The 10th Day News Report 12.28.05
Posted by Ashish on 12.28.2005
From Howie Mandel to Dutch Mantell
MAILBAG
In response to Todd's piece about having to own the PSP version of Smackdown vs. Raw 2006 in order to unlock Jake Roberts on the PS2 version, there is a rather "less expensive" way to unlock him without having to purchase a PSP as well as the game.
Go out and purchase any type of "cheat" discs like Codebreaker, Action Replay, & Gmae Shark. Go online to their respective websites and find any codes relating to unlocking all wrestlers and/or items. Sure, you need to pay anywhere from $20-$40 for the disc, but compared to paying $250 for the PSP, then $50 for the game, it's one hell of a bargain!
-Gary F.
Peoria, IL
If you, or anyone else there wants/needs etc… Jake for PS2 I'll be glad to upload a save with him unlocked.
I had a PSP so even though it was an ass lame move by THQ, it really didnt effect me much.
-Chris
"So, Roberts is in the Play Station 2 game, but you have to use the PSP in order to access him for the game? Oh, that would make me DDT somebody on concrete. What I find odd is that they thought Jake was big enough a draw to warrant people spending all that money to use him. I would just be mad I couldn't use him and not get a PSP on principal alone."
You can actually unlock Roberts if you play a full year of the GM Mode. He becomes "draftable" and then you can play him in exhibition mode.
-Chris W.
Thank you everyone for your helpful offers and information on this subject. I would hate to make Chris upload the character for people, so he's a saint for even offering. It seems like there is other ways to unlock him. Hell, this might even make me buy a PS2 now. I've always been one game generation behind anyway.
"Most of the Divas don't do much for me. I do like Trish and Stacy. Candice and Christy have grown on me. Of course, Christy is gone now. It looks like they may need to restock on women. Whatever happened to Leyla from the last Diva search? She was a favorite of mine just from wearing that corset."
Funny you mention Leyla, I just seen her on TV last night, and you can see her every night this week, on that NBC show Deal or No Deal. It is an interesting show. The irony is she found a job where she has to do even less work than Vince was asking. She simply stands there and holds a briefcase.
-Todd
I've been watching that. I knew they had a girl named Leyla, but I wasn't really paying attention. I did wonder if Howie Mandel knew all the girls' names or he had cue cards telling him. Remember, on "St. Elsewhere" Mandel was billed above Denzel Washington. Now look who has the Oscar and who is the game show host.
NEWS AND NOTES
Note: All below factual material is derived from the attributed source. Any additional comments, whether you find them funny or not, are personal additions and should bear no reflection on the validity of the imparted information or reliability of the source. My uncle used to love me, but she died.
-Matt Striker played the voice of Ric Flair in the sketch on RAW with Edge. I almost thought it was Steve Lombardi. I wonder how the teacher feels about playing the class clown? Credit: PWInsider.com
-Independent wrestlers Xavier and the Outcast Killaz were given tryouts on RAW Monday and played security during the Cena and Angle brawl. The Killaz were also expected to work the Smackdown taping last night. Credit: PWInsider.com
-In your online Heat report Trevor Murdoch beat Mike the Miz. Lance Cade defeated Val Venis in a battle of the mega-jobbers. Tyson Tomko kicked the hell of Jason Saditch in 45 seconds. Viscera flattened Rob Conway. After RAW went off the air Kurt Angle and John Cena had a dark main event that ended by DQ when Daivari attacked Cena and referee Mike Chioda. Credit: PWInsider.com
-Despite the angle played on RAW Monday there are no plans to bring Bret Hart into WWE at this time, at least that anyone is reporting. Hart is currently living in Italy, exiled like Michael Corleone. Credit: WrestlingObserver.com
-Certain cable outlets have advertised Kane vs. Batista for the WWE Title at No Way Out in February. Whether this will be an inter-promotional match, a sign that Kane will win the Royal Rumble, somehow be traded to Smackdown or smoke up our collective asses is unknown. Credit: PWInsider.com
-Smackdown scored a 2.2 rating last Friday. The show was preempted in several markets and was a ‘best of' retrospective so the significant drop is nothing to worry about. Credit: PWInsider.com
-Elijah Burke has asked to be let out of the Team Spirit angle reported on last week for RAW. It's said he simply doesn't care for the idea. It is also said the idea was directly from Vince McMahon. Look who is going to be jobbing in a pink leotard for the rest of his life? Mike Mondo is being mentioned to replace him. Credit: PWInsider.com
-Several new wrestlers will start working for WWE soon. Mike the Miz and Chris Cage will debut as a tag team for RAW working several house show dates against Gene Snitsy and Tyson Tomko. Tatanka is also scheduled to tag with Shelton Benjamin this weekend against the Coach and Carlito. I think I'm the only person that would want to see that match. On Smackdown, Jamie Noble is schedule to return to the brand and Aaron Stevens will debut as Idol Stevens and work a program with Matt Hardy. He's the Idol, huh. I won't say a word. Credit: PWInsider.com
-Booker T suffered a pulled groin muscle at the Smackdown house show Monday night. He will most likely be out for six weeks. Booker T was scheduled to face Benoit at the Smackdown taping to continue their best of seven series. Booker T wasn't even wrestling, Sharmell was just extra frisky. Credit: WWE.com
-Mark Henry was spotted backstage before the start of the Smackdown taping. No word at that time if he was there to appear on the show, but he has been working house shows for the brand. Credit: PWInsider.com
-The trailer for See No Evil starring Kane from WWE films will run with Hostel opening January 6th. In other movie news Terry Funk was spotted in a bit part in The Ringer as a non speaking thug. Credit: WWE.com
