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Post by kurtangleisgod on Mar 5, 2010 4:24:23 GMT -5
I loved that Cena/Taker promo, it felt like i was watching it, that is how good you nailed that thing, for both Cena and Taker. The Battle royal was a fun read, and I'm really happy to see Smith get into MITB and have the Dynasty in there, it makes it uniquw to me. I'm not really feeling the Mcintyre/Kane/RVD stuff, to be honest, mostly because RVD back in WWE is just weird. That main event, however, was fantastic
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Post by ✖ AJ on Mar 6, 2010 7:43:07 GMT -5
Raw: March 15, 2010 Preview
Triple Pick Your Poison Continues
This week in the triple Pick Your Poison, it'll be Cody Rhodes' turn. Well Randy Orton and Ted DiBiase choose his opponent, they will team up to take on Orton's recent proteges, Mark Henry and MVP.
Kingston's Second Chance
Kofi Kingston will be getting another chance at the United States Championship as he will be facing The Miz for the 2nd week in a row. This time, Miz can lose the title by DQ.
Up For Grabs
Announced on WWE.com was that this week on Raw, ECW, and Smackdown, all Money in the Bank participants will risk their spots in the match by defending them in action. |
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Post by ✖ AJ on Mar 6, 2010 10:12:45 GMT -5
Raw: March 15, 2010
San Diego Sports Arena: San Diego, CA
The opening pyros go off and we are welcomed to Raw. Cody Rhodes makes his way down to the ring to the crowds disapproval. He gets on the mic and demands respect from the crowd saying he is the son of Dusty Rhodes. He goes on to say tonight it is his time to shine, because he gets to be in the main event against whoever Randy Orton and Ted DiBiase choose, and goes onto say that it doesn't really matter whoever that is, because he will just win that match and go onto WrestleMania and be victorious and become the WWE Champion. Ted DiBiase makes his way down to the ring after to a good reaction from the crowd. He tells Cody that he can agree on one thing, and that is that Randy Orton will not be walking out with the WWE Championship at WrestleMania, but he also says Cody won't be walking out with it either - it will be him. He and Cody both go on how they are descendants of greatness and deserve to be the WWE Champion back and forth, and eventually Randy Orton makes his way down to the ring. He gets on the mic and says he is sick and tired of hearing these two. He first claims he will be retaining the WWE Title at WrestleMania no matter what they try and do, and secondly they won't be able to work together and it will prove next week when they are in Tag Team action. He transitions to tonight and suggests Ted not be like Cody and try and get in his way or else he'll meet the same fate. He then moves onto Cody's match and says that him and Ted decided on Shawn Michaels.
Commercial Break
We return and John Cena is in Teddy Long's office backstage. He is pretty much begging Teddy to give him another shot at the WWE Title. Teddy says he is going to have to impress him at WrestleMania. Cena begins to get furious and throws his hat down. He says that he can beat the Undertaker and will, and Teddy says then he should go ahead and do that. He rubs his face in anger and gets calm, he says that Undertaker's streak will be dead like him at WrestleMania and he'll be back on top. Teddy tells him he likes his confidence, and the lights begin to flicker a bit. Cena begins to call Takers name and storms out of the office in search.
United States Championship
Kofi Kingston vs The Miz
Both men are down to the ring and Miz takes early control, and mocks Kofi in the corner with the 'Boom Boom Boom' taunt. Kingston takes advantage off that by delivering a series of strikes back at Miz. He ducks a shot back and continues his rapid fire. Miz fights back eventually though delivering some quick kicks and knees and rakes the eyes even to get the upper hand and continue with a suplex and a DDT. He climbs to the top turnbuckle and misses an elbow drop off it, which leads to Kingston taking back control for a couple minutes delivering a whole series of moves. Miz tries to fight back though after taking a lot of damage, and sets for the Skull Crushing Finale, but Kingston manages to pry himself free. He ducks a shot from the champ and delivers a sudden Trouble in Paradise and gets the 3 count!
Winner and NEW United States Champion: Kofi Kingston (7:56) ***
Kingston celebrates as he is now the new U.S. Champion, and Miz rolls around in anger and shock. He gets furious and storms up the ramp well Kingston continues to celebrate on the top turnbuckle.
Commercial Break
We return and Billy Kidman makes his way down to the ring, set to defend his Money in the Bank spot. As his opponent, Santino Marella, is announced, it is shown backstage The Miz dropping Santino with the Skull Crushing Finale, before getting back up and storms down towards the ring, and demands he take the spot, which the referee eventually gives in to.
"Up For Grabs" Match for Money in the Bank Spot
Billy Kidman vs The Miz
Kidman quickly storms over to Miz and begins to trade blows with him, Miz still extremely anger over his loss of the United States Title. He goes on with tons of direct strikes to the forehead, almost getting disqualified twice in a row. He continues with having the referee having to count to 4 to get him to stop. Kidman takes advantage off it and kicks Miz in the gut and continues to fire back, and gets a near fall off a dropkick and cover. He quickly takes momentum by delivering tons of nice moves, but Miz avoids the all important Shooting Star Press and takes advantage off it by hitting the Skull Crushing Finale upon the stir, and gets the victory.
Winner of the match: The Miz (6:21) **
Miz celebrates as he is still going on to WrestleMania, but now in the Money in the Bank Ladder Match. Cole and Lalwer are still disgusted by his tactics.
We cut backstage again and see John Cena walking through a hallway in search of Undertaker still, and asks if anybody has seen him. He even grabs a crew member by the collar and demands to tell him where Undertaker is, and he tosses him to the floor when he tells him he has no idea. Cena kicks things around in anger.
Commercial Break
Mark Henry and MVP vs Ted DiBiase and WWE Champion Randy Orton
We return for this tag team match, and things start off with DiBiase and MVP. However, before they do anything, DiBiase forces a tag on Orton, who glares at him before stepping into the ring. He slaps DiBiase across the face, and yanks him into the ring, before getting shoved through the ropes. MVP takes advantage off it by attacking DiBiase from behind. He starts a beat down and continues it for the next couple of minutes, just delivering strikes and kicks well DiBiase is down. He taunts to the crowd, not wisely, and DiBiase strikes back at him due to being able to regroup himself. He continues with tons of nice suplexes, a few DDTs, a knee drop, and a dropkick before MVP tags in Mark Henry. He comes in and overpowers DiBiase quickly. He goes on for minutes delivering powerful moves to work him down in the corner, before tagging MVP back in and they double team a bit, before DiBiase manages to clothesline MVP down and begins momentum with another unloading set of moves, and throws him to his own corner before Orton tags himself in. DiBiase glares at him for a moment and kicks his gut between the ropes, and like he did to Rhodes last week, drops him with a hung DDT and gets out of the ring. Orton is in rage as he begins to get up, and as MVP tries to calm him down, Orton slaps him across the face before being struck at ferociously. The tables have now been turned from last week, and MVP eventually delivers the Playmaker and pins the WWE Champion!
