Category: Written Reviews

Survivor Series 2005

 

THE UNDERTAKER RETURNS TONIGHT!!!! And probably some matches too. Whatever. UNDERTAKER~!

 

a “where’s Sting?” sign in the crowd. 9 years later, not much has changed . (EDIT: Well gosh, 9 years later at the SVS PPV, which happened months after I wrote this ramble… and bugger me, STING debuts lol)

 

Booker T Vs Chris Benoit – Best of 7 Series for the WWE United States Championship – Match 1

Not sure what to do here. One the one hand, I wanna avoid this like Booker T avoids talent. One the other hand, people tend to praise this match.

Those people can go to hell.

Rating: NO
CAL SCALE – -1

 

Bischoff tells Vince he plans to screw Cena tonight. Cena shows up. Makes a gay comment. Vince tries to act black. Calls Cena the N word. Walks past Booker T. Greatest. Segment. Ever.

 

Trish Stratus Vs Melina – WWE Women’s Championship Match

Mickie James is at ringside too .

So this match takes place because MNM kidnapped Trish and… challenged her to a match. Was the kidnapping part REALLY needed?

CROSS BODY~! Trish launches herself on all 3 members of MNM!

Yes, I’m fully aware that I just skipped a CHRIS BENOIT match and am now sitting through Melina Vs Trish. Suck it.

Melina is nice and aggressive early on, and really smashes the shit out of Trish’s back in the corner with some elbows. Tazz and Joey nearly end up in a fight due to the whole “Raw Vs Smackdown” thing that’s going on at the time .

Oooook, Mickie James and Melina go at it on the outside and… no DQ. While the referee is busy watching those 2 go at it, Nitro and Mercury set up Trish for the Snap Shot! Referee catches them in the act and… no DQ. Because… STUFF~! Instead he sends them to the back.

Ah well, I’m glad the match is continuing because it’s been pretty good so far. Melina is really working over Trish’s back and looks more competent in the ring than I remember her being. Though I rarely actually sat through the women matches even in 05 so fuck knows how much good stuff I might have missed (guessing NOT A LOT tbh lol).

MELINA IS A SCREAMER .

MATRIX~!

STIFF ELBOWS FROM TRISH~!

Some nice counters leading into the finish, including Mickie moving Trish out of the way on the apron to avoid getting hit!

This was actually good lol.

Rating: **
CAL SCALE – 0.5

 

Ric Flair Vs Triple H – Last Man Standing Match

Bah. They had a fucking EPIC match at Taboo Tuesday. One of the best cage matches ever. And then they go on to have this match. And it’s a pile of shite. I know because I watched it not too long ago. I was hoping it would be great and somehow I’d just not “got it” before. Nope. Still sucked. Expecting it to still suck this time around. But I’m gonna watch it anyway just to piss off all the people who for some reason think it’s something other than shit . I’m nice like that .

Lillian looks smoking hot. FAP.

HHH attacks Flair on his way to the ring and Flair already looks out on his feet .

HHH burries the IC title by taking it off of Flair and launching it out of the ring. This match isn’t even for the title, yet the cage match was? Well I guess given the result of this match they didn’t want to put the belt on HHH.

KENDO STICK~! Flair hits HHH a few times with it… then drops it in favour of CHOPS~!

A couple of suplexes later and THE GAME is in control… wait, WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT?

HHH HAS A SCREWDRIVER~! HE’S SCREWING THE NATURE BOY~! HE’S SCREWING FLAIR SO HARD HE’S BLEEDING~!

MISSED KNEE DROP~! FLAIR SELLS IT ANYWAY~!

ANOTHER MISSED KNEE DROP~! FLAIR SELLS THAT ONE TOO~!

Some guys completely no sell shit, but Flair sells shit that doesn’t even connect! GOAT.

“COME ON FLAIR. GET UP YOU OLD BASTARD. STAY DOWN OR I’LL PUT YOU DOWN FOR GOOD.” Fucks sake HHH, make your mind up…

Flair grabs HHH’s balls! TESTICULAR CLAW~! Meh, was better in the cage match than here. Everything was better in the cage match than here though .

HHH grabs a chair… then puts it down and punches Flair in the face instead. Which gives Flair a second wind. I know the feeling. When I get punched in the face repeatedly I too get my second wind…

Is Flair a vampire? I ask because he’s kinda obsessed with blood, and he does a lot of biting in this match too . Wait, no, he can’t be, otherwise he wouldn’t look like a 90 year old man nowadays .

Honestly this match has kinda bored me so far, right up until FLAIR makes a comeback and begins to maul HHH’s legs and testicles. HHH on offence is just rarely a thing of beauty and the LMS rules don’t typically make a match good, it’s what the guys in the match DO with the rules. Here it was just HHH hitting a move, waiting for the count, hitting a move, waiting for the count etc. Flair on the other hand is more about trying to destroy HHH’s legs rather than hitting random shit in hopes of it knocking him out long enough.

Fucks sake. HHH, who just had his legs mauled for a couple of minutes and is limping BAD… decides to go to the outside, pick up the “heavy” steel steps, throw them into the ring, pick them up and RUN INTO FLAIR with them. TWICE. Thankfully the second time fails and Flair turns it around on him… but still. WHY EVEN TRY THAT AT ALL? When my knee is giving me problems I try and avoid doing shit that involved me RUNNING or LIFTING HEAVY OBJECTS or… wait, actually that sounds like me when my knee is fine. MY POINT STILL STANDS THOUGH.

PEDIGREE~!

Flair gets up.

PEDIGREE~!

Flair gets up. Gives HHH the finger .

worst corner punches every by HHH. OOOOOO UUUUUHHHH OOOOOO UHHHHH. Those are the noises he makes .

PEDIGREE~!

Flair gets up. OAP Flair, who has been busted open badly and beaten up most of this match… is making HHH’s finisher look like shit .

Sledgehammer to the back and it’s done with.

Match overall isn’t total garbage, that I’ll admit. But it doesn’t even enter the same stratosphere as the Cage match. Has a bunch of flaws (HHH on offence…) but also has some great moments and FLAIR being FLAIR.

Rating: ***1/4
CAL SCALE – 2

 

Backstage with TEAM SMACKDOWN. Orton is basically saying Batista is useless because he’s hurt. JBL is sucking up to Orton. Mysterio tries to defend Batista. Lashley literally just stands in the back and says NOTHING. Batista shakes his hand and Lashley’s mouth moves but no words come out .

 

LITA FAP FAP FAP FAP FAP. Edge is there too or something. LITA. They announce they will be starting the Cutting Edge soon. Yawn. He mocks some american football player. Yawn. no wait, he’s a Baseball player. My bad. I don’t care. The Baseball dude says he and Edge have something on common; he hits balls, Edge has none. Ummm… how is that having something in common?

 

John Cena Vs Kurt Angle – WWE Championship Match

Angle has his own personal referee; Daivari. SO HE CAN’T POSSIBLY LOSE, RIGHT?

I’m watching this PPV the same day I posted No Mercy 2003 on my site. That show features Angle Vs Cena too. Except it’s fucking TREMENDOUS, unlike every other match they ever had. Maybe on this watch I’ll see greatness in this one?

this was during the time the “You Suck” chants were bleeped .

Angle is a tad over in this match . Cena should have stayed on SD against guys like JBL. I swear that’s the only title defence he had in 2005 where he was the defacto face . He moved to Raw and got into a feud with Christian and Jericho, both of whom got cheered over him. Singles feud with Jericho, who got cheered more than him. And then right into an Angle feud, who was over as fuck at the time regardless of his opponent.

Cena hits a HIP TOSS, and Angle sells it like the match could have been over half a dozen times, but the referee doesn’t count! They could have at least done that spot with a move that could have ACTUALLY potentially possibly maybe won the match…

Bischoff before this match CLEARLY told Vince McMahon that he would SCREW Cena just like Vince screwed Bret in 97. So Angle has the Ankle Lock on Cena, Daivari even kicks Cena’s hand off the ropes and… waits to call for the bell when Cena submits. WHY NOT JUST CALL FOR THE BELL? THE PLAN IS TO SCREW CENA.

Cena slaps Daivari a few times to get himself DQ’d because he’s a pussy. Angle stops the DQ, but Daivari gets taken out so now we get a normal non biased referee.

Angle apparently went to Steiner School since 90% of his offence is suplexes. 6% is submission holds, 2% is punches and the other 14.7% is mat wrestling.

FIVE KNUCKLE WUFFLE~! WHY DID COACH SAY IT LIKE THAT?

Angle clotheslines the referee so we can get another one because… he didn’t like that one? I could understand if Bischoff came running out or something… but another normal referee? WHAT WAS THE POINT?!?!

Angle uppercuts the new referee. Why didn’t that referee DQ Angle in the first place for attacking the other ref?

Lil’ Naich from SD comes out to be the 4th referee, and does nothing but get in the ring and count to 3 straight away because Angle walks into an F-U.

What a load of shitty fuck this match is.

Rating: 1/4*
CAL SCALE – 0

 

Eric Bischoff Vs Teddy Long

Fuck. Off.

Rating: NO
CAL SCALE – -1

 

Batista, JBL, Randy Orton, Rey Mysterio & Bobby Lashley Vs Shawn Michaels, Kane, The Big Show, carlito & Chris Masters – Raw Vs Smackdown Survivor Series Elimination Match

Eddie Guerrero was supposed to be in this match .

Complete silence for Lashley’s entrance . He’s been on TV for like 2 months or something at this point, and was a last minute addition to the team because Eddie couldn’t make it .

So we start with HBK and Orton, who were the final 2 men in the 2003 Raw SVS Elimination Match, which ended with Orton defeating HBK and ending Austin’s career!

SLAPS~!

Orton sells the second slap better than 90% of guys sell a punch.

Masters and Lashley face off and it makes me sad. Masters no longer works for a major promotion and Lashley is TNA World Champion. No justice in the world.

Anyone else really love Lashley’s overhead Belly to Belly suplexes?

LOL Kane chokeslams Lashley while he’s on the apron and hasn’t even been tagged in. HBK pins and he is out of here! Liked how Masters kicked Lashley’s foot away so he couldn’t put it on the ropes given how close he was. Small thing that 99% of people wouldn’t notice but I saw it and loved it because I’m an uber wrestling geek .

the commentators going at it verbally is more interesting than some of the in ring stuff . Tazz and Styles go at it like they legit want to kill each other. Lawler tries to be witty and fails miserably.

Batista finally gets a tag and despite being injured, manages to turn the tide and eliminate Kane!

CHOKESLAM FROM BIG SHOW~! BATISTA KICKS OUT!!!

Kane hasn’t left yet. Show takes out everyone on the apron, then they land a double chokeslam on Batista! The World Heavyweight Champion is eliminated!!!

Big Show Vs The World takes place which is always . Totally murders Rey at one point:

Then everyone gangs up on the giant and hit their finishers… TWICE. Except for Orton. WHY DOES NOBODY TRY TO BREAK UP PINS?!?! I still fucking hate that about elimination matches.

FALL AWAY SLAM ON THE FLOOR~!

Yawn, Carlito with a rest hold. HE GETS CLOTHESLINED STRAIGHT TO FUCKING HELL . JBL is on fire! Meanwhile HBK is dead on the outside after that Fall Away Slam lol. Seriously. He’s just LAYING THERE. Not moving. Nothing .

Masters gets eliminated, and now it’s a 3 on 1 situation for poor old HBK who is STILL DEAD on the floor .

SWEET CHIN MUSIC TO MYSTERIO~!

SWEET CHIN MUSIC TO ORTON SECONDS LATER~!

Orton Vs HBK one more time!

WE WANT TAKER chants .

HBK mounts a big comeback, but both men are exhausted. JBL attempts to level Shawn with a chair, misses and gets taken out… but HBK turns around into an RKO!!! Orton is the sole survivor 3 years in a row, and Team Smackdown have won it!!!

All the SD guys come out to celebrate, and then…

BONG~!

THE RETURN OF THE UNDERTAKER!!!

I like how Orton is terrified and trying to get away but the SD guys have him on their shoulders and don’t let him down for ages .

THE CASKET IS ON FIRE! THE CASKET IS ON FIRE AND THERE IS A HUMAN BEING IN THERE~!

The Undertaker emerges from a casket on fire, and he’s out for fucking REVENGE. He’s also sporting some bad ass stubble too .

UNDERTAKER SQUASHES THE ENTIRE SMACKDOWN ROSTER . If HHH did this he’d get shit on to no end. Undertaker does it and it’s the greatest thing ever. And I’m ok with that .

So, the match. The match is good. A ton of fun. Probably not what it SHOULD have been, had Batista not been injured a couple of weeks prior and Eddie Guerrero didn’t pass away ( ), but they worked a good match regardless. Carlito sucked balls but at least he took a killer Clothesline from Hell. Orton surviving one more time was cool, and nice to see it start with him and HBK and end with him and HBK too. Undertaker return at the end was just icing on the cake. Delicious chocolate icing that tastes better than the actual cake. Not to say the cake isn’t nice because it is, but damn, that icing just makes it a whole lot better. I’m hungry.

Rating: ***1/2
CAL SCALE – 3

 

Overall CAL SCALE – 3.5

The Great American Bash 2005

 

I’m actually really looking forward to watching this show. For ONE match and one match only, but it’s one of my favourite matches so… .

 

MNM Vs Road Warrior Animal & Heidenreich – WWE Tag Team Championship Match

Thought about skipping this match, but I miss MNM so I’m gonna sit through it anyway.

Who the fuck looked at Animal and Heidenreich and thought “HEY LETS PUT THESE TWO TOGETHER AS A NEW VERSION OF THE ROAD WARRIORS!!”? Probably Johnny Ace, being jelous of his brother’s success .

Animal has dedicated this match to Hawk. So either we’re getting new tag champs or Animal is gonna look like a disappointing prick .

Mercury is killing it early on, taking a couple of somewhat basic bumps but milking the fuck out of them, going to the outside, holding his face and having Melina check on him lol.

MNM gain control with their great tag work and a little bit of cheating too . They take out the legs of Heidenreich and use some pretty cool and unique holds on him to work over the leg. Dammit, I think I’m gonna have to do some big MNM project at some point. Once I finish up my 06 project. Undertaker in 2008 project. ECW 2010 project. Probably some other project I’ve started and forgotten .

Hot tag to Animal who runs through both opponents, until he takes a shot to the face with one of the tag belts!

1…2… KICK OUT! Animal is doing this for Hawk, and he ain’t giving up that easy!

DOOMSDAY DEVICE! DOOMSDAY DEVICE! DOOMSDAY DEVICE!

WE’VE GOT NEW TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS!!!

Well this was a solid match. Not that much too it beyond MNM looking great as a team. They just attack Heidenreich’s leg for a while before Animal makes a hot tag, and then the match is over about a minute later . Feel good moment I guess with Animal winning the tag belts for Hawk.

Rating: **1/2
CAL SCALE – 1

 

Eddie asks for some interview time. He’s creepy as FUCK. Awesome . Love that he’s wearing an “Eddie stole my other shirt” shirt. HE STOLE HIS OWN SHIRT. Wait… does it count as stealing if it was yours to begin with?

Eddie tells us that there is a new stipulation for the match with Rey tonight; Rey’s son Dominick gets to be at ringside to watch the match!

 

Christian Vs Booker T

The beginning of the end for Christian in WWE until 2009 . He was red hot on Raw… so they moved him to SD. And did fuck all with him. BECAUSE THAT’S HOW VINCE ROLLS. Prick.

