The WWE Raw Report 5/4/15

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May 4, 2015

No preshow news this week peoples, but it’s time for Raw!

WWE Raw Repport 5/4/15 from the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

– Raw kicks off with Randy Orton heading to the ring for promo time. Orton talks about the PPV PAYBACK being aptly named. The fans picked Rollins to defend against Orton AND Roman Reigns in a Triple Threat at Payback. Orton is going to win the title and get his PAYBACK.

Cue Roman Reigns. He says Orton is wrong, Roman will get his PAYBACK on Seth. Wow they’re beating this PPV name to death quickly… Crowd hates Roman, screaming RKO chants and booing the hell out of everything he’s saying. Orton rebuts with his credentials, 12 times World champion, 12 straight WrestleManias. Reigns replies and says he beat Orton at Summerslam. I’m glad somebody remembers that…. Reigns says he’s fine with breaking Orton in half again…

NEW DAYYYY music hits… No I'[m not kidding… Rather than looking surprised, Orton starts bobbing his head to their theme, lol…. Xavier Woods on the mic, New Day hates all this negativity. It’s a NEW DAY people…. NEW DAY SUCKS chants. Kofi and Big E take their turns on the mic. Big E makes some bad jokes. Big E invites Orton & Reigns to clap with him… New Day announces they’ll be facing Orton and Reigns tonight in a handicap match, per the instructions of Corporate Kane. That match is next…

— Commercial Break —

HANDICAP MATCH
1. Randy Orton & Roman Reigns vs. WWE Tag Champions New Day (Xavier Woods, Kofi Kingston, Big E)

Booker seems to think the titles are on the line under “Freebirds Rules”…. First off, the titles are NOT on the line. Second, Freebirds Rules mean any 2 of the 3 are defending, not all 3. Orton & Reigns control the early minutes, getting along, working as a team as they work over Xavier “P.S.” Hayes. Big “Bamm Bamm” Gord-E (see what I did there?) makes a blind tag and drops Orton with a belly to belly. Tag to Kofi Jack Roberts and all three New Day-Birds take over on Randy. New Day controls as we head to break.

WWE App action – Big E misses the big splash on Randy. And then E misses a shoulder in the corner. Orton hot tags to Reigns, but Big E nails Reigns before eh can even get in the ring… Roman shakes it off however and dominates all three New Day. Roman becomes distracted with Kofi & Xavier and Big E knocks Reigns off the apron to the floor. Big E drives Reigns into the barricade and the ring apron and New Day takes back over in their corner.

Back from break, New Day with lots of fast tags and big moves score several near falls on Roman. Finally Xavier with the cinlock of excitement, Roman escapes and hot tag to Randy. Orton clears the ring of all 3 New Day. Suspension DDT on Kofi. Orton sets Kingston up for the RKO, but Woods out of nowhere jumps into an RKO outta nowhere.

Orton looking for RKO on Kofi again, but Reigns charges with a spear, Kofi moves, and REIGNS SPEARS ORTON… Big E yanks Reigns out of the ring while Kingston covers Orton for the WIN… The WIN. In 13:13. NEW DAYYYYYYYYYYYYY

– Corporate Kane comes out after the match. He wants to exploit Orton & Reigns’ hate with each other, so in tonight’s main event the two men will face each other… Just what everyone wants, to see the same guys fight again.

– Kane leaves the stage and returns to the back. He passes New Day who are celebrating. Kane then runs into Seth Rollins. Seth says Kane has been screwing up for weeks, and now he’s trying to make right tonight to get on the good side of HHH & Stephanie when they return. Kane books Seth Rollins vs. Dean Ambrose with J&J Security banned from ringside… Rollins says Ambrose knows he can’t beat him and will just try to hurt him. Seth bitches at Kane until Kane threatens to make the match worse. Seth storms off pissed.

— Commercial Break —

– WWE App interview with King Barrett. Crown, cape, scepter, and all.

– Ryback heading to the ring for a promo with Renee Young. We’re reminded of Bray Wyatt’s attack from last week. Montreal fans gate Ryback, lots of Goldberg chants. Wow these people live 15 years ago, come up with something new… Ryback acknowledges it and somehow it turns into “FEED ME MORE” chants. Ryback doesn’t know why Bray did what he did. Ryback eats fear. He eats negativity. Ryback is giving a baby face promo, talking about helping kids, he has to scream the promo over the Montreal marks, yet they chant right along with “Feed Me More”. Ryback says Bray has his attention now. Talking time is done, it’s feeding time.

