The Fink’s Payload 02.05.07: #1 Contenders

Matt: Hiya, I’m Matt, as can be seen by the name tag there, and I’m here, first off, to address a few issues. One, Evolution Schematic was not here this week due to me having a mental blank. Two, I can proudly mark off another tick box in my wrestling career, having now officially been turned on (and am very close to ticking off ‘Getting to the main event’ due to it). Three, I’m oh so slightly tipsy. And four, I am rather ticked off about the New Zealand WWE try-outs being cancelled.

Anyway, I gotta let the other guy talk now.

Nick: Good day, all. I’m too lazy to link you, so just go find the News to Start Your Weekend and enjoy the goodness.

Matt: So, let’s go through all the wonderful ways our readers worked out to get #1 contenders for the other world titles for WM main events (and, in one case, a different title).

So, we start off on the alternate roads to WM with BJ Boston and his (other site originated) plan for ECW’s Title.

We begin at the post-Royal Rumble episode of ECW on Sci-Fi where the champion Bobby Lashley comes to the ring and soaks in the adulation of the crowd. As he’s about to speak of his victory over Test, some unexpected entrance music plays. Tommy Dreamer comes to the ring and looks at Lashley.

Dreamer: “For better or worse, the name Tommy Dreamer is and will always be associated with this company. As I travel across this country and this world, people in airports, hotels, bus stations, bars and restaurants see me and chant three letters at me: ECW! ECW! ECW!”

The crowd joins along with the “ECW” chant.

Dreamer continues: “So I guess you could say that I’m all there really is left of an ‘ECW representative.’ So on behalf of the boys in the back and all these rabid fans, I would like to shake the hand of the man who is going to carry ECW on his back into the future, the ECW world champion Bobby Lashley!”

Dreamer shakes and then raises Lashley’s hand for a cheer from the crowd.

Dreamer: “Now, as I’m sure you’re aware, ECW has quite a storied history. A lot of good men bled pints of blood in the most extreme matches imaginable. And history is important. So as the chosen one who is going to lead ECW into the future, I just have one little request.”

Dreamer steps outside the ring, reaches under the apron and pulls out a Singapore cane and says, “Unfortunately, you weren’t around for the glory days of ECW when things were at their most extreme. But I thought it might be fun to revive a little something we used to do back in the bingo halls called the extreme initiation. One shot across the back with this Singapore and you and I are brothers in extreme. What do you say?”

Lashley looks at Dreamer, unsure. Dreamer says, “Come on, it’s not that bad. I’ll tell you what – you go first.” Dreamer tosses the Singapore cane to Lashley and turns his back. Cane in hand, Lashley is reluctant. He looks at the crowd. Should he do it?

Dreamer: “Come on, Lashley. Don’t be shy. I can take it. Just lay one across the back. I’ll be insulted if you don’t do it.”

Lashley still isn’t sure. He doesn’t look like he wants to do it.

Suddenly serious, Dreamer turns on him: “Lashley, are you hardcore or not? Be a man and hit me!” Pushed into a corner, Lashley shrugs and goes for it. He lines Dreamer up and corks him across the back.

Dreamer winces and jumps around in pain, but smiles at Lashley. Dreamer: “Ouch, that smarts. You’re a big boy, huh? What do you think – is Lashley extreme enough to be ECW champion?” The crowd cheers.

Dreamer: “Okay, my turn.”

Lashley shrugs and hands Dreamer the cane. Dreamer gives him a big smile. Unsure, Lashley turns his back on Dreamer.

As soon as Lashley’s back is turned, Dreamer’s smile turns into a vicious sneer. He charges Lashley and hits him 10, 15, 20 times, knocking him to the ground. With Lashley out of commission, Dreamer struts around the ring, reveling in the boos of the crowd. Joey Styles: “What the hell is Tommy Dreamer doing?”

