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Monday 18th September 2006, Hershey Arena, PA

We’re welcomed to the show by JR and The King who immediately point out that we are in fact only six days away from one of the most hotly anticipated pay-per-views of the year so far, Unforgiven! They give us a quick run down of the matches, taking time out to particularly point out; the World Heavyweight Championship match, the WWE Title match and the Number 1 contenders matches. They then point out that the matches could change as quick as they begun with five of those eight superstars involved in potentially career shortening match-ups tonight.

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Lashley © V Fit Finlay

The opening match is actually a pretty short, physical match that consisted of Finlay insisting on going toe-to-toe with Lashley, which is the fast route to destruction. The finish came when Finlay went for a shot with his stick and Lashley caught it, snapped it in half and followed up with a high impact belly-to-belly! The Dominator was then hit and the referee made the three count for the victory.

Winner: Still Champion, Bobby Lashley

Match Rating: ***

Backstage and its Val Venis being interviewed by ‘Mean’ Gene Okerlund who tells him that its about this time last week on Smackdown that Paul Burchill nailed him with some underhand chair shots. Val shakes his head and tells him that even though he is the recognised victor, he’s pissed off that Paul Burchill comes away with the general reaction of being the better wrestler, because he’s the one who left the ring with no support from the EMT‘s. So right now he’s issuing a challenge to meet him in the ring next week on Smackdown in a hardcore match and we will see who is the better man! Venis is then jumped from behind by Burchill! He plants him with some rapid right hands and throws him threw a nearby window! He reacts to the challenge and says that he will meet him next week and he will beat him next week!

(64%)

Handicap Match

JBL V Too Cool

The crowd are hot for Too Cool despite them confirming it is just to teach JBL a lesson, a full reunion is unlikely. He starts off promisingly enough but is soon overwhelmed by the two former tag champions. They work well in tandem hitting a number of classic double team manoeuvres including the Too Cool double elbow. Eventually Scotty has JBL in a headlock and drags him to the corner where Sexay is preparing for the Hip Hop Drop! JBL recovers though and launches Scotty into his partner who gets crotched on the top rope!. JBL ducks Scotty’s recovery clothesline and comes off the ropes for a clothesline from hell! Sexay has recovered and comes off the top rope…and gets caught with a spine buster! He claws his way to his feet only to be met with a clothesline from hell as well! JBL puts an arm across each for the victory, although he has been pushed to the limit tonight.

Winner: JBL

Match Rating: **

Flairs music hits and he is on his way to the ring, even though he isn’t scheduled to be out till much later on. He says that he us he doesn’t want this and the shows general managers both hate him and he does not want to jeopardize his career by going into the ring with a man like the Undertaker. That’s why he wants Taker to come out and agree to call the match off. The gong hits and the champion makes his way to the squared circle. Flair slowly re-enters the ring and says that its cool then and he’ll be going now…but the Undertaker grabs him by the throat and shakes his head, he’s going nowhere! But other plans have already been made and Triple H darts to the ring and hit’s a low blow and the Pedigree on the Deadman! The pair continue to beat down on him. This continues for a few minutes with the Deadman taking a number of illegal weapon shots to the knee and inside leg, before a huge number of officials and road agents get them to the back.

(85%)

London and Kendrick V Juvi and Rey

For many the cruiserweights are one of the highlights of the WWE today and this match did not disappoint. Surprisingly it was Kendrick who although considered by a lot to be the weak link or underdog in the team who took the initiative in this match nailing both men with a top rope double clothesline. After working on Juvi for a while he declined a tag to London and went for Sliced Bread #2. Guerrera reverses though and plants him with a big time Juvi Driver with London breaking up the count for a near fall! The shoe is on the other foot now and we see Kendrick getting worked over. Rey eventually sets him up after a dropkick to the knee, for the 619! He looks for the springboard leg drop for the win but Kendrick gets out of the way through desperation and both men make the tag. London is pumped up and fresh and goes to town on both men, with some showboating including a moon flip kick with a boot on both men. The referee loses order and everyone is in there! Kendrick is dumped to the outside and Juvi heaves London on to his shoulders as Mysterio goes up top…could they be looking for the Doomsday Device!!! They are but London reverses and hit’s a victory roll through and Rey launches into nowhere as London gets the three over Juvi! The victors celebrate as the losers look more than angry. Rey signals to the back and here comes the rest of the Mexicools, Psychosis and Super Crazy! Oh no, they decimate the two in the ring with the four on two advantage just too much. Rey has yet to get an in-ring victory over Paul London and does not see it as a good omen less than a week away from Unforgiven!

Winners: Paul London and Brian Kendrick

Match Rating: ****¼

We’re backstage and its ‘Cowboy’ Bob Orton with his son Randy, being interviewed by Michael Cole who wants to know why, why Randy did it? He could have gone to Unforgiven, given Batista a match and win or lose come away with respect. Orton claims that its an amateur question, so he’ll let his father answer it and then walks away. The mic is passed on to Bob Orton who simply says that his son could defeat Batista on his own no questions asked, but why do it the harder way when they could work together and do it in a few minutes? Orton turns around to leave and is confronted by the Animal himself, Batista! He says to Batista that he will NOT get involved in the match! Batista declares that as much as he wants to believe that, the WWE title is on the line and he cant afford to take that chance. He pushes Orton into the cameraman and we lose sight of the situation, when we regain sight of the area all we have left is a busted open, unconscious Bob Orton on the arena floor.

(74%)

John Cena V Ken Shamrock

The Worlds Most Dangerous Man makes a one-off return to the WWE tonight as a surprise opponent for John Cena in his penultimate gauntlet step before the main event match next week, if he gets there. Both participants are well received with a notably large number of signs saying thing such as ‘Sign Back Shamrock’ and the like. If there were any ring rust on the former IC champ, its gone quickly as he nails Cena with some high impact belly-to-belly suplexes and snap suplexes without even giving John Cena a chance to counter once. Cena has the desire though and just will not be put away for the three. Cena seems to be out and Shamrock goes for the ankle lock…small package for three!!! Cena was playing possum and the adrenaline fuelled Shamrock was too slow to react. John Cena is gonna fight for the main event spot next week! No Chance and again here comes Vince McMahon. He points out that he has shown the characteristics of a main event legend, strength, brains and determination. However that doesn’t matter because he wont be wrestling next week, because he’s booking the main event spot for Unforgiven! Also, he’s gonna have to partly rely on another man because its gonna be a tag team match! He finishes by saying he wants to know his partner by the time Smackdown finishes and that he better find a man with wide shoulders, because this is a big burden to carry!

Winner: John Cena

Match Rating: ***¾

We are now treated to some footage of the US champion and Bryan Danielson knocking AJ Styles unconscious last week. The footage specifically focuses on Danielson’s annoyed reaction to Christopher Daniels interference despite still gaining the victory.

(82%)

Kurt Angle + Chris Benoit V Chris Jericho + Shawn Michaels

Notable match in that it never actually got started. From the word go the intensity boiled through and Benoit and Jericho took it backstage with some stiff right hands to both! This left Angle and HBK who both were too busy almost killing each other that the ref threw the match out before it had even begun! Michaels tried to protest and gave Angle an opening to attack. He kept the hardcore theme running and nailed him with a chair shot to the ankle! Followed by four more! Michaels is rolling around in pain as Angle exit’s the ring and returns with some steel steps! Again he strikes down on the ankle with them and then locks on the Angle Lock!! Michaels is tapping but he wont let go and eventually releases the hold only to trap his leg between the steps and the ring post. He sets up the previously mentioned steel chair and stands on it… and delivers a dropkick into the steel steps and crushes his ankle in the process! The general manager has had enough and Foley makes the save! He gets on the mic and tells Angle to get to the back or he’s fired, which he does.

Winner: No Contest

Match Rating: ****½

The final scheduled non-wrestling segment of the night is an interview with the Second City Saints, CM Punk and Colt Cabana. They make their entrance to ringside and immediately get to their point. They state that after Edge and Christian laughed at their table match challenge, they decided that they’re right. A table match does not do the match in which the Saints win their first WWE tag team gold justice. As a result of this, they have decided to up the ante. Also, this isn’t a challenge, its already been discussed with Long and Foley and is gonna happen whether they like it or not! So this Sunday at Unforgiven, its gonna be the Second City Saints versus Edge and Christian for the Undisputed Tag Team titles…in a TLC match!!!

(88%)

Ric Flair V The Undertaker

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The main event is here and The Deadman arrives to meet Flair alone, and the champion is showing no signs of leg damage! Flair ducks an early right hand and connects with some trademark knife edge chops. They have no effect though so he decides to come off the ropes but walks straight into a Gorilla Press Slam! Flair waits for the Undertaker to turn and hit’s a chop block and instantly the limp returns. The next ten minutes are spent with Flair working the leg and eventually locking on the figure-four leg lock! The Undertaker has never submitted though and didn’t start tonight reversing the pressure and escaping the hold. Eventually the champ just had to much for the 16-time world champion and he scored the pin fall with the Last Ride power bomb. Instantly, Triple H appears with a sledgehammer and takes a choke slam for his troubles! The Deadman makes his way to the back, apparently we’ll find out his stipulation in four days time!

Winner: The Undertaker

Match Rating: **½

Quick Results:

- Lashley pinned Finlay to retain

- JBL def. Too Cool

- London and Kendrick beat Juvi and Rey

- John Cena defeated Ken Shamrock

- Jericho beat Chris Benoit by submission

- The Undertaker pinned Ric Flair

Show Reaction: Rating 82% and TV rating of 6.78

Be with us on Smackdown for the final events before Unforgiven to find out who will John Cenas partner be? What will the Undertaker choose as the match type for the World Heavyweight Title match be at Unforgiven?

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Here’s the confirmed card so far ahead of tonight’s program:

-Vince McMahon has decided to ban all superstars who will be competing in title matches from wrestling tonight to prevent injury!

-The Undertaker names his stipulation to the World Heavyweight Championship match in two days time!

-John Cena will announce his partner for the main event spot tag team match at Unforgiven!

-Brian Kendrick takes on Super Crazy!

-Theodore Long has a major announcement!

-Ron Killings goes up against Booker T!

Tune in tomorrow night and all will be revealed and more…

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Friday 22nd September, Breslin Events Centre, East Lansing Michigan

The show kicks off with a video package plugging this Sunday with a build-up from the cruiserweight match right through to the World Heavyweight Championship main event. Tazz explains that as some already know Vince McMahon has banned any wrestler who is scheduled to take part in a championship match in two days time from wrestling tonight! However, we should still stay tuned in because we will here from some of them, including John Cena who will announce his tag team partner to face McMahons team and The Undertaker, who will reveal his chosen stipulation for his match against Triple H this Sunday. They also note that Theodore Long wants to make his major announcement this Sunday instead of tonight. Styles then further points out that there is still going to be the usual wrestling action that you’d expect from a company like the WWE, and we’re kicking off with Jerry Lynn and Kid Kash versus Tajiri and Jimmy Yang, who’s making his return since his ambush by JBL.

Jerry Lynn and Kid Kash V Tajiri and Jimmy Yang

All four contestants are eager to get into the ring but the starting two are Kash and Tajiri. Good interchanging of holds between the two with Tajiri gaining the advantage with the springboard-back flip elbow. He then built on this with a series of punishing strikes and kicks to keep Kash down. He then made the tag to Yang who showed no signs of ring rust by straight away nailing a top rope guillotine leg drop onto the former cruiserweight champion. Yang looked good with a couple more high risk manoeuvres including a standing shooting star press for a near fall. eventually Kash was able to catch a break and make the tag and the elusive Jerry Lynn came into action. A good showing from the man who used his slight size advantage over the others with a variety of suplexes and power bombs to floor his opponent, before going up top and nailing a corkscrew splash for a broken up two count. Eventually, we wound up with the original pairing back in the squared circle who went toe-to-toe before Kash gained the advantage and hit the Money Maker and Tajiri is out! He crawled over for the pin but the referee stopped him and declared that the imposed twenty-minute time limit had expired and the match was a tie! Kash and Lynn looked a bit irritated but both teams shook hands and left together to a round of applause from the fans.