Cue the Bray Wyatt promo from the big screen… Some of the usual stuff, he tells Ryback to RUN.

— Commercial Break —

– WWE App interview with Heath Slater. He plans to accept the US Championship Open invitation again tonight for a third time. Joy.

2. Cesaro & Tyson Kidd (w/Natalya) vs. The Ascension

Whoa, Ascension makes it on Raw this week. Usually they’re jobbing on Superstars. Crowd makes ZERO noise for them. Insert Promo by the Ascension, they’re the tag team of the future. Booker & JBL have fun with that comment. Ascension attacks to start and take control on Tyson. Eventual hot tag to Cesaro, European uppercuts-o-plenty the crowd chants along as Cesaro lands 10 of them, and a clothesline gets 2… Cesaro calls for the SWING, Konnor distracts and Viktor lays out Cesaro. Tyson with a somersault dive out onto Konnor. Cesaro hooks Viktor in the GIANT SWING, right into a dropkick from Kidd and this one is over in 4:03. Somehow that’s the finisher now.

– Backstage Renee Young interviews Seth Rollins about his match tonight. I guess Seth didn’t say enough earlier… Rollins says the match is pointless and Kane is a moron.

— Commercial Break —

3. Dean Ambrose vs. Seth Rollins

With J&J Security already barred from ringside, Corporate Kane steps out to make another announcement. Since Seth says there’s no point to this match, Kane will rectify the situation. If Ambrose wins the match tonight, Dean will join the main event at Payback!!! Seth bitches about it, but Dean loves it. Rollins doesn’t care what the fans think, and “Canada doesn’t matter”. Kane says the match is on and we get going.

Ambrose goes right after Seth with some quick pin attempts. Dean has control for a couple of minutes before Seth takes over. Seth with a little basic offense before Ambrose returns with a whip on Seth, sending Rollins into the corner with the Shawn Michaels flip. Dean had control for a but before it’s Seth turn again. Rollins with the chinlock of excitement, Dean eventually escapes and backdrops Seth outside. It must be commercial time… Yup…

WWE App action continues… It’s back and forth in the ring and out on the floor. Rollins lands a nice dropkick for 2 and maintains control from there.

Back from break, Seth has the old Big Daddy Cool neck vice applied on Dean. Ambrose escapes but Seth drives him into the middle buckle with a Downward Spiral. Seth tries a move off the top, but Dean comes back with a Tornado DDT. Dean starts landing some of his token offense from there, the bulldog in the ring, the suicide dive to the floor on Seth. Inverted Sit out Powerbomb gets a near fall on Seth!!! Crowd chanting this is awesome…

Some counters by both, Seth misses a corner splash, Dean with the top rope flying elbow attack gets 1……….2……….Rollins kicks out. Seth comes back, drops Dean’;s throat on the ropes, lands a enzuigiri kick from the apron and completely MISSES a springboard knee by like TWO FEET, but Ambrose sells it anyway… lol… Wow, that was bad… 2 count. Seth smacks around Ambrose, Dean tries to fight back, Seth superkicks him for a near fall…

Ambrose escapes the Powerbomb in the corner and the 2 trade shots. Ambrose with a Cactus clothesline and they both spill to the floor. More fun counters by both on the floor leads to Seth landing a RUNNING POWERBOMB INTO THE BARRICADE ON THE FLOOR!!!! Referee reaches 9, and AMBROSE BEATS THE COUNT!!!!

More fun counters from both, TORNADO ENZUIGIRI by Seth. DAMN!… Ambrose bounces right back with the CLOTHESLINE OF DEATH!!!! Both men are dead and down… Awesome… J&J SECURITY RUNS IN TO PREVENT DIRTY DEEDS… Ambrose disposes of them… Seth sneaks up behind Ambrose, but Dean switches and rolls him up…1………………….2………………..3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DEAN AMBROSE WINS AN AWESOME MATCH IN 16:32…. AMBROSE IS GOING TO PAYBACK… Greatest News Ever!!!

— Commercial Break —

– As I had time to get over the excitement… I came to realize when Dean was added to the match… Somebody has to job… Sigh. Even still, the match is more interesting now.

– Backstage Kane is dealing with an angry Seth Rollins. Kane threatens to add more people to the match. Kane says overcoming adversity will help Seth become the man he needs to be. Kane tells Seth that he has a plan.

