Last night's Raw was the last Raw before the No Way Out PPV this Sunday. Solid show. The show opened with Ric Flair. Flair put over how happy that he was to be back on Raw. Chris Jericho interrupted and showed a video of them embracing at Flair's Raw farewell tribute. Jericho said that he never would have done it if he had known then what he knew now about Flair not being able to get out of the business and relinquish the spotlight. Flair said he wouldn't have done it either if he knew what a punk that Jericho was. Flair went on to say that he would never step back in the ring out of respect for WWE and for Shawn Michaels. Jericho said that Flair needed the spotlight to which Flair said yes, cause he was the nature boy. That was funny stuff. He went on to say that he was doing appearances and all for the fans cause he wanted to give back to them. Jericho went on to say that the talent respected him more than they do Flair and wanted Flair to rip on the fans cause he was better than the fans. Flair gave an emphatic no and about a minute later, he punched Jericho. Jericho bailed out and left as Flair strutted around the ring. Good segment. Randy Orton spoke about Stephanie and how she shouldn't be worried that he was going to hurt her because he wanted her around to see another McMahon taken out which referenced Shane this Sunday. The main event had Randy Orton taking on The Undertaker. Stephanie watched from the monitor in her office. The finish had Undertaker having Orton up for the tombstone. Cody and Dibiase jumped in the ring and attacked The Undertaker causing the DQ. It was a triple team on Undertaker. Shane ran in and attacked Orton. Undertaker got up and delivered chokeslams while Orton bailed out. Shane then sent a message to Orton nailing the Van Terminator on Dibiase as he kicked the trash can. Shawn Michaels was put in a match with Mark Henry by JBL as a tuneup match for this Sunday. The match was short. Shawn got a chair from under the ring. Henry blocked the chair attempt and the ref called for the bell. Shawn then superkicked the chair at Henry. JBL got in the ring saying that Shawn had better abide by rules on Sunday or he would own Shawn. JBL continued to bait Shawn by saying that he should bring his wife to show what a broken down man that he is and also added that he would always have a job for a beautiful lady in the office as well. Shawn was furious but could do nothing. Chris Jericho, Kane, and Mike Knox defeated the team of John Cena, Kofi Kingston, and Rey Mysterio. Kofi went for a springboard move but got hit with the codebreaker in mid air with Jericho pinning him. Good match. CM Punk retained the Intercontinental title against William Regal when he pinned him following the GTS. Priceless defeated Cryme Tyme when Cody hit the crossrhodes on to JTG for the pin. Beth and Jillian defeated Melina and Kelly. Rosa tripped up Melina in the ropes which led to Beth hitting the slam for the win.
Other notes from Raw. Already announced for next week's show is Melina defending the women's title against Beth Phoenix. Was it me or were the fans a little more riled up at Jericho last night than they have been? Anything to do with that fan incident on Sunday? Probably. Still impressive that Shane can hit that Van Terminator. No one still does it like Rob Van Dam though. These WWE facts just continue to crack me up. I look forward to reading them just for the ridiculousness of them. The one last night was that WWE's Voices CD was the #1 soundtrack defeating soundtracks from Twilight and Slumdog Millionaire. Again, it is really great that you are defeating soundtracks that have been out for MONTHS!! How great were the looks back at WrestleMania 3 and 13??!! That Austin/Bret match is still incredible and WrestleMania 3 is just that immortal event that just leaves you in awe when you see it.