Winners of the match: Mark Henry and MVP (11:49) ***
After the match, Henry and MVP seem disgusted with Orton and walk out well DiBiase stares down from the top of the ramp with a wide grin on his face, Orton having what he did to Cody Rhodes last week now happen to him, and pounds his fists into the mat.
Commercial Break
We return and are about to find out the next inductee(s)... Rock 'n' Roll Express (Ricky Morton/Robert Gibson). Inducted by former manager, Jim Cornette.
After the Hall of Fame video, John Cena is once again seen in the back searching for 'Taker. He eventually walks into a darkened room and looks around, moving some things. The lights in it dim a bit more, and the door creaks shut. Taker steps up from it and stares Cena down. He questions Cena's guts and asks him if he is sick of being caught playing in the yard he doesn't belong. Cena gets closer to him and says that he doesn't care about Taker's streak, he cares about proving himself worthy and he will just end up breaking it in the process and says that mind games have no effect on him. Taker nods to him, and disappears as the lights flicker again.
Non-Title Match
Serena Mancini vs Diva's Champion Maryse
Serena has been on a roll ever since coming onto the scene by attacking Melina, and requested a match against Maryse. The Diva's Champ seems disgusted by her and backs off from a bunch of shots at the start, and eventually dives in with shots of her own. Things quickly sway completely towards Serena as she overpowers Maryse. After taking control for a couple minutes, she sets up for a powerslam, but Maryse manages to slide off and hit a reverse DDT. She continues with some nice shots of her own, and eventually goes for the French Kiss DDT, but Serena pushes her off. She goes for the Powerslam again, but Maryse manages to pull her down to the mat and put her feet on the ropes for the pinfall.
Winner of the match: Diva's Champion Maryse (6:25) **
Serena seemed really angry after the match and got to her feet and chases Maryse out of the ring, and motions for the title.
Commercial Break
"Up For Grabs" Match for Money in the Bank Spot
Sheamus vs Jamie Noble
We are reminded of how Sheamus took out Noble's career in October, and Noble returned for revenge in January, but after being destroyed again hasn't been seen. It isn't much different as the bell rings and Noble strikes hard at Sheamus, but is eventually pushed off and hit with a powerful slam. Sheamus continues overpowering him for a minute or so and just has a smirk on his face with each slam into the mat. As Noble tries to fight back he is pushed off and is drilled brutally with the Bicycle Kick. Sheamus then takes his time to drag him to his feet and deliver the Celtic Cross in the middle of the ring. He pins Noble for the 3.
Winner of the match: Sheamus (2:23) *1/2
Afterwards, Sheamus taunts to the crowd and gets on the mic. He says at WrestleMania he will win Money in the Bank and cash in that night in the main event and become the first Irish born WWE Champion.
We cut backstage after, and see Triple H in his locker room. In steps Cody Rhodes and Hunter rises up and they stare at each other. Rhodes says he has to face Shawn Michaels tonight, and Hunter just continues to glare angrily. Rhodes cuts to the chase and says he has an offer that he is more then willing to embarrass Michaels more then he already is able to do and sideline him for WrestleMania if Triple H helps him out and assists in taking care of DiBiase and Orton. Hunter thinks for a moment and says no, he refuses to have anything to do with Rhodes, Orton, or DiBiase and he knows Shawn Michaels well enough to know that he can't put him out of action. He goes onto say the only person who can do that is him, and he is going to do so at WrestleMania, and demands Rhodes get out. He offers it one last time before exiting, and Hunter sits down.
Commercial Break
Triple Pick Your Poison: Cody Rhodes
Cody Rhodes vs Shawn Michaels
Michaels and Rhodes stare each other down in the ring, and Rhodes offers a hand shake, which Michaels refuses. They lock up and Rhodes takes early control, pushing him into the corner. He slaps HBK across the face and laughs, only to be struck back at and they get into a back and forth strike fest. After ducking one, Rhodes takes Michaels down to the mat with an inverted suplex and takes things to the mat, pounding his head in with his fists and delivering variations of submissions. Michaels eventually begins to fight back, and delivers some great moves of his own for the next couple minutes. However, he tries to end it early and misses the Sweet Chin Music, and Rhodes clotheslines him over the top rope.
Commercial Break
We return and Rhodes is in control still, having Michaels in a sleeper hold in the middle of the ring. He holds it for about a minute before Michaels begins to fight out of it, and eventually tosses Rhodes over him. He begins to get angry and delivers tons of chops and clotheslines and straight up punches, and even hits an atomic drop. He hits the flying forearm, powerslam, and elbow drop combo. After that, Triple H walks out to the ramp, and Michaels stops his set up for the Sweet Chin Music and looks up at HHH. He steps out of the ring and begins to walk up the ramp and starts to follow Triple H backstage and Rhodes seems confused, but satisfied, about it. Michaels eventually gets counted out.
Winner via Count-Out: Cody Rhodes (12:59) ***1/2
Rhodes taunts his victory, and after a little while Randy Orton comes running down to the ring and he clotheslines Rhodes into the mat. He begins to stomp him in the corner and down comes Ted DiBiase. Him and Orton begin to trade blows in the middle of the ring, and DiBiase ducks a shot and takes advantage off it. Rhodes comes up and pushes Orton to the side and ducks a shot from DiBiase and hits Cross Rhodes. He then delivers it to Orton as well and stands tall over his 'Mania opponents much like DiBiase did last week.[/font] |
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Post by ✖ AJ on Mar 6, 2010 10:13:48 GMT -5
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Post by shiftyeyes on Mar 6, 2010 14:04:16 GMT -5
- Michaels as PYP is interesting.
- Cena v Taker will be great.
- Kingston takes the US title? Very surprising!
- I knew there was a reason for Billy being in Mitb! Miz in Mitb is great!
- HenVP winning was good. I like them being disgusted by him.
- Jim Cornette on WWE programming?! RnR inducted is good.
- Maryse winning was good. Glad she managed to beat Serena, but clean.
- Sheamus Squash. Meh.
- Rhodes wins via c/o is great.
- Love Rhodes standing tall. Great finish to another great show.
