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Post by abyss on Jan 4, 2009 15:54:31 GMT -5
Ok idea to have Velocity back, although I don't really see what it does. I liek the idea of the triple threat for the final spot. Chavo winning his match made sense. I like the segment that you did with Boogey/Fox/Gabriel, it's really realistic and I could see it happening. Bourne winning made sense since it was his return. The only reason I wasn't a fan of a tag match is because it could have easily main evented like next week. But glad Kozlov/Burke won, and I like the "Kozlov won't go down" idea. Good cage match with a realistic ending.
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Post by Jord on Jan 4, 2009 18:02:40 GMT -5
After reading through your last show, I must say that I am impressed with what you've done. ECW as a whole looked like a good show, and the participants in the TV Championship look good. I can see Finlay winning it, especially after beating Henry in the steel cage match, although I'd love if Gabriel or Morrison won. The six person tag team match looked insanely awesome.
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Post by The Kevstaaa on Jan 4, 2009 20:07:26 GMT -5
Friday Night Smackdown! 1/16/09 Preview
-Last week, "The Gold Standard" Shelton Benjamin won the tournament to determine Jeff Hardy's opponent at the Royal Rumble. He then hit Jeff with a Paydirt as Smackdown went off the air. This week, Benjamin teams with Umaga to take on Jeff Hardy & Triple H in tag team action!
-Also, the "Rated R Superstar" will go head to head with one of Smackdown's up and comers, R-Truth!
-Plus, The Brian Kendrick will do battle with The Great Khali with the winner going on to represent Smackdown! in the Royal Rumble Triple Threat match on next week's Raw!
All this and more when you tune into Friday Night Smackdown! at 8 PM on My Network TV!!
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Post by The Kevstaaa on Jan 4, 2009 22:39:41 GMT -5
January 16th, 2009 Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois
Smackdown! opens with a video showing Shelton Benjamin winning the number one contender’s spot. It then shows clips of last week’s main event and Benjamin hitting Jeff Hardy with the Paydirt. [/b] Jim Ross and Tazz introduce us to Smackdown! this week. They announce that tonight, the WWE Champion Jeff Hardy will team with Triple H to take on Shelton Benjamin and Umaga. Plus, the “Rated R Superstar” Edge will go one on one with R-Truth and there will be a match tonight between The Brian Kendrick and The Great Khali. The winner of that match will represent Smackdown! in the Royal Rumble triple threat match at Raw.
Shelton Benjamin’s theme music hits and he comes down to the ring. He gets on the mic and cuts a rather good promo saying that he is the current United States Champion and he’s been the champion for almost 6 months. Then, he added that at the Royal Rumble he will add more gold and continue to prove that he is the Gold Standard. He’s beaten Jeff Hardy before and he will beat him again. This brings out Jeff who gets right into Shelton’s face and says that Shelton may have beaten him before. But this is a new Jeff Hardy, a more focused Jeff Hardy, and a better Jeff Hardy. He plans on proving it to Shelton in their tag match later tonight. Shelton taps the WWE Title, which is on Jeff’s shoulder, and says that no matter what happens tonight, he will walk out of the Rumble as the new Champion. He then quickly nails Hardy with the United States Title. He stands over Hardy with both titles in his hand, smiling as we head to commercial.Commercial Break.Singles Match Ezekiel Jackson w/ The Brian Kendrick vs. Hurricane Helms[/color] Ezekiel really is a monster as he used his strength to dominate the majority of this match. Helms managed to make a small comeback when he hit a cross body off the top rope. He hit a rare standing moonsault for a two count only. He goes back to the top and goes for another cross body but he’s caught and is picked up for the body slam. Helms wriggles free, goes behind Ezekiel and hits a reverse DDT. He waits for the big man to get up a little bit and hits him with the Shining Wizard. The Brian Kendrick runs in and starts stomping on Helms as he went for the cover. Winner by DQ: Hurricane HelmsKendrick keeps the beating going and Ezekiel joins in by hitting a huge powerbomb. Kendrick screams at Helms saying that the US Title is not going to be his, its coming to The