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"As RAW began, WWE Champion and his girlfriend Lita had everything to smile about. He’d successfully lured the challenger to his championship, John Cena, out of the arena, and Lita defeated Mickie James to become the new Women’s Champion—making them the first couple in WWE history to possess double gold." WWE.com ___ How did this writer get a job? Not only does he write "WWE Champion" and forget to even put Edge's name after it, but then ignores HHH/Stephanie, which was like towards the peak of WWF Business in the past 21 years. Do they even try to suggest the viewers have brains?

"now been confirmed as a non title match" Didn't Edge say he has to defend the title against Carlito?

From the "tiny" picture of JT in the preview for the "Beat the Heat" match and the shots of Milena in the video for the Finals, I now think JT's gone tonight. Go Jen England. My pick from the start.

Speaking of the McMahon/Helmsley era...Lita showed the same wrestling ability that Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley showed when she undeservingly won the title in 2000.

Crowd's pretty hot, much like Mickie.

It's been 11 years since Flair attacked Angelo Poffo, so this is OK.

It's John Cena's indy manager Dad!

Also creates an "exciting anything can happen" atmosphere on a show that might possibly get some new viewers from big-time TUF lead-in. Remember when AJ & Daniels had contracts for like every team to face them? Well, they got to challenge, what - 1 team?

I'm only going to post when I like something about tonight's show. I hope I post a lot but I expect the majority to be "Wow, that pyro fuckup or mic going off was funny!"

It ain't 1996. People want heavy amounts of violence. If that doesn't work, they want big-time workrate. Dreamer, Test, and Knox provide none of the above and thus hurt ECW.

Slow down, 2472 posts.

Am I REALLY high or are the Phillies somehow up 12-0 on the Mets in the 5th?

Wow this "Ghetto Invasion" is like an indy fed trying to do the horrid "TSM Gang Warz" storyline for some reason and the results being even more pure and utter shit. All we need now is for Dames to appear in the thread and Slayer to yell "BUT WHOSE SIDE IS HE ON????"

Methinks JT or Milena definately gets cut tonight. I think JT comes off as the worst of the 4, but for some reason I think she'll stay on.

"a long while before Umaga gets close to a feud for the WWE title" Umaga has pinned John Cena, Triple H, and Shawn Michaels in this month. It's not out of the question.

Thoughts: With Dreamer getting (kayfabe) buried by Heyman online and on TV, having YET to win a match, and getting beat and nearly every house show, is it possible the eventual payoff could be a Mikey Whipwreck-esque angle in which Dreamer finally wins some huge match after being labeled a guy who can't win anymore?

Hawk, you got a decent booking brain so I'll throw this at you: Provided HHH/Umaga is booked for Unforgiven, do you see the WWE tempted to put the WWE Title on Umaga before TNA puts it on Joe in October? If so, when can they do this? They just DID a WWE Title change on Raw, so Unforgiven would be their only option, with a HHH/Edge/Cena/Umaga 4-way clusterfuck. "Summerslam is already Raw match heavy." Damn right it is. AND it's got Vince & Hogan representing Raw, which makes the other brands look inferior. At least when Triple H was parading the World Title around on shows like WM 19 and claiming it the "real title" and "only title that matters" you had mainstream players like Vince, Hogan, and Angle on Smackdown! to boost the fans opinions that both shows were "stacked". But this is one of the worst, blatantly one-sided "big four" PPVs ever. Raw and little buddies present: SUMMERSLAM

Bubba Rogers had the coolest music of the 1996 era. Shame it was wasted on such a lousy (by this time in his career) worker and gimmick.

With Edge and Cena not at the show and Hogan on one leg... We'll get lots of Randy Boreton to hype SummerSlam! Smell that buyrate! Diamond Cutter!

Kane doesn't get an IC Title shot until he wins 3 more "#1 Contender's Matches" in a row. Remember, Carlito even had to win a "Cruiserweight Title #1 Contender's Match" to get an IC Title shot.

Hulk Hogan completely no-sold The Giant's chokeslam on the 4/15/96 Nitro and then bodyslammed him. Giant won his 2nd World Title 2 weeks later.

You're wrong. The average WWE fan does NOT like Kendrick & London. They like their high-spots and cheer for their moves. They have not been given the chance to develop a relationship with the fans with characters and such. To marks and smarts, they're "those guys that work quickly, hit cool stuff, and wear those weird masks to the ring for some reason."

Triple H Vs. Umaga from Raw was a good, energetic match with a cop-out ending.

Rey's done the Code Red multiple times in WWE before the Destroyer was seen in TNA.

Deez threads be ill, holmes, and I ain't no Sherlock beeyatch. I needz a colt 45. Or steal me some of that!