But what’s this – Lashley is back on his feet. Dreamer charges Lashley only to be met with an explosive spinebuster. On his back, Dreamer tries to slink away, but Lashley stalks him and gets his hands around Dreamer’s neck.

Just as he’s about to exact his revenge, Sabu, Balls Mahoney and The Sandman run through the crowd and hit the ring. They attack Lashley with fists, elbows and weapons. He puts up a valiant fight against his four hardcore assailants, but the numbers turn out to be too much for him. He is hit with chairs, Singapore canes and finally thrown through a table.

As the ECW champion lies in a bloody heap in the middle of the ring, the four ECW originals stand in the ring in defiance. As we go off the air, Joey Styles says, “Tazz, I have a feeling things are about to get very hardcore.”

ECW on Sci-Fi – The following week…

After showing highlight’s from last week’s beatdown, Tommy Dreamer, Sabu, Balls Mahoney and the Sandman come through the audience down to the ring from four different directions. They stand in the ring as their spokesman Dreamer takes the mic.

Dreamer: “To quote an old friend of mine, the Tribe of Extreme has risen. It took us a little while, but the ECW originals have finally banded together and stepped up to take back what is rightfully ours – the heart and soul of ECW. You see, ECW doesn’t belong to guys like Bobby Lashley. Genetic freaks with great physiques. Guys like Lashley are born with all the athletic gifts in the world. No, ECW belongs to the blue collar misfits that aren’t quite right in the head. ECW belongs to men like Sabu, Balls Mahoney, the Sandman and Tommy Dreamer.

Since ECW started up again, the four of us have been faced with disappointment after disappointment. We were kept around to provide street cred while other ‘blue chippers’ like Bobby Lashley were given all of our opportunities. But do you know who we’re most disappointed in? You – the ECW fans. You cheer for people like Bobby Lashley. You dare chant his name and what’s worse, you chant “ECW” at him.

You know what? From this moment on, we the Tribe of Extreme forbid every last one of you to chant the letters ECW.”

The crowd boos and chants “ECW,” irritating the heels in the ring.

Dreamer: “Stop it! Stop chanting! You don’t deserve it! You have all forgot what the spirit of ECW is all about. Well, the Tribe of Extreme are going to remind you. If you thought last week’s extreme initiation was bad, wait until you see what we’ve got planned for your ECW world champion next. Lashley, the Tribe of Extreme is about to commit acts that you’ve only seen in your worst nightmares.”

Defiantly, the Tribe of Extreme celebrates in the ring while the pissed off crowd chants “ECW,” much to their displeasure. Joey Styles: “What is wrong with these guys?”

Over the next few weeks, Lashley takes on members of the Tribe of Extreme. Although Lashley outmatches each of the extremists individually, the numbers game always gets to him. What’s more, the Tribe of Extreme keep challenging him to more and more hardcore matches – a Singapore Cane match with the Sandman, a TLC match with Sabu, a falls-count-anywhere match with Balls Mahoney and a first blood match with Tommy Dreamer. Lashley manages to keep his hold on the title, but takes severe beatings throughout this series.

Meanwhile, a mysterious phone booth appears backstage. Every week, Tommy Dreamer talks on the phone, taking orders from someone while the other Tribe members guard. One week, Tommy says, “Yes, we’ll find out what side he’s on.”

During the third of a face vs. face “mutual respect” match series, Rob Van Dam takes on CM Punk. As Punk is about to get the win, the Tribe hits the ring. They decimate Punk and turn to RVD.

Dreamer: “It’s time, Rob. It’s time to decide whose side you’re on. Unlike the Tribe of Extreme, you seem to be doing pretty well in the new ECW. You’ve had main events, world title shots and big paydays. But it’s time to find out what you’ve got inside, Rob. You and the Tribe – we go way back. We used to spill each other’s blood when there were only 10 people in the audience. It didn’t get us rich. It didn’t get us glory. We did it because we believed in it. And now, Rob – what do you believe in?”

