The C Man

No offence but I personally think the Shamrock turn is a pretty dumb idea. Initially Shamrock would get a good pop from name recognition alone but he's now turned twice in a very short period of time, which would be worse and not better. The people would take him less seriously and he loses a lot of legimatecy. Just look at the Big Show as a perfect example. I understand that it's your diary and you want to make a mark and do things your own way but the turn makes absolutely no sense. Resisting the temptation to make major changes from the start is a hard thing to do with a diary, but it also an important one. It would've really helped if you had waited before you did it.

WWE Smackdown! 22nd July 2004 Commentary: Michael Cole & Tazz General Manager Kurt Angle started the show in the ring. He announced that Eddie Guerrero wasn't on the show "for his own good" because Booker would kick his ass again and Kurt didn't want that on his conscience, so Kurt had banned him from the arena. However Eddie would appear on the show, Kurt granted him a live interview from Titan Towers. But right now "the wrestling clown" Charlie Haas would take on Danny and Doug Basham in a handicap match. Charlie Haas vs The Bashams Cole explained the difference between this match and the one last week was that The Bashams didn't have to take in and out, they were both allowed in the ring at the same time. Well that's what was supposed to happen anyway. Haas ran in from the crowd and smacked Danny Basham with a wicked chair shot while The Bashams were walking to the ring. You could actually feel the chair shot, it was that stiff. Most of the match was just Haas and Doug Basham, Danny was still selling the chair shot on the outside. However he did recover and went to even the score with Haas, but Haas ducked and he hit Doug. Haas quickly rolled up Danny and got another win over The Bashams. Winner: Charlie Haas Booker T was talking to Paul Heyman. Booker was worried that The Undertaker would turn on him in the tag match because they have 'history'. Heyman assured Booker that Taker would do 'the right thing'. Akio vs Funaki Rey Mysterio went to the announce table to do some guest colour commentary. Akio looked impressive in the match, utilising some stinging kicks. Funaki sold them like death. Akio picked up another win after scoring with the Dai Time. Winner: Akio Post-match Akio motioned for Rey to come into the Rey. Rey obliged but probably wished he hadn't. He flew at Akio - possibly looking for a hurricanrana - but Akio scrambled his brain-cells with a vicious kick to the head. Akio then picked up Rey's title and draped it over the champion's prone body. When Rey recovered and went to leave another video played. It said the same things it had been saying in previous weeks but this time revealed the wrestler's identity: "next week, The Blue Nova takes over". 2 Cool vs The Dudley Boyz (w/Paul Heyman) The Duds looked as if they wanted to literally kill Rikishi and Scotty - who looked more like lambs to the slaughter than genuine opponents. There was no cheating or blind tags from The Dudleys, they just demolished both opponents. It seemed as though 2 Cool's pain was about to end when Scotty was nailed with a 3D. Suddenly Shannon Moore and Spike Dudley ran to the ring. Spike clocked Heyman and then jumped into the ring. As Shannon distracted the referee Spike hit Bubba with the Dudley Drop and Rikishi knocked D-Von out of the ring. Rikishi quickly covered Bubba, and got the one-two-three. Winners: 2 Cool The Dudleys were beside themselves with rage after the match, as 2 Cool, Shannon and Spike all celebrated while heading to the back. The referee got the 3D and then got put through a table with a superbomb. More referees entered the ring, and just about all of them received the 3D. The Dudleys had made a point, no one was safe. Next was the interview with Eddie Guerrero. It was basically an in-ring promo not done in the ring, if you know what I mean. Eddie had some strong words for Booker and some even stronger words for Kurt Angle. Billy Gunn (w/Torrie) vs Rene Dupree (w/Fifi) Actually a decent enough match, believe it or not. Dupree's quite good at the arrogant gimmick and gets good heat. And he's only 19 so the guy's got a bright future, he's going to be a big star. Fifi was still black this week. Hardcore Holly was still angry this week. Gunn looked to have the match won when he hit the One and Only but he didn't have enough to make the cover. All of a sudden Mark Jindrak jumped over the security wall and nailed Holly. That distracted Gunn long enough for Dupree to nail him with a concealed chain. The referee didn't see it and counted the three-count Winner: Rene Dupree A pre-taped JBL video then played. The main point of the video was that JBL's stocks had plummeted and he was losing all his money. His reaction's were quite good: "I've lost the WWE title and now I'm losing my money, it's a damn conspiracy. I bet it's those damn Mexicans". He looked as though he was about to cry. Quite funny. John Cena and Rob Van Dam were in the back talking about their match. Cena said that if RVD stayed out of his business then he would stay out of RVD's. RVD agreed and said that tonight they were partners but come Summerslam the U.S title was going home with Rob...Van...Dam. RVD walked away as Cena made fun of him: "RVD, you can't...see...me", while doing the double thumb. John Cena & Rob Van Dam vs Booker T & The Undertaker (w/Paul Heyman) Booker and Cena started the match, with Cena getting the upper hand. Booker had had enough and tagged out to Taker. Taker and Cena then brawled a bit with Taker getting the upper hand. Cena was in his corner about to go at Taker again, when RVD tagged himself in. RVD wanted some of Taker - and the crowd wanted to see it. Taker looked at Heyman on the outside and Heyman shook his head. Taker then forcefully tagged himself out, and Booker in. Later in the match Booker and Taker had Cena wore down and he desperately needed to tag out, but refused and wanted to do it by himself. RVD was waiting on the apron ready to explode. Cena nailed Booker with a desperation F-U, but fell straight to the mat from exhaustion. He was crawling toward the corner looking for the tag, but changed his mind and tried to use the ropes to pull himself up. RVD wasn't waiting any longer and tagged himself in again, just as Booker tagged out to Taker. RVD wasn't waiting for Taker to get Heyman's blessing, he climbed the ropes and flew at Taker with a kick to the face. Taker took out the ref while he fell to the outside, leaving RVD to slug it out with Booker. He put Book down with a roundhouse and nailed the rolling thunder. But rather than go for the pin he climbed the ropes again, and flew off with the Five Star Frog Splash. But Booker moved. Now RVD and Booker were both down, as Cena was still just recovering and Taker was outside. Suddenly Eddie Guerrero ran to the ring and climbed the ropes. He then attempted to emulate Van Dam, but he was more successful and hit his Frog Splash. RVD crawled over and the ref made the slow three-count. Winners: John Cena & Rob Van Dam After the match Booker was angry and went after Eddie. The two of them brawled to the back as Taker re-entered the ring, armed with a chair. He attempted to hit RVD but was hit with a low blow which caused him to drop the chair. RVD picked it up and threw it at the Deadman, who caught it. RVD then jumped at him looking for the Van Daminator, but Taker ducked and held the chair up, and Van Dam hit Cena. Taker scurried to the outside as RVD just looked down at Cena, no emotion on his face. The final shot of the show was Cena lying on the canvas, out cold from the Van Daminator.

