The 10th Day News Report for 1.25.06
Posted by Leonard Hayhurst on 01.25.2006
Will Smackdown get the smack down thanks to the WB/UPN merger?
MAILBAG
"-Milano Collection AT suffered a concussion while training for Ring of Honor last weekend."
That is ROH's claim, but rumor has it that Milano is annoyed with Gabe and doesn't want to work in ROH anymore. On the day he was supposed to appear in ROH but couldn't because of a "concussion", Milano wrestled in ETW. Gabe claims Milano will be back, but others say Milano is "sick of Gabe's shit already", whatever that means.
-Peter
I thought that sounded too kayfabe to me. Thanks for the inside scoop.
NEWS AND NOTES
-On Tuesday it was announced that CBS and Warner Brothers would be throwing in together to combine the WB and UPN networks into a new station called CW. The new network would retain a lot of programming currently on the two separate networks now. The press release specifically mentioned that Smackdown would play a part in the schedule as it is one of UPN's highest rated shows, especially among the sought after young male demographic. So if you combine all their shows that are any good you should be able to do two, maybe three nights of programming. Paul London was said to be disappointed when told that CW did not mean the cruiserweights were getting their own network. Now the rub is that with WB and UPN merging WWE has no leverage in negotiations, because there is no other network that would really pick the show up. This means that what ever they put on the table WWE will probably have to take. The contract for the show is up this coming September. Maybe they can go to the Outdoor Life network like hockey. Credit: CBS and Warner Brothers joint press release
-In your online Heat report, Domino and Deuce with manager Cherry defeated Chris Hamrick and Brad Allen. The winners are fifties styled greasers. Yeah, that's a gimmick we were missing. Maybe that's what Vince meant by turning back the clock. If Vince ever needed the Honky Tonk Man back, the time is now. Trevor Murdoch pinned Romeo of the Heartthrobs after they gyrated with plants at ringside, and I don't mean ferns. Matt Striker had a classroom segment. Chavo Guerrero, Jr. took out Jason Jones, better than Nathan Jones I would guess. Val Venis and Viscera pinned Gene Snitsky and Tyson Tomko as two third of the RAW tag division was in the ring at the same time.
Credit: PWInsider.com
-Here's one you probably didn't know. Deuce from the above item is the son of Jimmy Snuka. The WWE legend was backstage at RAW on Monday in order to support his son. Credit: PWInsider.com
-After RAW went off the air Monday John Cena got on the mic to put Ric Flair over. Flair then thanked the crowd and hugged several of his relatives that were in the audience. I love Flair, but don't they do Flair tribute night every time they go to Charlotte anymore. It's the inverse of ‘Booker T jobs because we're in Texas.'
Credit: PWInsider.com
-The members of the Spirit Squad who appeared on RAW Monday were Mike Mondo, Nick Nemeth, Nick Mitchell, Ken Doane and Johnny Jeter. WWE is reportedly very high on Doane. Nemeth was last seen on television as Chavo's caddy while in the Kerwin White gimmick. Credit: PWInsider.com
-One man who wasn't handed the megaphone was Dean Visk. Visk has been let go from his OVW contract. It's said that he had a good look and promo skills, but had not progressed enough in the ring. So, make him a manager. Credit: PWInsider.com
-Former Diva Search contestant Elizabeth Rouffaer has also been let out of her OVW contract. It's reported that she simply decided that wrestling was not for her. Credit: prowrestling.com
-Rob Van Dam will be on the cover of February's RAW magazine. He will then roll it up and smoke it. Credit: PWInsider.com
-In an interview with Access Hollywood, WWE Diva Stacy Keibler admitted to having received an offer to pose for Playboy for several hundred thousand dollars. She turned it down and said she would pose for even $2 million. This means that they should call back and offer $2.5 million. Keibler says that posing nude is simply not something she wants to do. WHY THE HELL NOT! Credit: watching television.
