Schmozzes And Screwjobs 12.26.06: The San Antonio Screwjob
Posted by Daniel Wilcox on 12.26.2006
For all the DX haters, see what happens when The Game and HBK battled it out in 2003! And for those who love DX, there's Gail Kim pics!
Welcome, all, to the second ever edition of Scmozzes And Screwjobs! I hope everyone had a great Christmas, but it's back to business now in S&S and we've got a lot to get through. But I would like to start by apologizing to all those who read my debut column last week and were looking forward to me talking about a Screwjob in TNA, and my favourite moments in wrestling from 2006, because none of that is going to happen. I opted for a different screwjob from the one I had planned, because it's Christmas and I thought I would try and find one that happened around Christmas. You'll find out why I'm not listing my favourite moments later, but I can promise it's all good stuff so please read on!
What's in store for tonight, JR and King?
JR: By gawd aw mighty, we're in for one hell of a show tonight!
King: Puppies?
JR: You bet your bottom dollar there's gonna be puppies, but we've got a whole lot more than that, King!
King: Go on JR, I know you wanna say it.
JR: Aw right – we're in for a SLOBBERKNOCKER tonight, folks!
Still To Come:
Last week, I asked for info on Gail Kim's release from the WWE, and I got it in the Reader Feedback section!
Later tonight:
In 2006, Sabu wrestled for both TNA and ECW, but would he have been better off sticking with TNA? Find out in Part 1 of 2006: A Retrospective In Wrestling!
But up next:
We look back at a screwjob from December 2003 when ‘The Heartbreak Kid' Shawn Michaels challenged Triple H for his World Heavyweight Championship!
The San Antonio Screwjob
Raw, December 28th 2003
San Antonio, Texas
Who?
Eric Bischoff reverses a referee's decision in controversial fashion. The decision cost hometown boy Shawn Michaels the World Heavyweight Championsip, as Triple H walked out with the gold.
Background Information
In the Summer of 2002, Shawn Michaels returned to wrestling full time. It was Michaels' influence that lead Triple H to join the Raw brand in July that year, and the two teased the reunion D-Generation-X. When it finally seemed that they were getting the band back together, Triple H stunningly turned on his longtime friend, delivering a Pedigree in the middle of the ring! This sparked a war that would last a whole two years. Michaels' first time back in the ring was a Non-Sanctioned Fight with The Game at Summerslam that year, which HBK won after a roll-up, but was beat down by The Game afterwards. A few weeks later, Eric Bischoff awarded Triple H the new World Heavyweight Championship, and Shawn made it his goal to defeat Triple H again, and take his World Heavyweight Championship. In the first ever Elimination Chamber, Shawn did just that, by hitting Sweet Chin Music on his former friend and regaining the title. His reign lasted little longer than a month, however, as Triple H beat Shawn the next month at Armageddon in a hellacious Three Stages Of Hell Match. The war appeared to be over between the two as Shawn went on to feud with Chris Jericho, and Triple H feuded with Scott Steiner and Booker T.
However their paths crossed again in mid-2003. Triple H had set up Evolution, which comprised of himself, Ric Flair, Randy Orton and Batista, and Shawn was feuding with them for the second half of the year. Triple H was engaged in a huge rivalry with Bill Goldberg. At Summerslam 2003, Shawn and Triple H met breifly in an Elimination Chamber match, which The Game eventually won. After this, the two met on Raw in several tag team matches. In December, co-General Manager Mick Foley told HBK he had a title shot at The Game in his hometown of San Antonio, Texas in two weeks!
How?