Brian Kendrick!Backstage, Shane McMahon and Vickie are in their office. There is a knock at the door and Shelton Benjamin comes in. Vickie congratulates him on laying out Jeff earlier tonight. He says thank you and Shane asks why he is here. Shelton said he’s there to talk to Vickie, which he does. He wants to know if Umaga will be on the same page as him later tonight. Vickie says not to worry, as Umaga’s intentions are clear. Take out Triple H at any cost. Shelton smiles at this news and leaves.Commercial Break.We come back to see the Bella Twins with Carlito & Primo. Brie says it should be her or her sister teaming with them tonight, not Michelle McCool. Carlito tells the girls not to worry; he knows Michelle and says that she’ll do a fine job equalizing Natalya and that he & his brother will take out TJ Wilson & Harry Smith finally.Divas Singles Match Maria vs. MaryseThis was your basic divas match as neither girl is great in the ring although Maryse seems to be showing great improvement. Maria managed to take the upper hand when she hit her handstand kick but Maryse kicked out. Maria seemed a little frustrated and she picked up Maryse only to be kicked in the stomach. Maryse followed up by nailing her DDT finisher and ending it. Winner: MaryseWe cut to the back where we see Montel Vontavious Porter walking backstage in a suit. He walks into Shane & Vickie’s office and asks them if he can host his VIP Lounge tonight. They both agree and tell him he’s on after the next match. He thanks them and leaves.Commercial Break.
Singles Match Edge vs. R-TruthThis match wasn’t very good and didn’t last very long. It seems as if the WWE’s push of R-Truth is over. Edge pretty much dominated this match although R-Truth did manage to hit his spinning, flying forearm and a dropkick. Edge took the upper hand back and ended it rather quickly with a Spear. Winner: EdgePost match, Edge gets on the microphone and says that while he was screwed out of his WWE Title, he will get it back. He’ll get it back at WrestleMania after he wins the Royal Rumble. It will be the greatest moment of his career.Commercial Break.MVP is in the ring with his VIP Lounge set up. He gets on the microphone and says that despite his recent slump he plans to break out of it at the Royal Rumble. He’s so confident, in fact, that he has asked and been granted tonight and next week off. He’s going to win the Royal Rumble and win the main event at WrestleMania. But onto tonight, and his guest at the VIP Lounge. He says that this man has been out of action recently but he heard he was backstage so he calls him out. Mr. Kennedy’s theme hits as he comes out to a big pop. He gets in the ring, in street clothes and says that he wasn’t supposed to come out tonight. That he was just there because Shane McMahon needed to talk to him. But now that he’s out here, he might as well tell everybody what he was talking to Shane about. Shane McMahon has scheduled Mr. Kennedy’s return for the Royal Rumble and he will be in the Royal Rumble match itself. So he has a problem with MVP saying that he’s going to win the Rumble. MVP says there’s nothing wrong with speaking the truth and he slaps Kennedy. Kennedy hits him back and they go at it in a fist fight. Officials are brought out to break it up.Commercial Break.
Singles Match to Represent Smackdown! on Raw Next Week The Brian Kendrick w/ Ezekiel Jackson vs. The Great Khali w/ Ranjin SighnIf there ever was a match that looked like a mismatch on paper, this was it. Kendrick ran for most of the match, trying to stay away from Khali’s attacks although once he got caught, he began to take a beating. Khali hit him with a few big clubs and chops, but Kendrick manages to scramble away. Khali got him again and knocked him down with a big boot. He went to bounce off the ropes for a leg drop, but Ezekiel pulled the top rope down and Khali went over the top rope. As he came down he landed rather wrong on his right leg and looked to be seriously injured. The referee didn’t see any of this as Kendrick had pulled him down to look at him. The referee had no choice but to count out Khali as other officials came down and one of them threw up the X symbol. Winner by countout: The Brian KendrickKendrick notices that he won and begins to dance around the ring. Both he and Ezekiel do look concerned for Khali but they do their best to stay in character.
We cut to the back to see The New Hart Foundation walking to towards the ring area. They’re in action next!
