweight Championship, or the WWE Championship. I WILL become a World Champion by Wrestlemania 24.

A different 'You Have No Skill' chant starts, which continues to get a laugh out of Kennedy.

Mr. Kennedy: That is the only reason why I am not demanding a release inside of the ring right now. I know that I can defeat Bobby Lashley without my Money in the Bank briefcase, so once I become ECW World Heavyweight Champion I will cash in my briefcase to become a double World Champion, ha ha! It's a genius plan, I know. No need to chant my name now.

***Hell Will Be Callin' Your Name***

Kennedy will have to stop his train of thought for a second as the ECW World Heavyweight Champion Bobby Lashley comes out to a very positive cheer from the fans. He has his championship draped around his shoulder as he comes down, giving the fans high fives as well. He casually walks up the steps and is handed a microphone once he enters the ring, ready to confront Kennedy.


Bobby Lashley: Ken, I kinda find it hard that you can defeat me one on one in a singles match, to be honest with you.

Some of the more active fans give rowdy cheers for their World Heavyweight Champion.

Mr. Kennedy: And why is that... Bobby?

Bobby Lashley: Because I was just backstage listening to you listing all of the champions that you have beaten in your career, which is a very impressive list...

Kennedy smiles to the praise given by Lashley.

Bobby Lashley: But there is one man that you have not beaten one on one in your two years here.

Kennedy gives Lashley a quizzical look, not knowing who he is talking about.

Mr. Kennedy: And who is that, Bobby?

Bobby Lashley: ME!

The crowd gives out a roaring cheer, as Lashley's revelation shuts the cocky Kennedy up, at least for the time being.

Mr. Kennedy: That's... that's impossible. You are making that up, Lashley.

Kennedy shakes his head side to side, still not believing Lashley.

Bobby Lashley: Ken you can go into the WWE record books and see for yourself, but you will not find yourself having a win over me at any time in your career... and you never will.

The crowd pops at Lashley's statement to Kennedy, who gets taken aback by those comments, before responding.

Mr. Kennedy: (forcing out a laugh) Ha ha, ha, Bobby, you don't think that I, the current Mr. Money in the Bank, can beat you? Please, I've beaten many more accopmlished and talented champions than you.

Lashley raises the eyebrow to Kennedy, confused at who would all be more talented then him..

Bobby Lashley: Well then, since you are so confident in yourself, why don't we just have a match tonight in the main event to see if you really can beat me?

Kennedy strokes his chin, thinking about a response, and scratches his head before answering.

Mr. Kennedy: That sounds g--

***Wreck***

Just before Kennedy can answer Lashley's request, the theme of the current ECW General Manager, Mick Foley plays. Foley, despite being the general manager, is dressed in his usual cutoff flannel shirt and does his 'bang-bang' hand gesture to the fans, giving them high fives as he walks down the aisle. Once he walks into the ring he shakes the hand of both men and begins to speak.


Mick Foley: Gentlemen, you may be wondering why I am down here...

The crowd gives out a rowdy 'Foley, Foley' chant to the general manager, with him pausing and waving to the crowd.

Mick Foley: That is because I have to stop you two before you make this match between yourselves.

The crowd slightly boos Foley for his statement, wanting to see the huge main event here tonight.

Mick Foley: I'm sorry everyone, but I have already made a huge, tag-team main event for later tonight, and I am gonna announce it right now!

Slight mixed reaction, with more cheers as the fans are getting known of the main event already.

Mick Foley: Tonight, we will see ECW's two newest draft picks, the current reigning Mr. Money in the Bank Mr. Kennedy and the 'Belfast Bruiser' Finlay...

The fans give a negative reaction to the announced team, with Kennedy mouthing 'shut the hell up' to them.

Mick Foley: Taking up to take on the ECW World Heavyweight Champion Bobby Lashley and 'Mr. Tusesday Night' Rob Van Dam!

The people give out a large ovation to the two aforementioned names, with Kennedy quickly leaving the ring in disgust.

Mick Foley: Ken, man, calm yourself. I know you want to face Lashley to try and add him to your list of World Champions beaten, but that will have to happen on a different day, as I already signed this match before the show even started.

Kennedy just continues to walk back in disgust, not even turning around to face his new boss as ECW goes to it's first...

***Commercial***

ECW on Sci-Fi comes back on air in the backstage area, with the lovely Brooke, formerly of the faction Extreme Expose', holding a microphone.


Brooke Adams: Ladies and gentlemen, with me at this time is one of the wrestlers ECW acquired in last night's supplemental draft, Gregory Helms!

Some slight heat for Helms, who had been off of television for the majority of the last month resting some injuries before being drafted over last night. Helms has a ski-cap over his head, even though it is the beginning of May, and seems happy to get a fresh start here on ECW.

Brooke Adams: Gregory, you have been absent from Smackdown for the past month before being drafted here to ECW, so my first question is, where have you been since we've last seen you at Wrestlemania 23?

Gregory Helms: I had been working for a long time without any rest, so after my match at Wrestlemania I decided to take a month off and heal my wounds.

Brooke Adams: Now that you are here on ECW what are your plans going to be?

Helms removes his cap that he was wearing, wiping some sweat off of his forehead, before revealing his plans.

Gregory Helms: Brooke, let me make this perfectly clear - I do not want to get into any confrontation with anyone on this roster. Confrontation hurts people, both physically and mentally. Right now, I'm in a good physical and mental shape because I've avoided confrontation for the past month. I just want to go out to that ring, wrestle my kind of match, and then after the match, win or lose, I'm going to shake my opponents hand.

Brooke gives Gregory a quizzical look, surprised this is coming out of the mouth of the same guy that made sure he proved to everyone that he was the King of Cruiserweights by pinning each Cruiserweight in the division a year ago.

Brooke Adams: Uh, Gregory, why would you shake your opponents hand after the match?

Instead of thinking of an answer, Helms is ready with a response almost right away.

Gregory Helms: Brooke, professional wrestling is one of the toughest sports in the planet, and everyone that goes out to the ring tries to give it their all and pick up the victory. I find that if I gloat in someone's face after a victory, I will be nothing more then a jerk and a poor sportsman.

Helms stops and puts his cap back on, adjusting it to right over his ears.

Gregory Helms: But if I lose a match and pout about it instead of shaking the winners hand, I will just be a crybaby and a sore loser. Anytime someone participates in a game of basketball or baseball, both teams shake hand after the game as a sign of respect. I intend on bringing respect to my opponents as well, win or lose.

Helms stops as he appears to be done with this interview.

Brooke Adams: Why thank you for this enlightening interview, Gregory.

Gregory Helms: Anytime, Brooke. Anytime.

Helms leaves the interview area as we are taken back out to the arena, ready for our first match of the night.

***This Fire Burns***

And out with a big pop is one of the main faces on ECW, the 'Straightedge Superstar' CM Punk. Punk has his normal ribs t-shirt on that can be found on wweshop.com, and has X's taped around his taped wrists. He gives the crowd high fives as he makes his way down the aisle, and once he enters the ring, he tosses his shirt into the crowd and starts bouncing from side to side, shaking his wrists as he waits for his opponent to come out.


Joey Styles: Tazz here is one of ECW's brightest superstars at the moment, the straightedge superstar CM Punk. He says he doesn't do drugs or alcohol after what he saw happen to his parents, and that he is high on wrestling. What do you have to say about Punk, Tazz.

Tazz: Well, he's been in ECW for almost a year now, and has been one of the most dominating superstars since debuting here. You just gave a quick summary of his beliefs, but I've been around the guy and I know that it's much, much more then that.

Joey Styles: What do you mean, Tazz?

Tazz: I've seen this guy at AA meetings all around the place, trying to help people get their lives turned around. He's experienced first hand at how people's lifes have fallen with drugs and alcohol, and he's just trying to make sure that people don't fall into the same trap.

***2 Z Top***

Hits with one of ECW's newest acquisitions, via the supplemental draft, coming out. For those of you who don't know who it is, it's Jamie Noble. Noble comes down to a minimal reaction, at best, but doesn't seem to mind, as he gives the crowd some hand slaps, but never takes his eye off of his opponent inside of the ring, knowing that he has to make an impact here his first night on ECW.


Joey Styles: Now coming out is one of the talented wrestlers that has been brought over to ECW thanks to the supplemental draft, Jamie Noble.

Tazz: This guy is small in stature, but he does have a lot of heart. He also is a very skilled technical wrestler, and has had some titles to his resume, including being a former Cruiserweight Champion. Noble is hoping to make an impact on ECW, and he can with a huge victory over CM Punk here tonight.

Joey Styles: CM Punk versus Jamie Noble, right now, here on EC-dubya!

Match One - Singles Match - CM Punk vs. Jamie Noble

The bell rings and the two men begin the match by circling around each other, each waiting for the other man to make the first move. After a few seconds Noble decides to go at Punk's leg, only for Punk to push Noble at the ground to avoid the maneuver. The two do some groundwork on each other for the first three minutes, before Noble tries to go high risk and climbs the top rope. Noble claps his hands a few times to try and get the crowd into the match and then jumps off the top rope in an attempt to hit a missle dropkick, only for Punk to duck out of the way, causing Noble to crash hard into the canvas!

Punk then began to get control of the match, landing multiple kicks to the head of Noble before taking him down with a snap suplex. Later in the match Punk whips Noble into the turnbuckle and connects with a clothesline, then immediately connecting with a one armed bulldog as well. However, Punk then lost his momentum as he tried to land a springboard clothesline, with Noble taking him down with huge arm drag, sending Punk across the ring! Noble quickly notices his spot is open and climbs overtop of Punk, covering him for the pinfall... ONLY TO GET A TWO COUNT!

Noble holds up two fingers, with the referee confirming Noble's thoughts. Noble doesn't let the nearfall get to him, though. Instead, he grabs a downed Punk by the head and begins to drive his knees into Punk's head, just like a mixed martial artist would do. The referee notices Punk's leg right under the bottom rope and pulls Noble off of an unprotected Punk. While Punk is recouperating from Noble's recent attacks Jamie goes off on the referee, with him not noticing that Punk's leg was indeed under the bottom rope. Noble soon gets heated enough as to where he's in the referee's face, but just before he takes a swing at the referee Punk turns Jamie around and lifts him onto his shoulders and quickly connects with the Go To Sleep, giving the Straightedge Superstar the victory!

Winner: CM Punk via Pinfall (7:24)

The bell rings and Punk's hand is raised in victory, with Noble sitting on the canvas stunned at what happened in his debut here in ECW. Noble talks to the referee again while Punk is celebrating his victory, not bothering with restraint now that the match is over. Noble grabs the referee by the collar and PUNCHES THE REFEREE IN THE FACE! The referee immediately plummets to the ground, where Noble goes absolutely psycho on him, smacking his back and ripping off his shirt, before locking him in a GUILLOTINE CHOKEHOLD! NOBLE IS GOING ABSOLUTELY INSANE! The referee doesn't know what to do but tap out repeatedly, but Noble continues to have the hold locked in!

Noble has the hold locked in for a good half a minute before ECW officials come down and pull Noble off of the referee, with him in serious pain. Three men pull Noble away and drag him to the back, with him smiling maniacally while some more officials tend to the referee inside of the ring.


Tazz: I know this is sort of a new beginnin' fo' Jamie Noble, but I don't think you want to begin your first day on your new brand by choking out a referee with one of the toughest submission holds in all of wrestling.

Joey Styles: Not only does that referee not have any experience of being locked in a submission hold like that, but Jamie seemed to be adding more pressure the longer the move went! And did you see his smile when the officials were taking him to the back? He looked like he was a patient that had just come out of a mental institution!

Tazz: Jamie hasn't really had any anger issues that I know of, but it will be interesting to see how ECW General Manager Mick Foley will react to a demolition of one of his referees by one of his newest talents!

Joey Styles: When we receive more news on our referee's condition we will notify everyone at home, but the show will go on. And, when we come back from commercial break, the monster known as Mike Knox will be inside of the ring, as he has a match tonight. This is Extreme Championship Wrestling on Sci-Fi, and you do NOT want to turn the channel.

***Commercial***

ECW comes back on air with the announcing team of Joey Styles and Tazz staring into the camera.


Joey Styles: Ladies and gentlemen, a few minutes ago, after his match versus the 'Straightedge Superstar' CM Punk, one of ECW's acquisitions from the Supplemental Draft, Jamie Noble, did some horrific actions to one of our most respected referees. Here is a replay of what happened just moments ago...

***​

The bell rings and Punk's hand is raised in victory, with Noble sitting on the canvas stunned at what happened in his debut here in ECW. Noble talks to the referee again while Punk is celebrating his victory, not bothering with restraint now that the match is over. Noble grabs the referee by the collar and PUNCHES THE REFEREE IN THE FACE! The referee immediately plummets to the ground, where Noble goes absolutely psycho on him, smacking his back and ripping off his shirt, before locking him in a GUILLOTINE CHOKEHOLD! NOBLE IS GOING ABSOLUTELY INSANE! The referee doesn't know what to do but tap out repeatedly, but Noble continues to have the hold locked in!

Noble has the hold locked in for a good half a minute before ECW officials come down and pull Noble off of the referee, with him in serious pain. Three men pull Noble away and drag him to the back, with him smiling maniacally while some more officials tend to the referee inside of the ring.


***​

Joey Styles: As you can see, the referee has been seriously injured, and has been currently diagnosed with a concussion and neck spasms after the guillotine chokehold that Noble had locked in. When we receive more word on the story we will inform you all, and all of us sincerly apologize for Noble's actions. Thank you.

***Death Grip***

The theme of the 'Monster' Mike Knox quickly changes the tone of the crowd, from them being worried about the referee's condition, to them giving Knox some deserved boos. His opponent, Zak Garner is already inside of the ring, waiting for Knox to come down. Knox has a nice beard on him, to add to his monster character, and eventually makes his way up the steps.


Joey Styles: When you talk about jerks on the ECW brand, this man is one of the first that comes to mind, doesn't it Tazz?

Tazz: Well, when you interfere in such a big match like CM Punk versus Bobby Lashley you normally aren't going to have many fans on your side, that is for sure.

Joey Styles: For those of you who may be wondering what my colleague is talking about, let's take a look at last weeks main event, which featured our ECW World Heavyweight Champion taking on the Straightedge Superstar CM Punk...

***​

The match, while not as good as the spectacular affair last week between Punk and RVD, is a very solid 11 minute bout. Lashley, using his strength, holds the advantage early on in the match, at least until Punk sidesteps a spear attempt from the huge beast. It is then Punk who uses his technical abilities to take control of the match, hitting a step up enziguri and hurricanrana before attempting to lock in the Anaconda Vise, only for MIKE KNOX TO COME DOWN THE RING! Nobody has an idea why the monster is coming down, but he quickly turns this match sour as he takes out both Punk and Lashley at 11:39, wanting to get his name known. The crowd gives Knox heat, who just takes a deep breath and takes it all in, with Joey Styles and Tazz degrading Knox for his actions. Knox walks around the ring and continues to take in their boos.

***​

Once the video is done being aired we are taken back inside of the ring, with both Knox and Garner ready to go in our second match of the night.

Match Two - Singles Match - Mike Knox vs. Zak Garner

A complete and utter squash for the Monster Knox, who has been on a roll since making his re-debut on ECW a few weks ago. In fact, it is now his 3rd straight win, with him being quite dominant in eah and every performance. Knox simply toys with Garner in the three minutes that they are inside of the ring together, with him whipping Garner at each and every turnbuckle, before eventually taking him down with a Samoan Drop! Knox continues to destroy Garner until he finishes him off with the Desert Destroyer, a Swinging reverse STO, for the elementary pinfall.

Winner: Mike Knox via Pinfall (3:07)

The bell rings and Knox slowly gets up to his feet, getting his hand raised in victory. Knox doesn't bask in his celebration, but instead picks Garner up again and connects with another Desert Destoryer, completely destroying the enhancement talent. Knox then lifts Garner into a press slam position and throws him over the top rope and onto the hard concrete ground below! Knox then orders a microphone to ben handed to him, with Tony Chimel handing it to him.

Mike Knox: (slightly out of breath) I know... many of you are wondering... why I interfered in last weeks main event...

Some more boos for Knox from the crowd after he reminds them of what he did last week.

Mike Knox: (pointing towards a still downed Garner on the outside of the ring) As you can see... this talent that is being thrown at me... is PATHETIC! I am undefeated since my return to ECW a few weeks ago... with an amazing record of three wins and zero losses...

Some more heat from the crowd, as a 3-0 record isn't exactly 'Goldberg-esque'.

Mike Knox: So... next week... I demand the ECW World Heavyweight Champion Bobby Lashley in a singles match to prove my dominance.

Knox then tosses his microphone to the ground and walks out of the ring, done with his statement to the crowd as ECW goes to another commercial break.

***Commercial***

ECW on Sci-Fi comes back from it's commercial break inside of General Manager Mick Foley's office. Mick is looking at some papers in his dimly lit room, with 'Barbie', his precious barbed wire, leaning on one of the walls. Mick is working diligently at his papers until he hears a knock on the door, with the man walking in without being welcomed in by Foley. Foley wipes a big part of sweat on his forehead before looking up at the man, who is the motherfucker known as Hardcore Holly.


Mick Foley: Bob, what brings you here into my office here tonight?

Hardcore Holly: I'm here to apologize for being the first man eliminated last night in the 15 man battle royal. I am very embarassed for my weak performance.

Foley seems surprised from the apology that has come out of Holly's mouth, a man who certainly isn't known for being remorseful and apologetic.

Mick Foley: It's a, erm, no big deal, Bob. We had a good night last night so that match didn't break us.

Holly nods his head, happy that Mick accepts his apology. Mick, however, thinks that he is done and is about to leave, and continues to work on his paperwork. Before Mick can get too deep into his work Holly chirps in again.

Hardcore Holly: I was also watchin' the show last night, an' I heard that there was going to be a triple threat match at Judgment Day with each brand getting one representative, an' to make up for my poor performance last night I wanna be that representative at Judgment Day.

Foley then puts his pen down and leans back in his chair, staring into Holly's eye's before answering him.

Mick Foley: Bob, as much as I would like to just hand you the spot at Judgment Day, it is my duty as General Manager to keep it fair to everyone on the roster. So, with that said, next week in the main event of ECW, we will see a six-pack challenge, which will feature yourself, CM Punk, Finlay, Gregory Helms, Kevin Thorn, and Sabu.

The crowd is heard cheering when the faces are announced by Foley, and booing when the heels are.

Hardcore Holly: Thank you for the opportunity, sir.

Holly begins to leave Foley's office, but Foley isn't done talking.

Mick Foley: Woah, woah, hold up there, bud. I haven't even announced the best part... The match will be an 'Extreme Rules' Six Pack Challenge, meaning that all weapons are allowed.

The fans cheer loudly at Foley's final announcement, with Holly giving out a small smile before leaving the arena.

Mick Foley: (leaning back in his chair) Aaaahhh, it's GREAT to have power. He he.

Foley takes a breather and stays leaning in his seat as ECW goes back out to the arena.

***​

Joey Styles: Well, everybody, you just heard it. Next week in our main event it will be an 'Extreme Rules' Six Pack Challenge, featuring CM Punk, Kevin Thorn, Gregory Helms, Hardcore Holly, Sabu, and...

***Lambeg***

Hits, interrupting the 'Voice of ECW' in his train of thought, and it's none other then one of the men featured in tonight's main event, the 'Belfast Bruiser' Finlay. Finlay walks down, dressed in his normal Irish-styled outfit, with his shillelagh in hand as well. Finlay comes down the ring, not looking like he's in a fucking around type of mood. He slowly makes his way up the ring and does a few sprints around the ring, waiting for his partner to come out.


Joey Styles: ... and that man that is coming down the ring at this very moment, Finlay. Tazz, Finlay is an experienced veteran in this business, but don't you think even he is hoping to have an impressive debut here on a new brand?

Tazz: Honestly, Joey, this man isn't going to do anything different then what he would on a normal day. He loves to fight, and that's what he's gonna do here tonight.

***Turn Up The Trouble***

Plays next, with ECW's crown jewel from last night's draft, Mr. Kennedy making his way out from the curtain. He spits at the ground near the fans, with a cocky smile on his face. He takes some big steps down the aisle and once he slides into the ring he points up to the rafters, awaiting for his microphone to come down so he can make his signature introduction.


Mr. Kennedy: I come in weighing at a dashing two hundred and forty-three pounds and am the current MISTAAAA MONEY IN THE BANK.... Also to be your future ECW World Heavyweight Champion.... MMMMIIIISSSSSTTTTTAAAAAAAAA...... KKKKKEEEEENNNNNNNEEEEEDDDDDYYYYYYYY!!!!!

Kennedy pauses, walks over to the top rope, and puts the microphone by his mouth again.

Mr. Kennedy: KKKKKKKKKEEEEEENNNNNNNEEEEEEEDDDDDDYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!

Kennedy tosses the microphone back up in the air as is 'vanishes' up to the rafters. He then steps down off the turnbuckle and meets with his partner, discussing their strategy for their debut match. Instead of getting some commentary from Styles and Tazz, the next man's music plays...

***One Of A Kind***

And the next man to come out is 'Mr. Tuesday Night' himself, Rob Van Dam. Van Dam comes out to a remarkable reaction, with all of the fans seemingly on their feet. RVD does his 'Rob... Van... Dam!' chant twice, once on the top of the aisle, and once on the edge of the ring apron before entering the ring. RVD keeps his space between his opponents, with him waiting for his partner to make his way out from the back as well.


Joey Styles: Now here comes one of the most recognizable faces from the original ECW, the Whole F'n Show Rob Van Dam. I think the crowd's reaction to Rob says it all about this man - they love him here.

Tazz: Rob has that high-flying aerial style of wrestling, which is very appealing on the eyes, at least compared to a guy like Finlay, who is more of a ground-game type. Also, Rob has always given 110% to these fans, and they always show their appreciation towards him.

Joey Styles: He may have come up short two nights ago to try and get his second reign as ECW World Heavyweight Champion since ECW came back on the air last June, but he still is number one in many fans hearts here tonight.

***Hell Will Be Callin' Your Name***

And the final member of the main event, the current ECW World Heavyweight Champion Bobby Lashley. Lashley slowly walks down the ring, giving the fans high fives as he makes his way down. He then walks up the steps and gives RVD a hand shake, showing no hard feelings despite their hard-fought encounter a few nights ago at Backlash. The two then plan out their strategy as the main event is seconds from beginning.


Joey Styles: Now out is the man who has dominated the entire ECW Brand since he won the ECW World Heavyweight Championship back in December, Bobby Lashley. Tazz, Bobby is quite the physical specimen, isn't he?

Tazz: Oh I'll say so, Joey. This man doesn't look like he has an ounce of fat on his body and has the look of a World Champion. It doesn't hurt that he has an amateur background, either.

Joey Styles: It's now time for our main event to get underway, but before we can, we will have to take our final commercial break of the evening. It's gonna be Finlay and Mr. Kennedy versus Bobby Lashley and Rob Van Dam when we return, so don't go anywhere.

***Commercial***

Match Three - Tag-Team Match - Finlay & Mr. Kennedy vs. Bobby Lashley & Rob Van Dam


ECW returns to commercial with Finlay beating down RVD in his teams corner, with Kennedy laughing and talking smack to a beaten down opponent. Finlay sends RVD to the ground by driving his shoulder into the sternum of Van Dam, before tagging in his teammate Kennedy. Kennedy cockily smirks at RVD before he grabs him by his leg and drags him into the center of the ring, stomping all around RVD's body, who is squirming around in pain. After the fifth stomp Kennedy looks up to the crowd and gives a shit-eating grin, gaining a whole ton of heat from the crowd in doing so. He delivers one final stomp to the gut of RVD before lifting him up and immediately taking him down with a snap DDT! Kennedy then doesn't waste any time and covers RVD for the pinfall, only for RVD to roll his shoulder up at 2 and a quarter!

Kennedy vents his frustrations by smacking the canvas with his hand, before going back to work on RVD. Kennedy picks RVD up and whips him off of the ropes, connecting with a running knee to the gut on the comeback! RVD crashes to the mat and kicks the ground in pain, and Kennedy seems to be enjoying seeing RVD hurt. He grabs RVD by the hair and tags in Finlay again, then connects with a beautiful backcracker over his knee. Kennedy holds RVD in his spot while Finlay walks over and takes him down with a leg drop over his throat! Kennedy then is forced to leave the ring and it is Finlay/Van Dam inside of the ring now.

Finlay continues his teams dominance for a few more minutes, until he tries to seal the deal with a Celtic Cross. Finlay has RVD held onto his shoulders, but, after a few seconds of Finlay gaining stamina, RVD slides down Finlay's back and grabs him by his feet, tripping him up and finally getting some momentum! RVD knows that he has to get a tag to Lashley, who has been on the sidelines since the early stages of the match, and begins to make his way towards his partner. Finlay knows this as well and tries to tag in Kennedy before RVD can get Lashley, so he begins to crawl over to his teams corner. It's a race to the finish, with both guys about the same length away, only for Finlay to jump and make the tag to Kennedy, and RVD to get the tag seconds later to a huge pop! Lashley and Kennedy are finally squaring off inside of the ring, with both men fully rested and they throw down right away!

The two begin their encounter by throwing down right hands, with Lashley eventually getting the better of Kennedy. Lashley uses his stored energy to dominate Kennedy for a few minutes, landing a delayed vertical suplex, followed by military press drop a few seconds later. After he connects with an overhead belly to belly suplex near Kennedy's corner, Lashley walks back over near his corner and gets in position to connect with the Spear. Lashley crouches down on his feet, but since he is so focused on Kennedy, he doesn't notice that Finlay has removed the protective turnbuckle covering near his teams corner, which now just leaves a metal turnbuckle on the top rope.

Lashley patiently waits for Kennedy to get to his feet, and once he does, Lashley charges at him full speed, only for Kennedy to out-smart the ECW World Heavyweight Champion and side-step the move, throwing him into the unprotected turnbuckle! Lashley crashes down to the mat and Kennedy quickly climbs the top rope, connecting with the Kenton Bomb and covering Lashley for the CLEAN Pinfall Victory!