Winner: No Contest

Match Rating: ***¼

Val Venis V Paul Burchill

Moving straight on and the next match that we’re presented with is the hardcore match between Venis and Burchill which has slowly built up over the previous weeks. Its hardcore from the word go as Venis hits some big time chair shots before Burchill recovers with a low blow. The match swings back and forth with both the Shoulder Breaker from Burchill and the Money Shot from Val Venis gaining near falls. A notable spot in the match came when Burchill had Val Venis on the Spanish announcers table and came off the ropes inside the ring and hit an Undertaker-style dive, clearing the top rope and reaching Venis to destroy the table!!! Val managed to recover through a well-placed kendo stick strike and looked to have the match won when he signalled for what would have been a Fisherman’s suplex. Burchill nailed him legally with some hidden brass knuckles though, and planted the C4 onto a chair for the three count!

Winner: Paul Burchill

Match Rating: ***¼

Rey Mysterio is backstage with the rest of the Mexicools and says that when he looks at the Unforgiven card, he sees the main event title matches, Cena’s surprise partner match, the special guest referee match, the TLC match, the contract match, the submission match and Jericho-Benoit for the WWE title #1 contendership. He sees all of the matches and then he looks at theirs, and it just looks ordinary at best. Which is why he has got permission from the correct authorities to make this a ladder match!

(82%)

Brian Kendrick V Super Crazy

Bit of back-story to this match been that they are both involved with either a tag team or stable with either the cruiserweight champion or the #1 contender for the match at Unforgiven. They have both been involved with the matches somehow and through the banning of London and Mysterio wrestling tonight this is the next best thing I suppose! A good match with a number of crowd friendly high-risk moves to keep the crowd alive. Specifically, Super Crazy’s top rope Hurrancanrana which was reversed into a death valley driver being one of them. Fortunately for Kendrick, Mysterio didn’t show up. However, unfortunately, Psychosis and Juvi Guerrera did. The constant distractions proved too much for him and Crazy scored the victory with a top rope sunset flip and grabbing the ropes. It seems that London will have his work cut out if he is gonna become the new cruiserweight champ, as its gonna be four on two this Sunday, no doubt about that.

Winner: Super Crazy

Match Rating: ***½

We return from a commercial break to see HHH in the middle of the ring and he is demanding that the Undertaker reveals the stipulation as not only is it unfair how he earned the right to the stipulation, but to keep it from him till two days before the match is even worse! The gong hits, smoke fills the arena and the titan tron reveals a black room. Out of the corner of the darkness in the room steps his opponent, the Deadman! He announces that the match their having is going to be brutal. That he has taken other superstars there and changed their careers forever! Triple H, he says, has also been there but not with him, which is a new level. He says that Triple H’s disrespecting methods have unleashed the beast in the Reaper and in two days time he will take him to Hell, inside a cell! HHH is scared to death as the titan tron returns to normal and the smoke drifts away. Now business has really picked up ahead to the World heavyweight Championship match this Sunday!

(94%)

Nunzio V Matt Hardy

With the main event superstars having the night off, tonight was the night to showcase the lesser seen workers in the WWE at the moment. This was more or less a squash match with Nunzio unable to keep Hardy down for long enough to lock in a hold or two. In the end his risky tactic of a top rope double axe-handle backfired and he was caught in the Side Effect, followed by the Twist of Fate for the three count.

Winner: Matt Hardy

Match Rating: ***½

Ron Killings V Booker T

Of tonight’s pre-booked matches, this was potentially the most anticipated of the bunch, starring a previous champion and a man who is predicted to be a future one. Similar styles often leads to a good match and this one was no exception either. Quickly though Killings youth and speed was too much and he had Booker were he wanted him and went for his Scissors Kick, but Masters appeared at ring side. The two are scheduled to meet Unforgiven but have been given strict instructions to try not to have any physical alterations beforehand. This distracts The Truth for long enough to allow Booker to get is bearings and he avoids his Scissor Kick and then nails one of his own and gets above his opponent for the victory! Quickly, the Masterpiece is in the ring and he connects with a Gorilla Press Slam and locks on the Master lock till he goes limp! He makes his way to the back, all the while making the symbol for the ‘I can snap you like this’ motion.

Winner: Booker T

Match Rating: ***¼

We’re backstage now and its Vince McMahon coming out of a bathroom with his name on the front…I mean office! He starts to walk off and is confronted by Shelton Benjamin. He asks if he can spare some time and McMahon replies, not really. He says that he wants a shot at something big in the company and that he’s ready and to ignore Flairs comments. McMahon is pretty angry and tells him that he’ll judge when he’s ready, he can have a match against Flair in ten minutes, if he wins that, come see him on Monday, and we’ll see what I have for you. He then declares that if he doesn’t mind, he has a crowd and an audience waiting for him.

Match Rating: ***¾

(98%)

No Chance fills the arena and Vince makes his way to the ring. He announces that four days ago he challenged John Cena to find a partner for Unforgiven. He also said that he wanted to know who it was by the end of Smackdown, and he hasn’t heard yet anything from him. So now is the time to break the news! Cena makes his way to the stage with a huge smile on his face. He says that going up with McMahon is a lot easier than going up against McMahon. So when looking for a partner, his phone was hardly off of the hook. So he took matters into his own hands and he called a friend who he’s tagged with before, someone who’s regularly gone against McMahon and someone who couldn’t wait to get back into the ring for his Hulk-a-maniacs! That’s right, he called Hulk Hogan!!! McMahon looks stunned for a second then starts laughing and says that Hogan is indeed a legend and a good partner. However, the problem for John Cena is that he will be going up against TWO legends this Sunday! You see, the team he has chosen is that damn good that if John Cena wins at Unforgiven, he will personally induct him into the 2007 Hall of Fame, promote you to main event status AND bring a new title into the WWE and award it to him this Monday night on Raw!!! Because Cena, he says, he WILL lose, he doesn’t promise it, he guaran-damn-tees it! But wait, he thinks Cena’s announcement is enough for tonight and he and everyone at home and in the back can wait till Sunday to find out his team.

(95%)

Shelton Benjamin V Ric Flair

The final match of the night is a bonus one as it has just been scheduled by the WWE chairman himself! Both men get to the ring and the match starts. Flair uses every trick in the book and then some to get an advantage whenever and wherever possible. Benjamin is having none of it though and quickly gets out of any potential blind siding situation. The match finish came when Shelton looked for a springboard bulldog but Flair ducked and went for the figure-four, but Benjamin showed some cunning of his own and rolled him up for a sneaky three count! Flair is pissed off and confronts Benjamin…but receives another T-Bone suplex for his efforts! Benjamin is elated and looks like we will see what McMahon has in store for this promising talent on Raw, but first we have bigger fish to fry. See you on Sunday for Unforgiven!

Winner: Shelton Benjamin

Match Rating: **

And with that…Smackdown finished for the week…

Quick Results:

- Lynn and Kash versus Tajiri and Yang fought to a time limit draw

- Burchill pinned Venis

- Super Crazy pinned Kendrick after interference

- Matt Hardy pinned Nunzio after a Twist of Fate

- Booker T def. Ron Killings

-Shelton Benjamin beat Ric Flair

Show Reaction: Rating: 85% and a TV rating of 6.06

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The Truth To The Tales!

-Not much WWE news to report this week, although obviously most have noticed that the WWE restricted Smackdown to only Midcarders at best in terms of actually wrestling. This is believed to be in an effort to reduce the chances of any injuries before Unforgiven tomorrow. There have also been hints that this ‘main eveners ban’ might become a regular thing. Whilst a lot of people have seen this as a risky move, early statistics are actually showing that the show scored some of its best ratings of recent weeks, perhaps because of the fresh talent, perhaps not.

-Another notable piece of news this week is that of Hogan’s and Cenas opponents this Sunday. Whilst nothing has been confirmed, it is now knowledge that a number of Hogan’s old enemies and WWE legends have been contacted, including Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, Vader and Randy Savage although none are willing to break kayfabe at this time.

-Extra news is that wwe.com has released information that prior to the event being broadcast as a taster to the Pay-Per-View, (to hopefully increase buy rates) Val Venis and Paul Burchill will be competing in a Last Man Standing match in a completely free viewing. The two have been having a noteworthy feud recently and so for those on the fence as to whether o not you will buy it, this could be the one for you to help decide.

-Also, expect big time developments on the WWE title scene. Current champion Randy Orton and Batista have whilst pulling in the fans for now, are only gaining around ** match ratings from critics. Those higher up the WWE hierarchy simply believe this is not good enough for two main eventers of the company and perhaps to expect the unexpected at Unforgiven?

-Final point today, Mick Foley declared live on wwe.com today that less than 24 hours after trying to defend the tag titles in what will no doubt be a gruelling TLC match against the Saints, he will have to take part in a triple threat match for the Hardcore title!

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Here’s the final card for tonight’s wrestling extravaganza:

World Heavyweight Championship

The Undertaker © V Triple H

Main Event Spot Match

John Cena & Hulk Hogan V ??? & ???

WWE Championship

Randy Orton © V Batista

WHC No.1 Contendership - Submissions Match

Kurt Angle V Shawn Michaels

Undisputed Tag Team Titles - TLC Match

Edge and Christian © V Second City Saints

United States Championship - Special Guest Referee

Christopher Daniels © V AJ Styles

Ref: Bryan Danielson

WWE No.1 Contendership - Style or Substance?

Chris Benoit V Chris Jericho

WWE Cruiserweight Championship - Ladder Match

Rey Mysterio © V Paul London

Contract Match

Chris Masters V Ron ‘The Truth’ Killings

Last Man Standing Match

Paul Burchill V Val Venis

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OOC: Predictions are welcome as always (Y)

As an added incentive, the winner can choose one of the particpants for the WWE Hardcore match on the following Raw if they wish (some workers that are involved with feuds and titles in the future will be unanvailable for choice) (H)

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Sports Entertainment Genius

Hey, I’m the sports entertainment genius and tonight I am gonna be looking at WWE’s September PPV, Unforgiven.

The first match is that of the pre-PPV teaser match (which has recently been re-introduced) which will be Val Venis up against Paul Burchill. They have been having some pretty decent matches recently with Burchill coming out on top almost every time. They now have been handed what could be considered the daunting task of opening the show.

What Should Happen: Burchill grabs a convincing win and moves on up the card.

What Will Happen: Burchill to win and move up the card.

Opening the actual PPV is what could be considered to be the only ‘space filler’ on the card and is the contract match between Chris Masters and Ron ‘the Truth’ Killings. The general twist of the match been that Masters wants to leave the company and Killings is there to make sure he stays, through force.

What Should Happen: Personally I like Masters, but there are too many brawlers further up the card, so Killings.

What Will Happen: Too close to call, depends on who is needed to be pushed at the time.

Next up is likely to be the cruiserweight ladder match between Rey Mysterio and Paul London. This should be a cracking match considering the in-ring skills of the two involved.

What Should Happen: Rey retains in a classic one-on-one encounter.

What Will Happen: Paul London comes close but then loses out, perhaps due to interference, continuing the feud.

According to WWE, the next scheduled match is that of the US Title special guest referee match, featuring Christopher Daniels, AJ Styles and Bryan Danielson. The match looks tremendously unbalanced and it will be interested to see if AJ can put up any offence.

What Should Happen: Styles picks up an against the odds, classic WWE-style.

What Will Happen: Its tough to see past Daniels losing, given the way this has been built up. I actually think that both of these competitors have the skills to go all the way in the company and so it could be the loser who is the winner so to speak.

Next up we’ve been told, will be the WWE No.1 Contendership match, which is strange so early on in the card. In any event, it has the potential to be an entertaining match. Benoit been the straight-talking villain who hates the ‘pizzazz’ of Y2J’s wrestling ethic.

What Should Happen: Jericho picks up the victory spectacularly and goes on to strip Orton next month or at Survivor Series.

