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Monday Night RAW; 7th March 2011

The show kicked off with Mr. McMahon making a special appearance. He announced that the Money in the Bank match will return at WrestleMania and unlike the briefcases on the line at the Money in the Bank pay per view the WrestleMania briefcase allows the holder to challenge for either title at any time in the forthcoming year. With this announcement made it was revealed that qualifying matches would begin tonight!

John Morrison battled Sheamus to kick off the show. With the history between these two superstars this turned out to be a fantastic match. Sheamus’s losing streak continued here as Morrison put him away cleanly with the Starship Pain to qualify for the Money in the Bank match.

Later in the night United States Champion Daniel Bryan battled Ted DiBiase, who hasn’t been having the best time recently, for the second spot in the match. Daniel Bryan looked close to coming out on top when the referee was taken out and Sheamus ran in and attacked Bryan, making him easy prey for the pinfall.


Friday Night SmackDown; 11th March 2011

The first of two qualifying matches on SmackDown saw Jack Swagger clash with Rey Mysterio. The two put on a great match but a distraction by Cody Rhodes, who has been feuding with Mysterio, allowed Swagger to hit the Gutwrench Powerbomb for the victory.

We also saw Drew McIntyre overcome Chris Masters in a solid bout to gain the fourth spot in the match.


Monday Night RAW; 14th March 2011

The New Nexus were involved in two qualifying matches on RAW. The first pitted R-Truth against Michael McGillicutty. Despite interference by Husky Harris R-Truth still came out on top with an Axe Kick to qualify for the Money in the Bank ladder match.

The night didn’t get any better for the New Nexus as their leader CM Punk clashed with Mark Henry. Despite the size and power difference it looked like CM Punk was going to come out on top if not for interference courtesy of Randy Orton, which Mark Henry capitalised on with the World’s Strongest Slam for the victory.


Friday Night SmackDown; 18th March 2011

As the qualifiers continued Cody Rhodes met Kofi Kingston in an entertaining match. Rhodes attempted to get the underhanded victory with a steel chair but Rey Mysterio got involved in revenge for last week, pulling the chair out of Rhodes hands and allowing Kingston to hit Trouble in Paradise for the pinfall.

Our second match was the battle of the big men as Kane clashed with Corre member Ezekial Jackson. Attempted interference by the rest of Corre was thwarted by Big Show, Santino Marella and Vladamir Kozlov and the distraction caused Jackson to take his mind off of Kane. He immediately regretted it however as Kane chokeslammed him to pick up the victory.


Monday Night RAW; 21st March 2011

With just one spot left for RAW it was announced that a battle royal would take place. It was the shocking return of Dolph Ziggler, who announced he had been rehired by RAW’s anonymous general manager, which stole the moment. And he went one better by winning the battle royal, last eliminating Daniel Bryan, to qualify.


Friday Night SmackDown; 25th March 2011

Following in RAW’s footsteps a battle royal took place to name the final qualifier for the Money in the Bank match. Despite featuring some talented individuals it would be Christian, who only returned the week earlier, who took the victory and qualified for another Money in the Bank match.


Monday Night RAW; 28th March 2011

With less than a week until the biggest show of the year all ten Money in the Bank competitors were involved in separate matches, which saw Kane defeat Mark Henry, Ted DiBiase roll up R-Truth for the victory, Dolph Ziggler overcome Kofi Kingston and John Morrison & Christian defeat Jack Swagger & Drew McIntyre.


Friday Night SmackDown; 1st April 2011

As the final stop before WrestleMania we saw a ten man tag team match take place as the RAW competitors took on their SmackDown opponents. In the end Dolph Ziggler pinned Kofi Kingston for the victory. Following the match a massive brawl erupted which saw John Morrison and Christian as the final two men standing, setting the stage for this Sunday.
 


WrestleMania 27; 3rd April 2011
Money in the Bank Ladder Match
John Morrison vs. Ted DiBiase vs. Jack Swagger vs. Drew McIntyre vs. R-Truth vs. Mark Henry vs. Kofi Kingston vs. Kane vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. Christian

This is the opening match of the twenty seventh annual WrestleMania pay per view and the fans are hyped up as we kick off the biggest event of the wrestling calendar with one of the most exciting and dangerous matches on the card tonight.

The bell rings and immediately Dolph Ziggler darts outside the ring looking for a ladder while the remaining nine men go at it in the ring. Mark Henry is a powerhouse as he quickly throws R-Truth, Kofi Kingston and Drew McIntyre out of the ring before being stopped in his tracks by the the only man who matches up to his size – Kane. While Kane and Mark Henry go at it in the ring. Dolph is in the process of grabbing a ladder when suddenly John Morrison springboards over the ropes and lands straight on Ziggler, sending both men sprawling to the floor. Kane and Henry continue going at it in the ring but everybody quickly realises that they need to take out the big guys first and Christian, Ted DiBiase and R-Truth are on Kane while Drew McIntyre, Jack Swagger and Kofi Kingston are brawling with Mark Henry. Kane and Henry put up a good fight but the numbers game is too much as both are sent outside the ring with force.