Hell, if I had to wrestle Booker fucking T on PPV I’d leave the company too .

This match is taken place because Christian attacked Booker T from behind before a match. So what happens here? Booker T attacks Christian from behind on the outside to start the match. Fucking hypocrite!

Booker ends up going shoulder first into the ring post and Christian is in control.

ANACONDA VICE BY CHRISTIAN~!

Nothing special whatsoever here. Booker isn’t exactly setting the world on fire with his selling, and Christian is kinda dull controlling the match too. He IS a much better face after all, but still. Boooring here.

Christian for some reason decides to grab Sharmell. Guess he wants some of her like Angle did . He gets slapped for his trouble, and walks right into a Book End!

CHRISTIAN KICKS OUT OF A BOOK END!!! Take THAT, suckaaaa!

From there they at least create some excitement with a cool finishing stretch. Some kickouts etc but never wasting their finishers aside from that Book End, which Christian only kicked out of because Booker was too hurt to cover straight away.

In the end it takes a Scissors Kick from the SECOND ROPE to put Christian away.

Dull first half, great second half. Shame Booker had to win though.

Rating: **
CAL SCALE – 0.5

 

Orlando Jordan Vs Chris Benoit – WWE United states Championship Match

The thought of watching an OJ match makes me wanna punch someone in the face. BUT I’ve been told that this is actually pretty good. It has BENOIT in it so how bad could it possibly be, right?

Wow, 40 years of the US title this year (2014).

They mention on commentary that Benoit and Eddie had a match on SD days before. EVERYONE GO WATCH THAT MATCH NOW. It’s fucking incredible, and probably their second best match in WWE together (behind Vengeance 03. Fuck the haters!).

Benoit is his usual intense and violent self at the start of the match, really taking it to OJ. He does that clothesline/axehandle smash like move coming off the ropes and fuck me I have no idea how OJ even got back up after that.

OJ targets the arm of Benoit in hopes of gaining some sort of control in this match. Benoit sells it well, and OJ… doesn’t thrill me with his arm work lol. You are in the ring with fucking CHRIS BENOIT. Sitting in a sodding arm lock should not even enter your mind tbh. WORK. THE. HOLD.

OJ does that stupid “O J” sign with his finger, allowing Benoit an opportunity to double leg him and punch him in the fucking face . I’ve said it a billion times but I LOVE Benoit’s style and how he makes opponents WORK for control. He’s always looking for openings and will ALWAYS take them, forcing his opponent to take back the control and make sure they don’t give the guy any more opportunities for offence.

For some reason OJ decides to go after Benoit’s neck… after spending half the match focusing on the arm. Then after about 2 minutes of attacking the neck… he’s right back to the arm. Make up your fucking mind dammit.

Benoit looks great during his comeback, sells well still, with the arm work coming into play as OJ is able to break the grip during a German Suplex attempt at one point. Nice little touch.

They end up battling in the corner, and OJ removes the turnbuckle pad and sends Benoit face first into it! JORDAN WINS!

Overall a really good match, but it could have been better had OJ done more than sit in holds. It’s these small things that prevent a match from really being great. Luckily everything else is spot on. I doubt OJ has ever or will ever have a match this good again.

Rating: ***1/2
CAL SCALE – 3

 

The Undertaker Vs Muhammad Hassan – #1 Contender Match for the World Heavyweight Championship

Hassan. Gets moved to SD, feuds with Undertaker… and happens to have a bunch of terrorists come out and choke Undertaker… the same week as terrorists set off bombs in London. And so his career was over. Some people say it was a shame. For him personally, yeah it was. However as a fan, I don’t think it was a shame at all. He sucked. His heat could have been generated by ANYONE. He was anti-American. It’s been done a million times. And by much more talented people that him.

Terrorists have surrounded the ring for the match. Because apparently WWE didn’t learn their lesson…

Hassan botches escaping from Undertaker. He was going from corner to corner, ducking punches and running away… and at one point ends up getting punched in the top of his head .

possibly the GOAT “ref runs away from Undertaker” spot, with the referee diving out of the ring and landing wrong, so he ended up taking a bump to the floor .

While the referee recovers, TERRORISTS ATTACK THE UNDERTAKER. I just can’t get over the fact WWE have TERRORISTS on PPV .

Awesome shot from Undertaker, and Hassan takes it like he really got punched in the face. He just fucking collapses:

Any time Undertaker starts to mount some offence, those TERRORISTS keep getting involved and choking him out with wire.

at some of the faces Undertaker is throwing out while in a Camel Clutch:

Awesome.

CHOKESLAM~! Undertaker wins!!!

After the match, the TERRORIST attack the Dead Man, but end up being MURDERED one by one.

And then finally, the career of Muhammad Hassan is ENDED by The Undertaker!!!

Match is pretty crappy. Hassan does fuck all. Undertaker hits moves, the TERRORISTS attack Undertaker, Hassan tries to pin Undertaker. Rinse and repeat until Undertaker wins.

Rating: *
CAL SCALE – 0

 

bWo Vs Mexicools

Well, TERRORISTS tried to kill Undertaker and Undertaker tried to kill Hassan… so let’s follow that with a comedy match! Yey!

the Mexicools give the Spanish Announce Team a rake .

Mexicools come out on ride on lawn mowers, so the bWo come out on big wheels .

at Psicosis screaming in terror as Steve and Nova Irish Whip Meanie into him in the corner .

Mexicools win. Not much else to see. Mindless fun match and nothing more.

Rating: *
CAL SCALE – 0

 

Eddie Guerrero Vs Rey Mysterio – If Eddie wins, he will reveal Rey’s secret

This is gonna be EPIC.

Oh god, Eddie is GOAT before the match even begins. Demanding that Rey shake his hand and they both smile at Dominick and then hug. Eddie is such a piece of shit, it’s AWESOME. He’s entertaining as hell, but at the same time you still absolutely wanna hate him because he’s being such a CUNT .

At JD, Rey was all about wanting to beat the shit out of Eddie for revenge. Here it’s a different match completely, with Rey trying to go for numerous quick pins in hopes of ending this one quick and putting this “secret” to rest for good.

Eddie gets crotched in the corner… AND SELLS HIS TESTICLES. If that isn’t the greatest sell job in history then I don’t know what is.

Oh man, Rey is superb too. He gets ONE opening and quick as a fucking flash he’s sent Eddie into the ropes, hit a 619 and landing the West Coast Pop!!!

EDDIE KICKS OUT~!

Eddie kicked out and Rey is nearly CRYING because he didn’t win the match. Amazing. Eddie is playing the evil cunt heel to perfection and Rey is playing his part to perfection too.

Oh man, more Eddie cunty heel schtick. He grabs Dominick and puts him between himself and Rey. Then when he lets him go and Rey checks on him, Eddie attacks Rey from behind!!!

All the while Eddie keeps looking back over at Dominick and smiling .

Between being a complete DICK, Eddie is of course trying to win the match. Working over the back of Mysterio, as well as being a DICK and stomping on his head etc.

Mysterio is in almost a life or death situation though, so no matter what Eddie does, he cannot put Rey away!

Another flurry of offence from Rey, which leads to him going for a legdrop off the ropes, only to miss. Eddie is as he gets back up and starts DANCING WITH JOY at the fact he missed the legdrop, and then hits the 3 Amigos!!!

BRAINBUSTER~! Eddie Vs Murdoch in a Brainbuster match please. If heaven exists it’s probably already happened .

FROGSPLASH~! Eddie is cocky as fuck, looks over at Dominick again… then gets caught in a flash pin by Rey!!!! REY DID IT! REY DID IT!!!

I need to start up smoking just so I can have a cigarette every time I finish watching this match. Glorious. I don’t think STARS~! could ever do this match justice… that being said, I’m gonna slap some on it anyway. Fuck the haters, it’s happening. And it deserves EVERY star it’s getting. This match is perfect. PERFECT. Storytelling is off the charts. Character work from both men makes every main eventer on the main roster in WWE right now look like they’ve been in the business for a week. The actual in ring work is possibly underrated too, because it DOES get overshadowed by everything else, but there is NOTHING that can be pointed to as being anything short of fantastic imo.

Rating: *****
CAL SCALE – 9

 

Torrie Wilson Vs Melina – Bra & Panties Match – Special Guest Referee Candice Michelle

FAP FAP FAP FAP FAP FAP FAP FAP FAP FAP FAP FAP.

Rating: *
CAL SCALE – 0

 

Batista Vs JBL – World Heavyweight Championship Match

33 minutes still left on the DVD. Even if they take up 13 minutes with the video package and entrances… that STILL leaves 20 minutes for the match .

Video package and entrance are over. 25 minutes left still .

They fumble about and brawl or something… then JBL sits in rest holds to wear down Batista. I read an article on “What if Sega still made consoles”. It was pretty shit but I had more fun reading it that sitting through most of this match.

Ref bump. Orlando Jordan. Cheating. Batista decks JBL with a chair and gets DQ’d. After all of that, the match ends in a fucking DQ?

Rating: 1/4*
CAL SCALE – 0

 

Overall CAL SCALE – 13.5

Judgment Day 2005

 

Here stands the sinful man, to face his judgment day…

 

MNM Vs Hardcore Holly & Charlie Hass – WWE Tag Team Championship Match

Melina needs to return to do nothing but her entrance every night.

Hass & Holly. What a team.

Crazy arm drag near the start of this match that was SUPPOSED to send Nitro through the ropes, but he got all caught up instead and ruined what could have potentially been an awesome spot .

Mercury makes a mistake of CHOPPING Hardcore Holly. Oh boy. Holly turns him around and chops the absolute shit out of him . Nitro tries to help out and runs right into a chop too and gets knocked off the apron!

Holly and Hass seem to have this one in hand, with Holly setting Mercury up for the Alabama Slam… but gets caught with a superkick behind the referee’s back!

Time for MNM to take control, something I’m a fan of. Really enjoyed MNM’s run back in the day, they were probably the best team WWE had after the E&C/Hardys/Dudleys era and before THE SHIELD came along.

Bah, MNM barely get any time to work over Holly before he makes the hot tag. Hass comes in on FIRE, and even launches himself over the ropes onto both Nitro and Mercury! Melina gets involved to no avail, but Holly ends up running shoulder first into the ring post leaving Hass alone for a Snap Shot.

Fine match. Just didn’t get the time it needed to really be a good match.

Rating: **
CAL SCALE – 0.5

 

The Big Show Vs Carlito

Carlito poisoned Big Show with an Apple . He never has much luck. Poison Apple. Bad Burrito. Shot with a tranquilliser gun…

Matt Morgan is the bodyguard for Carlito. He looks pretty weird with jet black hair and beard . Oh he also has a stutter because…

Show dominates early on, then Morgan interferes and Carlito gets about 20 seconds of offence in before Show just starts throwing him away with one hand which is pretty fun to watch. Big Show is basically telling Carlito to fuck off because he’s nothing .

REF BUMP~!

F-5 FROM MATT MORGAN~!

Carlito wins.

Well this was… a match.

Rating: 1/2*
CAL SCALE – 0

 

Paul London Vs Chavo Guerrero – WWE Cruiserweight Championship Match

Chavo is pretty aggressive early on. London tries to take him down and Chavo just kicks the shit out of him. Guess he’s letting out all that built up frustration that he’s had bottled up for years from being a disappointment to the Guerrero family… .

London has bad ribs going into this match or something (not taped up though), but they aren’t bothering him much early on… until he goes for a 450 splash and lands right on the knees of Chavo! Fuck, normally with shit like that you can clearly see how they’ve protected themselves… but not here. Looked like London actually landed ribs first onto Chavo’s knees. OUCH.

So… London is retarded. Chavo is working his bad ribs, then the moment he gets a chance to make a comeback… he does a flip off the ropes to the floor. And BARELY even touches Chavo, instead landing back first HARD on the mat. So Chavo sucks for not protecting him, and London sucks for doing that kind of move in this match. And then basically not fucking selling it straight after. Bah.

450 Splash about a minute later and London retains. Damn. Never thought a match with Chavo would have a problem OTHER THAN Chavo being in the match.

Rating: 1/2*
CAL SCALE – 0

 

Booker T is looking for Angle. Turns out Angle is off to rape Sharmell. She’s saved by the… music, in this case, as Angle’s music starts playing for his match . WHO THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA?

 

Kurt Angle Vs Booker T

Oh god, this feud . Angle goes from feuding with HBK at WM to… wanting to rape Sharmell .

Kurt Angle likes gutter sluts .

He wants perverted bestiality sex with Sharmell .

Oh, not watching this match btw. Fuck that .

Rating: NO
CAL SCALE – -1

 

Orlando Jordan Vs Heidenreich – WWE United States Championship Match

Rating: NO
CAL SCALE – -1

 

Eddie Guerrero Vs Rey Mysterio

Fuck. Yes.

THIS is the match I wanted to see on this show. Already watched their awful, awful WM match, and their average ladder match from SS. Now it’s time to watch the real good stuff from their feud. JD, followed by the GAB match. Hell I might even stick on their SD match in between too for the hell of it. Possibly even their cage match too.

Eddie slowly turning into a heel was just tremendous. Nobody, NOBODY was better than Eddie Guerrero in 2005 around this time. NO. BODY.

Great to see a match with Eddie and Mysterio start off as a FIGHT rather than them doing fancy shit. Mysterio was taken out with a brainbuster on the steel steps and is returning tonight to take revenge, and Eddie, well, has gone insane over the last few weeks. Both guys want to DESTROY the other. Just cool to know that these guys can put on the most perfect wrestling/high flying match like at Halloween Havoc 1997 and then have a match like this where they want to kill on another.

The back, ribs and neck of Rey are still hurt from that Brainbuster on the steps a few weeks ago, so Eddie makes sure to focus on everything. Smashing Rey back first onto the announce table, hitting that beautiful back suplex than only Eddie can do so perfectly, applying a headlock, and of course the classic abdominal stretch!

Eddie is out to prove on thing and one thing only; he’s BETTER than Rey Mysterio. After his loss to Rey at WM, Eddie slowly began to lose it, and slowly but surely he turned heel as he decided he needs to do anything and everything to BEAT Rey, no matter the cost to their friendship.

Rey gets a bunch of little comeback attempts as you would expect, but unlike usual, he isn’t flying around, instead he’s just trying to punch the fuck out of Eddie. This is PERSONAL, and an arm drag ain’t personal enough!

Eddie begins to drag Rey outside to the steel steps to hit another Brainbuster, and Rey’s attempts to get away are just incredible. He KNOWS what Eddie wants to do to him, and he desperately tries to escape until Eddie grabs the back of his mask and pummels him. Beautiful lol. Rey manages to save himself by shoving Eddie into the ring post, then uses the ring post for a unique 619!!!

BIG BOOT FROM MYSTERIO~! The whole set up to it was awesome too. Now it’s time for a Mysterio comeback . He uses a mix of quick high flying moves to ground Eddie, then follows up with PUNCHES TO THE FACE .

TOP ROPE SUPERPLEX~! Rey’s back and ribs may not recover from that!

Eddie makes the cover… but Rey kicks out! Eddie gets angry and continues to cover Rey who continues to kick out!

Cool to see Eddie calm himself down so he doesn’t lose focus and potentially cost himself the match. He goes for 3 Amigos, but ends up caught up in the ropes, perfect position for the 619! Rey is too hurt to follow up though.

For some reason Chavo shows up to distract the referee, allowing Eddie to bring a chair in. It backfires on Eddie though, and he still ends up taking a 619!!!