-The Smackdown rating for last week was a solid 2.9. Warner Brothers is thrilled. Credit: Nielsen reports
-WWE.com posted a list of Royal Rumble participants for this coming Sunday. The list they have is different from what was previously released. There is no word at this time as to what led to the changes. I'm sensing Kevin Von Erich as a surprised entrant. The men entered at this time stand as Triple H, Rob Van Dam, Ric Flair, Shelton Benjamin, Coach, Big Show, Kane, Trevor Murdoch, Chavo Guerrero Jr., Carlito, Chris Masters and Viscera from RAW. From Smackdown it will be Chris Benoit, Rey Mystero, Johnny Nitro, Joey Mercury, Bobby Lashley, Randy Orton, Matt Hardy, Orlando Jordan, Sylvan, Simon Dean, Animal and Booker T. This means there are two RAW spots left and three Smackdown. Credit: PWInsider.com
-Despite rumors, Chris Jericho is not in talks with Mtv to join their new wrestling organization. Let them throw a few video clips Fozzy's way and see what he says. Credit: PWInsider.com
-The Matt Hardy Show, an online reality show following WWE wrestler Matt Hardy is having their first season released on DVD. In related news the producers of the show are being sued by the Ultimate Warrior for their documentary "Always Believe." Apparently Warrior is the only person who is supposed to always believe, not you. Credit: thematthardyshow.com
-Lance Storm has announced that he will come out of retirement to face American Dragon Bryan Danielson at the April 1st Ring of Honor Show in Chicago Ridge, Illinois. This could be an April Fool's joke, but we all know that Storm doesn't have a sense of humor. Credit: PWInsider.com
-To continue the Milano Collection AT story from Ring of Honor last week, they are now reporting that AT will go to Japan to have some work done on his neck. He will miss his dates for the company this weekend. That's their story anyway. Jay Fury will take his place in the trios tournament and partner with Sal Rinauro and Tony Mamaluke. Credit: ROHwrestling.com
-Samoas Joe will be forced out of his Ring of Honor dates for this weekend in Ohio due to a severe staph infection. Low Ki will replace him and the card will be reshuffled. Credit: ROHwrestling.com
-The last episode of TNA Impact! scored an 0.9 rating, up from 0.8 the week before. Slow and steady…just gets you canceled. Credit: PWInsider.com
-TNA has announced that the World X tournament will return again in May. Additionally they have several DVD releases slated for the upcoming year including a Best of Samoa Joe DVD, TNA's Bloodiest Brawls and a disc featuring the women of TNA. Credit: PWInsider.com
-Announced for this Saturday's episode of Impact! is Jeff Jarrett vs. Jay Lethal, Rhino vs. Abyss and an angle centering around Sting. Credit: PWInsider.com
-The behind the scenes word is that Jarrett and Sting had a sit down recently to discuss his future in the company. Sting will most likely be off the next two pay per views. This will build to an angle where Sting will return in order to exact revenge and shut the mouths of Jarrett and his group. Credit: PWInsider.com
-Dave Hebner has been seen watching TNA matches for the past few weeks. As part of the angle, TNA.com has announced that Hebner is serving as a ‘management consultant' evaluating talent for the top brass. Also to further the Raven angle of him being out of the company due to his loss on the recent ppv to Sean Waltman his bio and subsite has been taken down by TNA.com Credit: TNA.com
-The Legends of Wrestling pay per view is set to tape on March 5th at the Hard Rock Live Studios at Universal Studios in Florida. Those confirmed for the show at this time are Bobby Heenan, Jimmy Hart, Diamond Dallas Page, Bruno Sammartino, Kamala, Koko B. Ware and Mike Graham. Credit: PWInsider.com
-SoCal Wrestling is the new organization that will be given a tryout by Mtv for a continuing series. Talent reported to be involved include Vampiro, PJ Polanco, Sean Waltman, New Jack, Jack Evans, Matt Sydal and Teddy Hart. Hart may also be involved in booking matches and putting the shows together. Dark matches for the first taping have been announced. These matches will be a way for Mtv to judge the depth of talent on the roster. These matches are Puma vs. Tommy Williams, Human Tornado vs. Delirious vs. Alter Boy Luke and Disco Machine, Joey Ryan and Topgun Talwar vs. Scorpio Sky, Zokre and Phoenix Star. Credit: PWInsider.com
RAW THOUGHTS
-If that had been a trailer for a real movie at the opening, I think I would opt to see BloodRayne instead. If Jerry Lawler is that hard up to see live sex I'm sure Lita could use some quarters to do her laundry. Notice Edge is still carrying Cena's personalized belt. I want to see who Edge gets to tag with him, because I think they've established that the whole locker room hates his guts more than they do Triple H's. I don't think you're considered a transitional champion if you drop it back to the guy you took it from. "I'm not going to lose it 16 times like Ric Flair…I'm just going to lose it once and never be heard from again." Iron Sheik and Mick Foley are legends. He should have name dropped Stan Stasiak. I'm tired of hearing about how much screwing Edge and Lita do. You know the saying is if you have to brag about it, you have to not be getting that much. Chris Jericho is kicking himself for not coming up with Magical Redheaded Ho as a band name. Cena forgot that Edge reads Ivanhoe to Lita before bed every night. Great out of left field reference to Jim Duggan. Duggan should be Cena's partner tonight.
-Creative chair shot spot in the Carlito vs. Kane match. Did Kane lose his other contact? That just makes him look like he has an eye infection.
-With Edge pimping Lita out every week she's crossing that thin line from ho to whore. Oh, it's Big Show. She must be barbecuing him a ham or something.
-Don't trust him Big Show. Edge is a lousy pimp. If Show grows the beard in he's got the late seventies Orson Welles/Raymond Burr suave big man look going on.
-Yeah, I want to bitch slap Mickie James. I went to high school with girls like that. I used to bitch slap them to. No really. I used to get sent to the principal's office for bitch slapping bitches all the time. It's a hobby.
-It would be cooler if Coach was wearing a Rick Strom jersey. I don't think either him or King has a chance of winning the Rumble, but then again neither does any of the other cannon fodder left, so might as well go for the gag entrant. I'm surprised some legend isn't getting a birth. Can we all say Kevin Von Erich.
-I'm still waiting on Shelton's mama to feed him a bowl of Chunky soup. Shelton Benjamin is a mama's boy, but Shawn's a man whore. I'm smelling a mixed tag match for next week. Shawn Michaels' mother will be played by Morgan Fairchild. He will then do her.