The six men begin brawling in the ring when John Morrison slides in with a small ladder and begins going to work, slamming the ladder into Drew, R-Truth and DiBiase before turning straight into a dropkick courtesy of Kofi Kingston sending the ladder straight back into Morrison. Outside the ring Dolph Ziggler is back on his feet and rolls in a normal sized ladder just as Kingston uses the small ladder, hitting both Christian and Jack Swagger at the same time. Kingston turns but Ziggler runs the larger ladder straight into Kingston who flops to the mat. Ziggler seems like the only man standing and begins to set up the ladder when R-Truth rolls into the ring and the two begin brawling. Kane enters next and while both Ziggler and R-Truth attempt to fight him off they both find themselves the victims of a double chokeslam. Kane sets up the ladder and begins a very slow climb, seemingly set to gain victory...

But it’s not ending this early as Ted DiBiase gets to his feet and begins climbing as well. The two try pushing the other off and a stalemate is met. Both reach the top of the ladder at the same time and begin exchanging punches when Kane grabs Ted DiBiase around the throat, delivering a thunderous chokeslam off of the ladder, pretty much taking DiBiase out of this match. Kane reaches for the briefcase but John Morrison springboards off of the top rope and leaps straight onto the ladder. Morrison tries knocking Kane off but once again Kane goes for the chokeslam only for Christian to push the ladder over! Kane crashes to the mat while Morrison leaps off of the ladder at the last minute, landing with both feet perfectly on the top rope, jumping backwards and elbowing Christian to the mat in a sublime move! Morrison gets to his feet but is met by R-Truth and the two begin brawling in the ring.

On the outside Jack Swagger has been putting the boots in on Mark Henry. He gets another ladder and this time props it up using the ring and the announce table. Swagger clearly has some kind of destructive plan in mind as he pulls Henry to his feet but Henry fights back, stopping whatever Swagger had planned. Henry spots the ladder and picks Swagger up in a World’s Strongest Slam stance. Henry looks set on planting Henry on the ladder but a well timed save by Drew McIntyre stops the move. An unspoken alliance seems to have been struck between Swagger and McIntyre as they go to work on Mark Henry, eventually managing to pick him up and putting him straight through the ladder! Mark Henry is completely out of it and the heaviest man in this match has been neutralised thanks to Jack Swagger, Drew McIntyre and a ladder.

Drew McIntyre and Jack Swagger enter the ring and immediately go after the only two men standing – John Morrison & R-Truth. The heels take the upper hand but all four men are unaware of Kofi Kingston, who has rolled out of the ring and is setting up a ladder on the outside. The four superstars in the ring continue brawling as Kingston ascends the overly sized ladder on the outside, close to the brawling superstars. McIntyre is the first to notice Kingston and dives out of the way and Kingston leaps off of the ladder, landing on and taking out John Morrison, Jack Swagger and R-Truth in one fell sweep. Kingston is on his feet, giving his signature taunt to the delight of the fans but he has forgotten about McIntyre, who boots Kingston as he turns around before delivering the Future Shock, leaving McIntyre as the only man left standing. McIntyre sets up a ladder in the ring and begins climbing when Christian slides in. Instead of going up the opposite side of the ladder to McIntyre Christian hooks his legs and proceeds to deliver a sickening electric chair drop to McIntyre on the smaller ladder that was brought into play earlier! McIntyre is in a lot of pain as Christian pushes him out of the ring and begins climbing the ladder himself.

It looks close but Kofi Kingston springboards off of the ropes and dropkicks the ladder. Christian manages to salvage things as he puts a foot out on the rope and pushes himself along with the ladder back into a standing position. Christian continues climbing but Kingston isn’t going to give up that easily as he begins climbing the ladder as well. By this point Dolph Ziggler is on his feet and as he watches Kingston and Christian going at it on the top of the ladder he grins and charges into the ladder, sending it toppling over. For the second time however things aren’t that easy as both Christian and Kingston get a foot on the ropes and push the ladder back up, sending the metal bar connecting the two sides of the ladder straight into Ziggler’s jaw. Ziggler goes down immediately as Christian and Kingston go at each other once again atop the ladder.