West Coast Pop coming up… and Rey flies right into a CHAIR SHOT TO THE FACE. Eddie has lost it, and gets DQ’d as a result. This is FAR from over!!!

Eddie continues to beat the fuck out of Rey with a chair after the match. FINALY appearance to help Rey to the back .

God, this is spectacular. The HATE~! The way Eddie does whatever he can to beat Rey, only to realise that on this night he CAN’T do it, so he smashes Rey’s face in with a chair instead. He can’t BEAT Mysterio, but he can sure as hell BEAT HIM UP. And this will soften Mysterio up for the next time they wrestle!

Rating: ****1/4
CAL SCALE – 6

 

John Cena Vs JBL – WWE Championship I Quit Match

JBL is carrying the ORIGINAL WWE Championship belt to the ring, because Cena has that god awful pile of shite spinner belt that lasted WAY too long. Now he have another shitty belt design brought to us by The Rock. Just bring back the WWE/Undisputed title back please. It looked awesome.

What. The. Fuck. Cena comes out on… a big truck thingy with speakers and some loser DJ making Cena’s theme sound even worse. Then he walks on JBL’s limo and breaks the bullhorns off. VANDAL~!

MOVE ON THE FLOOR~! No idea what it was exactly until they show us a replay because the camera was not in position. Tazz thinks it was a DDT, despite the fact Cena is up BEFORE JBL who hit the move . Turns out it was a neckbreaker.

“SAY I QUIT OR YOUR ASS IS MINE!”. Cena better say it tbh, because we’ve all heard the stories of JBL in the shower with guys .

right after that JBL steals the belt off the time keeper.

CHOKING CENA USING THE BELT AND RING POST~! But of course Super Cena is able to be choked out for a while then fight right out of it .

Close call on that back body drop from one table through the other. One inch the other way and JBL could have SERIOUSLY hurt himself there.

Ahh, the ever classic JBL chair shot while down at the side of an announce table . None will ever compare to the Eddie one, but it’s always fun to see. Cena is BUSTED WIDE OPEN too . The way the blood is makes it seem like his NECK is bleeding instead .

STEEL STEPS TO THE FACE~! JBL beating people up never gets olds. Sweet jebus, Cena is really trying to emulate Eddie from the year prior with his blade job. His face and body are COVERED in blood. But despite losing that blood AND being choked with a chain, he still fights back…

Cena comeback. F-U. JBL tries to leave. Tazz: “HEY, YOU CAN’T DO THAT!” .

JBL again hits a neckbreaker on Cena, this time on the hood of the limo. And AGAIN Cena is the first to move around. Fucks sake.

JBL went head first through a TV . I’m sorry, but that’s fucking HILARIOUS rather than brutal. JBL then gets smashed through a limo window and… that does look more brutal than funny .

SUPLEX ON TOP OF THE LIMO~!

Must be great to be able to smash up a limo whenever you feel like it for TV.

Wow, I’m actually getting bored with them beating each other up. JBL seems to just want to choke Cena constantly. He’s done it about 5 times now and it’s never worked for him. And then JBL climbs on a speaker right next to a table in a blatant set up to a table spot.

the finish is fucking hilariously bad . JBL has been beaten up, head through a TV and a car window… but Cena walks over to him with a metal pipe and JBL quits. And then Cena hits him with it anyway because he’s a fucking cunt. Didn’t he do something similar with Batista too? Batista quit and Cena still gave him an F-U through the stage because he’s a fucking piece of shit? Yeah, I’m sure that’s what happened. 2010, right?

This has some good stuff here and there, but overall feels like a forced brawl. Eddie/Rey had a better brawl right before it and didn’t resort to blood or weapons outside of the chair shot that ENDED the match.

Rating: ***
CAL SCALE – 2

 

Overall CAL SCALE – 6.5

Backlash 2005

 

ONE. MORE. MATCH. ONE. MORE. MATCH. ONE. MORE. MATCH.

 

Chris Jericho Vs Shelton Benjamin – WWE Intercontinental Championship Match

It’s the rematch from Taboo Tuesday!!!

Fun start to this one as they do the whole “2 babyfaces being athletic” shtick. At least… I think Jericho is the babyface. Then it really picks up when Shelton tries to hit a sunset powerbomb from the apron to the floor, only to get countered into a hurricanrana!

From there Jericho definitely goes HEEL~! on us, calling Benjamin a bitch, smashing him onto the exposed barricade and posing the crowd like a douche. Commentators confirm that they ARE both faces here (not in those terms of course, this ain’t Russo era Nitro…). But as the veteran, Jericho knows he can’t be nice all the time during a match especially with the IC title on the line. He wants the GOLD, not the fans love.

JERICHO WAS CAUGHT IN THE ACT BY SHELTON~! The act was attempting to springboard off the ropes though. Not sex. That we know of. Maybe he did. Not like the commentators would know. Moving on…

Remember when Shelton turned heel? And didn’t have his MAMMA with him? His entire gimmick was him wearing sunglasses and an open shirt .

Very back and forth style match here, usually having Benjamin using his crazy athleticism to gain the advantage while Jericho uses his veteran instincts to counter Benjamin or anger him enough to make a mistake.

STINGER SPLASH~! LOL IT MISSED~! So apparently STING is appearing on WWE TV tonight (when I’m writing this, duh. 14/07/2014 is the date. Or 07/14/2014 if you live in one of those backward places ).

T-BONE~! Jericho is too near the ropes and easily gets his foot on the bottom rope to break the count despite the fact both his legs were under the ropes the entire time AND Shelton was under the ropes too. Stupid fucking referee.

awesome counter from Jericho who avoided that spinning kick thingy Shelton does, turning it right into the Walls of Jericho! And this time Shelton grabs the ropes.

Loving Jericho channelling his HEELNESS for the match. All about the GOLD baby. Arguing with the referee on 2 counts, kicking Shelton when he’s down (literally), calling Shelton a bitch, and refusing to let go of the Walls even when Shelton gets into the ropes.

Utterly crazy (in a great way) sequence of roll up attempts for the finish with Shelton finally being able to lock a pin on Jericho and getting the win!

Super fun match. Really good. Both guys played their roles really well, especially Jericho taking on the role of a heel so we didn’t get a generic baby face vs baby face match. Shelton has far too much athleticism. It’s not normal. He should give me some of it.

Rating: ***1/2
CAL SCALE – 3

 

The Heart Throbs Vs William Regal & Tajiri Vs Maven & Simon Dean Vs La Resistance Vs The Hurricane & Rosey – World Tag Team Championship Tag Team Turmoil Match

The Heart Throbs . Forgot they existed. Originally the Heartbreakers but had to change their name because of Shawn Michael’s nickname. They obviously didn’t want anyone thinking they were associated with HBK .

Regal & Tajiri are the tag champs coming into this match, and in order to retain their belts they must last the entire match! I genuinely don’t remember who wins this so I’m hoping for the champs to retain so we get REGAL AND TAJIRI the entire match.

TAJIRI KICKS~! God we need those the entire match. One of the HT’s break up a pin and Tajiri fucking chases him down and kicks him repeatedly until his partner saves him .

Did the Heart Throbs and THE DICKS ever have a match? Were they even around at the same time?

YES. Tajiri pins one of the HT’s.

I need to lose some weight. Fuck DDP Yoga, I need to get myself on the SIMON SYSTEM!

Poor Tajiri is fucked, but finally gets the hot tag to Regal who MAULS Dean and Maven. KNEE TREMBLER~!

The French dudes waste no time double teaming Regal (NOT LIKE THAT YOU PERVES) to try and finish him off (NOT LIKE THAT YOU PERVES) before Tajiri can recover from his double team earlier (NOT LIKE THAT YOU PERVES).

Tajiri doesn’t stay down for long, and those KICKS make an appearance sooner than I was expecting so YEY .

Not it’s time for REGAL to be the FIP so Tajiri can fully recover on the apron. It doesn’t last too long because Regal is a fucking BOSS and beats the shit out of anyone he gets near.

THOSE DAMN FRENCHIES STEAL A WIN! Regal is pinned with his trunks half way up his arse! This means we are guaranteed NEW tag champs. And also means no more Regal and Tajiri .

OUCH. Fucking OUCH. Hurricane takes a bump over the turnbuckle but his leg catches on the post and fuck me, that HAD to have hurt.

WORLD’S STRONGEST SLAM BY ROSEY~! Not just the French that are stealing shit in this match!

Double team move and we have NEW tag team champions… THE HURRICANE AND ROSEY!

Match is fun, but because of the format of the Turmoil match, none of the matches really get enough time to develop into anything that good. None of the pairings were bad, just none stick out.

Rating: **3/4
CAL SCALE – 1

 

Chris Benoit Vs Edge – Last Man Standing Match

A sign in the crowd saying “Benoit going over the Edge”. Kinda has a different meaning today…

Benoit is out to HURT Edge and wastes no time with fancy wrestling, instead he takes Edge down and punches him in the fucking face. I wish I could punch Edge in the face. God he was so fucking annoying, useless and stale from like half way through 06 up until he retired.

They end up brawling in the crowd at one point and I have no idea what they are doing because all the camera shows is a bunch of fans screaming and waving the moment the camera gets near to them .

SHARPSHOOTER BY BENOIT~! EARL HEBNER IS THE REFEREE~! EDGE TAPS OUTS~! I JUST REMEMBERED THIS IS A LAST MAN STANDING MATCH~! DAMN~! LOL~!

SUICIDE DIVE INTO A TRASH CAN LID~! Not quite as impactful as the Steel Chair version, but the sound was AWESOME.

SUPERPLEX ONTO A TRASH CAN~! Benoit is convulsing.

Plenty of HATE~! from both men, which is exactly what was needed. I actually really liked Edge during this time. He was a pretty great heel and was a pretty good brawler in his own right too. Shame things went downhill for him basically when he lost the WWE Title after 2 weeks.

GERMAN SUPLEX OF THE FUCKING LADDER. I actually don’t seem to recall that happening before. Or since, actually. Damn, the normal German Benoit hits right afterwards actually looked BETTER .

Missed Diving Headbutt is actually a little difficult to watch as you see him roll around in pain and you know what he’d end up doing in 07.

CROSSFACE~! Edge is tapping out AGAIN but it don’t matter. Benoit keeps it locked in until Edge passes out.

Edge manages to get up, and Benoit goes back on the attack but gets caught with a DDT on the MITB briefcase! Benoit gets up! SPEAR! Benoit gets up AGAIN! Edge cannot believe it! SPEAR! Holy shit Benoit is STILL getting up!

Benoit is refusing to give up here, and Edge has to resort to using a fucking BRICK that he was carrying in the briefcase! Benoit is done.

Really good LMS match that I think tends to get forgotten by a lot of people these days, which is a shame because it’s better than like 70% of the matches people remember. They beat the absolute shit out of each other and don’t have to resort to a million big spots through tables and off the stage etc. The big spots here involve suplexes and a BRICK. And they are better than the shite we tend to get these days.

Rating: ***1/2
CAL SCALE – 3

 

Lita backstage talking to Kane, saying how she almost wants Viscera to win tonight so Trish has to have sex with him .

 

Lawler brings out a bunch of the diva sluts to promote the new diva magazine. he almost doesn’t recognise Victoria . Chris Masters interrupts.

Time for a $3000 Master Lock Challenge! He picks a women. With muscles. Masters takes the piss and claims she could easily be a man. Which is true. She does kinda look like a man. She doesn’t break the Master Lock. Shocking.

 

Viscera has a slutty red dress for Trish to wear when he fucks her after he beats Kane .

 

Kane Vs Viscera

no.

kidding. I’m totally watching this .

FAP FAP LITA AND FAP FAP TRISH are at ringside.

Viscera returning to WWE at this time was awesome for me as a fan. Always liked him, even if, you know, he’s never really had many great matches . Just one of those guys that I loved as a kid because he was so HUGE and larger than life, and it carried over to me as an adult. NOSTALGIA and all that shizniz.

BIG BEEFIE BASTARDS HITTING EACH OTHER. That about sums this match up . BUT they also show off their athleticism too. Kane with a clothesline off the ropes to the FLOOR, and Viscera with that wheel kick. Always amazes me when I see him do that. How the FUCK does someone THAT BIG do that? I probably couldn’t do that.

Viscera shoves Lita down, even though she’s injured and got a crutch! You bastard! I hate you! Ha, Kane smashes his face into the ring post a few times. TAKE THAT!

CRUTCH TO A STEEL CHAIR SENDING IT RIGHT INTO TRISH’S FACE!!!

Viscera brings Lita into the ring and tries to tongue her. He gets a big boot for his trouble. LOL.

CHOKESLAM TO VISCERA~! Kane wins, and poor Viscera doesn’t get to fuck Trish.

Super fun big man battle. Genuinely good match.

Trish gets in Viscera’s face (not in the way he wanted), so he gives her a BEAR HUG and rag dolls her around. Then he follows it up with a BIG SPLASH. Aaaaand Trish is dead. Viscera just turned face too I think .

WORLD’S LARGEST LOVE MACHINE on his way!

Rating: ***
CAL SCALE – 2

 

Shawn Michaels & Hulk Hogan Vs Muhammad Hassan & Daivari

ONE. MORE. MATCH. ONE. MORE. MATCH. The words I can honestly say have never come out of my mouth when it comes to Hogan. Unless it’s “I hope to fucking jebus we never get one more match from Hogan”.

Hogan and Shawn start off strong, even hitting a double big boot on Hussan.

Hogan grabs a Hulk Hogan hat from a fan in the front row and puts it on Daivari, then punches him in the face. Ummm… does that mean Hogan hates his fans and wanted to punch the dude in the face? .

HUSSAN HITS SHAWN WITH A PIPE~!

Hussan and Daivari work over Shawn and… its dull because they both suck. Best thing about the match at this point is Hogan working the apron and constantly trying to come into the ring to save HBK.

Shawn, with his bad back history, who got hit in the back with a pipe during this match, and had two guys work over his back… just lifted Hussan on his shoulders out of the Camel Clutch and hit an electric chair.

Well, Hogan out does Shawn by getting hit with the pipe in the back and then Hulking up right after .

SUPER KICK~! Hogan pins Daivari. Shawn hit the super kick btw, not Hogan .

This was… a match. With 4 guys in it. And a pin at the end.

It sucked . Hogan’s apron work was seriously the best part.

Then this happens:

Rating: *
CAL SCALE – 0

 

Christian . He doesn’t have a match tonight though . Maybe he wrestled on Heat. Which sucks because he’s PPV quality. At least he gets to come out for PROMO TIME. He’s going to RAP .

ON RAW, YOU’VE GOT BATISTA, WITH MUSCLES TO SPARE.

BUT HE’S GOT CHARISMA, LIKE TOMKO’S GOT HAIR.

YOU’VE GOT TRIPLE H & RIC FLAIR, THEIR LEGEND STILL GROWS.

26 TITLES BETWEEN THEM, AND THE WORLD’S BIGGEST NOSE.

HAVE YOU HEARD THE ONE ABOUT JBL? YOU KNOW THE RICH GUY ON SMACKDOWN.

I HEARD HIS TAXES ARE STILL SOARING, BUT HE’S NO WRESTLING GOD, HE’S THE GOD OF BORING.

Yeah I’m bored of writing that out now .

 

Batista Vs Triple H – World Heavyweight Championship match

So this match is all about the PEDIGREE. HHH claims Batista FEARS it, and knows that if HHH hits it in the match, his title reign is OVER.