Dreamer takes the Singapore cane from the Sandman and offers it to RVD. Before he can respond, Lashley hits the ring and attacks the Tribe. CM Punk recovers and jumps into help Lashley run the Tribe off, as RVD looks on not sure what to do.

Over the next few months, RVD teams with Lashley and Punk to take on the Tribe of Extreme in a series of one-on-one and group matches, all prompted by Dreamer getting instructions on from the mysterious man on the other side of the phone booth. RVD claims to be solidly with his allies, but Punk doesn’t trust him. Lashley manages to keep the peace between them as without each other, they may not survive.

As Wrestlemania approaches, the matches get more intense and the Tribe of Extreme can’t seem to take the title from Lashley. The phone calls get more and more frustrated in tone until one night Dreamer hangs up the phone and turns to the Tribe: “He’ll be here himself next week.”

ECW on Sci-Fi the next week: in the main event slot, the empty phone booth stands in the ring. Who is it? The lights go out. When they come back on, the mastermind is in the phone booth: Cactus Jack. The crowd goes wild and chants “Foley! Foley! Foley!”

Cactus Jack: “A few months ago, my phone rang and it was Tommy Dreamer. He asked, ‘Is Cactus Jack there?’ I said, ‘What are you talking about, Tommy? It’s just lovable old Mick Foley.’ And you know what he did? He hung up the phone. The next day, the phone rang again. ‘Is Cactus Jack there?’ I said, ‘What’s going on, Tommy?’ He hung up again. After about a week of this, I called Tommy myself to ask him, ‘Hey, what’s the deal?’

He said that he was sick and tired of busting his ass and smiling and signing autographs for you ungrateful people with no respect for the history and tradition of ECW who are just waiting to get their pictures taken with Bobby Lashley. He said he was sick of watching world class talents like Sabu, Balls Mahoney and the Sandman get treated like second class citizens because they don’t have winning smiles and perfect bodies like Bobby Lashley. He said that he was sick of the good name of ECW being destroyed by Bobby Lashley and that each and every one of you idiots were eating it up.

After I listened to him for about an hour, you know what I said? I said, ‘Cactus Jack is here.’

Bobby Lashley, I’ve never met you. This is nothing personal. But when you jumped over from Smackdown, speared the Big Show and took the ECW title, you had no idea the consequences that you would pay for that decision. It’s not about you, Bobby Lashley. It’s about what’s around your waist – the ECW world title. I’m going to take it from you and I’m going to walk out of the arena and throw it in the garbage. Why? Because I would rather see ECW destroyed in a blaze of glory than to watch it slowly bleed to death. Bang bang!”

As Cactus finishes up his speech, Lashley hits the ring and runs Cactus off. In a rage, he absolutely destroys the phone booth. In the last shot of the show, the Tribe of Extreme comes from the back and stares down an extremely fired up Lashley.

The match: Bobby Lashley vs. Cactus Jack in an extreme rules match for the ECW title. The place: Wrestlemania XXIII

Matt: Well…The Vince McMahon edition of ECW would, on the surface, seem to mean this would be impossible to pull off. But it could happen. Turn the Vampires (like making people cheer Ariel would be hard) or maybe Stevie and that gives Burke an outlet. And Vince would like this since it pushes Lashley.

Nick: I like the whole story leading up to the culmination. I’m not really high on all of that leading to Cactus getting the world title shot. I’m not sure where I would go with it, and while Cactus could lead Lashley to a good hardcore match, it all leading up to Mick returning to wrestle rather than just being the mastermind doesn’t sit well with me. I’d probably just put Tommy in the spot and let it become just an out of control brawl with everyone involved in the feud running in, ending with Punk turning on Lashley, and more importantly, Van Dam. Dreamer would end up with the belt, and Punk would have a feud with Van Dam. Dreamer would turn face with the belt in a little bit, and then Punk could go after him as a heel.