-I'd be interested in picking up the Billy Graham DVD. I can't say I've seen a lot of his matches from his prime. Put Billy Graham in the Rumble, screw it.
-Note to Jerry Lawler. Ben Roethlisberger will have this coming weekend off because the Super Bowl is the next weekend. Do you really think Vince McMahon would hold a major pay per view opposite the Super Bowl? Actually, he might. There is pizza in hell, it's just brick oven pizza. That enzuiguiri running up the ropes was a bitching spot. That sort of leaping suplex was sweet to. Michaels is hitting less stuff off the top than Ric Flair.
-With all that build up Edge was giving I figured they would flash to him talking to Viscera or something. Edge will probably just wind up with his old standby Snitsky.
-Vince only has more money than God because he diversified his bonds. "Back when this business was all sex, drugs and rock ‘n roll." Vince is reuniting the Freebirds? Sweet! Vince proved right there that he really is the devil. It would be awesome if Vince is shown partying later snorting coke with Marty Jannetty. Shawn is going to be the first man in the Rumble, whoo-hoo. You know several guys have won the match from the first position, but never the last. Make him go in last and have basically a ppv walk on.
-It's the debut of the Spirit Squad. It's like Queer Eye for the Varsity Club. I would pay good money to have Steve Williams just run out and spine buster all those pukes. They make the Mean Street Posse look like a Green Berets unit.
-I'm waiting for the day Big Show jobs out a ring of midgets or wrestles a bear. I sense bad things because Triple H is back into doing ten minute promos that ramble on and don't say anything. "I'm tired of taking on charity cases…screw Hurricane Katriana victims."
-Process of elimination. With all the other heels gone Chris Masters was the only guy really left. Triple H might be the king of kings, but Flair rises from the dead every week. He's also older than Methuselah.
WWE FANTASY MANAGER
It's back for season six. It's still about the same and I'll still probably suck at it. One thing I noticed is that Shelton's Benjamin's mother has been added to the game as "Momma of Shelton," which makes her sound like a Star Trek alien. The Royal Rumble is the first week, so it makes picks easier.
Kurt Angle ($5 million): There is no way that Angle drops the title to Mark Henry. I don't care how much of a push he's getting.
Triple H ($5 million): If he doesn't win you know he will show very well. If Cena wins the title back I think him taking the Rumble is more certain. If not, who's to say.
Edge ($4 million): A good part of me says that John Cena will get the World Title back. However, another part thinks they might let Edge run a little longer with it. It's been an exciting angle and it's just getting underway. Since my strongest urge is to go with Cena, I'll bet Edge.
The Boogeyman ($3 million): JBL is the Honky Tonk Man. After his run with the IC title Honky jobbed out to everybody. Layfield is no longer a title threat. Boogeyman is becoming a phenomenon. The train won't run long, but it's full steam ahead right now. The way the angle has been booked Boogeyman should go over.
Randy Orton ($4 million): He's booked to face Christ Benoit on Smackdown. I have a feeling he will go over and then on to the Royal Rumble. Angle vs. Orton is not a bad Wrestlemania main event. I might be rolling the dice on him a bit, but I have a feeling.
Bobby Lashley ($3.5 million): Lashley is getting a huge push still. His involvement in the Rumble has given him some hype. He'll probably enter the match early and get a lot of eliminations and time in.
Rob Van Dam ($3 million): RVD makes his return at the Royal Rumble. I say he makes a good run. Final four easy. A few eliminations should be in that.
Finlay ($2.5 million): I love Fit Finlay, sue me. You know he'll get a match on Smackdown this week. They'll probably put him in the Rumble too. I could see him getting some eliminations to put him over as the new guy and a hard ass.
EWR ON 411
Smackdown for 1.26.06
Linda McMahon is in the ring. The Board of Directors have made their decision on the new general manager for Smackdown. They wanted someone who was tough, experienced, respected in the locker room and with a history in WWE. Without further ado please welcome…the bagpipes play…Rowdy Roddy Piper. Piper comes out in formal Scottish attire. The fans cheer him loudly. Piper says he bet people didn't think they would see the day when the bad seed of WWE, the punk Piper became the man. You see he was always a company man. When he was letting the New York police bash him in the head and Cyndi Lauper spit in his face while Hulk Hogan hugged Mr. T on Mtv it was for the good of the company. When he stepped in for a sick Bret Hart at the Royal Rumble and won the IC Title and then lost it back to Hart at Wrestlemania it was for the good of the company. When he laughed like a goon on commentary and tried to put over the Goobeldy Gooker at Survivor Series it was for the good of the company. But being a company man doesn't mean you're a push over. Piper is an ICON in this business. I Cower Over Nobody. He is a company man who won't be pushed around by the punks backstage, because he used to be one and that's what WWE needs on Smackdown.
Segment Rating: 79%
Stevie Richards reverses a suplex on Doug Basham then hits the Stevie-T. Danny distracts the referee by jumping on the apron and yelling. Richards Stevie Kicks him to the floor to a big pop. Doug then tries to schoolboy Richards, but he breaks and decks him with a clothesline. Richards waits for him to stand to hit another Stevie Kick. Terry Funk then runs in and bashes Richards in the head with a steel chair. The referee disqualifies Doug and gives the match to Richards. Funk throws the referee to the floor and wears the chair out on Richards.
