The 10th Day News Report for 4.25.07

Posted by Leonard Hayhurst on 04.25.2007

A week without Santino Marella is a week without sunshine

MAILBAG

Since you mentioned it, I thought I'd ask. What would you say are some of the worst feud ideas ever? I'm not necessarily asking for a full top (bottom?) ten list or anything, but I'm still curious.
-Will

I wasn't talking about bad feuds, but bad premises to have a feud. The worst feud starter of all time was Booker T vs. Edge over who got to star in a Japanese shampoo commercial with Tajiri as a tagalong. Considering Booker T is a black man with dreadlocks and Edge is a Caucasian with Farrah hair, I don't think they're using the same type of shampoo anyway. Just about any late nineties feud with the Big Bossman was horrible, like him dragging around Big Show's dad's casket and cooking Al Snow's dog and feeding it to him. They're Shakespearean to be sure, but lame in execution. The whole Katie Vick angle, of course. Not just in execution, but how it totally changed the established history of the Kane character. Just about any of the WCW angles involving celebrities, like Rick Steiner vs. Chucky the Evil Doll or DDP teaming with Jay Leno to face Hogan and Bischoff. Cactus Jack getting destroyed by Vader was good, but then Jack getting amnesia and moving to Cleveland was stupid. ‘You totally kicked my ass' is a fine enough start for a feud, not ‘you gave me amnesia and I moved to Cleveland where I thought I was a sailor.' Give me a good old ‘my full nelson is better than your full nelson' feud any day.

NEWS AND NOTES

-Smackdown tape already so I have a non-spoiler rundown for you:
Big confrontation between Batista, Undertaker, Finlay and Kennedy
Boogeyman and Kane vs. Regal and Taylor
Deuce vs. Brian Kendrick
MVP vs. the Scottish World Champion
Teddy Long and Kristal hangout
Jillian Hall vs. Michelle McCool
The Undertaker and Batista vs. Kennedy and Finlay
Credit: PWInsider.com

-WWE.com posted a small blurb yesterday stating that action had been taken against Randy Orton for his recent behavior issues during the European tour. They did not go into detail on the punishment, which will probably involve him having sex with Mae Young. Orton was sent home from the recent WWE European tour and this led to the cancellation of the announced Edge vs. Orton match on RAW Monday. The kayfabe reason given to fans was that the match was pulled due to Cena and Michaels running long. Hey, if Orton being a dork led to a classic hour long television match, I'm all for it. Allegedly Orton was found passed out drunk in his hotel room after having trashed it to the tune of $30,00. Credit: PWInsider.com

-While Orton's WWE future and his status for Backlash remains in doubt, Chris Benoit vs. MVP has been added to the card.
Credit: WWE.com

-WWE has pulled support from Deep South Wrestling. All talent will be relocated, most likely to OVW. WWE is stating that it was simply a failed experiment, but rumors have WWE being unhappy with Jody Hamilton's running of the company from him signing an independent deal with Canada 's Fight Network to him allowing the fired Bill DeMott to continue to hang around. Oh great, now that he doesn't have anywhere to go DeMott will be sleeping on my couch for the next week. Credit: PWInsider.com

-Smackdown on Friday finished with a 2.4 rating. Still low, still means Undertaker sucks. Credit: PWInsider.com

-Variety yesterday had an article on fringe DVD sales. Featured prominently was WWE's big wrestling DVD sales. Joel Satin of WWE stated that many stores don't like the stigma of carrying wrestling DVD's, but do so because the sales figures are so high. I shudder to think of hypocorism in a capitalist society. Credit: Variety.com

-Former WCW and WWE wrestler Sean O'Haire is being held at the Beaufort County Detention Center for his part in an altercation outside the Hilton Brewing Company on Hilton Head Island. Both he and the man he fought with are being held until trial. Both claim the other man started the fight. I wonder how much street cred picking a fight with a wrestling jobber gives you in the joint? Credit: PWInsider.com

-Super Crazy has torn his left MCL during the WWE tour of Europe in a match where he tagged with Val Venis against Kenny Dykstra and Daniel Rodimer. Crazy reportedly came down wrong off of a springboard dropkick and later was holding his knee after hitting a double team suplex. He's super, he's crazy, he's in the hospital. Credit: PWInsider.com

