The show opens with the Main Event Mafia and an introduction to Big Poppa Pump Scott Steiner. He’s the “hitman” for the Mafia.
Booker T & Beer Money defeated Christian & The Motor City Machine Guns
Here we have a six man tag, and I’m not really sure why. I though only WWE perpetually gave us six man tag matches for no apparent reason, and I guess TNA is doing this now too. I know they’ve done it all along but this is the first time I realized it. This match wasn’t too bad, but the ending was kind of stupid to me, a little too much really. The Machine Gun were outside the ring fighting Beer Money while Christian seemed to have things sewn up against Booker T, only to get distracted and then get hit in the head with the TNA Legends belt, and that was that. Booker T pinned Chrisitan Cage.
Matt Morgan & Abyss defeated Tanahashi & Volador, Team 3-D, and Lax
A four way ladder match for a shot at the TNA title, and this was just a huge spot fest. This contest was done Texas Tornado style and each team was in the ring at the same time, as it should be. However, throughout this whole match you didn’t see more than 4 people in the ring at the same time. The best spot was definitely Hernandez jumping out of the ring and getting a face full of ladder as he was 10 feet short of a 12 foot jump. This match seemed to be going fast, but there was a lot of time in between spots spent just setting up the next spot. The whole ring was laid out, and I thought for sure this thing was going to favor Team 3-D somehow, but instead, Abyss climbed to the top of the ladder and pulled down the contract and now they get a shot at the TNA Tag Team Titles!
Awesome Kong & Raisha Saeed defeated Taylor Wilde & Rhaka Khan
I wasn’t too sure about this match up, simply because we’ve already seen two tag team matches on the show, even if they were for different reasons. I’m tired of seeing tag matches, honestly, but this wasn’t so bad. Taylor Wilde was the one taking most of the punishment, as Awesome Kong was putting on a wrestling clinic with her, showing her power and prowess. Taylor Wilde was getting worked immediately, and this was most likely because Rhaka Khan can’t really wrestle all that well. Rhaka gets the tag, and she comes in only to chokeslam Taylor Wilde and allow Awesome Kong to deliver the implant buster and Taylor Wilde gets worked in this match up. This is how you do a turn and squash match! Awesome, Taylor Wilde is a true competitor as she takes one heck of a beating in this match up. This is how you do women’s wrestling!
Sting & Kurt Angle defeated Eric Young, Consequences Creed and Jay Lethal
This had squash all over it, seriously, there was no way that these guys were going over on Nash, Sting, and Kurt Angle. OH and thanks TNA ANOTHER six man tag match on the show? Another tag match? Please stop throwing tag matches at me. This was a really quick match and there was not a whole lot to it. I don’t know why I expected more out of TNA because they really screwed me over on this one. Kurt Angle delivered the Angle Slam for the victory as Sting and Nash took care of Lethal and Young on the outside of the ring. This was quick and easy, and a waste of time for anyone watching Tna Impact this week.
Big Poppa Pump Scott Steiner defeated Samoa Joe
Finally, a singles match up on TNA Wrestling. Scott Steiner hasn’t been relevant for a long time, but here he’s not half bad. He seems to have lost a considerable amount of weight, and while he still looks large, he doesn’t look as huge as he was in his last WWE run or even his last moments in WCW. He’s still somewhat larger than he was in the early 90’s. Samoa Joe put some great moments in this match even if it was a television match up. I was impressed that Scott Steiner had no problem lifting Joe and throwing him around with some great suplexes, and I was beginning to turn my opinion a little in the early goings of this match up. Best part of this match up was when Joe was running the ropes he missed Scott Steiner only to jump out of the ring with a suicide dive into Kevin Nash who was standing outside of the ring! On returning into the ring though, Scott Steiner knocked him out with a pair of Brass Knuckles, and it was all over!
