The 10th Day News Report for 10.10.07
Posted by Leonard Hayhurst on 10.10.2007
CM Punk fights with Tony Atlas, Ric Flair fights with a car dealership, Kurt Angle and Dr. Phil Astin fight the law, Cyber Sunday and Bound for Glory news, Heat and Smackdown results, ECW Thoughts and EWR on 411!
MAILBAG
Any idea who the new developmental talent is that ECW plans to add? A gut feeling on who some of the call ups could include?
Thanks – Ryan
Just looking at the developmental rosters and considering who has been getting some house show, jobber and dark match work and who already has a bit of seasoning I would say the best bets to be called up soon would be Afa Jr. and Rosey, Kassidy James and KC James, Jay Bradley, Colt Cabana, Ace Steel, Matt Sydal, Vladimir Koslov, Mike Mondo and Nick Nemeth, Ryan O'Reilly and Kofi Kingston. Those are just some guesses on my part as WWE hasn't announced who they're considering at this time.
Seems like we had a disconnect again - i wasnt saying Khali should've used another move because the head crush could be seen as leading to brain damage, I was just saying it might be smart for the WWE to not use moves closely associated with wrestlers who died before their time (and whose cause of death just came out) so as not to draw added attention to them by making people think of the deceased wrestlers after seeing their moves.
At this stage, given the scrutiny the WWE is under, its impossible to be _too_ cautious when it comes to distancing yourself from former WWE wrestlers that died early. ie, no perfect plex, no "rude awakening" (his version of it, not the quick drop they do right now, which i grant is different enough), no crippler crossface, no new wrestlers named "Flyin' Brian" , no doomsday device, hopefully no blue blazer ever again, etc.
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Yes, it does seem like we're not communicating. I wasn't saying that the move looks like it could crush someone's skull. I was saying that the only connection you could draw between the move, the people who use it and possible drug use is considering the size and strength needed to make it look good. While it might not be a good idea for someone to pull out Benoit's move set right now, moves used by guys a number of years ago that have been used for years in wrestling by other workers I don't think really hurts them. As I also tried to explain last week I don't think a lot of people would make the proper connections on that anyway. I do agree that they can't be too cautious at this time, but the use of certain moves is just pulling the strings a little too tight, because I really don't see where it matters.
NEWS AND NOTES
-Ric Flair is suing a Columbia, South Carolina dealership for using his name and likeness to sell cars. Freedom Suzuki has ran television and radio spots that featured a blond haired Captain Freedom (oddly enough, the name of Jesse Ventura's character in The Running Man) spouting Flair's various catchphrases and screaming "Whoooeee," similar to Flair's "Whoooo." It is known that the company tried to get permission from WWE to run the ads, but was refused and ran them anyway. While the catchphrases and mannerisms are not trademarked, they are well known to Flair and he is suing on the grounds of "confusingly similar likeness." On those grounds Buddy Landell and half of the guys in the eighties should be sued. Flair is probably mad because they're moving more cars than he's moving financial advice. Flair has also been pulled from a personal appearance WWE had booked for him for October 19th in Orlando. Credit: AP Reports, PWInsider.com
-Last week Tony Atlas was working with developmental talent in OVW. It's been said that Atlas did not get along with the young talent by only putting himself over and pointing out what they were doing wrong. CM Punk worked the tapings and Atlas got on him for having his wrists taped oddly and he said it looked like his arms were broken. After the taping Atlas critiqued the talent harshly and constantly stared at Punk when he made points. Punk finally called Atlas out and asked what he was looking at. Atlas replied that with an attitude like that, he would never make television. Atlas was unaware that Punk was ECW champion and one of WWE's most popular current stars. That's the dumbest thing he's done since Saba Simba. Punk and Atlas continued to argue for about twenty minutes. Afterwards, OVW wrestler Atlas DaBone apologized on behalf of Punk to Atlas. Many felt that this was just DaBone sucking up to management and that he had no right to apologize on Punk's behalf. Word has it that morale in OVW is very low right now as talent feels that they are always being harped on for doing everything wrong and are never given positive encouragement. John Laurinaitis as the head of talent relations was reported to be every upset over the incident and that seasoned ECW trainers Al Snow and Robert Gibson allowed it to occur in the first place. To top all that off, CNN is currently following CM Punk around for their upcoming documentary on professional wrestling. We can only hope they got that whole altercation on tape. Credit: PWInsider.com