The match was, no doubt, a great one. So greta in fact, that I dug deep into the archives of 411Mania and found the original report of the match, and here it is (edited, in parts, by myself):
RAW World title: HHH v. Shawn Michaels. HHH grabs a headlock to start and they trade hammerlocks, and Shawn goes to the headlock himself. He hangs on and overpowers HHH, but walks into an elbow. Shawn dumps him and cleans house on Flair after skinning the cat. Back in, Shawn works on the arm with an armbar. HHH retreats to the ropes, so Shawn kicks them to crotch him and goes back to the armbar. HHH comes back with a cheapshot and works him over in the corner. Shawn comes back as they brawl outside, and he throws some chops against the railing. Back in, Shawn gets a sleeper, and escapes a suplex attempt, getting a rollup for two. They do the backslide-bridge thing and Shawn gets two. Shawn charges, however, and takes the Holy Shit Bump over the post and to the floor, just like old times. And we take a break. We return as HHH necksnaps him and chokes away in the corner. Backbreaker gets two. He slugs away on the mat and drops an elbow on the back, and slugs him down for two. They slug it out until HHH knees him in the gut and tosses him. Shawn eats the stairs, but comes back with a sunset flip for two. HHH takes him down with a clothesline for two. Abdominal stretch to work on the back some more, with help from Flair. Shawn hiptosses out and comes back with chops, but HHH hits him with the high knee for two. He hurts the knee on the move, so Shawn takes him down for a figure-four. Flair breaks it up by poking him in the eye, however. Well, there goes his stance on the rules. HHH sends him out, but Shawn heads up to the top, only to walk into KICK WHAM…but he reverses the Pedigree. Both guys are down and the crowd is insanely into the count. They slug it out and Shawn falls on his crotch with a headbutt, and they're both out again. HHH is up first and hammers away in the corner, but Shawn comes back with chops and the atomic drop. Another chop, another atomic drop, more chops. Flying forearm and kip-up and Shawn goes up with the flying elbow. The superkick tease is interrupted by Flair, so Shawn decks him, but the ref is bumped. HHH blocks the superkick and DDTs him, and both guys are out. Flair gives HHH the belt, and he nails Shawn for two. KICK WHAM PEDIGREE, but Shawn reverses and the ref is bumped AGAIN. Eric Bischoff runs out to tend to Hebner personally while HHH undoes the turnbuckle, but HHH gets sent into it. He's out and Shawn is covering, but there's no ref. Bischoff counts two himself. Okay then. HHH starts bleeding and Shawn hammers away in the corner, but HHH brings him down, and Shawn slugs him down again for two. HHH comes back with a facecrusher for two. He goes up and jumps onto Shawn's foot, and Shawn chops away in the corner and gets a superkick out of nowhere for the pin and the title at 29:13. Crazy good match in every aspect with insane crowd heat and selling from Shawn, dragged down a bit by the senseless ref bumps. ****3/4 Hey, I've always said I'm a mark for Shawn in the ring. But NO – Bishcoff points out that Shawn's shoulders were down, and Triple H's foot was over Shawn as he made the cover, so the match is announced as a draw, meaning Triple H retains the title!
Why?
Basically, Eric Bischoff was in the pocket of Evolution and Triple H for most of 2003. Additionally, Shawn Michaels captained a 5 man team at Survivor Series, attempting to keep the job of Stone Cold, Bischoff's arch enemy. As it happened, Bishcoff's team won anyway, but Bishcoff wasn't soon going to forget HBK opposing him.
Analysis
This would not be the end of the Michaels/Triple H feud, it was merely the beginning. After Bischoff declared Triple H the World Heavyweight Champion, Stone Cold (reinstated as "Sheriff") gave Michaels a rematch at The Royal Rumble. This match was a Last Man Standing match which also ended as a draw, so Triple H retained the title yet again. Many thought the feud would rage on until WrestleMania when Michaels would finaly dethrone The Game, but Chris Benoit's shock move to Raw changed all of that. Benoit, fresh off of winning the Royal Rumble Match, decided he wanted to challenge Triple H for his title, and thus a Triple Threat Match was made for Mania. This match voted Match Of The Year 2004, and Chris Benoit finally won the World Heavyweight title! After a rematch at Backlash where Benoit retained the title, Triple H and Shawn Michaels would end their war inside of Hell In A Cell at the aptly named Bad Blood PPV. Who'd have thought that just two years later, they really would reunite as DX and unleash hell on the McMahon family?
This was one of those screwjobs solely intended to prolong the climax of a rivalry. Some complain that the finish spoiled what was a great match, but I disagree. It was a great match anyway, and it led to greater matches so it's hard to complain. It's certainly a much better ending than Trips beating Shawn cleanly or even using a sledgehammer to win, because everyone in that arena thought Michaels the new champion. Sometimes screwing the fans over is the best way to get what you want out of them - and if your Vince McMahon, that's their money.
Schmozz Count: 1!
1. Carlito vs. Chris Masters (Raw)
The week I sent the sample column to Larry, there were four, in the first two weeks of the column, we got one!
Commercial Break:
As a late Christmas present, I provide this link! Yes, it's Kurt Angle's Pizza commercial. Check it out, even if it's just to remind yourself what he looked like with hair.
