MONDAY NIGHT RAW: OCTOBER 29TH, 2007

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recap by: Erik Anderson

THE BIG NEWS:

Nothing.

WHAT HAPPENED?

The show starts out with a diva battle royal. There is a bunch of diva's in the ring and they do punches and whatnot until Kelly Kelly is finally the last one in the ring for the victory. Beth Phoenix comes out and gets a sky high slam on Kelly Kelly. I knew right away that I was going to be in for a long and terrible night of Raw after I saw this horrendous opening to the show. Terrible booking, what else can I say.

Shawn Michaels comes to the ring for a Promo. He explains that he wants a re-match against Randy Orton because of the finish to his match last night at Cyber Sunday. This brings out Vince McMahon who gets on the microphone and doesn't really say anything that matters a whole lot. He egged Michaels on about his religion and how he knows Michaels wants to destroy Orton. Michaels said that he will admit that. McMahon said some childish things after that and left. This segment left me feeling confused and I almost changed the channel.

HARDCORE HOLLY/CODY RHODES VS WORLDS GREATEST TAG TEAM:

Back and forth between Hardcore Holly and Shelton Benjamin to start. Charlie Haas got tagged in but Holly took him out with some vicious chops. Haas comes back with a take down and punches. Holly comes back with a dropkick and tags in Cody Rhodes. Rhodes entered with a front flip shoulder block on Haas followed by dropkicks. Y2J chants begin. Holly and Benjamin wind up on the outside. Rhodes hits a DDT on Haas for the victory. Holly leaves in disapproval. This was a bad match which was partly due to the shortness of it.

Orton was backstage preparing Umaga for the main event.

Beth Phoenix was backstage and said that she doesn't regret injuring Candice Michelle last week.

Mickie James was backstage and thanked Murdock for saving her last week. Cade comes into the picture and seems jealous of their conversation. He told Murdock to get his head in the game and focus.

Regal was backstage talking to McMahon about nothing of course. McMahon explained that he wanted Triple H injured tonight because “It's personal”. Hornswoggle comes in. McMahon told him that he needs him to be tough if he wants to be a McMahon.

COACH VS HORNSWOGGLE:

Mick Foley comes out to be the special guest referee. Coach throws Hornswoggle. Hornswoggle comes back with kicks. Coach hits a nice beard grab. Foley helps Hornswoggle get a crotch ram. He then hits a dropkick and butt stomp. Hornswoggle misses a dive. Coach hits Foley in the eye. He goes for a chair but Foley stops him and punches him in the head. Foley gives Hornswoggle a sock so he could use it to grab Coaches crotch. He then hits a nice frog splash for the victory. This was nonsensical booking.

Triple H was backstage and said that he is still the game. He said other things that didn't matter but to sum it up, he just told people that he is “The Game”. How insightful.

PAUL LONDON VS LANCE CADE:

Cross body by London to start. Cade comes back with a backdrop and punches to the back. London hits a nice kick and springboard. This is followed by an atomic drop and a Huracanrana which looked nice. For no apparent reason, Kendrick dives over the rope to land on Murdock. He ended up only partially hitting Murdock which looked bad as his head was driven right into the concrete. I thought he was knocked out. Cade hits London with a sit down front slam for the victory. The Highlanders come out and beat up the wounded men in the ring. The fans were booing for this entire segment.

JEFF HARDY/D.H SMITH VS CARLITO/MR. KENNEDY:

Close line by Jeff Hardy on Mr. Kennedy to start. Kennedy hits a kick and tags in Carlito. Hardy pounds Carlito and hits the mule kick. He goes for the split legged pin for only a two count. D.H Smith gets tagged in and clinches in an arm bar on Carlito. Carlito comes back with chops. Smith recovers and throws Carlito out of the ring. Hardy then throws Kennedy out. Commercial break. We come back to a leg hold by Carlito on Smith. Smith gets out but Kennedy gets tagged in and works over the leg more. There was a weird tag in tag out ordeal during this part and I wasn't sure what they were doing exactly. Carlito works over Smith's leg again and so does Kennedy. Smith hits a high kick and makes the hot tag to Hardy. He cleans house and hits the Whisper In The Wind. Kennedy breaks up the cover and goes for a big kick on Smith in the corner but misses. Hardy hits the twist of fate and the Swanton bomb on Carlito for the victory. This was the first part of the show where the fans showed a little bit of life. It wasn't their fault that the booking was so bad tonight and I kind of felt sorry for them for paying $45.00 for cheap seats even.

Santino Marella came out to bash The Condemned more. He is really good in this role by the way. Steve Austin's music hits but he doesn't come out. A fake Stone Cold is on the screen which is Marella himself dressed as the Rattlesnake. He apologizes and says that Marella is a great up and coming superstar. Maria comes out and tells Marella that Stone Cold will be on Raw next week. Marella thinks that its a joke. The fans seemed mad at this and were mostly silent during the segment.

Eve won the Diva Search. Yay.

RANDY ORTON/UMAGA VS TRIPLE H:

This starts with brawls all around. Triple H sends Orton into the rail. Umaga hits Orton accidentally. Triple H goes for the pedigree but Umaga breaks it up with a head butt. He hits a Samoan drop on Triple H followed by a splash. Shawn Michaels came out to clean house for the DQ.