Matt: Next up, Adam Radomske debuts with a plan. A plan to make HBK hated, and not just in Canada…

It’s the Raw after the Rumble and in typical WWE fashion they have tag matches of the previous night’s action. Vince comes out and does his Trump bologna, but he gives us the main event of the evening. A six man tag match, its Cena, HBK, and Ric Flair against Umaga, and Rated RKO. The match is solid, with the heels working over and isolating Flair. Edge distracts the ref, for some heel corner beatdowns, and this brings in Cena. The ref is occupied with Cena and Flair low blows Edge. This gives a hot tag to HBK. He cleans the house super kicking everyone in site. Cena grabs Edge for the FU and Shawn kicks Cena right in the jaw stiff. Edge falls on Cena for the pin. Shawn leaves with a maniacal smile as both the faces and heels are in shock. Throughout the match they tease, Edge vs. Orton and Flair vs. Umaga for WM.

Next week HBK is out to explain his actions. Full heel as well much similar to the Hogan/HBK program. Cutting Cena down saying that the WWE champion should be around somebody that earned it. Cena cuts off HBK in mid sentence telling him about all the tough matches he’s had, and is insulted that HBK would question his heart. The two are about to brawl, then Coach comes out and says that Cena shouldn’t fight right now because he has a rematch with Umaga tonight. Coach sees right through HBK’s actions and says he isn’t going to get a shot a WM just by kicking Cena in the head. So he has to earn it. Tonight there will be a one night tournament for the number one contendership. It will be Flair vs. HBK and Edge vs. Randy Orton. HBK beats Flair clean, but annihilates Flair after with several chair shots. Edge and Orton don’t want to fight each other but there greed takes over. Edge wins via roll up after a low blow. HBK wins via count out after Orton interferes in Edge and HBK’s match. Cena beats Umaga, it doesn’t matter how.

Matt: Actually, it kinda does. They did a great job with Umaga at the Rumble, and you can’t just go throw him away. And while this does share traits with my idea, I don’t like it that much, probably because, well, it is a lot like my idea.

Nick: Not bad, but out of everything you wrote, all I really can say is that I’m not on board with Umaga vs. Flair for ‘Mania. Umaga beat him in 3 minutes at Backlash last year, and I don’t see them having a match together that’s anywhere near worthy of being at ‘Mania.

Matt: Next up is a double header, as Samer Kadi gives us both a Raw and an ECW #1 Contender.

Raw: HBK comes out and demands to be facing Cena in the Wrestlemania main event since he was the last Raw guy in the ring. Cena comes out and says that HBK is right, and he would love to face the Showstopper at Wrestlemania. Someone of course has other thoughts as Edge’s music hits, and he comes to the ring through the crowd and spears HBK. Cena runs in to help but Randy Orton storms to the ring and RKO’s him.

The next week on Raw, Vince McMahon comes out (and surprisingly has something else to talk about than Donald Trump) he says that there will be a triple threat match for the number 1 contendership in the raw main event, and it’s HBK vs. Edge vs. Orton. Against the Odds HBK wins the match. After the match Cena comes out and just stares at HBK.

The following Week, the contract signing for the HBK vs. Cena match is taking place. Cena comes out, and Vince is already in the ring, but HBK is nowhere to be seen. HBK is shown out cold backstage and is in a bloody mess. Cena and Vince are shocked, Rated RKO get to the ring from behind and beat the hell out of Cena (via the usual spear, RKO, concerto etc) Edge tells Vince that he demands to be in the main event at Wrestlemania, because he was screwed last year, Orton has other thoughts and says he should be in it because he’s the legend killer blah blah. So Vince books a match later in the main event, it’s Orton vs. Edge and the winner gets added to the Cena-HBK match making it a triple threat match. Edge wins the match, and of course Orton is not happy.

