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Monday
Batista isn’t going to Strikeforce. Is anyone honestly surprised here?
Smackdown got a 1.9, down from the previous weeks but still pretty strong.
Monday Night Raw
Date: April 25, 2011
Location: RBC Center, Raleigh, North Carolina
Commentators: Michael Cole, Jim Ross, Jerry Lawler
Tonight is the Draft and also the go home show before Extreme Rules. The changes tonight don’t go into effect until after the PPV so the matches there are set in stone. What it does mean though is that we could see a changing of some of the shows various titles are on which could help spice things up a bit. This is usually fun and is being moved to this date due to Edge’s retirement, which is definitely a good thing as Smackdown is very low on star power right now. Let’s get to it.
During Tough Enough we saw the Raw midcard coming into the ring for a 20 man battle royal with the winning brand getting the first pick.
Battle Royal
This is in progress as we start. More or less imagine anyone in the midcard or upper midcard on either show and they’re in this. There are 20 men in this with guys like Kane, Show, Bourne, Sheamus, Corre, DiBiase, Tatsu, Clay, Henry etc. Three or four guys put Kane out. Show fights Khali for a bit to a nice reaction. These matches are always hard to call and this is no exception. A bunch of Smackdown guys put out Khali.
Sheamus tries to dump Barrett but can’t get him. Clay is walking around looking like he wants lunch. Only two eliminations so far that I can tell. Drew almost gets Bryan out but DiBiase saves. If I understand this right any amount of people can win for a team, as in if there are three Smackdown guys left in the end the match ends. Kozlov is out. Show beats down Sheamus as Henry puts Big Zeke out. The team dynamic here is kind of cool.
Slater is gone as is Masters. Raw has a slight advantage now. Barrett is gone as Raw takes over. Did Ted DiBiase just put Barrett out? Wow indeed. There goes DiBiase. Henry and Clay go out at the same time. It looks like it’s 6-4 with Raw ahead but Tatsu goes out to make it 5-4. Sheamus can’t put Rhodes out. For Raw it’s Sheamus, Bourne, Daniel Bryan, Mason Ryan and Santino. For the blue guys it’s Rhodes, Kofi, Drew and Show. Drew puts Sheamus out as we take a break.
Back with no changes. Bryan gets crushed by Show as Bourne puts McIntyre out. Kofi comes off the top on Ryan but misses completely. Santino goes to the apron and tries the Cobra on Show. Show casually grabs it and hits Santino with his own move. Bryan and Rhodes go out as we’re down to Mason Ryan and Evan Bourne vs. Kofi Kingston and Big Show. Size vs. size and speed vs. speed. Kofi goes to the apron and we get an awesome sequence with Bourne hanging off the apron and sliding back in while Kofi jumps back in.
Bourne is put on the top but jumps at Show, only to be thrown out with ease. The double teaming begins and a pendulum kick sends Ryan into Show who tosses him to earn the blue show the first pick at 13:40 since the show came on the air. Best time guess I can give you there guys.
To Smackdown: JOHN CENA!!! Cena comes out on the stage in the blue shirt as I’m stunned. Raw belongs to Orton I guess.
We get the recap video of Morrison and Truth which is made out to be something Biblical almost.
Here’s Truth to no music and he says Raleigh, North Carolina…..SHUT UP! Tonight is all about you, meaning the fans. They do the WHAT chant and Truth gets annoyed. He blames the fans for his failure because they goaded him into it and says the fans haven’t gotten him anywhere over the years.
Truth says the fans need rhythm and to get in tune for his singing and dancing. He talks to an imaginary fan named Little Jimmy who he apparently made happy by singing What’s Up. The kid singing doesn’t make him a champion either so Little Jimmy can SHUT UP. He’s giving the fans the boot tonight and is done with them. When he let go all of the frustration and anger if felt MARVELOUS (he screamed it, not me)! For the first time the Truth has set him free.
Morrison jumps Truth and the referees come out for the pull apart. Morrison breaks free and charges Truth who he leaves laying as we take a break.
Rock is here next week which is his birthday.
Another video of what will be Awesome Kong and we see her face. The world Kharma pops up on the screen.
Eve Torres vs. Layla
Well the people in this one look better than they did in the first match. Michelle comes out after Layla and is pretty ticked off here. Eve gets a very quick Downward Spiral for two. Layla comes over to Michelle and swings at her as Cole interrupts again. Eve wins with a rollup at 40 seconds.
Cole is talking about his training regimen and says that Mr. Wrestlemania has left ringside.
Layla DESTROYS Michelle post match and cries, shouting that she’s sick of this. Michelle goes onto the announce table as Layla is bawling.
To Raw: Rey Mysterio. Well that’s a change of pace for him.
JR is warming up. Trish wishes she jiggled that much.
Cody Rhodes talks about giving Rey a new mask, as in the kind that you get in a hospital. This is another of those creepy Cody promos that get better and better every time.
Kofi Kingston vs. Sheamus
Sheamus takes over early and hits a slingshot shoulder block for two. After that chickenwing Sheamus uses he gets sent into the post to shift momentum. Top rope cross body gets two. Next week will be Raw and Smackdown combined again apparently. High Cross misses as does the Brogue Kick but a pair of Trouble in Paradises ends this at 2:34. Quick match and nothing to rate at all.
To Smackdown: Randy Orton. My jaw literally dropped on that one.
Michael Cole vs. Jim Ross
Booker T is on commentary now which I believe is the 9th consecutive week that the announce team has changed during the show. Lawler gets up to be in JR’s corner. Ross is in dress pants and an Oklahoma football jersey. The seconds are on the apron instead of the floor. Cole makes fun or Ross’ weight and they circle each other a lot. A minute in and we’ve had no contact.
Cole, in his orange singlet, dances around a lot as Ross throws right hands. Cole hits the floor as we’ve had no serious contact after two minutes. Cole puts JR’s hat on then takes it off and stomps on it. Cole has a lot of tattoos. Swagger towels Cole off and he does some pushups. We’ve now reached the length of Sheamus vs. Kofi with no contact yet. Ross finally grabs Cole and shoves him down.
Cole calls for timeout and Swagger puts a stool in the corner. There’s a spit bucket and water. Cole actually tries to slam him so Ross hammers on him with some ground and…..with some ground and……no I just can’t say it. Cole tries to run and Lawler throws him back in. Swagger takes down Cole and then comes in for the DQ at 4:35.
Cole shouts about what Ross did to him as he has a bloody lip. He gets a belt off JR I think and whips Ross with it. Lawler comes in for the save and the heels run. An E-Mail makes the match on Sunday a country whipping (strap) match. Someone got busted legit in that as there’s a bunch of blood on Ross’ cheek.