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It isn't bad, but definately not my best. Just wait until you see Wrestlemania. Yes, I did say Wrestlemania. That's the way I book, and the way the WWE should book, from Wrestlemania to Wrestlemania. I appreciate the feedback, thanks.

Wow, my diary's only been going for a month and already I've inspired someone else to write one. It's official folks, I am an inspiration. If you've liked my diary so far just wait until you see Wrestlemania, it will blow you away. Your diary hasn't really been going long enough for me to comment yet. But I will when you get a couple of shows in.

Ok, it's really far too early for feedback but you did ask for some so I'll try my best. Imaginary booker's imaginary son = bad. The aforementioned offspring just happening to be really good and getting a push = horrible. I'm a fan of 'realistic' type diaries so the idea pushes none of my buttons. The Canada/X Divison thing is ok. Giving 8 X wrestlers a reason to have a spotfest is always better than no reason at all. I'm curious whether you're going to continue the Sabe/Raven feud or not. If you are, DO NOT fuck it up. I understand you're an Alex Wright mark but he is definately not an upper midcarder. However I'm hoping for some good interaction with his former dancing fool Glenn Gilberti. My guess for the mystery team is Teddy Hart and Jack Evans. Or Hart and Harry Smith, with Evan's being the mystery X wrestler. What happened to Pat 'Simon Diamond' Kenney? TNA fucked him up giving him the stupid Irish thing but he's always been somene I've enjoyed watching.