– Byron Saxton with Lana. He mentions the fans recent cheers for her. She seems like she enjoys it but downplays it. Fandango comes into the screen and tells her to embrace the fans like he has. Then Macho Man Rusev Savage comes in and yells at Lana in Russian for being a fan favorite female. Back to the locked closet Lana!

— Commercial Break —

4. Rusev (w/Lana) vs. Fandango

Lana comes out to a delay behind Rusev and the fans pop when she does. Lana walks 20 feet behind Rusev to the ring. Not really liking what they’re doing with her at all, bit Vince wants her as a face so there’s no stopping the boss. Rusev domiantes until he misses a splash in the corner. Fandango rolls to the floor and convinces Lana to dance with him… Really? Her character just changes like that? Rusev gets pissed and plows Fandango over on the floor and sends Lana to the dressing room… The distraction allows Fandango to take over on offense for a bit, but Rusev eventually kicks his face off… Accolade, and it’s over in 2:13.

This entire Lana/Rusev story makes NO SENSE… Lana controlled things, she was about Russia, she was about dominating… Now all of a sudden she likes dancing and being cheered, oh yeah and somehow Rusev controls things now… Makes no sense and it’s rushed. Vince wants to turn her face fast and drop her fake accent… Take everything away from her… brilliance…

— Commercial Break —

– Backstage on the WWE App, Adam Rose is overseeing a photo shoot with Rosa Mendes… Ok…

– Advertising for tomorrow’s big ESPN piece on WWE… Should be pretty awesome based on what ESPN has said.

– More idiots making fools of themselves for Tough Enough.

5. Stardust vs. R-Truth

Cody has some type of shiny bag with him. Insert Promo from Cody, R-Truh stole his chance at the King of the Ring. This Stardust thing needs to go. Usually after a while things either grow on me or I can tune them out, but this gimmick continues to irritate. Cody places the bag in the corner and the announcers talk about Jake the Snake. Cody controls for the most part, Truth comes back but goes to look into the mysterious bag and Stardust takes back over. BLOWN SPOT, looks like Truth was going for his forearm and Cody tries a cross body. Truth comes back with a sit out gourd buster for 2… Truth goes for the bag… A bunch of TOY SPIDERS fall out… Truth gets scared, and Cody rolls him up for the win… THAT WAS NOT ONLY BAD… IT WAS EMBARRASSING…. The crowd doesn’t make a single noise… Cody wins in 2:55.

— Commercial Break —

– Fatal Four Way Contract Signing for Payback will be on Smackdown.

– John Cena Suuuucks singing continues well after his music, lol… Ole chants begin as the fans attempt promo sabotage on Cena. Cena has to change up his promo to acknowledge the super heat he’s getting. He tries to tie in what the fans are doing with his upcoming match with Rusev, but the fans don’t care and keep chanting Ole, lol…. Cena continues to try and finish his promo, but it’s worthless at this point. The crowd stops him every 10 seconds. Cena tries to sell the I QUIT match with Rusev big time. He talks about fighting for what you believe in. He wins some of the crowd, but mainly because he’s acknowledging them and picking out specific fans. Gotta give him credit, he’s doing everything he can to work through this crowd.

The open challenge starts NOW… Who will it be??? IT’S BRET HART!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BRET HART!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BRET HART IN THE BUILDING…..

Bret enters the ring… He’s here to introduce a great wrestler…. but he’s cut off by….

HEATH SLATER…. With 3MB music… Heath cuts a promo as he walks to the ring. Slater says he’s getting sick of getting attacked out of nowhere, he walks right into a punch from Bret… LMAO… Heath bumps to the floor…

BRET HART INTRODUCES MONTREAL’S OWN…. NXT STAR…. SAMI ZAYN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Crowd goes ridiculously nuts… This should be good… It starts after the break.

— Commercial Break —

– WWE App – We get the introductions of the match.