What Will Happen: It looks to me from recent TV like WWE are having Batista go over tonight and will want a heel (in this instance, Benoit) to face him. Jericho/Batista would still be an attraction though, surely?

Perhaps my highlight of the night this month is this match, the Undisputed Tag Title match. WWE have a habit of putting on the best TLC matches around and even though only four men take part tonight, it could be one of the best yet. Edge and Christian have the experience, the Saints have the skills.

What Should Happen: I honestly don’t mind. Both teams can legitimately be passed off as champions and provide exciting TV.

What Will Happen: Its very unpredictable. Only the WWE know what is in store next. They could plan to have the Saints go down as one of the all-time great tag teams and then have this match as one of their ‘moments’. On the other hand they may want them to get more experience wrestling other teams and keep Edge and Christian’s impressive ladder match success intact. As I have already said, both teams have the ability to be/continue to be great champions.

Four matches left by now and we will be on the verge of finding out the challenger to the winner of tonight’s hellacious main event. Its Angle-Michaels and under submission rules. I think we all know there’s only one winner here.

What Should Happen: Even though Michaels is a terrific athlete, I cant see him beating Angle at his own game which would damage his ‘legitimate athlete’ credibility.

What Will Happen: Angle to get the victory and face either HHH or the Undertaker in an almost WrestleMania proportions match-up at the next PPV. Although as with any Michaels match-up, you just never know, I mean who thought he would win the first ever elimination chamber?

First of the two title matches of the evening and it’s the WWE championship, Randy Orton versus Batista. The history between these two characters is enough as it is, without the angles we’ve been shown in recent weeks.

What Should Happen: I’d personally love to see face Jericho up against heel Orton at Survivor Series for the WWE title.

What Will Happen: Batista has been pushed to moon over recent weeks, taking out Orton Senior, Booker T and even Orton on a few occasions, its hard to see past him. Also with my prediction of Benoit to win earlier on, would set up a simple good guy/bad guy scenario for the next month or two.

Interesting one to call this next match, John Cena and his partner, the legendary Hulk Hogan are facing Vince’s two mystery partners. Names thrown into the hat so far have included Vader, Randy Savage, Sid Vicious and even Hogan’s old nemesis Bill Goldberg has been named. Sensationally reports have also surfaced that a steal may be on the cards, with some big time TNA guys stepping up, such as Team 3-D, Abyss, Kip James and BG James and even Sting has been mentioned in some circles! My favourites though have to be Hogan’s old N.W.O guys, Kevin Nash and Scott Hall. The fan involvement and atmosphere would be pretty intense, even if the wrestling was nothing short of terrible.

What Should Happen: Cena to get the victory over the most over opponent, putting him up there with the hardcore wrestling fans.

What Will Happen: See above, then celebrates with Hogan for even more cheap fan reaction.

The final match of the night features the World Heavyweight Champion, The Undertaker and his opponent, 10-time world champion, the Game, the Cerebral Assassin, The King of Kings, Triple H. If that isn’t enough, its inside the hell in a cell. This is the sort of match that with no build-up and even if the under card was weak, would bring in the buy rates on name alone.

What Should Happen: Takers WHC streak has been the longest of any title streak of the year and deservedly so. Its been a breath of fresh air in the business and one that the Deadman has been long overdue. If the retirement rumours are true then I hope he holds till Mania and gets 15-0 with a title.

What Will Happen: Sadly, I have to go with HHH. Out of the title picture for well over a year and a half, its time for the king of kings to return to his throne.

Well, there you have it the genius has delivered lets see how accurate I can be this Sunday.

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Sunday 24th September 2006, ARCO Arena

The time has arrived! After nearly a month of agonising build-up it all comes to a head here tonight. We’re gonna see No.1 contendership matches, TLC matches, Ladder matches and perhaps most importantly…world championship matches! Before the show launches though, we have the pre-PPV teaser match, with Tazz and the King on commentary.

Last Man Standing Match

Val Venis V Paul Burchill

Tazz welcomes everyone to the show tonight and before we get going with the main course, its time for an appetiser. Val is already in the ring and here comes Burchill to some big time boos. Recently Burchill has been feuding with Venis, using nefarious means to get the upper hand wherever and whenever possible. Not tonight though as anything goes and a cheap, quick three count won’t do it here, the loser has to be down for ten. The match begins and they lock up. Before long and Burchill has hit a rake to the eyes and plants a huge C4 to the delight of everyone in the crowd!! Venis is up for 7 though and Burchill looks for another C4, but Venis doesn’t budge and scores with a clothesline on the Englishman. He is then able to lock on the trailer hitch and Burchill is tapping! Venis is pulling no punches tonight and carries on going to work nailing some forearms and a back drop for a five count. He then grabs a chair from the outside and plants with Burchill with no less than four unprotected chair shots to the head and back! Venis goes up top as the referee reaches a 9-count and tells Jack Doan to quit counting! He then comes off the top with the money shot but Burchill gets his knees up. He sends Venis into the corner and lifts him to the top rope…and hit’s a C4!!! Venis is out but Burchill picks him up out of pure anger and hits another C4 onto the steel chair brought in by Venis earlier. This time its over as the ref reaches ten and both men have given this their all and Val’s hatred for Burchill has cost him the match tonight.

Winner: Paul Burchill

Match Rating: ***¾

Coverage is cut for a few minutes and then we are back as the pyrotechnics go off and good old JR and Joey Styles welcome us to the show and guide us through a video package further building up the evenings matches. Before we get into the matches though Theodore Long comes out and plays to the crowd, he declares that on Smackdown he said that tonight he would make a big announcement. Well that announcement is that as of September 2007, Unforgiven is gone and back is the King Of The Ring!! The crowd is frenzied now as a video package is showed of all the great Kings from the past, Bret Hart, Edge and Kurt Angle among others. The video is stopped early though and its Mick Foley who is on his way to the ring! He says that even though he is pleased with what he has just heard, him and Long are supposed to be Co-General Managers and he should have discussed this with him. Long says that he apologises but this was his idea and he wanted to be the one to share it with the world. Also, they are 50-50 runners of the WWE brand and he doesn’t need Foleys ‘blessing’ to do what he feels is necessary to put on a good show for the fans. Foley then gets in his face and says that he didn’t want to take he credit, hell, he could have told him backstage if he wanted, he just wanted to know the score before everyone else, what with him been one of the major players in the business. Also, if he does anything like this again then they are gonna have a falling out, and you don’t want that with a hardcore legend! Long says that he isn’t gonna be intimidated by him, or anyone! Also, don’t ever speak to him like that again! This is met by a smile from Foley, a kick to the mid-section and a double arm DDT! He then follows up with Mr Socko on the Smackdown General Manager!! Foley exits to a rapturous reception from the crowd as Long is helped to his feet by road agents.

A video clip rolls, showing Chris Masters decimate Ron Killings a few weeks ago and then threaten to sit out his contract because of a ‘great misuse of his talent’. It goes on to show Vince McMahon putting Masters’ contract on the line against The Truth as well as making it a lumberjack match! Finally we are shown footage of Masters distracting Killings against Booker T before further beating him down.

Contract Lumberjack Match

Ron Killings V Chris Masters

Ron Killings is out now and awaits his opponent with a firm gaze. Here he comes and Masters looks focused, he has a briefcase and we’re led to assuming it has the contract in. Masters is reluctant to get into the ring, he does when the lumberjacks come out though! Today’s woodcutters are Lashley, Sabu, Fit Finlay, Matt Hardy, JBL, Chavo Guerrero, Carlito, El Hijo Del Santo, Trent Acid and Booker T! The match gets under way and for the majority of it Masters is trying to build on any openings but every time he wanders near the ropes he is distracted by his would be attackers. Eventually Masters has Killings in the corner and charges but Killings gets the feet up and runs back at him. Masters is ready though and body presses him to the outside, but he’s caught by Lashley and tossed to the inside. Killings is eventually able to fight back and looks for the scissor kick but Masters moves and pushes him into the referee! He waits for him to rise and nails him with the briefcase and applies the master lock to no response from a downed ref. This is a cue for the lumberjacks who beat Masters down big time! Carlito plants a back-cracker and Masters stumbles into the corner and receives Air Sabu followed up with the Dominator! They exit to the backstage and Killings drags him to his feet and hit’s the Scissors Kick for three. Vince McMahon then makes his way to ringside with a contract in hand and grabs an unconscious Masters arm and makes him sign the contract himself!

Winner: Ron ‘The Truth’ Killings

Match Rating: **½

JR then informs us that up next is the Cruiserweight Championship Ladder match. He goes over the confrontations the two competitors have had in the past and the fact that Rey will have three men in his corner in the form of Juvi, Super Crazy and Psychosis whereas Paul London just has his tag team partner Brian Kendrick.

Ladder Match for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship

Paul London V Rey Mysterio ©

Both men make their way to ringside, notably on their own. The match begins and it’s the usual quick interchange of cruiserweight holds with the more experienced Rey coming out on top. This continues until London plays possum in the corner and Rey charges into the turnbuckle and then turns into an enziguri! London exits to the outside and returns with a ladder. He follows up with two big time shots to the stomach and then dropkicks it into Mysterio’s face. Mysterio is out and London traps him under the ladder and begins the ascension to the top, until Psychosis runs in pushes the ladder over! He beats down on him and goes for a guillotine leg drop from the top rope, but London moves and nails a stunned Psychosis with the moon-flip kick. Rey is stirring so London climbs up top and nails a 450 degree splash! For the second time tonight London sets up and climbs the ladder, and for the second time tonight someone interferes. This time its Super Crazy who springboards onto the opposite side of the ladder, but London ducks a right hand and hits one of his own, knocking Crazy onto the top of Psychosis. London grabs the briefcase, then stops, looks at the two bodies below, smiles and nails a Shooting Star Press from the top of the ladder onto both of them. Some serious damage done to all three, but London is somehow able to climb to his feet…but Rey is there and drop toe holds him and nails the 619! The challenger staggers back and Rey looks for the springboard Hurrancarana. London moves though and Rey is sent crashing into the ladder!!! Now surely London has done it…NO, Juvi Guerrera is here and goes to work on Paul planting him with some hard shots and the Juvi Driver. All three of the interfering Mexicools hold back London as Rey goes to the top. Wait a second…London’s partner Brian Kendrick has made his way through the crowd and sent Mysterio crashing back to the canvas with a missile drop kick! Kendrick is on fire and hits all members with right hands London is back up and together they clear the ring of Juvi, Psychosis and Super Crazy who regroup on the outside. They aren’t finished though and London hits all fours as Kendrick comes off of the ropes, off his partner and nails all three with a corkscrew piancha!! He then grabs a chair and drives all three to the back. We are back to the beginning now and its just the champion and London in the ring. They stare each other down and then both climb the ladder. There is a lengthy exchange of punches before the determined and adrenaline-fuelled London pulls out in front. Just before he can hit the killer blow though someone knew enters the ring and plants London with a shot from the Cruiserweight championship and Rey pushes his opponent off onto the canvas with a crash. He then reaches up and grabs the title and the match is over! Rey retains and hugs the assailant and is that…it is! Its Rey’s father, Rey Mysterio Senior! Brave attempt from London and Kendrick but in the end it was five on two which was simply too much.

Winner: Still WWE Cruiserweight Champion, Rey Mysterio

Match Rating: ****¾

JR is quick to point out that the show has only just started but already that has to be a contender for match of the evening, if not the year! All praise aside the odds were firmly against Paul London. Styles follows up by stating that this next match, featuring his namesake will also carry that theme. Clips are shown of Daniels tricking AJ into signing a special referee match with Bryan Danielson, and the subsequent assaults from there. In any event, its now time for the WWE United States Championship match!