A promo airs for the Royal Rumble. Commercial Break.We come back from commercial to see Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder enter Vickie & Shane’s office. They say that they want back in the WWE Tag Team Title picture. Vickie quickly agrees but Shane reminds them that they lost their title shot a few weeks ago. He says if they want back into the Title picture, they must pick up a few wins down the line.Six Person Mixed Tag Team Match The New Hart Foundation vs. WWE Tag Team Champions Carlito & Primo & Divas Champion Michelle McCoolThis six man tag was one of the better matches on Smackdown! tonight. It was the first time the New Hart Foundation and the Colons matched up in a ring together in tag team action. Both teams worked well with each other and it led to a good match. The divas also worked well together. The finish came when Harry Smith was beating on Carlito. He was working him over for a little while and went to tag in Wilson but Carlito hit him with a Back Cracker out of nowhere. He went for the cover and Primo stopped Wilson from breaking up the count, which led to the victory. Winners: WWE Tag Team Champions Carlito & Primo and Divas Champion Michelle McCoolAfter the match, the winners are celebrating but Natalya comes from behind and knocks out McCool with the Divas Title. She escapes the ring before the Colons could stop her.Commercial Break.Before the main event begins, the lights in the arena go out. The Undertaker's voice is head loud and clear. He vows to get to the bottom of it all and find out who's attacking him and he will make them rest...in...peace.Tag Team Main Event WWE Champion Jeff Hardy & Triple H vs. United States Champion Shelton Benjamin & UmagaShelton didn’t seem to be sure if Umaga was a trustworthy partner but they seemed to work pretty well together. They isolated their opponent although they worked on Triple H, the bigger half of the other team. This led to Jeff Hardy getting the hot tag and he took down Umaga with a dropkick and then took down Shelton with a few high flying moves. He seemed determined to get his hands on Benjamin but Benjamin made sure he wasn’t the legal man in the match with Jeff. The finish came when Jeff hit Umaga with the Whisper of the Winds. He went for the cover but Shelton broke it up. This brought in Triple H and all hell broke loose. All four men were fighting in the ring, and then took it to the outside. Both teams were counted out. Double Count OutDespite being counted out, the four men just wanted a piece of each other. Triple H and Umaga fought onto the announce table, which Triple H Pedigreed him through. Meanwhile, Shelton and Jeff were battling up the ramp. Jeff came out on top when he nailed him with a Twist of Fate on the ramp to the crowd’s liking. He posed with the WWE Title as the show went off the air.© WWE 2009[/center][/font]
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Post by The Kevstaaa on Jan 4, 2009 22:41:05 GMT -5
Yes, I know, another font But I've read that a few people have a hard time reading my show. Idk if its the color or the font, but I tried a different font that I really like. If this is harder to read I will go back to my other font.
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Post by The Kevstaaa on Jan 4, 2009 22:48:27 GMT -5
-We have been informed that The Great Khali suffered a serious leg injury on Smackdown this week. You could tell he was hurt the minute he hit the ground, but we're being told it could keep him out of the ring for a few months. -The plan was for The Brian Kendrick to win by countout anyway, but Ezekiel was supposed to fight with Khali until the ten count. That's why the ending of the match was kind of akward.
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Post by The Kevstaaa on Jan 4, 2009 22:53:58 GMT -5
Raw Match: Dolph Ziggler d. Charlie Haas with a Jumping Russian Leg Sweep
ECW Match: DJ Gabriel d. Chase Stevens with a Diving Uppercut off the top rope
Smackdown Match: Curt Hawkins & Zack Ryder d. Jesse & Festus with a double team Edgecution
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Post by abyss on Jan 5, 2009 1:12:07 GMT -5
Khali-Kendrick sounds really weird/interesting, and Edge-Truth sounds like a nice fresh match for later on. I can picture that image of Shelton holding up both titles. Good stuff there with Kendrick/Jackson vs. Helms. I hope Helms doesn't win anything much. I liked that line of "Umaga's intentions are clear". I could def see Vickie saying that. Always like Maryse picking up the win. Edge winning makes sense, although sucks to see that R-Truth is going down the drain. Nice build to a potential MVP/Kennedy match. Wow didn't see that coming at all. That's a potential way to get Khali off the shows for a while because he's probably a pain to book since there isn't much to do with him. But I liked Kendrick dancing around the ring after. Six-person tag was meh. Good way to end the show so nobody looked weak. Overall, it was a great show, although it was a little long.
