By Luke Parks on October 7th, 2008
Pre-Show Notes:
Last night, the WWE hit it out of the park with their No Mercy PPV. I thought some of the stuff was ok but other stuff was flippin’ awesome. Did I really just say that? Flippin’ awesome? Anyway, the crowd at the Rose Garden was hot! Remember, pro wrestling just returned to Oregon a few years ago because of some crappy ban. Either way, Matt Hardy and Mark Henry had a decent match to open the show and the hot crowd sent it from “decent” to “good.” The women’s match was next and it was a better effort from both of them. I think it’s time to have Beth drop the title to someone else. They followed this up with the horrid angle between Rey Mysterio and Kane with a DQ finish. I guess that’s all they could do so it ranked in my “ok” category.
They planted seeds for a future Survivor Series match involving MVP, Randy Orton, CM Punk, Ted DiBiase, Kofi Kingston, Manu, and Cody Rhodes. That was fine with me. The crap involving JBL & Batista was just that, crap. They destroyed JBL and gave in to selfish Batista. Oh well. Triple H and Jeff Hardy put on one amazing show. They took their time building the match and then the finish happened perfectly. Chris Jericho and Shawn Michaels also put on one hell of a show. Words can’t describe their match and it even got topped off with Jericho losing a tooth!
Enough of the bull, let’s get to RAW is Blogged!!!
RAW is Blogged:
Before I start, as most people know, I’m an avid Red Sox fan. So, I will be getting updates on my phone. If by some chance I miss something, please do not have a cow. I know there are some of you that just love when I miss the smallest of minute details. You’ve been warned!
Opening Segment: Chris Jericho, Batista
Jericho started us off by telling us that he would be in charge tonight because Mike Adamle was in an “high level” meeting with Shane & Stephanie McMahon. He whined some about Shawn Michaels, the fans, and how his body hurt. It wasn’t long before Batista made his way down to a huge ovation. Batista told Jericho that he had a number for him and that number was however many days until he got a title shot. Jericho said he would make Batista fail and his name would be synonymous with failure. Batista responded by giving him a spinebuster! Great opening segment.
After the commercial break, the cut to a replay of Jericho announcing during the commercial break that Batista would face JBL again for the #1 Contender’s slot with Jericho as the special referee.
Match #1: Jamie Noble & Mickie James vs. Glamerella
Prior to the match, they showed William Regal sitting on his throne with Layla at his side. Santino told the Seattle crowd before the match that he had a new favorite NBA team, the Oklahoma City Thunder. A little background information, the Seattle SuperSonics left Seattle and went to Oklahoma City, hints Santino’s new team. The match didn’t last too long before Santino got the win by grabbing Noble’s tights in a rollup.
Winners: Santino Marella & Beth Phoenix
After the match, Santino got out of the ring celebrating. Jamie Noble chased after him but he got away and William Regal attacked Noble. I mean, Regal went flippin’ crazy and tried to destroy Noble.
Backstage, Shawn Michaels said he had plenty of gas left in the tank and would take Cade out.
Match #2: Kofi Kingston vs. Ted DiBiase
The Jamaican Sensation made his way out for a match. Flanked by his pals, the Second Generation Sons, Ted DiBiase made his way down to the ring. CM Punk then made his presence felt when he came down to even the odds. Back & forth match that didn’t last very long. Kofi went for the “Booah, Booah” stuff and got distracted by Rhodes then DiBiase hit the Million Dollar Slam for the win.
Winner: Ted DiBiase
I don’t care for a finish like that. It makes the face look like an idiot. I’ve probably ripped this before but any idiot who is in control and they stop in the middle of the match to mess with a goofball on the ring apron deserves to lose.
This week’s WWE Bullshit Factoid of the Week stated that last Monday, RAW was the most watched entertainment program on cable. I guess if they said sports, they would have had to fess up that Monday Night Football probably beat them.
They then aired a video that recapped the match between John Cena & Batista. They aired another one later in the evening that was also pretty good. Hell, I might actually like Cena when he returns.
Backstage, Randy Orton asked to help Chris Jericho so he reluctantly accepted.
Elsewhere, Dolph Ziggler tried to intro himself to Kane & Mark Henry along with Teddy Atlas. Is it me or is this guy about as annoying as Rico used to be and how the expression “WWE Universe” is now?
