This Week in WWE (updated
Changing of the Guard…
Intro:
Things are a-changing in the WWE. On RAW a new member of Evolution will be
challenging for the World’s Title. Randy
Orton, instead of perennial challenger/champion Triple H, will be facing Chris
Benoit for the title at the PPV. How
will this affect the hierarchy of Evolution?
Will Randy Orton know his role? Or will he venture out on his own? And what role will Batista and Flair play in
all this? Time will tell…On SmackDown, we have a new GM. Mr. McMahon has named Teddy Long as the new
GM replacing Olympic gold medalist Kurt Angle.
Booker T has regained the
Raw Wrap-Up:
Raw was highlighted by a 60-minute Iron Man Match for
the World Heavyweight Championship, between Champion Chris Benoit and
challenger Triple H. The one who
accumulates the most pinfalls, countouts,
or submissions wins the title at the end of the hour. Benoit took an early lead on this contest
Triple H had Benoit set for a pedigree, countered it into a sharpshooter, which
Trips escaped, only to roll into a crossface, which
he again escapes, but is wrapped up by Benoit who took the lead 1-0. Triple H took advantage of a missed headbutt by Benoit to hit a pedigree and got his first pinfall of the night.
The score didn’t remain tied for long, as Triple H took the champ
outside and after good use of the steps won via count out to take the lead
2-1. Moments later, Triple H continued
the assault and scored another pinfall and make it 3-1with only 20 minutes remaining. Triple H ended up going for a Pedigree, which
Benoit revered into a Sharpshooter to which the challenger tapped out, closing
the gap to 3-2. Shortly thereafter,
Benoit caught Triple H in the crossface to which the
challenger tapped with some struggle, to even the score at 3-3. Batista and Ric
Flair came down to the ring to ensure that Triple H would once again come home
with the gold. Batista did a number on
Benoit, but it couldn’t keep him down.
The match ended when
In other action, Randy Orton wins a 20-man Battle Royal to win
himself a shot at the World heavyweight Championship at SummerSlam. The order of elimination: William Regal;
Tyson Tomko; Chuck Palumbo; Val Venis;
Matt Hardy; The Hurricane; Steven Richards; Rodney Mack; Rosey;
Sylvain Grenier; Robert Conway; Tajiri;
Ric Flair; Rhyno; Kane;
Maven; Batista; Edge; Chris Jericho.
Smackdown! Wrap-Up:
SmackDown kicked off with
an announcement that Mr. McMahon has re-hired all the superstars that Kurt
Angle fired last week. Shortly
thereafter, he announced Teddy Long as the new General Manager of SmackDown! In Long’s first act as GM, he announces an 8-man elimination
match for the United States Heavyweight Title.
Billy Gunn, Charlie Hass, Luthor Reigns, Rene
Dupree, Kenzo Suzuki, John Cena,
Booker T, and RVD squared off in an 8-man elimination match. Charlie Haas was the first eliminated by
Billy Gunn. Rene Dupree was the next one
out when pinned by Luthor Reigns. Suzuki eliminated himself by DQ outside the
ring with Cena.
Cena was then on a tear, pinning Billy Gunn
and then bested the monster Luthor Reigns. This now left Booker T, Cena,
and RVD in the hunt for the
In other action, Paul London and Billy Kidman kept
their titles against the
Next week:
Angle returns to the ring in singles action and Spike Dudley and Rey Mysterio will face the
Odds and Ends:
Brock Lesnar has signed
with the Minnesota Vikings, let’s see if e makes the cut, this isn’t the
XFL…Sean O’Haire, who was released by WWE earlier
this year was arrested for assault…Roddy Piper is
said to be wanting to make a comeback to WWE, good luck, Hot Rod…WWE seems to
be milking the Flair comments concerning Bret Hart, could an angle between the
two be in the works? Only time will
tell, so stay tuned right here….
Thanks for reading and have a
nice week,
J.P. ---The Newsletter Guy
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