Thoughts on 2/4 Raw

[Mat]

I didnt bother watching it tonight. Once I heard hornswaggle/kiss my ass club I knew it wasnt worth watching.

[SMG Rules]

Well the Six man tag was pretty good but the rest sucked big time. Why can't Vince give us matches instead of another stupid segemnt?

[rlm]

raw need some new creative writers and new ideas.
also if you didn't watch it this week cuz of hornswaggle then don't bother watching next week's show either. it was also taped earlier tonight. and well i already read the entire outcome of that show. sounds like another bad show. although it seems theres only one good match. which is the usual nowadays.

spoiler below of next weeks raw.
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WWE RAW (Air Date - 2/11):

RAW opens with Hornswoggle coming to the ring. They are doing Mr. McMahon vs. Hornswoggle first. Finlay comes out to ringside.

Hornswoggle defeated Mr. McMahon via pinfall.
McMahon calls Finlay a coward which prompts Finlay to hit him with the Shillelagh. Hornswoggle nails a tadpole splash off of the top rope onto McMahon, he gets the pinfall.

After the match, they show a backstage segment between Mr. McMahon and William Regal. McMahon tells Regal to get some dismissal papers ready as he is going to fire Finlay for interfering.

Chris Jericho defeated JBL via pinfall in a NO DQ match.
Jericho hit his Code Breaker finisher and got the win clean.

After the match, Umaga comes out and gives them both a Samoan Spike.

They show another backstage segment with Mr. McMahon and William Regal. McMahon says that he has decided against firing Finlay. Instead, he is going to wrestle Hornswoggle in cage on next week's edition of RAW. Note: This will be the RAW after No Way Out.

Before the next match, the incest angle debuts on television between Katie Lea and Paul Burchill. Burchill basically says that whatever Katie wants, Katie gets.

Paul Burchill defeated Brian Kendrick via pinfall.
Burchill wins with what was thought to be his finisher. According to our correspondent Danny, it looked like an inverted swinging neckbreaker.

WWE Champion Randy Orton comes out next in street clothes to watch John Cena vs. Mark Henry which is up next.

John Cena defeated Mark Henry via submission.
Cena got Henry to tap out by using his STFU submission hold.
(great that horrible submission is back and cena is once again the superman.)

After the match, John Cena lashes out at WWE Champion Randy Orton who is sitting with Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler at the announcer's table. Cena tells Orton that he is 100% healthy.

Mr. Kennedy comes out to ringside wearing jeans and a t-shirt. Flair comes out later in the segment wearing a tuxedo. Flair tells Kennedy that he will not forfeit their upcoming match at No Way Out. The segment ends with Kennedy kicking Flair in the knee in which Flair sells. According to our correspondent, it looks like a place where a commercial break will be inserted.

The next match is a singles match between Melina and Maria. Melina is accompanied to the ring by Jillian Hall while Santino Marella is with Maria.

Melina defeated Maria via pinfall.
Jillian Hall kissed Santino, distracting Maria. While Maria was not paying attention, Melina rolled her up for the three count.

After the match Santino gets on the mic and tells Maria that she must choose - it's either Playboy or Santino. He says she has one week decide and gives her a kiss.

Jeff Hardy defeated Shawn Michaels via pinfall.
This match was given a lot of time. I don't have the exact length but it was long. Lots of near falls as Michaels hit his elbow drop kick twice. Both attempted finishers (Sweet Chin Music & Twist of Fate respectively) but missed. Michaels locked an inverted Figure Four on Hardy but he got to the ropes. Eventually Hardy is able to hit Twist of Fate and a Swanton Bomb on Michaels. Hardy was able to get the three count in what I am told was a very good match. (i'll probably just watch this match.)

[Mo]

Whats up with this huge hornswaggle i mean come on there is better/bigger stars to push...

[edawg99]

Well Mat you didn't miss anything, Raw was garbage long interviews with few matches with a bunch of jobbers. As for Hornswaggle that storyline is getting old, it was funny at first but now it's stale. I would like to see him get beat up a bit but everytime he gets saved by Finley. Now Finley went from WCW jobber to a top guy in the WWE. Finley sucks.

[Mat]

I read the spoilers for next week and as mentioned, doesnt look too great but I may watch for the shawn/hardy match as most sites say it was good. Plus that "incest" angle makes it debut next week. That could be interesting. I know the new diva thats gonna be in it from the indys.

Also rumors Steph is pregnant again :o

[superboy]

...thanks I didnt know next weeks RAW was taped. I thought it was the show was okay overall but will we ever see less Vince, now I think of it, I dont remember seeing Triple H, maybe I was too tired. Maria is hot and she will be manager of the next tag champs! Wheres Melina? She needs to be on, not that Mickie James.

[SMG Rules]

Originally Posted by superboy

Wheres Melina? She needs to be on, not that Mickie James.

They haven't been using her much for some reason. She's one of my favorite divas.

[Mat]

Shes on next weeks raw if you read the spoilers

She won too

[superboy]

I did, so no triple H last week thats got to be a first or did I miss it?