You can read all of that, AFTER you read the rest of this!
False Finishes And Fan Cams
Last week, I promised this section to be filled with my favourite memories from 2006, as well as the best matches, wrestlers etc. However, I read Julian's The Top 10 last week and he is pretty much doing the same thing, and it's his gimmick so thought I'd come up with something else, something a little different. As it's the end of year, I still wanted to talk about what's been going on in 2006, without being boring and unoriginal. After all, The Year End Awards are coming soon and there's enough "Match Of The Year" talk to last through to 2008. So here's what I came up with!
2006: A Retrospective In Wrestling!
TNA
2006 has been a big year for Total Non-stop Action Wrestling. Sting returned to full time wrestling at the start of the year as TNA's most expensive signing to date, with a 1-year contract worth around $500,000. The acquisition proved to be a wise move as the buyrate for Final Resolution, the PPV where Sting returned to the ring, was a big one. Sting embarked on a mission, a mission to rid TNA of the ‘cancer' that was Jeff Jarrett. Despite being turned on by the likes of Samoa Joe and Christian Cage, and obstacles such as Scott Steiner thrown in his way, Sting completed his mission by defeating Jarrett for the NWA World title at Bound For Glory.
Bound For Glory is widely considered TNA's WrestleMania, and therefore it had to be one of their best and most significant shows. This year, it was especially important as it was the first TNA show held outside of Orlando, Florida. Bound For Glory was held in Plymouth, Michigan and featured the aforementioned title match, hometown hero Rhino vs. Christian Cage in an 8 Mile Street Fight, Lax vs. AJ Styles and Christopher Daniels in Six Sides Of Steel, plus Kurt Angle's TNA PPV debut as he was Special Enforcer for the Jarrett/Sting match. Most people think the PPV delivered. It had four matches that broke *** easily as well as a MOTY candidate in The Six Sides Of Steel Match. This show was definitely a huge plus for TNA in 2006.
As I just mentioned, Bound For Glory was Kurt Angle's first PPV appearance for TNA. Angle left WWE in a cloud of controversy and at No Surrender, Jim Cornette made the blockbuster announcement that the Olympic Gold Medallist was joining TNA. Angle's first time in a TNA ring was on an episode of Impact in October, where Angle had a heated confrontation with Samoa Joe, arguably TNA's biggest talent at the time. The crowd was electric for this feud, and they would not be disappointed. Fans watched in amazement as Angle ended Joe's 18 month undefeated streak by making him SUBMIT to the Ankle Lock at Genesis. Joe then got a win back at Turning Point at the end of the year, and now they are preparing for the rubber match at Final Resolution in January. This feud may just be the biggest in TNA's short history and, TNA hopes, will bring them more viewers in 2007.
On the subject of more viewers, another big moment for TNA this year was it's move to Thursday night primetime on Spike TV. To kick off this new era, they aired a two hour special highlighted by Kurt Angle's TNA in-ring debut against Abyss and a Six Sides Of Steel match between Christian Cage and Rhino.
Not all was rosy in the TNA camp this year, however. Despite the new major talent acquisitions of Sting, Kurt Angle and the like, and the new primetime slot, ratings have seen no dramatic rise. They have remained steady, ranging from 0.8 to 1.1 all year. However Impact a few weeks ago drew its highest ever audience, hitting a 1.2 rating, so things are certainly looking up for TNA in 2007.
TNA brought, and let go, some major players this year. Apart from Angle and Sting, TNA has introduced the likes of Tyson Tomco, Brother Runt (Spike Dudley), Shannon Moore and Jake Roberts back to wrestling. However, it has also lost valuable stars Shannon Moore (yeah, he lasted a long time), Jeff Hardy, Monty Brown and Sabu to the WWE. As well as new talent coming into the company, many stars have broken out this year, and look to have very bright futures. Konnan, Homicide and Hernandez, collectively known as LAX, have been one of the hottest acts in wrestling this year, without question. Samoa Joe has had an exceptional year, and will almost certainly be NWA World Heavyweight champion sometime in the next year. Abyss spent most of the year having great hardcore-style matches with the likes of Christian Cage, Rhino and Brother Runt, but has recently finally won the NWA Championship with James Mitchell at his side. Other stars such as Jay Lethal, Alex Shelley, Chris Sabin and Sonjay Dutt have all had impressive years and you should look for them to have a fantastic 2007.