-Despite rumors started by Charlie Haas himself, there are no plans for him to rejoin WWE at this time. He apparently left on bad terms due to arguments over his character direction with writer Dave Lagana. He is currently doing a lot of work for Jersey All Pro
Wrestling. Credit: PWInsider.com
-Jakks Pacific will be releasing new WWE action figures this coming March. They come with sets that can be used in the currently on the market WWE ring. It will include Roddy Piper with a Piper's Pit set, John Cena with a concert stage, Carlito with a Carlito's Cabana set, Rey Mysterio with a generic Smackdown interview set and Lita with a VD clinic backdrop. Ok, I made that last one up. An ECW-era Tazz figure is also in talks for a special exclusive release next year too. Credit PWInsider.com
-The third set of TNA action figures are set for production and will be released next year. They include a new Raven and AJ Styles figure, Chris Sabin with the X-Division belt and Monty Brown with nothing in particular. All the figure has to do is stay black and die. Credit: PWInsider.com
-Samoa Joe, AJ Styles, Ron Killings and Monty Brown will all be subjects for future "personality videos" of the kind that was done for Rhyno recently. They will then all promptly job to Jeff Jarrett and go sliding back down the card. The idea is to get the personalities of the wrestlers over in order for fans to more greatly identify with them. Credit: PWInsider.com
-Lance Storm said in a recent online commentary that he would be interested in going to TNA if they had something intriguing for him to do. As a hint he said working with Christian and Chris Jericho would certainly pique his interest. But would Storm pique the interest of fans. Maybe Steve Austin can do a run in on him and fall asleep. Credit: PWInsider.com
-The acquisition of Sting by TNA is said to be indicative of a new drive to get a major licensee to pick up the federation for greater promotion and mainstream exposure. Look for V-8 Stinger Splash on shelves by the summer. Credit: PWInsider.com
-TNA will be handling all outside booking of their talent to independent shows. They attempted this awhile back with little success due to not having strict policy on matters. Credit: PWInsider.com
-In the latest commentary on his personal website Chris Kanyon clears up the matter of his recent dealings with TNA. It was perceived that Kanyon had a falling out with the company when he tried to get more money out of them in order to face Raven at the
November pay per view. Kanyon states it was all miscommunication and misunderstanding on the part of both parties. He assumed that they wanted him to come in for a long running program with Raven, not be the guy to kick of the Raven vs. Larry Zybsko program where Zybsko would bring in people from Raven's past to torment him. Thinking this was a long running angle with him vs. Raven he wanted to negotiate a long term contract. TNA wanted to bring him in for the one match only and then assess him from there. Kanyon states there is no falling out and he looks forward to working with them in the future. Credit: prowrestling.com
-Former ECW owner Todd Gordon is suing WWE over their copyright on the ECW initials, the use of his likeness (there goes that Todd Gordon T-shirt line) and the use of the ECW library during it's Eastern Championship Wrestling period from it's inception to September of 1994. A hearing is set for the end of January. It's not like WWE would not lose a whole lot with that, but it' the principal of the thing with Vince. Credit: PWInsider.com
-It's time for As the Brock Turns. Brock Lesnar filed a lawsuit on December 15th in his home state of Minnesota to prevent WWE from calling his primary lawyer Bradley Olsen as a witness in the ongoing lawsuit Lesnar has over the no compete clause in his release from the company in 2004. Lesnar has a local attorney in Connecticut handling the case there, but Olsen is his primary counsel for all legal matters. The statement says that WWE is trying to call Olsen in an attempt to disqualify him from representing Lesnar in the ongoing matter. Olsen is set to represent Lesnar in the case against WWE, but has not declared himself as counsel due to a trial date not being set yet. On January 3rd a hearing will be held concerning the injunction WWE is seeking to prevent Lesnar from wrestling in Japan. Credit: PWInsider.com
RAW THOUGHTS
-I'm missing the final Monday Night Football on ABC to watch RAW for you guys. Dandy Don Meredith is making an appearance. And it's a Jets vs. Patriots game. I'm a huge Patriots fan. I liked them when they sucked to. I used to have a Hart Lee Dykes jersey.
-Vince should invent a food dehydrator and then host an infomercial. I'm still holding out for Kevin Von Erich as the new GM. Vince knows what is on the Bret Hart DVD, he produced the damn thing. If Bret shows up though I will…actually I really didn't dig Bret that much so if he shows up I'll probably just yawn.
-I would really like to see one of the Elimination Chamber guys get upset and replaced in the match just to prove it can happen. Well, that was the deal last year, but the way the commentators are talking I don't think that is the deal this year. This should be the standard Shawn Michaels vs. big man match. The small of the back is Shawn's Achilles heel. Contemplate that one.
-And Edge stole this bit with the cardboard cutout from Conan O'Brien. I was just coming back in the room, did Flair call Edge Tully as in Blanchard? Because that is funny. I want a T-shirt that says "From Ashton Kutcher to Abdullah the Butcher." Ric should tell Edge that his socks cost more than his girlfriend. He knows because he asked the boys in the back what her going rate is.
-Did they ever explain what happened with Kerwin White? Eddie died and he just went back to being Chavo. I can see that affecting him enough to go back to his roots, but it was never really explained on camera from what I saw. See, after the clock winds down there is no reason for the match to continue. Really, it's pointless for the other guy to even compete because there is nothing in it for him.