FINAL THOUGHTS:

This was by far the worst edition of Raw in 2007. Raw's lack of superstars really showed tonight. The highlighted superstars on this edition of Raw were as follows: The Highlanders, Lance Cade, Paul London, D.H Smith, Coach, Cody Rhodes, Charlie Haas, Hornswoggle, 10 Diva's, Hardcore Holly, Santino Marella, and Shelton Benjamin. What a joke. Sure, you had Triple H, Shawn Michaels, Kennedy, and Hardy on the show which they made very little impact. Raw is very much missing Booker T, John Cena, Bobby Lashley ect.... and it shows. This show was booked with worthless non sense and failed to start any new feuds for the upcoming PPV. Horrendous television tonight and it made me embarrassed to still be watching this product. I am confident that they will be back with a better show next week coming from L.A but wow.....i really feel for that Philadelphia crowd which were down right shafted tonight.

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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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Erik Anderson's Raw Recap for 10/08/2007

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MONDAY NIGHT RAW RECAP FOR OCTOBER 8TH, 2007
By: Erik Anderson


THE BIG NEWS:

Shawn Michaels returns to much surprise.



WHAT HAPPENED?

Vince McMahon came out to start the show like he does every week and praised Randy Orton for his title win at No Mercy. He gloated for Orton and really put him over good here. After some more babbling, Triple H made his way down to the ring as expected. He demands Orton tonight in a re match for the title. McMahon suspiciously obliges and lets him know that he will get Orton along with Umaga in a handicap match for later on. I would call this dull for an opening segment but it could have been a lot worse.

Beth Phoenix/Melina/Jillian Hall vs Candice Michelle/Mickie James/Maria

This match starts with a head scissors take down by Candice Michelle on Beth Phoenix. James gets tagged in and hits a low dropkick. Phoenix comes back with a high knee drop. Jillian Hall gets tagged in and does a stretch maneuver on Mickie. Melina is tagged in and goes for the cover and gets a two count. Candice comes back in and cleans house. She hits a suplex for the cover but it's broken up by Phoenix. Candice then hits a somersault roll up for the pin fall. Quick match but a job well done.

Hornswoogle is missing. Oh Joy.

Santino Mirella vs Val Venus

Before the match gets under way, Santino talks to Lillian with the microphone. After a few meaningless comments, he says that he has prior obligations that he needs to fill tonight and wont be able to wrestle. This is fine by me because Mirella is not a good wrestler. Snitsky comes out to face off against Venus. This was not what I had in mind. Snitsky targets the bum knee with some kicks and leg tosses. Snitsky hits a body slam but Venus comes back and gets some punches in. Snitsky hits the big boot, double under hook into a close line, and finally the pump handle slam for the victory. Quick mention, Snitsky is noticeably smaller in overall mass which can only be explained by the wellness policy.

Cena makes a very genuine video about how he will come back for his title via satellite.

Randy Orton/Umaga vs Triple H

Orton and Umaga both attack Triple H at the bell and take him down. After a few minutes, Triple H was able to get a DDT on Umaga. They all go to the outside where Triple H receives head butts and punches. Back in the ring there is more gang up tactics followed by a big flying head butt. Orton hits a dropkick as well. Triple H was able to get Umaga out of the way and try for the Pedigree on Orton but Umaga comes in with a chair shot for the DQ. Orton and Umaga beat Triple H senseless after the bell. Orton leaves and Umaga continues with various moves until Triple H is out cold. They showed Triple H get up and walk off on his own to plug the beatdown's significance and Triple H's will to survive. I could have done without this. I don't understand why one would waste 10 minutes of precious air time to show how tough Triple H is. It was just as bad as watching Vince McMahon beat champions 1, 2, 3 in the ring.

London/Kendrick vs The Highlanders

The match starts with punches. Rory and Robbie find their way to the outside only to get a double over the rope dive from London and Kendrick. The highlanders recover and pound London in with hammer punches and rest holds. London hits an arm drag and gets the tag to Kendrick which cleans house with sidekicks. London then hits a back flip off of the side apron. Somehow Rory gets a roll up with the foot on the ropes for the pin. This was a short match that didn't really do to much for me.

Coach can't find Hornswoogle. Yippee!

Lillian performs a concert. The members are a perfect mix as usual for studio bands. You have the punk rock guitar player with a Mohawk, the black bass player with dreadlocks, and a jock looking second guitar player. This is the way every single studio band looks. Santino comes out after the song and tells them to hit the road. He then sings a song about The Condemned which was funny I thought.

Mr. Kennedy vs Jeff Hardy

This was a wise booking choice for the main event. Kennedy comes out to a mixed reaction which is good. Hardy comes out to a decent pop but nothing like he is used to. Match starts out sloppy with Kennedy missing punches and running into others. Hardy hits a crotch leg drop and follows with a spear where they both fell through the ropes and to the outside apron. Hardy climbs to the top rope and flys to the floor missing Kennedy. Commercial. Kennedy has Hardy in a half Boston Crab. Hardy gets out and the crowd starts a TNA like chant for both competitors. Hardy climbs to the top again only to get drop kicked back down by Kennedy. He applies the Half Boston Crab again. He breaks it and chops Hardy's leg from behind. He goes for the cover for a two count. Hardy comes back with a Jawbreaker and close lines. Kennedy attempts a backslide for a two count. Side Russian Leg Sweep by Hardy for a two count. At this point both men go for their finishers and they both get countered by each other. Hardy hits a huge brain buster which if you remember, used to be Edge's finishing move along with Gangrel. Crowd goes nuts at this point as Hardy climbed to the top for the Swan Ton bomb. He misses it and Kennedy goes for the pin. Hardy reverses the pin for the tight victory. Good match with great crowd response. This should tell the WWE something. Mr. Kennedy has about three or four months to really make or break his career. He can really go either way at this point. The fans want him on top but his wrestling needs a lot of touching up. Kennedy has the charisma and Mic ability to be a real player in the WWE. Again, this can go either way.