Match Rating: 79%
Billy Kidman beats the crap out of Shark Boy. Every time he gets him down Kidman plays to the crowd by making belt motions around his waist. He wants the Cruiserweight strap back from AJ Styles. Kidman body slams Shark Boy, gives him a double stomp to the gut then goes up top for the SSP. That's all she wrote.
Match Rating: 73%
Jake Roberts shakes hands with Roddy Piper in the back. Piper would like to say he's sorry Jake didn't get the job, but he really can't. Roberts says that ok, he knows there is no love loss between them and he doesn't expect any hands out from Piper. He also doesn't want Piper to expect him to be his lackey, fetching him coffee and breaking necks when he points. Piper doesn't expect that at all. In fact he's got a guy for that. However, Piper is willing to extend Roberts some professional courtesy. Name the position he wants on Smackdown and he'll give it to him. He wants to be a road agent, a manager, an interviewer, clean up after Big Show. Roberts says fine, he doesn't want anything major. How about just the commentary position on Velocity. Piper says they got a guy in Al Snow. Sure he's a little strange, talks to reindeer heads, writes on his forehead backwards, but we all have our foibles. Roberts says that's just like Piper to promise one thing and back down. No, no, how about this. They will settle it old school, in the ring. At No Way Out it's Al Snow vs. Jake Roberts for the job.
Segment Rating: 66%
Sabu and the Sandman brawl wildly in the ring while Raven and Dreamer argue on the outside. Sabu no sells a body slam. Sandman no sells a body slam. Sabu gestures and Dreamer throws him the barbed wire wrapped chair. Sandman gestures and gets the kendo stick. Double whack. Double DQ. They brawl out of the ring to the floor. Raven and Dreamer get in on the action and they all fight to the back.
Match Rating: 67%
Booker T meets up with Big Show in the back. He thought they made a pretty good team last week and thinks they will again tonight. Booker T was thinking about maybe them making it a permanent team. He thinks they could wreck some havoc on Smackdown. And with his contract clause all he has to do is snap his fingers and they get a tag title shot, Roddy Piper or no Roddy Piper as GM. Big Show ponders it for a moment than shakes Booker's hand. He's on.
Segment Rating: 78%
Booker T and Big Show make quick work of The Light. The heels take advantage for a moment, but Booker gets the charging forearm on The Follower and hot tags Big Show. He brawls with Follower then clotheslines him. Idol tries to surprise him with a cross body from the top rope. Show sits him on this shoulder and Booker gets a flying clothesline on him. Choke slam to Follower gets the pin.
Match Rating: 73%
JBL backed by his corporation goes to see Roddy Piper. He extends his hand and introduces himself. Piper knows this has to be business and not pleasure. JBL then puts his corporation over and tells Piper what great things they could do for him and Smackdown. He's willing to let Piper hire, for a modest fee, the Corporation as his personal security force. Piper says he knew security would be an issue so since Smackdown was in Dallas, Texas he went looking through the seediest bars and back alleys looking for the meanest, roughest, toughest Texans to stock his security squad with. And he found the perfect Dallas native to be its head. Bradshaw doesn't think Piper understands the offer. He wants the Bradshaw Corporation with him not against him. That's the type of thinking that got Stephanie McMahon in trouble. Piper tells JBL to go off and screw his bitches…but he can leave Jillian Hall and Dawn Marie with him. Paul London, EZ Money, IRS and Orlando Jordan take offense and try to jump Piper. He calls for security. Kevin Von Erich appears in a red shirt with security written on the back. He puts the claw on JBL and he flails around. A gang of huge, scary looking guys come out and beat off the JBL Corporation. Bradshaw has blood gushing from his head. Von Erich finally lets him go and he runs away. Piper puts his arms around Hall and Marie. Let's discuss some new positions for them on Smackdown. (I had to get Kevin Von Erich in there somewhere. Todd said he was surprised he wasn't on the general manager list.)
Segment Rating: 74%
A shook up Paul London is controlled early by AJ Styles. Styles makes a rare gaff in telegraphing a backdrop and takes a swinging neckbreaker. Knee lift off the ropes flips Styles to his back and he takes a diving elbow. London sets him up for the Styles Clash to add insult to injury. Styles reverses and nails it for the win. Billy Kidman then runs in and they brawl. Styles gets knocked to the floor. Kidman does a springboard SSP off the ropes and wipes Styles out. He pumps his fist to the crowd and walks to the back.