WWE Velocity 24th July 2004 Commentary: Josh Matthews & Bill DeMott Hardcore Holly vs Kenzo Suzuki (w/Hiroki) Not the best of matches by any means. What exactly does the WWE see in Suzuki anyway? Sure he's a Hoss, but not a good one. Or even an above average one. Or a decent one. Or... I could go on. Anyway Holly picked up the win via the Alabama Slam. Winner: Hardcore Holly A video played recapping the main event from SmackDown, focusing on Cena and RVD. Billy Kidman vs Paul London If you're reading this then I'm presuming you've read the previous Velocity's and know why these two HATE EACH OTHER~! The match started out just as a brawl, which wasn't bad considering the two aren't world-class brawlers. The pace then quickened and the match thankfully resembled a cruiser match. After trading some high spots London went up top, but Kidman recovered and pushed him off to the outside and he crashed into the security wall. Kidman then jumped over the top rope onto London and the two continued brawling on the outside. But because of the HATE~! they have for each other they decided against returning to the ring, both getting counted out in the process. But they didn't seem to care about the match, they just wanted to brawl. Road agents and referees ran to the ring and attempted to separate them. Winner: Draw (double countout) Another video played going over the Eddie/Booker feud. In the back Kidman and London were still trying to brawl but were being restrained by the refs and road agents. GM Angle then appeared and said that he wouldn't tolerate that on his show. If they wanted to fight so badly then he would make the match for SmackDown next week, and they wouldn't be able to get counted out because it was going to be a No DQ match. The FBI vs Chavo Guerrero & Jamie Noble The Italians have been getting good pops recently so I guess they're officially faces now that they're against two heels. A really good match, especially when Nunzio was in the ring. No diss to Stamboli but the other three are all great technical wrestlers. Stamboli did however provide a good alternative with his power wrestling. The FBI won with the Kiss of Death. Winners: The FBI

Why is it odd? It's intertwining, one of the best ways to book. I'll explain the current 'big' feuds because you seem a little confused. RVD and The Undertaker have beef because Heyman has told Taker to 'protect' RVD in an attempt to get RVD to 'come home', in other words side with Heyman. Heyman controls Taker because he is still in possesion of the urn, after 'killing' Paul Bearer at the GAB. Cena and RVD have beef because RVD is the no.1 contender to Cena's title. It's as simple as that. Booker and Cena don't really have a rivalry as such. Cena, being the anti-authority type that he is, just decided to interupt Booker. Which was a decent set-up for a singles match between the two, which Booker won to give him some credability. At the current point a Booker/Eddie fued would seem likely, but I'm not going to discuss my future plans.

Just wondering how Taker went from having Brother Love as his manager to Paul Bearer. Was there a 'disagreement' with Love or did something else happen?