Winners: Mr. Kennedy & Finlay via Pinfall (12:38)

Kennedy almost immediately gets up to his feet and jumps up and down in a sort of girlish matter, very, very pleased that he finally earned a clean pinfall victory over Lashley. Kennedy and Finlay grab each others hand and raise them in the air indicating their victory, before Kennedy grabs Lashley's ECW World Heavyweight Championship belt and celebrates with it on the top rope, just rubbing it in the face of the actual champion. Kennedy looks at it and raises it up in the air, to some boos from the disappointed crowd, before he tosses it onto the downed chest of the ECW World Heavyweight Champion. Kennedy is smirking as he leaves the ring, just as he was when he was coming down the ring before the match.

Joey Styles: Quite an impressive debut here on the ECW brand for both Mr. Kennedy and Finlay, don't you agree Tazz?

Tazz: Lashley stated earlier in the night that Kennedy had never defeated him via pinfall, but Kennedy now has gotten that monkey off his back with another win over a World Champion.

Joey Styles: Certainly having Lashley running into an unprotected turnbuckle doesn't hurt, though.

Tazz: I don't think Kennedy himself saw it, Joey. Finlay just helped out his teammate by removing the covering and Kennedy still avoided the spear and thought on his feet. Overall an impressive outing from ECW's crowned jewel.

Joey Styles: For my colleague Tazz, I'm Joey Styles and we thank you for watching yet another eventful episode of ECW on Sci-Fi.

Once Joey is done signing off, ECW fades to black.

Quick Results:
CM Punk def. Jamie Noble (7:24)
Mike Knox def. Zak Garner (3:07)
Mr. Kennedy & Finlay def. Bobby Lashley & Rob Van Dam (12:38)

Confirmed For Next Week:
Six Pack Challenge: CM Punk vs. Finlay vs. Gregory Helms vs. Hardcore Holly vs. Kevin Thorn vs. Sabu

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Judgment Day
When:
May 20, 2007
Where: Scottrade Center, St. Louis, Missouri
Theme Song: I Don't Wanna Stop by Ozzy Osbourne

Confirmed Matches:

Triple Threat Match for the Contract of an Unannounced Superstar:
TBA vs. TBA vs. TBA
 
#40 ·
VERY detailed results, and good ones, it seems like your giving away too much on the weekly shows, matches that could be big ones on PPV with plenty of hype are kind of given away too easily, that's just my first impression, but it's obvious you are very dedicated to it and willing to work hard on it. Also, Kennedy on ECW seems wasted, although it could prepare him well for a higher spot on another brand.
 
#41 ·
ECW Feedback​

The opening video package was clever, hyping up both Finlay and Mr. Kennedy, who I think are two pretty good draft picks.

Starting the show with Mr. Kennedy? Sounds good, I can’t really think of a better way to start the show than that. I didn’t like him using the whole KENNNAAADAAYYY skit straight away, as usually it’s the go home line of a promo, not the opening. I don’t know why, but it just didn’t feel right. The promo was alright from here, with me really loving the way Kennedy was playing the crowd, and I was marking out for the old ECW chants, great stuff. However, I didn’t like the mentioning of the dirt sheets, that just didn’t seem like something a wrestler would mention, especially somebody in the WWE. I do like the idea of Kennedy becoming a double champion though. I wasn’t a huge fan of Lashley’s bit, I mean he stuck up for himself and all that, but he just wasn’t aggressive enough for my liking. The only way people are going to get behind Lashley in this thread is if he is a complete badass, even on the microphone. Foley as GM is awesome to, I don’t know if I’ve said that in this thread before. The tag team match should be pretty epic to, and I must say, despite some issues, this promo was pretty entertaining.

I’m not sure I like the gimmick you are giving Helms. This all shaking hands crap, and heels becoming fair, it seems it’s happening a lot ion BTB lately, so I’m going to have to wait and see just what you do with this.

CM Punk/Noble? What an awesome opening contest. Honestly, with Helms and Noble both coming over to ECW, things are looking very exciting on this brand. A lot of people job Noble these days, so I was glad you got him to go seven minutes with Punk, but in the end, I guess the result was kind of inevitable. The attack on the referee afterwards has me up and about to, as it means you’ve actually got something planned for Noble. Good booking here, imo.

Please don’t push Mike Knox, he’s horrible in the ring and on the mic. By the way, three wins isn’t exactly an amazing record. Hopefully you just allow Lashley to squash the shit out of him next week.

Holly getting a bit of a push in this thread is a good decision, as I think it could have been alright, as he could have been big in ECW, imo. The six pack match sounds pretty epic for next week, anyway.

The main event was a pretty nice contest, and it was good to see Mr. Kennedy, who is quickly becoming the man in this thread, pick up the victory. By the way, since they used the exposed turnbuckle, I don’t think it was a clean victory. Anyway, a good momentum builder for Kennedy.

To be honest, I usually don’t like ECW in BTB, but this thread has a refreshed roster, and I must say, this was a pretty entertaining read. So, really great work on in this thread, you deserve the compliments, and I’m intrigued to see what comes next.
 
#42 ·
ECW Feedback

Hey, my first comments in here in way too long, so first and foremost, I apologise for not commenting sooner. Now, with that said, don’t be surprised if I make a few general comments throughout that maybe give my thoughts on general happenings and the drafts as a cheap kind of copout for my lack of feedback. Yeah, I’m lazy. I’ll try to get on the wagon with you from now on.

Nice little way to start off, with the draft obviously being the big thing coming out of last night. The obvious thing to hype.

Now, Kennedy to open the show is no surprise, because last night he was the big arrival, and there’s no doubt that he is THE star of the show. However, my initial thoughts when I saw the draft show, and what I think now is still the same thing: Is he too big of a star to be moved to ECW? To me at this stage? Yes he is. The guy is an absolute star at this stage, on a meteoric rise with the Money in the Bank briefcase, and you just know that when he cashes that briefcase in, it isn’t going to be on ECW. ECW simply isn’t big enough for that, and Kennedy feels too big for the show for me. I would rather you utilise a guy who feels like a midcarder there in the main event, such as the other guy who you drafted in Finlay. Still, as I said, if he’s on the show he needs to be in the spotlight, so him starting this show with a promo was simply a must. Kennedy introducing himself? I don’t mean that, however, I would rather see him list his accomplishments, such as the guy who is now changing Tuesday nights (instead of his old Friday nights line), the fastest rising star, the future world champion, former US champion etc instead of the weight thing. That seems more like a match introduction, whereas him listing his accomplishments would make him seem like the big star arrival that he is. The cheap heat here was good. Kennedy, however, pointing out ECW is the minor leagues? Not so good. We both know ECW is well below RAW and SmackDown!, however, pointing it out is not a good thing, because you don’t want to demean the show people are watching (or in the world of BTB, reading) because they’ll then think “Hey yeah, why am IU watching this? It’s not that good.” A big no for me. Unfortunately that seems to be the basis for this promo, so the chances of me liking it are slim to nil. The building up of himself from Kennedy was all well and good, but the following bagging of ECW, as I’m sure you would know, isn’t good. I know I said he’s too big of a star for the show, but pointing it out isn’t good. I know you’re probably going for a more smarky crowd from ECW, but the crowd’s reaction and the gay stuff from KK simply didn’t seem right for a WWECW show. WWE had transformed ECW beyond that by then. Still, the double champion stuff could be interesting, and it instantly sends Kennedy into the spotlight on the show, where he belongs. Lashley interrupting? Well, he is champion, but he’s also weak on the mic, so it’ll be interesting to see how you go. Keeping this part of the promo short was probably for the best, and I thought it did its job just fine. The feud is started up with the simple fact that Kennedy has never beaten Lashley, and that now he’s going to want to. Easy, and it makes sense. Foley coming out and announcing the tag match makes sense, as you get to showcase your new stars. Not to sure about the way the promo ended, as it just kind of stopped without and conclusive statement to end it, but it was still an okay way to open the show, even if I didn’t agree with some of the booking behind it.

Helms to ECW is someone I can get behind as a solid addition, as I think he would be a good guy to move up to the main event scene on ECW since he has both the wrestling skills and the mic skills, and he’s in that place in the midcard. With that being said, I’m not so sure about this specific promo from Helms, and how he’s become, well, a wuss. While I wouldn’t mind this character as much with a guy who has lesser mic skills and potential, a guy like Helms who just has that charisma to be a badass, arrogant type of guy being put into this character isn’t ideal. Unless this turns into some kind of a pacifist heel character where he doesn’t want to fight (which would actually utilise Helms’ mic skills and charisma well, imo), I can’t see this character being good for him at all.

Noble vs. Punk? Have to say, that’s a pretty great match for an opener. The match itself seemed to be written fine, with the mat wrestling early being good to see, and a pretty good buildup to the finish, with something different. The storyline itself, with the post-match attack of Noble going after the referee is a good one, as I love an intense and crazy Noble who attacks fuckers everywhere (Para had it going amazingly in his thread), although I thought it could have been done with a couple of weeks build of Noble thinking he was getting screwed by the referee, maybe in a series of matches with Punk to provide some good wrestling, before then exploding and going mental. Still, as I said, I like a crazy Noble, and Punk winning is never a bad thing.

Nice to see the replay of the Noble stuff to really make it seem like a big deal.

Knox getting a chance to make an impact? Hell yeah. The guy is amazingly talented. Having him go after Punk and Lashley after last week’s main event, even if neither Lashley nor Punk have acknowledged it tonight (which is a little disappointing for me) is a positive. The squash win tonight, while nothing spectacular, obviously, does its job in showing just how dominant Knox can be. The attack afterwards to further illustrate his dominance was good too, and while the promo was nothing great, it obviously did its job, and lays down a pretty good main event next week, if the match is indeed accepted. Hopefully it is.

Bob Holly a real kissass? I just can’t see it. It would have been much better if rather than just saying sorry, Holly went on to talk about his experience and how he likes to kick ass. This just seemed to mellow and almost not intense enough for Holly to be at all interesting as a character for me. The match for next week that’s been announced should be a good’un though. Granted, seeing Holly representing ECW on Pay-Per-View would suck, but the other guys would all do fine.

I know you mentioned it in your description of Lashley coming out to the ring, but I would have liked to have seen Styles and Tazz mention the Backlash match as a talking part between partners for the night in RVD and Lashley, because it adds that extra dynamic to the match, and I feel it should be pointed out. Just a small thing about the early part of the match, but I really feel like a DDT shouldn’t be used as such a weak move that’s just done like that. To me, it’s a move that should be used near the finish for an exciting nearfall, since it’s a big type of move, and shouldn’t just be thrown into the middle part of the match. A small and picky thing, I know, but it’s something that irritates me. The rest of the match was fine, and while Kennedy’s win wasn’t actually clean with the turnbuckle pad removed, it works. In my mind, I was thinking that Lashley would go over, as having Kennedy not ever beating Lashley as a storyline can drag the feud out longer, and give Kennedy some real anger by having him not better than the champ, not getting to be challenger, and thus not looking too good for the show, but since he’s Mr. Money in the Bank and one of your stars, I understand you giving him the win.


Overall this was a solid enough show to make me want to read more in this thread, which I’ve always wanted to do, but for some reason never really have. The show was pretty well booked, even if I didn’t think all of the things were necessarily booked as well as possible, and the writing was consistently good throughout. Sorry I haven’t been reviewing up until this point, but I promise I’m going to try to get more feedback to you, starting with your next show.
 
#43 ·
I know this isn't my best work, but I'm hopin' I'll be able to turn it around once I get back into a groove


Friday Night Smackdown
May 4, 2008

Rise Up 2006

The theme song of Smackdown plays to kick off it's first show post-draft and once it's finished we are taken to a screen shot of the crowd, who seem very amped up for the show tonight. Many fans are on their feet as the opening pyro goes off, to which we are greeted, as always, by Smackdown announcers Michael Cole and John 'Bradshaw' Layfield.


Michael Cole: Hello everyone, I'm Michael Cole and along with my partner John 'Bradshaw' Layfield, we are happy to present to you tonight's edition of Friday Night Smackdown, with us now on the road to Smackdown's next Pay-Per-View extravaganza, Judgment Day, which is just sixteen days away!

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: But before we get started there we have to remind our fans about what happened five nights ago at Backlash, Michael.

Michael Cole: Ah yes, for those of you who didn't order Backlash this past Sunday on pay-per-view, in a Smackdown-only match, the Undertaker defeated Batista and Kane in a Triple Threat Match to retain his World Heavyweight Championship that he won at Wrestlemania 23 by pinning Batista.

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: Batista wasn't a happy guy after the match because it was him who got Kane out of the picture for a few moments, only for the Undertaker to steal a victory off him.

Michael Cole: However, with all of the wrestlers that have been moved to Smackdown thanks to the draft, Batista might not get many more chances to try and win back his World Heavyweight Championship.

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: I was at the draft show on Monday, Michael, and let me tell you, Smackdown hit the jackpot in the draft. Chris Masters, Marcus Cor Von, Umaga, and the big one... future Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels have all been brought over here to change Friday Nights. There isn't going to be a thing called an easy victory anymore on Smackdown, let me tell you that. Every single man on this roster is ready to go every single show, and if you have a bad day you may be out on the losing end.

Michael Cole: Smackdown certainly did flex it's muscles on Monday, but it's not to say that we didn't take some hits too. Gone are former United States Champion Chris Benoit and Kane. Mr. Money In The Bank Mr. Kennedy has been moved to ECW and has already made his debut there...

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: Which was a ridiculous move if I've ever seen one, Michael.

Michael Cole: What are you talking about JBL?

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: Both Jonathan Coachman and Mick Foley were scared that Smackdown was going to become too strong of a brand that they couldn't compete with even if they combined their rosters, so they rigged it so we lost some of our big name main eventers. I'm surprised the Undertaker and Batista aren't on RAW or ECW as well.

Michael Cole: John, while I'm disappointed with the leaving of some of our superstars just like yourself, that opens the gates for many fresh faces, which is what the draft is all about.

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: Michael the draft isn't supposed to be rigged so that the strongest brand gets some of it's top superstars taken away. And that's what happened Monday night. It's a sham, I tell you.

Michael Cole: Well, whatever it may be, what's done is done, and Smackdown is now on the road to Judgment Day, which is not very far away.

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: And Teddy Long continues to prove that he's the best general manager in the company today, as the main event for tonight has already been announced.

Michael Cole: And what a main event it will be, JBL. We all know how much Batista wants another one-on-one shot with the Undertaker for the World Heavyweight Championship, and he will have a chance to get that fight tonight, as he's one of the four participants in a fatal fourway for the number one contendership to the Undertaker's World Heavyweight Championship, with the winner facing the Deadman in the main event at Judgment Day.

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: Batista's not gonna have a cakewalk though, as he's gonna have to beat Shawn Michaels, William Regal, and King Booker to meet the Champion.

Michael Cole: Yes, it looks to be quite a main event scheduled for later tonight, but also later tonight 'The Rabid Wolverine' Chris Benoit will make his farewell from the Smackdown Brand, and the much-hyped Johnny Jeter will make his debut as well, taking on Funaki. All of this and much more to be shown here tonight on Friday Night Smackdown.

***Gonna Punch Someone Tonight***

The theme of Smackdown's resident *******, Jimmy Wang Yang, plays as he makes his way out from the curtain, ready to wrestle in the first match of the night. He seems to be in a cheerful mood tonight, slapping the fans hands as he trots down the aisle. Jimmy then tosses his cowboy hat into the crowd just before he enters the ring, giving a lucky fan a souvenir.


Michael Cole: But before we get to all of that action, let's welcome down Smackdown's resident *******, Jimmy Wang Yang, who's getting ready to wrestle in our first match of the night. Jimmy's had a low profile for the past month, but it looks like he's gonna try and get on track tonight.

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: Our cruiserweight division has been picked apart over the last week, so Jimmy's gonna have to step it up if he wants to get a shot at the Cruiserweight Championship.

***Chavito Ardiente

Hits and the current Cruiserweight Champion, Chavo Guerrero comes down the ring, ready for some ring action. Chavo has his signature poncho on, with a bandanna over his head and his championship wrapped around his shoulder. Chavo gets some boos from the crowd as he comes down the ring, but he does his best in trying to shake them off. Once he enters the ring he takes off his poncho and bandanna and hands his title to the referee before getting in his corner ready to start the match.


Michael Cole: It looks like Jimmy's not gonna have an easy time getting a win tonight, because he'll have to put away the current Cruiserweight Champion Chavo Guerrero to do so.

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: Michael this man is certainly one of the most underrated superstars in the WWE today. He's a third generation superstar, coming from the world-famous Guerrero family. He's got the talent of his father, the charisma of his grandfather Gory, and the heart of his uncle Eddie.

Michael Cole: No doubt Chavo has stepped out of his family's shadow and has made a name himself here in the WWE, with this being his 6th reign as Cruiserweight Champion, and he's also a former Tag-Team Champion with his Uncle Eddie.

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: He's the top dog on the Cruiserweight Division, and there isn't one man on this roster that is as smart and talented as Chavo is.

Michael Cole: Ladies and gentlemen, our first match of the night will feature Jimmy Wang Yang versus Chavo Guerrero, but we have to take you to our first commercial break of the night, so don't go anywhere!

***Commercial***

Match One - Singles Match (Non-Title) - Jimmy Wang Yang vs. Chavo Guerrero (c)


We return from the commercial break with the match about two minutes in and Chavo sending Jimmy to the ground with a snap suplex, before covering him for a nearfall. Knowing that kicking out will cause Jimmy to burn some of his energy, Chavo covers again, with him again only getting a two count. Chavo, though, doesn't show his frustrations but instead laughs, knowing that he's in the drivers seat right now. Chavo lifts Jimmy up by his shirt and whips him shoulder first into one of the turnbuckle poles, which gets a resounding 'Oww' from both JBL and Cole, with JBL then laughing at Jimmy's pain not even three seconds after. Jimmy is sitting on the canvas, leaning against the bottom turnbuckle and in pain, while Chavo is a few feet away, planning his next move.

After Chavo figures out what he is going to do he walks over to Jimmy and lifts him up to a vertical position. Chavo measures his attack and whacks the chest of Jimmy with a knife-edge chop! A few of the Ric Flair fan's let out some woo's after the shot, and do so with the proceeding three chops that Chavo let's out, before he pokes the eye of Jimmy, to the disapproval of the referee. The referee pulls Chavo away from the corner after that move, telling him that poking the eye is illegal, although Chavo seems to be having it go in one ear and out the other. Once the referee is done scolding Chavo he charges at Jimmy and connects with a running hip attack to the hurt shoulder of Jimmy, sending the ******* back on his ass.

Chavo drags Jimmy a few feet away from the corner and covers him for another pinfall attempt, leaning on the hurt shoulder of Jimmy to increase the pain. Jimmy does somehow manage to roll the other shoulder up at two to draw a nearfall, but Chavo realizes that Jimmy is in serious pain with that shoulder. Chavo gets back up to his feet and stomps on the shoulder of Jimmy, which gets the ******* to scream in pain, before he lines Jimmy up about five feet away from the top rope and climbs the turnbuckle. Chavo takes his time getting up to the top, knowing that Jimmy isn't anything but a sitting duck, and once he gets to the top, he gloats a little by smacking his shoulders like his Uncle Eddie would, to some heat from the crowd for him immitating his more talented uncle.

After a few seconds of taunting Chavo gets both feet on the top turnbuckle and launches himself, attempting to finish off Jimmy with a frog splash... BUT JIMMY GETS HIS KNEES UP AND CHAVO CRASHES INTO THEM! Chavo took too long and it appears that Jimmy may have finally gotten some positive news for the first time in the match. Chavo, however, does get up to his feet first, but Jimmy gets up a few seconds later, knowing that he can't let Chavo take the momentum back. Jimmy charges at Chavo and sends him back to the ground with a delayed dropkick, followed by crossbody a few seconds later. Jimmy then waits for Chavo to get up to his feet, and then charges at him, attempting a spinning wheel kick... ONLY FOR CHAVO TO DUCK AND CAUSE JIMMY TO GET TANGLED IN THE ROPES!

Jimmy is a sitting duck now, with his legs caught in-between the top and middle rope and him hanging like a monkey on a tree branch. Chavo quickly gets up and begins to stomp on the hurt shoulder of Jimmy again, which gets the ******* to scream in pain. However, the referee then helps Jimmy out by untangling the ropes, which causes Jimmy's head to crash into the canvas. Chavo doesn't give Jimmy any recovery time, however, and grabs his head into a DDT position and runs up the ropes before crashing down into the mat, connecting with a Tornado DDT on Yang!

Chavo covers Jimmy to burn some more of his energy, only getting a two count, before he lifts Jimmy back up and grabs him in a front facelock. Chavo tosses Jimmy's hand over his back and lifts him up into the air, before sending him down and connecting with a suplex! Chavo doesn't let go of the hold after the move, however, as it looks like he's going to attempt the three amigos. Chavo again connects with the suplex a second time, and finally locks Jimmy in the front facelock and tosses his arm over Chavo's head, but this time instead of connecting with the move... JIMMY PULLS CHAVO DOWN TO THE GROUND AND PINS HIM WITH AN INSIDE CRADLE!!!

Winner: Jimmy Wang Yang via Pinfall (7:30)

The bell rings and Jimmy gets up to his feet, hands over his mouth, surprised himself that he pulled that one out of his ass. Chavo's eyes bug out as he can't believe that he just lost a match that he was fully in control of. Chavo smacks the canvas in anger, slides out to grab his Cruiserweight Championship, then storms on out to the back. Jimmy continues to pander to the crowd for a few minutes.

Michael Cole: I... I think it's fair to say that we have just witnessed an upset here in the opening contest, don't you JBL?

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: You're damn right it is. How the hell could that ******* Jimmy Wang Yang beat such a skilled and talented wrestler like Chavo Guerrero? How Michael?

Michael Cole: It's simple really, Jimmy got Chavo's shoulders pinned to the mat for a three count.

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: I know that, you jackass. What I mean is there's no way in HELL that Jimmy Wang Yang could surprise Chavo like that again.

Michael Cole: We will have to wait and see, but now let's go backstage to Todd Grisham, who's with one of the men featured in tonight's fatal fourway, William Regal.

***

Todd Grisham: Ladies and gentlemen, I'm Todd Grisham, and with me at this time is none other then William Regal.

Boos from the crowd for the British superstar. Regal simply sneers at the crowd.

Todd Grisham: William, tonight you get your first opportunity in quite some time to face the World Heavyweight Champion The Undertaker at Judgment Day, are you nervous at all?

Regal gives Grisham a dirty look, insulted at that question.

William Regal: Why in the BLOODY HELL should I be nervous?

Grisham is now the one who steps back, a little nervous himself at the seemingly infuriated Regal.

Todd Grisham: It's just that... the other three guys, Shawn Michaels, King Booker, and Batista have... all been World Heavyweight Champions at one time in their career...

Regal now looks pissed off that Grisham brought that up.

Todd Grisham: ...While you've been wrestling longer then any of them.

And boom goes the dynamite.

William Regal: List'n here you filthy American scum!... Tonight is MY night to make my homeland proud. Theodore Long has finally decided to give us TALENTED wrestlers the main event shot, and I will not screw it up!

Grisham nods his head as Regal is talking before firing another question.

Todd Grisham: You just said you won't screw it up tonight, but the final decision of the match doesn't need to include you, y'know.

Regal takes a deep breath, and I don't think he's in the mood for stupid questions.

William Regal: I know it doesn't have to, you imbecile, but it will include me. I have been waiting for a shot since I was a little boy living in Blackpool, and tonight is my night to shine. Are we finished here now?

Grisham nods his head and gestures Regal to move on, which he does, as Smackdown goes to it's second commercial break of the evening.

***Commercial***

Smackdown comes back on air with Funaki already inside of the ring, seemingly happy that he's actually being featured on a show for the first time in god know's how long. He gets introduced by Justin Roberts as he awaits for his opponent to make his way down.


Michael Cole: Some strong words we've just heard by William Regal before the break, JBL.

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: Ha ha Michael, this is the William Regal that I love to see. He doesn't take shit from no-one, and I'm scared that he might shorten the career spans of Batista, King Booker, and Shawn Michaels tonight.

Michael Cole: We will find out if that is true later tonight in the main event, but now it's time for the debut of... Johnny Jeter.

***All Eyes On Me***

The crappy production theme of the WWE plays as the much hyped debut of Johnny Jeter begins, along with his beautiful valet, Maryse Oullet. Jeter gets some pyro as he steps out from the curtain, with his girlfriends hand in his. The two don't try to hide that they're heels, either, with Maryse putting her hand in front of a fan who's yelling and Johnny taking a small child's HBK poster and picking his nose with it, before ripping it in half and tossing it back at the poor child. Heartless, yeah. Dickhead move, yeah. Unneccessary, yeah... Johnny then leads his woman up the steps, following right behind and lowering the bottom rope for her so she can get on in, before stepping in himself. The two walk into the middle of the ring and Maryse gives Johnny a nice kiss on the lips, with Johnny giving a cocky smile, as if to say 'Yeah, I'm tappin that.' before going to his corner and getting ready for his match in a few seconds.


Michael Cole: That was quite the uh, entrance there by our newest rookie Johnny Jeter.

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: Oh I'll say, he he. THAT'S an entrance Michael. If I had a woman like the lovely Maryse by my side when I was wrestling I would've brought her down to the ring and shown her off as well. I know you may not enjoy looking at a beautiful woman, Cole, but you won't hear any of the male viewers complaining about Maryse coming down to the ring every week.

Michael Cole: I have no problem with Johnny bringing his girlfriend down, but was it really neccessary for him to rip that small child's Shawn Michael's poster?

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: It serves the kid right.

Michael Cole: What did the child ever do to Johnny?

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: If he was smart he would've brought down a Johnny Jeter poster. Now he'll know for next time.

Michael Cole: Why should... how can you... let's get to the match.

Match Two - Singles Match - Johnny Jeter vs. Funaki

The heavily hyped debut of Johnny does not go bad for the rookie, completely in control of the rarely used Funaki for the entire match. Jeter shows flashes of brilliance early by connecting with a Superplex, and a fallaway slam, to which JBL absolutely marks for, a few seconds later. Jeter then toys with Funaki by walking over and smacking him on the head, with Funaki having no answer for it at all. Jeter then lifts Funaki up and whips him off the ropes, completely decapitating him with a double axe handle to the face! Funaki does a 180 and faceplants onto the canvas, and Jeter decides to cover him and put him out of his misery... but instead lifts up Funaki's shoulder on purpose, wanting to deliver even more punishment!