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Post by The Kevstaaa on Jan 5, 2009 18:19:33 GMT -5
Monday Night Raw 1/19/09 Preview -This week on Raw, World Heavyweight Champion John Cena will team with CM Punk to take on JBL and Intercontinental Champion William Regal! -Plus, we will see the Royal Rumble Triple Threat match pitting Raw's Kofi Kingston, ECW's John Morrison and Smackdown's The Brian Kendrick! -Randy Orton and Legacy have promised to get their hands on Batista this week! What will go down between them? Tune into Monday Night Raw at 9 PM on the USA Network for all this and more!
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Post by The Kevstaaa on Jan 6, 2009 18:22:18 GMT -5
January 19th 2009 Carver Arena in Peoria, Illinois
RAW opens with the usual video package highlighting last week’s episode. It showcased World Champion John Cena & JBL’s contract signing last week which ended with Cena nailing him with an FU to the outside. [/color] Jerry “The King” Lawler and Michael Cole welcome us to Raw. They tell us that tonight’s main event is a preview of Raw’s two matches at the Royal Rumble! It’ll pit JBL & Intercontinental Champion William Regal against World Champion John Cena and CM Punk, who is the number one contender for the Intercontinental title. They also remind us that tonight is the Royal Rumble Triple Threat Match. They remind us of the rules, saying that whichever brand’s representative gets the pin will earn that show 12 superstars in the Rumble. The brand that’s not involved in the decision will get 10 and the brand whose superstar gets pinned gets 8 and the man who’s pinned will have to enter at number 1.
Raw kicks off with JBL’s theme music hitting. He comes to the ring and gets on the microphone. He begins to talk about how the landscape of Raw will change drastically this Sunday when he walks out of Detroit as the new World Heavyweight Champion. He then says that it will all start tonight when he takes out Cena in their tag team match. Shawn Michaels comes out now. He says that despite the fact that he doesn’t like JBL one bit, he hopes that he wins the World Title this Sunday. For one, he doesn’t want him to waste the Title shot that Michaels himself earned, and secondly, so that Michaels can take the belt from him at WrestleMania after he wins the Royal Rumble this year. JBL doesn’t like this and screams at HBK for trying to come out here and embarrass him. Michaels doesn’t like being screamed at and gets right in JBL’s face. John Cena runs down to the ring and starts trading fists with JBL until he knocks him to the outside. Cena celebrates, while JBL screams at Michaels and points at Cena. Michaels hits Cena with Sweet Chin Music, but doesn’t look happy about it as he leaves.Commercial Break.We see Shawn Michaels leaving the arena with his head down. Royal Rumble Triple Threat Match Kofi Kingston vs. The Brian Kendrick w/ Ezekiel Jackson vs. John Morrison w/ The MizThis was a fantastic showing of three of the WWE’s best mid carders. Each man got to showcase their talent well in what turned into a high flying match. Kendrick hit a moonsault on Morrison, which was followed by Kofi hitting Kendrick with a missile dropkick. Morrison hit a back breaker on Kofi and followed it with his split-legged corkscrew moonsault but Kendrick broke up the pin. The finish came a few minutes later when Kofi hit Morrison with Trouble in Paradise. Kendrick ran and hit him with an enziguri, then pinned Morrison to steal the win. Winner: The Brian KendrickIn the back, we see Charlie Haas, Jamie Noble & Kelly Kelly together. Noble says that Kelly convinced him that they would make a good tag team. He said that they have to think of a team name though. The three of them stood there thinking until Haas said “I got it! The Technicians.” Noble asks if that’s the best Haas can think of. Haas says nobody else thought of anything. Kelly reminds them that they’re up next.Commercial Break.