Match Rating: 57%
Roddy Piper shakes hands with Brock Lesnar. He thanks Brock for meeting with him. He congratulates him on winning the Royal Rumble. Piper would love to let his legacy on Smackdown begin with bringing Brock Lesnar back to the brand and having him wrestle for the title at Wrestlemania. Whether he goes against Kane and can show his strength and brawling skills or against Rey Mysterio where he can show his speed and agility for a man his size it will be a great main event. Lesnar says he really wants to get his hands on Triple H, but he's considering all his options. Robert Lashley then enters. He ignores Piper and gets in Lesnar's face. If it weren't for Brock he would have won the Royal Rumble. That was his match, his title shot and Brock stole it. Brock says he earned it. He survived all 29 guys. Lashley walked in at the end and cherry picked. There will be no cherry picking tonight, Lashley says they should take it to the ring. Lesnar takes off his jacket and starts loosening his tie. Piper calls in Kevin Von Erich to keep the two apart. Kevin holds the claw up to Lashley and shakes his head to say ‘you don't want any of this.' Piper has no problem with them getting it on in the ring, but not tonight. He says to do it at No Way Out. They agree.
Segment Rating: 64%
JBL stumbles to the ring with his head bandaged. Johnny Kashmere starts off against Chavo Guerrero. Chavo controls early. Kashmere gets a rolling kick off the ropes. He works Chavo over with a surfboard. Kashmere breaks and tags JBL. He pounds him down. JBL puts him on his shoulder for a power slam. Chavo unwraps the head bandage and blinds Bradshaw with it. Hot tag to Mysterio. He hits a seated dropkick. A blinded JBL staggers into the referee and knocks him down. Kane then lumbers out. Chavo tries to head him off and gets choke slammed. Rey gets choke slammed. Kane walks off. Kashmere blind tags JBL, runs in, hits the Kashmere Sweater on Rey and gets the pin from the referee as he comes around.
Match Rating: 75%
Show Rating: 70%
Velocity for 1.28.06
Akio looks scared to fight the Unknown. Every move he does Al Snow tosses ‘of Doom' on the end of it (from Todd). Akio powers out of the rear chinlock of doom, but takes a body slam of doom and a leg drop of doom. Unknown puts his foot on Akio chest and points to the ceiling. The lights go out. They come back on to find Akio hanging upside down from the turnbuckles in the upper left corner. He slips off and lands on his face. It's the Unknown Move. (from Mathew) Unknown wins. Big Vito jumps into the ring. Unknown stares at him. Vito grabs Akio and leaves.
Match Rating: 75%
Jamie Noble backdrops out of the Ice Pick from JC Ice. He hits a version of the Unprettier from the front with Ice's head tucked into his chest, not his back. It's called the Noble Finish and gets the win.
Match Rating: 74%
Jake Roberts walks out and sits at the commentator's table on the other side of Josh Matthews. Al Snow wants to know what Roberts thinks he's doing stealing Snow's job. Roberts says that Snow's place is in the ring, not sitting at ringside while his butt gets wider. That's for old men like Roberts. Snow should still be wrestling week in and week out. Snow doesn't know what to say to that. Roberts smirks at tricking Snow up. Roberts sits in on commentary for the rest of the show.
Segment Rating: 74%
Chris Hero goes up top for the Hero Sandwich. Dawn Marie jumps on the apron and distracts him with her assets. Kenzo pulls her off and puts her over his knee for a spanking. While that is going on, Money gets a superplex and the Cha-Ching finishes.
Match Rating: 79%
Matt Hardy is in the ring with Gene Okerlund. On Smackdown Hardy was supposed to have a contract signing with John Cena, but he didn't show up. Tonight Okerlund has a letter from Cena. He reads it. Sorry I couldn't make the contract signing dog. I had to comfort Stephanie McMahon on not getting Smackdown back. She's going to Bangkok for two weeks…in Jamaica. Catch you next week. Peace out. Matt Hardy says Cena thinks he's playing mind games with him. All he's doing is proving to him and all the Smackdown fans that he's running scared. He's scared of losing that title that was handed to him on a silver platter to a real man in a real match. Next week Hardy will be on Smackdown, but he won't put any bets on Cena showing up. He knows the type of man he's up against. Let Hardy correct that, bitch he's up against. Crowd pops.
Segment Rating: 78%
Scott Taylor hits a dropkick to Chris Jericho to knock him over the ropes. He holds on in a repeat of his Royal Rumble performance. Taylor charges. Jericho gets his feet on the apron and sidesteps Taylor. Taylor flips over the ropes and lands on the apron. Jericho super kicks Taylor and he flies off the apron to knock the ring stairs. Jericho gets a Lionsault off the apron to the floor. He rolls Taylor backs in and he taps out to the Walls of Jericho.
Match Rating: 73%
Show Rating: 75%
Heat for 1.29.06
Miss Jackie wrestles in her long black gown with the slit clear up the side. Charlie Haas is with her at ringside. Alexis Laree gets a back heel trip and works on the exposed leg of Jackie. Showing all that leg gets a pop. Haas pulls her toward the ropes when the referee isn't looking. She grabs them to break. She pulls herself up by the ropes and Laree charges. Jackie tosses her over the ropes to the floor. She distracts the referee by complaining about her sore leg and showing it off to him. Haas puts the boots to Laree on the outside. He rolls her back in and Jackie covers for two. Jackie whips her to the ropes. Laree ducks a clothesline and hits one of her own coming from the other direction. She goes for the Jumping Jack Flash. Jackie dodges the flip kick then hits a basement dropkick to Laree while she tucked in her crouch. Life is Pain (inverted stunner, from Mathew) gets the win.