Match #3: Rey Mysterio & Matt Hardy vs. Mark Henry & Kane
The heels controlled the match early. The pairing of Henry & Kane worked well. After dominating Rey for a little while, Hardy got the hot tag for the go home sequence. The ending came when Hardy & Mysterio were in control but Henry caught Rey and threw him into the top rope. That caused Matt Hardy to fall and Kane to hit a chokeslam for the win.
Winner: Kane & Mark Henry
Match #4: No Disqualification Match - Shawn Michaels vs. Lance Cade
It must be the night of the quick match. Lance Cade put Michaels through a table. When they got back in the ring, HBK got a chair and proceeded to beat the holy hell out of Lance Cade for the win. Reminded me of Rock-Austin at Wrestlemania X-Seven in Houston.
Winner: Shawn Michaels
Post match saw Michaels beat the hell out of Cade some more.
After the commercial, they had another BS factoid that said Smackdown was the highest rated program in the history of MyNetworkTV. Well, it’s only been around for 2 years so it’s not a giant achievement.
In the ring, Jerry Lawler was hyping up Cyber Sunday. For Santino’s opponent, you can choose Rowdy Roddy Piper, Goldust, or the Honky Tonk Man. My money is on Honky Tonk Man. What’s funny is Lawler called the Honky Tonk Man, Honky, most of the segment. It was a racial slur used against white people. Pretty funny to say the lease.
In-Ring Segment: The Great Khali
Khali came out and griped about the stuff with Johnny Knoxville. It looked like a work to me. Knoxville asked him how long his dick was. Anyway, Khali hosted the Kiss Cam which led to him kissing Lillian.
After the break, The Miz & John Morrison came out for commentary. Jillian Hall was in the ring and she proceeded to sing some Nirvana “Smells Like Teen Spirit.”
Match #5: Jillian Hall vs. Kelly Kelly
After Kelly came out dressed in “thug” gear, Cryme Tyme came out to do commentary. I didn’t keep up with the match too much because Miz & Morrison were going toe-to-toe with Cryme Tyme on commentary. Cole & King couldn’t even call the match. It went from being dumb to being absolutely funny.
Winner: Kelly Kelly
Main Event: #1 Contender’s Match - Batista vs. JBL
If being the special guest referee wasn’t enough, Jericho made William Regal a guest timekeeper and Randy Orton a special commentator, thus stacking the deck against Batista and creating a John Cena deal. The match basically involved Batista getting cheated by Jericho, Regal, the water boy and even the camera man. Ok, maybe not the last two but they stacked the deck as much as possible against Batista. Mike Adamle just happened to return from Connecticut all the way to Seattle within 2 hours to bring a guest referee and make an announcement afterwards.
Winner: Batista
After the match, Mike Adamle announced that Jericho would defend his title against Batista at Cyber Sunday with a special guest referee. The choices would be Randy Orton, Shawn Michaels, or Stone Cold Steve Austin.
I give this RAW:
3 out of 4 ring posts
The show was ok but the logic behind it was odd. The GM has a meeting the day of the show he’s in charge of. Instead of appointing a “Vice-GM” or someone, he appoints the champion of the show. Interesting. For the opponent of the guy who’s trying to take the title from him, Jericho appoints a guy who tried to kill him at the start of the year. This is wrestling folks, please remember. So, Adamle shows up at the last possible second with a referee in tow and a few announcements. I liked the show but when you step back & think about it a little, some of that shit makes no sense at all.
“RAW is Blogged” Power Rankings
1. Chris Jericho
2. Triple H
3. Matt Hardy
4. Batista
5. The Big Show
6. Kane
7. Santino Marella
8. Jeff Hardy
9. Vladimir Kozlov
10. Second Generation Sons
Honorable Mention:
Rey Mysterio, JBL
“RAW is Blogged” Match of the Week
Wrestlemania 23
WWE Championship
John Cena vs. Shawn Michaels
“RAW is Blogged” YouTube Clip of the Week
Stone Cold Gets Hit by a Car - http://youtube.com/watch?v=eNVATMCw60Y
RAW - Mondays at 9PM on USA Network
Cyber Sunday - October 26 - 8PM - Only on PPV!
Tags: Match of the Week, Power Rankings, YouTube Clip of the Week
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October 7th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
I liked RAW this week. y2j is a funny dude, they should just keep him as gm. Yea some stuff makes no sense thats because creative SUCKS!
