Stojy

The show is finally here. I'm not sure what the reaction to this show is going to be like as I believe it gets the job done, without being overly great. Have fun reading anyway, y'all.

WWE Monday Night Raw
Armstrong Stadium, Hampton, Virginia
August 22, 2005

Before the show officially begins, a video is played on the titantron, showing all the memorable moments that took place, at last night’s biggest PPV of the summer, Summerslam. These moments include Chris Benoit forcing Orlando Jordan to submit to the Crippler Crossface to win the WWE United States Championship, followed by Edge defeating Matt Hardy via referee stoppage in one of the most brutal matches in recent WWE history, after kicking Hardy in the face, busting him open in the process, and then just pummeling on him until the referee conscience told him to stop the match up. Next up are the highlights of what had to be the most emotionally charged match up on the card, when Rey Mysterio grasped the briefcase in a ladder match to defeat Eddie Guerrero and win the custody of “his son” Dominick. The most emotional contest of the night is followed by the most uncontested contest of the night as Kurt Angle easily disposed of the mentally challenged Eugene, eventually making him submit to the most dangerous submission hold in the WWE, the Ankle Lock. After this match up, ‘The Legend Killer’ Randy Orton was able to destroy another legend with the help of his father ‘Cowboy’ Bob Orton when he defeated ‘The Phenom’ of the WWE in The Undertaker, before gold became a factor, as WWE Champion John Cena retained his title by fending off a feisty Chris Jericho. Next up was the Smackdown main event in which Batista dominated John Bradshaw Layfield, before finishing him off with a Batista Bomb to retain his World Heavyweight Championship. Following this, in the Raw main event, Hulk Hogan was able to defeat the ever arrogant Shawn Michaels with his patented Leg Drop.

After the pyrotechnic display fills up the Armstrong Stadium and gets all the fans pumped, an immediate mixed reaction {leaning more towards a positive reaction} is heard as the chairman of the WWE Vince McMahon makes his way to the ring, his patented walk on full display as per usual. Once in the ring, much to the delight of the crowd, the owner of the WWE immediately brings up the firing of Eric Bischoff late last night, and how now McMahon was indeed back and better than ever. McMahon talks about how now the WWE is going to be Vince McMahon’s WWE, which means he does what he wants, when he wants, and if no Raw Superstars like it then they just need to speak up, and they’ll be fired on the spot. Vinnie Mac then decides to throw a few cheap shots at the audience, telling them that he knows Jesus couldn’t have been born in Hampton, Virginia, because in the whole damn place, you can’t find three wise men, or a virgin. After this statement, the asshole chants begin to reign in at a frantic pace, much like the days of old, but McMahon doesn’t seem to care. The Chairman of the Board turns his attention towards last night’s Summerslam, and talks about what a success it was for his company. He claims that there was only one problem with the event, and it was the fact that a thug retained the WWE Championship, when John Cena defeated one of the greatest wrestlers this industry has ever seen, Chris Jericho. McMahon claims that it was a travesty, and justice must be served, so in just under four weeks at Unforgiven. John Cena will defend the WWE Championship against…

Before McMahon can finish his announcement, he is surprisingly interrupted by the only Olympic Gold Medalist in the WWE, Kurt Angle. Angle’s crowd reaction is very mixed to say the least, the crowd not sure what to think of Angle interrupting the boss; however, McMahon tries to keep things pleasant, immediately asking Angle what he needs. The ever intense Angle yells straight in McMahon’s face, probably spitting all over him to, telling him to cut the crap. Angle demands to have his name put in title contention because with the performances he has put on over the past few weeks show there is nobody better than him going around at the moment, take last night for example when she squashed the fuck out of Eugene. The owner of the WWE’s following decision was a terrible one, as he decides to puff out his chest, and yell back at Angle, claiming that nobody disrespects him, because this is his WWE, and this is his Raw brand, and if Angle ever does anything of this sort again, he may be selling his gold medals to make money to provide for his family, because he’ll be out of a job. After this, it seems as if everything has frozen for a moment, before Angle pie faces McMahon straight down to the mat and stands over him. McMahon, not being a weak man, was able to hold onto his microphone as he fell, and he gave in, saying fine, if you want to prove yourself so bad, you can. Tonight, Angle will face somebody who has proven he is worthy of being the number one contender in the main event: tonight, Kurt Angle will go one on one with Mr. Money in the Bank, Edge. Angle smirks and nods his head at this announcement, while McMahon looks furious, remaining on the canvas, as we go to our first commercial break of the night.

Carlito © vs. Shelton Benjamin
WWE Intercontinental Championship

As we return from the commercial break, we are treated to some pretty good action, as we see Carlito defending the IC Title against Shelton Benjamin. It’s a pretty even contest, especially in the early stages, but just as it looks like Benjamin is going to find a way to victory, ‘Lito seems to be able to stop his momentum. After a solid six minutes of action, Benjamin really began to start cooking, nailing a Dragon Whip and getting a near fall, before trying to follow up with a Stinger Splash in the corner, but unfortunately for him, Carlito was able to move out of the way, sending Benjamin face first into the turnbuckle pads, and when Benjamin staggered out of the corner, ‘Lito was there to nail him with a textbook Reverse DDT. From there, the athleticism was taken out of the contest, as Carly seemed to have adapted the old ground and pound, generic WWE style of offense; however, unlike most of the shit on the roster, he was able to still make it exciting, with his brilliant charisma. After pure domination from the current IC Champion, he decides to head to the top rope, and he comes down with a picture perfect Crossbody, however Benjamin rolled through and 1,2, ‘Lito kicked out at two.

This little incident just seemed to tick ‘Lito off, as he quickly nails a Clothesline, on the ever resilient and ever impressive Shelton Benjamin. Carlito then signals that the end is near and looks to nail a Powerbomb, but Benjamin is able to reverse it into a Hurricanrana, and managed to stay in a mounted position, and begin pretty much punching the shit out of the apple spitting superstar. Not one to be outdone, Carly shows a tremendous amount of strength, reversing the mount position and he begins whaling away on Benji, until the referee finally makes a break. Straight from the break, Carlito tries to go in for the kill, but out of nowhere, Shelton damn near knocks him unconscious with an impressive looking Spinning Heel Kick. The referee began to make his count as both men were down, but eventually Benji takes a leaf out of HBK’s shoes and nips up, and noticing ‘Lito is still down, he heads to the top rope and waits for the IC Champ to get to a vertical base, before nailing his opponent with a Clothesline from the top rope. This maneuver produced a near fall, as did the next two as Shelton was finally able to nail the Stinger Splash in the corner, and with great intelligence, he used ‘Lito’s unique afro to hit a weird looking Bulldog.

The resilience of the Intercontinental Champion probably began to cause Benji some psychological pain, and it probably would have caused him some physical pain too, because as Benji tried to hook Carly for the T Bone Suplex, Carly was able to quickly snap off a DDT. Carlito got up comfortably before Benji even began to stir, and gave Benjamin the ultimate humiliation, he spat his apple in Shelton’s face. The facial expressions on the ever talented all American could tell the whole story, as he quickly got up, but ‘Lito was waiting and looked to hit the Back Cracker, but Benjamin held onto the ropes, which lead to Carly going back first straight into the canvas. Benjamin then began stalking Carlito, a fire in his eyes the likes of which haven’t been seen since he was defeating Triple H in 2004, and goes to hook in the T Bone, however he let’s go of the lifeless Carlito, as Chris Masters has run down the ramp, stepping on the apron, distracting Benji. The distraction worked a treat, as Benji staggered straight into a Back Cracker, and in a matter of three seconds it was made clear, that the man from the Caribbean, Carlito, was still the WWE Intercontinental Champion, partly due to the interference from ‘The Masterpiece’ Chris Masters.

Result: Carlito def. Shelton Benjamin to retain the WWE Intercontinental Championship

After the contest is over, ‘Lito goes to spit in the face of Benjamin again; however, Benjamin quickly nips up and goes to town on ‘Lito with thunderous right hands. Unfortunately for him, he forgot about Carlito’s lackey (yeah, that’s right, I said it) Chris Masters, who quickly hooks Benjamin from behind and locks in the deadly Masterlock. Benji fought for a little while, however in the end, he was no match for the strength of Masters who put Benji out, and just as the unpopular duo were about to leave, Carly made sure to stomp on Shelton just a few more times, before heading to a commercial break.

Back from the commercial break, and everybody’s attention is drawn to the titantron where a video of ‘great’ importance is playing. It is a video hyping the return of Triple H, and what a great video it is, showing all his great moments such as leading DX, marrying Stephanie McMahon, and becoming a multiple time WWE and World Heavyweight Champion. The video ends with “The Game is back on… soon.”

From there, we head to the backstage area, right near the entrance of the arena, and in walks the man, the myth, the legend, Hulk Hogan. He is already dressed in all of his red and yellow glory, and he seems to be in a very upbeat mood, as he shakes hands with some of the jobbers of the roster, getting congratulated on the wonderful performance he put on last night.

We then return to the arena, where a new team are set to make their in ring debut, and they are Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch, collectively known as The Redneck Wrecking Crew. The slimmer of the two, Cade, has a microphone in hand, and begins to speak in the usual hard to understand drawl that comes out of anybodies mouth that are from Texas. Cade let’s everybody know just who they are, which I did above, and let’s the audience know that they are the greatest thing to ever step foot in a WWE ring. They are apparently bigger than John Bradshaw Layfield, bigger than Stone Cold Steve Austin, and definitely bigger than Billy Gunn, they are the best of the best and they are the next World Tag Team Champions. The crowd doesn’t seem to like this new team, reigning heat down upon them, however it’s ignored by Cade, who slickly throws the microphone to his flabby, pale friend, Trevor Murdoch. Murdoch, clearly the more energetic, or at least more psycho of the two, starts yelling and spitting all over the microphone, challenging anybody from the back to come to the ring, and prove them wrong. As luck may have it, they are going to get to test themselves against the best straight up, as their challenge is answered by none other than the World Tag Team Champions themselves, The Superheroes, The Hurricane and Rosey. Hurricane quickly gets on the stick, letting the two rednecks know that they are just another two villains that he and his superhero in training will have to take out of town, while the S.H.I.T. (Super Hero In Training) nods his head stupidly, agreeing with everything that his mentor is saying.

The Hurricane and Rosey © vs. The Redneck Wrecking Crew
Non Title Match

The match up surprisingly started off cleanly, with both teams choosing which man will begin, and it seems as though both team ‘captains’ will start, as The Hurricane and Lance Cade remain in the ring, while their partners go and stand on the apron. The Hurricane begins the match rather stupidly, trying to battle Cade in a test of strength, and despite the help of the crowd, he gets thrown straight into his own corner. However, he’s a persistent little bastard as he tries the exact same thing again, and garners the exact same result. The green machine then decided to tag in his ‘round’ partner in Rosey, and this time Rosey was able to throw Cade into the corner, but this only frustrated Cade who quickly got up and leaped at Rosey attempting a Crossbody, however Rosey caught him… Trevor tried to come in and lend some support, but Hurricane was quick to cut him off with a Drop Kick, and Rosey was able to nail a Fall Away Slam, followed by a pin attempt and 1,2, but Cade was able to kick out. Rather than continuing his momentum inside the ring, Rosey’s attention is drawn to the outside where Murdoch whipped Hurricane into the steel steps, but as Rosey reaches over to grab Murdoch, Cade comes from behind with a Chyna-esque low blow, while the referee was on the outside making sure that The Hurricane could continue.

Once everything seems to be back in order, Murdoch is tagged into ring, and he goes to town, stomping on just about every inch of Rosey’s body, not allowing the big man to get his breath back. Murdoch then drops a few elbows, and even a couple of legs, before locking in an intense looking Reverse Chinlock, the type of which would make Randy Orton proud. Eventually, the momentum of the match up switches, and with the support of The Hurricane and the audience, Rosey is able to get back to a vertical base, and fight his way out of the Chinlock, but when he tried to get away, Murdoch showed us that he is deceptively fast, quickly nailing a Russian Leg Sweep. Murdoch then tags Cade back in, who heads straight to the top rope, and looks for an Elbow Drop off the top rope, ala his trainer Shawn Michaels, but unfortunately for him, Rosey was able to move out of the way, leaving both men down, and the match up in the balance. The referee’s count pretty much stopped before it started, as Rosey quickly tagged in The Hurricane, who almost ran straight into a Clothesline from Cade, but ‘Cane was able to duck and nail a Float Over DDT.

He then goes for a cover and gets a two count, as the count is interrupted by Trevor Murdoch. Rosey runs into the ring (or walks kind of fast paced, whatever you want to call it), and looks to Clothesline Murdoch out of the ring, but the Redneck is able to duck and send Rosey to the outside of the ring with a Back Body Drop. The referee having lost all control, and The Redneck Wrecking Crew having the numbers advantage, didn’t stop the ballsy Hurricane, who got rid of Cade with an Arm Drag, and nailed Murdoch with a picture perfect Drop Kick. However, all good things must come to an end, and Hurricane being a superhero and all, thought he’d be able to Chokeslam both Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch at the same time. Unfortunately for him, he’s a cruiserweight, and this was not the case, as both the rednecks quickly shrugged him off, and worked together to hit the Sweet and Sour, which for those of you who don’t know is a Lariat and Chop Block combination. After this, there was an academic three count made, and in what has to be considered an upset (bullshit), the Redneck Wrecking Crew were able to defeat the World Tag Team Champions.

Result: The Redneck Wrecking Crew def. The Hurricane and Rosey

After the commercial break, we head backstage where Chris Jericho is standing by with a microphone in hand. Jericho claims that last night was a fluke, and he refuses to let that be the last time he gets a shot at the WWE Championship, and more importantly John Cena. Jericho protests against Kurt Angle or any other jackass getting a shot, because nobody deserves it as much as Y2J, and if he got another shot, there is no way that he would lose. He even goes as far as to admit that the contract for a rematch at Unforgiven is already pretty much signed, as he and Vince McMahon have been discussing it for awhile now, and with that ass clown Eric Bischoff out of the way, there is nothing stopping him. Jericho finally pays attention to the heat he is receiving from the crowd, so he throws a few insults at them, before sarcastically wishing Cena luck in his match up tonight.

We then follow Todd Grisham backstage as he walks into a locker room, and begins conducting his interview with ‘The Nature Boy’ Ric Flair. Grisham asks Flair how he feels about being put into a match up against The Big Show by the owner of the WWE, Vince McMahon, to which Flair replies, with what he replies to most questions with, WOOOOO! Flair yells/spits that he doesn’t care who he faces: the fact is he’s the greatest and he’ll continue to prove why he is day in and day out for the rest of his life. He tells Grisham that he’ll style and profile all over Big Show tonight, and if worse comes to worse, he’ll even prove just why they call him ‘The Dirtiest Player In The Game’. After this statement, Flair apparently leaves, however as Grisham is about to send proceedings back to ringside, Flair reappears, yelling WOOOOO, which scares the living daylights out of Todd Grisham.

Ric Flair vs. The Big Show

The story of the match up is quite simply the giant who is determined to destroy somebody or something against the wily veteran, who is forced to pull out all of his tricks just to survive. The whole first couple of minutes of the match were pretty much dominated by Big Show, not doing anything pretty, but just getting the job done, using his brute power and strength to make Flair look average. However, just as it looked like Show was going to put away Flair quite easily, he made a huge mistake, which occurred when he attempted to walk over the chest of Flair, crushing him, but he took too long, and Flair was able to grab the leg of Show causing Show to fall to ground level. Once Show was at ground level, Flair got up as fast as a fifty year old can, and began working over the leg of Show, doing such things as lifting up his leg and kicking the shit out of Show’s hamstring, and using the ropes for extra leverage, and simply putting all his weight on the knee of The Big Show. Flair, realizing he needs to capitalize well he can, tries to lock in the Figure Four Leg Lock after this, but as he went to put the torque on Show’s leg, Show was able to wrap his hand around Flair’s throat.

Flair untangled himself from Show’s leg, and quickly tried to break Show’s grip, but in the process he allowed Show back to a vertical base, and when Flair ran back towards Show, he ran straight into a tree trunk like Clothesline. After this, Show did walk over Flair, crushing him in the process, before lifting him up and nailing a Scoop Slam, followed by a Leg Drop, which earned Show a two count. After this, Show picked up Flair, and went for a Scoop Slam, but Flair was able to weasel out of Show’s grasp and nail a Chop Block. After this, Flair lifted up Show’s leg, and did the old ‘Nature Boy’ strut, before locking in The Figure Four Leg Lock. The pain on the face of a large man shows just how effective the timeless finishing maneuver is, as Flair continues to rock his body back and forth, maximizing the pressure on Show’s leg at every opportunity possible, but Show just won’t give up, as he just continues to scream and shout in pain. Flair continued to keep the hold locked in, shocked at the giant Big Show’s resolve, but Flair seemed to literally get scared when after punching the canvas a couple of times out of frustration, Show just smiled at Flair.

When this happened, Flair realized it was now or never, and sat up while keeping Show in the Figure Four, however this seemed to be his undoing, as Show is seven foot and has a long reach, therefore with ease he took a note out of ‘The Dirtiest Player In The Game’s” book, and poked Flair straight in the eyes, with his trolley pole like fingers. The Figure Four Leg Lock was then broken, and as both men got to their feet, Flair ran at Show but copped a Big Boot for his liking. Unfortunately for Flair, he then quickly bounced back up, and ran straight into a bone crushing Chokeslam. Show then pinned Flair and got the win, before getting up and letting out a roar of intensity… Show then leaves the ring, and we get one last look at the pain etched across Flair’s face, before cutting to our third last commercial break of the night.

Result: The Big Show def. Ric Flair

When we return from the commercial break, we get our second match up in a row, which some people wouldn’t like, but I do, since after all, this is a wrestling show, and what would a wrestling show be without our WWE Champion in action.

John Cena © vs Kane
Non Title Match

This match between two faces started like they used to in the good old days, with a sportsmanship like hand shake attempt by John Cena, but Kane, not being one who really cared about people thought, answered this attempt at sportsmanship with an upper cut straight to the champion’s chin, dropping him on his ass. Cena is quickly back to his feet, but walks into some more staggering right hands, but when Kane goes for the killer blow, Cena ducks and attempts an FU, but Kane slides behind Cena, and when Cena turns around, he is run down with a nice Clothesline. Kane then tries to hit Cena with a Running Power Slam, but Cena is able to slip out and send Kane sternum first into the turnbuckle, and follows it up with a Bulldog Headlock. Cena, not being one to slow down the pace, quickly waits for Kane to get to one knee, before nailing the Throwback, and going for the pin, but at the count of two, Kane kicked out with authority, almost sending Cena out of the ring. ‘The Champ’ momentarily had a look of shock upon his face, however that look of shock quickly changed to a look of determination when Kane got back up, and Cena nailed Kane with numerous right hands, before he ran at Kane looking for a Clothesline, but Kane just raises his leg, forcing Cena to run straight into a boot to the face.

