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Raw and Smackdown Present;
WWE WRESTLEMANIA XXIV

March 30 2008
Cardinals Stadium; Phoenix, Arizona



Title Histories as of August 20 2007;
World Heavyweight Championship:
(8) Triple H (December 13th 2003 - January 25th 2004)
defeated Goldberg and Kane in a Triple Threat Match (Armageddon, Orlando)
lost to Shawn Michaels in a Last Man Standing Match (Royal Rumble, Philadelphia)

(5) Shawn Michaels (January 25th 2004 - April 11th 2004)
defeated Triple H in a Last Man Standing Match (Royal Rumble, Philadelphia)
lost to Randy Orton in a six man Hell in a Cell Match (Backlash, Phoenix)

(1) Randy Orton (April 11th - August 22nd 2004)
defeated Shawn Michaels in a six man Hell in a Cell match (Backlash, Phoenix)
lost to Chris Jericho (Summerslam, Toronto)

(3) Chris Jericho (August 22nd - November 14th 2004)
defeated Randy Orton (SummerSlam, Toronto)
lost to Orton in a Triple Threat match, also featuring HBK (Survivor Series, Chicago)

(2) Randy Orton (November 14th - March 20th 2005)
defeated Chris Jericho and Shawn Michaels (Survivor Series, Chicago)
lost to John Cena (WrestleMania 21, Detroit)

(1) John Cena (March 20th - August 7th)
defeated Randy Orton (WrestleMania 21, Detroit)
Lost to Shawn Michaels (Summer Slam, San Juan)

(6) Shawn Michaels (August 7th - December 4th)
Defeated John Cena
(Summer Slam, San Juan)
Lost to John Cena
(Armageddon, Boston)

(2) John Cena (December 4th - April 30th 2006)
Defeated Shawn Michaels
(Armageddon, Boston)
Lost to Christian in a triple threat match, also featuring Brock Lesnar (Backlash, Seattle WA)

(1) Christian (April 30th - October 23rd)
Defeated John Cena in a triple threat match
(Backlash, Seattle WA)
Lost to Triple H (Raw, New York City, NY)

(10) Triple H (October 23rd 2006 - February 3rd 2007)
Defeated Christian
(Raw, New York City NY)
Lost to John Cena in a 60 Minute Iron Man Match (SuperBrawl, Providence, RI)

(3) John Cena (February 3rd 2007 - March 18th 2007)
Defeated Triple H in a 60 Minute Iron Man Match (SuperBrawl, Providence, RI)
Lost to Christian (WrestleMania 23, New Orleans, LA)

(2) Christian (March 18th - November 11 2007)
Defeated John Cena (WrestleMania 23, New Orleans, LA)
Lost to John Cena in a triple threat match with Umaga(Survivor Series, Los Angeles CA)

(4) John Cena (November 11 2007 - Present)
Defeated Christian in a triple threat match with Umaga (Survivor Series, Los Angeles CA)

***

Intercontinental Championship:


(1) Randy Orton (December 13th 2003 - February 9th 2004)
defeated Rob Van Dam (Armageddon, Orlando)
lost to Chris Jericho (Raw, Green Bay)

(6) Chris Jericho (February 9th - March 14th 2004)
defeated Randy Orton (Raw, Green Bay)
lost to Christian in a 20 Man Battle Royal (WrestleMania XX, New York)

(4) Christian (March 14th - June 14th 2004)
defeated Chris Jericho in a 20 Man Battle Royal (WrestleMania XX, New York)
lost to Matt Hardy (Raw, Albany)

(1) Matt Hardy (June 14th - August 16th 2004)
defeated Christian (Raw, Albany)
lost to Sting (Raw, Detroit)

(1) Sting (August 16th - October 18th 2004)
defeated Matt Hardy (Raw, Detroit)
lost to Matt Morgan (Raw, Kansas)

(1) Matt Morgan (October 18th 2004 - February 7th 2005)
defeated Sting (Raw, Kansas)
lost to Edge (Raw, Boise)

(5) Edge (February 7th - February 28th 2005)
defeated Matt Morgan (Raw, Boise)
lost to Christian via forfeit (Raw, Atlanta)

(5) Christian (February 28th - April 25th 2005)
defeated Edge via forfeit (Raw, Atlanta)
Lost to Rey Mysterio (Raw, New York)


(1) Rey Mysterio (April 25th - December 4th 2005)
Defeated Christian
(Raw, New York)
Lost to Carlito Caribbean Cool (Armageddon, Boston)

(1) Carlito Caribbean Cool (December 4th 2005 - April 30th 2006)
Defeated Rey Mysterio
(Armageddon, Boston)
Lost to Shelton Benjamin (Backlash, Seattle)


(1) Shelton Benjamin (April 30th - June 25th)
Defeated Carlito
(Backlash, Seattle WA)
Lost to Finlay (Unforgiven, Denver)

(1) Finlay (June 25th - September 2nd)
Defeated Shelton Benjamin
(Unforgiven, Denver)
Lost to Mr. Kennedy (Saturday Nights Main Event, Montreal)

(1) Mr. Kennedy (September 2nd - October 15th)
Defeated Finlay
(Saturday Nights Main Event, Montreal)
Lost to Shelton Benjamin (Nemesis, Uncasville)

(2) Shelton Benjamin (October 15th 2006 - January 14th 2007)
Defeated Mr. Kennedy
(Nemesis, Uncasville)
Lost to Rey Mysterio (Royal Rumble, Indianapolis)

(2) Rey Mysterio (January 14th - April 22nd)
Defeated Shelton Benjamin
(Royal Rumble, Indianapolis)
Lost to Shelton Benjamin (Backlash, Montreal)

(3) Shelton Benjamin (April 22nd - August 19th)
Defeated Rey Mysterio
(Backlash, Montreal)
Lost to William Regal in a triple threat match (Summerslam, London England)

(2) William Regal (August 19th - September 24th)
Defeated Shelton Benjamin in a triple threat match
(Summerslam, London England)
Lost to Shelton Benjamin (Raw, Detroit)

(4) Shelton Benjamin (September 24th - October 14th)
Defeated William Regal
(Raw, Detroit)
Lost to Matt Hardy (Nemesis, Little Rock)

(2) Matt Hardy (October 14th 2007 - January 7th 2008)
Defeated Shelton Benjamin
(Nemesis, Little Rock)
Lost to Brent Albright (Raw, Atlanta)

(1) Brent Albright (January 7th 2008 - Present)
Defeated Matt Hardy (Raw, Atlanta)



***

World Tag Team Championships:

Ric Flair and Batista (December 13th 2003 - February 9th 2004)
defeated Dudley Boyz in a Tag Team Turmoil Match (Armageddon, Orlando)
lost to Dudley Boyz (Raw, Green Bay)

Dudley Boyz
(February 9th - March 22nd 2004)
defeated Ric Flair and Batista (Raw, Green Bay)
lost to Garrison Cade and Mark Jindrak in a TLC Match, which also featured Shawn Michaels & Rob Van Dam, Randy Orton & Batista (Raw, Long Island)

Garrison Cade and Mark Jindrak
(March 22nd - June 20th)
defeated Dudley Boyz et al in a TLC Match (Raw, Long Island)
lost to Natural Born Thrillers (Bad Blood, Washington D.C)

Natural Born Thrillers
(June 20th - July 12th 2004)
defeated Cade and Jindrak (Bad Blood, Washington D.C)
lost to Edge and Christian (Raw, Omaha)

Edge and Christian
(July 12th - October 17th 2004)
defeated Natural Born Thrillers (Raw, Omaha)
lost to Booker T & Goldust in a Cage Match (Nemesis, St. Louis)

Booker T & Goldust
(October 17th - December 12th 2004)
defeated Edge and Christian in a Cage Match (Nemesis, St Louis)
lost to Ric Flair and Batista (Armageddon, Orlando)

Ric Flair and Batista
(December 12th 2004 - April 11th 2005)
defeated Booker T & Goldust (Armageddon, Orlando)
lost to The Worlds Greatest Tag Team (Raw, Sacramento)

The Worlds Greatest Tag Team
(April 11th - June 12th 2005)
defeated Ric Flair and Batista (Raw, Sacramento)
Lost to Garrison Cade & Mark Jindrak (Bad Blood, Philadelphia)

Garrison Cade & Mark Jindrak (June 12th - December 4th 2005)
Defeated The Worlds Greatest Tag Team
(Bad Blood, Philadelphia)
Lost to The Worlds Greatest Tag Team (Armageddon, Boston)

The Worlds Greatest Tag Team (December 4th 2005 - April 3rd 2006)
Defeated Garrison Cade & Mark Jindrak in a Ladder Match
(Armageddon, Boston)
Forced to vacate titles, after Charlie Haas was drafted to Smackdown

Titles vacant - April 3rd 2006 - April 30th 2006

Acolyte Fashion Agency (April 30th - June 25th)
Defeated The Brotherhood, United Nations, Booker T & Goldust for vacant titles
(Backlash, Seattle WA)
Lost to MNM (Unforgiven, Denver)

MNM (June 25th 2006 - March 18th 2007)
Defeated A.F.A
(Unforgiven, Denver)
Lost to Straight Edge via stipulation (WrestleMania 23, New Orleans, LA)