October 7th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
Jericho needs to go to a dentist so he can get the entire tooth taken out. He looks weird with a partial tooth.
I’m wondering when the Noble/Regal angle is going to go to a PPV.
I’m with you on the finish of the Kofi/DiBiase match.
To be perfectly honest, I skipped the tag match. We’ve seen Hardy/Henry for the 10th time after last night and Kane/Rey doesn’t show any signs of getting better.
The HBK/Y2J angle doesn’t seem like it’s completely over. At least they threw Cade in to inject some life in the feud.
I’d being touting the SD! factoid too if my former network completely tanked in the ratings the first week my show was gone.
My money’s on Piper v. Santino. Maybe Honky just because of the Honk-A-Meter.
Can someone tell me why Khali is on RAW? I thought he was SD! talent.
When Kelly Kelly came out, I was thinking, “Why does she look like Ashley?” I tried to concentrate on the match, but I gave up after about…15 seconds. I give the win to Morrison. Line(s) of the night: “JTG’s dad is so nerdy, he wears his pants higher than HBK. Shad’s mom is so fat, she has to borrow Mark Henry’s belt extender.” LOLx100
I’m really wondering what Orton was actually doing out there. He didn’t say a word during the match and got, like 15 seconds face time. By the way, is it me, or are Orton and Kane not getting over as the heels they should be?
October 7th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
Honkey Tonk Man vs Santino should be classic.
Do I smell an HBK or Cena Turn?
October 7th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
“After the commercial, they had another BS factoid that said Smackdown was the highest rated program in the history of MyNetworkTV. Well, it’s only been around for 2 years so it’s not a giant achievement.”
BS implies that it’s a lie, which it isn’t. Also, Smackdown’s rating was not only the highest rated show in the history of the channel but around double MyNetwork’s typical numbers (despite a lower rating for Smackdown than usual).
WWE is likely dissapointed that the number was lower than usual, but MyNetwork is thrilled. WWE will probably be able to get anything from them.
October 7th, 2008 at 3:37 pm
i thought Raw was better than decent less than stellar. I am with Big D with wondering why Khali is appearing on RAW.
I’m hoping next week’s RAW has Cryme Tyme v. Miz and Morrison in a Yo Momma battle. That commentary was crazy during the divas match.
Santino was good drawing the heat with the Thunder thing.
I watched No Mercy yesterday on dailymotion and the show rocked. I must say, the Kane/Mysterio ending was sick as much as I hate the feud right now. That chair shot was wow. MVP’s segment was enjoyable to me despite the boring chant that started up in the beginning.
What’s up with all the “flippins” in the blog Luke?
October 7th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
Whats up with Ray wearing “half” masks? Those look rather odd on Ray since the masks for sale are still the full head masks. Granted he did wear a full mask at the PPV, and looked like he was almost knocked clean out of it too.
Loved JR’s blog comment about MNM and Cryme Tyme on commentery causing anightmare to the poor saps doing close captioning. And if Cole was ticked about it he really didn’t look it. Almost every shot of them showed Cole laughing.
October 7th, 2008 at 5:53 pm
Cole can be upset all he wants about 4 guys being entertaining considering nobody really likes him that much anyway.
I can see people now getting on that Cena is so brave so tough, man hes such a great guy bandwagon here soon.
So now we have complaints about Beth being the womens champion when she is the best on the roster? Things don’t make sense, lets give it Lena Yada if were going that route.
Figure its hard for Kane to get heat cause hes been around for so damn long and has so much respect from everybody, I can’t say I’ve read anybody really bash him on the net. Kinda like Big Show hes gotta work really really hard to get heat cause hes awesome. Randy Orton is the smark love child of the IWC. Hes a young badass that fanboys wana be, erasing most memories of when he was getting hated on for using to many rest holds and not techinally being better in the ring.
October 7th, 2008 at 6:40 pm
Raw was pretty good this week, definitely the best post-Draft Raw, and it was about time. Some of the matches were short, but they were sweet. No Haas this time around though :/
Yeah, I’m gonna screw the long “review” this time ’round, but let me just tell you how glad I was to see Candice not being there.
October 7th, 2008 at 6:46 pm
HK, Haas had a dark match against ziggler. He was Piper. I’d have liked to have seen that get up lol.