A slight distraction from Flair on the outside, and HHH runs right at Batista to start this thing off! 2 Pedigree attempts and Batista escapes with fear in his eyes and HHH just smiles. Then Batista fires back by attempting a Batista Bomb and HHH is the one to back away in fear! Nice little story for this match and so far they are executing it well .

HHH keeps trying to land the Pedigree, but on a 3rd attempt Batista just POWERS HHH up and over the ropes to the floor, so HHH needs to change up his game plan. SPINEBUSTER INTO THE BARRICADE~! SUPLEX ON THE FLOOR~! And now HHH begins to take the power away from the WHC and work on the back! Smart stuff!

The back work already pays off early as Batista catches a small break and attempts the Batista Bomb again, but he simply cannot lift The Game up!

HHH is doing nothing fancy here. Elbows to the back. Smashing his shoulder into the back. Strong Irish Whip into the corner. Simple stuff, but it all looks great and Batista is actually selling the back really fucking well too. More often than not it’s the simple shit that makes matches good, and so far this is proof of that.

Dammit. Batista starts to build momentum, and as he does, he basically fucking ignores the back work. His entire selling of it involves him holding his back for a second after throwing HHH into the ring steps. Fucks sake Batista, this match was going so well until you FUCKED IT UP.

Now Batista is making it worse by doing things like a fucking powerslam. SELL. THE. BACK. YOU. FUCK.

Batista easily picks HHH up for the Batista Bomb (because you know, it’s easier to do now after his back has been destroyed the entire match…), but HHH had the WHC in his hands and smashes it right in the face of the champ!!!

Pedigree attempt and oh look Batista POWERS OUT OF IT. Because his injured back makes him stronger…

REF BUMP~!

PEDIGREE~!

HHH HAS THE MATCH WON BUT THE REFEREE IS DEAD~!

Flair throws the referee back in but he’s still dead . You’d think that for such an important match they’d have backup referees ready to come out just in case. Instead we get another referee showing up 2 minutes later still putting his referee shirt on because he wasn’t prepared .

SPINEBUSTER~! Batista is still able to hit these big power moves because NO SELLING~!

LOW BLOW TO THE REFEREE . HHH obviously thinks he’s about to lose. And he is.

LOW BLOW TO BATISTA~!

Batista steals Undertaker’s Last Ride spot by hitting the Batista Bomb out of the corner, and this is over. Batista retains.

*sigh* this was on its way to being fucking GREAT. And then Batista decided that selling is for losers and killed it. Shame.

Rating: ***1/4
CAL SCALE – 2

 

Overall CAL SCALE – 11

Unforgiven 2005

 

Edge. Hardy. Cage. Blood. Violence. LITA. FAP.

 

Ric Flair Vs Carlito – WWE Intercontinental Championship Match

Old Lion Vs Young Lion. The Young Lion is trying to use his youth and quickness to his advantage, while the Old Lion tries to rely on what kept him leader of the pack for so many years. And when you have chops that’ll rip nipples off and thumbs that adore poking out eyes, then even an Old Lion stands a chance!

Flair chops a bunch of times, Carlito does… whatever the fuck he does to control a match and make me wanna sleep and then… omg… and then it happens.

FLAIR GOES TO THE ROPES AND DOESN’T GET THROWN OFF!!! YEY!!!

He tries again and ends up getting dropkicked .

Carlito grabs an apple, takes a bite and… FLAIR PUNCHES HIM IN THE MOUTH! CARLITO IS CHOKING ON APPLE! FIGURE FOUR! TAP OUT!

THE NATURE BOY RIC FLAIR IS THE NEW INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPION!!!

Flair was super fun, Carlito was super shit.

Flair drags some whores out of the crowd to celebrate with.

Rating: *
CAL SCALE – 0

 

FAP FAP LITA is backstage and wants to make Edge happy.

 

Torrie Wilson & Victoria Vs Trish Stratus & Ashley

remember WWE’s version of the Beautiful People? Torrie (and that stupid little dog), Victoria and Candice Michelle. At least they were actually hot, unlike most of TNA’s Beautiful People (one specifically… urgh)

Rating: NO
CAL SCALE – -1

 

The Big Show Vs Snitsky

potential for a monster battle here.

ZZ TOP IN THE AUDIENCE~!

Lol, they try to show us what happened a few weeks ago but Show jumps the gun and charges at Snitsky so they have to cut off the video and go back to live action .

when Snitsky locks in a rest hold they actually cut to the video from 3 weeks ago so we can finally see the shots to Show with the ring bell. FUCK REST HOLDS LETS SHOW VIOLENCE!!!

BACK SUPLEX TO THE BIG SHOW~!

CHOKESLAM~! And it’s over with.

Fairly short, but a fun battle between these two big dudes.

After the match Show levels Snitsky with the ring bell for some revenge. He’s about to leave but remembers Snitsky hit him TWICE, so he needs to get another shot in too lol.

Rating: **
CAL SCALE – 0.5

 

Shelton Benjamin Vs Kerwin White

oh man, Kerwin White.

Rating: NO
CAL SCALE – -1

 

Matt Hardy Vs Edge – Steel Cage Match

I’ve been waiting for this one .

Matt throws some fucking AMAZING punches early on. They make one hell of a sound too.

Hardy is determined to destroy Edge inside the cage, while Edge is all about simply trying to win and ESCAPE.

Sweet counter out of the Twist of Fate, as Edge shoves Hardy right into the steel cage, and fuck me Matt takes one hell of a bump into it lol. And now Edge can continue what he started at SummerSlam, and focus in on the head of Matt.

Why did Edge never wrestle like this on a regular basis? He’s actually really fucking good at trying to smash Hardy’s head in worse than that time in Game of Thrones with you know who and whatshisname (NO SPOILERS HERE, YOU ARE WELCOME).

Hardy is super awesome at selling his head injury too. He looks out of it, he’s out on his feet, throwing punches at nobody etc. Great stuff.

OH SHIT at that powerbomb into the side of the cage. Hardy’s head catches on the top rope on the way down too. Shiiiit. That HAD to fuck him up a bit.

The longer the match goes on, the more confident Edge gets that hell, he might ACTUALLY be able to take Matt out for good. So escape is no longer an option. Sheer DESTRUCTION of Matt Hardy is all that’s on his mind.

POWERBOMB OFF THE TOP ROPE~! at the fans reaction. Two teenagers or something (MALE, Cody…) both cringe like it was the most horrific thing ever .

MATT HARDY WILL NOT DIE!!! He kicks out, then proceeds to BITE the hands of Edge!!!

Almost a call back spot to SummerSlam with Matt dropping Edge head first down onto the turnbuckle, only here it’s the turnbuckle cover and not the ring post, but it’s enough to knock Edge a little loopy!

Edge perhaps realises that Hardy WILL NOT DIE for real, and decides he needs to escape this time.

HARDY COMEBACK~! Edge is tied up in the ropes and Matt is unloading lefts and rights all over his face!!!

EDGE IS BLEEDING~! Damn, I actually just realised that all the offence to Matt’s head in the match DIDN’T bust him open. So when Matt makes EDGE bleed it really puts over the whole REVENGE~! part for me.

Matt begins to target the head of Edge now, but he wants to come off the ropes with the MITB briefcase (that Lita sent into the ring earlier), and that costs him when Edge pushes the referee into the ropes.

SPEAR INTO THE SIDE OF THE CAGE~!

Edge tries to escape and… SIDE EFFECT OFF THE TOP ROPE~!

Lita (looking VERY Fap Fap btw) tries to send a chair into the ring too, but the referee takes it away… so he dives into the cage herself to break up a potential 3 count!

TWIST OF FATE TO LITA~!

HAHAHAHAHA SPEAR TO MATT RIGHT AFTERWARDS. DON’T YOU FUCKING TOUCH LITA YOU PRICK!!!

Edge again tries to escape, but ends up getting his face smashed into the cage a bunch of times. Matt climbs the cage and…

LEG DROP~!

That looked spectacular.

MATT HARDY WINS~!

This is tremendous. Fuck me, a year with 2 epic, EPIC cage matches on PPV. Insane. Right up there with Flair/HHH for sure. Christ knows which I think is better. This? No. HHH/Flair? No. Maybe. I DON’T KNOW. They both rule.

Rating: ****3/4
CAL SCALE – 8

 

Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch Vs The Hurricane & Rosey – World Tag Team Championship Match

Murdoch has an awesome look for wrestling. Fuck the “office” in WWE who just want 6’5 270lb guys with bodies like Arnold Swashinager.. Swarshinegger… that dude that played The Terminator.

Anyway, yeah, Murdoch has a great look. He’s a little podgy but can move around and looks mean and nasty and legit seems like a dude you wouldn’t wanna have a bar fight with.

love him trying to come on to Lillian Garcia mid-match. But it was all a plan to make Hurricane come off the apron and get him, leading to a fucking sick DDT from the corner of the ring onto the floor . And of course this now leads the S.H.I.T. all alone!

Rosey tries to fight off 2 opponents by himself, and does ok for a little while. Hurricane is being carried out, and sees his partner in trouble on the titantron, and comes back down to help! He tags in and just starts throwing a right hand at everyone because his left arm is dead.

SWEET N SOUR~!

NEW TAG CHAMPIONS!!!

Fun match!

Rating: **1/2
CAL SCALE – 1

 

Maria wants to know why people call Chris Masters the MASTURBATE . Then she starts signing the TMNT theme song. Maria was awesome.

 

Chris Masters Vs Shawn Michaels

Masters attacks HBK before the bell and applies the Master Lock!!! The bell rings and Masters goes for it again, but Shawn is ready for it now and manages to escape before it’s locked in, and begins to get a little revenge on the young punk for that quick start!

Man, Shawn is PISSED lol. He’s out to destroy Masters for daring to attack him before the bell it seems. Sends him into the steel steps a few times, then goes for a chair! But the referee takes it away, allowing Masters to take advantage.

POWERBOMB INTO THE RING POST. TWICE. HBK’S BACK IS FUCKED!!!

Back work by Masters . Some great clubbing blows, elbows and knees. Simple, but looks great. Masters’ first run in WWE outside of this match really wasn’t very good, but you could see the potential he had to be as great as he ended up being when he returned, and this is probably THE match to see that potential.

Anyone else love when guys do a backbreaker then hold their opponent on their knee and push them down onto it? One of my favourite submissions for back work tbh.

TORTURE RACK~!

Fuck me what a sick clothesline to cut off HBK .

BATTLE TO LOCK IN THE MASTERLOCK~! HBK grabs the referee, then low blows Masters!!! The veteran certainly knows what he’s doing!

Shawn starts his comeback and ignores all the fucking back work which pisses me off to no end lol.

SWEET CHIN MASTER LOCK! Masters countered the superkick right into a Master Lock!!!

HBK tries to do the old “push off the ropes and roll the guy up” spot but Masters is too strong and doesn’t fall back. Shawn is fading, but the fans bring him back into the match, and this time instead of trying to push off the ropes, he climbs OVER them, putting himself in the ropes so Masters has to release the hold!!! Now that was fucking SMART and awesome.

Great little sequence at the end right into a superkick, and Shawn Michaels picks up the win!

Other than Shawn ignoring the back work during his main comeback, this was great. Masters looked awesome. And the match should have been better, but HBK actually fucked up. Bah. SELL THE BACK YOU TWAT.

Rating: ***1/2
CAL SCALE – 3

 

Flair takes a FLAIR BUMP from shagging 4 women during the PPV.

 

John Cena Vs Kurt Angle – WWE Championship Match

at Lawler trying to sound all smart and shit, by asking if either JR or Coach could remember who Cena’s debut match in WWE was against. Without missing a beat JR quickly answers “Angle” and Lawler is just SILENT . As if JIM FUCKING ROSS wouldn’t know that .

So Angle out-wrestles Cena at the start. Cena tries to turn it into a brawl. Then Angle starts throwing out suplexes. You know the deal if you’ve seen any match they’ve had lol.

I like how Cena comes into this match with a “bad” ankle, and it’s all taped up and shit, and Angle clearly looks at it before the bells rings… then doesn’t do a damn thing with the ankle until like 15 minutes into the match when he randomly goes for an Ankle Lock… but Cena kicks him off so he decides against going back to it until his Angle Slam fails him AS USUAL .

at Cena hopping on one leg for the 5 knuckle shuffle. On one hand I’m happy he’s selling the ankle… but on the other hand I find it unbelievably fucking stupid he tried to do that move on one leg .

F-U~! Oh but look the referee is down.

PUNCH TO THE FACE WITH THE GOLD MEDAL .

ANKLE LOCK~!

BISCHOFF SHOWS UP AND… shoves the WWE title in Cena’s face and tells him to say goodbye lol.

Bischoff tries to pull a screwjob on Cena, but Cena shoves Angle off and Bischoff takes the worst bump through the ropes ever.

WWE TITLE TO THE FACE~! the referee saw it and Cena is DQ’d .

Giant load of MEH.

Rating: *
CAL SCALE – 0

 

Overall CAL SCALE – 10.5

No Way Out 2005

 

Don’t think I’ve seen anything from this event since, uhhh… 2005. 9 years ago. The DVD was still in its wrapper too .

Jericho’s band Fozzy does the PPV theme for this event with ENEMY, the one and only song I like from the group .

 

Rey Mysterio & Eddie Guerrero Vs The Basham Brothers – WWE Tag Team Championship Match

Wonder what Eddie & Rey can do with the Bashams. Hopefully something good.

My god could the Bashams BE any more boring on offence> [/Chandler]

I swear at one point one of the Basham’s elbows Eddie and Eddie charges into the ring and seems legit angry that this match is sucking that the poor referee seems to be “work” trying to hold him back but Eddie is “shoot” trying to get involved .

Eddie tries to cheat by extending the tag rope but gets caught. That’s the highlight of this match so far and we’re like 10 minutes in.

Rey does some stupid shit to move out of the Basham’s way to get a tag to Eddie… except he HAS a chance to tag out and instead runs the ropes and does a couple more flippy things and THEN tags in. Urgh.

Hot tag and Eddie is immediately stopped. Yey. Just what this match needed.

Eddie goes for a tag belt to try and cheat, but Rey catches him and puts a stop to it. Meanwhile the Basham’s do a switch and Eddie goes for a Frog Splash… but knows they switched, and rolls through, but pretends he crashed and burned and suckered the Basham into a quick roll up!!!

Only a 2 count though, and then some SHENANIGANS with the tag belt and Eddie wins the tag belts for him and Rey! Mysterio is a hypocrite. Stopped Eddie from cheating with the tag belt… then 30 seconds later throws the other tag belt to Eddie to cheat to win.

Last 2 minutes with Eddie being Eddie were the only good things about this awful, awful match.

Rating: 1/4*
CAL SCALE – 0

 

Rookie Diva of the Year Contest thingy happens. Basically a bunch of FAP FAP divas being all FAP FAP.

at Joy’s credentials. All the others have things like “model” or “playboy model” or “personal trainer”… and she has:

Big Show’s “special friend” .

 

Booker T Vs Heidenreich

Rating: NO
CAL SCALE – -1

 

Paul London Vs Funaki Vs Shannon Moore Vs Akio Vs Spike Dudley Vs Chavo Guerrero – WWE Cruiserweight Championship Elimination Match

FUNAKI is the champion? SMAKDUN NOMBAH WAN ANNUNCAR is also SMAKDUN NOMBAH WAN CROOZAHWAIT!

So 2 guys start in the ring (Funaki and London), while the other 4 men stand in seperate corners… but there is NO tagging. Instead they all picked numbers out at random and when someone gets eliminated, #3 comes in and they carry on from there.

