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SUPERECWFAN1

12-04-2006, 09:07 PM

Tonights show is pretty much a " Gotta hit a HR " show. The WWE produced 2 lackluster horrid PPV's in straight weeks. The ECW one hurt the most as Heyman's departure happened. With McMahon blaming Paul E. for his errors.

To make it worse rumors are Rob Van Dam and Sabu are inching closer to being gone as well. With Rob getting a lawyer to fight the company and Sabu just fed up with the McMahon's in general. So its pretty much the death nail in New ECW and Vince won't accept blame. So what else is new in this world ?

Onto RAW...

The Good:

The show opens with highlights of Edge/Orton destroying Ric Flair. As we see DX in great production gonna get their revenge for what happened to Ric Flair last week. The old DX would have happily joined in beating down Flair oddly. This DX rebels against no one.

John Cena comes out to his usual reaction. Lets put a tag on the crowd heat , 80 percent face pops and 20 percent boos for the record. The face reaction drowns out the boos as Cena is on a roll. Pretty much its John having to hype his PPV match with Umaga. What corner of hell is that a Main Event ?

He invites Umaga out to fight him now but out comes the hot Melina. He makes a slight joke that Umaga has changed lol. She tells him to forget Umaga ( which trust me , the crowd here has) and center on Kevin Federline. Johnny Nitro is training him by god and he's gonna be ready Jan. 1st.

Masters tries to jump Cena and looks like a joke as usual. Coachman concedes he wanted to teach Cena a lesson and after John mocks him as a loser , makes the match tonight : John Cena vs Chris Masters. If Cena's unable to beat the Masterlock he loses the title. Wonderful...this could have went to a talent that needs it for a push. Cleary how much more must Cena be booked as Superman ?

Federline has more heel heat than Umaga at this point. I'd say book Federline/Cena at New Years Revolution and save us watching Cena beat Doomsday but whats the point ? This is the same company that surfed Paul Heyman out and wanna force someone to go on an Iraq tour.

Backstage we see Rated RKO and the return of Kenny ! Spirit Squad is dead and now Kenny wants to join RKO as the 3rd member. Edge tells him he's gotta prove himself to them. By making the RKO a heel stable and align Monty Brown and Kenny with Orton/Edge they could have something.

Roddy Piper gets his props as Lillian annouces he's undergoing surgery . Heres some get well wishes to the Rowdy One " Roddy Piper " as well. The Highlanders " Blair & Gaz " show up to dedicate the match to Piper. They even wear shirts as fans chant his name. The Highlanders shock me by beating Cade & Murdoch.

Victoria destroys yet another Diva on her way to Mickie James. She even has a list. This week Maria gets punished and as Mickie goes to check on her , takes an ass whuppin from her. BBBRRRUTTTALLLL.

In a funny scene CRYME TYME goes to the Retirement Home and sings XXX-Mas songs. Its time like this I'm glad that some twisted guy is writing these. The funny carol songs sold this and the old woman punkin the Doctor over her was sweet.

This seques into Jim Duggen , Todd Grisham , Shelton Benjimen and Super Crazy all watching. The 3 laugh as Benjimen says it sets race relations back 20 years and gets in Super Crazy's face. As he looks at Duggen and Grisham , they both say Crazy doesn't know much english . Benjimen makes the match and says Crazy can go back to sellin fruit on the highway. Ohhhhh burn. Then Crazy admits he does know some english callin Benjimen a punk ass b-tch.

In the ring Benjimen seems motivated and the match with Super Crazy is pretty short and sweet. Then outta nowhere comes Charlie Haas !! Haas is huggin his ex-team mate and it appears we could see the reformation of WGT. To actually save both men's careers by Christmas ! Now thats a X-Mas present we never thought we'd see.

Wow , what a way to bury Chris Masters. Not only does Cena win the match , he uses the dreaded Masterlock to do it. After it , comes Umaga who comes out . I don't really know who has worst heat , Umaga or Chris Masters.

