I thought that it would be a good time to give some perspective as to where we were a year ago, and where many wrestlers stand now:
-Victoria turned heel after losing a bikini contest, beating up Christy, Candice and Maria to the delight of the crowd. She ended up teaming with Candice for a number of months, and still does on occasion. Christy was fired, and Maria has become more popular than she was then.
-Hurricane and Rosey (w/Stacy) went against the Heartthrobs. Only Hurricane is still employed with the WWE, and is the Crusierweight champion on Smackdown, without the Hurricane gimmick.
-Shelton went against Sylvian and Conway for his IC title. Shelton still has the IC title today (after losing it twice), while Sylvian and Conway are jobbers.
-The highlight reel has Jericho interviewing Kane, who just had Lita turn on him for Edge. Edge taunts Kane on the titantron.
-Bischoff comes to the broadcast booth, and puts down ECW. He then introduces Edge as someone working for his anti-ECW crusade. Bischoff hasn't been on tv since late last year.
-Edge beats Benoit in a tables match after interference from Tomko, Maven, and Snitsky. Two of those three men who interfered are gone, while Snitsky is a face. Benoit is off indefinitely from Smackdown, while Edge is a main eventer.
-HHH gives a pre-taped interview about going against Batista in a Hell in a Cell match at Vengeance.
-Val Venus is a victim of the Masterlock Challenge. Val is recovering from injury, while Masters has been pulled off of Raw due to probable drug problems.
-Christian gives an interview about the draft which started the following week. He had the crowd in his hands. He even got the fans to boo Cena, which wasn't that common at the time. Of course, we know what happens from here.
-Finally, Batista beats up Hassan badly in the main event. Hassan went to Smackdown and is no longer employed by the WWE, while Batista went to Smackdown and should come back soon from injury.
There you have it. That just goes to show how much has changed in a year.