WWE 2009 - SmackDown: 9/04/09. Cleveland, OH.

Face/Heel Males:

Batista Evan Bourne Festus 'Hacksaw' Jim Duggan Hornswoggle Jamie Noble John Cena Kofi Kingston Mark Henry Montel Vontavious Porter Primo Santino Marella Shawn Michaels Triple H

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[tr][td]Big Show
Carlito
Chavo Guerrero
Cody Rhodes
Jack Swagger
Randy Orton
Ted DiBiase
The Miz [/td][/tr][/table]
Face/Heel Divas:

Tag Teams/Stables:



Randy Orton [6/15/09 - Present]


Kofi Kingston [6/1/09 - Present]


Mickie James [7/26/09 - Present]


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Love that you've done something different and changed the results of your start-off PPV, a complete different spin on things. I expect Hardy to be pushed to the moon and back if he doesn't leave (and I hope he doesn't), but then again I liked that him leaving shot Punk up as well. So many faces in ECW that never reached their potential like Burchill too, going to be interesting to see what happens from here.

A Video Package plays highlighting the events which occurred at SummerSlam concerning the Superstars of RAW, the main focus, however, was Randy Orton retaining the WWE Championship against John Cena.

Michael Cole and Jerry ‘The King’ Lawler welcome us to WWE Monday Night RAW, coming to us live this week from Las Vegas, Nevada. They hype the guest host for tonight, Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather.

John Cena’s music hits to open the show to an ovation from the crowd. John makes his way down to the ring. Cena cuts right to the chase and says he feels cheated out of the WWE Championship. John asks us to watch his evidence. Cena shows a screencap of Orton blatantly placing his feet on the top rope for leverage during his winning pinfall. John says that he feels that himself and the fans have been cheated out of a championship match which they both deserves and he thinks a rematch is justifiable. Randy Orton, the current WWE Champion, wanders down to the ring. Orton says so what if he had his feet on the ropes during the pinfall, it just proves that once again he outsmarted Cena and retained the championship. John Cena says that it doesn’t prove that Orton is smarter; it just proves that he’s less worthy of being champion. Randy asks what a worthy champion is then, is it really someone who isn’t prepared to do whatever it takes to keep their championship. John replies with the fact that he thinks everything Orton is saying it to cover up that he needed to bend the rules to retain his championship. Cena goes to continue but Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather’s music hits and the guest host of RAW for tonight walks down to the ring. Floyd tells the two of them that John Cena’s rematch and anything to do with the WWE Championship is out of his hands and that he was told the situation will be addressed next week. Mayweather said that the reason he’s out here is to tell both Cena and Orton to stop worrying about the WWE Title for just tonight, because they’re both in competition tonight and on top of that they will be picking eachothers opponents and they haven’t got long to do that so they better get on it.

COMMERCIAL

United States Champion Kofi Kingston and Divas Champion Mickie James are backstage for their Mixed Tag Team Match coming up shortly. Their opponents, The Miz and Alicia Fox approach them. Miz says that they both better cling tight to their precious championships because after tonight himself and Alicia will prove that they are the rightful contenders and it’ll just be a matter of time before their status as Challengers will turn into a status of ‘Champion’. The duo walk off as Kingston says ‘we’ll see about that’. We then go to the ring.

WWE Unified Tag Team Champions Chris Jericho and Big Show def. Shad and JTG in a non-title match
A non-title re-match from SummerSlam last night where Jericho and Big Show successfully retained their Tag Team Titles. Tonight was no different in results as Big Show blind tagged himself in as Shad lifted up Jericho for a Military Press Slam and The World’s Largest Athlete pinned Gaspard after a Knockout Punch.

Chris Jericho grabs a microphone after the match, stating that they just once again proved that they are the greatest tag team in history and that there will never, ever, ever, been anyone who can even touch them. Jericho says that if there is any tag team that thinks they can match them, then he’s officially challenging them so he can prove them wrong. Chris and Big Show wait a few moments before Jericho passes Show the microphone and the Worlds Largest Athlete tells us that this is evidence that there is not a single tag team willingly to step in the ring with them because they know for a fact that they will be bea…Floyd Mayweather’s music hits, as you can see Show’s expression change to pure anger. Floyd tells Show that he hasn’t seen him in a while, infact the last time he saw Show was at WrestleMania 24, when he was laying over him as the referee counted to three. Big Show demands to know what Floyd is out here for and that he should cut the crap. Floyd continues on to tell Chris and Big Show that he’s found a couple of guys that have agreed to challenge them for the Tag Team Championships, Floyd says that JeriShow might know them and that they’re actually here tonight.

‘Are you Ready?’ plays through the loudspeakers as the crowd go wild. Shawn Michaels and Triple H appear at the top of the entrance ramp. After a pause, the two begin to walk down the entrance ramp, and eventually start running before they slide quickly into the ring. The Tag Team Champions flee through the crowd with their titles, to avoid any trouble. Triple H takes the microphone off the canvas and says that it looks like there is a tag team who’re willingly to step into the ring with them but then Triple H questions if the Champions are willingly to step into the ring with them. The Game says that it doesn’t really matter either way because they officially accept Jericho’s challenge. Hunter passes the mic to HBK who continues to say that if they’re not down with that then they’ve got two words for ‘em. The WWE Universe scream ‘Suck It’ as we head to a commercial.