-Kurt Angle doesn't really seem to into this new angle. He is a patriotic guy and I don't think they need to turn his character into being Anti-American to drive him forward. It's not that the basic idea rubs me wrong, I just think it's wrong for Kurt.
-Vince is going to make the dog general manager. He could do worse. Torrie for instance. I don't really want to see a Vince vs. Bret match at Wrestlemania and I don't think anyone else does either.
-I want to bitch slap Mickie James into next year. Which isn't that far off. She's just an annoying tard now. And a lesbian tard to boot. Eric Bischoff is gone, but HLA lives on.
-Mike Chioda is going to get his ass whipped at some point in the future. That is a clever way to play things, but it doesn't make much sense. Really, where does Chioda get off in refusing to count the pin? There is nothing against Daivari just taking a dive. It is wrestling. If you're going to do that idea right, have Angle chase Chioda all over the building in an effort to get him back into the ring to count the pin fall. Make it a race. Also, why didn't Angle just put Daivari in the ankle lock and have him tap out? Chioda can't deny that.
-Big Show's first match was a main event and Triple H started out as Terra Ryzin jobbing to Larry Zybsko on WCW Worldwide. Really, which is better there. The best Triple H can come up with is ‘tall guy.' Yeah, Big Show you're a…tall guy. Try insulting someone with that line sometime. Triple H doesn't need any backup, just a pen and a sledgehammer. He crushed the "choke slamming hand of the Big Show." Seriously, I think he can get him up with the left hand.
-Benjamin vs. Cena should be a really good match. It sounds like all the guys are chanting for Shelton and all the girls for Cena. So Cena is a pussy magnet and gays love Shelton. I didn't think that near six minute time of Shawn Michaels was going to hold up, but I guess I was wrong. What was the winning time last year, like 45 seconds? STFU! We used that last week in this column from Mathew for the EWR game. Now Joey Styles is stealing from us. I would have thought better of him.
-I like that they called him Mr. McMahon in grammar school. I don't think fighting in school is a good idea. Vince loves puppies and violence. Matt Striker is a pussy and that is why he is a heel.
-Are they that thin on talent or are they just trying to be cute with having Victoria taking on Carlito. This could actually be a pretty decent match. I hope she wins. That would be cool if she got the Elimination Chamber slot. I don't like what they did with that. I wanted to see them really go at it. And Carlito wasted too much time being a dork.
-Ok, I buy Carlito pulling Victoria, but how does Kane get the Heartthrobs in a handicap match? 28 seconds. I'm sure Lita is impressed with that time. That joke has so many levels.
-Main event DVD review. It sounded like to me that most of the audience caught what Vince said and booed again. I don't see why they're rehashing this yet again, unless there is going to be a payoff. Vince forgot Stan Stasiak. I know he's not notable, but I'm sure if you did ask Vince, he probably forgot him. I think Shawn played that as well as he could. He stayed true to his character while still being the face there. Although there was that turn there in the end where they tried to make him the good guy in the whole situation and that's wrong. Don't think TNA wouldn't catch fire if Shawn Michaels went there.
EWR ON 411
Smackdown for 12.29.05
Al Snow welcomes Jake "The Snake" Roberts to the Ski Lodge. He asks Jake to clarify his position. As announced last week by Linda McMahon he is the special enforcer for the WWE Board of Directors. What they say goes on Smackdown and he and Lucifer are there to make sure it does go down. The board has several announcements they want Jake to make concerning the Royal Rumble. First off, they will stand by the deal Stephanie made with Scott Taylor to give him and his crew automatic bids into the Royal Rumble match. Additionally, they will be giving automatic bids to everyone who was injured at Survivor Series and/or have been dogged by Steph and her thugs the past few weeks. Second, following Survivor Series Stephanie stripped the US and Tag Titles and awarded them to wrestlers of her choosing. The Board feels it would not be good to strip the titles again, but have booked rematches with the former champions for the Royal Rumble. It will be Matt Hardy vs. John Cena for the US Title and The Basham Brothers vs. Get the Funk Out of My Face for the Tag Team Titles. Third, Booker T has used his special contract stipulation to book his own matches to swing a World Title match against Kane for the pay per view. Booker T will announce the match stipulation himself at a later date. Fourth, Booker helped AJ Styles petition the Board for a special match at the Royal Rumble and they have consented. The WWE Cruiserweight Title will be on the line in a handicap match. AJ Styles vs. Billy Kidman and Torrie Wilson. Lastly, we come to Miss Stephanie McMahon herself. Before Jake can go on, Steph's music hits and she comes out. She tells Jake that the atrocities against her will not stand and that she is in the process of pursuing legal action against the WWE Board of Directors. Let Jake speak for the Board when he says bring it on. Steph tries to continue, but Jake has her microphone cut off. The fans go nuts. Jake says that someone else petitioned the Board for a special match at the Royal Rumble too and they granted it. Somebody wanted Steph herself in the ring and that person is…her brother Shane McMahon! Shane's music hits and he dances down to the ring. Steph goes to slap him. Jake grabs her hand then DDT's her. Shane pulls out Lucifer and drapes it over his sister.