6. U.S. Champion John Cena vs. Sami Zayn

Match starts on the App but I’ll cover it here. “Let’s Go Sami” chants are deafening. They stall for as long as they can until USA returns. Cena with a shoulder tackle as we head back to USA. Cena throws Zayn in the air, but Sami hits a dropkick. Cena dodges an attempted dive and Sami does a little flipping and showboating to save himself. Cena retaliates with some lame looking back suplexes get a 2 count. Zayn goes down, selling his shoulder, and the referee calls for the big X…. The doctor rushes to the ring to check on Zayn. Sami opts to continue the match… That will be his out to save face.,

Cena takes over with all his usual stuff, Zayn counters the 5 knuckle shuffle with a victory roll up for a near fall… Zayn takes over and Cena rolls to the floor to recover. Zayn lands a somersault dive to the floor over the top rope and lands on Cena. Back inside, Cena hooks the STF but the fans get behind Zayn and he makes it to the ropes. Zayn with a Downard Spiral out of nowhere and right into the KOJI CLUTCH!!!! Cena doesn’t know what to do, he looks confused and scared lol, good facials… Cena powers his way up to his feet, but Zayn hooks a roll up for 2… Rusev & Lana are shown looking on backstage.

Zayn rushes at Cena but John lands a clothesline. Sami escapes an AA but lands on his ass… Both men clothesline each other… Truth be told, this match has been all kinds of sloppy. With Cena outside, Sami runs around ringside, dives over the bottom rope on one side and pops out the other side with the Tornado DDT… Cena rolled back inside, but Zayn runs into the AA…. 1……….2………… ZAYN KICKS OUT OF THE AA… HOLY WOW….

Zayn witha backwards leapfrog, lands behind Cena… Spinning BLUE THUNDER BOMB!!!!! 1…………2…………….Cena kicks out!!!

Now Zayn is selling that shoulder big time. Cena fights back, hits that crappy looking Springboard Stunner… AA again, and it’s over in 11:46.

The match was sloppy at times in the first half, but it was perfectly fine in general. For Zayn’s first WWE match against someone the likes of Cena, the guy did just fine…

Cena sells the match as hard fought and applauds Zayn after the match.

– Did you know the Network is FREE… AGAIN… Ugh.

– Michael Cole reminds us Reigns vs. Orton tonight. I had forgotten… Sigh.

– The Bellas walk past New Day, who are still celebrating their win… lol

— Commercial Break —

– Renee Young looking for Sami Zayn, but New Day shows up instead. They’re still celebrating. They’re VICTORIOUS!!! Cesaro & Tyson interrupt. It’s a back and forth of nothingness that leads to a New Day Sucks chant.

7. Divas Champion Nikki Bella (w/Brie) vs. ??

Match doesn’t happen, the Bellas don’t make it to the ring before Naomi and TAMINA lay them out hardcore… Naomi holds Nikki while Tamina superkicks her face off. Then Tamina holds Brie while naomi kicks her face off… Crowd boos. Taminas back with a Divas version of Sheamus’ stupid haircut.

Naomi informs the Bellas that their days of dominance is over and “this is what family is all about”, referencing her marriage to Jimmy Uso, and Tamina being related.

– Now KING BARRETT comes to the ring. Wow they’re squeezing a lot into 5 minutes. lol. He plays up being King on the mic. He says we will be hearing All Hail King Barrett” a lot now. How creative.

— Commercial Break —

7. Dolph Ziggler & Neville vs. Sheamus & King Barrett

Barrett & Ziggler start, Barrett takes control for a bit. Ziggler comes back and lands a spike DDT… Sheamus tags in but stalls with Dolph. We go to break.

Ziggler looks good on the WWE App, but the heels take over during the break.

Back from break, Sheamus lands an Irish Curse backbreaker on Ziggler. Sheamus slaps Ziggler around until Dolph lands a SUPERKICK. Hot tag to Neville & Barrett. Neville dives outside onto Wade, and a Sprinboard dropkick. Standing shooting star gets 2…. Wafde comes back, sets up for a Bull Hammer, but Neville ducks and hits an enzuigiri and a German Suplex gets 2…

Sheamus comes in, but Ziggler takes him to the floor… Sheamus dumps Ziggler upside down into the time keeprs area… Inside the ring, Neville lays out Barrett and climbs outside to go for Red Arrow, but Sheamus dumps him on the apron. Neville kicks Sheamus away and goes up top but jumps right into a BULL HAMMER… King Barrett gets the win in around 10:00….

Main event is next. They’re rushing these guys to the ring and the last match barely had time to get out of the ring.

