New Years Revolution reviewed

[HMG]

WWE New Years Revolution
San Jaun, Purto Rico

Eugene and William Regal vs Christiand and Tyson "The Problem Solver" Tomko for the World Tag Team Championship.

It was an okay match. No, it was quite bland. The ending was pretty good. Eugene wins over Tomko with a roll-up. He had an injured knee. But here's the catch, I DID NOT see Tomko's shoulders on the mat. One of them was up. MAJOR STORYLINE!!!!!

We see Christy Hemme in a bikini.

We also see Edge confront Christian backstage. He says he wants to make somedeal with him. They walk off stage right.

Trish Stratus vs Lita for the WWE Womens' Championship
An interesting match. Early on Lita jumps out of the ring with a Lou Thesz press on Trish Stratus. She injures her knee in the process, making that the SECOND injured knee of the Pay-Per-View. Trish continues to dominate the knee, and comes out with a Chick Kick. 1...2....3. Trish becomes the six-time Womens' Champion

Shelton Benjamin vs Maven for the Intercontinental Championship
About a minute into the match Maven runs out of the ring, he's frustrated with San Juan's chants. He insults the crowd for about two minutes and says he'll leave and fight in the United States. He walks up the ramp. About half-way up he runs back in the ring. Shelton Benjamin quickly rolls him up for a three-count. Shelton Wins. Maven tells him it doesn't count and demands a rematch right then. Shelton declines. He's fed up with Maven's shit and finally runs to the ring.

Shelton Benjamin vs Maven for the Intercontinental Championship rematch
Shelton Benjamin gives Maven the T-Bone suplex and wins by pinfall.

Saddam Hassan (with Khosrow Daivari) vs Jerry "The King" Lawler (with Good Ol' Jim Ross)
I tell ya, new guys have it great. John Heidenreich, for example, gets to fight The Undertaker in some pretty huge matches. Even a Casket Match. Gene Snitzky gets to fight Kane. Randy Orton gets to beat Cactus Jack in a Hardcore match, beat The Rock, be a sole survivor at Survivor Series, fight Shawn Michaels, do other cool stuff, and defeat Triple H to win the World Heavyweight Championship. Now Saddam Hassan (the next Iron Shiek?) gets to debut against the legendary Jerry "The King" Lawler.

For the first ten minutes nothing cool happens but Saddam scoop slamming Lawler over-and-over again. There were ac ouple of moments where Daivari and J.R. would face eachother, but never really get into a fight. Some back-and-forth action. Lawler got to hit Saddam with his Fist Drop and then a brutal DDT. It didn't work. With an exposed turnbuckle, Saddam bashed King's face, connecting it to a Million Dollar Dream. Then into a Camel Clutch, where opponents would submit to in Saddam's dark matches. Jerry tryed to grab Daivari, who was inside the ring, but Daivari escaped. With Lawler distracted, Saddam Hassan hit an STO. Sddam Hassan wins by Pinfall.

Kane vs Gene Snitzky
A good match-up. Both men were evenly matched, and it was great to see Kane again. Basically it was street fight without any weapons but the steel steps. Lots of strength in both of these men. Snitcky removes the padding of the concrete later. He goes for a powerbomb onto it but Kane flips him over. Snitsky goes for a chair shot, but Kane denies it with a Big Boot to the face.
Kane later went for a Chokeslam, but Gene would grab Kane's throat as well. Snitzky bit Kane's ear to escape. Later, Kane scores a Tombstone Piledriver (the one that looks like 69). The end is near. And he wins.

The Divas are playing chicken at the pool with some wrestler such as Val Venus, Hurricane and Rosey and some other dudes. Christy pulls Maria's top off!!!! You see nothing, though.

Backstage: Edge asks Bischoff to replace himself with his former tag team partner, Christian. Edge fears that Shawn Michaels would screw him over. So Edge thinks he should face the winner the next day. Bischoff denies.

The Elimination Chamber for the vacant World Heavyweight Championship
Chris Jericho
Randy Orton
Edge
Chris Benoit
Batista
Triple H

My favorite in this one is Chris Benoit.