-The official website for WWE development territory Florida Championship Wrestling is now up at www.fcwwrestling.com On Monday WWE released from FCW Buck Quatermaine and Keith Walker. Credit: PWInsider.com
-In recent court papers filed against Dr. Phil Astin it has been stated that the amount of steroids he prescribed for Chris Benoit was "excessive" for someone with the hormone disorder he was purported to have. Over a twelve month period Astin prescribed Benoit a ten month dosage seven times, or roughly fifty percent more than the guidelines laid down by the FDA. Credit: AP Reports
-For Cyber Sunday it was announced that fans would vote on Randy Orton's opponent for the WWE Title. The choices are Shawn Michaels, Jeff Hardy and Ken Kennedy. I'd laugh my ass off if Hardy wins it. Not that WWE wouldn't go with what they wanted to do anyway, but they pinky swear they will go with the fan votes. Projected for Smackdown is Batista vs. The Great Khali vs. Rey Mysterio vs. Finlay for the World Heavyweight Title with special guest referee of Steve Austin, Mick Foley or JBL. Last week it was reported that WWE was looking to use Undertaker and Mark Henry instead of Mysterio and Foley and Piper over JBL. Don't blame me, WWE has no clue what they're doing right now. Credit: WWE.com
-In your online Heat report Jacob Duncan defeated Noah Lott in a dark match. Cade and Murdoch jobbed out the Ameri-Mex Connection of Jim Duggan and Super Crazy. Carlito Caribbean Cool went over Conrad Carr for alliteration overload. The World's Greatest Tag Team jobbed some jobbers named N8 Madison and Gutter. Cody Rhodes beat Daivari. The jobbers were part of Scott D'Amore's Can-Am Wrestling School . Credit: PWInsider.com
-Smackdown non-spoiler rundown:
*Jacob Duncan went over Funaki in a dark match
*Chuck Palumbo vs. Chris Masters
*Jesse and Festus vs. Conrad Carr and Jay Adams (Conrad Kennedy III and Eddie Venom of the indy circuit)
*Jamie Noble hangs out with Deuce and Domino
*Drew McIntyre vs. Brett Major. McIntyre had Dave Taylor with him.
*Matt Hardy and MVP continue to one up each other
*The Undertaker and Kane vs. Matt Hardy and MVP
*Great Khali vs. Jamie Noble, set up by previous promo between Noble and Vicki Guerrero
*Jimmy Wang Yang vs. Deuce
*Rey Mysterio vs. Finlay
*The announced dark main event was Batista and Rey Mysterio vs. Khali and Finlay
Credit: PWInsider.com
-RAW on Monday scored a lowly 2.8 cable rating, down from 3.2 last week. This was most likely due to the Yankees vs. Indian game and Cowboys vs. Bills game on Monday Night Football drawing big ratings. Or maybe it was due to RAW being the Vince and Hunter show again. Credit: PWInsider.com
-Fathead, a sports memorabilia company that produces large vinyl wall displays, will be one of the sponsors for Cyber Sunday. They will be allowing fans to vote on what WWE Superstar will be the next to be immortalized as a Fathead between Rey Mysterio, Jeff Hardy, Boogeyman and CM Punk. Boogeyman would look bad ass, but Mysterio will probably win the fan vote. Fatheads already available of WWE superstars include John Cena, Bobby Lashley, Undertaker, Batista and Triple H. All those guys have fatheads in real life anyway. Fatheads are available for purchase at wweshop.com and fathead.com Credit: press release
-WWE is partnering with the National Literacy Trust in the United Kingdom to promote reading. Reading Champions declared by several schools will be entered into a contest to win a trip to Wrestlemania 24. Three winners will be chosen. The press release states that WWE and NLT are partnering up "to target schools in England to prove that there is nothing weedy about reading!" I know we have British readers, what the hell does ‘weedy' mean? I'm reminded of the Kathy Griffin "My Life on the D-List Episode" where she was in England and given a list of words she couldn't say. Not even English citizens had an idea what half the words on the list meant. Credit: press release
-After No Mercy went off the air on Sunday Triple H refused medical attention and limped his way to the back. I think he's bucking to be the next Terminator by proving how indestructible he is. In a dark match before the pay per view, Hardcore Holly beat Cody Rhodes to a pulp. The MVP and Matt Hardy vs. Undertaker and Kane match for No Mercy was pulled from the ppv for the Smackdown taping to air this Friday. Credit: PWInsider.com