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Post by cmpunk09 on Mar 6, 2010 14:53:00 GMT -5
I'm thinking an early candidate for diary/newcomer of the year. This diary is  ing amazing, man. I'm loving the Legacy breakup angle. I can't wait for the poster matches! |
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Post by Elliot on Mar 7, 2010 7:40:22 GMT -5
Raw, great opening segment. Cody versus Shawn Michaels should be fantastic. Kofi Kingston is the new United States Champion! Hopefully he has a decent reign like his last one. Unsure about The Miz sudenly getting into the MITB match because he attacked Santino. MVP/Henry over Orton/DiBiase is good as it elevates the feud within Legacy. Would have liked to see Serena beat Maryse here, but whatever. Glad to see Sheamus keeping his MITB spot, can't see Jamie Noble in that match at all. I love that HHH originally turned down Rhodes offer, but comes out anyway. A countout victory is great for Rhodes. Rhodes standing tall is good for me, but I see Orton coming out on top in the long run and retaining his WWE Championship. Great Raw.
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Post by ✖ AJ on Mar 7, 2010 10:06:49 GMT -5
ECW: March 16, 2010 Preview
Danielson vs Dreamer
In the finals of the ECW Championship contenders tournament, Bryan Danielson and Tommy Dreamer will be facing off against each other. However, the respect shown between the two is unknown if it will last with the stakes this high.
"Up For Grabs" Matches
Shelton Benjamin vs Curt Hawkins, Zack Ryder vs Tyler Reks, and Ezekiel Jackson vs Mike Knox vs Eric Escobar vs Drew Dalton will be taking place with Money in the Bank spots "up for grabs".
William Regal in Observation
With the show packed with action, William Regal will be on guest commentary the whole show as he will see who might end up as a contention as Money in the Bank for his title and who he will have to face at WrestleMania 26. |
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Post by ✖ AJ on Mar 7, 2010 16:52:31 GMT -5
ECW: March 16, 2010
Staples Center: Los Angeles, CA
A video is shown of the past couple weeks of tournament matches.
The pyros go off around the arena signaling it is time for ECW live from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California! ECW Champion William Regal makes his way down to the ringside and takes a seat with Josh Mathews and Todd Grisham, and is on commentary all night. We are told we are full of action tonight, and we are about to dive right into it.
"Up For Grabs" Match for Money in the Bank Spot
Ezekiel Jackson vs Mike Knox vs Drew Dalton vs Eric Escobar w/Vickie Guerrero
All four men come down to the ring for this big man fatal four way. We are told by commentators Abraham Washington "in punishment" towards Ezekiel Jackson, has set this match up. The match starts with Jackson getting ganged up on, but he begins to shove all of them off and deliver strikes when they return. He dominates them all by tossing them to the outside, except for Knox who he continues to brawl with. Dalton gets p.o.'d on the outside and begins to unload on Escobar, brawling with him up the ramp not caring much about the match, but causing punishment. Knox takes control for a while in the ring and delivers tons of powerful strikes and clotheslines, and surprises everybody with a power slam. A couple minutes after back and forth action, Escobar comes back into the ring and runs at Jackson for the Pure Escobar, but he ducks and Knox is taken out by it. Jackson takes advantage of it by chokeslamming Escobar in the middle of the ring and getting the pin.
Winner of the match: Ezekiel Jackson (7:37) **
After the match, Jackson taunts his victory and him and Regal stare down. Jackson steps out of the ring and walks over to him and says he'll win Money in the Bank and be better then he is soon enough.
Commercial Break
"Up For Grabs" Match for Money in the Bank Spot
Curt Hawkins w/Zack Ryder vs Shelton Benjamin
Both men come down to the ring and Benjamin has early control over Hawkins delivering a series of moves. They begin to get in a trade of blows, and after Benjamin ducks a clothesline he continues with tons of quick shots and tops it off with a dropkick. It isn't long though after Hawkins begins to fight back after raking the eyes. He continues with tons of nicely hit moves and hits a brainbuster to lay him out for a while. He gets a near fall off it, and after taking to much time to be angry, Benjamin fights back as he gets back up. He quickly gets tons of momentum off it, delivering move after move. After a couple minutes, Zack Ryder hops onto the apron and begins to yell in the ring. Benjamin gets distracted by him and steps up. He turns around to Hawkins, who swings for a clothesline but hits Ryder. Benjamin goes behind him and hits the Paydirt on the turn and gets the pinfall.
Winner of the match: Shelton Benjamin (8:55) ***
After the match, Benjamin taunts his victory and points at William Regal in a way of telling him he is coming for him. As Benjamin walks up the ramp, Zack Ryder gets into the ring as its now his turn to defend his Money in the Bank spot.
After this, we cut backstage to see Abraham Washington step up to Ezekiel Jackson in the hall. He asks him what the hell he thinks he is doing talking to the champion like that. Jackson says he is sick of Abe coming up with these stupid reasons to 'punish him' and claims he is going to win Money in the Bank and he is going to get out of ECW one way or another.
Commercial Break
"Up For Grabs" Match for Money in the Bank Spot
Zack Ryder w/Curt Hawkins vs Tyler Reks
We return and Reks comes down to the ring. Things start off really fast, and Ryder quickly ducks a clothesline and unloads with strikes. He gets some cheap moves in from raking the eyes and pulling hair to a low blow when the referee doesn't see. He tries to finish it early, but Reks fights back. The match doesn't really pick up at all as it stays pretty low on either man getting momentum for a couple minutes, just getting shots from time to time. Reks climbs to the top rope, but he is pushed off by Hawkins as the referee doesn't see, and Reks stays on his feet yelling at Hawkins outside the ring. He turns straight into the Leg Lariat by Ryder and gets pinned.
Winner of the match: Zack Ryder (5:49) **
We cut backstage afterward and see Tommy Dreamer getting ready for his match. In steps Hurricane and Goldust, and Dreamer greets them. He asks them what they came for and Hurricane tells him he just came to wish the almighty hero of ECW good luck tonight. Goldust tries to say good luck as well but continues to stutter on 'good', so Hurricane says Goldust wishes him luck as well. Dreamer thanks them and rises up, and says its time, and claps his hands together as he walks out.
Commercial Break
We are shown the Hall of Fame video for the Rock N Roll Express.
Finals in the Tournament for #1 Contendership to the ECW Championship
Tommy Dreamer vs Bryan Danielson
Both men give looks to William Regal and the WrestleMania logo when they reach the ring. They shake hands as the match begins and lock up, with Dreamer winning that. Danielson gets back up quickly and begins to trade blows with Dreamer, and soon gets the upper hand mixing things up with a few kicks and a DDT. He gets a near fall and once up, knocks Dreamer into the corner. He runs for another dropkick, but reads Dreamer moving out of the way and hits a moonsault after jumping onto the top rope. He keeps momentum for a couple minutes, getting near falls in the process. Dreamer fights back a bit, and as he goes to clothesline Danielson over the top rope, he falls over as well.