Straight Edge(March 18th 2007 - June 18th)
Defeated MNM via stipulation (WrestleMania 23, New Orleans, LA)
Lost to MNM (Raw, Oklahoma OK)

(2) MNM(June 18th - August 19th)
Defeated Straight Edge (Raw, Oklahoma OK)
Lost to Straight Edge (Summerslam, London England)

(2) Straight Edge(August 19th - Present)
Defeated MNM (Summerslam, London England)

***

Womens Championship:

(2) Molly Holly (July 28th 2003 - January 26th 2004)
defeated Gail Kim (Raw, Colorado Springs)
lost to Lita (Raw, Rochester)

(2) Lita
(January 26th - June 7th 2004)
defeated Molly Holly (Raw, Rochester)
lost to Trish Stratus (Raw, Chicago)

(5) Trish Stratus
(June 7th - October 18th 2004)
defeated Lita (Raw, Chicago)
lost to Shaniqua (Raw, Kansas)

(1) Shaniqua
(October 18th 2004 - October 17th 2005)
defeated Trish Stratus (Raw, Kansas)
Lost to Trish Stratus (Raw, Toronto)

(6) Trish Stratus (October 17th 2005 - April 30th 2006)
Defeated Shaniqua
(Raw, Toronto)
Lost to Jillian Hall (Backlash, Seattle WA)

(1) Jillian Hall (April 30th - June 12th)
Defeated Trish Stratus
(Backlash, Seattle WA)
Lost to Alexis Laree (Raw, Greenville, SC)

(1) Alexis Laree (June 12th - September 2nd)
Defeated Jillian Hall (Raw, Greenville, SC)
Lost to Trish Stratus (Saturday Nights Main Event, Montreal)

(7) Trish Stratus (September 2nd 2006)
Defeated Alexis Laree
(Saturday Nights Main Event, Montreal)

Title relinquished

(2) Alexis Laree (October 2nd - October 30th)
Defeated Jillian Hall for the vacant title (Raw Season Premiere, St. Louis, MO)
Lost to Melina (Raw, Adelaide)

(1) Melina (October 30th 2006 - March 18th 2007)
Defeated Alexis Laree
(Raw, Adelaide)
Lost to Alexis Laree via stipulation (WrestleMania 23, New Orleans, LA)

(3) Mickie James (formerly Alexis Laree) (March 18th - August 19th)
Defeated Melina via stipulation (WrestleMania 23, New Orleans, LA)
Lost to Beth Phoenix (Summerslam, London England)

Beth Phoenix (August 19th - November 11 2007)
Defeated Mickie James (Summerslam, London England)
Lost to Mickie James * 3-2 in a Best of Five Series* (Survivor Series, Los Angeles CA)

(4) Mickie James (November 11 2007 - February 4th 2008)
Defeated Beth Phoenix *3-2 in a Best of Five Series* (Survivor Series, Los Angeles CA)
Lost to Gail Kim (Raw, Green Bay WI)

(2) Gail Kim (February 4th 2008 - Present)
Defeated Mickie James (Green Bay, WI)

***

Smackdown;


WWE Championship:
(3) Brock Lesnar (September 18th 2003 - June 10th 2004)
defeated Kurt Angle in a 60 Minute Iron Man Match (Smackdown, Raleigh)
lost to Kurt Angle (Smackdown, St. Louis)

(6) Kurt Angle (June 10th - August 22nd 2004)
defeated Brock Lesnar (Smackdown, St. Louis)
lost to Goldberg (SummerSlam, Toronto)

(2) Goldberg (August 22nd - October 17th 2004)
defeated Kurt Angle (SummerSlam, Toronto)
lost to Triple H (Nemesis, St. Louis)

(9) Triple H (October 17th 2004 - March 20th 2005)
defeated Goldberg (Nemesis, St. Louis)
lost to The Rock (WrestleMania 21, Detroit)

(10) The Rock (March 20th - July 3rd 2005)
defeated Triple H (WrestleMania, Detroit)
Lost to Goldberg (Great American Bash, Washington, D.C)

(3) Goldberg (July 3rd - August 7th 2005)
Defeated The Rock
(Great American Bash, Washington, D.C)
Lost to Kurt Angle in a Triple Threat Match (Summer Slam, San Juan)

(7) Kurt Angle (August 7th - November 6th 2005)
Defeated Goldberg in a Triple Threat Match
(Summer Slam, San Juan)
Lost to Eddie Guerrero in a Fatal Four Way (Survivor Series, Manchester, NH)

(1) Eddie Guerrero (November 6th 2005)
Defeated Angle, Triple H & Lesnar in a Four Way
(Survivor Series, Manchester, NH)

(4) Brock Lesnar (November 17th 2005 - March 26th 2006)
Defeated Kurt Angle & Triple H in a Triple Threat for Vacant Title
(Smackdown, Detroit)
Lost to Chris Benoit (WrestleMania 22, Las Vegas, NV)

(1) Chris Benoit (March 26th 2006 - July 23rd)
Defeated Brock Lesnar
(WrestleMania 22, Las Vegas, NV)
Title Vacated due to injury

(1) Rob Van Dam (August 20th 2006 - March 18th 2007)
Defeated Chris Jericho for Vacant Title in tournament final
(SummerSlam, Anaheim)
Lost to Randy Orton via Money in the Bank (WrestleMania 23, New Orleans, LA)

(3) Randy Orton (March 18th 2007 - Present)
Defeated Rob Van Dam via Money in the Bank
(WrestleMania 23, New Orleans, LA)


***

United States Championship:

(1) Big Show (October 19th 2003 - February 15th 2004)
defeated Eddie Guerrero (No Mercy, Baltimore)
lost to Billy Gunn (No Way Out, San Francisco)

(1) Billy Gunn (February 15th - April 1st 2004)
defeated Big Show (No Way Out, San Francisco)
lost to Kanyon (Smackdown, Salt Lake City)

(2) Kanyon (April 1st - July 18th 2004)
defeated Billy Gunn (Smackdown, Salt Lake City)
lost to William Regal (Vengeance, Fresno)

(1) William Regal (July 18th - August 22nd 2004)
defeated Kanyon (Vengeance, Fresno)
lost to Benoit in a 3 Way Match, also featuring E. Guerrero (SummerSlam, Toronto)

(2) Chris Benoit (August 22nd - September 23rd 2004)
defeated Regal and E. Guerrero in a Triple Threat Match (SummerSlam, Toronto)
lost to Kanyon (Smackdown, Dallas)

(3) Kanyon (September 23rd - December 9th 2004)
defeated Chris Benoit (Smackdown, Dallas)
lost to Eddie Guerrero (Smackdown; Night of the Championships, Ft. Lauderdale)

(1) Eddie Guerrero (December 9th 2004 - July 3rd 2005)
defeated Kanyon (Smackdown; Night of the Championships, Ft. Lauderdale)
Lost to John ‘Bradshaw’ Layfield in a Triple Threat Match (Great American Bash, Washington, D.C)

(1) John ‘Bradshaw’ Layfield (July 3rd 2005 - March 26th 2006)
Defeated Eddie Guerrero in a Triple Threat Match
(Great American Bash, Washington D.C)
Lost to Matt Hardy (WrestleMania 22, Las Vegas, NV)

(1) Matt Hardy (March 26th - May 14th)
Defeated JBL
(WrestleMania 22, Las Vegas, NV)
Lost to Charlie Haas (Judgment Day, Milwuakee)

(1) Charlie Haas (May 14th - July 23rd)
Defeated Matt Hardy
(Judgment Day, Milwaukee)
Lost to Matt Hardy (Great American Bash, Atlanta)

(2) Matt Hardy (July 23rd - October 13th)
Defeated Charlie Haas
(Great American Bash, Atlanta)
Lost to Brent Albright (Smackdown, Lafayette, LA)

(1) Brent Albright (October 13th 2006 - May 20th 2007)
Defeated Matt Hardy
(Smackdown, Lafayette, LA)
Lost to Paul London (Judgment Day, Miami, FL)

(1) Paul London (May 20th 2007 - January 20th 2008)
Defeated Brent Albright
(Judgment Day, Miami, FL)
Lost to Batista (Royal Rumble, Las Vegas NV)

(1) Batista (January 20th 2008 - Present)
Defeated Paul London
(Royal Rumble, Las Vegas NV)


***

WWE Tag Team Championships:
(1) Basham Brothers (October 23rd 2003 - January 25th 2004)
defeated Los Guerrero's (Smackdown, Albany)
lost to The Worlds Greatest Tag Team (Royal Rumble, Philadelphia)

(3) The Worlds Greatest Tag Team (January 25th - June 10th 2004)
defeated Basham Brothers (Royal Rumble, Philadelphia)
lost to La Resistance (Smackdown, St. Louis)

(2) La Resistance (June 10th - September 2nd 2004)
defeated The Worlds Greatest Team (Smackdown, St. Louis)
lost to Hurricane & Citizen Storm (Smackdown, Tulsa)

(1) Hurricane & Citizen Storm (September 2nd - November 11th 2004)
defeated La Resistance (Smackdown, Tulsa)
lost to Basham Brothers (Smackdown, Cincinnati)