However, Jeter's cockiness bites him in the ass as Funaki finally gets some offense in by reversing a front facelock hold into an inside cradle, getting a two count on the surprised rookie. Jeter isn't pleased that Funaki was able to even attempt the pinfall attempt, and charges at him, only to get taken down with a surprise Enziguri by Funaki, to the cheers of the crowd. Funaki then waits for Jeter to get to a vertcal base, and once he does Funaki runs off the ropes and sends Jeter down again, this time with a one handed bulldog! Funaki then quickly hops on top of Jeter's body for a pinfall attempt, only to get a two count!

Funaki gets up to his feet and picks up his opponent, then runs off the ropes and comes diving at Jeter with a crossbody attempt, only for Jeter to stick his leg up and drill his leg into Funaki's gut, sending him back down to the ground. Jeter then lifts Funaki up and wraps his arms around Funaki's body, and whips him across the ring, connecting with a belly to belly suplex! With Funaki down for an extended period of time, Jeter kills some time by going over to Maryse and the two share another kiss, with Jeter again having that cocky grin of his. He then gets back up and patiently waits for Funaki to get up, and once he does Johnny finishes him off with a spinning 540 kick, with Johnny covering Funaki for the pinfall victory.

Winner: Johnny Jeter via Pinfall (5:59)

Johnny gets up to his feet without any bumps or bruises at all, brushing pretend sweat off his shoulder, trying to show everyone how easy his first match was, even though it wasn't a quick 1-2-3 squash. Maryse enters the ring and pushes the referee out of the way, raising Johnny's hand herself, letting everyone in the crowd that he's won decisively.

Michael Cole: What an impressive debut here by Johnny Jeter! I know you cannot assume anything off of one match, but the way Johnny looked today, I would think that he may have a bright future here on the blue brand.

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: And if he keeps Maryse by his side, he might have a bright love life as well.

Michael Cole: Oh John will you knock it off?

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: I'm sorry that I'm distracted by a beautiful woman's look. Most straight males are. But I guess you wouldn't know about that, would you? Ha ha!

The camera pans back to the couple in the crowd, still celebrating, as we get taken backstage to Montel Vontavious Porter, or MVP, who's getting ready for his match against Chris Benoit.

***

MVP is seen zipping up his 'power ranger' outfit, before taking a deep breath and looking at himself in his mirror that's in his locker.


Montel Vontavious Porter: Aight, Montel. T'night's YOUR night to finish off Chris Benoit. You're Smackdown's highest paid superstar for a reason. Chris ain't got NOTIN on you. Let's go.

MVP shuts his locker and places his chains around his neck, shades on his eyes, and seems ready to make his way out to the entrance, but....

???: Yoyoyoyoyoyoyoyo!! Yo!

Cryme Tyme enters before he can leave, with a big pop coming from the crowd for the ridiculously over tandem.

Montel Vontavious Porter: What are you guys doing here?

JTG and Shad both smile at each other before JTG answers MVP's question.

JTG: Ya didn't hear, homie? We've been drafted to Smackdown, boyyeee!

MVP takes a deep breath and looks up in the air, not wanting to see these two at the moment.

Montel Vontavious Porter: Why don't you guys bounce? You ain't wanted here.

JTG and Shad share a laugh with each other before Shad replies.

Shad: Man why you want us out so bad?

MVP takes off his glasses and looks at both of their eyes, trying to come off more serious.

Montel Vontavious Porter: Guys, I gotta match to get ready fo'. So get the hell outta my locker room.

The crowd boos at MVP's hostile attitude, but JTG and Shad both keep their cool.

JTG: Aight, man, we'll leave. But fi...

Montel Vontavious Porter: Then get out.

Shad: Woah, woah, big boy, you didn't think we'd leave just like that, did 'chu?

MVP let's out another big sigh, not in the mood for Cryme Tyme's bullshit. Not tonight, at least.

Montel Vontavious Porter: What d' ya guys want?

JTG and Shad look at each other, smile, and rub their fingers together, of course you know what they're talking about.

JTG: Man y'know what we're all 'bout...

Shad: We're 'bout 'dat money money...

The crowd responds with a resounding 'Yeah Yeah' chant.

JTG: We're 'bout that money money...

Another 'Yeah Yeah' comes out from the crowd.

Shad: Yeah 'dat money money...

One more 'Yeah Yeah' from the crowd.

JTG: 'Dat money money...

MVP, like anyone else that is reading this show, has becomed annoyed and interrupts them.

Montel Vontavious Porter: AIGHT! I get it. You guys want some money. Here...

MVP hands them a $50 bill from his bag, which pleases and shuts the duo up.

Montel Vontavious Porter: Take tha' fiddy. Now can I get some peace?

JTG and Shad nod their heads in approval, happy that they got some money.

JTG: We always knew you were a cool guy, man. We'll c'ya 'round.

MVP nods his head as the duo walk away and he continues to get ready for his match as Smackdown cuts to another commercial break.

***Commercial***

Smackdown comes back on-air with the WWE Tag-Team Champions Paul London and Brian Kendrick walking backstage. The two stop and create some small chatter with a production worker before they are JUMPED BY DEUCE AND DOMINO! The greasers club both champions across the back of their heads with a clothesline, with Deuce whipping London into one of the garage doors and Domino throwing Kendrick through a table after. The production worker runs to go get help for the champions, with the duo of Deuce and Domino talking smack and popping the collar of their leather coats up before walking away, leaving the champions in a heap of pain. Smackdown then gets taken out to the arena with Michael Cole and JBL.


Michael Cole: Oh my god! The Tag-Team Champions have just been laid out by Deuce and Domino! Why would those two do something like that?

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: Michael it's all about making your name known here on the best wrestling show in the world. Deuce and Domino haven't been seen on Smackdown for a while now, but they're shootin' straight for the top and are goin' after the champions. He he, I like it. That's how you get noticed around here, Cole. You don't mess with the losers, you go right for the top dogs on the brand, and that's what Deuce and Domino did.

Michael Cole: But why do they have to be straight up... bullies and jump the champions from behind?

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: It's London and Kendrick's fault for not expecting any sort of surprise attack on themselves. They've been the WWE Tag-Team Champions for almost a year now and other teams are gonna do whatever it takes to get to the top.

Michael Cole: JBL it just seems all unneccesary to me. Why can't they prove it inside of the ring and beat the champions? That'll gain them more respect then jumping the champions when they aren't even ready.

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: Cole having respect ain't gonna get you nowhere, you idiot. You gotta make it known that you are a force to be reckoned with, and that's what these two were doing.

***Whatever***

Hits and the now ex-United States Champion and ex-Smackdown superstar Chris Benoit comes down the ring, ready to make his farewell match on the Smackdown brand. Benoit, despite usually being a focused man coming down the aisle, slaps the hands of the fans who offer them. Once he enters the ring he climbs to the top rope and blows some kisses to the crowd, as a small sign of appreciation for their cheering on for him over his past few years on Smackdown.


Michael Cole: See, JBL, here's a perfect example of someone who can bring it inside of the ring and get a ton of respect from all of his peers. Chris Benoit is one of the most respected men in this industry, and that is who Deuce and Domino should take notes of.

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: Cole, I appreciate what Benoit can do as much as the next guy, but he's also been in the business for over twenty years. Deuce and Domino haven't even been here for five, so of course they're gonna have to do something shocking to make some noise.

Michael Cole: Tonight, however, will be the last that we see Chris Benoit on Smackdown for a long while, as he was drafted to RAW in the WWE Draft just a few days ago.

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: That also means that the United States Championship is vacant and up for grabs to anybody, Cole.

***I'm Comin'***

Plays next and Smackdown's Highest Paid Superstar, Montel Vontavious Porter, comes down to the ring out of his tunnel. MVP has a very serious look on his face, really wanting to get one over on his rival on Benoit's last night here. MVP enters the ring and does his usual taunts, ending it with a 'Ballin' taunt, before going over to his corner and getting prepared for his upcoming match.


Michael Cole: JBL these two have had a lot of battles between each other over the past couple of months, and their series will conclude tonight, it appears. There normally aren't many must-wins in a superstar's career, but wouldn't you consider this one for MVP?

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: Absolutely not, Cole. The only must wins are matches for championships, and if I'm not mistaken, this match isn't for any championship.

Michael Cole: But don't you think MVP really wants to win this match tonight over a guy who he hasn't had the greatest of luck against in his short time here on Smackdown?

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: Of course he wants to win this match, you idiot. Every time you get inside of that ring you want to win, but this match won't make or break MVP's career. Once today is done with he won't have to see Benoit's face on Smackdown again, and I'm sure he'll be quite happy about that.

Michael Cole: Chris Benoit versus MVP in Benoit's farewell match on Smackdown... RIGHT NOW!

Match Three - Singles Match - Chris Benoit vs. Montel Vontavious Porter

The crowd is hot for the beginning of this match, with the two men locking up in a collar-and-elbow tie up, before Benoit locks in a side headlock on MVP. MVP quickly counters and whips Benoit off the ropes, only for Benoit to duck a clothesline attempt and take MVP down with a low dropkick to the knees.

The two continue to go back and forth throughout the match, with neither man getting in control of the match. Benoit appeared to have momentum after hitting five chops to the chest and taking MVP down with a superplex, only for MVP to kick out of the pin and throw Benoit head-first into the turnbuckle. MVP then seemed to have control of his heated rival, connecting with a Playa's Boot to Benoit's head, only for Benoit to slide out of the Playmaker attempt and quickly try for a sharpshooter on MVP. Benoit tries to turn MVP over, but due to all of the matches that they've had and studying that MVP has done, MVP crawls backwards and puts his hand on the bottom rope, forcing Benoit to break up the hold before he can even lock it in, to some jeers from the crowd as Smackdown goes to a commercial.

***Commercial***

As Smackdown comes back Benoit again tries to gain some huge momentum by attempting a German Suplex, only for MVP to deliver elbows to the head of Benoit, causing him to relinquish his grip. MVP shows some athleticism by pulling Benoit over his shoulder with a snapmere and delivering a hard kick to the back of Benoit, which gives a large cracking sound throughout the arena. MVP doesn't waste any time after that and climbs overtop of Benoit, repeatedly punching him in the face while in the position, until the referee pulls him off for using closed fists. MVP doesn't get flustered by the referee interjecting, but instead grabs the arm of the now standing Benoit and whips him into the ropes, sending Benoit's face into his knee with a facebreaker knee smash! MVP then covers Benoit for the pinfall, only for Benoit to roll the shoulder up at two.

MVP then lifts Benoit's body up and whips him off the ropes, sticking his foot in the air for a Big Boot attempt, only for Benoit to duck under it and counter with a roll up, to MVP's surprise, and gets a nearfall. MVP rolls over to the ropes and gets to a knee, surprised by the counter that he hasn't witnessed with Benoit before. He then gets up to his feet and makes a beeline towards a charging Benoit, only for Benoit to deliver a kick to the sternum, doubling Smackdown's highest paid superstar over. Benoit quickly wraps his arms around MVP's head and flips him over with a snap suplex, to some cheers of approval from the crowd. Benoit then turns MVP onto his belly and tries to lock in a surprise Crippler Crossface, but MVP feels it coming and drags himself over to the ropes, before getting his right foot across the bottom rope, causing another rope break.

Benoit immediately gets up and smacks his hands together, knowing that he missed an opportunity, but patiently waits for MVP to get back up to his feet. MVP eventually does and swings a wild right hand at Benoit which completely misses, and Benoit quickly wraps his hands around MVP's body and whips him down to the ground with a German Suplex! Benoit clamps onto the hold and picks MVP back up before ripping him down again with ANOTHER German! Benoit still holds onto MVP and gets him up, connecting with a German for the THIRD time, after which he releases the hold!

The crowd is now on its feet chanting for the Canadian Crippler, who has finally gotten the momentum into his favor. Benoit gets up to his feet and slices his finger across his throat, letting everyone know that he's gonna try and finish the match up. Benoit lines up his best shot and climbs up the turnbuckle, taking his time knowing that MVP won't be moving around for a while. Benoit eventually gets up to the top and sets his feet on the top turnbuckle before going airbourne, attempting a diving headbutt... BUT MVP ROLLS OUT OF THE WAY! Benoit's head crashes into the canvas, and suddenly MVP has gotten control of the match!

MVP gets up to his feet first and waits for his rival to get up, and once he does MVP connects with a right hand to the head, then proceeds to whip Benoit into the ropes and deliver a kick to the gut on the rebound, doubling Benoit over. MVP quickly tries to finish off the bent Benoit by getting in the Playmaker position, but once he turns Benoit slides out of his position and grabs ahold of MVP's arm, trying to tuck it in and lock in the Crippler Crossface, but MVP GETS TO THE ROPE AGAIN! Benoit is unable to lock in the hold and shows his frustrations, turning his back to MVP and smacking the ropes in anger.

Benoit turns around and, to his surprise, MVP is already up and delivers a kick to his sternum, before quickly gathering himself and getting Benoit in the Playmaker position again, with this time... HE CONNECTS! MVP drags Benoit a few feet away from the ropes and immediately hooks the far leg, finally getting the pinfall that he has waited to get for for months!

Winner: Montel Vontavious Porter via Pinfall (12:47)

MVP gets up to his feet and holds his hands up in celebration, overly filled with joy that he has finally beaten Benoit, a man who has had the upper hand over him over the past few weeks. Benoit, knowing that he has been beaten fair and square, gets up and nods his head to MVP, for MVP to come over and give him a hug, which gets some cheers from the crowd. MVP then raises the hand of Benoit, to which the crowd cheers for, before letting go and beginning to make his way to the back... BUT THEN JUMPS BENOIT AND TAKES HIM DOWN WITH A BIG BOOT TO THE SKULL! MVP lets out a sly grin and lifts Benoit back up, before taking him down with a SECOND PLAYMAKER! MVP then kicks Benoit out of the ring and celebrates inside of the ring by himself, with the crowd now turned back against him.

Michael Cole: Damnit John, I knew it was too good to be true! I just knew it!

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: Ha ha ha, Cole, what's up your ass? MVP is a genius!

Michael Cole: What do you mean he's a genius!? More like he's a jerk to one of the most respected men in this company!

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: This is why you wouldn't last a day inside of that ring, Cole. You're too soft. Who gives a damn if Chris Benoit is one of the most respected wrestlers in the WWE? MVP just HANDED it to Benoit today, and he has every RIGHT to do whatever he wants inside of that ring.

Michael Cole: But why couldn't he have just gave Benoit his hug and then leave the ring? Did he really have to put the spotlight on himself on Benoit's last day here on Smackdown?

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: Michael, he won the match today, so as far as I'm concerned, he can do just about whatever the hell he wants.

Michael Cole: It's just... despicable! That action has no place in the WWE.

We end Michael Cole's bitching by taking you to a view of King Booker inside of his lockerroom with his queen, Sharmell, getting ready for his match in the main event later tonight. We don't hear what these two are saying, but Booker is seen stretching for a little bit, with his queen rubbing his shoulders, helping him relax before his match. Booker gets a happy grin on his face, before continuing to stretch as Smackdown goes to another commercial break.

***Commercial***

***Virtual VooDoo***

Plays and the newly drafted 'Samoan Bulldozer' Umaga comes down the ring, with his mouthpiece/manager Armando Alejandro Estrada right by his side. Umaga has his big 'towel' of sorts wrapped around his large body and smacks his shoulders as he makes his way down the ring. Umaga's opponent, the helpless Dave Taylor, is already in the ring awaiting his Samoan opponent.


Michael Cole: Oh my... John, just look at Smackdown's first draft pick from this past Monday. He's... he's huge!

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: Cole, although I like Dave Taylor, he better be sayin' his final prayers and eatin' his vitamins, ha ha, b'cause he ain't gonna stop the Samoan Bulldozer tonight!

Michael Cole: I wish I could disagree with you, partner, but Taylor looks like a sitting duck right now, and I don't think he will fare very well in a few minutes.

Match Four - Singles Match - Umaga vs. Dave Taylor

Yeah, JBL called this match from the get-go. It's all Umaga here, for the 2 minutes that they are fighting for. Umaga immediately takes Taylor down with a decapitating Lariat, then lifts him up and takes him down again, this time with a Samoan Drop. Umaga then drags Taylor over to the turnbuckles and charged at him from a few feet away, connecting with the Samoan Wrecking Ball, before finishing off the Englishman with a Samoan Spike and covering him for the easy 1-2-3 victory.

Winner: Umaga via Asskicking Pinfall (1:38)

Estrada enters the ring and raises the hand of his talented client, but instead of them celebrating inside of the ring, Estrada demands a microphone from one of the production workers, wanting to speak to the crowd. He is handed one, and has a smug grin on his face as he begins to speak.

Armando Alejandro Estrada: Ha ha ha, I... am Armando Alejandro Estrada... ha ha... and 'dis is my client, 'de 'Samoooooan Bullldozer'.... UUUUMAAAGGGAAA!

Estrada stops and bellows out a huge laugh, as Umaga gives a freakish grin as well.

Armando Alejandro Estrada: Ju see 'dis... ju see 'dis 'ight here?

Estrada, still looking at the camera, motions towards the still downed Taylor.

Armando Alejandro Estrada: 'Dis is what ju all will be witnessin' from now on 'ere on Friday Nights, ha ha!

Estrada smacks the back of Umaga, letting him know of the job well done.

Armando Alejandro Estrada: Ju see, everybody, Umaga is de most impreesive specimen 'dat has ever stepped inside of a double-joo double-joo eee ring... EVER! HA HA!

Estrada holds his head back, laughing heartily, with the crowd giving him and Umaga some pretty huge heat. Eventually, a 'You Suck' chant breaks out, which causes Estrada to stop laughing and give the crowd a dirty look.

Armando Alejandro Estrada: What? Ju peoples don't believe in de power of da SAMOOOAN BULLDOOZER?

The crowd continues it's 'You Suck' chant, which causes Estrada to disappointingly shake his head in disagreement.

Armando Alejandro Estrada: Since ju all still don't believe in my client's greatness, I guess he will have to... ha ha... show ju all... right NOW!

Estrada barks orders to Umaga, who walks over to Taylor, who is now almost up to his feet, with the ropes assistance, and grabs him by the head. Umaga pulls Taylor away from the ropes and lifts him off his feet, with Taylor's body perpendicular to Umaga's. Umaga swings his hips a few times before he slides Taylor into his shoulder and WHIPS HIM INTO THE GROUND! Umaga takes Taylor down with a Swinging Side Slam! The crowd continues to jeer the beast, who isn't finished yet. Oh no, he's not even close. Umaga smacks his chest and drags the helpless Taylor to the nearest turnbuckle, propping him up so he's leaning against the bottom turnbuckle. Umaga takes a few steps back and charges forward at the Brit, smashing his ass RIGHT INTO TAYLOR'S FACE! Taylor's head crashes into the bottom turnbuckle, with at the very least suffering severe whiplash. Umaga lets out another huge scream before picking Taylor up and lifting him into a military press, before taking a step forward and dropping Taylor flat on his face behind him. Once Umaga lets Taylor go, Estrada walks over to his client and restrains him.

Armando Alejandro Estrada: Ha ha ha ha ha! Did I not tell ju all? Do ju all understand what I'm sayin' NOW? HA HA! Me and Umaga did not accomplish what we wanted to do on RAW, which was to claim the double-joo double-joo eee championship...

The crowd lets out a large cheer, knowing that it will get on the nerves of the pair standing inside of the ring.

Armando Alejandro Estrada: BUTT, 'ere on Smackdown... I will assure ju all... Umaga WILL hold 'de World Heavyweight Champiooonship by 'de time Wrassle-Manee-uh Twenty Four rolls around... ha ha!

Estrada pulls a large Cuban cigar out of his front pocket and begins to light it up, taking a large puff before continuing.

Armando Alejandro Estrada: I mean everrryone, jus' look at 'dis man! Everythin' 'dat a World Heavyweight Championn needs... speed... strength... intelligence... Umaga has... multiplied by millions... ha ha!

Estrada takes another puff of his cigar, letting out a huge exhale.

Armando Alejandro Estrada: Ha ha.... Ladies and gentlemen... my client Umaga, ju see... makes guys like... 'de 'Animal' Batista... look like... Little Bo Peep, ha ha!

The crowd boos Estrada, with a few chants when Batista's name is heard.

Armando Alejandro Estrada: People... people... please! When ju boo my client, all ju are doin' is makin' him angry! 'nd trust me, if ju all think what he did to Senor Taylor 'ere was bad, jus' wait until ju REALLY make him angry... HA HA!

The crowd fails to listen to Umaga's handler, and the 'Samoan Bulldozer' begins to ferociously move around the ring in anger, wanting to beat the shit outta someone. Estrada is forced to calm him down.

Armando Alejandro Estrada: (To Umaga) Na' na' Umaga... not tonight. Calm... calm ju'rself.

After a few seconds of deep breaths between the two, Umaga calms down and Estrada continues.

Armando Alejandro Estrada: Everyone... soon... soon ju all will experience what is like... when the beast is unleashed! Ha ha!

Estrada puts out his cigar, signaling the end of this introduction of his.

Armando Alejandro Estrada: However... tonight... tonight ju all shall count your blessings! If we wanted to... we could take out every single person backstage... from champions to openers to interviewers to production workers... but not tonight, as we want ju all to appreciate your last days with fully functioning body parts...

Estrada calls Umaga over, as the two begin to make their way towards the steps.

Armando Alejandro Estrada: But soon... the wrath of the Samooan Bulldozer will be known throughout the ENTIRE double-joo double-joo eee!! HA HA!

Estrada bellows out a huge laugh as the two then walk out of the ring and leave the arena, happy with Umaga's debut. Smackdown then cuts to a commercial break, with Cole hyping up the main event, which is close to occuring.

***Commercial***

When we come back, we get taken to the office of General Manager, Theodore Long, who has Chris Masters, Matt Hardy, Marcus Cor Von, and MVP standing behind his desk, wondering why they were asked into his room. Long hangs up the phone that he was talking in. He then breaks the ice by adressing all 4 men.


Theodore Long: Ah, playas, glad you all could show up here on such short notice...

Long can't get 15 words in and he's already being interrupted.

Montel Vontavious Porter: Man Teddy what's this all about? I got things to do ta'night.

Theodore Long: Calm down, playa, 'dis will only take a second.

Long takes a deep breath and clears his throat before making his announcement.

Theodore Long: As you all know, this past Monday Chris Benoit was stripped of his United States Championship due to being drafted to RAW... Well, we cannot move on without having a United States Champion. So, next week, there will be two one on one matches between you four guys, and the winners of both of those matches will meet at Judgment Day for the United States Championship on the line. Holla holla holla!

All four men shake Long's hand before walking out, as we are taken out to the arena again...

***

***I Walk Alone***

Hits first, with the 'Animal' Batista making his way out of the curtain. Batista flexes his large muscles on the top of the entrance ramp, with the crowd on their feet for him. He then walks down a few feet before setting off his pyro, followed by giving his fans high fives as he makes his way down the ring. Batista then does a quick sprint up the steps and enters the ring, flexing his muscles on the top turnbuckle as he waits for his three opponents.


Michael Cole: Well, ladies and gentlemen, here comes the 'Animal' Batista, and with him out, it is now time for our main event fatal fourway match! John, can't you feel the excitement and electricity in this building?

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: Yeah, it kinda reminds me of when I was wrestling in the main events just a few months ago, Cole. This is what wrestlers dream for. When you're a small child, you hope to be wrestling in the main event, and tonight four men will get that chance.

Michael Cole: Not only will all four men get to fight here in the main event, but the winner of tonight's match gets to face our current reigning World Heavyweight Champion The Undertaker in just two weeks time at Smackdown's next pay-per-view event, Judgment Day. What do you think the deadman is doing at the moment, JBL? You think he's watching tonight's match?

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: Cole, I seriously doubt that the Undertaker is worried about who he's going to have to face at Judgment Day. He's the World Heavyweight Champion. He's the top guy in the company. He knows what responsibilities he has as the champion. He doesn't care who it is, he just goes and does his thing.

***Born Naughty***

Is the second entrance theme to play, that of William Regal. Regal comes out in his large trench coat, knowing that he has a big opportunity here tonight to try and get a chance at the Undertaker's World Heavyweight Championship. Once Regal enters the ring he disposes of his trench coat and does some stretches near one of the turnbuckles, as he doesn't want to cramp up or pull something during the match.


Michael Cole: Here next is William Regal. Regal is one of the most experienced and hard nosed wrestlers here in the WWE, but the one thing that has escaped him is that elusive World Championship.

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: He may not have it right now, but he certainly has the ability to win this match tonight and get his shot against the Undertaker.

Michael Cole: Regal may have the ability, JBL, but let's not forget that this isn't your traditional singles match. Regal doesn't even have to be involved in the outcome of this match for it to be finished.

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: Regal's one of the smartest players in the game, Cole. He knows that he doesn't have to be involved in the outcome, but he'll use his willpower to make sure that he is involved in some way.

***Dead White Guys***

And the third theme plays, with King Booker, accompanied by his wife, Queen Sharmell, making his way down the ring. He has his crown over his head, and red 'cape' of sorts tied around his neck, while Sharmell comes out in a sparkling dress and tiarra. Once Booker makes his way down to the ring he walks up to the steps and unties his cape and crown, hands it to his wife, and enters the ring, ready to get a chance to main event Judgment Day.


Michael Cole: Booker T ha..

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: That's KING Booker, moron.

Michael Cole: Erm... right. King Booker hasn't had a main event chance in what seems an eternity, but he is a former WCW Champion and World Heavyweight Champion, so he does know what it takes to become a World Champion.

John 'Bradshaw Layfield: Don't forget that he was the most recent King of the Ring winner, and that he knows how to win big matches.

Michael Cole: Booker will have to be big here tonight as he goes against three other talented superstars.

***Sexy Boy***

And the final theme plays, with Smackdown's biggest draft pick Shawn Michaels coming out from the back curtain, to a great reaction from the fans. Shawn pumps his arms up and down repeatedly, flexing his biceps on the top rope. He slowly comes down, giving both sides of fans high fives as he does so, before sliding into the ring and again flexing his muscles, to some more cheers from the fans. Michaels then removes his t-shirt and gets to the unoccupied corner, quickly getting focused on the task at hand.