-Last year WWE released a box set of all Royal Rumble events. This year they will be releasing two separate sets spanning from 1988 to 1992 and 1993 to 1997. In January they will also be releasing a DVD set celebrating the 15th anniversary of RAW. Credit: PWInsider.com
-Rory of the Highlanders and his wife are expecting a child. What they are expecting the child to do I don't know. I just took that newsbit, because I would put it less tactfully like his old lady his knocked up. Credit: PWInsider.com
-Midway will be sponsoring a fan interaction festival this weekend for Bound for Glory. Several TNA stars will be available for autographs, pictures and meeting with fans. Tickets will be $40 ahead of time through ShopTNA.com and $50 at the door. Midway will also have a preview of the TNA Impact video game due for most major consoles this coming May at the festival. Known elements for the game include:
*Customizable wrestlers
*Create a wrestler mode
*Storyline mode
*Playable characters of Sting, Kurt Angle, Jeff Jarrett, Samoa Joe, AJ Styles, Christian Cage, Rhino and Abyss
*Playable matches will be the six sided ring, Ultimate X, tag team, King of the Mountain and fatal fourways
*Online tournaments will most likely be an option
*Managers will be incorporated into the game and will be able to give players tips and teach their wrestlers new fighting styles and moves. What is Traci Brooks going to teach you? How to tape your boobs up? Samoa Joe might need that help though. Credit: PWInsider.com
-TNA will be holding a house show in Birmingham tonight. Kurt Angle is still scheduled to appear. He will also be at Bound for Glory and take part in the fan festival over the weekend, despite his recent arrest for DUI. Credit: PWInsider.com
-IFL commissioner Kurt Otto has stated that he is in talks with Kurt Angle. Angle has been interested in MMA for sometime and is said to like the team format of IFL. Credit: MMAWeekly.com
-Roxxi Leveaux vs. Traci Brooks will be the featured match for TNA's Road to Bound for Glory this Saturday night. I have hopes for TNA's women division to be something substantial, so lets hope this push pays off for it. Awesome Kong is being targeted as a linchpin for the division, but she will most likely work under a different name. She owns the right to her name and does not want to sign them over to TNA for usage. A similar incident happened with Low Ki and it is why he is known as Senshei. New Knockouts, Talia Madison and Angel Williams have interviews up at TNAwrestling.com as part of TNA Today. Credit: PWInsider.com
-According to TNA mobile Kid Kash was at TNA offices last week discussing coming on with them. It also announced that the Ultimate X match would open Bound for Glory this Sunday. Credit: TNA mobile news alerts
-Takeshi Morishima will not be working a full schedule with Ring of Honor in 2008, but will be used for special events. Matt Cross is working some oversea dates, which led to him being suspended for 60 days in storylines. He will return. The Ring of Honor pay per view taped Saturday will air in January under the name of Undeniable. Credit: PWInsider.com
-Mark Briscoe is hopeful to return to action for Ring of Honor by the October 19th show in Las Vegas . He will be at that event and in San Francisco on October 21st, but it not known at this time if he will be able to work a match. At this time, Mark and Jay Briscoe are set to face off with Jimmy Jacobs and Tyler Black in Las Vegas . The show will also feature the Survival of the Fittest 2007 tournament The winner of all matches will advance to the elimination main event. The other matches booked are:
*ROH World Champion Nigel McGuinness vs. 2004 Survival Of The Fittest Champion Bryan Danielson
*2006 Survival Of The Fittest Champion Delirious vs. Austin Aries
*2005 Survival Of The Fittest Champion Roderick Strong vs. Brent Albright
*Race To The Top Champion Claudio Castagnoli vs. Davey Richards
*Rocky Romero vs. TJ Perkins
*Chris Hero with Larry Sweeney vs. Karl Anderson
Credit: ROHWrestling.com
-Big Vision Entertainment will be releasing a six DVD box set on November 13th. It will include the ECW documentary Hardcore Forever along with the Hardcore Homecoming and Hardcore Homecoming: November Reign shows. Credit: PWInsider.com
ECW THOUGHTS
-Big Daddy V squashed Tommy Dreamer in the opener in a virtual rerun from last week. If you do the math and lay out the hierarchy, Dreamer might be the highest card mega-jobber in wrestling history.