Umaga puts an ass kickin down on Superman as the security try and bail him out. Finally he wakes up and starts kickin Umaga's ass as the Security takes forever to seperate both men. The fans cheer Cena on finally . Jim Ross screams its gonna be a brutal match at the PPV. Yes....for anyones eyes who watch it I'm thinking.

Backstage we see Vsicera hit on Torrie. She's gettin a coffee and he tries to put the moves on her. No go as Carlito walks over. He then does the apple spit take on him as Ron Simmons stands there. His shirt saying what needs to be said.....til we hear a loud audible " DDDDAAAMNNN" . Ok now their starting to make that old.

Carlito has his match with big Vis who has lost Charlie Haas. Secretly I'm sure Haas is saying " THANK GOD " . Match is decent for what it is and Torrie gets involved and so excited she pops her top. The 2 share a kiss after the match.

Backstage Hector tells Cena about Coachman and his agreement as Cena grabs him and looks like he's gonna rip his damn head off ! Estrada looks like he's gonna crap his pants as Cena makes it look like Estrada was dissin Coach. The effect is now that next week Estrada will face John Cena.

So the Kiss Cam this week is done by...Val Venis ? Holy shit , this guy still has a job ? Venis is making couples kiss til he comes to 2 hot babes in the crowd who are plants. The 2 tease us as i wonder where this segment is going. Finally the 2 start to get down til Eugene comes down. I loved the blond......

Eugene's horny obviously and wants a kiss as they decline. Then he snaps as Val Venis tries to srop him and he beats his ass down in RETARD RAGE !! Eugene has claimed another victim as the new mentally challenged heel.

This week its the Main Event of DX/Hardyz vs MNM/Rated RKO. If the Orton and Edge team get buried in this as usual , then its just damn sad. And last night was supposedly the last night MNM and Hardyz would remain a team. Seems that lie lasted 1 whole night.

Thus far its like the DX/Hardyz team is repeating the same exact way they buried these guys on Survivor Series. The fans start ripping Edge and Orton as the match goes. I have to give props to MNM and the Hardyz for doing some good spots in this match.

The 8 man match is pretty good . For awhile its like DX is sending the message about Ric Flair and how they loved him. The heels take control awhile and at the end outta nowhere comes Kenny ! He lays out HBK and then HHH chases after him leaving the action alone awhile as Edge nails a spear on Matt Hardy for the win.

Of course DX still refuses to look weak and they end up destroying Kenny to send a message to Edge and Orton. The message should be " Wait til you punks get to be untouchable on the roster and can hold it over everyone ! "

The Bad

DX comes on crying about Ric Flair as they discuss how for years they idolized Flair. That they did to Flair what they never could do to them. NO F-CKIN DUH Shawn. If you 2 would at least take beatdowns and lose maybe Flair wouldn't have to do DX's job in this fued !

HHH stays silent as I'm shocked. I suppose HBK said all we needed to know as usual. The fact DX is proclaiming how much they worshipped Flair has made them jump the shark alongside ECW.

Lack of good matches. Between Benjimen and Super Crazy's match ending 5 to 6 minutes and then watching the Main Event there was nothing good RAW wise.

Lines of the night: " Boys and Girls , that is a reason why you practice safe sex ." : John Cena pointing to K-Fed's picture on Titan Tron.

" Coach that is a good one ! Me vs Masters for the WWE Title. You can hear the many in attendance not giving a crap ! " : John Cena to Coach.

OVERALL: *** Outta 5. I'm being generous since the lack of good quality matches hurt. Only the short Benjimen/Crazy and Main Event with Hardyz/MNM doing most of the work looked good. The segments and all helped and Cena's pretty much perfoming a miracle making fans care about Umaga enough to buy a PPV .

Erik Lehnsherr

12-04-2006, 09:17 PM

A Raw with some progress at last.