(2) Basham Brothers (November 11th - December 9th 2004)
defeated Hurricane and Citizen Storm (Smackdown, Cincinnati)
lost in a ten team Tag Turmoil match, with Test and Scott Steiner eventually winning the match outright (Smackdown; Night of the Championships, Ft. Lauderdale)

(1) Test & Scott Steiner (December 9th 2004 - January 23rd 2005)
defeated nine teams in a Ten Team Tag Turmoil Match (Smackdown; NOTC, Ft. Lauderdale)
lost to America's Most Wanted in a Fatal Four Way, also featuring La Resistance, and the APA (Royal Rumble, Houston)

(1) America's Most Wanted (January 23rd - March 20th 2005)
defeated Test and Scott Steiner, La Resistance and the APA in a Fatal Four Way match (Royal Rumble, Houston )
lost to The Worlds Greatest Tag Team (WrestleMania 21, Detroit)

(4) The Worlds Greatest Tag Team (March 20th - March 28th)
defeated America's Most Wanted (WrestleMania 21, Detroit)
forced to vacate titles after being drafted to Raw

Titles Vacant (March 28th - May 15th)(2) Americas Most Wanted (May 15th - October 20th 2005)
Defeated The Dudley Boyz, La Resistance, and Un-Americans in a 4 Way for vacant belts
(Judgement Day, Vancouver)
Lost to Basham Brothers (Smackdown, Vancouver)

(3) Basham Brothers (October 20th 2005 - February 2nd 2006)
Defeated America’s Most Wanted
(Smackdown, Vancouver)
Lost to America’s Most Wanted (Smackdown, Columbus)

(3) Americas Most Wanted (February 2nd - May 14th 2006)
Defeated Basham Brothers
(Smackdown, Columbus)
Lost to The Spirit Squad (Judgment Day, Milwaukee)

(1) The Spirit Squad (May 14th - August 20th)
Defeated Americas Most Wanted
(Judgment Day, Milwaukee)
Lost to Paul London & Brian Kendrick (SummerSlam, Anaheim)

(1) Paul London & Brian Kendrick (August 20th - December 10th)
Defeated Spirit Squad
(SummerSlam, Anaheim)
Lost to Americas Most Wanted (Armageddon, Richmond)

(4) Americas Most Wanted (December 10th 2006 - January 20th 2008)
Defeated Paul London & Brian Kendrick
(Armageddon, Richmond)
Lost to MNM (Royal Rumble, Las Vegas NV)

(3) MNM (January 20th 2008 - Present)
Defeated Americas Most Wanted
(Royal Rumble, Las Vegas NV)

***

Cruiserweight Championship:

Rey Mysterio (January 6th - April 8th 2004)
defeated Tajiri (Smackdown, Laredo, TX)
lost to Billy Kidman (Smackdown, Hartford, CT)

Billy Kidman (April 8th - May 16th 2004)
defeated Rey Mysterio (Smackdown, Hartford, CT)
lost to Rey Mysterio (Judgment Day, Corpus Christi, TX)

Rey Mysterio (May 16th - July 29th 2004)
defeated Billy Kidman (Judgment Day, Corpus Christi, TX)
lost to Chavo Guerrero (Smackdown, Seattle, WA)

Chavo Guerrero (July 29th - November 14th 2004)
defeated Rey Mysterio (Smackdown, Seattle, WA)
lost to Hurricane (Survivor Series, Chicago, IL)

Hurricane (November 14th - December 9th 2004)
defeated Chavo Guerrero (Survivor Series, Chicago, IL)
lost to Chavo Guerrero (Smackdown; Night of the Champions, Ft. Lauderdale, FL)

Chavo Guerrero
(December 9th 2004 - February 13th 2005)
defeated Hurricane (Smackdown; NOTC, Ft. Lauderdale, FL)
lost to Tajiri (No Way Out, Salt Lake City, UT)

Tajiri (February 13th - March 20th 2005)
defeated Chavo Guerrero (No Way Out, Salt Lake City, UT)
lost to Chavo Guerrero in a Six pack Challenge, which also featured Akio, Paul London, Rey Mysterio & Jamie Noble (Wrestlemania 21, Detroit, MI)

Chavo Guerrero
(March 20th - May 15th 2005)
defeated Tajiri, Jamie Noble, Akio, Rey Mysterio & Paul London in a Six pack Challenge (WrestleMania 21, Detroit, MI)
Lost to Paul London (Judgement Day, Vancouver)

(1) Paul London (May 15th - November 6th 2005)
Defeated Chavo Guerrero
(Judgement Day, Vancouver)
Lost to Jamie Noble via stipulation in an 8 Man Survivor Series Elimination Match (Survivor Series, Manchester NH)

Jamie Noble (November 6th 2005 - February 11th 2006)
Defeated Paul London via stipulation in an 8 Man Survivor Series Elimination Match
(Survivor Series, Manchester NH)
Lost to Paul London (Saturday Nights Main Event, Anaheim, CA)

(2) Paul London (February 11th - March 16th 2006)
Defeated Jamie Noble
(Saturday Nights Main Event, Anaheim, CA)
Lost to Kid Kash (Smackdown, Detroit, MI)

(1) Kid Kash (March 16th - June 8th 2006)
Defeated Paul London
(Smackdown, Detroit, MI)
Lost to Juventud Guerrera (Smackdown, Tulsa OK)

Juventud Guerrera (June 8th - September 17th)
Defeated Kid Kash
(Smackdown, Tulsa OK)
Lost to Super Crazy (Cyber Sunday, Rochester, NY)

Super Crazy (September 29th 2006 - January 14th 2007)
Defeated Juventud Guerrera
(Smackdown, Dayton, OH)
Lost to Kid Kash as part of a six man tag team match (Royal Rumble, Indianapolis)

Kid Kash (January 14th 2007 - March 18th 2007)
Defeated Super Crazy in a six man tag team match
(Royal Rumble, Indianapolis)
Lost to Brian Kendrick(WrestleMania 23, New Orleans, LA)

The Brian Kendrick(March 18th - December 9 2007)
Defeated Kid Kash
(WrestleMania 23, New Orleans, LA)
Lost to Bryan Danielson (Armageddon, Cleveland OH)

Bryan Danielson (December 9 2007 - Present)
Defeated The Brian Kendrick (Armageddon, Cleveland OH)
 
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TheAngle33's Smackdown Review

Steamboat Announcement

At first Steamboat's announcement was a little, well, eh. Things definitly picked up when Lesner and Heyman came out. I laugh whenever I hear Lesner talk so Heyman doing most of the mic work is great. Heyman was perfect with his "as a matter of fact" kind of attitude. The announcement of the Championship changing hands by DQ or Countout only points to one of the men getting a clean win. Beniot coming out was timed well and the dispute between the two was good too.

Match One

Pretty cool opener. Just as I thought, AMW retains.

Piper Interview

Well it looks like you are using the same thing as they did with HBK. Going through Angle's opponent's past and destroying them. Piper actually tells Angle he can probably win but will never match Bret. Powerful words. Piper comes off like he's on death row.

Match Two

Short squash match but the aftermath was much more interesting. Chris tries to actually get the crowd behind him going into Wrestlemania but they reject him. Overall, it was just a segment to remind the people that the feud is still going on.

Chris Beniot and Kurt Angle

Angle just seems determined to kill someone. Beniot just pushes his buttons and then challenges him. I'm trying to see where you're going with this. Will Angle get involved with Beniot's match at Wrestlemania or will it be the opposite?

Match Three

Good way to get both men in the card and in front of the fans. Not much more.

Maven Segment

Ha-ha-ha! Maven thinks he's really something doesn't he? He wants a match with Austin and calls himself a future Hall of Famer! Oh that's gold.

Triple H Segment

Good, I was wondering where Triple H's match was on the card. I'm going to assume he will have some kind of match with the McMahons as a heel. I wonder who he'll face.

Match Four

Squash match! And the third of the night. Angle easily makes Piper tap to an Ankle Lock. Angle keeps the hold after the match and the Bret promo starts. Perfect for him. I honestly can't wait for this match.

Wrestlemania Promo

Interesting little promo you have. It keeps up with the Casino theme for the MGM Grand in Vegas.

Rock Interview

Better than the normal Rock interview. He's very excited and energized as always to kick some ass but he seemed really in the zone tonight.

Hardy and JBL Segment

Cool little segment. JBL sounds like some kind of mobster offering 50 grand in fresh bills. Funny stuff and a good way to give the feud some airtime.

Main Event

Luther main eventing Smackdown? Well the match has The Rock. D-X comes out and beats The Rock down. Cool spray paint attack and D-X stands tall.

Overall: 9/10 Dang good show dude.
 
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Chris Benoit vs. Brock Lesnar Promo: Very good promo kicking off Smackdown! and now that the rule that neither wrestler can lay hands on each other, this should be very intresting because it now feels like an old school feud where the guys didn't really fight much until their match. This just brings my intrest in this feud to a higher point.

America's Most Wanted vs. A.F.A: AMW conitue to look strong in these weeks leading up to WrestleMania 22. A good win for AMW beating two accomplished wrestlers.

Roddy Piper Promo: Yet another legend rags on Angle, this time in Roddy Piper, looking forward to how this match goes as I expect it to be the closes yet.