From this point onwards, the pace noticeably slows down, as Kane hits a Running Power Slam, and then just tries to keep the young, energetic champion grounded. After stomping, kicking, elbowing and punching Cena all he can, Kane heads to the top rope, and is able to nail his Flying Clothesline from the top rope, and to quote Michael Cole, it was vintage Kane. After waiting for awhile, for Cena to get up, Kane begins signaling for the Chokeslam and when Cena got up, Kane caught him with the GOOZLE~!, but when he lifted Cena up, Cena was able to slip out of Kane’s grip and he goes for a Clothesline, but Kane ducked, and when Cena turned around, Kane nailed the Chokeslam. This move has put many great competitors away, so it was with great shock that when Kane went for the cover that Cena was able to get shoulder up, proving once again that he really does have the heart of a champion. Kane didn’t really seem to mind, as he does the throat slashing taunt and awaits for Cena to get up, so he can nail a Tombstone. However, when he gets Cena in position for the finisher that he stole from his brother, Cena put all his body weight towards Kane, which lead to Cena landing on his feet and having Kane in position for the Tombstone. Cena then adjusted Kane’s body a little to the right, and nailed a devastating looking Running Shoulder Breaker.

Both men were down until the referee’s count got up to six, and then ‘The Big Red Monster’ Kane sat up, but just as he did that, Cena got up also, and Cena was a lot quicker and delivered a Low Drop Kick right to the face of Kane, sending him flat on his back. Kane once again sat up, but this time Cena let him get up, and once he did get up, Cena dropped him right back down with a Clothesline, which was followed by the ever cool looking, but not very effective, Five Knuckle Shuffle, which earned Cena a long, long two count. Once back to his feet, Cena began pumping up his shoes, waiting for Kane to get up, but Kane didn’t even begin to stir, but it turns out he was playing possum, because as Cena walked up to him he got caught in the GOOZLE again… However, once Kane got to a vertical base, Cena elbowed his way out of the goozle, kicked Kane in the gut, hoisted him up onto his shoulders and nailed the FU! Cena, exhausted, then just lied on top of Kane, not even hooking a leg, and the referee counted 1,2,3.

Result: John Cena def. Kane

After the match up, as a battered and beaten Kane is making his way up the ramp, Cena, now with the WWE Title on his shoulder, calls for a microphone. Once he is in possession of the microphone, Cena has to wait for almost a minute, as the crowd here in Hampton continues to give him a terrific ovation. Eventually Cena begins with one of the most generic catchphrases in WWE history, however the epic individual that he is, he says it with such gusto, that he makes it entertaining, yeah that’s right, THE CHAMP IS HERE! Cena tells the audience that tonight was a very hard battle, and that Kane ain’t no walk over, but he proved that he’s going to keep putting it down and keep representing his chain gang. Cena goes on, saying that he has said since day one that he was going to come out here and do him, and no matter who you are, whether you’re Edge, whether you’re Kurt Angle, and Cena puts extra emphasis on the last name when he says, or whether you’re Chris Jericho, I’m not hard to find. Basically, what he was trying to say, and what he did say to finish off his promo, was if anybody wants some, they could come get some.

Just as we think nobody is going to interrupt, ‘Break The Walls Down’ comes over the P.A system, and the greatest thing to ever happen to the WWE, Chris Jericho, steps through the curtain with a cocky smirk on his face, and a microphone in his right hand. The crowd immediately reacts, showing that they are into the current product, as there are duel Jericho and Cena chants heading around the arena, although the Cena chants are probably a bit louder, but this doesn’t seem to bother Jericho. Jericho begins by telling Cena it was bad enough watching him wrestle, but now he has to listen to Cena spew out all his usual crap to? Jericho then demands that Cena SHUT THE HELL UP~! Y2J laughs at his insult, before throwing a few more at Cena, mostly to do with a white boy thinking he is black, and he throws hints at being the number one contender for Unforgiven, without giving too much away. Cena, having had enough of Jericho’s crap, draws a line in the sand, putting his WWE Championship on the canvas, and telling Jericho to come back up that mouth of his…

‘The Ayatollah of Rock ‘N’ Rolla’ simply laughs at the eagerness of Cena, before caringly giving Cena some advice telling him to save his energy, because Vince McMahon has given Jericho permission to pick Cena’s opponent for next week on Raw. Jericho, now ever so confident, states that usually he’d give Cena a little clue or two so he could dwell over it during the week, but instead he’d give Cena a huge clue, and the clue was that Cena’s opponent for next week on Raw was right behind him. With that, Cena quickly turns around to see Big Show just standing their cracking his knuckles, and Cena looks flabbergasted, before getting his game face back on and nodding his head, while Show just smiles, knowing that Cena is in for a tough week next week. Before we head to the commercial break, we hear Jericho’s final words when he mockingly says “good luck, champ.”

When we return from the commercial break, we head straight to ringside again, as the commentators let us know that it is time for tonight’s main event.

Edge w/Lita vs Kurt Angle

This match is definitely match of the night, and probably one of the best we’ll see on Raw for the rest of this year, as both men know each other inside and out from their feud in 2002, and it seems as if they have not lost their chemistry, as they just feed off each other’s moves and momentum nicely. With that being said, after a few minutes into the match, where the feeling out process was being conducted, it was pretty obvious that Angle was on top of his game, as he took control, once Edge lashed out with a wild Clothesline attempt, which left him looking like a sitting duck, as Angle quickly pounced nailing the Triple German Suplexes. ‘The Rated R Superstar’, clearly too dazed for his own good, makes his way back to his feet, and walks straight into a Belly To Belly Suplex as Angle is really cooking now, and wanting to keep his momentum going, he quickly pulls down the straps of his attire and waits for Edge to get up, once Edge is up Angle goes for the Angle Slam, however in mid air, Edge is able to reverse it into a slick looking Arm Drag.

This seemed to really frustrate the man that some people would call ‘The Wrestling Machine’, as he quickly ran at Edge, but Edge is a veteran in his own right and he leaps at Angle and nails a very timely Spear! Both men are down and the referee counts to three, before Edge puts an arm over Angle going for the win and 1,2 but Angle somehow got a shoulder up. Edge didn’t seem too happy, and dragged Angle to the corner, before ruthlessly nailing him with haymaker after haymaker straight to the face, similar to what he did to Matt Hardy last night. Eventually Angle crawled out of the corner to the middle of the ring, and just like last night at Summerslam, Edge tried to kick Angle right in the head, looking for the knock out blow, but Angle grabbed onto the Ankle and wrenched at it, until he brought Edge to the ground locking in the deadliest submission in all of wrestling, the Ankle Lock. Edge got close to the ropes after struggling for awhile, but Angle cleverly dragged Edge back to the centre of the ring, and locked in the grapevine, making it damn near impossible for Edge to move.

Just as it seemed as though Edge was going to tap out, Lita hopped onto the apron and distracted the referee, which forced Angle to release the hold, and go scare Lita away, however what nobody saw was that behind her back was the MITB briefcase and she quickly slid it to Edge… Angle then turned around and Edge ran at him with the briefcase, but Angle punched the briefcase out of Edge’s hands. Unfortunately for Angle, he’s not the Big Show and it caused him some severe pain, and this gave Edge enough time to kick him in the gut and go for the Edgecution, but Angle spun out of the Edgecution while holding Edge’s arm and slung him perfectly into an Angle Slam! After both men remained down for a little, Angle put his arm over Edge and 1,2,3. NO! Lita dragged the referee out of the ring and slapped him, knocking him out in the process. This infuriated Angle who tried to grab Lita by the hair, but what he didn’t realize was that Edge was back up, but just as it seemed like Angle was going to get attacked, Edge is Speared from behind by Matt Hardy! Hardy goes nuts attacking the shit out of Edge, hitting rights, lefts, kicks and stomps, absolutely going nuts at Edge, who isn’t even bothering to fight back, instead just covering up and protecting himself. Meanwhile on the other side of the ring, Angle had Lita up on the apron, and in a show of woman bashing, but also in a show of nothing but intensity, Angle delivered a Head butt right across the bridge of Lita’s nose, sending her down with blood pissing out of everywhere. Angle then lets out a primal roar, but unfortunately for him the referee had gotten up to see Matt Hardy beating on Edge in the corner, therefore Edge is given the victory, albeit via disqualification.

Result: Edge def. Kurt Angle via disqualification.

Hearing the announcement of the match result seemed to send Angle over the edge, no pun intended, before he quickly ran and grabbed Matt Hardy and Belly to Belly Suplexes him over the top rope. Angle then turned his attention to Edge and relocked in the Ankle Lock, this time not caring that Edge was already in the ropes and Edge tried to sneak outside of the ring, but Angle cleverly held on and just went through the ropes with Edge, now torturing Edge on the outside of the ring. Angle held on to the submission for several more minutes, even withstanding Lita jumping on his back, until finally no less than fifteen members of the backstage crew were able to pry Angle off of Edge. After what seemed like an eternity, Edge was able to slither to the back with the bloodied Lita, while Angle let out another primal roar, as we headed to our final commercial break.

***

We return from the commercial break, and are brought straight to ringside, where the commentators are waiting, with something very important to get off their chests.

Jim Ross: Welcome back ladies and gentleman, and we’ve got one more thing in store for everybody tonight, and it’s a special announcement, coming from a man that I respect beyond just about anybody who’s ever stepped foot in a wrestling ring. He’s a legend of this business, and he’s the man who revolutionized this business, he is Hulk Hogan!

Jerry Lawler: Oh boy I can’t wait, JR. Being a man who has been inside the ring on thousands of occasions, and it’s hard, but the fact that a man of the Hulkster’s age can still go is simply astonishing. Not only that, but he’s going to show up tonight, only one night after putting on an amazing performance, and defeating ‘The Heartbreak Kid’ Shawn Michaels, is just incredible.

***REAL AMERICAN***

Every single person in the arena gets on their feet, from the fans themselves, to the commentators, to the Spanish announcers, everybody is on their feet and they’re on their feet for the man of the hour, the man with the huge announcement up his sleeve, Hulk Hogan. Hogan struts down the ramp, all decked out in his usual red and yellow, and as he continues to perform his five minute entrance, the commentators voice their admiration.

Jim Ross: Have a listen to this ovation, King… Twenty years after the birth of Hulkamania and its still running strong here in Hampton, Virginia... This man is indeed timeless.

Jerry Lawler: I’ve got goose bumps, JR, this ovation is just crazy, but we’ve got to give Hogan his due, nobody deserves this kind of ovation more than him.

By this point, Hogan has just finished playing to the Hulkamaniac’s in attendance and he grabs a microphone, and holds back tears from the ovation he has received, before finally talking.

Hulk Hogan: … … Thank you…

The crowd this time goes silent, wanting to hear what Hogan has to say.

Hulk Hogan: Seriously… thank you guys so much...

More cheers as Hogan lets out a slight smirk, getting himself pumped up.

Hulk Hogan: Let me tell ya’ somethin’ dudes, no matter how often I come out here, it never ceases to amaze me how much love I get from you, (points at audience) the Hulkamaniacs!

Another cheap pop, however this time the words are coming from Hogan’s heart.

Hulk Hogan: It’s been twenty years since the birth of Hulkamania, brothers, and after twenty years of eatin’ your vitamins and sayin’ your prayers, and after twenty years of takin’ down the evil of the world, it’s quite clear that Hulkamania will live forever!

‘Hogan’ chants stop Hogan momentarily, but Hogan raises his hands, asking for silence, and there is a hush over the arena immediately.

Hulk Hogan: And after last night, in that big match with Shawn Michaels, I can honestly say, while Hulkamania will live forever, Hulk Hogan won’t.

SILENCE~!

Hulk Hogan: So I guess what I’m tryin’ to say is, I’m here tonight to announce my…

…

***SEXY BOY***

The crowd at first let out gasps of shock, not sure as to why Hogan is being interrupted, however once ‘The Heartbreak Kid’ Shawn Michaels steps through the curtain, the audience begins to cheer, and he struts down the ramp, simply donned in a black ‘HBK’ t shirt and a pair of light blue denim jeans. Once half way down the ramp, Michaels stops strutting and begins to look rather serious, while still yet to make eye contact with Hogan.

Jim Ross: Here is the man who came up on the short end of the stick last night against Hogan, but I’ll tell you right now, that don’t mean this man didn’t put on the performance of a lifetime.

Jerry Lawler: He proved that he is everything that he says that he is, and he did just what he does at every big WWE event… he stole the show.

HBK by this time has stepped into the ring, and he and Hogan are staring at each other intently, while HBK was given a mic by some jobber from the ring crew.

Shawn Michaels: Hulk, please tell me it isn’t so…

Michaels looks as if he is trying to hold back tears.

Hulk Hogan: It’s time, brother.

HBK bows his head, while Hogan stands almost statue like, trying to hide all his emotions.

Shawn Michaels: I’m not meaning to be disrespectful or anything, but after the beating you gave me last night, you proved that you’ve still got it, so why give it up? Why give it up when all these Hulkamaniac’s still love you and want you to go on? Hell, why give it up when the biggest Hulkamaniac of all time, The Showstopper wants you to go on?

The crowd applauds HBK’s speech, before Hogan speaks up.

Hulk Hogan: Please, if ya’ can just let me finish, then we can talk about all this and private.

HBK nods his head and Hogan continues.

Hulk Hogan: I’m here to announce my retirement from pro wrestling, because even though I can still go, I wanna’ go out on top… And what better way to go out on top then by beating one of the best this business has to offer, that being you, brother.

Hogan tries to continue, but HBK holds up his hand, before walking write up to Hogan, looking him in the eye, and slapping him in the face.

OOOOHHHHHHH~!

Shawn Michaels: Don’t you dare lie to me! Don’t you dare think I’m gonna’ fall for the same excuse that these people are. These people see you dressed in all your red and yellow glory, and they love you for it, yet what they don’t realize is Hulk Hogan is nothing but a selfish son of a bitch.

Hogan simply shakes his head, while the crowd all boos the shit out of Michaels.

Shawn Michaels: You’re a disgrace to what everybody in the back stands for, but more importantly than that, you’re a disgrace to what I stand for. You’re not one of the boys like the rest of us in the back. We bust our balls week after week, month after month, year after year just to entertain these nimrods in the audience, while you decide to pop your old, wrinkly head around these parts once every six months just to pick up a damn pay cheque!

‘Asshole’ chants pick up around the arena, while Hogan still seems flabbergasted.

Shawn Michaels: And the worse part about is, these fans are dumb enough to believe the crap that you spew to them, about how you love them, and you don’t just show up for the money, and they decide to cheer somebody like you over somebody like me. It’s a spit in the face to me and everything I work for, and I bit my tongue for so long, and just dealt with it, but not anymore…

Hogan just shakes his head, and looks as if he is about to say something, but Shawn doesn’t let him.

Shawn Michaels: I’m gonna’ turn back to my old glory days, and if I don’t like something, I’m not gonna’ keep it to myself, I’m gonna’ let people know about it… Screw the HBK of two thousand and five, and say hello to the Shawn Michaels of nineteen ninety seven…

Michaels lets out a cocky smirk, finally releasing all his pent up frustration, while Hogan now looks as if he’s about to cry, but quickly tries to get something out.

Hulk Hogan: I’m sorry ya’ feel that way, bro…

Michaels just interrupts, showing pure arrogance.

Shawn Michaels: NOW Hogan I suggest you take your old ass, and leave my ring, and on your way out make sure to have your hearing aids in, because I might have two words for ya’!

The marks in the crowd actually let out a pop, loving the new attitude of HBK, however Hogan doesn’t leave, as he instead just takes a step back and tries to sort things out.

Hulk Hogan: Alright, Shawn, come on dude, I don’t wanna’ end things this way. Now right now you’ve got two options… one, you can be all angry at me and we can end our friendship on bad terms, or two, we can forget this conversation ever happened, we can leave this ring together, and keep our friendship alive. I know which one I prefer.

Hogan nods his head, and puts out his hand, offering a hand shake, and Shan nods his head also.

Shawn Michaels: You know what? You’re right…

Shawn then walks up to Hogan and gives him a big hug, which gets a huge round of applause from the audience, before they pull away, smiling at each other, but just as Hogan is about to leave, Michaels talks again.

Shawn Michaels: Although since we’re talking about propositions, I’ve decided that I could just let this be, or I could kick your teeth right down your throat!

Hogan’s jaw just drops, and Shawn nails him on the chin with SWEET CHIN MUSIC~! HOGAN IS DOWN ON THE CANVAS, UNCONSCIOUS, AND HBK STANDS OVER HIM, GIVING HIM THIS COLD DEATH STARE AS THE FANS FILL THE RING WITH GARBAGE. MICHAELS FOLLOWS UP HIS HEINOUS ATTACK BY GIVING THE ULTIMATINE SIGN OF DISRESPECT, THAT BEING SPITTING ON HOGAN! Michaels then leaves the ring, as Hogan ends his last night in a WWE ring, flat on his back.

END OF SHOW!

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RAW Feedback

Good to see this show finally, finally up. Was starting to think we were never going to see it, tbh.

Nice way to kick things off with a video reminding us of the results, which actually shows what kind of an epic roster you have to work with too (Eddie and Jericho still being there).

I guess kicking things off with the new authority figure of RAW (at least for now) in Vinnie Mac is the right move, although I’m still not stoked to see no more Easy E. The declaration of Vince as someone who’ll be a hardass authority figure is nice, and the cheap heat to really establish him as a heel was well done. I’m liking that McMahon has a problem with Cena, as that could lead to a pretty nice feud between McMahon and Cena, kind of like Cena and Bischoff started off with on RAW, only with you as opposed with WWE, y’know, actually doing something with it. Kurt Angle interrupting the announcement of the number one contender from Vinnie Mac is something I love, because Angle owning it up in the main event scene would be great. Angle getting right in McMahon’s face seems like an immediate face turn to me, which seems a bit without reason really. Him pie facing Vince, only for Vince to put him in a match is a bit weak too, considering Vince was talking about how he’d fire anyone who had a problem with him. On the other hand, Edge vs Angle is an epic match, and hopefully it should deliver. Pretty good start.

