RAW RESULTS 2.16.09

Wow! What an episode! Raw ended on a high note with Triple H running out to Stephanie's rescue (a little too late for that, I might add) and hyping up a possible feud with Randy Orton. To be honest with you, I thought that Stephanie was on the phone with Vince earlier, leading me to believe that he was going to return to Raw again. However, I was wrong. Apparently Triple H and Stephanie have rekindled their relationship off-camera. Yes, I know that they have real marriage behind the scenes. Their relationship on-camera took me by suprise, but it is a pleasent surprise. I am glad that Triple H and Stephanie are back together again, because I have always thought they made a great duo.

Although, I thought it was kinda funny that Triple H was hovering over Stephanie's body, holding her hand, and getting very upset. It was only a few years ago that Triple H pedigreed his own wife, Stephanie:






Anyway, let's go through the show rundown.


Edge and his beautiful wife Vickie Guerrero open the show. It was unusual seeing them on Raw, since we usually see them on Smackdown. The World Heavyweight Championship rested on his broad shoulders as he proudly ragged on his special accomplishment of competing in two eliminatin chamber matches. Edge asks if we want to know what the R in Rated R Superstar stands for. He says it stands for remarkable, resplendent or really, really smart. Ha! Ha!

Cena Comes out and congradulates Edge for his win. Cena says the R does stands for many things. Remarkable, Really really lucky, right place right time, and Cena's favorite; rematch. Ha! Ha! Ha! Right back at ya Edge! They continue to set up a promo to fuel a rivalry. Edge vs. Cena pt II, Please!



Matches:

• William Regal, Cody Rhodes, & Ted Dibiase (w. Layla) defeat Cryme Tyme and CM Punk


• Kane defeats Jamie Noble


• Rey Mysterio defeats Mike Knox


• WWE Women's Championship: Melina defeats Beth Phoenix (w. Santino Marella & Rosa Mendes)


• Unsanctioned Street Fight: Randy Orton defeats Shane McMahon

I would have liked to see more of the actual wrestling and less of the theatrics and promo talk. Overall, it was a very entertaining show. Raw ended on a high note and I can't wait to see what happens next week.

For a full recap of Raw, click here.

RAW RESULTS 9.1.2008

• KOFI KINGSTON def. CHARLIE HAAS
• ECW SRAMBLE BATTLE ROYAL: MARK HENRY def. MATT HARDY, THE MIZ, FINLAY, and CHAVO GUERERRO.
Mark Henry eliminates Chavo and The Miz.
Henry eliminates Finlay.
Henry eliminates Matt Hardy.
• JAMIE NOBLE def. WILLIAM REGAL
• SIX-DIVA TAG MATCH: KELLY KELLY, MICKIE JAMES, and CANDICE MICHELLE def. JILIAN HALL, BETH PHOENIX, and KATIE LEA BURCHILL.
• NON-TITLE MATCH: SANTINO MARELLA def. D-LO BROWN
• CRYME TYME def. MIZ and MORRISON – By disqualification from interference from Cody Rhodes and Ted Dibiase Jr.
• WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP SCRAMBLE BATTLE ROYAL: KANE def. BATISTA, JBL, CMPUNK.
Punk eliminates JBL and Batista.
Kane eliminates CM Punk.



