Falls Count Anywhere

06-07-07

Alonso Hawk is my idol.

RAW
RAW started with John Cena coming out and getting a great reaction for both a heel and a face. Seriously, it was probably the biggest heel reaction in ages and as a face he was even bigger. Strange. Vince McMahon came out after a while and Cena said he’d lost his mind. Crazy Vince is entertaining.

Cryme Tyme and Candice Michaelle beat Johnny Nitro, Kenny Dykstra and Melina. Melina was so freakin’ hot! The team of Nitro and Dykstra worked far better as a team than Cryme Tyme. Dykstra hit a Slingshot and then draped Shad over his knees and Nitro followed with a big elbow. Great double teaming. The match was pretty good and Nitro showed why he’s such a talent with things like a break-dancing/Capoeira kick that looked awesome. Cryme Tyme hit the G9 for the pin. Good stuff.

Santino Marella took on Chris Masters. Not too good a match, though I’m kinda liking Marella. This was set up from Vince going crazy watching Maria and Sonny admiring the IC belt. That flipped Vince out. Crazy Vince is fun! Masters controlled a lot of the match, hit a Stun Gun, but Marella slipped out of the Masterlock and got the pin with La Majistral. Sloppy, but what are you gonna do with Masters?

Cade and Murdoch did a bit where they congratulated The Hardys on their Ladder Match victory at One Night Stand. Cade and Murdoch asked for a match after the Hardys healed, but Vince came in and made the match for tonight. Vince saw Flair and Torrie and flipped out again and set up a match between Carlito and Torrie, as well as Flair and Randy Orton.

Orton managed to beat Flair in a match where Orton came off as a great heel. He’s a hired gun who I appreciate. They’re programming him kinda like a 1980s Arn Anderson or Lex Luger at later times. Not quite a squash, but Flair did get a couple of pieces of offense. I am loving the fact that Orton uses the Garvin Stomp. I think Orton might be on his way back towards the top.

She's tryin' to wash that man right out of her hair...

Carlito beat Torrie with one of those famous ‘I don’t’ want to hurt you’ moments and then turned and gave her the BackPack for the pin. They’re workin’ hard to get Carlito over and I’m hoping they manage. He’s talented and has history.

Cade and Murdoch beat The Hardys. It was a clean wrestling match at the start, stressing the ‘turn’ of the Cade/Murdoch team. Matt and Jeff did pretty good. The bigger guys were in control, but they Jeff and Matt came back a hit some good stuff, including a nice segment where Matt hit the Side Effect and then Jeff went for the Swanton but missed! That was a nice touch. Cade covered Jeff, who had his foot on the ropes and then Murdoch pushed Jeff’s foot off the rope, in a subtle return to heeldom. Good stuff and some smart booking.

Triple Threat match between Khali and Umaga. Cena is so beyond the need to beat two big heels at once, but it was a decent moment. Khali tried and failed, but Umaga made up for it. Umaga is a worker and he’s good enough to carry a load like Khali to a decent match. Khali and Umaga went toe to toe and Khali kicked Umaga out of the ring. Khali and Umaga fought some more, and it wasn’t the best. Umaga gave Khali the Spike, but then Umaga was knocked out of the ring and then Cena gave Khali the FU for the in. That should be the end of the Khali push. Now they gotta find a situation like The Oddities for him!

That’s all for this week. More to come on Monday!

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Chris Garcia