Erik Anderson's 'Monday Night Raw' Recap for 10/22/2007

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MONDAY NIGHT RAW: OCTOBER 22ND, 2007
Recap by: Erik Anderson

THE BIG NEWS:

Shawn Michaels makes the fans want to choose him for the title shot at Cyber Sunday and we found out that Davey Boy Smith had a son that is now a Pro Wrestler.

WHAT HAPPENEND?

Mr. Kennedy was in the ring to start the show. He tore down his competition for his possible title match at Cyber Sunday. The fans were very hot for this segment. Kennedy compared Shawn Michaels to Rudy Giuliani and Jeff Hardy to Hillary Clinton. His heel performance here wont get him any votes but it will definitely up his stake in the company. Hardy shows up in the crowd which was a very nice idea for spontaneous value. He ran down Kennedy gaining the fans cheers. He attacks Kennedy in the ring. They brawl for a little while until Randy Orton made his way out to beat down Hardy. Just as Orton and Kennedy had the advantage, Shawn Michaels runs out to take out Orton. Very good segment to start the show.

London/kendrick/Mickie James vs Cade/Murdock/Melina:

Headlock by London on Cade to start things off. Shoulder block by Cade. London comes back with a springboard cross body. Kendrick gets tagged in and hits a sunset flip and an arm drag on Cade. Mickie James and Melina both tag in. James hits a nice spin kick. It was fast paced at this moment. Cade comes in and hits a neck breaker followed by elbow's and knee's on Kendrick. Murdock helps Cade hit a leg drop from up high. Finally, London gets tagged in and cleans house with a heel kick. Both women enter the match and brawl to the floor. Cade gets turned around and close lines his partner Murdock. London recovers and gets the pin. Good match to start the program. This is exactly how I would have booked the first two segments of the show. Interesting note after the match was Jerry Lawler making the claim that Cade's close line on Murdock was the most devastating close line that he has ever seen. Really Lawler? The most devastating? How long has Lawler been in the business? I'm sure it wasn't his fault as Vince McMahon was most likely talking to him in his ear piece.

Backstage, Jeff Hardy explains himself to Shawn Michaels. Michaels was worried that Hardy might turn his back on him in the main event later tonight.

Cody Rhodes was backstage reading the WWE magazine when Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin interrupt to make fun of his losing streak. Cody fires back like the face he is and Benjamin counters with a match proposal for later in the night.

Coach is backstage talking to William Regal. He explains that he wants Hornswoggle in a match tonight. Regal says yes. Coach then said that the match would actually be Hornswoggle vs Umaga instead. Regal walked off with a grin on his face.

Cody Rhodes vs Shelton Benjamin:

Benjamin starts out strong attacking the legs of Rhodes. Rhodes comes back with punches, a knee lift, and a bulldog for a two count. Haas distracts Rhodes as he hits the ropes. Benjamin then goes for the roll up but it gets reversed and Rhodes picks up the sloppy victory. Not even Ric Flair can make Cody Rhodes or Santino Mirella look good in the ring. Why did these two get hired again?

D.H Smith vs Carlito:

D.H Smith is the son of the late Davey Boy Smith. Smith starts out with some nice technical moves on Carlito. Smith hits some nice chops, punches, kicks, and finally a body slam. Carlito comes back with a close line for a two count. European uppercuts by Smith followed by a series of dropkicks and a nice suplex. Carlito comes back with a springboard elbow but it wasn't enough as Smith gets up and hits the running power slam for the pin fall. My biggest complaint here is using a man like Carlito for the Job to D.H. Smith. You could have used any no name jobber but instead you use a guy that has needed a push for 1 year now. How are you going to build new stars if they job every week?

Beth Phoenix is backstage and wants Candice Michelle to worship her. Nice. Michelle said that she wants her title back.

Umaga comes out to face Hornswoggle. Apparently Umaga has prior beef with Hornswoggle that nobody knew about. Hornswoggle came out from under the ring and didn't want to come into the ring to face Umaga. Instead, he ran to the back and got Triple H. Triple H came down to the ring slowly and attacked Umaga. Back and forth brawling until refs came in to break it up. They did about 14 classic pull a parts here which was very tiresome but effective.

Diva search garbage was next. I refuse to review this reality television wannabe garbage.

Orton is backstage and tells Mr. Kennedy that he needs to help him weaken Hardy and Michaels since the fans wont choose Kennedy anyways. Kennedy held his ground and let Orton know that he wasn't necessarily on his side.

Santino Mirella comes out with Maria. He trashes Stone Cold for a while until the screen showed Y2J's entrance theme. The fans weren't as excited here as they normally are. Mirella stated that the entrance theme was probably Stone Cold playing games with him. Ron Simmons makes his way out.

Santino Mirella vs Ron Simmons:

Santino Mirella starts off with leg kicks. Ron Simmons comes back with punches and a side elbow. Mirella takes Simmons down and hits some sloppy looking punches. While Mirella was in the corner, he kicked Simmons in the crotch for the DQ. You can't do this every single time for Mirella to try to hide his terrible wrestling ability. The fans have finally caught on to the fact that Mirella can't hardly last 2 minutes in a wrestling match. His days in the WWE are short.

Triple H cut a boring promo on Umaga backstage.

Candice Michelle vs Beth Phoenix:

This starts with a Huracanrana by Candice Michelle on Beth Phoenix. She then goes for a sunset flip but the Glamazon (whatever that is) chokes her and hits a slam for a quick victory. Remember, this is set up to be a 2/3 falls womens title match. Commercial break. We come back to see the Glamazon hitting large kicks. Michelle comes back with a series of kicks, punches, and spin kicks. Michelle went to the top rope only to be sent to the canvas which seemed to be on her head. Phoenix gets the pin fall and retains her title. They made a big deal about her fall to the canvas. I am sure nobody else really cared though.

Shawn Michaels/Jeff Hardy vs Randy Orton/Mr. Kennedy:

Mr. Kennedy starts out with punches on Shawn Michaels. Michaels comes back with chops. Michaels goes for a swinging neck breaker but Kennedy messes it up of course so it looked pretty bad. Jeff Hardy gets tagged in and destroys Kennedy with half the moves in his arsenal including a high double stomp. Kennedy dodges a flying close line and tags Randy Orton who takes out Hardy with a close line. Kennedy gets tagged back in along with Michaels and Michaels hits him with an atomic drop and a body slam. Orton distracts Michaels to give Kennedy the upper hand on Michaels. Orton came back in to beat down Michaels some more. Back and forth. Kennedy hits a double back breaker on Michaels. Michaels tried to make a couple of come backs on Kennedy only to be sent back down. Orton came in and applied more rest holds on Michaels. Finally, Michaels makes the hot tag to Hardy who cleans house with the whisper in the wind and other moves. Kennedy messes up on an Irish Whip during Hardy's comeback. Somebody make Kennedy wrestle long house show matches or whatever it takes to get him up to speed with the rest of the talent! Hardy hits the Swanton Bomb on Kennedy for the pin fall. Orton came back in to go for the RKO on Hardy but Michaels made the save with a Super kick on Orton.


FINAL THOUGHTS:

This was an action packed show featuring six matches which is good for the WWE these days. The first two segments of the show were booked perfectly but it kinda fizzled out after that. All in all, this was a good show leading into the Cyber Sunday PPV and it probably garnered a lot more buys.


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