Notes:
- Randy Orton made quite the entrance in his hometown of St. Louis with his sling supporting his arm, reminding all of us that he is out three more months due to injury from a motorcycle accident. Some people don’t like Randy Orton. I like him because he makes a great heal and he has great abs. :)
The usual business of a heel is to due some trash talking. Randy delivered. He said that Raw was an absolute joke without him. He named some names like Beth Phoenix, Santino Marella, and CM Punk and implying that they were the people making WWE Raw one big joke. CM Punk walks into the ring to a big pop from audience and reminds Randy that while he isn’t the conventional champion, at least he isn’t the pathetic one standing in the middle of the ring with a sling around his arm.
Randy leaves and JBL enters the ring yelling at Punk for blah blah blah….I think you know JBL well enough to know what he is pissed about.
Kane and Batista roll out and a little brawl breaks out maybe as a preview of the battle royal that would take place later on.
Overall, Raw kicked of to an exciting start. It was nice to see Randy Orton after a long hiatus and I am sorry that we won’t be seeing him for awhile. On the other hand, I loved seeing more of CM Punk!!! :)
- What is up with Charlie Haas? The poor guy can’t even get his own gimmick, he has to borrow from Carlito and John Cena to get onto TV. I don’t know where this angle is going. I feel bad for this guy. He comes out pretending to be somebody else and then gets his but kicked. I have a feeling that he will be released soon, since the creative team cannot use him in a resourceful way.
- I thought that Randy Orton bitch slapping Cody Rhodes was hysterically funny!!! The WWE superstars have been doing a lot of bitch slapping recently.
- It’s great to see Jamie Noble on television more often. He has an angle with Layla and it seems that it might take more to impress her, but he is winning her over. I like this angle and I hope to see more of Jamie Noble. How can anyone not like him? He is so lovable.
- I love Honk-a-Meter. More Honk-a-meter please!!! Santino tried to get back at Randy Orton. So he put up a Honk-a-Meter and compared himself to the Honky Tonk Man. It was so random that it was funny.
- Rey Mysterio comes back and tries to wop some giant ass with the 619 around the ring post. He is successful with the 619, but eventually gets his ass wopped by Kane. I don’t know what these guys are thinking when facing Kane. It’s FREAKING KANE for God sakes! I’d be running the other way.
- Of course, last but not least – HBK and the Ayatollah of Rock n’ Rolla end the show with a contract signing. This segment was very intense and I liked it. At the same time I am wondering when this rivalry will end, because it has dragged on for too long. They do some smack talking in the middle of the ring. They sign the contract. Shawn Michaels has a McCain moment and says that he will tell his children someday that daddy looked evil right in the face and kicked his ass…well I’m paraphrasing but I pretty sure it went something like that. Shawn Michaels and Chris Jericho look like their about to have a little Smackdown until Lance Cade runs in and wants a piece of the sexy boy. HBK fights with Lance Cade which ends with Lance getting a kick in the head. (Poor Lance!) Chris Jericho is no where to be seen. Raw goes off the air.

RAW RESULTS 8.4.08

INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP: KOFI KINGSTON def. PAUL BURCHILL

WOMEN'S TITLE MATCH: MICKIE JAMES def. KATIE LEA

10 MINUTE HANDICAP MATCH: JBL and CHRIS JERICHO def. CM PUNK (JBL makes the pin and becomes #1 contender for CM Punk's World Heavyweight Championship.)

KANE def. MATT STRIKER

WORLD TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH: JOHN CENA and BATISTA def. TED DIBIASI and CODY RHODES

Notes:

• Raw this evening had a lively crowd. They were hyped from beginning to end.
• Believe it or not, I am beginning to like Mike Adamle as the new Raw GM. I can see him becoming a great heel.
• I liked seeing my favorite Diva Mickie James in action. Beth Pheonix attacks her from behind after her match with Katie Lea. This sets up another rivalry with Mickie James. Santino Marrella comes out to cheer on his lovely lady. I like the whole angle with Beth and Santino. It's very funny. I enjoyed the segment between Santino and Adamle, as well. Or is it Ad-em-le? Oh yea....what is up with Santino's newly grown Uni brow?
• The handicap match with JBL, Chris Jericho, and CM Punk was highly entertaining. It was nice to hear the crowd chanting Punk's name.
• I don't understand why HBK only has a promo for Summerslam. He's not performing? Oh yea...and about that eye injury....if HBK can comeback from a back injury, then I think that he can comeback from an eye injury like a piece of cake.
• I'm getting board of this Kane and sack thing...can we get that moving along, please?
• John Cena bitch slaps Batista....daaaammnnnn!

RAW RESULTS 7.28.08

- Kelly Kelly and D'Lo Brown vs. Beth Phoenix and Santino Marella
Winner: Beth Phoenix and Santino Marella

- World Tag Team Championship: Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase vs. Michael Cole and The King
Winner: Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase

- Kofi Kingston vs. Jamie Noble
Winner: Kofi Kingston

- CM Punk vs. William Regal
Winner: CM Punk

- Mickie James vs. Jillian Hall
Winner: Mickie James

- JBL & Kane vs. John Cena & Batista
Winner: John Cena & Batista

THE WRESTLING RUNDOWN 7.26.08

SHOCKER!!! The Sandman gets into druken fight!



• The Sandman gets into a fight at Capt. Lou Albano’s Birthday party.

• ROH house show results.

• Bill Apter writes about his ”I Was There” moment.

• Hard Justice PPV Main Event announced.



• TNA and Midway collaborate for new video game.