-Kevin Thorn jobs out James Curtis. Just writing that sentence is giving this match too much ink. Curtis actually looked decent though. Thorn looked the same as usual. He about killed Curtis on some messed up slam thingy. See it was so messed up I'm not too sure what he was even going for.
-The Miz chews out Kelly Kelly for liking Balls. I love writing sentences like that. Miz forces Kelly to be in his corner. Miz's hat needs to be on the head of a much cooler wrestler.
-Miz and Balls Mahoney lock up finally after a good long build. I still don't care about the match though. Miz does do a cool spot where he drapes Balls over the second rope and then uses him as a springboard to flip over the ropes to the floor for a variation of the Savage neck snap. Miz wins by count out when Balls does a header into the announce table. Miz steals the Balls Bear and punts it like Snitsky with a baby doll. I say within a year Kelly does the pregnancy/miscarriage angle with someone. Let's hope I'm wrong.
-John Morrison returns to ECW by taking on CM Punk. The ECW Title is not on the line. It's like the suspension never happened. Styles and Tazz don't mention a thing about Morrison being unseen for the past month. Punk has his ribs heavily taped, so Morrison attacks them. They kind of work the match like they've seen a bunch of matches that worked the ‘hurt ribs' angle and don't so much build a cohesive storyline through the match itself. That I feel is the biggest trouble with WWE right now as they have a ton of young guys that don't know how to properly build and tell a story through a match. They just go through the motions without a concept of storytelling and character development. It's not like WWE doesn't have several guys that know how to do this working in creative, as road agents and even are still on the active roster like Shawn Michaels and Ric Flair. Anyway, the match does pick up a bit in the end thanks to all the near falls and pacing. Morrison wins the match and the status quo has been reestablished.
EWR ON 411
I had to get stuff done up early this week because I was out of town, but I want to give Mathew Sforcina of here on 411 a tip of the top hat for all his great ideas as usual.
In Your House: Furious Wrath
The hardcore melee starts off in the ring. William Regal hightails it off the bat for the back. Norman Smiley and Shark Boy give chase. Everyone else gangs up on 911 with a symphony of conchairtos and then gang pin him. Three Minute Warning brawl off with Rhyno and Sabu. Al Snow locks in the beast choker on Chavo Guerrero, but he powers up into the Gory Special to pin him. He runs off to find someone to fight with.
Match Rating: 67%
Jillian Hall gets on the apron to distract the referee. El Gran Luchadore reverses a whip to send Scott Taylor into her. Hall crumples to the apron. Luchadore charges and Taylor backdrops him out onto Hall. Taylor and Basham argue over getting Hall hurt. Johnson breaks them up with Turkey Stuffers. The referee forces him back to the apron. Luchadore crawls back into the ring and Basham brains him with his boot. Taylor pins him. Basham helps Hall, while Taylor just goes to the back.
Match Rating: 69%
Smiley and Shark Boy corner William Regal. He retorts that they are the ones cornered. A man appears with a mace and takes them both out. Regal pins them. Gene Okerlund catches up and asks who is with Regal. His name is Aiden Nathans and he was the best wrestler he could find in England while away recently. He will be the rock of the new Commonwealth.
Segment Rating: 66%
Ken Kennedy gets on the ring corner and does his standard intro. Fred Curry takes him off with a power bomb. Kennedy doesn't like being interrupted and takes it out on Curry. Kennedy goes up top and palms his microphone. Curry moves on the Kenton. He goes to pull Kennedy up and he brains him with the microphone while hiding it with his body from the referee. Rolling fallaway slam gets the win.
Match Rating: 65%
Three Minute Warning brawl with Rhyno and Sabu in the bathroom. Rhyno misses a gore and goes through a stall wall. Sabu tries to use a sink for a springboard moonsault press, but the sink breaks out of the wall. Jamal catches him for a tombstone piledriver on the floor and is pinned. Rosey then hits Rhyno with the busted sink and pins him.
