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03-19-2007, 09:14 PM
News..
The Daytona News Journal and local Orlando media are all reporting today that WrestleMania 24 will take place in Orlando, FL with a press conference scheduled to announce the details at 10:30AM on Wednesday at the Orlando City Hall Rotunda. WrestleMania itself will take place at the Amway Arena.
- The latest on Brock Lesnar is that he might make his MMA debut on 6/2 in Los Angeles for K-1 offshoot HERO'S. Lesnar has been training for months and may fight 7 foot 2 inch South Korean fighter Hong Man Choi.
- Mick Foley's The Hardcore Diaries debuted at #7 on the New York Times non-fiction bestseller list. That is the strongest debut for a WWE book in several years.
- Model Christine LeMaster has stated on her MySpace page that she does not plan to sign a developmental deal with WWE. She tried out in Deep South Wrestling last week. Below is her statement.
"I hate to dissapoint (sic), but it does not appear to be in my best interests personally and professionally with my current situation. Everybody at WWE has been absolutely wonderful and the organization as a whole is an amazing company which has done nothing but treat me with respect and professionalism. I hope to continue to work with WWE and keep an ongoing relationship with them for the future."
Credit: PWInsider.com
The Good
The show opens with the Wrestlemania Reversal challenge. That Benoit vs Cena and HBK vs JBL will happen. Up first is JBL/HBK as it takes JBL time to pull up in his limo. He however isn't coming outta retirement ( thank god) and is there to shoot all over Shawn. And man ohhh man is he on fire. Calling HBK a shell of himself and that he's setting himself up for failure against Cena. That he has no HEART anymore. That finding GOD has made him suck.
Shawn finally gets the mic after this promo and claims that no mind game maybe the greatest trick of all. Of course thats true if your in competitive checker tournaments ! He then superkicks JBL to end this pretty solid opening.
Backstage Edge gets informed by Randy Orton that due to the failure to take out Lashley , his spot in MIB III is wide open. Orton gets in Edge's face for selling him out to McMahon last week & Lashley as well. Edge isn't happy as now he has to fight it out in a battle royal later to regain his spot in this.
We see an Ashley promo. At 1st I'm looking at her mouth wondering how she caught herpes so bad. Then I realize its her lip piercings. I wonder if its wrong to wonder what else is pierced ?
This was a nice tribute to Arnold Skaaland. Sadly once Hulkamania arrived Skaaland was never seen hardly ever again on TV. Vince and others talk about him and put over what a good person he was. Nice...
In ring we get the quickest , most serious rebuild of a man's challenge possible. Now Chris Masters " Masterlock Challenge " has been rebuilt in quick fashion. The hold hasn't been broke in 2 years again (Ron Simmons and That Army guy in Iraq be damned) .
They put how its never been broke and finally bring out Lashley in a wise fashion to destroy this move. Its a great stroke of booking and something they should have had Lashley do last year before Masters became such a joke. But it helps Lashley to look impressive against a loser and fans consider Masters a joke so....ya can't fault them for trying. They have 2 more weeks to make Lashley not get booed at Wrestlemania 23. So pullin out all the stops is what your gonna see.
Backstage Vince orders Lashley from the arena. Bobby just smirks at him. Then poor Eugene runs into him spilling iced tea on him as Eugene's even had a retcon happen. This time his abrupt heel turn has been forgotten and he's back to loveable happy Eugene ! McMahon orders Umaga to destroy Eugene and then Ron Simmons walks up and debates saying his catchphrase as Vince doesn't wanna hear it. Simmons whole facial reactions sell it as he finally says it half heartedly.
Now its time for the Battle Royal. It features WGT , Super Crazy , Viceria , Val Venis , Johnny Nitro , Carlito Cool , Kenny Dykstra and Ric Flair. Edge fakes an obvious knee injury as everyone does all the hard work. Its fun to watch as Edge stays on the floor getting treatment.
By order of importance to WWE these guys get elminated. Dysktra and Nitro are the last 2 heels left and finally Carlito dumps Johnny Nitro to face Flair. And Ric finally tosses the punk over. At this point I gotta wonder how the Flair program helped Carlito at all ?