Orton appreciation is set. McMahon called Orton to the ring to have him sit on a pedestal and speak to all of the superstars which were on the stage. He said that he is the only wrestler that deserves the title and that everyone else is Jealous of him. McMahon demanded Triple H to be out there but he wouldn't come. Orton was told to go back and hunt him down. As Orton walked up the ramp. Shawn Michaels music hit and the Heartbreak Kid came out. He walked Orton back the ring and attacked him. He later hit the super kick and knocked Orton Cold. Michaels celebrated to end the show.

FINAL THOUGHTS:

This was a good show. I didn't have high expectations for it because it was coming off of a PPV but it truly delivered. Besides the normal meaningless side angles and skits, this show really meant something and hyped Cyber Sunday. The last angle was definitely saved by Michaels as it really didn't have anywhere else to go. Kennedy needs to have more matches like the one he had with Hardy tonight. It's going to be interesting to see how the WWE handles itself with the slum of injuries that they have to deal with.


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Raw Report for 10/01/2007

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MONDAY NIGHT RAW RECAP FOR OCTOBER 1ST, 2007
By: Erik Anderson

THE BIG NEWS:

Randy Orton demolished John Cena after a surprise attack.


WHAT HAPPENED?

Shows starts with three jobbers in the ring looking all to confused. Vince McMahon comes out to the ring. He begins by talking about his match with Triple H later on and guarantee's victory. He then faked the fact that he was going to demonstrate what he was going to do to Triple H on these innocent jobbers and instead calls out Umaga. Umaga destroys all of the men with various finishing moves. Not much of an opening to the show.

Jeff Hardy/London/Kendrick vs Benjamin/Cade/Murdock:

London starts the match out strong. Benjamin comes back with a nice overhead press into a stomach buster. Cade is tagged in and works over Kendrick. Kendrick makes a come back with a side kick and tags in Hardy. Hardy cleans house and hits the whisper in the wind on Cade. He goes back to the top rope but gets hit down by Benjamin. London gets on the side apron and hits a running shooting star press onto the outside which looked impressive. Kendrick gets in the ring and hits his finisher on Cade which sets Hardy up for the Swanton bomb for the pin fall. Great way to start the show as it reminded me of how WCW Monday Night Nitro always started their shows. Very quick and attention getting.

Vince McMahon wants Regal to watch Hornswoggle for him.

Randy Orton sent another message to Cena via satellite (backstage) saying the same old thing that he usually does.

The Highlanders tell Regal backstage that they want to be the WWE Tag Team Champions. Maybe this would have been a credible statement if they weren't completely buried in every single match they have been in for the past four or five months.

Cody Rhodes vs Hardcore Holly:

Hard shoulder block by Holly to start the match. Rhodes comes back with arm drags and a headlock. Dropkick by holly followed by vicious chops. Rhodes hits the backslide and cradle for the two count. Holly goes for a back body drop but Rhodes flips out of it and goes for the roll up and gets a two count. Holly grabs Rhodes off the top rope and hits the Alabama Slam for the pin fall. Rhodes needs a lot more work in the ring.

Beth Phoenix comes out and explains that she is a Glamazon which I believe is not a word in the English language. Phoenix tells lillian Garcia to announce her as the new Women's champion. Garcia sarcastically states this fact so Phoenix begins choking her out but Candice Michelle runs in and makes the save.

Vince McMahon vs Triple H

First off, Vince McMahon needs to stop booking himself in wrestling matches. The match starts up after Carlito makes his way down to the ring as the special referee for the match. I first notice an N.W.O sign in the crowd which made me whimper a little bit thinking about the good old WCW days. Vince runs around the ring but Triple H finally gets to him and beats his head into the announce table. Carlito gets upset and pushes Triple H so he Pushes back in return. Triple H gets into the ring and goes for the pedigree but gets the backstabber from behind instead. Carlito puts McMahon over Triple H and begins counting but Triple H kicks out. Triple H hits McMahon with a low blow in the corner and punches Carlito to the outside. Carlito then calls for the bell making McMahon the winner via DQ. Umaga came out and traded blows with Triple H. Both men got various moves in on each other but in the end, Umaga was scared away by Triple H and his sledgehammer.

Santino Mirella came out with Maria for “Mirella at the movies” for a review on The Condemned Dvd. He said that it sucked and did various video bits showing just that. Val Venus comes out and asks Maria to star in a movie with him. Mirella gets mad and was about to leave but instead beat down Venus with various knee shots.

Cena cuts a promo about nothing. He just yells really loudly and says that he will never quit. How Aw inspiring! Ha ha.

Melina vs Mickie James:

Back and forth punching with some hairpulling to start the match. Mickie hits a nice Huracanrana from the top rope but Melina gets up and has Mickie ready for her finisher when Hornswoggle pops up from under the ring and distracts her. This allowed Mickie to roll Melina up for the pin fall. She gets mad and runs after Hornswoggle and eventually makes it under the ring.10 seconds later, he comes out with her bra and later her panties and runs away.