WWE US Title-Special Guest Referee

Christopher Daniels © V AJ Styles

Referee- Bryan Danielson

AJ Styles is out first and receives a solid reception from the fans here at the ARCO Arena, which then turns the other way around when US champion Christopher Daniels makes his way out to ringside alongside the referee complete with a black and white shirt. Before the match starts the ref grabs the nearest mic and says contrary to peoples beliefs he is gonna call this straight down the middle. The match begins and Styles locks in a headlock on the champion and throws him over pinning his shoulders down. Danielson is out of position and walks round and counts. One……two……and Daniels is able to kick out after a massively slow count from the referee. AJ is pissed and pushes the ref and shouts something about calling it fairly. Daniels gets the sneaky backslide and Danielson counts. One. Two. No! AJ kicks out and goes crazy hitting four or five right hands on the champion, following up with a back body drop and a power slam for a slow two count. Styles is clearly not happy and says that the title isn’t worth this and nails the referee with a kick to the mid-section and an enziguri! He signals for the Styles Clash but doesn’t notice Daniels behind him and gets planted with the Angels Wings. Danielson is gone though and there’s no count, even though it could have gone to a hundred! He brings the ref round and makes the cover but Styles is out for two. They glance at each other and then proceed to put one of the biggest two-on-one beat downs the business has ever seen. They work well in tandem, using double suplexes, double power bombs and even an almost 3-D like manoeuvre. Still AJ Styles tries to fight back though but the odds are too much and Danielson locks on the Cattle Mutilation and puts him to sleep. Daniels makes the cover… but Danielson refuses to count. Daniels asks what’s going on and Bryan holds up his hands and says wait a second. The former American Dragon exits and looks under the ring…and returns with a piece of lead pipe! Daniels says let me do it, but Bryan is adamant he’ll be doing it and tells the champion to stand him up. He does and Danielson takes one look at AJ Styles…and crashes the piping across his face, busting him wide open!!! Daniels laughs and makes the cover…but Danielson nails him in the back with the pipe, and again two more times. He then locks on the Cattle Mutilation and after Chris Daniels goes limp stands up counts to ten, looks at the chaos and exits laughing all the way up the ramp. It has been given as a no contest as neither man could answer the call of ten. It’ll be interesting to see what repercussions that will have tomorrow night!

Winner: No Contest

Match Rating: *****

WWE Title No.1 Contendership

Chris Benoit V Chris Jericho

Up next we’re told is the number one contendership match, for the WWE championship. Videos are shown of Benoit talking down to Jericho about his glamorising of the business and all his distractions and attacks on Y2J recently. Benoit is out first and receives an alarmingly positive reception from the crowd. it’s the usual calm, focused and intense entrance from the crippler. Next up its Chris Jericho and we have Saliva playing King of My World live at the ARCO Arena. it’s a terrific pop from the crowd as he finally comes into view and enters the ring. They straight away go toe-to-toe and talk trash to one another. Benoit pushes Jericho away, not once but twice, pissing Jericho off and he goes to push back but Benoit has anticipated it and locks in the crossface right in the middle of the ring! The bell rings and Y2J is trapped, but refuses to tap. A few minutes later and he has somehow made it to the ropes but the damage has been done and Y2J is struggling to lift his arm and his neck is clearly damaged. The veteran Benoit capitalises on this and nails a few arm bars and the like and then a neck breaker. He scores with a near fall and lifts him up for a delayed suplex. Jericho comes out of the back and rolls him up and locks on the walls of Jericho! Benoit grabs the ropes and charges at Jericho and plants a Benoit attack and signals for the head butt. He goes up top and dives…but Jericho rolls out of the way and goes up top himself for the moonsault which Benoit rolls out of the way of himself. Jericho has it scouted though and lands on his feet, he waits for Benoit to rise and looks for the enziguri which Benoit ducks nails a German suplex! And another! And a third for good measure! For the second time tonight he gives the cut-throat sign and goes up top, although this time he lands it and Jericho is more or less unconscious on the canvas. This time Benoit brings his arms up as a cross, and drives them down! He scoops up Jericho’s legs and he’s looking for the sharpshooter! Jericho was playing possum though and rolls him over for the small package! Benoit rolls through though and grabs the tights. 1...2...3!!! Benoit has done it! The referee didn’t see it and Benoit is the new number one contender to the WWE title! He hurtles down the aisle to the back as Jericho looks on in disbelief shaking his head, he cant believe that he has fallen for that.

Winner: Chris Benoit

Match Rating: *****

There is a massive pop from the crowd as Lillian Garcia announces that the following contest is a tables, ladders and chairs match for the Undisputed Tag Team championships! The rules being that everything is legal and the way to win is that you must grab the tag team titles from the suspension above the ring, whilst also putting the other team through as many tables as possible and beating the crap out of them with chairs.

Undisputed Tag Team Championship - TLC Match

Edge and Christian © V Second City Saints

The Saints are the first team out tonight and there’s an electricity and a togetherness about them which just gives you the impression that this might be their night tonight. They go through their usual routine and play to the crowd. It’s the turn of the champions now and even though they are clearly the heels here, the crowd just cannot wait for this match and are applauding this team also. The match starts and E + C run straight to the outside, which prompts a piancha from CM Punk over the top rope onto both. Cabana follows up with a chair shot to each of the champions and then rolls Christian back into the squared circle and goes to work on him. CM Punk decides to put a beating on Edge and uses a number of right hands to send him to the back and follows him, nailing a clothesline over the barrier! He continues to follow him and eventually scoops him up and lays him onto the top of a nearby sound table. Back in the ring though and Christian has taken the advantage after a crafty low blow to Colt Cabana. He notices the commotion and sprints to the back to help his partner. Punk has climbed up a nearby barrier and has joined the fans! He signals for a moonsault or something but Christian jumps him and they begin brawling. Edge comes round and also climbs up top as well! He crouches down and signals for the spear! He charges…but Punk moves and Edge spears his partner off of a ten foot barrier, through a table! The ‘Holy S**t’ chants go up as Edge and Punk battle back to the ring. Cabana joins them and the numbers game catches up with Edge and he is on the receiving end of a double vertical suplex through a table. They both grab a ladder each and set one up in the ring and another is balanced against the ropes. Edge is back up and nails Cabana with a spear and plants Punk with a right hand. He decides that its time to climb the ladder and goes up top. Punk out of nowhere runs up the balanced ladder and nails Edge with the Step-up Enziguri!!! He crashes to the mat and is unconscious in the ring. Somehow Christian is back however and plants CM Punk with a chair shot to the back of the head and then places the chair around the neck of CM Punk and climbs to the second rope. Surely he isn’t gonna jump! No he isn’t because Colt Cabana has climbed an adjoining turnbuckle and gone coast-to-coast sending Christian to the outside. Now, its Cabanas turn to climb to the top but Edge is here and hooks up Cabana for the suplex and crotches Cabana on the ropes. He then comes off of the opposite side of the ring and charges up the balanced ladder and spears Cabana to the outside!!! Just a groggy Edge and CM Punk now. Both going at it and Punk pulls in front and plants a big-time high angle back drop. He begins his ascension to the top of the ladder and fails to notice Christian enter with two chairs and hand one to Edge. Punk is finally aware but its too late…Con-chair-to! He collapses to the ground and Cabana is still out as the champions climb the ladder and that’s it! Edge and Christian have retained the Undisputed Tag Team titles in a sensational match-up!

Winners: Still the Undisputed Tag Team Champions, Edge and Christian

Match Rating: ****¾

The champions struggle to the back leaving the Saints in the ring as they receive a standing ovation for a quality high impact match. CM Punk clearly is not happy and stops Cabana from leaving. He says he is not happy and nails his partner with the Step-Up Enziguri! He gets on the mic and declares that he is here to win championships and he’s done that with his Intercontinental Championship. Now, he wants to add to it and defend it. He says that he might not have added to his list tonight, but he is looking to add to it in the future, trust him, whether it’s the US title, the Hardcore title, even a World title! He finishes by saying that to do this, he has to lose this dead weight named Colt Cabana. But just to show there is no hard feelings, he is offering him an IC match tomorrow night on Raw!

Joey Styles says that we already have found out that Chris Benoit is the challenger for the WWE Champion, now it is time to find out who will be challenging for the World Heavyweight Championship come October. A video highlights package shows the notable points of the feud so far and now it is time for Kurt Angle versus Shawn Michaels for the World Heavyweight Championship No.1 contendership in a submissions match.

World Heavyweight Championship No.1 Contendership-Submission Match

Kurt Angle V Shawn Michaels

Its time for what very well could be the show stealer, and here comes HBK, Shawn Michaels! The crowd are clearly in favour of HBK tonight as Angle enters the ring looking as intense as ever. The first ten to fifteen minutes are spent with the usual interchange of impressive moves and holds as you expect from to of the most gifted performers on the roster, until Angle is able to plant a huge belly-to-belly suplex and down come the straps! He is able to follow up with a German suplex and the Angle slam. Angle goes up top and nails a moonsault down to perfection. He makes the cover before been reminded that it’s a submissions match by Earl Hebner. This pisses him off and he exit’s the ring looking for a chair which the referee takes off him on entry. Michaels has recovered by now and lands an atomic drop, followed by two short arm clotheslines and a hard scoop slam to the canvas and Michaels is rolling! He goes up top and lands the flying elbow drop. He signals for Sweet Chin Music and toots up the band, which Angle ducks and he nails the ref, and then Angle. There’s no referee though and Michaels looks around to wake him up and doesn’t see Angle pick up the and nail him in the back with it! Its not enough though and he wraps the chair around his ankle and heads up top before landing a second moonsault, this time onto the chair! Michaels is rolling around in pain as Angle disposes of the chair and locks on the Angle Lock with grapevine!!! Michael’s struggles for as long as possible, but its just too much and he’s forced to concede defeat!

Winner: Kurt Angle

Match Rating: ***¾

Lillian Garcia then gets on the mic and announces that it is now time for the first World Championship match if the night, the WWE title match!

WWE Championship Match

Batista V Randy Orton ©

They then announce Batista’s arrival and here comes the Animal! Up next is Orton with the title around his waist, most likely for the last time. They stare down and lock up, with Batista using his incomparable power to throw Randy back two or three times, before hitting a shoulder block and a scoop slam for 2. He then follows up by taunting Orton and nailing him with a gorilla press slam to the outside. He follows him but Orton nails a low blow and bounces the Animals skull of the steel steps and then again twice off of the ring post. He rolls him back into the ring for a two count and signals for the RKO, Batista catches on though and plants Orton with a spine buster and gives the thumbs down! He gets ready to lift Orton up when the music of Vince McMahon hits and he makes his way to ringside to that of a stunned audience and Batista, not to mention a relieved Randy Orton. He says that recently he has become aware, thanks to a certain number one contender, of a loophole within the rules and that as from October 2006 this loophole will be fixed. However, as of tonight, Batista is no longer the number one contender and so now he is going to add that new contender to the match and Batista needs to get his ass to the back because he is out of the match! Out from the back comes Chris Benoit who is about to enter the ring. Batista looks pissed off at being screwed by Benoit and exit’s the ring and grabs a steel chair! He aims for the wolverine, but he ducks and he nails Orton who is stunned back into the corner. Benoit gives Batista a knee to the back and sends him to the outside as security guards come to escort him to the back. The crippler turns as semi-conscious Orton shuffles out of the corner and into the crossface. The referee takes one look and judges Orton to be unconscious and awards the victory to Benoit!!! New Champion!

Winner: New WWE Champion, Chris Benoit!

Match Rating: ***½

We cut to the back in time to see Kurt Angle emerging from Vince McMahons office shaking his hand and saying thanks. He turns and bumps into Triple H, this should be interesting! HHH declares that he’s seen what happened with Benoit just now and that Angle better not have been talking to Vince about what he thinks he was, otherwise he…WILL…bring the hammer down…on Kurt Angles CAREER!…Literally!!! Angle looks away then gets in the games face and says that yeah, he might be the number one contender and he might not play by the rules inside of the ring as we saw tonight, but he has no interest in backstage politics and lets his skills do the talking. Also, unlike Benoit, he wants to earn his titles! With that, he walks away, leaving Triple H fuming.

John Cena + Hulk Hogan V ??? + ???

