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RAW Thoughts

So things are looking up.. eh? Who is Mr. McMahon's Child Part 3 is coming soon. When I wrote part 2 I was unaware of the hint.

But yea, RAW was very good, it will probably be the last good RAW in about 30 days. Maybe. Maybe not. We will see.

Anyways, Carlito got a new haircut. Ha! Everyone please, take a moment to laugh with me.

Jeff Hardy vs Umaga was a good match with a really weird ending. Did Jeff really get the 3 count by knocking Umaga off the top rope? I mean, later that night Triple H hit Umaga with a chair 3 times and he didn't fall over. I have no clue what is going on here.

Santino Marella I like as a heel. But he has to win some matches. Hopefully he will beat Ron Simmons. If he doesn't then he is just pointless.

Beth Phoenix shouldn't be allowed on the Mic. Just saying.

Both the Tag Matches were good. That being London and Kendrick vs Haas and Rodman, and Mickie James and Cody Rhodes vs Jillian and Davari (if I have the spelling right). Especially the 2nd one. Mickie James and Cody Rhodes work well together.

Triple H's match was fun, but shouldn't have been called a main event. You know, you could have had a checklist of all the guys who are going to be suspended, and one by one, they took them all out.

Regal was taken out by Cena. Umaga by Triple H. Santino by The Sandman. One by One. King Booker just wasn't there. I don't think anyone missed him.

So yes, those are my thoughts. I am enjoying this whole Mr. McMahon's child storyline more then I thought I would. So this is fun.

Eugene Fired/Randy Orton NOT Suspended/CM Punk

My God! I should not be allowed to be sick. I was sick all day yesterday, but at the end of the day, I went to go check my e-mail. My e-mail address is wwegeek@gmail.com by the way, feel free to e-mail me. Anyways, checking my e-mail, and someone had sent me an e-mail asking if I had heard the news on CM Punk.

"That's right!" I thought to myself. I didn't actually say it aloud for 2 reasons. 1, it would mean I was talking to myself. And 2, I had a cold. So if I would have said it aloud it would have sounded like "Thastsed bwipe". So I just avoided the situation all together.

But what I was saying that's right to, was that I had forgotten that ECW and SD were being recorded on Saturday September 1st. I hadn't even thought about it. I had been lying in bed, and watching football all day so I was quite distracted.

So I went to go read the spoilers, and what do I discover. On the ECW homepage it is advertising CM Punk winning the ECW championship. I would say I'm shocked, but that would by lying.

Also, Randy Orton will not be suspended... apparently. This is probably good, but I hope his not getting suspended because he didn't do anything wrong, and not because he's vital to storyline right now, and losing him would be too much.

Also, after getting squashed by Mark Henry, Eugene was fired.

WWE Suspends 11 Superstars... Big Superstars

OK so apparently these people are suspended for getting internet prescriptions.

Here is their official statement regarding it.

STAMFORD, Conn., August 30, 2007 - Based on independent information received from investigators from the Albany County, NY D.A.’s office, WWE has today, under the penalty provisions of its wellness policy, issued suspension notices to 10 of its performers for violations. It has been WWE’s practice not to release the names of those who have been suspended, but notice has been sent to all WWE performers that names of anyone who is suspended under the Wellness Policy as of November 1 will be made public.

So who are these superstars? The list will make your jaw drop. For dramatic effect, I will start small, and end large.

• Mike "Simon Dean" Bucci, Currently a WWE office worker.
• Gregory Helms, Not currently wrestling.
• Edge, Not currently wrestling.
• Charlie Haas, here we start to get bigger. Just wait for the next name.
• Santino Marella, no big deal, but wait for this next one.
• William Regal, wait for it.
• King Booker, not that we enjoyed him, it is still a big blow.
• Chavo Guerrero, this is intersting.
• John Morrison, crap.
• Mr. Kennedy, just a week or so after saying the wellness program made him go off steroids. To be fair, I haven't read that they have been suspended for steroid use, just getting internet prescriptions.
• Randy Orton, are you serious?

Yea, this wasn't any 11 superstars getting suspended. This was any 5 superstars plus 6 top superstars getting suspended.

I don't know how long they are suspended, or if they are all suspended at the same time. But this is 6 RAW Superstars. The ECW Champion. And a top SmackDown star, who was just at SummerSlam.