Commercial Break
We return and Dreamer is in control in the corner delivering variations of strikes. He takes Danielson out to the middle and displays his strength for a minute by delivering 3 power slams. He goes for a leg drop, but Danielson rolls out of the way and pops to his feet and kicks Dreamer in the chest to lay him down. He takes advantage off that by delivering tons of different mat submissions and tops that with a leg drop of his own. He eventually lets Dreamer up, and misses a splash in the corner. Everybody thinks its over as Dreamer hits his DDT, but Danielson manages to kick out. The crowd is really into the match, and they trade momentum for a couple minutes, each displaying lots of skill. Dreamer lifts him up for the Dreamer Driver, but Danielson manages to get loose of the hold and forces Dreamer down with a neckbreaker and converts to the Cattle Mutilation. Dreamer is in trouble as he is in the middle of the ring, and eventually gives up.
Winner of the match: Bryan Danielson (15:10) ****
The crowd is still loving how great the match went, and Danielson taunts that he is going to WrestleMania, as his young career has already shot up. He helps Dreamer to his feet and shakes his hand. William Regal sees enough of this display, and gets into the ring behind them as Dreamer is raising Danielson's arm high to the crowd. He turns around and is hit with the ECW Championship. Danielson swings at Regal, but he ducks it and clocks him in the back of the head as well. He taunts the title to the crowd to end ECW. [/font] |
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Post by ✖ AJ on Mar 7, 2010 16:53:17 GMT -5
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Post by The Best in the World on Mar 8, 2010 15:46:47 GMT -5
I am loving this diary. your Wrestlemania card is looking really good. I can't wait for the big show.
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Post by Elliot on Mar 8, 2010 16:40:41 GMT -5
ECW, I like that Regal is on commentary all night, should be fun to see what he gets up to. I like this 'punishment' for Zeke, but I am sooooo glad he came out on top. I am really backing Zeke to win the MITB here. Very happy to see Benjamin keep his MITB spot. Jackson wanting to get out of ECW is great, and I hope he does, as I stated earlier. Again, happy to see Ryder keep the spot. Realistic segment with Dreamer, Hurricane and Goldust, there. I'm actually quite sad that Danielson won this, I was backing Dreamer all the way, I think this could be too quick of a push for Danielson. However, I love the respect shown between the two. Great ending with Regal standing tall. I hope he retains the ECW Championship as I feel if you are going to put the belt on Danielson, it should be done at Extreme Rules, not WrestleMania. Anyway, great ECW.
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Post by ✖ AJ on Mar 9, 2010 15:10:12 GMT -5
Smackdown: March 19, 2010 Preview
John Morrison vs Jeff Hardy
John Morrison faces the second Hardy of his two-week set up; this time against the higher leveled former-WWE Champion Jeff Hardy.
Undertaker Speaks Up
As the weeks to WrestleMania get shorter and shorter, Undertaker will be appearing on Smackdown to talk about his match with John Cena.
Ending of "Up For Grabs"
David Hart Smith vs R-Truth, Tyson Kidd vs Caylen Croft, and Rob Van Dam vs Dolph Ziggler are going to end up being in "Up For Grabs" matches with Money in the Bank spots being defended. Will we see another change? |
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Post by Bob Bob Bobelow on Mar 9, 2010 17:00:18 GMT -5
- Glad to see Jackson in the MITB. He seemed to be the better of the four men involved, anyway.
- Shelton Benjamin is also a good choice to win his match. Benjamin should always be in the spotfest match.
- Fantastic to see Ryder involved in the MITB. I’m a big Ryder fan.
- Not a fan of Danielson already getting a title shot at Wrestle Mania. That just seems really rushed.
- The maina card does look rather good.
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Post by ✖ AJ on Mar 9, 2010 18:08:44 GMT -5
Smackdown: March 19, 2010
Staples Center: Los Angeles, CA
The pyros go off and we are welcomed to Smackdown. Right after CM Punk and The Hardys make their way out to the ring. Punk gets on the mic and says he is sick of these people showing disrespect just because of jealousy for him. He goes on saying he will retain his title at WrestleMania and remain the only straight-edge champion in history. He says that the life style of John Morrison from partying and living off the life of one of the biggest drug-crazed musicians ever, and calls him a rip off. John Morrison makes his way after that. He looks down from the ramp and says that CM Punk just loves to run his mouth, but nobody wants to hear it. He goes on and accuses The Hardys of joining along with Punk just because they want to be on top. He says that after CM Punk loses the World Heavyweight Title at WrestleMania, they won't want a thing to do with him. Punk shoots back saying that he will walk into WrestleMania as the greatest champion and walk out an even better champion because he is truly better then him. Morrison begins to mock him and tells him to shut up. He goes onto say it is time for him to stay quiet and stay out of his way, and shows as an example of him getting hit with the Moonlight Drive by him last week. He says the example he made of Matt, and the example he will make out of Jeff tonight, will be nothing compared to how easily he will defeat him at WrestleMania. Punk is furious as Morrison smirks.
Commercial Break
"Up For Grabs" Match for Money in the Bank Spot
Tyson Kidd w/David Hart Smith and Natalya vs Caylen Croft
Both men come down to the ring and we are reminded we haven't seen Croft in over a month. He seems to be a bit rusty to start off as Kidd is in ultimate control, delivering tons of kicks and strikes. Croft begins to fight back a bit, and the match picks up its pace. Both men are getting in lots of fast moves on each other. Arm drags here, dropkicks there, DDTs from time to time. Croft sets up for a superplex, but Kidd throws him down to the mat. He taunts to the crowd - not a good idea - and jumps off for an elbow drop but Croft rolls out of the way. As they rise, Kidd suffers to tons of uppercuts and kicks. Croft gets in control delivering tons of different moves over and over again that keep Kidd falling behind. As Croft backs to the corner, the referee checks on Kidd. With this distraction, Smith gets onto the apron and clotheslines the hell out of Croft. He chokes up a bit and gets to his feet in the corner. Kidd takes advantage with a running knee to the face and a spinning DDT. He finishes the match with the springboard neckbreaker and gets the pin.
Winner of the match: Tyson Kidd (8:22) ***
After the match, Smith and Natalya get into the ring to celebrate with Kidd. However, the celebration is short lived because R-Truth begins his entrance through the crowd, and Smith has to face him next.
