Post by Garcia Vega on Feb 5, 2007 17:22:47 GMT -5
feel like he is being held back. More on this later.
Show started with Teddy Long in the ring dancing around, holla holla hollaing, saying he has a treat for the crowd and all the title matches, yada yada yada.
This takes us to Sharmell coming out and telling the crowd to bow to the King, then out comes King Booker. Booker gets on the mic, trash talks Kane, which leads to..
Kane defeated Booker T with a choke-slam. Nice back and forth action and these guys look HUGE. The girl that went with me hasn't watched wrestling since the Attitude Era and would not be convinced that this was the same Kane that used to wear a mask. It was actually a good match with Sharmell grabbing Kane's foot which led to a scissor kick attempt that was reversed into the choke-slam.
Next was Kelly's expose. All the hoes came out and was grinding on the turnbuckles when Matt Striker's music hit. He told them all to get out of his ring, then grabbed Kelly's arm as she attempted to leave. He cornered her and began talking down to her, saying she was an insult to wrestling (its a shoot!). As this was going on, a decent chant for CM Punk started. The crowd would have been very disappointed had it been anyone else, but sure enough, out comes Punk to one of the biggest pops of the night. Lots of Punk chants throughout the whole match. Honestly though, really boring match. Really boring. Lots of kicks and quick rolls ups with near-falls. Crowd wasn't really into the match once the chants died down. CM Punk gets the win with a DDT looking move off the top rope, then held on for the Anaconda Vice and the tap out.
Next was Lashley vs Test for the ECW World title. Wait a minute, Test turned into a vampire. That's right.. earlier in the night when they announced the title matches that would be taking place, they said Lashley vs Test, but it ended up being Lashley vs Kevin Thorn for the World title instead of Test with no explanation. O well. Typical of what you would expect with Lashley being more over than I imagined he would. Ariel looks amazing in person and the girl I was with couldn't get over the fact that she looked to be wearing something from a Victoria Secrets catalog and how nice her ass was. I know she had to be freezing though. Lashley wins with the dominator.
Next was London and Kendrick vs Duece and Domino for the tag team championship. Fun fun fun match with lots of crowd interaction. London and Kendrick somehow got Duece and Domino's combs they carry in their pockets and threw them to the crowd. Then they teased throwing their leather jackets to the crowd and were attacked by D&D. Lots of high spots from London, one being a moonsault off the top rope to the outside. Crowd was hot for all the spots and it ended with Kendrick (I believe) rolling up one of the Greaser boys for the win.
Next match was Finlay vs Boogeyman. Finlay comes out and I'm expecting Chris Benoit for some reason, even though they announced Benoit vs MVP for the US title earlier in the night, so it was a surprise when Boogeyman's music hit. I was telling the girl who was with me about how goofy Boogeyman is and she really wanted to see him. I'm glad he was there. Fun match with Finlay acting like he didn't want to touch Boogey the whole match. Boogeyman kept spitting worms out of his mouth into the air like every 30 seconds and I have no idea where he was getting them from because I didn't once see him stick his hands in his pocket or anything. Finlay got on the mic and told the crowd "shut the f*** up so I can concentrate on this weird piece of s***." Midway through the match, Little Bastard jumped up on the apron with the shillelagh and went to hit Boogeyman, but when Boogey turned around, Little Bastard screamed his head off and ran to the back. Boogey turned around and Finlay blasted him with the shillelagh that Little Bastard tossed. Finlay wins via pin-fall.
This brought us to an intermission where I learned that they were selling cameras for 20 f***ing dollars. I bought on from Walgreen's down the street for $4 right before the show and mine had more pictures on it. Ridiculous. Anyone who bought a $20 camera needs to face... THE UNDAHTAKAH! Speaking of which, the kids behind me were begging for him all night. I knew he wouldn't be there, but I was secretly hoping they would because I love watching little kids mark out and enjoy wrestling how it should be enjoyed. He didn't though.
Next was Benoit vs MVP for the US title. I have to admit, I was very impressed with MVP. He plays a great heel. He walks like a heel should, wrestles like a heel should and got the crowd behind Benoit harder than they were behind anyone else up to this point. Benoit wins via tap out to the crossface in a decent match, then got on the mic and said "you know, you are the M.V.P. Most Valuable Power Ranger." Then the crowd started a loud Power Ranger chant to which MVP fled to the back looking disgusted.
Next match was Elijah Burke and Marcus Cor Von vs Tommy Dreamer and Rob Van Dam. RVD was so over with the crowd, it was insane. I'm pretty sure I was one of only 5 people in the whole audience that didn't thumb point to myself with RVD, and they did it at least 10 times. Lots and lots and lots of RVD and Tommy chants. Actually, I'm not even sure if they stopped chanting the whole match. RVD's burial continues (even on house shows) as he and Dreamer fall victim to Burke and Cor Von via roll up from Cor Von or RVD. I think it was RVD anyway. The match was turning into a clusterf*** by this point.