FUNAKI IS ELIMINATED FIRST . Spike caused a distraction and London rolled him up. So Funaki superkicks Spike and London pins him too.

THE PRINCE OF PUNK looks like a giant moron.

450 splash and London wins again.

AKIO~! I miss Tajiri .

I prefer JIMMY WANG YANG.

TOP ROPE NECKBREAKER~!

Chavo wants the referee to count quicker so both men are counted out and he wins without wrestling. I’m all for that tbh.

Wait… Akio is eliminated because he didn’t make it up? But London did so the count should have stopped. This isn’t a last man standing match you dumb fuck. WHAT THE HELL?!?!

“Smart by Chavo to go after the neck. BETTER SMART by London to counter” well done Tazz.

Chavo uses the ropes and wins.

Wow. A 6 man CW match and it was DULL AS SHIT. I’d have preferred a fucking spotfest than this. Jebus.

Rating: DUD
CAL SCALE – 0

 

More FAP FAP FAP rookie diva stuff. FAP.

 

Pretty epic JBL promo.

 

The Undertaker Vs Luther Reigns

Poor Undertaker. THE FUCK did he do to deserve this? Luther nearly FALLS OVER climbing the ropes to pose ffs.

Mark Jindrak gets sent to the back because he won’t leave the ring.

at the replay from SD a few days earlier. Undertaker sets up Jindrak for a Tombstone, while Luther grabs a camera from the camera man. THEN HE WAITS FOR UNDERTAKER TO TOMBSTONE HIS TAG PARTNER, LETS HIM GET PINNED, AND ONLY THEN DECIDES TO HIT UNDERTAKER IN THE HEAD .

PUNCHES TO THE FACE~!

OLD SCHOOL~!

the old “referee is scared shitless of The Undertaker” spot. I <3 that spot. And here is serves a purpose as Reigns uses it to take off a turnbuckle pad!

Undertaker might not be 100% after getting nailed in the head with a camera on SD, so Reigns does his best to keep attacking the head. The turnbuckle pad was part of that plan… but it backfires and Reigns goes back first into it instead. LOL.

Reigns runs away from Undertaker, who chases him into the corner and grabs hold of him, while the referee tries to break it up and Undertaker grabs him by the scruff of his neck and picks him up .

LOW BLOW~!

REIGNS GRABS UNDERTAKER AND SMASHES THE BACK OF HIS HEAD INTO THAT EXPOSED TURNBUCKLE~!

So Reigns is still targeting the injured head and then… applies a LEG SUBMISSION. I thought Undertaker was the one with a potential concussion? Luther obviously ain’t 100% in the head either for this match…

UNDERTAKER COMEBACK~! WORST VERSION OF SNAKE EYES EVER~! UNDERTAKER HAS THE CHANCE TO DO IT ON THE EXPOSED TURNBUCKLE BUT OPS FOR THE ROPES INSTEAD BECAUSE… STUFF~!

Tombstone attempt is countered with a reverse DDT! At least Reigns is mostly keeping with the story of the match… just that damn leg submission that make me wanna shoot him lol.

TOMBSTONE~! Undertaker wins. Duh.

I’ve heard terrible, terrible things about this match. From stupid people, obviously. Because this ain’t bad. Nothing that good either, but a solid match for the most part. Undertaker is awesome as always, and Luther, aside from being a retard and going for that leg submission, was fine on offence when he started targeting the head.

Rating: **
CAL SCALE – 0.5

 

And the final FAP FAP DIVA FAP stuff. Swimsuit competition. Yey! FAP!

 

John Cena Vs Kurt Angle – #1 Contender’s Match for WWE Title at WrestleMania 21

Tazz butchers the “what brought you to the dance” phrase… which is like the 10th time tonight he’s butchered an old phrase/saying lol. Always great when a commentator can’t speak properly.

Angle tries to pace the match his way early on, taking Cena to the mat, applying headlocks and taking things slow. Then Cena throws some fists and suddenly the match becomes a brawl and seems to have a ton of HATE~! which seems a little out of place because this isn’t a big feud ending match or anything, it’s the finals of a tournament .

Cena takes Angle over the announce table and starts punching him… but the camera pans round so we can SEE the punches… and Cena is just kinda slapping Angle’s arm . The camera angle quickly changes .

GERMAN SUPLEX INTO THE CORNER~!

KURT ANGLE LIKES TO BE IN A POSITION WHERE HE CAN DOMINATE~!

REST HOLDS~!

TRIPLE GERMANS~!

Angle has worn down Cena and then… ONE SHOULDER TACKLE LATER and Angle is just as fucked up as Cena apparently.

F-U~! Angle kicks out at 2 and Cena is apparently retarded enough to not realise this and thinks he won. THAT ONLY WORKS WITH THE FOOT ON THE ROPES THING YOU HALF WIT.

Angle decides maybe he should work over the leg and ankle of Cena before going for another Ankle Lock. Some of the stomps look pretty brutal.

ANGLE SLAM~! Because… that’ll help with the Ankle Lock obviously!!!

ANKLE LOCK~!

REF BUMP~!

NO SELL OF THE ANKLE AS CENA HITS AN F-U~!

Cena wins and then sells the ankle.

Meh. I’ve seen worse from both men, in matches against each other and against other people. That’s like, the biggest compliment I’m giving this.

Rating: **
CAL SCALE – 0.5

 

JBL Vs The Big Show – WWE Championship Barbed Wire Steel Cage Match

most of the build for this match is Batista Vs JBL… which doesn’t even happen until like 4 months later .

Never understood the need for a Barbed Wire Steel Cage match. Ok, so the barbed wire is to prevent you from climbing out unless you are stupid. So uhhh… why not either a) only allow someone to win by pin or submission or b) have a Hell in a Cell match? Just stick a roof on the damn thing and you’re sorted. Hell, they even chain up the door so you can’t escape that way. STUPID.

JBL looks awesome throwing those huge punches of his to someone taller than him.

JBL constantly blocking his face being thrown into the side of the cage and looking terrified each time Show tries to do it. BUILDING TO THOSE CAGE SPOTS~!

KNEE CLIP~!

NECKBREAKER~!

JBL instinctively runs up the side of the cage to try and escape… but is met with BARBED WIRE and ends up getting slicing his arm a little, and is then caught by the Giant.

KNOCKOUT PUNCH FROM BIG SHOW~! But he hasn’t done his boxing training yet so it’s not a finisher .

JBL is fighting for survival here, and manages to send Big Show head first into the side of the cage, giving us our first cage spot! BIG SHOW IS BLEEDING~!

JBL again tries to climb out, seemingly determined to find an opening somewhere in the barbed wire. But he notices Show is bleeding, and changes his gameplan from “escape” to “destroy the now weakened giant”.

Ally Oop into the side of the cage followed up with a powerbomb!!! JBL is now bleeding!!!

OJ and the Basham’s try to interfere, but Teddy Long comes out and sends them away, not before OJ slips some bolt cutters through the cage though!

BOLT CUTTERS TO THE HEAD~! CLOTHESLINE FROM HELL~! BIG SHOW KICKED OUT!!!

Nothing seems to be able to stop the Big Show though! CHOKESLAM~!

JBL KICKS OUT~!

LOW BLOW~! BOOT TO THE FACE~!

JBL remembers the bolt cutters, and since his clothesline didn’t end the match, he decides to try and cut the barbed wire so he can escape!!!

BATTLE ON THE TOP ROPE~!

CHOKESLAM~!

JBL WENT RIGHT THROUGH THE RING!!! BIG SHOW JUST CHOKESLAMMED THE WWE CHAMPION STRAIGHT TO HELL!!!

Big Show breaks the chain from the door! He opens it, and walks out, right to the main event of WM and the WWE Championship!!!

THE WINNER OF THIS MATCH… AND STILL WWE CHAMPION… JBL!!!

JBL escaped the cage by going UNDER the ring thanks to the broken ring!!!

Oh man, what a fucking finish . Extremely creative, and a great way for JBL to once again sneak away with the title.

Good match! Nothing out of this world, but a good bloody cage match with a super ending. I enjoyed it!

Rating: ***1/2
CAL SCALE – 3

 

Overall CAL SCALE – 3

 

Taboo Tuesday 2005

 

Cage match .

 

Chris Masters & Snitsky Vs Matt Hardy & Rey Mysterio

Raw Vs SD match. The internet voted who was involved in the match from Smackdown.

Edge is supposed to be Masters’ partner but he bitches out and HOLY FUCK AT LITA FAP FAP. HOW DO HER TITS STAY IN HER OUTFITS?

Masters attacks Matt and Rey from behind as they await the arrival of Snitsky and gains the upper hand early on.

they have BOTH a Raw and a SD referee IN THE RING AT THE SAME TIME. Really trying to put over that brand split . They argue cos they keep getting in each other’s way.

Little bit of Rey in Peril to start, then a hot tag to Hardy who comes in on fire and nearly kills Snitsky with a botched superplex:

And then Masters absolutely kills Matt with a clothesline and we get a Hardy in Peril segment.

WE WANT CHRISTIAN chants . He came second to last in the poll, only just beating out HARDCORE FUCKING HOLLY.

Awesome sequence with Snitsky countering a tornado DDT and throwing him right into Masters who catches him with a Master Lock!!!

They try to re-create the finish of Bret/Piper at WM… but Rey doesn’t roll over and ends up just landing on top of Masters . One ref tries to make a count anyway even though Masters’ shoulders aren’t down, and the other ref physically stops him from counting .

In the end though, the SD guys get the win.

Fun opening tag. Few shitty moments thanks to Snitsky botching basic shit but overall decent.

Rating: **
CAL SCALE – 0.5

 

Mick thinks his and Maria’s luggage might have got mixed up. She’s wearing a Mankind mask. Then she strips and gives all her clothes to him .

“Hey Mick, have a nice day!”

“I think I just did!”

“Not much upstairs, but what a staircase!”

 

Rob Conway & Tyson Tomko Vs Eugene & Jimmy Snuka

So the fans get to vote in a legend to be Eugene’s partner. Snuka wins it.

I’m honestly surprised Eugene is still a think this far into 2005. When does he turn heel again?

Oh, btw… No.

Rating: NO
CAL SCALE – -1

 

Carlito Vs Mankind

The fans had the chance to pick with version of Foley faces Carlito. I was always pleasantly surprised that they picked Mankind rather than Cactus Jack, just because I always preferred Mankind .

I have to say though… WHY THE FUCK IS THIS MATCH EVEN A THING? Who thought it would be a good idea to put Foley in the ring with Carlito? I get wanting to put over young stars… but Carlito Vs Foley? I just don’t get it lol.

Awesome to hear the old Mankind theme too. I like the whole “eeeeerrrrrrrghhhhh *CRASH* do doo do do do doo do do doo” theme as much as the next guy, but the original Mankind music is GOAT.

Poor Mick. He’s moving at like 2mph, compared to the 1029928738743mph he was doing in 04 against Orton (at Backlash, anyway ). He wanders through the match with his Mankind offence, until Carltio avoids a chair shot and poor Mick smashes his face into the chair into the steel steps .

Foley makes up for his lack of ring shape by taking an awesome bump off a dropkick, flying head first into the ring steps again.

Man, Carlito is dull as shit on offence. Seriously, they are wasting Foley on this match?

CACTUS CLOTHESLINE~!

CACTUS ELBOW~!

DOUBLE ARM DDT~!

MR SOCKO~! WITH AN AFRO~!

MANDIBLE CLAW~!

Mankind wins.

Well… Mankind winning makes this whole thing even MORE pointless lol. Carlito didn’t look good in the match, his offence sucked and he lost. Yey.

Rating: *
CAL SCALE – 0

 

Vince McMahon pays Bischoff a visit, wanting to know how the Raw Vs SD tag went. He can’t believe Raw lost the match on a Raw PPV. He’s disappointed in Bischoff.

 

We gotta find out who will enter the triple threat WWE championship match later tonight, so we also know who WON’T be in it, so they can team up to wrestle for the tag belts. Kane, HBK and Big Show are the options. WOW I WONDER WHO WILL WIN THIS? BET IT’S A CLOSE RACE. Huh, actually it was pretty close between Kane and HBK, but HBK wins. at HBK looking to get a handshake or a hug from Kane .

 

Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch Vs The Big Show & Kane – World Tag Team Championship Match

TREVOR MURDOCH . HOW IS THIS GUY NOT ACTUALLY RELATED TO DICK MURDOCH? HE LOOKS JUST LIKE HIM!!! Then again Arn wasn’t related to Ole and they looked just like each other lol.

WEIGHING 507… POUNDS AND 7 FEET TALL, THE BIG SHOW!

at Murdoch when he realises he’s stuck between Kane and Big Show. He just spazzes out then walks into an uppercut .

Big Show seems genuinely PISSED OFF at Lance Cade, and absolutely batters him in the corner.

SWEET N SOUR ON THE FLOOR TO KANE~! That’s when Murdoch chops the back of the knee and Cade clotheslines the guy at the same time.

Cade & Murdoch do a nice job of controlling Kane. They were a pretty good team at the time from what I remember. Shame they broke up and their careers in WWE were basically over from there.

In the end, the pure power of Kane and Show is too much for the tag champs. New champions!

Fun match.

Rating: **1/2
CAL SCALE – 1

 

VADER. GOLDUST. THE COA…ch? LOL.

 

The divas all come out in sexy robes as we see what they will have to wear in the diva’s battle royal later. Lingerie, Leather & Lace, or Cheerleader? LINGERIE WINS FAP FAP FAP.

 

Batista Vs The Coach – Street Fight

So this was either gonna be a street fight, verbal debate or arm wrestling match lol. I’M SHOCKED THE STREET FIGHT WAS PICKED. 91%?

Oh and this was also supposed to be Austin Vs The Coach, but Austin was in a “car accident”. Which actually means WWE wanted COACH TO WIN and Austin told them to fuck off. So Batista replaced him!

GOLDUST AND VADER are here to help Coach. GOLDUST. VADER. WWE. 2005. That was fucking awesome. At least we have Goldust in the company still today . And we saw Vader last year too.

“SHALL WE DO THE RIGHT THING AND CALL COACH’S NEXT OF KIN? OR AT THE VERY LEAST FIND A NEW HOME FOR THE INFLATABLE WOMEN HE LIVES WITH?” Joey has had a TON of awesome lines all night btw.

Street fight means no DQ, so Coach can hide and let Vader & Goldust do the dirty work for him. VADER. GOLDUST.

KENDO STICK~! Goldust mauls Batista with a Kendo stick! THAT’S WHAT YOU GET FOR ELECTROCUTING HIM!!!

Vader and Goldust hold down Batista and Coach gives him the BELT. This only angers the animal.

SPINEBUSTER TO VADER~!

SLAP TO COACH~!

BATSTA BOMB TO COACH~!

Goldust survives without taking any major hits somehow lol.

Too short to be anything special, but immensely fun just to see VADER AND GOLDUST at this time.

Rating: *
CAL SCALE – 0

 

HBK gets interviewed. Angle shows up and offers to put their differences aside to they can take out Cena together then go at it one on one for the title. Shawn will think about it.

 

Trish Stratus Vs Mickie James Vs Victoria Vs Maria Vs Ashley Vs Candice Michelle – Lingerie Fullfil Your Fantasy WWE Women’s Championship Battle Royal

LINERIE .

FAP.

MICKIE JAMES FAP FAP FAP BOUNCY BOUNCY BOUNCY FAP FAP FAP.

MARIA FAP FAP.

Trish is kinda boring in her attire tbh lol. Just basic bra and panties. Same with Victoria. In fact Victoria looks like she’s in her normal ring gear .