*They finally moved along the Benjamin/Cryme Tyme feud by having his tag partner, Charlie Haas, suck up to him after the SuperCrazy match. A match that should of been a MOTY canidiate but was only given 5 minutes.

*Victoria is back in psycho mode. And if there was one good thing about Raw in 2003 next to Hollywood Rock, it was Psycho Victoria. Psycho Vickie vs Princess Mickie. Works for me.

*The Eugene heel turn is being handled wrong. It should be made out that he was never "slow" to begin with and was just playing everyone for idiots. Have him shave and act intelligent. But they screwed it up. It's too late now.

*Carlito vs Viscera is a nominee for Worst Match of the Year. The crowd was DEAD silent and Carlito botched 3x. Horrible match.

*The main event was predictable. Either a Hardy or MNM member was gonna lose. Everyone knew that.

*Chris Masters SUCKS and Cena's jokes were some of his worst of the year. Him beating Umaga is the only good thing about this whole Umaga feud.

Raw gets 6.5/10 for Mickie/Vickie, the Shelton/Crazy match, and the Cryme Tyme promo.

RichStanz

12-04-2006, 09:18 PM

I'm sort of confused by Chris Masters.
When he debuted, he was pushed as a big deal
But the moment he's suspended, DX makes fun of him for basically being a steroid freak.
When he returns from suspension, 30 lbs. lighter, he's made fun of again, for all his past glory coming from the fact that he was a steroid freak.
He started feuding, and lost to the King last week.
This week, Cena actually says the audience doesn't care if he gets a title match.
So since he's kind of been systematically dismantled as a credible threat for the past few months, why am I supposed to care about his match with Cena?

titanfan

12-04-2006, 09:21 PM

I liked this RAW, if only because it went way deep into the Roster and we saw a lot of people we normally only see on Heat.

With Charlie Haas and Shelton returning to action--we actually have some semblance of quality tag teams again! Wow!

Poor Matt gets pinned by Edge again.

Carlito vs. Viscera = Terrible. Most WTF match of the night. Part of me was interested to see if Carlito would attempt the back cracker on Big Vis though.

I would actually like to see the Diva storyline going the way of Psycho Victoria vs. Psycho Mickie, but they probably will keep Mickie as the sweet babyface for now.

Oh yeah, who was that asking "Are you ok, John?" during the brawl?

master of read

12-04-2006, 09:23 PM

my friend says that tna has lousy acting/commintating/storylines. i told him, i dont watch tna for that. i watch tna for wrestling. this raw bored me again. it had its moments but i was still watching heroes over raw.

wwe is fudging up lately. i still find it odd how tna can do more in hour than the wwe can do than in four. i omit SM cause it's good.

DWEarhart

12-04-2006, 09:34 PM

Legato

12-04-2006, 09:54 PM

What's Team Arune's new tv name gonna be?

I've read RKennyO elsewhere. I'm tossing in...

R2KO.

Bottom line, this Raw was not abysmal. It showed life, which was necessary from a company standpoint, considering the big news about Heyman being tossed around, and every person with Gawd given common sense can see that what's holding WWE back as a whole is Vincent Kennedy McMahon. I don't know how Smackdown has held up this long, but it seems someone had some sense to see a ain't-broke-dont-fix project when one presents itself.

Something big is going to happen. Maybe not soon, perhaps sooner than we think, but something big is going to happen.

I give Raw atleast until next week to see if things really have improved. So far Rated RKO is looking less like DX's B*tches and Kenny is showing signs of potential since he left the Spirit Squad.

Also I am liking Intense Cena more than the Poor Man's Eminem John Cena. That brawl he had with Umage was the best thing I have seen out of him.