Match Rating: 76%
Jim Cornette welcomes Ron Killings to the Tennis Court. Last week Killings and The Rock exchanged some words backstage. Killings laughs that off. The Rock is a great wrestler, but just like everyone else on RAW he can't handle the Truth. The truth is that Killings is the future and the future is now. The Rock is the present, but the present has past. The Rock lost to Batista at the Royal Rumble. The Rock lost because he is the old washed up has been like he cut his teeth on when he was coming up. Cornette mentions that Killings lost at the Royal Rumble too. We're not talking about that. Let's talk about how he will get another Intercontinental title shot tomorrow night when he wins the four way over Randy Orton, Batista and The Rock. Four men enter, one man leaves. That man will be Ron Killings and that's the truth.
Segment Rating: 86%
Chad Wicks gets a single leg pickup on Zack Gowen. As usual, it's the fake leg. It comes off in Wicks' hand and he tosses it across the ring. He locks Zack in a single leg Boston crab. Gowen crawls across the ring and grabs the leg. He smacks Wicks in the head to break. As Gowen tries to get his leg back on Wicks scores a bulldog and makes him tap out to a modified Burning Wick (Texas cloverleaf).
Match Rating: 59%
Victoria is tearing up her dressing room area. Her hair is a mess, her makeup all crazy, her clothes half off. She's screaming and raving. Danny Inferno comes in with the straightjacket. It's match time. Victoria says she doesn't want to go. Danny holds her down and gets the straightjacket on her. Victoria calms down and starts rocking and singing to herself.
Segment Rating: 65%
Inferno takes the straightjacket off of Victoria and she goes bonkers. He tries to attack Trish, but Nikki cuts her off and backs her up with forearms. Victoria no sells everything. She kicks and punches on Nikki. She hair drags Nikki and she rolls into her corner. Trish tags in. She works the forearms on Victoria to the same effect. Trish reverses a whip, but Victoria ducks under a clothesline try. She comes off the opposite cords for a Thesz Press. She beats on Trish a bit, then starts dry humping her like she was Inferno. Trish knocks her off and tags Nikki. Inferno asks for the tag. Danny measures her for a second, then jumps in her arms and starts dry humping. Nikki rolls her eyes and gets the protobomb. Victoria saves the pin with a missile dropkick. She beats on Nikki. The ref pulls her off. She pulls Danny to her corner, tags him, then runs back in and beats on Nikki. Widow's Peak. Trish runs in to save and Victoria pitches her to the floor. She hits a second Widow's Peak on Fuller and pins her. Danny dives on top of Victoria and puts the straightjacket on. She calms down and he takes her off. (from Mathew)
Match Rating: 64%
Chris Sabin is telling Gail Kim that she know she's his girl. He's backing her 100% tomorrow night against Molly Holly. Gail's got her rulebook and that's the trump card. Molly Holly comes in and says that she can beat Gail without the rulebook, but she's going to beat her at her own game. Gail gets in Molly's grill and tells her to stay away from her man. Molly doesn't want her man. Sabin smiles and winks as if to say ‘oh, you know you want it baby.' Molly is the Great Lakes champion and she'll do whatever or whoever to stay that way. Molly goes nose to nose with Gail. Gail pushes her away. Molly pushes back. They have a catfight. Sabin looks like he's going to break it up, then shrugs and watches. Eventually backstage personnel pull them apart.
Segment Rating: 80%
Ivory jumps up on the apron to distract Sean O'Haire by shaking her rear. O'Haire looks taken, but he's playing. He dodges Matt Capotelli trying to attack from behind. He knocks her off the apron. He then turns around into the Sh*t Kicker (big boot). O'Haire drags him up top and gets Check This Sh*t Out (top rope DDT) for the win.
Match Rating: 78%
Nick Dinsmore is backstage with Marissa Mazolla. Dinsmore has no use for Mick Foley. He has no use for people trying to stand in his way of getting revenge for his brother. In his book that makes Foley every bit as evil and every bit as responsible as what happened to his brother Eugene. Eugene always talked about Mick Foley. Foley was his friend and Foley was his idol. Where was Mick Foley when he needed him? Where was Mick Foley when Nick needed him? Mick was hiding in retirement, cowering in fear over the thought of him using a steel chair. Nick is a man that gets things done. He doesn't smack people with chairs and body splashes a bed of thumbtacks because it looks cool. He does it because it needs done. If Foley doesn't like it, he doesn't care.
Segment Rating: 74%
Nick Dinsmore head butts Afa, Jr. to no affect. He head butts him again. Afa shakes it off and then head butts Dinsmore. He's down. Nick slaps the mat and goes to the floor. He gets a steel chair. He smashes Afa in the skull with it. The referee wins the bell. Afa staggers backwards, but doesn't go down. He hits him again. Afa goes to one knee. He hits him twice more and Afa goes down. The chair has an imprint of his head in it. Mick Foley leaves his position on commentary and gets in the ring to stop Nick from beating Afa more. Nick hands Foley the chair and then points to his head. Foley throws the chair down. Nick scoffs and leaves. Foley checks on Afa.