Trish wins thanks to Mickie James constantly saving her and sacrificing herself.

FAP.

Rating: *
CAL SCALE – 0

 

Triple H Vs Ric Flair – WWE Intercontinental Championship Steel Cage Match

been waiting to see this one again.

I never understood HHH’s motive. He was out injured, and while gone Flair won the IC title and… HHH decided it was time for Flair to leave. Because… ummm… Flair won the IC title. Makes sense.

NOT.

Dammit now I wanna go watch Wayne’s World. BRB 2 hours.

Aaaand back. Film still rules . Where was I? Oh yeah…

I like how instead of WWE giving us 2 shitty options and 1 real option, giving us the appearance of choice but really controlling it… for this match Flair comes out and basically orders the fans to vote for the cage match . No bullshit, no pretending you have a choice; flat out telling you he’s having a cage match so vote for it!

Flair is fired up in the opening of this match, avoiding and blocking punches from HHH and coming back with punches and CHOPS of his own. WOOOOOO. He even goes toe to toe with THE GAME in a punch off and GETS THE BETTER of him!

A high knee causes the downfall of the Nature Boy though, and now HHH can begin to work on putting Flair DOWN. Which ain’t gonna be easy because the NATURE BOY is still better than HHH even in his twilight years WOOOOO.

HHH sends Flair into the side of the cage and BLOOD~! Lawler even sarcastically comes out with “that didn’t take long” .

Flair is awesome selling it though. You can hear him screaming “oh god, arrrghhhh” and shit . Especially after the knee drop to the face that HHH stole from Flair. He’s just fecking awesome at making you believe he’s in pain.

After some more shots into the side of the cage, punches to the face and another knee drop, HHH seems to think this is over and begins to climb out, only to stop and come back in when he sees that Flair is up and climbing the ropes to get him!

Not really a fan of HHH trying to climb out there. He hadn’t done nearly enough to Flair to END HIS CAREER or anything. He was literally just trying to WIN the match, which this isn’t about.

HHH again tries to climb out because… I dunno any more… but while trying to escape, he unhooks some chain by accident and decides “fuck it, amma go back and hit Flair with this”, and the match continues .

FIGURE FOUR COUNTERED WITH A PUNCH TO THE FACE USING THE CHAIN~!

FLAIR KICKS OUT~!

“OH GOD, JESUS CHRIST ARRRGHHH!” More awesome selling from Flair .

the referee takes the chain away from HHH and the fans BOO. I guess they were hoping Flair would get it and use it? I dunno.

Flair is bleeding and hurting, and HHH is practically having FUN. He’s slowly working over his former mentor, punching him in the face some more, dropping the knee onto the back of his head, and the ultimate insult; figure four leg lock!

Flair screaming I’LL KILL YOU at HHH while trying to reverse the figure four is the greatest thing I think I’ve ever seen since Micke James was bouncing around in lingerie earlier in the show FAP FAP FAP.

MIDDLE FINGER FROM FLAIR~! HE REVERSES THE FIGURE FOUR~!

HHH gets to the ropes and… the referee breaks the hold because… ummmm. NO DQ YOU DUMB FUCK.

HHH FACE FIRST INTO THE SIDE OF THE CAGE~!

HHH PULLS A FLAIR AND BLADES THE FIRST CHANCE HE GETS~!

FLAIR JUST CHARGES AND JUMPS AT HHH AND STARTS BITING HHH’S FACE . Flair is without a doubt the greatest of all time. Except for maybe TERRY FUNK. I think I need to go watch their matches later lol.

PAYBACK IS A BLOODY BITCH HERE TONIGHT AT TABOO TUESDAY~! Ha, that sounds a lot more ENGLISH when you read it, knowing it was written by me .

The Nature Boy is back in control, and now he’s getting back into a grove, and it’s VINTAGE FLAIR as he begins to work over the leg of HHH!!!

THE REAL FIGURE FOUR LEG LOCK~! HHH TRIES TO ESCAPE SO FLAIR THUMBS HIM IN THE EYE~!

“THERE IS A FOREARM RIGHT TO THE BALLS AND IT’S PPV SO I CAN SAY IT” Styles fucking rules tonight.

“HE’S GOT A HANDFUL OF NUTS! HE’S GOT THE TESTICULAR CLAW ON HHH!!!” this is the greatest thing ever.

Multiple chair shots to the fucking FACE of HHH, and this is a genuine reaction from a fan:

FLAIR WINS!!!

This. Is. Incredible.

Truly. Incredible.

I’d have to watch Backlund/Slaughter cage from 1981 again to see which is the best in company history.

Rating: ****3/4
CAL SCALE – 8

 

They announce they’ve had over 6 million votes tonight. I’d quite like to see TT/CS come back, maybe could be a WWE Network exclusive show, once the Network makes it to places other than NA of course lol.

 

John Cena Vs Shawn Michaels Vs Kurt Angle – WWE Championship Match

Angle asked Shawn befoe this match to team up with him and take out Cena. HBK says he’ll think about it. Angle attacks HBK after the bell and goes to work on Cena alone .

Angle botches ducking a clothesline… causing HBK to just club the side of his neck . Not what you need with a history of neck problems tbh .

ANGLE SPAMMING SUPLEXES~! AND I DON’T GIVE A SHIT BECAUSE THEY LOOK AWESOME~!

Angle and HBK finally end up on the same page and the crowd POP like fuck because they are both mauling Cena . Man, Cena stopped being uber over pretty much the moment he won the title .

Remember the WM XX triple threat, when HBK and HHH stood on one announce table, and did the front suplex to Benoit through the OTHER table to take him out for a while and it looked brutal as fuck? Well here Angle and HBK do the same thing… but stood in front of the table, and it looks like absolute shit.

Yey just what this match needs… REST HOLD~! the fans actually start chanting for CENA to get back in and add some excitement to the match.

SUPER ANGLE SLAM~!

OMG THE MATCH DIDN’T END THERE I DID NOT EXPECT SUCH A THING TO HAPPEN DURING A KURT ANGLE MATCH HOW DID THAT HAPPEN THIS IS THE GREATEST THING I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE~!

Cena is back… and gets taken out not too long after. In fact, Angle throws him out into the crowd. Which is a bad idea because they hate him .

KIP UP~!

KIP UP AGAIN~!

RIGHT INTO AN OVERHEAD BELLY TO BELLY SUPLEX OVER THE ROPES~!

F-U COUNTERED INTO AN ANKLE LOCK~!

Cena sits in the hold for a couple of minutes until HBK shows up and Elbow Drops Angle to break it.

SUPER KICK~!

F-U~!

Cena retains.

Well this was… ok. Kinda fun. Typical WWE triple threat formula.

Rating: **1/2
CAL SCALE – 1

 

Overall CAL SCALE – 9.5

 

One Night Stand 2005

 

Getting this out of the way now. Original ECW fans, prepare to hate me for the rest of eternity.

 

Joey Styles get announced and looks like he’s gonna cry cos the fans chant his name lol. He brings out CACTUS JACK as his co-commentator. HOLY SHIT THEY ACTUALLY KEPT IN THE CACTUS JACK MUSIC. Seriously, how have they always put in some shitty version of that on DVD in the past?

 

Lance Storm Vs Chris Jericho

Former tag partners here, and they had each other’s first match ever too! Storm would consider this his last match for a couple of years until ROH threw some money at him .

ARM DRAGS~!

Fook me that dropkick from Storm was pretty epic. Looked perfect and looked like it nailed Jericho RIGHT IN THE FUCKING FACE too.

ONE ARM STALLING SUPLEX FROM STORM~!

NICELY DONE MICKLES~!

TIGER SUPLEX FROM JERICHO~!

SUPERKICK FROM STORM~!

Match is very back and forth moves-y stuff, with both guys countering each other and hitting moves then getting countered and being hit by moves and I guess in THIS instance I can sort of forgive it because they trained together and were tag partners and kayfabe “know each other inside out”.

Interference from Justin Credible and… ummmm… some other dude. KENDO STICK TO JERICHO~! Storm wins.

Match was decent at best. Not horrible, but not exactly good lol.

Rating: **
CAL SCALE – 0.5

 

Nice video tribute to all the fallen wrestlers who appeared in ECW over the years.

 

Tajiri Vs Little Guido Vs Super Crazy

SINISTER MINISTER JAMES MITCHELL . Fuck me, Mickey Whipwreck got fat lol.

F.B.I. . Big Guido is one big motherfucker lol. TRACY SMOTHERS . Not sure why he’s with the F.B.I. though lol.

HE’S SUPER. HE’S CRAZY. HE’S GOT ONE HELL OF A THEME.

at Joey Styles calling the referee a poor bastard having to referee this match.

MOONSAULT OFF THE BALCONY~! Super Crazy really is SUPER CRAZY~!

ECW fans chanting in Spanish as Super Crazy does the 10 punches in the corner. That’s awesome.

ALL HELL IS BREAKING LOOSE~! TAJIRI IS OWNING FUCKING EVERYONE~! He eliminates Guido.

Super Crazy keeps hitting Moonsaults lol. I’m sure that’s a thing he does but fuck if I know lol.

POWERBOMB~! MOONSAULT~! Tajiri is done and Super Crazy wins this match.

Fun. They go all out for the short amount of time they got and it was fun. Nothing more needs to be said.

Rating: **3/4
CAL SCALE – 1

 

Psicosis Vs Rey Mysterio

Can’t say I’m a fan of their previous ECW matches back in the day. But Rey had improved a TON in WWE so maybe we’ll get something I will enjoy here. Maybe.

Psicosis took his mask off at the start of the match and Joey Styles put over how huge it was and how it shows that he respects the fans and shit… and 2 minutes into the match the fans are chanting “put the mask on” at him .

The fans aren’t having much fun in this match . Until Psicosis hits a legdrop off the top rope to Rey who is on the guard rail, which looked fucking SICK.

Psicosis goes shoulder first into the ring post then takes a retarded bump off it outside of the ring and over the guard rail, just so we could get a Rey spot where he jumps over the ropes onto Psicosis in the fans.

West Coast Pop and this is over. Wow. This wasn’t very good .

Rating: *
CAL SCALE – 0

 

Angle, JBL and some other SD stars show up to “invade” aka sit and watch the show. FUCK YOU SMACKDOWN chant. NO, FUCK YOU ECW. SMACKDOWN IS AWESOME. Well… maybe not so much in 2005 but 2005 SD > ECW any year except when WWE took it over. SUCK ON THAT, BITCHES!

Joel Gertner shows up and… gets booted out by JBL. PROMO TIME FROM THE SD STARS~!

Fans to Angle: YOU SUCK DICK.

Angle to fans: YOU’RE MOTHERS TAUGHT ME HOW.

Well done Kurt. You just admitted you suck dick. LOL.

JBL promo~! Awesome stuff from him.

RVD returns and interrupts him. RVD is in a leg brace though cos his knee be fucked. So we don’t get him in a match on the show. Oh what a shame. He cuts a pretty decent promo, as like he says, he wasn’t limited to “whatever” and “cool” lol.

GORE! GORE! GOOOOOOOORE!!! Rhino just fucking GORED an injured RVD to fucking hell . Lights go out and… Sabu. This is a match apparently lol?

 

Rhino Vs Sabu

RHINO . Shame he’s stuck with Sabu.

CHAIR TO RHINO’S HEAD.

What the? Did that just happen? Did I see what I think I saw? OH MY GOD! Sabu just ran the ropes, jumped on a chair, jumped off the chair onto the top rope then dived off onto Rhino… AND HE DIDN’T BOTCH IT.

Good guy Sabu pulls the referee in front of him to avoid a Gore lol. PILEDRIVER~!

RVD gets involved and lobs a chair into Rhino’s face. He sets Rhino up on a table, and Sabu leg drops him through it using a chair too. This is done.

Meh.

Rating: *
CAL SCALE – 0

 

Al Snow talking to head. Apparently head invited the Smackdown stars lol.

 

Raw stars arrive now. WILLIAM REGAL~! He’s more hardcore than any ECW guy tbh. CHRISTIAN~! He would be the greatest ECW champion ever 4 years later!!!

 

Chris Benoit Vs Eddie Guerrero

On paper this looks . Hell not too long before this, on Smackdown, they had a fucking TREMENDOUS match. So they are certainly capable of putting on a classic here.

Ahhh typical ECW fans. You have 2 INCREDIBLE wrestlers having a match and they are busy chanting shit at people (Raw & SD guys) in the crowd. Just like the Eddie/Malenko matches from back in the day!

Fans finally pay attention to the match and chant for both guys. ABOUT TIME YOU STUPID ECW FUCKS .

Eddie is bleeding from the nose. EEEEE SEEE DUB! EEEEE SEEEE DUB!

Oh wait, back to chanting shit at the Raw & SD guys.

Though tbh there isn’t much happening in the ring. They’ve chopped each other a ton, then Eddie has used a couple of sleepers and… that’s about it really so far lol.

SUPERPLEX~! MISSED FROG SPLASH~!

Benoit hits a few different suplexes. HEADBUTT. Eddie kicks out.

Crossface. Eddie taps.

Wow, this was a giant ton of fuck all. Disappointing as HELL.

Rating: *
CAL SCALE – 0

 

Joel Gertner comes back and wants to ask Bischoff a question. CAN HE PLEASE HAVE A JOB?

 

Mike Awesome Vs Masato Tanaka

Oh boy. These guys have some OVERRATED AS FUCK matches during the original ECW days. This always gets praised too. Will I like it though?

Styles burying Awesome because of the WCW deal back in the day .

“SUICIDE DIVE BY MIKE AWESOME. AND IT’S A SHAME HE DIDN’T SUCCEED IN TAKING HIS OWN LIFE” Ummmm… I ain’t touching that one .

AWESOME BOMB OFF THE APRON THROUGH A TABLE~!

SPLASH OFF THE TOP ROPE~!

Ok, finisher through a table. Splash from a 300lb man off the top rope. This is over now, right? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

ANOTHER AWESOME BOMB~!

MULTIPLE HARD SHOTS TO THE HEAD AND TANAKA NO SELLS THE FUCK OUT OF ALL OF THEM BECAUSE EEEEEE SEEEE DUB! EEEEE SEEE DUB!

TORNADO DDT ONTO A CHAIR~!

2 count, obviously.

I’d make a joke about Angle putting this match together, but the sad thing is they were having these kind of matches long before Angle was.

CHAIR TO THE HEAD WHILE JUMPING OFF THE ROPES~!

Awesome doesn’t even bother going for the cover because in what world would THAT be the finish? Certainly not the world of EEEEE SEEEE DUB! EEEEE SEEE DUB!

Awesome wrestles with a couple of tables.

TORNADO DDT THROUGH THE TABLE~!

2 count. I bet Cena watches this match for porn. NEW PORN GENRE~! 2 COUNT PORN~!

AWESOME BOMB OFF THE ROPES ONTO THE ALREADY BROKEN TABLE~!

2 count again. Because EEEEEE SEEEEE DUB! EEEEE SEEEE DUB!

Awesome spends 5 minutes setting up another table on the floor.

AWESOME BOMB THROUGH THE TABLE~! AWESOME FOLLOWS IT UP WITH A SPLASH AND HOLY SHIT GETS THE 3 COUNT!

Fuck me what a pile of dogshit. Nothing but finishers through tables or onto chairs.

Rating: 1/4*
CAL SCALE – 0

 

PAUL HEYMAN~! My favourite part of ECW lol. Such a shame he wasted all his years on ECW and not something good .