Chris Jericho vs. Gene Snitsky: Jericho gets a decent victory over the now jobbing Snitsky after Snitsky came in looking strong for his debut.

Chris Jericho Promo: Jericho lets the fans pick his disposition in this feud and they choose The Undertaker over Chris Jericho officaly turning Jericho heel after a long face run.

Kurt Angle/Chris Benoit Promo: I felt this should have been done after Roddy Piper vs. Angle as that way we could still be looking forward to Benoit vs. Piper, with Benoit vs. Angle heavily overshadowing tonight's match.

Paul London vs. Jamie Noble: A great match, and it seems like you are either ending the London vs. Noble feud or you are trying to push the cruiserweight division. Good win for Paul London putting himself and the belt over.

Ricky Steamboat/Maven Promo: Rocky Steamboat's office? LOL anyways... Nice to see that Maven seems to be getting some actual light in this thread, I personally always though Maven was entertaining to watch wrestle. This shall be a good build up match having Maven face "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, I suspect a Christian and/or Tyson Tomko attack is coming along with the match.

Triple H Promo: HHH is turning into Saw it seems, but nah great promo here. Things seem to building up nicely with Triple H demanding his WrestleMania 22 match. It defiantly shall be intresting what the McMahons will try if anything to please HHH next week.

Kurt Angle vs. Rowdy Roddy Piper: A squash victory for Angle against yet another Legend, but before Angle can break Piper's Ankle, Bret Hart gets on the titontron and says that this will be a brand new Bret Hart coming in next week on Smackdown!

The Rock Promo: Once again, you write a great Rock promo. The Rock excepts the challenge of HBK to come to RAW to face Garrison Cade, which I highly expect will result into a trap.

Matt Hardy/John Bradshaw Layfield Promo: John Bradshaw Layfield offers Matt Hardy money to not face him at WrestleMania 22, trying to get out of this title match, but Hardy of course doesn't except and ets a nice line in with the whole watch and time thing which was nicely put toghther.

The Rock vs. Luther Reigns: A good main event with The Rock vs. D-Generation X feud conituing and this time we get a wild finish ending up in a DQ victory for The Rock. Shawn Michaels brands The Rock with the "DX" logo and conitue with a celebration over the disturbance they have caused on Smackdown!

Overall: 9/10 Great Show, a lot better than this week's RAW.
 
#1,760 ·
Great start to the night with Steamboat placing a ban on Benoit & Lesnar making physical contact until WM, which could mean we get some powerful promos over the next few weeks. Lesnar & Heyman are here, and luckily Heyman takes control of the mic after a brief sentence from Lesnar and works some magic on the stick. Benoit is out now and he and Lesnar trade some harsh words before the promo just ends out of no where really

Formulaic win for AMW, hopefully they get a feud for WM as tag matches always seem to hit the cards and would be dissapointing not to see them on

Piper rips into Angle's integrity, very good stuff, and Kurt is gonna snap out there, I can see it

Jericho beats Snitsky and the fans don't go for him, but cheer for Taker, so Jericho blows them off, in a bad mood, and more mindgames from Taker, but nothing big tonight

Benoit/Angle match booked for next week should be huge, but you're incorrect, at Unforgiven 2002, Benoit beat Angle if I recall. Anyways, still makes for a cracking matchup, and that's no doubt when Hart will make his appearance

HHH interview is gonna be sweet, I can sense a powerful promo

Maven gets Austin next week? Ha, Austin will whoop his cocky ass all over the arena IMO, but you never know with Maven

Wow HHH demanding again for a match, no doubt Shane will accept, and I can see it being a Hardcore/Streetfight match, as Shane in a regular singles match isn't very appealing, even against HHH

Angle beats Piper, and Hart's music hits! He's on the titantron, and his confrontation with Angle next week is gonna be off the charts, you can just imagine the ovation he's gonna get in his hometown

Much better WM hype video than the DX version IMO, nice line from McMahon with a "Wrestlemania Hand"

Rock insults Romero in typical Rock fashion, poor Steve Romero, I actually like the guy. Hilarious lines from The Rock, truly brilliant promo here loved it, the insults on the RAW guys was awesome. ROCKY! ROCKY!

JBL tries to weasel out of his US title match with Matt Hardy by offering him $10000 up to $50000, but Hardy still doesn't take the offer and leaves JBL wollowing in rejection

Nice main event, ruined by DX who show up in numbers and HBK nails the SCM on The Rock for a DQ finish. DX then spraypaint "DX" on Rock, and beat him down to end a terrific show, much more into this than I was with RAW to be honest

9/10
 
#1,761 ·
Deadman_014's Smackdown Review​


Benoit/Steamboat/Lesnar & Heyman Promo: Good opening promo, I like this announcement as this was a very interesting start to the show, of course its an unpopular decision, but this sets up good promos to lead towards Mania between these two, and of course their contract signing for their match should be good heh. The promo was doing good, then it ended very fast very shakey ending it was way to fast, I think this is to set up for bigger and better promos between the two, awesome start mate....

AMW vs A.F.A: Very short description here, pretty much not even needed, nothing really to say about this, good to see AMW retain the tag team titles here basically only good thing that wasn't average here can't really tell way to short.

Piper Interview: I really enjoyed this short promo, Piper got a very solid character out of this, hopefully we'll see more then a one night return for Piper, possibly be in Hart's corner at Mania. Good stuff here, I really liked this Hot Rod was great in this...

Chris Jericho vs Gene Snitsky: Another short match, I don't like having these extremely short matchs here, description wise anyways, Jericho gets a nice little squash here which is good I like Jericho. Wonder what type of promo he's going to do after because I can see it....

Chris Jericho Promo:
Haha this was funny, I wasn't a huge fan of this promo overall, but this was pretty funny to me for some reason, the fans want The Deadman which is good, happy the fans didn't want "Jericho". I don't like the seemingly rushed, short promo from Jericho, thats not cool but still funny in the end to me.

Benoit/Angle Promo:
I am very much enjoying the Benoit promos so far tonight, Benoit was good here, and I very much enjoyed how you did Angle's character justice with this promo. Bret's going to be there thats cool, Bret will cost Angle the match for sure, and Brock/Benoit confrontation face to face probably to end the show next week, good promo here man...

London vs Noble: I am not enjoying such short length on all these matchs, The faces retain tonight and thats good, at least seeing the CW and Tag Title divisions getting some part of the show, though no promos for them at all it seems nor building up any type of feuds with promos besides with match still good here London retains I like London so thats cool...

Steamboat/Maven Promo: This was a very interesting promo, I think your pushing Maven well which is cool I did like him though think he isn't amazing, good to see you keeping him in high respects seeing if he's facing Austin he's going to be getting a good push. Good promo here, very interesting to say the least though.

Triple H Interview: I really enjoyed this promo as well, Triple H giving The McMahons a statement, he'll "ruin" every match if they don't meet their demands, he's going to hold WrestleMania hostage maybe lol, that would be funny. Good promo here very enjoyable, though it seemed to be cut short like a few other promos and descriptions tonight.

Kurt Angle vs Roddy Piper: Another very short description, thats been a pest in my side tonight in this review need to add some more length onto this, I know its not "your" brand but at least put more effort into the match descriptions, anyways Angle looks like he's going to break another ankle *yawn*, wow Bret Hart appears thats sick....

Bret Hart Promo: I've never read a Hart promo before, but this sounded awesome, this was a great moment here, he's coming back better then ever next week thats cool. He will for sure cost him his match against Benoit now I can see it ending in a face to face showdown, with Bret probably making him tap to a sharpshooter or something, good promo here dude, good WrestleMania promo by the way as well.

Rock Interview: Haha this started off Awesome, I really love all Rock promos this one started off great with the pushing the interviewer away telling him he sucks and all that was funny. This had the proper timing, very good promo here I enjoyed most promos tonight, but everything besides this seemed slightly or a lot short.

JBL & Matt Hardy Promo: I really liked this promo, JBL trys to buy his way out, I guess get a nice pretty watch JBL, Matt Hardy better take your title at WrestleMania, I hope he does anyways good promo here I like this, though the buildup for this seems lackluster being one of the top matchs on the card it seems like, and not getting much air time lately it seems.

Luther Reigns vs The Rock: Finally a fully descriptive match or what it usually should be, good stuff here, Michaels and DX destroy Rock in the end, they invaded SD it seems tonight good stuff to end SD, though I would of liked Angle vs Piper to main event, and possibly have that Hart promo end the show that would of left it on a really awesome note just a thought.

Overall: Good show bud, I really enjoyed it, I am sorry I didn't get to the Raw review yet, I read it was good, I liked Smackdown a small bit better, but it needs to have more description on some of the matchs. 87/100 solid show, Mania is setting up very well, some of the promos seemed to end a tad fast though here tonight, Thanks for the Royal Rumble review by the way, my next Smackdown is up, read up on whats up about everything and hope to see a review later Wolf bud.....​
 
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Hey Wolfy. I know we don't talk much or review eachother's shows often but i think you are a very good booker and it would be sweet to get reviews from you. Anyway, here is a review from me and hopefully we become buds. :)

HBKicon reviews Smackdown:

Opening Promo: Nice way to start the show with a huge announcement from Steamboat reguarding Benoit/Lesnar not being able to touch eachother. This is very good, seeing thast we will see some great promos as we head to Mania. The only thing was that this promo ended quickly and out of know where.

