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Falls
Count Anywhere
05-23-06
(News and Judgement Day)
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This
one's for you Silver Age fans...
Look! It's Angel and the Apes!
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RAW
I liked RAW a lot. There were some great moments and some
wild times. If you were looking for resolution on storylines,
well, you got closer than usual, but this was really the great
build-up episode before the final explosion.
I came
in on Foley and Edge in the ring. Foley was working the
crowd and the guys brought out the old Hardcore Title. Foley
said Edge should be the champ. Edge said Foley should be
the champ. They decided to be co-holders.
After
a bit of fun, Paul Heyman made his return and said that
there was a prostitute in the ring, and it weren’t
Lita, it were Mick Foley. Paul did a great promo and said
that One Night Stand would feature a tag match: Foley and
Edge vs. Dreamer and Funk. Terry and Tommy then ran the
boys off with weapons. I really enjoyed the segment.
Shelton
beat RVD by DQ. RVD had an off night and looked really sloppy.
I like RVD, I think they’re doing good things with
him, but he needs to lock it down and come back with better
work. He’s never been one to handle transitions (which
Meltzer has always been big on) but if he brings his work
up to a level where he can pull off big moves and look good
(and not hurt people), he’ll be WWE champ.
John
Cena beat Chris Masters. The match wasn’t good, but
it was short. RVD came out and announced what everyone already
knows: that he’ll be using the Money in the Bank contract
at One Night Stand. RVD and Cena brawled a bit and RVD did
a Van Terminator using the briefcase. It looked awful. He
really needs to work on that.
Carlito
and Maria were about to play some cards when they found
Snitsky who was off to meet his showgirl date. He thought
he found her but it was Goldust. Not good, but Goldie is
always at least mildly entertaining.
Trevor
Murdoch ran down Kane and said that The
Da Vinci Code was better than See No Evil.
I’d have to agree. Kane came out and destroyed him.
There was a freaky “let’s trip out Kane’
video splash which was supposed to be someone messing with
his head by saying ‘this will never be over’
and showing Kane’s old mask.
Mickie
James and Torrie Wilson had a match that was almost a total
bust, pun intended, as there was a minor boob slip. The
match pretty much sucked, but Torrie took Mickie’s
Jumping DDT really well. Trish walked out and said that
Beth Phoenix had signed as the newest Diva on RAW. Mickie
went to run away and ended up fighting with Beth. Beth’s
hot, and I mean H-A-W-T hot. They ran away through the crowd.
Viscera
came out and said that he wanted Lillian Garcia back because
he was ready to settle down. Lillian was about to totally
reject him when Armando came out and brought Umaga out to
attack the big man. He basically beat up Big Viz for a while,
using the post a lot. It wasn’t a match, and they’re
trying so hard with Umaga, but the crowd’s not into
him yet.
The
Spirit Squad beat up Shawn Michaels leading to the highlight
of the show. Vince sent the ref away and the Spirit Squad
beat on Michaels for a while. They did every Five-on-One
move you could think of, took turns doing moonsaults and
leg drops. Shawn made a comeback by backdropping one of
the guys while the other four held him. He almost landed
on his head on the outside in one of the scariest bumps
I’ve seen in ages. Shawn fought free, tossed guys
out of the ring and hit Sweet Chin Music. He went for another
and ended up getting his leg hit with a chair. That was
awesome.
They
worked his leg for a while and then they called out HHH
to finish the job with the sledge. H seemed like he was
about to do it, but Mikey (or whichever one he was) grabbed
the sledge for Trips. He didn’t like that and he beat
on the SS with Spinebusters and a Pedigree. It wasn’t
the DX reformation that people have been hoping for, but
it was a nice step towards it.
This
was a solid show following a very solid PPV, making it a
good week.
And
now it’s time to say goodbye…
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