Segment Rating: 67%
Robert Lashley and Matt Morgan use their size and strength to control the tag match against Jeff Hardy and Rob Van Dam. They isolate Hardy and beat him down in the corner. Lashley goes for the Whiplash, but as he pulls Jeff in for the Rock Bottom, he grabs the arm and pivots to get behind Lashley. Morgan runs in with a clothesline, but Hardy baseball slides past him and he nails Lashley. Hot tag to RVD. Windmill kicks on both heels. He gets the Rolling Thunder on Morgan. He goes up top for the frog splash on Lashely. Lashley gets up and catches him in midair. Hardy runs in and dropkicks RVD to knock him over on top of Lashley and that gets the pin fall victory.
Match Rating: 74%
JBL backdrops Rene Dupree. He pulls him up into a full nelson. Full nelson slam gets two. Bradshaw misses an elbow drop. Flipping neckbreaker by Dupree gets two. Backbreaker gets two. Whip to the corner. Dupree tries to monkey flip JBL, but he holds on and Dupree splats to the mat. Layfield rushes with the Clothesline from Hell, Dupree ducks. JBL pulls up and takes a superkick to the back of the head. Jillian Hall gets on the apron to distract the referee as Dawn Marie slides JBL the money clip. Dupree ducks the money clip shot, but runs into Hall on the apron and she sprays him in the eyes with aquanet. The ref warns her and misses the money clip shot. JBL hits a leg drop to make it look good and gets the win.
Match Rating: 70%
Jake Roberts is talking with people in the back. JBL interrupts. He asks Jake if he saw him out there just now. He's a wrestling god and he wants to know why he is not in the Royal Rumble. Jake says that was the Board's decision not his. JBL deserves a shot at the Smackdown Brand Title. Jake says so do a lot of other guys. He'll mention it to the Board.
Segment Rating: 64%
Billy Kidman allows Doug and Danny Basham to ambush AJ Styles, Funaki and Shark Boy at the bell. They decide to isolate Funaki and beat him down. Kidman tags in, throws a couple shots, taunts Styles and then tags back out. Doug and Danny set up the Rock ‘em Sock ‘em on Funaki (double slingshot suplex). Funaki struggles to land on the apron and then uses leverage to flip the Bashams out to the floor. Styles and Shark Boy come off the apron to the floor with splashes. As everyone brawls Kidman gets a chair. Kidman comes around the corner and has the chair dropkicked in his face by AJ Styles. Styles slides Kidman back into the ring. They go at it, but the referee tries to retain order and make the legal men retake their positions. Funaki slides under Danny's legs and tags Styles to a pop. Double underhook face buster to the knee. Snap suplex. Styles Clash. Doug tries to save, but is double teamed. Kidman jumps to the floor and walks off. Styles gets the pin.
Match Rating: 74%
Stephanie McMahon is recovering in the back. John Cena storms in mad. What was that out there? He has to face Matt Hardy at the Royal Rumble. She promised him he wouldn't have to deal with Hardy. She says she's working on it. Well without her backstage power she's not much use to him. She can be useful in other ways and sticks her chest out. Uh-uh sister, you played that card one too many times. She got the Jack, but not the ace in the hole anymore. Cena will take care of matters himself. Stephanie screams at Cena. Did he use her? Yeah, baby, and you're all used up.
Segment Rating: 84%
Chris Cage gets a dropkick to the face on Matt Hardy to put him down. He works an armbar on the mat. Matt powers up and Cage switches to a hammerlock. Matt breaks with a back elbow. Matt goes to the ropes and comes off with a baseball slide to the knee. Cage trips and lands with his body sprawled across the second rope. Hardy gets a version of the 619 and climbs up top for the yodeling leg drop. John Cena runs out and into the ring. Hardy comes off the ropes and they start brawling. Cage recovers and they double team her. The crowd pops huge as Jeff Hardy runs out and makes the save on his brother. Cena and Cage back up the ramp talking trash while the brothers hold the ring.
Match Rating: 75%
Gene Okerlund is in the back with Booker T. He asks him what the stipulation of the World Title match will be at Royal Rumble. Booker T says that is for him to know and Kane to find out. Booker T talks trash on Kane until Carlito strolls in. He's talking like a big man on Kane, but he has to face him tonight. Booker T could change that booking if he wanted to, but he could use the light work out. Well, after his light work out, Carlito will help him Cool Down and then he'll see there is only one way, Carlito's Way. Booker T tells him to take his nappy ass hair to the ring and he'll be right there. Booker is one to talk about nappy hair. He looks like a cracked out Whoopie Goldberg. Booker T tells him to get his ass to the ring and chases him off.
Segment Rating: 75%
Booker T chases Carlito to the ring by pelting him with apples. They get into the ring. Carlito begs off in the corner. He low blows Booker T and takes over. He throws him into the corner and puts the boots to him. Carlito grabs an apple and takes a big bite. He goes to spit at Booker T. Booker low blows him. Carlito chokes on the apple. Booker gets a running forearm to the face. He hits a high jumping leg drop. He pulls Carlito up into a facelock. Carlito reverses the suplex, then bails to the floor to take a walk. Booker meets him out there. Carlito ducks a charge and Booker posts his shoulder. Back in the ring, Carlito works the shoulder. Shoulder breaker gets two. Booker scores a knee lifts as they stand. He grabs Carlito's arm for a whip, but winces at the pain in his arm. Carlito slips behind him for the Cool Down (knees in the back neckbreaker). Carlito stalls on the Carlito's Way (implant DDT) by taunting the crowd. Booker backdrops out. Scissors kick finishes.
