Hawk 34

Shawn's concussed. Ordered not to wrestle. Out comes PUNK in the DDP tribute ribs. I think he covered the entire upper body there.

We need a 20+ minute Benoit match to wash that out.

At least they kept this crap short tonight, but it's another couple weeks to go.

Lashley wins title back in about 2 minutes. Vince never got in. Vince's hair-do actually looks decent. Should keep it like that. Amazingly, Shane ate the pin. Umaga with post-match beatdown. Because we demanded this to extend. Vince keeps the title on technicality.

Since the three main events likely end with the heels going over or a DQ finish, gotta space them out or you'll really depress the crowd and viewers with them going back to back to back.

Look at the slick production, that's high quality. ECW Title match goes second. That's quite early for a "World title".

Can't believe they bothered setting up a rush angle for this match. Did Shawn really need a match tonight? He's injured anyways. Oh, Orton sneak attacks Shawn. Maybe they'll just write it off.

TXT KHALI TO 993.

Not quite sure why Carlito is going after the arm here. It's not related to his finisher or Flair's unless he's trying to prevent Flair's secondary finisher (low-blow). Can't believe this is getting 15 minutes. Carlito taps out to F4 after 12 minutes of rest-work and Flair did a rush attack on the knee. There's your match Carlito, enjoy Heat.

Match has already gone longer then I expected it to and it hasn't been horrible, though the usual Flair match. Crowd is into it though.

Flair/Carlito opened for those not watching. (Which surprised me since I figured it'd be a short fill-in match but I guess the tag match fills that need). I missed the open package to answer a phone call so I might have missed something. Watching this makes me wonder, when was the last time Flair didn't wear black?

I do miss that old AOL WWF site though. The trivia section was fun times as a young kid.

Sounds as bad as the old WWF AOL chat rooms.

Basically at this point, no one should say a single word in the back or do whatever they were told to do or else they'll be looking for work.

Good for Beth. SHIMMER time.

Where does Umaga go? Does he stick with Vince as his bully or does Shane talk him through it and convinces him and Estrada that Vince is killing them. Does Umaga just leave the McMahon empire altogether? McMahon berates him for losing and Umaga attacks Vince leaving Vince to himself against Lashley at ONS?

I'm all for a Khali title change. While a DQ finish of Cena going batshit like he did with Umaga at Rumble (only there it was legal) would be great. Khali keeps taking these shots and doesn't flinch and finally Cena loses it and unloads the old 37 chair shots of death, maybe even brings back the chain for good measure. It keeps both strong, doesn't change the title and adds more for the rematch. It has to be that Cena goes sadistic and Khali having little to no damage. If Khali wins the title, it just needs to be a shutdown. Save the FU for down the road in the blow-off. Edge is keeping the title but I'm not quite sure he'll score a pinfall. This card is really awkward with the main events basically set up for the heels to go over or for DQ non-finishes. I still push for a 30 minute draw in the 2/3 falls match to stretch it out. Have MVP ready to pin/submit Benoit at the final seconds but time goes away. This program still has life in it and the title change doesn't NEED to occur here. I'd open with this match.

It's not like the match is important. Just have Khali attack more people during the show and once again it gives Orton something to claim got in the way of his destiny and such.

I skipped Raw for my own good, why is there another Shawn/Orton match? Having only seven matches, makes me hope for a old time draw in the 2/3 falls match. Just extend this program as much as possible. Punk-Burke should get 15 but it'll likely be half. Cena-Khali should be fun spectacle match.

Duggan's good for the occasional dark match crowd opener and he's probably dirt cheap anyways. Package him with a legends deal and keep him in that capacity. Eugene is sticking around. They love using him for comedy skits. Venis is basically lined up to be the modern Santana as well as being a good worker and evaluator, He's ideal for the company as an agent. Viscera doesn't serve a purpose other then the occasional battle royal and skit. Why get rid of McCool? She can work decent. Ashley won't be around much longer anyways, so no worries. Moore is probably gone soon enough as Stephanie can't see anything in that. The Miz could be kept outside of the ring as a promotional guy. The Sandman is a good crowd opener as well and you always need those types. He probably works real cheap anyways. I'm all for Guido leaving since Vito was canned. Knox has been gone for awhile, the paperwork just got lost.

Regal is very close friends with HHH but obviously he hasn't done anything of note in ages. People like Helms get they aren't going to be main event acts. It's a good paying gig. Being a tv regular isn't a shabby spot to be in. Some of the most popular people are the ones who aren't main event acts because usually those people don't have the big egos and paranoia.

Well, yes but Pam's reaction made it clear it wasn't anything like that.

Toss Holly to the scrap table with Scotty and I might support Stephanie here.

No. That's where Melinda would have gone and probably still will. Playing to a niche crowd. The other two will be pushed to a more mainstream crowd.

I thought Babylon would get picked up, THAT SUCKS. The vampire show wont last more then 4 weeks.