Starting the action off with a title match? Awesome. Things looked pretty nice early, with the only complaint being that I’m not a real fan of using what is sold as a high impact move like a dragon whip so early in the match. The interference from Masters seems a bit weird considering he and Carlito were in no way aligned at this point in real life, and it seems awfully random for them to suddenly be here. I’m also not a big fan of no selling, and Benjamin being able to nip up, using his back strength, after being hit with the backcracker is certainly a case of that. Masters owning Benjamin gets you a few extra points, although referring to him as a lackey takes them away (‘The Masterpiece’ is no one’s bitch, bitch). Good enough match to kick us off, although the angles themselves involved were bleh.

Triple H back? No matter how boring I find him irl, I guess it does add to your main event division, and if he’s not pretending he’s a teenager I guess you should benefit from him being around.

Hogan’s performance at SummerSlam was nothing compared to the hilarious overselling from HBK.

The Redneck Wrecking Crew debuted around this time irl, so I guess you bringing them up here was a natural, and should really add to the tag division. The cockiness Cade was pretty good, while the mentioning of Billy Gunn seemed just a wee bit random. Regardless, not a bad promo really (at least in recap form ) from the ‘Crew, while The Hurricane & Rosey (the SHIT ) interrupting means we’re pretty much guaranteed to see TRWC take the gold soon, which I don’t mind. Getting the tag titles on the map with an actual feud over them is certainly a good thing too.

The actual match which followed started pretty nicely considering Rosey’s involved, with a nice cheap tactic from TRWC really cementing them as heels with the Cade low blow.

However, all good things must come to an end, and Hurricane being a superhero and all, thought he’d be able to Chokeslam both Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch at the same time. Unfortunately for him, he’s a cruiserweight

. Not sure if it was meant to be funny, but it was. Regardless, a nice little match to put TRWC right on the map, and hopefully send them towards the tag titles. On the other end of the spectrum, have Hurricane ditch the SHIT, and either have him own it up with the mask or without. I don’t care, but he’s better than that SHIT and should be used as such.

The Jericho promo declaring himself to still be the number one contender was alright, although nothing groundbreaking. Just a solid recapped promo, really.

Flair promo seemed nice too, with the character looking pretty much right, and a nice little WOO~! Being added at the end to keep everyone happy. Nice little promo.

Not sure if Big Show is being used as a permanent heel in this thread or if it is just by design of this match, but in this point in time he was a face (and was in a program with Snitsky ) irl. Would have liked to have seen Flair outsmart Big Show to begin with, only for Show’s power to take over before Flair made a comeback, although I loved the innovative counter you used with Flair tripping Show over. The transitions between the two men going on offense continued to be done very well, while the math continued right on to the end pretty well. Good stuff.

Actually, RAW is a ‘sports entertainment’ show. If you want a wrestling show you’ll have to watch something else, boyo.

Kane, much like Big Show was a face at this time, so if you’re having to have another face vs face match, I think you’re struggling for main event heel talent, which also makes me think Kurt Angle turning face (possibly) may be a big mistake. Onto the actual match, Cena trying a handshake was much too corny for John Cena, especially at this time when his character still had somewhat of an edge and wasn’t PG. The match itself was pretty decent, and while I don’t like seeing finishers being kicked out of in matches that aren’t big as it makes them look weak, aside from the Chokeslam kickout this was a nice match.

Cena cutting his generic promo from the time was fine, as it set Jericho coming on out up well. Jericho being his cocky self was pretty good, while Cena was also good as the champ who is always willing to fight. How Big Show got there I’ll never know (MAGIC~! ), and while he’s again seemingly being used as a heel, I don’t mind this use of Show. Hopefully you have him do something of substance soon, but having him be a hitman of sorts for Jericho next week works fine. Nice little promo, setting up a match with hype for next week.

All action match here between Edge and Angle, with another finisher kickout maybe a bit early in the match for any finishers at all, although I like you emphasising that Edge took awhile to make the all important cover. The psychology in that Edge went to his offense from last night, only for Angle to capture the Ankle Lock was fucking awesome, tbh. What followed was kind of lame, as everyone would have to be half retarded not to notice a huge briefcase behind Lita’s back, although at least that wasn’t used to finish the match. Another nice counter sequence and a proper use of Lita was good to see, as was the Hardy run in, as I was really hoping that Hardy vs Edge wouldn’t be finished. Angle beating up on Lita wasn’t really necessary imo, although Angle owning it up and going back after Edge after the bell was alright. Not sure where exactly you’re at with Angle here, as what alignment he’ll be and who you’ll feud him with look up in the air. I wouldn’t be surprised to see him feud with a returning Triple H really, since he doesn’t seem to fit in anywhere else.

Ah, finally a segment you weren’t too lazy to write. Hogan was pretty much on the ball right from the beginning, and while he can be difficult to write for, I thought you did a good job. The characterization and the delivery all made it very easy to imagine, and pretty much summed up why you should be doing all of your promos in full (hint hint ). The announcement angle from Hogan is somewhat surprising considering he’s Hulk Hogan and he’ll always want a paycheque, although the interruption from Shawn Michaels is the complete opposite. I would have liked Michaels to have played the goody two shoes for maybe a little longer into the promo, although the heel turn was always going to come in this segment whether you tried (and failed) to swerve us with the news or not. Pretty epic way for Michaels to turn here with the cocky Michaels of old coming back out in a way that made sense, with the attitude of Michaels being shown well with things like “I might just have two words for ya’” and such. The two propositions stuff was also done pretty nicely, and Michaels kicking Hogan’s teeth down his throat = ratings. I’m guessing this is the angle you were excited about, or it at least involves Michaels, and this was a good way to get going. Nice segment.


As a whole, Stoj, I thought this was a pretty good effort. Despite a few things like ‘Lito and Masters being suddenly aligned and Big Show seemingly turning overnight with no warning, everything else looked pretty good. Not sure what you’re doing with Kurt Angle, at this stage which is what is interesting me the most along with the development of Shawn Michaels’ character in future shows. One show down, which is a good sign, although we know you’ve often stumbled after the first one or two shows and quit. Keep goin’, plz.

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So, umm here's Smackdown as promised. I think the show is okay, without being anything great, it's kind of like the calm before the storm, with things on Smackdown expected to pick up over the next two weeks.

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Thursday Night Smackdown:

August 25th; Greensboro North Carolina:

Before the show officially begins, a video is played on the titantron, showing all the memorable moments that took place, at 5 nights ago’s biggest PPV of the summer, Summerslam. These moments include Chris Benoit forcing Orlando Jordan to submit to the Crippler Crossface to win the WWE United States Championship, followed by Edge defeating Matt Hardy via referee stoppage in one of the most brutal matches in recent WWE history, after kicking Hardy in the face, busting him open in the process, and then just pummeling on him until the referee conscience told him to stop the match up. Next up are the highlights of what had to be the most emotionally charged match up on the card, when Rey Mysterio grasped the briefcase in a ladder match to defeat Eddie Guerrero and win the custody of “his son” Dominick. The most emotional contest of the night is followed by the most uncontested contest of the night as Kurt Angle easily disposed of the mentally challenged Eugene, eventually making him submit to the most dangerous submission hold in the WWE, the Ankle Lock. After this match up, ‘The Legend Killer’ Randy Orton was able to destroy another legend with the help of his father ‘Cowboy’ Bob Orton when he defeated ‘The Phenom’ of the WWE in The Undertaker, before gold became a factor, as WWE Champion John Cena retained his title by fending off a feisty Chris Jericho. Next up was the Smackdown main event in which Batista dominated John Bradshaw Layfield, before finishing him off with a Batista Bomb to retain his World Heavyweight Championship. Following this, in the Raw main event, Hulk Hogan was able to defeat the ever arrogant Shawn Michaels with his patented Leg Drop.

Opening Video

Pyro

Michael Cole: Hi everybody and welcome to another edition of Thursday Night Smackdown! I’m Michael Cole, and alongside me is my broadcast partner, former ECW Champion Tazz, and we’re live in Greensboro, North Carolina, for the first edition of Smackdown coming off the biggest party of the summer, Summerslam.

Tazz: Damn skippy, Cole, it was a huge night, as I believe 5 nights ago was the night that the Batista era of Smackdown was born, as he consolidated himself as the top dog on Smackdown by defeating the man who has been on top of Smackdown for the past year and a half, John Bradshaw Layfield.

Michael Cole: It is indeed a new era on Smackdown, but not only that, it’s a new life for a superstar on the roster. A breath of fresh air, a breath of happiness for the man who won the right to have win custody over his son 5 nights ago; Rey Mysterio.

Tazz: On a little bit of a darker note, Eddie Guerrero will not be here tonight, as it’s been reported that he and his lovely wife Vickie Guerrero are having marriage problems.

Michael Cole: Remaining on the dark side, finally, after months and months of battling, Randy Orton, with the help of his father WWE Hall of Famer ‘Cowboy’ Bob Orton, defeated the legendary Phenom, The Undertaker.

Tazz: Randy Orton is the legend killer, but I still don’t know if he’s heard the last from The Undertaker… And how ‘bout the man that I respect probably more than anybody else on the roster, defeating Orlando Jordan in damn near record time for the WWE United States Championship!

Michael Cole: Well done to Chris Benoit! Now as terrific as Summerslam was, we’ve got to look forward to tonight, as we’re sure to have a show that is as equally as terrific as Summerslam…

**Longhorn** hits over the PA system, interrupting the announcers, and the crowd react with an instinctive pop for the first sign of a superstar all night, but it quickly turns to heat when John Bradshaw Layfield steps through the curtain, donned in his usual wrestling attire. Not only this, but he looks very ticked off, as he leaves Orlando Jordan for dust at the curtain before storming to the ring, not even picking fun at the fans like he usually does.

Michael Cole: The former WWE Champion is scheduled to be in action right now, but he doesn’t look all that impressed, so I feel for whoever he’s opponent is going to be.

Tazz: This man is known as a winner, Cole. And over the past few months he’s been losing a lot, so of course he’s gonna’ come out here now, and he’s gonna’ try and make things right. He’s all business tonight, which I can see, by the fact that he’s not being driven out in his custom limousine, so I too feel sorry for whoever his opponent is goin’ to be.

**Turn It Up** blares across the arena, and Scotty Too Hotty shakes his way down the ramp, receiving a respectful ovation from the fans. Scotty stops half way down the ramp before he break dances a little and getting the fans jacked up, also allowing the commentators to say their bit.

Michael Cole: Wow! Scotty has been a long time servant of the WWE, and despite how much I love this guy and his heart, I think he could be in some trouble tonight.

Tazz: I’ll tell ya’ now, Cole, Scotty will never quit, but tonight that could be his undoing. I’m genuinely worried for the guy!

Once in the ring, Scotty tries to dance around a little but he’s brought to an abrupt end, as JBL attacks from behind with a clobbering right hand to the back.

Match #1
John Bradshaw Layfield w/Orlando Jordan vs. Scotty Too Hotty

Summary: This match up is a rather short one, because right from the get go, it is one way traffic with JBL simply dominating Scotty, sending a message to everybody on the Smackdown roster. Layfield started off continuously clubbing the back of Scotty with punches and kicks, before having enough of that, and nailing Scotty with a brutal delayed Vertical Suplex. After this, he drops a few elbows onto the chest before making a nonchalant cover; however, Scotty kicked out at two. JBL got up and smiled while waiting for Scotty to get up, and when he did, he went for a Clothesline From Hell, but Scotty ducks and peppers JBL with right hands, however when Scotty goes for the killer blow, a Cross Body, he is caught in mid air, and thrown across the ring with a Fall Away Slam. The dominant former champion then brought Scotty to his feet, before sending him crashing back to the canvas with a huge Power bomb, but rather than going for the cover, JBL waits for almost a minute for Scotty to get to his feet, almost looking like a possessed animal, before taking Scotty’s head off with a Clothesline From Hell, before finally putting Scotty out of his misery, and getting the three count.

Winner: John Bradshaw Layfield

**Longhorn** once again plays over the PA system, however it doesn’t last long, as the music stops when JBL quickly picks up Hotty and disposes him from the ring. The former United States Champion Orlando Jordan then hops into the ring and hands JBL a microphone, as it’s clear JBL needs to get something off of his chest.

John Bradshaw Layfield: I wanted to come out here and do two things. First, I wanted to demonstrate what’s goin’ to happen to anybody who steps in the ring with me from now on, and second, I wanted to set the record straight.

The crowd listens intently, as JBL pauses.

John Bradshaw Layfield: Ya’ see, 5 nights ago, me losing to Dave Batista was nothing but a FLUKE!

Heat, as the crowd doesn’t believe this.

John Bradshaw Layfield: What you idiots fail to realize is that winning a WWE or World Heavyweight Championship is the easy part, and well done, Dave, you’ve accomplished that… But the hard part is to keep on winning, and keep shooing off the challengers and that is where you’re gonna’ stumble, Dave.

More heat.

John Bradshaw Layfield: Don’t listen to the crap that (points towards announcers table) that the thirty year old who still doesn’t shave, and the midget who thought he used to be able to wrestle say, Dave, because I don’t even think they believe the crap that comes out of their mouths half the time.

The crowd doesn’t seem to mind the insults thrown at Michael Cole; therefore, JBL gets a little bit of a pop.

John Bradshaw Layfield: I heard what they said; I just hope you don’t buy into the hype, because if you do, taking that title is just going to be too easy…

JBL puts on a big cheesy grin.

John Bradshaw Layfield: The Batista era?

Huge pop.

John Bradshaw Layfield: That’s a cock and bull story, plain and simple. The fact of the matter is that the John Bradshaw Layfield era, backed up by my Chief of Staff Orlando Jordan is NEVER ENDING!

BOO!

John Bradshaw Layfield: Did you hear that, Dave? Do I need to spell it out for ya’, you big buffoon, NEVER ENDING!

More of the booing.

John Bradshaw Layfield: That means that just like usual, just like the last year and a half, there’s only gonna’ be two things on the Smackdown brand that matter and that’s the color blue and ME, John Bradshaw Layfield…

There’s more heat, as JBL just smiles, yet his smile quickly turns into a look of anger.

John Bradshaw Layfield: And for all the doubters who say that Dave beat me once and he’ll beat me again, you’ve all got to understand one thing.

The crowd remains silent, wanting to hear what JBL has up his sleeves.

John Bradshaw Layfield: Dave Batista and I are complete opposites.

People remain silent.

John Bradshaw Layfield: I’ve done my research and as far as I’m concerned Batista is a loser… Dave Batista is a man who was brought up on the streets, he was a bouncer at a nightclub at the age of fourteen because it was the only way he could survive, but then he still got fired because his boss found out he was supposed to be in school.

Heat, at the shots at Batista’s past.

John Bradshaw Layfield: The moral of the story being that Batista is a natural born loser, where as I am a natural born winner.

BOO, cheesy grin from JBL, and an important nod of the head by OJ.

John Bradshaw Layfield: I’ve been successful at everything I have ever attempted! As a member of The APA, I carried Ron Simmons to tag team gold, I have a portfolio that has beaten the market ten years in a row, I have my own television show, I am a median maven, I am the Wall Street Warrior, and above all else, I am a wrestling gawwwd!

BOO!

John Bradshaw Layfield: I’m good enough to admit that 5 nights ago I lost because I made a mistake, but unlike our World Heavyweight Champion, unlike Tarzan, I have a brain that is capable of allowing me to do more than just lift dumbbells; I can learn from my mistakes.

More heat, as JBL seems to be insulting Batista more and more.

John Bradshaw Layfield: So next time we get into the ring together, and rest assured there will be a next time, I won’t just make you look like Jane…

JBL laughs, as does OJ, clearly knowing what is coming.

John Bradshaw Layfield: I’ll make you look like my own personal BITCH… On the way to winning the World Heavyweight Championship for the first time ever, because I promise, no, I guaran…DAM…tee that the J-B-L era has only just begun.

**Longhorn** then hits over the PA system for what is most likely to be the last time of the night, as JBL drops the microphone and he and Orlando Jordan leave, seemingly in better moods then when they arrived, yet if you look closely, JBL still seems to have this certain resolve about him, as we head to our first commercial break of the night.

**Commercial**

Straight from the commercial break, we head backstage where a happy looking Smackdown General Manager Teddy Long is walking along a hallway, pleasantly greeting a few jobbers of the Smackdown roster and a few members of the Smackdown crew, before walking into his office, and seeing Christian sitting on his black leather couch. Christian is in a grey ‘Captain Charisma’ t-shirt and a pair of blue denim jeans, but he doesn’t seem to impressed for some reason.

Teddy Long: Christian… what can I do for ya’, playa’?

Teddy sits next to Christian, but Christian quickly stands up, almost hovering over Teddy.

Christian: Cut the crap, Teddy! Just what the hell have you got against me?

Teddy looks confused, while Christian remains firm.

Teddy Long: I dunno what you’re talkin bout, dawg…

Christian shakes his head, irritated, while Long remains confused.

Christian: Well it’s either you hate me, or some of that polish that you use on your head has affected your brain.

Christian smirks at his cheap insult, while Teddy now stands up, wanting to flex his authority a little.

Teddy Long: I’m tryna run a brand here, I really don’t need this, so either tell me exactly what’s goin on, or make yourself scarce…

Christian’s jaw drops, not believe the disrespect he’s getting, yet Teddy just crosses his arms, and waits for Christian to make his decision.

Christian: Alright, alright, lemme’ tell you something, smart ass…

Teddy tries to interrupt but Christian doesn’t allow him to.

Christian: I don’t know if you’ve been living under a rock for the past month, but since I’ve come to Smackdown, ratings have gone up.

Teddy interrupts.

Teddy Long: I’m pretty sure dat might have something to do with the World Heavyweight Champion coming to Smackdown, playa.

Christian shakes his head.

Christian: Screw Batista, Teddy. We all know I’m the hottest commodity on this brand right now…

Long looks away, not wanting to make eye contact with Christian.

Christian: I’ve got the looks, I’ve got the skills, hell, I’ve got all my peeps behind me, I’m Captain freakin Charisma!

Christian continues to look irritated, while Long looks confused.

Teddy Long: This ain’t new news to me, now have you gotta point or can I go be left alone to run this show, captain?

Teddy almost lets out a smirk, while Christian takes a step towards the GM.

Christian: I’m the best you’ve got, yet I wasn’t on Summerslam 5 nights ago, and I haven’t been given any air time tonight. All I’m saying is this better change soon, otherwise I’m gonna take matters into my own hands, and I’m not just talking about taking out wrestlers. You can believe that, homie.