On to Smackdown. First, I saw the previous week's Smackdown. I liked the Matt Hardy promo to open the show. His reasoning of turning on Jeff was basically that he was tired of taking care of him while Jeff got all the attention. I also loved Edge coming out and saying "I told you so". I thought that was hilarious with him saying that he had been telling everyone that he had nothing to do with what was happening with Jeff. Ok, now on to last week's Smackdown. Solid show which opened with a battle royal to set the last qualifier for the Elimination Chamber. Vickie announced that Jeff would have a spot if he was able to be there. The battle royal came down to a final four of Kozlov, The Colons, and R Truth. Kozlov dumped both Colons and then headbutted Truth later throwing him out. Kozlov gets the last Chamber spot. Other happenings in the battle royal had Khali doing a lot of eliminating while MVP eliminated Shelton Benjamin. The main event of the night was Triple H and Undertaker teaming together against Edge and Big Show. Edge and Show have been not getting along very well with Show continuing to push Edge's buttons. Edge almost took a pedigree at one point and bailed out of the ring. Show looked at Edge and gave him a "that was that close" to a pedigree. Edge and Show would argue at the end. Edge shoved him and then Show gave him the knockout punch. Undertaker got the tag and hit the tombstone on to Edge for the win as Show walked off. Shane Helms did an interview with Grisham about how disgusted that he was over what Matt had done to Jeff since they all got into wrestling together. He was so proud that Jeff had made their group of friends all proud and he was furious that Matt had ruined it for him. He said that Matt had always had an ego. He called out Matt saying that he was looking for him. After the break, Matt was in the ring calling out Helms saying that there was no need to look for him cause he was there in the ring. Helms made his way to the ring and the fight was on. They brawled around ringside. Matt tried to get away over the barricade at one point but Helms pulled him back. Helms ended up getting thrown into the steps. Matt got him in the ring and trapped his arms and proceeded to just throw elbows repeatedly into Helms head knocking him out. Matt then walked out and left. Cool stuff with Matt. MVP got a non title match win over Shelton Benjamin. The finish had them hitting head to head. MVP was able to recover and nail him with a kick for the win. Miz, Morrison, and Kendrick defeated R Truth and The Colons when Miz distracted Carlito leading to Kendrick hitting the kendrick for the win. Eve made her in ring debut taking on Michelle McCool. They played up Eve's lack of experience with Michelle faking a problem with her eye leading her to attack Eve. Michelle won when she did a leg drag from the turnbuckle and turned it into a leg submission hold getting her to submit. Umaga won his second squash match in a row defeating Kung Fu Naki. He defeated Jimmy Wang Yang last week.
Other notes from Smackdown. They promoted that Jeff Hardy would be returning on this week's Smackdown. JR interviewed Matt where Matt said that he didn't have a brother anymore like he said last week. Matt also warned that Jeff might not show up cause Jeff tends to have things happen to him. Matt said he'd be ready and waiting for him. It's wild that WWE is pushing MVP as a face now. I'm just glad that he is winning again. Hopefully, they keep pushing him. I like his overhead throw move that he has going. Looks good. Isn't it wild to hear Edge's championship stats? He is a 7 time WWE champion now and this was his 43rd overall championship. Wow, impressive stats. Hey, Kizarny is back on TV. (crickets). Seriously, what a bad gimmick. How did WWE not know that gimmick was doomed from the beginning?
WWE.com has posted plenty of information on the new Legends Of WrestleMania game including photos, a roster, and more. The game will be released on March 24th. Here is a link to check it out: http://www.wwe.com/inside/news/legendswrestlemania/?cid=2009EP-00
I picked up the new WWE Voices CD. That Randy Orton theme is just awesome!! Get the Best Buy version if you're buying cause you get an exclusive second disc with about 7 or 8 more songs on it.
WWE's Best Of Saturday Night's Main Event DVD set hits stores today. This is a must have for fans. I have been waiting for them to release a best of set. For any of you younger folks, Saturday Night's Main Event was our chance as fans to see big matches. The Saturday morning shows usually were squash matches and SNME was a chance to see Hulk Hogan and the bigger names have big matches. I always remember how excited I would be to look in the TV Guide to see what the lineup was going to be for each one. I spent many Saturday nights up late watching these shows. Here is the lineup of matches on it and my random comments about some of them.