Michael Cole: JBL here comes the big gun that Smackdown received this past Monday on the draft, Shawn Michaels. A future Hall-of-Famer, what's Shawn gonna have to do to win tonight's match?

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: He's gonna have to pick his spots here tonight. Shawn's not getting any younger, and with the wear and tear that he's had on his body in the past twenty or so years, he's gonna have to try and get a sneak pin on someone, because I really don't see Shawn being the dominant man here tonight.

Michael Cole: Finally, our main event of the evening, Batista, Regal, Booker, Michaels, with a shot to become the number one contender to the World Heavyweight Championship, is seconds from being underway. However, before we take you to the match, I am told we will go to our final commercial break of the evening, but stick around here on Friday Night Smackdown!

***Commercial***

Match Five
Fatal Fourway for the Number One Contendership to the World Heavyweight Championship
Batista vs. William Regal vs. King Booker vs. Shawn Michaels


Smackdown returns from it's final commercial with Regal going against Michaels and Batista and Booker ducking it out on opposite sides of the ring. Batista lands some shoulder thrusts on Booker near the turnbuckle, while Regal connects with a European Uppercut on Michaels, sending him to the ground. Once Batista is done attacking with his shoulder thrusts he lifts Booker up onto the top of the turnbuckle, preparing to attempt a superplex. Batista gets up to the middle rope and wraps his arms around Booker's head, but before he can connect with the move Regal, who has left Michaels for a few seconds now that he's down on the ground, comes over and smacks Batista on his back before pulling him down and throwing him back-first into the canvas, which gets some jeers from the crowd.

Regal makes his way towards Batista, but before he inflicts any damage he walks back over to Booker and slams on the top rope, causing Booker's crotch to land directly on the top turnbuckle! Booker then slowly curdles himself up and crashes to the mat himself, with Regal now being the only man standing inside of the ring. Regal looks at all three men, trying to decide who he should go after, before deciding on the biggest man in the match, Batista. Regal lays some stomps on the chest of Batista before getting down to the ground and turning him over, driving his knee into the spine of the Animal. Regal then grabs ahold of the right leg of Batista and pulls it back while driving his knee into the head of Batista, locking in a half legged Boston Crab!

Regal is able to have it locked in for a few good seconds before Michaels jumps in and leaps at Regal, taking him down to the mat and hitting him with right hands repeatedly, and then he jumps back up and pumps his arms, getting the crowd back into the match. Regal gets up seconds later and charges at HBK, only for HBK to connect with an inverted atomic drop, followed by a punch to the head of Regal, which sends the Brit down.

Michaels is really feeling the momentum down and walks over to one of the corners, then starts to tune up the band once he gets to his spot. Michaels only reaches three before Booker comes by and drives a foot into Shawn's chest, doubling him over. Booker grabs Shawn by the head and tosses him into the nearest turnbuckle, before lifting Shawn's head a little and smacking the unprotected chest with a backhanded chop. A few woos are heard in tribute to Ric Flair after the first chop, but each proceeding chop after results in boos for Booker, who, after the fifth connected chop, sticks his pinkie up in the air and connects with a sixth and final chop.

Booker then grabs Shawn by the hair and pulls him near the middle space between the two turnbuckles, with Shawn still leaning against the turnbuckle. Booker grabs Shawn's arm as if he's about to whip him across the ring, but just before he can Batista interferes and clubs Booker across the head, and quickly disposes of him by throwing in-between the middle and top rope. Batista then is the one who grabs the hand of Shawn and whips him across the ring, and connects with a thunderous SPINEBUSTER in the middle of the ring! The crowd gives a mixed reaction to the connection while Batista gets up and does his ring shake taunt a la Warrior, only to not notice William Regal sneakily try and pin Shawn while he isn't looking! Regal gets a two count, but Batista quickly realizes his error and breaks the pinfall up with a double axe handle!

Batista lifts Regal up to a vertical position and tries to whip him out of the ring like he did with Booker, who is still down, but Regal holds himself in thanks to the ropes assistance and lifts the back of his leg up, HITTING BATISTA RIGHT IN THE FAMILY JEWELS! Regal turns around and holds his hands up as if he has done nothing wrong, before quickly going over to Batista and throwing him down to the ground with a half nelson suplex, which is beautifully executed. Regal doesn't waste any time, though, and locks Batista's right leg in an STF while trapping in his right arm, CONNECTING WITH THE REGAL STRETCH!

Batista has never been locked in the maneuver before, so he is having some trouble getting out of the move, and with Booker and Shawn still on the ground, he is a sitting duck. Regal continues to hold in the submission for an extended period of time, and Batista begins to raise his hand in the air, almost ready to tap... AND.... BOOKER BREAKS UP THE HOLD! A few cheers actually come Booker's way now, as he keeps this exciting main event alive. Booker quickly lifts Regal up and tries for the kill, wraps his arm around Regals far shoulder and... THROWS HIM DOWN WITH THE BOOK END!

Regal crashes to the mat, but before Booker can cover Regal, Michaels grabs Booker by the arm and whips him into the ropes decapitating him with A SWEET CHIN MUSIC ON THE REBOUND! The Smackdown crowd is going absolutely CRAZY for HBK! Michaels falls on top of Booker and lifts his leg for the cover... BUT BATISTA NOW BREAKS UP THE PINFALL! Batista grabs Shawn by the head and whips him into his legs, getting ready to hit the Batista Bomb! Batista does his thumbs up, thumbs down routine, then proceeds to lift Shawn up onto his shoulders and... CONNECTS WITH THE BATISTA BOMB! Regal and Booker are down on opposite turnbuckle corners, and Batista covers Shawn's far leg for the pinfall victory! Batista is the new number one contender!!!

Winner: Batista via Pinfall (13:55)

Batista gets up to his feet and raises his hands in the air, jumping up and down a few times in celebration. After jumping he walks over to the top turnbuckle and raises his hands in the air again, followed by rubbing his hands against his waist, indicating that he wants his title back. Batista then jumped off the turnbuckle and got his hand raised, and spent the rest of the show celebrating inside of the ring while the three losers sit outside of the ring, disappointed that they missedout on an opportunity.

Michael Cole: And there we have it, JBL! Batista is getting the one on one rematch with the Undertaker that he has been begging for since Wrestlemania 23, and now he's gonna get it at Judgment Day!

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: Impressive performance by Batista. He did what you're supposed to do in these kind of matches. Let the opponents beat the crap out of each other and pick your spots. He's deserving to get a chance to face the Deadman and try and regain the title that he lost a month ago.

Michael Cole: For JBL, I'm Michael Cole, and we hope you have enjoyed this Smackdown broadcast here tonight. Tune in next week to see what happens between the World Heavyweight Champion the Undertaker and his number one contender Batista. Good night, everybody.

Cole signs off and Smackdown fades to black.

Quick Results:
Jimmy Wang Yang def. Chavo Guerrero (7:30)
Johnny Jeter def. Funaki (5:59)
Montel Vontavious Porter def. Chris Benoit (12:47)
Umaga def. Dave Taylor (1:38)
Batista def. King Booker, Shawn Michaels, and William Regal (13:55)

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Judgment Day
When:
May 20, 2007
Where: Scottrade Center, St. Louis, Missouri
Theme Song: I Don't Wanna Stop by Ozzy Osbourne

Confirmed Matches:

Singles Match for the World Heavyweight Championship:
The Undertaker (c) vs. Batista

Singles Match for the United States Championship:
Two of the following: Chris Masters, Marcus Cor Von, Matt Hardy, and Montel Vontavious Porter

Triple Threat Match for the Contract of an Unannounced Superstar:
TBA vs. TBA vs. TBA
 
#44 ·
SmackDown! Feedback

This is the first time I’ve read over SmackDown! properly, rather than skim, so if I make any errors or anything, my bad. Hopefully with the draft out of the way it won’t make too big of a difference anyway.

The opening commentary, while good in that it hyped up the show and the arrivals on SmackDown!, didn’t seem quite right on Bradshaw’s part. I know he’s patriotic about SmackDown!, but he never liked Teddy Long or Batista, and the way he talked it really made it seem like he did.

Ugh, have to say, I hate when matches start during the commercial breaks. A pretty nice opener here, with Jimmy Wang Yang emerging as a challenger for Chavo working by beating him, albeit with a roll up type win. Good to see you give the cruiserweight some decent time to start the show off as well, making for an exciting beginning to the show. I have to say, JBL was much better in the post-match commentary than at the start of the show too.

Regal definitely seems like the weak link in this match. Not quite sure he fits. Still, a pretty good promo from him, showing his intensity and want to win. Not so sure that he will win, but it would be pretty great if he did.

I was always quite a fan of Jeter, so I like the idea of bringing him in here. His obnoxiousness was shown well not just with his entrance, but also with him lifting the shoulder of Funaki off the mat, which I thought was a nice touch. Not to sure about him using power moves such as a fallaway slam since he’s a pretty damn small guy by WWE standards, and I can’t see him being able to do it to a lot of guys, but still, a nice debut for Jeter. I look forward to seeing where he slots into the card once his squash wins are done.

MVP psyching himself up for his match with Benoit was pretty cool, before being interrupted by Cryme Tyme. The Cryme Tyme shtick, even if I always hated it, works for them, and I guess introduces them on SmackDown!. While their promos are often annoying as hell, as a team they weren’t too bad, so hopefully you get them going in the ring soon, if not just to help out the tag division.

Random attack from Deuce and Domino was unexpected, but a mini-feud with London and Kendrick for the tag gold wouldn’t be too bad, and is probably some of the best stuff you can make out of the tag division atm.

Glad to see you really give some time to Benoit and MVP, and allow their history to give them some counters to one another, playing on their past matches well. MVP picking up the win seems like the right choice for mine, as Benoit has nothing to gain from it on the way out from SmackDown!, because no one will remember it come his arrival on RAW. MVP, however, has something he can brag about for a long time, and something that will also go a long way to getting him a shot at the US Title in the inevitable tournament that will follow for the vacant gold. The aftermath of the match with the two showing respect, only for MVP to then jump Benoit was gold too, really putting his attitude over and showing that despite his history with Benoit, he doesn’t respect anyone. Really happy with how this went, because I think it has done a lot for MVP.

Ooo, some more hype for the main event. Should be a good match for sure.

Umaga getting a squash win on his new brand seems a wise booking decision, illustrating his dominance immediately and showing what he’s all about.

Good to see Armando on the stick too afterwards to give Umaga a bit of hype. Small thing, but the beginning was a little off, as his usual shtick is “My name is Armando Alejandro Estrada” in his drawn out manner, instead of just “I am”. Other than that, I thought the characterization of Estrada was pretty great all throughout the promo, and Umaga once again beating down Taylor after the match to show how freakishly powerful he is is good, even if it may be a little similar to what we just saw, with MVP beating Benoit down post-match (perhaps these matches should have been separated a little further). The continuation of the promo afterwards, with Estrada signaling his intentions was good, giving Mags some real direction on SmackDown! right away. I also liked how he put over Umaga’s abilities, and the little mention of Batista. A hint at a feud? Maybe I’m reading a little too much into it, but I would love to see it go down if possible. Good little promo here from Estrada, setting the scene for Umaga on SmackDown!.

Some very nice selections for your mini-tournament, even if it appears you’ve got three heels and one face (unless I’ve missed something). The obvious final looks to be MVP vs. Hardy, although I wouldn’t mind seeing any of the four men involved in it. A nice addition to the Judgment Day card with the final, with a few good matches for SmackDown! next week too.

:lmao @ the interaction between JBL and Cole during Booker’s entrance. That’s what I love to see from JBL. Like I said earlier, I dislike it when matches start during the commercial break. Would have preferred for you to have separated the entrances with a break here instead. Pretty good main event here, with a fair bit of excitement, and some actual periods of dominance for Regal, which was a good sign. Batista vs. ‘Taker should be a good match for Judgment Day too, following up on their recent history. Good way to finish the show, even if a small appearance from The Undertaker maybe should have topped it off, considering he’s champion.


A pretty good show here, Perfect Poster, although it seemed a little short and may have lacked a few promos. There was a bit of a lack of starpower too, as a promo from Michaels and an appearance from ‘Taker, since he is your champion, would have gone a long way. Still, all of the booking was solid, and the writing was fine too. Looking forward to seeing you keep on going with SmackDown!, because as this show showed, you seem to be fine with the guys you’re working with. Good stuff.
 
#45 · (Edited)

Monday Night RAW
May 7, 2007

Monday Night RAW kicks off with a video package, recaping what happened in last weeks main event Battle Royal which was for two draft picks...

***

Yet again Orton gets a surprising mixed reaction, partially due to the fact that he has eliminated 6 out of the 14 other participants. However, Umaga is also inside of the ring, and he seems determined to win this match himself. Orton circles around the ropes, trying to avoid contact with Umaga, who is constantly the agressor, until Orton sees a hole and LANDS HIS SIGNATURE BACKBREAKER! The crowd is behind Orton in this encounter between the two supposed heels as he gets to the ground and he starts pounding the canvas, looking to hit the RKO.

Orton pounds the mat multiple times, with Umaga slowly moving about. Orton gives out his slithering grin before he gets up to his feet and CLIMBS OVER THE TOP ROPE HIMSELF, THUS ELIMINATING HIMSELF, THUS GIVING SMACKDOWN THE VICTORY AND TWO DRAFT PICKS!!!!

Randy Orton eliminates himself (16:29)

Winner: Umaga via Event @ 16:29 (16:29)

Oooh that left a sour taste in all of the fans mouths', for sure. The bastard Orton gives out a devilish grin as he makes his way to the back, pissing the crowd off for giving this match up. As Orton makes his way back we hear a thunderous 'You suck! You suck!' from the crowd, who takes it in like it's water. He eventually leaves the ring as Umaga celebrates his cheaply won match on the inside of the ring, with his manager Armando Alejandro Estrada.

Jim Ross: OH THAT NO GOOD SON OF A BITCH RANDY ORTON! WHY THE HELL DID HE DO THAT?

***

Once the video is done playing we are taken out to the arena, which sees Orton already inside of the ring, perhaps ready to explain himself after his actions last week.


Randy Orton: Ever since last Monday night, p-

The boos are too loud for Orton to handle at the moment. He pauses, waits for them to get all of their anger out, before continuing on.

Randy Orton: Ever since last Monday night, people have been asking me, 'Why Randy? Why did you leave the ring when a victory was in your hands?'

Some more boos from the crowd for him reminding them about what happened last week in the main event.

Randy Orton: You wanna know why? (crowd cheers as the get ready for Randy's explanation) You all know how much I desire to have the WWE Championship. It's a Championship that I have not had my hands around yet, and I will do anything to get a chance at it.

A rather insulting round of cheers from the fans, who are happy that Randy hasn't held the title yet.

Randy Orton: Why did I eliminated myself in the battle royal last week? It's because if... no... when I would have won, I would have been hurting my chances at getting a shot at the WWE Championship in the future. When I would have won there would have been two more new contenders coming over here to RAW. Why should I help Jonathan Coachman bring over more superstars when we all know DAMN well that he won't return the favor to me?

Some boos are given to Orton, even though everyone's not the biggest fan of Coachman, either.

Randy Orton: Let's face it, Jonathan is nothing more then... a two faced jackass! He'll tell you one thing, then switch plans and screw you over. And don't think that I am the only one that this has happened to, either. Ask Edge, The ******* Wrecking Crew, or Johnny Nitro. They'll tell you the same story. Jonathan Coachman promises them a title match behind closed doors, then an hour later decides to give it to some unworthy bum like Jeff Hardy!

And bingo, there's your heat. Mention one bad thing about Jeff Hardy and everyone hates you. It's the sad truth, really. The fans quickly start a 'Hardy, Hardy' chant, wanting to see their beloved crackhead come out and do some spots. Too bad he's probably getting high right now as we speak.

Randy Orton: Oh don't tell me you idiots all think that Jeff Hardy deserves a title match too! You people are ridiculous! Jeff Hardy is the last person that deserves a World Title shot, right behind Jim Duggan and the Highlanders!

Some more heat for Orton, who's getting more and more irritated by the minute that people are chanting for Hardy's name.

Randy Orton: Since when does being able to climb a ladder faster then someone else mean that you should be the number one contender to the WWE Championship? In fact, when was the last time Jeff Hardy pinned someone important? Jeff Hardy is a disgrace of a wrestler, and doesn't even deserve to be in the WWE at all!

***Loaded***

Plays and, no surprise, the 'Pothead' 'Charismatic Enigma' Jeff Hardy makes his way down the aisle, to a great ovation from the crowd. He gives the fans high fives as he makes his way down before getting handed a microphone as he steps into the ring.


Jeff Hardy: Randy... will you please SHUT UP!!!

Some cheap pops for Hardy.

Jeff Hardy: Everybody is sick and TIRED of you runnin' your mouth complaining about how you THINK you deserve a title shot.

Hardy tries to continue but Randy interrupts him.

Randy Orton: I DO deserve one, damnit!

Hardy now interrupts Orton.

Jeff Hardy: For what? All you've done over the past month is whine and complain to Jonathan Coachman, and then LOSE in the only match you've been in last week.

Some more loud pops as Jeff gets one over on Randy.

Randy Orton: I CHOSE to lose the match! I could've won if I wanted to, but it would've just hurt me in the long run.

Jeff Hardy: I don't care that you chose to lose the match. In the record books it says that you were beaten last week, and that's all that matters.

Again the crowd cheers as Jeff sorta actually has a point.

Randy Orton: How about I PUNT you in the skull right now and then we'll see what I have done over the past month?

Jeff Hardy: BRING IT ON!

And with that... A BRAWL KICKS OFF TO BEGIN RAW! ORTON CHARGES AT JEFF AND STRIKES HIM WITH HIS MICROPHONE, SENDING HARDY TO THE GROUND. HARDY QUICKLY GETS UP, BUT ORTON AGAIN TAKES HIM DOWN WITH A CLOTHESLINE! Orton then picks the now groggy Hardy back up and BREAKS HIS BACK WITH HIS INVERTED BACKBREAKER! Hardy is on the ground rolling around in immense pain, but there is nobody out to help him! Orton looks at the downed Hardy and has a nasty scowl on his face, not even close to being finished with Hardy yet. With Hardy on his knees gasping for air in one corner, Orton slowly walks over to the other corner and tees up at his spot that he's gonna hit Hardy. After a few seconds of deep breaths, Orton charges at Hardy AND PUNTS HIM SQUARE IN THE SKULL! HARDY IMMEDIATELY DROPS DOWN TO THE GROUND AND IS KNOCKED OUT! Orton now gives out a devilish smile as the paramedics finally make their way out to tend to Hardy, who hasn't moved since being kicked in the head. Orton slides out of the ring, still with his devilish smile, and walks back up the aisle. However, he doesn't take his eye off of Hardy, who is still being taken care of, as RAW cuts to it's first commercial break of the night.

***Commercial***

RAW comes back on air with the viewers now seeing Jeff Hardy slowly getting placed into an ambulance, with him laying on a stretcher in a neck-brace. The crew slowly lift him in and roll him into the ambulance before shutting the doors and slowly driving off, sirens going off and all, as we get taken back out to the arena.


Jim Ross: Ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of the entire RAW brand I apologize for the actions of one Randy Orton just a few minutes ago. If you missed what happened, take a look...

***

Randy Orton: How about I PUNT you in the skull right now and then we'll see what I have done over the past month?

Jeff Hardy: BRING IT ON!

And with that... A BRAWL KICKS OFF TO BEGIN RAW! ORTON CHARGES AT JEFF AND STRIKES HIM WITH HIS MICROPHONE, SENDING HARDY TO THE GROUND. HARDY QUICKLY GETS UP, BUT ORTON AGAIN TAKES HIM DOWN WITH A CLOTHESLINE! Orton then picks the now groggy Hardy back up and BREAKS HIS BACK WITH HIS INVERTED BACKBREAKER! Hardy is on the ground rolling around in immense pain, but there is nobody out to help him! Orton looks at the downed Hardy and has a nasty scowl on his face, not even close to being finished with Hardy yet. With Hardy on his knees gasping for air in one corner, Orton slowly walks over to the other corner and tees up at his spot that he's gonna hit Hardy. After a few seconds of deep breaths, Orton charges at Hardy AND PUNTS HIM SQUARE IN THE SKULL! HARDY IMMEDIATELY DROPS DOWN TO THE GROUND AND IS KNOCKED OUT! Orton now gives out a devilish smile as the paramedics finally make their way out to tend to Hardy, who hasn't moved since being kicked in the head. Orton slides out of the ring, still with his devilish smile, and walks back up the aisle. However, he doesn't take his eye off of Hardy, who is still being taken care of, as RAW cuts to it's first commercial break of the night.

***

Jim Ross: As you just saw, Jeff was placed in an ambulance and is going to be taken to the nearby hospital. When we receive further news on Jeff, we will be sure to update you on it. But for now, the show must go on...

***Don't Waste My Time***

Goes off and one of RAW's newest draft picks, Elijah Burke comes out from the curtain, to a sort of mixed reaction from the crowd. The 'Silver Tongued Pugilist' has his fists taped, much like a kickboxer would, and has red knee pads on. He ignores the crowd as he walks down, practicing some jabs. He then slides under the bottom rope and again does a few jabs, before wating for his opponent.


Jim Ross: Ladies and gentlemen, for those of you that haven't been able to watch ECW on Sci-Fi weekly, this man here is one of the young and upcoming talents in this company.

Jerry Lawler: You said it, JR. I'm really glad that he's been drafted here to RAW, because it's always nice to see new and fresh talent come over to the number one brand.

***Highlands***

Hits next and one half of the Highlanders, Robbie, is dressed to compete tonight. He has on his usual kilt on and his brother, Rory has the exact same outfit on. They don't come out to a great reaction but Robbie really doesn't mind. He slides into the ring and gets ready for the bell to ring.


Jim Ross: Now here comes two men who are, uh, strange to say the least.

Jerry Lawler: He he, strange is putting it nicely, JR. These two men still think we live in the stone ages! I don't think they've caught up with today's world of technology and showers yet!

Match One - Singles Match - Elijah Burke vs. Robbie McAllister (w/ Rory McAllister)

Complete squash here to kick off tonight's RAW action, with Burke controlling the entire match with relative ease. He begins the match by lifting Robbie up and driving him back-first into the ground, followed by a barrage of punches to the face. Robbie puts his hands in front of his face, trying to protect himself, but Burke still connects with handful of them. He then rolls off of Robbie and waits for him to get back up. Once he does, Burke charges at him and connects with a huge kick to the side of the head, knocking the Highlander out cold! Burke looks to finish Robbie off, but the referee restrains him and rings the bell, declaring Burke by knockout.

Winner: Elijah Burke via Knockout (2:12)

Elijah lets out a huge grin as he raises his arms in the air. He smacks his pecs a few times before letting out a loud yell, which gets the crowd going in his favor, surprisingly. Burke then gets his hand raised by the referee and exits the ring, giving fans high fives as he walks back up the aisle.

Jim Ross: Oh my, King! What an impressive debut here by the Silver Tongued Pugilist, knocking out poor Robbie in under two and a half minutes!

Jerry Lawler: Well JR, Elijah does have some mixed martial arts experience in his background, so a quick dominating performance like he had today shouldn't be a great surprise to anyone.

Jim Ross: A solid debut for one of RAW's newest draftees, and now lets take it backstage with Kelly Kelly, who's with another one of RAW's newest superstars thanks to the draft. Kelly...

***

Like JR said, we get taken backstage with Kelly, who's with The Miz, a man that was sent over to RAW via the Supplemental Draft just a few days ago. Miz has a 'Chick Magnet' cutoff shirt on, even though he doesn't have any chicks around him. He is busy fixing up his hair as Kelly begins her interview with him.

Kelly Kelly: Ladies and gentlemen, with me at this time is The Miz.

Boos for the so-called 'Chick Magnet', although he seems more focused on getting his hair in perfect shape then reacting to the fans' boos.

Kelly Kelly: Miz I would just like to welcome you to the RAW brand and we...

The Miz quickly stops working on his hair once he sees who's interviewing him and tries to throw the moves on her.

The Miz: Why hello, gorgeous. You know later tonight you could welcome me to RAW in a different way, if you'd like. They don't call me the chick magnet for nothing.

Miz raises his eyebrows up and down, somewhat signalling to her that he wants to get his 'freak on later tonight...

Kelly Kelly: Sorry, Mike, but I'm not interested.

The fans pop big time seeing the Miz getting shut down, but the Miz tries to shake it off quickly and makes up a lame excuse.

The Miz: Oh... yeah, I forgot I had plans for later anyways... So what do you want?

The Miz goes back to working on his hair, still annoyed that Kelly turned him down.

Kelly Kelly: I was just... um... wondering... how are you feeling on your first day on Monday Night RAW?

The Miz rolls his eyes and stops working on his hair for a second, now wanting to just get this interview over after being royally embarrassed not even 30 seconds ago.

The Miz: Well what do you think it's like? The locker-rooms are all dirty, women, like yourself, are even dirtier, and I am getting disrespected by being put on at the beginning of the show. What am I, a loser?

Kelly opens her mouth, about to answer, but the Miz puts his hand up to her face and answers the question himself.

The Miz: No. I'm not a loser, Kelly. I am the Chick Magnet. I am the guy that all women want to be with and all guys wanna be. I'm the guy who dates the prom queen and is voted the 'most successful' in high school. I wine and dine with famous stars like Brad Pitt and Jennifer Garner. I am high class. I'm first class. And I deserve better then being made as the 'opener' on RAW.

The crowd is heard booing the Miz, although he shakes it off like dust. Kelly, however, interjects as the Miz is busy 'dusting' himself off.

Kelly Kelly: But... what have you done that makes you better then anyone else?

The Miz turns his head back to Kelly, annoyed that she is even daring to question him.

The Miz: Did you not just hear me you Barbie doll? I hang out with the people that you only see in magazines. I'm the man who gets all of the chicks in the magazines that you read, Kelly.

Kelly again interrupts the Miz.

Kelly Kelly: But... what does that have to do with being a WWE superstar? In fact... when was the last time that you even won a match?

Oooh, that really gets the crowd going. They start hooting and hollering, knowing that Kelly has pulled another one over the Miz, in the same interview.