Flair celebrates thinking he won til that evil bastard Edge sneaks in and steals it back. Your so awesome evil Edge. Could you , ya know try and spit in Shawn Micheals water to make him a good heel again ?
Eugene faces Umaga as it quickly becomes a squash for Umaga as usual. Post match since Dinsmore is obviously gonna come back repackaged ( god I hope not to New ECW) he gets his long hair cut and all. Ya know this made perfect since to do with Jeff Hardy but Jeff's so scared to lose his raver gimmick and young girls tossin their panties at him he won't risk it. ( a heel turn and all could help him long term )
Candace Michelle comes out and uses some of the real heat she's having backstage with Melina. You can see that underneath the promo the 2 really just wanna beat each others asses . Candace really roasts Melina saying she's sleeping with guys backstage. Of course she is , she's seeing Nitro . This was a great way to use some of the heat the 2 are having backstage and the WWE tries to transfer it to the main program for Melina , so Candace as they fear won't distract from the program they wanna run.
The 2 have a very hard hair pulling bra & panties match as Melina finally wins. Ashley comes out looking like she's been out late partying as a groupie. She ends up strippin Melina and as Khali comes out , looking for payback. I believe Ashley may have gave him herpes as well. Or wouldn't put out and thats the worse thing ya can do to a 7-2 monster. She ends up almost chokeslammed til Jerry Lawler makes the save and gets destroyed by an angry , sexually frustrated Khali GRRRWAAAAGAAAGGGG!!!!
This week Randy Orton gets a singles match against Jeff Hardy. This should judge whether he was a good enough heel after the heatless match on ECW. Unlike last week the heat for Hardy remains thru the whole match. Fans boo Randy as the 2 are given less time and Randy sells the usual Hardy offense.
It was a good match for Orton if they wanted to keep him heel. The fans stayed behind Hardy the entire way and at the end Edge throws a ladder into the ring as Orton uses it to get DQ'd and has words with Edge , leaving Jeff to beat his ass and drop an over the ladder leg drop. That evil bastard Edge smiles knowing that was his plan the whole way.
Next week as we watch Vince McMahon makes Bobby Lashley vs ...Vince McMahon on RAW. This will be the continued sell job to get Lashley over enough for Wrestlemania. Thats the key...if he has an Orton type match he's screwed. Thats gonna be a very vocal angry crowd and Stone Cold is standing there.
Shawn Micheals ends up coming down for commentary for the Benoit/Cena match. The fact Batista isn't here is because he frankly sucks and odds are would get winded coming to the ring at his rate.
The fans are pretty hot for Cena as Benoit's in the ZONE ! Beating Cena down and then using those skills to kick ass. The fans keep going for Cena as he has to rally back after taking a long sharpshooter from Benoit. His back is hurt and then reverses outta Benoit's submission to make Benoit tap to the STFU.
HBK gets in the ring and teases Cena with sweet chin music. Then Cena teases an F-U as they both are playing f-cking games as JBL finally comes back out after waking up and lays down next weeks challenge. Taker/Batista vs HBK/Cena . Then Taker's music goes off.
The Bad
The Condemned is really that story-arc from Ultimate X-Men pretty much. Or that old 90's movie starring Ice-T where the rich hunters took his poor outta work ass on a hunting trip and he was the hunted. Just mic the Ultimate X-Men plot and you get this movie. At least it looks better visually than The Marine. I may even go see it !
This company seems hellbent on tossing good money PPV programs away. By GOD is this the most ignorant f-cked up thinking you can do .Yes let Cena go over Benoit. But the man rarely damn taps and hasn't since he's been in the WWE last I saw ( i believe he tapped to Kurt Angle on a PPV in 2003/2004 last I saw) . They are gonna logically have Benoit on RAW soon and the 1st night he shows up he taps to Cena. There isn't a point in doing a fued now. They just blew f-cking money on a submissions match at a PPV with this if they did turn Benoit heel to face Cena on a PPV.