Commercial Break
"Up For Grabs" Match for Money in the Bank Spot
David Hart Smith w/Tyson Kidd and Natalya vs R-Truth
When we return, both men lock up as the bell rings and Smith takes early control using his power. He delivers tons of hard strikes and some tosses, as if the match is a joke. Truth begins to fire back at him though and hits a bunch of forearms and a spin kick to lay him down. He gets a few near falls in a minute after delivering tons of elbows and kicks and even a superkick. He tries and keeps control, but Smith fights back a bit. They each trade momentum for a couple minutes, each trading with hard shots and then some slams from Smith, and even one shockingly from Truth. Smith is in control again, as he backs Truth into the corner and delivers just a complete fury of strikes until the referee pulls him out. Just complete control coming out of Smith, and he backs up only to run back, but he misses a clothesline as Truth avoids it and hits a hard kick to the back of the head to keep him down in the corner. Truth begins to taunt, and in an attempt to return the favor from Smith, Kidd hops onto the apron. However, as Truth walks over to him, they talk some trash but Kidd slaps him across the face. Truth yanks him into the ring and backs him into the corner, only to be low blowed, which the referee sees. He calls for the DQ.
Winner via disqualification: R-Truth (9:14) **1/2
Truth rolls out of the ring, slightly celebrating still in pain as he is going to be in the Money in the Bank Ladder Match. Smith is furious, and shoves Kidd in the corner and yells at him. Kidd tries to calm him down as Natalya steps into the ring. Smith continues to yell at Kidd as Natalya holds them apart from each other. He eventually calms down a bit, and Kidd apologizes, but Smith just storms out of the ring.
Commercial Break
WrestleMania Swap Match
Rey Mysterio vs Batista
This match up reminds us of the rivalry these two had a few months ago. Things start off with Batista in control with his power, but Mysterio slips through his legs and begins to strike at him furiously. He goes for an early 619, but Batista manages to pull himself away. He knocks Rey to the floor on the outside and follows him by completely beating the hell out of him, but Rey gets back in the ring soon. Batista gets back in and backs him down to the corner, and continues with strikes. For the next couple minutes, he just dominates Rey taking him lightly as he laughs in between slams and strikes. He goes for the spinebuster, but Rey manages to turn it out into a DDT. He continues off it by delivering tons of strikes as Batista rises, and even gets a hurricanrana. As he goes for a springboard dropkick, Batista avoids it and Rey lands on his feet only to turn into a clothesline. Batista gets a near fall off it before yanking him back up to deliver more powerful shots. He goes for a spinebuster again, this time executing it. He then sets up for the Batista Bomb, but Rey turns it into a hurricanrana knocking Batista between the ropes. Rey hops back up and hits the 619! He goes for the seated senton, but Batista manages to catch him and drops him down with the Batista Bomb and gets the pin.
Winner of the match: Batista (11:29) ***1/2
Following the match, Batista has a sick look of satisfaction on his face. He slips out of the ring and grabs a steel chair and gets into the ring. He prepares to strike Rey with the chair, but down comes running Booker, and begins to strike at him. Batista holds onto the chair though and ducks a punch and decks Booker with the chair. Rey then runs up from behind to make the save, and knocks Batista to the outside. However, down comes Chavo and he begins to strike down at Rey, and hits the three amigos and tops it off with the Frog Splash. He mocks Rey after.
Commercial Break
We return with the Hall of Fame video for the Rock 'N Roll Express.
The Undertaker makes his way down to the ring to a huge pop afterward. He takes his time before getting on the mic. He says that for 17 WrestleMania's they have risen, and for 17 WrestleMania's they have fallen. He says that John Cena wants to prove himself and beat the streak, but he isn't going to. He goes on to say that he has lost who he truly is because of his obsession with wanting to go to WrestleMania and attempting to defeat him. He says John Cena's theme song says that his time is up, but Cena's time is now. He says that his time is not now, and until WrestleMania is said and done, it won't ever be his time. John Cena has heard enough and makes his way down to the ring. He gets on the mic and says that Undertaker needs to shut his mouth. He claims that his time is now and he is going to take Undertaker to the limit and throw him down to the mat and get the victory at WrestleMania and prove he is the best this company has to offer. Taker claims that Cena is deep down inside a coward, and he challenges him to strike him right there. He drops the mic and takes off his jacket and follows it with his hat. He stares at Cena who thinks for a moment, before tossing his hat and shirt to the side. Taker puts up his fists and Cena prepares to swing, but decides not to and backs up. The crowd breaks into an eruption of boos and Cena steps out of the ring. He backs up the ramp saying he's out of here, and Taker stares him down.
Commercial Break
Women's Championship
Beth Phoenix© vs Michelle McCool w/Layla
We return after the promo with McCool getting another shot at the Women's Title after beating Maria weeks ago. The match kicks off, Phoenix delivers tons of strikes over and over again, McCool backing down. However, things transition as McCool slaps her and just continues to deliver strikes. Beth then gets more aggressive, and drops McCool down with a military press, and follows it up by stomping her in the corner. She yanks her back up by the hair and delivers a powerbomb in the middle of the ring, McCool rolling out of the ring. As Beth follows and chases McCool around the ring, Layla attacks her from behind when McCool distracts the ref. As Beth gets back in eventually, McCool takes advantage of her by keeping her down on the mat. However, Beth manages to get back to her feet soon and ducks a shot from McCool and finishes her with the Glam Slam and the win.
Winner and still Women's Champion: Beth Phoenix (6:46) **
After the match, Phoenix celebrates her victory as she is still going to WrestleMania. Diva's Champion Maryse appears on the titantron and she laughs. She says something in French and continues by saying that Beth Phoenix is a joke of a champion. She goes on not being able to chuckle about Beth calling herself glamarous. She tells Beth to take a look at her, and try and call herself glamarous again. She laughs again and the feed cuts as Beth is furious.
We cut backstage to see Josh Mathews. He introduces his guest, Rob Van Dam. He asks him what he thinks about putting his Money in the Bank spot on the line against Dolph Ziggler. RVD says that when he faced Dolph at the beginning of the year, he put up one hell of a fight, but it really is no use 'dude', because he once won Money in the Bank, and has the will to win.
Commercial Break
"Up For Grabs" Match for Money in the Bank Spot
Rob Van Dam vs Dolph Ziggler
We return with this match taking place. RVD starts with early control delivering some fast strikes to Ziggler. However, things are cut short from that as Ziggler begins to show some offense hitting some moves of his own and eventually getting complete momentum after a series of suplexes and kicks. He even gets some cheap shots in within a bunch of nicely done moves from the next couple minutes, but RVD fights back. Lots of back and forth things between them, and Ziggler tries to finish it early, only to have RVD get away from the Zig Zag and delivers a series of sharp kicks. Ziggler kicks him in the gut and tries to roll him up with his feet on the ropes, but RVD kicks out. As they are both up, they trade strikes, and RVD eventually ducks one and unloads with controlling blows. He then hits a spin kick and the rolling thunder. Kane begins to walk down towards the ring slowly and watches. RVD hops to the top turnbuckle before spotting Kane. He looks down at Ziggler and finishes him off with the 5 Star Frog Splash and gets the win.