Dolph Ziggler vs. Randy Orton
This is for two picks. Orton takes over for a bit until Ziggler comes back with a crossface chickenwing as the Backlundmania is spreading. Orton fights back as they seem to botch something with Ziggler going to the floor. Dropkick sends Orton into the front row and it’s not a countout of course. Orton’s new beard won’t let that happen. Randy comes back in and hits what is supposed to be a Thesz Press and hammers away. Angle Slam gets two. He loads up the RKO and despite Vickie interfering we’re done at 3:20 to send two more people to Fridays. Good grief that’s a ton.
We start the Draft wheel again but Punk cuts it off. He talks about beating Orton in the last man standing match this Sunday. Orton says he’ll be glad to be gone from Raw so he won’t have to deal with Punk anymore. This Sunday he’ll be the last man standing. Now for the picks. Ok never mind as they’re after the break.
To Smackdown: Mark Henry and Sin Cara. Henry still has a job? Cara is good because they can edit his matches to make them a bit less sloppy which will help him a lot I think.
Wade Barrett vs. Rey Mysterio
Barrett gets kicked in the leg to start but a Boss Man Slam gets two. Off to a bow and arrow as Rey is in trouble early on. Rey gets a springboard cross body for two. Into the corner as I love that evil smile Barrett has. Rey knocks him down and gets a headscissors to set up the 619 and top rope splash to end this at 2:30. Just like the previous match: short but they got some stuff in there.
To Raw: Big Show and Alberto Del Rio. Show is pointless as he can go from show to show with his tag title. Alberto changes the whole world title picture though. In the back Alberto is mad and Clay wants to know what happens to him but is sent away.
After we run down the card, Teddy introduces the main event which is for the final draft pick.
CM Punk/Alberto Del Rio/The Miz vs. John Cena/Mark Henry/Christian
The match starts after the break. There’s going to be a supplemental draft tomorrow at noon. That’s always fun. Josh says this is the final time for Cena on Raw. Assuming that draft picks stays, that’s absolutely laughable since they said next week is going to have guys from Raw and Smackdown on it already. Christian vs. Miz to start us off. Off to Cena and Miz runs off. We actually take ANOTHER break as this is ridiculous. Vince must need a new plane with this many commercials tonight.
Back with Cena cleaning house with a dropkick to Punk and it’s off to Henry. After he stands on Punk a bit Christian comes in but the clapping gets him in trouble. Avoid the clap dude. Punk gets a big kick to take him down and it’s off to Del Rio. He works on the shoulder a bit and it's off to Miz. Lots of tagging in this match so far. More arm work follows including a Codebreaker to the arm for two.
After Christian plays Ricky Morton for a bit (does that make Edge Robert Gibson somehow?) he manages to pull off a tornado DDT to Del Rio and it's hot tag to Cena. Miz comes in also and Cena hammers on the champion. Protoplex puts him down but Henry takes Cena down with a shoulder block. He picks Christian up in a press slam and throws him into the steps and the Skull Crushing Finale ends Cena.
To Raw: John Cena. Yeah we knew it was coming.
Cena cleans house to end the show.
Results
Team Smackdown won a battle royal – Big Show last eliminated Mason Ryan
Eve Torres b. Layla – Rollup
Kofi Kingston b. Sheamus – Trouble in Paradise
Jim Ross b. Michael Cole via DQ when Jack Swagger interfered
Randy Orton b. Dolph Ziggler – RKO
Rey Mysterio b. Wade Barrett – Top rope splash
The Miz/Alberto Del Rio/CM Punk b. John Cena/Mark Henry/Christian – Skull Crushing Finale to Cena
Tuesday
Here are the results of the Supplemental Draft.
TO RAW
* Jack Swagger
* Kelly Kelly
* JTG
* Drew McIntyre
* Curt Hawkins
* Chris Masters
* Kofi Kingston
* Tyler Reks
* Beth Phoenix
* Rey Mysterio
* The Big Show
* Alberto Del Rio
* John Cena
TO SMACKDOWN
* Daniel Bryan
* The Great Khali (w/Ranjin Singh)
* Jimmy Uso
* Alicia Fox
* William Regal
* Yoshi Tatsu
* Natalya
* Jey Uso
* Ted DiBiase
* Tyson Kidd
* Tamina
* Alex Riley
* US Champion Sheamus
* John Cena
* Randy Orton
* Mark Henry
* Sin Cara
Raw got a 3.5, up from last week by a good stretch.
NXT
Date: April 26, 2011
Location: Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina
Commentators: Todd Grisham, William Regal
Somehow this is two months old already. Two months. How in the world has it only been two months? Anyway, we’re done with the draft now so it’s time to focus on the real important thing tonight: NXT!!! Please, someone tell me there’s an elimination coming soon. I can’t take these six guys on the show for another month. Let’s get to it.
Maryse and Striker bring out the rookies and pros. It’s time to play How Well Do You Know Your Pro. This is the game where the teams are given a question and have to match their answers. Is there a reason why the games are always the same and they NEVER come up with anything else?
First question is what is the one thing your rookie does better than any other rookie. Byron says he speaks better, Tatsu says just wrestle. Nice knowing you Yoshi. Connor, with mutton chops, says punish people, Kozlov says fire up. Young says he doesn’t care what Chavo said and that he thinks he’s a better wrestler than Chavo. Chavo’s card says wrestle but it’s not a match. Novak says he makes it look good, JTG says fly, which is apparently a match. Cannon says this is about him, Kidd says best attire. Titus says connect with the WWE Universe, Horny says bark. Novak is the only one with a point.
Question two is if you can’t be a superstar, you should be what. Regal talks about other jobs he used to have, such as working as a bouncer and wringing out sponges for a one armed window cleaner. Byron says news reporter and is wrong as I didn’t see the card. Conor says fighter, Vlad says firefighter which isn’t a match. Young says he doesn’t care and Chavo says tax man. Since when does Chavo wear glasses?
Novak says there is no answer because he will be the next breakout star. JTG thinks hip hop MC. Cannon wants to know how many times Maryse threw up in her mouth after kissing Yoshi but Kidd says fashion designer. O’Neil says dogcatcher, Horny says bodyguard. This ate up ten minutes and managed to make this show even weaker. Regal again saves it, saying he understands why Cole left this show. Novak wins with the only correct answer out of ten total.
Darren Young vs. Titus O’Neil
Young is being all aggressive to start and we hit the floor with Young in control. Darren and Chavo are a weird pairing as they’re kind of both heels and yet they’re feuding. Horny plays cheerleader to get Titus out of a chinlock. Big old sideslam gets two. Titus has beaten Young twice this season already so this is billed as a rivalry. We’re in North Carolina so Young throws on a Figure Four. Chavo won’t help him though so Young walks into a Low Down to end this at approximately 3:30. My feed messed up so I missed a few parts but the match couldn’t have been longer than four minutes.