Segment Rating: 67%
Medusa takes Stacy Keibler down with an armbreaker and works a cross armbar. Keibler uses her long legs to bridge up and out. She ducks under a clothesline and gets an inverted atomic drop. Jawbreaker. Stacy lands a leg drop for two. Medusa gets frustrated by this and tosses Stacy to the floor by her hair. The ref warns her of this, so Medusa decks him. Stacy wins the Playboy cover by DQ. Medusa fumes after the match.
Match Rating: 70%
EZ Money pins Wolfie D with the Money Shot. Jamal and Rosey comeback to the ring looking for someone to fight. They take on PG-13. Nathans and Regal appears. Rosey and Jamal duck under a mace shot and hit a double team clothesline. They then hit a spiked piledriver on Regal. PG-13 attack Three Minute Warning with chairs. Nathans drapes Regal over both men for the pin.
Match Rating: 74%
Carlito gets the backcracker and follows with a top rope knee drop. Jamie Satin puts Cage's foot on the rope on the pin. Carlito sets up for Carlito's Way, but Cage powers out. Carlito charges headway into the superkick. Cage Breaker wins.
Match Rating: 79%
Tajiri gets the Tarantula on Chris Sabin. He lets it go. Bill Alfonso tries to hit Tajiri with the bottle of ice but Tajiri buzzsaw kicks the bottle to break it. Tajiri has hurt his foot. Sabin works it over. Sabin gets Tajiri in an ankle lock. Tajiri works up to one foot and breaks with an enzuigiri. Tajiri can't put any pressure on the bad foot. Sabin schoolboys him. Tajiri gets out of it, but falls through the ropes to the floor. Alfonso pounds on the bad foot. Tajiri kicks him off with the good foot. Sabin pescadoes out, but Tajiri guides him to slam into the ring wall. Tajiri rolls inside for the count out win.
Match Rating: 76%
William Regal celebrates his victory in the hardcore melee with Gene Okerlund. He reminds him that Chavo Guerrero is still out there. Chavo attacks Regal, but this was just a ruse to bring him out. Nathans appears and takes out Chavo with the mace. Regal pins him. Okerlund says that Nathans did all the work and should get the hardcore title shot. Regal didn't want it anyway and bequeaths it to him.
Paul London blocks the Shining Wizard Knee and spins Shane Helms around. He lands a bridging German suplex for two. London tries to bail, but Helms holds him by the trunks. Helms takes London over with a bridging full nelson suplex for two. London blocks a sunset flip and grabs the ropes to assist a pin. The ref sees him and knocks his hands away. Helms flips him over and gets the victory.
Match Rating: 81%
Batista pounds on the back of Colt Cabana. Cabana comes back, but can't hold Batista for the Cabana Hammock. He goes to the Boston Crab. While the referee is checking on Batista, Sister Mary Grace nails Cabana in the face with the loaded bible. Cabana releases the hold and Batista gets the quick submission with the stump puller.
Match Rating: 70%
Show Rating: 69%
Heat for 9.13.07
Victoria is all business as she dismantles Gail Kim in their rematch. Widow's Peak pins Kim in the center of the ring. Victoria gets her title after the match and smashes it repeatedly into Kim's face. This is the closest she'll ever get to the belt. No one can beat Victoria. She makes an open challenge, but no one answers.
Match Rating: 65%
Cathy Finkle tries to get a word with Victoria in the back. Victoria asks why she didn't answer her open challenge. Cathy says she's not a wrestler. She's also not much of a woman either. Victoria slaps her. Cathy tries to run, but Victoria grabs her by the hair and works her over until security breaks them up.
Segment Rating: 71%
Uncle Carmine is disgusted as his nephews Nunzio and Austin Lee are jobbed out by EMF. Lee takes a double team rope assisted neckbreaker for the loss. Nunzio then attacks and O'Haire gives him the top rope DDT for the hell of it. Carmine cries out holy shit. He's got that right.