The Miz: You wanna question my abilities as a WWE superstar, Kelly? You think I'm not good enough to be a WWE superstar? I guess you'll see next week, here on RAW, when I make my RAW debut. Until then, see ya around...

The Miz begins to walk off with Kelly signing off to commercial...

The Miz: Skank.

Oh yes, the Miz had to get that last part in right before RAW cuts to another commercial break. That prick...

***Commercial***

RAW comes back on air and we see Randy Orton walking backstage, with his devilish smile still on his face. Orton begins to open the door of his lockerroom, but before he can enter it, the door is pushed back shut.


Randy Orton: What the...

Orton turns and sees the man that he probably wanted to see the least of all, RAW General Manager Jonathan Coachman. Coach has his hand on the door, not allowing the 'Legend Killer' to get in. He also looks pissed too, and for good reason.

Jonathan Coachman: Randy... what the HELL were you thinking attacking Jeff Hardy earlier?

Randy Orton: Jeff de...

Coachman is fuming with anger and cuts Randy off, irking Orton.

Jonathan Coachman: You know what I could do to you? I could suspend you INDEFINITELY right now and you wouldn't even get a sniff of that WWE Championship that you covet so badly.

The crowd pops for Coachman's announcement there, while Orton's face of irk now changes to fear.

Randy Orton: No... you can't...

Jonathan Coachman: What you did to Jeff was entirely UNACCEPTABLE, Randy! Why should I spare you the time when you decided to jump my number one contender? Y'know what? As of now, you are hearby Susp...

Orton knows what's coming next out of Coachman's mouth, so he cuts him off.

Randy Orton: NO! Please, sir!

Coachman backs up a step, surprised that Orton is begging for him to not suspend him.

Jonathan Coachman: What? You think I SHOULDN'T suspend you? Randy, after what you did to Jeff Hardy, you're lucky that I'm not sending you to JAIL!

Randy puts his hands on the back of his head, trying to think on his feet and avoid being suspended.

Randy Orton: How about you put me in a match tonight? Any kind of match. Just please... please don't fire me, sir. Jeff just got on my last nerve.

Coach rubs his chin, thinking of all of the possibilities of things that he can do to Randy tonight.

Jonathan Coachman: So, what, you're gonna attack every superstar that gets on your last nerve, Randy? You know I can't afford to lose three or four guys a month. It'll kill us.

Randy quickly tries to think of a way to reason with Coach.

Randy Orton: Sir... I assure you that it will not happen again.

Jonathan ponders Randy's answer before coming to a conclusion.

Jonathan Coachman: Alright, just because I'm short on guys tonight... you are NOT suspended...

A round of boos come from the crowd who really wished that Orton would've been kicked to the curb. Orton shows his jubilation by letting out one of his big smiles again.

Jonathan Coachman: BUT that doesn't mean you'll get off easy, Randy. I don't have a main event for tonight, and since you are so anxious to put guys out on stretchers... tonight you will be facing the 'Big Red Machine' Kane in a stretcher match.

The crowd pops for the main event now being announced.

Jonathan Coachman: AND... next week, in that same very ring that you attacked Jeff Hardy in tonight... you will issue Jeff Hardy, myself, and the entire RAW brand an apology for your actions here earlier. If you fail to do either of these tasks, I will kick your ass so far out of here you'll be gone before you had even known what had hit you! Agreed?

Randy scowl's at the word 'apology' but nods his head, accepting Coachman's tasks. Coachman then walks off and Orton opens the lockerroom door, then immediately slams it shut. We then get taken out back into the arena.

***The Future***

Plays and another one of RAW's 'young studs' Kenny Dykstra comes out from the back, with his tights on and looks ready to wrestle here tonight. He has his usual small trunks on and quickly makes his way into the ring, with his opponent, 'Hacksaw' Jim Duggan already in there. Dykstra smirks as he knows the challenge here tonight might not be that great at all.


Jim Ross: Coming out now is yet another future superstar for RAW, Kenny Dykstra. King, this kid has all of the talent in the world to become something really special, but don't you think his attitude might just hold him back a little bit?

Jerry Lawler: I don't know if it'll hold him back, but it certainly won't gain him any friends with the way he acts towards the company. He might have to get his priorities straight if he really wants to go far.

Jim Ross: Well tonight he has a chance to because he will take on the respected veteran Jim Duggan right about now!

Match Two - Singles Match - Kenny Dykstra vs. 'Hacksaw' Jim Duggan

This match, much like our first match of the night, doesn't go on for a particularly long time. In fact, it actually goes shorter then the first match, which tells you something. Dykstra begins the match by taking the 'legend' down with a decapitating clothesline and shakes his head at the downed Duggan, knowing that Jim has no business being inside of the ring with him. Dykstra toys with him for a bit by sending his foot into the chest of Jim, then decides to finish him off by climbing to the top rope and connecting with a diving guillotine leg drop, which he calls, the 'Sky High Leg Drop', easily getting the three count and victory.

Winner: Kenny Dykstra via Pinfall (1:58)

Dykstra gets his hand raised by the referee and climbs to the top rope, raising his hands in the air. Dykstra then climbs down the turnbuckles and turns his attention back to Duggan, for some reason annoyed that Duggan is trying to get up to his feet. So, to keep him down, Dykstra walks over and CLIPS THE LEG OF DUGGAN! The heat on Dykstra now gains since he is attacking a 53 year old semi-retired wrestler. Dykstra, however, ignores the crowds anger towards him and grabs Hacksaw's 2x4 piece of wood that he has lying near one of the turnbuckles. Dykstra examines the piece of wood, hocks a giant lugie near the top of it, and then SMACKS DUGGAN ACROSS THE BACK WITH IT! The heat gains on Dykstra and he prepares to do it again until...

***Whatever***

Hits throught the PA system and another one of RAW's newest draft picks, the 'Rabid Wolverine' Chris Benoit, comes sprinting down the ring! Benoit slides into the ring wanting to get revenge on Dykstra for what he did to Duggan, but Dykstra hurries out of the ring before Benoit can get to him. The crowd boos Dykstra some more while Benoit checks up on Duggan inside of the ring. Once Benoit knows that Duggan will be fine he looks up and locks eyes with Dykstra, telling him to come inside and face him like a man. Dykstra waves away at Benoit, not in the mood to wrestle another match after having that 'excruciating' match with Duggan. Dykstra decides to hightail it and begins to make his way to the back, only for RAW General Manager Jonathan Coachman to appear on the TitanTron.


Jonathan Coachman: Woah, woah, there, Kenny. Don't think you'll be able to get off that easy. After what you did to Hacksaw, I think it is only fair that we give these fans what they want!

The crowd pops as they know what Coachman's announcement is gonna be, while Dykstra scowls at Coachman, not wanting to fight Benoit here tonight.

Jonathan Coachman: So get your ass in there! Because you gotta match against Chris Benoit... RIGHT NOW!

The crowd's pops get slightly louder as Dykstra yells 'Oh c'mon!' to the titantron, only for Benoit to come out to the ring and jump Dykstra! Dykstra falls to a knee, only for Benoit to grab him by the head and whips him inside of the ring. Benoit then slides in as well and the bell rings, and the match begins![/I]

Match Three - Singles Match - Kenny Dykstra vs. Chris Benoit

Benoit starts off the match with the advantage due to him jumping Dykstra seconds before. Benoit lays stiff backhanded chops into the chest of Dykstra, who squeams in pain from the big chops. Benoit then tosses the youngster into one of the turnbuckles and climbs to the middle rope before delivering stiff shots to the head, each one connecting in the precise spot that Benoit was aiming at. He connects with four shots before he climbs back off the turnbuckle and lifts Dykstra onto the top turnbuckle. Benoit then climbs back up onto the middle rope and wraps Dysktra's head in a superplex position, which gets the crowd going. Benoit lifts Dykstra to a standing position on the top turnbuckle, before getting up there himself and SENDING DYKSTRA TO THE GROUND WITH A SUPERPLEX! The crowd pops for the maneuver and Benoit hooks the near leg of Dykstra for the first pinfall of the match, only for Kenny to roll the shoulder up at two! Benoit continues to stay in control as RAW goes to a commercial break.

***Commercial***

When RAW returns it is now Dykstra who is in control, which he gained after he laid a knee to the gut of Benoit and threw him through the ropes on the outside near the announcers table. Dykstra continues to do work on Benoit on the outside of the ring, throwing him face first into the steel steps! Benoit's face smacks right into the steps and Dykstra smiles, since the cocky superstar knows he's the dominant one for the time being. He slams Benoit's face into the steps for a second time and then lays him up against the same steps, planning to attack all parts of Benoit's body. Dykstra slides inside of the ring for a split second to restart the ring-out count, before going back out and getting ready to inflict more damage on Benoit. Dykstra takes a few steps back and lines up his target before he charges at Benoit and DRIVES HIS FOOT INTO BENOIT'S SHOULDER! Benoit's shoulder smacks against the corner of the steps and it may have been separated, at least that's what JR's diagnosis is.

Dykstra is once again grinning when he notices that Benoit is grimacing in pain while holding his shoulder. Kenny decides that his work on the outside is done for now and lifts him up and pushes him back into the ring, quickly rolling back in as well so he doesn't lose the advantage that he contains at the moment. Dykstra drags Benoit into the middle of the ring and hooks the far leg, only to get a nearfall. He doesn't lose his patience, though, and instead drags Chris over to one of the turnbuckles and props him up against the bottom one. Dykstra takes a few steps back himself and again lines up his target. Kenny then removes the padding on his right knee and proceeds to charge at Benoit full force... DRILLS HIM IN THE HURT SHOULDER WITH HIS BARE KNEE! Benoit lays on the ground, screaming at the amount of pain that his shoulder has received. Dykstra, however, plays it off cool and drags Chris a few feet away from the nearby turnbuckle, lining him up for his finishing move.

Just to assure himself that Chris isn't going anywhere, Kenny stomps on his shoulder three more times, the same shoulder that has received all of the punishment so far in this match. Kenny then climbs overtop of Benoit and makes his way to the top turnbuckle, taunting him by shouting 'Who's the real man now?', referring to what Benoit told him seconds before their match was signed. Dykstra now lines up his attack and jumps off the top rope, preparing a diving guillotine leg drop... BUT BENOIT SOMEHOW ROLLS OUT OF THE WAY! A split second was the difference from Benoit getting out of the way and Dykstra connecting with the move! Dykstra crashes and burns and holds his rear in pain, while simultaneously giving Benoit a cold, hard, stare, wondering what he will have to do to put the 'Rabid Wolverine' away.

Dykstra, despite being the one to crash and burn, is the first man to get back up to a vertical position, but Benoit gets up a few seconds later. Dykstra knows that he is the more healthy man and tries to take advantage of that by running at Benoit and attempting a clothesline, only for Benoit to duck and wrap his arms around the body of Kenny, quickly throwing him backwards onto the mat... CONNECTING WITH A GERMAN SUPLEX! The crowd cheers at the move, while Benoit holds onto his grip and lifts Dykstra back up... BEFORE CONNECTING WITH ANOTHER GERMAN! The crowd again gives him the same positive reaction, but Benoit retains his hold and lifts Dykstra up for a third time and... THROWS HIM FOR HIS THIRD GERMAN, RELEASING HIM AS HE THROWS KENNY ACROSS THE RING!

Benoit slowly gets up, still rubbing the shoulder that Kenny attacked earlier in the match. However, Benoit knows that the three Germans took a lot out of Kenny and now he has to finish the deal, so he quickly makes his way towards the turnbuckle and proceeds to climb it. Benoit gets up to the top rope and slices his thumbs across his throat before he jumps towards Kenny and CONNECTS WITH A FLYING HEADBUTT! Kenny rolls around in pain, but Benoit also is holding his head in pain after the move. Chris tries to shake off the pain and places his right hand across Kenny's torso, but Kenny somehow manages to roll his shoulder up at two and a half, showing Benoit that he won't roll over once the going gets tough.

Benoit grabs Dykstra by the head and lifts him back up to his feet while still nursing his shoulder, delivering a kick to the gut once Dykstra gets to a full vertical position. Benoit quickly wraps his arms around the now doubled over Dykstra and throws him overtop his head, connecting with a snap suplex! Benoit doesn't decide to cover Dykstra after the move, however, remembering what happened after he connecting with the flying headbutt, and instead lifts Kenny back up into a vertical position and begins to get him in the Crippler Crossface hold! Chris wraps his right arm across Kenny's face and begins to take him down to the ground... BUT KENNY THEN DELIBERATELY KICKS BENOIT BETWEEN THE LEGS! IT'S A LOW BLOW AND THE REFEREE HAS NO CHOICE BUT TO DISQUALIFY KENNY!

Winner: Chris Benoit via Disqualification (11:38)

Benoit immediately falls to his knees after being nailed in the crotch, while Dykstra hightails it out of the ring, wanting to avoid being locked in the deadly Crippler Crossface (insert inappropriate joke here). The crowd boos Kenny as he quickly makes his way to the back, but he just wants to get out of the vision of Benoit, at least for the time being. Meanwhile, the referee tries to help Benoit up and raises his hand in victory, while Benoit continues to nurse his shoulder that was attacked earlier in the match.

Jim Ross: A very solid re-debut on the RAW brand by Chris Benoit just had to turn sour thanks to the punk Dykstra.

Jerry Lawler: I don't like what happened in this match either, JR, but I can't blame Kenny for disqualifying himself to avoid getting locked in that Crippler Crossface. Guys that have been locked in it before have told me that once you get locked in it it's lights out for you and you do get severe neck pains for the next few days. Kenny was just looking out for himself.

Jim Ross: If Kenny was a real man he would've found a way out of it that was legal.

Jerry Lawler: Hey, sometimes you have to do the unpopular thing to keep your health. Chris still won the match so I doubt he will be too depressed at how he won it.

Jim Ross: Ladies and gentlemen we have to run to a commercial break, but when we return, another one of RAW's newest superstars, Rey Mysterio, will give us an update via satellite from his home in San Diego, and later, Johnny Nitro will be going up against Matt Striker. Stay tuned.

***Commercial***

RAW comes back on air and we are still out in the main arena, with the camera's scanning the jam-packed crowd before we get taken back to the commentary booth of Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler.

Jim Ross: Welcome back, ladies and gentlemen, to Monday Night RAW. We've had some exciting action already in the show, and we're bound to have even more because tonight in our main event, the 'Legend Killer' Randy Orton, who seriously injured our good pal Jeff Hardy earlier in the evening, will take on the 'Big Red Machine' Kane, who's hoping to make a grand re-debut here on RAW, in a Stretcher Match!

Jerry Lawler: Oh boy, JR, that sounds like an exciting matchup! Not only will we have that, though, but we're gonna be treated to a special 'Champions' edition of Carlito's Cabana with our Intercontinental Champion Carlito as the host.

Jim Ross: This definately will be a RAW to remember, folks, so don't leave your seat for anything.

Jerry Lawler: It most certainly is, JR, with all of our newest draftees getting their feet wet on the number one brand in sports entertainment. It's so exciting to see a bunch of fresh faces come here to RAW.

Jim Ross: Yes, King, and one of those draft picks - the 'Master of the 619' Rey Mysterio - is with us now via satellite.

Some pops from the crowd as they see Mysterio on the Titantron sitting on his couch with a headpiece on his head to hear JR and King.

Jim Ross:Rey, first and foremost, we'd like to be the first men to welcome you over here onto RAW. We hope you enjoy your time here.

Rey Mysterio: Thanks guys. I think RAW is the exact change of scenery that me and my family need now.

Jerry Lawler: Rey, we both know what caused you to have your unfortunate injury, so we gotta ask, how's your recovery coming?

Rey Mysterio: Well, um, y'know, King, it's goin' pretty good. I could be better, but the doctors said I could return in the ring within' the next five or six weeks, an' now I'm gettin' anxious to get back inside of the WWE arenas.

Jim Ross: We are certainly glad to hear that, Rey. What are you planning to do on RAW once you make your return from injury?

Rey Mysterio: I'm gonna want to get a few matches under my belt just to get me re-adjusted to this, but then I'm gonna set my eyes on the WWE Championship.

Jerry Lawler: He he, Rey, no offense, but there are gonna be a few guys who might wanna take you on for that.

Rey Mysterio: Jerry, I know that there are a lot of guys on this roster that are deserving of a WWE Championship match, but I'm willin' to take on anyone that wants to fight me for that Championship. It's not the size of the dog that matters, but the amount of fight in that dog. An' trust me, I have the biggest amount of fight out of anyone.

Pops for Rey's confidence in himself.

Jim Ross: Now that you're on RAW there's a whole batch of superstars that you haven't been able to step inside of the ring with. Is there any one guy that you wanna wrestle the most?

Rey Mysterio: Right now, JR, it'd have to be John Cena.

Jim Ross: And why is that?

Rey Mysterio: He's the current holder of the WWE Championship, JR. An' that's what I want - the top title. If Edge goes an' wins it next week, then it'll be Edge. But for right now, it's John Cena.

Jim Ross: Thank you for your time, Rey, and we hope you make a speedy recovery and make your debut here on RAW sooner rather than later.

Rey Mysterio: Thanks guys.

Mysterio's face disappears from the Titantron and JR and King stir up some pointless chatter before...

***Papparazzi***

Hits, with Johnny Nitro, along with his lovely valet Melina making their way down to the ring. The two hold hands as the paparazzi take pictures of them walking down the red carpet. Once they make it to the ring Johnny slides under the bottom rope and then helps his girlfriend set herself up to do the splits on the bottom rope.


Jim Ross: Now here comes a former Intercontinental and WWE Tag-Team Champion, Johnny Nitro. Johnny, along with his girlfriend Melina, are very familiar with the hassle of being chased by the papparazzi, but the one thing that Nitro hasn't been accustomed to over the past few weeks is, well, winning, so he hopes to get back on track tonight.

Jerry Lawler: He hasn't been on the winning track as of late, but I would trade places with him if I could get gorgeous Melina to be my girlfriend, ha ha.

Jim Ross: I have to admit she looks rather nice today.

Jerry Lawler: Ohh, and did you see the splits that she just did? Makes me wish I was the bottom of the ring right now, ha ha.

***Your Teacher***

Is the other intro to play, with another one of RAW's new superstars acquired via the supplemental draft, 'Your Teacher' Matt Striker. Striker comes down with a yellow speedo on, eager to make an impactful debut here on RAW. Once he gets inside of the ring he raises his hands in the air and gets ready for his match to begin.


Jim Ross: Man oh man, King, it seems like every other minute a new RAW superstar is appearing up on us!

Jerry Lawler: Ha ha, that's a good thing to hear, JR. First Burke, then the Miz, Benoit, Mysterio, and now Matt Striker. And we've still got many more new superstars to appear, like the Big Red Machine, Kane! No offense to our Smackdown and ECW counterparts, but it's clear that RAW got the cream of the crop from the draft.

Jim Ross: I can't disagree with you there, King. And speaking of debuts, Matt Striker's going to wanna get on the positive note here tonight, because it's a dog eat dog world here on RAW, and one loss could drop you down on the totem pole for a while.

Match Four - Singles Match - Johnny Nitro (w/ Melina) vs. Matt Striker

These two don't get a whole lot of time to showcase their stuff, but it's enough to produce a second solid match in a row. Striker, due to his superior intelligence inside of the ring, gains the advantage to start off the match, by taking Nitro down with a snapmere. Striker uses a mat based offense, keeping Nitro grounded so he can't get up and do what he does best, which is fly around the ring. Striker has Nitro grounded for the first three minutes, capping it off with a double knee backbreaker, which earns Striker a near-fall. Once Nitro gets up to his feet Striker attempts a double axe handle from the middle rope, but Nitro ducks and Striker crashes and burns, killing the momentum that he had to begin the match.

Nitro finally is able to hit some offensive attacks after Striker misses the axe-handle, including a Russian Legsweep and a running knee smash, until we get taken to the finish of the match. Nitro tries to end the match by connecting with the Moonlight Drive, but Striker pushes Nitro away and hits him with a decapitating LARIAT! Striker quickly hops on top of Nitro for the cover, but only earns a two count. Striker, still hopeful of winning his RAW debut, quickly gets up to his feet and lifts Nitro up as well. Striker moves over to Nitro's backside and wraps his right arm around Nitro's neck, locking in a sleeper hold! Nitro's arms flail around in the air, with Melina on the outside slamming the mat trying to give her man the strength to get out of the hold, but to no avail. Striker has the hold locked in for almost 20 seconds before Nitro falls down to his knees, still flailing his arms around to keep consciousness. Striker then wraps his legs around Nitro's body in a body scissors, and the pressure becomes too much and Nitro TAPS OUT!!!

Winner: Matt Striker via Submission (7:19)

The bell rings and many of the fans are stunned that Nitro gave up on the match, but, to be fair, it's remarkable that he lasted as long as he did in the sleeper hold, a hold that can knock people out in quick fashion. Striker keeps the hold locked in for a few seconds longer, somewhat rubbing it in on the 'Hollywood' man. The referee then pulls Striker away as he releases the hold and gets his arm raised, celebrating that his fresh start on RAW has begun with an impressive victory. While Nitro is tending to his wounds on the inside of the ring, his girlfriend Melina bails, walking up the ring with a disgusted look on her face.

Jim Ross: King, we haven't been able to see much of Matt Striker, but he has certainly made a memorable debut here on RAW, forcing Nitro to submit to the ever so dangerous rear naked chokehold.

Jerry Lawler: It doesn't seem to get any better for Nitro either. Not only is his losing streak continuing, but did you see what Melina did? She hightailed it and is letting Johnny take care of himself inside of the ring.

Jim Ross: Let's hope that this isn't the end of Hollywood's cutest couple, King.

Jerry Lawler: Are you nuts, JR? Melina on the free market? That'd be the greatest thing to happen since Torrie Wilson posed for Playboy! Ha ha!

Jim Ross: Oh King you stop it now. Ladies and gentlemen, we have to go to another commercial break, but when we return, we will have a special edition of 'Champion's Edition' of 'Carlito's Cabana' with our Intercontinental Champion, Carlito. Stay tuned.

***Commercial***

***Cool***

RAW returns with the current Intercontinental Champion, Carlito, and his mentor, the 'Nature Boy' Ric Flair, inside of the ring, with it set up for Carlito's talk show, Carlito's Cabana. There are a few fake palm trees set up, along with a few lawn chairs for his guests. He's also dressed in the style with a Hawaiian shirt on, as does Flair, who's sipping through a coconut styled drink.


Carlito: Ladies an' gents, I am Carlito, and dis' is Carlito's Cabana.

Small cheers from the crowd.

Carlito: An' tonight, my mentor Ric Flair and I present to you's a very special 'Champions' edition of my Cabana. I have three guests tonight, so let's get 'dis show on 'de road and bring out our first guest.

***The Time Is Now***

Hits and the current WWE Champion, John Cena, comes out from the back of the curtain to a loud ovation from the crowd. John trots out with a huge smile on his face, happy to be on RAW. Cena gives the crowd high fives as he walks down and once he walks up the steps and into the ring he shows off his title before being handed a microphone and taking a seat in one of the set up chairs.


Carlito: Great to see you 'ere John.

John Cena: Thanks for havin' me here Carlito.

Carlito: To start 'dis interview off I'd like to know what 'ju think about what Randy Orton did to the number one contender to your WWE Championship, Jeff Hardy, earlier in the night?

Cena takes a sip of his drink before answering.

John Cena: Well you never like to see guys go down, especially by how Randy decided to injure him. If he ever wants to be a WWE Champion he's gonna have to learn that you can't pout every damn time you don't get what you want.

The crowd pops for Cena's anti-Orton comments.

John Cena: Ya think I got to where I am today by injuring the guys above me? No, I beat them where it counts - inside of this ring. Frankly, Randy Orton is a disgrace of a human being and doesn't deserve to get a second chance.

Carlito butts in for a second, just as Cena is about to get going.

Carlito: I apologize for interruptin' you, John, but Jonathan Coachman has ordered Orton to 'pologize to Jeff next week.

Cena shakes his head back and forth, not happy with what Carlito's saying.

John Cena: That doesn't matter, man. What Randy did was unexcusable and he should consider himself LUCKY to get a damn second chance. He put Jeff on a STRETCHER. He's takin' years off Jeff's career. All because he didn't get his way? That's why Randy is nothin' more then a PUNK!

Cena gets up off his chair and takes his hat off, rubbing his hand through his short hair.

John Cena: I'm sorry for goin' off here, Carlito, but the way I've been taught to do it is the right way. If your goal is to be the WWE Champion you gotta train, work hard, and beat the guys above you. Randy is the complete opposite. He's showing disrespect to this entire business.

Cena stops and readjusts his hat before continuing.

John Cena: Randy thinks that since his daddy was a wrestler that he'll just get everything handed to him. He thinks that the entire world revolves around him and that he doesn't have to put in any effort to get rewarded. But I'm proof that Randy's theory of living is nothin' but a bunch of bullcrap!

The crowd again cheers for Cena.

John Cena: I didn't get anything handed to me. When I was first in training I had to live in my damn CAR. I could've called it quits right then and there, but I was determined to make it here and prove everyone that was doubting me wrong. Sure there were times when it got tough on me, but that's what builds someones character. If you decide that you aren't strong enough to make it through then you're admitting to yourself that you're a failure. And I am sure as hell NOT a failure.

Carlito gets up and tries to interrupt John, but John puts his hand up in Carlito's face, as if to tell him to wait a second.

John Cena: Carlito, man, give me one more second. I'm almost done.

Carlito sits down as John takes a deep breath.

John Cena: So, what I'm saying is Randy, you better hope that you don't ever cross paths with me. Because if you do, I'm gonna make you repay for everything you've done to everyone else. You're nothing more then an ignorant and self centered jerk who needs to be put in his place, and I'd be more then HAPPY to be the one to do that.

The crowd goes wild as Cena walks back over to his seat and sits down, taking a huge sip out of his coconut drink, while Carlito gets back up and adresses the crowd again.

Carlito: Thank you, John... Now it's time for me to bring out my other guests of 'de night.. 'dey are the current World Tag-Team Champions... 'de World's Greatest Tag-Team... Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas!