October 7th, 2008 at 8:03 pm
“Yeah, I’m gonna screw the long “review” this time ’round, but let me just tell you how glad I was to see Candice not being there.”
After that Kelly-Jillian match, Candice and Beth look amazing in the ring. I especially loved Kelly’s “stuttering” backflip.
October 7th, 2008 at 11:59 pm
HK I read on another site that Miz and Morrison bashed Candice on live blog after No Mercy, said she looks like she had to much plastic surgery, and that when Jenny McCarthy showed up she thought Candice was a special needs person. Just thought that would brighten up your day.
October 8th, 2008 at 4:36 am
chris, you must’ve been the only person outside of the Key Arena that was actually paying attention to that match.
October 8th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
welcome back to HBK REACTS:
My topic today was Tims comment “liked RAW this week. y2j is a funny dude, they should just keep him as gm”; first thing is Jericho no longergoes by the name y2j so get it right.
October 8th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
longergoes is two words hbk, so get it right.
October 8th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
O_O hbk, didn’t you say that was a 1 time thing on RR to NM? and Y2J still goes by Y2J, what made you think it’s not right to call him that? and that HBK REACTS is just not working for me, try reacting to more than 1 comment at a time, wait until you have at least 3 otherwise it is not really a gimmick, its something everyone does, but without giving it a name. (unlike those awesome Polls someone does, just my unbiased oppinion ’bout them :P)
The artist formerly known as Guy Landau
October 8th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
hey GUY, i got a poll question for you for the ecw blog. Why would anyone think jeff hardy will ever be wwe champ?
October 8th, 2008 at 3:30 pm
hey TIM, I’ve already got a question for the ecw poll, i prepare those in advance. and i can answer yours on the spot. because he has been in the E for 10 years and he is as over as over can get and WWE officials see he won’t resume his “extra caligular activities”. it’s not like he’s the only 1 with 2 strikes.. enough reasons for you?
October 8th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
(10 years minus TNA and the time off)
October 8th, 2008 at 3:39 pm
Yea hes not the ONLY guy. Theres Regal too, but thats it. Just because hes “over” doesnt mean he will EVER be champ!
October 8th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
he is also a good wrestker, if those 2 things doesn’t give you a world title, what does?
October 8th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
Muscles!
October 8th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
on a side note: Put up the Honk-a-meter! The Honky Tonky Man has been Intercontinental Chamion for a record-breaking… 64 weeks! I, Santino Marella, have been champion for… 7 weeks! which means i only have…. 57 weeks! left until i am the greatest intercontinental champion of all the time!
October 8th, 2008 at 3:55 pm
if only that wasn’t true…. (i know it’s Tonk, that’s how Santino says it)
October 8th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
Oh its true its DAMN TRUE!
October 8th, 2008 at 4:17 pm
XD but edge was champion. The Rock was champion. CM Punk was champion. Jericho is champion. Micheals was champion. RVD was champion. kurt angle was champion. Rey Mysterio was champion. Eddie G was champion. all non-muscly guys.
October 8th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
Tim may I ask why you don’t like Jeff?
October 8th, 2008 at 4:32 pm
The only guy on your list that hardy could beat is Rey. The Rock, Angle, and Deadie should not be on your list. hbk is the exception that proves the rule. y2j is using hbks exception perfectly.
October 8th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
Yes you may shadow.
I dont find him believable.
October 8th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
As a main eventer or over all wrestler?
October 8th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
As a WORLD CHAMP.
Hes a good wrestler and a GREAT tag guy hell id even say hed be a great IC champ if the IC belt meant anything. But thats another story, it still amazes me that the IC belt means shit.
October 8th, 2008 at 4:50 pm
Fair enough Tim. He’d still be a great IC champ. He’d prob bring some meaning back to that belt. Personaly I’d like to see Jeff win a world champ title, even if he only has it for a short time. But its a case of wait and see what happens.
October 8th, 2008 at 5:05 pm
Tim, what is your take on KENNEDY….. Kennedy?
October 8th, 2008 at 5:45 pm
Actually when Jericho turned heel he said hes not Y2J anymore, that was a face nickname that he used, along with the highlight reel going away.