Heyman thanks a bunch of people, then shoots on the WWE guys . 2 WORDS: MATT FREAKIN’ HARDY!

 

The Dudley Boys Vs Tommy Dreamer & Sandman

Main event time! THANK FUCK.

No Enter Sandman on the DVD. Bah. Cheap bastards. Can throw money at Motorhead nonstop for the last decade but Metallica? Ironically only if HHH is using the theme for himself or a match he’s involved in…

Even worse about all of that is the fact Motorhead did a cover of Enter Sandman which I fucking LOVE and prefer to the original. WHY DIDN’T YOU PAY MOTORHEAD FOR THAT AT LEAST? Cheap cunty bastards.

I know I’m talking a lot about Sandman’s theme… but let’s face it, there is more to discuss there than there is his in ring skills .

at Devon dancing to Sandman’s theme.

BWO IN DA HOUSE~! Anything to keep this match from actually starting .

STEVIE KICK TO SANDMAN~!

Kid Kash MR TNA TOTAL NONSTOP ATTITUDE .

Balls and Axel come down with chairs too because EEEEE SEEE DUB. EEEE SEEE DUB.

Obvious set up to dive over the ropes is obvious.

Match finally starts. Boooo .

Dreamer has a cheese grater. He’s probably just hungry.

CHEESE GRATER TO THE OPEN WOUND ON DREAMER’S HEAD WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY CAUSED BY… EEEEEE SEEEEE DUB. EEEEEE SEEEE DUB.

OH MY GOD! DREAMER JUST HIT BUBBA IN THE FACE WITH A PLASTIC BEER CUP! EEEEEE SEEEEE DUB! EEEEEE SEEEE DUB!

at Sandman doing the Figure Four. I’ll make an educated guess and say he’s drunk .

STORM AND CREDIBLE~!

SOME ECW WOMEN KICKING DREAMER IN THE BALLS~!

BEULAH CAT FIGHT WITH THE WOMEN~! ONLY SHE GETS TO PLAY WITH DREAMER’S BALLS DAMMIT!

at the DDT from Beulah on Bubba. Bubba falls before she does .

MY GOD HE JUST CRUSHED THE MAN’S BALLS~!

Powerbomb to Sandman through a table. Of course that’s only a 2 count.

3-D to Dreamer!!!

Table gets set up, and out comes SPIKE~! He has lighter fluid.

FLAMING TABLE~!

POWERBOMB TO DREAMER THROUGH A FLAMING TABLE~!

And this match is done.

Thankfully.

Was mildly entertaining. MILDLY. BARELY. NOT SOMETHING I’D CALL GOOD STILL.

Rating: **
CAL SCALE – 0.5

 

Dreamer is hurt and just got powerbombed through a table so… Sandman calls for a beer! And who brings it? STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN!!!

All the ECW guys comes out for a beer bash. And then the WWE guys invade and start a brawl. JBL beats the fuck out of the Blue Meanie for real. TAZ shows up. Chokes out Angle.

Foley drags Bischoff to the ring to get his arse mauled too. None of the WWE guys seem to want to help him lol.

3-D TO BISCHOFF~!

DIVING HEADBUTT FROM BENOIT~!

619 FROM MYSTERIO~!

FUCK ECW~!

STUNNER~!

 

Overall CAL SCALE – 2

SummerSlam 2005

 

So I always like to end my PPV Rambles with the better/most interesting PPV to me of the year. People told me I should save SummerSlam for last because it’s the best. So I’m doing it first and saving Vengeance for last. Suck it .

 

Orlando Jordan Vs Chris Benoit – WWE United States Championship Match

Bell rings.

German suplex.

Crossface.

Tap out.

Best match of Orlando’s career.

Rating: 1/4*
CAL SCALE – 0

 

THIS IS ABOUT YOU WINNING AGAINST REY BEING BETTER THAN HIM. I can see why WWE decided to give Vickie a mic after this, she’s clearly a natural speaker…

 

Matt Hardy Vs Edge

I actually watched this not too long ago and thought it was fucking wonderful. Totally watching it again though. Because, you know. WONDERFUL.

How awesome was this feud btw? They took something that was very real, and because of fans reaction to Matt getting fired, then HAD to bring him back. And before they officially announced him being back, a lot of his run-ins felt very “real”, or at least more so than your typical angle. Just a shame the feud only seemed to elevate Edge and not Matt.

Coach: YOU’RE NOT GONNA SEE A WRESTLING HOLD IN THIS MATCH, NOT A SINGLE ONE

Straight after Coach says that, Hardy applies a sleeper .

Matt throws some wicked shots at Edge. Totally fucking potatoing him. HEADBUTT FROM EDGE~!

SPEAR THROUGH THE ROPES TO THE FLOOR~!

MOAR stuff shots from Matt . This is just a fucking FIGHT and it’s beautiful.

Fucking hell Matt takes one hell of a shot to the face with the ring post. That’s it for Matt. He’s bleeding and he’s fucked. Edge goes straight to work on the open wound, and just keeps PUNCHING IT.

KNEE’S TO THE FACE~!

MULTIPLE KICKS TO THE FACE~!

The referee calls for the bell. Matt cannot continue. This was short, sweet and BRUTAL. Love it. Perfect match for the feud. Cannot wait to see their cage match again .

Rating: ***
CAL SCALE – 2

 

Eddie Guerrero Vs Rey Mysterio – Custody of Dominick Ladder Match

I’m so fucking excited to see the JD and GAB matches between these two. I’m also very pleased I’ve already done my WM 21 ramble so I don’t have to sit through their awful match there. This one though? Well… I’m not hyped for it… but it’s not something I consider to be awful. Just wish the whole Dominick story didn’t get in the way of Eddie and Rey’s feud. They were doing perfectly fine with Eddie simply wanting to beat Rey, then turning heel because he NEEDED to beat Rey no matter the cost. But no, WWE had to throw in the whole “Eddie is really Dominick’s father” crap.

Fucking awesome seated senton over the ropes to Eddie on the floor, which looked even better due to the fact Eddie was holding a ladder and Rey avoided it and landed perfectly on Eddie’s face .

BOTCH~! Eddie went for a sunset flip powerbomb, but let go of Rey and both guys just fall to the floor lol.

HI-LO TO REY SANDWICHED BETWEEN LADDERS~! Which is something I always hate. RVD does it in like, every ladder match ever but with a rolling thunder. And it’s always dumb, because whoever delivers the move HURTS THEMSELVES. Surely doing the move to someone on a ladder hurts enough, right? No sense in putting another ladder on top of them so you hurt both of you. Right?

Oh sweet jebus. Eddie gets back body dropped off the ladder onto another ladder, which looks sick, then the ladder Rey was on collapses and his crashes and burns too. No wonder his knees are fucked.

Rey takes another sick ladder bump, leaving Eddie to climb the ladder! And then… Dominick comes into the ring and tries to shake the ladder… but the kid is 8 years old and probably couldn’t shift the ladder with nobody on it. Looks more hilarious than a kid desperate to save Rey.

I’M YOUR NEW DADDY NOW~! Heel Eddie rules.

Rey hits a 619 to Eddie who is holding a ladder, and he fucks up his knees AGAIN. So what does he do to follow it up? LEGDROP THE LADDER~! Rey is absolutely DESTROYING his own legs. In a match where you have to CLIMB A LADDER to win. What a fucking moron .

SUNSET FLIP POWERBOMB OFF THE LADDER~! Rey manages to execute it properly .

Rey is about to win until… Eddie kicks the ladder out from under him, and catches a falling Rey with a fucking terrific Powerbomb. Which Cole keeps calling a spinebuster until Tazz corrects him .

Eddie pins Rey with the ladder, and forces him to watch as he climbs. Very slowly. He waves at Rey and mocks him as he edges closer to the briefcase… almost as if something was supposed to happen but didn’t… .

Now Eddie is hanging as Rey moves the ladder!!!

WHERE THE FUCK WAS VICKIE?!?! Eddie is pissed and starts punching the mat lol. She can’t say one sentence and have it make sense and she can’t show up for a spot at the right time. SHE SHOULD BE THE GM!!!

Ahhh, here she comes! Better late than never… I guess. She’s out here to stop Eddie, and even shoves him off the ladder!!! It’s not that she’s doing the right thing for Rey and Dominick… it’s that she doesn’t want another kid in the house .

Rey wins!

Match is ok, good even. But their weakest match from their 05 series outside of the awful, awful WM bout. Even if they didn’t botch a few things here and there it wouldn’t have been great imo.

Rating: ***
CAL SCALE – 2

 

Eugene Vs Kurt Angle

For some reason Christy Hemme dressed as a cheerleader is out with Eugene. Retards get all the girls .

So Eugene is in possession of Angle’s gold medal. I forget why. I don’t really care.

Eugene extends his hand for a handshake at the start of the match and Angle just runs over and decks him . Like SummerSlam last year, the fans HATE Euegen and cheer him getting fucking destroyed .

Unlike SS last year though, Angle isn’t having to resort to cheating to get the better of a retard. Instead he’s just KILLING him because he’s KURT FREAKIN’ ANGLE.

Angle destroys Eugene for a while, then Eugene comes back by using multiple finishers from guys like Rock and Austin, and very nearly actually fucking wins lol, but Angle is a MACHINE and makes Eugene tap out.

Super fun. Far better than the HHH match with Eugene last year.

Rating: **1/2
CAL SCALE – 1

 

FAP FAP FAP DIVAS IN BIKINI’S WASHING A CAR AND GETTING ALL WET AND SOAPY BECAUSE FAP FAP FAP.

 

The Undertaker Vs Randy Orton

They had a classic at WM, and then Orton uhhh… got “injured” for about 30 days or something . But their feud picked right back up, and we are treated to a second PPV bout between these two .

Orton immediately puts a stop to Undertaker’s traditional start of cornering his opponent and hitting those big rights and lefts, buy simply rolling out of the ring so he can start this match off on HIS terms. And as a result he ends up getting SLAPPED in the face that looked more deadly than most guy’s punches. Still nothing on the FUNKER though!

The old HEADLOCK from Orton looks to come into play early, but Undertaker is having none of that and instead counters with a headlock of his own! Nobody, NOBODY is gonna get the better of the Dead Man!

Now Undertaker can begin to work HIS pace, slowly wearing down Orton with his typical arm work we often see from him.

Oh man, Orton basically being terrified when Undertaker drags him over into the corner for Old School is . But that FEAR allows Orton to counter VINTAGE UNDERTAKER!

Poor Orton, he keeps countering some classic Undertaker moves, but just keeps running head on into a big boot lol. Orton takes it about as well as JBL takes them… which puts him on top of the pile!

The Dead Man slows the pace down again, just taking his time to punch Orton right in the fucking face. But as cocky and arrogant as Orton is; he IS fucking talented. Undertaker makes ONE mistake, and Orton jumps on it like his life depends on it! Love the DDT in the ropes, I guess a precursor to what is now a signature move from Orton. Undertaker was sent over the ropes after missing a running knee in the corner, and as he’s trying to get back in Orton just runs over to him and smashes his head into the mat with that DDT. Beautiful. He saw an opening and he TOOK IT. And he’s gonna HAVE to do that in order to beat Undertaker here tonight.

Undertaker is hurting now, but as always he keeps fighting back no matter what. Love him punching the fuck out of Orton’s ribs while Orton is working his knee over. Man oh man, Undertaker’s selling is just tremendous even as he’s trying to go on the offence. Crazy to think that one of the best sellers in the HISTORY of the business is a guy with a ZOMBIE GIMMICK who no sells shit.

Great little sequence with Undertaker slowly building momentum, and beginning to roll out some of his signature moves… but the bad knee prevents him from gaining enough speed coming off the snake eyes, and Orton smashes right into him with a dropkick!

ORTON GOING FOR A TOMBSTONE~! But like at WM, he can’t get it! Undertaker reverses and looks to land it and end the match the same way he did at WM… but Orton manages to counter this time right into his backbreaker!!!

FLYING CROSSBODY~! UNDERTAKER ROLLS THROUGH AND LANDS A FUCKING CHOKESLAM!!!

And then the match stops as some crazy fucking fan shows up, causing enough distraction to give Orton chance to recover and catch the Dead Man with an RKO! ORTON BEATS THE UNDERTAKER!!!

Of course, the fan turns out to be none other than COWBOY BOB ORTON!!!

What a fucking terrific match. Even BETTER than their WM match. Undertaker’s selling is magnificent. Orton’s offence is focused and awesome. He’s clearly learnt from their WM match and was able to counter the Dead Man at key moments and capitalise on EVERY opportunity he could. Love it.

Rating: ****1/2
CAL SCALE – 7

 

John Cena Vs Chris Jericho – WWE Championship Match

Bah, not looking forward to this one. I’ve never liked the chemistry between these two. A while back a bunch of people were pimping their 2008 match, when Cena returns and wins the title. I watched it and thought it was pretty bad .

The wrestler vs the brawler… at least that’s what WWE are telling us it is. And to be fair, the match IS worked like that so far. Jericho is using a headlock and a suplex and wrestling CHOPS and whatnot, while Cena is tackling Jericho and throwing bombs in his face every chance he gets. But Jericho also switches things up and throws some punches of his own and seems to get the better of Cena on a few occasions so… there goes the whole “wrestler vs brawler” story right out the window .

Cena is throwing some AWFUL punches. Made even worse by the fact this is following an UNDERTAKER match, who is arguably a top 5 puncher of all time.

at the fans cheering like crazy when Cena goes for his diving shoulder tackle and ends up going face first into the mat because Jericho moved.

Crowd adds a great atmosphere to the match with a pretty damn long “lets go Jericho/lets go Cena” chant. EVen in 05 you can clearly hear that it’s the MEN chanting against Cena and the women and children chanting for Cena .

Aside from some dumb moments early on in the match, they DO stick with the “wrestler vs brawler” story, with Cena doing little more than punches and clotheslines most of the time, and Jericho out-wrestling Cena, countering shit and hitting the more flashy offence.

a “THAT WAS 3” count from the crowd following a very near fall. Aaaand then an F-U and Cena wins lol.

Match is good. Better than I remembered. Hot crowd makes the final part of the match feel really big too. Still, nothing special here whatsoever, but still likely their best match together . I’m happy.

Rating: ***
CAL SCALE – 2

 

Batista Vs JBL – No Holds Barred World Heavyweight Championship Match

Maybe the NHB stip will make this watchable. Because these 2 guys hitting each other with weapons HAS to be better than them trying to wrestle, right?

JBL was given the chance to name ANY stip he wanted for this match. And he went with NHB. Wow. For a guy as smart as JBL he really lacked creativity here. I’d have made it a “Batista instantly loses the title” match or something. But that’s just me .

They waste no time battering each other at the top of the rampway and where the electrical equipment is, and only a few minutes into the match Batista is spearing JBL through the barricade. And 20 seconds later JBL IS IN CONTROL OF THE MATCH. That be some fecking bullshit.

JBL stars whipping Batista with a belt, then decides to choke him… but puts it around his CHIN by mistake… AND BATISTA HELPS JBL OUT BY MOVING THE BELT AROUND HIS NECK .

A little bit of brawling and then…

SPINEBUSTER~! BATISTA BOMB~! And Batista DOESN’T go for the cover! Because he wants to make JBL suffer.

BATISTA BOMB ON THE STEEL STEPS~! This is over.

This was far shorter than I was expecting. Gonna look it up but I think it was under 10 minutes.

Yep, 9 minutes 5 seconds according to the wikipedia.

