Post by shazam6000 on Dec 4, 2007 23:42:24 GMT -5
WWE Raw TV report
by Todd Martin
WWE Raw Report
By: Todd Martin
Email: MartinT2007@lawnet.ucla.edu
Blog: toddwmartin.blogspot.com
Date: 12/03/07 from Charleston, SC.
The Big News: Next week Raw is three hours. Hopefully they find a better way to fill the time than this week’s two hour show.
Show Analysis:
Chris Jericho came out to start the show. He said he had to do something different to earn a title shot, so he tried to infuriate Randy Orton. Here, I thought the whole idea was you earn a title shot by winning matches. Jericho said he manipulated Orton, and after the show Orton agreed to defend his title at Armageddon. Jericho said he would win the title.
This brought out Randy Orton. Orton pointed out that Jericho hasn’t beaten anyone for two years, while Orton has beaten all the best. Jericho said that past history doesn’t matter and he’ll take the title. William Regal then joined them. He said that each would get to pick the other’s Raw opponent. Orton picked Umaga and Jericho picked Shawn Michaels.
Beth Phoenix and Melina defeated Mickie James and Maria. Mickie went after Beth with punches early. Mickie went to the top rope, but was knocked down. Beth then hit a spinning power slam and fisherwoman buster to pin Mickie clean. This was short, but crisper than most women’s matches. They have done a good job building Beth.
Shawn Michaels did a promo where he said sweet chin music would be legal against Randy Orton. Mr. Kennedy appeared on a monitor, and said Michaels needs to worry about him. Kennedy promised a blast from the past.
Mr. Kennedy came to the ring and said he wanted to take a look at Michaels’ career. He introduced a fake Marty Jannetty, fake Razor Ramon (not Rick Bogner), fake Diesel (not Kane) and fake Michaels (not Michaels in the Montreal dressing room). Kennedy had one funny line, where he said to Razor, “Hey, thanks for coming.”
Kennedy and the imposters insulted Michaels. Michaels came out and laid out three of the fakes. Fake Shawn left. This segment was atrocious. Just a complete and total abomination. None of the imposters were funny. It didn’t generate heat towards Kennedy. It was just a stupid, boring waste of time.
They announced that next week Hulk Hogan, Trish Stratus, Mick Foley, Eric Bischoff and Steve Austin will appear. Plus, there will be a McMahon family portrait with Vince, Stephanie, Shane, Linda and Hornswoggle. Also, Vince McMahon will announce the biggest star in Raw history, presumably himself.
Vince McMahon told Hornswoggle that he would wrestle Carlito and Coach in a no-DQ handicap match. Vince left the room and Hornswoggle made a phone call from Vince’s cell phone. Triple H asked William Regal about his match with Jeff Hardy. Regal said the winner would receive a title shot at the Royal Rumble. So it looks like the Jericho program isn’t lasting long.
Chris Jericho beat Umaga via DQ. Umaga threw Jericho over the top rope, and applied a nerve hold. Jericho came back with punches, chops, an enzuigiri, a bulldog, the lionsault and the code breaker. At that point, Randy Orton ran in for the DQ and gave Jericho the RKO. I’ve long hated these gutless non-finishes that make match results feel insignificant. And given a title is supposed to symbolize the best wrestler, title challengers need to win matches if the title match is to signify anything.
Carlito and Coach were set to face Hornswoggle, but Hornswoggle said he hired protection. It was Ron Simmons and JBL as the APA. This was a fun surprise. Simmons gave Carlito a spine buster. JBL gave Coach the clothesline from hell and Hornswoggle hit the frog splash for the pin. After the match, JBL plugged all of his stuff before Simmons finally grabbed the mic and said damn.
Jeff Hardy beat Snitsky. Snitsky before the match said he’d inflict pain because pain gives him pleasure. God does this guy suck. The crowd was dead for the match. Jeff hit the whisper in the wind and the swanton for the pin. Snitsky gave Jeff a high knee after the match and grabbed a chair. HHH made the save with the sledgehammer. HHH helped up Jeff but had some words for him.
Randy Orton beat Shawn Michaels via count out, apparently. Michaels took about five minutes to figure out how to apply an ankle lock. Michaels went for sweet chin music on the outside, but hit the timekeeper. That was a cool spot, reminiscent of WrestleMania XII. Orton used a low blow and DDT. Michaels hit an inverted atomic drop and elbow off the top. He was going for sweet chin music when Mr. Kennedy came out.
Michaels hit a pescado to Kennedy, and they brawled on the outside. For some reason, Kennedy running out and attacking Michaels was fine since Michaels tried to cut him off. Thus, there was no DQ and instead Michaels was counted out. This had a finish that was both crappy and non-sensical. Jericho then attacked Orton.
The show concluded with Stephanie McMahon arriving. She was concerned that Vince invited all these people who dislike him to Raw next week. She said Vince gets beat up all the time on Raw, and was concerned it would happen again. She told Vince not to come to Raw next week. Vince blew her off.
Final Thoughts:
The streak of Raw shows I really liked ended at one. The Ric Flair angle was completely ignored. It felt like everyone was running in place, with really bad finishes. The Mr. Kennedy segment was unbelievably bad. WWE could correct a lot of their booking problems by thinking long and hard about what a championship means, and what they would do differently if their top goal was to make the championship feel as important as possible
by Todd Martin
WWE Raw Report
By: Todd Martin
Email: MartinT2007@lawnet.ucla.edu
Blog: toddwmartin.blogspot.com
Date: 12/03/07 from Charleston, SC.