America's Most Wanted vs. A.F.A: Nice win for the champs as they head into Mania.

Piper Promo: Piper talks about Angle, which leads to a match. haven't really read much in the past but it seems that Angle is in a fued with legends?

Chris Jericho vs. Gene Snitsky: Jericho picks up the win, giving more advantage as he heads into Mania.

Chris Jericho Promo: Jericho turns heel here after he lets the fans make a choice. Undertaker/jericho fued is gold, IMO.

Paul London vs. Jamie Noble: Sweet CW match. i am a fan of both men and they both can put on great matches. Nice win for London, keeping the gold. Will he get a spot at Mania?

Ricky Steamboat/Maven Promo: Nice promo with maven here. i alwasy liked this kid and a match with Austin seems like a push?

Triple H Promo: HHH seems to be getting anxious as we head into Mania.

Kurt Angle vs. Rowdy Roddy Piper: Typical squash match here. angle wins but Hart next week!? holy cow, will Angle survive!?

The Rock Promo: Amazing Rock promo. This Rock/HBK fued seems great and RAw should be good with the Rock falling into a set up?

Matt Hardy/JBL Promo: HAHA, JBL trues to buy his way out of the match. Great stuff.

The Rock vs. Luther Reigns: Decent main event match. It ends in DQ when DX shows up. HBK branding the Rock was original and very NWo like. Nice job.

Overall: 9/10. I really liked this show. It built up to Mania very well and it got me excited for Mania. you are a great booker and I must say, you write a Rock promo like knowone else's I've ever read. Great work Wolfy.
 
#1,763 ·
DX's Review

Opening Promo: A good way to start off the show as you always do but I am glad how Steamboat made an annoucment to keep Benoit/Lesnar flowing.

America's Most Wanted vs. AfA: Nice win for AMW and looking foward to Mania when they fight off again.

Piper Promo: Angle has been getting in a lot of beef with legends but Piper Angle feud would kill.

Chris Jericho vs. Gene Snitsky: Squash match but glad Jericho won, I am still wondering if he can end the Dead mans streak.

Chris Jericho Promo: Jericho is now a heel which IMO is awesome and this will knock off the roof and steal the show at Mania'

Paul London vs. Jamie Noble: Good Crusierweight action, glad to see London retain and I wonder what will happen at Mania.

Ricky Steamboat/Maven Promo: Maven always had expectations in my eyes as I thought he could go big. Well a match against Austin can certainly do that I hope he wins.

Triple H Promo: Triple H seems to be getting ready for Mania, looks intent and anxious IMO.

Kurt Angle vs. Rowdy Roddy Piper: Another squash match but the right man won. Can't wait for Hart now next week!

The Rock Promo: Awseome Promo, Very in character. HBK/Rock is gold and I can't wait.

Matt Hardy/JBL Promo: Very life-like promo as both men especially JBL was in character.

The Rock vs. Luther Reigns: good match for the main event but loved how it all ended when dx showed up. Lookin foward to maina!

Overall: 9.5/10. Good show as Mania is looking even better.

This is probauly my second review in your thread I've been really reading along but now expect reviews every show.
 
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ddmrko reviews Wolfy's SmackDown!

Great promo to open up the show. Steamboat makes the stipulation that neither man can touch each other. This has been done several times (probably several times in this thread) but the promo which follows makes it work. You have Heyman’s character down to a t as I felt like I was actually listen to Heyman put over the importance of Lesnar. Benoit comes out and the promo remains strong with Benoit and Lesnar exchanging verbal barbs. Really strong promo to kick off the show.

AMW beat AFA. I don’t expect AMW to get a match at Mania but maybe some sort of multi team match at the PPV.

Another strong promo here. Piper is on point and he lays into Angle. The ‘small penis’ theory may be a little outlandish but so is Piper. The Hot Rod explains perfectly why the match up at WrestleMania between Bret and Angle doesn’t mean much. Great job. At least Piper knows he’ll be destroyed.

Chris Jericho runs through Snitsky and cuts a promo afterward. Jericho’s promo was a little weird to say the least and didn’t make much sense. I guess it’ll make more sense as it continues to develop.

Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit still have a lot of animosity between them apparently. IMO Benoit needs that win next week, especially after all of the valid points Angle brought up. Should be a great match.

Paul London beats Jamie Noble. Basically just some more filler from people not on the Mania card.

Maven vs. Stone Cold next week. Expect a visit from Captain Charisma.

Oh shit. The Game wants his spot and he wants it now! I’ve heard of guys staying in the ring until they get what they want but not destroying WM to get what they want. You innovative SOB :D. Its like The Grinch who stole Christmas. I guess we can expect Shane to step up and face Triple H.

Angle runs through Piper and tries to break his ankle. Bret appeared on the tron. Hart cuts a pretty decent promo. He seemed a little off but I didn’t catch much of Hart’s promos so I cant be sure.

Rock promo was pretty good. Rock seemed to lose his focus a couple of times. The part where he runs down RAW locker room was good but other than that nothing of substance from Rocky tonight.

Nice promo from the competitors in the U.S. Title match, illustrating the desperation of JBL and the determination of Matt Hardy.
JBL said:
I can have it delivered to your home in North Carolina within twelve hours. I can have it in fresh notes, whatever alignment you wish, in $10 dollar bills, $20’s, whatever. Name it.
:lmao

Rock fights Reigns but DX interferes! Michaels lays Rocky out with the super kick and the bring the spray paint out. Nice closing segment and this feud between Rock and Michaels has really kicked into high gear.

Overall: 8.7 Better than RAW but not by much. Two really good shows in a row and the Mania card is looking really good.

RAW is up. YOU BETTER REVIEW OR…(*realizes who he’s talking to* :$) never mind. If you could drop a review that would be nice. :D
 
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Heat Results:

Lita defeated Gail Kim

Mark Henry defeated The Hurricane

Rene Dupree & Kenzo Suzuki defeated Roadkill & Danny Doring

Rey Mysterio defeated Mark Jindrak

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Velocity Results:

Rob Conway introduced himself to the fans, no longer as part of La Resistance, but as a break out singles star - The Con Man. He then defeated Hardcore Holly.

Kid Kash defeated Spike Dudley

The System Success defeated Two Jobbers

Matt Hardy defeated Test

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News and Notes:

It appears that Paul London has shaken off his injury that had been plagueing him in recent weeks, after coming through a number of lengthy matches in recent weeks.

However, it seems that the Cruiserweight Champions recovery has came a little too late, with the Wrestle Mania event now set in stone, and feuds built to a point of no return, it seems that Paul London will not feature at the MGM Grand, despite managements high feeling on London.

Expect Steve Austin to appear on Raw and Smackdown this week, after having the whole of last week off. The Rattlesnake is already expected to feature on Smackdown in Edmonton, facing Maven, but it's pretty likely that Austin will also show up in some form on Raw too.

Meanwhile, with Raw coming from from Montreal this Monday, rumours are running rampant that there could be some sort of 'screwjob' finish possible for the match up between The Rock and Garrison Cade.
The likelihood of a re-enactment of the famous Survivor Series 97 screw job isnt high though, with Bret Hart part of the company, and it's unlikely management will want to upset The Hitman, who is playing a pivotal role at this years Wrestle Mania.

Shawn Michaels is still said to be seething though at the majority of the Wrestle Mania hype falling onto the Angle - Hart match, believing his match up with The Rock should be billed as 'Match of The Night'. The Heart Break Kid has said as much in recent comments - even alluding to that on air at times - and is likely to be heel bent on stealing the show from his long term enemy at the MGM Grand.

The return of Kane has been building ever since the January 22nd Royal Rumble, and this Monday Night on Raw, it is expected we will find out when The Big Red Machine will be returning. That return date is expected to be Wrestle Mania, but it is unknown what role Kane will play.

It also appears that the focus of the Evolution - Foley/Hogan/Rhyno feud will now be between Foley and Flair. Hulk Hogan no showed Raw this week, and reports claim The Hulkster is fuming that Mick Foley has snuck up and taken away all the heat from the feud, which Hogan originally wanted to be just him and Flair at WM. Hogan WILL however be at Raw this week, although there is a strong chance it will be his last appearance before the March 26th event.

(I'll have a Smackdown preview up in a few days, but I'll not post a Raw preview, as it's only a recap this week.)

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Now, just to answer a few questions that came up from SD-

KOP- AMW vs TWGTT hasnt been officially announced yet. I mentioned it had been touted in a rumours post, but I hadnt officially announced the match.

Renegade - I understand the point you made on the Benoit - Angle bit, but I was trying to elude more along the lines of major title matches, or even big contender match ups. I realise how it read from the show, but the way I meant it was that Angle beleived he was such a bigger star than Benoit that Benoit wouldnt be accepted as champion unless he beat him first.

Deadman - You'll be impressed with SD's match reports next week. Especially Benoit and Angle. My favourite recapped match of all time, by a long, long distance.