The next week Orton confronts Edge and he isn’t happy, he says Edge got lucky. Edge tells him to get over it, because tonight they have to defend their tag titles against the Hardyz. In the Main event, Edge goes to spear Matt Hardy, Matt moves edge hits the ref. Orton connects with the RKO on Jeff, but there’s no ref, HBK comes out, Super kick to Edge, Matt with a Twist of Fate on Orton, Jeff recovers and hits the Swanton, referee is up. 1-2-3, we have new tag team champions. Orton is extremely pissed and RKO’s edge. The following week Edge says that he won’t let the tag title loss, or the fact that Orton turned his back on him stand in his way to win the Title at Wrestlemania. He says he will win the Title and then he will deal with Orton.

So that sets up Cena vs. Edge vs. HBK in a triple threat match at Mania. Edge wins the match. That sets up a fatal four way for backlash with Orton added to the match. Edge retains again and continues his feud with Orton.

ECW: Test has his rematch with Lashley, and Lashley wins. Test says he wants Lashley at Mania. RVD beats Test to be the Number one contender. At Wrestlemania, CM Punk wins the Money in the Bank match and Lashley beats RVD in a brutal extreme rules match. Just after the match, CM Punk comes out and tells Lashley he’s cashing in right now. Chair shot to Lashley, Anaconda vice, Lashley is out. CM Punk is the new ECW champ. Lashley has his rematch the following week and loses. CM Punk feuds with RVD and Monty Brown till Summerslam.

Matt: Stupid damm Tag Title Change. Still, for what it is, the Raw idea is sound. And the ECW one…yeah, keep dreaming. Still nice though.

Nick: I don’t dig another three way for ‘Mania, and just prefer Cena vs. Michaels straight up. The story leading to it is fine, though. As for the ECW one, anything that puts over Punk is good in my book. Completely unrealistic, but I don’t care.

Matt: So, next up, we got Dan from Brooklyn, and his ideas…well, for everyone.

Undertaker won the Rumble. On Raw, Cena calls out Taker and gives him the “Want some, get some” line before being interrupted by HBK who declares as the last Raw man in, he should get the title match. Orton and Edge interrupt and Coach makes a tag match. Tensions grow between Orton and Edge as the weeks go on and finally Coach says he will make a triple threat match between HBK, Edge and Orton for the #1 contendership and Cena will be the guest referee. During the match Cena gets taken out and ends up brawling with all 3 and as punishment for being an awful ref, Coach and Vince book Cena in a Fatal 4-way at Wrestlemania 23.

On Smackdown, Undertaker decides to challenge for the World Title, and Kennedy demands a rematch against Batista at No Way Out. To ensure no shenanigans, Teddy Long books Taker as special enforcer. Taker gets involved with both men and accidentally nails Batista with a chair. Batista retains barely and goes on to defend against the Rumble winner at Mania while Kennedy goes into MITB III.

ECW sucks, pure and simple, and the Rumble title match may have killed the company dead. But they do have a World Title and need a Mania challenger so they go the whole tournament route to kill off several weeks of ECW TV.

Round 1- RVD vs. Striker – RVD with 5* Frog Splash, Sandman vs. Test – Test with TKO, Sabu vs. Marcus Cor Von – Cor Von with POUNCE and arm bar, Dreamer vs. Thorn – Dreamer with DDT, Punk vs. Holly – Punk with Anaconda Vice, Balls vs. Burke – Burke with roll up.

Round 2- RVD over Test with 5*, Cor Von over Dreamer with POUNCE and arm bar, Punk over Burke with Anaconda Vice.

Finals: Extreme Elimination Match- RVD eliminated after Punk roll up, Punk eliminated after Cor Von POUNCE through table. This sets up Cor Von vs. Lashley for the title in an Extreme Rules Match where MONTY wins the title at Mania.

Matt: Let’s see, 4 way clusterfuck for Raw, DAVE/Taker and Monty/Lashley…this I feel is the closest we’ll get to what Vince will give us.