-WWE Diva Maryse is currently featured in Playboy's special Blondes, Brunettes and Redheads. Three of my favorite things on earth. No word on if carpet and drapes have to match to be included in that issue. Credit: WWE.com

-The Hulk Hogan sponsored energy drink Socko (Mick Foley should sue him) will be carried at Wal-Marts starting on May 15th. However, the Memphis Wal-Mart backed out at the last minute and Hogan cut an angry promo on them. Socko is produced by Bischoff-Hervey entertainment, or as I like to call it the Third Sign of the Apocalypse. Credit: press release

-Shark Boy has reportedly reached an undisclosed settlement with Dimension films over his lawsuit against them using his name for the film The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl in 3-D. Considering the film bombed, he got like about twelve bucks and a Snickers bar. Credit: PWInsider.com

-Word is that Sting vs. Kurt Angle is being given away free on television to help bolster Impact's ratings as they negotiate with Spike TV for a two hour time slot. Ah yes, I have missed Thursday Night Thunder. Credit: PWInsider.com

-Hot Topic stores will begin carrying TNA shirts and other merchandise. This will be awkward when Ariel of ECW shops there. Credit: PWInsider.com

-Robert Roode is suffering from some sort of leg injury according to sketchy reports. This is usually followed by some sort of firing or some sort of rehab stint. Credit: PWInsider.com

-Mike Quakenbush, Gran Akuma, Hallowicked and Jigsaw will be making their Ring of Honor debuts this coming weekend. Credit: ROHWrestling.com

-Ric Flair is suing his former financial advisor and several Charlotte businessmen for swindling him and his ex-wife Elizabeth out of over $500,000 in business investments. Actually they didn't get swindled, their partners just invested in Hulk Hogan's Socko energy drink and took a bath. Credit: bizjournals.com

-Former WWE wrestler Rosey will most likely miss all of his upcoming dates for All Japan due to filming a part in a television show in the US. Credit: ewrestlingnews.com

ECW THOUGHTS

-CM Punk rallies the troops and shakes hands with everyone, but Burke. He then pops back into camera shot after leaving and says he was just messing with him. Heel Punk is cool as hell. I'm liking the idea of a Burke vs. Punk feud, but where does that leave the New Breed?

-Bobby Lashley and Umaga square off in what I believe is their first straight up match. Sorrowfully it doesn't go anywhere as Estrada blasts Lashley with the title belt. Lashley works him over, because you know he has to get his heat back. Vince McMahon dressed like John Steed from "The Avengers" holds Umaga back to save his strength for Sunday. Was that really the best booking to hype Backlash that they could come up with?

-Burke tries to build support with the New Breed, but they seem to be on Punk's side. I like how Burke says "vampire" to Thorn. It's like how one would say "so you disinfect bowling shoes for a living." Punk then shows up to cut Burke off. Heel Punk whips eight different kinds of ass, have I said that?

-Snitsky jobs out Balls Mahoney, the forgotten Original. I think this means Snitsky destroys Richards next week. Oh, what about Mike Knox?

-Punk continues to play Patton in the back saying basically what he said to start with. They're laying this on a bit thick. Burke comes in. This was nothing the other segments didn't already cover. Someone get Cor Von a jacket, he's been bouncing around like he's cold since the start of the show. I guess the story notes just said, "New Breed warms up."

-Burke says he wants to make it even in the elimination match and tells Punk to have a set. It's an elimination match, someone is going to have a numbers advantage at some point. The match itself is prelude to Punk kicking Burke to give Van Dam the win. He then hits the Go 2 Sleep on Burke, but says he's sorry after. It will be interesting to see how they spin that next week.

