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Post by Spankymac is sick of the swiss on Jan 31, 2007 3:31:46 GMT -5
them beating Londrick is bullcrap. Agreed, but then again, I'm biased.
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Post by Joekishi on Jan 31, 2007 3:33:38 GMT -5
1)Kozlov's partner has to be either Boris Alexiev, who is awesome, or Mr. Strongko, who I've never seen. Either way, more Russians=AWESOME!!!!!!!!! WHOA WHOA WHOA! The WWE has 3 russians in developmental? Probably all with MMA gimmicks too. Mr. Strongko is a cool Name.. Really the Crimson STorm will come back in full form. IN RUSSIA WWE Entertains you..
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Post by JMA on Jan 31, 2007 3:33:54 GMT -5
them beating Londrick is bullcrap. Indeed. Especially this soon (and on free TV).
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Post by Spankymac is sick of the swiss on Jan 31, 2007 3:35:18 GMT -5
1)Kozlov's partner has to be either Boris Alexiev, who is awesome, or Mr. Strongko, who I've never seen. Either way, more Russians=AWESOME!!!!!!!!! WHOA WHOA WHOA! The WWE has 3 russians in developmental? Probably all with MMA gimmicks too. Mr. Strongko is a cool Name.. Really the Crimson STorm will come back in full form. IN RUSSIA WWE Entertains you.. Russians in wrestling have always kicked ass.
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Post by Joekishi on Jan 31, 2007 3:38:15 GMT -5
but these guys are ACTUAL Russians, unlike Nikita Kolloff, Ivan Kolloff, and other "fake" russians.
these are actual russians. With actual MMA (well Kozlov and Alexiav) backgrounds
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Post by THE Dinobot on Jan 31, 2007 3:39:21 GMT -5
So, this still doesn't give us a clear answer about who will face whom at WM 23, doesn't it? We still don't know if it's going to be Taker/Batista and Cena/HBK or Taker/Cena and Batista/HBK. A bit frustrating if you ask me... Nothing wrong with cliffhangers at all, (unless they involve Stallone), so perhaps it'll be revealed by next Monday night..or a few shows/weeks later. Either way, glad to see they have something up their sleeves. And if friggin' no-talent Poop & Turd are the team to take away the tag titles from London & Kendrick, the world is doomed for a while.
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Post by andrew8798 on Jan 31, 2007 3:48:35 GMT -5
detail smackdown spoilers
DARK MATCHES
-Chuck Palumbo beat Funaki @ 5:15. Palumbo was back with long dark hair and a top hat. Match was nothing special. Palumbo wins with a fallaway slam into a Samoan drop.
-Vladimir Koslov beat Jamie Noble @ 4:30. Koslov basically comes off as a Russian version of Finlay. Though I wasn't particularly impressed by his work in this match. I was more impressed with Noble who unfortunately is stuck in jobberville once again it seems. Koslov won after what looked like a head-scissor submission.
SMACKDOWN! TAPINGS FOR 2/2/2007
-Chris Benoit beat Finlay in a US TITLE MATCH @ 14:30. If there was one match, any ©Èѧخ match I wanted to see tonight it was this one. This is the US title match I've been wanting to see with Benoit for 4 months when it looked like he would be stuck wrestling Chavo forever. Match was awesome, Benoit starts things up by answering "What did the five fingers say to the face?!" times 2. Total sickness. He also did his NJPW Indian Deathlock. I could live on a diet of Finlay/Benoit matches. Finlay takes over with lots of legwork and they did a nice tap-out/finish tease when Finlay had a half-crab on Benoit. Finish comes after Benoit misses the Kamikaze headbutt. Finlay removes the turnbuckle and the ref goes to put it back on. So Finlay goes to get Lil Bastard who is being pulled back under the ring. Boogeyman's music and smoke then pops up. Finlay gets distracted, Benoit rolls him up and retains. Then we see what I think looked like a Lil Bastard version of Boogeyman show up to taunt Finlay. Great match but somewhat of a silly finish. After the match was over Finlay was jawin at the camera man and interrogating them about what happened, funny.
