Hey there party
people. I’m Sean Carless, and this is your Rant for the Royal
Rumble. A concept actually invented by Pat Patterson of all
people. Strange. I mean it’s just hard to picture a guy coming
up with a concept that sees dudes trying to so hard
to push other dudes out of a ring, while he himself for years
has been trying so hard to push in other dude’s rings. That’s
right. It’s gonna be that type of Rant!
Onto the
show!
On Heat, Get the “F"
out (“Fit” that is) Finlay destroyed Brian Kendrick
accompanied by his crazy mask, which of course
was last seen gang banging Nicole Kidman in the
abhorrent Eyes
Wide Shut.
The Irishman dare I say potatoed
(HIYO) Kendrick in awesome fashion, before obliterating
him with the Kryptonite Krunch, which I'm sure will be renamed
along with the rest of his offense when he's given the
inevitable Lucky Charms Guy gimmick by Vince. Pink
Heart-punch! Green Cloverleaf! Blue Diamond dust! Yellow
Moonsault! Orange star press! umm, you get the
idea.
[Sean's note from 2007:
Well, they didn't turn Finlay into a leprechaun,
but they saddled him with one. But strangely the whole thing
worked out. But just as a word of warning, apparently in
*real-life* it's a "human atrocity" to keep midgets
locked up in darkened areas and train them to attack people.
Who'd have thunk it?]
Onto the
show~!
Your hosts
are…umm, the same assholes we see every month. I think I’m
gonna start leaving this part out from now
on.
*On a side note, the
set had a very Roman-esque feeling to it, with two guards
opening the aisle doors during wrestlers entrances. The only
problem was that they were wearing MEDIEVAL COSTUMES. Man,
something tells me Vince never bothered learning anything
about History. (Of course, you just need to look at his
booking to figure that
out.)
Cruiserweight Title Invitational:
(C) Kid Kash vs.
Paul London, Jamie Noble, Funaki, Nunzio & Gregory “Stand
Back! There’s a Midcarder comin’ through”
Helms;
This is your opening contest here, and
Helms appearance in this match is explained as “any former
champion” can enter. Well, except Scotty 2 Hotty,
apparently. Maybe you need two balls to enter this
dance.
Really fast paced action early on, as
it’s one fall to a finish. Crazy high spots abound, as first
Noble hits a suicide dive (Why do they call it that when no
one ever dies? False advertising!). London then gets the spot of
the night when he wipes out almost everyone on the floor with
a top rope shooting star press. Back inside, Helms and
London jockey for position on
the top rope, and Helms hits a great swinging neckbreaker from
the top, but Kid Kash broke up the cover with a dropkick. Kash
then hits the Dead level brainbuster on London,
but everyone who was on the floor breaks up the cover. Total
anarchy now, and Noble cinches in the dragon sleeper on
Funaki, but Helms breaks that up and quickly finishes
Funaki, with a Shining Wizard to win
Kash’s cruiserweight Title. Good fast paced match, but I have
to honestly ask: What the fuck is an actual "SHINING
WIZARD" anyway? For your sake I hope it's not anything
comparable to the Flashing Magician at my
8th birthday party. My Mom paid a lot of therapists good money
to wipe that from my memory. His greatest
illusion? Making my innocence disappear. Haha. What a
convoluted set up for a stupid joke that was. But it was worth
it. Clearly.
Winner and *NEW* champion: Gregory
Helms. Just when I thought after his job to Jerry Lawler Helms
had reached rock bottom so bad that he burrowed his way
through the Earth’s core... they finally reward the former
Hurricane with Gold. And he didn't even have to beg his father
Billy Jo-Rel Helms to give him his powers back first. Good for
him.


/5
-Vince McMahon is seen backstage
discussing things with Teddy Long. Teddy’s here to help Vince
keep order, but Vince states he has everything under control
and sends him on his way. Clearly, the best thing
Teddy could do for Vince is to build a couple of dual side
airbags into Vince's slacks, in the case the owner gets
the bright idea of storming the ring like he did last
year.
We then see Candice, Torrie and Victoria
backstage with the tumbler. Vince's Devils will
apparently be handling balls tonight. They can start with
mine. (like you weren't thinking the same
thing.).
