We open up with a replay of last weeks Keg carry and the elimination of Titus O’Neil.
Honestly, I’ve heard nothing about another elimination, so I think that week’s elimination was just them realizing he was to green and needed to go for more training.
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Happy 4th of July to all of my brothers and sisters in the States, hope you all celebrate it safely and responsibly. Canada Day was also this week too, so Happy Canada Day to all of my Canada Brothers and Sisters too, hope you all enjoyed your day. Since it’s a holiday today and I have many Hot Dogs and Hamburgers to consume as well as fireworks to blow up, lets get this show on the road:
Oh crap, it’s Friday night… and you know what that means. Yep, I work my night job and then come home and suffer through Smackdown so you don’t have to. It’s been a weird Friday already, especially in South Africa as Brazil got upset, and Ghana threw away a certain victory in the World Cup. While no one in North America really cares about that stuff, other than Kofi Kingston who hails from Ghana (for now), let’s just jump into the legitimate sport known as professional wrestling…
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Straight to the intro tonight
We have out first Pro vs Rookie match tonight as Cody Rhodes take’s on Mark Henry’s rookie Lucky Cannon.
We open with the new announcer Ashley Vallence, a rather generic new diva. She tells us about the Pros Poll next week and when voting will open.
The Pros come out. Mark Henry is wearing a shirt the says I Got Lucky.
The first match is a tag team match, Alex Riley and the Mizand their opponents are MVP and “Showtime” Percy Watson.
Thes guys really do look right together.
Riley wants to start and wants to face Percy Watson, instead of MCO. Watson dancing around. He eats a knee and a headlock and is run over with a shoulderblock.
Headlock by Riley. Another shoulder. A leapfrog by Watson then he gets a dropkick on the reboud. Followed by a second. Front facelock and MVP comes in. Double hiptoss.
MVP tosses Riley, even saying “Annnndddd Out you go,” as he does it.
Miz yells him, then tags in. Watson comes back in. Suplex. Watson loses his glasses. Forearms by Miz. Riley in with a shot to the gut. Hard whip to the corner and a corner crush. Miz chokes him on the ropes.
Riley with a rear chinlock. MVP chant by the crowd. Jawbreaker by Watson. MVP in. Belly to belly throw. Asiatic thrust. Facebreaker. Ballin Elbow. Riley with a kick to the hamstring and he tags out.
Watson in. Flying clothesline. Leaping splash. It’s like he dropkicks the air then turns over as he falls.
Hotshot by Miz. Skull crushing finale for the win. By the way we learned the Riley calls himself the Varsity Villain.
We get Titus O’Neil’s promo. He talks about his troubled youth and his twin sons. He’s in the University of Florida’s Hall of Fame.
He’s up next.
Cole mentions NXT season 1’s attack on Vince.
His opponet is Michael McGillicutty. He was interviewed earlier. He called his mother last week after his first win. It’s a moment he’ll never forget.
Tie up. Titsu throws him to the corner and hits a choulder. Mike with a kick to the knee and a headbutt. He hits the ropes but is caught. They’re just fighting it out.
Big clothesline. Rear chinlock. Fights out but there’s a botch and he gets dropped to the mat. Bodyslam by O’Neil but Mike McPerfect gets hits knees up on a splash. He hits his neckbreaker finish for the win.
Next up is Kaval vs Eli Cottonwood, which gets a tale of the tape. Matthews says it’s a Porche 911 vs a Mac Truck along with other superlatives.
Laycool comes down to ringside with Kaval. Morrison with Cottonwood.
Kaval with kicks. Gets backed up but hits a double kick to the chest and a rolling kick.
Cottonwood throws him to the corner and then stomps him. Bearhug. Rams him into the corner. Chokes. Kaval gets an armbar to the rope. Kick to the chest.
Springbaord kick to the chin. Eli throws him over the top. He lands on the apron. Double stomp to the back of the head. Two count. Front chokeslam by Eli for the win. And the crowd doesn’t mind.
Lucky Cannon promo again. In 2004 he got hit in the back of the head with a lead pipe helping a friend and he talks about the rehab.
Next up is the update about the attack.
Laycool is giving some support to Kaval. Michelle says thrid times the charm. They give him a pink shirt that says property of LayCool and he tries very hard to be polite.
Next we get a replay of the setup for the Rhodes/Cannon match. Striker just wants to put Rhodes smacking him behind him.
I really don’t have anything to say about the replay of the beating. No comment on Vince’s health. AnonGM says these actions will be met with appropriate consequences.
