Tonight’s Raw had that “Raw before the PPV” feel.
The show opened with the WWE Champion, Edge, doing an excellent heel promo with a snazzy trailer video to put himself over. The segment was interrupted by John Cena who caught Edge (who jumped off a ladder) then FU’ed Edge through a table. Good promo, good segment, great intensity.
Jeff Hardy and his “Watching Paint Dry” Segment was quite good. It’s a bit of a stretch to set up a joke, but it was alright. The Hardy/Nitro match was way better than I expected. I think Hardy did an admirable job carrying Nitro. Nitro also unveiled some new moves like a standing moonsault and a nifty backbreaker-neckbreaker combo. I fully expect Jeff Hardy to win the IC championship at Unforgiven, btw.
There was some tag team stuff and the continuation of the DX/McMahons + Big Show storyline. I didn’t care for much of the DX stuff, but at least there was a tag team match with tag team moves being used.
The shock of the night was seeing a former SmackDown! Cruiserweight and ECW alum go over the WWE homegrown. I’m talking about the Super Crazy vs. Chris Masters match. It was a decent match and Super Crazy showed everyone the prettiest moonsault in the business.
It looks like Trish is going to go out as champion at Unforgiven – that’s the right thing to do. Additionally, that will bring uncertainty to the championship picture. Could there be a women’s championship tournament maybe open to all WWE divas (including SmackDown!)?
The main event for next week’s Raw is Vince vs. Triple H. I don’t know if that will push buyrates up or not. I thought Vince was shooting when he said he wanted to main event at MSG and now he will. Let’s hope that it will be the last time the 61 year old does this.
A six person tag match? Once again, seems like a device to use right before the PPV. It looks like Carlito is getting some passion out of Randy Orton. Orton is back to a more aggressive style (like when he was challenging for the IC championship a while back). Edge does a fantastic job selling for Carlito and just about anyone he is in the ring with. Here’s hoping he wins at Unforgiven so he’ll be an unsufferable bastard for weeks to come.
Did anyone else find it interesting to see Cena and Orton wrestle? Those two are supposed to be the future of the business (even though Cena is the present) and will probably end up headlining a WrestleMania one day.
Orton gets the win by RKO’ing Trish. The finish was a good way of protecting everyone.
All in all, a pretty good show. Surprisingly solid.
OOOOFF! Masters should’ve crushed’im. Both times!!!!
That’s the right sound effect, MuscleHead. Crazy’s a punch in the gut to all you overinflated slabs of meat out there. So suck on your double defeat for a while. We gots Pow! Crack! and Thud! anytime ya lookin’ for more.
Yeah, brave talk from the safety of the Net. Step into the ring. buddy….
It’d be over before you could start flexing, doofus.
Hey are you the same dmitri with the fauxhawk who’s always at the gym? Didn’t that one judo guy about 1/2 your size show you up in the mat room that one day you were shooting off your big mouth? Seems your crushing skills need a little work, pal.
He’s got a FAUX HAWK?!?!?!?!
A frosted fauxhawk, dude. He looks like a big penis.
or like mizanin. the penis look is in these days.
Hey, some of you undersized wimps who think you know somethiing cause you tooka karate class once upon a time ought to make a time and place and a whole bunch of us bulk boys WILL demolish yur scrawny asses.
Yo, my crushing skills work just fine. Dude pulled some sucker moves on me once–hasn’t been back for a rematch,though, has he? Think I look like a big dick? Here’s your chance to show me!! Just lemme and Atlas know when you’re ready.
Awwwright!!! It’d be so sweet to knock your fat heads together and then make a little stereo chin music. If you guys are anything like your idol Masters, you’re probably just the kind of slow-moving lardass opponents I whale on!
Go for it, man. “Atlas” has a beer belly and a glass jaw one you make it past his guns and pecs. Just waiting to be toppled. KA–fuckin’ BOOM!
He ain’t even gonna see it comin’, bro. Neither one of ‘em. They’ll be all like (Grunt Groan) “We’re big” and try to do some bull stuff. then, before they can get their puds out of their hands POW!! wacko-smacko and they’re like “how did we get on the floor?” and “who put this major hurt on me?”
hey, a good swift smack in the nuts works good too.
“I”m gonna pound y…(THWAP!!!)YYYYEEEEAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWW!!!!!! MY NUTS!!!! whimper whimper
That’ll teach ‘ya. Now run along home before i get really mad and stuff you into a broom closet so tight your buddies have to pry you out…
We’re ready, pussies. and we ain ‘t fucking around. there will be breakage, and I don’t mean of my balls.
Damns straight. You suckers talk like you read too many comic books. I’m solid, so are my buds. Time and place.
Hey, lunkheads, we’re back. Did a little midwinter training and ready to kick some muscleboy ass. I assume you helmets have been busy injecting each other with your dick-shriveling “strength.” The bigger they are…etc.
We’re still waiting for you twerps to put your muscles where your mouths are. chickenshit.
Yeah. Who you callin a helmet?
I’m callin you a helmet, big boy!! Whaddaya gonna do about it? I’ve seen you move and I’ve seen you fight and I know if you can’t get a grip on me, you cant do shit. Chris Masters is looking alot smaller these days and so will you!
Below are my Predictions
WWE Championship Scramble : Triple H will win
World Heavyweight Championship Scramble : Batista will win
Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho : HBK will beat the shit out of Chris Jericho
Mark Henry vs Matt Hardy vs Chavo Guerrero vs The Miz vs Finlay in the Championship Scramble for the ECW Championship : Matt Hardy will win
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http://www.iwebie.com/wwe-unforgiven-results