BX 0 Report post Posted September 1, 2005 Hi. I gave up on wrestling in February. Could someone please recap the last eight months of WWE and TNA? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razazteca 0 Report post Posted September 1, 2005 1) Tag team and womens wrestling is still dead 2) The main event consist of WCW Natural Born Thriller level talent 3) Jeff Jarrett is still a moron 4) Apperently Lita is a practicing Mormon with 3 husbands 5) Alotta of people got fired and were replaced by divas Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dark Age 0 Report post Posted September 1, 2005 In WWE, Batista turned face after Triple H tried to manipulate him and send him to SD. Batista then beat Trips at Mania to win the title in an average match that was booked badly. They continued to feud for the next three months, with no real development in the storyline at all. Batista beat Hunter at Backlash AGAIN, but Trips had him beat when the ref was down. They had a third, and final match, HIAC, at Vengeance, which Batista won clean. Trips hasn't been around since. On SmackDown!, John Cena became the number one contender to JBL after he won an eight-man tournament (beating Kurt Angle in the final match, which was solid). Cena and JBL had a dull feud with all the usual shortcuts, before Cena beat Bradshaw at Mania to win the title in a HUGE LETDOWN. Didn't seem special at all. Like on Raw, with Tista and H, they continued feuding, with Cena beating JBL in a pretty damn good I Quit match at Judgment Day. There was a draft in June, I think. Cena (WWE Champ), Angle, Big Show, RVD and Carlito moved to Raw. Batista (World Champ), Orton, Benoit, Christian and Hassan went to SmackDown! The draft was, obviously, completely random, yes sir. The main titles, as you can see, switched shows. Batista began a feud with JBL upon his SD arrival, as JBL won a number one contenders match (originally a SMACKDOWN! TITLE match, before Batista arrived). It sucked. JBL beat Tista by DQ at GAB, before losing a no holds barred match at SummerSlam, both of which were pretty bad. They will have a third match next week on SD, which Batista, I'm sure, will win again. On Raw, Cena was opposite Christian, who had been calling out Cena for months (most expected it to lead to Christian moving to SD to face Cena, but the opposite took place). He had to play second fiddle to Tista/Trips for a while (both titles were on Raw for about a month) before becoming "the star". Jericho was added to the feud and turned heel. Cena beat both in a decent three-way at Vengeance. He continued the feud with Jericho, however, until SummerSlam and beyond, with Cena beating Chris at both the PPV and the next night's Raw. Both were good matches. The feud was, again, booked quite badly, though there were some nice segments. The Raw finale was a loser leaves town match. Jericho lost and is now gone from the company. Shawn Michaels and Hulk Hogan formed a tag team when Shawn needed a partner to face Hassan and Daivari. Hulk made a few special appearances before Shawn turned on the Hulkster with a superkick. It led to Shawn producing some very good heel work and being fresher than he's been in years. I'm still not sure WHY Shawn turned, but he got beat by Hogan in a fun match at Slam (main event) and shook his hand after the match, meaning he's a face again. He tried to bury Hogan the next night, though, and he's kind of iffy at the moment. Eddie and Rey had a feud which has gone on and on and on. Rey beat Eddie three times at the start of the year (which you may or may not know), but Eddie was cool. They tagged up and won the belts in an ok match at NWO against the Bashams. There was trouble though, and Eddie challenged Rey to a match at Mania (so that they could steal the show, sayeth Eddie). Eddie lost again, but didn't turn heel, instead shaking Rey's hand. Chavo got in the ear of both guys, and told Rey that Eddie was simply keeping his enemies close to him, and he babbled to Eddie that he couldn't beat Rey. Eddie and Rey lost the belts to MNM (new tag team, John Hennigan from Tough Enough and Joey Matthews, now Mercury). Eddie had let Rey get beaten down by the new guys a week earlier (he had car troubles), hinting at his heel turn. It seemed like he turned after the original MNM match, but things were smooth the next week. They faced MNM again, but this time, Eddie refused to tag Rey and instead let him take a brutal beating (they lost again). It was a similar scene to when Chavo turned on Eddie a couple of years ago, which I thought was cool. The next week, Eddie was STILL confused and, apparently, still hadn't turned heel. Rey beat Chavo in a good street fight, but Eddie FINALLY turned, for real, after the match in, probably, my favourite segment this yea. Eddie bloodied Rey, ripped his mask and gave him a brainbuster on the stairs in an AWESOME turn. He promised to kill Rey at JD. From there, the feud just dragged and got worse and worse, with it being revealed that Eddie was the real father of Rey's son. They DID have the MOTY on SmackDown, though. PPVS (important matches) No Way Out JBL beat Big Show in a Barbed Wire Steel Cage Match John Cena beat