WWE Smackdown! 15th July 2004 Commentary: Michael Cole & Tazz Cruiserweight title no.1 contender 10 man battle royal Akio vs Kidman vs Chavo vs Funaki vs Noble vs Nunzio vs London vs Scotty vs Moore vs Spike Ten cruiserweights on one show? Wow, I'm impressed. But in all fairness it wasn't exactly a masterpiece of a match, as you might have guessed. Cruiser battle royals tend not to work spectacularly. Rey Mysterio came down to do colour commentary. Kidman and London went straight for each other and spend the entire match brawling. In a bit of a surprise Chavo was first to be eliminated, by Scotty Too Hotty. Next was Funaki, followed by Moore, then Spike, Noble, Nunzio, and Scotty. Akio was winning in the elimination stakes i.e. he had eliminated most. That left only Akio with Kidman and London - who were still brawling. However Akio got himself involved and was almost eliminated by London. But when Kidman attempted to simultaneously eliminate both, Akio held onto the ropes and London grabbed Kidman. If London was going, Kidman was going with him. That meant that Akio had become number one contender to the Cruiserweight title and engaged in a staredown with Rey, while Kidman and London were still fighting on the outside. Winner: Akio Another one of those video's then played. It said pretty much the same thing as usual except that 'he' was going to take over. "The plague is nearly here". Torrie Wilson was in makeup room when Mark Jindrak approached her. Jindrak came onto Torrie but she was having none of it. Jindrak was shocked, how could she reject the 'Reflection of Perfection'. Just as things got heated Billy Gunn appeared and helped Torrie out. Jindrak was quick to exit and Torrie thanked Gunn for saving her. Charlie Haas vs Doug Basham (w/Danny Basham) Just as the bell was about to ring GM Angle appeared on the stage. He said that the match wasn't fair so he added Danny Basham to the match, making it a handicap match. Charlie Haas vs The Bashams Cole made this match out to be the biggest of Haas' career. Why? It's only the Bashams he's facing, not as if it's the Road Warriors in their prime is it. This was a handicap tag match, the Bashams had to tag in and out. But that didn't stop Charlie Haas from winning the match. The Bashams attempted the switch-a-roo but the referee saw that it was the wrong Basham in the ring, because THEY DON'T LOOK ALIKE. This gave Haas time to recover and he picked up another win courtesy of a Haastruction. Winner: Charlie Haas Rey Mysterio was in his locker room when there was a knock at the door. Rey told the person to come in but they didn't. So Rey opened the door, and was sent flying onto the floor by what looked like a kick. Akio entered the room, looked at Rey on the floor, looked at the title, and left. The camera was outside looking into GM Angle's office where Angle was really laying into the Bashams for losing to Charlie Haas. Laying into them verbally of course. Angle said that they had one more chance. He then realised that his door was open and nodded to Luther. Luther slammed the door shut as shouting was heard coming from the office. WWE Tag Team Championship Gunn & Holly vs The Dudley Boyz © (w/Paul Heyman) Gunn and Holly were lucky to escape from the match alive. The Duds looked really aggressive and hungry. They had Gunn and Holly on the back-foot for most of the match but Gunn and Holly did mount a brief comeback. Brief because Mark Jindrak had come down to the ring. As Paul Heyman distracted the ref Jindrak took out Gunn - who was on the apron. That left the Dudleys free to double team Holly. The inevitable one-two-three followed the 3D. The Dudleys had retained their titles and celebrated with Paul Heyman after the match. Winners: The Dudley Boyz After the commercial the camera was still with Paul Heyman and The Dudleys, who were on their way to their locker room. They split up and the camera followed Heyman. He entered Rob Van Dam's locker room. Van Dam was putting his things into his bag, presumably ready to leave. Van Dam called Heyman a son of a bitch and that he told him to stay out of his business. Heyman said that wasn't what RVD said last week, last week he said stay out of his match, and that's what The Undertaker did. Heyman rambled on and on, with some sarcastic insults thrown in. Van Dam had had enough and literally threw Heyman out of his locker room. Heyman was still shouting even with the door shut. "You'll see Rob, you'll come home". Booker T came to the ring and gloated about what he did to Eddie Guerrero last week. He said Eddie wasn't here because he was 'recovering from the cage match', that's what Eddie claims, said Booker. The real reason was that he was scared to face Booker again. But before Booker could continue he was cut off by John Cena. Cena said that Booker was boring the people, they didn't come to listen to Booker the came to see Cena. "Ye they can see me, but Book, you can't see me". Cena cut a little rap about Booker. Nothing earth-shattering but it was decent compared to his recent efforts. Just as Cena got to ringside GM Angle appeared and said that if they wanted to fight so badly then he's making the match official and sent down a referee. Cena was still staring at Angle which allowed Booker to get the jump on him, starting the match. Booker T vs John Cena A decent match, considering Cena aint that great and Booker aint as great as he used to be. Mid-way through the match and Rob Van Dam decided to make an appearance. He is the U.S title no.1 contender you know. Van Dam took a chair and watched the match from ringside. Cena was distracted for the rest of the match, he was too busy taunting RVD and not focusing on the match. And in the end it cost him the match. With Booker down on the mat Cena went to the outside to confront RVD. They got in each other's faces but never came to blows, thanks in part to the referee - who had followed Cena out of the ring. As Cena was getting back in the ring Booker hit him with a low blow. The referee didn't see, he was still outside sending RVD to the back. When the referee came back into the ring all he saw has Booker nailed Cena with the scissors kick. The ref then delivered the three-count. Winner: Booker T All that had happened so quickly that Van Dam was still in the aisle. Booker decided that that wasn't enough and continued laying into Cena, which prompted RVD to enter the ring and curiously save Cena. Cena didn't take too kindly to be 'helped' and a three-way brawl kicked off. Suddenly the lights went out and the GONG~! sounded. The Undertaker made his way to the ring and turned it into a four-way brawl. Taker was brawling with Cena and RVD with Booker. Both Cena and RVD got the upper-hand in their battles and knocked their respective opponents to the outside. But before Cena and RVD could come to blows GM Angle showed up on the big screen. Angle said that he won't put up with that kind of behaviour on his show. He said if the four men want to fight then they can find next week in the ring when Booker T and The Undertaker face John Cena and Rob Van Dam. After Angle had finished all four men then decided they hadn't had enough and started brawling again as officials and road agents ran to the ring to try and separate them.

