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Falls
Count Anywhere
01-10-06
(page 1)
RAW
They were very smart by not actually turning Cena at the beginning.
Instead, they had him come out and reference the fact that
they were booing and asked them to boo louder. He then did
his bit, saying that he wants his rematch right here and right
now. He actually played this really well and Lita then came
out with his belt. Cena called her a One Woman Hooker Parade.
She tells him that he’ll get his match at The Rumble.
This could be a way to see if they can get him over as a face
by having him up against a ghastly heel.
They had a fast
little match between Ashley and Trish. They basically had
a few moves, but then Ashley dropped Trish on her face,
covered her and then Mickie James came in and beat on Ashley,
saving Trish. Nice touch.
They
had a match to determine who will be in the Rumble. I have
a really good feeling about the Rumble. They showed with
the way they booked Carlito that they understand that matches
like these can get new guys over, so I’m betting that
someone will move up, and with Chavo Guerrero pinning Rob
Conway, it might be him as a way to capitalize on Eddie’s
death.
That
sounded wrong, but Chavo’s got rub from his the fans
due to his association with Eddie. Eddie is still the most
over wrestler on the roster. Chavo won with the Frogsplash
in a amtch that was pretty good considering that no one
thought it had anything going for it.
Carlito
and Chris Masters took on Shawn Michaels and Kurt Angle.
There was a series of backstage spots where they had Shawn
asking if Shawn could trust Kurt. Kurt said that he had
a Gold Medal, which is a symbol of integrity. Good point.
The match wasn’t bad, as they had two guys who can
really go and Carlito seemed to get a little bit of a rub.
There were distinct ‘That’s Not Cool!’
chants.
In response,
Carlito upped his game and had a really good match with
the guys. I really think that Carlito is going to be big.
Highest of the Mid-Carders, that’s for sure, but he’s
got skills and he’s young. I hope he keeps going because
I see a lot of young Roddy Piper in him. Angle and Michaels
couldn’t work together, as Kurt kept finding ways
to avoid a tag.
One
of the better finishers of recent months saw Michaels punch
Kurt, which served as a tag. He then brought him into the
ring and SuperKicked him, which led to Masters getting the
MasterLock and then getting the win when Kurt passed out.
This was probably the best match that Masters has been in
other than the Elimination Chamber.
HHH basically
did an interview where he said that he was going to win
the Rumble and then come back and win the belt at Mania.
Will, Steph will still be heading up the booking by that
point. She’ll probably not leave the committee until
June or July. He said that Edge wasn’t even in the
picture before last night. Great way to bury the new champ,
playa.
Nice bit where
they had Torrie, Candice and Victoria get into the Edge
sex bed and pull the covers over them. Candice looked really
really hot.
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Shelton
and his Mama (which is such a bad angle, though it allows
Shelton to play heel) took on Val in a qualifier. Shelton
and Val work pretty well together, but they were kinda hamstrung
by the Mama gimmick. Shelton works stiffer than most. He
needs to leave and go to TNA. You’ll very seldom hear
me say that, because the money and the exposure are so much
bigger in the WWE that it’s never a bad idea to be
on the roster, but really, they’d let him have great
matches and they’d be heated and they’d probably
use him higher on the card. Val has always been a better
than decent worker, so this was solid.
Mama
was yelling a lot and it was very distracting. Val missed
the Moneyshot, Val kicked out of a roll-up and then they
went to the Stinger Splash which led to Val getting a roll-up.
Sadly, they had Val lose after Mama hit him with her hair
thingee and then Val got the Exploder. Sadly, it was decent
until then, even if the crowd was dead.
I missed
Kane vs. Snitsky because I didn’t get back from watching
Rollergirls in time. That’s a great show!
Edge
did his thing. He basically teased the fun with Lita and
he outlines his plan from the night before. Then they start
going at it. They have Lita strip down and crawl under the
covers. Flair comes out. He shouts down Edge a bit and then
they brawl a bit, but he ends up taking a chair shot and
then a one-man Conchairto. Wow.
It was
nice to hear Joey Styles with his traditional ‘Oh
My GAWD’. John Cena then came through and looked under
the covers. He pulled Lita out, but she was wearing the
Edge t-shirt. He gave her an FU and that was all.
This was the
right way to come off of all of the issues they’ve
had over the last few months. With a few exceptions, I really
think that things are going much better. Those exceptions
include Shelton. I think there’s a lot more thought
going into how they proceed from here. Rumble looks good,
and I’m hoping for a big switch and someone unexpected
getting the win. I love the title of Edge as The Rated-R
SuperStar!
That’s
all for this week. More next!
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