Tna Impact 11/6/08 Results
Booker T & Beer Money defeated Christian & The Motor City Machine Guns
Matt Morgan & Abyss defeated Tanahashi & Volador, Team 3-D, and Lax
Awesome Kong & Raisha Saeed defeated Taylor Wilde & Rhaka Khan
Sting & Kurt Angle defeated Eric Young, Consequences Creed and Jay Lethal
Big Poppa Pump Scott Steiner defeated Samoa Joe
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Friday, November 7, 2008
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Over Analyzing Wrestling: The Mexican Wrestler
Quite honestly, not since WCW brought in the high flying Mexican Luchadors to the main stream, the love affair between professional wrestling in America and the high flying Lucha Libre style has been quiet. I remember Lucha Libre’s brightest stars wrestling in WCW as far back as 1989 and the early 90’s in the light weight division as well as Konnan and Rey Mysterio Sr. wrestling in Starrcade.
The WWE flirted with lucha libre’s stars when they brought in several wrestlers to compete in 1997’s Royal Rumble and subsequently allowed many stars to wrestle in the light heavyweight division alongside many Japanese import wrestlers from Michinoku pro wrestling. Then it got quiet in the WWE. Even though mainstream players like Eddie Guerrero and Chavo Guerrero were now involved, they were never truly wrestling the lucha style in the WWF or WWE arenas.
Meanwhile, in WCW and ECW lucha libre was a celebrated form of wrestling and the Mexican stars were welcome parts of weekly programming and main event status here and there. Breakout stars like La Parka, Konnan, Rey Mysterio Jr, Silver King, Juventud Guerrera, Ultimo Dragon, Psychosis, and so many more wrestlers came through the WCW Nitro era of wrestling and broke the doors down for Mexico’s stars. ECW too had a lot of lucha talent on their side and sooner than later, WWE had to appreciate the stars and allow them to shine as well.
This didn’t happen until Rey Mysterio Jr. showed up in WWE with his mask back on! Mysterio lost that mask in a match against Kevin Nash, and I never approved, but who cares, right? Mysterio’s high flying offense was later canned for a more steady ground approach and now he’s a shell of his former WCW and Lucha Libre glory.
On the flipside the WWE once again flirted with Mexican stars when they brought in their Mexicools group. Among that group was Juventud Guerrera, Psychosis and Super Crazy! However, that short lived group was disbanded and Super Crazy was relegated to a jobber role in the new ECW that was formed shortly after the group disbanded.
Super Crazy has enjoyed continued money and jobber roles with very little in ring work and lots of losses. Well news broke out this morning that Super Crazy quits. He likes the paycheck but he never gets the push he wants and he is just being wasted.
Will he go to TNA? I hope not, they’ll waste his talent there too. What’s next for the guy? I don’t know.
Can Lucha exist in WWE or TNA? Yes and now. Yes it can exist but only if the bookers and agents allow them to do what they do and forget the consequences. Let them fly, let them wrestle, and don’t mess it up with stupid angles and story lines. Let them be who they are, the greatest pure athletes and idols of Mexico. WCW didn’t screw with the formula and we had amazing matches in the Cruiserweight division.
So with this news about Super Crazy, here’s some classic moments from Lucha Libre’s crossover into the main stream of sorts:
WCW Nitro 97' Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Psichosis
WCW Ultimo Dragon vs. Juventud Guerrera
ECW Tajiri vs. Super Crazy
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ECW 11/4/08 Review and Results Election Day Wrestling
We get started quickly on this edition on ECW with one of the worst match ups ever dreamed up by the ECW creative team….
Matt Hardy defeated Bam Neely
This was a stupid idea, as Bam put the boots to Matt Hardy, and for once he looked strong! Seriously, Matt Hardy was looking weak against Bam Neely! The same idiot that gets beat down week in and week out is looking like a real contender, and that bugs me greatly; however, matt hardy gets the victory! As it should be.
Finlay defeated Mark Henry
I used to hate everything Mark Henry, but you know what? He’s actually doing a little better now. He’s actually hitting a good stride and he hasn’t been injured in a while. Meanwhile, Finlay is looking good too, a little bigger than his “fit finlay” days, but he’s out there doing his thing. He takes it to Mark Henry and pulls a victory in this quick match up. Not half bad. Finlay wins by cheating, but all things are good as Finlay will not get an ECW title shot. Will Finlay be the new champ? Maybe.