Winner of the match: Rob Van Dam (7:17) ***
Following the match, RVD looks confused at the Intercontinental Champion's appearence. He begins to call out over the top rope as Kane steps a bit closer. He begins to call out to Kane to look out as Drew McIntyre is running down the ramp. RVD backs up as McIntyre clubs Kane in the back. He begins to strike down on Kane's back, and RVD comes out of nowhere flipping over the top rope and taking McIntyre to the mat. Kane straightens up and glares at RVD unsure of what to think.
We cut backstage to see Edge and Christian in a hallway. Christian says that what Jerishow said last week really upset him. Edge says he knows what will cheer him up, and hands him a kazoo. Christian says 'not this again' and Edge begins to play Big Show's theme song, which the crowd laughs at. He stops and tells Christian to sing to it. He does so, and then they swap to Jericho, with Christian singing it. Jerishow walk up to them. Show asks them if they truly think they are funny, and Jericho follows it up by calling them little kids trapped in mens bodies that are useless compared to the 'greatest tag team in the world'. Edge says that they need to check this out, because it's really cool and they break out into the themes again. Show grasps them both by the throats. However, they both kick him where it hurts and point and laugh as he collapses to the floor. Jericho stomps up to them and begins to yell at them, only to get slapped across the face by Christian. He continues to slap him every time he turns, and Jericho helps Show up and he says at Mania they will get theirs. They storm down the hall. E&C look at each other, shrug, and break out into the themes again.
Commercial Break
John Morrison vs Jeff Hardy
We return and both men come down to the ring. The match kicks off with both men going back and forth, but Hardy picks it up a bit and delivers tons of quick paced moves. He knocks Morrison into the corner and completely controls him. However, Morrison turns things over delivering strikes back of his own. Hardy rakes the eyes and continues with uppercuts and kicks. As he goes for a running dropkick, Morrison pulls himself out of the way and Hardy puts himself in no-mans-land. Morrison takes advantage off it by hitting a kick to the back of the head. He takes advantage off of it and stomps down on Hardy before yanking him up and delivers a neckbreaker to get him out. Hardy manages to slip out of the ring. Morrison hits off the opposite ropes and hits a suicide dive to the outside to bring Hardy down into the barricade.
Commercial Break
We return and they are back into the ring, with Morrison in control in the corner. He whips Hardy off the ropes and hits an arm drag and follows it with a standing moonsault to a near fall. When they get back up, they trade some shots and Hardy hits an enziguri, and as Morrison rises he hits Whisper and the Wind. He takes control off it, and drops him down with the Twist of Fate and goes for the pin, but Morrison kicks out right before 3. Hardy gets furious and goes for 2 more pins, with Morrison kicking out both times. He gets mad at the ref and yells at him, and yanks Morrison up. He goes for the Twist of Fate again, but gets pushed off against the ropes and hits a clothesline. He continues picking things up and delivering tons of fast moves, especially delivering kicks. He ducks a shot and drops Hardy with a kick to the back of the head. He climbs to the top rope and manages to hit the Starship Pain and gets the pin.
Winner of the match: John Morrison (15:57) ****
Following the great match, Morrison celebrates his victory. He expects Matt to come down, and as he does he begins to strike at him viciously. He eventually gets double teamed by The Hardys, and CM Punk comes down to join in. However, before he gets in the ring, Morrison begins to strike back at both Hardys, and eventually gets them both out of the ring with a double clothesline. He turns to Punk and gets lifted for the GTS, but Punk takes to long taunting and Morrison slips off to deliver the Moonlight Drive for the second week in a row. He puts his foot on Punk's chest and taunts to the crowd to end the show. [/font] |
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Post by ✖ AJ on Mar 9, 2010 18:10:51 GMT -5
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Post by kurtangleisgod on Mar 10, 2010 0:19:36 GMT -5
I missed a few shows, so a nice reply for you now on RAW, Smackdown ad ECW:
RAW: I really enjoyed the Taker/Cena segments, as you capture Cena heel, but in the same way he is face, with his ferocious tenacity, so that you can almost make a case for him as a tweener, but then he just goes heel, such as attacking the crew member. I loved Kingston winning the US Title, but then Miz stealing his way into MITB. The Tag match with Orton and Dibiase was pretty good, but seemed a bit like it was disorganized, and not much flow to it, but it workedh ere. Rhodes/HBK was a great match, and since you gave it a lot of time, it makes Rhodes look really strong. Another great pair of HOF inductees. I like the idea of having each MITB qualifier defend their spot as well.
ECW: Good opening match to make Jackson looks nice and credible. Thank you for having Benjamin win, btw, much better choice than Hawkins. Excellent main event with Danielson going over, and Regal getting some momentum by attacking them should work out well.
Smackdown: Strong promo to begin with building up the feud, Punk taking the jim morrison shot was hilarious, and you gotta love morrisons attititude. I'm sad that the Hart Dynasty are no longer in the mitb together, and if one had to stay, i would have picked Smith, but oh well, we shall see if this goes anywhere. Good build to Batista/Booker though to be honest, im not feeling this match at all, but i liked rey/chavo. Just for once in one of these promos, i would have liked cena to actually take a shot at taker, since they always back down, but oh well.
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Post by Elliot on Mar 10, 2010 13:31:27 GMT -5
SmackDown, good opening segment, I hope to see Morrison defeatd Hardy tonight. Pleased to see Kidd retain his Money in the Bank spot, but I don't see him winning. I do like that R-Truth has replaced David Hart Smith as I can't really see SMith in this kind of match, but the same as Kidd, I don't see Truth winning. Glad to see Batista over Rey Mysterio here. Good finish too with the interference from Booker T and Chavo Guerrero. So this Undertaker/Cena thing should be good, but I am unsure about something. Is John Cena a heel now, or is it just because he is feuding with The Undertaker, he is portrayed as the 'bad guy'? Glad Beth Phoenix retained the Women's Title. I'm happy that RVD kept his MITB spot over Ziggler. Very glad that Morrison went over Hardy, and I loved the ending with Morrison standing tall over Punk and The Hardys. Can't wait for their WrestleMania match.
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Post by ✖ AJ on Mar 10, 2010 17:35:11 GMT -5
Raw: March 22, 2010 Preview
Randy Orton: Pick Your Poison
With 6 days until WrestleMania, WWE Champion Randy Orton is placed in the last of the Triple Pick Your Poisons made. With DiBiase and Rhodes both coming out sucessful, with a disqualification and count out, can Orton prove to be strongest?