COMMERCIAL

The Miz and Alicia Fox def. United States Champion Kofi Kingston and Divas Champion Mickie James
A Fairly good mixed tag team match featuring the United States and Divas Champions and the people hoping to become contenders to those championships. All four competitors found themselves having a decent length of time in the ring, the men taking up more. In the end, the Divas were the legal competitors and Miz wandered over to Kingston, pulling him off the apron, which distracted Mickie and allowed Alicia to roll her up for the three.

Fox stood tall in the ring as Miz and Kingston continued to fight outside. Kofi had the advantage until Miz wandered over to the United States Championship Belt, lifting it up and hammering Kofi over the head with it. Miz then proceeded to hit the Skull Crushing Finale on Kingston and hold the United States Championship over his head.

Randy Orton is shown backstage with Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase, his fellow members of Legacy. Orton tells Rhodes and DiBiase that one of them are going to be facing Cena tonight, since he can’t trust anyone else with that duty. DiBiase isn’t too happy, saying that it was only 24 hours ago that they had to face Triple H and Shawn Michaels and now one of them have to face Cena? Rhodes calms Ted down and says that it’s okay and that he’ll face Cena. Orton looks at Cody and tells him ‘no’. Randy then goes onto say that he just made his decision and Ted DiBiase will be facing John Cena tonight. Orton leaves and Ted is furious.

COMMERCIAL

Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather is backstage, with the Bella Twins, who were both dressed as Las Vegas Showgirls, watching the show. Chavo Guerrero storms in. Chavo says he wants his hands on that midget son of the devil, Hornswoggle tonight. Floyd says that it has already been arranged; infact Hornswoggle’s friend came in earlier and asked on his behalf. Chavo seems alright with this and is about to leave when Mayweather notifies him of one last thing. Chavo needs to find a tag team partner because Hornswoggle’s friend requested a tag team match and he granted it.

WWE Champion Randy Orton w/Cody Rhodes def. Evan Bourne
The fans live in Las Vegas, Nevada were excited to see Evan Bourne as Cena’s chosen poison. A win here for Bourne would be huge against the reigning WWE Champion and would give him the break he needs. However, Bourne’s high flying backfired as Orton countered a Shoot Star Press, getting to his feet and catching Bourne for a scoop powerslam. Orton stood up Bourne to nail an RKO and seal his victory.

Randy Orton walks back up the ramp with Cody Rhodes, pleased with his win over Cena’s poison for tonight. The announcers hype tonight’s main event which see’s John Cena facing Ted DiBiase in singles action.

COMMERCIAL

Triple H and Shawn Michaels are backstage with Todd Grisham. Grisham says that for years the two of them have shown seemingly little interest in the tag team championships, why now have they decided to chase the titles? Shawn says that for years they’ve been fighting good and evil, fighting for personal reasons, and fighting against companies. Now that they disposed of their latest problem, Legacy, it’s all gone. No more envious third generation superstars, no more cheerleaders, no more personal vendettas, no inter-promotion wars. They thought it was time to do something new and through all the things that they have done, the accomplishments that they have won, they have never been tag team champions together and some time soon seems like a perfect time to check that off their list. The crowd pop as we head to the ring.

Jack Swagger def. MVP
Another rematch from SummerSlam last night where MVP defeated the All-American American live on Pay-Per-View. Swagger was looking to redeem himself here and see MVP come up short. Swagger’s goals became reality and he gained a three count after connecting with the Gutwrench Powerbomb on Montel Vontavious Porter.

COMMERCIAL

We return from the break to hear the announcement that Kofi Kingston vs. The Miz has been made for the United States Championship at Unforgiven. Lawler and Cole continue to hype the main event as we head back to the ring.

Hornswoggle and Mark Henry def. Chavo Guerrero and Carlito in a Tag Team Boxing Match
A Match made earlier by our Guest Host for tonight with a little flavour added to it in the form of Boxing Gloves. The match didn’t last very long and in the end Chavo became irritated with Hornswoggle, running him straight into Henry who delivered a hard punch to the side of the head, sending Guerrero to the canvas and winning his team the match.

Hornswoggle and Mark Henry wandered back up the ramp as Chavo was left in the ring, once again, embarrassed and furious.

Todd Grisham is backstage with John Cena and asks him his thoughts on his upcoming main event against Legacy member Ted DiBiase. Cena says that he’s excited, he’s excited to prove another reason why he deserves a rematch for the WWE Championship. Cena says that, he’s also excited because he knows DiBiase has some built up anger, he didn’t want this match, tonight he wasn’t prepared and now he’s going to unleash it on Cena. Cena says it’s simple, when the night is out there will be no question of who should be number one contender to the WWE Championship.

