Falls Count Anywhere

09-20-07

I'll have some lemon meringue pie, watch Star Trek and conk out about ten p.m.

RAW
A lot of RAW was OK, and the booking was better than I expected. They’re trying to get things on track for the PPV, and this was the point where they thought they could do it because they’ll have a boatload of suspensions returning around the first of October.

Cena came out and said that he was proud of his father and that Orton was an idiot for wanting a rematch since everything that Cena got DQed for will be legal in the Last Man Standing match the two will have. Coach came out and made a match between Cena’s Dad and Orton. Interesting way to go about it.

Jeff Hardy beat Shelton Benjamin. They could have used this time when folks were suspended to push Shelton, but no, they bury him again. Now, he and Hardy had a good little match with Shelton showing a bit more than he has of late. He hit a really nice Northern Lights Suplex and a worked over the hand and arm of Hardy. Hardy did his things, flew all over the place and got the win with the Swanton.

Vince was in his limo and was mad. He told Coach to take care of Hornswoggle. I’m not if he wanted him whacked or given a college scholarship. Later, Hornswoggle dressed up McMahon’s office with all sorts of Irish stuff. Nice touch and Hornswoggle got away. That was kinda funny.

Hacksaw Jim Duggan beat Daivari in a Capture the Flag match. This was lame.

McMahon came to the ring and called out Hornswoggle, saying that he wanted to welcome him to the family. He then said that he was putting him up for adoption and brought out a new Mom and Dad. Hornswaggle attacked them and Vince called him a disgrace and Hornswoggle did some great ‘I’m sad’ facials. This led to HHH coming out and mocking Vince. Kinda funny.

HHH took on Cade and Murdoch in a match that wasn’t good, but at least it was a burial of the Tag Champs. Carlito came out, too. While he did sell more than usual for the guys, HHH still got the win with a Spinebuster on Cade. In a nice bit of rub, the three heels were attacking H and London and Murdoch made the save. That was a nice touch, until HHH turned on them and beat ‘em up. That was so stupid. They need to check that ego.

The native folk dance of Wwetania.

Candice Michelle and Mickie James beat Jillian Hall and Melina. This was a decent match. Beth Phoenix was on the outside. They kept trying to get Beth over as a monster-sized female. It didn’t work since she’s really not much bigger than Candice. She’s way hotter though. Candice did the second best Northern Lights suplex on the show and won with the Unprettier on Melina. They’ve really downshifted on Melina. She’s still got huge potential to make money.

John Cena beat Santino. Orton ran in to give Cena the DQ win. He handcuffed Cena to the bottom rope They then had Orton vs. Cena Sr. Orton worked him over and it was Cody Rhodes to make the save! He got tossed into the stairs for his troubles. Orton gave Cena Sr. the RKO and Cena managed to break himself free a little too late to save his dad.

I did like the way they’re setting up Rhodes-Orton as the long-tern battle of the Legacies. I wanna see them take that places.

Decent show, well thought out and good wrestling.

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

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Chris Garcia