Match Rating: 72%
Marissa Mazzolla has Brent Albright back. Tonight he faces Edge. Albright has tremendous respect for Edge. He is one of the best going today without question. He is honored to be in the same building with him. He will do his best to keep up with him, but knows there is no way he can measure up to such an awesome talent. Marissa is surprised that he's speaking so well of the Brood member. Brood member? Ah hell, he thought he was going against The Edge from U2. Oh, that other Edge. He'll whip his ass.
Segment Rating: 81%
Brent Albright comes out to "With or Without You." Edge charges for the spear and eats boot. Albright gets a one handed bull dog. Tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. He goes up top and lands the Q-Bert (flying double stomp). Flux Capacitor. Miss Jackie tries to break the pin, but Lady Shini drags her off the apron and they fight. Albright gets the pin. He celebrates on the turnbuckles. Edge comes around and spears him in the back. Albright does a header to the floor. Edge planchas out onto Lady Shini. He then takes Jackie and they walk off.
Match Rating: 77%
Show Rating: 72%
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Johnny Jeter hits a flying neckbreaker and gets a springboard swanton. It gets two. Jeter goes up top. Conway meets him up there. They slug it out. Jeter knocks him off and leaps. Conway slides under it and Jeter wipes out. Jeter stumbles up and goes back down off of an enzuiguiri. My F*cking Finisher gets the finish.
Match Rating: 67%
Conway asks for a microphone. They make sure the show is on a seven second delay before handing it to him. He's f*cking tired of Kurt f*cking Angle and his bitch brother running from him and Sean O'Haire. They throw their f*cking monkey boys at them. F*ck that sh*t. If Kurt Angle has any sack he will face him next week live on RAW, give or take seven seconds. If you can dig that, give me a f*ck yeah. F*ck yeah!
Segment Rating: 81%
Molly Holly and Gail Kim both have big thick rulebooks with them for their Great Lakes Title match. The referee confers with Chris Sabin at ringside, since the belt was his creation. Sabin says as far as he's concerned both rulebooks are legal. Gail flips through her book and shows the ref Rule #263, any female defending champion cannot use kicks against anyone better looking that her. Molly responds with rule 3623, which says that no one with Asian, Canadian and Ho in their background can use chops. They proceed to one up each other, both in rules and insults. No slutty Canuck bitches can win the belt via submission. No fat ass ugly skanks can beat former Women's Champions by pinfall. Molly finally gets fed up and decks Kim with her book. The referee looks at Sabin. Well, he did say both books were legal. Molly pins Kim. She gives a look to Sabin and then walks to the back. (from Mathew)
Match Rating: 66%
The Rock is in the back with Marissa Mazolla. Marissa goes to ask him about the comments made last night by Ron Killings, but he starts right in. Ron Killings says he's an old man. He's gumming his pudding and watching "Matlock" in the old folks home. Killings says he can't handle the truth, well he can't handle the truth. He doesn't know Lou Thesz from Lou Albano. He doesn't know a wristwatch from a wristlock. He doesn't know his ass from a hole in the ground. The Rock is the Rock because he's the Rock. The Rock has been taking jabronis down to the Smackdown hotel and checking them in for years now because he's the Rock. He wakes up every morning looks in the mirror and says to himself, damn it Rock, you're the Rock. The Rock cut his teeth on the IC title. He would be honored to hold it again. Tonight he goes in as the old lion against the cubs, but the Rocks still has his teeth and the Rock can still lay the Smackdown. So if Ron Killings wants the truth he needs to shut his mouth and learn his role.
Segment Rating: 100%
Jimmy Snuka, Jr. chops David Flair into next Tuesday. Snuka body slams him and goes up top. Daffney screams for David to get up. The scream stuns the referee and most of the crowd. Randy Orton then runs out and RKO's Snuka off the top rope. He rolls to the floor and takes off. Flair gets the spinebuster and the ref recovers to count the cover.
Match Rating: 61%
Batista stops Molly Holly in the back. Ric Flair asked him to talk to her about the way she's been acting lately. She sees nothing wrong with the way she's been acting. FATE is in shambles and she's the only one with gold. Flair is not her father and neither is Batista. Chris Sabin walks in and says he's her daddy. Batista says they were having a private conversation. Sabin says he sees the potential in Molly and no one else does. FATE has just held her down. Sabin can take her to the next level, in more ways than one. Batista knows that one way isn't in that ring and he'll prove it next week.
Segment Rating: 71%
Charlie Haas and Gangrel smartly cut the ring off and work Shelton Benjamin over in the handicap match. Edge is on the outside. Benjamin gets locked in the Haas of Pain, but powers out. He hits the Firebomb. Gangrel hits the referee from behind with the chalice. Edge rushes into the ring for a spear. Benjamin dodges it and he nails Gangrel. Firebomb to Edge. Firebomb to Gangrel. Haas staggers up takes the Decapitator (Eye of the Hurricane). Referee comes around and counts the pin.