EWR ON 411

Smackdown for 4.26.07

Dave Taylor works a stump puller on Jay Briscoe. Jay wiggles out of Taylor's grasp and tags Mark. They hook up Taylor for the Brisc-O. Regal comes in and they throw Taylor into Regal. Mark uses Jay for a springboard on a splash and pins Dave.
Match Rating: 78%

Batista is talking to Brock Lesnar. He's not sure what is going on with Colt, but he thinks he'll have a good idea after tonight. Cabana walks in. Batista tells Brock to take off and he'll catch up with him. Cabana tells Batista that was good for him to do. He tells Batista that he's going to keep his eye on Brock tonight. He doesn't trust him. Batista just nods.
Segment Rating: 73%

Al Snow sets up Raven for the bowling ball spot. Raven brings his feet together and kicks the ball back at Snow to knock him over. Snow lands face first on a chair. Evenflow DDT on the chair wins.
Match Rating: 74%

Post match, Booker T comes in from the crowd and grabs the hardcore title. He nails Raven with it from behind. He then gives Raven the Evenflow himself on the belt. Booker stands over Raven and screams at him.
Segment Rating: 84%

Rey Mysterio ducks a springboard clothesline from Carlito. He lands on the ropes. Rey delivers the 619. He Drops the Dime. Carlito kicks out. Carlito does a standing switch on a waistlock and hits the backcracker. Both men are out. Carlito is up first and goes to pick Rey up. Rey small packages him and holds the tights for the win. Mysterio takes off.
Match Rating: 78%

Gene Okerlund is with Chris Sabin in the back. He's not impressed with Carlito and that last match proves it. Carlito is a paper champion. He's not a true cruiserweight like Sabin. Carlito comes in from his match. The thing that makes him a true cruiserweight is that title around his waist. Sabin promises it won't be there after Judgment Day. They brawl.
Segment Rating: 61%

Chris Cage gets the Cage Breaker on CM Punk. He pulls him up at two on the cover. He lines up a second. Punk fights out and swing it around into the Pepsi Plunge. Anaconda Vice for the tap out.
Match Rating: 82%

Chris Jericho is making time with Cheerleader Melissa in the back. Punk comes in. Melissa runs to his side. Jericho was harassing her. Jericho tells Punk his match didn't take as long as he would have thought. He lost already, Junior. Punk says he won and he'll win again at Judgment Day. Jericho slaps him. Melissa jumps in and slaps Jericho. Jericho backhands her. Punk attacks Jericho. Security runs in and breaks them up.
Segment Rating: 80%

Paul Burchill and AJ Styles put on a great match. Rey Mysterio comes out with a chair and goes after Burchill with it. The referee backs him off, but he drops the chair. Styles hits the springboard reverse DDT on the chair and covers. (from Mathew) The referee asks Styles about the chair and they argue. This allows Burchill to recover. Styles walks into the C4 and loses.
Match Rating: 86%

Styles fumes over his loss in the back. Steve Austin tells him to cool it. He tried to take a shortcut and he got cut short. Austin tries to put a comforting hand on his shoulder. Styles knocks it off and storms away.
Segment Rating: 76%

Colt Cabana starts off the six man tag with Evolution. Brock reaches for the tag, but Cabana blind tags Batista. Batista dominates. He tags Lesnar over Cabana. Colt seems a little miffed. Brock dominates. Brock asks for the tag. Batista tells Colt to tag him. He does so reluctantly. Cabana is isolated and beat on by Evolution. He fights loose and crawls for the hot tag. Batista jumps to the floor. Cabana refuses to tag Brock. Colt is drug back into the ring and takes the Pedigree for the loss. Brock argues with Batista over what he did. Batista learned a lot more from the loss than he would have a win.
Match Rating: 69%

Show Rating: 74%

Velocity for 4.28.07

Tajiri mists El Gran Luchadore, but his mask blocks most of it. Tajiri fakes begging off and then nails the buzz saw kick for the win. (from Mathew)
Match Rating: 60%

Colt Cabana asks Batista what he was doing on Smackdown. What he was doing? Colt refuses to have anything to do with Brock Lesnar and he wants to know why. Colt thinks Brock is using Batista. He can't cut it anymore and Batista is carrying him. Colt wants to be equal partners with him and he's his true friend. He's going to back Batista, not use him. Batista is a big boy and can watch out for himself. He'll have his eyes open on Brock and Colt too.
Segment Rating: 58%

Johnny Jeter kicks out of the slingshot suplex by Doug Basham. Basham tries to go low, but Jeter blocks and gives him a forearm shiver to the mush. A spinning sidewalk slam sets up the Jeter kick for the win.
Match Rating: 74%