[Sean's note from 2007:
Holy shit. Remember Vince's Devils? I forgot
those three were a stable. I guess Vince dumped the idea of a
Charlie's Angels knockoff because he found out that NO ONE
EVER SAW CHARLIE, AND THAT'D MEAN HE'D HAVE TO NOT BE SEEN ON
FUCKING TELEVISION. Can't have
that...]
Randy Orton comes in next and picks
his number and smiles. HHH then follows suit and makes light
of Orton, saying he’s taking the whole thing, before drawing a
number he’s not too crazy about. He then seeks solace in the
fact that he'll still be working the Main Event at
Wrestlemania regardless of whether he wins the Rumble or
not...
[Sean's note from 2007:
What am I, a Genius? A
Wizard?]
-Mickie James enters
Trish’s locker room and reveals that she loves her. Sadly,
Trish has the opposite reaction I've been programmed to
believe. No saxophone music began to wail, no one took
off their clothes, and there was no pizza man to show up
at exactly the right time with tear away pants. Porn COULD NOT
have lied to
me.
Mickie James
w/confused lesbian emotions vs. Ashley w/ Emotional angst
ridden boyfriend, Trish Stratus as
Referee;
Bah. Personally, I’d rather have seen
the Mickie/Trish rematch to close out their Single White
Female storyline (bar the nudity. Get with the program WWE.
You can’t do obsessive dyke lust without bare titties!). This
alternative is a little more scary. Putting these two in the
ring together is probably akin to crossing the streams in
Ghostbusters.
Anyway, Trish of
course is your Referee here, sporting an outfit I’d lose my
lunch over if ever adopted by any other WWE Officials. As
for the match itself; I could try to explain to you using
flowery words to describe how completely abysmal it was, or I
could just punch you right in the soul. The latter better
describes what I had to sit through.
The story here was Mickie constantly
looking for Trish’s 'approval' after getting offense, but
getting no reaction from Trish. Ashley eventually comes back,
and even hits a crucifix for two. However, Botchamania is
running wild here, and the crowd soon turns on Ashley while
she was mounted punching Mickie in the corner. Mickie however
countered this into a stiff powerbomb, and after Ashley
finally realized this was indeed the part where she actually
puts her own shoulders down, Trish awkwardly counts the
most butchered three count in history, as Jackie Gayda sits at
home shaking her head in disgust.
Damn.
Winner: Mickie James. I don’t know what
they thought they’d accomplish here with Ashley and her
patented “catch-as-catch-can’t” wrestling stylings, but I
guess they just want to milk her for all she’s worth (I’ll
volunteer for that job!) before her eventual Playboy shoot and
release a year from now (if History has taught us anything).
But whatever; my penis seemed to enjoy it. And normally
there’s just no pleasing that
guy!
[Sean's note from 2007: Turns
out Ashley is NOW posing for Playboy. Her wrestling however
hasn't really improved much, but whatever. I'm personally
convinced that the reason Lita and Ashley blew so many spots
in the ring, is because common boyfriend Matt Hardy
secretly drains their athletic ability like a vampire to fuel
his immortality. Or not. Whichever.]
/5
-Backstage, Vince
proves (and doesn’t just write it to make himself look better)
that ALL WWE DIVAS LOVE HIM, by inspecting the tattoos of
Candice, Torrie, and Victoria. Perversely enough, even Chloe
the dog apparently had one on its hind quarters which
strangely gave Vince a charge. (Hey, maybe Kurt ain’t the only
guy in WWE into “dirty bestiality
sex”).
Big Show comes in next to draw, but can’t get his
banana hands in the tumbler because THEY’RE
LIKE SKILLETS~!Anyway, Candice does him a solid and
picks his number for him. Rey then enters, and Show gives him
a cordial greeting. Wait. Wasn’t it like 2 months ago that
Show chokeslammed Rey on his dead best friend’s car? You
know, most people don't get over that kind of stuff. "Hey,
haha, remember when you destroyed my best friend's most prized
possession by hurling my tiny body through it before his
body was even cold? HILARIOUS! We should do lunch sometime! We
can cook it in your hands! THEY'RE LIKE
SKILLETS~!"
Anyway, Rey chooses
his number, and shakes his head and blames Eddie in heaven for
messing up his number (seriously). Call me crazy,
but somehow I think Eddie has better things to do in
paradise then return to our mortal coil and fuck with Rey’s
ball.