While all this is going on R-Truth has managed to get to his feet. He goes to the outside where he is immediately besieged by Jack Swagger. The two go back and forth until R-Truth gets the upper hand, throwing Swagger over the security barricade. R-Truth pulls a ladder out from under the ring while Swagger pulls himself back over the security barricade. Swagger gets to his feet and is met jaw first by the ladder that R-Truth has just pulled out. R-Truth slides the ladder into the ring and follows after only to find himself face to face with Kane, who has also just gotten onto his feet. Kane grabs R-Truth around the throat and proceeds to chokeslam him on top of the ladder! Kane picks up the ladder and is about to use it to knock both Christian and Kofi Kingston off of their ladder when John Morrison is suddenly on the apron. He flies off of the top rope, dropkicking Kane in the back. Kane goes face first into the ladder which he is holding before falling into the ladder that Christian and Kingston are standing atop. Kingston and Christian fly off of the ladder, Christian crotching himself on the rope while Kingston crashes and burns on the outside.

With only himself, Christian and Kane standing in the ring Morrison mounts the ladder on his shoulder and aeroplane spins, knocking both Kane and Christian out of the ring with the ladder. Morrison proceeds to set the ladder up, makes the climb and without any opposition unhooks the briefcase to become WrestleMania’s Mr. Money in the Bank! From the top of the ladder Morrison surveys the carnage at ringside as medics check on numerous competitors. Morrison raises the briefcase up high as the crowd go crazy!

Winner & Mr. Money in the Bank: John Morrison

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Chris Benoit was not meant to die, or commit unmentionable actions that would effect his legacy in the wrestling world, or hit the professional wrestling scene with controversy. Benoit killed his family over the weekend of an event in which he played a big role, which didn't make matters much better when news had been released that Benoit had killed his family.

Chris Benoit, Nancy Benoit and Daniel Benoit's bodies were all found on Monday, June 25th 2007. The night before, the "Rabid Wolverine" had been scheduled to face CM Punk in the finals of an ECW World Championship tournament. Unfortunately, Benoit had supposedly missed his flight to a live event in Beaumont, Texas on June, and he was forced to miss the show. On Friday before the event, Benoit left the tour of ECW and SmackDown due to a supposed family emergency, under the understanding that Nancy and Daniel had became plagued with food poisoning. It was later revealed that Chris had killed Nancy on Friday in an upstairs office of their house, apparently via stabbing. Nancy had attempted to fight it but she was found dead in towel that following Monday. Chris left a Bible with his wife's body.

The next day between the hours of 3:30 p.m. EDT, Benoit sent a voice message to WWE superstar, Chavo Guerrero revealing that he had overslept and missed his flight to Beaumont. Guerrero called Benoit back and Benoit sounded fatigued and tired. There was growing concern among the Benoit family's friends. A co-worker called Benoit and Chris revealed that Nancy and Daniel were vomiting blood from food poisoning. Chris used the cover story that he and Nancy had taken Daniel to the hospital.

In actuality, Daniel Benoit was suffocated and murdered in his bedroom, another Bible left near his body. It seemed as though Benoit had strangled his son as Daniel had internal injuries around the throat but there was no bruises. Reports flew by that Daniel was intoxicated at the time of strangulation, or unconscious already. A large butcher's knife was nearby the scene, but had not been used in said murder. Daniel had then been diagnosed with Fragile X syndrome, and needle marks in the boy's arm suggested he had been injected with growth hormones given to him.

Finally, Chris Benoit committed suicide by hanging himself from a weight machine cord, which he had used as a noose. Benoit had hung himself with 240lbs (six pounds more than his actual weight) and was hanging dead at sight of discovery.

On Monday, June 25 the WWE were notified of messages from Chavo Guerrero and WWE referee, Scott Armstrong and an investigation was made, the bodies being founded and the case being looked into. In the aftermath of the occasion, many friends and wrestling fans broke out into fights over Chris Benoit being a murderer, and the case was officially named a double murder and suicide. No suicide note was left, but Benoit had written in a Bible handed to his mother of two children, Martina "I'm preparing to leave this Earth..."

The result of the final case and the full discovery of the Benoit tragedy caused debates across the professional wrestling scene and the entire media, regarding steroids and drugs (the idea that Chris had suffered from brain problems due to the amount of head injuries suffered from wrestling over the years) and also putting the pro wrestling scene in jeopardy. Wrestlers past and present commented, from Kurt Angle, Eric Bischoff and Hulk Hogan to others such as Lex Luger, Marc Mero, Bret Hart, Ted Dibiase Sr, Chyna, Ultimate Warrior and various other names, as well as fellow WWE superstars. The WWE decided to block Chris Benoit's name and uses from all acknowledgements, banning his voice, his talents and all memory of Chris Benoit from history. Disappearing from DVD releases, game releases, television, Benoit had been named and shamed, and WWE were protecting their own image.

But what if things had gone differently?


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On June 24th, 2007 was the finals of the ECW World Championship tournament, set up weeks earlier after the vacating of the title belt. Chris Benoit and CM Punk had been loved by the fans of the company for their skills in the past, and their styles seemed to be extremely similar. In the semi-finals of the four-man tournament on the weekly television show ECW on Sci-Fi, the "Rabid Wolverine" had advanced to this match by defeating Elijah Burke. The "Straight Edge Superstar" had transgressed to this point with a win against Marcus Cor Von. Both superstars seemed equal, and in the end of a battle at Vengeance: Night of Champions, CM Punk attempted the step-up knee in the corner just for Benoit to move and apply the Crossface, Punk tapping out after a tenacious fight.