Christian goes to leave, however Teddy stops him.

Teddy Long: Ya know, for once your pointless rambling has actually given me an idea. Ya see, I was lookin for a main event to book tonight and I think I just found one, so dis is what I got for ya. Tonight, in the main event, we will see the World Heavyweight Champion Batista, Rey Mysterio and the five time WCW Champion Booker T go up against Orlando Jordan, The Legend Killer, Randy Orton and El Captain himself, Christian. Believe dat!

Surprisingly, Christian lets off a little smirk at this announcement, actually happy that he is going to be given a chance to shine tonight, as we head to a commercial break with both the superstars and the GM being content, now knowing that we have a fairly epic main event set for the night.

Michael Cole: Welcome back to Smackdown everybody, and we just found out that later on tonight, in the main event, we will see the World Heavyweight Champion Batista team with Rey Mysterio and Booker T to go up against the team of Randy Orton, Christian and Orlando Jordan.

Tazz: Oh, Cole, tonight is definitely turning out to be a firecracker! I’m really looking forward to that main event, as well as what we’ve got coming up next.

Michael Cole: We’re in for a great match, as Chris Benoit will be in non title action against William Regal!

**Regality** is heard throughout the arena and a little bit of heat is given, but it’s mostly a silent reaction as William Regal steps through the curtain, ready to go in his red wrestling tights. Regal struts down the ramp, cracking his knuckles, and he looks surprisingly confident despite the fact that he is going up against one of the best in the business in about two to three minutes.

Michael Cole: Oh boy, this man has got a huge job ahead of him tonight, because Chris Benoit is on the roll of a life time at the moment.

Tazz: That’s true, but there’s one thing you’ve got to understand, and I’d know because I’ve been in the ring with him before. William Regal is the complete package: he can brawl and he can wrestle, and he will test Benoit tonight.

**Whatever** blares through the speakers and Benoit steps through the curtain with the United States Title over his shoulder, and he looks pretty happy as he raises his title above his head at the top of the ramp. However, once he begins to walk down the ramp, donned in his yellow wrestling pants. His face goes from happy to intense as he locks is eyes on Regal, and he’s ready to get this thing underway.

Michael Cole: Talk about intensity. Have a look at Benoit, he has controlled aggression like nobody else in this business, and it’s that aggression that has lead to his success in this company, and it’s that aggression that Regal has to try his best to contain tonight.

Tazz: If Benoit gets going he’s gonna be hard to beat, but I’ve got a feeling that this is gonna be a pretty long match, where Regal is simply going to try and wrestle the aggression out of Benoit with his technical ability, while Benoit will continuously try and go in for the kill with his deadly submissions. I’m really excited for this one!

Both men are now in the ring and they are circling each other, and as they are, Regal takes a quick glance at the US Title over at the timekeeper’s desk, before getting ready to lock up with Benoit.

Match #2
Chris Benoit vs. William Regal

Summary: In what was a very hard hitting contest, the early stages of the match up were dominated by William Regal. Of course, Benoit did the usual face thing and came out all guns blazing; however, Regal was able to nail a Double Underhook Suplex. From there, Regal tried to keep Benoit on the ground, using a very effective Arm Bar to keep Benoit down for awhile. Regal, getting very confident, made the mistake of switching the Arm Bar into a Front Face Lock, and this allowed Benoit to fight his way up to a vertical base and ram Regal into the corner: from there, Benoit attempted to whip Regal across the ring. However, Regal reversed but rather than whip Benoit across the ring, he brought him back and nailed a kick to the gut, followed by a Running Knee Smash. Regal then went for a cover, even sticking the old forearm in Benoit’s face, but he was only able to get a two count. Once both men are back to their feet, Regal attempts a Vertical Suplex, but Benoit lands on his feet behind Regal and tries for a German Suplex, yet Regal blocks it by tangling his leg with Benoit’s. He then spins around, in the process dropping Benoit with a variation of a Drop Toe Hold, however he stayed connected with Benoit, and quickly locked in the Regal Stretch!

Unfortunately for Regal, they were way to close to the ropes and after about three seconds in the deadly submission move, Benoit was able to grab the ropes, although Regal still maximized the impact by holding on until the referee got up to the count of four. From here, Regal was forced to allow Benoit back up, and when he did Benoit quickly nailed a chop, but Regal fired back with a right hand. This went on for awhile, before Benoit ducked a wild Regal haymaker attempt, which allowed him to nail the Triple German Suplex combination. Rather than going for the pinfall, Benoit signals that the ending is near with the throat slashing taunt, before heading to the top rope, and he dives, looking for the Diving Headbutt. However, unfortunately for him, Regal was able to roll out of the way, as Benoit crashed and burned down to the mat. Both men are down for awhile and they get to their feet at roughly the same time, but Regal is clearly in the better condition of the two, kicking Benoit in the gut and nailing a Tiger Bomb, but in an amazing show of strength, Regal held on, and lifted Benoit up from the canvas and nailed another Tiger Bomb, before going for the cover, and getting a long, long two count. Regal, not happy with Benoit kicking out, picks Benoit off of the canvas and goes for a Belly To Belly Suplex, however Benoit had it well scouted. Benoit hooked Regal’s arms under his arm pits, and nailed about ten deadly Head butts in a row, forcing Regal to stagger to the ropes, which allowed Benoit to run at him and nail a Clothesline which sent Regal to the cold hard concrete floor on the outside of the ring.

Benoit then waits for awhile, before giving himself a bit of a run up as Regal gets to his feet, and he comes over the top rope with a Suicide Dive; however, Regal moved out of the way, which lead to Benoit going head first into the crowd barricade in what could lead to a very serious injury. The referee quickly scurried out of the ring to check on Benoit, however Regal didn’t allow him to, as Regal quickly threw Benoit back in the ring, before pointing towards the crowd barricade and telling the referee to make sure everything was still secure. However, as this was taking place, the referee could not see what Regal was doing, as he stuck a hand into his tights, and pulled out something very hard; yes, that’s right, the knuckle busters. Regal put them on his knuckles rather hastily, and swung at Benoit, however Benoit ducked, and quickly pounced, locking in the Crippler Crossface! The Crossface was locked in, in the middle of the ring, and Benoit was pulling as hard as he could, and after about ten seconds of resistance, Regal tapped out, but unluckily for Benoit, the referee was still outside the ring so he did not see Regal give up. This lead to Benoit letting go of the hold, and calling the referee back into the ring, however once the referee slid back into the ring, Regal was back up, and he was able to sneak up behind Benoit, and nail a ferocious Full Nelson Suplex, holding on for the cover, but once again, he only got a two count. Regal, at a loss for what to do next, waits for Benoit to get up before nailing a few right hands and a kick to the gut, however when he goes for another kick, Benoit is able to hold on to the leg and step over Regal’s stable leg, perfecting a brilliant take down, before quickly locking in the Sharpshooter. This time the referee was in perfect position, and after being beaten down for awhile, after only a few seconds, Regal tapped out, handing the victory to the United States Champion.

Winner: Chris Benoit

**Whatever** hits over the PA system, as Benoit is given his United States Championship and begins his celebration. ‘The Crippler’ heads to the top rope and raises his title in the air before hopping back down to ground level and raising his title in the air once again, to the delight to many of the fans in attendance. Benoit then turns to celebrate with the other side of the arena; however he is taken down with a Clothesline, by a man with long brown hair~! The man quickly lifts Benoit back up before nailing a Piledriver, followed by stomping all over Benoit. Regal is also back to his feet by this point, and he joins the man stomping all over the fallen United States Champion. Surprisingly enough, rather than going for the kill himself, Regal allows the newcomer to pick up Benoit, lock in a Standing Surfboard, and then nail a Head Stomp! Regal and the newcomer then celebrate together over the fallen Chris Benoit, while the crowd wonder just who in the hell the newcomer is.

Michael Cole: What a heinous attack! Who in the hell is this guy?

Tazz: I don’t know, Cole, but he damn sure looks impressive. Let’s hope we find out more next week.

Michael Cole: It’s a shame a terrific match had to end in that way! Anyway, we’ve got to go to a commercial break, and we’ll be back in a flash.

**Commercial**


**Burn In My Light** hits before the commentators can even speak, and there is a lot of heat while also some squeals from the females in the crowd, as Randy Orton steps out from the back, in a pair of black suit pants and a white button up shirt. Orton stops and poses, letting the gold pyro fall behind him, as he looks like a million bucks; he then slowly begins to strut down the ramp, still with the arrogant smirk that he always carries around with himself.

Michael Cole: We’re back from the commercial break, and this is something we definitely didn’t expect, but we’re being enjoyed by the man who defeated The Undertaker 5 nights ago, albeit with the help of his father, ‘The Legend Killer’ as he likes to call himself, Randy Orton.

Tazz: Cole, why do you have to put a negative spin on everything? The fact is 5 nights ago this man beat The Undertaker, and my respect when up for him tenfold.

Michael Cole: I’m just being honest.

Tazz: You’re being a jackass!

Orton is now in the ring, waiting for his music to die down so he can begin to speak, although it’d probably be good if the crowd would shut up as well.

Randy Orton: …Survivor Series… nineteen ninety one… the birth of a legend… the debut of a Deadman…

Orton pauses for that ever important extra emphasis.

Randy Orton: …Summerslam… two thousand and five… the birth of a legend…

Another one of those cool pauses.

Randy Orton: AND THE DEATH OF THE UNDERTAKER!

Heat, but Orton doesn’t seem to care, as he almost looks as if he is in a trance.

Randy Orton: But Summerslam nights ago wasn’t about The Undertaker… Summerslam was all about Randy Orton… at Summerslam we saw the transformation of Randy Orton from Legend Killer to Legend. at Summerslam, the real Randy Orton showed his face.

Smirks from Orton.

Randy Orton: And as far as I’m concerned, this is just the beginning. You see, I knew from day one everything that was going to happen to me while I was in the WWE, so I planned ahead, and I planned accordingly; I mean, let’s think about it for a minute.

Orton stops, while the crowd remains silent.

Randy Orton: Take a look at all the legends that I have killed amongst my time in the WWE. Mick Foley? The Hardcore Legend? Dead! Shawn Michaels? The Heartbreak Kid? Hasn’t been the same since I defeated him. Harley Race? Dead. Ric Flair? Hasn’t done anything worth noting since I took him out last year.

BOO~!

Randy Orton: The fact is 5 nights ago was just the cherry on the top, because I knew a long time ago that if I took out all these legends and made a name for myself, I would be on top for a long time, however I’ll admit to being left with a little bit of a dilemma.

The crowd once again listens intently.

Randy Orton: My plan hasn’t seemed to have worked properly… because when I finished using Evolution and I left them for dead, I knew I was on my way, yet here I am, twelve months later… and I’m not the World Heavyweight Champion.

The crowd cheers for this statement, which irritates Orton.

Randy Orton: Not only am I not the World Heavyweight Champion… but the think that irritates me just that little bit more is the fact that the World Heavyweight Champions is my former Evolution teammate, Dave Batista.

POP~!

Randy Orton: But Dave, this is perfect for me, as now I can prove once and for all that I was the best man in Evolution… You see, when Triple H was World Heavyweight Champion, and Ric followed him around all the time, and you followed Ric like you had your head stuck up his ass, you guys didn’t realize that I was making strides and getting closer to becoming the greatest superstar to ever grace a WWE ring!

Boo, as the crowd believes that Batista is better than Orton.

Randy Orton: And now I’ve got a chance to prove it…

More heat is given to Orton, who continues to run his mouth.

Randy Orton: So, Dave, take this as your official warning.

‘Batista’ chant starts up, but quickly dies down.

Randy Orton: Don’t worry about some goof in a cowboy hat that you’ve already beaten, because if he thinks his money can buy him another title shot, his twenty galleon hat is cutting off the blood circulation to his brain.

A bit of a pop, due to the JBL insult.

Randy Orton: Don’t waste your time worrying about a man who won a World Championship five times at a company that ran itself into the ground.

BOO, at the cheap shot towards Booker T.

Randy Orton: Don’t worry about some guy who thinks he deserves a title shot because he has a new nickname every week, because Captain Charisma is an embarrassment to this business…

The Peeps don’t seem too happy, while the fans that are not cool pop at the Christian insult.

Randy Orton: And sure as hell don’t worry about The Undertaker, because at Summerslam, I put him out of his misery… FOR GOOD!

BOO, followed by a little ‘Taker’ chant.

Randy Orton: Just get ready to saddle up, because my destiny is ready to be fulfilled, and nobody, NOBODY, can stop me!

**Gong**

**Gong**

**Gong**

The lights go out…

…

And when they come back on, THE UNDERTAKER is standing in the middle of the ring, in all of his dark glory, yet Randy Orton is already half way up the ramp, having already scooted away. The Undertaker rolls his eyes to the back of his head and points at Orton and performs the throat slashing taunt, while Orton looks as if his eyes are about to pop out of his head. The Deadman then removes his black, long jacket, and does the universal “I want the title” sign, perhaps showing that he doesn’t have a problem with Orton anymore, but he just wants the World Heavyweight Championship.

Michael Cole: Oh my god! What a shocking appearance from The Undertaker! This is definitely unexpected, but I guess he somehow survived the heinous attack from the Orton’s 5 nights ago.

Tazz: And not only that, but now both he and Randy Orton have signaled their intent for the World Heavyweight Championship! I’ll tell ya right now, if I was Batista I’d be feeling a little uneasy right about now.

Michael Cole: This is Smackdown, Tazz, where there is only the best competition, so to be champion you’ve got to be able to expect a tough time ahead, but while we all try and wrap our heads around this situation, we are going to head to another commercial break.

**Commercial**

After the commercial break, we head straight to the interview area backstage where Josh Matthews is standing by.

Josh Matthews: Hi, I’m Josh Matthews and my guests at this time, one of the greatest tag teams on Smackdown, Joey Mercury, Johnny Nitro and Melina, MNM!

MNM step into view, and are met with a large amount of heat. They don’t seem to care, as the guys look like celebrities as per usual in their fur coats, and Melina has a sexy black skirt on, with high legged black boots. HAWT!

Josh Matthews: Tonight you guys go up against the team of Big Vito and Nunzio, and my question is, what strategy are you going to take into a match against a team that you wouldn’t have had the chance to study for?

Melina snatches the microphone out of Matthews’ hands, and Nitro and Mercury push him out of the camera shot.

Melina: First off, look at my boys: not only are they the best looking tag team in the WWE, but they have got the perfect mix of strength and athleticism which makes them the best tag team in the WWE period.

Nitro and Mercury smile, happy with the compliments.

Melina: And of course, with me behind them, being the brains of the team and all, they’re pretty much unstoppable.

Melina smiles to herself, while the two guys just stand behind her.

Melina: We don’t need to study our opponents like any other amateur team would. We are better than that, we’re Hollywood celebrities, and we’re the ones who need to be studied, although if you don’t know what we’re capable of already, then something’s seriously wrong.

BOO’s can be heard from the audience.

Melina: But tonight we do have a certain goal, and that goal is to show the current tag team champions, the freaks with face paint who stole our titles, just what we’re capable of…

Both men giggle at Melina’s insult at the tag champs and Nitro can be heard saying “good one”, in the background.

Melina: Tell em, boys.

Mercury grabs the mic from Melina.

Joey Mercury: Tonight, we take those two Italian wanna be’s, and we physically dissect them, and prove to the Road Warriors, and to the doubters, namely the joke of a General Manager, Teddy Long, that we deserve a shot at those tag team titles.

Nitro then grabs the mic, clearly having one last thing to say.

Johnny Nitro: Bottom line, we were robbed, but tonight we take the first step towards regaining our tag team championships!

The cocky trio then drops the microphone, leaving Matthews to scamper over and pick it up, not really having that much of a successful interview.

…

We then head to another backstage area, namely the locker room of the World Heavyweight Champion Batista, as he, Booker T and Rey Mysterio are all warming up together, looking pretty relaxed, and more importantly, looking on the same page.

Booker T: Yo, Dave, dawg, you sure you aight?

Booker surveys Big Dave, who looks at Booker rather quizzical.

Batista: Why wouldn’t I be?

Booker nods his head.

Booker T: The pressures on you, man. The fact is you got at least five guys who all want a shot at your World Heavyweight Championship, that’d kinda get me on the edge a little bit, hell, it’d probably even piss me off some. I just wanna make sure you got your head a hundred percent on our match tonight.

Batista smirks, before getting an intense look on his face.

Batista: Oh don’t worry, I’m ready! As a matter of fact I don’t think of been more ready for a match in a long time, but just a heads up for when we get out there, I’m starting this match!

Booker gets a happy look on his face now.

Booker T: I can dig that!

The midget, sorry, Rey Mysterio’s head then pops into camera view, until the camera pans down a little, to fit him into view properly.

Rey Mysterio: I’m cool with that, man! Now let’s get back to it!

**Generic Italian Music** hits over the PA system, and The Fully Blooded Italians, Nunzio and Big Vito, walk out to no reaction, but Nunzio seems very pumped up, trying to get the crowd behind them by jumping around like a little fly, but it doesn’t really seem to be working for the poor guy.

Michael Cole: It’s time for another match up, this time featuring two of Smackdown’s terrific tag teams, which makes our tag division so fun to watch.

Tazz: And Nunzio looks pumped as Vito looks focused, so hopefully these underdogs will be able to put on an impressive performance here tonight!

Michael Cole: And don’t forget still to come tonight, we have an epic six man tag team main event; heck, with the talent involved, it could indeed be a match of the year candidate.

**Paparazzi** plays over the PA system and the crowd all get on their feet, but they are sure as hell not cheering, as heat is heard all throughout the arena as the red carpet is rolled out and the paparazzi are ready, as MNM, Joey Mercury, Johnny Nitro and Melina step through the curtain. The trio struts down the ramp, Melina in the middle, and the flashes of the cameras are filling the arena, and this allows the announcers to talk a little bit as this is only phase one of one of the most epic entrances in the WWE today.

Michael Cole: Here they are, the very conceited former tag team Champions, Nitro and Mercury, along with their vicious manager, Melina, and they look pretty confident tonight, and they are looking to send a message to our tag team champions.

Tazz: The word that comes to your mind when you think of Melina is vicious? My man, there is definitely something wrong with you, but we’ll talk about that later, because I’m excited, because one of the best things on Smackdown is about to take place.