JBL w/ Jillian
Hall w/o mole vs. Boogeyman w/ worms w/o
teeth;
Apparently Boogeyman
has garnered a taste for moles! Could Tod Gordon possibly be
next? And could I make more jokes that only 5 people
understand? You betcha. Anyway, you’d think with all JBL’s
money he could have had that pesky mole taken care of. Or
Hell, since he’s a wrestling "God" and all, you’d think he’d
just lay hands on her (guess where I’d start?) and heal her up
with his divine powers. But hey, I guess his miracles only
stretch as far as having a barely two star match with
Batista this past
Summer…
In any event, since
this match obviously ain’t gonna be no Steamboat vs. Flair, I
thought I’d kill some time and look at a REAL DREAM
MATCH: The Wrestling God against who else?…but GOD
himself! It’s the old Tale O’ the Tape, so let’s see how ol’
JBL matches up miracle for miracle with the Heavenly Father.
It’s God Vs. God as we go to the
tape!
Tale O’ The Tape: JBL Vs.
God
God: Created the World in 6
days.
JBL: Created tediousness for 270 days as
World Champion.
God: Gave Job a pretty hard
time.
JBL: Gave Blue Meanie of the JOB squad a
pretty hard
time.
God: Parted the Red
Sea
JBL: Allegedly parted a few rookies ass
cheeks in the WWE locker
room…
God: Inspired Moses to lead his people
through the
Desert.
JBL: Inspired apathy while being on top
of a deserted
roster…
God: Appeared to Moses as a burning
bush.
JBL: Has a burning desire to be George W.
Bush
God: Is said to end the world at
Armageddon
JBL: People said his reign would
end by Armageddon 2004. They were
wrong...
God: Punishes sinners to
Hell
JBL: Punishes Mexicans with the
Clothesline from
Hell…
God: Decreed Sunday as a day of
rest.
JBL: Uses a shitload of boring rest-holds
like bear hugs every PPV
Sunday.
God: Passes eventual judgment on
humanity.
JBL: Passes ridiculous judgment on WWE
newcomers with Wrestlers
Court.
God: "And then there was light. And it
was good."
JBL: "And then there was 10 month main
event push. And it was, umm, not that
good."
God: Convinced Abraham to begin the
tradition of
circumcision.
JBL: Probably knows whether half the guys
in the locker room are circumcised…
God: Made Eve from Adam’s
rib.
JBL: One Eve in 1998, pulled a “rib” on
Adam (Copeland) by soaping his ass in the
shower…
God: Created
Woman.
JBL: is currently managed by a Woman who
was created... on a plastic surgeons
table.
God: Unleashed a destructive plague upon
Egypt.
JBL: Unleashed a destructive plague upon
the WWE by the forcing us to sit through high profile
Orlando Jordan
matches…
God: Forged the Ten Commandments out of
stone.
JBL: Forged his own path after WWE fired
a stoned
Faarooq.
God: Declared the Jews as his chosen
people.
JBL: Was declared an asshole by many
Jews for goose-stepping in Germany.
God: Many people are skeptical about his
actual
existence.
JBL: Many people are skeptical about his
actual
talent…
Ah, I kid, JBL. I am
actually a huge fan believe it or not, and am really
entertained by him. I just enjoy ribbing the guy. (with my
pants on. Take some notes,
eh?).
Anyway, the match.
That’s right, there was a match here (could have fooled
me, though). JBL stalls early, and only gets the brief
advantage after Boogey goes after Jillian and pukes worms on
her cleavage. I think I did the same thing to
a chick at a college party once. JBL attacks from behind,
and Boogey ridiculously oversells everything. After punishing
Boogey on the floor, JBL gets him back in the ring, and goes
for the Clothesline from Hell, but Boogey ducks and JBL eats
the post. Boogey than cinches up JBL with his pump handle slam
and gets the clean win.
Wow.
Winner: Boogeyman, and
your local bait and tackle
store.
/5
-Backstage, Vince gets goosed on the ass
presumably by The Devils, but it turns out to be Shelton’s Mama, who's
referred to as such by Vince. Apparently
she goes by the name “Mama” in all walks of life. Kind of
like how I'm universally referred to as 'Asshole' ...only not
as hurtful. *sob*.
Shelton
then comes in and picks his number and looks pleased. He also
promises to eliminate HBK for Vince. From there, Melina
comes in, and flirts with Shelton, who is then dragged
away by Mama. Melina then of course flirts with Vince, because
let's face it, Grandfathers EXUDE sexiness. Nothing's a
bigger aphrodisiac for the ladies than a man who's slowly
losing the muscle control in his bowels! (and speaking of
which, shouldn't "Depends" be called "for sure"? When
you're talking about shitting your pants, I wouldn't be taking
any chances....)
