Hunter's Torn Quad

Posted in General Wrestling, but you can talk about it here as well.

A 1.2 which, while it may be the lowest rating a UFN has received, I think is a a number close enough to the previous low water mark that I wouldn't be too upset over it.

I have a vague suspicion London wasn't laughing for any reason other than he just found Vince funny and couldn't stop himself. And London is doing quite well for himself in WWE, considering his size. He's getting a reasonable push, he's not being buried, and he doesn't seem to be in danger of getting fired. All things considered, I'm sure London is quite happy to be where he is.

It'll be the perfect angle if the follow up convinces the people who tune into Raw off of it to pay for a PPV or two. It's got people talking, which is step one. Step two is getting those people who wouldn't otherwise tune to tune in and stay tuned in, to see the next part of the angle. Step three is getting those viewers to pay for a PPV or something.

No.

One of the problems with this angle is where do you go from here? You just had the boss get blown up. How can you possibly follow this? There's no denying it's a spectacular and attention-grabbing angle, but it's so spectacular that anything after this is going to seem tame in comparison, no matter how well executed.

I'm daring someone to cash in on this ill-conceived wager.

It's a shame more people won't see this UFN, because it was really good, with an explosive undercard filled with KO's and submissions, and a fantastic main event. It was almost the prototypical fight card, with satisfying fights underneath that displayed great action, and a main event that blew you away. If this doesn't end up being the best live special of the year, then something really incredible must be on the way.

3.8, which is the same rating they've usually got lately.

Dark Match: *Shantelle Taylor, wearing a green mask, defeated Jillian Hall. Smackdown: *The entire Smackdown roster assembled for a ten bell salute to Mr. McMahon. The live crowd booed the entire proceedings. *WWE Tag Team champions Deuce & Domino defeated Paul London & Brian Kendrick. *Announced for later tonight: WWE United States champion MVP vs. Batista and WWE World champion Edge vs. Ric Flair. *Matt Hardy pinned William Regal. *Batista defeated WWE United States champion MVP in a non-title match. *Ric Flair defeated WWE World champion Edge, DQ when MVP got involved. Batista hit the ring for the save but was taken down by Edge.

I was hoping for a classically happy ending, where Lacey finally falls for Jimmy and they become an item. Now, it looks like they're going with the idea that now Jimmy has slept with Lacey, he's realized he doesn't want her anymore.

"Moolah blew (up) Vince"

I don't think the Jimmy Loves Lacey storyline is anywhere close to being over. It's moved to the next stage, but it's far from over I'd say. That said, I don't like how they've gone with it, either.

That people so devoid of any semblance of intelligence somehow have the capacity to type is astounding.

Dave Taylor. Also seen when Coach was talking to Vince was Dan Rodman/Rodimer. You can see why Stephanie was high on the guy.

There will be more draft announcements on Wednesday, so there may some more big moves to come.

After Raw went off the air a couple of weeks ago, the one with Cena and Lashley teaming, they had Lashley turn on Cena and leave him laying. The crowd responded most favorably to the turn. Could be they've have the idea of Lashley turning on Cena as something they want to do down the line and are setting it up.

What happens to the ECW title now?

Maybe Smackdown ends Raw with a major pick from Raw?

Based on what, exactly? Their match they just had was crap. Based on putting Benoit/Lashley on the road for a few months should give them enough time to work out a more than reasonable PPV match. Their match tonight wasn't the greatest, but I think there was enough there that, given time to get things sorted out, they could have a strong match on PPV.

This would make it unlikely Lashley is going anywhere now. Benoit/Lashley on PPV for 15 minutes should be real good.

Is Lashley looking a lot bigger and more muscular tonight?

Jesse hasn't aged too well, but he can still cut it on the mic.

Time shaving. A lot of '20 minute draws' were really only fifteen minutes because they cut time.