CM Punk and Chris Benoit shook hands afterwards, and the "Rabid Wolverine" seemed to have definitely proved his point and left a mark as the new ECW World Champion. Punk showed himself loyal to Benoit, backing him up on ECW on Sci-Fi against such opponents as The Miz, Marcus Cor Von and Elijah Burke, as well as interesting oppositions like Mike Knox and Kevin Thorn. Whenever Benoit needed an ally, he could rely on Punk. John Morrison was a man who was definitely stepping up to the plate, and the supposed "Shaman of Sexy" issued a challenge to Benoit for the Great American Bash. On July 22nd, John Morrison and Benoit fought, and Morrison showed to be a true threat to the "Rabid Wolverine" using his unorthodox and interesting style and using many high-flying moves to catch Benoit off-guard. Morrison went for the Moonlight Drive, but Benoit took Morrison out with the German suplex, and went for the Diving Headbutt just for Morrison to leave the ring and intentionally get himself disqualified, attacking Benoit with the ECW title.

Following the Great American Bash, John Morrison aligned himself with the obnoxious Miz: a superstar with the luscious Extreme Exposé on his arms, and the next week on ECW Morrison picked up a win against Benoit in tag team action also involving CM Punk thanks to the distraction of Layla, Kelly Kelly and Brooke. The Extreme Exposé tried to flirt with Benoit, and this increasingly made Benoit angry and angry. Morrison got more confident, and a rematch for SummerSlam was made, Benoit to face Morrison in an Extreme Rules match. Morrison used the high heel of Layla and a hand from The Miz, as well as weapons including a steel chair and a table to take Benoit out, but Morrison still fell to Benoit as Benoit applied the Crossface on Morrison.

Following SummerSlam, ECW General Manager Armando Estrada revealed concern for his ECW World Champion. Elijah Burke was put to face Chris Benoit, and Burke also showed concern for Benoit sarcastically trying to make Benoit vacate the ECW World Championship. Benoit had suffered a concussion at SummerSlam and Estrada didn't want to risk an injury. Three short weeks later at Unforgiven, Elijah Burke challenged Benoit just for the "Rabid Wolverine" to retain the title again. It seemed as though the road for Benoit was getting tougher and tougher.

Benoit, his concussion getting no better was getting booked in more often ECW Championship matches, the "Rabid Wolverine" becoming injured with bad ribs as well. Challenges coming from The Miz, John Morrison, Big Daddy V, Elijah Burke, Kevin Thorn and many others. Big Daddy V stuck out though, injuring the ribs of Benoit and targeting his title in particular. Estrada was relentless on making Benoit vacate the title, or lose the title but Benoit refused. Benoit teamed with Punk to defeat Big Daddy V and Matt Striker at No Mercy in October, and Punk vowed to never turn his back on Benoit.

As the winter came in, Benoit seemed to strengthen a little, and the "Rabid Wolverine" was still the target of many rivals on ECW, now including some fellow fan favorites such as Stevie Richards and Tommy Dreamer. At the Survivor Series, Chris Benoit was teamed with CM Punk as well as the Hardys and Shawn Michaels to take on Big Daddy V, Shelton Benjamin, Mr Kennedy, John Morrison and The Miz in a traditional Survivor Series match, and Benoit was the man to eliminate The Miz from the match as well as cause Big Daddy V to be disqualified (Big Daddy V laying Benoit out with a steel chair), and this allowed Shelton Benjamin to take the pinfall and have a win against ECW Champion, Benoit.

This allowed Shelton Benjamin to be poised to challenge Chris Benoit, and the new smart-ass personality of Benjamin caused for him to be striving for gold, even calling himself the "Gold Standard". Benjamin challenged Benoit to a match at Armageddon but John Morrison also got involved, a triple threat ladder match prepared for Armageddon for the ECW Championship. The match could have gone either way, as Benoit was still suffering with injuries over the past five months. Estrada was breathing down Benoit's neck as well, but in this match Benjamin stole the win, and the "Gold Standard" became ECW Champion.

Chris Benoit responded by immediately cashing in his rematch clause, for New Year's Day, the ECW Champion Shelton Benjamin happily accepting.

2008

On New Year's Day, Chris Benoit challenged for the ECW Championship against Shelton Benjamin in his rematch, and Benjamin took advantage, going after the bad health of the "Rabid Wolverine" and Shelton managed to almost steal the win on several occasions. The match ended up going an outstanding forty minutes (although classed as reaching the sixty minute time limit: sixty minutes being the length of the entire episode of ECW on Sci-Fi), and Benoit was screwed by the time limit draw finish.