Last match and the match I was waiting for all night.. and by far, the funnest one. Batista vs Kennedy for the World title. Kennedy comes out first and I'm practically the only person cheering for him and I'm yelling "KENNNNNEEDY" loud. Very funny spot where Kennedy does his ring walk, steps into the ring and motions for his microphone to come from the ceiling. He does it once or twice more, then Chimel walks up behind him and drops the microphone into his hands as if it came from the sky. The crowd popped for that. Seeing as we were in Champaign, Illinois only a few hours away from the Superbowl, Kennedy got on the mic and started talking about the Bears. He said Batista was going to choke just like the Bears were going to, except he'd be the one to give something to Batista to choke on, then motioned to his dick. Out comes Batista to easily the biggest pop of the night and you could feel the entire crowd running to the front row. He and Kennedy go right at it, with Kennedy staying on offense much like their Royal Rumble match. Batista had his leg wrapped up and Kennedy was working it over all match. At one point Kennedy brought a chair into the ring, then Batista made him drop it and fall out of the ring. Batista picks up the chair and goes to hit Kennedy with it until the ref pulls it away. As the ref was disposing of the chair, Kennedy smacked Batista upside the head with the belt. VERY close and well done 2 count. Kennedy goes for the Green Bay Plunge, misses, gets up and walks into a Batista bomb. I love how Kennedy sells the Batista bomb by desperately trying to punch his way out of it before he gets laid out. Batista wins and the crowd goes nuts. Batista then gets on the mic, wishes the Bears good luck (you jinxed them, roid monkey) and says go home and enjoy the show.
After the show, we are standing out near the concession area just looking at the ridiculous prices and waiting to buy a drink when Kennedy, Punk, Dreamer and London all headed toward the concession line to purchase what looked to be nachos and hot dogs. As we were standing in line, someone asked Punk if he felt he was being held back to which he replied, "if you're asking me if I think I have more to offer than what you regularly see, absolutely, but there aren't many who don't feel that way. But if you would have told me two years ago that I'd be main eventing WWE pay per views and working with some of the greatest veterans in the sport, I'd have laughed and said thanks for the well wishes. I'm happy where I am and where I'm headed." Very cool response.
Also, some dips*** asked Punk, Kennedy and London if they'd ever consider going to TNA to work to which Kennedy replied "if I was in TNA, you wouldn't have spent your money to see me tonight, would you now?" Also, lots of people yelling "KENNNNEDDDY" while they were waiting in line for their food.
Biggest Pops
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Batista
RVD
CM Punk
Kane
Biggest Heat
-------------------
Kennedy, by far.
MVP
Finlay
King Booker
Show started with Teddy Long in the ring dancing around, holla holla hollaing, saying he has a treat for the crowd and all the title matches, yada yada yada.
This takes us to Sharmell coming out and telling the crowd to bow to the King, then out comes King Booker. Booker gets on the mic, trash talks Kane, which leads to..
Kane defeated Booker T with a choke-slam. Nice back and forth action and these guys look HUGE. The girl that went with me hasn't watched wrestling since the Attitude Era and would not be convinced that this was the same Kane that used to wear a mask. It was actually a good match with Sharmell grabbing Kane's foot which led to a scissor kick attempt that was reversed into the choke-slam.
Next was Kelly's expose. All the hoes came out and was grinding on the turnbuckles when Matt Striker's music hit. He told them all to get out of his ring, then grabbed Kelly's arm as she attempted to leave. He cornered her and began talking down to her, saying she was an insult to wrestling (its a shoot!). As this was going on, a decent chant for CM Punk started. The crowd would have been very disappointed had it been anyone else, but sure enough, out comes Punk to one of the biggest pops of the night. Lots of Punk chants throughout the whole match. Honestly though, really boring match. Really boring. Lots of kicks and quick rolls ups with near-falls. Crowd wasn't really into the match once the chants died down. CM Punk gets the win with a DDT looking move off the top rope, then held on for the Anaconda Vice and the tap out.
Next was Lashley vs Test for the ECW World title. Wait a minute, Test turned into a vampire. That's right.. earlier in the night when they announced the title matches that would be taking place, they said Lashley vs Test, but it ended up being Lashley vs Kevin Thorn for the World title instead of Test with no explanation. O well. Typical of what you would expect with Lashley being more over than I imagined he would. Ariel looks amazing in person and the girl I was with couldn't get over the fact that she looked to be wearing something from a Victoria Secrets catalog and how nice her ass was. I know she had to be freezing though. Lashley wins with the dominator.
Next was London and Kendrick vs Duece and Domino for the tag team championship. Fun fun fun match with lots of crowd interaction. London and Kendrick somehow got Duece and Domino's combs they carry in their pockets and threw them to the crowd. Then they teased throwing their leather jackets to the crowd and were attacked by D&D. Lots of high spots from London, one being a moonsault off the top rope to the outside. Crowd was hot for all the spots and it ended with Kendrick (I believe) rolling up one of the Greaser boys for the win.
