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Falls
Count Anywhere
02-07-06
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It's
not like being gruntled
is all that, either...
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Welcome to Falls Count Anywhere! My name
is Chris and I’m certainly disgruntled.
SmackDown!
I’m very upset. The way they’ve been using Eddie’s
death is disgusting. I didn’t mind it being brought
up at the Rumble every five minutes, but having Randy Orton
say that ‘Eddie’s in Hell’ was just too
much. The sad thing is, that little tidbit soured what would
have been a good SmackDown!.
Rey
gave a Hell of a promo that ended up with Randy Orton coming
out and saying that Rey wasn’t in a position to headline
Mania and he wanted a chance to take the shot away from
him. He said the "Eddie’s in Hell" line
and the boos that came were huge and heavy and angry. The
closest I’ve ever heard to that reaction was 1980s
Memphis when Lawler would be ‘injured’ by the
heel of the month. Rey jumped Orton.
MNM and the MexiCools had a fun little match
that I liked, but I was still soured on the entire show.
The MexiCools did a sweet combination standing Moonsault/Legdrop
on Mercury. They were flying all over the place. At one
point, Nitro was pulled out of the corner as Psicosis went
for a dropkick. MNM took over and did a Vertical Suplex
and they just went to town. Psicosis managed to make the
tag to Crazy and he was close to getting the victory with
the Tornado DDT, but Melina hit him with the boot and that
give MNM the win. Strong match. They may rebuild MNM yet.
JBL
was doing an interview saying that he didn’t want
to face a freak like the Boogeyman and that his opponents
should have a certain look. This brought out Bobby Lashley,
which led JBL to slowly back out of the ring. Lashley took
on Chad Dick and it was a squash, but Lashley looked really
good. He used a release German Suplex and a Press Slam on
the other Dick. Dominator won it for Lashley, but after
the match JBL gave him the Clothesline from Hell.
There was a mini match which was fun. I
like the minis and I hope they use them once in a while
as slightly more than filler.
Undertaker
came out to a big pop, though it might have been sweetened.
Angle came in and faced off with UT. Angle did a good promo
talking about how he and ‘taker were the same as they
both had no soul once that bell rang. The lights went out
and Angle disappeared. I’m betting he went into that
dimension where Homer ended up destroying the universe on
The Simpsons.
Kennedy planted the seeds of his feud with
Benoit by saying that he’d been on a losing streak
lately. Kennedy said a little bird told him who his opponent
was. Benoit said to never talk to him again and slapped
him on his injured side. Nice to see Kennedy being taken
care of.
Booker was at commentary while Benoit took
on Fit Finlay. Sweet! These two had some classics in WCW
and Europe. This was a stiff match, as all of Fit’s
are, and it was probably the best we’re gonna get
in the way for European Wrestlin’ in the US right
now. Benoit gave Triple Germans, and the two swapped chops
and European Uppercuts. They worked like they always do,
and Booker interfered, causing the DQ that gave Benoit the
win. The Book and Fit then beat on Benoit after the match.
These two should have a feud that goes on for ages and ages.
Boogeyman then scared off Booker and Sharmell.
William
Regal and Paul Burchill decided to break-up their team and
Burchill said that he wanted to be a Pirate. OK, that’s
not quite how it happened, he said that his family tree
contained a number of pirates, but it’s obvious where
it’s heading. Pirates are big again since the release
of the Janine/Jesse Jane porn title Pirates.
Mark
Henry has found a way to have a tolerable match. His match
with Randy Orton vs. Rey and Angle was pretty good. Orton
and Rey worked together a lot, since Henry is still limited
and Angle’s recovering. Lots of solid work here, especially
with Mysterio doing his thing.
The
heels took over during the second half, especially with
Rey and Orton doing all sorts of great stuff, including
hitting the Wheelbarrow Bulldog that I love so much. They
had Angle chase Daivari into the crowd and then Henry followed,
leaving Rey with Orton. Rey went for a Sunset Flip and Orton
sat down to get the pin. Good stuff. They then had Orton
say that Rey has as much chance of winning the title at
Mania as Eddie has coming back to life.
Wow. That sucks.
The
show was marred, but I have to say that the wrestling was
better than average and they are trying too hard with Orton.
He’s already a serious heel and bringing Eddie up
is only going to hurt those who were close to him. The management,
and especially creative, has lost a lot of respect from
the boys due to the handling of this angle and it’s
only going to get worse until the ratings start to show
it. Then they’ll refocus as they always do.
RAW...
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