Instead of being given a rematch for failing to regain the ECW Championship, Armando Estrada placed Chris Benoit in the Royal Rumble match, a thirty man battle royal with the winner facing their brand's World Champion at WrestleMania XXIV. Benoit had to advance by defeating Big Daddy V, finally beating the massive Big Daddy V with a Diving Headbutt, and Benoit was ready for combat. Benoit arrived at #7, eliminating three superstars including Cody Rhodes, Santino Marella and William Regal before being eliminated by John Morrison.

Benoit seemed to be re-entering the challenge for the ECW Championship and Benoit was placed in an Elimination Chamber match at No Way Out for the ECW title. The "Rabid Wolverine" was given a hard road to the Elimination Chamber match though, as CM Punk was as well: two-on-three handicap matches planned for Benoit and Punk against Big Daddy V, John Morrison and The Miz. At No Way Out it was CM Punk, Chris Benoit, John Morrison, Big Daddy V, Shelton Benjamin and Elijah Burke for the ECW Championship, and Benoit and Punk started off. Benoit was busted open by the end of it, and both men were fatigued after almost half an hour of fighting. Punk soon nailed the Go To Sleep on Benjamin and it came down to the "Straight Edge Superstar" and the "Rabid Wolverine". Both men had fought for the title seven months before at Vengeance: Night of Champions and here we went again. Benoit and Punk fought back and forth but Punk soon nailed the GTS on Benoit and Punk gained the ECW Championship.

CM Punk seemed to be happy about his win, and Chris Benoit offered his assistance to the "Straight Edge Superstar", but lines were severed as Punk suddenly turned his back and left Benoit alone in a tag team match on ECW on Sci-Fi, leaving Benoit against John Morrison and The Miz; a match where Benoit and Punk could have become WWE Tag Team Champions. Punk talked about how he had been kept in the shadows by Benoit, and how now was about him. And as ECW Champion, he was officially better than everyone. The new personality change prompted Benoit, and Benoit fought Punk at WrestleMania XXIV, such a hard-hitting match that was allocated twenty plus minutes of back and forth action, near falls and packed with submission attempts. Benoit soon tried the Crossface but Punk rolled through, the Anaconda Vise causing Benoit to tap in the end.

Benoit was not seen after WrestleMania XXIV, instead only in name. CM Punk got himself over on ECW as being a dominant ECW Champion after the amazing match with Benoit. In the 2008 Draft Lottery that took place in June, Benoit was drafted from the ECW brand to RAW, and his return was long awaited. Promos started to appear over the course of the Summer, and everybody wondered where the "Rabid Wolverine" had gone.

Chris Benoit returned in September to a huge ovation, as the "Rabid Wolverine" took the position as the fifth man in the Championship Scramble match at Unforgiven. Benoit, alongside Randy Orton, Chris Jericho and Shawn Michaels challenged for the World Heavyweight Championship seated around the waist of Batista. Benoit arrived last and met with his old rival Jericho, who had now adopted a persona where he thought of himself being superior to everybody else. Benoit almost took the World Heavyweight Championship, but he ended up being the only superstar in the match not to take the title at all in the allotted time limit. Randy Orton walked out victorious as World Heavyweight Champion in the end.

In the following weeks Chris Benoit was called out by longtime rival and partner, Chris Jericho, Jericho asking Benoit if he could still go, then sarcastically commenting how Benoit had suffered too many 'knocks to the head'. At No Mercy, Benoit fought a hard-hitting match with Jericho where Jericho repeatedly kicked Benoit in the head, but Benoit walked out victorious as he made Jericho tap in the Crossface.

Following No Mercy, Jericho still targeted his former WWE Tag Team Champion partner, and the "Rabid Wolverine" managed to attain a World Heavyweight Championship shot in a match also involving Chris Jericho and the returning John Cena. Cena and Benoit seriously did butt heads in the match at Survivor Series, and Randy Orton felt seriously in jeopardy but with assistance from his Legacy (consisting of Ted Dibiase Jr and Cody Rhodes) he was able to succeed with the win.

Benoit teamed with Kofi Kingston several times in the next few weeks, managing to overcome the Legacy and also seemed to butt heads with John Cena once again in the ring. Cena seemed motivated to take the World Heavyweight Championship from Randy Orton but every attempt seemed wrecked by the Legacy. Benoit aided him in one outing at Armageddon, but Cena was unsuccessful still.

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In the next few weeks, Randy Orton would comment on the ageing of Chris Benoit, and how he has started to thwart his plans, especially almost costing him the World Heavyweight Championship and making his Legacy look like morons. Benoit fought Chris Jericho in a No Mercy rematch at the Royal Rumble, and the match would involve Ted Dibiase Jr and Cody Rhodes, as well as Legacy newcomer, Harry Smith. Smith, a wrestler trained briefly by Benoit in the Calgary Dungeon cost Benoit the match and Jericho was victorious, but Benoit was not done.