COMMERCIAL

John Cena def. Ted DiBiase w/Cody Rhodes via DQ
A good main event which lasted longer than expected. Though Cena had the majority of the offense later in the match, DiBiase controlled the early stages. Cody Rhodes provided a distraction at ringside, trying to help Ted but Rhodes was quickly thrown out by the referee, making the match even. Cena connected with his regular combination of moves towards the end of the match, except for when DiBiase countered the Attitude Adjustment, locking in the Million Dollar Dream which Cena eventually found a way out of. The finish saw Cena reverse a Dream Street attempt, hoisting up DiBiase for the Attitude Adjustment. Cena began to throw DiBiase over his shoulders when Orton slipped into the ring, delivering the RKO for a disqualification.

The crowd unleashed heat on Randy as he smirked, Orton went to the outside, grabbing a microphone and a chair. Orton laid the WWE Championship on the canvas, sat on the chair and began to speak. Randy says that Cena talks a lot about getting his rematch, a lot about gaining contendership. Well what happens when he does get the rematch, Orton questions. Orton answers, saying it’ll be the same thing that always happens and no matter how the ending goes, whether he drops John with an RKO, decapitates him with a punt or takes a more strategical approach. Randy smirks. He will always come out WWE Champion

Cena begins to get to his feet. Orton drops the microphone and kicks the chair away picking up the WWE Championship. Randy floors Cena with the belt before he leaves to end the show.
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Monday Night Raw; Pick Your Posion is always good during a heated feud, so I like that. A good non-title victory over Cryme Tyme once again for JeriShow. I like that D-Generation X will be competing for the WWE Unified Tag Team Championships, but surely their feud with The Legacy doesn't just end here? Not fond of two tag team matches in a row, even if one of them is mixed. The Miz and Alicia Fox going over was a shock, but it was a good move. Obvious victory for Randy Orton over Evan Bourne. A good rematch between Jack Swagger and MVP, this time with Swagger going over. I'm not sure why Swagger versus MVP was on the SummerSlam card anyway, it always confused me. Classic Hornswoggle and Chavo Guerrero contest, nothing new. A disqualification finish was a good move to make, and I like Orton's post match promo. A good way to end the show.

WWE RAW: Monday 24th August 2009...You said 'July' on both the show header and the thread name, rather than August. Acceptable promo to kick off the show, John Cena and Randy Orton's rematch is pretty inevitable, really. Glad to see you still using the Guest General Manager of RAW idea, Floyd Mayweather's solved it. Don't get why Mayweather didn't decide to settle the WWE Championship picture tonight rather than waiting until next week. Chris Jericho and the Big Show beating Cryme Tyme was a good match, best decision for Jerishow to get the win. Fair opening contest, but Mayweather appearing again after the match was overkill. Should have been done later in the show. Hopefully DX don't claim the WWE Unified Tag Team Championships. The Miz and Alicia Fox facing Kofi Kingston and Mickie James was a decent match, should have definitely opened the show in the ring. Evan Bourne had a great effort, and good opportunity you gave Bourne. Best for Orton to win though, as WWE Champion. Jack Swagger beating Montel Vontavious Porter was the right call, good rematch from SummerSlam; two rematches from last night's SummerSlam on the same show is a little overkill, though. Hornswoggle and Mark Henry beating Chavo Guerrero and Carlito would have been comedic, I guess. Boxing? Right stipulation used. John Cena beating Ted Dibiase; weak main event. I feel it was a fair show, with some progress towards Unforgiven (there was nothing wrong with the name 'Breaking Point' to be fair). I feel more could have been done; more divas, some more storyline progression, wish that DX had done more than just an appearance and then an interview, and various other things. I assume Jeff Hardy is staying around, good call. You got the date wrong on the Unforgiven poster by the way.

ECW on SyFy: Tuesday 25th August 2009...Decent promo to kick off the show, nice discussion between William Regal and Tiffany. Give Regal an ECW Championship reign. He would benefit so well, dominating ECW with the Ruthless Roundtable. Good choice to continue Sheamus and Goldust's feud, looking forward to their blow-off match, but avoid making it happen at Unforgiven or pay-per-view. Looking forward to next week's no disqualification match. Curt Hawkins with Caylen Croft and Trent Barreta; making their debuts is pretty interesting and I don't think I've seen it happen before in a 2009 diary this early. Good start with this win. The Hurricane beating Zack Ryder was a fair decision, good match and I guess Hurricane winning was the best call. Hurricane and Paul Burchill's feud has to have been the most boring feud of 2009. I hated it. End it quickly, don't take months with it. Lastly, good tag team win with William Regal and Ezekiel Jackson beating Christian and Tommy Dreamer. You could have easily had Yoshi Tatsu or Shelton Benjamin team with Christian and Dreamer against the Roundtable, but this works too. Overall, not a bad show, the occasional flaw in booking.

Oh dear, looks like Chaz has your ass on a silver platter.

A good victory for Santino Marella, never really been a fan of Charlie Haas, tbh. Basic divas action, but the right divas won here, definitely the most entertaining. Like you said on MSN, not the greatest Main Event, haha. But still, I'm glad you had Knox go over. Make him a monster and give him a push.