DC Money is on the phone with his cousin Eddie Money going over his appearance at in your house. Stephanie McMahon comes up. She tries to smooth talk DC. DC tells Eddie he has to speak up because there is a lot of hot air blowing up his ass making it hard to hear. Steph slaps him and walks out.
Segment Rating: 60%

Sabu gets frustrated with Shark Boy and goes for a chair. He throws it old school ECW style at him. Shark Boy spin kicks it back at Sabu and then uses it to get his own version of the triple jump moonsault for the win. (twist of a Mathew idea)
Match Rating: 70%

Gene Okerlund tries to talk to Shark Boy in the back after his win. Sabu jumps him and throw him around like a lawn dart into the wall several times. He then grabs a chair and puts Shark Boy's head in it. Before he can stomp it, Norman Smiley makes the save.
Segment Rating: 55%

Paul London drags Scott Taylor to the ropes to break the Burning Wick. London argues with London and this allows Taylor to get the Decommissioned for the win.
Match Rating: 79%

London orders a beat down by the Bradshaw Corporation on Wicks. Jeter comes out and saves with a chair. Dawn Marie steals the Aqua-Net from Jillian Hall and sprays London with it.
Segment Rating: 73%

Fred Curry rolls out of the way of the frog splash from Chavo Guerrero and gets a victory roll for the win. (from Mathew)
Match Rating: 71%

Shane Helms is with Gene Okerlund. He thinks it's crap that Roddy Piper has demoted him to In Your House from the Judgment Day pay per view. He thinks it's more crap that he's been stuck in a trios match with losers against other losers. Fred Curry comes in. He just won his match in the ring. Let's go see Helms do the same before he runs his mouth.
Segment Rating: 70%

Jamie Noble grabs the foot on the Shining Wizard kick and spins Helms around. He catches him with a standing dropkick. Rolling clothesline. Swinging bulldog. Shoulderbreaker. Noble wins. Helms throws a fit post match.
Match Rating: 85%

Show Rating: 70%

Heat for 4.29.07

Ultimo Dragon gets the Shining Wizard knee on Johnny Nitro. Harry Smith comes off the top rope with a flying bulldog. The referee pushes him toward his corner, but he drags Nitro with him and blind tags him. He rushes in, but Dragon tags Charlie Haas for a breather. Haas nails a clothesline, but telegraphs a backdrop to take a kick in the jaw. Swinging neckbreaker. Super Smith Slam wins.
Match Rating: 76%

Marissa Mazzolla stops Harry Smith in the back. He reminds everyone that he is undefeated in his WWE career and he always will be. Singles matches, tag matches, four corners, it doesn't matter.
Segment Rating: 73%

Shelly comes out to watch Shelton Benjamin beat Gangrel. He won't talk. Benjamin is disgusted and walks off. Shelly grabs a chair and beats on him. Benjamin has to call her off. Gangrel finally says "Kane…the key is always Kane." Benjamin grabs Shelly and goes off. (parts from Mathew)
Match Rating: 61%

Benjamin finds Kane and asks what he knows about turning Shelly back into a baby. Shelly doesn't want to be a baby. Benjamin tells her to stifle. Kane tells Benjamin to help him get what he wants, being what is in Nowinski's briefcase, and he'll help him. In fact, the briefcase could help them both.
Segment Rating: 72%

Paul Heyman thrills in coaching Matt Morgan in the dismantling of David Flair from the sidelines. Morgan finishes with the Dangerous Driver (from Mathew, a renamed Downward Slice; a vertical suplex into a Rock Bottom).
Match Rating: 71%

Erik Watts chides Daffney in the back about how David Flair was destroyed in the ring. Daffney doesn't remember Watts fairing too good last week and he won't tomorrow night against the Rock. Watts grabs Daffney's arm. She wants him and she knows it, stop hiding it. David Flair finally shows up and tells Watts to take off. His woman won't be telling him that soon.
Segment Rating: 66%

So Cal Val stands on the apron and does her nails while Victoria basically wrestles a handicap match against Molly and Alexis Laree. Victoria gets fed up and blind tags Val. She then takes a walk. Val loses to the Molly-Go-Round.
Match Rating: 64%