Ron Simmons throws Steve-o through the door backstage after he tries to make Simmons “a real man.”

John Cena vs Mr. Kennedy:

Headlock by Kennedy to start the match. Cena comes back with a couple of arm drags. Kicks and choke maneuvers by Kennedy. A TNA style chant starts up in the crowd where they chant for both Kennedy and Cena back and forth. Cena was getting his cheers from mostly teenage girls which is pretty usual for him. After the commercial break, Kennedy hits Cena with a DDT for a two count. Cena recovers and hits Kennedy with a back body drop and applies the STFU for the quick tap out. Orton comes in as expected and lays out Cena with the RKO. Orton drags Cena to the outside and hits him in the head with the ring steps and later a computer monitor. Orton Finishes this tirade with a good RKO on the announce table. He counts John Cena out implying that he will be the last man standing at No Mercy.


Final Thoughts:

This was a C- show. Although it didn't help the build for No Mercy all to much, It did feature some Decent wrestling and storyline. My biggest complaint comes from the main event where I thought it should have gone longer and shouldn't have ended with a Mr. Kennedy tap out for various reasons that I will talk about increasingly as I continue to do these reviews. Until next time people. Cianara.






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Erik Anderson's Raw Recap 09/24 Episode

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MONDAY NIGHT RAW Live from Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Recap by: Erik Anderson


THE BIG NEWS:

Triple H's feud with Vince McMahon intensifies and John Cena gets back at Coachman in a major way.


WHAT HAPPENED?

The show starts out with a recap from last week's Raw.

Coachman is out to the ring and explains that he has suspended Randy Orton for his use of the handcuffs last week on raw. I'm not really sure why a man gets suspended for this since nobody else in the history of wrestling has ever been suspended indefinitely for using handcuffs on a previous wrestling show but whatever. Coachman introduces Mr. McMahon. McMahon explains to the crowd that leaders should be respected. Huh? He then explains that he is tired of Triple H and his recent antics. He announces Triple H vs Carlito and Mr. McMahon in a no disqualification cage match. He makes a pledge that he will win this match up. McMahon then introduces Hornswoggle for an apology. He hugs Hornswoggle and says he is very sorry for the way he treated him the past few weeks. As a thank you, McMahon brings out Melina who apparently has a crush on Hornswoggle now. She tells Hornswoggle that she thinks he is cute and thinks that they should get to know each other a little better. McMahon sends them off for some beer and they leave holding hands. Coachman uses the last part of the segment to tell Mr. McMahon that he wants to be reinstated as permanent G.M of Raw. This prompts John Cena to make his way down to the ring. Security swarms the ring as his music hits. Cena starts by throwing chairs in the ring. He then busts right through the 10 man security team and attacks Coachman. Security then takes him off and McMahon tells the crowd that we are going to have a Championship Surrender Ceremony tonight and it's all up to Coachman on how it will play out. This segment was good for getting over the main event picture but ran far to long and was cluttered with to many superstars.

CODY RHODES VS HARDCORE HOLLY:

Back and forth action to start this match. Sunset flip by Rhodes for the two count. Hard chops in the corner by Holly. Holly gets Rhodes ready for an atomic drop but he flips out of it and gets the Side Russian Leg Sweep for the two count. This is followed by various dropkicks by Rhodes. He feels a little giddy tonight and attempts a springboard body press only to be denied. Holly picks him up for the Alabama slam and thats all folks. Holly got a decent pop from the crowd even after playing heel in this match up. Rhodes does not deserve a push in the WWE as he has very limited in ring ability along with the fact that he can't promo for the life of him. His days in the WWE are numbered, mark my words.

Quick note: Camera is focused on Jerry Lawler and Jim Ross at the announce table as they talk about something rather UN-Important I'm sure. This is where I notice something rather interesting. Lawler is wearing a long sleeve atmospheric shirt with a large Wizard on it? Has anyone else noticed Lawler's questionable choice of Clothing over the past few months? He was wearing a weird Orange tie dye shirt a couple weeks back and I for one am frightened.

A Randy Orton video interview appears on the Titan Tron. He talks about the usual things..... “Cena took the coward way out at the last PPV,” “Mr. Cena is a bum,” “I enjoyed beating up Mr. Cena and I will be the Champion”....blah blah blah. Same old Gag for Randy in this interview. It reminded me of those terrible Triple H interviews during the winter of 2005.

SANTINO MIRELLA VS RON SIMMONS:

Mirella starts with some cowardly brushes to the outside. Simmons moves in for the quick offense and Power Slam. Mirella comes back with terrible looking offense and applies the Camel Clutch. Simmons gets up and goes for another Power Slam but Mirella rolls back and jumps under the ropes and takes off with Maria for the count out. Simmons said “Damn.”

We are backstage with Melina as she explains that she was only going on the date with Hornswoggle because Coachman told her that if she did, she would get a women's title shot. I am glad to see the WWE finally recognizing a belt other than the WWE Championship.

The Highlanders are backstage and want a title shot against Cade and Murdock. This angle might have worked if they weren't buried every single Raw taping for the past few months. Cade declined until further notice so the Highlanders mooned them both. Heh Heh.