Tag Team Match Cryme Tyme vs. The Technicians w/ Kelly KellyAs they are announced as the Technicians, Noble looks at Haas as if to say “seriously?” Once the match started it ended up being a good one. Haas and Noble worked very well together as a team and got some good crowd reactions. Cryme Tyme sort of worked as heels here as they isolated Noble. Noble managed to make the hot tag to Charlie Haas, and he came in on fire, hitting clotheslines and back elbows to take down JTG and Shad. The finish came when Haas locked on the Haas of Pain on JTG, while Noble had Shad in his armbar. JTG tapped out to end it. Winners: The TechniciansWe are brought backstage to see Legacy. They walk into Stephanie McMahon’s office. Orton wants to know where Batista is. Stephanie says she doesn’t know but knowing Batista, he’ll go straight to the ring if Randy calls him out. Randy says he just might do that.Commercial Break.“Voices” plays over the speakers as Randy Orton, Cody Rhodes and Manu come to the ring. Orton gets on the microphone and says that he hates Batista. He wants nothing more than to get his hands on him tonight and then throw him over the top rope this Sunday at the Royal Rumble. This brings out Batista who walks to the ring with a microphone in hand. He says that he hates Randy Orton and wants nothing more than to get his hands on him. He steps in the ring and challenges Orton. Orton looks around and tells Cody to fight him. Cody looks scared but Orton and Manu slide out of the ring as the bell sounds.Singles Match Batista vs. Cody Rhodes w/ Randy Orton & ManuRhodes was very hesitant throughout the match and tried not to make any mistakes, but Batista came out in full animal style. He went right at Rhodes with a bunch of fists in the corner. Batista used his power throughout hitting Rhodes with a powerslam and a nice belly-to-belly suplex. The finish came when he hoisted Rhodes up for the Batista but Rhodes rolled him into a pinning attempt for a two count. Batista got up and took off Rhodes’ head with a clothesline. Manu got on the apron to distract the referee, which allowed Orton to slide in and nail Batista with an RKO. He placed Rhodes’ arm over Batista and it looked like Cody was going to pin Batista for the second time in three weeks but he kicked out. Orton looked furious and he and Manu came in and began to beat on Batista. Winner by DQ: BatistaThey continue beating on Batista until Rey Mysterio makes his way out. He stops them by hitting some quick moves, but eventually the numbers game took over and Legacy left both men lying. Legacy left up the ramp, but as they did Mike Knox came through the crowd and hit the Knox Out on Mysterio and stomped on Batista.Commercial Break.Raw continues with Paul and Katie Lea Burchill entering Stephanie McMahon’s office. They remind Stephanie that Paul continues to dominate, yet still hasn’t gotten his Intercontinental title shot. Stephanie reminds them that CM Punk is still the number one contender and she can’t do anything for them now. She did however give Paul the night off so he can rest up for the Royal Rumble this Sunday. As the brother-sister combo leave, Paul said he doesn’t need the night off, but Katie Lea tells him Stephanie has a point.Divas Match Beth Phoenix w/ Santino Marella vs. Candice MichelleComplete domination. It’s sad how far Candice has fallen ever since her injuries, but Beth just dominated this match. She ended this in less than five minutes, with the Glam Slam. Winner: Beth PhoenixPost match, Beth motioned that she’s coming for her gold again.Commercial Break.Chris Jericho is interviewed backstage. He mentions how Cena & JBL have issues and so do JBL & Michaels and Orton and Batista. Yet, he has nothing to do with any of this. Normally, that would upset him as he likes to be the center of attention, but not right now. He’s saving his time to shine for this Sunday, when he wins the Royal Rumble and all eyes will be on him again and everyone will realize that he is the best wrestler in the world.Tag Team Main Event CM Punk & World Champion John Cena vs. JBL & Intercontinental Champion William Regal w/ LaylaThis tag match went back and forth early on. Like most WWE tag team main events lately, it was fairly good with Punk being worked over until Cena got the tag and cleaned house. He hit shoulder blocks and a back suplex and a shoulder breaker. He was on fire until JBL hit him with a low blow behind the referee’s back. JBL then ran off the ropes and nailed him with a Clothesline from Hell and covered but Cena kicked out. With Punk hurt in the corner, Regal was free to nail Cena with brass knuckles while JBL distracted the ref. JBL ran in and hit another Clothesline from Hell on Cena for the win. Winners: JBL and Intercontinental Champion William RegalPost match, JBL stomped away on Cena as Regal began beating on Punk with the brass knuckles. JBL took his fight with Cena outside. Kofi Kingston came out to help Punk. This brought out Paul Burchill to beat on Kingston. This eventually led to most of the Raw roster’s portion of the Rumble coming out and brawling. Kingston, Burchill, Batista, Rey, Orton, Rhodes, Knox and Marella. The only two men not present were Shawn Michaels, who left, and Chris Jericho who stood watching at the top of the ramp, smiling. © WWE 2009[/center][/font]
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2009 22:16:21 GMT -5
Sorry about the late reply man, I just haven't gotten around to it. RAW was a great show as always. The opening triple threat match was great. I'm sure it would have been great on television, and it wouldn't matter who won. All three are great, tbh. The rest of the match were great man, I especially liked the Cody Rhodes versus Batista match. I liked the involvement of Manu and Orton, adds to the Legact storyline. The main event was ok, but nothing special. Solid show there Kev, keep up the good work.