One of TNA's bravest (dumbest(?)) decisions this year was to hire Vince Russo as head writer. Since Russo took over a few months ago, things have certainly been "different" in TNA, from The Fight-For-Your-Right #1 Contender Tournament, to the Voodoo Kin Mafia's war on Vince McMahon and DX. Russo has no doubt booked some shit in TNA, enough to have a whole category dedicated to him in Larry Csonka's 3 Rs! Another down point of the year was TNA deciding to promote the new Jackass movie. They did an angle where certain X-Division stars decided to act like the real Jackasses. The crowd soon turned their back on the X-Division stars, and TNA quickly cut that shit out, thank God!
Overall TNA has had a great year and has certainly been building for the future, but whether or not they will ever be able to challenge the WWE is yet to be seen. February 15th is a very important date for both TNA and Raw, as it will be the first time the two companies go head-to-head as Impact will air at the same time as the second hour of Raw! Which will you be watching?
ECW
When it was announced in the Spring of 2006 that WWE was bringing back the ECW brand full time, fans were riding on a cloud of nostalgia as visions of burning tables, thumbtacks and super quick cruiserweights ran through their minds. However, the new Extreme Championship Wrestling turned out nothing like it's original.
On June 11th, fans were given hope as the Extreme brand returned to the Hammerstein Ballroom for ECW One Night Stand 2. This was two days before ECW returned to TV on The Sci-Fi Network. No-one knew exactly what to expect, but going in to the Tuesday night premiere, hopes were high, and that was thanks to this PPV. At WrestleMania 22, Rob Van Dam defeated five other WWE Superstars to win the Money In The Bank Ladder match. This contract entitled Van Dam to a title shot at any time he wanted within the next twelve months. Van Dam cashed in his title shot at ONS against WWE Champion John Cena. The champ came into the match being utterly detested by the ECW fans, even so much so that one fan had a sign which read; "If Cena Wins, We Riot!" After interference from Edge and Paul Heyman, Rob Van Dam "broke the glass ceiling" to become champion, and at the same time, the hero of ECW! Also on the show, Edge, Mick Foley and Lita beat Tommy Dreamer, Terry Funk and Beulah in a tremendous bloody encounter, Sabu and Rey Mysterio ended in a no-contest (Schmozz!) when Sabu DDTed Mysterio through a table and both men landed on their heads.
The first few months of ECW were laden with Raw and Smackdown Superstars. The feeling in the WWE was that if there was brand interaction between ECW and Raw particularly, this would help ECW in the ratings. This turned out to be fairly accurate, as ECW was regularly achieving the same ratings as Smackdown during this period, whereas now, as ECW stands alone, it's ratings are closer to that of TNA's.
Most people's main problem with the new ECW is that is like a third WWE brand, but with worse wrestlers and worse characters. To some people, Test and Hardcore Holly main-eventing a PPV just doesn't seem right.
In the first few months of ECW, Paul Heyman turned heel and sided with the new ECW Champion, The Big Show. Show dominated stars from Raw, Smackdown, and ECW. Some of his main rivals have included Sabu, Tommy Dreamer and Rob Van Dam, but none of these three men have been portrayed as on Big Show's level, possibly because of Van Dam and Sabu's drug bust (see last week's column). Many of the ECW Originals have been de-pushed or just not used, and rumour has it many are just weeks away from being released from the company altogether now that Paul Heyman no longer has any input on what goes on in the promotion he created and built from scratch. Big Show has recently retired, soon after losing the ECW Championship to new-comer Bobby Lashley. Since Lashley won the title, Rob Van Dam has been boosted back into the title picture and is now the #1 contender, so maybe the future is a little brighter for ECW.
2007 will, no doubt, be an essential year for ECW. Will CM Punk break out and become the big star we all know he can be? Will the show become the true WWE's C Show or will it receive a new boost now Paul Heyman is not running the show? From a management's perspective, ECW is probably viewed as a success, but that would probably be based on profits etc. From a pure wrestling fan's eyes, 2006 for ECW has been a failure, which ever way you look at it.
Next week, we look at the year in review for WWE's other two shows; Smackdown and Raw!
Reader Feedback!
John had some info on Gail Kim's release from WWE for me.