TRIPLE H VS CARLITO/MR. McMAHON in a Steel Cage

Two on one tactics on Triple H to start the match. Triple H comes back to beat both men down. McMahon goes for the cage but gets racked on the top rope via Triple H. Carlito uses this opportunity for the low blow on Triple H and throws him into the cage. Commercial break. We come back with a Triple H high knee followed by a face buster. Triple H throws McMahon's head into the cage numerous times and then throws Carlito into McMahon. He goes for the Pedigree on McMahon but Carlito hits the backstabber. Triple H recovers and throws Carlito into the Cage and hauls McMahon back into in the ring. McMahon and Triple H both climb to the top of the cage and exchange some blows. Carlito distracts Triple H and brings him down a little bit. Triple Couldn't recover and McMahon hits the floor for the over the top of the cage victory. Triple H gets mad at this and absolutely destroys Carlito with cage shots and a pedigree on a chair. He really buried Carlito here and made him look like a teenager which is what he does to everyone actually. Nice job burying the possible future of your company.

CADE/MURDOCK VS LONDON/KENDRICK

This match had already started during a commercial break which I don't really see the point of other than to bury the whole match altogether making it seem not as important as matches where the wrestlers are introduced with music. Kendrick starts this out with a great deal of energy as usual. Nice looking drop kicks, side kicks, and even a super kick. As London does a suicide dive to the outside, Kendrick lines up for his finishing move and hits it off the top rope. Highlanders break up the cover for the DQ. Fans hated this.

Melina is in the shower. Hornswoggle finds his way in and peeps on Melina. He ends up chasing her down the hallway after he strips her of her towel. This was a nice comedic skit.

We get a commercial promoting The Condemned coming out on DVD. This was nice as they showed Santino Mirella dissing the dvd completely in between promotional video shots of the movie which was a masterful idea to say the least. This angle built heat on Mirella as well as big promotion for the dvd. More of this needs to happen in the WWE rather than the usual counter-productive angles and skits that end up going nowhere.

Just a quick thought at this point in the show. I really question the WWE and their character in building and promoting a “Surrender Ceremony” that may or may not happen as the main event of the show. This was very childish and they continue to do things such as this week after week.

JEFF HARDY/CANDICE MICHELLE VS SHELTON BENJAMIN/BETH PHOENIX:

Plenty of Jeff Hardy chants tonight as all the fans had green glow sticks in their hands during the match. Hardy was even passing them out to fans as he made his way down to the ring. Flying close line to start the match followed by a nice mule kick by Hardy onto Benjamin. Michelle and Hardy both climb to the top rope and connect with flying dives onto Benjamin and Phoenix onto the floor. Nice spot. Back in the ring, we get a resthold from Michelle on Phoenix. Hardy tags in and hits the whisper in the wind which J.R messes up calling. Hardy tries his luck again from the top only to get power bombed by Benjamin for the two count. Hardy makes a come back but Benjamin drops him with a nice looking drag back breaker for a two count. Michelle is tagged in and hits the Huracanrana on Phoenix followed by a nice chin breaker. We get double team action as Michelle hits the flying leg off of Hardy's back. Hardy gets drug to the floor and side kicked by Benjamin so this allows Phoenix to put her finisher on Michelle for the three count. Best match of the night.

Coachman comes out with security once again. He brings out Cena to forfeit his title. Cena chooses not to do this of course and challenges all of the security guards to a brawl. Lilian gets word that Mr. McMahon has made this into a match where Cena faces Coachman one on one. The bell rings and we have a match. Cena takes Coachman out with a couple of moves and thats that. We learn that Hornswoggle, which we can also consider to be “Mr. McMahon,” made the match.

FINAL THOUGHTS:

It was a relief to see a lot of in ring wrestling on Raw this week. We had six total matches tonight if you count Cena vs Coachman. Overall, this was a good show and made up for the terrible past few weeks. I enjoyed the emphasis on the tag titles, women's title, and the intercontinental title which were securely put in place like it always should be. Great build this week.

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Erik Anderson's TNA iMPACT recap for 09/06/2007

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TNA IMPACT: 9/6/07 Recap by Erik Anderson

THE BIG NEWS:

Abyss gets a well deserved pin fall on the current TNA champion Kurt Angle.

WHAT HAPPENED?

Show starts with team Pacman outside saying that they are going to spraypaint somebody tonight and it was going to be “The Big Dog.”

Kaz vs. Tomco:

Tomco starts out with a vicious chop on Kaz. Kaz comes back with kicks, punches, and an arm kick. Arm bar is applied. Mrs. Brooks and Robert Roode are
out to cause a little trouble. Closeline by Tomco followed by a throw to the corner and a side elbow to drive Kaz to the mat. Tomco power slams Kaz for
the two count. Kaz goes to the outside so Roode tries for a punch but misses and hit’s the ring post. Kaz enters the ring with a springboard kick on
Tomco and rushes to the ropes and connects with a baseball slide on Roode onto the floor. Kaz climbs the top rope but gets chopped by Tomco. Kaz recovers
and hit’s the swinging DDT for a near fall. Tomco connects with a big boot and a double choke slam for the three count. Roode is in for the beat down
on Kaz. He later yells at Mrs. Brooks so Tomco moves her out of the way and pushes Roode to the floor. This was a very effective segment for a mid card
feud. This is exactly what the WWE needs to learn how to do. Raw has a two hour show and yet they can’t seem to find a way to build a mid card feud that
people care about at all.