Nick: Still don’t like anything other than Michaels/Cena for RAW, and I don’t like using Undertaker as an enforcer for No Way Out. It may be too soon for Monty, but it would certainly be unexpected to see him win – both the tourney and the title.

Matt: And as the final ‘official’ entry this week, we have Hauglid and his Tournament.

Since the last couple of years have featured a Road to Wrestlemania Tournament, why not have it again this year.

The Quarter Finals: Edge def. Carlito, Randy Orton def. Jeff Hardy, Ric Flair def. Johnny Nitro, Shawn Michaels def. Kenny Dykstra.

Semi-Finals: Edge def. Ric Flair, Shawn Michaels apparently pins Randy Orton, but Michaels’ shoulders were down on the mat as well, leaving a cliffhanger to the next show.

Edge comes out the next week claiming that he is the #1 Contender. Orton and Michaels come out arguing about their match. Mr. McMahon comes out and claims that since all three men have claims that they will all get their shots at Wrestlemania in a Fatal Four Way Match. This not only gets what could be a hell of a match, but also room for more superstars to be in a match at Mania.

Matt: So…why wouldn’t Vince make HBK vs. Orton vs. Edge that night? I’m not saying the 4 way wouldn’t work (or won’t happen), but it seems to me that there’s a smidge of a logic gap there. Still, hasn’t stopped WWE Creative yet.

Nick: Enough about a 4 way! Yeah, it seems apparent that it’s going to happen, and that’s all the greater reason for you people to try to book SOMETHING ELSE.

Matt: And finally, a way to get a #1 Contender for the IC title, we have Sean O’Brien.

It starts with a handicap match on the Feb. 5th raw. Khali vs. Carlito and hardy. Both smaller men received recent beatings from Khali, so this match would almost even up the odds. Midway through the match, Carlito hops off the apron as hardy looks for the hot tag, and Carlito watches Khali decimate hardy. Match over. Then Carlito walks in and shakes hands with Khali. He looks at hardy and spits his apple in his face.

On the Feb. 12th raw, Carlito comes out with Khali and explains he’s tired of caring about the fans and what they want. He’s tired of Torrie on his coattails, and he’s tired of Jeff hardy with the IC belt. Besides, a man that wears stockings on his arms is just not cool. He explains that with Khali by his side, no one can mess with him, and the IC title is sure to be his soon. Now that’s cool. A match is scheduled later that night for the IC belt, Carlito vs. Hardy. Khali stands ringside. Near the end of the match, Hardy gets his foot on the ropes to break the 3 count after a Backcracker from Carlito. He distracts the ref as Khali goes to chop hardy, but Hardy blocks it with a chair, making a loud noise. Hardy tosses the chair at Khali who holds it, confused. The ref looks over and sees Hardy playing possum and DQs Carlito for interference. Hardy is decimated by the duo again.

On Feb. 19th, a rematch for the IC title is scheduled, as Hardy hits a Twist of Fate and Swanton. Khali places Carlito’s foot on the ropes and that breaks the count. Hardy gets into it with Khali verbally, when out of nowhere Carlito hits the Backcracker and wins the IC belt.

From there on the feud could continue and come to a head at Mania, but by then have it be one on one with Khali banned from ring side. Making Carlito heel adds more to Raw, because without HHH and now that Umaga is demoted, eventually Raw will need another heel in the main event picture. But mid card heel would help Carlito do it gradually. This also gives Carlito something to do, and not waste time with lame feuds and segments with Torrie. Hardy needs someone to defend the title against besides Nitro, as they’ve run that into the ground. This also would show Carlito WWE believes in him and he’d start to try again and then be the Carlito from late 04-early 05. Plus Khali is better as an enforcer than main eventer wouldn’t you agree? Eventually though he’d break off from Carlito of course. But a face Carlito at the moment makes no sense. It’s not cool.