Jacob Novak/JTG vs. Vladimir Kozlov/Conor O’Brian
The idea of putting a weak guy with a good guy is foreign on this show isn’t it? Novak calls out Regal again as maybe my previous statement should be retracted. Novak says Rega’s career is over which makes Regal stand up. Regal says he’s over 40 and has lived 1000 lifetimes. However, if Novak thinks he’s going to let a Muppet like Novak tell him what he’s going to do, Novak is crazy. Regal wants a match RIGHT NOW. Novak of course says no because he’s in the tag match but he’ll take on Regal next week. I guess the big brawl of a feud is penciled in.
Novak and Kozlov start us off as Regal is eerily calm. O’Brian and Kozlov send Novak to the floor as we take a break. Regal calls JTG a waste of space and one of the worst people in the WWE. Preach it brother man. Back with JTG hitting a clothesline for two on O’Brian. O’Brian fights back but stops to hit Novak like a good man but JTG takes over again. Novak hammers on him a bit as Regal talks about lighting Novak on fire in the middle of winter and using his burning flesh to warm his hands. Vince….about that offer for help for any employee…
The rookies hit the mat as we hear about how impressive Novak has been lately. Regal takes credit for that which is saying a lot as I’ve become more and more bored by him week in and week out. Naturally the two guys that are joined at the hop this season get to work the majority of the match. O’Brian gets a DDT to break the momentum and it’s off to Vlad. JTG gets involved and everything breaks down. Novak fights off a double team and hits a big boot to O’Brian to end this at 6:45.
Raw ReBound recaps the Draft of course.
Someone has destroyed Maryse’s purse so she rants to Tatsu in French. She blames Lucky and goes off to check on her shoes. Tatsu comes up to Saxton and asks if he’s seen Lucky. Saxton gets annoyed with Tatsu not being his pro and says Tatsu can come to the ring for his match with Cannon. Good to see Saxton showing some serious nature.
Byron Saxton vs. Lucky Cannon
Saxton takes over to start as we hit the floor. The crowd is SILENT. Do you know how hard it is to kill fans in North freaking Carolina??? Big boot gets two for Cannon. Triangle choke by Cannon gets him nowhere. We hit the chinlock as Todd talks about Tatsu and Kidd going to Smackdown along with Regal, meaning they can hang out together. Regal goes into a rather depressing speech about having no friends. Grisham says the two of them get along. Regal says in total deadpan that they don’t. This was almost saddening.
Saxton makes his comeback and gets two off a shot from the middle rope. Rollup gets the same. We reference Gorgeous George and Chanel #10. Kidd breaks up a pin attempt so Yoshi takes him out. Cannon takes out Yoshi so he can tell Maryse he had nothing to do with this. Yoshi comes in for the DQ at 5:44. Saxton beats up Yoshi and gets beaten up by Cannon post match.
Maryse might be impressed by Cannon.
Results
Jacob Novak won the How Well Do You Know Your Pro Challenge
Titus O’Neil b. Darren Young – Sitout Spinebuster
JTG/Jacob Novak b. Conor O’Brian/Vladimir Kozlov – Big boot to O’Brian
Lucky Cannon b. Byron Saxton via DQ when Yoshi Tatsu interfered
Wednesday
CM Punk might not return once his contract is up. Interesting.
Thursday
WWE signed an indy guy named Jon Moxley who is apparently good. We’ll see about that.
Karen Angle might have been the victim of sexual harassment at TNA. Granted this is from Honky Tonk Man so take it with a pound of salt.
Impact
Date: April 28, 2011
Location: Impact Zone, Orlando, Florida
Commentators: Mike Tenay, Tazz
Episode Title: Queen Clouseau
Impact has had two straight decent if not good shows in a row. After last Monday’s rather weak draft show, maybe is their chance to have a couple straight weeks in a row better than Raw. I’d expect more of the same kind of build to Sacrifice as we saw last week, which resulted in some decent stuff. That being said, let’s get to it.
We open with a recap of the Angle vs. Jarretts thing last week and Angle talking about his mistress that will hurt Karen for him. Also we get a clip of the Sting vs. Hogan stuff from last week with the Network.
The Jarretts come out with all the women in the ring, including some women from catering. This is to find out who the mistress is. Karen has an umbrella to avoids falling feces. Karen starts with an older lady from catering. She says the catering woman is too nice to Kurt by trying to get to him through his stomach. The girl says really? She has pot roast to make. Maybe Jeff can take some tips from Jeff on how to flip burgers. Karen says Taco Tuesday sucks which ticks off Sarita and Rosita in a funny bit.
The catering lady leaves so Karen goes after Jolene the seamstress. Mickie isn’t here by the way. Jolene says it’s her job to run her hands over Kurt to find out his measurements. Karen throws her out too and moves on to Tessmacher. She points out that Tessmacher got to the building at the same time as Angle. “You mean at our jobs?” Karen asks about being at the gym with Kurt. “You mean like with the other 25 wrestlers?” These are the same questions the cops asked Goldberg when he was accused of stalking Liz on the night of the Fingerpoke of Doom.
Time for some racial stereotype jokes for Sarita and Rosita who she calls hot and spicy and rice and beans. Sarita curses in Spanish and says they’re MEXICAN America, not Americans. They leave also as it’s off to Madison and Tara with the boobs of doom. The two of them and Angle are all former TNA champions remember. Madison says Tara would lay down for Kurt because she’s a dirty ****. Tara spits on Madison and Madison implies Tara would try to sleep with Jeff.
That leaves Velvet as Winter and Angelina aren’t here either. Karen says that Velvet is at the end of her rope so she’s trying to get on Kurt’s. Karen implies Velvet is a ****e and Kurt has to save Karen from a big slap. Velvet slaps Kurt and the catfight is on. Here come Winter and Angelina as Angelina beats up Velvet as the Jarretts leave. Winter tells So Cal Val to ring the bell as this is a match apparently.
Angelina Love vs. Velvet Sky
Angelina is controlling early as we get a referee and take a break. Back with Angelina choking away in the corner. She’s still in the trance as she dominates. This is a very slow paced match as Angelina has to show no emotion at all which is a decent character twist but it causes some boring matches.
Off to a chinlock for a bit which goes nowhere. Velvet hammers away but there’s no response from Angelina. Love chokes away and pounds on Velvet as this keeps starting and stopping. Velvet fires back with some facecrushers to the knee which the camera is able to cut away from in time to keep from seeing them miss the knee by a foot. Winter interferes though, allowing the Botox Injection (Bicycle Kick) to set up a choke to end this at 10:20.