The dream team of Kurt Angle and Sting are back stage. Sting says that he can’t trust an Angle. He runs down Kurt and his wife Karen. Kurt seems to agree
with Sting and leaves with him.

Harris is backstage. He cuts a promo on Black Rain. He says that this character isn’t the Dustin that he knows. He ends by saying that he can get “Sick”
as well and is coming for blood at No Surrender.

Jay Lethal is backstage and explains how he is excited for his X-division title shot against Kurt Angle. Abyss walks into the picture using his newly
found voice to say that he will beat Kurt Angle for the TNA title at No Surrender.

James Storm is at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting to look for Rhino. He offers them beer which of course would be counter productive and the leader of
the group gets mad. Storm asks them if Rhino was here because he is a drunk. They say that they don’t know where he is so Storm leaves. This was a funny
segment along with the rest of them for the past three weeks.

Raven vs. Samoa Joe:

Raven enters the ring looking as gross as ever. He starts with offense on Joe. Joe comes back with a couple whips to the railing followed by a face wash
kick against the steel. Back in the ring with a close line in one corner and a high kick in the next on Raven. Joe goes for the another kick but Raven
grabs the Kendo Stick. A.J Styles is out with a Kendo Stick and hits Joe from behind while the ref was probably looking at somebody’s shirt in the audience.
Commercial. Backdrop by Joe. Raven mounts some offensive and connects with a stupid looking side kick from the top rope. A.J jumps up and grabs Joe so
that Raven could smother him with some sort of rag device. Joe ducks and he gets Styles instead. Joe gets the submission on Raven for the tap out. After
the match. Joe attacks Styles but Tomco and Christian make their way out. Christian with a chair shot on Joe. They beat Joe down and handcuff him to
the rope. Joe’s dancers come for the save only to get destroyed by the coalition. Devastating chair shot to the head on one of the dancers as Joe cries
in the corner. This was also a very effective segment but like usual, it felt incredibly rushed and edited. The match was sub par but that’s pretty good
for an Impact taping.

Rhino is on the phone with Mike Tenay and Don West and he explains that Storm can find him in the middle of the ring at No Surrender.

Jay Lethal/Abyss vs. Sting/Kurt Angle:

Sting starts on the offense. Jay Lethal comes back with a nice cartwheel into a drop kick. Abyss is tagged in and stares Sting down to play up their past
feuds. He points at Kurt Angle and wants a piece. Angle is in and goes for the German Suplex and gets denied as Abyss reverses it into a arm bar. Abyss
connects with a body slam during a terrible edit by the TNA crew as the crowd was being shown for some reason during this part. Kick by Abyss. Commercial.
We come back to Angle connecting with a belly to belly slam on Lethal. Sting is tagged in and connects with kicks, body slam, and a backwards splash
on Lethal. Suplex gets a two count. Angle is in and gets a European uppercut and a backbreaker for a two count. This leads into a headlock on lethal.
Finally Lethal makes his first attempt at offense and hits a huracanrana on Angle. Angle hit’s the German suplex to stop the comeback. Sting gets tagged
in and they have a double collision which amounts to a double tag to the corners. Abyss cleans house and hit’s the shock treatment on Angle for a good
near fall. Lethal climbs on Abyss’s shoulders and hit’s the flying elbow for the amazing near fall. Choke slam on Angle. Cover but the save by Sting.
Sting goes for the Stinger Splash on Lethal in the corner but it gets blocked and they fall to the outside apron. Angle gets Abyss in the Olympic slam
but Abyss kicks out. Angle tears his tights down and goes for the ankle lock but it gets reversed. Abyss then hits the black hole slam for the final
three count. Abyss goes for the tacks but James Mitchell comes down to the ring and Abyss goes after him. This allows team Pacman to come out from the
crowd and tag Angle’s back with spray paint.

Final Thoughts:

I would consider this edition of Impact to be sub par. There seemed to be a decent build for No Surrender and the matches were decent as well. The unreal
effect of Impact’s editing, lighting, backstage aura and so forth brings my interest level way down on the product. I was at Slammiversary live in June
and the show looked great but the Impact Zone seems to be a place for the redundant visually and psychologically for the performers and viewers. Although
the build for No Surrender was big tonight, I am still not interested at all in any of the matches on the pay per view. I will be directing most of my
attention to Saturday night when Henderson faces off against Rampage.



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Erik Anderson's 09/03/2007 Raw Recap

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MONDAY NIGHT RAW AIRED 9/3/07 Recap by Erik Anderson

WHAT HAPPENED?

The show starts with a recap of What Randy Orton did to John Cena’s dad last week.

Jeff Hardy vs. Umaga:

This match is for the intercontinental championship. Series of punches from Hardy to the stomach of Umaga. Closeline to the canvas as Umaga takes control.
Choke on the second rope and an elbow to bring Hardy down. Whip to the turnbuckle but a missed butt drop for Umaga. Hardy jumps to the outside apron
and gets side kicked to the floor. Commercial. Umaga has Hardy in a rest hold. Hardy fights back but gets Samoan dropped. Umaga is in control. Missed
dive from the top. Hardy comes back with kicks, punches, close lines and a baseball slide kick. Hardy missed the twist of fate but hit’s the whisper
in the wind. Two count. Hardy is caught from the top rope by Umaga and gets a black hole slam for an amazing two count. Umaga goes to the top but Hardy
hits him down for the quick cover for the three count. Good match but terrible way to change the title. Why not have Hardy pin Umaga clean without some
sort of confusion.