ECW Results 11/4/08
Matt Hardy defeated Bam Neely
Finlay defeated Mark Henry
Ricky Ortiz beat an idiot
This was probably one of the worst episodes of ECW I’ve ever seen. Seriously, there is no merit to this edition of ECW as it was short, it had horrible matches and a lot of talking for no apparent reason. This is a waste of an hour for ECW. At least in the olden days of ECW television they would shove in a lot of good wrestling in their allotted time slot. This is a great parody of Ecw, that’s for sure.
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Matt Hardy defeated Bam Neely
This was a stupid idea, as Bam put the boots to Matt Hardy, and for once he looked strong! Seriously, Matt Hardy was looking weak against Bam Neely! The same idiot that gets beat down week in and week out is looking like a real contender, and that bugs me greatly; however, matt hardy gets the victory! As it should be.
Finlay defeated Mark Henry
I used to hate everything Mark Henry, but you know what? He’s actually doing a little better now. He’s actually hitting a good stride and he hasn’t been injured in a while. Meanwhile, Finlay is looking good too, a little bigger than his “fit finlay” days, but he’s out there doing his thing. He takes it to Mark Henry and pulls a victory in this quick match up. Not half bad. Finlay wins by cheating, but all things are good as Finlay will not get an ECW title shot. Will Finlay be the new champ? Maybe.
ECW Results 11/4/08
Matt Hardy defeated Bam Neely
Finlay defeated Mark Henry
Ricky Ortiz beat an idiot
This was probably one of the worst episodes of ECW I’ve ever seen. Seriously, there is no merit to this edition of ECW as it was short, it had horrible matches and a lot of talking for no apparent reason. This is a waste of an hour for ECW. At least in the olden days of ECW television they would shove in a lot of good wrestling in their allotted time slot. This is a great parody of Ecw, that’s for sure.
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ECW 11/4/08 Review and Results Election Day Wrestling
We get started quickly on this edition on ECW with one of the worst match ups ever dreamed up by the ECW creative team….
Matt Hardy defeated Bam Neely
This was a stupid idea, as Bam put the boots to Matt Hardy, and for once he looked strong! Seriously, Matt Hardy was looking weak against Bam Neely! The same idiot that gets beat down week in and week out is looking like a real contender, and that bugs me greatly; however, matt hardy gets the victory! As it should be.
Finlay defeated Mark Henry
I used to hate everything Mark Henry, but you know what? He’s actually doing a little better now. He’s actually hitting a good stride and he hasn’t been injured in a while. Meanwhile, Finlay is looking good too, a little bigger than his “fit finlay” days, but he’s out there doing his thing. He takes it to Mark Henry and pulls a victory in this quick match up. Not half bad. Finlay wins by cheating, but all things are good as Finlay will not get an ECW title shot. Will Finlay be the new champ? Maybe.
ECW Results 11/4/08
Matt Hardy defeated Bam Neely
Finlay defeated Mark Henry
Ricky Ortiz beat an idiot
This was probably one of the worst episodes of ECW I’ve ever seen. Seriously, there is no merit to this edition of ECW as it was short, it had horrible matches and a lot of talking for no apparent reason. This is a waste of an hour for ECW. At least in the olden days of ECW television they would shove in a lot of good wrestling in their allotted time slot. This is a great parody of Ecw, that’s for sure.
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Matt Hardy defeated Bam Neely
This was a stupid idea, as Bam put the boots to Matt Hardy, and for once he looked strong! Seriously, Matt Hardy was looking weak against Bam Neely! The same idiot that gets beat down week in and week out is looking like a real contender, and that bugs me greatly; however, matt hardy gets the victory! As it should be.