— Commercial Break —

As the clock strikes 11 we return, and out comes KANE, Rollins and J&J… Noble says he is special ring announcer. Mercury is “bell keeper”, lol… Kane is special enforcer. Rollins is specialcommentator…

8. Randy Orton vs. Roman Reigns

Orton tries an RKO right out of the gate. Back and forth and it spilles to the floor… Kane & J&J try creeping up on them but the fight goes back inside. Reigns takes over briefly, then Orton comes back with his backbreaker. It’;s back and forth, one guys signature move, then the other. Orton with the powerslam. Superman Punch from Reigns. Orton ends up on the floor and Kane and J&J beat down Randy… Reigns dives out onto Kane & J&J, but Rollins sneaks up and posts Roman. Now all the heels beat down Reigns and Orton… Match is over after 6:00…

DEAN AMBROSE HITS THE RING…. The faces clear the ring… Reigns lands a spear….

The three faces stand tall… RKO ON ROMAN REIGNS!!!!

Randy celebrates, but turns into DIRTY DEEDS ON ORTON!!!!

Ambrose celebrates to end the show!!!

Jeff Jarrett’s Global Force Wrestling To Begin Roster Reveal With Press Conference On Wednesday

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Jeff Jarrett’s Global Force Wrestling will be hosting a press conference at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas this Wednesday at 1pm EST to begin their roster reveal.

GFW is teasing a special guest to help with the reveal. They tweeted the following:

#GFW & @orleansarena host a HUGE press event Wed. 5/6 at 10A PT. Tix info & the start of the roster reveal! #GFWVegas

Spoilers: WWE Superstars Results For 5/8/15

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WWE Superstars Results from the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

* Luke Harper defeated Jack Swagger with the big clothesline.

* The Lucha Dragons defeated Los Matadores

The “OH MY GOD!” Review: ECW TV 12/24/96 & Downingtown, PA 12/27/96

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TV 1996-12-24 (Taped Holiday Hell 1996-12-07 at ECW Arena in Philadelphia, PA & 1996-12-20 at Fairgrounds Fieldhouse in Middletown, NY)

Champions 
World: Raven
 TV: Shane Douglas
 Tag Team: Eliminators

We open up with Holiday Hell and Little Guido is in the ring. He cuts the same promo from back on the 6th about how he was leader of the FBI. Guido says that if JT Smith ever walks back into the ECW he will kick his ass.

Little Guido & Davey Paizzano vs. Dudley Boys (w/ Sign Guy Dudley) ref John “Pee Wee” Moore
Davey is David Morton Tyler Jericho (Kid Kash). This match is clipped. Buh Buh tosses around Guido and Davey. He back drops Spike out of the ring onto them. Guido and Davey take over on Spike. Guido with a power bomb for 2. Spike comes back and hits a tornado bulldog and is able to make the tag to Buh Buh Ray. Flapjack into a cutter but Davey breaks up the pin. Buh Buh does the same to him. Buh Buh sits on the top rope and Spike jumps off with a splash onto both men for the win. 5.36 is shown.

Opening video.

Joey Styles opens things up from Middletown and Taz hits the ring. With the better audio for the TV version I can tell you that Taz says he was scheduled for the “King of the Hill Rumble”. He was to be the eighth entrant but wanted to get the number 1 spot. Since Tod Gordon refused to change it he won’t be competing tonight. Then he calls out Sabu and the fans go fucking nuts. The reaction was not picked up very well on the fan cam but was crazy loud here. Few more notes from the match with a better camera angle; Buh Buh dumped Balls Mahoney and Rob Van Dam at the same time, Little Guido’s elimination was sick looking as he was just pressed and slammed to the concrete floor. Candido is the one that eliminates Kronus. So I liked this while watching the Fan Cam and it came across even better on TV.

Joey brings us a 1996 year in review and my god was Kronus fat in January.

Joel Gertner is here for Hype Central and he brings out TV Champion “The Franchise” Shane Douglas and Francine. Douglas cuts a really good promo on Dreamer, he does so with out even cursing! Shane talks about how Dreamer’s real hero is Douglas and not Terry Funk. Douglas says that Dreamer has wanted to be like him since day one.

Joey talks about how Terry Funk pinned Brian Lee back in the tag match that they had. Lee has challenged Funk to match and next week Joey hopes to get word from Funk.

Stevie Richards and Blue Meanie are in Times Square taking in some sights. Stevie super kicks Santa for not giving him a toy train when he was 9.
Joey tells us that the Eliminators have won the titles and next week we’ll get some highlights.

My thoughts on the show…
The year in review was cool. The rumble was even better then on the fan cam. Much better camera work and the commentary adds to it. This one is worth watching.