Match Rating: 73%
Jake Roberts goes to see Big Show. He tells him that the Board of Directors charged him with finding a special guest referee for the match between Stephanie and Shane McMahon. They know tempers will be high, but it's also the CEO's kids out there. Jake figured who better than the largest athlete in the world. Big Show says no. Jake says he can make it worth it for him. There's only one Royal Rumble slot left and it's his if he wants it for officiating the match. Big Show strokes his goatee for a second considering it. He then extends his hand and says deal. They shake.
Segment Rating: 76%
Scott Taylor wants a test of strength with Big Show. Show laughs and obliges. Taylor tries for a kick, but Show blocks. He waves his finger ‘no-no' at Taylor. He begs off into the corner. Show shushes the crowd and makes with the slap across the chest. He tosses Taylor out of the corner and drops a big leg. One, two, thre—Show shakes his head ‘no-no' and breaks. Backbreaker on Taylor. Spine buster. Avalanche in the corner. Choke slam finishes.
Match Rating: 72%
Show Rating: 71%
Velocity for 12.31.05
Marlena and Torrie Wilson are in the ring for a bikini contest hosted by Al Snow. Marlena goes first in a barely there yellow number to decent applause. Torrie Wilson disrobes and is pelted with vegetables. Cabbages, tomatoes, lettuce. She puts her robe back on and runs away. Marlena wins by default. Cut to AJ Styles in the crowd with a bag full of vegetables he was handing out to people.
Segment Rating: 76%
Jake Roberts goes to see JBL. He has good news for him. He went to the Board with his complaint about being snubbed from the Royal Rumble. So they've booked a number one contender's match for the Royal Rumble. Great, who is his opponent? Opponents. Huh. Since so many were snubbed they are going to have two ten men battle royals next week with the winners squaring off on the Road to the Royal Rumble pre-show for a Smackdown Brand Title shot. Bradshaw thinks that's bs. He's a wrestling god. He should be given a free pass. Jake gets tough with him now. He tells him that a real ‘wrestling god' wouldn't have any problem going through 10 men to get what they want. Hell, the guy in the Royal Rumble has to go through 29. If he wants people to take him for the great wrester he says he is, he has to shut up and prove it.
Segment Rating: 70%
JC Ice and Big Vito encourage Akio to get in the ring against Golddust. Golddust keeps trying to get fresh and scaring Akio to the floor. Golddust pescadoes out onto the three of them as they conference. He throws Akio in the ring. He backs him into the far corner with punches. Vito and Ice recover and storm the ring. Golddust drops to his knees and gets the testicular claw on both men. He lets go and they hop around the ring. Akio charges to be caught by Goldy and power slammed. Curtain Call gets the win. Ice and Vito recover and try to attack, but Golddust slides to the floor and they slam into each other.
Match Rating: 63%
Paul London goes arm dragging out of a collar and elbow tie up with Disco Inferno. He powers up and goes to the ropes to break. London backs off, then charges. Disco gets his shoulder down and flips him over the ropes. London lands on the apron. He head butts Disco then springboards back in with a dropkick. It gets two. Swinging neckbreaker gets two. London pulls him up for a suplex, Disco reverses. Backbreaker. Bulldog. London backdrops out of the Macarena piledriver. He mocks Disco by going for the Village People's elbow. Disco moves. He goes for the Chartbuster. London shoves him out of it into the ropes. He grabs him coming off for a scoop slam. London Calling finishes.
Match Rating: 71%
Matt Hardy goes to see his brother Jeff and thank him for his help on Smackdown. Jeff says that Matt helped him and the others out the week before when he stopped John Cena from fire bombing the cage again in the War Games match. Jeff was just returning the favor. He's still his brother, he's just not his friend. Matt says the Board has booked them in a tag match next week against Cena and Cage. Jeff says he'll be there and he'll keep up his end, but don't expect a Hardy Boyz reunion.
Segment Rating: 80%
EZ Money hits a spinning kick to the jaw on Rey Mysterio. He tags Orlando Jordan who lands a leg drop to the back of the head. Snap suplex gets two. Tilt-a-whirl flapjack gets two. Tag back to Money. He comes off the top with a double axe handle to the outstretched arm. He works the arm over. Shoulder breaker gets two. Rey slides out of a power slam and pushes Money to the ropes. He rolls him back and over for a roll up. Money breaks, but it knocks Rey into his corner and he tags Chavo. Guerrero is a house of fire. He takes out both heels. Jillian Hall jumps up on the apron and sprays him in the eyes with her Aquanet while the referee tries to get OJ out of the ring. He walks right into the Cha-Ching for the loss.
Match Rating: 80%
Show Rating: 74%
Heat for 1.1.06
The Graduates shoot Rosey into the ropes. They hit him with a double shoulder block. He no sells it and knocks them both down with double clotheslines. He tags to Afa. He comes off the top with the Out of Control Fat Samoan Splash of Death on Cade and that gets the win. The Islanders qualify for the Royal Rumble.
Match Rating: 71%
Brock Lesnar is in the back with Marissa Mazzolla. He's been quiet since losing the IC Title match to Abyss at Armageddon. Lesnar has been taking time off to recoup his body and mind. His spirit and his soul. He needs to refocus his career. The direction he's taking is up. The first step is for him to win the Royal Rumble. And the first step to doing that is to win his qualifying match next week. Marissa says that early brackets have him marked to go against The Rock in what has to be the toughest qualifying match. Tough is the only way Brock knows how to do it.