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Post by abyss on Jan 7, 2009 2:46:41 GMT -5
Interesting way to kick off Raw, and I could see JBL getting mad about HBK "showing him up". TBK winning is ok, but I couldn't see him beating the other two. Technicians? Not bad, adding tag teams is always good to boost a weak division. Good way to have nobody get damaged in Batista/Rhodes. Glad Beth looked strong, and I feel like Candice may be better suited on SD now. Really surprised the heels won, and I'm surprised HBK didn't get directly involved. Overall decent show, although I feel like SD was still better.
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Post by Rated R on Jan 7, 2009 11:43:14 GMT -5
I love the idea of the Royal Rumble triple threat match. The opening segment was interesting, but I hope you don't drag the Michaels/ JBL feud too long. Great to see Kendrick getting the win, push him to the moon. I really like the team of Haas and Noble, I'm hoping for a comedy pairing that still gets some wins. I'm not sure on mixing the Legacy/ Batista feud with Mysterio/ Knox, but at least it gets Knox in with the big stars. The main event was great, and it's good to see the heels winning tonight, and the show ending brawl was superb, and really builds towards the rumble well.
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Post by The Kevstaaa on Jan 7, 2009 13:05:46 GMT -5
ECW Preview for 1/20/09
-Last night on RAW, John Morrison was pinned in the Royal Rumble Triple Threat match. He must now come out number one in the Royal Rumble and ECW gets eight superstars in the Rumble. Tonight, those eight stars will go at it in an over the top battle royal!
-General Manager Teddy Long has announced that there's one spot left in the Royal Rumble for ECW. Tonight, partners collide as Scotty Goldman takes on Ace Steel with the winner advancing to the Rumble!
-ECW Champion Matt Hardy has been barred from the building tonight to protect ECW's main event at the Royal Rumble. His opponent, Vladimir Kozlov will be in Extreme Rules action tonight!
Tune into ECW on Sci-Fi at 9 PM for all this and more![/center]
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Post by DTP. on Jan 7, 2009 15:50:51 GMT -5
Good opening promo cut by John Bradshaw Layfield, and I sort of feel this storyline with JBL being Shawn Michaels' employer is realistic, what you're doing with it so far. John Cena running in and jumping JBL is nice and it was great to see Shawn Michaels super kick Cena, very nice touch. Good triple threat interpromotional match to kick off WWE RAW's in-ring action here tonight, I expected John Morrison to win quite frankly but The Brian Kendrick beating him and Kofi Kingston is fine by me. Hmm, are the Technicians heels or faces? Especially when their manager is Kelly Kelly. Good that they defeated the green Cryme Tyme tag team, also, a nice start and I always thought about using these two with Paul London, like JOB Squad V2. Very realistic touch for Batista to beat Cody Rhodes by disqualification, the Legacy I hope you add Ricky Steamboat Jr to, as I heard he's pretty good. Beth Phoenix beating Candice Michelle...Beth winning is fine. Great main event tag team match and I loved JBL and WWE Intercontinental Champion, William Regal picking up the win.
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Post by Dwight on Jan 7, 2009 20:30:45 GMT -5
I think if you just got rid of the italicized stuff you would be fine. Interesting tension with JBL and Michaels. Glad that it appears as though that is coming to a close. Kendrick getting the win is cool. Not a fan of any of the three really. The Technicians going over Cryme Time is interesting. At least you are trying new and different things. Beth over Candice is fine with me and I would love to see Beth with gold again. The main event was interesting especially seeing JBL and Regal of all people winning it.