Overall actually, I'd say this weeks Raw recap could rank as my favourite non full show I've ever wrote, and I honestly think next weeks Smackdown is one of my all time favourite weekly shows that I've written, and am really excited just to post it.
Anyways, I'll be posting the Raw recap tomorrow. I know it's only two days after posting a full SD, but last weeks setback has forced me to cramp a number of shows together in order to reach the December 15th deadline I've set for WM.

Matches for Raw this week include;

Randy Orton & John Cena vs Christian & Tyson Tomko

The Rock vs Garrison 'HB' Cade

The Worlds Greatest Tag Team vs Rene Dupree & Kenzo Suzuki (World Tag Team Championships Match)

 
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Smackdown was pretty impressive. Some things are insipidly repetitive such as Angle defeating a legend with the Angle Lock, and The Rock facing Degeneration X, but in all, it has been a good run so far. I am dissapointed by the Stone Cold no show, but at least he will be at both Raw and Smackdown next week, compensating for the respite taken this week. Maven portrayed himself as a joke. Benoit and Lesnar had a very good promo to open the show, and although I am not too keen on physical restrictions between people as I feel that it is done all the time before Wrestlemania, I like it here because both Lesnar and Benoit are aggressors. Jericho let the fans turn him heel, so that should be interesting.

I am glad to see that you are pumped up about your shows because I am too. Only twenty five more days till Wrestlemania!
 
#1,767 ·
Sad to hear that there isn't any room for London or the CW belt on WM this year :(

Interesting notes on Austin being on both RAW & SD! this week, wonder what he'll do on RAW? Rock's match is of course gonna be marred in controversy with all of DX there, so I'll expect something.

Other notes at interesting too, seeing as it will be mainly focused on Foley vs Flair, not all 3 mens hatred for him, as they all have their reasons. Kane I think has something to do with a big match of sorts, I'm guessing maybe the MITB matchup

Thanks for clearing up the Benoit/Angle thing, and it seems that a Champion vs Champion match for the tag belts maybe building up, WGTT vs AMW will be sweet.

I'll still review RAW as always.
 
#1,768 ·
Again, I'm sorry for pushing on so quickly with the shows, but here is Raw. Also, for those wondering, I'll be giving back the reviews from SD tomorrow. (Setting aside Wednesdays and Sundays for giving reviews back)

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Raw; March 6th; Montreal:

Six Man Tag Match opens the show up right away, with Rey Mysterio teaming up with Booker T & Goldust to face one of his 4 WM opponents, Edge & The Heart Throbs. Mysterio gets redemption for the past two weeks of falling prey to Edge, getting a pin fall victory over The Rated ‘R’ Superstar, taking him by surprise with a small package after Edge missed the Spear.

Todd Grisham then conducts an interview with Randy Orton, with the Legend Killer letting John Cena know that tonight, he’ll team with him because he has to, but Cena better keep his eyes at the back of his head, because Randy Orton is out for revenge.

Shaniqua disposes of Jazz in a physical womens encounter, earning her a title shot at Wrestle Mania against her intended target, the woman who took the belt from her in October, Trish Stratus.

Christian and Tyson Tomko chat backstage about Smackdown last week, with both making fun of the show, saying they felt the urge to jump off a cliff after the two hour show felt like two days. They eventually get around to the announcement of Austin vs. Maven this week, with Christian calling it an ‘interesting’ match up.

THE SIXTH MAN TO BE INDUCTED INTO THE HALL OF FAME FOR 2006 … JAKE ‘THE SNAKE’ ROBERTS.

Following a commercial, DX hit the ring, to one of the strongest heel reactions in recent history, coming from Montreal, directly solely at Shawn Michaels, the perpetrator behind the Screw Job here in 1997. Predictably, HBK starts off with comments on that incident, even getting a few digs on Bret Hart, shooting slightly, by saying all the hype is behind Angle and Hart, whilst elsewhere on the card, two icons that can both still go (referring to himself and Rock), is being shunted away, but is still set to steal the show.

After a brief “We want Bret” chant, HBK lets the fans know that Hart isn’t a Raw guy, and you can see him on the ‘other’ show, this Thursday night. Quickly, Michaels moves on to The Rock, and talks about his match with Cade later tonight. He boasts about the 4 on 1 assault on Smackdown last week, before complementing Rock on having the cohonas to still come to Raw after that four nights ago.

This leads to The Rock’s music interrupting, to a HUGE pop. The Great One hit’s the stage, and paces around for a few moments, thinks about what he wants to say, then goes through his Finally, The Rock has… bit, but once he says Montreal, The Rock declares that he didn’t come to Raw to talk … he came to fight.
With that, The Rock storms to the ring, pulling out a pipe from the back of his pants, which has DX quickly scarper, before Rock can connect. DX back away, as Rock signals for them to Just Bring It.

Now, after another commercial, we find out that the match between The Rock and Garrison Cade wont be happening later … but will be up after the next commercial!!!

Carlito joins J.R and Coach on commentary now though for the upcoming match …

Ken Kennedy defeats Road Warrior Animal (One Night Only Appearance), in a short contest, mainly to give Kennedy another win, over a name that doesn’t need to be protected. CCC constantly rips into Kennedy, and his other WM opponents, from commentary, and after the match up, both men exchange words off mic, leading to a short brawl, which ends with both men being split up by referees.

Wrestle Mania Recall - XXI - John Cena beats Randy Orton, in the ‘Youngest Wrestle Mania Main Event’ to claim his first ever World Title.

J.R and Coach discuss that moment last year, and move on to hyping that rematch at this years event, along with the remainder of the card so far.

After a commercial, Lillian Garcia begins to speak, introducing the next match, when THE LIGHTS GO OUT.
All of the recent messages from Kane are all quickly replayed, with the titan tron messages, the laugh, the words from Kane, before finally, the titan tron reveals that Kane will return - AT WRESTLEMANIA.
As the message is shown, Kanes trademark pyro shoots from the ring posts, and the lights come back, whilst *Slow Chemical* plays for a few seconds. Eventually, it stops, and DX music hits, for the upcoming match.

Garrison Cade DEFEATS The Rock, with a screw job finish, with Michaels instrumental in the ending. Rock fights off DX, who all attack with Cade at the beginning, before the match settles down, once DX are sent to the back. It spreads over a commercial, with Cade surprisingly holding his own with the ten time champion. Rock though, begins to take over, and looks set to wrap up the win, but Cade elbows out of the Rock Bottom, sending Rock into the referee. The match breaks down, with Cade looking to score a low blow, but missing, and Rock this time, connects with a Rock Bottom.

This move instantly sees DX rush to the ring, and despite trying his best, Rock is unable to beat off the three men, with Sweet Chin Music putting down a spirited Rock. HBK looks to be enjoying the heat he is generating, and spots the referee getting back to his senses. HBK trips the referee down, whilst Reigns clobbers Rock with a steel chair, and Jindrak drags Cade onto The Peoples Champion. HBK now applies The Sharpshooter to the referee ala Bret Hart at Wrestle Mania last year, with the referee, out of senses, taps the mat a number of times, but as soon as he does a third time, the bell rings, signalling the end of the match.

HBK keeps the submission locked on, whilst cans and garbage are thrown at him, until the official announcement is made, in case the decision was over turned. Finally he releases, and DX get out of the ring quickly, carrying a groggy, but over the moon, Garrison Cade, who has just picked up the biggest win of his career, over a certified legend.

DX hold Cade up on their shoulders, celebrating the win, whilst in the ring, The Rock regains his senses, and stares up the ramp, livid that DX got one over on him, yet again.

After a commercial, we see DX speeding out of the arena, afraid of a backlash from The Rock.

TWGTT retain the tag team titles once more, this time over Rene Dupree and Kenzo Suzuki. J.R and Coach discuss the lack of teams left now on Raw for them to beat.

WRESTLE MANIA COUNTDOWN

- 20 DAYS - UNTIL DREAMS BECOME REALITY.

Evolution come to the ring, with Flair immediately running down all three of their WM opponents, setting the stage for the six man tag. Hogan, Foley and Rhyno all then interrupt, with emotions running high between the six men. Dinsmore accuses Foley of being a hypocrite for criticizing him about being Eugene, whilst he pretended to live in the boiler room for years.

Foley comes back though, and defends his Mankind character, telling Dinsmore that he didn’t try and fool everyone into getting their sympathy, and that the Mankind character wasn’t a ruse, unlike Eugene, but it was, and still is, a state of mind.

The war of words continue, with Flair and Hogan having a few digs in at each other, and Rhyno gets a few words in, along with Batista, before Hogan decides to test out the Evolution trio, signing a match next week in a 6 Man Tag Match. Flair accepts the match, but also makes a match, signing Rhyno to a match … against Randy Orton. The segment comes to an end without the expected brawl, but with a stand off instead.

Quick interview with RVD, who continues his face turn, with a basic face-like promo, and hypes the MITB / I.C Title Match at WM. In the background, Bill Alfonso shakes his head, not happy with RVD.

In the main event, Christian and Tyson Tomko take on Randy Orton and John Cena, for an extremely hot main event. The tension between Cena and Orton is explosive, with the fans into seeing them rip each other apart, but both keep their cool, and team together for the duration.