Chris Benoit easily surpassed Harry Smith on an episode of RAW and he was back on the warpath chasing Randy Orton. In February it was once again time for No Way Out, and the "Rabid Wolverine" went into the Elimination Chamber match with hope of becoming number one contender to the World Heavyweight Championship. A match also featuring the competitive nature of Rey Mysterio, Chris Jericho, John Cena, Kane and Ted Dibiase. This was a chaotic match, as Benoit managed to eliminate Dibiase and Jericho with ease, but as the match progressed Benoit was brutalized with moves involving the Chamber. Benoit soon fired back though, and made Cena tap to the Crossface! Benoit was going to meet Orton at WrestleMania XXV.

And so the road began for Benoit to fulfill his destiny as World Heavyweight Champion on the grandest stage of them all again, but Randy Orton was sneaky along the way. He got Harry Smith, Cody Rhodes and Ted Dibiase to attack Benoit repeatedly, and the "Rabid Wolverine" was diagnosed with another serious concussion, but Benoit was content to ignore it and keep going. Orton however convinced the Chairman, Vince McMahon to put Benoit's career at jeopardy for the safety of the company! Benoit now had to win the World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania XXIV or he would have to retire.

An ultimate match at WrestleMania XXIV, Chris Benoit fought his absolute best against Randy Orton, his pride and joy at stake as Nancy and Daniel Benoit watched from ringside in the first row, perhaps to watch Daddy Benoit's career live on and become even more successful, or watch it plunge and disintegrate before their very eyes. Benoit kicked out of not one, but two RKOs and Orton's punt was dodged, but Benoit tried the Diving Headbutt just for Orton to move, and Orton nailed Benoit with a massive punt to the skull! Benoit was unconscious, and the crowd booed as everything slowed down, but Benoit kicked out at two! Orton went for another RKO but Benoit applied the Crossface! Orton struggled and rolled out and nailed the RKO out of nowhere. Orton covered, but decided once wasn't enough, picking Benoit up and nailing a second one for the win!

Everything slowed down as Randy Orton celebrated and left, Chris Benoit slowly getting up, and everyone in Texas saluted the "Rabid Wolverine" for over twenty years of entertainment and solid wrestling. Daniel and Nancy arrived in the ring as banners read 'Thank you Chris' and various other celebratory comments, and this was the final farewell of the "Rabid Wolverine. Chris Benoit, amazing wrestler.[/font][/center]

Right first off, well done to everyone involved. I know what its like to work on one of these and I hope you all had fun. Shame about the turnout but I expected this and was one of the main reasons I didn't sign up for this one. Anyway onto replies:

Cameron Stone: Real nice booking in all respects. Only match I'm a little meh about is the Nexus handicap match. Having Cena and Orton out was a great twist. The rumble write up itself was good, could have been longer/ more detailed but it didn't need it. Unsure about Sandman as suprise enterant could have picked someone alot better or even Diesel or Booker. I like the dominance of the Nexus, Daniel Bryan's strong showing and the final two. Little unsure over HHH and Sheamus taking each other out so early but I liked it being different as this would usually happen at the end. Overall great write up exactly what I was expected from you, top quality. Could have done with a pic but no biggie.

Jack: I really like the layout the size 1 on the other matches however I'm not a fan of. Great match graphic also. I liked the Sheamus promo however a loss against R-Truth ughh. Would have loved another promo from another competitor but it wasn't needed. I like the booking having HHH come back, good choice to not have HHH and Sheamus as the first two. All good booking but what ruined it for me was the layout. It was hard to read, just put it in paragraphs and it woulf have been great. Cena winning was a good choice.

Shifty: Cool to see you went for different situations and I must say yours seem the more imaginative. A really long and good write up. I do think that you went too far into detail by not just describing the HHH/Sheamus feud but all the feuds around it. All the returns and debuts was a little overkill for me. Some of the write up seemed confusing like if HHH actually apeared at KotR or just his music played. Despite this it was a great read and all well booked.

Winner: Shifty. Although I feel Jack's smaller write up is better in quality of write up Shifty takes the win for two reasons. One the imagination he put into it and all the effort he put into it. It was a close call and some small aditions to Jack's work would have seen him take the win despite being smaller.

AJ: The italics are a little much. I love the table idea. Everyone seemed to beat jobbers apart from Rey. Not sure on some of the enterants like Henry or Riley. I do love Trent being in there though. I hate the layout of the match, why isn't anyone paragraphing. Despite this it was a good read abiet a little predictable with Morrision winning. Maybe could have done a little more around the match but it was fine was it was.