Decent show.
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Post by The Kevstaaa on Jan 7, 2009 21:48:50 GMT -5
January 20th, 2009 U.S. Cellular Arena in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
We get the usual video pacakge at the start that shows Matt Hardy and Vladimir Kozlov brawling last week, then we see Finlay winning the Steel Cage match against Mark Henry. It ends with John Morrison losing last night on Raw.
Before ECW’s weekly intro video starts, we cut to the World Tag Team Champions, John Morrison and The Miz backstage. Morrison says that he is upset about losing the Royal Rumble Triple Threat match last night. He says its not all bad though, because if any Superstar can last from number 1 all the way through 30, it’s the Guru of Greatness. The Miz says that now only eight ECW wrestlers can be in the Rumble and it seems that since those lame Second City Saints are new here in ECW, only one will be allowed in the Rumble and he’s been told that they must go against each other tonight, with the winner advancing to the Rumble. He said that’s what seperates Miz & Morrison from the Saints…because in life there are winners (points to selves), and there are losers (points at camera). BE JEALOUS!
Now, Todd Grisham and Matt Striker welcome us to ECW and announce that tonight’s main event will be a tag team match will serve as a preview to the Royal Rumble. It will feature all eight of the ECW superstars who will participate in the Rumble, including Scotty Goldman or Ace Steel, whoever wins tonight. It will be an eight man over the top battle royal. Also, tonight, Vladimir Kozlov will go head to head with Ricky Ortiz in an Extreme Rules match as a tune-up for his ECW Title match at the Royal Rumble. ECW Champion Matt Hardy is not in the building tonight to protect the Title match at Royal Rumble.
Singles Match Ryan Braddock vs. Gavin Spears
This match is basically to figure out which one of these young superstars wants to keep their spot on their show. It turned out to be a very good back and forth match as both men showed that they have immense talent. It was a short match though and Braddock won with a stiff lariat.
Winner: Ryan Braddock
Commercial Break.
As we come back from commercial we see the Second City Saints backstage. They tell each other that tonight’s match is just friendly competition and whoever wins need to be happy for the other because an opportunity like the Royal Rumble doesn’t happen everyday.
We cut to DJ Gabriel, with Alicia Fox, who is being interviewed. He says that all this talk about him being scared of the Boogeyman is pure lies. Why would he, ECW’s next superstar, be scared of a Boogeyman? Only children are supposed to be scared of the Boogeyman, and he’s no child. Behind them we see Boogeyman peek his head up from seemingly out of nowhere. When Gabriel notices this, he screams and runs off leaving Alicia Fox to run after him.
Teddy Long is backstage with Tiffany. He tells her that she will be ECW’s “ball” girl at the Royal Rumble. She says she’ll be proud to be a “ball” girl which gets some of the crowd laughing. At this point, Elijah Burke walks into the office. He says he doesn’t need to be in this Royal Rumble preview match. He should have the night off to rest himself before he becomes the first ECW superstar to win the Royal Rumble. Long said he’d love it if Burke won the Rumble for ECW, and that’s why he needs the practice tonight.
Lastly, Evan Bourne is interviewed backstage. He said he understands that he's not in the Royal Rumble as he was hurt, so there are more deserving superstars right now. But he does promise to take home the new ECW TV Title at No Way Out!
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Final Spot in the Royal Rumble Qualifying Match Ace Steel vs. Scotty Goldman
The teammates shook hands before the match and went on to have a friendly, good, short match. They went at it with some stiff shots and Goldman took the advantage when he hit a big bionic elbow. After a few minutes of back and forth action the fnish came. Steel, the veteran of the team, took control and set up for his Steel Spike (a variation of an Implant DDT). Goldman managed to get out of it quickly, go behind Steel and roll him up for the win.
Winner: Scotty Goldman
After the match, both men shook hands as the crowd approved of the match, and both superstars.
We cut to the back where we see John Morrison and The Miz not looking too happy about what they just witnessed. Apparently, they wanted this one on one to cause some dissension between the Second City Saints.