Finlay defeated Mark Henry
I used to hate everything Mark Henry, but you know what? He’s actually doing a little better now. He’s actually hitting a good stride and he hasn’t been injured in a while. Meanwhile, Finlay is looking good too, a little bigger than his “fit finlay” days, but he’s out there doing his thing. He takes it to Mark Henry and pulls a victory in this quick match up. Not half bad. Finlay wins by cheating, but all things are good as Finlay will not get an ECW title shot. Will Finlay be the new champ? Maybe.
ECW Results 11/4/08
Matt Hardy defeated Bam Neely
Finlay defeated Mark Henry
Ricky Ortiz beat an idiot
This was probably one of the worst episodes of ECW I’ve ever seen. Seriously, there is no merit to this edition of ECW as it was short, it had horrible matches and a lot of talking for no apparent reason. This is a waste of an hour for ECW. At least in the olden days of ECW television they would shove in a lot of good wrestling in their allotted time slot. This is a great parody of Ecw, that’s for sure.
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Tuesday, November 4, 2008
WWE Raw 11/3/08 Review and Results 3 hour Raw
I was under the impression that the 800th episode of Raw was done a few weeks back, but apparently it is this one? I don’t know. 3 hours of raw though, and some huge matches, I was a tad bit excited for this one, and here’s how it all went down:
Randy Orton started the show, and he was planning on quitting if someone doesn’t come out and fire Mike Adamle. He then sits down and waits. I think it’s stupid, but what do I know?
The Hardys defeated MVP & The Kendrick
This was an interesting match up, at least initially. I couldn’t believe that they would team up Kendrick with a downward falling MVP, but they went for it, and we all had to just watch. The match went through a lot of motions and The Hardys made it work well, and won. This was the standard Hardys match up with them doing their traditional move set and MVP jobbing once again. This was entertaining, but it wasn’t all that great, it was just another Hardys match to me and didn’t mean a whole lot to the grand scheme of things.
Ted Dibiase, Jamie Noble, Manu, Shad, JTG, Snitsky, and William Regal in an 8 Man Battle Royal (winner gets Intercontinental title shot)
A quick over the top rope match up, with Ted Dibiase throwing out his own partners! The other highlight was Regal and Jamie Noble beating the crap out of each other. JTG was hanging on by a thread with near falls over the top rope, but skating by each time, eventually William Regal threw out Shad and Ted Dibiase, out of nowhere and won the match up, and now Regal will face Santino next week in his home town of Manchester, England! This match was terrible. However, a Regal title shot in his home town would be interesting for next week indeed.
Stephanie McMahon and Shane McMahon showed up on Raw! Shane McMahon forces Randy Orton to wrestle tonight against CM Punk, and Mike Adamle quits Raw.
Vladimir Kozlov defeated Charlie “Hitman” Haas
Charlie Haas comes out dressed as one of my all time favorite wrestlers, and it’s not that great. I don’t like it, but oh well. Kozlov wins this throwaway match up. What a stupid way to get Kozlov over, this isn’t 1998, we don’t need the old Goldberg gimmick. Oh well. He wrestles Undertaker this week, so that should be interesting.
Degeneration X defeated Miz and Morrison
Was this the passing of the tag team torch? Not really, while Miz and Morrison are still one of the better tag teams in the WWE right now, they still lack the charisma and fan disproval that they are seeking. The match favored Triple H and Shawn Michaels, naturally and things were just not that great. This was a very predictable match, considering we’ve seen this version of Degeneration X a lot in the last few years, and while Miz and Morrison might be rising stars, they aren’t going to win this one easily at all, and were taking punishment left and right. Triple H was definitely taking liberties. The Miz and Morrison did turn the match around a couple of times in the match up, but it was short lived to say the least. Two or three moves later Triple H delivers the Pedigree on the Miz and it’s all said and done, Triple H holding down the roster in this tag team match up. It wasn’t even close.
Women’s Champion Beth Phoenix, Layla, Katie Lea Burchill, Jillian, Maryse, Natalya, Victoria & Lena Yada defeated Mae Young, Divas Champion Michelle McCool, Mickie James, Kelly Kelly, Candice Michelle, Eve, Brie Bella & Tiffany.