Anderson gets here 26 minutes into the show in a big truck. He wants his title shot.
Back with Matt Morgan looking for Steiner. Has he been walking around ranting for half an hour?
Anarquia vs. Chris Sabin
Christy Hemme is announcer tonight who is definitely an upgrade from Jeremy Borash visually. Anarquia says that next week we’re celebrating Cinco de Mayo. Sabin takes over quickly to start and gets something resembling a springboard double axe but he injures his knee on it. The replay shows that the knee bent in a way it wasn’t supposed to at all. A small package ends this at 1:21. Mexican America sets for the beatdown but ALEX SHELLEY returns for the save. If that’s a fake knee injury I’m rather impressed as the replay looked like his knee legit bent the wrong way.
Steiner is playing with a kids golf toy and says he jumped Morgan because he was there. Lots of censored words here as Steiner says he’d shoot himself if he had Morgan’s DNA. If Morgan is looking for him he’s not a hard man to find.
Back with Morgan finding Steiner who runs off. Morgan chases after him and Steiner jumps him and takes over in the war of alliteration. Morgan gets choked with a stick of some sort and lots more words are censored. Morgan fights back and chokes him with his boot. This is your weekly big brawl backstage. Steiner says he’s sorry but is thrown into a well placed refrigerator.
Sting goes up to Anerson’s truck in the back and pulls out the bat. Faster than you can say “Mr. Borden you have the right to remain silent”, Sting becomes a vandal on national TV. The fans cheer for this. Sting starts to leave but climbs up on top of the truck and hammers away some more. The lesson to be learned here: use public transportation.
Daniels vs. Gunner for the TV Title next.
TV Title: Gunner vs. Daniels
Gunner is the ace in the hole for Immortal apparently. Daniels uses his riveting style of strikes to take over but Gunner fires back with basic heel power offense. Crucifix gets two for Daniels as he strikes even more. Gordbuster (with Daniels landing on his head) gets two. Daniels shouts GIVE ME YOUR BEST and comes back with, you guessed it, more strikes. A running STO takes Gunner down as does a cross arm front slam off the top. Release Rock Bottom by Daniels sets up the BME but Gunner moves. Daniels goes face first into the post and an F5 gives Gunner the clean pin at 6:05.
Here’s Sting who talks about how he’s trying to get rid of Hogan and Bischoff but Anderson won’t leave him alone. He calls out Anderson who has a bat in hand. Anderson asks point blank if Sting bashed out all the windows in his truck. Sting says he didn’t do it. Anderson: did you do it? Sting: No. Anderson: did you do it? Sting: Yes. Anderson pulls the bat back and says he’ll get it replaced because he’s rich.
Anderson promises to one-up Sting every time with these tricks. Since Sting has the power to pick his own opponents, Sting can make this end by picking Anderson for his title shot. Anderson wants it tonight but here’s RVD to cut him off. Van Dam says he’s glad Sting is being straight up with him and do whatever you have to do to get rid of Anderson. Sting says ok let’s do it tonight.
Here’s Hogan who says he loves to see Sting handing out title shots. If Sting wants a fight then he’ll get it. Hogan makes it a three way, adding in Bully Ray. Oh dear. Sting looks like he’d dead.
Joe talks about Crimson and liking his style with sticking Janice in the back of Abyss. Joe says the winning streaks they had aren’t the same because Crimson hasn’t been tested.
Crimson vs. Samoa Joe
We hear about Joe being undefeated for 18 months which was eventually broken by Angle. Crimson takes over to start and locks on a Cravate. Joe fires back and his strikes, including an enziguri for two. Nice overhead suplex by Crimson and a neckbreaker get two. Another enziguri misses for Joe so Crimson tries a suplex. The key word being try as Joe counters with the power of fat.
They slug it out and Crimson runs into the release Rock Bottom. We hit the floor and Abyss runs in for the DQ, drilling Crimson at 2:58. Match was good while it lasted. Joe looks at Abyss and walks off. The match is called a no contest, despite Crimson getting jumped. Shouldn’t that be a DQ win for Crimson? Black Hole Slam leaves Crimson laying.
Anderson says he doesn't want a three way but he'll take it anyway if it's all he can get. More censored words here as I guess TNA isn’t PG.
Angle says that Karen isn’t even close with her guesses. The mistress might be here next week. It’s no one anyone knows apparently.
Here’s Mickie who says her goal is to be the best women’s wrestler ever. She dedicates the win to the fans and says it’s because of the fans that the roster can come out here and live their dreams. Short and to the point.
Ray is talking to Abyss and says Ray being champion would tick off the wrestling world. He’d trade in his 23 tag titles for one reign with it.
TNA World Title: Mr. Anderson vs. Sting vs. Bully Ray
Borash does the intro here. We get big match intros to kill some time. Sting goes after Anderson to start as Ray chills in the corner. The announcers play up Sting defending the title a lot recently so he might be a bit tired here. Ray jumps in and gets a side slam for two on Sting. We hit the standard three way formula as one guy dominates and gets a pin attempt on another while the third guy saves, then another guy takes over. Ray pulls Anderson off the top as we take a break.
Back and all three guys are in the same place meaning we missed nothing during the break. Anderson and Ray slug it out with Anderson going down via an elbow. Sting finally gets up and takes down both guys. Stinger Splash to Anderson and Sting avoids a charging Ray. Down goes the referee as Ray pulls the referee into Sting’s path. Ray picks up the pipe and pops Sting in the ribs with it, saying that was for Hogan. AJ comes in for the save and Sting gets a shot with the pipe to Ray for the pin at 11:35 total which was probably about 8:00 taking out the commercial.
Anderson has the pipe as we go to a break.
Ray says AJ had no business being there. Now he's cost Ray a title so AJ has to sleep with an eye open. Next time it's concrete, not a table. Ray threatens AJ's family and says AJ shouldn't be here next week. AJ can't hurt him because he's a WARRIOR.
AJ says Ray will pay.
Scott Steiner says he beat up Morgan and that Morgan is half of the man Steiner is. He makes fun of Morgan for being a basketball player. Next week Steiner will get him.
The Jarretts say this has gone on too far. Preach it brothers!
Velvet complains about Karen and Angelina.
Karen says she doesn't have any enemies so she doesn't know who Kurt could have. And that's it. No mention of Anderson and the pipe again at all.
Results
Angelina Love b. Velvet Sky – Choke Out
Anarquia b. Chris Sabin – Small Package
Gunner b. Christopher Daniels – F5
Samoa Joe vs. Crimson went to a no contest when Abyss interfered
Sting b. Bully Ray and Mr. Anderson – Sting pinned Ray after a shot with a steel pipe
Batista isn’t going to Strikeforce. Is anyone honestly surprised here?