Kurt Angle in a No. 1 Contenders Match Eddie Guerrero and Rey Mysterio beat Doug and Danny Basham to win the WWE Tag Team Championships WrestleMania Batista beat Triple H to win the World Heavyweight Championship John Cena beat JBL to win the WWE Heavyweight Championship Kurt Angle beat Shawn Michaels (SD Vs. Raw) Undertaker beat Randy Orton (SD Vs. Raw) Rey Mysterio beat Eddie Guerrero Edge beat Chris Benoit, Chris Jericho, Christian, Kane and Shelton Benjamin in a "Money In The Bank" 6-Way Ladder Match (winner gets a world title shot, valid for a year) Backlash Batista beat Triple H to retain the World Heavyweight Championship Edge beat Chris Benoit in a Last Man Standing Match Shawn Michaels and Hulk Hogan beat Muhammed Hassan and Daivari Shelton Benjamin beat Chris Jericho to retain the Intercontinental Championship Judgment Day John Cena beat JBL in an I Quit Match to retain the WWE Heavyweight Championship Rey Mysterio beat Eddie Guerrero by DQ Booker T beat Kurt Angle Carlito beat Big Show Vengeance Batista beat Triple H in a Hell In The Cell Match to retain the World Heavyweight Championship John Cena beat Chris Jericho and Christian in a Triple Threat Match to retain the WWE Heavyweight Championship Shawn Michaels beat Kurt Angle Kane beat Edge Carlito beat Shelton Benjamin to retain the Intercontinental Championship (Carlito won in on the Raw prior) Great American Bash JBL beat Batista by DQ but didn't win the World Heavyweight Championship Rey Mysterio beat Eddie Guerrero Booker T beat Christian Undertaker beat Muhammed Hassan in a No. 1 Contenders Match (Taker lost his title shot on the next SD to JBL) Orlando Jordan beat Chris Benoit to retain the US Championship SummerSlam Hulk Hogan beat Shawn Michaels Batista beat JBL in a No Holds Barred Match to retain the World Heavyweight Championship John Cena beat Chris Jericho to retain the WWE Heavyweight Championship Randy Orton beat Undertaker Rey Mysterio beat Eddie Guerrero in a Ladder Match Edge beat Matt Hardy Chris Benoit beat Orlando Jordan to win the US Championship Kurt Angle beat Eugene There was also the Hardy/Edge stuff and the ECW PPV, but someone else can go on about those. BEST MATCHES! Eddie Guerrero Vs. Rey Mysterio (SD!) Kurt Angle Vs. Eddie Guerrero (SD!) Chris Benoit Vs. William Regal (Velocity) Chris Benoit Vs. Edge (Raw, shortly after WM) Kurt Angle Vs. Shawn Michaels (WM) John Cena Vs. JBL (JD) MITB Ladder Match (WM) Shelton Benjamin Vs. Shawn Michaels (Raw) There's more than that but that's all I can be bothered to name. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianGuitarist 0 Report post Posted September 1, 2005 I'll be more than happy to recap the ECW ppv. Bischoff held an ECW Funeral, which McMahon defended, and called upon Heyman to continue. Which he did. It was good but not great, but certainly laced with emotion. This was 5 weeks before One Night Stand. Each week, words were exchanged between ECW army(headed by Tazz and returining ECW stars Axl, Balls, Dreamer, Rhino, Heyman, The Dudleys and The Sandman), and the heel based anti ECW army of Bischoff, Coach, Snitsky, Edge Tomko, Regal and Angle. The show was certainly watchable, only avoided by the hardest core of ECW marks. Quick results: Lance Storm def. Chris Jericho after interference from Dawn Marie, Justin Credible and Jason. Super Crazy won a 3 way dance over Guido Maritato (with all the FBI , even JT Smith and Tracey Smothers), and Tajiri with The Sinister Minister and Mikey. Chris Benoit def Eddie Guerrero via the cross face. Rey def. Psicosis, I forget how. Sabu def. Rhino in a surpise match. Well, it was kinda obvious once the lights went out and Rhino was in the ring, but it was unbilled, and I still marked the fuck out over Sabu's return. RVD and Heyman did awesome shoot promos. Despite the emotion, the most memorable line was Heyman's "I'm not crying, my eyes are red from just smoking weed with RVD" Unfortunately, it got a bit WWE at the end. Heyman's promo incited the anti ECW army, who were in a VIP box basically, to come to the ring. Everyone I mentioned brawled, and returns included Al Snow, CW Anderson, Doring and Roadkill and basically everyone from ECW's past except for Douglas and Funk. Tazz wound up choking out Angle which was meant to be the highlight,though no one seemed to notice, until Austin's music hit. Crowd shit on it, especially when Bischoff was drug to the ring in a bit of terrible acting.(Somehow he wound up doing commentary with Mick Foley and Joey Styles.) All the ECW army beat him up, but in a poor manner, the moves of choice were the diving headbutt, Stunner and 619. Somehwere in all of this, The Dudleys beat Dreamer and Sandman. I've never seen anything like Sandman's entrance at this show, it had some kind of aura over it as opposed to his past. This match also featured the vintage ECW delayed and over done run in, as well as an out of nowhere Francine Beulah cat fight. The ECW Army had beers to close the show. Austin visibly shoved Sandman away and said 'wait a minute' while he was passing out beers. ----- I'd also tentatively like to add Angle-Benjamin to the MOTY list. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