We are back at ringside as John Cena makes his way to the ring and gets the microphone off of Lillian Garcia. He then announces that ladies and gentleman, all the way from Venice Beach, California, weighing in at 303lbs, standing 6’6” tall, please give it up for the one, the only, Hulk Hogan!!! Hogan makes his way to the ring to a huge pop and does his usual routine to the usual reaction. Cena gets on the stick and says that as usual, he isn’t here to talk, he’s here to fight! So get those two chumps out here for an ass-whipping! No Chance fills the arena for the third time tonight and McMahon makes his way to the stage. He says that he is glad he came to fight because he is gonna have to be in a fighting mood to even survive this. He goes on to explain that they say money cant buy you happiness. Well after he sees Cena been hit with the one, two, three, he will be extremely happy, and remember everybody has a price! There is a momentary silence as McMahon gets backstage then…the music of the Rock hits and here comes the peoples champion! The crowd are out of their seats and Cena looks worried as Rocky works the turnbuckles and eyes up his opponents before grabbing a microphone and shouting, “Finally…Stone Cold Steve Austin…has come back…to a WWE ring!”. The crowd are in a silence of disbelief for an agonising thirty seconds, until the glass breaks and here comes the Rattlesnake! The atmosphere is electric as the match starts and Cena and the Rock lock up. Rocky outwrestles his opponent and tosses him into the ropes for a Samoan drop for two. He works Cena for a few more minutes and then nails three right hands and looks for the killer blow, but Cena ducks and hoists him up for the F-U! The Rock slides out of the back and nails the Rock Bottom! He covers but Cena kicks out. Rock is in top gear though and sets up, and hits, the Peoples Elbow! Hogan interrupts the count with the leg drop though and both men are out. Cena is first up and tags out to Hogan. Hogan immediately goes to work hitting the big boot and then the leg drop! He makes the cover, 1...2...NO, Rock got a shoulder up. Hogan whips him into the corner and charges, but the Rock explodes out of the corner and plants a huge clothesline and makes the tag to Austin as the ARCO arena goes wild! Cena gets the tag and Hogan and the Rock spills to the outside. Austin blocks a right hand and hits five in return, sending Cena into the corner where he receives no fewer than twenty mud hole stomps! He waits for Cena to arise before nailing him with a Lou Thesz press and some right hands! Hogan follows into the ring and he gets the same. Lastly comes the Rock and a fired up Austin says f**k you and nails The Rock with one and some Texan right hands. He then proceeds to plant every man in the ring with a Stone Cold Stunner and gets the three count over Cena!!! The crowd is electric as Austin celebrates with a beer and makes his way to the back, hopefully not for the last time!

Winners: Stone Cold Steve Austin + The Rock

Match Rating: **½

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World Heavyweight Championship

Triple H V The Undertaker ©

We return from some sponsorship advertisements and the cell is being lowered as we see some clips of the Game and Taker feuding. The King of Kings hits and here comes the Game minus Ric Flair, who we are told has been banned from ringside and the referees are responsible for keeping him away and so will lock the cell door! Its now time for the Deadman and here he comes as the gong sounds and smoke fills the arena! What the…he has got a casket with him?!?! He leaves it on the stage and enters the cell and the Game wastes no time in attacking with some right hands and sends him into the ropes for the spine buster for two! The Game is relentless and sets up the Pedigree, and sends the Deadman down for a two and a half count! The Game hits another and again Undertaker kicks out! Triple H cant believe it and goes to the outside and picks up a Sledgehammer. He waits for Undertaker to sit up and plants him for a two count. He waits for Undertaker to get up and nails him three more times but he wont go down! He looks for another strike…but the champion grabs the hammer and break it in half! He then proceeds to lamp the challenger with a big time choke slam and signals for the tombstone pile driver! Wait a second, Flair has come out from under the ring and plants the Deadman with some right hands and some chops, which don’t even stun him and he tosses him into the corner and hit’s a high impact flurry of right hands and the final one goes straight to the forehead and busts him open as he stumbles into the Last Ride Power bomb! The Undertaker gives a furious look in Triple H’s direction who tries to get out of the ring but Taker nails a running big boot, sending HHH off of the apron and through the cage wall!!! The champion isn’t finished yet though and comes off the ropes and hit’s a suicide dive over the top rope, through a Triple H shaped hole and onto the challenger! Ten seconds later and he sits up and signals for the casket and takes a few steps towards it! The Game makes the no way motion and begins to climbs the cell and the Undertaker follows suit! HHH tries to cheap shot him but the Deadman blocks and grabs him by the throat…they pause for just a motionless second, in one of those moments…before choke slamming Trips through the top of the cell! The crowd chants hardcore over and over again as the champion climbs back down and hit’s a groggy Ric Flair with a tombstone, before scooping up HHH and giving him one for good measure! He crosses the arms and the referee counts. One…Two…Three!!! Undertaker has retained and celebrates in the ring! He makes his way to the back with Trips carcass and just before he can stuff him in, some fireworks go off and what the hell…here comes his brother Kane and The Big Show!!! Taker tries to valiantly fight back but is overwhelmed by the sheer force of the other two and they give him a double choke slam on the stage! Undertaker is motionless as Big Show moves HHH and opens the casket and they give Taker another double choke slam, this time into the casket!! The lid is slammed shut and the crowd are stunned! They aren’t done yet though and manage to lift the casket…and toss it off of the stage into the blackness below! The last thing we see is HHH looking up at a laughing Big Show and Kane as the show ends!

Winner: Still World Heavyweight Champion, The Undertaker!

Match Rating: ***¾

Quick Results

- Burchill def. Val Venis in a last man standing teaser match.

- Ron Killings beat Chris Masters in a lumberjack match.

- Rey Mysterio retained against Paul London in a ladder match.

- Christopher Daniels retained against AJ Styles.

- Chris Benoit pinned Y2J for the WWE No.1 Contendership.

- Edge and Christian retained against the Saints in a TLC match.

- Kurt Angle beat HBK by submission for the WHC NO.1 contendership.

- Benoit beat Randy Orton by submission for the WWE title.

- Steve Austin and The Rock pinned John Cena and Hulk Hogan.

- The Undertaker pinned HHH to retain the WHC.

Show Rating: 94%

Buy Rate: 1.80

Be sure to tune into Raw tomorrow for the fall out of tonight’s events

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OOC: By the way, as this is the first PPV I have done and am approaching the end of the first month, I'd appreciate any feedback. :)

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Here’s the confirmed card so far ahead of tonight’s Monday Night Raw:

-After dumping his partner Colt Cabana last night at Unforgiven, CM Punk defends his Intercontinental title against the same man!

-Bryan Danielson has claimed he will give an announcement explaining his actions last night.

-London and Kendrick go up against Super Crazy and Psychosis in the aftermath of yesterdays ladder match.

-Less than 24 hours after a gruelling tag title defence in a TLC match, Edge defends his Hardcore championship against Sabu and an out-of-element Eugene!

-Vince McMahon will give a short speech opening Raw.

-After the disgusting actions of a returning Kane and Big Show last night, Raw general manager Mick Foley has challenged Undertaker to appear, if he doesn’t show, he said he will have to make shocking announcement….concerning every star in the company!

Stay right here to find out what goes down in its entirety…

[Predictions are as usual, welcome]

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Ok, most of this isn't very realistic from a WWE point of view, Daniels would NEVER be a Main Eventer that quickly in WWE, if at all in fact. I mean, look how long it's taken Rey to get anywhere.

You've basically signed all the best talent in the game without rhyme nor reason. I doubt Danielson would ever go to WWE full time, the same goes for Styles and Daniels really. And Kazarian only walked out a few months ago but he wasn't being used well, so I doubt he'd return a few months down to line to be in the lower midcard again.

And Second City Saints beating E&C? It's almost like a squash too with the ending, CM Punk beats down two of the best WWE wrestlers at the moment? And why on earth is Christian back in WWE after he signed a TNA contract because he was sick of WWE.

At lot of it just doesn't make sense.

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At first I didnt know what you meant. Then I looked back over the first post and there is a paragraph missing from the end explaining what has happened in the 10 months since I started :)

Will edit it in tomorrow if not today.

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Monday 25th September 2006, Wisconsin Arena, Wisconsin

The show begins with an Unforgiven video package, set the background them of The Game, by Disturbed. The video shows all of last nights highlights, before slowing down to show Kane and The Big Shows methodical destruction of the Deadman. Eventually the pyrotechnics explode and the familiar voice of JR and the King welcome us. They then tell us that other than the three matches so far confirmed, the only guaranteed segment they are aware of is that the WWE Chairman himself is gonna be here in a matter of seconds to clear some things up apparently…and here he comes! McMahon begins his waddle to ringside and takes a microphone from ringside. He begins by saying that Unforgiven was one of the most successful Pay-Per-Views of all time, although now, now his eyes are firmly set on No Mercy. He then moves on, saying that all of the participants at Unforgiven can have the night off, unless they are pre-booked in a match tonight. Next, he explains that he apologises to everyone for having to endure that little altercation between the two supposed managers of the WWE brand. He then says that as two of the role models within the business, they are gonna have to learn to get along, otherwise he might have to ‘split’ them up. He finishes by saying that he guaranteed a John Cena loss at Unforgiven and he sure as ever, delivered. Also, as far as an Austin and Rock return to the ring goes, as much as the fans, Rock or Austin wants it, it isn’t happening! They sold out to the deep pockets of a wrestling genius and he’ll decide, not them, when they get a chance to come back to HIS company. Oh, and by the way, enjoy being out of the exhausting hunt for the World championships Cena, because he isn’t returning to that scene for a long, long time!

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Paul London + Brian Kendrick V Psychosis + Super Crazy

The first confrontation of the evening saw London and his partner Kendrick take on two of the people who cost him the cruiserweight title last night and former WWE Tag Champions Psychosis and Super Crazy. The match was largely consisting of Kendrick being beaten on by the opponents and struggling to make the tag. The Mexicans showed their tag experience keeping Kendrick in their corner for long enough to hit a variety of moonsaults and Hurrancanranas for a number of near falls. Kendrick finally catches a break after flipping out of a double suplex and making the tag. From there on London was on fire, nailing his rivals with his entire arsenal of manoeuvres. Eventually, the two Mexicools had taken enough punishment from an invigorated London and headed to the back and were counted out for 10, and Jack Doan awarded the fan favourites the victory.

Winners: Paul London + Brian Kendrick

Match Rating: ****¼

London and Kendrick remain in the ring post match and London is handed a microphone by the a member of the production staff. He says that first of all, he has been to see Foley and Long, and has got their approval for a rematch at No Mercy! He also says that he knows that when its five on two, as it was yesterday, he has no chance. However, he is gonna even the odds. You see, he has found someone to help him in his quest for the gold, and every week he is gonna be bringing in someone to help even the odds against these Mexicans, starting tonight! Out from the back comes Austin Aries, who looks set to join. He says that although him and London are not exactly best friends, he isn’t gonna sit by and watch a group of guys screw over another. London gets back on the mic and says that people might enjoy watching Rey Mysterio and Juventud Guerrera, but now its their time to shine, because they are…the Five Star Attraction!!!

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Wow, big announcement there from Paul London. It will be interesting to see if his ‘Five Star Attraction’ can challenge the hold that the Mexicools have had on the cruiserweight division for the past few months. In any event, up next CM Punk defends his IC championship match against his former tag team partner as of last night, Colt Cabana.

Intercontinental Title

CM Punk © V Colt Cabana

Good match as you could tell that the two new each others styles well. Punk tried to show his partner up with some skilful wrestling techniques but Cabana showed up his opponent every single time. After a few minutes Punk had took enough embarrassment and left the ring. He waited for Colt to look away and then snuck back in and decked the challenger with the IC belt! As the crowed booed he simply smiled and laughed it off, before throwing Cabanas lifeless form over the top rope and to the outside. He got on the microphone and announced that he has only had one match and he is already sick of defending his title, and that he wants to start challenging for more titles. He doesn’t care who it is, right now he is issuing an open challenge to anyone in the back for a championship match at No Mercy. He doesn’t care whether its Chris Daniels with his US title, Benoit with the WWE title or even The Undertaker for the World Heavyweight Championship! He wait’s a few minutes and receives no response from anyone. Eventually he says that if everyone in the business is too scared of him, he’ll come and find them, and begins to make his way to the back. He gets half-way up the ramp when Lashleys music hits and he hit’s the arena and single handed destroys CM Punk and then delivers the Dominator through the announcement table! He is about to leave when he says that if he wants a title match, he has one, with him at No Mercy! The question is, who’s title is gonna be on the line?