Rated R: Perfectly laid out qualifiers, although I do love the table AJ used the detail was a nice and better touch. Glad you didn't just use jobbers for qualifiers. Ughh Henry again and R-Truth. Loving Ziggler in the final spot. Christian is another good choice although I don't think you need two battle royals. Kinda sucks you didn't put Bryan in though. Loving the build up matches as they were a nice touch. Paragraphs yeh. Lots of good spots in a great write up but another predictable Morrison win.

Winner: Rated R. R's entry was just first class only thing I could pick holes in were the competitors themselves and thats down to personal opinion. No offence to AJ is meant as he did a great write up but he had a tough challenge with both R and Hart in the same match. Its a shame Kevin didn't hand it, would have been an epic match.

Damn you classic division, I would have loved to read some of the entries.

Cenanation: Love the wide graphic, nice layout. Ughh at the Y2J/Rock interaction you really should have wrote that up. Seems really basic to me. Not sure about just throwing him into a match this could have easily been elongated over a period of shows. The match write up was nice but seemed far too short. Mr. Ass coming out seems random despite the mention of him being his SS oppenent. I do like the booking though, Jericho going over is great and does great for his career and the interference keeps Rocky strong. Maybe I'm wrong but it seems like you lack knowledge from this period which has led to a quick dash entry. I appauld you for giving in but this could have been done fairly quickly.

Duaner: I like the simplistic layout it reflects the old school style. Opening paragraph really gives a good snapshot of the time, every entry should do something like that. I love the tourney ends overseas don't know if that happened in real life but its a nice addition. All the competitors seem worthy of the belt. I like the backstory of the competitors it was just enough without going on and on. A graphic of the brackets would have done much better but its still fine. Ahmed winning?, I really don't like the double DQ happening and just giving the final away to Hart and Bulldog. I'm not a expert of this time so I don't know if this was comman place but I just didn't like it. Good that Bulldog won.

DTP: I f'ing love this. It helped with the stip but you added emotions brillantly into this which I've only ever seen Matt do here on the sims board, shows real skill. Seriously everything was top notch: the backstory starter, the booking and layout. I'm trying to find stuff to say rather than just praise but I'm finding it hard. Booking Beniot strong as a champ with the GM trying to screw him. I loved the head injuries mention all the way though to make this truely epic I would have ended the final match with a Punt then you have this long brilliant underlining story of his head injures come to an end. The matches you booked and wrote sounded awesome as well exactly what WWE should have done if he was still alive like the ladder match and the 20 WM match with Punk, the 40 mins match with Shelton is pushing it though. I see your point but a 30 mins time limit would have done the job. Overall absolutey epic if you ever have trouble for a future diary you got a HOF'er right there if you see it though and expand on it.

Overall: great job guys just some little overall points. I like graphic even if its just one in the entry it helps to break up the text and thus makes it easier to read. Some don't need them I understand that but it does add to it. Paragraphs- I think everyone will see if you try and read a chunk of text its extremley hard to read. Just simply break it up and it makes it so much easier to read. They are really the only two points I see in more than one persons entry. Great job guys you should all be proud to be entered.

Cameron Stone: The build-up was short and sweet which I prefer. A long backstory takes too much out of me and gets me disinterested. This, on the other hand, was excellent and enjoyable and the build-up seemed right. I liked the Cena/Orton stipulation, but I feel that since they lost, the Rumble lost some major starpower. Good to see this as a 'young' rumble with a lot of the new generation stars getting time, especially the young Nexus tag team. Didn't like the random Sandman appearance, but it is the Rumble I suppose. The actual Rumble write-up was a bit confusing, but nothing I couldn't follow. Maybe try another format, that would be good. Shocking win for Christian and with Edge retaining the belt earlier in the night, I sense a perfectly set up Edge/Christian encounter at 'Mania! I think you would have handled your opponents if they handed in, as this was pretty solid Cam. Nice job. 7/10

Jack: First off, great format and absolutely perfect promo from Sheamus. Sounded like he was really delivering it and promos can be hard to write up from time-to-time, but you really nailed it man. Match write up was massive, but I mean, it is a chamber match so that is to be expected. Triple H is the mystery man! WHO WOULD'VE GUESSED?! Sad to see Sheamus eliminated so fast, as it really doesn't give up a major preview of the inevitable Triple H/Sheamus match. Ah, still pretty good though. The action in the match was described pretty well and I really do like how Sheamus cost Triple H the match. That allows them to go at it for 'Mania. Cena winning is also the correct thing to do as a side note. Solid format, solid write-up, solid job. 8/10