DaveEB

12-04-2006, 09:56 PM

Liked that they used the entire roster. Liked the lack of DX in every segment. Liked Victoria and her "Kill Mickie" list. Liked the Umaga/Cena brawl for some reason...I think it might've been the fact that they got tangled up behind the commentary table...gave the actual match(whenever it may occur) a sense of it being a chaotic event. Liked Kenny getting his push finally(after they've been hinting it for MONTHS)...Liked no Spirit Squad though I would kinda like to see some of the other members brought in with new angles...couldn't tell you what those angles might be though. Liked Shelton Benjamin getting a decent angle(railing against Cryme Tyme). Cryme Tyme's already stale...I hope they don't squash a possible Benjamin/Haas team. Want some decent "competition" and not squashes. I think Eugene could still be outed as "faking it." He's really milking the "I'm special" angle and I could see someone coming in(possibly Bischoff) and saying that it was okay when he was faking the loveable Eugene, but now that he's milking it, it's just wrong(though I don't know if they want to do a face Bischoff).

I enjoyed this Raw despite it's lack of matches...probably because they finally advanced most if not all of the roster in a logical fashion. Let's hope they can keep this sort of stuff up. They don't have to use every wrestler all the time but having some kind of consistent balance would really be good for the show.

Legato

12-04-2006, 10:12 PM

Liked that they used the entire roster. Liked the lack of DX in every segment. Liked Victoria and her "Kill Mickie" list. Liked the Umaga/Cena brawl for some reason...I think it might've been the fact that they got tangled up behind the commentary table...gave the actual match(whenever it may occur) a sense of it being a chaotic event. Liked Kenny getting his push finally(after they've been hinting it for MONTHS)...Liked no Spirit Squad though I would kinda like to see some of the other members brought in with new angles...couldn't tell you what those angles might be though. Liked Shelton Benjamin getting a decent angle(railing against Cryme Tyme). Cryme Tyme's already stale...I hope they don't squash a possible Benjamin/Haas team. Want some decent "competition" and not squashes. I think Eugene could still be outed as "faking it." He's really milking the "I'm special" angle and I could see someone coming in(possibly Bischoff) and saying that it was okay when he was faking the loveable Eugene, but now that he's milking it, it's just wrong(though I don't know if they want to do a face Bischoff). I enjoyed this Raw despite it's lack of matches...probably because they finally advanced most if not all of the roster in a logical fashion. Let's hope they can keep this sort of stuff up. They don't have to use every wrestler all the time but having some kind of consistent balance would really be good for the show.

Sometimes I think that the wrestling fans can come up with better angles than the actual writers could.

GozertheGozarian

12-05-2006, 07:38 AM

They're not bad wrestlers, but I really hate the Cryme Tyme skits.

clayholio

12-05-2006, 11:11 AM

If you're going to be a comedy act, you actually need to be funny. Or at least funnier than a quarter of the comedians who have mined the same territory for years now. I have a feeling I'll like Cryme Tyme more once they get past the skit-every-week phase of their push.

SnowTrooper

12-05-2006, 02:52 PM

Isnt there a more competant way that the Worlds Greatest Tag-Team could re-unite besides what we saw last night? Benjamin and Haas havent even shared screen time in atleast the last 5-6 months. Last time they were near each other they were feuding then Haas knocked Lillian off the apron and he got thrown into that angle along with Viscera.

Am I the only one that thinks there could have been a better way besides Haas coming out to congratulate Benjamin over a victory in a 2 minute singles match on RAW?

Erik Lehnsherr

12-05-2006, 03:33 PM

You have to see where it goes. It could be that Shelton could pretend like he is going along with Haas being his new cheerleader. It could be that Haas and Benjamin set up Cryme Tyme and don their old gear soon after. It could be alot of things. But Monday was just the opening salvo. Let it develop. The only thing that is certain is that this has something to do with the Shelton/Cryme Tyme problems that have been happening.

The Zapper

12-05-2006, 03:44 PM

Maybe Haas will end up turning on Shelton and join Cryme Tyme. :p

DaveEB

12-05-2006, 03:49 PM

Heh...I don't know if this was intentional or not but during Benjamin's promo he mispronounced the word "educated" and it kind of totally counteracted what he was trying to get across. I had this idea that Shelton should mispronounce words on purpose from now on...kinda taking the piss on George W. and his total inadequacy to speak in public. Yeah, we know he's somewhat educated but his public speaking betrays that...I doubt they'd do something that subtle though...