In sure Vince has it in Titan Towers. Isn't it worth 100k or something?

I always liked the idea of Taker being a hybrid of all his other attires. The leather trenchcoat and maybe leather pants from the biker era, the hat, the Satanic beard from the Ministry era with the stubble from the Royal Rumble 'death' era, hair from 98, long gloves (like the old days) but fingerless and black leather, and one of the big ties like from when he debuted. But not an actual tie, have it sort of ripped-off with just the part that goes around the neck left, to cover the Sara tattoo. The image in my head is pretty baddass I dunno how I've conveyed it though.

Why Stevie Richards and not his former bWo colleague (The Blue) Nova, Mike Bucci. They've already got him on a development contract, use the guy already.

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I always appreciate feedback but that didn't really help. I don't mean any offence but it would help if you could elaborate a bit. You know, just some simple stuff like the parts you enjoy, the parts you don't, anything that doesn't make sense or anything you think doesn't work. It always helpswhen you're writing this stuff.

How can everyone stare at Krankor's sig and not mention the Big Bossman riding away with the Big Show's fathers casket, and then the Big lug jumping on top of the coffin to stop him. In fact that whole feud was hilarious. "See Big Show you're a big bastard, even your mamma says so." Or something like that.

That was a very long time ago in wrestling terms. (And anway that was during the InVasion angle, which the WWE will have you believe never happened). And it was the last decade compared to the time span between Bradshaw going from a beer-swilling redneck to a Ted DiBiase rip-off. If Bradshaw can get legitimately over as a top guy (and I believe he has) in that short space of time then surely someone who's better in the ring, probably has better mic skills, and has previous headline experience can get just as over. RVD wasn't being a heel. Try ECW for his heel stuff. Sure it isn't exactly chalk and cheese between the dispositions but he can work as a heel. His moveset does pop the crowd but so does The People's Elbow and so did the Spinaroonie but both of those got heel heat when that wrestler was a heel.

How can anyone say it's too late for either of them when the artist formerly known as Bradshaw is the SmackDown champion? But Booker does have less chance than RVD, all RVD needs to do is turn heel and hook up with Heyman. Problem solved. I honestly think it's as simple as that.