The coolest entrance in WWE history is about to take place, as Mercury and Nitro are already in the ring, on one knee each and pointing at the sexy Melina, as she lifts one leg onto the apron, followed by the other, in the process doing the splits. She’s wearing black g strings by the way, and the male members of the audience go nuts. Even Nunzio is caught having a quick look, but he looks away, when Nitro and Mercury give him a death stare.

Michael Cole: That was hot!

Tazz: Yeah, great insight, Cole. Now you can go home and have a wet dream.

Match #3
The Fully Blooded Italians vs. MNM w/Melina

Summary: This match up is a pretty one sided affair with Joey Mercury and Nunzio beginning in the ring, and Mercury immediately goes to town, winning a test of strength and then beating Nunzio down in MNM’s corner with right hands. Mercury quickly makes a tag to Nitro, wanting to stay fresh, and together they nail a Vertical Suplex on Nunzio. A bit later on in the contest, Nitro is on the top rope and he goes for a Moonsault, however ‘The Little Guido’ was able to roll out of harms away, and in the process, he was able to make a tag to Big Vito. However, Vito came in, hoping to use some kind of strength advantage he might have had, but that quickly falls down the drain when Nitro is able to nail a Dropkick straight to the knee cap, before tagging in the fresher of the two, Joey Mercury. Mercury quickly nails a few Elbow Drops to Vito trying to keep him down, before locking in a Reverse Chinlock, not to wear down Vito but to simply show off his teams’ dominance. After a while, he lets go of the hold, and tags in Nitro who quickly gives Vito a DDT, while Mercury punches Nunzio, sending him flying off the apron, and into the crowd barricade. Mercury and Nitro then illegally double team Vito, nailing the Snapshot, before Nitro makes the cover, and what a picture perfect performance it was from MNM.

Winners: MNM

**Paparazzi** once again hits over the PA system, and the ‘Hollywood A-Listers’ celebrate in the ring, with their lovely valet Melina, and they look very happy indeed, despite the crowd giving them heat, because with this decisive win, they could possibly be back on the right track to regaining the coveted WWE Tag Team Championships.

Michael Cole: What an impressive performance from these two men tonight, and with a victory filled with that much dominance, who can argue with them when they claim that they are the number one contenders for the WWE Tag Team Titles.

Tazz: Nobody can, Cole, and that is why I think it’s just a matter of time before we have new tag team champions. We’ve now gotta go to another commercial break, so we’ll see you guys soon; we just need to recover after our four and a half minutes with Melina.

**Commercial**

Once back from the commercial break, we head straight to the locker room of Christian, where Christian, Randy Orton and Orlando Jordan all seem to be having a conference of their own, discussing strategy for the six man later on tonight. However, with that being said, unlike with the faces, all three men here don’t look relaxed, as they are all standing, Orton and Christian face to face, and OJ standing a bit away, just watching on.

Randy Orton: Who’s won a World Heavyweight Championship? I’m pretty sure that’s not you, Christian, which means as far as I’m concerned, I’m the most qualified to start the match.

Christian’s jaw open in shock.

Christian: (points behind Orton) Look, its The Undertaker!

Orton quickly looks and panics, as does OJ, who actually ran behind Christian to the Captain’s amusement.

Christian: Ya see what I mean; we can’t have some guy who is scared that a dead man is following him around start the match in the ring. If the lights go out you might piss your pants…

OJ snickers, but Orton’s death stare quickly silences him.

Randy Orton: I AM THE BEST AT WHAT I DO!

Christian doesn’t budge.

Christian: Yeah, you’re the best at looking pretty… now why don’t you find a mirror and do that because I’ve got a match to get ready for?

Orton gives Christian a menacing look, while OJ stands in between them.

Orlando Jordan: Guys, guys, why don’t I just start the match up?

Both Orton and Christian laugh out loud, which causes Orlando to look confused.

Christian: Why don’t you go get us an orange juice each, OJ?

Jordan walks out of the view, while Orton and Christian continue to have a stare down in their locker room, not too far away from the main event, where they are supposed to be teaming up.

…

We then head to the interview area, where the sensational Josh Matthews is standing by for the second time tonight.

Josh Matthews: Hi everybody, once again, I’m Josh Matthews and this time I’m standing by with the WWE Cruiserweight Champion Paul London.

Paul London comes into view with the Cruiserweight Title on his shoulder to a fair reaction from the crowd in attendance, as they seem to have come to love the resilient superstar.

Josh Matthews: Now you requested this interview time, so what is it that you’d like to get off of your chest.

Paul grabs the microphone, while Josh remains standing next to him.

Paul London: I wanted this time to answer some questions, because I’ve been getting letters all week from all the great Smackdown fans out there, asking me why I haven’t been prominent on the show lately, and I just felt like addressing this situation here and now that way we can move on with life, and I can dedicate my career to being one of the greatest Cruiserweights of all time.

London pauses, taking a deep breath, before continuing.

Paul London: The fact is after winning the Cruiserweight Championship, I suffered a slight strain in my calf, therefore I was unable to compete at Summerslam; however, I’m happy to say that I’m all healed up. Not only am I healed up, but I’m ready to take the Cruiserweight division to the next level.

London smiles, as the crowd give an appreciative clap.

Paul London: I will defend this title week after week, and month after month, and I will make sure that the Cruiserweight division of Smackdown is looked upon as the premiere division in all of…

London pauses, as into view walks Juventud, Psicosis and Super Crazy, The Mexicools. The crowd gives a nice reaction for the trio, as Juvi puts his hand out, and London passes him the microphone.

Juventud: So you’re willin to defend that title against anybody, any time, at any place?

London nods his head, while The Mexicools seem pretty happy.

Juventud: Well then I’ve gotta little proposition for ya…

London grabs Juvi’s hand and brings the mic close to his own mouth.

Paul London: I’d love to hear it!

Juvi takes the microphone back away from London.

Juventud: Ya see, I’m hungry for gold, but I like you, so I wanna keep things respectful! So whaddya say, if next week, one of my boys, Psicosis or the loco one, Super Crazy can beat you next week, then I get a shot at your Cruiserweight title the following week?

London grabs Juvi’s hand again.

Paul London: You’re on!

London then slams the microphone into the chest of Juvi, before they both smirk at each other, as London walks off, extremely happy with the fact that the Cruiserweight division is going to be getting some recognition.

Michael Cole: Well I guess we’re going to get some Cruiserweight action next week and the best part about the Cruiserweight division as that it and its participants are exclusive to Smackdown!

Tazz: That’s right, baby, I love the Cruiserweights and having our champion in action next week is gonna be crazy, but do you know what else is gonna be crazy, Cole? Our six man tag team main event, when our World Heavyweight Champion Batista teams up with Booker T and Rey Mysterio to face Christian, Randy Orton and Orlando Jordan!

Michael Cole: Or as Christian likes to call him, orange juice.

Tazz: Yeah, nice joke, Cole!

**Kaientai** hits over the PA system, and there are a few cheers from the crowd, but nothing to call home about, as the only Japanese superstar on the Smackdown roster in Funaki steps through the curtain, simply wearing his usual blue and white striped wrestling tights.

Michael Cole: I love Funaki! The former number one announcer is now trying to get back on the winners list in the ring.

Tazz: It’s been a long time in between drinks for the Smackdown veteran, but coming up against a rookie that not many people know about, tonight could be the night Funaki breaks his unlucky streak.

**Kennedy** a loud voice saying Kennedy plays over the PA system, before some sort of catchy tune kicks in, while a blonde superstar, with green trunks that say KK on them, walks through the curtain for the first time ever, chewing his gum, looking very arrogant indeed. As he is walking down the ramp, he immediately shows that he is not shy by mouthing to the fans, knowing just how to make himself welcome on the blue brand.

Michael Cole: Well this new guy certainly seems to have an attitude problem, now it’s just a matter of seeing whether or not he can back it up in the ring.

Tazz: I’ll tell ya something, Cole, when you actually step into the squared circle it’s a different story, but with that being said, I’m certain this kid wouldn’t be showing this much attitude unless he could back it up. I’m interested to see just how the kid goes!

Kennedy quickly hops into the ring, and snatches the microphone from Tony Chimel, not allowing him to introduce the newcomer, instead seemingly wanting to do it himself.

Mr. Kennedy: Ladies and gentleman… please just be quiet because you’re about to witness something that none of you truly deserve to be here for…

Heat.

Mr. Kennedy: You’re about to witness the debut of the single greatest superstar that’ll ever step foot in a WWE ring; he’ll be better than The Excellence of Execution… he’ll be better than The People’s Champion… and he’ll be better than the shaved ape who is running around backstage thinking he is the World Heavyweight Champion…

Heat is heard, but laughter can be heard also.

Mr. Kennedy: He’s in the ring right now… and he’s NOT Asian… he weighs in an astonishing two hundred and forty three pounds… he, being me, hails from Greeeeeeen Bay, Wiiissssconsccinnnnnnnn… MIIIIISSTTEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRR KENNNEDDDDAYYYYY!!!

Kennedy heads to the top rope, Chimel’s microphone still in his hand.

Mr. Kennedy: KEEENNEDDDAAYYYY!!!

Kennedy then hops off the top rope, throws the microphone to Chimel, and stretches with the use of the ropes, getting ready as the match up is about to begin.

Match #4
Funaki vs. Mr. Kennedy

Summary: The match up began with a simply collar and elbow tie up, and just as it looks as if Funaki is gaining an advantage and pushing Kennedy towards the corner, Kennedy laughs and pushes Funaki sending him rolling across the ring. Funaki quickly gets up and both men try to lock up again, but Funaki puts on a Side Head Lock, Kennedy pushes him away and Funaki comes off the ropes, comes back and drops to the floor being run down by Kennedy with a hard Shoulder Block. Kennedy then runs to the ropes, picking up some momentum on his way back, but Funaki stays on the canvas, simply rolling to his stomach, but Kennedy shows some intelligence, stopping, and dropping an Elbow right on the neck of Funaki. Kennedy then decides to show off his strength nailing a very Delayed Vertical Suplex and a spine tingling Powerbomb, which leaves Funaki left for dead on the canvas, however surprisingly, Kennedy does not go for the pinfall. Realizing that Funaki is pretty much out of it, Mr. Kennedy decides to head to the top rope, and he’s not a small man so nobody knew what he was going to do, but then he came off the top with a beautiful Senton Bomb (not known as the Kenton Bomb yet) to the shock of the crowd, and to the dismay of Funaki, as he then goes for the cover and picks up the academic three count, bringing his record to 1-0.

Winner: Mr.. Kennedy

**Kennedy** hits over the PA system as Mr. Kennedy quickly hops out of the ring, and once again takes away the microphone from Tony Chimel so he can not announce the winner. This time, however, the young superstar is getting a little bit of heat from the crowd, as they are not happy with the young mans disrespectful actions.

Mr. Kennedy: And the winner of this match up… the sensational… Miiissssttteeeeerrrrrrr Kennneddaaaayyyyy…

Kennedy smirks, before laying down, putting his head right next to Funaki.

Mr. Kennedy: KEEENNNAAADAAAYYYYY!

Kennedy then drops the microphone right on the face of Funaki, as he leaves the ring, as we get ready to cut to our last commercial break.

**Commercial**

**Act How I Want To** hits over the PA system as Orlando Jordan steps through the curtain to some heat from the audience, however the heat gets a lot heavier, as when Jordan is about half way down the ramp, John Bradshaw Layfield steps through the curtain, clearly wanting to keep an eye on this match up. As Jordan slides into the ring, ready to go, JBL walks around the ring, and joins Michael Cole and Tazz for some commentary.

Michael Cole: Well I guess we’re being joined by JBL!

Tazz: No kiddin’ Cole! I don’t know how you figured that one out… well how ya doing, JBL? Orlando looks ready to go.

John Bradshaw Layfield: Of course he’s ready to go, he’s my protégé. I have taught him all the tricks of the trade, because when the time is right, he will have to continue my legacy.

**Just Close Your Eyes** blares through the speaker system of the arena, as Captain Charisma Christian steps through the curtain, kissing his two fingers, and sending love to all of the peeps in the audience. The peepulation must be at the arena in full force to, because as he’s walking to the ring, he gets a few cheers, although they are overruled by the heat from the rest of the audience. Once in the ring, Christian nods at OJ, not being too cocky, as he knows he has to prove something to Teddy Long tonight.

Michael Cole: Despite some complaining and nagging earlier tonight, Christian looks pretty focused right now, and when he’s focused, he’s very hard to beat.

Tazz: You got that right, Cole, and not only is he hard to beat, he’s on a quest to be the next big superstar here on Smackdown.

John Bradshaw Layfield: Well I’m a former WWE Champion so I know all about being a big superstar on Smackdown, and one thing that Christian needs to realize is that it takes more than being able to give yourself cool nicknames to be a top superstar, although come to think of it, I do have some pretty cool nicknames as well!

**Burn In My Light** rocks out through the speakers as ‘The Legend Killer’ Randy Orton steps through the curtain, however unlike earlier tonight, he ignores the gold pyro that usually falls behind him, as he seems to be a little more focused now that it’s match time. Once in the ring, he immediately walks up to Christian, and they begin bickering just like they were earlier, which causes the crowd to majorly mark out.

Michael Cole: Trouble in paradise, perhaps?

Tazz: Oh, this definitely doesn’t look like a promising sign for this team, especially with the quality opposition they are gonna have to deal with. Hopefully they can straighten themselves out, and quickly.

John Bradshaw Layfield: They need to let Orlando start the damn match up! Unlike this pretty boy Orton, he doesn’t need his dad to get the job done.

**Can You Dig It, Sucka** pops through the speakers, getting the fans dancing and cheering, as out steps Booker T along with his lovely wife Sharmell. They pause at the top of the ramp so Booker can let off his pyro before continuing down the ramp, constantly staring at his hand for no fucking reason, while the crowd and his wife continue to cheer him on.

Michael Cole: Here’s a man that I respect, because when he was younger things didn’t exactly go his way, but he turned his life around, and I think that’s the sign of a true man.

Tazz: What would you know about being a true man, Cole? Although, Booker is a good man, and he can go in the ring, which is what counts in this business.

John Bradshaw Layfield: He’s a five time WCW Champion, but he’s also a one time convict and somebody like that does not deserve to be the World Heavyweight Champion.

**619** hits over the PA system to a very loud reaction from the crowd as Rey Mysterio literally bursts onto the ramp, donned in pink pants and mask tonight. He looks happy for the first time in a long while, as he walks down the ramp, slapping hands with all the fans, before shaking Booker’s hand, who was waiting at ringside for his teammates before stepping into the ring. Before his music dies down, he quickly gives his wife and son Dominick a kiss, as they are in attendance yet again.

Michael Cole: I hope this man does well tonight and in the future, because after the hell that he has been through, he deserves a fresh start, and… I’m really just speechless; I can’t express how much I hope this man has happiness in his future.

Tazz: Well he seems pretty up beat tonight Cole, which can only mean good things for him and his teammates.

John Bradshaw Layfield: Orlando will squash this man like a bug, and then next Monday, Rey will start his new job, mowing my lawn and washing my car!

**I Walk Alone** hits over the PA system, and out comes the World Heavyweight Champion to the loudest ovation of the night. With the World Heavyweight Title around his waist, he stops about a quarter of the way down the ramp and sets off his pyro, before continuing down the ramp, the fans continuing to cheer him on like crazy. Once he gets to the bottom of the ramp, he and his two teammates slide into the ring, and Batista gives his strap to the referee, before looking at JBL and smirking.

Michael Cole: Here’s our World Heavyweight Champion, The Animal, Batista, and he has earned the respect of everybody in the back with his tremendous work ethic, and if he keeps going the way he is, he could be Champion for a long time.

Tazz: You really know how to put your foot in it, Cole!

John Bradshaw Layfield: Listen here, Michael, you disrespectful bastard. I’ll let you know that I was talking to Teddy Long earlier, and there will be a World Heavyweight Championship match in two weeks time on the first edition of Friday Night Smackdown, and I guarantee that by the end of it, I will be World Heavyweight Champion again!

Match #5
Main Event
Six Man Tag Team Match
Batista, Booker T and Rey Mysterio w/Sharmell vs. Christian, Randy Orton and Orlando Jordan w/JBL On Commentary

Summary: The match up begins with both teams huddled up in their respective corners, and not surprisingly, just like they decided backstage, or just like he decided backstage, the World Heavyweight Champion Batista would be starting the match for the face team, while the heel team still struggled to decide on who would start the match. Surprisingly, after a little bit of a heated debate, it is decided that Randy Orton will be starting the match, as Orlando Jordan and Christian, albeit reluctantly, step onto the apron so the two former Evolution teammates can get this match under way. Both men walk straight into the middle of the ring, going nose to nose, both jaw jacking each other, letting the tension build as the crowd begins going nuts, before finally they both take a step back, and begin circling around the ring, preparing to lock up. Surprisingly though, as Orton is circling the ring, Christian quickly tags himself into the ring, jumps straight in, and runs straight at Batista who knocks him down with a Clothesline, which is followed by another Clothesline, before Batista lifts Christian up and gives him a Body Slam. From there, Big Dave lifts up Christian, and puts him in a side headlock, Captain Charisma shows some fight though, backing Batista into the ropes near the face’s teams corner, and as this happens, Booker T makes a blind tag, however Christian doesn’t realize and he tries to whip Batista into the ropes but Batista reverses it and whips Christian instead, Christian comes back and leap frogs Batista, but as he’s in mid air he cops a Side Kick straight to the face from Booker T!

Booker, knowing this victory could do a lot for his career, goes for the cover, but Christian kicks out pretty comfortably at the count of two. Booker T awaits for Christian to get up, and when he does, he immediately goes to town, sending Christian into the corner, before laying it on the Captain with right hands and chops continuously, until finally the referee is able to get in between the two man and cause a break. Christian finally gets back up, and walks straight into Booker, who kicks him in the gut, and wrenches Christian’s arm, causing him to yell out in pain, before dragging Christian to Booker’s teams corner, and makes the tag to the smallest man of the match up, Rey Mysterio. Mysterio cleverly jumps straight onto the top rope, but not in the corner, just on the ropes, and looks as if he is ready to Springboard himself onto Christian, who is still being restrained by Booker, but Christian is able to poke Booker in the eye, freeing himself, and then he whips Booker straight into the ropes, causing Mysterio to be crotched on the top rope. Christian, realizing this is his chance, grabs Mysterio, putting him in a Reverse Front Facelock, while he’s still crotched on the top rope, before smirking, and dropping straight down, giving Mysterio a Super Reverse DDT!