Matt: And neither is your idea. Sorry, but Carlito is too over as a face, and does not need to be put with Khali when AAE is RIGHT THERE. Umaga/Khali, Colossal Connection 2K7. But yeah, not a fan of this idea.

Nick: Outside of what Matt said, I don’t like this because you’re giving away the WrestleMania match multiple times before they actually have it at the show. That in and of itself isn’t a bad thing, but to do it multiple times in the couple months before ‘Mania is where the problem lies. Plus, judging from their bomb at Cyber Sunday, the two just don’t have any chemistry with each other.

Matt: So now, our ideas.

Mine’s simple enough. HBK and Cena, on the Raw after their win over DAVE/Taker thanks to Orton and Edge’s run in giving the Raw guys a DQ, defend the belts against Khali and Umaga, losing them when Edge chair shots Cena as he goes to FU Umaga while HBK and Khali are ‘brawling’ on the outside. HBK then enters the ring, helps Cena up… Superkick. Off the air with the same image as HBK/Hogan when he superkicked him.

Next week, Cena demands the WM match be against that lying, backstabbing bastard HBK. HBK walks in later, Coach demands an answer, HBK simply says ‘Gimme the WM title shot, and you’ll get it.” Coach is skeptical, and books a 4 way match, Edge vs. Orton vs. HBK vs. Cena. Whoever gets the pin gets the title shot, if Cena wins, then Coach will chose (said announcement being made as Umaga and Khali smile behind Coach). The match is brutal, with Cena never getting his hands on HBK, always cut off by Orton or Edge. In the end, Orton RKO’s Edge, he rolls out, Orton eats a Superkick, he rolls out, HBK turns around… and Cena calmly falls on his back, HBK covers him, 123, HBK wins. Coach comes out, confused.

Cena and HBK then reveal how they want to fight one on one, without any distractions and clauses that Coach and Vince would put in, so they arranged this so they could have their one on one match, fair and square. Vince then comes out, pissed off, and adds Edge and Orton since he can. Then HBK, shrugging, superkicks Cena for real this time.

Eh.

Nick: Oh, fatal four ways. Boo to them. I want to see HBK and Cena lose the tag belts back to Orton and Edge the night after No Way Out, and have those two defend the belts against the Hardys at WrestleMania. Hardys can win, Orton and Edge can feud, WGTT can take the belts from the Hardys at Backlash. As for the WWE Title match, let’s go with this. After losing the belts back to Rated RKO, Cena and Michaels are left in the ring and shake hands, but Cena is reluctant before he does so. The following week Cena talks about how he didn’t think Shawn was trustworthy, but after the last few weeks, including being able to work together at No Way Out to beat Undertaker and Batista, he feels that he has a true ally in Michaels. He also knows that Shawn feels like he has the fire back, and Cena believes he really does, and thinks Shawn deserves a shot at his title, so he challenges Michaels to a match at WrestleMania, and may the best man win. Shawn comes out to accept and they do the big handshake to close out RAW, and surprisingly enough, nobody turns on anybody. Until the following week, that is.

Michaels is in the 10PM main event with Umaga and ends up putting up a good fight but gets beat down and loses very close. Cena comes out after Umaga and Armando are gone and looks to be there to come to Shawn’s aid. He gets the mic and says he respects Shawn for his effort against Umaga, because the man is just a bad ass and almost killed him a couple times too. Cena goes to raise HBK’s hand but just takes him out and beats him down, then leaves the building. Cena runs Shawn down the following week and also goes after the fans for supporting Shawn more than they do him, whether that’s the case or not. They feud from there with Shawn getting the big win at ‘Mania and putting Cena out for a while to go do his movie.

Matt: Eh, come up with your own damm joke here.

Nick: Shit, I’m too lazy to think of a joke. Do what Matt said.

Matt: So, homework.

I could ask you to book Vince V Trump, but I’ll be kind. Money In The Bank, Take 3. Book it.

Send those ideas here..

Until next week,

Matt & Nick.