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1996-12-27 at The Farmer’s Market in Downingtown, PA

Champions
World: Raven
TV: Shane Douglas
Tag Team: Eliminators

We get some shots of the crowd waiting in line to get inside. The classy bunch tonight.

Chris Candido vs. Mikey Whipwreck, ref John Finnegan
Candido comes out to music that is NOT Back in Black. I am now infuriated and hate this show. Candido on the mic before the match. Talks about his stint in WWF and how the fans here suck to. Mikey on the attack early on and takes Candido over the top rope to the floor with a rana. They go into the crowd for a bit. Mikey sends Candido into the rail and hits a somersault planch out of the ring. Candido comes back by laying Mikey out on the top rope. Candido with a suplex and a couple of leg drops for 2. Mikey tries to come back but Candido cuts him off with a clothesline. Candido with a chin lock and the crowd IMMEDIATELY brings to chant “Boring”. Mikey makes a comeback and hits a tornado DDT, back drop and spinning head scissor for 2. Candido goes low after the kick out. Mikey blocks a superplex and hits a northern lights for 2.8. Candido though cuts him off and then goes up top. Mikey knocks him down and hits a super rana. Candido lands awfully close to the ropes. Mikey goes for the cover and Candido always knowing where he is in the ring gets his foot on the rope at 2. Candido puts Mikey on the buckle and goes for a super bomb but Mikey back drops him off the top rope! High cross body off the top but Candido rolls through and grabs the tights for the win in 11.42.

Balls Mahoney vs. Louie Spicolli, ref Jim Molineaux
Back drop and drop kick by Louie and Balls bails to the floor. Louie follows and hits a high knee to the back and throws Balls into the guard rail. Louie now picks up a chair and slams it across the back of Balls. Back into the ring and Balls misses a cross body and crashes to the mat. Balls ducks a line and hits a spin kick that sends both men over the top to the floor. Balls now with a chair and he nails Louie with it. Back in the ring Balls misses a corner charge and gets dropped with a release german suplex. Balls is back up first though and he goes back on the attack. Balls with a testicular claw and he drops a fist from the second rope to the groin. Balls goes up again but Louie cuts him off and nails a superplex and both men are down. Back up and Louie beats Balls to the punch and then drops him with a few clotheslines. Louie goes up top and comes off with a double axe handle attempt but Balls gets the fist out to the gut. Balls misses a second rope leg drop. Balls reverses an irish whip but Louie ducks his clothesline and hits the DVD for the win in 9.34.

Bad Crew vs. The Dudley Boys (w/ Sign Guy Dudley), ref John “Pee Wee’” Moore
Ugh for real Bad Crew? Sigh. Buh Buh Ray starts off and he sends both Bad Crew members to the floor. Spike then comes in and gets back dropped about 30 feet into the air by Buh Buh onto Bad Crew outside of the ring. This looked really awesome. Spike with a drop kick in the ring. Spike tags in officially. This should have been a squash. Bad Crew cut off Spike and then they double team him a bit. Powerslam gets 2. Bad Crew hit the hart attack but Buh Buh breaks up the pin. Bad Crew then hits a demo decapitator leg drop. Then a power bomb doomsday device. Just stealing all the 80s tag team finishers. Spike fights back and hits the tornado bulldog. Both men are down and manage to crawl and make the tag. Buh Buh hammers on both Bad Crew. Spike and one of the Bad Crew brawl on the floor. Buh Buh hits a cutter then sits on the top rope as Spike climbs to his shoulders and dives off with a big splash for the win in 10.23. Huge pop for both Dudleys.

Taz and Bill Alfonso make their way to the ring next. You know the drill. Bad mouthing of Sabu, he comes out but is held back by a bunch of wrestlers. Taz then back on the mic trashes the fans and tries to start fights with them all.

Gangstas vs. D-Von Dudley & Axl Rotten, ref John Finnegan
They meet each other in the aisle and brawl begins. New Jack piledrivers D-Von through the merch table. D-Von gets thrown through a wall he’s bleeding. D-Von comes back with a chair. Jack goes low and nails Dudley with a chair. All four men meet back up. Jack hits Axl with the top rope chair shot and gets the pin in 4.52.

Stevie Richards (bWo) vs. Gorgeous Quartermaine, ref John Finnegan
We get the opening bell and the bWo spend the next three minutes cutting a promo. GQ attacks from behind and goes to work on Stevie. Nova pays no attention to what is happening in the ring and just poses on the floor. GQ remains in control for way to long. Stevie finally ducks a clothesline and goes low. Stevie bomb gets 2. GQ ducks the steviekick and hits a super kick of his own for 2. GQ goes up top and misses a leg drop then eats a steviekick. Richards with the cover and win in 7.01.