Commercial Break.
Finlay enters Teddy Long’s office and wants to know how Mark Henry could be in the Royal Rumble but not him after he beat Henry last week. Long said that he does realize how unfair it is, but Henry should be in the Rumble as he’s been dominant in ECW the past few weeks. He will give Finlay a chance to get into the Rumble though. Just like Goldman & Steel earlier, Finlay will have to fight for his spot. Long will have Tiffany pick a ball with a name on it this Friday on Smackdown! The name will be one of the eight ECW superstars in the Royal Rumble. Finlay will go one on one with whoever that man is on Friday, with the winner making it to the Rumble.
Extreme Rules Ricky Ortiz vs. Vladimir Kozlov
If you thought Dreamer being squashed by Henry earlier was bad, that was nothing compared to this match. Kozlov seemed to enjoy the Extreme Rules enviornment and beat down on Ortiz with a chair and a trash can lid. He brought a ladder in and chokeslammed Oritz onto it for the win.
Winner: Vladimir Kozlov
Commercial Break.
As we come back from commercial, we see a promo hyping the return of Kevin Thorn to ECW. No return date is given though.
Royal Rumble Preview Match Chavo Guerrero vs. Elijah Burke vs. Jack Swagger vs. John Morrison vs. Mark Henry vs. Scotty Goldman vs. The Miz vs. Tommy Dreamer
ECW held a similar match last year, featuring five ECW stars, which was won by Shelton Benjamin. Henry looked dominant in this one and showed why Long wants him in the Rumble for ECW. The first eliminations were Goldman & Miz, both by Henry. Dreamer tossed out Morrison and Chavo next. This left Henry, Burke, Swagger and Dreamer and the crowd was really behind Dreamer. Burke and Swagger began beating on Dreamer near the ropes. Dreamer managed to power up and flip both men over the top, but was immediately clotheslined out by Mark Henry.
Winner: Mark Henry
Henry and Tony Atlas celebrated as ECW went off the air and Striker asked, “are we possibly seeing the same result as this Sunday?”
© WWE 2009
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Post by Kemp2k on Jan 7, 2009 22:41:46 GMT -5
I've been waiting to see some people to push Mark Henry as the force that he is, you're doing a good job with him though. Sometimes I do have a hard time reading your diary, mainly due to the size though, I have to make the font bigger. Hah, sounds like I'm getting old. But anyway, ECW was pretty decent actually, there was alot of good matches, especially building up Royal Rumble, liking that. As for Smackdown, Benjamin vs. Hardy sounds pretty sweet to be honest, but I don't really see Benjamin taking the Gold which it's unfortunate. But however, for RAW, I can totally see JBL walking out as the Heavyweight Champion which I'm hoping to see. The Brian Kendrick is sure popular, showing up on RAW and Smackdown eh? I'm hoping for a decent-sized push for the Brian Kendrick. It's quite good, I'll be there to reply for the ROOOYAL RUMBLE! My pick for the Rumble will be... Shawn Michaels, I hope!
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Post by abyss on Jan 8, 2009 1:27:12 GMT -5
Typical Miz/Morrison promo to open the show. Ok opener, and I like the thinking behind it. Funny segment with Gabriel, and I liked the little child comment. Goldman sneaking in is a good idea. Interesting to have Kozlov win an Extreme Rules match with the ladder. I wonder what the true purpose behind that was. Henry winning made sense as he is the biggest man. Nice closing comment. Solid show for ECW standards, for sure.
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Post by Ace Bennett on Jan 8, 2009 19:00:10 GMT -5
Raw was good. I liked Kendrick winning the three way, hope he lasts a good while in the Rumble. Really like Haas and Noble as a team as it gives them a push and decent TV time, hope you eventually give them the straps. Good idea giving Batista a DQ win, he wouldn't really look too good if Rhodes had won again. Liked the ending with the dirty victory and the brawl.
ECW was all right. Kind of random start of match. Like Goldman going over Steel, hope Goldman lasts a good while in the Rumble. Like that you have Henry win the main event. Hope Finlay takes Dreamer's spot in the Rumble.
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