Match Rating: 72%
Erik Watts is in the ring with a man in a business suit. He is a lawyer for DC Comics. They have a character named Mr. America and are here to deliver a cease and desist order to the current WWE superstar calling himself Mr. America. Watts tells him it's Chris Hero. Hero doesn't come out. Watts hopes that Hero finally tucked his tail between his legs and ran away like the yellow dog he is.
Segment Rating: 78%
Irish Warrior guerilla press slams Jeff Hardy and runs the ropes for the splash. Hardy trips him. He rolls him up and hooks the tights for the win. Jeff takes off.
Match Rating: 64%
In the back Krystal Frost tells the Irish Warrior that he and Abyss are linked. They are stronger together than they are apart. They must all unify as one entity, a team that acts and moves as one. Frost suggests they go to the ancient warrior grounds to be with Abyss.
Segment Rating: 71%
Will Mewes gets the Una-Mewes-Ed on La Parka. Ultimo Dragon makes smoke to prevent the pin. In the fog, Eric Young nails Val by accident. Alexis Laree hits the Pretty Baby on her and the ref supposes there was a tag and counts the pin. Young is berated post match.
Match Rating: 55%
Uncle Carmine drags his nephews by the ears into Mick Foley's office. They're two sorry sons of bitches. He wants them a match with the worst damn team on RAW to see if they can even win that. Foley suggests the Wild Stallions.
Segment Rating: 83%
During the match between Eric Angle and Erik Watts a man comes to the ring wearing a yellow mask. Watts freaks out that it's Hero and that allows Angle to get the Angle Slam as a set up for the Eric Slam and the duke.
Match Rating: 56%
A recovered Cathy Finkel talks with the Yellow Dog in the back. He is there because Mr. America has been defeated by the legal system. It's real yellow dogs like Watts that hide behind suits and lawsuits. He challenges Watts to a match next week. Watts appears and screams that the Yellow Dog is Chris Hero. Cathy thought he said Mr. America was Chris Hero. They both are! How can they both be? Has she ever seen all three of them in the same place at the same time? Well no, but she's never seen a lot of people in the same place with them. Her dad could be the Yellow Dog for all she knows.
Segment Rating: 76%
Tank Toland knocks Johnny Nitro out of the ring with the Turret. Nitro gets on the apron and pulls Matt Hardy to the floor by his ankles. They fight. Cena hits the FU on Toland and wins with the Five Knuckle Shuffle. Cena gets an IC title shot.
Match Rating: 64%
Show Rating: 68%
No Mercy for 10.14.07
Shannon Moore dives over the ropes to break up the iron claw by Kevin Von Erich. He pulls Von Erich to the floor and wings him into the stairs. He puts his hands on the steps and comes off the apron with a knee drop to it. Von Erich moves and Moore damages his knee. Von Erich works a single leg crab on the outside. The ref counts them both out. Von Erich uses his pull as security chief to get the match restarted. As the ref rings the bell to restart, Moore low blows Von Erich. DDT leads to the Mooregasm for the win.
Match Rating: 73%
The New Bloods beat down Maven. He hip tosses out of an abdominal stretch by McGuiness. He follows with a White Russian Leg sweep. He goes to tag Snuka, but Regal and Nathans pull him to the floor. McGuiness brains Maven with the iron. Tower of London finishes. Stephanie McMahon naturally provided distraction.
Match Rating: 74%
The referee bans Bill Alfonso from ringside. Chris Sabin comes out, but Tajiri attacks him and they brawl off. Aries does the Macho Man neck snap and runs to come off the top turnbuckle with a frog splash. It gets two. Aries disputes that with the referee. He goes for the braninbuster, but Noble pushes him into the middle turnbuckle. He works the ten count punches. Aries shoves him off and comes off the second turnbuckle with a double axehandle, right into a boot. Noble locks in the trailer hitch and Aries submits.
Match Rating: 75%
Chris Jericho has his cast off, but his arm is wrapped. Mysterio attacks and takes off the wrap to reveal a foreign object. Mysterio works Jericho over. He begs off to the corner, then cheapshots Rey to take over. A lionsault gets two. A springboard moonsault gets two. Mysterio reaches the ropes on the Walls of Jericho. The referee has to make Jericho let go. He rushes Rey and takes a drop toehold into the ropes. 619. Jericho gets his knees up on Drop the Dime. Jericho pounces on Rey's back and makes him tap to a camel clutch.