***World's Greatest***

The crowd gives out a resounding amount of boos for the champions, who come out with their wrestling gear on and championships around their shoulders. Both men shout something to random fans in the crowd before they make their way up the steps and into the ring. Both men get handed microphones and refuse drinks by Carlito.


Carlito: Guys I appreciate 'dat you both came here...

Charlie is the man who decides to interrupt Carlito.

Charlie Haas: Save it, boy. We aren't gonna be out here too long.

Shelton Benjamin: Yeah, because unlike you two jokes, we have people that wanna meet with us. After all, we are the WORLD's Greatest Tag-Team. Am I right?

Cahrlie nods his head in agreement while the crowd answers Benjamin's question with a whole bunch of boos.

Charlie Haas: You idiots don't know what's right anyways. We are the current World Tag-Team Champions. We are the TOP of the division. That explains everything.

Haas nods his head to agree with himself while Benjamin smacks him on the back, showing his agreement as well.

Carlito: No offense, boys, but 'dese fans are right. You guys should be called the World's Weakest Tag-Team with the way you won the World Tag-Team Championships. You guys were jus' lucky 'dat John Cena and Shawn Michaels had another match at Backlash and didn't even care 'bout you twos.

Carlito lets out a grin while Haas and Benjamin are insulted that Carlito has diminished their title win.

Shelton Benjamin: Carlito, you're just... you're just jealous that you've never had a partner that's been as connected with you as Charlie and I are.

Carlito's eyes bug out, alarmed at Benjamin's last line.

Carlito: What did ju just say? Did ju say what I think you said?

Benjamin nods his head, thinking he knows exactly what Carlito's talking about.

Carlito: Ju mean to tell me that ju and Charlie are secret lovers and 'dat ju are plannin' on havin' a child together?

Benjamin and Hass's eyes both pop out and shake their heads back and forth, not agreeing with that at all.

Shelton Benjamin: WHAT? I didn't say that!

Carlito shrugs his shoulders and answers.

Carlito: Sorry, guys, I'm just sayin' what I heard. Ju two would make a great couple, don't 'cha 'gree, John?

John laughs as he nods his head up and down, which pisses the WGTT off even more.

Charlie Haas: Listen here, you smelly Puerto Rican, you gotta lot of nerve invitin' us out here an' insultin us like that. We oughtta whip your sorry ass and send you back where you came from.

Both men crack their knuckles and necks while Carlito keeps his ground.

Carlito: Ju two think 'dat ju could prove somethin' by beatin' me up?

Benjamin interveens.

Shelton Benjamin: It'd prove that you don't wanna mess with the World's Greatest Tag-Team, and if you say somethin' bad about us, then we're gonna get payback.

Charlie stands behind Shelton and nods his head in agreement, while Carlito appears to have thought of an idea.

Carlito: Hol' on. Ju two like to prance about how ju are 'de 'WORLD'S GREATEST TAG-TEAM', right?

Both men nod in agreement.

Carlito: Well, 'ow bout ju two put your money where your mouth is and take me 'nd John Cena in a tag-team match right now?

The crowd begins to get rowdy as the two step aside to think of their decision.

Shelton Benjamin: Well, just because it will shut all of the doubters up... YOUR ON!

The crowd gets even louder with the WGTT accepting the challenge. Both teams then remove their titles and get prepared for the impromptu match.

Jim Ross: Oh boy, King, we got ourselves quite a tag-team match about to get underway. The World's Greatest Tag-Team versus the WWE and Intercontinental Champion... when we come back!

***Commercial***

Match Five - Tag-Team Match - World Tag Team Champions Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas vs. WWE Champion John Cena and Intercontinental Champion Carlito (w/ Ric Flair)

RAW returns with the tag-team match already underway, and it's Haas and Carlito who are starting the match off. The faces have the advantage here early with the match, with them keeping Haas away from Benjamin by making quick, frequent tags, along with hitting a few double team moves, such as a double back body drop. Carlito earns a few nearfalls on Haas and attempts a backstabber attempt four minutes in the match, only for Haas to grab ahold of the nearby ropes, which causes Carlito to land flat on his back. This move is one that begins to shift the momentum towards the World Tag-Team Champions, as Haas quickly lands an elbow drop on Carlito's ribcage, before dragging him over to Shelton and tagging his partner in.

Benjamin keeps his teams control by isolating Carlito from Cena, even getting a nearfall after connecting with a Samoan Drop, but Carlito is able to roll up the shoulder. Benjamin doesn't lose his focus, though, and whips Carlito into the turnbuckle, connecting with a Stinger Splash before tagging Charlie back in. Charlie keeps his team in control for another minute or so before he lands a superplex and tags Shelton in. Shelton, with a little bit of extra breath, attempts a T-Bone Suplex, but Carlito connects with some elbows to Shelton's head and takes him down to the canvas with a flowing DDT, which gets some big pops from the crowd. Both men are down now, with the crowd trying to cheer Carlito on to get the hot tag to the WWE Champion. Both men are slowly making their way to their respective teams corners, with Shelton a tad closer to his corner then Carlito is to his. After a few more inches of crawling Shelton stretches his hand out and GETS THE HOT TAG TO HAAS!

Haas quickly gets into the ring and grabs ahold of Carlito's leg, with the 'Bad Apple' only inches away from tagging in Cena. Haas pulls Carlito back into the middle of the ring, but before he can take Carlito down to the ground, Carlito surprises him with an ENZIGURI TO THE HEAD OF HAAS! The Tag-Team Champion falls to the ground and Carlito jumps over to Cena, tagging him in, which causes the roof to come down in the arena! The crowd goes bananas as Cena quickly takes Haas to the ground with a clothesline, and then seconds later runs over by Shelton and sends him down to below the ring with a shot to the head. Cena then turns his attention back to Haas, lifting him up to his feet and taking him right back down almost immediately with a belly to back suplex, which gets modified into side slam!

The crowd is now on their feet as Cena sticks his hand out in the air, preparing to hit the 5-Knuckle Shuffle. Cena walks around the ring before he looks down at Haas, waves his hand in front of his face, and shouts 'You Can't See Me' to Haas. Cena then runs off the ropes, does a few theatrics, and comes down with an elbow to the head of Haas, hitting the 5-Knuckle Shuffle! Cena then gets back up to his feet and does his 'Word Life' hand gesture as he waits for Haas to get back up to his feet. Once Haas does get to a vertical position, Cena lifts him onto his shoulders and prepares to hit the F-U, and... BENJAMIN INTERFERES AND PULLS HAAS OFF CENA'S SHOULDERS! Benjamin helps his teammate out by pulling him over to the ropes, while Cena looks on in anger. He decides to keep his anger in, however, and tags Carlito back in, while Haas gets back up to his feet and makes a beeline towards Carlito.

The two trade a few blows, with Carlito connecting with his lefts and Haas with rights, with Carlito eventually getting the advantage with a low drop kick. Carlito then patiently waits for Haas to get up to his feet as he sets up for his finisher, the Backstabber. Haas slowly gets up to a vertical position, with him not knowing where Carlito is. Carlito then grabs his hands on Haas's shoulders and is seconds away from connecting with his finisher, only for Benjamin, who was down below the ring, to trip him up! Carlito falls flat on his face while Cena, who's become sick and tired of Shelton interrupting their finisher attempts, gets off the apron and runs after Shelton, who tries to avoid the WWE Champion as much as he can. With Cena chasing Benjamin outside of the ring, inside of the ring Haas realizes he has an opening and wraps his arms around the dazed Carlito in a german suplex position and connects with the move, bridging it for the surprising 3 count and upset victory!

Winners: The World's Greatest Tag-Team via Pinfall (12:35)

The WGTT get together inside of the ring and hug each other after they earn a hard fought victory, while Cena looks on from the outside, disappointed that he was busy trying to get Shelton out of the picture when he should've been their for his teammate. Haas and Benjamin are handed their World Tag-Team Championships with each posing with their titles once they are handed them. Cena and Carlito collect their titles on the outside of the ring, still angry that they were defeated when they know that they should've won.

Jim Ross: This is a clear-cut example of the referee failing to do his job, King. Benjamin should've been kicked out of the match multiple times but the referee let his dirty tactics slide, and as a result the World's Greatest Tag-Team are the ones celebrating their victory tonight instead of Cena and Carlito.

Jerry Lawler: This is also a case of where an established tag team will beat a thrown together tag-team almost every day of the week, JR. Haas and Benjamin have that chemistry that Cena and Carlito aren't going to get in 5 minutes. That takes months and years of teaming together like these two have, and the result shouldn't really surprise anyone.

Jim Ross: Are you trying to say that Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas are better wrestlers then our WWE and Intercontinental Champions, King?

Jerry Lawler: In this type of match, a tag-team match, yes they most certainly are, JR.

Jim Ross: Well, King, when we come back, it's gonna be our huge main event of the night, featuring the 'Legend Killer' Randy Orton taking on the 'Big Red Machine' Kane in a stretcher match. So stay tuned.

***Commercial***

Smackdown Recap:
-Batista winning the Fatal Fourway #1 Contender's Match to face the Undertaker for the World Heavyweight Championship at Judgment Day.
-MVP finally conquering Chris Benoit in Benoit's farewell match on Smackdown.
-The impactful Smackdown debut of 'the Samoan Bulldozer' Umaga.
-The debut for the heavily hyped Johnny Jeter, along with his girlfriend Maryse.


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***Burn In My Light***

Hits and now it's time for the main event of the night, with the 'Legend Killer' Randy Orton making his way out from the curtain, to large amount of boos from the crowd. Randy has the same grin on that he had when he took out Jeff Hardy at the beginning of the show. He slowly walks down the ring and once he enters it he does his signature 'destiny' pose.


Jim Ross: Here comes the most hated man in the WWE today, King.

Jerry Lawler: Yeah, JR, I don't you're gonna have many fans when you take out the number one contender to the WWE Championship. Especially when that man's name is Jeff Hardy.

Jim Ross: Not only what he did to Jeff was despicable, but he seemed to be ENJOYING it while it was happening. That's just SICK!

Jerry Lawler: Randy has a reputation of enjoying seeing other people in pain as a result of his actions. I mean, I don't think he is upset that he's attacked all of those legends in his career.

Jim Ross: Well, hopefully he gets a taste of his own medicine here tonight and he leaves on a stretcher.

***Slow Chemical***

Plays next and the 'Big Red Machine' Kane, one of RAW's newest draft picks from last weeks draft show, makes his way down the aisle. The Big Red Machine has a terrifying smile on his face, which even causes Randy to lose his smile and get a straight face. Kane slowly walks down and climbs over the top rope to enter the ring. The two then get to their respective corners as the match is about to begin.


Jim Ross: If there's any man that can give Randy the type of punishment that he deserves, it's that monster Kane.

Jerry Lawler: He's a sick freak, JR. We've seen him light people on FIRE for the fun of it. I don't think he's gonna mind putting Orton on a stretcher.

Jim Ross: We can only hope, King. We can only hope that's true.

Match Six - Stretcher Match - Randy Orton vs. Kane

The match begins with Kane starting out in front, hitting a few punches to the jaw of Randy, with the legend killer constantly looking to avoid harmful shots from Kane. Kane follows Randy around until Orton slides out of the ring, which causes the fans to give him some boos. Randy stays on the outside of the ring while the referee pleads with Randy to get his ass back inside. He tells the ref to shut up and that he will when he's ready, but Kane doesn't let Randy stay outside and relax. Instead, he climbs through the rope and blindsides Orton with a clothesline to the back of his head, causing Randy to fall down onto his knees.

Kane is in control for a while, whipping Orton against the steel steps on the outside of the ring and then slams his back with a sidewalk slam against the padding. He then drags Orton and tries to put him on the stretcher, but Randy delivers an elbow to Kane's gut to prevent it. The elbow gave Randy the advantage and he finally was able to inflict some damage on Kane, first by throwing him against the barricade. Kane grimaces in pain immediately after hitting the barricade, and Randy gives a devilish grin before he resumes his attack on Kane.

Randy walks over to Kane, who's using the barricade as a standing support, and delivers a knee to the gut, before he grabs him by the arm and whips him back into the ring, following in after him. Once Randy gets in he delivers multiple stomps on all of Kane's body parts, with the Big Red Machine not knowing which body parts to protect. Randy takes a short breather before he lifts Kane back up and whips him off the ropes, connecting with a picture-perfect dropkick on the rebound. Orton continues to grin as he awaits for Kane to get up, and once he does, Orton tries FOR AN RKO... BUT KANE PUSHES HIM INTO THE ROPES! Orton bounces back and Kane wraps his hand around Orton's neck, now looking for his finisher, the Chokeslam from Hell. Orton squeems and shakes his arms around, trying to get out of Kane's grip, but to no avail, as Kane CONNECTS WITH THE CHOKESLAM!!!

The crowd gives Kane some cheers after he connects with his finisher, and now the Big Red Machine is looking to end the match, as he drags Randy by his arms to the outside of the ring. Randy, at the moment, is simply dead weight, so Kane knows all he has to do is get him on the stretcher and push him across the marker, since Orton doesn't seem to be going anywhere. He quickly decides that dragging Orton over to the stretcher won't be the quickest option, so he lifts him onto his shoulders and carries him over and lays him down on the stretcher.

Kane takes a deep breath and begins to slowly push Orton across the stretcher, with it now almost being elementary. Kane pushes Orton almost the entire way, with the first part of the stretcher crossing the tape, only for Orton to POKE KANE IN THE EYE! Kane lets go of the stretcher and Orton quickly slides off, JUST avoiding defeat. He hurries over to Kane, who's still trying to gain his eyesight after the poke, and takes him out with a surprising RKO! RKO! RKO! The crowd gives Randy a bunch of boos as he slowly lifts Kane onto the stretcher and pushes him the last foot across the marker for the win!

Winner: Randy Orton (9:18)

Randy's theme plays as he celebrates his victory, with the referee raising his hand to offically signal him the victor. Some of the fans in the front row start a 'You Suck' chant, while Orton does his 'destiny' pose and sucks it all in like oxygen.

Jim Ross: Oh dammit, King. Kane was literally a foot away from beatin' that punk Orton only for him to cheat himself into a victory.

Jerry Lawler: Kane was in control for basically the entire match but Orton got the job done - he pushed Kane across the marker. He's the deserving winner.

Jim Ross: Deserving my ass. He just continues to find loopholes and get lucky. He's gonna get his soon enough.

Jerry Lawler: JR, when are you gonna admit that Randy is a future star here on RAW? He's certainly got the brains and wrestling ability to become the next WWE Champon.

Jim Ross: I'll admit it when he learns how to win a match with dignity and not by cheating. Until then, he doesn't get any of my respect... Despite this disappointing outcome to end RAW, we here on RAW are glad that you stay tuned here to another edition of the premier brand in the WWE. Until next week, I'm Jim Ross, and for Jerry Lawler, we say goodnight.

JR signs off and RAW fades to black.

Quick Results:
Elijah Burke def. Robbie (2:12)
Kenny Dykstra def. Jim Duggan (1:58)
Chris Benoit def. Kenny Dykstra (11:38)
Matt Striker def. Johnny Nitro (7:19)
World's Greatest Tag-Team def. John Cena & Carlito (12:35)
Randy Orton def. Kane (9:18)



Smackdown! Presents: Judgment Day
When:
May 20, 2007
Where: Scottrade Center, St. Louis, Missouri
Theme Song: I Don't Wanna Stop by Ozzy Osbourne

Confirmed Matches:

Singles Match for the World Heavyweight Championship:
The Undertaker (c) vs. Batista

Singles Match for the United States Championship:
Two of the following: Chris Masters, Marcus Cor Von, Matt Hardy, and Montel Vontavious Porter

Triple Threat Match for the Contract of an Unannounced Superstar:
TBA vs. TBA vs. TBA
 
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Booker Note: I am trying a new format out for all 3 shows. I will be writing out only the main promos, taking out some of the needless commentary during the show. I know my show won't be 'full' then, but I feel it's the best way to keep this thread going.


ECW on Sci-Fi
May 8, 2007

***Don't Question My Heart***

ECW kicks off with a wide pan of the crowd, before we get taken to the announcing duo of Joey Styles and Tazz...


Joey Styles: Hellooo everybody, this is Tuesday Night ECW on Sci-Fi! I am Joey Styles, and along with my partner, former ECW World Heavyweight, Television, and Tag-Team Champion, Tazz, we are glad to present you another wonderful edition of ECW.

Tazz: You said it Joey. This is always my favorite time of the week - watching some of the best wrestling in the world... for free! Ha ha, this is great.

Joey Styles: And what a show we have prepared here tonight, including seeing Val Venis making his ECW debut against Snitsky.

Tazz: And, Joey, don't forget our huge main event that was signed last week by General Manager Mick Foley.

Joey Styles: Ah, yes, Tazz, a six pack challenge where the winner will fight at Judgment Day to try and help ECW receive the unknown free agent.

***Turn Up The Trouble***

Plays and ECW's big fish in the draft, 'Mr. Money In The Bank' Mr. Kennedy makes his way out from the back. He has his own WWE-made T-Shirt on, with his wrestling trunks on as his bottoms. Kennedy carries his MITB briefcase down the aisle as he struts down. He has a smug grin on his face as he enters the ring.


Joey Styles: But, before we can get to there, we're gonna hear from the cocky Ken Kennedy. Let's listen and see what he has to say...

Kennedy places his MITB briefcase on one of the turnbuckles before he begins to speak.

Mr. Kennedy: Ladies and gentlemen, last week... last week I... just roll the camera.

Last Week's Main Event said:
Lashley patiently waits for Kennedy to get to his feet, and once he does, Lashley charges at him full speed, only for Kennedy to out-smart the ECW World Heavyweight Champion and side-step the move, throwing him into the unprotected turnbuckle! Lashley crashes down to the mat and Kennedy quickly climbs the top rope, connecting with the Kenton Bomb and covering Lashley for the CLEAN Pinfall Victory!

Winners: Mr. Kennedy & Finlay via Pinfall (12:38)
Kennedy claps many times after the clip is done rolling, even wiping a fake tear away from his eye.

Mr. Kennedy: Bravo! Bravo! What a fantastic win by ME!

Heat.

Mr. Kennedy: What are you people booing me for? I played fair. I beat Bobby Lashley with my bare hands dammit. Show me some respect!

Some more, louder, heat for Kennedy.

Mr. Kennedy: Did you people not see that clip? I hit Lashley with the best move in the WWE - the Kenton Bomb - and I pinned him 1-2-3 right in the middle of the ring. You people have no reason to complain, because what I did last week is the same thing that I have done to guys like Rey Mysterio... and King Booker... Kane... Chris Benoit... and many other former World Champions. I got the best of them and pinned them 1, 2, 3 inside of this ring.

More heat for Mr. Money in the Bank.

Mr. Kennedy: Bobby Lashley knows that he would lose to me every single time if we fought one hundred times in a row because I am more talented then he ever will be. Hell, Bobby, why don't you just come out here right now and forfeit the title over to me and let everyone move on with their lives.

The crowd restarts their 'You Suck' chant.

Mr. Kennedy: So come out here, Bobby. We're all eagerly awaiting for you to hand ME the title...

Kennedy laughs at his own joke while he waits for...

***Hell Will Be Callin' Your Name***

The current reigning ECW World Heavyweight Champion, Bobby Lashley, then makes his way out, with his ECW Championship wrapped snugly around his shoulder. He has his wrestling trunks on with a black WWE custom made t-shirt on his torso. He slowly makes his way inside of the ring and once he walks up the steps he is handed a microphone.


Mr. Kennedy: Alright, Lashley, I'll give you time to say your final goodbye to the ECW World Heavyweight Championship before you hand it over to me. But make it quick, I got places to go.

Lashley takes his title off his shoulder and looks at it, before he slowly hands it over to Ken...

Bobby Lashley: Are you serious, Ken?

...Before pulling it back and wrapping it around his shoulder, which gets some good cheers from the crowd.

Bobby Lashley: You really thought that I was gonna hand you a title that I RIGHTFULLY earned just because you cheated to pin me in a tag-team match last week? I knew you weren't the brightest, but not even you could believe that.

The crowd pops again for Lashley, while Kennedy looks at the crowd, pissed that they're agreeing with Bobby.

Mr. Kennedy: Cheated? What are you talking about, Bobby? I pinned you right in the middle of the ring with no controversey. I beat you fair and square.

Boos come again while Lashley disagrees, shaking his head from side to side.

Bobby Lashley: I guess you should look at your matches a little more closely, Ken. Take a look...

Last Week's Main Event said:
...Lashley crouches down on his feet, but since he is so focused on Kennedy, he doesn't notice that Finlay has removed the protective turnbuckle covering near his teams corner, which now just leaves a metal turnbuckle on the top rope.

Lashley patiently waits for Kennedy to get to his feet, and once he does, Lashley charges at him full speed, only for Kennedy to out-smart the ECW World Heavyweight Champion and side-step the move, throwing him into the unprotected turnbuckle!...
Bobby Lashley: If you weren't so obsessed watching yourself you would've realized that if it wasn't for your partner Finlay removing that padding then you wouldn't be bragging about how you pinned me last week.

The crowd again gets loud as Kennedy rubs his face, not even realizing that that happened.

Mr. Kennedy: That... that doesn't change anything, dammit. I pinned you, with or without Finlay's help, and I deserve a damn title match. If you're so confident that you can beat me why don't you face me later tonight and you can put your title on the line?

The crowd actually cheers for Kennedy's challenge, and Bobby doesn't waste much time making a decision.

Bobby Lashley: Alright, you want a title match tonight? Fine, how about we d---

***Lambeg***

Plays and the man who 'Loves to Fight' Finlay comes out from the back. He is dressed in his normal green and black tights, with his favorite accessory, the shillelagh, in his hand. He gets some small heat as he enters the ring and is handed a microphone.


Finlay: 'Old on 'ere, little laddy's. Kennedy, I deserve jus' to fight fo' the title jus' as much as you do. Don'cha rem'mber who took off that paddin' fo' ya? It was me. I was the one that helped you win the match. I deserve a shot at the title jus' as much as you do.

Kennedy shakes his head back and forth in disagreement with Finlay, with the crowd giving a mixed reaction.

Mr. Kennedy: Listen here, Finlay, I can give Lashley a little bit of credit for having a small ounce of talent, but guys like you who sit at the 'pub' everyday and drink until they pass out deserve no shot at the ECW World Heavyweight Championship. Go drink a Guinness and let me face Lashley for the title.

Ken gets some more heat on him, taking a stab at the Irish stereotype, while Finlay crosses his arms and frowns at Kennedy.

Finlay: Ken, I know that you're tryin' to play cute with the crowd by pickin' at my heritage, but I hope you know that I could whip your butt every day of the week.

The crowd actually gets behind Finlay now, mainly due to the fact that they hate Kennedy.

Mr. Kennedy: I'm above you, Finlay. Who exactly have you beaten during your time here in the WWE? That's right, you haven't beaten anybody important. You've done nothing to deserve a shot at my future title, the ECW World Heavyweight Championship.

Heat on Kennedy, as both Finlay and Lashley give Kennedy some questionable looks.

Mr. Kennedy: I, however, have beaten multiple former World Champions. I've done something that very few have, and that's win the Money In The Bank briefcase. John Cena hasn't done it. The Undertaker hasn't done it. Hulk Hogan hasn't done it. And you haven't done it either. I'm primed for greatness, and I shall start by taking Lashley's ECW World Heavyweight Championship next week.

***Wreck***

Hits, with ECW General Manager Mick Foley coming out to a good amount of cheers. Foley walks out with a microphone in his hand and stays on the top of the aisle before he adresses the three men in the ring.


Mick Foley: Gentlemen, gentlemen, how are we doing today in this great city of Kansas City?

A signature cheap pop for Foley.

Mick Foley: Now guys, I don't have a problem with you guys coming out here and calling out your rivals, but I run this show and I am the man that will sign the matches. You guys wanna know what that means?

All three men nod as they await Foley's announcement.

Mick Foley: That means, Finlay, that you will not be getting a shot for Bobby Lashley's ECW World Heavyweight Championship next week.

Finlay looks at Foley in disappointment while Kennedy points and laughs at Finlay in a 'Na na na boo boo' kind of way.

Mick Foley: Ah, Mr. Kennedy, I'm so glad that you find it hysterical that Finlay is not getting a shot at Lashley's title next week.

Kennedy nods his head while people continue to boo him.

Mr. Kennedy: General Manager Foley, you know what is best for the business, and I stand behind your decision on Finlay 100 percent.

Kennedy claps as his way of continuing to suck up to Foley.

Mick Foley: Why, I'm pleased that you are behind my decision Ken, because I got some news for you as well...

Mr. Kennedy: Whatever it is, sir, I am sure that it is a smart decision.

Mick Foley: I'm glad you think that way, Mr. Kennedy, because... you aren't getting a title shot against Lashley next week either!

Kennedy puts his hands on his head and throws his microphone at the ground in anger, while the crowd pops for Foley shutting Kennedy down.


Mick Foley: Here in ECW, if you wanna fight for the World Heavyweight Championship, you gotta earn it. And since you, Ken, and Finlay are deserving of a shot at the title, next week, here on the main event of ECW, it will be Mr. Kennedy versus Finlay where the winner will face ECW World Heavyweight Champion Bobby Lashley at ECW's next pay-per-view event, One Night Stand!

Mixed reaction for the match, with both men being heels.

Mick Foley: Have a nice ... wait a second, I'm forgetting something...

Foley scratches his head, trying to remember what else he was gonna say.

Mick Foley: Oh yeah ... and current ECW World Heavyweight Champion Bobby Lashley will be the Special Guest Referee! Ha ha, BANG BANG! Have a nice day everyone!

Foley does his gun hand signals as all three men look at each other with ECW going to it's first commercial break of the evening.

***Commercial***

ECW returns with Brooke backstage with 'Mr. Tuesday Night' Rob Van Dam, who is dressed to compete later tonight. She lets everyone know that RVD has been a replacement for Finlay in the main event due to General Manager Foley wanting to keep Finlay injury free for next weeks main event versus Mr. Kennedy. Brooke then asks Rob what his strategy is going to be for tonight's match, since he has had little time to get ready for it. Rob says that he's gonna go out there with no worries and prove to GM Foley that he was right for throwing him in the match at the last second. He says it would be an honor to wrestle in ECW's name at Judgment Day and he's gonna make sure that it is him that is declared the winner of the match. He was one of the few that has been in both the Original ECW and the new incarnation and he plans on helping ECW grow as a brand by winning both tonight and at Judgment Day. He then leaves and we are taken to the arena for our first match of the night.