Highlights:
Chris Benoit's divng headbutt off of the top of the chamber
Shawn Michals Sweet Chin Music to Edge for accidentaly spearing him.
Edge spear on that punk, Randy Orton
Chris Benoit and Chris Jericho's Walls-Crippler combination
Being thrown against the chamber
Benoit's crippler on Orton (OH MY GOD HE'S GONNA TAP OUT!) while Triple H taunts Orton
Benoit getting off and Sharpshooting Triple H (OH MY GOD HE'S GONNA TAP OUT!)
Chris Jericho accidentaly diving on the Cameraman taking him out. (one of the coolest things to happen tonight)

Order of appearance:
Chris Benoit and Chris Jericho
Edge
Triple H
Randy Orton
Batista

Order of Elimination:
Edge (by Chris Jericho. Capitilized with a Lionsault after HBK's kick)
Chris Benoit (by Batista. He Spinebuster'ed Jericho on top of him)
Chris Jericho (By Batista with the Dave Bomb)
Batista (By Randy Orton. With that lame-ass Diamond Cutter out of Nowhere)

Triple H WINS!! A NEW WORLD CHAMP!!!!

The Chamber was cool. The rest of the matches were so-so. I was dissapointed to not see the scheduled Carlito Carribbean Cool appearance.

[Blackwolf]

Triple H WINS!! A NEW WORLD CHAMP!!!!

The very reason I stopped watching WWE a year and a half ago. I was tired of seeing HHH with the belt.

It's been so long, I didn't recognize half of the names on the card.

Nice writeup, though.

[Ichiban]

The very reason I stopped watching WWE a year and a half ago. I was tired of seeing HHH with the belt.

It's been so long, I didn't recognize half of the names on the card.

Nice writeup, though.


Blackwolf, you forgot that HHH married the boss's daughter. He can pretty much get the championship whenever he wants. That's the only thing that pisses me off. I would have like to see them give the title to Chris Jericho but nope. Glad they didnt give it to Randy Orton, Batista, or Edge.

[Captain N]

Summary of NYR = Shit

Two injuries in two of the matches both sloppy as hell

Maven's character is GONE anything they could've hoped to have built is now destroyed.

Kane's going baby face again and already getting his ass kicked by Snitsky again. Fucking BS.

I'm a HHH fan and even I think his win was shit. Now it'll be him and Orton in one of the worst Wrestlemanias ever.

[HMG]

I know. Remember when the RKO was cool and he had some cool matches.
(A Backlash classic) Now he just has some lame matches against Evolution members.

I would have loved to see Chris Jericho get the title. Or Chris Benoit (In my opinion, the best wrestler on the whole WWE roster). Or Edge. At least it would have been interesting.

An yes, the rumor is Triple H vs Randy Orton MAIN EVENT. Chris Benoit vs Chris Jericho would have been a classic main event.

[Arandar]

I would like to see Edge get the title, but I think their worried hes not big enough or soemthing. Like he has the hieght, but his muscles aren't actually as big as some of the other main even guys. I just hope him and Christian get back together as a tag team and then turn face again. 10 second pose in oversized cowboy hats anyone?

[HMG]

They were faces? I was like, ten. I wouldn't really pay attention to the storylines, but I thought they were heels.

They were, indeed, the coolest tag team of all time.

[Arandar]

They were faces? I was like, ten. I wouldn't really pay attention to the storylines, but I thought they were heels.

They were, indeed, the coolest tag team of all time.
Have you ever heard of The Brood? They have the coolest music. Well did I suppose since they are long since split up. And yeah Edge and Christian used to be a face tag team like 2-3 years ago. They would do all this random funny shit like 10 second poses for the crowd and stuff. They also helped to invent9well storyline wise) the TLC match. Tables Ladders and Chairs for anyone that doesn't know. Then they had them turn heel and then eventually split up and be drafted to the two different shows.

[HMG]

Yeah, I think it's just the fact that my brother didn't like them. I remember the ten-second pose, the Elvis suits and the TLC. I remember at Wrestlemanie 2000, the TLC match was incredible. Better than the Main Event.

The Brood. Gangrel freaks me out. Whatever happened to that bloake? I love the music. I downloaded it.