Match Rating: 81%
Raven does the Terry Funk spinning ladder spot to knock Randy Orton to the floor. Raven climbs for the baseball bat. Orton runs in and shoves the ladder over. Raven falls to the outside. Orton climbs. Raven gets a chair and hits Orton with it. Orton falls off the ladder on top of Raven. Raven pulls himself out and climbs. Orton runs up and gives Raven the RKO off the ladder onto the chair. Orton retrieves the baseball bat wrapped in barbed wire. He bonks Raven in the head and pins him.
Match Rating: 51%
CM Punk and Booker T trade chops. Then they trade kicks. Booker catches Punk's foot on a thrust kick, but he gets an enzuigiri. Punk gets Booker up for the G2S, but he slips behind him for an Edgomatic. Booker waits for Punk to get up for the scissors kick. Punk sees him and bails. Booker topes out onto Punk. They slug it out on the floor. Booker charges and posts his shoulder. Punk works it over back in the ring and gets the tap out off the Anaconda Vice.
Match Rating: 69%
Steve Austin rides out on his ATV to scare Jamie Satin and Chris Cage to the back. Trent Acid hits the Acid Splash on Mark Briscoe, but Jay breaks it up. Kashmere attacks Jay and they fight on the floor. Mark flips Acid over his head on the Acid Drop and hits a Pele kick. Mark Out. Kashmere breaks it up. He tries to hit the Kashmere Sweater, but Jay superkicks him and Mark reverses. Brisc-O on Acid wins the tag belts.
Match Rating: 81%
Paul Burchill gets a short arm clothesline on AJ Styles and locks in the Nitroglycerin. Styles rolls it over onto his back for a near fall. As they get up Styles gets a jawjacker. He goes to the ropes, but Burchill super kicks him to the floor. Styles hides behind Stacy Keibler. Keibler steps between Styles' legs and kicks him in the crotch. Burchill goes to town and hits the C4 for the win.
Match Rating: 91%
Triple H pulls the referee in the way of a charge by Brock Lesnar. Lesnar fights off all of Evolution. Triple H gets his sledgehammer. Brock spears him and he drops it. Lesnar hits a spinebuster. F5. The ref is still out. Lesnar revives him. Triple H schoolboys Lesnar, it only gets two. Triple H gets a facebreaker for two. Knee drop for two. Pedigree gets two. Lesnar backdrops out of a second one. He goes up top for a shooting star press. Hunter superplexes him off. A third Pedigree barely gets the three.
Match Rating: 73%
Show Rating: 74%
RAW for 10.15.07
Paul Heyman coaches Big Show and Bobby Lashley to dismantle The Wild Stallions as an example. Show holds MacLean up for a choke slam and Lashley spears him out of it. Lashley puts the Dominator on Williams. Show then scoop slams Lashley onto both of them for the pin. Dangerous Alliance beat the crap out of them some more after the match. Heyman then calls out Brent Albright to face Matt Morgan.
Match Rating: 67%
In the back Melina begs Albright not to go and be mangled like Rene Dupree was. Albright tells her not to worry. He's called in an old friend of his. They used to tag on the independent circuit as the Heatseekers. He introduces Chris Masters.
Segment Rating: 74%
Brent Albright hits the Flux Capacitor on Matt Morgan. Vito runs in for the DQ. Masters comes out swinging a chair to scare off the Dangerous Alliance.
Match Rating: 75%
The Alliance walks through the back. Heyman says he needs time to think on what to do about Masters. Kane and Undertaker bar the heels from entering their locker room. There's a tense moment and then a pier six brawl breaks out. Albright and Masters join in. Heyman runs off like a coward.
Segment Rating: 80%
John Cena sits in on commentary as Nick Dinsmore faces Disco Fury for the IC title. He says that the great talent in the IC division right now is why the belt has changed hands so many times lately and he feels confident against either man, but he would like to get his win back over Fury. Nick Dinsmore hits the Winning Move, but Fury kicks out of the arrogant cover. Dinsmore goes to pick him up and is small packaged for two. Fury hits a series of arm drags and finishes with a standing dropkick. Dinsmore tries to bail, but Fury catches him from behind for a German suplex. The Solid Gold Countdown gets the title. Cena congratulates him post match and they dance. Cena turns on Fury and hits the FU.