There are too many divas to mention, but there were 16 divas involved in this match including Mae Young. This match was lame, too much going on, and not enough experience to cover the amount of in ring performances needed. Mae Young got involved in this match up and she was chopping the crap out of Beth Phoenix! Mae Young then gives some of the weakest left hands I’ve ever seen, and then takes a major tumble, but recovers easily. Mae Young was throwing people out of the ring, and eventually lost to a Beth Phoenix roll up! This was another throwaway match up!
Randy Orton vs. Cm Punk (no contest)
I thought the WWE would give us this match on a major ppv event, not just a random Raw. Well, three hour raw is a lot bigger than usual, but this match never really ended. Rany Orton was clearly going to win this match up and Ted Dibiase ran in for the interference. This prompted Randy Orton to run and kick the crap out of Ted Dibiase, knocking him out completely. Randy Orton then left the ring. This match was going poorly for CM Punk, so there was no apparent reason for Ted Dibiase to run out there. What a waste of time….however, will Randy Orton turn face? Can we get a heel Cena too?
The Undertaker defeated JBL
I can’t believe they threw this match up too; The Undertaker looked strong against JBL, as he should have. JBL didn’t look so hot in this match, and it looks like he’s lost some weight. Undertaker took control early on, but was thwarted by a JBL lariat, and then JBL went to work on the dead man. I didn’t mind this match so much, these two big guys really put on a decent match up, even if it once again was shorter than usual. The Undertaker won this match up out of nowhere against JBL with the tombstone piledriver. It just seemed like too short of a match up. Shawn Michaels threw JBL into the ring, as JBL was planning on leaving the match, and we get Taker winning on Raw!
Kung Funaki, Goldust, Jesse and Festus, Boogeyman, Michael Cole, Sgt. Slaughter, Dusty Rhodes, Lillian Garcia, Teddy Long, and Hornswoggle had a dance party in the middle of the ring. Prompting Ron Simmons to come out and say; “DAMN!”
Kane & Mark Henry defeated Rey Mysterio & World Tag Team Champion Kofi Kingston
The monsters once again look dominant as they started this match against Rey Mysterio. Mysterio got some quick offense in, using his speed as an advantage, but it seemed that Kane wasn’t having it as he stopped Mysterio in his tracks, with ease. Mark Henry got in and once again he was putting on a show against Mysterio. The Great Khali came out and attacked Kane out of nowhere! He then got into the ring and attacked Mark Henry! Not exactly sure why? Mysterio then delivered the 619 on Mark Henry who then walked into a huge chop from the Great Khali, and this match never really ended as far as I can tell.
Chris Jericho defeated Batista in a World Heavyweight Championship Cage Match
Your standard cage match here, and almost the same match that Jericho had with CM Punk. It looked as though Jericho was timing it so that he could win the world title by falling out of the cage and at one point almost fell out completely, had he not held onto the fence. Jericho took it to Batista for the most part, having more offense than Batista. The Highlight for me was, Batista missing the spear and ramming himself right into the side of the cage head first nearly losing the match up. Batista got up and caught Jericho trying to climb out, but right outside the door, and this was a setup for the end, Chris Jericho then got into the ring and tried his hardest to avoid the Batista Bomb, eventually freeing himself. Jericho was nearly out of the ring again, but Batista grabbed him and it looked like we’re getting a super batista bomb, but Jericho grabbed a steel ring from the cables that hold the Cage in place and busted Batista open the hard way! This became a classic when Jericho came down first against Batista! Seriously, Chris Jericho once again is the world champion, and Batista was left in the ring a bloody mess! That’s right, Chris Jericho defeated Batista in a cage match to win the World Heavyweight Title!
Raw 11/3/08 Results
The Hardys defeated MVP & The Kendrick
William Regal defeated Ted Dibiase, Jamie Noble, Manu, Shad, JTG, and Snitsky, in an 8 Man Battle Royal (winner gets Intercontinental title shot)
Vladimir Kozlov defeated Charlie “Hitman” Haas
Women’s Champion Beth Phoenix, Layla, Katie Lea Burchill, Jillian, Maryse, Natalya, Victoria & Lena Yada defeated Mae Young, Divas Champion Michelle McCool, Mickie James, Kelly Kelly, Candice Michelle, Eve, Brie Bella & Tiffany.