***

Match One - Singles Match - Val Venis vs. Snitsky

Venis has a tough debut here against the ugly looking Snitsky. The match is a brawl of a match, with both men trying to use their power to gain the victory. Venis starts out with the advantage by connecting with a Russian legsweep and a knee drop, only for Snitsky to soon gain the advantage by reversing a double underhook suplex attempt into a back body drop. Snitsky then uses his strength to throw Venis around the ring, sending him down with a big boot to the face after an Irish Whip. Snitsky continues to pound down on Venis as we are taken to the climax of the match, where Snitksy is seen trying to finish Venis with his finisher, the pumphandle slam. Snitsky lifts Venis onto his shoulders and walks around the ring, looking for a spot to slam him down, but just as he's about to finish off Venis, Val slides off his shoulders and clubs him from behind, sending him down to a knee. Val then runs off the ropes and sends Snitsky down to the ground with a boot to the face, which gets a small amount of the crowd behind him. Venis then takes a small breather and walks around the ring, trying to wave his arms up and down to get the crowd into it, before he bounces off the ropes, looking to hit his finisher - The Money Shot. Val runs at Snitsky and leaves his feet, attempting the diving splash, only for Snitsky to raise his knees up at the last second, which causes Venis's body to crumble! Snitsky quickly gets the hurt Venis up and doesn't waste any time, and finishes him off with a pumphandle slam!

Winner: Snitsky via Pinfall (6:01)

ONE NIGHT STAND PROMO - ECW EXCLUSIVE PAY-PER-VIEW - 26 DAYS AWAY!

***Commercial***


Match Two - Singles Match - Mike Knox vs. Bobby Lashley

Knox comes out and waits patiently for Lashley to come out, reminding everyone last week that he challenged Lashley to a match for here tonight. Lashley doesn't come out right away which gets Knox anxious and angry that Lashley is blowing him off like a bum. Knox continues to wait for Lashley to come out, and after another minute of waiting he demands the referee to ring the bell. Lashley still doesn't come out and Knox is declared the winner by countout, which makes him happy, as he can now brag that he has a victory over Lashley.

Winner: Mike Knox via Countout (0:10)

***

Hardcore Holly is seen walking into Kevin Thorn's lockerroom, with Kevin getting ready for their upcoming match in the main event. Holly says that he doesn't like Kevin, but he's a smart man and knows that in order for either one of them to win tonight that they're gonna have to team up and try and take out the other 4 men. Kevin says that he sees into the future, and in the future he doesn't need help to win the match. Holly, however, insists that the to help each other, and eventually Thorn says he will help Holly because he is weak, but he doesn't need any help himself. Holly smiles and then leaves Thorn's lockerroom as ECW goes to another commercial.

***Commercial***

Brooke is backstage, again, this time interviewing the 'Straightedge Superstar' CM Punk. She asks Punk if he's distracted now that Rob Van Dam, a man that he's been pinned by multiple times, is in the match. Punk says that he's glad that RVD's in there, because he's a great challenge and if he wins tonight it will be an even better feeling. She asks him if he has any idea who the free agent is, and Punk replies saying that it's a former World Champion, and that he would be a great addition to ECW. As for who exactly it is, he doesn't know. He then walks away as the camera's go to ECW General Manager Mick Foley's office.

Foley is seeing pulling out some dirty socks from his drawers, trying to clean his place up a little, when Jamie Noble enters. Jamie asks Mick why he wanted him to come into his office now. Foley tells Jamie that the behavior that he showed last week to his referee was unexcusable, and that there will be no place for that here on his brand. Jamie apologizes, saying he lost control of his emotions and that it'll never happen again, and that he wishes to have a second chance. Foley says that he's not sure if Jamie's strong enough to avoid an outburst like he had last week. Jamie promises Foley that he will never do it again, but Foley says he will think about a decision and let him know about it sometime later.


***Commercial***

RAW Rebound:
-Orton takes out Jeff Hardy to begin the show.
-Chris Benoit makes his RAW debut by beating Kenny Dykstra by DQ.
-World's Greatest Tag-Team defeat John Cena and Carlito by pinfall.
-Orton defeats Kane in a stretcher match in the main event.


Match Three - Six Pack Challenge - CM Punk vs. Rob Van Dam vs. Gregory Helms vs. Hardcore Holly vs. Kevin Thorn vs. Sabu

The main event for this editon of ECW was quite the barnburner. The action between all 6 men was nonstop, with each one giving their all with the chance to wrestle at Judgment Day in the ECW name. Early on Punk went after the man who has had his number in his ECW career, RVD. The two traded blows, as did Holly with Sabu and Thorn with Helms, who was a good sport during the match. Sabu splashes Holly over the top rope, with Sabu going out with him, thinning out the players inside of the ring. Punk was close to connecting with the GTS about 4 minutes in on Van Dam, but Thorn saves his chances by clipping the leg of Punk, which buckles and allows RVD to slide off of Punk's shoulders.

A few seconds later we get our first real spot of the match when Hardcore Holly connected with his finisher, the Alabama Slam, on Sabu, which sent the ECW Original through one of his rivals, a wooden table, on the outside of the ring. That finisher effectively ended Sabu's night, while Holly went back inside of the ring and went over to help the man that he made a partnership for one night only, Kevin Thorn, who was busy ramming his shoulder in RVD's gut near the turnbuckle. Holly taps Thorn on the shoulder, letting him know that he's there to team up. Thorn stops shoving his shoulder in Van Dam's gut and the two send RVD to the ground with a suplex. Meanwhile, on the other side of the ring, Helms sends Punk down to the ground with a northern lights suplex, hooking the leg for a pin, but Holly breaks it up at two.

Near the end of the match Holly and Thorn continue their teamwork by hitting a double DDT on Helms and then dump him over the top rope. Thorn then turns his attention over to Punk, but Holly turns on him and quickly hits his finisher on Thorn, the ALABAMA SLAM! Holly smirks at Thorn, telling him, 'don't trust anyone', before pushing him out of the ring with his foot. We're now down to three men inside of the ring, RVD, Punk, and Holly, with RVD and Punk exchanging blows in the corner while Holly simply watches. However, Holly sees his hole once RVD trips Punk up and goes after RVD, clubbing him on the back of his head. RVD falls to a knee, but Holly picks him up... and sends him back down with a side slam onto his knee! Holly then covers RVD for the pin, but Punk breaks it up with an axe handle! Holly sees that Punk breaks it up and goes after him, throwing a wild right hand at him, but Punk ducks it and trips up Holly himself. Holly quickly gets up, but Punk delivers a knee to the midsection and sends him down with a snap suplex. Punk looks for an area to attack Holly, but before he can hit anything RVD comes FLYING OUT OF NOWHERE AND CONNECTS WITH THE FIVE STAR FROGSPLASH ON HOLLY! THE CROWD GOES NUTS FOR RVD! RVD begins to hook the leg of Holly, but Punk quickly pulls him by the hair and sends him out the ring through the middle ropes, before covering Holly HIMSELF FOR THE PINFALL WIN! PUNK'S GOING TO JUDGMENT DAY!

Winner: CM Punk via Pinfall (13:49)

Punk gets up to his feet and celebrates his victory as ECW goes off the air.

Quick Results:
Snitsky def. Val Venis (6:01)
Mike Knox def. Bobby Lashley via No Show :)10)
CM Punk def. Rob Van Dam, Hardcore Holly, Kevin Thorn, Gregory Helms, and Sabu (13:49)



Smackdown Presents: Judgment Day
When:
May 20, 2007
Where: Scottrade Center, St. Louis, Missouri
Theme Song: I Don't Wanna Stop by Ozzy Osbourne

Confirmed Matches:

Singles Match for the World Heavyweight Championship:
The Undertaker (c) vs. Batista

Singles Match for the United States Championship:
Two of the following: Chris Masters, Marcus Cor Von, Matt Hardy, and Montel Vontavious Porter

Triple Threat Match for the Contract of an Unannounced Superstar:
CM Punk vs. TBA vs. TBA



ECW Presents: One Night Stand
When:
June 3, 2007
Where: Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena, Jacksonville, Florida
Theme Song: Famous by Puddle of Mudd

Confirmed Matches:

Single Match for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship:
Bobby Lashley (c) vs. Mr. Kennedy/Finlay
 
#47 · (Edited)

Friday Night Smackdown
May 11, 2007

Last Week's Main Event said:
Regal crashes to the mat, but before Booker can cover Regal, Michaels grabs Booker by the arm and whips him into the ropes decapitating him with A SWEET CHIN MUSIC ON THE REBOUND! The Smackdown crowd is going absolutely CRAZY for HBK! Michaels falls on top of Booker and lifts his leg for the cover... BUT BATISTA NOW BREAKS UP THE PINFALL! Batista grabs Shawn by the head and whips him into his legs, getting ready to hit the Batista Bomb! Batista does his thumbs up, thumbs down routine, then proceeds to lift Shawn up onto his shoulders and... CONNECTS WITH THE BATISTA BOMB! Regal and Booker are down on opposite turnbuckle corners, and Batista covers Shawn's far leg for the pinfall victory! Batista is the new number one contender!!!

Winner: Batista via Pinfall (13:55)
***Rise Up***

Smackdown kicks off with a huge pyro before we get taken to the announcing team of Michael Cole and John Bradshaw Layfield.

Michael Cole: Hello everyone and welcome to another jam packed edition of Friday Night Smackdown! We are only nine days away from our next Pay-Per-View extravaganza, Judgment Day, and we are happy to present to be here with you again on this Friday night. John, aren't you excited for another great wrestling show?

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: Michael, I'd be a little more excited if I didn't have to see your ugly face each week.

Michael Cole: What did I do?

John 'Bradshaw' Layfield: You're trash, Michael. Now shut your mouth.

***I Walk Alone***

As almost as if it was scripted :)side:), the number one contender to the World Heavyweight Championship, Batista makes his way out from the curtain. He comes out with a sports coat and sunglasses on, seeming to be in a happy mood right now.


Batista: Last week, I had to face 3 worthy superstars just to get what I deserved after I lost at Wrestlemania...

Batista takes his sunglasses off his eyes.

Batista: And that's a rematch with the Undertaker.

The crowd pops at the mention of the Undertaker.

Batista: Yeah, I'm excited about it too.

The crowd again pops.

Batista: Because I will FINALLY get my chance to show each and every one of you that the Undertakers win at Wrestlemania was a FLUKE!

Those cheers now turn into boos.

Batista: I'm finally going to be able to get the one on one rematch with the Deadman, that I deserved right after Wrestlemania but didn't get because Kane had to stick his nose into things.

Another mixed reaction.

Batista: Because, the way I see it, the score is only one to nothing. ANYONE can get a fluke win. And on Sunday I will prove that the Undertaker's win at Wrestlemania was just that - a FLUKE. Because there is no way, no way that he can beat a monster like me in a one on one match two times in a row! No way!

The crowd now is full on booing the 'Animal'.

Batista: I don't care what kind of match we have. I don't care if it's a No disqualification match. I don't care if its a ladder match. I don't care if its a tables match. Whatever match we have, I will be coming out on top and winning MY World Heavyweight Championship.

Still more heat on Batista, who now tosses his shades onto the canvas and wipes the sweat off his forehead.

Batista: And since I KNOW I can beat you in any kind of match, why don't you come out here right now and let us all know what kind of match we will be having at Judgment Day?

The crowd cheers at a chance of seeing the Undertaker, and wait...



And wait...



And wait...



***Graveyard Symphony***

Hits to a great reaction, with the current World Heavyweight Champion The Undertaker making his slow entrance out from the back. Fog flows up from the floor, with druids hanging out all around. The Undertaker continues his entrance, and once he slowly enters the ring, he takes off his coat and hat and places them both on the nearby turnbuckle.


The Undertaker: (breathing heavily) Batista... you think my match was a fluke?...

Batista nods his head up and down.

The Undertaker: Well have mercy on your soul...

The Undertaker continues to breath heavily.

The Undertaker: Because at Judgment Day... your day of judgment will come...

The crowd gets louder in anticipation.

The Undertaker: Where the winner will be the Last... Man... STANDING!

The crowd goes nuts over the announcement of a LMS match between the two in just nine days. Batista drops his microphone on the ground, as does the Undertaker. The two get in each others faces, but do not trade blows. The two are only inches away from each other, with Batista forming fists with his hands, although the Undertaker seems unfased. They continue to stare at each other until BATISTA SWINGS A RIGHT HAND! The Animal knocks the Champion back with another blow! He Irish Whips Taker and... TAKER TAKES HIM DOWN WITH A JUMPING CLOTHESLINE! The Deadman doesn't waste any time and gets right back up, patiently wating for Batista to get to his feet. Once he finally does Taker delivers a kick to the gut and throws Batista's head between his legs, setting up for the Last Ride! Taker wraps his arms around Batista's large body, but just before he can lift it up Batista... LOW BLOW! THE ANIMAL TAKES HIS RIGHT ARM UP AND LOW BLOWS THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION!

Taker falls to his knees and Batista sees an advantage. He quickly gets up and now he whips Taker's head between his legs, before he wraps his arms around the champions body and lifts him up onto his shoulders... PUMMELING HIM WITH A BATISTA BOMB! BATISTA BOMB! THE CHALLENGER HAS JUST TAKEN OUT THE CHAMPION! Batista gets up to his feet and violently shakes the ropes, flexing his large pectoral muscles before he grabs the World Heayweight Chamiponship belt, which had been laying near one of the turnbuckles after the brawl started, and eyes it up and down, throwing it near the Deadman once he's done looking at it. Batista then walks out of the ring, to some huge boos, and makes his way to the back, as the World Heavyweight Champion recovers and Smackdown goes to it's first commercial break.


***Commercial***

Match One - Winner Advances To Judgment Day to Fight for the Vacant United States Championship - Chris Masters vs. Montel Vontavious Porter

The opening match here on Smackdown features two guys that, to be honest, aren't the greatest in the ring. However, what they are fighting for - a pay-per-view match - is great, and the two do put together a fun, short little match. Masters works on the neck of MVP throughout the match, while MVP tries to answer it with some backwork of his own.

We get taken to the end of the match, which sees Masters take MVP to the ground with a swinging neckbreaker. He covers MVP for the pinfall, but only gets a two, which gets a few cheers from the crowd. MVP holds his neck in pain while rolling on the ground, while Masters gets up to his feet and puts his hands in the air, giving the Masterlock signal! The crowd boos Masters, who patiently waits for Smackdown's highest paid superstar to get up to his feet. Once MVP eventually does, Masters delivers a kick to the gut, turns MVP over and wraps his right arm quickly around MVP's shoulder, locking in half of the hold rather easily. MVP quickly realizes what is happening and tries with all of his might to avoid getting locked in the deadly hold by pulling himself over to the nearby ropes to try and cause a ropebreak. Masters, however, is persistent and continues to try and lock it in, pulling MVP back into the middle of the ring.

Masters eventually GETS HIS ARM AROUND MVP'S SHOULDER! It looks like Chris Masters might be going to Judgment Day! Masters just has to clamp his hands together to lock the hold in... BUT MVP SOMEHOW GETS CLOSE ENOUGH TO WRAP HIS BODY AROUND THE ROPES, FORCING MASTERS TO BREAK UP THE HOLD! The crowd now is really behind MVP, which pisses off Masters, because he knew that if he clasped his hands together the match would've been over. The referee pulls Masters away before he can cause anymore damage to MVP, who's still recouperating while staying in-between the ropes. MVP then does get out of the ropes and blocks a right hand thrown by Masters, delivering a shot of his own. He then whips him off the ropes and connects with a facebreaker knee smash! Masters hits the canvas, and MVP sees an opportunity to hit one of his signature moves, the 'Ballin Elbow'. MVP runs off the ropes, does a few skip hops, shouts out BALLIN' with the crowd screaming in unison, before laying down an elbow!

The crowd is behind MVP a little bit now, and are really into the opener here on Smackdown. MVP gets up and waits for Masters to get up, and once he does MVP delivers a kick to the gut, trying to set up for the Playmaker, only for Masters to push MVP into the ropes and attempt another Masterlock hold when he comes back to him! Masters again gets an arm around MVP's shoulder, only for MVP to deliver a few elbows to the head, which causes Masters to let go of the hold and MVP again attempt a Playmaker attempt, this time CONNECTING! MVP then hooks the leg of Masters and gets the pinfall, advancing to Judgment Day!

Winner: Montel Vontavious Porter via Pinfall (7:03)

After the match MVP gets his hand raised by the referee and then he goes outside of the ring and pets the title that he will be fighting for in 9 days, the United States Championship, which is seated on a pillow right in front of Cole and JBL. We then get taken backstage with Maria who's with the current Cruiserweight Champion Chavo Guerrero.

***

Maria introduces Chavo to the audience, and he isn't a happy loco. She asks him why he's upset, and he says because since he lost last week to Jimmy Wang Yang, by a fluke, that Smackdown general manager Teddy Long has forced him into having a match against Jimmy again tonight, and if Jimmy wins he will face him at Judgment Day for the Cruiserweight Championship. He says it isn't right that Jimmy can just walk right in, get a fluke win, and be in the championship chase. He had to earn his spot. Chavo tries to continue going on a tangent but Maria interrupts him and says that he didn't earn anything and was a surprise appearance when he won the title that he's holding right now. Chavo tells her that he's apart of the best wrestling family in the world and he's already earned his stripes and won Cruiserweight Championships before, so it's different. He continues and says that he's gonna make sure that Jimmy doesn't get another fluke win and punch his ticket to Judgment Day and prove to everyone that the fluke win last week was just that - a fluke. Chavo then walks away as Smackdown goes to another commercial break.


***Commercial***

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***

We are again backstage with Maria, and the lovely interviewer with Smackdown's newest rookie, Johnny Jeter along with his girlfriend, Maryse Oullet. Maria asks Johnny how different it is now that he's here on Smackdown, and he says that it's horrible because he has to see eyesores like her try and look like his beautiful girlfriend, only for each of them to fail. Maria is clearly offended by Johnny's comment, while Maryse and Johnny laugh it off right in her face. Maria, like a good interviewer, tries to shake it off and continue the interview by asking him how he's preparing for Super Crazy, his opponent later tonight. Jeter says he doesn't have to prepare for Crazy because his talents, along with his lovely girlfriend, are enough to dominate Crazy here tonight. He then says that they're leaving, the interview area, that is, so they don't have to continue to talk to someone with as many dull and useless questions as Maria herself has. The two then, commit to their promise and walk off as Smackdown gets ready for it's second match of the night.


***

Match Two - Tag-Team Match - Deuce and Domino vs. Cryme Tyme

This match is billed as a number one contenders match, but it's clearly just a match to build up Deuce and Domino for their upcoming encounter versus the tag-team champions Londrick at Judgment Day. D&D are in control for almost the entire match, which doesn't go past the 6 minute mark, mind you, which ends with us seeing D&D finish them off with a 'Crack 'Em in Da Mouth' and Domino non-chalantly covering them for the pin.

Winners: Deuce and Domino via Pinfall (5:38)

The two winners catch their breath as they celebrate their victory here tonight. They climb up to separate turnbuckles and move their hands across their wastes, signalling that the WWE Tag-Team Championships will be theirs. They step back down and slap hands with each other, when...

THE CURRENT WWE TAG-TEAM CHAMPIONS, LONDRICK, COME SPRINTING OUT FROM THE CROWD AND RETURN THE FAVOR THAT DEUCE AND DOMINO GAVE THEM LAST WEEK! The champions quickly send both men to the ground, before we see Paul go to the outside of the ring and pull a table out from underneath it, sliding it in to his partner. Brian keeps Deuce down while Paul slides in and sets up the table, to which Brian then throws him onto. Paul is the one that climbs the top rope, and after a few seconds of pandering to the crowd, he jumps off the turnbuckle and SENDS DEUCE THROUGH THE TABLE WITH A SHOOTING STAR PRESS!

The crowd are going nuts for the champions, who don't look to be done taking out their challengers in just 9 days. Oh, no. Instead, they then focus their attention on Domino, who had spent the past few minutes trying to get back to his feet. They double team Domino by both delivering right hands at him at the same time, eventually backing Domino into a corner. Kendrick then steps away while London throws Domino in-between his legs, looking to somehow hit a powerbomb? Yes, London uses all of his strength in his five foot ten frame, and SOMEHOW LIFTS DOMINO ONTO HIS SHOULDERS! Kendrick then quickly grabs ahold of Domino's head and runs off the ropes, attempting a Sliced Bread #2 and... CONNECTING! A SLICED BREAD #2/POWERBOMB COMBINATION BY THE WWE TAG-TEAM CHAMPIONS!

Once the champions connect with the London Calling they grab their titles and celebrate on the top turnbuckles with them, while the crowd shows their appreciation by cheering for them all the way to the commercial.


***Commerical***

Smackdown comes back on air, with us being backstage in Teddy Long's office. Teddy has his body turned to the camera, talking on the phone, when William Regal barges through the door. Teddy hangs up his phone and asks what he can do for William. Regal says he was cheated out of a victory last week in the main event and he wants a match at Judgment Day. Long says he'd try to give him a match, but he wasn't sure if anyone would want to face Regal. Regal says trying isn't good enough, and then he reminds Teddy of the Triple Threat match between all three brands where the winner gets a Free Agent. Teddy says he had a few guys in mind, but that he knows about Regal's fantastic wrestling ability, so he's got his match. William Regal has been picked as Smackdown's Representative in the Battle of the Brands Match. Regal is pleasantly happy and then walks out, as Long sits back in his desk and works on some papers.

***

Match Three - Singles Match - Johnny Jeter (w/ Maryse) vs. Super Crazy

Jeter, in his second week on the job, gets another formidable opponent with Crazy, who is a former Cruiserweight Champion. It is an entertaining contest throughout, with Crazy actually having the upper hand on the unprepared Jeter, who, as we know from his earlier interview, didn't even study up on Crazy. We're six minutes through when Crazy looks to hit his finisher, the Trifecta, which is three moonsaults in a row, one on each of the 3 turnbuckle pads. Crazy connects with the first one, which gets the crowd hot. He plays up the crowd to get louder, and then connects with a moonsault on the middle turnbuckle, getting the crowd to give an even louder reaction. He climbs up to the top and waves his hands up and down, trying to get the crowd on their feet, but this would ultimately cost him, as just before he jumps to finish Jeter off with another moonsault, JETER'S GIRLFRIEND MARYSE CLIMBS ONTO THE APRON AND SLAMS ON THE TOP ROPE, CAUSING CRAZY'S LEGS TO FALL INBETWEEN THE TURNBUCKLE!

Maryse immediately jumps off the apron, back onto the level below the ring, with the referee going through the ropes to yell at her. Maryse tries to give the referee an innocent look, but he's not buying it. While the referee has his back turned, Jeter gets up, pulls Crazy off the ropes, and delivers a LOW BLOW! The insane luchador falls to his knees, while Jeter then finishes him off with a 540 Kick to the skull, knocking out the former champion for good!

Winner: Johnny Jeter via Pinfall (6:32)

Once the bell rings, Jeter's girlfriend Maryse forgets about the referee's scorning of her and slides into the ring, hugging her man that won again. The two then taunt the crowd for a minute to celebrate their victory, before we get taken backstage, yet again, to Maria.

***

The lovely Maria comes back on our screen for her third interview of the night, this time with the man that 'Will Not Die' Matt Hardy. She introduces Matt to the crowd, with him receiving quite the reaction from the crowd. She reminds Matt that Montel Vontavious Porter defeated Chris Masters earlier in the night and that he will be going to Judgment Day to fight for the Vacant United States Championship, and that if Matt wins here tonight he will be the one to face MVP. She asks Matt what does he have to do if he wants to go to Judgment Day? Matt says that his opponent - Marcus Cor Von - is gonna be a challenge. He was a force to be reckoned with on ECW and now that he's here on Smackdown he's gonna want to make an Impact here during his first match on Smackdown. Matt says he's gonna have to try and stay on the offense and not be on the defensive, because that's what Marcus wants him to be. Maria then asks him if he has any thoughts on the man that has advanced to Judgment Day, MVP, and how he would match up against him. Matt says he can't look forward to MVP yet because he's got to put Cor Von away first, and if he doesn't he won't even make it to Judgment Day. Maria then thanks Matt for the interview, and then he walks off to his lockerroom as Smackdown goes to another commercial break.

***Commercial***

Match Four - Non-Title Singles Match - Chavo Guerrero vs. Jimmy Wang Yang

These two Cruiserweights have their second match in the past two weeks, only this time there is a lot more on the line then their previous contest last week, because if Jimmy wins he'll face Chavo for the title at Judgment Day. Chavo, obviously, wants to prevent that, and he puts up a good performance early, dominating Jimmy, looking like he might be able to put this one away early with the three amigos, but Jimmy manages to roll his shoulder up at two and three quarters, which pisses the Mexican off. For the rest of the middle part of the match we get some back and forth action, until we are taken to the finish.

Jimmy has a side headlock on Chavo, who eventually gets to the middle rope, causing the referee to break up the hold. Jimmy let go almost right away, but the Cruiserweight Champion didn't stay onto the ropes for long, instead charged right at Jimmy, even though the referee was between them, shoving both Jimmy AND the referee into the nearby turnbuckle, sending them both to the ground. Chavo gets some heat from the crowd for taking out the referee, but he yells at them to 'Shut Up' before he goes outside to the ring to find some reinforcements. He walks over to Justin Roberts, who is holding onto his Cruiserweight Title, and snatches it from the ring announcer, tossing it into the ring, planning on using it to his advantage. Chavo makes a slow walk up the steps, and once he enters the ring he grabs Wang Yang by the head and lifts him up to his feet. He puts him in a front facelock position while he gets his title in position and eventually gets it in the spot where he wants it. Chavo looks to be ready to connect with a DDT on the title, but just before he can attempt the move, Jimmy uses some of his unknown strength and flips Chavo over with a SUPLEX ON THE TITLE! CHAVO CRINGES IN PAIN AS THE REFEREE, WHO DOESN'T SEE THE TITLE BECAUSE CHAVO IS SITTING ON IT, MAKES THE 3 COUNT!