While I definitely agree with this getting a short amount of time… it actually felt TOO rushed lol. They brawl in the crowd a little… then JBL gains control and punches Batista in the face for a bit… and then Batista wins. Still, it didn’t suck, so it totally has that going for it lol.

Rating: **
CAL SCALE – 0.5

 

Shawn Michaels Vs Hulk Hogan

How awesome was the first superkick to Hogan that set this match up?

HBK should have been a heel for a LOT longer after this match. He was babyface his entire return run from 02 to 2010, except for the few weeks to build this match up because Hogan didn’t want to do face vs face. So if it was actually up to Shawn he would have NEVER been heel at all. Which is a fucking shame because heel HBK is sooo damn good.

Oh well, we at least have this one match to remember him by . For one night only, HBK returns to the COKE and is a complete and total prick!!!

Fook me that initial pop for Hogan’s theme. Love that it was the old REAL AMERICAN theme and not Voodo Chile, which I never thought was a good fit for Hogan.

Hogan is just nonstop making weird grunting noises for like the first 5 minutes of this match . It’s almost like HHH is throwing a punch .

Total Hogan show early on, with him powering HBK around, punching him in the face and… moar powering him around lol. And I mean “total Hogan show” in terms of offence. It’s a total HBK show in terms of him bumping around like a fucking goof .

HBK KEEPS BITCH SLAPPING HOGAN~!

Hogan continues to dominate until… FACE SMASH INTO THE RINGPOST~! TWICE~!

Now we have HBK targeting the head of the Hulkster, with Hogan having to use his raw power to throw HBK off him to gain some distance.

HOGAN IS BLEEDING~!

SLEEPER~!

Man, HBK’s arm is fucking COVERED in Hogan’s blood while applying the sleeper.

ELBOW DROP~! MISS~! HULK UP~!

HBK COUNTERS A BIG BOOT WITH A FLYING ELBOW~!

REF BUMP~!

Heel HBK comes out to play properly here, as he looks to go for another elbow, asks the fans if they wanna see it… then basically tells them to fuck off and applies the SHARPSHOOTER instead .

ANOTHER REF BUMP~!

LOW BLOW~!

CHAIR TO THE FACE~!

ELBOW DROP~!

THE BAND IS TUNING UP~!

SWEET~! CHIN~! MUSIC~!

HOGAN KICKS OUT AND HULKS UP AND THE FANS ARE SPLOOGING ALL OVER THEMSELVES~!

THAT BIG BOOT BUMP~!

LEG DROP~!

1..2..3!!!

Man, what a fucking blast lol. I was actually quite surprised by how LITTLE Shawn actually oversold like a prick. The match has a reputation for HBK going to extreme levels of bumping… but honestly I didn’t see him do ANYTHING like that except for the bump off the big boot right at the end of the match. And that bump was fucking hilarious and awesome anyway lol, so fuck the haters, if there are any .

Rating: ***1/2
CAL SCALE – 3

 

Overall CAL SCALE – 17.5

Survivor Series 2004

 

The last show of 2004 for me to watch! And yes, I saved this one for last for a reason! I just hope it holds up lol.

 

Rey Mysterio Vs Billy Kidman Vs Chavo Guerrero Vs Spike Dudley – WWE Cruiserweight Championship Match

so now they are claiming that Kidman PURPOSELY injured Chavo with the SSP a couple of months ago… which makes no sense given the storyline that followed with Kidman being too scared to hit the move again unless he hurt someone else.

Chavo gets double teamed by 2 men. Most fun he’s ever had.

we end up with Rey and Chavo alone in the ring, and after the injury Chavo is something of a face (as much as he can be because, well, who the fuck can like Chavo?). Both men go for a kick at the same time and you can actually hear the fans LAUGHING at them .

Mysterio hits a hurricanrana off the top rope onto Kidman who is on the APRON, and they both land on the floor. Awesome.

Chavo shows his true colours by being a dick and turning on Rey the first chance he gets.

Spike, the champion, has been a total none factor in this match so far.

Gotta love how the fans POP like fuck for Kidman when he sets Rey up for the SSP. Even though he’s a heel. And he’s been injuring people with that move . Chavo breaks it up and gets a running headbutt to the balls by Spike for his troubles .

Spike pins CHAVO to retain. Ha.

Fun opener, nothing more to say really.

Rating: **1/2
CAL SCALE – 1

 

The first of many weird backstage confrontations with Heidenreich and Snitsky. Disturbing.

 

Christian Vs Shelton Benjamin – WWE Intercontinental Championship Match

the first of 3 matches on this show I fucking LOVE and was looking forward to re-watching again.

Poor Christian keeps getting caught by Benjamin and out-wrestled on the mat as we start things off here. So now we have to see what Christian is going to do to counter the superior mat skills of his opponent here tonight.

SLAP~! Christian disrespects Shelton and then… PUNCH~! Shelton fucking DECKS him in the face lol. Shelton STILL has this match firmly in hand!

Christian just can’t get things together here, as Shelton continues to out-wrestle Captain Charisma at every turn, and uses his incredible athleticism to his advantage too. TOMKO on the outside ends up being the difference maker, or PROBLEM SOLVER as it were (hahahahaha I am hilarious), and the veteran Christian takes full advantage of the oppertunity .

Plenty of PEEPS in the crowd too . I wonder how many are named Tom . Get it? PEEPing Tom? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA SHUT UP I’M HILARIOUS DAMMIT.

Christian begins to wear down the champ, and may or may not bend the rules a little *cough*FINGERS IN SHELTON’S EYES*cough*.

Dammit Shelton, what are you doing? He just walked right into Tomko as Tomko was randomly running towards the ring apron, and he got caught in the middle and hurt his back a little. Silly Shelton.

“YOU’RE A FLASH IN THE DAMN PAN. I’M A 3 TIME IC CHAMP YOU SON OF A BITCH!” Christian trash talking Shelton and slapping him .

Those slaps and trash talk end up firing up the young Shelton though, allowing him to begin his comeback .

awesome reverse suplex from Shelton who bounced Christian off the ropes first, basically a reverse suplex version of what Tully Blanchard used back in the day.

Fuuuck extremely close call from a reverse DDT by Christian!!!

Fuuuck another extremely close call, this time with a diving clothesline off the ropes from Shelton!!!

TOMKO BOOTS SHELTON~! Christian is gonna steal the damn title and… KICK OUT~!

fucking awesome finish to the match . Shelton wins!

Yeah this still held up as being awesome .

Rating: ****
CAL SCALE – 5

 

Angle didn’t like Edge’s book. Magical. Eugene meets Angle and tells him he sucks. While wearing giant foam hands because… RETARD~!

 

Kurt Angle, Luther Reigns, Mark Jindrak & Carlito Vs The Big Show, John Cena, Eddie Guerrero & RVD – Survivor Series Elimination Match

Cena us returning after… after he was… after JESUS AND CARLITO STABBED HIM IN THE KIDNEYS IN A BAR . Cena chases them to the back, where Carlito and Jesus steal a car from some random women and speed off. GTA: WWE?

meanwhile everyone else in the match just STOOD AROUND WAITING. Match finally starts as Cena makes his way back to the ring, making this a 4 on 3 match now.

“HERE COMES ANGLE, THE CAPTAIN OF KURT ANGLE” well done Cole.

Fuck me Tazz is confusing Jindrak and Reigns. Commentary is superb in this match…

Eddie gets isolated. Angle keeps running over and diving on Eddie to prevent a tag, which is kinda funny tbh .

Jindrak does the Rick Rude pose and I threw up a little in my mouth at seeing someone so untalented doing that.

Just after I call Jindrak untalented… he drives himself head first into the mat off a hurricanrana. Moron.

RVD gets eliminated with a botchy sneaky pin and even the commentators are confused.

Eddie runs in and rolls up Jindrak and uses the ropes to get rid of him straight afterwards.

Show chokeslams Reigns a minute or so later. LOL. Angle is left alone so… he runs away to get counted out… only to be stopped by RVD!

F-U and Frogsplash, and Show pins Angle.

Well this was… a giant load of nothing tbh lol. Eddie gets isolated and the heels are boring as fuck controlling him. Then we get a bunch of quick eliminations one after the other and the match ends. Ok.

Rating: 1/4*
CAL SCALE – 0

 

Maven gets mauled by Snitsky. FINLAY APPEARENCE~! Highlight of the PPV .

 

The Undertaker Vs Heidenreich

the second match on this show I’m excited to watch again. Yup, I’m excited for a HEIDENREICH match. And not JUST because his opponent is Undertaker, but because this is genuinely fucking GOOD.

It’s 2004. Undertaker is facing a PAUL HEYMAN GUY. 10 years on and a PAUL HEYMAN GUY would END THE FUCKING STREAK. Crazy!

Both men have those MMA gloves on, and both men love punching each other in the face .

Referee does the old “run away in fear of Undertaker” twice .

Fuck me there are some seriously GOAT punch exchanges in this match. Right on par with the best stuff from Undertaker/Big Show in 08 . Shame Heidenreich absolutely sucked when he wasn’t facing Undertaker.

Oh shit, Undertaker with a flying clothesline off the ropes . I genuinely can’t think of a time he’s done that since like, the mid-90’s!!! Works great into the match too as it shows that Undertaker is quite literally pulling out EVERYTHING to take down Heidenreich, who just keeps coming back.

LAST RIDE~! Heidenreich has enough awareness to grab the bottom rope and break up the pin! Undertaker just can’t seem to finish this guy off!

In the end, a Chokeslam followed up with a Tombstone is enough to end the match, but fuck me it literally took EVERYTHING from Undertaker to beat him! The look on Undertaker’s face in the corner tells the story, as he looks absolutely SHOCKED that it took all of that.

Just a great MANLY FIGHT here. Both guys throw some wonderful punches, Heidenreich looks like a million *insert currency here*, and Undertaker was his typical awesome self. Awesome.

Rating: ****1/4
CAL SCALE – 6

 

Trish Stratus Vs Lita – WWE Women’s Championship Match

Not often this happens but… A WOMEN’S MATCH I PLAN ON WATCHING!

Man, this is a fucking FIGHT. Lita is punching the shit out of Trish, then starts to absolutely batter her with a chair!!!

And the ref calls for a DQ. Dammit, I was looking forward to this . Forgot it was so short. Bah. Could have been great too probably.

Oh sweet jebus Lita continues to absolutely fucking DESTROY Trish after the bell too. Someone tell me what the blow off match for this is, and assure me that it isn’t the match where Lita gets injured in the first few minutes please because GOD I need to see it. Wait… is it the match that main events Raw? SOMEONE TELL ME PLEASE.

Rating: 1/4*
CAL SCALE – 0

 

JBL Vs Booker T – WWE Championship Match

I was planning on skipping this match… but I realised I vowed to watch every main title match. Dammit .

JBL wins.

Yeah, I couldn’t be fucked writing about this. It sucked.

Rating: 1/4*
CAL SCALE – 0

 

Triple H, Batista, Edge & Snitsky Vs Randy Orton, Chris Benoit, Chris Jericho & Maven – Survivor Series Elimination Match

The winning team gets to run Raw for 1 week each! Which basically means everyone wants to face HHH for the WHC .

this is the third match I wanted to see. One of the very best Survivor Series Elimination Matches imo.

Since Maven was mauled by Snitsky earlier, it’s 4 on 3 to start things off… though unlike the SD tag earlier, Maven didn’t leave the building like a coward so he could also show up. SPOILER~!

Great sign in the crowd: “HAHA BATISTA CAN’T GET OVER”. Made even more hilarious by the fact that Batista gets HUGELY over in just a few weeks time during the Raw where OMG SPOILER Benoit runs the show.

Early going of the match sees pretty much everyone tagging in and out and getting a piece of everyone. Basic stuff, then Benoit tags in again and just fucking KILLS everyone. Not literally. He’d wait a few years for that…

DOUBLE DIVING HEADBUTT~! Benoit lands on BOTH Edge and HHH!

SHARPSHOOTER TO HHH~! Snitsky of all people breaks up the submission, even though he stated he was in this match for himself.

CROSSFACE TO EDGE~! Benoit is on a roll, but unfortunately people keep breaking up his holds.

PEDIGREE TO BENOIT~! And… Benoit is eliminated? First? Already? WTF? That sucks .

Now it’s 4 on 2… but HHH and Snitsky are having problems trying to decide who tagged in, leading to Batista and Snitsky getting in each other’s face while HHH gets caught in the Walls of Jericho and begging for someone to help him . Oh man that was an awesome little spot.

Flair prevents Jericho from hitting a Lionsault and is PISSED. He takes off his jacket and starts throwing it around before lobbing it in the face of Sign Guy who is in the front row .

Flair immediately comes running back to the ring and the referee has to physically take him away . Old Man Flair is awesome.

Speaking of awesome, fuck me at that Spinebuster from Batista. He ends up getting the WHC to the back of his head by Orton, then a kick to the head from Jericho, and he is GONE!

Batista gains some revenge though with a vicious fucking clothesline on Jericho before he leaves. I love the story that I *think* Jericho tells in his book, might have been Batista’s, how they worked everyone, including the boys, during a match that takes place before SummerSlam. Batista levelled Jericho with that clothesline and Jericho pretended to be KNOCKED OUT and the match had to be stopped. They planned it together to help put over the clothesline from Batista, and I have to say they did a great job because it always looks devastating and could easily be the finish to a match. Hell it helped HHH win the WHC back at the Elimination Chamber in 05!

So Batista is gone, but it’s still currently 3 on 2 for the heels, and they still have some MUSCLE with Snitsky.

HHH and Edge decide to double team Orton on the floor, leaving poor Jericho alone in the ring with nobody to tag until… MAVEN SHOWS UP~! He’s covered in blood but he’s fuelled by RAGE and takes the fight right to Snitsky and anyone else who gets in his way!

SNITSKY is bleeding above the eye now and fuck me the gash looks awful. He ain’t happy and decks Maven in the head with a chair and gets eliminated! He also makes sure to deck Orton and Jericho too so he’s at least helping out his team .

Maven is pinned from the chair shot, and it’s a 2 on 2 tag now, but Jericho and Orton both got hit with the steel chair too so the heels still have the advantage!

Bit of a miss-timed spot for Jericho’s elimination, as you clearly see Edge running the ropes to hit a SPEAR to Jericho, but Jericho doesn’t turn around right away . Still, a SPEAR lands and Jericho is gone!!!

2 on 1 now, with poor Orton left all alone. He got double teamed for a while AND took a chair shot from Snitsky. But he’s still a cocky bastard and tells Edge & HHH to come get some. So they do. And they beat the shit out of him . Good job, Randy!

Orton takes a beating but keeps trying to fight back. CRINGE-WORTHY spinebuster from HHH. And I mean that in the sense that ever since he tore his quad doing one in 07, I’ve noticed how awkward he lands doing most of his spinebusters and am shocked he didn’t tear anything before (with that move, anyway).

SPEAR TO HHH~! Edge makes a mistake and walks right into an RKO~! We are now down to HHH and Orton! Yey? Phew, only a few minutes of the match left!

PEDIGREE COUNTERED INTO A BEAUTIFUL RKO~! Orton wins! Orton wins! Orton wins! Once again Orton is the sole survivor at the Survivor Series!!!

Aside from Benoit being eliminated first and early… this match RULES. Eliminations aren’t all bunched together with one team dominating the other (looking at you, SD tag…), some great action, and plenty of little stories being told between different guys too. One of the elite Survivor Series Elimination Tags for sure!

Rating: ****1/4
CAL SCALE – 6

 

Overall CAL SCALE – 18