Degeneration X defeated Miz and Morrison
Randy Orton vs. Cm Punk (no contest)
The Undertaker defeated JBL
Kane & Mark Henry defeated Rey Mysterio & World Tag Team Champion Kofi Kingston
Chris Jericho defeated Batista in a World Heavyweight Championship Cage Match
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Randy Orton started the show, and he was planning on quitting if someone doesn’t come out and fire Mike Adamle. He then sits down and waits. I think it’s stupid, but what do I know?
The Hardys defeated MVP & The Kendrick
This was an interesting match up, at least initially. I couldn’t believe that they would team up Kendrick with a downward falling MVP, but they went for it, and we all had to just watch. The match went through a lot of motions and The Hardys made it work well, and won. This was the standard Hardys match up with them doing their traditional move set and MVP jobbing once again. This was entertaining, but it wasn’t all that great, it was just another Hardys match to me and didn’t mean a whole lot to the grand scheme of things.
Ted Dibiase, Jamie Noble, Manu, Shad, JTG, Snitsky, and William Regal in an 8 Man Battle Royal (winner gets Intercontinental title shot)
A quick over the top rope match up, with Ted Dibiase throwing out his own partners! The other highlight was Regal and Jamie Noble beating the crap out of each other. JTG was hanging on by a thread with near falls over the top rope, but skating by each time, eventually William Regal threw out Shad and Ted Dibiase, out of nowhere and won the match up, and now Regal will face Santino next week in his home town of Manchester, England! This match was terrible. However, a Regal title shot in his home town would be interesting for next week indeed.
Stephanie McMahon and Shane McMahon showed up on Raw! Shane McMahon forces Randy Orton to wrestle tonight against CM Punk, and Mike Adamle quits Raw.
Vladimir Kozlov defeated Charlie “Hitman” Haas
Charlie Haas comes out dressed as one of my all time favorite wrestlers, and it’s not that great. I don’t like it, but oh well. Kozlov wins this throwaway match up. What a stupid way to get Kozlov over, this isn’t 1998, we don’t need the old Goldberg gimmick. Oh well. He wrestles Undertaker this week, so that should be interesting.
Degeneration X defeated Miz and Morrison
Was this the passing of the tag team torch? Not really, while Miz and Morrison are still one of the better tag teams in the WWE right now, they still lack the charisma and fan disproval that they are seeking. The match favored Triple H and Shawn Michaels, naturally and things were just not that great. This was a very predictable match, considering we’ve seen this version of Degeneration X a lot in the last few years, and while Miz and Morrison might be rising stars, they aren’t going to win this one easily at all, and were taking punishment left and right. Triple H was definitely taking liberties. The Miz and Morrison did turn the match around a couple of times in the match up, but it was short lived to say the least. Two or three moves later Triple H delivers the Pedigree on the Miz and it’s all said and done, Triple H holding down the roster in this tag team match up. It wasn’t even close.
Women’s Champion Beth Phoenix, Layla, Katie Lea Burchill, Jillian, Maryse, Natalya, Victoria & Lena Yada defeated Mae Young, Divas Champion Michelle McCool, Mickie James, Kelly Kelly, Candice Michelle, Eve, Brie Bella & Tiffany.
There are too many divas to mention, but there were 16 divas involved in this match including Mae Young. This match was lame, too much going on, and not enough experience to cover the amount of in ring performances needed. Mae Young got involved in this match up and she was chopping the crap out of Beth Phoenix! Mae Young then gives some of the weakest left hands I’ve ever seen, and then takes a major tumble, but recovers easily. Mae Young was throwing people out of the ring, and eventually lost to a Beth Phoenix roll up! This was another throwaway match up!