Not wanting somebody else to capitalize on his dirty work, the leader of The Peepulation quickly makes a cover, but Rey Rey is able to weasel out at the count of two. Christian, needing a rest after being pummeled for most of the opening, walks to his corner and looks to tag in Orlando Jordan, however Randy Orton quickly slaps Christian on the chest, tagging himself in, and he immediately begins going to work, turning Mysterio onto his stomach, and dropping sadistic looking Knee Drops right to the neck of the mask wearing superstar. Orton quickly lifts Rey up and kicks him in the gut, before putting him in position for a Powerbomb, but once Rey is up in the air, the little man begins using his leg strength, trying to flip Orton with a Hurricanrana, and realizing he was in danger, Orton simply throws Mysterio off of him, however Rey does a back flip and lands on his feet, however as he landed he stumbled, and Orton quickly pounced, grabbing Mysterio and nailing an Inverted Backbreaker! Following the devastating move, Orton regains his composure, before quickly sliding over and making a cover, but Mysterio is able to kick out at the count of two, which frustrates Orton, causing him to pound his fists on the mat.

Randy didn’t want to tag out, so he continued his diabolical assault on Mysterio’s back and neck, by kicking Mysterio three times right in the spine. Orton then waited for Mysterio to get up, but when Mysterio was almost at a vertical base, just slightly hunched over, Orton gave Rey a stinging Swinging Neckbreaker. This earned Orton another near fall, before he locked Mysterio in a Front Facelock and made the tag to Orlando Jordan, who used his boxing background, plus his training from the great Rocky Johnson, to pepper Mysterio’s ribs with bruising right jabs while Orton was still holding Mysterio. Once Orton left the ring, Orlando took Rey to the centre of the ring, keeping Mysterio on his feet, although groggily, and Jordan shows off his tremendous athleticism, nailing an amazing Standing Dropkick. Jordan then adopts the Johnson shuffle, looking very happy, as JBL hollers encouragement from the announcers desk, and Jordan even points to Sharmell and winks, before cheap shotting Booker on the apron, but when Jordan turned his attention back to Mysterio, Mysterio was back up, and running full steam towards Jordan, sliding through Jordan’s legs, and Dropkicking him right in the back, leading Jordan to fall across the middle rope, really close to where Christian is standing on the apron.

Mysterio’s eyes open wide, knowing that he has a chance to nail one of his signature maneuvers, the 619, and the crowd knows it as they begin to cheer loudly in anticipation, however when Rey tries to swing his legs through the ropes, Christian grabs Rey’s legs, and drags him outside the ring, causing a huge splat when Rey’s back hit the cold, hard concrete floor on the outside of the ring. Christian then begins to have some fun with Rey, picking him up, and whipping him straight into the steel steps, and to make matters worse for Mysterio, the referee is unable to stop the cheating, as the referee is keeping Booker T outside the ring, as he tries to get at Orlando for the cheap shot. Finally, Batista is able to calm down Booker T enough for the referee to let him back, and turn his attention to what is going on, on the outside of the ring, however Christian doesn’t realize is, and he whips Mysterio straight into the ring post, but when the referee admonishes him, he swears he was trying to get Mysterio into the ring, but he missed. From this point, the referee refuses to count out Mysterio due to the way he got out there but it doesn’t really matter, as Christian decides to pick him up, and this time he actually rolls him into the ring, hoping that Jordan can put Mysterio away soon.

Jordan quickly went for the pin attempt as soon as Mysterio was rolled into the ring; however the count was interrupted at two, by Booker T getting some revenge. While the referee is once again admonishing Booker T, Jordan tries to give Rey a Vertical Suplex, however Rey lands on his feat behind Jordan and simply runs to his corner, tagging in the World Heavyweight Champion, Batista. Jordan turns around and sees that Batista has been tagged in, and he walks to his own corner, however both Christian and Randy Orton claim that Orlando is doing a good job, but when he turns back around, he is mowed down by a phenomenal Clothesline, before Jordan stupidly gets back to his feet and runs at Batista and gets caught with a Back Body Drop with huge elevation. This leads to Christian and Orton both finally coming into the ring to the aid of their partner, but unfortunately for them they are met with a Shoulder Block each, as this match is beginning to break into absolute pandemonium. Jordan, by this stage, is back up, but just as he is running at Batista, Big Dave is able to turn around and react quickly enough to nail a Power Slam, meanwhile Booker T has come into the ring, and Clotheslined Christian over the top rope, sending himself over the top and to the outside as well.

Batista, thinking the coast is clear, goes for the pinfall; however Randy Orton was still around to make the save, as he breaks up the pinfall attempt at the count of two. This just seems to enrage Batista, who quickly grabs Orton, and backs him into a corner, and simply begins choking Orton with both hands wrapped tightly around his throats, before Mysterio makes a blind tag, wanting to take over. Batista lets Orton go momentarily, which allows Orton to slide out of the ring like a snake, but Batista quickly jumps out with him, beating Orton on the outside, while Booker continues to have his way with Christian on the other side of the ring. The referee is stuck in a tough position, trying to restore order on the outside of the ring, and it gives JBL time to leave the announcers table, and head to the ring, just as Mysterio Dropped The Dime on Orlando Jordan, and as soon as Mysterio got up from that because there was no referee to make the count, JBL nailed the Clothesline from Hell, before dragging Jordan on top of Mysterio! The referee conveniently turns around to see this and makes the count, however the referee stops counting at 2, as he is dragged outside the ring by Booker T’s wife, Sharmell!

Sharmell argues with the referee, and when JBL sees this, he goes ballistic, quickly walking up to Sharmell, and grabbing her by the hair, however when Booker T sees JBL manhandling his wife, he quickly decks Christian with a Side Kick to the face, before running after JBL. JBL notices Booker and quickly throws Sharmell to the floor, before jumping over the crowd barricade and running to safety. Booker stops to momentarily check on his wife, before she assures him that she is okay, and then he hops over the crowd barricade and gives chase to JBL, as Booker is definitely not a happy man. Meanwhile, both men in the ring remain down, while on the other side of the ring, Batista and Orton have battled towards the ramp, and when Orton swings for a haymaker, Batista picks his spot beautifully, ducking the wild right hand and giving Orton a Spinebuster on the steel ramp! After this, while the men inside the ring begin to stir, Christian gets to his feet, albeit very dazed and looks a tad confused, Booker’s kick clearly having done some damage, Batista spots Christian and just smiles, before beginning to sprint around the ring, he gathers a full head of steam, when finally he reaches Christian who turns around just at the right time, and Batista Spears Christian through the crowd barricade~!

After this barbaric move, there is only two men left in the match and they are the two left in the ring, Orlando Jordan and Rey Mysterio, and both have begun to stir. They both get to their feet around the same time, however Jordan seems to have recovered a little better as he immediately hits a couple of left jabs, and getting the Johnson shuffle started again, however when Jordan goes for the big right, Rey drops straight to the floor, and gives Jordan a Drop Toe Hold which causes Jordan to fall right on to the middle of the rope, putting him in a perfect position for the 619 once again. Mysterio runs hard, and hits the crowd favorite mood, which causes Jordan to stagger, but he remains on his feet. Mysterio then Springboards off the top rope, and nails the West Coast Pop, and gets the three count on Orlando Jordan. What a victory!

Winners: Rey Mysterio, Batista and Booker T

**619** hits one last time tonight, as the crowd all pop for the ever happy Rey Mysterio as his roll continues. He climbs to the top rope, and crosses himself, before posing to the fans: he then rolls outside the ring, and in a touching scene, he celebrates with his family, hugging his son, and kissing his wife, as the show comes to an end.

**End Of Show**

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Just saw that post you've made *EDIT: two posts above now :@*, but I cant be bothered editing my review .

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Good to start with a Summerslam video. Gets us caught up, and makes anyone that didn’t buy it feel like they missed out.

Surprised Vince opened proceedings, especially coming off a PPV he had no hand in, and indeed, at this point, had little influence over the television shows. I’d imagine this is a sign of things to come though, with the boss being the first man out, as we move past the summer events, post Bischoff…

Pure heel Vince it seems - the best way to go. I can only assume he’s going to be playing a massive part in things, now that he’s captain of the ship once again. Didn’t take long to go for the cheap heat, and I laughed at the Jesus bit. Still referring to Cena as a ‘thug’ didn’t sit so well with me. At this point, Cena had been heavily watered down, almost beyond any recognition of his previous ‘rapper’ gimmick - if however, you’re looking to return to that character, then it’s all good, considering it was at this point that the fans turned on Cena. IMO, it’d work better if you slowly transition back to being a bit of a badass, rather than suddenly being the old Cena, just because Vince calls him a thug. I’ll wait and see.

Assuming you weren’t quoting Angle when you mentioned he ‘squashed the fuck out of Eugene’ . With Angle pushing Vince to the ground, could we be seeing a potential face turn for the Olympian?? Something that’d get a heck of a pop from the fans, imo. Great main event signed for tonight, against a guy that’s all set for that main event push - and holding the noose known as MITB.

Not sure if I’m remembering correctly, but I don’t think Masters and Carlito had a proper alliance going on at this point. Not saying that Masters helping out CCC is a bad piece of booking - I liked the two of them as a pairing - but we need to follow up as to why they’ve got an alliance, as this stage (again, I may not have remembered right) the partnership wasn’t created. Hope you can make something from Benjamin, as he had a tonne of potential at this stage - no Mama either *Obligatory there*.

Raw needs Triple H back. Should be a cracking return, if he can get into the right angle.

Hulkamania LIMPIN wild, brother. Wonder if you’ve got anything special in store for Hogan, or just a fond farewell.

Not often you see Billy Gunn mentioned in the same breath as JBL and Austin. Crikey.

New tag team champions on the horizon. Cade and Murdoch made for a decent pairing, so here’s hoping you can capitalise on them, and build up a decent tag division on Raw with them as a big part of the picture, and the heroes OUT of any tag team title picture. Was this the RNWC first match??

Interesting comments from Jericho, who seemed a little too confident about getting another shot at Cena. Methinks he could be highly disappointed with that attitude coming off a clean loss at Summerslam. Would mark for a triple threat match though at Unforgiven for the belt. Take note and deliver plz.

Flair vs. Big Show?? Couldn’t be pretty…

Hard to tell who was the face and who was the heel here. Could’ve been face vs. face I guess too, as Show was a boring, smiling face at this point, and Flair had been off screen for a while after a match with Kurt Angle. Bit of a waste of Ric Flairs return to just throw him in randomly with Big Show.

I don’t mind two matches back to back, but I don’t like the fact you’ve had two fairly marquee matches back to back on a weekly show that isn’t a special edition or something like that. Not only that, but it’s potentially (assuming Flair vs. Show was face vs. face) the second all face match up.

Limp finish, but didn’t have to be anything special for a throwaway Raw match. With Kane likely to be treading water, the clean win for Cena HAD to be expected. Just wonder what lies in the horizon for Cena, with Angle and Jericho coming for him, and Vince far from happy with the man carrying the brand. Could do with some “”, or italics, to distinguish actual quotes from a promo, away from your descriptions of the bits in between, as it gets hard to follow at points.

So is Big Show in cahoots with Jericho?? (And, therefore, heel??) Good fit, imo . Good idea to give next weeks main event a week of hype, to get viewers tuning in, and I’m sticking to my guns of this Angle-Cena-Jericho match at Unforgiven. Smell the buyrates…

Goes without saying that the main event was going to be immense - despite the lack of a hero in the equation. HARDY~!!~?? Seems like you pulled a fast one on us with that then. Just hope you can give us something a little further from how the angle transpired in the real world, with Hardy looking for vengeance on Edge. A potential feud of the year was wasted by the WWE. Maybe you can capitalise on it.

Back to the match - shades of Benoit He who shall not be named head butting Stephanie in 2000. Bit rough imo, even for a crazy fucker like Angle, busting Lita’s nose. Very rough indeed. No favourites played by Angle, taking out Hardy - which tbh, kind of kills his momentum as a crazy fucker, getting out crazied by Angle.

Hats off. The opening moments of the Hogan promo were immense. Typically Hulkster - but perfectly worded, in character, milking the shit out of it. Indeed, no shit Hulkster, you wont be living forever .

Do I smell a swerve?? Looks like you’ve hoodwinked us with quite a few of your ‘newsbits’, as I cant imagine HBK is out here - in a show closing angle - to play nice with Hogan. That doesn’t = ratings.

Slap in the face all but makes it clear that he’s not here to give Hogan a nice little send off .

ZING~!! The HBK of old is back. Plenty of fire in Michaels this evening, and his pseudo heel turn in the run up to Summerslam has become a full blown heel turn, back to the man that played a major part in attitude taking over. Sweet Chin Music & spitting = heel turn complete. Something was lacking from the HBK portion of the angle, and could’ve done with a bit more cockiness and for lack of a better term, ‘attitude’ from him. Would’ve also been great if he had replied to Hogan, when Hulk offered for them to keep their friendship alive or end it here, and simply stated “You‘re right” … then Sweet Chin Music. Still, good end to the show.

The one thing I noticed a lot from the show was seemingly a step back to the crazier times of ‘attitude’, with Vince referring to Cena as a ‘thug’ - the one gimmick of Cena that would’ve fit in that time period, Angle going nuts, and busting up Lita, and of course, the return to ‘97 for HBK. Maybe I’m reading into things too much, but that was the impression I got from the show. Overall, a nice return to form, a decent show to get the ball rolling, but I just hope you can keep the ball rolling

Heh, two in one post. How bout them apples.

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Two shows up in one thread? Oh my.

Nice video recap of SummerSlam from RAW, as well as using the commentators to recap the show. Would have liked them to also sell the show we’re about to see since they should be making people want to watch the show too though. Also, Eddie having marital problems with Vickie? Please don’t tell me you’re writing him out like this. I would have liked to have seen you write him out at the date of his death, rather than discard him straight away, personally.

I like JBL getting a squash victory to get himself some momentum back, as well as giving him a chance to show some real aggression, although the promo is what’s much more important, as we need to see what you’re going to do with Layfield now he’s moving away from the main event scene. First off, I have to say that I’d rather you use a different text for actions than black, as with both the dialogue and actions in black, it gets annoying at times. Not too big on JBL trying to continue his feud on with Batista either, as after a No DQ match it should be done, especially considering the two had been going at one another for a few months by this point. JBL, while in character, also made a point that didn’t really make sense in saying Batista has to learn to hold onto the gold, because by this point he had held the gold for what, four and a half months? He won it long ago. The cheap heat stuff with Tazz also seemed odd, since the heels have always loved him. Just targeting Cole would have done fine. The colour (spell it like an Aussie, plz) blue being brought up also seemed a little odd and out of place, although apart from that, the promo ended pretty strongly. Pretty good start to SmackDown!, despite the thought of JBL vs. Batista being uninspiring to say the least.

One thing that I absolutely love about this time period is that Christian was all set to be as awesome as he can be, and you could well capitalise on it here. Although both men started well, things started to falter, imo, with the very lame insult from Christian and then him calling Long a ‘smartass’. I mean, really Christian? Call your GM a smartass. Really? Doesn’t seem right at all. The good news is that T’Lo was actually still looking pretty good at this stage. Thing after that improved again, and while I like the main event you’ve set up, I’m not quite sure how Christian complaining makes Long think of the other five superstars, nor do I think a guy who tapped out in about twenty seconds should be in the main event of SmackDown!, while the guy who made him tap isn’t. Alright segment, although it had its dips and I don’t really understand the logic behind the match made.

Sorry, I had to. Anyway, definitely liking the matchup of Regal and Benoit in theory, as the two have put on numerous bouts with them that have been of high quality. Beautiful hard hitting contest here, which lived up to what it should. @ Regal not only telling the referee to check the crowd barrier to make sure everything was stable, but also pulling something hard out of his tights. Debuting Paul Burchill (come on, we all know it’s him) to go along with Regal works fine since the two were an impressive team, although the name of Burchill’s finisher is the Curb Stomp (surely you would know that with all of your gang activity ). Good to see Burchill in the thread, as whether teaming with Regal or working as a singles guy, he’s someone I enjoy watching. Hopefully he’ll get what he deserves as he has potential.

Randy Orton coming out for promo time? Not sure he should be in the main event if you’re already featuring him, but whatever. Tazz calling Cole a jackass in Orton’s entrance was, erm ... not quite right too. A bit aggressive for Tazz, who was never really an out and out heel and used to be buddies with Cole. Anyway, onto the actual Orton promo, a nice opening line for sure, with the promo progressing well onwards from there. The transition of Orton’s concentration onto the World Heavyweight Title was alright, although I would’ve liked to have seen something more along the lines of “now that I’ve shown that I’m the best SmackDown! has to offer, it is my God-given right to be World Heavyweight Champion” as it seems to be more of a natural transition then just “however, I have a problem” to me. ‘Taker coming out and cutting Orton off was really no surprise, although I have to question why he’s cutting a promo in the show now if ‘Taker was going to interrupt. I mean, why not just have ‘Taker interfere in or after the main event? If ‘taker was to come out to scare Orton now, why wouldn’t he attack him during the main event too? Doesn’t make much sense to me. Neither does ending the feud now, as while I understand you want to do your own thing, suddenly having ‘Taker say “Hey, I have no problem with you Randy” even though he was screwed at SummerSlam really doesn’t make much sense to me. Surely ‘Taker would look for vengeance. As a whole, the promo itself was pretty good, although the booking surrounding it is something that, at least imo, doesn’t make sense.

MNM vs. Nunzio/Vito? Ergh, heel vs. heel match, which is a pet hate of mine. A snoozer for the crowd is never a good thing. The points made by Melina were fine here, although I don’t know if they sounded exactly right. I mean “being the brains of the team and all” doesn’t sound like something a bitchy Hollywood celebrity would say. As I said, the point behind the promo was good, and Mercury and Nitro were short and sweet, but Melina’s delivery didn’t seem right.

Lovey dovey stuff here which I guess shows that the whole team is on the same page, which is just lovely.

Terrific tag teams? Nunzio and Vito? Michael Cole is easily impressed I see. As far as the amount of detail you went into for Melina’s entrance goes, well, let’s just say it worries me a bit. The squash I guess does MNM good, hopefully sending them back to tag team gold since Heidenreich and Animal are just embarrassing as tag champs. Replace plz.

@ Christian owning Orton with the ‘Taker thing. Burying Jordan by having him laughed at really isn’t the best move, imo, as this main event could help him look good after being embarrassed by Benoit a few times. I have no doubt he’s just there to take the fall, although I’d at least like to see him taken somewhat serious.