Next match was Finlay vs Boogeyman. Finlay comes out and I'm expecting Chris Benoit for some reason, even though they announced Benoit vs MVP for the US title earlier in the night, so it was a surprise when Boogeyman's music hit. I was telling the girl who was with me about how goofy Boogeyman is and she really wanted to see him. I'm glad he was there. Fun match with Finlay acting like he didn't want to touch Boogey the whole match. Boogeyman kept spitting worms out of his mouth into the air like every 30 seconds and I have no idea where he was getting them from because I didn't once see him stick his hands in his pocket or anything. Finlay got on the mic and told the crowd "shut the f*** up so I can concentrate on this weird piece of s***." Midway through the match, Little Bastard jumped up on the apron with the shillelagh and went to hit Boogeyman, but when Boogey turned around, Little Bastard screamed his head off and ran to the back. Boogey turned around and Finlay blasted him with the shillelagh that Little Bastard tossed. Finlay wins via pin-fall.
This brought us to an intermission where I learned that they were selling cameras for 20 f***ing dollars. I bought on from Walgreen's down the street for $4 right before the show and mine had more pictures on it. Ridiculous. Anyone who bought a $20 camera needs to face... THE UNDAHTAKAH! Speaking of which, the kids behind me were begging for him all night. I knew he wouldn't be there, but I was secretly hoping they would because I love watching little kids mark out and enjoy wrestling how it should be enjoyed. He didn't though.
Next was Benoit vs MVP for the US title. I have to admit, I was very impressed with MVP. He plays a great heel. He walks like a heel should, wrestles like a heel should and got the crowd behind Benoit harder than they were behind anyone else up to this point. Benoit wins via tap out to the crossface in a decent match, then got on the mic and said "you know, you are the M.V.P. Most Valuable Power Ranger." Then the crowd started a loud Power Ranger chant to which MVP fled to the back looking disgusted.
Next match was Elijah Burke and Marcus Cor Von vs Tommy Dreamer and Rob Van Dam. RVD was so over with the crowd, it was insane. I'm pretty sure I was one of only 5 people in the whole audience that didn't thumb point to myself with RVD, and they did it at least 10 times. Lots and lots and lots of RVD and Tommy chants. Actually, I'm not even sure if they stopped chanting the whole match. RVD's burial continues (even on house shows) as he and Dreamer fall victim to Burke and Cor Von via roll up from Cor Von or RVD. I think it was RVD anyway. The match was turning into a clusterf*** by this point.
Last match and the match I was waiting for all night.. and by far, the funnest one. Batista vs Kennedy for the World title. Kennedy comes out first and I'm practically the only person cheering for him and I'm yelling "KENNNNNEEDY" loud. Very funny spot where Kennedy does his ring walk, steps into the ring and motions for his microphone to come from the ceiling. He does it once or twice more, then Chimel walks up behind him and drops the microphone into his hands as if it came from the sky. The crowd popped for that. Seeing as we were in Champaign, Illinois only a few hours away from the Superbowl, Kennedy got on the mic and started talking about the Bears. He said Batista was going to choke just like the Bears were going to, except he'd be the one to give something to Batista to choke on, then motioned to his dick. Out comes Batista to easily the biggest pop of the night and you could feel the entire crowd running to the front row. He and Kennedy go right at it, with Kennedy staying on offense much like their Royal Rumble match. Batista had his leg wrapped up and Kennedy was working it over all match. At one point Kennedy brought a chair into the ring, then Batista made him drop it and fall out of the ring. Batista picks up the chair and goes to hit Kennedy with it until the ref pulls it away. As the ref was disposing of the chair, Kennedy smacked Batista upside the head with the belt. VERY close and well done 2 count. Kennedy goes for the Green Bay Plunge, misses, gets up and walks into a Batista bomb. I love how Kennedy sells the Batista bomb by desperately trying to punch his way out of it before he gets laid out. Batista wins and the crowd goes nuts. Batista then gets on the mic, wishes the Bears good luck (you jinxed them, roid monkey) and says go home and enjoy the show.
After the show, we are standing out near the concession area just looking at the ridiculous prices and waiting to buy a drink when Kennedy, Punk, Dreamer and London all headed toward the concession line to purchase what looked to be nachos and hot dogs. As we were standing in line, someone asked Punk if he felt he was being held back to which he replied, "if you're asking me if I think I have more to offer than what you regularly see, absolutely, but there aren't many who don't feel that way. But if you would have told me two years ago that I'd be main eventing WWE pay per views and working with some of the greatest veterans in the sport, I'd have laughed and said thanks for the well wishes. I'm happy where I am and where I'm headed." Very cool response.
Also, some dips*** asked Punk, Kennedy and London if they'd ever consider going to TNA to work to which Kennedy replied "if I was in TNA, you wouldn't have spent your money to see me tonight, would you now?" Also, lots of people yelling "KENNNNEDDDY" while they were waiting in line for their food.
Biggest Pops
-------------------
Batista
RVD
CM Punk
Kane
Biggest Heat
-------------------
Kennedy, by far.
MVP
Finlay
King Booker