Vince Mcmahon in backstage with his legal defense team. He tells coach that he is confident about tonight. Carlito comes in sporting a new haircut. Vince
sets up a handicap match with Carlito teaming with Umaga to face Triple H. Ouch, This means Umaga is going to lose twice on the same show. Oh well, Umaga
shouldn’t have shot the roids in the first place.

Santino is with Maria backstage giving her confidence in her match tonight. Ends the conversation with a kiss

Melina talks to William Regal for a bit. Stephanie Mcmahon comes in and fakes a slap. Linda comes in and gets the slap on Melina for what she did with
Vince. Ron Simmons get the damn at the end for good measure

Santino comes out with Maria. He yaps about nothing until Sandman comes out from the crowd to the ring. He says that Sandman is out because he is Jealous
of Santino. Sandman hits Santino five times with the kendo stick. This was about to get good and the crowd was completely behind Sandman until the skit
became completely watered down by Sandman’s premature kendo Shots as they both fled to the back.

Maria vs. Beth Phoenix:

Phoenix dominates with throws. Hooked leg suplex and the match is over. Phoenix gets on the mic and says that she is getting a title shot. She takes out
Maria with another hooked leg suplex right before Candice Michelle ran in for the save.

Regal is out to talk with Randy Orton via video camera. Orton explains that Cena did all of this himself and could have prevented it. Orton says he wants
a rematch with Cena. Regal grants him this rematch. In the middle of Regal’s next statement, Cena comes out to the top of the ramp with no music. He
stares at Regal and the crowd. Cena walks to the ring and stares at Regal and his title belt. He attacks regal with vicious looking blows and throws
him into the announce table. Cena puts on the stfu and wont let go until four or five refs came out. This was a bold move by the wwe judging on how many
Boo’s Cena gets anyway, this was sure to add to that. Beyond that, it worked very well and I enjoyed it.

Cade and Murdock are out to the announce table.

The Worlds Greatest Tag Team vs. Paul London and Brain Kendrick:

This match is a number 1 contender match and is the direct effect of the recent firings of Cryme Tyme. This is how they will try to make fans forget about
them. London and Kendrick work Charlie Haas arm with a series of top rope flying chops. Haas comes back with a belly to bell suplex. Benjamin is tagged
and connects with a sky high knee drop. Haas is tagged and connects with a springboard dive from the outside apron. Headlock applied. London continues
to go for the tag but cant get it. Finally Kendrick is tagged in and cleans house with dropkicks and dives. Two count. Finally Kendrick gets a back flip
neck breaker move for the three count. Cade and Murdock come in and clap for them. Obviously this is a set up for them to completely demolish London
and Kendrick next week.

Regal is hurt out back. Shane walks by.

Umaga is with Carlito. Carlito begins to pump Umaga up for the match later tonight.

One of the members of the legal defense team told Vince that he thinks he should go for a settlement. Vince fires him on the spot with a very traditional
Mcmahon type of attitude. Vince says that he wants to get aggressive and demands blood. Ha Ha, the laughs keep coming….or..not.

Davari is out with Jillian Hall. They do a funny duo singing comedy bit which was good for what its worth. Davari w/ Jillian Hall vs. Cody Rhodes w/ Mickie
James:

Mickie James starts out strong against Jillian Hall. Her jaw is hurt so she tags in Davari. Rhodes is also in and gets some arm drags and hip tosses.
Davari comes back with punches and a close line. Scoop slam, elbow drop straight into a headlock. Rhodes comes back but gets put back down. Knee’s to
the back. Back and forth punches between the two. Leg hold by Rhodes into a bulldog. The women jump in and fly to the floor. Rhodes plants Davari with
the ddt for the pinfall. Cody Rhodes is beyond average. His life span in the WWE is going to be very short unless he figures out some way of standing
out.

Triple H vs. Carlito and Umaga:

Carlito starts out with punches. Triple H comes back with a hair toss. He plays around with Carlito for a bit and throws him out of the ring so he can
taunt Umaga. Umaga goes after Triple H as Carlito comes in from behind. They both beat down Triple H for the worst DQ of the year. They continue to beat
down Triple H by hitting both of their finishing moves. Carlito gets a chair and sets up Umaga for a butt slam on the chair over Triple H’s face. Triple
H moves out of the way and cleans house with the chair. Chair shots on Umaga with not much of a result. He then gets the sledge hammer and beats Umaga
with it. Umaga is bleeding. One more shot to the back of the head to destroy Umaga. This is how the WWE wrote off Umaga. He will be gone for awhile as
he is suspended for steroid use.

Vince Mcmahon is out to talk about how his family is only after his money. Linda comes out and says she has plenty of money and could bust Vince for all
of the women he slept with. Stephanie comes out and explains that Vince needs help. She offers that he steps down as the chairman of the WWE. Shane comes
out. He then explains that Vince needs help. Vince said that he has only cheated on his wife once and begins to bow to his kids claiming that he will
try to be a better father. Kennedy comes out to a nice crowd pop and tells Vince that everything happens for a reason. He talked about the last few weeks
and said that he knows he is Vince McMahon’s son. He then tried to turn Vince on his family. They hugged. A dna type of guy comes out and says that
the test results say that Ken Kennedy is not the son. He goes on to say that the real son will be revealed next week on raw. The clue is the phrase “things
are looking up.”


