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Malfunkshon
08-22-2005, 03:44 AM
-Chris Benoit beats Orlando Jordan in like 10 seconds for the US title. Seriously. Benoit got suckered punch when the bell rang, so he got pissed, hit a suplex, then went for the crossface. OJ taps out almost immediately. Oooook.

-Edge beats the shit out of Matt Hardy. Edge hit two moves in the match, while Hardy just threw haymakers. Hardy's face landed on a ringpost while getting a reversal, which made him bleed like crazy. Edge kept booting him in the head until the ref declared that Hardy couldn't continue. He lasted longer than Tyson ever would.

Two matches, with a total of four wrestling moves performed. If you can even call Edge's reversal a move.

-Rey Mysterio gets to keep his son by winning a ladder match again Eddie Guerrero. A tie for the match of the night, as both men tried to kill each other a couple of times, using high-risk moves with the ladders, including getting powerbombed off the ladder, and a 619 with the ladder. Match ends when Eddie's wife pushes her husband off the ladder, when it was apparently Eddie was gonna win. Wifey then holds Eddie down, while Rey gets the briefcase. Good drama in the match.

-Kurt Angle makes Eugene tap and reclaims his gold medals. Kinda ignored this match, but Eugene hit a Stone Cold Stunner and a Rock Bottom, then Kurt got sick of him and put him out of his misery. Angle needs a title shot. Skip this whole beating-up-the-retard crap. Also, crowd BOOED Eugene throughout the match.

-Randy Orton defeats Undertaker and gets his revenge. Taker chokeslams Orton, then Orton's daddy comes through the crowd and interferes, which allows Orton to recouperate and hit a RKO to end it. Another match I didn't pay attention to the whole way through.

-Cena defeats Jericho to retain WWE Title. My friends have bad timimg, and kept me from paying attention to this one, too.I just noticed Jericho carriying the match, until Cena caught roid rage and beat him.

-Batista destroys JBL in No Holds Barred match to retain Heavyweight Title. Back and forth hardcore stuff, wasn't impressed by anything. Match ends when JBL gets Batistabombed, first on the mat, then on the steel steps. JBL doesn't cut it. I'd even prefer Hassan over him right now.

-Hulk Hogan beats HBK in a pretty good match. Like the Eddy/Rey match, lots of drama and crowd heat kept this match entertaining, and Hogan actually pulled out some moves. Hogan bleeds like crazy after HBK pummels him. His face matches his trunks halfway through the match (red blood and blonde hair to match the tie-dye). Hogan fights off HBK as much as he can, then HBK gains complete control, with two incidental ref bumps. HBK uses a chair, and gets off Sweet Chin Music, but Hogan kicks out, hulks up, and does the usual punchx3, big boot, legdrop. Hogan celebrates, then HBK shakes his hand, and leaves.

I enjoyed most of the show, since I haven't seen a PPV in so long, I cared about some of the matches, and it was straight-up action, instead of talk-talk-talk (or like this review, which is type-type-type). Friends distrated me from the rest. Good show, overall.

C0lin
08-22-2005, 03:52 AM
I really want to see the Edge v Hardy match. That's about it.

Malfunkshon
08-22-2005, 03:57 AM
I really want to see the Edge v Hardy match. That's about it.
They tried so hard to make it look like a real honest-to-goodness fight. Bless their little hearts.

C0lin
08-22-2005, 04:01 AM
They tried so hard to make it look like a real honest-to-goodness fight. Bless their little hearts.

That's why I'd like to see it. See if anything really happened.

dl4ndow
08-22-2005, 03:15 PM
Thanks for the update. Here's another take from ESPN.com Page 2. Funny stuff...

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/050822

Blackwolf
08-22-2005, 03:18 PM
Since when did ESPN start covering pro wrestling?

Malfunkshon
08-22-2005, 03:28 PM
Since when did ESPN start covering pro wrestling?
That's what Bill Simmons do from time to time. The only time I can think of where ESPN did cover pro wrestling was the Austin/Tyson angle from WM14. Besides, there's nothing better to cover cept crap-ass baseball, pweee-season football, and the "resurrection" of hockey. I'll take my scripted, uncomfortably homoerotic, kinda predictable entertainment over that. Until the real NFL season starts, anyway.

Blackwolf
08-22-2005, 03:31 PM
Gotcha. It's an editorial piece, not actual "coverage".

Wasn't knocking pro wrestling (I was a big fan in the 80's and early 00's), was just wondering why ESPN was covering it. :>

HMG
08-22-2005, 07:34 PM
Edge vs Hardy was probably the most dissappointing match of all time. God damn.

By the way, Cena sucks.

All-Night John
08-22-2005, 07:37 PM
Simmons' stuff isn't as good as it used to be, and I think they switched a lot to Insider. But that was a pretty good rundown.

Forgot to mention, I don't know much about Batista, but it seems like he's doing the Triple H "I'm so jacked, I don't need any gimmicks, I just need to look like my body might explode at any time" gimmick.
lol.

Kaptain0wnage
08-22-2005, 09:31 PM
The Hardy vs Edge match was the most disappointing, that is until Hogan vs HBK. There is no reason Hogan should have won. HBK carried him the whole match, hes a better wrestler and performer, and its not like Hogan even wrestles anymore. Hogan should have faded out long ago.

dl4ndow
08-23-2005, 10:28 AM
Hogan: artificial hip and artificial knee. yow.

Captain N
08-23-2005, 12:38 PM
The PPV was bad. The following RAW was worse. A rematch "You're fired" fight between Cena and Jericho? C'mon. You could've just as easily said "Leave Jericho" at the start of RAW and would've saved us some time.

I just don't GET the Hardy feud. I get what the hub bub is about but why on Earth did Hardy come back? He's doing nothing but losing to Edge when his angle is supposed to be "Pissed off guy coming back to his ex-job" And yet he hasn't had a single victory over Edge yet. Even their backroom brawls Edge got the upper hand. How's that for a smart move on Matt's part. Come back to the company that screws you, feud with the man who screwed your personal life and they both turn around and put it up your ass on national television. Yeah Matt, you totally don't look like an idiot.

Kaptain0wnage
08-24-2005, 12:45 AM
Matt had so much heat behind him, and now theyre just ruining it by him losing to Edge so easily and then losing to a bum like Conway. I figured he was going to do well after he defeated Snitsky. Best part of Raw was Angle kicking Cenas ass. Angle is alot more capable of beating him, and his match with Benjamin was awesome. Cena vs Benjamin would be a cool match to see.