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Jeff Payton
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RAW tonight was kind of just another average show, which Steph & the creative team have just settled into, average booking. WWE deserves credit for using Ric Flair 5 million times better than WCW ever did, cause in 2006, he still gets pops and is still a draw. Hey, DX beat up Spirit Squad again! WOOPIE..I honestly think all those guys future careers are damaged because they'll always be known as the Spirit Squad job guys. Guys like Kenny and Mikey deserve a more realistic gimmick and a true honest opportunity to shine, but I don't think they'll get it until Vince McMahon makes the decision to do it. Until then, the creative team will only do what Vince wants. MNM vs. Hardy Boyz Sunday will be a good match no doubt, but why it's on a ECW PPV I don't know. I know, cause WWE didn't give a crap about building any undercard matches for the PPV. Victoria deserves another run and Mickie James is 100% hot. Eugene going crazy smells of money. The Orton/Edge beatdown on Flair was well-done, and Flair took two dangerous chairshots that he really shouldn't have been booked to take. Why didn't the Hardy Boyz or road agents help him? No referees around to help, they usually do don't they? Why do we get a Masters/Lawler feud? Carlito needs to be pushed 500 times more and needs new music. Umaga and Cena's bit was ok. Main-event was a good 17 minute match that TNA needs to understand and look at. Cheap finish, but it's designed to get heat so it worked. I guess we get DX as the next tag team champs come New Year's Revolution? The storylines are basic on RAW, but I can understand them compared to TNA & Russo that I don't get a lot of the time. OK show
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The Sissy Squad is ready to quintuple team Ric Flair, and DX comes out to save the day - to a huge pop of course. Once again 5 men are afraid of being taken apart by 3 men. Of course, that's exactly what happens. Afterwards, HHH uses our friend the sledgehammer to encourage the Squad to head up the ramp. We come back from commercial to see DX cramming the Squad members in a large rolling crate to be shipped to OVW in Kentucky. Hmmm. Maybe it WAS the last time the Squad will be seen in WWE.
Backstage, Nitro & Melina (who is ALMOST being contained by her top) accepts the Hardy Boyz challenge and introduces us to the returning Mercury - who apparently has his hair done by Jeff Hardy's stylist. They're back together for one night only. They're going to destroy the Hardyz. Etc etc etc.
Mickie James watches the Diva Battle Royal and for once, Victoria wins the dang thing. Which is good, because she's the only "wrestler" who could do even a 1/2 way decent match w/Mickie. And Victoria's a psycho again, in case you hadn't noticed.
Speaking of psychos, Eugene has a match w/Hacksaw Duggan. On Raw. Did I just type that?? Anyway, Eugene wins and then gets on the mic a tells the fans to stop making fun of him, he's special dammit!! So now he's not "mentally challenged". He's "violently dangerous mentally challenged". He's headed for straitjacket city.
This week in WWE history. Remember when Steph was going to marry Test but HHH came out and showed footage of getting Steph drunk and marrying her at a drive through chapel?? Yeah. Me neither.
It's time for a special Cutting Edge segment. And his special guest is an unconscious Ric Flair with a TON of fake blood on his face. Edge & Orton take turns giving Flair a one man conchairto - and come semi close to actually making contact w/Flair's head, instead of just the other chair. Apparently they're trying to convince us that they're mean, rotten, evil, despicable, vile...... you know - the usual. Like we didn't know that already. JR said he's never seen Flair so badly beaten. Apparently he forgot about the homecoming edition of Raw a couple of years ago when HHH attacked Flair and beat him from pillar to post for 10 minutes straight.
Chris Masters had Jerry Lawler beat using the Masterlock, until the big dummy let go of the hold just because Carlito came down. One apple spit later, and Lawler rolls Masters up.
Umaga and Armando Alejandro Estrada come to the ring and challenge Cena for the world title. Cena accepts, in quite possibly his shortest speech ever. This match is going to SUUUUUUCCCCCCKKKKKKK. Also, Umaga really needs to switch to decaf. Cena vs Umaga. Cena vs KFed. Not exactly Hogan/Savage, is it??
They air a parody of the Michael Richards incident, and Cryme Tyme "take care" of the comedian. Then steal his wallet. On a personal note - all I hear is how Michael Richards isn't a racist, but when he blew his stack, that's exactly where he went. He didn't have to. There's a million and one ways to insult someone, but he started off with a lynching comment, and went downhill from there.
The Hardy Boyz almost had the tag belts won, but Edge got his team DQ'd on purpose. They're evil & rotten, remember??
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