Long main event, with both sides in control, and each tag made between Cena and Orton getting harder and harder as the match wears on, with a few blind tags, adding to the tension. Randy Orton eventually has Christian set up for an RKO … but Cena blind tags, slapping the back of Orton HARD. Cena blasts into the ring, and gets Christian set up for the FU, but Orton blind tags back in, and drags Christian back off, and gets into Cenas face.

Montreal comes alive, as the two WM opponents share the centre of the ring, bickering back and forth, until Orton strikes Cena, and Cena strikes back, sparking a brawl between the two, leading outside the ring. Christian and Tomko stand in the ring, enjoying the entertainment, whilst the referee has his attention diverted to the outside.

The fans reaction goes from loud to crazy, as the camera picks up STEVE AUSTIN running down the ramp, carrying two cans of beer. He creeps into the ring, and sneaks up behind Christian, waiting for him to turn around, and when he does, AUSTIN OPENS ONE CAN IN HIS FACE, with the beer comedically spraying into Captain Charismas face. Christian staggers around the ring, whilst Austin knocks down Tomko with the can to the face, before going back to stomping a mudhole on Christian.

Tomko gets back up, but is met with a Stunner!!! Christian also gets to his feet, but like Tyson, he faces a Stunner, courtesy of The Rattlesnake!!! Austin toasts the fans a beer before exiting back out of the ring, not being spotted by the referee. Meanwhile, Cena and Orton brawl back into the ring, with Cena pushing away an attempted RKO, before scooping the #1 Contender up, delivering an FU … onto Christian!!! Cena again tells Orton “You cant see me”, and immediately leaves the ring, whilst the referee makes the count, with Orton on top of Christian from the FU, 1...2...3!!!

Cena gets the belt, and walks up the ramp, not even slightly bothered about his team winning, whilst we see the other three men sprawled out on the canvas, as the show goes off the air.

END OF SHOW

 
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Da Wolf Guy's Raw Recapped Review:

Mysterio gets a win over one of his opponent, sounds fine with me as he's heading into 'Mania right now on a high note, let's see if he can keep it up and maybe walk out with the MITB contract.

Cena's pumped for tonight, surprised we haven't seen a heel turn from Orton yet.

Glad to see the women's match has been offically announced for 'Mania now. Shaniqua/Trish really is the best feud right now you could have done and it's been building for awhile of course.

Christian will most likely be on SD this week, mark my words.

Good little promo and it would have been fun to read had it not been recapped. Seems pretty cool and Rock/Cade tonight will be ok, guessing Rocky takes the win after fighting off D-X.

Kennedy gets a good win over a legend, nice to see another match being hyped for the Roll of the Dice match and I could see Kennedy/Carlito feuding after 'Mania maybe for the title, who knows?

Interesting, Kane returns come 'Mania. Looking cool.

Wow, good match and you did go through with the Screwjob, great heat for HBK and this really does add on to making this feud get even more heated up. I really can't wait till both men get in the ring.

Wow, good little match made for next week kinda punishing Foley and Hogan per say in the Orton/Rhyno match. I'm expecting tons of interference to go down, really that could be the key factors.

Well, main event was good. Cena F-U's Orton and Cena continues to get the best of the Legend Killer. Not surprised Austin showed up, redemption this week whenever Christian costs Austin his match I believe.
 
#1,770 ·
What else can I say man. Mania is coming quickly and you are continuing to hit homers out of the park. Great way to open the show with Mysterio winning. As far as the Montreal segment went, I knew, that despite what you said, you were going to do it anyway, for Michaels to get more heat on himself. Great debate about Mankind with Foley and Dinsmore. State of mind. What a way to end the show. Cena and Orton go at it, and as a team, and thanks to a FU from Cena to Orton, Orton beats Christian. Mania is going to be fire. Can't wait till December 15th. Oh, and if you can drop a review for some of my shows, that will be greatly apperciated.
 
#1,771 ·
Great RAW Recap! I'm not going to leave a full review but I will give some good and bad from the show,

Good:
-The ending to the main event
-The promo from RVD
-Mysterio winning over Edge

Bad:
-DX beating up the Rock again
-No Taker or Jericho?
 
#1,772 ·
Not too fond of Jake "The Snake" Roberts being inducted into the Hall of Fame. Just an interesting fact that you may have not known, he never won a singles title. Not against tag team guys being inducted, but he did not have one partner he kept forever like The Animals or Dudleys. Though, I heard he invented the DDT name.

Shawn Michaels's promo in Montreal in August of 2005 was brilliantly done, and I am sure this one would be the same with him just using Bret to garner even more heat. He does make a good point as a lot of focus has been with Angle and Hart. Still, I am looking forward to this one more than Angle and Hart. The Rock is here on Raw, which is good to see because he is working two days a week, but I am upset that DX ran away.

The father of a top college linebacker is defeated, oh no. I do not like it when legends appear to be defeated, unhyped. It does give Mr. Kennedy ... Kennedy a big win though.

Ha, you stole the Bret Hart, Stone Cold, and Vince McMahon ending from the match last year! Very good move to bring us to Wrestlemania! Cade already lost to The Rock, so it makes sense for him to get the win. This is why you are who you are, because of this.

I like the exchange between Eugene and Foley arguing over Mankind. It is sort of like three mini fueds combined into one. I can be assured that Hogan will be leaving after Wrestlemania, right? RIGHT!?

RVD was not really a face last week ...

Once again, great finish! Stone Cold comes down to the ring to take Christian and Tomko out of their dream world after they should have been beaten, but tensions run too high between Cena and Orton. F - U and RKO would have both worked for the win, but a great touch.

Wrestlemania ... almost here!

I am now the second highest poster in this thread, behind you.
 
#1,773 ·
Read through the show Wolfy and it was fantastic. A review is coming your way very shortly man.
 
#1,774 ·
Odd fillerish 6 man tag to kick the show off just to get Rey & Edge on the card. Orton is gonna work his match, but I think he'll end up hitting an RKO to Cena. Shaniqua continues her rampage towards Trish, I hope she doesn't win back the belt, as if she does, no one is gonna beat her

Jake the Snake is a fair go choice to be inducted

DX is here and a typical start from HBK to the Montreal fans. I believe what he said about Rock/HBK stealing the show, I agree with that statement. Rock hits the ring with a pipe and DX scramble, and later we will see Rock/Cade, which should be good. Kennedy beats Animal, surprised to see him around, and then he and Carlito brawl for a bit

Kane is back at Wrestlemania! I knew it!

Cade actually goes over The Rock? Wow, wasn't expecting that. And the screw job happens, a big insult to the Canadian fans. DX then rub it in celebrating and hightail it out of the arena, away from The Rock

WGTT win again, and it seems their match with AMW has to be made tonight or next week, so there can be some sort of build

Seemed like a hot promo between Foley/Hogan/Rhyno vs Flair/Batista/Disnmore, and some big matches made for next week, with Rhyno taking on Orton in what should be awesome, and then Evolution involved in a 6 man tag

Alfonso is gonna leave RVD's side soon, and maybe allign himself with Kennedy? Dunno, but he won't be around for much longer IMO

Main event is gonna be sweet, but it's not long before Orton & Cena come to blows to what would be a moment to see, and AUSTIN IS HERE! Beer to the face of Christian and a smash to Tomko! Austin hits both men with a Stunner and leaves, and Cena FU's Orton onto Christian, and thus Orton wins!

What an ending, brilliant recap, if only this one was in full :(
 
#1,775 ·
arjun14626rko said:
Not too fond of Jake "The Snake" Roberts being inducted into the Hall of Fame. Just an interesting fact that you may have not known, he never won a singles title. Not against tag team guys being inducted, but he did not have one partner he kept forever like The Animals or Dudleys. Though, I heard he invented the DDT name.
He invented the move. He was also one of the main draws for the WWF in the mid - late 80's.

I realize that a few people are pretty skeptical of me taking over the SD! side of this thread after WM due to knowing so little of me. All I can really say for now is wait and see before you judge, although I have been thinking of posting a sample show in another thread, just to get you all familiar with my writing.

The buildup to WM from both sides has been amazing and coming from someone who has already viewed all of the upcoming shows leading to WM, I'll personally vouch for Da Wolf Guy and tell you all that your in for quite in the next few weeks with some of the best quality shows I've ever had the pleasure of reading.

~Snap~
 
#1,776 ·
Raw Recap Review- ORRY420

Decent choice for the opener, nice little match to get the crowd involved, and to build the feud between Edge and MYsterio heading into Mania. Rey Rey picks up the win here, and is looking good heading into the Roll of the Dice Match.

Standard promo from the Legend Killer, adding further build to his blockbuster feud with the WWE Champion. Orton looks prime for a heel turn any week now, will we see it tonight?

Shaniqua vs. Jazz would be on hell of a physical womens match, and it's good to see the Number 1 Contender looking strong at the end of the encounter. Trish/Shanigua is made official fro WM, and I wouldn't be suprised to see the mad woman take the gold.

Christian and Tomko look confident despite the fact that Maven of all people will be taking on the Rattle Snake. Captain Charisma must have a plan up his sleeve, but what is it?

Jake the Snake is a great choice tpo be the 6 man inducted into the HOF, and will make an awesome addition to this years inductees.