• J.R and The King back together again.

• Shane McMahon returning to Monday Night Raw. Gee, I wonder how Vince is doing these days?

• Michelle McCool wants to a legend, but apparently she is rubbing the other Divas the wrong way.

NOTES FROM THE WRESTLING CHICK 7.24.08

NOTES FROM THE WRESTLING CHICK
Punk Wins! Punk Wins! Punk Wins!
By Elif Bayrasli



On the night of June 30th, I didn’t bother to watch Monday Night Raw. I was tired and I went to bed early. When I turned off the light, I assumed Raw would be any other and that maybe it wasn’t worth taking away some more hours of sleep. Call me an idiot! I should have known better considering what had happened on the previous Monday’s draft.

The draft shook things up and left Raw with a roster of new talent. J.R. was replaced by Michael Cole. Triple H left for Smackdown. Batista joined the Raw roster. The most important addition, in my opinion, was CM Punk. I see this young wrestler as the future of the WWE. I was glad to know that he would be moving away from ECW, but a little worried.

The yearly movement of what is known as the WWE draft has, in the past, left some young hopefuls high and dry. Take for London and Kendrick for example. I remember watching Smackdown as they were the tag team champions. I loved to watch them wrestle, because they had reminded me of the earlier days of the Attitude Era tag team glory (a la The Hardy’s and Edge and Christian). Obviously L&K are different, because they had their own flair. Once they moved to Raw, I swear I haven’t seen them since. Sadly enough, Carlito was caught in a similar situation. Carlito had a wonderful place in Smackdown where he carried on a very memorable rivalry with John Cena. Since moving to Raw, he hasn’t gotten much face time. Hell, I can’t even remember the last time he was in a big storyline.

I was hoping that CM Punk wouldn’t be caught in that predicament. Smackdown seemed like a better place for a young talent. Now Smackdown seems like a totally different show since they have pumped it up with a lot of star power. Thinking about it now, it’s a good thing that CM Punk didn’t move to Smackdown. He might have been drowned out by all the older and more popular talent on that show. He might have not been given that chance to shine.

Tuesday morning I woke up, took a shower and turned on the computer. I was in total shock when I found out that CM Punk had won the World Heavyweight Championship. I quickly tried to find clips online of Punk winning the WHC and played it over and over again. I wasn’t expecting him to cash in the Money in the Bank so soon by the way that the company had handled him. He hasn’t been in any kind of real solid storyline in recent months. Punk made small appearances on Smackdown and Raw since winning MITB. He had a short tag team run with Kane. However, CM Punk wasn’t utilized for his vocal promo talent. I would see short glimpses here and there. I enjoyed the banter he shared with Edge on one episode of Smackdown. Sadly, he has to follow a script. He isn’t allowed to rip as he did in the ROH days. If one searches for CM Punk on youtube, one is bound to find tons of CM Punk/ROH promos. Punk is a very talented man on the mic, especially when he is a heel. I think that CM Punk is at his best when he acts as a heel. He has a certain type of charisma and arrogance that oozes out of him when he speaks. He can make any crowd love to hate him. That is probably why CM Punk has a faithful following. Wrestling fans know what he is capable of and continue to cheer him on even though his natural talent is being held back.


CM Punk is now being presented as the underdog, which isn’t a bad thing. It bothers me a little, because I feel that the WWE is presenting their World Heavy Weight Champion as weak. The match against Batista at the Great American Bash was a decent match until Kane got involved at which it ended in a double disqualification. This past Raw ended the same way with JBL interfering in the round 2 Batista Championship match (which by the way was a good match). The fans weren’t interested in either match. There was hardly a pop, except for a few cheers and jeers at the beginning and ending. This feels very troubling to me. This should be a moment for CM Punk to shine.
For whatever reason, CM Punk isn’t being utilized to the fullest…at for now. I don’t know what the plans are for him. The WWE recognizes the talent of Punk, otherwise why would they give him the win for Money in the Bank. Maybe, all this is a set up for something bigger. At least this is what I am hoping. Maybe, they are putting a leash on him at moment and later letting him go to roar in further glory. I think a rematch with Batista when he can beat him 1…2…3…will be a good push for Punk. Who knows when that will happen?
I am a hopeful person. I’m glad that CM Punk is getting a lot of face time on Raw. People who weren’t familiar with him are getting to know him better. Once the WWE can let him be, the fans can finally see the true champion that CM Punk is.