WWE Championship Match
Hulk Hogan vs. Cowboy' Bob Orton
Saturday Night's Main Event May 11, 1985
Uncle Elmer's Wedding
Saturday Night's Main Event October 5, 1985
Rowdy Roddy Piper vs. Mr. Wonderful Paul Orndorff
Saturday Night's Main Event October 5, 1985
A Trip to the Zoo
Saturday Night's Main Event October 5, 1985
Gene Okerlund - Field Reporting
Halloween Contest
Saturday Night's Main Event November 2, 1985
WWE Championship Match
Hulk Hogan vs. Terry Funk
Saturday Night's Main Event January 4, 1986
Randy Orton Reflects on his Dad
Boxing Match
Mr. T. vs. Cowboy Bob Orton
Saturday Night's Main Event March 1, 1986
Gene Okerlund - Settling the Score
Snake Pit Match
Jake the Snake Roberts vs. Ricky the Dragon Steamboat
Saturday Night's Main Event October 4, 1986
Jake the Snake Reflects on Saturday Night's Main Event
WWE Intercontinental Championship Match
Macho Man Randy Savage vs. Jake the Snake Roberts
Saturday Night's Main Event November 29, 1986
Gene Okerlund - The Steel Cage Match
Steel Cage Match
Hulk Hogan vs. Mr. Wonderful Paul Orndorff
Saturday Night's Main Event January 3, 1987 (this is the classic cage match with the controversial finish)
Gene Okerlund - The 8th Wonder of the World
Battle Royal
Saturday Night's Main Event March 14, 1987 (Hogan and Andre clash before their WM 3 main event)
Natalya Neidhart Reflects on her Dad
Best 2 out of 3 Falls
Hart Foundation vs. British Bulldogs
Saturday Night's Main Event May 2, 1987
Gene Okerlund - Insurance Policy
WWE Intercontinental Championship Match
Honky Tonk Man vs. Macho Man Randy Savage
Saturday Night's Main Event October 3, 1987 (The classic moment of the forming of the Mega Powers. What a moment!!)
Mega Power Formation
Saturday Night's Main Event October 3, 1987
The Union of the Mega Powers
"Piledriver" Music Video
Saturday Night's Main Event October 3, 1987
Macho Man Randy Savage vs. Bret Hart
Saturday Night's Main Event November 28, 1987 (Very fun match)
Extras
* First Ever Match on SNME
Ricky Steamboat & The US Express vs. The Iron Sheik, Nikolai Volkoff & George The Animal Steele
Saturday Night's Main Event - May 11, 1985
* "Real American" Music Video
Saturday Night's Main Event - March 1, 1986
Disc 2
Gene Okerlund - Turning Back the Clock
WWE Championship Match
Hulk Hogan vs. King Kong Bundy
Saturday Night's Main Event January 2, 1988
Gene Okerlund - The Rematch
WWE Championship Match
Hulk Hogan vs. Andre the Giant
Main Event February 5, 1988 (The moment of Hogan losing the WWF title after a four year reign with a HUGE TV audience watching on NBC)
Ted Dibiase Reflects on his Dad
Macho Man Randy Savage vs. Ted Dibiase
Saturday Night's Main Event March 12, 1988 (I always loved their matches and this is a solid one for sure)
Andre Passes Out
Saturday Night's Main Event March 12, 1988
(I'm thinking that the date on this is wrong cause if this is the passing out due to the snake, that happened on the October 29, 1988 SNME)
Hulk Hogan vs. The King Harley Race
Saturday Night's Main Event March 12, 1988
Gene Okerlund - Macho Madness
Macho Man Randy Savage vs. Andre the Giant
Saturday Night's Main Event November 26, 1988
(I remember being terrified as a kid worried that Savage was going to lose the title to Andre on this night cause of the size difference between the two)
Hacksaw Jim Duggan Reflects on His Flag Match
Saturday Night's Main Event November 26, 1988
WWE Intercontinental Championship Match
Ultimate Warrior vs. Honky Tonk Man
Saturday Night's Main Event January 7, 1989
Beefcake Shaves Ron Bass' head
Saturday Night's Main Event January 7, 1989
Gene Okerlund - A Supreme Alliance
Twin Towers vs. Mega Powers
Main Event February 3, 1989
(This is the night that the Mega Powers split up)
Gene Okerlund - A Grueling Encounter
Steel Cage Match for the WWE Championship
Hulk Hogan vs. Big Bossman
Saturday Night's Main Event May 27, 1989
(Very fun match and an incredible superplex from the cage)
Best 2 out of 3 Falls
Rockers vs. Brain Busters
Saturday Night's Main Event November 25, 1989
(Definitely watch this match)
Extras
* Brother Love Interviews Hulk Hogan
Saturday Night's Main Event - November 26, 1988
* Dusty Rhodes vs. Big Bossman - Sapphire's Debut
Saturday Night's Main Event - November 25, 1989
Disc 3
Gene Okerlund - Hogan vs. The Genius
Mr. Perfect & The Genius Smash the WWE Title
Saturday Night's Main Event November 25, 1989
(This was when they destroyed Hogan's title. Yeah, I was not a happy camper!!)