WWE Velocity 10th July 2004 Commentary: Josh Matthews & Bill DeMott Billy Kidman vs Paul London A rematch made from last week. Kidman won the previous meeting by using the tights. London wasn't happy and challenged Kidman to a rematch, Kidman accepted. Another good match from the two. This time there was no Moonsault from London, he had learned his lesson. London picked Kidman up for a powerbomb but Kidman turned it into a Victory Roll, but London then rolled through and hooked the tights for the win. Kidman 1, London 1. It was Kidman's turn to be cheated. Winner: Paul London A video played highlighting the RVD/Heyman/Undertaker situation. This week Funaki interviewed Paul London on why he cheated to win. London explained that anything Kidman can do London can do better (which is actually true if you've seen both men's Shooting Star Press). London said if Kidman wanted to cheat then London can play that game. Billy Kidman then appeared and shouted insults at London for cheating. Both men got in each other's faces and started brawling. Security and road agents had to separate the men with insults still being thrown back and forth. Akio vs Shannon Moore No Sakoda accompanying Akio to the ring, if you missed Smackdown Sakoda lost to Rey and then Akio came down and killed Sakoda with a kick to the chops. Akio seemed to have developed a mean streak and really took the fight to Moore - who had defeated Sakoda last week. He utilised a lot more kicks in his offence than usual, taking a leaf out of former stable-mate Tajiri's book. Akio won the match with the Dai Time (formerly Yang Time) from the top rope. Winner: Akio A video played highlighting the Booker T/Eddie situation Orlando Jordan & Spike Dudley vs Rene Dupree & Mark Jindrak (w/Fifi & Theodore Long) There's no really point in saying much about this match. Even Stevie Wonder knew who was going to win this match. Jindrak won the match for his team with that new finisher of his, which the commentary team announced as the Mark Of Perfection (ha ha, get it). The finishers in the WWE have really gone downhill recently. Winners: Rene Dupree & Mark Jindrak