DX Segment would have been fantastic written out in full, but just from the recap you can still feel the deep personal issues and the hatred these particular men share for each other. Rocky comes out and cleanse house- I wonder if he will do the sma tonight against Cade?

Interesting choice for Kennedy's opponent here, I personally would have gone with Van Dam to further build the RotD Match, but in any event the Loudmouth picks up the win and is looking good for the MITB Contract.

I can't wait for the return of Kane, and it will be very interesting to see what kind of impact he makes!

Suprisingly, Cade defeats The Rock, due to the help of DX! HBK and Co get the better of the Great One on this night, but you can be sure the Peoples Champ will be out for revenge, maybe a rematch against Cade on Smackdown?

TWGTT defeat Dupree and Kenzo in a filler to get them on the show. I wopnder what plans yopu have in store for the Champs? Will they play a role at WM?

Evolution/Dinsmore vs. Hogan/Flair/Rhyno segment ws fantastic, a great way to further build this very enjoyable feud. Rhyno/Orton should be off the charts, and could be the match Randy officially turns?

Quick interview from RVD to get him on the show. I doubt he'll win at WM, but I am enjoying his recent face turn.

Awesome main event, just fantasic.Orton and Cena don't last long before they come to blows, which is to be expected. In the confusion, Stone Cold makes an appearance, Stunning both Christian and Tomko! Wow! Cena F-U's Orton onto Christian, and this one is over.

Great recapped highlighted by a brilliant ending. Another great show mate, WM will be one for the ages! 8.5/10
 
#1,777 ·
Smackdown

Strong opening promo from steamboat, benoit and lesnar, which nicely sets up the mania main event a bit more. No contact between them is good, and I can only guess that we are going to see them either try and up each other in matches, or a lot of promos between them. title changing hands on a DQ/countout will be good as well

AMW get a nice win, but shame to see AFA lose, as they are a great tag team. Looking less and less likely that we will have a tag match at Mania

Good promo from Piper, but he will suffer the same fate as all the others who have faced Angle in his heel run.

Jericho gets a nice win over Snitsky, just to get him a bit of heat, and then the crowd choose Taker over him, which they would do. Jericho confirms he will be the heel for the mania match, but I’m not sure whether he turns face again after mania

Benoit/Angle next week will be brilliant, as their Nemesis match is still my favourite match that I’ve seen in BTB… guessing Benoit gets the win, maybe with a bit of help from Hart

London gets a good win over Noble and ends that feud, but it doesn’t look like he will be on the mania card, but maybe on Sunday Night Heat instead

Maven vs. Austin next week will be good to see, and this gimmick that Maven has is working so far I feel. Pretty sure that he gets the win to be honest, with Christian costing Austin the match, although it could just be a squash

HHH is sure to do something at Mania, and I’m still thinking that one of the mcmahons faces him, but I’m getting a feeling that something else may be in the works, with a surprise opponent for him. Anyway, very good promo from HHH

Angle beats Piper, but then Bret shows on the titantron and says that he will be on s/down next week. Looking forward to that happening, and seeing what happens between them

Rock cuts what can only be seen as a good promo, but nothing special as it was the same, usual stuff that he does. Still, hypes the main event which will be a good match

Interesting idea with the hardy/jbl promo, which gave hardy a huge boost, and gives the feud a different angle. Hardy doesn’t accept any money to give up his shot, and this has got me back into this feud, which hadn’t really begun before

Main event looked to be a good match, but ends in a DQ as DX get the upper hand on the Rock, beating the hell out of him which is the kind of thing that they would do. DX get their revenge this week, but I guess the Rock will try and do something on Raw next time

Raw

Kind of filler match to start the show, but gets edge and rey on the card, and gives rey a win back for the last 2 weeks. Still no out and out favourite for the roll of the dice match, but Edge should win it

Orton wants revenge on Cena, and one of them will turn on the other at some point in the match, but I think Cena may be the one who leaves with the advantage

Shaniqua confirms that she will be facing Trish at Mania, and it will be interesting to see if Trish can upset the odds again and keep the title

Guessing that Christian and Tomko are going to Smackdown this week to interfere in the Austin/Maven match which I could see coming. But Austin gets the first laugh by showing up in the main event tonight

DX come out, and cut the typical promo that HBK would cut on Canada, and making fun of Bret infront of his home crowd to speak off, before the Rock comes out to fight, leading to DX running away. Would have been a great segment here, which is what normally happens in Canada

Kennedy beats Animal, to give him a big win, as Carlito rips into him on the commentary, which would have been good to hear

Kane comes back at Wrestlemania, but the big question is what will he be doing? Have no idea yet, but it adds some intrigue to the event

Now where have I seen that finish to a match been done before??? You wait a whole year for someone to do it, and then 2 bookers do it inside a week… great finish to the match, and gets a load of heat on DX, and gives Cade a huge win. Rock will have something to say about that on Smackdown I think, and he will be coming for revenge

WGTT beat another team on Raw, and the comments by the commentators mean that they are likely to face AMW now, as that seemed to be the hint given by them

Good promo from the men in the 6 man tag match, with them all running down each other well. Clever use of the mankind gimmick there, as it is a kind of valid comment that dinsmore made. 6 man tag next week will be good, and I guess they get the win, and Rhyno vs. Orton will also be an interesting match

Cant say anything from the RVD promo really, but I don’t see him winning at mania

Great main event, which had a perfect ending. Austin coming down was great, and loved the interference from him, opening the beer can in christian’s face, and then giving him and tomko the stunner. FU from Cena to Orton was good to see as well, and Cena has had Orton’s number as of late, but it gives them the win as well
 
#1,778 ·
Smackdown Preview:

Anticipation is building into a frenzy for Wrestle Mania which is just two and a half weeks away, but before March 26th, The Sky Reach Centre in Edmonton hosts what is being billed as the biggest Smackdown of all time this Thursday night!!!

Chris Benoit returns home, just two and a half weeks away from the biggest test of his career, as the Number Contender prepares to challenge Brock Lesnar at the MGM Grand, and The Rabid Wolverine will be in action, facing his arch enemy, Kurt Angle.

Angle agreed to meet Benoit last week, after the two men ran into one another backstage, where they spilt into an argument over both mens capabilities, and matches ahead of WrestleMania.

Now, these two men attempt to lock horns once again, re-opening their long running issues, in what promises to be a match of the year candidate, as it always is.

Meanwhile, Alberta is set to welcome home the national hero this Thursday, and Angles opponent come WrestleMania, the man who has not been seen since The Royal Rumble - Bret Hart.

Hart is expected to be given in ring time to talk to the home state fans, and will surely have some words for Kurt Angle too, in another moment likely to be remembered for a long time to come.

And, as if that wasnt enough, another sure fire Hall of Famer is also in action. 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin will compete for the first time in the ring since The Royal Rumble, as he tackles the cocky Tough Enough I winner, Maven. From Mavens prospective, HE is the future Hall of Famer, and it is Austins biggest match to date - but make no mistake, Maven faces a major task this Thursday night when he takes on arguably the greatest WWE Champion of all time in Edmonton.

Also, Interim General Manager Ricky Steamboat has announced two other huge matches for this Thursday nights show, with one being a Championship Match.

Americas Most Wanted, who have been on a major role as of late, face the team of William Regal & Lance Storm with the titles at stake once more, whilst the Cruiserweight Champion, Paul London is given a huge challenge too, as he prepares to take on former 9 time World Champion, 'The Game' Triple H.

Paul London has proven in the past to be no pushover despite the opponent, and came within seconds last September of defeating Triple H, before falling prey to The King of Kings. Now, with Triple H still fuming over missing out on having any role at Wrestle Mania, will Londons main goal to be just to survive??

And, wwe.com can exclusively reveal that after the incident that occured this past Monday Night on Raw, Chris Jericho has offered The Rock the chance to appear on his Highlight Reel to express his feelings on DX actions in Montreal, and The Rock has agreed. What will The Peoples Champ have to say this Thursday Night??

This all goes down on the most jam packed two hour show in Smackdown history, Thursday Night in Edmonton. It's certain to be a 'must see' edition of Smackdown on the Road to Wrestle Mania.

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Smackdown will be up on Sunday, and as I've said before, I strongly beleive this is one of my best weekly shows ever, with my favourite non fully written match as the main event.
 
#1,779 ·
Great recapped Raw Wolfy. Six man tag seemed pretty good, liked Mysterio getting the pinfall victory in that one, as he's one of my favorites in this thread. I'm hoping he can walk out with the MITB contract, as that'd be great. Shaniqua/Trish for Mania sounds great, and could be a good match if written well in my mind. Kennedy/Animal sounded decent, and the Kennedy/Carlito feud is brewing and should be good for the coming weeks. Cannot wait for Kane to return. Haven't been reading this thread for too long, where'd he go? Cade wins in a screwjob!? Oh that's orignial. :p I'm joking, it's a good idea and makes sense considering the location. Match made for next week sounds interesting, really builds up the Hogan/Flair feud. Main event was very good, loved the ending and this Cena/Orton thing is really starting to heat up. A review is coming your way for SD!, and cannot wait for Mania man!
 
#1,782 ·
Smackdown looks awesome Wolfy, a review is coming when posted.
 
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