Royal

12-05-2006, 03:53 PM

Did anyone blow up laughing during the whole Masterlock Challenge? Especially when, for at least ten seconds, Cena's elbows were out?

GrimShadow

12-05-2006, 04:09 PM

Did anyone blow up laughing during the whole Masterlock Challenge? Especially when, for at least ten seconds, Cena's elbows were out?

I let out a chuckle when Chris Masters lost to his own hold. I dont know what happened back stage but one minute he was billed as the next big thing then now he is jobbing to the likes of Jerry Lawler.

Erik Lehnsherr

12-05-2006, 04:17 PM

Did anyone blow up laughing during the whole Masterlock Challenge? Especially when, for at least ten seconds, Cena's elbows were out?

I always laugh and turn the channel on Chris Masters. It's a routine now. And what's that now? The second or third time someone has broken that move on television and then Lawler and Ross IMMEDIATELY cover it up with saying "he released it". Yeah right. Masters SUCKS.

Royal

12-05-2006, 04:19 PM

I let out a chuckle when Chris Masters lost to his own hold. I dont know what happened back stage but one minute he was billed as the next big thing then now he is jobbing to the likes of Jerry Lawler.

I nearly died during that point.

Masters tapping out to his own hold is the cherry on top of the sewer sundae this year has been.

I still sacrifice to the gods for FIGHT to come to American satillite.

lboinyamouf4sho

12-06-2006, 05:56 AM

i'm digging umaga/cena.

when xactly did HHH and HBK become such huge fans of flair??

DWEarhart

12-06-2006, 04:08 PM

i'm digging umaga/cena.

when xactly did HHH and HBK become such huge fans of flair??

When they were given the script that said they were.

Umaga/Cena looks like it can deliver - - I said can, as in it has potential, mkay. The Lashley/Big Show match was impressive for both men. I think WWE's learning how to use their big men again. The tag team divisions are on defibrilators right now after flatlining for nearly a year, maybe a full year, maybe more.

They've signed enough talent, the wrestling landscape has changed again. I think it's time to dive in.

lboinyamouf4sho

12-07-2006, 12:36 AM

When they were given the script that said they were.

yeah but these 3 guys are slobbing each others johnsons in non-WWE interviews too, i'm wondering when that started.

Erik Lehnsherr

12-07-2006, 07:11 PM

www.wwe.com/shows/newyearsrevolution/

Benjamin is winning the poll.:)

marshal99

12-07-2006, 08:09 PM

yeah but these 3 guys are slobbing each others johnsons in non-WWE interviews too, i'm wondering when that started.

They've been travelling together on the road since Shawn came back to RAW and Flair joined evolution. When HHH wed Steph , he probably also got them onboard the private mcmahon plane to fly around.

SUPERECWFAN1

12-07-2006, 08:15 PM

www.wwe.com/shows/newyearsrevolution/

Benjamin is winning the poll.:)

God ...whats really scary is Jeff Hardy's in a strong 2nd place. Him beating Carlito is pretty wild.

Erik Lehnsherr

12-07-2006, 08:16 PM

God ...whats really scary is Jeff Hardy's in a strong 2nd place. Him beating Carlito is pretty wild.

They got Carlito playing Captain Save a Ho every week these days. He's been regulated to comedy instead of being a respectful character as he was during his heel days. It's sad and fans are noticing. They were DEAD silent during his Viscera match this past Monday.

titanfan

12-07-2006, 08:19 PM

They got Carlito playing Captain Save a Ho every week these days. He's been regulated to comedy instead of being a respectful character as he was during his heel days. It's sad and fans are noticing. They were DEAD silent during his Viscera match this past Monday.