[Blackwolf]

The problem with Edge is that he had that servere neck surgery and is too afraid to do much of his old stuff, so he's nowhere near as fun to watch now as he was when he was a face and doing all that TLC stuff.

Edge & Christian were never faces, I don't think, but when they broke up, Edge was a face and Christian was a heel, and then put on different brands.

[Captain N]

The problem with Edge is that he had that servere neck surgery and is too afraid to do much of his old stuff, so he's nowhere near as fun to watch now as he was when he was a face and doing all that TLC stuff.

Edge & Christian were never faces, I don't think, but when they broke up, Edge was a face and Christian was a heel, and then put on different brands.

I believe they had a quick face run when they went against Gangrel but then fell into that whole "Cool" shtick.

Gangrel was wrestling on Smackdown! last month against Taker with Viscera though I don't think the two are back on the roster.

And yeah HMG they were pretty big heels back then, in that time long long ago when the tag team division actually meant something.

[Arandar]

The problem with Edge is that he had that servere neck surgery and is too afraid to do much of his old stuff, so he's nowhere near as fun to watch now as he was when he was a face and doing all that TLC stuff.

Edge & Christian were never faces, I don't think, but when they broke up, Edge was a face and Christian was a heel, and then put on different brands.
No they used to be a tag team face back in the day when i was the WWF and they were killing in the ratings. This is like 1999-2001/2ish. Or maybe not 99, I forget exactly when Edge, Christian, and Gangrel all came in since they all seemed to have come in around the same time. They were The Brood(the 3 of them) but then there was a quarell between Edge and Gangrel with Edge being the face and Gnagrel being the heel. Christian then had to decide who he wanted to stick with and so he chose his brother(stroyline wise) and they were then a face tag team. I forget how long it lasted for exactly, but I think it was around 6-12 months or so.

[Captain N]

It wasn't that long. I think it was like 4 months because then they started having "friendly" matches with the Hardyz and they kept losing and then Edge and Christian did that one promo where they showed the younger Hardy boyz jumping off of roofs and looking like douche bags.

[Arandar]

I thought it was longer. I think it was Wrestlmania 2000 that them as well as the Hardy's and Dudley's "invented" the TLC match. And I could have sworn they were a face team for a few months before then and a few months after as well. Oh well I suppose it doesn't matter. To me the Golden Age of wrestling is when I first started watching it around 96 or so through 2002. Lately I haven't been watching it nearly as much. But when I first started it was the best. I mean the formation of the original DX, the huge 3 year Austin/McMahon fued, Kane's arrival, the rise of Rocky Maivia from The Nation of Domination into The Rock, The Corporate Ministry, and all the rest. Those were the days. Although I'm sure those who have been watching wrestling even longer then me disagree and think the 80s and early 90s were better. Oh well, to each his own.

[Blackwolf]

The golden age is always when whoever is saying it started watching it. For me, it was back in the 80's when the territories still existed and we had hours of independent wrestling shows (mostly under the NWA banner) on Saturday nights on a UHF station. And then of course there were the WWF syndicated shows that showed the stars going up against jobbers and hyping up the big PPV's that I never got to see. (I would sometimes listen to the audio on them, though, and then rent the video later. You all watch porn through scrambles, I watched Wrestling PPV's. And before you say what I bet you want to say, my father actually subscribed to the Playboy Channel, but he didn't know I knew...Therefore I didn't have to watch my porn through scrambles.)

I stopped watching around 91-92, and didn't really pick back up into it until I graduated college and was unemployed for several months in 2000. So I missed the whole NWO/DX thing (although I knew about them since WCW was hot shit in my area...Goldberg graduated from my college and they NEVER let us forget that.) So I don't know the Brood all that much, E&C were their own tag team already. And even then, I was partial to WCW (them being the home team) and so I shed a tear during the last RAW/Nitro simulcast.

I then followed WWE until SWG came out (right after Kane demasked) and haven't watched it since, except for Wrestlemania since my friends went to Hooters to go watch it and I wasn't gonna turn down a trip to Hooters.