[SMG Rules]

HHH didn't show but I'm sure that made alot of people happy. LOL

[rlm]

triple h won't be on next weeks either. he wasn't at the double tapings this monday. so that means no triple h for two weeks in a row. but it's possible that they might insert some triple promo or pretaped segment of him.

stuff

so far this is what's on the list for no way out.
the only matches i'm really interested in are the elimination chamber matches.

WWE Championship Match
Randy Orton (c) vs. John Cena
(my prediction. orton will keep the title. if they give it to cena, i will riot.)

WWE World Heavyweight Championship Match
Edge (c) vs. Rey Mysterio
(edge will win this one, so say i)

ECW Championship Match
Chavo Guerrero (c) vs. CM Punk
(chavo will win this one. punk seems to have some heat at the moment with someone backstage)

SmackDown/ECW Elimination Chamber Match
Big Daddy V vs. The Great Khali vs. Finlay vs. Batista vs. The Undertaker vs. MVP
(hard one to predict, but it's not going to be BDV or khali or finaly. i don't think batista will get it either. so it's either the undertaker or mvp. if mvp wins it's either luck or cheating.)

RAW Elimination Chamber Match
Jeff Hardy vs. JBL vs. Chris Jericho vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Triple H vs. Umaga
(not umaga or jbl or jericho. i don't see shawn winning either for some reason. so it'll be between HHH or hardy. if hardy wins it's a miracle. can't decide between the two.)

Career Threatening Match
Ric Flair vs. Ken Kennedy
(obviously flair will win it, somehow)



also by the looks of it hornswaggle was at the smackdown taping too and gave coach a tadpole splash. that was after coach got tombstoned by the undertaker, then speare d by batista. although they say that if you want to see hornswaggle get chockslammed by the undertaker then tune in friday on SD.

[Mo]

WTF all this air time to hornswaggle it's like it's his son for real giving him all this air time...

[superboy]

Triple H missed Raw and the follow-up taping due to a family emergency and never even came to the building. Most feel that knowing Triple H it had to be a serious situation as he not only missed Raw but a taping for the go home show before the No Way Out PPV. There is the possibility that a promo shot at WWE studios could be added into next week's show.

Next week's Raw was taped due to WWE's tour of Alaska, South Korea and Japan over the next week, as WWE did not want to tape Raw overseas and transmit it back via satellite. There is no word yet whether or not Triple H's emergency will keep him off of the tour.
courtesy PWI

[rlm]

it seems it might take him off the tour. i'm just wondering if this will effect no way out. what if he's not able to make it. if so who should replace him?

[superboy]

From the reports I have read.... supposely HHH's brother- in- law past away suddenly.

[SMG Rules]

WWE has issued the following statement:


After a successful decade of "SmackDown" on both UPN and The CW, World Wrestling Entertainment and The CW have agreed to conclude our partnership. Since The CW's exclusive negotiation period ran out as of last Thursday, January 31, we have been contacted and have been in negotiations with other networks. "WWE SmackDown" will continue to air on The CW until the conclusion of the 2007-08 broadcast season. We are grateful to Les Moonves, Dawn Ostroff, and their entire organization for bringing "WWE SmackDown" to millions of viewers for so many years.

I wonder which network they will go to?

[rlm]

fox? nbc? nah. i think fox might be the right place to go. it has to be another network that is easily accessible to people like the cw was. although fox has the habit of cancelling shows right away. maybe they should move it to the usa network as well. or another similiar one.

stuff

All of WWE’s developmental talents from Ohio Valley Wrestling are in the process of moving from Louisville, Kentucky to Tampa, Florida where they will join the rest of the developmental superstars in Florida Championship Wrestling. A lot of the relocating wrestlers are moving in with friends already working in FCW until they are able to find a place of their own.
Dave Meltzer reported in his update today on the Wrestling Observer website that after WWE made the announcement that they were cutting ties with Ohio Valley Wrestling and moving all of their developmental stars to Tampa, Al Snow was released. WWE already had a list of guys that they wanted as trainers and no longer had a need for Snow.

[SMG Rules]

I think it will go to the USA network. NBC owns USA but I don't think they want to put a two hour wrestling show on during Primetime so they will move it to USA. Just my guess.....

[rlm]

i agree. nbc will not put SD on their schedule. it's not the type of show they would put on their programming schedule. the networks that they could get SD on would either be USA, Bravo or sci fi since they're all NBC owned and allready have a relationship for it.

another network, of sorts, that has already expressed interest is "my network tv". i hope SD does not go to this so called network. it's not really a network to begin with. as far as i know this MNT thing isn't available in many locations. some have never even heard of it. i didn't even know that my cable provider actually shows it. but where i live the MNT programming airs after all the fox programming is off the air. i would have to stay up late just to watch it if that happens. although i used to do the same thing with SD when SD was under the WB. WB programming aired here about two hours after the fox programming went off the air. the WB eventually got their own station here.

i would go right for the USA network, although wait. there's two favorite shows of mine showing on friday nights on USA, monk and psych. i don't want anything interfering with their time slots. maybe they'll show monk and psych and then follow that up with SD. but that could effect their ratings.