Anyway, Melina asks Vince to look
into her situation on SmackDown. MNM then draw their numbers
and also promise Vince to eliminate HBK. My suggestion is
wrapping him in one of their jackets and throwing him
into a PETA rally.
The Royal
Rumblus!
Really weird card placement here.
Lillian is about to explain the rules of the Rumble for those
who can’t grasp a simplistic concept explained ad nauseam for
almost two decades… but she’s interrupted by Vince’s latest
brain-fart: The Spirit Squad. Brutal. Sometimes I think Vince
is just like that kid who burns ants with a magnifying glass
just to amuse himself. Anyway, the Squad puts on a cheer and
the crowd goes mild. Your WWE Dollars at work, ladies and
gentlemen!
Finally, Lillian is
able to explain the rules for us! And guess what? Dudes
still get thrown over the ropes to the floor. Thanks,
Lil.
We learn that the new
man will enter every 90 seconds, as opposed to the usual 2
minutes, and here’s the reason why: HHH draws number 1, and
takes half the fucking Rumble time with his entrance alone.
Number 2 is Rey Mysterio, who is driving Eddie’s low-rider for
the cheap pop. WWE thankfully doesn’t catch the 18 inch
cinderblocks attached to Rey’s feet on camera that help him
reach the
pedals.
And we’re on! Rey baffles HHH early on
with some lucha goodness including a swinging headscissors.
Countdown now, and # 3 is Simon Dean! Dean goes after Rey
right away, then looks for Trips approval with the high five,
but HHH knocks him out and throws him over the ropes instead.
As it turns out, Triple H was infuriated with him because
Stephanie drank some of Dean's fat burning Fitno powder, and
she completely disappeared! Chances are I just wanted to just
say that joke.
Countdown again, and it’s Mexicool
member Psicosis at #4, sans lawn mower. Too bad. I recently
was sad to learn that all landscapers don’t possess
complicated high-flying lucha abilities like The Mexicools.
Too bad, too. Imagine how much easier you could
get down off the roof after cleaning an eavestrough
if you could moonsault.
Anyway, Psicosis lasts
about as long as it took you to read that joke, as Rey
counters an attempted powerbomb into a rana to send Psicosis
back over the border. Count down again, and it’s NAITCH at #5.
Flair goes right after Triple H, lighting him up with chops,
before grabbing his balls with the testicular claw. Good thing
HHH made that Billion dollar sperm count before
this match. Flair then stupidly charges HHH, but gets back
body dropped over and eliminated. But hey, it’s a pay day
right? (Well, until the IRS and/or Beth Flair tackles him
the parking lot and takes his
wallet.)
Countdown for #6, and
Wellllll, it’s the Big Show! something, something, that
you’ll never know~! Show and his giant mitten go
after HHH right away. Show then does what every retard for the
last 18 years has done, and that’s press a guy (HHH in this
case) over his head, but not dump him over the ropes. Show
then chokeslams HHH. Count down and it’s Coach at #7...who
gets tossed out almost immediately by Show. #8 is Bobby Lashley! He
has muscles in places that most people don’t have places!
And he has prescriptions in his duffle bag that
help create muscles~! Wellness~!
Lashley goes into full
Blackberg mode and starts killing people. Kane is in next at
#9, and he and Lashley trade shots. Lashley who is still
pretend undefeated (he got pinned in a match at Survivor
Series that we’re obviously supposed to forget) gets Kane up
in the Dominator. #10 is Sylvan the model. Lashley however
eliminates him in short order. Man, and he didn’t even get to
debut BLUE STEEL~ either. Mugatu is going to be pissed! Kane
& Big Show then sneak up on Lashley and dump him out. They
then turn on each other, and both try to teeter the other out
on the ropes. HHH however says 'fuck this' and just pitches
both out.
Count down again and it’s Carlito at
#11! If I was Carlito, I’d have adhered Velcro to the ring
ropes before the show, that way no one would be able to
toss me out. Chris Benoit is in at # 12 and dishes out
Germans like they were…something humorous related to Germans?