Segment Rating: 79%
Stan Lane hits a thrust kick on Matt Cappotelli to get him off his feet and works a chin lock on Matt. Cappotelli powers up and frees himself with a jaw breaker. Powerslam sets up the Sex Drive for the win. Cappotelli qualifies for the Rumble.
Match Rating: 56%
Marissa Mazzolla has Eric and Kurt Angle in the back. She asks them about the tag title match at the Rumble. Kurt says it doesn't matter who they face. They will win because they are real Americans. They're not illegal immigrants hiding their identities under masks so they don't get deported. They're not foulmouthed Generation X punks who think the world owes them a living. The Angles have worked hard for everything they've earned. Marissa reminds Kurt that he got the tag title match by bitching to Teddy Long on losing to Brent Albright last week. Kurt tells her to shut up. She then asks Eric about his match tonight against Molly Holly. Molly won by cheating at Armageddon. She is a weak woman who should be in the kitchen barefoot, pregnant and making him a meatloaf. This time there is no mister nice guy. No working up to a submission. He's just going to beat her into submission and leave her in the natural position for all women. Flat on her back.
Segment Rating: 88%
Greg Valentine leads Chris Sabin over the ropes and gives him the big hammering forearm across the chest. He body slams him and signals for the figure four. Sabin kicks Greg in the knee. He leans over and Sabin kips up and grabs his head for a DDT in one swift motion. He puts his feet on the ropes to get the pin. Sabin slides to the floor post match and runs off. Sabin qualifies for the Rumble.
Match Rating: 60%
Sabin meets up with Molly Holly in the back. She is disgusted by his cheating. Takes a cheater to know a cheater. Molly is not a cheater. She was…uh…using her smarts to keep that belt around her waist, Sabin finishes. Sure. And that includes cheating to do so. No, never. Sabin challenges her to go out there tonight against Eric Angle and fight him fair and square. She says there are no other options for her. Sure there are and Sabin will be there to make sure she takes them.
Segment Rating: 66%
William Regal works a front chancery on Maven on the mat. Maven works his way up. Regal tries to suplex him, but Maven reverses. He whips Regal into the ropes. He grabs them to stop himself and Maven whiffs on a dropkick. Maven tries a quick recovery with a dive at Regal but he sidesteps him and he goes flying to the floor. Ivory comes over to help her man up and slips Maven a pair of brass knuckles. He gets back in the ring. Ivory distracts the referee. But Regal has his own knux and surprises Maven with the power of the punch. Regal knocks Ivory off the apron and then pins Maven. Regal qualifies for the Rumble.
Match Rating: 75%
Nidia nurses Ivory's bruising jaw with ice as she makes it to the back. Pissed off, Ivory calls Lita and Lady Shini sluts as they walk by for no apparent reason. Lita gets in her face and says yeah, she's a slut. She's a c*cksucker. But she's the c*cksucker of champions. She runs with men Ivory and Nidia run with little boys. Lita is a woman. Ivory is an old hag. They get into a brawl. Their respective friends pull the women off each other.
Segment Rating: 63%
Nick Dinsmore has a slight limp, but seems a lot better. Stamboli is wearing an eye patch where it was sliced at Armageddon. Dinsmore goes after the eye. He pokes him in the eye to break a bear hug. Stamboli trips away into the corner bent over. Dinsmore stocks him from behind, but takes a back elbow. Dinsmore takes a chest first bump to the turnbuckles on a cross corner whip. Stamboli with a running knee drop for two. They brawl more. Dinsmore is resting against the ropes when Stamboli charges for a running knee lift. He moves and Stamboli is caught in the ropes. Cactus clothesline to the floor. They brawl out there. Dinsmore reverses a whip to make Johnny post himself. Dinsmore grabs a chair. Mick Foley on commentary gets up from the table and tries to stop Dinsmore. He shakes him off. Stamboli pulls his switchblade out of his boot. Dinsmore has the chair up and Johnny plunges his knife into it. Nick smiles as he flips the chair around with the knife sticking of it. He chases Stamboli around the ring. Johnny grabs the ring stairs and uses them to block the chair shot. The referee has waved his hand and calls for the bell. Forget count out, he's throwing the match out entirely. They fight to the back. An angry Mick Foley gets up and goes after them.
Match Rating: 73%
In the back Mick Foley breaks the pair up. Foley made a deal with Dinsmore. Now he comes in there and acts like a goon. The match was thrown out and neither man qualifies for the Royal Rumble. He tries to be a nice guy, but he's tired of looking like a chump. If the two want at each other so bad then they can have a rematch at The Road to the Royal Rumble. And to make sure that there is a final resolution to all this Foley himself will be the special referee.
Segment Rating: 82%
An aggressive Eric Angle takes it to Molly Holly. He uses his size and power to just hammer on her. He goes for a lot of pins. Molly manages to get her shoulder up or feet on the ropes. Eric gets frustrated. He whips Molly into the ropes and catches her coming off with a hell of an elbow that busts her nose. Blood is gushing. Angle-plex gets the win. He celebrates with the title. Chris Sabin comes out with the Great Lakes rulebook and shows it to the referee. The referee talks to Lillian Garcia. She announces that according to the Great Lakes Rulebook all title matches must be declared a draw and ended at the first sign of blood. Molly retains the belt. Eric is pissed off. He turns to trounce Molly, but she's up and hits the Molly-Go-Round. She slides to the floor and heads up the ramp with her belt. She exchanges a glare with Chris Sabin. (from Elvis Foley)
Match Rating: 79%
Show Rating: 70%
RAW for 1.2.06
David Flair jumps on Brock Lesnar's back for a sleeper hold. Brock breaks by ramming him back first into the turnbuckles. David falls off to sit on the top rope. Brock takes him off the top into the F-5 and takes the win.