OVERALL: ***1/2 Outta 5. The battle royal , Edge/Orton stuff , Orton/Hardy and the Benoit/Cena matches stole the show. It was a pretty damn good RAW. I just wish someone would have thought " Hey we best not make Benoit tap to Cena yet...he can do this on a PPV and help us make money ! "
The Daytona News Journal and local Orlando media are all reporting today that WrestleMania 24 will take place in Orlando, FL with a press conference scheduled to announce the details at 10:30AM on Wednesday at the Orlando City Hall Rotunda. WrestleMania itself will take place at the Amway Arena.
- The latest on Brock Lesnar is that he might make his MMA debut on 6/2 in Los Angeles for K-1 offshoot HERO'S. Lesnar has been training for months and may fight 7 foot 2 inch South Korean fighter Hong Man Choi.
- Mick Foley's The Hardcore Diaries debuted at #7 on the New York Times non-fiction bestseller list. That is the strongest debut for a WWE book in several years.
- Model Christine LeMaster has stated on her MySpace page that she does not plan to sign a developmental deal with WWE. She tried out in Deep South Wrestling last week. Below is her statement.
"I hate to dissapoint (sic), but it does not appear to be in my best interests personally and professionally with my current situation. Everybody at WWE has been absolutely wonderful and the organization as a whole is an amazing company which has done nothing but treat me with respect and professionalism. I hope to continue to work with WWE and keep an ongoing relationship with them for the future."
Credit: PWInsider.com
The Good
The show opens with the Wrestlemania Reversal challenge. That Benoit vs Cena and HBK vs JBL will happen. Up first is JBL/HBK as it takes JBL time to pull up in his limo. He however isn't coming outta retirement ( thank god) and is there to shoot all over Shawn. And man ohhh man is he on fire. Calling HBK a shell of himself and that he's setting himself up for failure against Cena. That he has no HEART anymore. That finding GOD has made him suck.
Shawn finally gets the mic after this promo and claims that no mind game maybe the greatest trick of all. Of course thats true if your in competitive checker tournaments ! He then superkicks JBL to end this pretty solid opening.
Backstage Edge gets informed by Randy Orton that due to the failure to take out Lashley , his spot in MIB III is wide open. Orton gets in Edge's face for selling him out to McMahon last week & Lashley as well. Edge isn't happy as now he has to fight it out in a battle royal later to regain his spot in this.
We see an Ashley promo. At 1st I'm looking at her mouth wondering how she caught herpes so bad. Then I realize its her lip piercings. I wonder if its wrong to wonder what else is pierced ?
This was a nice tribute to Arnold Skaaland. Sadly once Hulkamania arrived Skaaland was never seen hardly ever again on TV. Vince and others talk about him and put over what a good person he was. Nice...
In ring we get the quickest , most serious rebuild of a man's challenge possible. Now Chris Masters " Masterlock Challenge " has been rebuilt in quick fashion. The hold hasn't been broke in 2 years again (Ron Simmons and That Army guy in Iraq be damned) .
They put how its never been broke and finally bring out Lashley in a wise fashion to destroy this move. Its a great stroke of booking and something they should have had Lashley do last year before Masters became such a joke. But it helps Lashley to look impressive against a loser and fans consider Masters a joke so....ya can't fault them for trying. They have 2 more weeks to make Lashley not get booed at Wrestlemania 23. So pullin out all the stops is what your gonna see.
Backstage Vince orders Lashley from the arena. Bobby just smirks at him. Then poor Eugene runs into him spilling iced tea on him as Eugene's even had a retcon happen. This time his abrupt heel turn has been forgotten and he's back to loveable happy Eugene ! McMahon orders Umaga to destroy Eugene and then Ron Simmons walks up and debates saying his catchphrase as Vince doesn't wanna hear it. Simmons whole facial reactions sell it as he finally says it half heartedly.
Now its time for the Battle Royal. It features WGT , Super Crazy , Viceria , Val Venis , Johnny Nitro , Carlito Cool , Kenny Dykstra and Ric Flair. Edge fakes an obvious knee injury as everyone does all the hard work. Its fun to watch as Edge stays on the floor getting treatment.
By order of importance to WWE these guys get elminated. Dysktra and Nitro are the last 2 heels left and finally Carlito dumps Johnny Nitro to face Flair. And Ric finally tosses the punk over. At this point I gotta wonder how the Flair program helped Carlito at all ?