I don’t know. Carlito wrangles out of his German, but gets the
crossface instead. Booker draws #13, coming to the ring
sporting long tights to hide his injury ravaged "lazy legs"
(Tm. Bret Hart, 1998). Benoit immediately dumps out Booker in
short order. Speaking of short order, if only Benoit had been
working as a short order cook for Wendy's when Book was a
teenager. He could have saved Dave Thomas a lot of
grief.
#14 is Joey Mercury of
MNM. Apparently he’s dating Christie Hemme in real life. Man,
if they ever have children, they'll have to cut a hole through
the skylight just so that kid can fit his head in the car.
Nothing of note really happens for the next minute and a half,
and here’s the countdown again, and it’s TATANKA at #15.
Tatanka goes berserk and starts tomahawk chopping everything
that moves like it’s 1993 over all again! The crowd starts a
“respectful” war cry in Tatanka’s honor. Ah, God bless the
last shred of mass racism allowed in America today. #16
comes in, and it’s Johnny Nitro, the only other dude other
than the Ghost of Christmas Present that can pull off a
fucking fur
coat.
#17 is up, and it’s Trevor Murdoch, who
has obviously spent the better part of the weekend mummified,
and not on the Beach. I'm not going to say the dude's pale or
anything, but everyone in that ring could probably tell you
the exact contents of his
stomach.
He of course goes
right after Tatanka. Sometimes stereotypes make sense, what
can I say. Both HHH and Rey almost eliminate each other
several times, until the buzzer goes off and it’s Eugene!
Reformed from drugs, but apparently still struggling with that
whole ‘being a retard’ thing. More flailing limbs and dudes
holding in other dudes while secretly pretending to push them
about abounds until we get our next countdown, and #19 is Road
Warrior Animal! He quickly goes to work on Hunter, hitting a
big
powerslam.
Countdown again, and
at #20 it’s RVD, running to the ring (leaving a trail of
Cheetos crumbs and Funyun bags in his wake) to a HUGE pop. RVD
starts kicking everything that moves, and probably a few
people only he can see, before sending
fat Animal back into hibernation (he's bulking up
for the long winter!) after ducking a charge and hitting
a back body drop. Countdown, and #21 is Orlando Jordan! Is he a
face? Is he a Heel? Why he's been known to go both ways!
#22 is Chavo Guerrero who gets a great ovation. Chavito gets
the Three Amigos on Johnny Nitro, and goes up for the Frog
splash, but is pushed out by HHH. Well, that
was depressing.
#23 is Matt Hardy. MNM get the Snapshot
on Tatanka and that's it for the full blooded
lumbering Lumbee Indian. Super
Crazy in at #24 now, hitting a top rope cross body on MNM! How
completely umm, not sane of him? I guess. I had no idea
psychiatrists were so willing to commit dude's who can
do flips off high places. "Sure your family claims
you're Bi-Polar, but we're not giving you any
medication until you admit that you can
moonsault!" #25 is Shawn Michaels, and considering the
entire Roman theme here tonight, I’m kinda terrified
of what Vince might do to him. I guess we'll know something's
up if Duggan is in this thing and comes out with two
2X4's and some nails....
HBK goes after everybody from there, and
pitches out Murdoch, the man whose changing the
literal definition of red neck, one body completely
void of pigment at a time. Count down again, and it’s
Chris Masters at #26. And Viscera follows suit at the DREADED
# 27 POSITION. Which either means he’s going win the whole
thing...or Die…or both! For the record, Viscera is
wearing his tribute pair of Men on Mission
(to consume as much food as possible) PJ’s here. How
nice.Viscera crushes Matt Hardy with a Samoan Drop from there,
then dry humps him. TNA is looking pretty good right now, eh
Matt? Matt recovers from the simulated ass rape and goes
for the Twist of Fate, but Vis shrugs him off and Matt can continue
"not dying" from the arena floor. Almost immediately after,
Benoit violently tosses Eugene. I think it's
safe to say, Chris Benoit won't be hosting the Special
Olympics anytime soon. And maybe that's for the best,
because with his arms, I doubt he
could pass the ceremonial torch without accidentally
lighting someone on fire.
Also, somewhere in the chaos,
Super Crazy was dumped too, but I don’t recall from whom Oh
well. There's always next year. And if modern medicine
does its part, he'll be entering the fracas in
2007 as Super Sane. I wish him luck. Kind
of.
