Falls Count Anywhere

01-04-07

Gawcia seepy.

RAW
OK, I’m so disappointed. The K-Fed vs. John Cena wasn’t what it needed to be. They needed to have Cena destroy him and bloody him up but no, they had Umaga interfere and allow K-Fed to get the win.

This was a major disappointment and I’m not at all happy with it. True, it may have had more to do with Federline’s requests, but still it wasn’t smart. The segment dragged long.

Backstage, while K-Fed was celebrating, Maria went to interview him and Melina slapped her. Coach also made a handicapped match with Cena vs. Umaga, Armando and Nitro.

There was a terrible match with The Highlanders and Cryme Tyme against The World’s Greatest Tag Team and Cade & Murdoch. The match was just a train wreck. They had Shaq there and he played along with the Cryme Tyme picking his pocket. The match was awful and it’s a shame that World’s Greatest Tag Team isn’t running these guys over. True, they had Murdoch, who is a talent, do the job, but still.

Jeff Hardy beat Rob Conway in a match that saw Conway say that his resolution was to win the match. My resolution was to be more judgmental. He said he’d quit if he didn’t win and Jeff rolled him up in thirty seconds. They had McMahon come out and say that Conway was fired. Meh.

DX came out to a good pop and did a long promo that was really pretty good. They were far more serious than they’d been lately and they got a great reaction. They basically said they could be a funny, happy-go-lucky group, but they could also be ass-kickers and will make Randy and Edge bleed. Good interview, very effective.

Silly ref...never get distracted by the ol' kiss me on the cheek ploy

In the best example recently of bad wrestling/good outside stuff, Melina beat Maria with Victoria on commentary. Victoria came off as a serious female bad ass and after Maria got pinned (Melina botched the pin the first time), she rolled into the ring and was about to attack Melina when she turned her wrath on Lillian Garcia. She was about to give Lillian the Widow’s Peak when Mickie James made the save.

They had a nice recap of the trip to Iraq. It was a good show and a good package they showed. The only negative was the shot of Vince against a background of the American flag looking heroic.

I missed a couple of short segments and came back when Masters had the Masterlock on Carlito. Flair came in with a chop block and I realized that the match was Masters and Kenny Dykstra vs. Flair and Carlito. It ended up with Flair getting pinned. This led to Edge and Orton giving Flair the RKO and then the Conchairto. This was a weird angle to do so quickly after Flair getting hurt so recently. They need to start taking their time with these angles.

The end was Cena getting DQed in the Handicapped match. Federline was on commentary. Cena did give Armando and KFed the FU after the match, which was really the only thing worthwhile going on.

Bad episode.

UFC- Liddell vs. Ortiz
Let me say this right off: I’ve never liked Tito Ortiz. His style just doesn’t excite me, and even though he has had some great fights (his match with Frank Shamrock was incredible), I’ve never thought he was one of the greats. In 2004, Chuck Liddell, who I’ve always thought was the best UFC fighter, beat him with a solid punch in a disappointing fight. The rematch is being called one of the most important UFC’s ever, mostly because they expected it to be the first to break 1 million buys. It was the main event for a card that had a lot of great matches, including Jardine beating Forrest Griffin in a very exciting fight. The main event was great too.

Chuck started off strong, and though Tito gave him some fight back, at the end of the first round, Tito was bloodied and as close as you’ll ever see a fighter get to being completely out without the fight being stopped. True, he was trying to come back, but it was serious beating Tito took. The next round was Tito in control at times, but it still felt like Chuck was controlling the match. Tito couldn’t get a clean takedown and every time he went for one, Chuck would make him pay.

The last round saw Tito start off strong and the two trade until Chuck just overpowered him and put him away. It was great to watch Tito crumble. He should have been called out in the first round, but he came back after that beating and managed to more than hold his own in the second. The third looked like it might be the turning point, but no, it just ended up being Liddell’s perfect spot. It was a slightly better fight that the 1999 Shamrock fight and I think it was even better than the fight Tito lost in every way but on the scorecards to Forrest Griffin. I’m glad I got a chance to see it and now I just wonder who’s going to stop Chuck Liddell, who also happened to have a torn ACL during the fight!

That’s all for this week! More next time!

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Chris Garcia