Winner: By DQ, Colt Cabana, Still IC champion, CM Punk

Match Rating: ***½

JR is now in the ring and says, it is time for a good old fashioned interview with last nights special guest referee, Bryan Danielson! A short video is shown of last nights actions in the United States Championship match before Danielson himself makes his way to ringside to a mixed reaction from the crowd. Eventually, the interview begins and Danielson says that he everyone around the world has just tuned in to find out…to find out why, why he did just what he did. JR says that he guesses that to. Danielson says that the reason is simple. He never liked Daniels, he just acted on his side to get in the biggest company in the world, the WWE. Now that he is here, he doesn’t need to live this lie anymore. Also, he isn’t AJ Styles biggest fan either, and the last thing he wanted to see, was his hand raised in victory last night. Besides, to make it big in this industry, you have to be ruthless, cut-throat and downright evil, ask the chairman. So, he had to make his mark last night, to keep him in the picture, and he did that. What he did last night, was a win-win scenario, he cut his ties with Daniels, screwed AJ Styles over, made the impact he needed to make a name for himself, and as of meeting with Vince McMahon a few hours ago, is now in the hunt for the US championship. JR asks him what he means and Danielson says, its simple. At No Mercy, its gonna be AJ Styles, Christopher Daniels and Bryan Danielson for the United States Championship…in a triple threat match! He then fakes an exit before nailing JR in the back of the head with a roundhouse kick sooner than Jerry Lawler can make the attempted save with a chair. He walks back up the ramp and says that he is in that match, and don’t think he wont do anything to win it!

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It’s the final match of the night and it’s the hardcore match for the title between Edge, Sabu and Eugene!

Hardcore Championship Match

Edge © W/ Christian V Sabu V Eugene

The match kicks off and Edge and Christian go to work on Sabu as Eugene cowers into the corner, scared of the violence used. After a few minutes Sabu is able to absorb enough punishment and gain an opening after ducking an early con-chair-to, he then fights back with some Kendo stick shots to the tag champions and then sets a chair up in the middle of the ring. He forces both back into separate, opposite corners before hitting Air Sabu on each and then using the chair as a weapon on both he looks on fire and then points to the sky and hit’s the Triple Jump Moonsault onto Edge and grabs the unexpected victory!

Winner: New Hardcore Champion, Sabu!

Match Rating: **¾

Edge and Christian cant believe Sabu has won as he exits to the backstage and then point and it looks like they have decided to set their frustrations up on a poor Eugene! Christian picks him up, tells him he is safe now…before giving him an Irish whip into an oncoming Edge Spear! They drag him to his feet and an set up and hit a thunderous con-chair-to! Eugene crumples into the foetal position on the ground as they exit the ring and The King and replacement commentator Michael Cole says that they hope they’re happy now. Some EMT’s are out here and they try to help him to the back, but he just uncharacteristically pushes them away!?! He stares at his hands and his bright, child-like costume and he looks disgusted with himself as he runs to the back in front of a stunned audience. Is this a new side of Eugene we have yet to see?

The final segment of the evening is an expected announcement by Raw general manager, Mick Foley. As usual, Foley gets a huge reception from the crowd, although he immediately states that he is here for business purposes only, however, last night he did kick Teddy Longs ass! Also, if the big bosses thinly veiled threat of a ‘spilt’ does come to fruition, he will be happy to kick Smackdowns ass as well, to a huge crowd reaction! He then says that the reason that he is out here tonight, is concerning the World Heavyweight Championship. See, after the beating the world saw the Undertaker take last night at Unforgiven, he was unsure as to whether or not he would be able to continue leading the WWE brand, which was why he set the no-show deadline of this show, which he hasn’t met. As a result of this, it is with a heavy heart, that as of now he has stripped the Undertaker of the title and vacated it!! However, this is a fast-paced business, and they cant afford to wait over a month for a new champion to be crowned, so here’s the plan. He will award the title to a deserving superstar who will defend it at No Mercy. Whilst, all this is going on however, he is now confirming that there will be a 32-man elimination tournament for the No.1 contendership to the belt, culminating with two-semis and a final at Survivor Series in November to earning a WHC title shot at Armageddon at the end of the year. He says that he realises that is a lot to take in at the moment and they are gonna have a lot of small steps to be taken till then and he is taking the first one tonight…by appointing a new champion! He stops and says that why wait any longer when they can do it right now…ladies and gentleman…your new World Heavyweight Champion!!! King of Kings by Motorhead hits and here comes the Game, a badly beaten HHH and Foley looks stunned! He gets back on the mic and says what the hell are you doing out here?!?! Triple H says that he was the last man to fight the Undertaker, the man that destroyed him and also a proven World Heavyweight Champion. If Foley needs someone to spearhead this organisation, then look no further than him. Foley says that they should track back a second, because the last three seconds he remembers from that match, were HHH’s shoulders pinned against the mat after a Tombstone! He also says that he didn’t destroy him, two 7-foot giants did. He has already disproved his claim to the title twice and decides to go for the hat-trick by saying that the fact of the matter is that HHH is no longer the No.1 contender and so is gonna have to go through the tournament just like everyone else in the business. For the record, he is no longer the number one contender, because this man is! Out from the back comes Kurt Angle, to a huge ovation! Angle gets in the ring and says to the Game that he won his shot fair and square and its about time HHH won one of his that way! Foley cools them down and declares that the fans of the WWE now have a new World Heavyweight Champion, Kurt Angle! The fans start to cheer and boo in a mixed reaction but Angle cuts him off and looks pissed. He says that he doesn’t want to be handed another World title, he wants to win it! He is sick of been known as a transitional champion from his title reign at the beginning of the year. This time, e wants to win it, in a match and as he lost it to the Undertaker then the only way to win it back rightly, would be to beat the Undertaker. Foley says that for the obvious reasons that’s not possible, he is also assuming that Angle doesn’t want to give up his title shot. So, how would he feel about taking on one of Undertakers destroyers, Kane or the Big Show! Angle says he is on and Foley announces that it is settled, on Smackdown Big Show against Kane with the winner facing Angle for the World Heavyweight Championship at No Mercy!!!

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And with that, the show went off air…

Quick Results:

- Brian Kendrick and Paul London beat Super Crazy and Psychosis by count-out

- Colt Cabana beat CM Punk by DQ

- Sabu beat Edge and Eugene to crown a new Hardcore Champion

Show Rating: 86% and 6.80

Tune in to Smackdown this week to find out just who Angles opponent at No Mercy will be!!!

Wrestle Watcher

Hello and welcome to another edition of the Wrestle Watcher with me Craig Feltzer. Today I am going to be looking at WWE’s latest PPV spectacular Unforgiven, as well as any other big news in the industry and boy have we got some today.

First big bit of news this week is obviously that WWE held their September PPV, Unforgiven. Recently, I have been a bit critical of the WWE brand but Tbh, this PPV was a great improvement. Just when you thought it was gonna be just another PPV, some swerves were thrown in there to keep people guessing. Particularly, the US title and World title matches were good at this, as some key people such as HHH, Undertaker, Batista and Orton are out of the picture and it will be interesting to see who fills their spots on the roster. The teaser match of the evening was that of Val Venis V Paul Burchill, which whilst not particularly brilliant did a good job of pushing people on the fence, over the fence, and into the WWE garden. The actual opening match of the PPV was the same. Nothing awesome, but a good taster to build up the big matches. The next match was a pretty good indication as to the direction the PPV was heading, the ladder match. This was full of more swerves and turns then a thirty minute game of Twister, effectively using no less than seven workers in a match scheduled for two really got the crowd pumping. Note how The Mexicools has five members, the Five Star Attraction are building up quicker than Wembley isn’t being built and also Survivor Series is just around the corner, hmm, 5 on 5, Survivor Series, just a thought. The next match was the US title match and was also a very good match, not only in quality, but the finish as well, sewing up loose ties, whilst also opening some more doors. However, it was quite controversial with the fans, who struggled to believe some former TNA guys less than a year into their WWE career, would be fighting this high up the card. I think that it is a decent idea personally, have them fight amongst each other and solidify their place within the company in full view of the fans, so as to avoid the ‘oh look a TNA guy fighting for the WWE title’ factor in the future. Then we had the WWE contendership match. It seemed strange having this so early, but two hours later, it was obvious why. The finish was as it should have been. Benoit picking up a cheap win, leaving a future Jericho push not unthinkable. The next match on the card was the TLC match for the Undisputed Tag Titles. This match has received some criticism from fans who couldn’t understand the manner in which they won, in that even though they did win, the Saints dominated. However, in my opinion it was intended by the WWE to be seen as heels sneaking a win. Also it follows an old rule, ‘if a heel wins with a chair shot then its OK’. Furthermore, it is more or less impossible to see what they have in store for Punk and Cabana in the future and this could be seen as a ‘silent push’ for them. Up next, we got the WHC No.1 contender match, which was as expected. Angle has the heat and momentum rolling into the final months of the year to really keep the title scene alive and fresh, what with Undertaker and HHH looking to stay out of the hectic areas of the WWE for a few months. On the other hand, Michaels is looking still a bit rusty after his four month injury layoff from June to early September and so expect a few more months of character building feuds before we see the Showstopper back to his best, probably early 2007. Down to the final three and a shock was in store in the WWE title match with Benoit exploiting a loophole within the rules to enter the match at the end and grab an easy victory. The word on the proverbial street being that WWE were planning on having Orton-Batista run through to Survivor Series, but everyone (even Batista and Orton) was rumoured to be sick of the feud and the matches were by no means anything to write home about, gaining *** ratings at best. If this is true, then the WWE creative team have done well, pulling off a big stunt that could have potentially backfired on them and ruined the whole event. Heel Benoit brings to the table intense, brutal wrestling which is always good TV. However, Benoit is renowned for not having the charisma of Jericho, HBK, even Hogan and so it will be interesting to see how it comes off on Smackdown this week. The penultimate match of the evening was, interesting, to say the least. Quite a big shock to most people to see these two show up at a PPV that isn’t one of the big four, let alone have Austin and Hogan in the same ring, wrestling. The match was a moment that will be remembered though and WWE did well keeping Hogan and Austin’s contact with each other to a minimum. The result was never really in doubt and good to see an Austin victory. The victory means that Cena will no doubt be out of the title chase for a good few months till his character is back on track. Honestly, I did expect a Cena heel turn on Hogan at the end of the match, but Kudos again, the creative team avoided the obvious but still came up with the goods. Off topic for a second, I would be lying if I didn’t say that I didn’t mark out when Austin went right hand and Stunner mental on Cena, Hogan and his own partner, The Rock. The final match of the night was the Hell In A Cell match, which was far better than it had any right to be. The actual match, other than the suicide dive, choke slam and casket match spots, was decidedly average. However, the atmosphere was electric and that makes or breaks a truly good match. The finish was possibly the best of the night. Undertaker picks up the clean victory, keeping HHH out of the title scene and then gets destroyed, giving him the excuse for a break also leaving a vacated title. Overall, the PPV was rated at 94%, the third highest I have ever rated a WWE PPV, behind WrestleMania 17 (100%) and the 2001 Royal Rumble (97%) and deservedly so. Some fans may disagree but once they find the reasons why things happened and the back-story to the TNA guys, I hope they’ll agree with me.

Next up on the Watcher is the following nights Raw, most noticeably, the Title tournament. Apparently the Top 32 wrestlers in the company will enter a KOTR style tournament in the hope of winning an opportunity to wrestle for WHC at Armageddon. This also includes the WWE champion Chris Benoit, Batista, Randy Orton, Chris Jericho and John Cena among others. Whilst it is likely that one of these stars will go on to lead the WWE into 2007, there is always the possibility that a new star could be born. This Raw also received the highest Television ratings since the move to the USA Network, probably due to the interest in the Unforgiven follow up angles.