Match Rating: 69%
Daffney is tending to her bruised boyfriend. Teddy Long tells her to get back to work. David takes offense to that. He knows that Teddy has it in for him because of Daffney. He books him against Brock Lesnar, then he doesn't give him a qualifying match for the Royal Rumble. Hey, there are only so many slots to go around. To show David he doesn't have it in for him, he'll give him another title match against Molly Holly for the Great Lakes Title next week.
Segment Rating: 65%
Sean O'Haire and Rob Conway jump Ultimo Dragon and La Parka on the entrance ramp with baseball bats. Lita jumps on Conway's back and pounds on him. O'Haire takes her off and power bombs her on the ramp. They throw the tag champs in the ring and proceed to work them over. The ring fills with smoke. It clears to find Dragon and La Parka with a wheelbarrow full of plunder. Conway takes a stop sign to the head. O'Haire gets a trashcan on the noggin and they slap it with tennis rackets. Conway recovers and decks Dragon with the wheelbarrow. Then just to be cute he gives La Parka a wheelbarrow suplex into the wheelbarrow. Kurt and Eric Angle run out from the back. They attack both teams. Being a hardcore match it's all legal. They throw Dragon on top of Conway and make the referee count the pin.
Match Rating: 73%
Marissa Mazzolla stops The Angles in the back. Kurt and Eric say that they wanted to control the tag division heading into the title match at the Royal Rumble. Conway and O'Haire come in mad as hell. What the f*cking f*ck was that, f*ckers! Kurt puts EMF over. They were the better team, so they wanted to face the weaker for the titles. That's bullsh*t. Oh, so Kurt says they know they're worse than the Masked Marvels. He didn't f*cking say that…f*ck. O'Haire and Conway storm off.
Segment Rating: 70%
Lariat to Gangrel by Barry Windham. He drops an elbow for two. Gangrel reverses a whip into the corner and hits a rolling clothesline. Hip toss out of the corner leads to a kick to the back of the head. Windham fights out of the Nail in the Coffin. Discus punch to the gut and he locks in the Claw. As Gangrel flails around he smacks the ref and knocks him down. Charlie Haas runs into the ring to make the break. They hit a double brain buster. Gangrel hits the Nail in the Coffin and scores the pin. The heels put the boots to Windham until Shelton Benjamin runs out. He's wearing a long black duster and dark glasses. He has a kendo stick and chases the heels off with it.
Match Rating: 63%
Marissa Mazzolla catches Benjamin as he walks to the back. Last week he was betrayed by Charlie Haas and bit by him and Gangrel. How is he feeling? Oh, he's feeling fine, but he knows two who won't be when he gets done with them. Benjamin removes his shades to reveal glowing red eyes. (before anyone says it, yeah, Benjamin is basically Blade now)
Segment Rating: 73%
Ric Flair chops Abyss into the corner, but he fights back with right hands. Uppercut leads to a Flair flop. Power slam gets two. He whips Flair into the corner and charges. Flair gets his feet up. He goes up top, but Abyss recovers and slams him off. Leg drop misses. Flair goes to school on the leg. Abyss kicks out of the figure four. He Flair flips to the apron. Rail runner. He goes back up top and comes off to meet a punch to the stomach. He flips over to his back. Elbow drop. Black Hole Slam. Abyss wins.
Match Rating: 76%
Jimmy Snuka, Jr. and Batista are in the back with Marissa Mazolla. They have a tag match with Rock and Randy Orton coming up. Four second generation superstars all in the same ring at the same time. The difference is that they respect that. Since Snuka was a boy he dreamed of being in WWE. He is now and he's not there for revenge. He's there to teach Randy Orton that respect he and Batista have.
Segment Rating: 70%
Batista and Rock exchange punches. Rock goes for the spit punch, but Snuka catches his hand from behind. Orton runs in and spears Snuka. The referee tries to break it up. This allows Rock to get a low blow on Batista and take over. The heels work him over. Orton telegraphs a back drop and takes a knee lift. He does a shaky leg sell and Batista clotheslines him over the ropes to the floor. Snuka comes off the apron with a splash on Orton. Rock undoes the second turnbuckle in his corner to expose the metal pin. He jumps Batista and tries to whip him into it. He reverses. Rock takes it in the back. Batista goes for a spear. Rock dodges. Batista knocks himself cold. Snuka chases Orton into the ring. He runs straight into the Rock Bottom. Orton pulls Batista up for the RKO and pins him.
Match Rating: 77%
Evolution is holding a New Year's party in their locker room. 2006 will be the year of Evolution. All members are on a roll. Triple H has the title again and he's going to keep it all year and into 2007 and beyond. His first resolution of the new year is to kick Vader's ass at the Royal Rumble. Victoria runs through wearing nothing but a diaper and tooting on a noisemaker. His second resolution will be to get that girl some psychotropic drugs.
Segment Rating: 78%
Kurt Angle tries a belly to belly suplex on Vader, but he can't get his arms around him. Vader punches out. He gets a belly to belly on Angle. Front suplex. Vader choke lifts Angle and throws him into the corner. Vader charges for the avalanche and takes an elbow to the mush. Angle back heel trips him. Straps come down and it's ankle lock time. Sean O'Haire runs out. The referee hits the floor and blocks him from getting in the ring. Rob Conway enters from the crowd and brains Angle with a baseball bat. Vader bomb finishes. Conway looks into the camera and says they're not f*cking even yet.