Who does this leave on RAW? John Cena.. Triple H.. Umaga.. Then who? Jeff Hardy.. Carlito.. I am predicting a lot of Diva action next week on RAW.

***UPDATE***

ADD TO THE LIST FUNKAI, CHRIS MASTERS, AND BATISTA

My RAW Thoughts/Carlito's Cabana Video

Sorry Everyone, I couldn't get to a computer until just now. Here we go.

Best Match: Hardy vs Kennedy
Worst Match: Womens Match (Although it's technically not a match)
Best Non-Wrestling Moment: Carlito's Cabana
Rating (out of 8): 7.90345

The Good

1. Opening Segment
   
   Orton going from Ice Man to Crazed Man was just great. Also the crowed seemed really loud. Cena did a good job working the microphone. Is Regal going full blown heel though? Usually he just does things to make them more interesting, but this was weird. He seemed to be doing things to get back at Cena.
2. Hardy vs Kennedy
   
   I wasn't expecting Hardy for another week, so this was a fun surprise. This was also a good match that the crowd really got into.
3. Carlito's Cabana
   
   A little long, but still awesome. Triple H and Jeff Hardy both returned, and what a difference it made. Wow!
4. Tag Team Match
   
   Good match. Shelton Benjamin now reminds me of Dennis Rodman, but that shouldn't bother me too much.
5. The Main Event
   
   The twist ending was the best part. I really was expecting Orton to kick Cena's head off, but this was so much better. Instead, he pulled Cena's dad out of the crowd (they were in Boston by the way), and kicked him in the head. VERY UNEXPECTED. But now do I have to cheer for Cena?

The Bad

1. Lack of matches
   
   Well, if you were keeping track. Umaga interfered in Kennedy vs Hardy, The Womens match technically never started, and Orton interfered with the main event. The only match with a decisive finish was Rhodes, London, and Kendrick vs Daivari, Haas, and Rodman.
2. Womens "Match"
   
   What's the point? What does Beth Phoenix prove by beating up Maria?

PLUS!!!!

This is Carlito's Cabana after The Game arrived.


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Ball Rankings 8/2: Who's #1?

RAW

1. Randy Orton (Still #1, and looks like he could stay)
2. John Cena
3. Umaga
4. Mr. Kennedy (Kennedy... Kennedy, Kennedy! Kennedy... Sorry)
5. William Regal

Divas

1. Jillian
2. Mickie James (She's too good to be jobbing to Jillian)
   
3. Maria (As crazy as it sounds she was actually on RAW Monday unlike others...)
   
4. Candice (Where was she?)
5. Melina (Absent as well.)

ECW

1. CM Punk (15 minutes of fame, and #1? Good week.)
2. John Morrison
3. Elijah Burke
4. Big Daddy V
5. The Miz

SD!

1. The Great Khali
2. Matt Hardy
3. Batista
4. Hornswoggle (Is this the end of the Cruiserweight division?)
5. MVP

As you can see, not much moving from last week.

8/07 RAW Thoughts

Best Match: Battle Royal.
Worst Match: Snitsky vs. Rory Highlander (but it did serve the purpose of building up Snitsky... I still don't know why though).
Best Non-Wrestling Moment: The spoof of McMahon's death, and "The WWE Dating Game"
Worst Non-Wrestling Moment: All the speaking errors.
Rating (out of 8): 6.5

Good Things

1. Mr. McMahon's Return-
   
   Although some "experts" may say that Mr. McMahon return would be a bad thing (and I must say before last night I thought it would be too), but in reality it was a great thing.
   
   I especially liked that they kept Mr. McMahon out of the wrestling part. The only thing wrestling he was involved with was setting the Battle Royal up. But that seemed to mostly be random hatred of Coach... and who doesn't have that.
   
   The illegitimate child thing may be a little much, but it's better then the Lashley vs. McMahons and Umaga angle.
   
   I think a good idea for Mr. McMahon would be that if he wants to be involved in the story that they should have a Mr. and Mrs. McMahon separation and eventual divorce. They could divide the business between themselves. It would be hilarious. As long as it didn't take up too much time from the wrestling.
2. William Regal becoming GM-
   
   I thought this was great. I had read that this would happen a couple of weeks ago online, just I wasn't sure if it was really going to happen.
   