-Video promo with Vicky sans neck brace. It seems Vicky is now going after Teddy Long now and talks about "returning" soon.
-Deuce and Domino beat London and Kendrick in a NON-TITLE MATCH @ 7:45. I will say this about Deuce and Domino, they are really into their gimmick and they play it quite well. This turned out to be a nice little tag match. London doesn't half-ass any of his bumps or selling at all. Interestingly enough, Deuce and Domino beat the tag champs clean, no interference, no screwiness. I guess this makes them the #1 contenders for the belts at No Way Out or some such. Good way to put over Deuce and Domino. But where are Regal and Taylor? This is the problem with the tag team division. Regal and Taylor are apparently done feuding with London and Kendrick, so now they have nothing else to do on the show. That's how thin the division is.
-A lot of shots of Batista and the Undertaker. Batista cuts a promo with long. Tonight he wants his answer from the Undertaker on who he will face at Wrestlemania.
-Kennedy beats Vito @ 2:47. Total squash match by a very angry Kennedy who wins after bringing back the Lambeaux Leap. He brings down his mic and actually missed on it and it swung away big time. Afterward Kennedy chokes out Vito with his dress. Funny note is that Vito tossed his fur coat onto JBL pre-match. After he loses his dress, that gets tossed onto JBL as well .
-Kennedy has a backstage promo with Teddy Long. Kennedy is ticked off since he had Batista beat at the Rumble and he demands a rematch or he is going to go to the top. Long says he will get his world title rematch against Batista next week on Smackdown. Kennedy says he will be the one to face the Undertaker at Wrestlemania.
-King Booker ceremony. The royal dignitaries of Houston award King Booker the key to the city. Booker performs a speech where he talks about how it's about time that Houston honored him and namedrops many sports icons who have never measured up to his accomplishments. He demands the dignitaries to kiss his ring which they do. He goes to ZZ Top who is at ringside and asks for him to kiss his ring who refuses, and then his foot as well. Kane eventually comes out and ends the festivities after attacking the Houston dignitaries and tossing Booker T out of the ring.
-DIVA Bikini contest. JBL hosts another WWE diva bikini contest featuring Ashley, Kristal, and Jillian. Kristal clearly had the best one, but JBL automatically sets it in favor of Ashley by namedropping Playboy. Jillian isn't wearing a bikini by instead wearing gym shorts and a tied off t-shirt. Jillian instead decides to sing Britney Spears. I don't know why people were booing, she sounds better than Britney does. Well Ashley wins and Jillian gets ticked off, but Ashley just beats her down.
-The Miz beat Matt Hardy @ 5:45. Hardy clearly had one of the biggest pops and reactions out of anyone tonight. He's clearly one of the most over people on the roster, how much longer is WWE going to ignore this? Match ends after Mercury comes out through the crowd and waffles Hardy with his mask. Miz hits Hardy with his neckbreaker finisher to get the win. Ugh. Well the MNM/Hardy feud clearly isn't ending anytime soon.
-Main event interview time. Batista wants an answer from the Undertaker. He talks about putting his title up against the Undertaker's 14-0 winning streak and wants it to happen. Instead John Cena comes out and says it's important that he hears Undertaker's answer as well. Cena got a pretty uniformly great response, can't deny it. Very few boos as well. Undertaker does come out this time. He stares down Cena and then Batista. Who will he choose to fight? Then Shawn Michaels comes out. He wants Undertaker to prove he can still beat him (even though Taker basically did that last Sunday) and demands he put up his title shot against him. Vince McMahon comes out and says that's not going to happen. He makes the No Way Out main event: HBK and Cena vs. The Undertaker and Batista. He then says that Undertaker has a decision to make. Usual WWE bait and switch making us think something will be decided one night and ultimately isn't.