Smackdown got a 1.9, down from the previous weeks but still pretty strong.
Monday Night Raw
Date: April 25, 2011
Location: RBC Center, Raleigh, North Carolina
Commentators: Michael Cole, Jim Ross, Jerry Lawler
Tonight is the Draft and also the go home show before Extreme Rules. The changes tonight don’t go into effect until after the PPV so the matches there are set in stone. What it does mean though is that we could see a changing of some of the shows various titles are on which could help spice things up a bit. This is usually fun and is being moved to this date due to Edge’s retirement, which is definitely a good thing as Smackdown is very low on star power right now. Let’s get to it.
During Tough Enough we saw the Raw midcard coming into the ring for a 20 man battle royal with the winning brand getting the first pick.
Battle Royal
This is in progress as we start. More or less imagine anyone in the midcard or upper midcard on either show and they’re in this. There are 20 men in this with guys like Kane, Show, Bourne, Sheamus, Corre, DiBiase, Tatsu, Clay, Henry etc. Three or four guys put Kane out. Show fights Khali for a bit to a nice reaction. These matches are always hard to call and this is no exception. A bunch of Smackdown guys put out Khali.
Sheamus tries to dump Barrett but can’t get him. Clay is walking around looking like he wants lunch. Only two eliminations so far that I can tell. Drew almost gets Bryan out but DiBiase saves. If I understand this right any amount of people can win for a team, as in if there are three Smackdown guys left in the end the match ends. Kozlov is out. Show beats down Sheamus as Henry puts Big Zeke out. The team dynamic here is kind of cool.
Slater is gone as is Masters. Raw has a slight advantage now. Barrett is gone as Raw takes over. Did Ted DiBiase just put Barrett out? Wow indeed. There goes DiBiase. Henry and Clay go out at the same time. It looks like it’s 6-4 with Raw ahead but Tatsu goes out to make it 5-4. Sheamus can’t put Rhodes out. For Raw it’s Sheamus, Bourne, Daniel Bryan, Mason Ryan and Santino. For the blue guys it’s Rhodes, Kofi, Drew and Show. Drew puts Sheamus out as we take a break.
Back with no changes. Bryan gets crushed by Show as Bourne puts McIntyre out. Kofi comes off the top on Ryan but misses completely. Santino goes to the apron and tries the Cobra on Show. Show casually grabs it and hits Santino with his own move. Bryan and Rhodes go out as we’re down to Mason Ryan and Evan Bourne vs. Kofi Kingston and Big Show. Size vs. size and speed vs. speed. Kofi goes to the apron and we get an awesome sequence with Bourne hanging off the apron and sliding back in while Kofi jumps back in.
Bourne is put on the top but jumps at Show, only to be thrown out with ease. The double teaming begins and a pendulum kick sends Ryan into Show who tosses him to earn the blue show the first pick at 13:40 since the show came on the air. Best time guess I can give you there guys.
To Smackdown: JOHN CENA!!! Cena comes out on the stage in the blue shirt as I’m stunned. Raw belongs to Orton I guess.
We get the recap video of Morrison and Truth which is made out to be something Biblical almost.
Here’s Truth to no music and he says Raleigh, North Carolina…..SHUT UP! Tonight is all about you, meaning the fans. They do the WHAT chant and Truth gets annoyed. He blames the fans for his failure because they goaded him into it and says the fans haven’t gotten him anywhere over the years.
Truth says the fans need rhythm and to get in tune for his singing and dancing. He talks to an imaginary fan named Little Jimmy who he apparently made happy by singing What’s Up. The kid singing doesn’t make him a champion either so Little Jimmy can SHUT UP. He’s giving the fans the boot tonight and is done with them. When he let go all of the frustration and anger if felt MARVELOUS (he screamed it, not me)! For the first time the Truth has set him free.
Morrison jumps Truth and the referees come out for the pull apart. Morrison breaks free and charges Truth who he leaves laying as we take a break.
Rock is here next week which is his birthday.
Another video of what will be Awesome Kong and we see her face. The world Kharma pops up on the screen.
Eve Torres vs. Layla
Well the people in this one look better than they did in the first match. Michelle comes out after Layla and is pretty ticked off here. Eve gets a very quick Downward Spiral for two. Layla comes over to Michelle and swings at her as Cole interrupts again. Eve wins with a rollup at 40 seconds.
Cole is talking about his training regimen and says that Mr. Wrestlemania has left ringside.
Layla DESTROYS Michelle post match and cries, shouting that she’s sick of this. Michelle goes onto the announce table as Layla is bawling.
To Raw: Rey Mysterio. Well that’s a change of pace for him.
JR is warming up. Trish wishes she jiggled that much.
Cody Rhodes talks about giving Rey a new mask, as in the kind that you get in a hospital. This is another of those creepy Cody promos that get better and better every time.
Kofi Kingston vs. Sheamus
Sheamus takes over early and hits a slingshot shoulder block for two. After that chickenwing Sheamus uses he gets sent into the post to shift momentum. Top rope cross body gets two. Next week will be Raw and Smackdown combined again apparently. High Cross misses as does the Brogue Kick but a pair of Trouble in Paradises ends this at 2:34. Quick match and nothing to rate at all.
To Smackdown: Randy Orton. My jaw literally dropped on that one.
Michael Cole vs. Jim Ross
Booker T is on commentary now which I believe is the 9th consecutive week that the announce team has changed during the show. Lawler gets up to be in JR’s corner. Ross is in dress pants and an Oklahoma football jersey. The seconds are on the apron instead of the floor. Cole makes fun or Ross’ weight and they circle each other a lot. A minute in and we’ve had no contact.
Cole, in his orange singlet, dances around a lot as Ross throws right hands. Cole hits the floor as we’ve had no serious contact after two minutes. Cole puts JR’s hat on then takes it off and stomps on it. Cole has a lot of tattoos. Swagger towels Cole off and he does some pushups. We’ve now reached the length of Sheamus vs. Kofi with no contact yet. Ross finally grabs Cole and shoves him down.
Cole calls for timeout and Swagger puts a stool in the corner. There’s a spit bucket and water. Cole actually tries to slam him so Ross hammers on him with some ground and…..with some ground and……no I just can’t say it. Cole tries to run and Lawler throws him back in. Swagger takes down Cole and then comes in for the DQ at 4:35.
Cole shouts about what Ross did to him as he has a bloody lip. He gets a belt off JR I think and whips Ross with it. Lawler comes in for the save and the heels run. An E-Mail makes the match on Sunday a country whipping (strap) match. Someone got busted legit in that as there’s a bunch of blood on Ross’ cheek.