Tag Team Champions The Eliminators vs. Sabu & Rob Van Dam, ref Jim Molineaux
RVD and Saturn start off. They do some chain wrestling that gets some applauds from the fans. Saturn then hits Van Dam with a super kick and tags Kronus. Kronus with a somersault leg drop and then he goes for a rana. Van Dam reverses it into a power bomb and tags Sabu. Sabu goes to work on the arm of Kronus. Kronus breaks free and tags Saturn. He comes in and nails a rana. Quick tag back to Kronus who hits a pump handle fall away slam and spin kick. Kronus then goes after Van Dam and suplexes him in to the ring. The two go at it with some kicks. Van Dam throws Kronus into the ropes and goes for a springboard cross body. He however springs off way to soon and Kronus is no where near him and he just hits the mat. HAHAHAHA. Kronus with a power bomb and suplex. Tag to Saturn and he hits a falcon’s arrow. Van Dam comes back though and he and Sabu hit a bunch of double team springboard moves. Sabu tags in and Saturn gets a 2 count with a fisherman’s suplex. Van Dam grabs a chair and nails Saturn with it then Sabu with air sabu. Saturn goes to the floor and Sabu dives onto him. Kronus dives onto Sabu and Van Dam onto Kronus. Saturn now with an springboard moonsault onto everybody. Back in the ring Saturn comes off the top rope with an elbow drop. The tape fucks up and when we come back Kronus is hip tossing Van Dam onto a chair. Not sure if they cut anything out or if we only missed the few seconds the tape was screwy. Saturn hits Van Dam with a splash off the top for 2. Kronus power bombs Van Dam ONTO the top rope. Holy balls that looked painful. Sabu comes in and hits a bunch of drop kicks, Kronus bails to the floor. Saturn comes in and Sabu with a suicide dive onto Kronus. Van Dam and Saturn fight. Sabu gets super kicked by Saturn and rolls to the apron. Saturn with a pump handle slam off the apron sends Sabu through a table. That was nasty looking. Back in the Van Dam goes for a split legged moonsault but Saturn pulls Kronus out of the way. The Champions go for a double spin kick but Van Dam moves and hits a bunch of strikes of his own. Saturn and Kronus cut him off and nail two sets of double team kicks but Sabu breaks up the pin each time. The third time they nail total elimination and are able to hold back Sabu to get the win and retain in 16.03.

Pitbull 2 vs. Brian Lee, ref John “Pee Wee” Moore
Pitbull rushes the ring and they go right to the fight. Onto the floor and into the crowd they go. Out of the arena and then back in the reverses order until they are back in the ring. Lee with a big boot but Pitbull gets right back up. Lee with a clothesline and then another this time off the second rope. Lee grabs Pitbull by the throat and then starts to climb the ropes. Umm what is this going to accomplish? Well it doesn’t matter anyway as Pitbull cuts him off climbs up there with him and lands a super fall away slam for the win. Lee attacks after the match hitting a chokeslam. Lee then does the same to the ref. Time of the match was about 6 minutes. I forgot to start the timer.

World Champion Raven (w/ Lori & Tyler Fullington) vs. Sandman, ref John Finnegan
Sandman throws Lori to the ground and Raven attacks. They brawl back and forth Sandman hits a DDT but Tyler distracts him allowing Raven to attack and hit a DDT. The bWo comes out. All the same stuff as last week happens and Raven gets the win in 7.39.

TV Champion “The Franchise” Shane Douglas & Francine vs. Tommy Dreamer & Beulah, ref Jim Molineaux
We clip to Douglas nails Dreamer with a chair in the aisle. Douglas all over Dreamer hitting him with multiple suplexes. Beulah comes in and pretends that she is into Shane. She low blows him allowing Dreamer to come back and hit inverted atomic drop, swinging neck breaker and DDT. Francine puts Shane’s foot on the rope to stop the count. Dreamer grabs Francine and Beulah goes after her. Shane grabs Beulah for a belly to belly but Dreamer rolls him up for 2. Dreamer goes for a piledriver on Francine but Shane breaks it up. Shane grabs Dreamer but gets hit with a DDT. Dreamer picks up the win for his team in 7.06.