WWE Smackdown! 8th July 2004 Commentary: Michael Cole & Tazz Rey Mysterio vs Sakoda Sakoda wasn't accompanied by Akio, probably due to the events of the week before. As you might have guessed Rey was quick to dispatch the Kyo Dai member, pinning him following a West Coast Pop. Winner: Rey Mysterio As Rey was celebrating Akio had made his way down to the ring. He got in the ring and had a staredown with Rey. Suddenly Akio turned and floored Sakoda with a vicious kick to the head. Tajiri would have been proud. I guess this is the break up of Kyo Dai. Rey then decided to celebrate a little more and then went to leave but another one of those videos played. It talked about slavery and someone 'taking over'. It again finished with the line "a plague is coming...soon". A pre-taped John Bradshaw Layfield vignette played. He was sitting on a desk in a room which resembled the presidents office in the White House. He assured "the American people" that he would beat Eddie Guerrero and "bring the title back home, where it belongs". Charlie Haas (w/Miss Jackie) vs Kenzo Suzuki (w/Hiroki) Another Haas match made by GM Angle as 'punishment'. I think I'll make this recap about as boring as one of Suzuki's matches. Haas scored another win following a Haastruction. I guess this is the end of Suzuki's push Winner: Charlie Haas For the second week in a row Booker T entered GM Angle's office pissed. He was pissed that he wasn't booked on the show - "This is the second time, second. One, two. One, two, three, four, five, five time, five time WCW champion and I'm not on the show sucka". Angle asked Booker if he was deaf, because last week Angle told Booker to go do something about it. But instead of doing something he went and started crying in a corner. "Go do something Booker, go do something". Tag Team title no.1 contenders Gunn & Holly vs The FBI vs The Bashams vs 2 Cool In case you haven't realised, no Brian Lawler isn't re-re-hired. It's Scotty and Rikishi and they're 2 Cool not Too Cool. This match was fought under elimination rules and was requested by Paul Heyman and the Dudleys. The winners would get a shot next week on Smackdown. 2 Cool - in Rikishi's 'big' return to the ring - were first to go courtesy of a Johnny Stamboli Forget About It on Rikishi. Funnily enough (or not) The FBI were next to go when Nunzio got hit with an Alabama Slam from Holly. Down to The Bashams and the HardAsses. And it was everyone's favourite team of veterans which got the title shot; Billy Gunn nailed Danny Basham with the Fameasser. Winners: Gunn & Holly Gunn and Holly decided to stay in the ring and celebrate a while. Bad move. They were blindsided by The Dudley Boyz, who laid a real beating on them. Gunn got hit with a 3D onto a chair and Holly got Superbombed through a table. Ouch. Next we joined RVD walking through the halls heading to the ring for his match against Chavo Guerrero. He met Paul Heyman, who said he was looking for RVD. Van Dam chastised Heyman for getting The Undertaker to interfere in his match. Heyman replied that he was only doing what's best for RVD, he wants to help RVD because he's "family". Van Dam told Heyman he was going to the ring, and warned Heyman not to interfere in his match. Rob Van Dam vs Chavo Guerrero This was probably the best match of the night, it wasn't up against any major competition but it was still good. John Cena decided to do some guest commentary. Chavo focused his attack on Van Dam's legs, to prevent him from using his kicks and high-flying offence. But Chavo failed and it was Van Dam's high-flying offence which won him the match. He nailed Chavo with a Five-Star Frog Splash following a Rolling Thunder to pick up the win. Winner: Rob Van Dam Chavo was angry after the match and 'had words' with the referee and then attacked RVD from behind. He was raining in the kicks and punches when the lights went out. When they came back on The Undertaker was standing behind Chavo. Chavo turned and was met by a chokeslam. Paul Heyman then appeared with the urn and summoned Taker. Taker headed to the back. When RVD recovered he began shouting at Heyman, but none of it was audible. A video package played highlighting the rivalry between Eddie Guerrero and JBL. It covered all that both men had done to each other over a few months and then said that it all comes to a head next when they meet in a steel cage. WWE Championship - Cage Match John Bradshaw Layfield vs Eddie Guerrero © Wasn't the longest of matches considering it was a cage match and seemingly the feud blow-off. Both men juiced in the match, although Eddie was understandably somewhat conservative with his blade-job. JBL played the coward quite well when he was on the defensive. At one point he tried to run away from Eddie up the cage but Eddie easily caught up with him and powerbombed him to the mat. Note to JBL: If you aint faster than the guy don't try and outrun him. JBL also tried to bribe the referee; "I'll give you money", he cried. But nothing worked. However he did get on the advantage and set Eddie up for a Clothesline from Hell, but Eddie ducked and JBL smacked into the cage. Eddie quickly put him down with the Three Amigos suplex combo and then climbed the ropes. He flew off, and nailed a Frog Splash. But he wasn't finished there, rather than go for the pin he hooked on the Lasso From El Passo. JBL was quick to submit. Eddie had retained his title and hopefully put an end to his feud with JBL. JBL left the ring almost as quick as he had submitted, leaving Eddie to soak up the cheers. Suddenly someone entered the ring. It was Booker T, with a chair. Eddie was on the ropes celebrating and didn't realise. Booker sneaked up behind Eddie, and smacked Eddie with the chair. Rather than fall to the canvas Eddie fell against the cage, still standing. Booker climbed the ropes and hit Eddie with a Bookend from the top rope. As the boo's rained down Booker did the Spinaroonie to spite the crowd, as the show went off the air. Cole: "My God, what impact. Booker has left the champion down, out and really hurt."

Should've posted this before the preview but better late than never. ------------------------------------------------------ Taken from genericprowrestlingnewssite.com:

Sorry, didn't realise I didn't mention that I was going to be doing this from a 'realistic' perspective. And do you honestly think Vince would fire any of them. Personally I wouldn't mind Mordecai if he was working with the Seven gimmick. The only reason I would care about Gunn is if the New Age Outlaws had one final run. And Suzuki, well... Obviously the Kyo Dai exposure can be viewed as being unrealistic but I'm trying to do my own things while keeping within the realms of WWE realism. In other words, you aren't going to see AJ Styles signed and pushed to the main-events. However if the WWE does sign a worker in real life then I will sign them in the game and start featuring them. It's the same if a worker is fired, then he will get fired from my roster, whether I am pushing them or not. Like Rikishi.

I haven't seen Awesome in ages. Last time I seen him he had short hair. Has the mullet returned? And why did no one declare a celebration?

I think some people are forgetting that the new channel is 'WWE 24/7' and not 'WWE: Smarks only'. Therefore no shoots and a bit more 'general interest' programs, like Confidential and the Experience.