Hucky Harris accompanies Cody to the ring.
Henry accompanies Cannon. Both are wearing the I got Lucky shirt.
Cody on the mike. He says he said Lucky would be lucky to last five minutes with him. So this is a five minute challenge.
Cannon into the corner and Rhodes points at the clock. Armbar. Slaps Lucky. Headlock takeover.
Michael Cole won’t stop praising him. Dropkick to Lucky who roles outside. Punch by Rhodes. Double leg takedown by Cannon. Rhodes grabs a facelock and rolls over. Rhodes with a knee to the side of the head. Elbow to the back of the head.
Rhodes sets up an upside down Gorybreaker. Cannon slips out and gets a rollup. Lucky ducks a punch, hits a flapjack. Kick to the face by rhodes who then runs into a big boot.
Matthews points out he’s doing it to a former tag champ as Cole kept talking about that.
Cannon over the top, Rhodes with a kick to the face. Crossrhodes with 1:02 minutes left.
The rookies now get a chance to talk before the poll next week. Each guy gets 45 seconds.
Alex Riley does a stereotypical jerk jock. Kaval apparently tried to get in WWE ten years ago but was told he was to small. Titus O’Neill had to work just like everyone else in the audience. Always told what he wouldn’t do. But he will make it. McGillicutty possesses no weaknesses and he’s undefeated. And he times his promo PERFECTLY. Cottonwood is the baddest and meanest. He’s patient. He’ll lie in the weeds and hide in the shadows until he can strike with a vengeacnce. But this means nothing because his actions speak louder than his words. Percy Watson likes to have a good time just like the WWE Universe. He’s getting better and better and he’s got two words for us. Oh yeah. Lucky is lucky because he stands on his own two feet and he knows and appreciates everything he has. Hucky Harris doesn’t need 45 seconds. He beats down Striker.
So tonight we get eight new rookies. And nine new pros.
Of course last night all eight former rookies came out and took apart John Cena, the Straight Edge Society and the announcing crew as well as the ringside area.
While it’s pretty popular, overall I’m against it. I have no interest in them as a group, instead of as individuals.
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Time for the live finale of NXT. We get to see some of the best moments of the show so far plus the eliminations.
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Due to the length of today’s post, I have edited it to better suit the front page. The draft picks will be listed here by brand at the top of the post, and the in-depth analysis will be found after the jump. This is done in Real-Time, so click your browser’s refresh button every 10 minutes or so for the latest picks!
RAW
The Great Khali & Ranjin Singh
Natalya
Ezekiel Jackson
Goldust
JTG
The Hart Dynasty
SMACKDOWN
Chavo Guerrero
Cody Rhodes
Chris Masters
Hornswoggle
Rosa Mendes
Montel Vontavious Porter
Full analysis of the 2010 supplemental draft picks, after the jump!
I think I’ve finally figured out the best way to do the Monday night shows. I watched iMPACT as it was airing, and I was able to find a copy of RAW within minutes of it ending. So since the only thing I know about tonight’s show is that Pete Rose is the guest host, without further adieu, let’s go!
Welcome to part two of our Monday Night Wars coverage for this week. Earlier tonight, Drow brought you our very first ROH Report, and here I am to bring you your RAW results, and later on, we’ll have iMPACT coverage as well. Tonight, the Mindfreak, Criss Angel hosts RAW (great. Lame magic tricks all night), Vince McMahon takes on John Cena, and Randy Orton will take on Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase in a handicap match. We’ll also see what happens next between John Cena and Batista, Triple H and Sheamus, and Vince McMahon and Bret Hart. Ready to go? Then don’t cross the line, because on USA Network we’re uncut, uncensored, and uncooked, it’s Monday Night RAW!
Note: I decided to take the night off and allow one of our twitter followers the opportunity to write our RAW review. Yours truly will be here Friday night to cover SmackDown this week, so for now, here’s this week’s RAW review by @nascardiva9!
Show opens with PPV Highlights.
The New World Heavyweight Champion Chris Jericho comes out and says
He`s going to Wrestlemania.He proudly brags about beating the
Undertaker & becoming Champion.Then the Royal Rumble Winner Edge comes
out through the crowd & Spears Jericho & says He`s going to challenge
Jericho at Wrestlemania for the World Heavyweight Title.