The Big News: Next week Raw is three hours. Hopefully they find a better way to fill the time than this week’s two hour show.
Show Analysis:
Chris Jericho came out to start the show. He said he had to do something different to earn a title shot, so he tried to infuriate Randy Orton. Here, I thought the whole idea was you earn a title shot by winning matches. Jericho said he manipulated Orton, and after the show Orton agreed to defend his title at Armageddon. Jericho said he would win the title.
This brought out Randy Orton. Orton pointed out that Jericho hasn’t beaten anyone for two years, while Orton has beaten all the best. Jericho said that past history doesn’t matter and he’ll take the title. William Regal then joined them. He said that each would get to pick the other’s Raw opponent. Orton picked Umaga and Jericho picked Shawn Michaels.
Beth Phoenix and Melina defeated Mickie James and Maria. Mickie went after Beth with punches early. Mickie went to the top rope, but was knocked down. Beth then hit a spinning power slam and fisherwoman buster to pin Mickie clean. This was short, but crisper than most women’s matches. They have done a good job building Beth.
Shawn Michaels did a promo where he said sweet chin music would be legal against Randy Orton. Mr. Kennedy appeared on a monitor, and said Michaels needs to worry about him. Kennedy promised a blast from the past.
Mr. Kennedy came to the ring and said he wanted to take a look at Michaels’ career. He introduced a fake Marty Jannetty, fake Razor Ramon (not Rick Bogner), fake Diesel (not Kane) and fake Michaels (not Michaels in the Montreal dressing room). Kennedy had one funny line, where he said to Razor, “Hey, thanks for coming.”
Kennedy and the imposters insulted Michaels. Michaels came out and laid out three of the fakes. Fake Shawn left. This segment was atrocious. Just a complete and total abomination. None of the imposters were funny. It didn’t generate heat towards Kennedy. It was just a stupid, boring waste of time.
They announced that next week Hulk Hogan, Trish Stratus, Mick Foley, Eric Bischoff and Steve Austin will appear. Plus, there will be a McMahon family portrait with Vince, Stephanie, Shane, Linda and Hornswoggle. Also, Vince McMahon will announce the biggest star in Raw history, presumably himself.
Vince McMahon told Hornswoggle that he would wrestle Carlito and Coach in a no-DQ handicap match. Vince left the room and Hornswoggle made a phone call from Vince’s cell phone. Triple H asked William Regal about his match with Jeff Hardy. Regal said the winner would receive a title shot at the Royal Rumble. So it looks like the Jericho program isn’t lasting long.
Chris Jericho beat Umaga via DQ. Umaga threw Jericho over the top rope, and applied a nerve hold. Jericho came back with punches, chops, an enzuigiri, a bulldog, the lionsault and the code breaker. At that point, Randy Orton ran in for the DQ and gave Jericho the RKO. I’ve long hated these gutless non-finishes that make match results feel insignificant. And given a title is supposed to symbolize the best wrestler, title challengers need to win matches if the title match is to signify anything.
Carlito and Coach were set to face Hornswoggle, but Hornswoggle said he hired protection. It was Ron Simmons and JBL as the APA. This was a fun surprise. Simmons gave Carlito a spine buster. JBL gave Coach the clothesline from hell and Hornswoggle hit the frog splash for the pin. After the match, JBL plugged all of his stuff before Simmons finally grabbed the mic and said damn.
Jeff Hardy beat Snitsky. Snitsky before the match said he’d inflict pain because pain gives him pleasure. God does this guy suck. The crowd was dead for the match. Jeff hit the whisper in the wind and the swanton for the pin. Snitsky gave Jeff a high knee after the match and grabbed a chair. HHH made the save with the sledgehammer. HHH helped up Jeff but had some words for him.
Randy Orton beat Shawn Michaels via count out, apparently. Michaels took about five minutes to figure out how to apply an ankle lock. Michaels went for sweet chin music on the outside, but hit the timekeeper. That was a cool spot, reminiscent of WrestleMania XII. Orton used a low blow and DDT. Michaels hit an inverted atomic drop and elbow off the top. He was going for sweet chin music when Mr. Kennedy came out.
Michaels hit a pescado to Kennedy, and they brawled on the outside. For some reason, Kennedy running out and attacking Michaels was fine since Michaels tried to cut him off. Thus, there was no DQ and instead Michaels was counted out. This had a finish that was both crappy and non-sensical. Jericho then attacked Orton.
The show concluded with Stephanie McMahon arriving. She was concerned that Vince invited all these people who dislike him to Raw next week. She said Vince gets beat up all the time on Raw, and was concerned it would happen again. She told Vince not to come to Raw next week. Vince blew her off.
Final Thoughts:
The streak of Raw shows I really liked ended at one. The Ric Flair angle was completely ignored. It felt like everyone was running in place, with really bad finishes. The Mr. Kennedy segment was unbelievably bad. WWE could correct a lot of their booking problems by thinking long and hard about what a championship means, and what they would do differently if their top goal was to make the championship feel as important as possible