Hi Dan:
Super column. You asked ... Gail Kim is too hot for TNA. Bring her back to WWE because that Women's division is going to be in need of some serious help soon. TNA has no Women's division and so Kim is wasted there as a manager. Who else remembers the Summer of 2004 when Gail was busting out all of those amazing submission holds? She could be carrying the Women's division into the future now Trish and Lita have gone, which brings me to ask why she was released in the first place. I've done some research on the Internet but can't come up with anything concrete. Can anyone help me out?
Gail in an extended interview on a Highspots DVD said (of which I have the FULL transcript):
"When I got the phone call he said we've made the decision to release you and I kinda sat there more shocked than anything and I had just done a run in two days before on Raw and we were starting a new story-line and I said OH OK - that is how I was responding and I said Why? What's going on I just don't understand? and he said we want to take the women's division in another direction and so that's pretty much what happened. I had a year left on my contract. They paid me for 90 days - so ... they did go in another direction at that time, but it did not happen for a couple weeks and then they started hiring all the Diva search contestants even the ones they had let go, and they knew I was not good with all the sexy things, they saw me as a wrestler. I think they weren't pleased with what was coming out of me at that time and when I went into that company I just did what I was told and never opened my mouth and gave my opinions. Everyone tells you to shut up and do what you are told but that is not what they really want in the end. I believe everything happens for a reason. Since my release everything has been better about my life. I'm enjoying more success and I'm so much happier now!"
Hope that answers your question, and thanks for asking!
Happy Holidays
John
Thanks again for the info, John! I had thought it would have something to do with all the new Diva Search Contestants coming in. While some of those Divas have turned out a success (Maria, Ashley) none of them have contributed to improving the Women's Division, but that's not what Vinny Mac ever intended. Hot girls for interviewing and managing is great, but that doesn't mean you can't keep the talented wrestlers on the roster. I would have hoped that after Mickie vs. Trish, and Lita vs. Trish this year, Vince would realise the Women's Division can be great and entertain the fans. But apparently not, because Vince is looking to hire 15 new divas for more T & A.
Tanner had some thoughts on the Royal Rumble.
Congrats on your first column!
As far as the Royal Rumble goes, word is that it will be Randy Orton. For some reason, Vince feels all tingly inside when people talk about a possible "Dream Match" between him and Cena. Don't ask me who's dream it is because that would be a terrible match. I'm positive that an ECW guy won't win because they need RVD and CM Punk for the MITB Ladder match at Mania and Sabu, as we all know, is on a de-push. Booker T won't win because of his recent title run coming to an end. Finley won't win since he isn't over enough to put on a main even by himself. You then get down to the nitty-gritty. HHH nor HBK will win because they wanna do the DX thing. Kane won't win because his career is gonna end soon. K-Fed won't win because with his luck he'll get stuck in the same situation as Scotty 2 Hotty did back in 2001. Watch the tape to see what I'm talking about. It's not Benoit because I think that he'll do the MITB too. And let's assume Edge gets put in the MITB too. SO, logic says that unless Chris Jericho surprises up, that it will be the Undertaker or Randy Orton. Sorry, but at least you can look forward to the Money in the Bank match at WrestleMania:
RVD vs. CM Punk vs. Matt Hardy vs. Chris Benoit vs. Jeff Hardy vs. Edge
I CALLED IT!!!
Thanks and keep the columns coming!
Tanner
Don't worry, Tanner, the columns are going nowhere! I'm really hoping we don't get a third Money In The Bank at Mania this year. Not because I don't love them, because I do, but because I'm pulling for MNM vs. The Hardy Boyz in a Tag Team Ladder match, and quite honestly, who doesn't want to see that? That match is near enough already set, it's just a question of announcing it and making compelling TV to take us to Mania. The Money In The Bank Match should be used at Summerslam, and then we get more people on TV. Rob Van Dam, CM Punk, Carlito, Shelton Benjamin, Finlay and Matt Hardy were all available, but not used at Summerslam last year, so I'm sure it's quite easy to set up a MITB for Summerslam.
As far as the Rumble winner goes, I wouldn't mind seeing Orton or Undertaker win it, IF they challenge the other World Champion. Orton vs. Batista would be a great rivalry; they can easily use the history in Evolution as a basis, with Orton wanting to prove he is better than the guy he came up with. Undertaker vs. Cena would be a much more compelling scenario than Batista vs. Taker. Both Cena and Taker would be tweeners, and would put each other over as the toughest challenge either has face. It's Super face and title vs. Undefeated Streak! Who would win, I have no idea. It would probably be better in the long term for it to be Cena, as this would be his biggest accomplishment to date. The match itself would be good, and for those who don't believe me, just check out their match from Vengeance '03, or if you can get hold of it, their one from Smackdown a few weeks later.