Rhodes and DiBiase Ride Again
Like the weeks that have preceeded, tag teams have been mashed between the three in the main event. DiBiase and Rhodes are left with this, as they take on the odd pair of MITB participants of Raw, Sheamus and The Miz.
Undertaker/Cena: Confrontation 6 Days Preceeding
As the big match comes at WrestleMania on Sunday, Undertaker and John Cena meet up on Raw. |
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Post by ✖ AJ on Mar 10, 2010 19:25:29 GMT -5
Raw: March 22, 2010
HP Pavilion at San Jose: San Jose, CA
Pyros go off signaling Raw has officially began. WWE Champion Randy Orton slowly makes his way down to the ring with a mixed reaction from the crowd. He gets on the mic and says that ever since he came to the WWE he has got nothing but disrespect from these people, even when he helped them get rid of what needed to be gone. He goes onto say when he brought in Legacy over a year ago he taught Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase that if they wanted to be on top, they should stick with him until it is all said and done with him. He claims that they turned on him and showed him no respect. He says that this Sunday they are entering in something they don't want a part of at all; and that's being against him. Ted DiBiase interrupts and comes down to the ring. He questions Orton at the disrespect from them, and asks him if he realizes that he punted both of them in the skulls in a way to punish them. He says that Randy Orton is nothing but an arrogant jerk who needs to snap into reality, because it's 2-against-1. Cody Rhodes makes his way down to the ring. He tells Ted that it isn't 2-against-1 at WrestleMania, he says him and Ted used to be on top of the tag team division but he is just a self-centered nobody now. He says that even when they do face Sheamus and Miz tonight, it won't mean anything. He says that he wants some momentum going into WrestleMania though, so they need to work as a unit. Ted agrees on that, and goes onto tell Randy that they did discuss earlier about his match tonight and they chose the ultimate 'poison for the Viper' in Triple H. Orton seems in shock of it, and pulls his belt off his shoulder in anger, getting angrier by the second.
Commercial Break
Non-Title Match
United States Champion Kofi Kingston vs Kaval
We return for a singles match. Kingston kicks things off with control delivering tons of sharp kicks and strikes and finishes it off with a series of elbows. He goes for a dropkick, but Kaval manages to avoid it and keeps Kingston on the mat with tons of strikes to keep him there. He mounts on top of him and delivers tons of punches down, and yanks Kingston up by the hair and smacks him around. He gets shot back at with a punch, and Kingston begins to unload with them. Kaval loses control and Kingston takes complete control for a few minutes delivering tons of different moves. Kaval tries to fight back but gets knocked back in to the corner and his hit tons of strikes and tops it off with a big splash. He goes for the Trouble in Paradise, but Kaval manages to duck the kick to the back of the head and begins to pound on his back. However, he is knocked onto his back and Kofi delivers a kick to the jaw on the rise, knocking him down and delivers the Boom Drop. He awaits for Kaval to rise and finishes him off with the Trouble in Paradise and gets the win.
Winner of the match: Kofi Kingston (9:27) ***
After the match, which was pretty good, Kingston celebrates his victory and raises the U.S. Title high. He gets on the mic and thanks the crowd about supporting him ever since he made his mark in the WWE. He continues by saying that he may not be competing at WrestleMania, unfortunately, but he is going to make the rest of this year his year.
Commercial Break
We return and Maryse is sitting at ringside for commentary.
Lumberjill Preview
Serena Mancini, Melina, and Gail Kim vs Michelle McCool, Layla, and Natalya
The match begins as a total cluster, nobody legal. After a minute or so, Serena and Natalya are left in the ring and they go back and forth with shots at each other. Frequent tags from both teams each diva showing somewhat what they got. Kim and Layla begin to slow the match down, and Kim begins to control ultimately. Layla rakes her eyes and tags in McCool, and she gets in and dominates over Kim with tons of different moves. McCool, Natalya, and Layla continue to tag in to take a little while to work on Kim, but she begins to fire back at Natalya soon. She makes the tag to Mancini, and she begins to dominate over Natalya. She eventually hits a power slam and pins her for the win.
Winners of the match: Serena Mancini, Melina, and Gail Kim (7:01) **
Following the match, Mancini begins to attack McCool, Layla, and Natalya. As Melina and Kim try to pull her off she begins to attack them to and eventually lays them out. She has a smirk on her face as she looks to Maryse, smirking.
Commercial Break
We return to find out the last Hall of Fame inductee... Antonio Inoki, to be inducted by Stan Hansen.
Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase vs Sheamus and The Miz
After the video, all four men come to the ring and the match begins with Miz and DiBiase. They go back and forth to start things off, Miz in early control soon after as he delivers some nice moves. He takes his time, which keeps him in control for a minute or so, and DiBiase fights back quick delivering tons of strikes and a back body drop. He continues to fire at him, sending him to the mat before he pops back up constantly. Miz eventually gets a cheap shot in after the referee holds DiBiase back and he makes the tag to Sheamus, who quickly takes DiBiase to the mat with a clothesline. He continues to beat down on him, and DiBiase reaches out to Rhodes, but Sheamus yanks him back to the center and continues to beat him down. As he pulls DiBiase up to his feet, he goes on delivering tons of powerful slams and strikes, and eventually DiBiase begins to fight back. As he gets Sheamus back in the corner, he goes over to Rhodes to make the tag, but he doesn't accept it, and Sheamus takes DiBiase down again and continues to beat him down.
Commercial Break
We return with Sheamus still in control, and he yanks DiBiase up, he gets struck back at quickly. As he bounces off the ropes, Miz makes the tag and DiBiase is distracted by that, and is hit with the Bicycle Kick. Miz taunts to the crowd as he steps in. He takes his time walking over to DiBiase, who is still reaching out to Rhodes. Miz attempts to pin him, but he kicks out. He tries this two more times with DiBiase kicking out again. He gets pissed, and yanks him up to his feet and sets up for the Skull Crushing Finale, but DiBiase manages to get out of it and knocks him down with a dropkick. He gets over to Rhodes, who mocks him as he won't take the tag, and DiBiase slaps him across the face before he steps out of the ring. He then forces Rhodes in the ring, who begins to argue with him. He eventually slaps DiBiase back before they get into a fist fight, Miz and Sheamus in confusion. They eventually spill out to the outside and continue to brawl. As this goes on, the referee counts Rhodes out.