Flair celebrates thinking he won til that evil bastard Edge sneaks in and steals it back. Your so awesome evil Edge. Could you , ya know try and spit in Shawn Micheals water to make him a good heel again ?
Eugene faces Umaga as it quickly becomes a squash for Umaga as usual. Post match since Dinsmore is obviously gonna come back repackaged ( god I hope not to New ECW) he gets his long hair cut and all. Ya know this made perfect since to do with Jeff Hardy but Jeff's so scared to lose his raver gimmick and young girls tossin their panties at him he won't risk it. ( a heel turn and all could help him long term )
Candace Michelle comes out and uses some of the real heat she's having backstage with Melina. You can see that underneath the promo the 2 really just wanna beat each others asses . Candace really roasts Melina saying she's sleeping with guys backstage. Of course she is , she's seeing Nitro . This was a great way to use some of the heat the 2 are having backstage and the WWE tries to transfer it to the main program for Melina , so Candace as they fear won't distract from the program they wanna run.
The 2 have a very hard hair pulling bra & panties match as Melina finally wins. Ashley comes out looking like she's been out late partying as a groupie. She ends up strippin Melina and as Khali comes out , looking for payback. I believe Ashley may have gave him herpes as well. Or wouldn't put out and thats the worse thing ya can do to a 7-2 monster. She ends up almost chokeslammed til Jerry Lawler makes the save and gets destroyed by an angry , sexually frustrated Khali GRRRWAAAAGAAAGGGG!!!!
This week Randy Orton gets a singles match against Jeff Hardy. This should judge whether he was a good enough heel after the heatless match on ECW. Unlike last week the heat for Hardy remains thru the whole match. Fans boo Randy as the 2 are given less time and Randy sells the usual Hardy offense.
It was a good match for Orton if they wanted to keep him heel. The fans stayed behind Hardy the entire way and at the end Edge throws a ladder into the ring as Orton uses it to get DQ'd and has words with Edge , leaving Jeff to beat his ass and drop an over the ladder leg drop. That evil bastard Edge smiles knowing that was his plan the whole way.
Next week as we watch Vince McMahon makes Bobby Lashley vs ...Vince McMahon on RAW. This will be the continued sell job to get Lashley over enough for Wrestlemania. Thats the key...if he has an Orton type match he's screwed. Thats gonna be a very vocal angry crowd and Stone Cold is standing there.
Shawn Micheals ends up coming down for commentary for the Benoit/Cena match. The fact Batista isn't here is because he frankly sucks and odds are would get winded coming to the ring at his rate.
The fans are pretty hot for Cena as Benoit's in the ZONE ! Beating Cena down and then using those skills to kick ass. The fans keep going for Cena as he has to rally back after taking a long sharpshooter from Benoit. His back is hurt and then reverses outta Benoit's submission to make Benoit tap to the STFU.
HBK gets in the ring and teases Cena with sweet chin music. Then Cena teases an F-U as they both are playing f-cking games as JBL finally comes back out after waking up and lays down next weeks challenge. Taker/Batista vs HBK/Cena . Then Taker's music goes off.
The Bad
The Condemned is really that story-arc from Ultimate X-Men pretty much. Or that old 90's movie starring Ice-T where the rich hunters took his poor outta work ass on a hunting trip and he was the hunted. Just mic the Ultimate X-Men plot and you get this movie. At least it looks better visually than The Marine. I may even go see it !
This company seems hellbent on tossing good money PPV programs away. By GOD is this the most ignorant f-cked up thinking you can do .Yes let Cena go over Benoit. But the man rarely damn taps and hasn't since he's been in the WWE last I saw ( i believe he tapped to Kurt Angle on a PPV in 2003/2004 last I saw) . They are gonna logically have Benoit on RAW soon and the 1st night he shows up he taps to Cena. There isn't a point in doing a fued now. They just blew f-cking money on a submissions match at a PPV with this if they did turn Benoit heel to face Cena on a PPV.
OVERALL: ***1/2 Outta 5. The battle royal , Edge/Orton stuff , Orton/Hardy and the Benoit/Cena matches stole the show. It was a pretty damn good RAW. I just wish someone would have thought " Hey we best not make Benoit tap to Cena yet...he can do this on a PPV and help us make money ! "