Hulk Hogan & Ultimate Warrior vs. Mr. Perfect & The Genius
Saturday Night's Main Event January 27, 1990
(The show that had Hogan and The Warrior not getting along after a Warrior clothesline caught Hogan)
Vince McMahon and Jesse Ventura on Horseback
Saturday Night's Main Event April 28, 1990
Hulk Hogan vs. Mr. Perfect
Saturday Night's Main Event April 28, 1990
Arrogance
Rockers vs. Hart Foundation
Saturday Night's Main Event April 28, 1990
Gene Okerlund - Intercontinental Competition
WWE Intercontinental Championship Match
Mr. Perfect vs. Tito Santana
Saturday Night's Main Event July 28, 1990
Oktoberfest
Saturday Night's Main Event October 13, 1990
20 Man Battle Royal
Saturday Night's Main Event April 27, 1991
Bret Hart vs. Ted DiBiase
Saturday Night's Main Event April 27, 1991
Gene Okerlund - FOX Takes Over
Undertaker & Ric Flair vs. Hulk Hogan & Sid
Saturday Night's Main Event February 8, 1992
(This was all about leading to WM8)
Roddy Piper Shocks The Mountie
Saturday Night's Main Event February 8, 1992
WWE Intercontinental Championship Match
British Bulldog vs. Shawn Michaels
Saturday Night's Main Event November 14, 1992
(Shawn's Intercontinental title win for the first time)
Gene Okerlund - The Return
Street Fight
Shawn Michaels vs. Shane McMahon
Saturday Night's Main Event March 18, 2006
RKO on Hulk Hogan
Saturday Night's Main Event July 15, 2006
5 on 2 Elimination Match
D-Generation X vs. Spirit Squad
Saturday Night's Main Event July 15, 2006
Gene Okerlund - One of the Greatest Rivalries in Sports
WWE Championship Match
Edge vs. John Cena
Saturday Night's Main Event July 15, 2006
Gene Okerlund - Television History
Extras
* Alfred Hayes & Gene Okerlund Go On Safari
Saturday Night's Main Event - July 28, 1990
* Shawn Michaels Talks About Winning His First Intercontinental Title
* Matt Hardy Talks About Boxing Evander Holyfield
Here is the preview for this Sunday's WWE No Way Out PPV. Both world titles will be up for grabs in separate Elimination Chamber matches. On the Raw side, John Cena defends the World title against Chris Jericho, Rey Mysterio, Kofi Kingston, Kane, and Mike Knox. On the Smackdown side, Edge defends the WWE title against The Undertaker, Jeff Hardy, Triple H, The Big Show, and Kozlov. Shawn Michaels takes on JBL in a winner take all match. If Shawn wins, he is free of JBL and gets all the money promised to him by JBL. If JBL win, he owns Shawn forever. Randy Orton takes on Shane McMahon in a no holds barred match. ECW Champion Jack Swagger defends against Finlay.
Wishing all of you a great week!! Take care and God bless!!
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