My thoughts on the show…
Bleh. Very tired of these final three matches. Things need to get switched up in the new year.

Brutus Beefcake Caught Selling Fake Autograph Photos Of Hulk Hogan?

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It looks like Hulk Hogan’s longtime friend Brutus “The Barber” Beefcake (Ed Leslie) has been selling unauthorized photos of The Hulkster.

Hogan posted a photo of the two on Twitter this weekend with the caption, “Back in the day when it was straight up brother.” A fan replied, saying he met Leslie back in March at a signing and Leslie was selling 8×10 photos of Hogan. Hogan told the fan he never signed any 8×10 photos or gave them to Leslie to sell. Hogan told another Twitter user that this was a “shoot” and he was not working the fans. Below are the tweets:

Back in the day when it was straight up brother. HH pic.twitter.com/cpVELIXNdk
— Hulk Hogan (@HulkHogan) May 3, 2015

@WrestlingOf90s sorry I never signed any 8/10s or gave any of them to Brutus to sell,not cool at all my brother. HH
— Hulk Hogan (@HulkHogan) May 3, 2015

Sorry brother JJ that’s not my signature,see me on the WWE road,ComicCon or Hogans Beach Shop for my real signature HH
— Hulk Hogan (@HulkHogan) May 4, 2015

I’m sorry,I’m embarrassed but I have never signed pictures for Brutus to sell, I’m sorry. HH
— Hulk Hogan (@HulkHogan) May 3, 2015

Erick Rowan Works As A Heel, Success For WWE Studios Movie, Stu Hart’s 100th Birthday

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Jim Somers

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May 4, 2015

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– Erick Rowan worked as a heel at this weekend’s WWE live events. He lost to Sami Zayn in one match and also teamed with The Ascension to lose to Jimmy Uso and The Prime Time Players in six-man action.

– The Miz tweeted the following on the success of WWE Studios’ The Marine 4:

I would like to thank everyone who bought #Marine4 on digital HD, DVD/BLURAY in the 1st week. U made it exceed projections. #Success #THANKU
— The Miz (@mikethemiz) April 29, 2015

– We noted before that today would have been the 100th birthday of wrestling legend Stu Hart. Bret Hart posted the following on Instagram about his father:

Today would’ve been my Dad’s 100th birthday. Thank you for all the life lessons you’ve taught me that serve me daily throughout my lifetime: to always have a sense of humour, strength, focus and humility.

Chris Jericho And Lance Storm Talk Extreme Rules, Storm Says Main Event A Joke

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Jim Somers

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May 4, 2015

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Chris Jericho discussed the WWE Extreme Rules pay-per-view with former WWE, ECW and WCW star Lance Storm on a recent episode of the Talk Is Jericho podcast.

Both felt that the Big Show vs. Roman Reigns Last Man Standing Match was the second-best match of the night behind The New Day vs. Cesaro and Tyson Kidd for the WWE Tag Team Titles.

Storm called the WWE World Heavyweight Title Match a joke because neither stipulations were delivered on and nobody even knew the rules regarding the RKO, even the referee.

Jericho said he believes WWE will be putting less emphasis on pay-per-view main events now that the WWE Network has become commonplace and people aren’t spending $60 per month on pay-per-views.

Jim Ross Blogs On Hulk Hogan Possibly Wrestling Again, Big GFW Announcements, Billy Corgan In TNA

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Jim Somers

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May 4, 2015

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Source: JR’s BBQ

WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross is back with a new blog on jrsbarbq.com. As always, you can purchase JR’s BBQ products on WWEshop.com. Below are some highlights from this entry:

– Big announcements are coming this week from Jeff Jarrett’s Global Force Wrestling group about their upcoming tapings to be held at the Orleans Hotel in Las Vegas this summer. I think that many wrestling fans will be pleasantly surprised at the GFW talent roster and will embrace the travel packages.

– Read where Hulk Hogan said that he was going to wrestle at WM32 in Arlington, Texas. Don’t know if that’s wishful thinking or something that has been internally confirmed. If Hogan is going to have ‘one more match,” WM32 would be the place to do it. It would be a nice, nostalgic, special attraction type of bout that I’m sure many fans would be curious to see.

– Curious to see how my friend Billy Corgan can creatively impact TNA Impact Wrestling. @Billy is a creative genius in the field of music but is a devout student ot the business of pro wresting. I wish him well. TNA still has the same, primary issue and that is getting their older fans and their new fans to find Destination America on their TV.

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