#28 is Shelton Benjamin. There ain't no
stopping him now. But you just wait a few
minutes. GOLDUST makes his return at #29 and Randy Orton
is your #30. All participants in the ring now. Benoit gets
tossed out by Orton to the boos of the crowd. RKO hits Big Vis
with the RKO, and Masters & Carlito dump his big ass out.
However, hilariously, Carlito dumps Masters over, betraying
him for the 2nd time inside a month. RVD eliminates
Goldust next with a spinkick, and from there OJ battles Orton
in the corner. It’s Metrosexual Vs. Bisexual and something has
to give! (it’s Jordan). OJ gets
tossed (like a salad?). I’ll be here all week ladies and
gentlemen! HBK wriggles his way out of MNM’s snap shot from
there and dumps both men. This brings out Vince, who smartly
chooses to not Crocodile Mile his way into the Rumble ring
this year and simultaneously blow out every muscle in his
body. Good thinking. Vince distracts Shawn long enough for
'Mr. Fantastic' Shane McMahon to sneak up from behind and
dump HBK. Although, with his rubber limbs, he could have
accomplished this by just standing at the top of the
ramp. Michaels then gets pissed, and chases Shane
back in the ring, but HHH helps out brother-in-law with an
attempted pedigree. HBK however back-drops out of it and
superkicks HHH for good measure, before giving chase to the
McMahons. From there, Carlito goes for his unnamed finisher on
RVD, but Rob counters that and sends Carlito up and over.
Man. I always assumed that Carlito would opt to go
over head first, so that the sheer sponginess of his hair
would act as a de-facto springboard and somehow catapult him
back into the ring. Shows what I know. Fucking
physics.
This leaves Rey with a shitload of
acronyms in RVD, HHH & RKO as your Final Four. OMG!
WTF! RVD & Rey team up, and deliver some cool tandem
offense. No one on commentary mentions they were Tag Team
Champions the last time we saw RVD in the ring, so I
will. Comparing inanimate cages to fucking meat
eating animals? They're definitely your guys. Basic
continuity and common sense? Not so much. RVD looks to go up for
the five star on Orton, but HHH sends Rey cascading into him
on the top and he spills over. RVD then goes backstage,
squeezes an entire tube of raw cookie-batter into his mouth
and asks when the Royal Rumble starts. True story. Orton
& HHH then form an alliance and destroy Rey from
there. Could we be seeing the reformation of EVOLUTION?
Nah. Because, if HHH was really evolving, you'd
think his body would have adapted to remedy his
plight of never wanting to do a fucking JOB
by developing say a hump, so he'd never be able to be
laid flat on his back and be pinned. They then turn on
each other and after a powerslam to the Game, Orton looks for
the RKO, but that’s countered and Triple H catches Orton with
a spinebuster. Yes, that spinebuster. SHADES OF
ARN ANDERSON~! You know, I hope too, that like AA, (not
Alcoholics Anonymous, but boy is that ironic) one day
I develop an ability that is forever associated
only to me by others. Until then, every time you blow all
your rent money on porn, I want you to yell SHADES OF
SEAN CARLESS. It'll bring me joy. While I starve, freeze and
subsequently die in an alley because I have no
home.
Anyway, Trips then
turns his attention to Rey, and picks him up in hopes of
ditching him out, but somehow Rey counters and uses a
head/body scissors to pull Triple H out! Wow. Just then I get
the visual of a non-fan catching glimpse of this, and asking
how that small child in the Halloween costume threw that
Viking through the air. I'd love to know how non-fans see
wrestling.
This just leaves Orton & Rey. But
Triple H is infuriated, and he pulls Rey out, and sends him
careening into the steps before rolling his tiny body
back in for Orton. Orton has a smile on his face, as Cole puts
over the fact that HHH may have just given the Rumble to him.
Orton picks Rey up in a powerslam position and tries to throw
him out, but Rey counters and headscissors Orton out to pick
up the win! Eddie would be so proud. Well, if he was
actually watching. Chances are, he's still trying to
convince God that that whole "Lying, cheating & stealing"
bit was just a gimmick. Not the best credentials me thinks to
get unconditional entry into Heaven. Just
saying.
Winner: Rey Mysterio, who lasted over an
hour. If only he'd have just climbed directly into
the tumbler and picked a better number, his road to
Wrestlemania might have been a little
easier...