Randy Orton vs. Cm Punk (no contest)
I thought the WWE would give us this match on a major ppv event, not just a random Raw. Well, three hour raw is a lot bigger than usual, but this match never really ended. Rany Orton was clearly going to win this match up and Ted Dibiase ran in for the interference. This prompted Randy Orton to run and kick the crap out of Ted Dibiase, knocking him out completely. Randy Orton then left the ring. This match was going poorly for CM Punk, so there was no apparent reason for Ted Dibiase to run out there. What a waste of time….however, will Randy Orton turn face? Can we get a heel Cena too?
The Undertaker defeated JBL
I can’t believe they threw this match up too; The Undertaker looked strong against JBL, as he should have. JBL didn’t look so hot in this match, and it looks like he’s lost some weight. Undertaker took control early on, but was thwarted by a JBL lariat, and then JBL went to work on the dead man. I didn’t mind this match so much, these two big guys really put on a decent match up, even if it once again was shorter than usual. The Undertaker won this match up out of nowhere against JBL with the tombstone piledriver. It just seemed like too short of a match up. Shawn Michaels threw JBL into the ring, as JBL was planning on leaving the match, and we get Taker winning on Raw!
Kung Funaki, Goldust, Jesse and Festus, Boogeyman, Michael Cole, Sgt. Slaughter, Dusty Rhodes, Lillian Garcia, Teddy Long, and Hornswoggle had a dance party in the middle of the ring. Prompting Ron Simmons to come out and say; “DAMN!”
Kane & Mark Henry defeated Rey Mysterio & World Tag Team Champion Kofi Kingston
The monsters once again look dominant as they started this match against Rey Mysterio. Mysterio got some quick offense in, using his speed as an advantage, but it seemed that Kane wasn’t having it as he stopped Mysterio in his tracks, with ease. Mark Henry got in and once again he was putting on a show against Mysterio. The Great Khali came out and attacked Kane out of nowhere! He then got into the ring and attacked Mark Henry! Not exactly sure why? Mysterio then delivered the 619 on Mark Henry who then walked into a huge chop from the Great Khali, and this match never really ended as far as I can tell.
Chris Jericho defeated Batista in a World Heavyweight Championship Cage Match
Your standard cage match here, and almost the same match that Jericho had with CM Punk. It looked as though Jericho was timing it so that he could win the world title by falling out of the cage and at one point almost fell out completely, had he not held onto the fence. Jericho took it to Batista for the most part, having more offense than Batista. The Highlight for me was, Batista missing the spear and ramming himself right into the side of the cage head first nearly losing the match up. Batista got up and caught Jericho trying to climb out, but right outside the door, and this was a setup for the end, Chris Jericho then got into the ring and tried his hardest to avoid the Batista Bomb, eventually freeing himself. Jericho was nearly out of the ring again, but Batista grabbed him and it looked like we’re getting a super batista bomb, but Jericho grabbed a steel ring from the cables that hold the Cage in place and busted Batista open the hard way! This became a classic when Jericho came down first against Batista! Seriously, Chris Jericho once again is the world champion, and Batista was left in the ring a bloody mess! That’s right, Chris Jericho defeated Batista in a cage match to win the World Heavyweight Title!
Raw 11/3/08 Results
The Hardys defeated MVP & The Kendrick
William Regal defeated Ted Dibiase, Jamie Noble, Manu, Shad, JTG, and Snitsky, in an 8 Man Battle Royal (winner gets Intercontinental title shot)
Vladimir Kozlov defeated Charlie “Hitman” Haas
Women’s Champion Beth Phoenix, Layla, Katie Lea Burchill, Jillian, Maryse, Natalya, Victoria & Lena Yada defeated Mae Young, Divas Champion Michelle McCool, Mickie James, Kelly Kelly, Candice Michelle, Eve, Brie Bella & Tiffany.
Degeneration X defeated Miz and Morrison
Randy Orton vs. Cm Punk (no contest)
The Undertaker defeated JBL
Kane & Mark Henry defeated Rey Mysterio & World Tag Team Champion Kofi Kingston
Chris Jericho defeated Batista in a World Heavyweight Championship Cage Match
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