Dolph Ziggler vs. Randy Orton
This is for two picks. Orton takes over for a bit until Ziggler comes back with a crossface chickenwing as the Backlundmania is spreading. Orton fights back as they seem to botch something with Ziggler going to the floor. Dropkick sends Orton into the front row and it’s not a countout of course. Orton’s new beard won’t let that happen. Randy comes back in and hits what is supposed to be a Thesz Press and hammers away. Angle Slam gets two. He loads up the RKO and despite Vickie interfering we’re done at 3:20 to send two more people to Fridays. Good grief that’s a ton.
We start the Draft wheel again but Punk cuts it off. He talks about beating Orton in the last man standing match this Sunday. Orton says he’ll be glad to be gone from Raw so he won’t have to deal with Punk anymore. This Sunday he’ll be the last man standing. Now for the picks. Ok never mind as they’re after the break.
To Smackdown: Mark Henry and Sin Cara. Henry still has a job? Cara is good because they can edit his matches to make them a bit less sloppy which will help him a lot I think.
Wade Barrett vs. Rey Mysterio
Barrett gets kicked in the leg to start but a Boss Man Slam gets two. Off to a bow and arrow as Rey is in trouble early on. Rey gets a springboard cross body for two. Into the corner as I love that evil smile Barrett has. Rey knocks him down and gets a headscissors to set up the 619 and top rope splash to end this at 2:30. Just like the previous match: short but they got some stuff in there.
To Raw: Big Show and Alberto Del Rio. Show is pointless as he can go from show to show with his tag title. Alberto changes the whole world title picture though. In the back Alberto is mad and Clay wants to know what happens to him but is sent away.
After we run down the card, Teddy introduces the main event which is for the final draft pick.
CM Punk/Alberto Del Rio/The Miz vs. John Cena/Mark Henry/Christian
The match starts after the break. There’s going to be a supplemental draft tomorrow at noon. That’s always fun. Josh says this is the final time for Cena on Raw. Assuming that draft picks stays, that’s absolutely laughable since they said next week is going to have guys from Raw and Smackdown on it already. Christian vs. Miz to start us off. Off to Cena and Miz runs off. We actually take ANOTHER break as this is ridiculous. Vince must need a new plane with this many commercials tonight.
Back with Cena cleaning house with a dropkick to Punk and it’s off to Henry. After he stands on Punk a bit Christian comes in but the clapping gets him in trouble. Avoid the clap dude. Punk gets a big kick to take him down and it’s off to Del Rio. He works on the shoulder a bit and it's off to Miz. Lots of tagging in this match so far. More arm work follows including a Codebreaker to the arm for two.
After Christian plays Ricky Morton for a bit (does that make Edge Robert Gibson somehow?) he manages to pull off a tornado DDT to Del Rio and it's hot tag to Cena. Miz comes in also and Cena hammers on the champion. Protoplex puts him down but Henry takes Cena down with a shoulder block. He picks Christian up in a press slam and throws him into the steps and the Skull Crushing Finale ends Cena.
To Raw: John Cena. Yeah we knew it was coming.
Cena cleans house to end the show.
Results
Team Smackdown won a battle royal – Big Show last eliminated Mason Ryan
Eve Torres b. Layla – Rollup
Kofi Kingston b. Sheamus – Trouble in Paradise
Jim Ross b. Michael Cole via DQ when Jack Swagger interfered
Randy Orton b. Dolph Ziggler – RKO
Rey Mysterio b. Wade Barrett – Top rope splash
The Miz/Alberto Del Rio/CM Punk b. John Cena/Mark Henry/Christian – Skull Crushing Finale to Cena
Tuesday
Here are the results of the Supplemental Draft.
TO RAW
* Jack Swagger
* Kelly Kelly
* JTG
* Drew McIntyre
* Curt Hawkins
* Chris Masters
* Kofi Kingston
* Tyler Reks
* Beth Phoenix
* Rey Mysterio
* The Big Show
* Alberto Del Rio
* John Cena
TO SMACKDOWN
* Daniel Bryan
* The Great Khali (w/Ranjin Singh)
* Jimmy Uso
* Alicia Fox
* William Regal
* Yoshi Tatsu
* Natalya
* Jey Uso
* Ted DiBiase
* Tyson Kidd
* Tamina
* Alex Riley
* US Champion Sheamus
* John Cena
* Randy Orton
* Mark Henry
* Sin Cara
Raw got a 3.5, up from last week by a good stretch.
NXT
Date: April 26, 2011
Location: Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina
Commentators: Todd Grisham, William Regal
Somehow this is two months old already. Two months. How in the world has it only been two months? Anyway, we’re done with the draft now so it’s time to focus on the real important thing tonight: NXT!!! Please, someone tell me there’s an elimination coming soon. I can’t take these six guys on the show for another month. Let’s get to it.
Maryse and Striker bring out the rookies and pros. It’s time to play How Well Do You Know Your Pro. This is the game where the teams are given a question and have to match their answers. Is there a reason why the games are always the same and they NEVER come up with anything else?
First question is what is the one thing your rookie does better than any other rookie. Byron says he speaks better, Tatsu says just wrestle. Nice knowing you Yoshi. Connor, with mutton chops, says punish people, Kozlov says fire up. Young says he doesn’t care what Chavo said and that he thinks he’s a better wrestler than Chavo. Chavo’s card says wrestle but it’s not a match. Novak says he makes it look good, JTG says fly, which is apparently a match. Cannon says this is about him, Kidd says best attire. Titus says connect with the WWE Universe, Horny says bark. Novak is the only one with a point.
Question two is if you can’t be a superstar, you should be what. Regal talks about other jobs he used to have, such as working as a bouncer and wringing out sponges for a one armed window cleaner. Byron says news reporter and is wrong as I didn’t see the card. Conor says fighter, Vlad says firefighter which isn’t a match. Young says he doesn’t care and Chavo says tax man. Since when does Chavo wear glasses?
Novak says there is no answer because he will be the next breakout star. JTG thinks hip hop MC. Cannon wants to know how many times Maryse threw up in her mouth after kissing Yoshi but Kidd says fashion designer. O’Neil says dogcatcher, Horny says bodyguard. This ate up ten minutes and managed to make this show even weaker. Regal again saves it, saying he understands why Cole left this show. Novak wins with the only correct answer out of ten total.
Darren Young vs. Titus O’Neil
Young is being all aggressive to start and we hit the floor with Young in control. Darren and Chavo are a weird pairing as they’re kind of both heels and yet they’re feuding. Horny plays cheerleader to get Titus out of a chinlock. Big old sideslam gets two. Titus has beaten Young twice this season already so this is billed as a rivalry. We’re in North Carolina so Young throws on a Figure Four. Chavo won’t help him though so Young walks into a Low Down to end this at approximately 3:30. My feed messed up so I missed a few parts but the match couldn’t have been longer than four minutes.