Kristal Frost tells Marissa Mazzolla that her and Abyss have come to a mutual understanding. She will be his guiding hand and he shall be the swift hammer of the Warriors on WWE until the return of the Irish Warrior. Tonight they will tackle Jeff Hardy. Brother turning his back on brother is a cardinal sin. Blood is thicker than water and Abyss will make Jeff's blood flow.
Segment Rating: 64%

Jeff Hardy works kicks to the calves to get Abyss on his knees. A flying forearm knocks Abyss on his back. Jeff goes up for the swanton bomb. Kristal commands Abyss to stand and he kips up. Hardy splats. Abyss splashes him. He picks him up for the Black Hole Slam to win. (twist of Mathew idea)
Match Rating: 72%

John Cena asks Mazzolla if she wants to polish is scepter. She stammers. He says that most girls don't know what to say when they see his scepter. Tonight he takes on Brent Albright. If he's the best RAW has to offer, he should have stayed on Smackdown. He's the king and it's good to be the king. Hail to the king baby. He kisses Marissa and leaves.
Segment Rating: 81%

Cena takes the Q-Bert, but then counters the Flux Capacitor into an FU. He gives Albright the Five Knuckle Shuffle with a lot of People's Elbow like mocking gestures. Cena wins. (from Mathew)
Match Rating: 81%

Show Rating: 70%

RAW for 4.30.07
Bobby Lashley uses his raw power to take Rob Conway to the mat on a test of strength. He then locks Conway up in an amateur style submission move, drawing on that background, where Conway can't move. He eventually taps. Lita post match comforts Conway and Heyman looks on miffed (from Mathew).
Match Rating: 74%

Erik Watts is bragging about himself in the ring again when the Rock interrupts. Watts might call himself the Excellent Warrior, but all Rock sees is an Extreme Waste, an Erroneous Wanker and an Enormous Weiner; and the Rock doesn't mean in his pants. Erik Watts attacks and they brawl. (from Mathew)
Segment Rating: 80%

Rock Bottom leads to a really drawn out People's Elbow. Rock then grabs the mic and says what he sees now was an Easy Win.
Match Rating: 70%

Eric Angle brags to Marissa Mazzolla about how no one has yet to beat his stopwatch challenge. Tank Toland comes in. He lasted three minutes against Angle in the ankle lock last week without tapping. Angle tells him that doesn't count. Toland says it was hard to do. Please, Eric could last ten minutes in the ankle lock. Ok, it's a deal. What? Next week Toland will have his own challenge to see how long Eric can last in the ankle lock.
Segment Rating: 82%

Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas confront Big Vito and Christopher Nowinski. Benjamin wants to know what is in the briefcase. Nowinski smiles. He holds it up to Benjamin. What is in the case is more valuable than gold, silver, jewels, money, stocks and bonds, rights to all the oil in the world or anything else Benjamin can imagine. Because what is in the case is something that cannot be dreamt of by mortal men.
Match Rating: 73%

Nowinski whips RVD into the ropes and Vito holds up the case so Van Dam slams into it. Sustained motion gets the pin. The World's Greatest Tag team rush the ring post match and the heels take off.
Segment Rating: 74%

Brazil Chapman comes out to watch Matt Hardy vs. Nick Dinsmore. Hardy gets the Twist of Fate and goes up for the yodeling leg drop. Chapman shoves Hardy off the top for the blatant DQ. Dinsmore and Chapman beat Hardy down post match until Ultimo Dragon appears in the ring in a puff of smoke to make the save. (parts from Mathew)
Match Rating: 72%

Mick Foley comes out to break up the brawling in the ring. He doesn't like it, but Dragon has pulled some strings and got his IC title match for next week. That's fine with Chapman. However, he got it to be held in Japan. Chapman throws a fit.
Segment Rating: 62%

Big Show choke slams Sean O'Haire, but holds on to pick him back up and he choke slams him a second time. Show pins him. Lita comforts him post match. Heyman is still ticked.
Match Rating: 79%

Ron Killings checks with the Undertaker to see if they are on the same page tonight. What happened last week was last week. Killing is sorry the match ended the way it did. Undertaker is more sorry and he will be coming after another title shot. Killings is down with that, but they both have to realize it won't be tonight. ‘Taker nods in agreement.
Show Rating: 82%

Edge spears Killings. UT breaks. Edge jaws with UT. Undertaker jacks his jaws with an uppercut. Killings tags. Edge tags Angle. They slug it out. Angle begs off. Undertaker stalks him into the corner. Angle low blows him. Undertaker no sells it. Angle is really scared now. Undertaker hits the old school rope walk. Edge runs back in and into a choke slam. Last Ride on Angle. Undertaker tags Killings and lets him take the pin fall.
Match Rating: 78%

Show Rating: 75%

The following are ready to bumped from OVW: Turkey Creek Johnson, Sonya Blackhawk.