I suspect that the writers had a storyline in mind with him and Trish--but with Trish's leaving they never finish it. Not wanting to think of a new story--of course they have him immediately jump to the next diva available. Lita and Kane had more chemistry as a couple than Carlito and Torrie.

marshal99

12-07-2006, 08:30 PM

Erik Lehnsherr

12-07-2006, 08:33 PM

He shouldn't have lost to Orton in my eyes. Period. The obsession to get Orton over by WM 23 is disgusting.

SUPERECWFAN1

12-07-2006, 08:51 PM

He shouldn't have lost to Orton in my eyes. Period. The obsession to get Orton over by WM 23 is disgusting.

They wanted Orton booked strong to pair with Edge. Randy had already left the Hogan fued looking bad. Had he lost to Carlito it would have hurt him. I can see why he was put over.

Howard Allan

12-07-2006, 09:22 PM

Big Show has Retired.

The Anti-Existence

12-07-2006, 10:10 PM

Erik Lehnsherr

12-07-2006, 10:46 PM

They wanted Orton booked strong to pair with Edge. Randy had already left the Hogan fued looking bad. Had he lost to Carlito it would have hurt him. I can see why he was put over.

During the month of September in particular, Carlito's pops were very big and Orton was still coming out to no reaction yet he goes over? Very suspect. But with all things Orton, it usually is. He's now leeching off Edge's heat and being primed for some sort of WM 23 push which will probably be rejected by those 70,000 fans at the time.

DWEarhart

12-07-2006, 10:48 PM

He was a great athlete in his prime... Much like Andre in some aspects. Both men showed tremendous agility in the early days of their careers. Hogan is a great man for introducing Paul (Big Show) to the business. He did excellent in WCW and not-so-bad in the WWF. They just never booked him good in the WWF/E.

True. But Heyman once again found a place for the odd man out, gave him an opportunity, and Big Show pulled it off nicely. RVD was supposed to originally retain the title, he fumbled, Big Show picked up and took off with it. He went out in a very positive way. Me thinks, anyway.

The Anti-Existence

12-07-2006, 11:09 PM

Very true. He took the C-Show, as someone I know said, and did his best to make it an A-Show. But with Heyman gone, Show gone, RVD and Sabu with the that drug violation and possible retirement (rumor) the ECW Brand is finished.

Orton doesn't deserve a push. I've been reading up on him and he is a World Class Jackass. He's done it all...dishonorably discharged from teh Marines, forced to go to anger management for suspension, failed a drug test... Get the bum off the program. Bob Orton must be ashamed. Randy has no charisma or special ring talent. He's Edge's sidekick and a crappy one at that.

marshal99

12-07-2006, 11:41 PM

Orton does have charisma , he's the kind of cocky arrogant heel that people love to hate. He's capable of producing good matches. Sadly he's been stagnant for a while now.

The Anti-Existence

12-08-2006, 01:38 AM

'cause he keeps doing dumb crap like getting suspended and failing drug tests. A guy who does that and is hated by most of the locker room is not gonna become "big time."

Erik Lehnsherr

12-08-2006, 02:34 AM

I thought once Orton turned heel in leading to WM 21, he was gonna change for the better but I was wrong. He's been just as shaky, if not, more than when he was a face. His promos haven't been the same, his matches are repetitive borefests, and he's overpushed to the nth power. He's just boring.

lboinyamouf4sho

12-08-2006, 04:23 AM

Carlito never have any chemistry with any divas , be it Trish or Torrie. He's just being wasted. He should have a longer program with Orton instead of looking like a weakling when Orton beat him twice in a short short feud.

i'm not sure if it's a lack of chemistry or if people just aren't ready to see trish, torrie with a guy with an afro.

shades of eternity

12-08-2006, 07:14 AM

Big Show has Retired.

well pity, but quite frankly he's too charismatic for the wwe.

If I were him, I'd lose about 50 lbs, and give him a talk show and/or put him on the daily show.

He's got the stuff to quite literally be the worlds tallest comedian.