Winner: Jimmy Wang Yang via Pinfall (7:12)

Jimmy immediately gets up to his feet, celebrating his victory because he knows that he's gonna finally get his chance for the title after two straight non-title victories over the champion. Chavo, meanwhile, stays on the ground, upset at himself for not hitting the move quicker then he tried to, which was ultimately his downfall. Jimmy continues to pander to the crowd as Smackdown heads to another commercial.

***Commercial***

Smackdown comes back on air, this time with a video vingette. There's not one man in the picture, but two. Pomp and Circumstance - yes, good ol' 'Macho Man' Randy Savage's old theme that is - is playing in the background, with the two men decked out in some good ol' red, white, and blue clothing. The one man not speaking is slightly bigger, around 280 pounds, while the other man looks only a handful of pounds less. Eventually, the smaller man introduces themselves, with him being Heath Miller and his friend next to him being Ryan Reeves. The two say that they love America and that they're gonna promote the American way when they make their Smackdown debut in two weeks. They're gonna show everyone what a true American is like, and that they hope everyone can be as proud of this wonderful country as they are. The two then are seen eating an apple pie, another stereotypical American custom, as the video ends.

***

Match Five - Singles Match - Umaga (w/ Armando Alejandro Estrada) vs. Scotty Too Hotty

Smackdown comes back out to the arena with an apparent squash match. The 'Samoan Bulldozer' doesn't waste any time in the match, dominating the much smaller opponent, who he outweighs by over 150 pounds. Umaga toys with Scotty, grabbing him by his torso and whipping him across the ring, with Scotty flying all the way over to the bottom turnbuckle. Umaga quickly notices this and lines up his bait, before charging at him and smacking his ass into Scotty's face, connecting with the Samoan Wrecking Ball! After a few seconds of walking around the ring, waiting for his opponent to get up, even though he never will, Umaga grabs Scotty up by the head, whips him into the ropes and DESTROYS HIM WITH A SAMOAN DROP!

This certainly would be enough for Umaga to finish the match off, but Estrada talks to his talent and tells him to inflict even more damage. Umaga lets out a toothy grin after hearing this, and grabs Scotty by the throat, lifts him up to his feet again, and, almost as quickly as he got him up, SENDS HIM DOWN WITH A SAMOAN SPIKE! UMAGA STRIKES SCOTTY'S THROAT! It's simply elementary, with Umaga not even bothering to hook either of Scotty's legs as he picks up the pinfall victory rather quickly.

Winner: Umaga via Pinfall (1:34)

Once the bell rings, Estrada enters the ring and celebrates with his client, who looks absolutely fearsome right now. Armando has a microphone in his hand, but directs Umaga to get rid of Scotty before he begins to talk. Umaga nods his head up and down, before he runs off the ropes and hits a HUGE body splash! Umaga then, after a few more seconds of taunting the crowd, grabs Scotty by his hair and whips him over the top rope. Umaga slaps his chest as Estrada begins to talk on the mic. Estrada, talking to nobody in particular, asks if this is the best competition that Smackdown has to offer. He says that his client is a predator, and that everyone on the Smackdown roster is his prey. Estrada continues, saying that they will keep the promise he made last weeek, which is that he will beat everyone in his path to claim the World Heavyweight Championship. Soon, they will show everyone why Umaga is the best in the company. But not tonight, as they want everyone to feel blessed that they again aren't demolished by the Samoan Bulldozer. The two then walk off, as Smackdown goes to another commercial break.

***Commercial***

Match Six - Winner Advances To Judgment Day to Fight for the Vacant United States Championship - Marcus Cor Von vs. Matt Hardy

When we come back from commercial, we get the second of the two semifinal matches in the US title tournament, featuring the 'Alpha Male' Marcus Cor Von versus 'The Man Who Will Not Die' Matt Hardy. The crowd is clearly behind Matt in the main event, and these two have a hot match, with it being total nonstop action. ha I'm funny

We near the finish of the match as Cor Von is walking around with Hardy draped around his shoulders, taunting him with his super strength until he tosses him into one of the turnbuckle pads! Matt's back buckles as he collides with it, and Marcus proceeds to keep adding onto the pain by driving his shoulder into Matt's sternum numerous times, with Hardy looking defenseless. Once Marcus connects with his fifth shoulder thrust in a row, he backs up a few feet, lines Matt up, charges at him, looking to really take him out with a running clothesline, ONLY FOR MATT TO GET HIS FOOT UP, causing Marcus to run face first into it! This is the move that gives Matt his much needed advantage, as he quickly darts off the rope and takes the 'Alpha Male' down with a crossbody, which he covers for a pin, receiving a two count. Matt slowly gets to his feet, holding his gut from the shots that Marcus gave him a minute ago, and awaits for Cor Von to get to his feet.

He doesn't wait very long, and Cor Von throws a wild right hand, only for Matt to duck and swiftly connect with a Side Effect! The crowd is now really beginning to get loud, which acts like an energy source for Matt, who throws up the V1 hand signal, getting the crowd even louder. Matt grabs Marcus by the head, lifts him up to his feet, and wraps his arms around Marcus's head in a front facelock position, getting ready to hit the Twist of Fate! Matt again gives his V1 gesture, only for Marcus to deliver some sharp elbows into Matt's gut, forcing Hardy to release the hold. Marcus pushes Matt back into the ropes, but he bounces back with a quick kick to the gut. Hardy then takes no time at all and connects with the TWIST OF FATE! TWIST OF FATE! TWIST OF FATE! Hardy's cover is elementary and he picks up the win, advancing to Judgment Day!

Winner: Matt Hardy via Pinfall (10:17)

Hardy gets up to his feet and celebrates his big victory over the big man, with the crowd on their feet for his performance. Matt gets his name chanted by the crowd as he gets his hand raised by the referee, only for MVP TO JUMP HIM! Hardy's opponent for the United States title at Judgment Day jumps him, with Matt not knowing what the hell is going on! Smackdown's highest paid superstar, still dressed in his ring gear despite being in the opener, whips Matt into one of the turnbuckle poles, SHOULDER FIRST! MVP is an animal! The crowd boos the Franchise Playa, who then goes outside of the ring and grabs the United States Championship, which is still seated on it's stool, and brings it back into the ring. MVP lifts Matt up, who's still gassed after the long main event he had, and STRIKES HIM IN THE SKULL WITH THE TITLE!

Matt immediately drops to the ground, with the crowd chanting an 'MVP Sucks' chant now. Smackdown's highest paid superstar isn't finished with Matt, though, but tosses the title to the side and waits for Matt to get up. Matt crawls over to the ropes, clearly not in the right state of mind, and slowly gets back up to a vertical position. Once Matt finally gets to his feet, MVP grabs him by the hair, drills him in the sternum with a knee, and proceeds to send Matt to the ground again, connecting with his finisher - The Playmaker! Matt appears to be knocked out, and MVP walks back over and grabs the US Title, flashes it up in the air to the crowd, before wrapping it around his shoulder and exiting the ring. MVP has a big smile on his face, not taking his eyes off Matt, who is rolling around in immense pain inside of the ring, as Smackdown goes to it's final commercial break of the night.


***Commercial***

Smackdown comes from it's final commercial break, with Michael Cole and JBL hyping up the already announced matches for the upcoming pay-per-view, Judgment Day, including: Jimmy Wang Yang versus Chavo Guerrero for the Cruiserweight Championship, the Triple Threat Match between all three brands for a Free Agent's contract, Deuce and Domino versus Paul London and Brian Kendrick for the WWE Tag-Team Championships, Matt Hardy versus MVP for the vacant United States Championship, and lastly, but certainly not the least, the Last Man Standing Match for the World Heavyweight Championship, featuring the 'Phenom' The Undertaker versus the 'Animal' Batista. The two continue to hype these matches up, specifically the World Heavyweight Championship match, until 'Sexy Boy' hits and Shawn Michaels, who was drafted over to Smackdown in the WWE Draft, comes out to finally address the crowd for the first time.

Shawn comes out with his cowboy boots and hat on, along with some blue jeans and a custom made HBK shirt. Shawn begins by saying that he enjoyed the past 5 years that he's been on RAW, but he's glad that he was moved over to Smackdown so he could entertain every single one of these fans every Friday night, which gets a cheap pop from the crowd. He said he had nothing left to do on RAW, and now that he's over here on Smackdown, he's excited for the new challenges that are open. He says there's a lot of guys that have some great talents inside of the ring, like Batista, The Undertaker, Umaga, and Matt Hardy, even though Shawn knows that he can go with anyone. Shawn says that he hopes everyone is excited to see the Showstopper come on every week, because he's gonna give 110% to entertain them. He says he hopes that you guys have a great show, and leaves as Smackdown fa...

Not so fast, my friend. 'Dead White Guys' then plays, with King Booker along with his queen, Sharmell making their way out from the back, to some heat from the crowd. Booker is dressed in a nice white sports coat, while Sharmell is in an elegant gold dress. Both are wearing their crowns, and Booker is handed a microphone once he enters the ring. Booker asks Shawn how he has the audacity to come out and name all of the talents that he thinks are great, but not even give a mention to the King of the Smackdown Jungle. Shawn says he didn't mean any disrespect, but Booker doesn't wanna hear any of that crap. Booker knows that he can go with anyone inside of the ring, and he wants to prove that he should get a chance at the title that he held not even a half a year ago, and didn't even get a fair rematch for. Shawn says that if Booker wants a match with him, he can have it right here right now! The crowd begins to get excited, wanting to see a big main event, but Booker chickens out. He says that he didn't bring his ring gear, and he isn't prepared to wrestle tonight. The crowd boos Booker for punking out, and Shawn nods his head and tells Booker that these people are right. Shawn says that if Booker wants a match with him, what is he waiting for? Booker says that they're gonna have a match, but not tonight. No, it's gonna be at a better time, when there's millions of people around the world watching seeing him whoop Shawn's ass. Booker says at Judgment Day, he's gonna prove why he is the King of the Smackdown Jungle, when he beats Shawn inside of this ring. The crowd pops for the match announcement, and then Smackdown's royal family leaves the ring and Smackdown fades to black.


***


Smackdown Presents: Judgment Day
When:
May 20, 2007
Where: Scottrade Center, St. Louis, Missouri
Theme Song: I Don't Wanna Stop by Ozzy Osbourne

Confirmed Matches:

Last Man Standing Match for the World Heavyweight Championship:
The Undertaker (c) vs. Batista

Singles Match for the Vacant United States Championship:
Matt Hardy vs. Montel Vontavious Porter

Triple Threat Match for the Contract of an Unannounced Superstar:
CM Punk vs. TBA vs. William Regal

Tag-Team Match for the WWE Tag-Team Championships:
Paul London and Brian Kendrick (c) vs. Deuce and Domino

Singles Match for the Crusierweight Championship:
Chavo Guerrero (c) vs. Jimmy Wang Yang

Singles Match:
Shawn Michaels vs. King Booker
 
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Nice way to start things off with the video package reminding is of last week’s main event. Not so sure about the commentary, because while JBL is a heel, I’d like to see him doing some hyping of the card before attacking Cole. Just a small thing, though.

Kicking the show off with Batista after becoming the number one contender last week seems like the right way to go. The little hyping of the Judgment Day match was okay, but I was a little surprised with the way Batista suddenly heeled it up. I hope this is just for the sake of his little feud with The Undertaker, because if this was his actual heel turn, to me at least, it would feel very anticlimactic, and way too sudden of a turn. I just feel you could do much better for a heel turn with a guy who is as big a star as Batista is. The way he went about talking down on Undertaker’s win was a little generic too. With Undertaker you have a little more to play with, especially with matches at WrestleMania, and I really feel that you could have had Batista go off on Undertaker getting lucky just like he does every year at WrestleMania, as opposed to just saying that he got lucky. The lines on Kane and how there’s no way Undertaker could normally beat him were okay, and while Batista saying he could beat Undertaker in any kind of stipulation because he’s the better man is good, I don’t think a gimmick match is necessary here. I mean, those type of matches should usually be reserved for a big conclusion to a feud when the time is right, and it just doesn’t feel like this is a feud that has gotten to the stage that it needs that big gimmick match. Batista calling The Undertaker out though and showing that he has no fear was good to see. The Undertaker coming out and announcing the match was alright, but really, I would have liked him to go a bit further in depth with Batista calling his win a fluke, much like I would have liked Batista to go further in depth when calling Undertaker’s win a fluke. The way the segue was created into the match announcement was good though, and a Last Man Standing match is a good match to have for two big guys, especially with these two, which we’ve seen in the past. The little brawl between the two further cements Batista’s heel disposition, at least here, with him getting the jump and using cheap tactics to leave Undertaker laying being a smart way to really cement that. Overall, this was an okay way to start the show. Admittedly, you had two guys who weren’t great on the mic, but I think that while you had the base of the promo right, you could have done more with it.

Chris Masters not the greatest in the ring? Screw you man. :side: Not too sure about a heel vs. heel match here, especially as an opener, because I can’t see the crowd being too interested when they don’t want either guy to win. I don’t think this was actually necessary at all in a tournament either, because you could have easily just substituted a midcard face in for one of these guys. Still, the match here seemed fine for what it was, and MVP advancing to Judgment Day is fine with me since he has been far closer to the United States Title and probably looked better than Masters lately.

Chavo promo here seemed fine, showing him to be the whiny heel champion, complaining about Wang Yang getting a match against him. The way in which Maria shut him down was pretty good too, showing that everyone knows Chavo is full of shit. You have to like the way he talked himself up as being different, further heeling it up, although dismissing Wang Yang’s win last week as a fluke isn’t something I’m such a fan of seen as how we just had a promo built around pretty much the same premise. Still, a pretty good promo, and I’m glad to see Chavo and the cruiserweights getting some mic time.

I’ll probably order Judgment Day. ;)

Jeter getting some mic time is another positive, building him up as a character on SmackDown!. The little shots at Maria seemed a little lame, although I guess they would get him some heat. I quite liked the way Jeter said he didn’t have to prepare for Crazy though, really putting over his arrogance. Hopefully we get a little more depth to the Jeter character in the future, but for now what you’re doing is working.

Deuce and Domino getting up a win over an over team like Cryme Tyme to look good ahead of their tag title match is good to see. London and Kendrick going for a revenge attack on their challengers is good, and I’m glad to see some real aggression from them, although I think this may have been a little too much for them. To me, it would have worked a little better if Deuce and Domino had gotten away, giving London and Kendrick even more incentive to get their hands on their challengers as you close in on Judgment Day.

While I love William Regal, him just being put in the match at Judgment Day for SmackDown! is a little weak. Teddy Long seems more like the type of GM who would want Regal, a heel, to prove himself, and this really goes completely against that. I personally would have thought a qualifying match for the match at Judgment Day would have better served allowing Regal to look good, and making him seem like a threat.

I don’t mind Super Crazy being competitive here, as he’s still one of your top cruiserweights, and it kind of shows it as a way to bite Jeter in the ass for not preparing for him. The dirty win for Jeter works for me, because it gives you a chance to maybe set up a little feud between Jeter and Crazy, which could serve Jeter well.

Matt talking about how dangerous Cor Von is and showing his focus on him rather than looking forward to MVP is fine. Not exactly exciting from Hardy, but really, that’s just him, so keeping him respectful as the face works for mine.

Jimmy Wang Yang getting the win here was to be expected so you have yourself a Cruiserweight Title match for Judgment Day, which is fine. I like the way Wang Yang won too, because as the heel champion, Chavo can say he only won by cheating, despite Chavo being the one to bring the belt into the match, which should allow Chavo to look just fine.

Not so sure on this overly American heel act that you seem to have coming from Reeves and Miller, but I like that you have some more young talent coming in. I’ve never really liked Reeves, and always thought he was kind of useless, although Miller has proven, especially on NXT, that he’s quite good in that annoying heel role (even if he was a face).

Umaga with a squash victory over Scotty works fine for me, continuing to make him look good since his arrival on the blue brand. The post-match assault from Mags to dispose of Scotty further puts him over as a beast, while Estrada getting mic time is a real positive, talking Mags up, and giving him that direction.

Hardy picking up the sudden win over Cor Von works fine, especially after a nice, longish match that allows Cor Von to look really competitive. MVP attacking Hardy after the match to really send a statement before the match at Judgment Day is good to see, adding a personal element to the match, making it about more than just the gold.

The Judgment Day card does look pretty good. ;)

Surprised to see Shawn Michaels closing the show, as I’d pretty much forgotten he was part of the blue brand. I wasn’t exactly sure what I was expecting to be the closer, tbh. Michaels coming out and talking up his move to SmackDown!, showing respect to the other guys on the brand is fine, although a little brand. I would have maybe liked for him to signal a little more intention than just wanting to entertain the fans, but oh well. It gets exciting with the interruption from King Booker anyway. Booker feeling disrespected is a good way to go about starting a problem between the two, and I liked the king shtick. Shawn challenging Booker, only for Booker to turn him down was a nice way to show the cowardice of Booker, while the match being made at Judgment Day works okay. Honestly, I would have liked to have seen a little more build before these two got to have their first match on SmackDown!, especially since they’re two of your top stars, but I guess you didn’t have long to build the Judgment Day card, and this should still work okay. Booking just leaving the ring to end the promo was a little anticlimactic too, as it felt like some action was needed, but I don’t mind too much. You’ve still made an exciting match for Judgment Day to finish the show.


All in all, I thought this was a decent show, although a little bit down on what I would have expected from you. Just about all elements of the booking was solid, but the show didn’t have that real excitement factor to it, although I generally feel that way for recapped shows, I guess. Still, you’re got yourself a pretty good Judgment Day card, and with next week to finish the build towards the show, there’s something to look forward to on the blue brand, especially when you think about Booker/Michaels and Batista/Undertaker heating up. As I said, solid show, but there is room for improvement, especially for someone like you. Hopefully that comes with the next few shows and you get some of that flair into your shows, because I know you’re capable of it.
 
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I’ve been a little lazy in regards to this thread lately, so despite being a little busy, I’m going to be getting back into the swing of things.

Just reading that little bit from last week’s main event, and well, I’m happy to see Batista getting a shot at JD. Despite it happening irl, it simply has to happen here to, imo.

Before I get into real detail, the one thing I immediately realized about this opening promo was that it was extremely short. Even though it consisted of two guys that I detest writing in BTB, I would have liked to have seen a little bit more of an effort put into it. Anyway, I felt you had to open the show with Batista since he is the new number one contender and what not, so good decision there. I felt as if perhaps Batista could have spoke a little more about what it felt like to lose the title that he had worked so hard to get back and what not, rather than just run down The Undertaker’s victory. Batista also pretty much said the same thing about the fluke twice, which I found a little off putting, and why is The Undertaker picking the stipulation? Was that something announced previously that I missed, or is ‘Taker just choosing for the fun of it? I was glad you kept ‘Taker’s bit rather short, although tbh, despite the first line, you had him down pretty good, not that he said a lot, but still, good work. As for the Last Man Standing stipulation I don’t like it, simply because it was done, irl. I understand a rematch with a stipulation has to happen, but I thought you could have gone with something different to attempt to mix things up a little bit more. The brawl was a nice, much needed touch too, with Batista looking golden ahead of their match at JD.

Honestly, MVP and Masters would have been a decent enough opening contest, despite the technicality they lack in the ring, I believe both have that certain “it” factor. The match seemed okay, with Masters focusing on the neck for The Masterlock, before Porter was able to pick up the win being a simply yet effective formula. I just wanted to know when Porter turned face in this thread, or if it was just because he was facing Masters? Sorry. :$

:lmao at Chavo not being a happy loco. Honestly, I think Chavo was pretty good here, yeah I know it’s in recap, but it seemed pretty in character anyway, with Chavo calling Yang’s win a fluke. With that being said, something that irked me with this, is that you’ve had two promos now, and in both, the guys speaking have just gone on about their losses being flukes. I wouldn’t mind if they were spread further apart, but so close to each other is a little dodgy, tbh.

Judgment Day should be good, as I’ve skimmed down and seen the JD card, and it is looking pretty sexy.

Johnny Jeter is an awesome individual, as is Maryse, although I’m still not sold on the two as a pair. I get what you were trying to do with this interview, insulting Maria and all, but I don’t know, it just felt a little forced. I mean, some of the insults, such as telling Maria that she asks dull questions were pretty lame. I don’t really understand how Maria attempts to look like Maryse to. So yeah, I like the idea of this couple, but I just thought the execution lacked a little here.

Despite having really strong champions in Londrick, the rest of your tag division is lacking, imo, as Cryme Tyme and The Greasers both suck. The Greasers have been feuding with your champions, so they were always going over here, in a match that would have probably been lackluster at best. Your champions looked awesome with the attack afterward, and whilst it can be seen as a little heelish to attack a team after their match, I felt it was justified after what went down last week.

I mark for William Regal so I’m very happy to see him being used in the brand representative match, it shows that he’ll probably be getting a fair push in this thread. As to the actual segment, Regal barging in and wanting a match is all good, but one thing about Teddy Long is that he was never a push over, however he seemed like one here, just giving in to Regal. I really think Regal should have got his spot in the match some other way.

I would probably call Jeter/Crazy as match of the night so far, although once again, as much as it seems like you’re pushing Jeter, you fail to have him impress me in this thread. I mean, having him against Super Crazy was a sure fire way to get him over, because Crazy’s a decent talent, but instead, you had Crazy dominate the match, and Jeter only get the win because of Maryse. Considering Super Crazy doesn’t really have much of a standing in this thread, or at least yet anyway, I would have expected Jeter to at least get a clean victory. If it is a push that you are giving him, I think you might have to re-evaluate things a little.

Matt Hardy interview seemed okay, although I didn’t like how he was being asked all these questions about MVP, and nothing about Cor Von. If you were playing on Maria’s ditsy nature by having her ask questions about MVP, even after Hardy said he needed to focus on Cor Von, then that was a weird way of doing things. If it was just you not knowing what to have Maria say, you should have just had the interview end sooner. Hardy has to win tonight though, because MVP/Hardy needs that final blow off match, imo.

Guerrero/Yang was another decent enough match, with Yang clearly always going to get the win here, as Chavo needs somebody to beat at JD. Honestly, I can see this as a transitional feud simply until Mysterio returns, or until Chavo gets somebody else exciting to feud with.

Who the fuck is Heath Miller? It seems like these guys are going to have some ‘I love America’ personality, and well, in BTB I don’t really like it usually. I won’t judge yet though.

Umaga > Scotty. ‘Mags looks beastly here, literally nothing else to say.

AAE’s promo was alright, although the bit about people feeling blessed because Umaga didn’t attack them just doesn’t seem like something Estrada would say. Besides this, promo signals Umaga wants the title, which has me very excited.

Hardy/MCV is probably the match of the night so far. You gave them a good amount of time, and kept both men looking pretty good, Cor Von looking like a monster, Hardy the resilient winner. Good booking too, considering Porter/Hardy has to have a blow off match. Ignore my question from earlier to, this attack after the match made it pretty clear that Porter isn’t a face. The attack was done pretty well, adding even more heat to a feud that’s ready to explode.

JD does look like it is going to be fairly sexy. I cannot wait to read it.

Honestly, Shawn Michaels is a lot more charismatic than what you made him seem here. Maybe it was just because of the recap, I don’t know, but he sounded extremely dull, not even cracking any jokes, or being a little playful, it’s simply to not like Shawn Michaels for my liking. With that out of the way, I was very happy when HBK was interrupted because I didn’t want the show to end on this note. Booker in a sports coat? Considering he is King Booker, shouldn’t he be in a suit, or his robe? I pretty much expected exactly what Booker said to be said, which is a good thing, making the promo solid after a very shaky beginning. HBK/Booker for JD is a match I like as well, although I must admit, the lack of build worries me a little.

Overall, whilst there was a lot of little things I found to be wrong with the show, I enjoyed reading it a lot more than I do some of the more established threads. I’ve no idea why, but even before you began this format, which I don’t really like, I’ve always found your writing to be rather refreshing and relaxing to read, and it was no different here. The JD card is looking pretty nice to, keep at it, write a solid PPV, and this thread will begin to really pick up some momentum.
 
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Monday Night RAW Preview
May 14, 2007

Tonights RAW comes to you live from Hampton, Virginia, presenting you with yet another jam packed show.

Last week, Randy Orton did a henious action that no one could approve of. The 'Legend Killer', as he likes to refer to himself as, decided to attack the current #1 contender to the WWE Championship Jeff Hardy by punting him in the skull, as Randy felt he was undeserving of being the next one able to get a shot at the WWE Championship. RAW General Manager Jonathan Coachman was one of many who was upset with Randy's actions and as a result, scheduled him in a stretcher match against Kane later in the evening. Randy won the match, but, as per Coachman's orders, will also be forced to deliver an apology to Jeff Hardy inside of the ring, or risk being fired. Will Randy heed to Coachman's orders? Or does he have something else up his sleeve?

Chris Benoit, Matt Striker, and Elijah Burke all came out victorious in their debuts on RAW last week, with Striker and Burke winning decisively. Tonight, all 3 will be in action yet again. Benoit demanded a rematch with Kenny Dykstra after beating him via Disqualification last week, saying that he wants to win fairly. Burke will try and continue to impress by taking on Rory McAllister, while Striker will be taking on Jim Duggan.

Two weeks ago, during the WWE Draft special, it was revealed that at Judgment Day, all 3 brands will choose one superstar each to face off in a triple threat match, with the winner receiving the contract of a free agent who will be revealed at a later date. ECW General Manager Mick Foley has chosen CM Punk as their representative, and Smackdown General Manager Teddy Long has selected William Regal as their representitive. With Judgment Day only 6 days away, RAW General Manager Jonathan Coachman will have to make his decision sooner rather then later. Coachman has promised he will make his announcement before the night is over, so make sure you stay until the very end.

Make sure you stay tuned for all of this, and more, on what should be a Monday Night RAW for the ages.

Confirmed Matches:
Singles Match:
Chris Benoit vs. Kenny Dykstra
Singles Match: Elijah Burke vs. Rory McAllister
Singles Match: Matt Striker vs. Jim Duggan​
 
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Really glad to see this back. While the card at this stage is just okay without being stacked by any means (even though Benoit/Dykstra should be good), I'm certainly interested to see what you'll be doing on the show, especially with the situation revolving around Orton.

I'll be reading.
 
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