[DeadMan]

I thought it was longer. I think it was Wrestlmania 2000 that them as well as the Hardy's and Dudley's "invented" the TLC match. And I could have sworn they were a face team for a few months before then and a few months after as well. Oh well I suppose it doesn't matter. To me the Golden Age of wrestling is when I first started watching it around 96 or so through 2002. Lately I haven't been watching it nearly as much. But when I first started it was the best. I mean the formation of the original DX, the huge 3 year Austin/McMahon fued, Kane's arrival, the rise of Rocky Maivia from The Nation of Domination into The Rock, The Corporate Ministry, and all the rest. Those were the days. Although I'm sure those who have been watching wrestling even longer then me disagree and think the 80s and early 90s were better. Oh well, to each his own.

The first TLC match was at Summerslam '99 between Hardys, Dudleys, and E&C- one of the best matches ever(IMO).
My "golden age" was 96 up untill right after the "Invasion" also. Great talent, great matches, great story lines, etc, the stuff now doesn't even compare. The Orton- Foley match brought back a few memories, but they had to"push Orton's character along" and have him win :( . I was glad to see some barbwire and thumb tacs though :)
The tag team division was amazing during this time period. TLC's, tag team cage, ladders, and just the general intensity of the matches, nothing has come anywhere close to it since then. Also, taking away the hardcore belt just ruined it for me...
I sit here remembering all of the great matches and moments from that time period and wonder if we will ever see anything as good again. Is anyone falling off/through the Hell in the Cell anytime soon? Or jumping off the Titontron? Getting 3D' through a table? Blowing up a bus? Getting dropped from a forklift in a car? Amazing hardcore matches spreading all throughout the areana? Sadly, I don't see much, if any, of this stuff happening again.

[Captain N]

I think the Attitude era ( Aka 96 to about Wrestlemania 17 ) will always be the golden age of wrestling to alot of people. So many good things I can't list them all here.

[HMG]

The Golden Age: the 1990s. They're was WCW and WWF. The late 90s weren't all too good for WCW (98, 99). But every Wrestlemania was considered some of the best in the 90s. I got out of WCW and started watching WWF. I remember seeing triple H for the first time and thinking "Wow, that guy's pretty cool!". Then everyone would be all like "OMG Tha Rok is teh best!!!" and I'd say that Triple H was. Good times. My favorite tag team were the Hardyz. I'd consider them my favorite wrestlers next to Triple H back then. Then I'd see some WCW favorited in the WWF ring. Like X-Pac (Syxx. Know as 1 2 3 Kid in the WWF), Chris Benoit, Jericho, Guererro and Malenko. I wouldn't watch WCW. I'd stopped for some reason. WWF was dominating the wrestling world. THen when I was like, 12, I had stopped. I quit wrestling. Out of nowhere. I had no idea why. It was 2002 somewhere. Then I decided to watch the Unforgiven 2003 replay on my Grandpa's stolen DirecTV services. The first match I saw was Rob Van Dam vs Chris Jericho vs Christian. "Oh shit, RVD! RVD! RVD!" Good stuff. Thank god for David (the guy who helps them steal the DirecTV). I decided to watch next week's program. I was interested and watched it again. And again. THE OLD WRESTLING FAN IS BACK!!!!!

[/end of life story]

[Captain N]

I stopped watching from like 2001 to 2002 when Jericho won the Undisputed title because he cheated. It ticked me off so bad that he didn't win cleanly and didn't watch for a solid five months.

[Arandar]

I have almost stopped watching over the last year or so, maybe more, because I have been busy or just didn't care. If I'm not working then I was watching Stargate SG-1 to get caught up on the whole series(Sci-Fi shows it from 7-11 on Mondays) or I was just playing games. I have lost a bit of interest since it has gotten a little boring. And seeing Triple H with the belt for 11 out of the 12 months of the year does get rather boring.

[Captain N]

They need to relize that the whole show doesn't have to revolve around the WHC. I mean seriously what's the second biggest storyline on RAW now? Kane vs No talent retard. Excuse me, that's the ONLY other storyline on RAW right now.

[DeadMan]

I think the Attitude era ( Aka 96 to about Wrestlemania 17 ) will always be the golden age of wrestling to alot of people. So many good things I can't list them all here.

Yep, 17 is my favorite mania ever. It had the best variety of matches, and the best performed matches, the card was perfect :)

[HMG]

The Undertaker vs Triple H. Pretty good.