Being over doesn’t mean you’ll win a championship but it sure as hell helps, since you don’t have to win the crowd over, and convince the masses. Who would have thought Edge would end up being a 4 time champion. And if you think about it Jeff is late due to some set backs on his road to a title since him and Edge come from the same glory of the TLC and ladder tag matches they had.
Hardy has already gone against RVD, he could go against Punk, had matches with Jericho, and could do some good work with HBK. Hes shown he can go against guys like Umaga and prevail. Put him in a match with a gimmick and he probably has an advantage cause he will take a risk.
Hardy as Champ works.
October 8th, 2008 at 7:37 pm
overall a good show and to Big D the Kane/Henry vs Rey/Hardy match was actually quite an entertaining match to be honest. I was laughing so hard so the MNM/Cryme Time bickering on commentary because it was hilarious. Of course that really showed us how much Vince cares about the divas. I barely paid any attention to the match itself. But man MNM/CT is entertaining as hell so far! What I am so dearly hoping for is for Kane to get his earliest masked kane ring attire back and put his original mask on! That would rock and make Monday nights so much more entertaining! Kane should be participant # 30 in the Royal Rumble and come with his mask and old ring attire, along with Paul Bearer and clean house and win a chance for the title at WM25!!
I’m kinda bummed that Austin can be a guest ref in a match for the 2nd time in a row. I was expecting him to play a different role. But oh well. He gets my vote. And interesting to here about Goldust. Does that mean he might return to the big E again? I’d go for Honky Tonk Man just to see those 2 faceoff. Lame to see the IC title treated as such a novelty.
October 8th, 2008 at 8:45 pm
If anything, the fans from Raw are not voting for Goldust. They booed the hell out of his picture. I’d love to see Santino put the title where his mouth is and face HTM.
October 8th, 2008 at 10:34 pm
H.M. your what many super smarks on the ICW are fearing with just voting for Austin cause who he is and that he ties no way into anything going on storyline wise right now.
To help the storyline HBK would be the best choice, he can bring up the fued he had with Batista to start this whole thing with Jericho off, making it even better than it already is. Then you got HBK superkicking both of them in the main event leading on to survivor series with a triple threat.
October 8th, 2008 at 11:21 pm
That would be a cool set up kinaj. It’ll prob be a close vote between HBK and Austin though
October 9th, 2008 at 4:16 am
for the WZROnline readers you already know that apparently E is going to go with SCSA regardless of the crowd’s votes.
October 9th, 2008 at 4:54 am
tim, I just looked at the SD! roster, and I kinda agree with you. If you’re basing this on size alone, Jeff really has no business being WWE champ. But, since Vince doesn’t go off that most of the time (Khali >:( ), I think he will envoke your HBK/Y2J exception. Besides, Vince likes to go off of who’s merchandise is bringing in the most cash, and you gotta believe that Jeff is up there. Besides, Cena’s belt would look a lot better on him than it does HHH.
October 9th, 2008 at 9:57 am
Kenedy gets hurt to much.
Big D your right about the $$$$$$$$$$
October 9th, 2008 at 10:30 am
Ok I have taking your ideas seriously and I apoligise and I only did that because deadman 16-0 asked for me to do it
October 9th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
what do you mean by “I have taking your ideas seriously”?
October 9th, 2008 at 7:31 pm
I guess you could call me a bit of a mark there kinaj as I would still like to see the Rattlesnake make an appearance. But with the way you put it, I guess the logical choice should be HBK or Orton for that matter considering he is returning at SS soon anyway. But then again he is scheduled to be doing a program with CM Punk from what I’ve read…
October 9th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
I wanna see HBK be guest referree in the match, it wuold make most sense given the storyline. Golddust eh? i wouldn’t mind seeing him again but i doub the will win the voting, i bet Roddy piper will. Good show but it sucks that Batista always needs to be in the constant spotlight… i guess he’s overdue for a title tho, too bad cuz i don’t like him much anymore.
October 10th, 2008 at 4:49 am
kinaj, there would be no point in WWE doing all this advertising of Stone Cold appearing at Cyber Sunday only to lose the voting. I think this one will probably be rigged.
October 10th, 2008 at 5:38 am
i heard the same thing, D. it seems that no matter how the votes go they will still go with SCSA.
October 10th, 2008 at 9:52 am
yup. STONE COLD, STONE COLD, STONE COLD!
which SUCKS, IT SUCKS, IT SUCKS!