Next comes John Cena.Cena compares himself to Bret Hart on the list of
people Vince has screwed over.Cena challenges Batista to a rematch
tonight on Raw & out comes a Proud Vince Mcmahon talking about his
deal with Batista.He admits to giving Batista a WWE title shot anytime
he wanted it.McMahon claims his hands are clean of it & Batista will
defend his WWE Title at Wrestlemania against either John Cena or
Sheamus.Later tonight 1 on 1 John Cena vs Batista.If Cena wins he goes
to Wrestlemania.If he loses Sheamus gets the match at Wrestlemania.
Divas Title Final
Maryse vs Gail Kim.
Crowd could care less about this match.Gail Kim went for sevweral
quick,near falls.Maryse did the typical hair pulling.Maryse did her
DDT Finisher & pins Gail Kim for the win & becomes Divas Champion for
a 2nd time.Yet again another short Divas Match.
Backstage Eve,Kelly Kelly,The Bella Twins are with the Guest Hosts
Jewel & Ty Murray.In walks Alicia Fox & Jillian Hall.Jillians horrible
singing gets her slapped again.This time by Jewel.Jillian goes away
saying “Why does everyone slap me?”
Again in the back Randy Orton & Cody Rhodes starts talking about Ted
saying he was going to beat Orton in the chamber at the PPV last
night.Legacy will be in action tonight in a 6 man tag match.Ted walks
up to Cody & asks him if he`s going to stick with their plan.
Up Next 6 Man Tag Match between Kofi Kingston,Yoshi Tatsu,Evan Bourne
Vs Randy Orton, Cody Rhodes,Ted Dibiase.
Yoshi & Dibiase start the match.Yoshi tags in Bourne.Ted quick tags
Rhodes.Evan flys around the ring.Why isnt He being used more?Cody Back
Slams Bourne & goes for a pin only for a 2 count.Bourne & DiBiase now
legal both are down trying to get to their corners to tag.Bourne tags
Kofi.Now Kofi & Orton are now legal.Orton slams Kofi.Orton gives Kofi
his Backbreaker.Cody tags himself in.Orton grabs Cody & DDT`s him &
Orton RKO`s Ted outside the ring.Evan Bourne goes up top to give a
well done Airbourne to Cody for the win.
Michaels & Undertaker highlight package.Michaels calls out Undertaker
& challenges Him again to a Wrestlemania Match.Undertaker accepts on 1
condition that this Year Michaels puts his Career on the Line.Michaels
accepts.This year it`ll be The Streak vs Michaels Career.
1st Money In The Bank Quailifier Christian vs Carlito
Match starts & Carlito goes for a quick pin for a 2 count.Christian
Missile Dropkicks Carlito attempts a pin only for a 2 count.Christian
gets Carlito in the Killswitch for the 3 count & is the 1st to
Quailify for Money In The Bank.
Worthless segment of the night the Divas Bull riding contest.Eve is up
1st & makes it the 8 seconds.Up next is Kelly Kelly & she makes it the
8 seconds.Next up the Bella twins who ride together & make it the 8
seconds.The crowd never gets into this contest.It`s interupted by
ShowMiz.Ty Murray challenges Big Show to ride the bull.Big Show gets
on & lasts 3 seconds.The Bull taunts Big Show & Show knocks out the
mechanical bull.
Unified Tag Title Match Between Big Show & The Miz Vs MVP &Mark Henry
Miz & MVP start the match.Miz tags in Big Show.Show beats up MVP.MVP
tags in Mark Henry.Show & Henry go back & forth.Then Show knocks out
Henry to win & retain the Unified Tag Titles.
Newest Hall Of Fame Inductee Wendi Richter.
Vince invites Bret Hart to come back to Raw next week for a proper farewell.
NXT Promo for tomorrow.
Next Weeks Hosts Cheech & Chong.Also next week Randy Orton Vs Ted DiBiase.
The Main Event tonight John Cena Vs Batista.If Cena wins he gets the
Wrestlemania match against Batista.If he loses Sheamus gets the
match.Loud Cheer from the crowd for John Cena.Batista finally comes
out to a dead crowd.The match finally starts this is going to be
short.Batista Low Blows Cena.Cena wins by Dq.Batista beats Cena down
afterwards.Batista`s late entrance took longer then the match.Batista
leaves the ring after beating Cena down & sees him get up & comes back
to the ring to finish Cena.They fight outside the ring.Batista beats
Cena down again & leaves.Cena gets back up & Batista comes back down
again & gets a chair & hits Cena several times.Cena finally stays down
& The show goes off with Cena down & Batista up the ramp posing.
I really enjoyed doing this.
Thanks,
Ashley Finch(nascardiva9)