Match Rating: 71%
Show Rating: 71%
This year's oddity in the EWR top 100 workers for the year is Brent Albright at number 9. Jamie Noble comes in at number 5 again. Jimmy Snuka, Jr. is 12 and we just debuted him. Number 100 is Doug Basham. We own most of the list.
Johnny Kashmere, The Unknown and Nikki Fuller are ready to be promoted to the full roster. It's promote or fire. Also come up with gimmicks and angles for the people to bump.
Johnny Kashmere: Over-70, Brawl-48, Speed-87, Technical-78, Charisma-86, tags in the Backseat Boyz with Trent Acid who we have in OVW, does high spots, has the Fonz factor
Nikki Fuller: Over-33, Brawl-34. Speed-17, Technical-33, Charisma-70, has the superstar look, she is a diva,
The Unknown: Over-30, Brawl-31, Speed-83, Technical-80, Charisma-48, does high spots
The following have 1 month left on their contracts. Do we resign them or let them go. Chris Benoit, Christian, Hardcore Holly, Rey Mysterio, Victoria, Nidia, Johnny Stamboli. Benoit will be out another 8 months due to injury.
As a note a new fed has opened named Amber Benson's Wrestling Federation. Isn't that the Playboy bunny married to pitcher Kris Benson?
William Regal blasted us in a radio interview. Since he was already in the Rumble. I just ignored it.
What special match stipulations should Booker T make for his title match with Kane?
Smackdown Card for next week, choose all winners
Ten Man Battle Royal for entry into the number one contenders match at the Royal Rumble
John Bradshaw Layfield vs. Rene Dupree vs. IRS vs. Hardcore Holly vs. Chris Hero vs. Chavo Guerrero vs. JC Ice vs. The Idol vs. Funaki vs. Al Snow
Ten Man Battle Royal for entry into the number one contenders match at the Royal Rumble
Shannon Moore vs. EZ Money vs. Orlando Jordan vs. Paul London vs. Rey Mysterio vs. Akio Vs. Big Vito vs. The Follower vs. Kenzo Suzuki vs. Shark Boy
Disco Inferno and Mark Jindrak vs. Chico and the Man (Taylor and Carlito)
John Cena and Chris Cage vs. The Hardy Boyz (Matt and Jeff)
Golddust vs. Kane, non-title
AJ Styles vs. Danny Basham
Booker T vs. Doug Basham
Big Show vs. Billy Kidman, non-title
Rob Van Dam vs. Rico for the WWE Hardcore Title
Marlena and Melina vs. Torrie Wilson and Dawn Marie in a tag team pillow fight
RAW card for next week, choose all winners
Triple H vs. Barry Windham, non-title
Molly Holly vs. David Flair for the WWE Great Lakes Title
Alexis Laree, Lita and Lady Shini vs. Nidia, Ivory Robinson and Gail Kim
Brent Albright vs. Chris Sabin
The Angles (Kurt and Eric) vs. The Islanders (Afa and Rosey)
Royal Rumble Qualifying Matches
Sean O'Haire vs. Chad Wicks
Rob Conway vs. Johnny Jeter
Randy Orton vs. Zack Gowen
Jimmy Snuka, Jr. vs. Danny Inferno
Shelton Benjamin vs. Edge
Batista vs. Charlie Haas
The Rock vs. Brock Lesnar
Royal Rumble Card at this time, do not vote
30 Man Royal Rumble Match for a title shot at Wrestlemania
RAW: Brent Albright, Abyss, Gangrel, William Regal, Matt Cappotelli, Chris Sabin, Afa Jr., Rosey,
Smackdown: Scott Taylor, Carlito, Chris Cage, Robert Lashley, Terry Toland, Big Show, Jamie Noble, Chris Jericho, Rhyno, Tajiri, Jeff Hardy, Raven, Tommy Dreamer, Sandman, Sabu
Vader vs. Triple H for the RAW Brand Title
Booker T vs. Kane for the Smackdown Brand Title
The Angles (Eric and Kurt) vs. Masked Marvels (La Parka and Dragon) for the RAW Brand Tag Team Titles
The Basham Brothers (Doug and Danny) vs. Get the Funk Out of My Face (Funk and Richards) for the Smackdown Brand Tag Team Titles
Christian vs. Ron Killings for the IC Title in a strip iron man match. For every pin fall, submission, count out or DQ win Killings earns over Christian Trish Stratus must take off one article of clothing. If Killings is DQ'ed or intentionally counted out Trish gets to put one item back on. Pin falls or submissions by Christian do not count for anything. If Trish is naked before the time limit, Killings wins the title. Trish will be locked in a go-go dancer cage on the entrance stage. She will be wearing six articles of clothing; a shirt, an undershirt, boots, pants, bra and panties.
AJ Styles vs. Billy Kidman and Torrie Wilson in a handicap match for the WWE Cruiserweight Title. If Styles pins either Kidman or Wilson he wins the belt. If Wilson or Kidman pins Styles, Kidman retains
Stephanie McMahon vs. Shane McMahon with special guest referee the Big Show
The Road to the Royal Rumble Special Edition of Velocity
Nick Dinsmore vs. Johnny Stamobili with special guest referee Mick Foley