   Some would argue that The Sandman would have been a better general manager, and no doubt he would have been entertaining. He would have brought a Steve Austin feel to it. Unfortunately, I don't recall The Sandman ever having good microphone skills, and we do know Regal has them. That's why I think this is a good move.
3. The WWE Dating Game-
   
   I was on Yahoo Answers as I often am, answering questions during RAW, and it seemed everyone online hated The WWE Dating Game. Some saying it was a "new low" for the WWE. I think this is crazy. I loved it. I don't see what there wasn't to love about it. It made great use of puns. Absolutely hilarious.
   
   But I want to say that Santino becoming a heel went really fast. Also, his injury looked fake... even though it was real.
4. Cena/Umaga vs. Orton/Carlito Set for Next Week
   
   I think this will be a good match, but most importantly it set Umaga up as a face. I think the process of turning Umaga into a face will go smoothly and quickly, and ultimately go well.

Bad Things

1. Snitsky
   
   It wasn't Snitsky's match I thought was bad. No. It served its purpose. I just think the whole "Snitsky" idea needs to be rethought. Especially if they are going to give him a main event push eventually.
   
   However, if they aren't planning on giving him a main event push, he may be fine. That is, if they just want someone who could have matches as short as 2 minutes long, then he'd be great. Of course, you could also have 2 minute long matches with Cryme Tyme beating up 2 jobbers.
2. Jillian Hall vs. Mickie James
   
   The whole Jillian Hall singing thing was horrible. It always has been. What could have made it good would have been if Lillian right after Jillian started singing would have hit her in the back of the head with the microphone. Then Mickie James would have come to the ring and taken advantage of it. That would have been great.
   

Survivor Series 2006 Video: Team DX vs. Team Rated RKO

Here is the video. It was DX, The Hardy Boyz, and CM Punk vs. Rated RKO, Mike Knox, Gregory Helms, and Johnny Nitro.

Ball Rankings 8/12: Who's the current top WWE superstar?

RAW

1. Randy Orton
2. John Cena (Stays #2 because #3 and #4 both dropped out)
3. Mr.Kennedy
4. Umaga
5. Carlito

Divas

1. Melina
2. Candice Michelle
3. Mickie James
4. Beth Pheonix
5. Maria

ECW

1. John Morrison
2. CM Punk
3. Stevie Richards
4. The Miz
5. Elijah Burke

Smackdown

1. The Great Khali
2. Batista
3. Matt Hardy
4. Hornswoggle
5. MVP

Why HHH should not win the WWE Championship

OK. Here's the deal. All of the WWE rumors are saying that Randy Orton is going to win the WWE Championship from John Cena at SummerSlam. I'm OK with that. In fact, I think it should happen. The change needs to be made, because right now John Cena isn't as exciting as he used to be.

Rumors are from there that after HHH beats King Booker at SummerSlam, he's going to go on to beat Randy Orton for the WWE Championship, possibly at Unforgiven?

Wouldn't that be exciting? HHH to become the WWE Champion. Only one problem with that. It's boring, and kind of expected. Even without the help of the internet it's kind of expected.

What I think the WWE should do, is that they should build it up like The Game is going to win this match. Have The Game hit him around with his hammer to build up, and have Randy Orton hold it. Then after that, keep The Game in the title hunt. At all times. Then eventually push a Randy Orton (C) vs. Mr. Kennedy title match for a PPV or something. But at the last minute (not literally last minute...) have The Game do something for Coach like take out a wrestler who has been a pain, or have The Game threaten Coach to get into the title match. Something like that.

So at the last minute it will become a triple threat match. Triple H vs. Randy Orton (C) vs. Mr. Kennedy. I put Mr. Kennedy in this match because he has great microphone skills, and is getting better in the ring every week. Especially Kennedy vs. Lashley. That was great.

So then Triple H can win the title from there. It would be great!

I say this as a fan of wrestling though. From a business standpoint though, it's probably just better to let Triple H build up his speed, and then win the belt. But everyone, even those who don't read wrestling blogs, will have seen it coming.

RAW Main Even 7/30, Carlito vs. John Cena (w/ Randy Orton)

I just though I would post this since I found it. It was a great match up until the ending. I don't usually like matches ending with outside interference.