Turkey Creek Johnson: Over-30, Brawl-67, Speed-27, Technical-19, Charisma-54, 30 year old male American heavyweight

Sonya Blackhawk: Over-30, Brawl-34, Speed-57, Technical-54, Charisma-87 Is a diva. Female 22 year old American lightweight

Rico, Stan Lane and Greg Valentine have left the promotion

The following have one month left on their contracts: Batista, Nikki Fuller,

La Parka has returned from injury.

Roddy Piper is back from suspension

Sabu has been suspended for the month. Many complained of his bad attitude backstage.

Smackdown card for next week, choose all winners

Paul Burchill vs. Fred Curry, non-title

CM Punk and Cheerleader Melissa vs. Chris Cage and Jamie Satin

Chris Jericho vs. Jamie Noble, non-title

Booker T vs. Shane Helms, in a hardcore match

Triple H vs. Batista

Johnny Kashmere vs. Brock Lesnar

Trent Acid vs. Colt Cabana

Rey Mysterio vs. AJ Styles

Randy Orton vs. Rhyno

Shark Boy vs. Raven, non-title

DC Money vs. Dave Taylor

EZ Money vs. William Regal

RAW card for next week, choose all winners

Kurt Angle vs. Brent Albright (Albright asked for it)

Abyss vs. Matt Morgan (Abyss asked for it)

Rob Van Dam vs. Johnny Nitro (RVD asked for it)

The World's Great Tag Team (Haas and Benjamin) vs. Big Vito and Christopher Nowinski

Christian vs. Harry Smith (Smith asked for it)

Eric Angle vs. Tank Toland, Angle must survive three minutes in the ankle lock without tapping

Ultimo Dragon vs. Brazil Chapman for the IC Title live via satellite from Japan

John Cena vs. Rene Dupree (Cena asked for it)

The Rock vs. Afa, Jr.

David Flair and Chris Hero vs. Nick Dinsmore and Erik Watts

Molly Holly vs. Alexis Laree vs. So Cal Val vs. Gail Kim in a four way elimination match for a Women's title shot

Stevie Richards and the Wild Stallions (Williams and MacLean) vs. The Graduates (Cappotelli and Inferno) and Harry Smith

Judgment Day card, do not vote yet

Paul Burchill vs. Rey Mysterio for the Smackdown Brand Title in a best 2 out of 3 falls match

Chris Jericho vs. CM Punk for the US Title in a submission match

The Backseat Boys vs. the Briscoe Brothers for the Smackdown Brand Tag Team Titles

Steve Austin vs. Chris Cage

Triple H vs. Brock Lesnar

Carlito vs. Chris Sabin for the Cruiserweight Title

Booker T vs. Raven for the Hardcore Title

Randy Orton vs. AJ Styles for a Smackdown brand title shot

Wicked Jesters (Wicks and Jeter) vs. Shooting Stars (London and Kidman) in a tornado tag

In Your House: 2 Tickets 2 Paradise, do not vote yet

Special concert performance by Eddie Money (cousin of EZ and DC)

Show Me the Money (EZ and DC) with Michelle Money vs. The Blue Bloods (Regal and Taylor) with Stephanie McMahon

Stacy Keibler vs. Medusa Micelli in a bra and panties match

Tag Team Battle Royal
A team is eliminated when one member goes over the top rope and lands on the floor with both feet
Colt Cabana and Batista vs. Jimmy Snuka, Jr. and Maven vs. Doug Basham and Scott Taylor vs. PG-13 (Wolfie and Ice) vs. The Family (Nunzio and Lee)

Shannon Moore vs. Jake Roberts

Lucha styled Trios match
Million Dollar Corporation (Chavo, Tajiri and Noble) vs. Fred Curry, Shane Helms and El Gran Luchadore