Final piece of big news is that TNA have finally reached an open contract with Brock Lesnar! At the moment however, nothing can be set in stone, in terms of a debut.

Another smaller point that has been picked up on is that of Vince McMahon tempting the brand split. Whilst always a possibility, it is unlikely due to the generally accepted failure of the previous one. It is most likely a swerve thrown by the WWE to keep those who enjoyed the split interested.

Finally, it can be confirmed today the D’ Lo Brown has signed a contract with WWE. He had this to say, “Yeah, I am really excited. It is only a Pay-Per Appearance deal but hopefully when they are in my area and want my services, I can put on a good show for the fans, and look for that permanent deal which eludes so many others.”

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EDITED POST

Apologies if you started reading already but Four-Star-Fizzle brought to my attention that I was missing my catch-up paragraph, and so here it is:

March

WrestleMania 22 ran the same matches as in real life, with the same results except that Kurt Angle and Benoit retained and Mark Henry was pronounced dead, never to darken the WWE’s door again. Also, the Money In The Bank match was replaced with a Smackdown V Raw tag match. The expected draft was denounced by Vince McMahon, who announced the removal of the brand split, but then went on to appoint Mick Foley as Raw General Manager. Angle was then forced back into a match with Undertaker by Mick Foley at Aprils Backlash PPV.

April

April saw the debut of Sabu into the WWE teaming with old partner RVD, who had decided to take on the tag team scene, picking up the straps at Backlash. Christian also made a U-turn on his TNA contract after some revised terms of over $100,000 a month was agreed to sign a permanent contract for WWE. He appeared at Backlash and nailed Benoit with a chair before reuniting with Edge, who had just been defeated in his challenge for the US title. John Cena retained his WWE title against Randy Orton, thanks to his father Bob, nailing his own son with the cast, apparently his way of toughing him up. HBK also won the IC strap that night after Benjamin looked for a springboard that went into a Sweet Chin Music. The Animal also made his return, grabbing a fourth PPV victory over HHH as well as a second consecutive win at Backlash. This was despite Ric Flair re-aligning himself with the Game. In the main event, Kurt Angle again overcame the odds, grabbing a second PPV victory over the Deadman in four months. However, this did come after three questionable chair shots to the head.

May

At Judgement Day this year, RVD and Sabu were set for their first successful title defence against Kane and the Big Show, before Edge and Christian cost them the titles through interference, prior to declaring themselves to be in the race for the belts. Michaels retained against Benjamin in a rematch, and a handshake ended the feud mutually. John Cena again beat Randy Orton in the WWE title match, with more unwanted interference from Bob Orton. Another repeat performance occurred when Batista grabbed the five straight wins over HHH at Pay-Per-Views in just over a year, after Triple H demanded a rematch, saying he needed to know if he could beat him. The event finished with a title change as The Undertaker grabbed his fifth world championship of his career in a hardcore match after a sickening tombstone onto a chair reminiscent of his first title victory over Hulk Hogan all those years ago.

June

Bad Blood quickly became one of the most shocking events in WWE history after three superstars from rival companies invaded the event. Christopher Daniels, AJ Styles and Frankie Kazarian, neither face nor heel, led by the first ever Undisputed World Champion, Chris ‘Y2J’ Jericho. They claimed they were the next step in wrestling and would change the face of WWE themselves (think N.W.O/Evolution crossover). They fulfilled this promise by winning both the US title and Cruiserweight championship titles in less than 24 hours. Kid Kash also retired Jimmy Snuka at the event in a cage match, replicating the infamous Snuka - Muraco match from decades past. After defeating Cena the following night on Raw from Judgement Day, new WWE champion Randy Orton successfully teamed up with Shane McMahon to defeat HBK and Shelton Benjamin in a tag team match. John Cena took on and defeated Booker T as well as Triple H finally grabbing a PPV win, this time over a disheartened Kurt Angle, who claimed that he was losing his desire to wrestle now that he was no longer the champion. RVD and Sabu became No.1 contenders to the tag team titles after pinning Edge, just after a mistimed Big Boot from the Big Show. The main attraction of the night came in the form of a brutal triple threat match for the WHC between JBL, Batista and the champion, The Undertaker. In the end Taker retained after coming back from both a clothesline and a Batista Bomb.

July

Vengeance was hyped as being chaotic and it duly delivered. The hardcore championship was re-introduced. The belt was eventually won by James Gibson, after a gruelling 20-minute, 20 man hardcore match, featuring experienced hardcore grapplers such as Hardcore Holly and even Steve Blackman returned to try and pick up the honour. Edge and Christian, who by now had forced their way into the match after a non-title victory over Kane and the Big Show, picked up the belts after a triangle tag team match. Christian snuck the pin after Kane and The Big Show double choke slammed Sabu out of his boots and went after RVD and Edge. The Second City Saints debuted at the show today, answering the open challenge of MNM and fully deserved their victory with an impressive performance that left the crowd already appreciating their work inside the ring. A sneaky roll-up by Booker T cost John Cena further in his quest to get back to the WWE title as well as Randy Orton defeating an injured HBK in a hardcore match which finally put him out of action for a few months after a number of niggling injuries threatened to do so. Angle walked out of rematch against HHH giving the Game the count out victory. Angle soon regretted this however, as Mick Foley informed him that it turned out this was a No.1 contendership match for the World Heavyweight Championship! The champion was hot tonight also, getting the three count over Batista in a falls count anywhere. The ‘Invasion’ continued their dominance in the WWE, defending both their titles, however, Vince McMahon then announced to Y2J that if he left this group then he would gladly give him a shot at the WWE title the next night on Raw, which he accepted! The group were stunned and swore they would keep going and Jericho should watch his back.

August

The next night on Raw, just as they promised, the 'Invasion' attacked Jericho in his match and cost him the title he craved so much. By now though, the group was struggling without a clear leader and with all three, particularly Styles and Daniels arguing amongst each other, the group officially split at Summerslam when Daniels purposefully cost Styles his cruiserweight title to Rey Mysterio. Other matches on the card included; Booker T pinning John Cena once again, CM Punk from the Second City Saints defeated Ron Killings by submission. The showpiece of the night was the elimination chamber match for the WHC. This was contested by Undertaker, Batista, Chris Jericho, Chris Benoit, Randy Orton and Kurt Angle with HHH as the special referee to decide who he would face in his WHC match at Unforgiven. Taker eventually got the win after threatening the Game into making the pinfall over a fallen Benoit.

Hopefully, that brings everyone up to speed. Any questions or queries, feel free to ask (Y)

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It’s the final show of the month, but the first show of the European tour, starting off in England and here is the confirmed card so far ahead of Thursdays show:

-The Big Show takes on Kane in the main event of the evening, with a place in the World Heavyweight Championship match at No Mercy on the line.

-Bobby Lashley goes up against Paul Burchill.

-The ‘Five Star Attraction’ go up against three of the Mexicools.

-Teddy Long has an announcement regarding both the World championships. He has also confirmed that the draw for the WHC tournament will take place tonight!

Make sure you tune in for this, as it is gonna be hellacious for sure!

OOC: Results up tomorrow :) As always feedback and predictions are welcome anytime.

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Friday 29th September 2006, Hull Ice Arena, Hull

The first show in England kicks off and Joey Styles and Tazz welcome us to the show, also informing us that guest colour commentator for the evening will be Britain’s own Show Stealer, Alex Shane! They welcome him and also announce that he will also be competing in a ‘Best of Britain’ fatal four way match against Finlay, Jody Fleisch and William Regal and hype up the main event between Kane and The Big Show. However, before any action can take place, Lillian Garcia sings the national anthem and the Smackdown General Manager Theodore Long makes his way to the ring, microphone in hand. He says that while it is always nice to be in the WWE’s second home, the United Kingdom (to a big pop from the crowd), he has more important business here tonight. Firstly, he has decided that the draw for the World Heavyweight Championship tournament is tonight before the main event at the end of the show, and will be done in that very ring! Also, everyone but Angle, Big Show and Kane is eligible for the draw! However, he would also like to introduce the new referee for that match-up. He figured that as Kane and The Big Show screwed Undertaker out of the title, tonight, he is gonna screw them. You see, the winner of that match, will undoubtedly be decided by their potential opponent at No Mercy, because the special referee for this match, is Kurt Angle! His final point tonight, is that he felt at Unforgiven there is one man who got screwed as well as the Undertaker. This man was screwed out of his opportunity to win the WWE championship from Randy Orton, and that man is the Animal, Batista!!! That’s why, at No mercy, its Benoit versus Batista…for the WWE championship! The crowd is pumping as Long makes his way back up the ramp.

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We cut to the back and its Benoit looking really pissed off. He walks around for a bit until he bumps into the Legend Killer, Randy Orton. Benoit says he cant believe what Long just said. Orton replies that he’d help if he could but, frankly, he simply couldn’t give a damn about the man who took his reason to wrestle from him. Benoit stares him down before saying that, if Orton helps him, then stops and looks at his title, maybe he’ll help Orton in return. Randy looks at the title, then Benoit and nods, before walking away.

(75%)

Five Star Attraction V The Mexicools (Juvi, Super Crazy and Psychosis)

Its time for the first match of the evening and its also the first time that the Attraction have competed together in a match and they will no doubt be looking to make an impression. The Mexicools enter, minus Rey and his father, who have yet to be seen since their ‘victory’ at Unforgiven last Sunday. The new stable then hit the arena with an entrance video, made of a montage of clips of their high flying manoeuvres with a new ‘rock’ theme tune. They reach the ring and The Mexicools attack but are soon to the outside. London and company hit some high fives and the simultaneously come off of the ropes to hit three perfectly timed suicide dives to the outside onto their opponents. The match eventually starts with Kendrick and Psychosis and the match works through the usual tag team match spots with all six men getting in on the action. The finish comes when London hits Juvi with a 450 degree splash and gets the cover, which is interrupted by the two other Mexicools. By now Aries and Kendrick have had enough and brawl with them to the back. This leaves just Juventud Guerrera and Paul London who looks for a right hand which is ducked by Juvi and then nails the Juvi Driver! He taunts London and for a minute or two before deciding to go for the cover. He has wasted too much time though and London rolls him up with a small package for a potential twenty count! Rey Senior has climbed onto the apron though and distracted the referee and London gets up to alert the referee but doesn’t notice Rey Mysterio Junior dropping the dime off the opposite ropes! The referee finally turns around to see Juvi get an arm over the fallen London for the pinfall. The three Mexicools beat down London until Kendrick and Aries make the save, returning from the back with steel chairs and forcing them to exit for their own safety. Aries looked in good shape for the match, hitting a couple of high spots, including a Senton Bomb from the top rope to the outside.

Winners: The Mexicools

Match Rating: ***

The ring announcer declares that it is now time for the four man, ‘Battle of Britain’ match. He also states that it will feature the debuts of one of Britain’s own superstars, Alex Shane!

Alex Shane V Fit Finlay V Jody Fleisch V William Regal

All four men make their entrances to huge pops from the crowd, what with it being in England an’ all. Finlay and Fleisch open and the Irishman’s sheer brutality wins through taking down Fleisch with a number of knees and forearms to the face before setting up the Muscle buster, which Fleisch sneaks out of the back of and makes the tag to Regal. Finlay and Regal have got history and it showed, with both men hitting right hands and showing no signs of stopping, till Shane entered the ring and hit a double clothesline! Shane is known for been a powerhouse and displayed it with an array of suplexes and slams onto the two before tossing Finlay to the outside and hitting a thunderous power bomb on Regal! Regal looked in pretty bad shape as Fleisch came off of the turnbuckle…but got caught in a body press by Shane! He held him for a few seconds showing no difficulty whatsoever, until Finlay returned and hit Shane in the back of the head with his stick whilst the referee was blindsided. With both Shane and Regal down on the mat, Finlay took his opportunity and scooped up Fleisch off of the mat and nailed the Muscle Buster for the three count. Finlay then went a step too far and nailed the three competitors with some more shots from his stick, until a group of about a dozen road agents and referees hit the ring to break up the incident and try to escort Finlay to the backstage area.