Jacob Novak/JTG vs. Vladimir Kozlov/Conor O’Brian
The idea of putting a weak guy with a good guy is foreign on this show isn’t it? Novak calls out Regal again as maybe my previous statement should be retracted. Novak says Rega’s career is over which makes Regal stand up. Regal says he’s over 40 and has lived 1000 lifetimes. However, if Novak thinks he’s going to let a Muppet like Novak tell him what he’s going to do, Novak is crazy. Regal wants a match RIGHT NOW. Novak of course says no because he’s in the tag match but he’ll take on Regal next week. I guess the big brawl of a feud is penciled in.
Novak and Kozlov start us off as Regal is eerily calm. O’Brian and Kozlov send Novak to the floor as we take a break. Regal calls JTG a waste of space and one of the worst people in the WWE. Preach it brother man. Back with JTG hitting a clothesline for two on O’Brian. O’Brian fights back but stops to hit Novak like a good man but JTG takes over again. Novak hammers on him a bit as Regal talks about lighting Novak on fire in the middle of winter and using his burning flesh to warm his hands. Vince….about that offer for help for any employee…
The rookies hit the mat as we hear about how impressive Novak has been lately. Regal takes credit for that which is saying a lot as I’ve become more and more bored by him week in and week out. Naturally the two guys that are joined at the hop this season get to work the majority of the match. O’Brian gets a DDT to break the momentum and it’s off to Vlad. JTG gets involved and everything breaks down. Novak fights off a double team and hits a big boot to O’Brian to end this at 6:45.
Raw ReBound recaps the Draft of course.
Someone has destroyed Maryse’s purse so she rants to Tatsu in French. She blames Lucky and goes off to check on her shoes. Tatsu comes up to Saxton and asks if he’s seen Lucky. Saxton gets annoyed with Tatsu not being his pro and says Tatsu can come to the ring for his match with Cannon. Good to see Saxton showing some serious nature.
Byron Saxton vs. Lucky Cannon
Saxton takes over to start as we hit the floor. The crowd is SILENT. Do you know how hard it is to kill fans in North freaking Carolina??? Big boot gets two for Cannon. Triangle choke by Cannon gets him nowhere. We hit the chinlock as Todd talks about Tatsu and Kidd going to Smackdown along with Regal, meaning they can hang out together. Regal goes into a rather depressing speech about having no friends. Grisham says the two of them get along. Regal says in total deadpan that they don’t. This was almost saddening.
Saxton makes his comeback and gets two off a shot from the middle rope. Rollup gets the same. We reference Gorgeous George and Chanel #10. Kidd breaks up a pin attempt so Yoshi takes him out. Cannon takes out Yoshi so he can tell Maryse he had nothing to do with this. Yoshi comes in for the DQ at 5:44. Saxton beats up Yoshi and gets beaten up by Cannon post match.
Maryse might be impressed by Cannon.
Results
Jacob Novak won the How Well Do You Know Your Pro Challenge
Titus O’Neil b. Darren Young – Sitout Spinebuster
JTG/Jacob Novak b. Conor O’Brian/Vladimir Kozlov – Big boot to O’Brian
Lucky Cannon b. Byron Saxton via DQ when Yoshi Tatsu interfered
Wednesday
CM Punk might not return once his contract is up. Interesting.
Thursday
WWE signed an indy guy named Jon Moxley who is apparently good. We’ll see about that.
Karen Angle might have been the victim of sexual harassment at TNA. Granted this is from Honky Tonk Man so take it with a pound of salt.
Impact
Date: April 28, 2011
Location: Impact Zone, Orlando, Florida
Commentators: Mike Tenay, Tazz
Episode Title: Queen Clouseau
Impact has had two straight decent if not good shows in a row. After last Monday’s rather weak draft show, maybe is their chance to have a couple straight weeks in a row better than Raw. I’d expect more of the same kind of build to Sacrifice as we saw last week, which resulted in some decent stuff. That being said, let’s get to it.
We open with a recap of the Angle vs. Jarretts thing last week and Angle talking about his mistress that will hurt Karen for him. Also we get a clip of the Sting vs. Hogan stuff from last week with the Network.
The Jarretts come out with all the women in the ring, including some women from catering. This is to find out who the mistress is. Karen has an umbrella to avoids falling feces. Karen starts with an older lady from catering. She says the catering woman is too nice to Kurt by trying to get to him through his stomach. The girl says really? She has pot roast to make. Maybe Jeff can take some tips from Jeff on how to flip burgers. Karen says Taco Tuesday sucks which ticks off Sarita and Rosita in a funny bit.
The catering lady leaves so Karen goes after Jolene the seamstress. Mickie isn’t here by the way. Jolene says it’s her job to run her hands over Kurt to find out his measurements. Karen throws her out too and moves on to Tessmacher. She points out that Tessmacher got to the building at the same time as Angle. “You mean at our jobs?” Karen asks about being at the gym with Kurt. “You mean like with the other 25 wrestlers?” These are the same questions the cops asked Goldberg when he was accused of stalking Liz on the night of the Fingerpoke of Doom.
Time for some racial stereotype jokes for Sarita and Rosita who she calls hot and spicy and rice and beans. Sarita curses in Spanish and says they’re MEXICAN America, not Americans. They leave also as it’s off to Madison and Tara with the boobs of doom. The two of them and Angle are all former TNA champions remember. Madison says Tara would lay down for Kurt because she’s a dirty ****. Tara spits on Madison and Madison implies Tara would try to sleep with Jeff.
That leaves Velvet as Winter and Angelina aren’t here either. Karen says that Velvet is at the end of her rope so she’s trying to get on Kurt’s. Karen implies Velvet is a ****e and Kurt has to save Karen from a big slap. Velvet slaps Kurt and the catfight is on. Here come Winter and Angelina as Angelina beats up Velvet as the Jarretts leave. Winter tells So Cal Val to ring the bell as this is a match apparently.
Angelina Love vs. Velvet Sky
Angelina is controlling early as we get a referee and take a break. Back with Angelina choking away in the corner. She’s still in the trance as she dominates. This is a very slow paced match as Angelina has to show no emotion at all which is a decent character twist but it causes some boring matches.
Off to a chinlock for a bit which goes nowhere. Velvet hammers away but there’s no response from Angelina. Love chokes away and pounds on Velvet as this keeps starting and stopping. Velvet fires back with some facecrushers to the knee which the camera is able to cut away from in time to keep from seeing them miss the knee by a foot. Winter interferes though, allowing the Botox Injection (Bicycle Kick) to set up a choke to end this at 10:20.
