SNME

Last night the long awaited Saturday Night's Main Event made it's much anticipated return to NBC. So, since I am sitting here a cripple for awhile and unable to train, I need something to talk about, and this seems like as good a thing as any.

SNME saw the return of good ole' JR. When he left Raw I will have to admit I missed the announcing team of Ross and Lawler, but if you remember how he left, getting beat up and fired by the McMahons, his return was somewhat confusing. No mention was made of the firing incident, and it was pretty much business as usual, and that was nice, for a change.

JOHN CENA & TRIPLE H vs. REY MYSTERIO, RANDY ORTON & KURT ANGLE (Handicap match)

This was the opening match to kick off SNME. I will have to admit that it was mildly entertaining seeing Triple HHH team with Cena, but the word team was short lived. The good guys on both sides wrestled like good guys, the heels as heels, and the whole debacle ended when HHH pedigreed Cena and pulled Randy Orton onto him for the pin. Of course Rey Mysterio didn't want to win that way, so he pulled Orton off of Cena, which earned him a pedigree from HHH. Angle then clothslined HHH over the top rope, Orton delivered the RKO to Angle, and then he attempted the RKO on Cena, Cena reversed it into a schoolboy for the pin. I know, what in the heck, right? Well, on Raw this past Monday you saw Triple HHH square off against Cena, which saw Randy Orton interfere on HHH's behalf, then on SNME you saw HHH pick Orton to cover Cena for the pin. HMMMM, are these two superstars in cahoots with each other? Ones on Raw, the others on Smackdown. But is there something there? Stay tuned.

Booker T vs The Boogeyman

Well, to quote my brother's favorite saying when we were kids "Everyone in this room as that much more STUPIDER for having to watch that", I can only second that sentiment. If the Undertaker's character and entrance music sends shivers down the average persons spine, the Boogeyman's schtick has the complete opposite effect. I don't like the Boogeyman, I think he was packaged and delivered all wrong, and the poor guy portraying him is throwing his career away on a second rate cartoon character. The WWE should have aligned him with the Undertaker somewhere when they brought him in, that way he would have been more legitimate. Ok, since I got that off my chest, Booker was to face the Boogeyman at SNME, but he claimed to have twisted his knee, so the doctor made Teddy Long call the match off. A later segment in the show showed Booker and Sharmell laughing and dancing and bragging how they pulled off "the oldest trick in the Book" (pardon the pun), when the Boogeyman made another impromptu appearance, scaring Sharmell and Booker so much they took of running and screaming down the hallways. Teddy Long then made the Boogeyman/Booker match for Wrestlemania. Stupid. Absolutely stupid.

Did I mention STUPID?

THAT WAS SO STUPIDER I CAN'T STAND IT.

EDGE and LITA on "The Cutting Edge"
special guest Mick Foley

This segment saw the return of "The Cutting Edge" where the guest was Mick Foley. I loved this segment, the only thing wrong was Foley didn't speak. I think it was to show that Foley had enough of Edge, and actions speak louder then words. Mick brought a bag of tacks to the show and Edge set the table on fire. After the security guards, who just happened to be standing at the ready with fire extinguishers in hand, put the fire out, Foley dumped the tacks and began to beat down Edge. For those of you who don't know, the bag of 10,000 tacks schtick was originated into popular wrestling (I am not comfortable in stating Foley was the absolute first originator of it) by Mick Foley. He used it in several Hard Core matches in ECW, Japan, and it was a favorite with him and Terry Funk when they wrestled. Terry took backdrops onto tacks, as did Foley. However, you didn't expect pretty boy badboy Edge to take a bump on 'em, did you? Puh leez. So it was a given Mick took the bump, but he continued to beat down Edge, the fight left the ring and moved up the ramp where Mick momentarily stunned Edge enough to deliver his own "conCHAIRto to Edges head, returning the favor to Edge. This was the best of the night, in my opinion.

STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN and JBL
in a gold ole' beer drinking contest
This one was fun to watch as it brought back Stone Cold Steve Austin to TV. The premise was silly, but both he and JBL traded funny adlibbed lines, before, you guessed it, they both started to throw beer on each other. Austin delivered the stunner to JBL and dumped about 100 and a half pitchers of beer on him. A really funny sidenote here, JBL told Austin he was forced to cross the "river into Canada to get some decent beer" and Austin, for a moment, looked genuinely shocked and appalled. GO STEVE!!! (No offense to my Canadian fans, Canadian beer is good too, when you are in Canada).

MICKIE JAMES & TRISH STRATUS vs. VICTORIA & CANDICE

Trish Stratus wrestled the whole match, Trish won the match. Mickey tried to kiss Trish, Trish turned her cheek. Mickey tried to hug Trish, Trish pulled away from Mickey. Mickey get's mad and turns on Trish. FINALLY. Hey, normally I am the last guy to object to a couple of hot chicks caught up in a love feud, but this Trish Stratus Mickey James thing has run a bit long. So I am glad to see the staleness get aired out and we get to see Mickey and Trish actually...wrestle. Wow, what a concept.

MARK HENRY & DAIVARI


Mark Henry and Daivari both came out, and Mark Henry called out the Undertaker, who of course obliged. After a short brawl that saw the Undertaker kick Henry in the face, sending him over the rail into the stands, the Undertaker chokeslammed Daivari ONTO the casket that was brought to the ring by the druids, and then tombstoned on top of it. This short segment was to bring a little more heat to the Wrestlemania casket match between Henry and 'Taker. Kind of left you with an empty feeling in the pit of your stomach on this one.

HBK SHAWN MICHAELS vs. SHANE MCMAHON in a STREET FIGHT

This one was meant to mirror the infamous Montreal screw job. After a pretty entertaining match that saw some decent high spots, Michaels hit Sweet Chin Music on Shane, but as the referee was making the three count, Vince McMahon pulled the referee from the ring. As Michaels, who by this time has had it with the meddling that the McMahons have been perpetrating against him the last month or so, grabbed Vince by the scruff of his neck and was getting ready to perpetrate some violence of his own against the boss, Shane nails him from behind, and then applied the sharp shooter to Michaels. Vince then calls for the time keeper to ring the bell, replicating EXACTLY the famous incident in Montreal with Bret Hart.

Now, with the induction of Bret into this years HOF, I don't understand why WWE is doing this. Bret was legitimately screwed, and there are real hard feelings there over it. Bret agreed to be inducted to the Hall of Fame, as is his rightful place, but he refuses to be compensated in any way for his appearance at Wrestlemania (where he plans on saying good-bye to his fans). So it's like on one hand WWE is saying, hey, no matter what happened in the past, you deserve to be in the HOF, we want to induct you, we will be honored to do this for you. On the other, they are replaying the very thing that brought the relationship of WWE and Bret Hart to a close in the first place. It's like they are trying to piss Bret Off enough for him to say screw it and not show up. I love the WWE, I love the character Bret Hart, but I wouldn't blame Bret if he said "SCREW YOU" to WWE.

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