Winners via count-out: The Miz and Sheamus (12:35) ***1/2
Following the match, Miz celebrates apart from Sheamus, who just glares at him. Meanwhile, we see DiBiase and Rhodes continuing the fight up the ramp as security comes out to split it up.
Commercial Break
John Cena makes his way down to the ring as we return and he gets on the mic. He calls Taker out and says they need to get this over with. Taker doesn't respond, and Cena gets furious and begins to demand he gets out there. Eventually, the lights go out and Taker appears as they come back on. Him and Cena stare down and Cena tells him that in 6 days he will prove himself to be the best, and make Taker look like a complete joke. He says that Taker offered him to take a shot at him last week, but he refused because Taker is already weak and he didn't want to damage him before their match at Mania. The crowd boos and Cena tells them to shut up, and Taker speaks up slowly. He tells Cena that he is not the weak one, he is. He goes on saying that ever since he lost that WWE Championship he has been a nobody and he is just jealous that The Undertaker is still on top of this business after 20 years, and Cena won't even reach that at the rate he is going. Cena steps up to him and says that Undertaker won't beat him this Sunday, and deep down inside he knows it is true. Taker says he doesn't know a thing about losing to him, because he never has. Cena says that this is a different story - this is a match people have wanted for a long time: John Cena vs Undertaker at WrestleMania, and claims that WrestleMania makes all the difference because that is where you are in the ultimate spotlight of this company and nobody should know that more then Undertaker. He goes on and says that his spotlight is getting dimmer every year as he makes his way down to the ring, and it's about time that it completely shuts out and this Sunday it will be the first time 'Taker will have any doubts about winning because he will be face to face with the man who by the end of the night will be known as the one who ended Undertaker's streak, and once again be on top of this business. Taker says we'll see about that, and dissapears as the lights go out. Cena stares at nothingness as they come back.
Commercial Break
Mark Henry and MVP vs Jack Swagger and Vance Archer
We return for this match, Henry and MVP getting a mixed reaction of the crowd as they are unsure about last week being just temporary or not. However, they get behind them when they find out the opponents. Things go back and forth early on between MVP and Swagger, each showing a lot of offense for a couple minutes before Swagger takes it to the mat. He taunts MVP after standing, and MVP gets on his knees and looks around before striking back. He gets up and tosses him to the mat multiple times before tagging in Henry, who cowers Swagger into the corner. However, he gets out and begins to pound on Henry, before being pushed away. He comes back for more, and begins to get striked rapidly. However, after a while, Swagger manages to kick Henry in the head with a big boot, and stun him so he can tag in Archer. He runs in and clotheslines Henry, not knocking him down. He does it again, not knocking him down again. He ducks a shot back and delivers a big boot to send Henry down and he mounts over him to strike down viciously. However, Henry pushes him off and makes the tag to MVP, and he goes back and forth with Archer. After frequent tags from both teams for a while, Mark Henry eventually pushes Swagger up over him when trying to set up a Gut Wrench Powerbomb, and as he rises drops him with the Worlds Strongest Slam to get the pin.
Winners of the match: Mark Henry and MVP (10:31) ***
After the match, Henry and MVP celebrate their victory and taunt to the crowd.
We cut backstage and see Triple H making his way towards the ring, he is in the main event next.
Commercial Break
Triple H makes his way down to the ring after and is prepared for his match. However, Shawn Michaels makes his way down to the ring instead. He gets on the mic and asks Hunter if he is pleased with what he has become over the past few months. Hunter thinks Michaels is talking about himself, and Michaels clarifies that he is talking about Hunter and how obsessed he has become with himself. He says the only reason he accepted that match at WrestleMania is because he wanted to prove to him that he is truly better then him. Hunter gets a mic of his own and tells Shawn that they should save this for Mania, he's got to worry about Orton. Michaels tells him to shut up, because he is talking and everybody is listening. He is getting a lot of heat from the crowd and he goes on saying that Triple H used to be his best friend, now he is just a self-centered arrogant washed up pile of garbage who needs to get his life straight. Michaels says he may be older but he has still got it, and Hunter doesn't. He gets up in Michaels face and tells him he needs to shut his mouth because he has no idea what he is talking about. He goes on saying that Shawn Michaels used to be the best wrestler on the planet but now he has become this. Michaels asks him what 'this' is, and Hunter says a coward. Hunter says it is time they put an end to this, and at WrestleMania they will do so. Michaels smirks and says once Hunter's teeth is down his throat, he'll be thanking him for putting him to shame. Randy Orton makes his way down to the ring after, as Michaels and Hunter stare down. As Orton enters, Michaels sits down at ring side.
Commercial Break
Non-Title Match
WWE Champion Randy Orton vs Triple H
We return and the match begins with Hunter being distracted by Michaels, and Orton begins to strike at him and knocks him into the corner delivering a series of uppercuts and other strikes. They begin to get into a striking brawl, and Hunter begins to control him, and Orton smacks him across the face. Things slow down and Hunter just completely strikes him and even hits a knee drop and then a spinebuster. He sets up for the Pedigree early, but Orton manages to slide out of it and uppercuts him and then takes control with slow moves. He takes Hunter down with a series of slow suplexes. Orton then clotheslines him over the top rope, and as Hunter gets back on the apron, Orton drops him with the hung rope DDT. Orton slithers around a bit, and prepares for the RKO. As Hunter gets back up and gets dropped with the RKO, he manages to kick out of a pinfall attempt after. Orton is pissed and begins to pound down on him with strikes and prepares for the punt kick on his former rival. As Hunter rises, he avoids the punt and gets back up and begins to strike back rapidly. He slams Orton's face down on his knee and then strikes back a few more times then hits the Spinebuster. He taunts at Michaels and points at him, then the WrestleMania logo. HBK stands up and walks towards the ring and gets onto the apron. They both stare at each other, unable to strike due to their WrestleMania contract. Orton rises up slowly, wobbling, and Michaels steps down slowly as Hunter looks at him pissed. He turns around straight into the RKO and Orton pins him and gets the 3.
Winner of the match: Randy Orton (14:33) ****
After the match, Orton taunts with the WWE Championship. Hunter begins to stir after a while and stares at Michaels, eventually slipping out of the ring. Michaels backs up the side of the ramp, and Hunter follows. Orton points to Mania, raising the WWE Title in the other hand. Rhodes runs down to the ring and begins to unload with strikes at Orton, and begins to control him. DiBiase then makes his way down and they begin to double team Orton. However, DiBiase turns on Rhodes and kicks him in the gut. Orton runs over and clotheslines them both down. As Rhodes gets up, Orton drops him with the RKO. DiBiase gets up as well, and Orton does the exact same. He scoops up the WWE Title slowly and raises it once more, standing tall before WrestleMania.[/font] |
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