Anderson gets here 26 minutes into the show in a big truck. He wants his title shot.
Back with Matt Morgan looking for Steiner. Has he been walking around ranting for half an hour?
Anarquia vs. Chris Sabin
Christy Hemme is announcer tonight who is definitely an upgrade from Jeremy Borash visually. Anarquia says that next week we’re celebrating Cinco de Mayo. Sabin takes over quickly to start and gets something resembling a springboard double axe but he injures his knee on it. The replay shows that the knee bent in a way it wasn’t supposed to at all. A small package ends this at 1:21. Mexican America sets for the beatdown but ALEX SHELLEY returns for the save. If that’s a fake knee injury I’m rather impressed as the replay looked like his knee legit bent the wrong way.
Steiner is playing with a kids golf toy and says he jumped Morgan because he was there. Lots of censored words here as Steiner says he’d shoot himself if he had Morgan’s DNA. If Morgan is looking for him he’s not a hard man to find.
Back with Morgan finding Steiner who runs off. Morgan chases after him and Steiner jumps him and takes over in the war of alliteration. Morgan gets choked with a stick of some sort and lots more words are censored. Morgan fights back and chokes him with his boot. This is your weekly big brawl backstage. Steiner says he’s sorry but is thrown into a well placed refrigerator.
Sting goes up to Anerson’s truck in the back and pulls out the bat. Faster than you can say “Mr. Borden you have the right to remain silent”, Sting becomes a vandal on national TV. The fans cheer for this. Sting starts to leave but climbs up on top of the truck and hammers away some more. The lesson to be learned here: use public transportation.
Daniels vs. Gunner for the TV Title next.
TV Title: Gunner vs. Daniels
Gunner is the ace in the hole for Immortal apparently. Daniels uses his riveting style of strikes to take over but Gunner fires back with basic heel power offense. Crucifix gets two for Daniels as he strikes even more. Gordbuster (with Daniels landing on his head) gets two. Daniels shouts GIVE ME YOUR BEST and comes back with, you guessed it, more strikes. A running STO takes Gunner down as does a cross arm front slam off the top. Release Rock Bottom by Daniels sets up the BME but Gunner moves. Daniels goes face first into the post and an F5 gives Gunner the clean pin at 6:05.
Here’s Sting who talks about how he’s trying to get rid of Hogan and Bischoff but Anderson won’t leave him alone. He calls out Anderson who has a bat in hand. Anderson asks point blank if Sting bashed out all the windows in his truck. Sting says he didn’t do it. Anderson: did you do it? Sting: No. Anderson: did you do it? Sting: Yes. Anderson pulls the bat back and says he’ll get it replaced because he’s rich.
Anderson promises to one-up Sting every time with these tricks. Since Sting has the power to pick his own opponents, Sting can make this end by picking Anderson for his title shot. Anderson wants it tonight but here’s RVD to cut him off. Van Dam says he’s glad Sting is being straight up with him and do whatever you have to do to get rid of Anderson. Sting says ok let’s do it tonight.
Here’s Hogan who says he loves to see Sting handing out title shots. If Sting wants a fight then he’ll get it. Hogan makes it a three way, adding in Bully Ray. Oh dear. Sting looks like he’d dead.
Joe talks about Crimson and liking his style with sticking Janice in the back of Abyss. Joe says the winning streaks they had aren’t the same because Crimson hasn’t been tested.
Crimson vs. Samoa Joe
We hear about Joe being undefeated for 18 months which was eventually broken by Angle. Crimson takes over to start and locks on a Cravate. Joe fires back and his strikes, including an enziguri for two. Nice overhead suplex by Crimson and a neckbreaker get two. Another enziguri misses for Joe so Crimson tries a suplex. The key word being try as Joe counters with the power of fat.
They slug it out and Crimson runs into the release Rock Bottom. We hit the floor and Abyss runs in for the DQ, drilling Crimson at 2:58. Match was good while it lasted. Joe looks at Abyss and walks off. The match is called a no contest, despite Crimson getting jumped. Shouldn’t that be a DQ win for Crimson? Black Hole Slam leaves Crimson laying.
Anderson says he doesn't want a three way but he'll take it anyway if it's all he can get. More censored words here as I guess TNA isn’t PG.
Angle says that Karen isn’t even close with her guesses. The mistress might be here next week. It’s no one anyone knows apparently.
Here’s Mickie who says her goal is to be the best women’s wrestler ever. She dedicates the win to the fans and says it’s because of the fans that the roster can come out here and live their dreams. Short and to the point.
Ray is talking to Abyss and says Ray being champion would tick off the wrestling world. He’d trade in his 23 tag titles for one reign with it.
TNA World Title: Mr. Anderson vs. Sting vs. Bully Ray
Borash does the intro here. We get big match intros to kill some time. Sting goes after Anderson to start as Ray chills in the corner. The announcers play up Sting defending the title a lot recently so he might be a bit tired here. Ray jumps in and gets a side slam for two on Sting. We hit the standard three way formula as one guy dominates and gets a pin attempt on another while the third guy saves, then another guy takes over. Ray pulls Anderson off the top as we take a break.
Back and all three guys are in the same place meaning we missed nothing during the break. Anderson and Ray slug it out with Anderson going down via an elbow. Sting finally gets up and takes down both guys. Stinger Splash to Anderson and Sting avoids a charging Ray. Down goes the referee as Ray pulls the referee into Sting’s path. Ray picks up the pipe and pops Sting in the ribs with it, saying that was for Hogan. AJ comes in for the save and Sting gets a shot with the pipe to Ray for the pin at 11:35 total which was probably about 8:00 taking out the commercial.
Anderson has the pipe as we go to a break.
Ray says AJ had no business being there. Now he's cost Ray a title so AJ has to sleep with an eye open. Next time it's concrete, not a table. Ray threatens AJ's family and says AJ shouldn't be here next week. AJ can't hurt him because he's a WARRIOR.
AJ says Ray will pay.
Scott Steiner says he beat up Morgan and that Morgan is half of the man Steiner is. He makes fun of Morgan for being a basketball player. Next week Steiner will get him.
The Jarretts say this has gone on too far. Preach it brothers!
Velvet complains about Karen and Angelina.
Karen says she doesn't have any enemies so she doesn't know who Kurt could have. And that's it. No mention of Anderson and the pipe again at all.
Results
Angelina Love b. Velvet Sky – Choke Out
Anarquia b. Chris Sabin – Small Package
Gunner b. Christopher Daniels – F5
Samoa Joe vs. Crimson went to a no contest when Abyss interfered
Sting b. Bully Ray and Mr. Anderson – Sting pinned Ray after a shot with a steel pipe