DARK MATCH MAIN EVENT
-Undertaker, Cena, HBK, and Batista beat MVP, Kennedy, Finlay, and King Booker @ 12:00. Usual WWE tag team match. Undertaker gets beat down for the majority of the match. Kennedy is de-pantsed at one point by HBK. Match ends when Cena is tagged in and the heels get cleared out and Cena gives Kennedy the FU for the win. Finlay's interaction with everyone in the match was pretty funny.
MIA TONIGHT:
Chavo, Regal, Taylor, and Helms.
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Post by MolotovMocktail on Jan 31, 2007 4:32:53 GMT -5
This is the problem with the tag division in general. It's still not as strong as it needs to be, so they always have the challengers go over Londrick in a non-title match to establish them as the big threats, as opposed to having them work their way up the roster. Then there are the singles matches between team members, with mixed results. Finally, Londrick goes over in the title match, and they have nothing to do until another team repeats the cycle. For proof of this, see: Pitbulls, Teacher's Pets, Regal & Taylor.
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Post by EJS on Jan 31, 2007 4:47:10 GMT -5
London & Kendrick also did that with MNM, but the end result was them winning the titles in the first place.
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Post by M. Dirrty on Jan 31, 2007 5:26:42 GMT -5
it was Boris... I was there...
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Post by Joekishi on Jan 31, 2007 6:02:19 GMT -5
So, this still doesn't give us a clear answer about who will face whom at WM 23, doesn't it? We still don't know if it's going to be Taker/Batista and Cena/HBK or Taker/Cena and Batista/HBK. A bit frustrating if you ask me... Nothing wrong with cliffhangers at all, (unless they involve Stallone), so perhaps it'll be revealed by next Monday night..or a few show I thought Cliffhanger was one of STallone's better action movies. Johnathan Lithgow was so bad ass Holy crap Yes Boris Alexiav! Oh and..wtf a Boogeymini?
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Post by Topher is Human on Jan 31, 2007 6:06:17 GMT -5
Poor Lashley...
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Post by Sparvid on Jan 31, 2007 6:08:23 GMT -5
HBK hits the ring and demands Taker gives him a match with the WM title shot on the line. Hopefully, Undertakers response was "Unlike Rey, I'm not stupid enough to do that"
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Post by Arturo Classico on Jan 31, 2007 6:13:25 GMT -5
So Boris Alexiev had a dark match? Great Alexiev is awesome! I really hope they create a russian stable with Alexiev, Strongko, and Kozlov. That would be a deam come true!
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Post by lechuck on Jan 31, 2007 6:27:37 GMT -5
Finlay v Boogeyman makes sense. I mean Finlay is all about in-ring but has zero charisma. Whilst Boogeyman is highly charismatic but wrestles in squashes.
They complement each other perfectly. I just hope Finlay doesnt go over because he doesn;t deserve to end the streak!
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Post by Joekishi on Jan 31, 2007 6:37:08 GMT -5
anybody have info on strongko?
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Post by KingPopper on Jan 31, 2007 7:02:00 GMT -5
cool show, Where does Rated Rko play into this, and I guess Kennedy is jobbing next week Lashley doesnt even show up, i guess he has a hardcore holly match to worrie about.
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Post by clifford on Jan 31, 2007 7:50:33 GMT -5
o man I REALLY hope we don't get an angle filled with Finlay eating worms now.
And WHY make another main event tag match at the pay per view so soon after the last Smackdown one? Its like "Smackdown can't draw buys on their own, so lets lump Cena into the main event. That didn't work? Throw in HBK too."
Couldn't they have that tag match on RAW next week?
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Post by Hiroshi Hase on Jan 31, 2007 8:54:07 GMT -5
At least it'll boost the No Way Out buyrate, because Batista vs. some random heel wouldn't have done it and I think this would be Shawn's first SD match also.
It'll still be Batista/Taker after Batista turns on Taker halfway through the match I bet.
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Post by Big Hurt on Jan 31, 2007 9:30:26 GMT -5
They never actually name the WM Main event until after No Way Out so don't hold your breath on anything being finalized.
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