Match Rating: 68%
A video is shown from earlier in the day. A car pulls up to the front of the arena. La Parka and Ultimo Dragon get out. They take their bags from the trunk. Lita says she'll park the car and meet them inside. Lita pulls into the garage and parks. She gets out and is attacked by Kurt and Eric Angle. They knock her down and put her in a double ankle lock. Lita screams and pounds the ground. Garage security finally runs up and the Angles take off. Lita can't stand.
Segment Rating: 80%
We go live as Kurt and Eric watch the Titantron of the footage from what they did. Kurt gets in the camera and says that was a message. The Masked Marvels seem a bit off their game with what happened to Lita. Eric Angle gets the Angle-Plex on La Parka. Ultimo Dragon comes in with a leg drop from on high to break, but Eric moves and he splashes La Parka. Tag to Kurt. He throws Dragon to the floor then locks La Parka in the ankle lock until he taps. Kurt gets a mic and accepts Rob Conway's challenge for next week, but he wants it as a submission match.
Match Rating: 69%
Teddy Long asks Brock Lesnar into his office. Long wants Brock to stay on RAW. He doesn't like him agreeing to wrestle Robert Lashley at No Way Out. Lesnar says that doesn't indicate anything. He's still weighing all his options. Triple H comes in and asks what Brock is doing there. He thought he tucked his tail between his legs and ran off to Smackdown. Lesnar says he is still a RAW wrestler and he's not sure what he's going to do yet. Let Triple H help him out. Go to Smackdown. It doesn't matter if it's Rey Mysterio or Kane, because both of them put together aren't 10% the man Triple H is. Yeah, that sounds right to Brock. Triple H is only 10% a man. Long gets in between them. He's not going to give away what he hopes will be his Wrestlemania main event on free television, but he'll book a tag match next week. Abyss and Triple H versus Brock Lesnar and a partner of his choice.
Segment Rating: 66%
The Rock and Ron Killings start the four way match. They brawl. They go over the ropes to the floor and brawl off. This leaves Batista and Rand Orton alone. Batista throws Orton out of the RKO. He lands crotch first on the top rope. Batista gives him a big boot to send him to the floor. Batista takes a risk in jumping over the ropes for a cross body. Orton dodges and Batista crashes to the floor. Snake eyes on the ring wall. Brain buster to the ring wall. Batista is out of it. RKO. Orton rolls into the ring and counts with the referee. Batista staggers up at nine and gets in the ring. Orton charges. Batista catches him for an inverted atomic drop. Spinebuster. He gets him up for the Demon Bomb. Orton punches him in the face while he's up. Batista drops him. RKO. That gets the pin. Orton wins a title shot at Christian.
Match Rating: 65%
Show Rating: 71%
Mathew wanted me to pick up Mike Sanders. He's too good for OVW. So what do we do with him? Suggest something, but here's some ideas:
A member of Kevin Von Erich's security force
The new manager for Rene Dupree, Disco Inferno and Mark Jindrak
Interviewer on Smackdown with his own interview show
Roddy Piper's head of talent relations
The following workers have one month left on their contract. Let go or rehire? Jillian Hall, Doug Basham, Akio, Tommy Dreamer
Hardcore Holly is no longer under contract
Smackdown card for next week, choose all winners
Rey Mysterio vs. Johnny Kashmere
Bad Ass Express (Big Show and Booker T) vs. Lords of the Bling (Orlando Jordan and EZ Money)
The Corporate Raiders (IRS and JBL) vs. Animal Instinct (Rhyno and Tajiri)
Robert "Whip" Lashley vs. Kenzo Suzuki
Rob Van Dam vs. Chris Hero for the WWE Hardcore Title
Jamie Noble vs. The Sandman (with Raven)
Sabu (with Tommy Dreamer) vs. Matt "Machete" Morgan
Stevie Richards vs. The Basham Brothers in a handicap match
Big Vito vs. The Unknown
Al Snow vs. Carlito Caribbean Cool
John Cena has to show up for the contract signing with Matt Hardy or he's stripped of the US Title
RAW card for next week, choose all winners
Triple H and Abyss vs. Brock Lesnar and a partner of his choice
Randy Orton vs. Christian for the IC Title
Batista vs. Chris Sabin
Rob Conway vs. Kurt Angle in a submission match
Zack Gowen vs. Nick Dinsmore
Nikki Fuller vs. Nidia
Miss Jackie vs. Lady Shini
Brent Albright and Shelton Benjamin vs. Edge and Charlie Haas
Masked Marvels (La Parka and Dragon) vs. Maven and Matt Cappotelli
Danny Inferno vs. Rosey
William Regal vs. David Flair
Eric Angle vs. Stan Lane
The Rock and Ron Killings go on the Danger Zone
No Way Out Card at this time, do not vote
Kane vs. Rey Mysterio for the Smackdown Brand Title
John Cena vs. Matt Hardy for the US Title
Tommy Dreamer and Sabu vs. Raven and Sandman in a hardcore loser leaves town tornado tag match
AJ Styles vs. Billy Kidman for the Cruiserweight Title in a ladder match
Jake Roberts vs. Al Snow for the color commentator slot on Velocity
The Basham Brothers (Doug and Danny) vs. The Corporate Raiders (IRS and JBL) vs. The Bad Ass Express (Booker T and Big Show) for the Smackdown Brand Tag Titles