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Erik Anderson's TNA iMPACT Recap for 08/23

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TNA IMPACT: 8/23/07 Reviewed by Erik Anderson

THE BIG NEWS: Team 3D lied.

WHAT HAPPENED: Kurt Angle arrives to the Impact Zone and tries to get Karen to come in but she is very reluctant.

Robert Roode/Mrs Brooks vs. Kazarian/Gail Kim:

Arms drags and a high forearm to Roode by Kazarian to start the match. Spine buster by Roode followed by punches and kicks. Neck breaker by Roode as he
is in control. Snap nare takedown into a sunset flip snap. Kazarian comes back with dropkicks. Gail Kim and Mrs Brooks both tag themselves in. Kim gets
the close line on Brooks and pins her with the small package. Roode yells at Brooks after the loss. Kazarian comes in to the aid of Brooks and punches
Roode out of the ring. He kisses Brooks for good measure. This starts a feud between these two. This feud is good for Kazarian and bad for Roode.

Christian is injured and orders A.J and Tomco to take care of Samoa Joe

James Storm is looking for Rhino at bars. Good comedy here. I was in Nashville a couple of months ago so that’s why I knew that they were on Broadway
street filming this skit.

Angle is mad at Cornette about the handicap match

Ron Killings vs. Eric Young:

Fans are booing Killing more than ever as he makes his way out and that’s a good thing. Young with a flip to the side apron, under the legs and into a
close line to the outside of the ring. He follows with a suicide dive. Commercial. Killings is back on the offensive with his patented series of spin
kicks and splits. Close line into the corner. Back and forth punches but Killings gets young with the flying forearm spin. He grabs a chair but Young
dropkicks it into killings. Young grabs the chair but the ref takes it away from him. Close line for the two count. Young to the top rope. He avoids
the ref but then gets a chair to the head and a leg drop for the three count. Killings gets on the microphone and introduces Pacman Jones. He spray paints
“PAC” onto Young’s back N.W.O style and celebrates. I like this team together.

Tomco and Styles are looking for Joe.

Team 3D cut a strange promo apologizing to the Steiner brothers and the rest of the people in TNA. This was weird but you knew that it wasn’t going to
actually be this way.

Joe gets Tomco into his room and runs after Styles. They make it to the ring as Joe begins to beat down Styles. This role is very silly for a guy as talented
as Styles is but Oh well. Christian is out to much surprise and gets Joe in the back with a chair shot. Tomco with the double choke slam and a celebration
at the end.

Karin is worried about the main event match.

Promo by James Mitchell about his new wrestler Judas Macea’s? Interesting to say the least. I am very curious as to who this wrestler may be. He promises
revenge on Abyss.

The Steiner brothers vs. Kurt Angle:

Scott with some throws. Angle with an uppercut. Scott comes back with a close line and elbow drop for the two count. Snap nare takedown, kick, and a tag
to Rick. Reversal of the irish whip as Rick goes after Karen for trying to grab his legs. Angle from behind. Suplex on Rick for a two count. Angle misses
an Olympic slam and gets a belly to belly by Rick. Scott is tagged in with close lines and a series of belly to belly suplex’s and close lines. Before
we know it, there is an Olympic slam on Scott for only a two count. Close line to the outside on Scott but Rick is in to take Angle down. Top rope bulldog
on Angle. Team 3D are in while the ref’s back is turned and 3D Rick. Angle covers Rick for the win. 3D on Scott for good measure. Power bomb on Rick
through a table and a celebration to end the show.

Final Thoughts:

If you missed the show you didn’t really miss much. Team 3D continues the Feud with The Steiner brothers and Christian intensifies his feud with Samoa
Joe. This was a decent show with nothing really surprising happening like in previous weeks.

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First, the rest of my Pride 2000 GP Review. Its coming but it may not be before the end of this week. I've been busier than anticipated the past couple of days and could be out of town on Saturday. I promise I will finish it though.

Next up, we're going to be debuting some new writers very shortly. The first of which is Mark Danger who regularly is in our predictions contest and was a guest on our audio show this week, which will be uploaded whenever Euan gets around to it I guess.
He'll be doing some Danger-style wrestling news updates so I hope you'll enjoy those.

The next writer I've asked to introduce himself.

My name is Erik Anderson, i currently live in Spokane, Washington but will be moving to the east coast to start referee training at slamtech university.
I am 24 years old and am currently attending college. I have been watching wrestling for about 20 years and have been reading about the inside happenings
of the business since 2001. I hope to work in the wrestling business after college as a script writer and referee. I have written columns for various
wrestling websites along with doing a radio show for WrestlingRadioNetwork.com where i interviewed wrestlers over the phone. I am also in a band called
Flee The Century and we tour around the united states quite a bit.

Erik will be doing TV recaps and contributing other wrestling content, and we're going to look at some audio stuff in the future.

Lastly, the top 5 rankings I promised for tomorrow. I'm not going to say you won't see them tomorrow as I had said but it is a possibility. I intend to debut 1 weight class a week over 5 weeks but we'll see. I want this to be as thorough as I can by my way of explaining why each person is in my top 5. Yes, these are subjective rankings but all rankings are subjective by nature.

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