/5
-Backstage in the Instant Access area
(not Lita), Trish is online when Mickie comes in thanking her
for "doing the right thing". Trish then goes after her to
“explain a few things”. Stop fighting it Trish. Give in.
And dear god, someone start playing a SAXOPHONE. Maybe
that'll speed this process
up!
-Rey is seen now coming through the
curtain, where he is congratulated by Dean Malenko, Chavo and
Benoit. Edge interrupts the moment and says he’ll beat Rey if
he decides to jump to RAW to challenge at Mania. This segues
into him saying he’ll beat Cena, and that he’s a “Sexual
Tyrannosaurs”. Sexual Tyrannosaurs? I can't imagine what that
Jurrasic Park would be like. You thought just getting devoured
was bad enough. But seriously, no disrespect to Edge, but if
anyone’s a T-Rex in the WWE, it’d be Benoit, I think. I mean,
really ferocious with little tiny arms? Come
on!
(C) Edge w/ Lita vs. John Cena w/ 30%
more fans tonight~!: WWE
Championship.
Here we have the Battle of Doctor of
Thuganomics versus a man… in need of a Doctor dealing in the
advanced stages of sexually transmitted diseases? Sounds about
right.
With that said, in the
wake of all this, WWE has since been desperately trying to
salvage what’s left of John Cena’s babyface credibility, using
every trick in the book to make us love him again …bar hiring the Alien
threat from Roddy Piper’s “They Live” to subliminally
influence us*Obey* all to universally
accept *Obey* Cena as our *Obey* hero. I for one *Obey* think that they’re doing a great
*Obey*job. OBEY.
A fucking
space-shuttle hydraulic bridge lowers and John Cena
now makes his entrance with all sort of bells and
whistles. I'd have thought an Alien spacecraft type
entrance would have suited say JBL more, myself. After all,
he's been known to probe a few people in his day (HIYO).
Edge is out next, to much less fanfare. No Space entrance for
him. I guess the only huge expansive void he's left with
his Lita. That's right. Joey Styles however does mention
how high the ratings have been since Edge got the belt…which
of course makes the booking of this one a real head scratcher
(or pounder in my
case.)
Cena dominates early on, until Edge
regains the momentum on the floor when he uses Lita as a human
shield. Edge then spears Cena sandwiching him against the
stairs. Edge sends Cena into the crowd from there and
almost gets the count out win. Cena back in at 9 however. Edge
rams Cena into the stairs again, then gets him back inside,
and hits a top rope dropkick. Edge then sets up Cena on the
top, perhaps for a superplex, but Cena shrugs him off, and
goes for a flying leg drop (West Newbury Jam?... which for the
record is what all the old white people in his “hood” sell
during their quaint summer-time yard sales.).
Cena rebounds and almost gets an FU from
there, but Edge goes to the eyes, yo, then heads up for a
cross body…which Cena rolls through for a close near fall.
Edge then applies a rear naked choke but
Cena gets out by getting to his feet, and ramming Edge into
the buckles several times. He clearly needs to try another
hold with a thinly veiled double entendre for sexual
abuse. The Pantsless Anal penetrator? The Roophie-assisted
auto-erotic Asphyxiation? Ya, like it's anymore absurd than
REAR NAKED CHOKE.
Edge tries a spear soon after, but Cena
avoids it and hits a big DDT. Protobomb follows, then the Five
knuckle shuffle, as guys wake up in the crowd and suddenly
remember why they hated this guy in the first place. Cena has
the cover OFF A FUCKING FIST DROP, but Lita has the referee
tied up. Cena goes after Lita, but sees an Edge charge coming,
and Edge instead collides with Lita, then walks right into a
FU, before Cena gets the STFU for the... submission?
WHAT THE FUCK. Stubborn fucking WWE assholes. Like Edge would
actually submit that easily. You're talking about a dude who
willingly put his dick in Lita's
sarlaac-like vagina. Once you survive that potential death
trap, nothing's got your
number.
Winner & *NEW* WWE champion: John
Cena. You can’t see him! If only this were
true.
[Sean's note from
2007: Gee Sean, overreact much? John Cena
would of course somewhat reinvent himself, trading in
his parachute pants for an actual parachute as a
Marine! Strangely, the spinner belt remains. Perhaps only to
make the terrorists nauseating dizzy before he kills
them? I don't
know.]