Good to see you really trying to put some emphasis on the cruiserweights here, giving London some mic time to shine. London vowing to take the cruiserweight division to new heights is promising for sure, although the lack of character both in this promo, and in his little bit with Juvi was worrying, as while I love Paul London, his “I’m Paul London and I’m a nice guy” gimmick needs ... something. Anything, really. Things got a bit too lovey dovey with “I’d love to hear it!” and “I wanna keep things respectful!” here too, which is a bit of a shame. This division needs a major heel. As for Super Crazy or Psichosis beating London to earn Juventud a shot, well, they just look like his bitches, tbh. How does either of them winning earn Juvi a shot? Wouldn’t they want a shot if they won? This division is crying out for at least some personality, because atm, everyone seems to be looking like a little bitch. Building up the division might be a challenge, but I’m certainly interested in seeing how you do it. Giving the champ some mic time was a good start, however, you’ve got a long way to go from here.

Another squash here? Third on the show, which is at least one too many, imo, especially when the debut of Kennedy could have waited at least a week. Decent enough introduction from Kennedy, if not just standard for him (would have liked to have maybe seen a little tweak on the character since he’s only debuting now), with the squash giving him a successful debut. It’ll be interesting to see what direction it is that you take Kennedy in, as I know you for some reason (God knows what it is) love the guy.

JBL on commentary for the match, eh? Since you seem insistent on dragging out the feud between Batista and Jibbles, I guess it’s the right thing to do. The actual commentary from JBL was meh, although I guess the announcement that he’ll probably be facing Batista at the premiere of Friday Night SmackDown! means we won’t have to see this feud drag out until No Mercy, which is certainly a plus. The dissension in the heel team was cool to see early with the tag from Christian, while the tag in and side kick from Booker was also a very crisp piece of action. While the counter of Christian to get the momentum back also seemed pretty cool, Rey would have to have immaculate balance to be on the top rope for long enough for Christian to poke Booker in the eyes and whip him into the ropes. Good idea in theory, but envisioning it is near impossible. Again, good psychology in Orton now tagging himself in, although I have to say I was happy to see OJ finally get in the match when he did, because this really should be his chance to shine. Seeing Mysterio take so much punishment on the outside, only to immediately counter a move and make the tag when right back in the ring was a bit odd, and to see Jordan being left in the ring with Batista pretty much seels his fate. The chaos to finish the match on the outside was interesting, and while Batista looked strong, both a spinebuster on the ramp and a spear through the barrier in one match, which really wasn’t too significant as a match, were perhaps a bit too much. Regardless, I liked both a possible feud beginning between Booker and JBL (fingers crossed), as well as the simple finish, that was effective enough without too much chaos. A pretty nice way to finish the show, with some (perhaps overbooked) chaos, giving us an exciting ending.


In all honesty, this probably wasn’t your best effort, although it was a solid start for the brand. I didn’t necessarily agree with some of the booking decisions, and the show was perhaps missing some of the epic promos which I know you can be capable of. Apart from that and the formatting which I mentioned earlier on, this was at least a solid start, and something you can build on. Hopefully this brand and thread will get a chance to flourish, as we all know the potential is here. Pretty good stuff, Stoj.

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Thursday Night Smackdown:

Took me a while to get around this one.

Not sure what the point was in detailing all the outcomes from the Smackdown side of Summerslam from Cole and Tazz, seconds after a detailed video package to kick off the show. :S

Big ask for Scotty in this one . Most certainly on jobbing duty this evening, so it would seem we’ll have to wait and see what the future holds for JBL now that he’s out of the title picture. Squash win to just get some heat back. Glad though that you got him a few moments on the mic … but didn’t Michael Cole have a beard at this point, killing JBL‘s put down?? .

Some brilliant stuff from JBL, including the use of Batistas humble past, and rough childhood, which helps get the fans on Big Daves side too. The Tarzan/Jane bit has been done before, but it’s been done a number of times, making it something that JBL SHOULD say on a regular basis. Whilst I wouldn’t care if I never saw JBL and Batista mix it up again, JBL should still have his sights set on a world title shot - it’s his only ever ambition, and should remain that way. Saying that, I’ll echo what BKB said, in that his argument that Batista hasn’t proven he can hold onto gold was way off the mark. By this time, Batista has defended against Triple H twice (once inside HIAC), and Edge on Raw, along with others I’m sure.

While I don’t think you’ll bother with another chapter to the JBL/Batista feud, I can see JBL’s quest for a rematch leading into a new feud with someone else looking to get a shot at the belt too. I’d imagine that’ll maybe kick off in the next week or so on Smackdown.

Hopefully this is the start of something for Christian tonight with a place in a six man main event (but Orlando Jordan being there looks really odd). When he went over to Smackdown in ‘05, he was ready to break out, as in, main event type of break out. He’d gotten really hot over on Raw, but once he made the switch, he got pushed down the card, and ended up jobbing to the over-the-hill Bookerman. A sudden win though in the six man tonight might be a bit much imo, after a couple of months of literally week in, week out jobbing.

Not sure whether I’m just looking for it, but everything written about Benoit seems like a piss take . “He has controlled aggression”, “Benoit will continuously try to go in for the kill with his deadly submissions”. Hmm.

Heck of a write up for this match, and it seemed to build and build, working off the hard hitting description you gave it. Plenty of twists and turns with the brass knucks making a famous re-appearance (glad to see it btw), and some shenanigans from Regal, looking to bend the rules, all eventually backfiring, as Benoit still picked up a hard fought win.

Aftermath was sweet too, with the debut of (surely Burchill?? Curb stomp?? Has to be Burchill) taking out Benoit, and aiding Regal. I’d love to see a series of matches where Benoit takes on either Burchill or Regal for the next few months. Could be some sweet match ups in the making. Would maybe even like to see Rey help out his good buddy, in a series of what would be terrific tag team affairs. Plenty of routes to take from this point, and they’re all pretty mouth watering tbh. Liking this piece of booking, when I’m thinking of what may come.

I must’ve read the phrase ‘five nights ago’ a dozen times already … if this is still Thursday night Smackdown … wasn’t it FOUR nights ago??. Why not just ‘this past Sunday’ every once in a while.

Survivor Series 1990 was the debut of Taker, not ‘91. Anyways, after the first line or two, talking about the death of the Deadman etc, it was standard Orton fare for a little while, talking up his legend killing activities, before moving onto his quest for a shot at the title. Not sure whether he can get away with saying he used Evolution, since it was they that kicked him out in the end. But the set up for a potential angle with Batista is there, with the two men looking to determine just who is the dominant member to break from the group. A feud I think at this point, a lot of people want to see … but it wouldn’t appear to be on the horizon just yet, with Taker looking far from dead.

Seems like everyone is setting their sights on a title shot. Not all that comfortable with Taker seemingly just giving in to Orton, as you pointed out he’s seemingly more intent on getting a shot at the title. Given Takers character, surely he’d put redemption against Orton before a title shot?? Regardless, I can understand you wanting to maybe veer away from that particular angle, but there are far better ways to do it. You could’ve simply had this promo pan out as it had (without Taker motioning he wants the title), then setting up a rematch on SD in a couple of weeks, with someone interfering on Ortons behalf, and attacking Taker (for some reason. Cant be bothered dreaming up why, but you get the point.). Maybe that’s how it’ll pan out anyway, with the two meeting in a #1 contenders match, and someone taking out Taker, giving him someone else to chase.

Uh, yeah. Get the belts off the faux LOD, and back on MNM. Then find yourself a couple of decent face teams to challenge them for the belts. Just make sure you build the division around MNM, and you’ll be fine. I cant for a second imagine you doing anything other than that, tbh.

Hmm … something Booker said … “five men chasing for the belt”. Probably reading too much into a simple sentence … but can I smell a potential Elimination Chamber match on the horizon??

Bit of a cheesy promo between Batista, Rey and Booker. Didn’t make for comfortable reading imo. Just too … cheesy.

Rather one sided affair for MNM, and it had to be expected. I’m certain this is the start of a quick rise back to the top of the Smackdown tag team tree … hopefully with a stipulation of losers retire forever … and the faux LOD are gone for good .

Eh, while this was a better pre-match meeting, it was still uncomfortable reading at times. Orton looking shit scared of Taker coming after him (minutes after Taker made it clear he’s given up chasing after Orton), and then Orton channelling Jericho of 08/09 with the ‘Best at what I do’ bit. Jordan got owned by both men, which makes me question his involvement in this main event again, as it’s clear he has no place being there.

At first, I thought you were positioning London as a smarmy heel, talking up all the letter he’s been getting etc . But, it’s a good sign that you’re going to be putting more spotlight on the cruiserweight division … although maybe you should take a look at some Juvi promos. He appeared to speak a different language here … proper English?? No Spanish … or at least some hint of an accent?? It’s good that you’re focusing more on the CW division, but you need to maybe take a look at some promos from these guys for some direction. Also, I’d pissed if I was Super Crazy or Psichosis … why should they be the bitches of the group??

Three potential squashes in one show?? Meh. For that reason, I’d have held off the debut of Kennedy for another week. Could’ve even taken a different route than the WWE, and built up to his debut with videos for a few weeks, rather than putting him straight onto the show. He’s another good addition to the show though, that’s for sure, and his rise will be one to watch for.

Big vague on the WHC match on the first Friday Night Smackdown. Will it be JBL, or was JBL just letting us know that Teddy has said there would be a World title match, but didn’t say who the challenger would be?? Clarification plz.

Lots of hints at dissention right away, with Orton and Christian bickering, and the Cap’n making a blind tag, almost right away. Didn’t go too well with that though, taking a bit of a beating before turning things around for himself. Seems like you’re putting a lot of emphasis on dissention between Orton and Christian, which makes me think they’ll be clashing over this upcoming title shot in a big way, possibly leading to a face turn for Christian. Orton owning OJ, by stealing the tag from Christian just continues to undermine Jordan.

Like I said to BKB in his thread, I hope you play up on OJ and his boxing skills, as it can separate him from the pack as a stand out. Loved Christian stopping the 619, and the ‘splat’ read great. Hot tag from Rey to Batista leads to a huge brawl, giving plenty of excitement to the closing stages, and it didn’t go unnoticed that Batista and Orton handily paired off against one another … foreboding??

Was convinced the interference from JBL was the finish, which could’ve helped move JBL into a convenient feud with Mysterio to take him out of the WHC running … but with Booker saving the match, and JBL then attempting to attack Sharmell, my money is on that feud picking up instead. After all, you don’t put your hands on another mans woman.

Fuck, it’s all getting a little crazy now … spear through the barricade?? Fuck. A tad extreme for a regular edition of Smackdown, between two guys with no history with each other, especially just moments after Batista took out Orton with a sick spinebuster. Perhaps we’ll see Orton and Christian band together for revenge in the next few weeks?? Hopefully this was done for a reason, and not just thrown in for the sake of doing it.

Finish was nice, with Rey getting the win over OJ (who was always jobbing), and gets himself a good reason for a title shot. Things are certainly looking up for the littlest big man.

Room for improvement, but you’re certainly on the right tracks, and given that you’re more excited over the SD brand, I’ll remain patient to see what you bring to the table in the coming weeks with the blue brand.

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Alright, so regarding Smackdown, it's only going to pick up in the coming weeks, or at least it feels like it from my perspective. As for this Raw, it's in recap, and I feel as if it's pretty good, despite the fact, that much like Smackdown, at the moment my mid cards are a little weak, but this is something I plan to fix as time goes on. Also, sorry this took so long, just been extremely busy, but I enjoyed writing this one, so hopefully it reflects that in the quality of the show.

Monday Night Raw – August 29th, 2005

The show opens up with a video package of the events to remember from last weeks show. These events include the WWE Intercontinental Champion Carlito retaining his title against Shelton Benjamin thanks to the help of relatively newcomer Chris Masters, Edge and Kurt Angle going at in a match of the year contender in which Edge won by disqualification thanks to interference from Matt Hardy, and finally, Shawn Michaels heel turn on Hulk Hogan because of Hogan’s apparent lack of respect to his fellow wrestlers.

After this, we get the usual opening to the show with the opening video, pyro, and the introduction from the announcers who spend a majority of their time hard selling the main event, which will see the WWE Champion John Cena going one on one with The Big Show. They also make mention that later on tonight Vince McMahon is forcing Kurt Angle to run the gauntlet.

After the opening proceedings conclude, we are joined in the ring by the Intercontinental Champion Carlito, as the ring is decked out with palm trees and hammocks, as it’s time for Carlito’s Cabana. Once in the ring, Carlito immediately insults the audience, before recapping the events which took place last week. He claims that he defeated Shelton Benjamin with his pure talent, and that Chris Masters was just around to have his back as it’s a well known fact that Shelton Benjamin does not follow the rules. Carlito continues praising himself, and letting everybody know that there is nobody left to challenge him, therefore it’s only a matter of time before he is set in stone as the greatest Intercontinental Champion of all time. Once he has seemingly finished putting himself over, Carlito tells everybody to put their hands together for somebody who is very cool, Chris Masters. Masters flexes and poses his way to the ring, however for some reason he doesn’t have a microphone with him, and he just stands next to Carlito (somewhat like a side kick) while ‘Lito continues to do the talking. Carly puts over Masters as an incredible specimen, and he says that anybody who messes with him for now on would have to deal with ‘The Masterpiece’. Carlito informs the crowd that the reason why he and Masters have decided to have each other’s backs is because they are sick and tired of being over looked, as they are the next generation, and they plan to take the respect they deserve from the old, some what established superstars. Just as it seems as if Carlito is going to wrap it up, and he and his sidekick are going to leave, they are interrupted by a ballsy Shelton Benjamin, who walks straight into the ring, microphone in hand, not backing down from the two cocky, young wrestlers. Benjamin tells Carlito to stop whining because he doesn’t deserve respect, as respect has to be earned by accomplishing things by yourself, rather than getting help to win matches from the likes of Chris Masters. Benjamin then says that come to think of it, unlike himself who worked for everything he has ever gotten, ‘Lito got help to win all his matches when he was back on Smackdown as well (Yes, a Matt Morgan and Jesus reference ). Benjamin even goes as far as to say that if it wasn’t for the big buffoon next to the Afroman wanna be that he’d probably be Intercontinental Champion again. Not appreciating the insults thrown at them, Masters and Carlito go to town, taking down Benjamin and just mauling him on the canvas. The attack goes on for awhile, mainly with just stomps being used, and it eventually ends with Masters dropping Benjamin with a fatal looking Clothesline. The reason why the attack ended is because Carlito and Masters felt it was the correct decision to scuttle, when ‘The Nature Boy’ Ric Flair came down to the ring to make the save. Flair then checks on Benjamin, while the two youngsters back up the ramp, mouthing at the old wily veteran who ruined their beat down.

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In the opening contest of the night, we see a match which could shape the entire tag division on Raw for a long time to come, as one half of the World Tag Team Champions, Rosey went one on one with one half of The Redneck Wrecking Crew, Lance Cade. With both men’s partners being on the outside of the ring, it wasn’t long into the match before all hell broke loose, but unfortunately for The Superheroes, The Hurricane was taken out by Trevor Murdoch on the outside of the ring, which caused Rosey to be distracted, and Cade was able to roll him up, while holding the tights to get the three count @ 06:53. After the match up, the two Redneck’s gallop down the ramp, very happy indeed, now having certainly earned themselves a title shot, after defeating the current champions twice in as many weeks.

We then head backstage, where we see the current WWE Champion, John Cena, with his typical three quarter denim shorts on, hopping up and down on both feet, trying to get warmed up for his main event match up with the five hundred pound giant later on tonight. The intensity quickly vanishes from Cena’s face, replaced with a smirk, as he stops jogging on the spot, as Vince McMahon has entered his locker room. Cena asks Vince what the hell he wants and Vince just chuckles before mentioning something about Cena’s attitude being his undoing as long as Vince was in charge. Cena retorts, getting in Vince’s face and letting him know that he didn’t give a damn about what Vince wanted, because he beats to his own drum, and he refuses to become a corporate puppet, like the five hundred pound gorilla, and the egotistical blonde son of a bitch. McMahon screws up his face, and does his patented bobbing adams apple facial expression which leads to Cena telling him that as long as he was around, and as long as he was champion, Vince would be forced to have a look on his face which says that he just got something shoved up his ass! As Cena goes to walk off, Vince laughs, which causes Cena to turn around, and Vince suggests that Cena stay in his locker room and warm up, because his match tonight is now The Big Show against John Cena with Chris Jericho as the Special Guest Referee! Vince then smirks and leaves while Cena simply takes off his chain and holds it in his hand while clenching his fist, knowing that tonight he is in for the fight of his life.

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After the commercial break we head to the backstage area, where The Coach is standing by with ‘The Nature Boy’ Ric Flair, who seems to be very pumped up after the events that took place earlier in the show. The Coach, being the dick that he is (OWNS though) sarcastically thanks Flair for ruining a very entertaining opening of the show, and then asks why Flair thought he had the right to do what he did. Flair is fired up right from the get go, claiming that he has done it all in this business, and much like his (conveniently) good friend Shelton Benjamin said earlier, Carlito and Chris Masters need to earn everybody’s respect, and you don’t do that by insulting and attacking people for no real reason. Flair, with a fire in his eyes, claims that he has everybody’s respect, and Shelton is earning everybody’s respect so when he sees people making a mockery of the sport he shed blood for for so many years, it pisses him off. Flair then begins yelling and woo’ing, typical Flair ownage shit, until Carlito and Chris Masters attack him from behind, the former nailing him with a trash can. After the initial collision, they stomp all over Flair for awhile before the backstage officials make the save, separating the two young men from the downed veteran.

After the fiery interview from Flair everybody’s attention is drawn to the titantron where a video of ‘great’ importance is playing. It is a video hyping the return of Triple H, and what a great video it is, showing all his great moments such as leading DX, marrying Stephanie McMahon, and becoming a multiple time WWE and World Heavyweight Champion. The video ends with “The Game is back on… soon.”

From here we get back to in ring action, where we see Kane go one on one with one of the members of The Heart Throbs, Romeo. Despite the constant interference from his tag team partner/boyfriend Antonio, the result was really never in doubt, with Kane pretty much dominating with power moves from start to finish, and finishing the match nailing a Chokeslam that just about sent Romeo through the canvas @ 2:39. Kane begins his post match celebration by giving Antonio a Chokeslam as well, before walking to the back, a content look on his face, back on track after his loss last week.