Winner: Fit Finlay

Match Rating: **¼

Finlay still hasn’t left the area by the time we return from the break and gets on the mic and says he’s back in his homeland and he’s here to fight and is issuing an open challenge. He gets no response and is still running his mouth by the time the music of the Game hit’s the arena!!! He comes out onto the stage with a microphone and says that he has something to say, and he wants to say it in his ring. So that leprechaun better get out of there before he knocks him on his ass! HHH gets into the ring as Finlay charges at him with his stick. The cerebral assassin sidesteps Finlay and plants a big time Arn Anderson spine buster, before rolling an unconscious Finlay to the outside. Triple H gets the mic and says that now he has that joke out of the way, everyone had better listen up. Long and Foley made a mistake when they didn’t name him in the main event at No Mercy. Now, he could have taken the usual route and decimated them every week till they gave in and handed him HIS World Heavyweight title back. However, ever since Angle cried his heart out to Foley last week about earning the title, he has decided to show everyone why he is the game…and why he is…THAT DAMN GOOD!!! That’s why tonight he is gonna stroll up to Long, draw his number for the tournament, kick thirty one chumps asses and then stroll into Survivor Series challenging the champion, and then back out as the…World…Heavyweight…Champion!

(94%)

Non-Title Match

Bobby Lashley V Paul Burchill

Apart from the main event, we are up to the final match of the evening. It’s a short match due to the upcoming lottery for the tournament. Burchill is already in the ring and then Lashley enters to a huge amount of cheers. They lock up in the centre of the ring and Burchill gets a go behind and a hammerlock and then unbelievably paint brush slaps his opponent across the back of the head! Lashley is uncontrollable and nails Burchill with a vast range of moves including two vertical suplexes, a belly-to-belly and a tiger bomb. He rises to his feet and signals for the Dominator! Burchill is somehow able to slide out of the back though and push Lashley into Jack Doan, forcing a ref bump and then looks for the C4. Lashley battles out with an elbow and hit’s the Dominator. The referee is down though and quick as a flash CM Punk races through the crowd and nails Lashley with an Enziguri. Lashley is slowly back to his feet and gets nailed in the face with the Intercontinental championship. Punk carries on the assault, locking on the Anaconda Vice. Lashley tries to power out a number of times but the submission stays locked on and eventually Lashley drifts into unconsciousness. CM Punk grabs Burchill and lays him on top of Lashley just before the referee comes to and counts him out for three. Punk tosses Burchill out of the ring and grabs the nearest mic. He says that he has had a vision. They both want more titles, so why not this? At No Mercy, CM Punk versus Bobby Lashley, in a title for title match! That’s right his Intercontinental championship and Lashleys Power League title on line…in the same match! In any event, he says, the ball is in this guys court now and he wants an answer!

Winner: Paul Burchill

Match Rating: ***

Joey Styles and Tazz are quick to inform us that there has been some commotion in the back and we are gonna cut to it right now. It appears to be a brawl between all three of Christopher Daniels, AJ Styles and Bryan Danielson. Its pretty violent and the cameraman goes down in a heap. When we regain sight of the situation we see both Styles and Daniels with a hold on Danielson, and then launch him through a nearby window!!! They begin to brawl with each other but immediately dozens of backstage employees gather round and diffuse the situation before it can get any worse.

(87%)

After returning to ringside, Styles informs us that is now time for the World Heavyweight Championship tournament lottery and that the apparatus is setup. Long makes his way out and explains the whole thing to us. Basically, 32 places have been allotted numbers 1-32. Superstars will draw them in a reverse pre-determined order, depending on how successful Long and Foley have decided they have been in recent weeks. The first man to draw is described as being returning from injury tonight and will be looking to make an impact in this tournament. He needs no introduction, because frankly, he does it himself, Ken Kennedy!!! Kennedy gets into the ring an draws his number. He says he has got number 3. Next up is Fit Finlay, who is escorted by two members of the event security team to the ring. He draws number 19. Next up is one third of the Five Star Attraction, Brian Kendrick. He draws number 9. As we await the arrival of the fourth worker, Vince McMahons music hits! He gets to the ring and says that he will be drawing the fourth number. But don’t worry he wont be competing, you see, he has a debut wrestler to enter into the tournament and doesn’t want to reveal him yet. He draws the number and it’s the last number, 32. He exits and then it’s the WWE Power League champion, Bobby Lashley! He wastes no time and goes straight in and grabs his number which is number 7. Whether it will be lucky or not, only time will tell. We then get to see Chavo Guerrero and Psychosis, who draw 31 and 26 respectively. From this we now know that the final match in the qualifying round has been confirmed, it will be Chavo Guerrero up against Vince McMahons new superstar. The seventh person to draw is Mexican Lucha Libre star, El Hijo Del Santo, who is unlucky to draw number 8, meaning that he will face Lashley in the first round. Even through his mask you sense the disappointment in him. Tajiri makes his way to the ring, making his return from injury since he was re-signed by WWE last month. He draws number 2. The next superstar is the ‘leader’ of the Five Star Attraction, Paul London! H reaches in and picks out number 24. On his way back up the ramp, Super Crazy of the Mexicools comes out and they stare each other down. Eventually, they separate and Super Crazy draws the number 30, shame its not the Royal Rumble eh? The next superstar is described as a former WWE champion who is looking to win a World Championship for the second time at Survivor Series. Its JBL, who reaches the ring and proclaims that the Wrestling God is about to draw the best number in the competition. He draws number 25, meaning that he will face Psychosis in the opening round, which could be worse I suppose although it wont be a walkover. Next up is Juvi Guerrera who looks confident and draws the number 23. His confidence is suddenly replaced by despair as he realises his first round opponent is none other than Five Star Attraction leader, Paul London! The next two to draw are Sabu and Carlito, who get 16 and 10. This means that whilst Sabu has yet to find out his opponent, Carlito will definitely be facing Brian Kendrick in the first round. Theodore Long then states that the next superstar is one of the toughest men to grace a WWE ring, the Worlds Most Dangerous Man, Ken Shamrock! Shamrock receives a rapturous applause from the English fans as he approaches the ring. He gets the mic and says that a few years ago, he was a big force in WWE, but never reached his goal, a World Heavyweight Championship. Well, you can bet your bottom dollar that he is gonna try his hardest to win one now! He picks out his number which is number 29, meaning that he will face Super Crazy in the opening round, before potentially going up against Chavo Guerrero or Vince McMahons new superstar in the quarter finals! Out now is Ron ‘The Truth’ Killings. He says how its his dream to be a WWE World Champion and he will give it his all. He draws his number and its number 6 which means he doesn’t yet know his opponent. The fifteenth man to draw is former Intercontinental and WWE tag team champion, Shelton Benjamin. He picks out one of the remaining numbers and its number 11, which is opponent less at the moment. The next man to draw is that of WWE Cruiserweight champion, Rey Mysterio. He says that after WrestleMania 22, its time for him to get another chance at the World Heavyweight Championship and this time he is gonna take it! He takes his number and pulls out the number 21, which again, has yet to have an opponent assigned to it. Long says its time to welcome the Intercontinental champion, CM Punk!! Punk gets to the ramp and says that he is hoping he is as close to Lashley as possible, so he can beat his ass! He draws, and its number 5, which means that should he beat Ron Killings, he will have got Lashley! Edge is next out and he has a bit of a spat with CM Punk, who he defeated last Sunday at Unforgiven. Edge eventually reaches the ring and draws out the number 15, meaning that he will face Sabu in a rematch of when Edge lost his Hardcore champion to the man four days ago on Raw. The next man down is the challenger to the US title at No Mercy, AJ Styles! He wastes little time and pulls out his number, which is 14. The next superstar to draw is Captain Charisma, Christian! He says that he is feeling lucky and no matter who it is, Angle, Show or Kane better look out, because no matter who he draws, him and his peeps are rolling into Survivor Series on a high! He takes his time and draws out number 13. This means that for the first time tonight, consecutive draws have been back-to-back numbers, meaning that AJ Styles is Christians opponent. Long announces that we are inside the last ten now and the next draw was formerly a manager, but when asked if he wanted to enter has decided that this opportunity was too good to turn down and returned to in-ring action! The crowd are on the edge of their seats and then explode as Ric Flair struts down the aisle and into the ring. He reaches down with a WOOO and pulls out number 20, meaning he will face Fit Finlay in the first round. Long says that there are a number of people in this tournament looking to regain the World Heavyweight Championship, but none more than this man. He has the chance to win the WWE championship at No Mercy, but will be looking to win this one as well, he is Batista!!! Huge ovation for the Animal who enters the ring and withdraws the number 28. He plays to the crowd, saying that he is looking forward to becoming the WWE AND World Heavyweight Champion, before exiting to the back. The next two men to draw are Booker T and Christopher Daniels, who draw 4 and 17 respectively. This means that Booker T will face Ken Kennedy whilst Daniels opponent has yet to be decided. A notable point here was that Daniels declared that when he wins the WHC at Survivor Series, he will gladly donate his US title to the man who gets his ass beat by him. We are up to the final five now and it’s the Legend Killer Randy Orton who draws. He says that he isn’t gonna humour these fans like other schmucks such as Batista and Flair have been and picks his number, 18, and leaves. This means that Orton will face Christopher Daniels. Long announces that the fourth to last man to draw tonight is a former two-time WWE champion, John Cena! Cena still has his mixed heat reaction from the fans and eagerly pulls out his number. Its 11, so he is against Shelton Benjamin and Cena looks pretty pleased with the outcome. Teddy says that the next man to draw lost his number one contendership match at Unforgiven, but will be given another chance tonight when he draws, it is Y2J, Chris Jericho!!! The crowd goes wild as Jericho enters the arena and draws the number 22, so he is against his old ECW and WCW friend, Rey Mysterio, which should be interesting. Long then declares that the penultimate man to draw a number is HHH. He enters and says that its either Batista or Tajiri and pulls out a number. His face goes white as a sheet and its number 27, he has got Batista!!! Benoit then enters and grabs the remaining number saying that it looks like he has got Tajiri then and walks away as Trips looks pissed off.

Wow, some big matches announced there. In any event, a bigger one is about to be decided, when Kane takes on the Big Show for the chance to appear in the main event at No Mercy for the World Heavyweight Championship!

The Big Show V Kane

Special Referee: Kurt Angle

The match was obviously far from a mat wrestling classic, however was still a brutal, enthralling affair enjoyed by the fans. It was evenly contested between the two competitors and Angle called it right down the middle. The finish came after Big Show hit a Showstopper on Kane but he sat right back up and looked for a big boot, which the Big Show moved away from and Kurt Angle got nailed. Kane followed up with a choke slam but Angle was only just rising to his feet and was incapable to make the count. Kane was pissed off at this and grabbed Angle and accused of him of cheating. This gave Big Show time to recover and hit a second show stopper. This time Angle was back on his feet and made the three count and Show is gonna be in the main event at No Mercy!!! Big Show then grabbed his new opponent and hit a Showstopper! He began to return up the aisle and was jumped by Kane who hadn’t had enough. He beat Big Show all the way up the aisle to the exact point where the two had destroyed Undertaker less than a week ago. Just as he looked like he was gonna choke slam him off of the stage, Big Show reversed and sent Kane crashing fifteen feet to the concrete!! As the show went off air Big Show walked off stage with a smile on his face as EMT’s gathered around Kane who hadn’t moved a muscle since the choke slam.

Winner: Big Show

Match Rating: ****

Quick Results:

- The Mexicools beat Five Star Attraction

- Fit Finlay won a four way against Alex Shane, William Regal and Jody Fleisch

- Paul Burchill pinned Lashley through CM Punk interference

- Big Show pinned Kane in a special guest referee match

Show Rating: 75%

Television Rating: 6.16

Edited by wilson316
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