Alan was reppin' for the UK!
Hey Daniel, i must say its great to have some one from the UK have a column on 411. Is this the pinnacle of your career or what????
Ive always to mention that here in uk we get ppvs (most anyway) free,but figured that the columnists knew that so didnt. I cringe when i read a review which contains "I paid $40 for this". Especially lately with the amount of ppvs available, those paying $40 for ECW D2D mustve felt suicidal after it.
Anyway,just to say i agreed with most of your new column, I think the only way to get the title off RVD was to give it to big Show, Sabu wasnt going to get it after him being in involved in the scandal, though i do think he wouldve got it if it was just RVD alone that was busted, Big Show was fueding with Dreamer remember. Plus Heyman delivering the screwjob (?), when he ran down i immediately thought of ONS2 and knew the count was coming,obviously it didnt,for RVD anyway.
On your other thoughts- The ladder match was lucky not to to have come out with more hospitalizations, Kendrick couldve broke his neck, Nitro nearly landed on the side of laddrer after falling from the top of it,it did look a bit messy, but watching it i was thinking, oh yes im enjoying this!!!
Kurt Vs Joe bored me towards the end of Turning Point too, i felt it was too predictable. Im not looking forward to Part 3 either.
WWE certainly looks to be looking to 2007 as a big year. Theres plenty of tag teams in there or on their way but it depends on how their used, they could be fodder for the weekly DX squash, we'll have to see on that.
Y2J Please come back and take the title from Cena at Mania.
Jeff Hardy-Good on you son.
Gail Kim-Could Be WWE Womens Champ-Easily
Royal Rumble 07-im willing to bet wwe dont even know yet who they want to win,lets hope its not Undertaker!!
However i dont agree that RAW is the most entertaining show, its awful and every week i stay up till 4.15 am windering why the hell i did, DX totally over shadow everything on that show. Smackdown though,that certainly is entertaing, the matches arent sloppy efforts either (albeit they are edited)
Thats me man.
Welcome to 411, i look forward to reading more of you in the future.
And have a great christmas
Alan G
Scotland
Anyone who opted to order D2D over Armageddon would've felt even worse after that ladder spectacle. The ECW PPV was the first one I'd missed since I became a wrestling fan 7 years ago, then I read the reviews about how bad it was, and thought how lucky I was. Then I watched the replay a few days later, anyway. Yeah, I'm addicted. At least they got the great Hardyz/MNM match, but if I'd paid $40 for it, I'd be pretty pissed.
The ladder was certainly fairly sloppy in places, but if I had've written about my favourite matches from the past year, it would probably make the top five.
The submission move applied-reversed into opponent's submission move-reversed back-and again sequence is just boring to me. Especially with someone like Samoa Joe, who didn't pull it off very convincingly - he never looked like he was in any danger of tapping. I'll watch the thrid encounter, not expecting a particularly great match, but glad that it's their last. Although knowing Russo, it won't be.
Y2J rules, plain and simple. However, the chances of him returning anytime soon are very slim, as his band, Fozzy, are in the middle of recoring a new album. Hopefully we will see him again sometime in 2007.
Bright things are in Jeff Hardy's future. Together, he and Johnny Nitro are bringing back some meaning to the IC title, and I am totally looking forward to their Cage Match at New Year's Revolution.
I think I said enough about Gail above.
You're probably right that WWE doesn't know who they want to win the Rumble. According to JR, they have nothing set for WrestleMania yet, either. At least it keeps us lot guessing and gives us something to talk about.
When DX were feuding with the McMahons, they were annoying, and yes, they did take up too much of the show. But even then, the Edge/Cena stuff kept me entertained. Now, DX is nowhere near as annoying, as they are more serious, and hey, they got beat down last week on Raw! Times are a-changin' my friends!
Thanks again, everyone, for your feedback. I love reading what you guys have to say and enjoy chatting about it, so get in touch!
Taking It Home
Next week, Part 2 of 2006: A Retrospective in Wrestling! Plus, I promise I will analysise a TNA Screwjob and find out how Ron Simmons responds to the total humilliation dished out to him by yours truly! Who knows, maybe JR and King will put in another appearance, and we might just have more Gail Kim pics! Until then, enjoy ECW tonight (yes, I think that's possible) and have a good week.