/5
-Backstage Tard Grisham tries to catch a
word with Edge & Lita. Edge has no time for him, but Lita
stays behind briefly to be confronted by Hacksaw Jim Duggan
for the “Hooooooo!” pay off. However, my question is this; why
doesn't Jim Duggan ever wear pants? I mean EVER? Dude's
not even wrestling tonight, and he's practically freeballing
it. What gives?
-Josh Matthews catches up with Kurt
Angle. Angle says he can beat Henry in ways not even invented
yet, before telling him he sucks. Man. If only there was
a way Kurt could "invent a way to defeat Henry" where we'd
actually not have to see the match. If
only.
(C) Kurt Angle w/
pot belly of solid muscle vs. Mizark Henry w/ pecs that wrap
around his entire body; World Heavyweight Title
Match;
Who are we to judge
Mark Henry’s title push? Just because his lumbering
uncoordinated ways put the biggest star on the brand on the
shelf, he had his most physically grueling bout ever with
an inanimate steel cage door, and has no discernable talent in
his strangely disproportioned body, doesn’t mean he don’t
deserve a crack at the brand’s top belt. Oh wait. Yes it does.
I stand
corrected.
Angle sure has
his work cut out for him here. I’d use the old Ric Flair
“broomstick” analogy, but sadly “Toilet brush” seems a little
more apropos. And Henry more than lives up to this hype,
believe me.
Anyway, prior to the bout, Cole, in the
most retarded hyperbole EVER, says “Here we have what I
consider the Main Event!”; the fact it's the LAST FUCKING
MATCH ON THE SHOW
notwithstanding.
Kurt starts off trying to take Henry
down, but big Mizark keeps shrugging him off. Daivari
eventually gets involved, and Henry nearly puts Kurt away with
a big splash. It’s only been three minutes so it’s REST HOLD
time, as Henry grabs Angle in a Bear hug. Speaking of Bears,
Tazz states that Henry resembles a bear in an awkward moment.
If only that were true. It’s still legal to hunt bears, right?
Hand me my rifle.
Anyway, Angle
eventually counters the bear hug by hip-locking Mark over.
Angle goes up top from there, but gets caught, presumably for
Henry’s World’s strongest slam or whatever clown-shoes name
the Office has labeled it. Angle however counters out and gets
the cankle lock, but Daivari is up on the apron, and Mizark
powers out. Angle follows up with a
huge German (not
this) and the Angle Slam, but that only gets two.
A ref bump follows soon after, and Angle retrieves a chair,
lays Daivari out with it, but Henry catches the chair in
mid-swing when Kurt tries to use it on him. From there, since
it takes all the blood in his swollen body to tear phone books
in half, and only 1% of it is reaching his brain, Mizark puts
the chair down, allowing Angle to pick it back up and waffle
Henry twice with it. Angle revives the referee but only gets
two. Angle, now in desperation, unties the middle buckle and
ends up drop toe-holding Henry into it, and picks up the win
with a school boy roll up. Dear lord.
Winner & still
champion: Kurt Angle. And now that this bit of unpleasantness
is done, Angle can hopefully move onto Wrestlemania, and Henry
and his cornrows can return to 1987 and finish
systematically decimating Arnold Schwarzenegger’s
platoon.
/5
-After the match, Angle is celebrating
when the lights go out. And it’s Undertaker! He no sells death
so what’s a little hepatitis, right? Taker rides out on a
chariot, and makes a machination that he wants the belt. He
then uses his super natural powers to destroy the ring with
lightning~! until it collapses in a heap. It's too bad he
couldn't have saved a bolt for Mark Henry, that way he could
have incinerated him and we'd be spared ever having to sit
through another match like that.
Jesus.
End
show.
Final Thoughts: To
use an analogy, this PPV was like getting a blowjob. It built
up slowly but pleasantly at the beginning, and by the Rumble
it built almost to climax, but just when you think you’re
about to cum, here’s the last two matches to bite off your
cock and spit it in your face. Ok, that was a terrible
analogy. But it pretty much summed up the evening for me. The
Rumble delivered, and the opening CW match was decent, but the
rest ranged from disappointing to out and out abortion. There
was NO discernable reason to take the title off of Edge since
his reign was actually drawing, but hey, we all know what
Vince REALLY wants his Wrestlemania Main Event to be. I’ve
seen worse pay-per-views (although Angle Vs. Henry might be
the worst WWE main event EVER) but I came away disappointed by
the end. I just can’t give this show a thumbs up in good
conscience.