Match Rating: 78%
Edge and RVD meet up with the World's Greatest Tag Team. No matter what happens in their match tonight, they are coming for those tag titles next week. Benjamin and Haas say to bring it on. All they see from the two of them is talk. Oh, they will do more than talk next week. Ok, then shut up and bring it. It's been brought. Yeah, we're done talking. Yeah, talking. We're not talking anymore. The tag champs walk away and Rated RVD keeps yelling at them.
Segment Rating: 75%
Sonya Blackhawk puts Molly Holly down with the Black Hawk Down drop sleeper. Molly powers up and rams her into the corner to break. She tags Trish Stratus. Stratus ranas her out of the corner. She goes to the ropes and Nattie Neidhart pulls them down. She spills to the floor. Richards and Christian run in and super kick Teddy and Michael Hart off the apron. They whip Nattie in over the ropes. Molly-Go-Round on her. Christian helps his wife to slingshot back in with a splash and she pins Sonya.
Match Rating: 64%
Cathy Finkle interviews Harry Smith. Will the losing ways of the Hart Foundation continue tonight? He thinks that is unlikely. Smith will be facing the RAW Champion in Ron Killings. That's no easy match. Smith doesn't take the easy way out. What about when he introduced Michael Hart to take his place a few weeks ago in a match. He was suffering form a legit injury. He's ready to go tonight.
Segment Rating: 80%
The Rock spit punches RVD to the floor. He catches Edge charging from behind and dumps him out onto RVD. Rock slingshots out. He Ping-Pongs both of them. Double noggin knocker. Rock points to Edge. He points to RVD. The fans want Van Dam. So Rock throws him back in the ring and wins with the Rock Bottom.
Match Rating: 72%
The Rock runs into Ron Killings walking out to the ring. Rock asks Killings where he was for his match. Killings said he would have been there if the Rock needed him, but he seemed to have things in hand. He's glad they will still be able to go at it for the RAW Brand Title. Rock keeps wondering when his title shot is going to be. Is Killings ducking him? Nah, the Rock is just playing with him. He flashes a big smile. Rock promises to have his back tonight.
Segment Rating: 95%
Ron Killings fights off the Hart Foundation. Rock comes out to help. He rears back with a chair and accidentally hits Killings. Super Smith Slam. Smith gets the pin. Rock fights everyone off and helps Killings up. The Rock apologizes for hitting him. Killings says it's all good.
Match Rating: 69%
Show Rating: 74%
Smackdown Card for next week, choose all winners
Triple H vs. Rey Mysterio, non-title
Paul Burchill and Brock Lesnar vs. The Backseat Boys (Acid and Kashmere)
CM Punk vs. Nigel McGuiness, non-title
Chris Jericho vs. Mark Briscoe (Jericho asked for it)
Booker T vs. Jay Briscoe
Randy Orton vs. Aidan Nathans for the Hardcore Title
Ken Kennedy vs. Carlito
Norman Smiley and Shark Boy vs. Chris Sabin and Austin Aries
Tajiri vs. Jamie Noble for the WWE Cruiserweight Title
Three Minute Warning (Rosey and Jamal) vs. PG-13 (Wolfie and Ice)
Scott Taylor and Doug Basham vs. Maven and Jimmy Snuka, Jr.
William Regal vs. Chavo Guerrero
RAW for next week, choose all winners
Ron Killings vs. Johnny Nitro, non-title (Killings asked for it)
Rated RVD vs. The World Greatest Tag Team for the RAW Brand Tag Team Titles
Chris Masters and Brent Albright vs. Matt Morgan and Vito
Tank Toland vs. Harry Smith
Big Show and Bobby Lashley vs. Undertaker and Kane in a steel cage
Eric Angle vs. Christian (considering that in storylines Edge is Christian's brother)
Matt Hardy vs. Kurt Angle
The Rock vs. Teddy Hart
Disco Fury vs. John Cena for the IC title
Victoria vs. Cathy Finkle for the Women's Title
The Wild Stallions (MacLean and Williams) vs. The Family (Lee and Nunzio)