Shifty: Wow, this is a monster of a write up good sir. I must say, I don't usually enjoy a long backstory like this, but the way you went about it was awesome. Triple H warning Sheamus and getting into is head is a perfect set up while having the Game rehab still. I like the added snip-its about the other doings on the shows; it adds to the actual story. Triple H 'mick-foleying' Sheamus in the Rumble is the way I'd see it and definitely set up something between the two. I dislike the GM not allowing Triple H to fight, but I'm happy we will see him revealed. Austin as GM is awesome and everything, but I REALLY don't like how Austin is calling Triple H his good friend, as Austin has no friends. And the fact that Austin was afraid because he could get hurt, destroys his bad ass character. Not allowing his 'friend' to wrestle also makes Triple H look extremely weak. Finally, Triple H will get his shot and boy, that was a helluva match man. The ending was insane and maybe too much for PG WWE. Either way, solid match write-up and nothing short of a big pay-off. Loved the paragraph afterward, as its like an epilogue of sorts. Nice job there. 8/10

WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT, BOTH OF YOU GUYS DID AN AWESOME JOB WITH YOUR ENTRIES. I WASN'T EXPECTING LESS, BUT I AM PROUD TO CALL YOU UP AND COMERS ON THIS BOARD. ALL IN ALL, MY VOTE GOES TO SHIFTY, BUT I HAVE TO SAY IT WAS TOUGH. SHIFTY GETS IT FOR THE INCREDIBLE BACKSTORY WORK. NICE JOB TO BOTH.

AJ: Like the creative use of the table definitely and the added tibit of how the participants got into the match was well put. Match seemed a little lackluster than previous MITBs, but I guess everyone has been done really. Graphic was also a nice touch and an interesting choice of guys, Barretta especially. Glad to see some newer faces in there. Kane in there again is kinda lame, I dislike this. Either way, glad to see JoMo finally gain his rightful opportunity at the belt and a great ending with him crashing on the opponents. Decent match write up, I enjoyed it. 7/10

Rated R: Simple yet effective quick write ups of who is getting into the match. Like all the guys you chose and I feel this would be the logical pack of wolves going into the match. Although, I really dislike Kane being in there again as he should be above this. Either way, good set up for a really good match write up. Some spots I really enjoyed, specifically the Henry/Swagger/McIntyre scene where Henry was put into the ladder. Morrison & Christian seemed to be the two that came in with steam and in the end, the rightful man was awarded the win. Great way to end it with the airplane spin and Morrison climbing and looking around at the melee that just ensued. Nice write up and solid job overall. 8/10

CLEAR ADVANTAGE AND VOTE GOES TO RATED R IN THIS ONE. I FELT HIS FORMAT AND BACKSTORY WERE MORE EFFECTIVE AND HIS WRITE UP WAS SOLID. GOOD JOB FROM BOTH THOUGH.

Cenanation: Well, this was poorly executed, plain and simple. I know you wanted to move down after this, but you'll have the Championship match next month, so maybe prepare better. You are clearly a better writer than this man, and I know you could have done better with a bit of research. Not really going to comment, just going to say this. I know you can do better man! n/a

DTP: Man, reading this just makes me want Benoit to come back from the dead man. This was definitely one of the best write-ups I've ever seen, in the fact that it told a great story and a realistic one at that. I could see Benoit go a path like this definitely. Let's get on to the actual write-up; first off, love how Punk vowed to always have Benoit's back, as that would make Punk an even bigger fan favorite. Some intense matches on the ECW brand and Benoit passes the torch to Benjamin, who in essence is a young Benoit if you ask me. A move to Raw would freshen things up and a feud with Jericho would be a great thing. Fast forward to Benoit/Orton at Wrestlemania, what a way to go out for him. I bet this would actually happen, as I doubt Benoit had much left in him. A proper send off is what I wish happened, but alas, we can never have this. Great job Dan, you would have kicked my ass, that's for sure. 9/10

Cameron Stone – Pity you had no competition as it doesn’t allow you to truly showcase your ability. The backstory leading into the Royal Rumble was short, but it provided something, which was nice. Miz retaining the gold was wise, and Kane getting thrown off the stage to defeat was solid. I am unsure about HHH returning, especially at number two – it just seems a little cliché. I am such an anti-Christian fan, so his victory is both unrealistic and unsatisfying for me. Overall, this was an okay entry – nothing special, but nothing bad.

Jack – I would have liked to see a more detailed backstory, especially someone with your talent. I thought the return of Triple H was a little too predictable, which is also disappointing. I do like CM Punk eliminating Hunter, and Cena winning is good. The match itself was well written.

Shifty – The backstory is a lot stronger than Jack, which is going to work in your favor. Again, your Triple H return choice is a little too predictable, but executed better overall than Jack. I love the reference to Foley/Orton from ’04. I strongly dislike Austin being revealed as the General Manager. Although you did explain why he chose to be anonymous, it just seemed like a weak thing for him to do. I do like the Sheamus/Triple H rematch at Wrestlemania and it sounds a lot better than the match at least year’s ‘Mania. I would’ve liked Sheamus to win, but Triple H just had to. I hate Triple H going over to Smackdown, but I do appreciate the cliffhanger ending.

I think it is clear that Shifty ousted Jack in this match.