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Following the commercial break, everybody in attendance is greeted by the appearance of Edge; however his sex pistol of a girl, Lita, is inconspicuous by her absence. However, the mystery of Lita is quickly solved, when Edge announces that Lita is not here tonight because she is sporting two black eyes, due to her broken nose that came at the hands of Kurt Angle last week. Edge claims that Angle should consider himself lucky, because he already kicked his ass last week, and he’s too bored to do it again. Edge continues saying that he’s out here to address one man, and one man only- if you can call him a man- and that man is Matt Hardy. Edge expresses his frustration to the sold out arena, telling them all that he thought that after Summerslam he would have got rid of the nuisance that has been Hardy, but it’s simply not the case. It seems as if Hardy wants to continue to bother Edge and Lita, and Edge lets it be known that he’s not going to stand for it, therefore if Hardy wants to fight Edge, he needs to be a man for once in his life, and come face Edge right now! After a moment or two of the crowd buzzing in an anticipation and Edge waiting, Matt Hardy’s music hits, and he steps through the curtain, wearing a black singlet and a pair of denim jeans, clearly not ready for a wrestling match. Hardy has an angry expression on his face and seeing this Edge’s demeanor seems to have changed to one of fear. Hardy, not being deterred by his rivals sign of weakness, quickly runs down the ramp, wanting to get at Edge really badly. Once he slides into the ring, Edge jumps the gun early, beginning to stomp all over Hardy, before beating him down with kicks and punches, bludgeoning the head of Hardy, much similar to what he put Hardy through at Summerslam. Edge kicks Hardy in the head twice in a row, and reminiscent of both Summerslam and last week against Kurt Angle, Edge goes for the third and final killer blow to his head, but Hardy is able to move out of the way. As Edge tried to regain his balance, Hardy quickly leaped to his feet, and took Edge down before whaling on him with rights and lefts, immediately leaving huge welts over the forehead and cheeks of Edge. Eventually Edge retorts by rolling Hardy off of him, and rolling out of the ring, however Hardy, being determined and emotionally charged and all that juicy stuff, quickly runs and dives through the ropes, landing on Edge with a Suicide Dive! Both men get up at roughly the same time, and Hardy continues whaling away on the back of the head of Edge, as ‘The Rated R Superstar’ staggered up the ramp, not happy with the treatment he is getting. Eventually both men battle their way through the curtain, and Edge continues to try and fight back, but for every time he was hitting Hardy, he was getting two in return. Security tried to separate the hectic situation, but it was pretty much impossible to do so, and the brawl came to an end, when the ever vicious Matt Hardy threw Edge through a conveniently placed glass window! Matt Hardy was then grabbed by security as they tried their best to escort him to the building; meanwhile, we get one last camera shot of a broken and bloodied Edge lying in a puddle of glass, as we head to yet another commercial break.

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Once we return from the commercial break, a replay is shown of the incident that took place before it involving Edge and Matt Hardy. We see Edge provoke Hardy, before Hardy rushes to the ring and they begin to fight, and Hardy takes Edge to school, before throwing him through a glass window. We are now live and we head to the backstage are, where we see Matt Hardy being escorted from the building by security, however security are stopped by Vince McMahon. McMahon gets in Hardy’s face, telling him that he can’t just attack McMahon’s superstars whenever he wants, it’s simply a no go zone, and if he continues to do it, Vince is sure that his rebirth in this company won’t last much longer. Hardy, for some stupid reason, attempts to take a dive at McMahon, however security have him well and truly restrained, and McMahon laughs before telling Hardy to save his energy, because next week, he’s going to need it. McMahon then leaves and security continue to take the struggling Matt Hardy out of the arena.

After that interesting segment, we get another replay, this one of the incident which ended the show last week. We see Hulk Hogan come out, and prepare to announce his retirement, before he is interrupted by Shawn Michaels. Michaels listens to Hogan for awhile, before eventually turning on Hogan, nailing Sweet Chin Music, leaving Hogan lying in the ring, in what could possibly be his last appearance ever in a WWE ring. Once the replay is off the titantron, Jim Ross and Jerry ‘The King’ Lawler announce their disgust for the actions of the “egomaniac” Shawn Michaels, before wishing Hogan a speedy recovery, due to his concussion, and pretty much wish him good luck in his future endeavors.

Backstage is where we are headed again, where Todd Grisham is standing by, with the much hated apparent number one contender, Chris Jericho. Grisham asks Jericho whether or not he will be an impartial referee for the main event between Big Show and John Cena tonight, despite the fact that he has his issues with the WWE Champion. Jericho snatches the microphone from Grisham, and pokes fun at him, calling him a nerd and what not, before he gets down to serious business. He claims that he will be an impartial referee, because there is no way Cena will beat a five hundred pound monster anyway. Grisham then asks another question, regarding when his shot at the title at Unforgiven will be announced, and Jericho tells Grisham to be patient, because he will definitely be fighting for the championship at Unforgiven, McMahon has already guaranteed him that. Jericho claims that Unforgiven is in the future, for now we’ve got the lead up to Unforgiven, which is the beginning of the end for Cena, because with Big Show on the Vince McMahon and Chris Jericho pay roll, there is no way that he could possibly lose to John Cena at Unforgiven! He ends the interview with “I will be WWE Champion by the end of Unforgiven, I guarantee it!”

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We return from the commercial break and Kurt Angle is in the ring, awaiting the first person who he is going to have to face in this Gauntlet match. The first person Angle is facing is Sylvain Grenier, and Angle went to town pretty quickly, polishing him off, after easily nailing a Belly to Belly Suplex, a German Suplex and the Angle Slam. Entrant number two was Rene Dupree, and he actually gave Angle a bit of a challenge, stomping all over him, and knocking him down with a Clothesline. However, when it came down to it, Angle was able to drop Dupree with a DDT, before nailing a somewhat uncharacteristic Moonsault and getting the pinfall. Opponents number three and four both came out at the same time, as they were Romeo and Antonio, collectively known as ‘The Heart Throbs’. Romeo and Antonio tried to double team Angle, the former being on double duty tonight, and although they were successful for a little while, in the end, Angle was able to make them both squeal and tap with the Ankle Lock. The final entrant in this match was Gene Snitsky, and he came out, looking to be aggressive and make a name for himself, but after Angle was able to weather the story, he nailed an outstanding ten German Suplexes, before making Snitsky tap to the Ankle Lock. Angle just polished off five opponents in about 05:24, clearly showing that he is on a roll, and that he means business.

While everybody is settling down after the impressive performance from Kurt Angle, we head backstage where we see Carlito and Chris Masters jogging down a hall way, looking as though they are looking to get out of the arena in a hurry. At first, this seems to be rather random; however, the camera shows the now recovered Ric Flair and Shelton Benjamin chasing the younger duo out of the arena, not happy with how they have been treated tonight. Carlito and Masters make it to the parking lot, where a limo door is open, and they sprint towards it, and ‘Lito quickly throws Ashley Massaro out of the limo and he hops in himself. As Masters tries to hop in, Benjamin and Flair grab him, and drag him out of the limo, while Carlito drives away in the limo. Flair and Benjamin stomp all over Masters for awhile, before Benjamin challenges Masters to a match, at first Masters declines, so Benjamin and Flair continue the attack, but eventually Masters accepts, and it looks like they’ll be in action a little later on tonight.

Once again, we are in the backstage area, but this time we are in Vince McMahon’s office, and just as things look rather relaxed with McMahon sitting by his desk, Kurt Angle barges in, still covered in sweat after his match up. Angle immediately complains about not getting enough competition, and he tells McMahon that he better start getting some competition that actually interests him, otherwise maybe Angle will have to start trying to get to people who are high up, people such as Vince McMahon! McMahon gulps, before yelling at Angle, asking who he thinks he is threatening him, but Angle cuts Vince off, letting him know it’s not a threat, it’s a promise. McMahon looks scared, but tries to keep his game face on, and tells Angle that next week he’ll be getting some serious competition, and there is no chance in hell that he’ll feel left out of proceedings after next week. Angle sneers, before getting right in Vince’s face, and lets him know that he won’t feel left out by the end of tonight either.

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The next segment after the commercial break is a match up, and it is the ever fiery Shelton Benjamin going one on one with ‘The Masterpiece’ Chris Masters. Ric Flair is of course hanging around ringside, while Carlito is nowhere to be seen, probably already in the town where next week’s Raw will take place. The match up was a decent one anyway with Benjamin beginning on top, using his quickness to baffle the big man. However, things changed when Benji attempted a Cross Body from the top rope, and Masters caught him, and nailed a Backbreaker. From here, the pace of the match really slowed, with Masters using a variety of power moves and a deadly Brain Buster just to keep Benjamin down. Masters was doing so well, that he even had a chance to lock in the Masterlock, but unfortunately for him, Flair stood up on the apron, distracting Masters, much to the delight of the crowd, which allowed Benjamin to hit back with a Dragon Whip. Benji follows up the Dragon Whip with a T Bone Suplex and gets the pinfall, to both the crowd and to Ric Flair’s delight @ 08:09. After the match up, Flair and Benjamin celebrate, while a sad and sorry looking Masters hobbles up the ramp.

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The final commercial break of the night being done, it is now time for the main event, which features The Big Show taking on John Cena with the Special Guest Referee, Chris Jericho. Jericho and Cena immediately bicker as soon as they are into the ring together, and this lets Show quickly take the advantage, clobbering Cena with thunderous blows to the back. This pretty much began a stage where Show was trying to keep the pace down, but the energetic Cena continued to get up and run at Show with Running Shoulder Blocks, keeping the pace of the match up, trying to tire the largest athlete in the world. Eventually, it seemed as if Cena’s strategy was going to work, as he ducked a lazy attempt at a Clothesline, before kicking Show in the gut, and nailing the Throwback! Cena then attempts the Five Knuckle Shuffle, however when he comes off the ropes, the impartial referee in Jericho sticks out his leg, blatantly tripping the WWE Champion. Cena gets up and corners Jericho, only for Jericho to slap him straight in the face. This causes Cena to lose his cool as he put Jericho on his shoulders for the FU, but Show had gotten up, and wrapped his hand around the throat of Cena. This lead to Cena dropping Jericho, but unfortunately for Show, Cena slipped from his grip, and bounced off the ropes, gaining some momentum, but Show just stuck out his boot and kicked Cena right in the face. From here, Show dominated some more, with Jericho constantly making sure things remained in his favor, before the ending came about, in which Cena put in one last ditch effort. Show went for a Chokeslam, but Cena weaseled out again; Cena then went for a kick to the gut, but Show caught his leg, spun him around, and lifted him up for the Chokeslam. Cena kicked and tried to get out, but Jericho grabbed onto his ankles, making it impossible for Cena to get out of Show’s grip, and Show nails a Chokeslam! Then, at about 11:46, Jericho made the fast count, sealing the deal, and giving Cena his first loss since Summerslam.

After the match up, Show and Jericho began to beat down on Cena, hitting him with punches and kicks, before Jericho lifted him up, and gave him the Breakdown. Just as things seemed like they were getting from bad to worse for Cena, Angle made the save, running into the ring and taking down Show with a flying Clothesline, before peppering Jericho with right hands in the corner. Following this, Show ran at Angle, but he low bridged the top rope, causing Show to fall to the outside, while Jericho then Speared Angle, and both men went through the ropes and to the floor, where they jockeyed for position, nailing each other with vicious punches and elbows. With the ring clear of everybody except the WWE Champion John Cena groggily gets to his feet, and the referee hands him his title, but just as he turns around…
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SWEET CHIN MUSIC! JOHN CENA HAS BEEN KNOCKED CLEAN UNCONSCIOUS, BY THE NEW AND IMPROVED SHAWN MICHAELS! THE ACTION ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE RING HAS STOPPED, AS EVERYBODY HAS THEIR EYES SET ON SHAWN MICHAELS, NOT BELIEVEING WHAT HE HAS JUST DONE, BUT MICHAELS JUST STANDS OVER CENA, NOT CARING ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE, HIS COLD EYES CONCENTRATED ON THE WWE CHAMPOIONSHIP AS WE HEAD OFF THE AIR!

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Already telling us how weak the midcard is before we’ve read the show, eh? Stop making excuses, Stoj, and start writing SmackDown!.

I’m not that big of a fan of video recaps kicking off the show unless they’re absolutely vital for us to remember, so imo, you should have only had the dramatic heel turn of Michaels, which is far more important than anything else that happened on the show. As for the card, well, it looks alright. Cena vs. Big Show is actually a match I often find enjoyable (especially their WrestleMania XX encounter), and Angle running the gauntlet will be a sure showing of his intensity.

Opening up with Carlito’s Cabana? Surprising, although it’s a good way to really make ‘Lito your top midcarder by featuring him heavily in opening segments like these. Nice way to start with some cheap heat from ‘Lito, before getting into the actual promo with ‘Lito declaring how talented he is. @ it being a well known fact that Shelton cheats when it’s Carlito talking. While I like the tandem of ‘Lito and Masters, I’m kind of disappointed Masters didn’t get any time to speak for himself, because he kinda owns. Fuck the haters, tbh. ‘Lito being overlooked when Bischoff had done nothing but show him love since his arrival was kind of odd too, as it seemed you just went for the easiest reasoning possible to pair the two up. Regardless of that, Benjamin interrupting is good, because really, his heel turn at this time absolutely killed all his momentum, so I’m glad to see you keeping him as a face. Shelton was straight forward which is probably for the best since his mic skills are far from amazing. ‘Lito and Masters beating him down is fine too, and Flair coming in for the save gives him some direction, following a meaningless match with Big Show last week, which is good to see. Alright opening segment here, establishing some midcard feuds and really bringing the midcard forward.

The continued build of Cade & Murdoch as next tag champs is fine, though as they and the champs seem like the only two teams currently in the division, it seems like you’re going to have a very hard time after they take the gold. For now this is fine, but in the future Cade & Murdoch can’t simply feud with Hurricane & Rosey.

Why do Cena and Vince suddenly have a problem? Would be nice to have some reasoning behind it, as I can’t remember anything going down between the two last week. While Jericho being special guest referee adds an extra dimension to the match tonight, I would’ve liked to know why these two suddenly hated each other, besides Cena being a rebel.

Coach as your backstage interviewer? Could provide some entertainment. I like Coach instantly heeling it up, while Flair’s promo seemed fine. I’m not sure if ‘Lito and Masters attacking Flair was necessary tonight after Flair had already gotten involved in their business, although it does move the feud along I guess.

Eww, Triple H.

Would like to see Kane doing something, since this is now two weeks in a row he’s been kind of floating around aimlessly. A squash does give him some momentum back, but if you’re going to use Kane, a feud for him would be good to see.

Nice touch to see Lita not accompanying Edge out tonight because of what happened last week. Edge’s explanation that he was too bored to fight Angle was kind of meh though, and really, even for a heel, lame. Edge calling out Hardy to continue their feud was fine and all, although the actual promo here seemed a little short. Regardless, the brawl between the two was pretty epic, and much like last week, I’m glad to see you incorporating those kicks into Edge’s arsenal as a potentially dangerous move. Something I’ve never seen done in BTB, which really gives Edge another sick, twisted dimension. Hardy’s determination to not let Edge escape was cool with the suicide dive, and the finishing spot with Hardy throwing Edge through the glass was cool too. The only thing I will say is that I think you need to bring Lita back rather than have her on the sidelines any longer, because really, she is what this feud is all about. Still, a very nice brawl here.

Hardy’s in trouble after Edge called him out? Erm, okay. Seems like you’re trying to show Vince really throwing his power around, although the reasons thus far have been kind of lame.

You’re really putting over this Shawn Michaels angle, which is good to see. Hopefully he can be the top heel on RAW until Edge cashes in MITB, because I don’t really have that much interest in Jericho as top heel.

Jericho’s promo here was alright, hyping up Big Show well, although the talk of Jericho ‘having’ a title shot at Unforgiven is almost too blatantly telling us he likely won’t be getting a one-on-one shot. Wouldn’t mind a little more subtlety to this, but still, not a bad promo.

Angle running the gauntlet is a nice way to show his intensity, although much like Kane, i hope you don’t have him floating around aimlessly. Sylvain being finished off quickly was no problem, and I like that you gave Dupree a little more offense because I actually quite like him. I would have preferred to have not seen The Heart Throbs again tonight though. I mean, surely whichever one jobbed earlier would still be hurting and not wanting to compete. Surely your roster has a little more depth than this. I also thought you made Angle look a bit ridiculously good against Snitsky with TEN German suplexes. Five is the top you need, especially on a weekly show which should only have the regular three as it is by no means a special occasion (and usually it has to be a very special occasion for Angle to bust out more than just the trio). Snitsky also had a bit of momentum going at this time, as he hadn’t become a complete jobber, so jobbing him so easily is kind of a waste. The match time was also much too short for my liking, as again, it’s a bit of overkill. I didn’t mind the concept here, but you’ve tried to do too much.

More stuff between Carlito/Masters and Benjamin/Flair? Ugh, we’ve had enough of them for one show. Seems like this feud is being built up in way too much of a rush. The fact that they’re wrestling tonight as well just seems way too much like overkill as well. The other things that irk me here are that Shelton and Flair came off as if they were a gang by attacking someone until they give in (keep your personal life away from this thread plz ), and that, despite Vince being on a power trip, Shelton can just make a match without any word from Vince.

Angle still seems a bit aimless here, which is disappointing. Feud for the Olympian soon plz.

As I’ve said, we’ve seen more than enough from Shelton/Flair and Carlito/Masters for one show. Shelton getting the win is all well and good, but you’ve tried to pack way too much into one show here.

Main Event time already? That actually caught me off guard since I thought you may have another match before it. Using Jericho for a distraction was a fine way to start it, although from there, I thought Cena got too little offense. Would have liked to have seen a real comeback before the finish, despite Jericho’s interference. Big Show getting a win over Cena also puts him in position to get a title shot which is something I don’t think you want either. The run ins at the end I guess set the stage for the main event scene on RAW, with Michaels’ arrival really being the important thing. Seems like a multi-man match for the title at Unforgiven, although idk how you’re going to fill out the undercard if you do that. Should be interesting to see where you go next.


As a whole this show was alright, Stoj, with the only things that really irked me being Kurt Angle being too dominant, and ‘Lito and co taking up so long on the show, which to me, seems to show that you’re having trouble filling your shows out. I think you maybe need to try to develop some more midcarders, even if they are someone like Snitsky (Tomko would be a good choice imo), as you yourself have said, you don’t have much in the midcard atm, although there is potential there with guys like Snitsky, Tomko, Dupree etc. Apart from that, not a bad effort, and good to see a thread from you make it into the second week. Hopefully it can keep going.

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