(Pics from WWE.com)
~This episode of Raw starts with the brand's General Manager, William Regal, already in the ring. He announces that Raw's main event for the next WWE PPV event, Backlash, will be WWE Champion, Randy Orton, defending his belt against JBL. Aww hell no.
-Both opponents come down to the ring and JBL tries to play nice.
-Triple H doesn't like Regal's announcement, he decides to come down to the ring and throws his name in the hat for a title shot. GM Regal tells HHH that if he wants to be in the main event at Bashlash, he'll have to beat JBL & Randy Orton in a 2-on-1 handicap match. So, if HHH wins the match, the WWE title match at Backlash will be Randy Orton vs. JBL vs. HHH.
-Umaga demolishes Val Venis.
-Mickie James (!) & Ashley beat Melina & Jillian.
-Brian Kendrick & Paul London continue to rack up wins. This week, they beat Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch.
-Triple H defeats Randy Orton & JBL and as a result is added to the WWE title match at Backlash.
-However, John Cena doesn't seem to happy with this and he comes down to the ring. Cena says he holds victories over HHH, Orton and JBL, so he also wants a title shot. GM Regal says Cena can be added to the match if he can beat JBL & Triple H in a 2-on-1 handicap match.
-Santino Marella & Carlito pick up a surprising win over the WWE Tag Team Champions, Hardcore Holly & Cody Rhodes in a non-title match. Damn, didn't they also lose last week?
-Cryme Tyme have a Wrestlemania clearance sale
-WWE Women's Champion, Beth Phoenix beats Maria in a non-title match.
-Chris Jericho's Highlight Reel segment takes place next and the guests will be Shawn Michaels and Batista. When the two come face to face, Batista once again whines about Michaels ending Ric Flair's career at Wrestlemania. Jericho plays the instigator. Eventually, Michaels punks out Batista and tells him if he really is mad about it, he needs to do something about it. Batista says he already did.
-GM Regal announces backstage that Batista will have a match with Shawn Michaels at Backlash.
-Randy Orton tells GM Regal that he needs to be treated with more respect. Regal gets mad, for some reason, and tells Orton that he will have a match with him next week. Ok.
-John Cena beats JBL & HHH and is added to the WWE title match at Backlash. So it's gonna be Randy Orton vs. JBL vs. Triple H vs. John Cena.
It's a week later and I still think the "Age of Orton" is a cool name.
Come on! Another multi-man WWE title match?
Umaga just killed Val Venis with his Samoan spike finisher. I've also been a fan of the whole unstable, unstoppable, wild monster gimmick and I think Umaga plays that role extremely well. Hopefully, he gets a bigger role soon.
It was good seeing Mickie James back on Raw. She's one of the better female wrestlers on the WWE roster but she's been kind of lost in the shuffle due to Bunnymania and Maria posing for Playboy.
I'm still bothered by how WWE really expects fans to forget that Brian Kendrick walked out on Paul London a few weeks back. Just who did Paul London piss off, because week after week, he just gets completely handled in the ring, then his partner looks like superman and picks up the win. Also, notice how Raw's ring announcer, Lillian Garcia, accidently announces Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch as the winners of the match.
The Batista/Shawn Michaels match will be interesting because Michaels is a great wrestler, Batista is so-so at best, so I guess their match would end up somewhere in between. Since Michaels made Ric Flair look good in their match, I'm expecting him to make Batista look like pure gold in their match.
4/8 ECW Results
(Pics from WWE.com)
~The show starts with CM Punk winning a really solid, back and forth match against WWE Tag Team Champion, The Miz.
-Colin Delaney, fresh off that April Fools joke last week, asks ECW General Manager, Armando Estrada for another chance to earn an ECW contract. Estrada says he'll get a contract if he can beat his friend, Tommy Dreamer, but if Dreamer loses, then Dreamer is fired.
-ECW Champion, Kane, and Chavo Guerrero have a contract signing for the ECW title match at Backlash. Chavo says at Backlash, he's gonna have someone watching his back.
-Out comes this dude in a suit and he starts beating on Kane. Chavo and the dude in the suit lay out Kane.
-Elijah Burke beats Nunzio.
-Kofi Kingston remains undefeated with a win over Domino.
-LAYLA EL makes an appearance and tells Eve Torres that if she sees her again, there are gonna be problems. That's right!
-Tommy Dreamer looks out for number one and keeps his job with a win over Colin Delaney. Delaney remains without an ECW contract.
WWE ran a commercial inviting Barack Obama and Hilary Clinton to have a wrestling match on Raw. Ha ha.
Kofi Kingston really isn't that bad and I find him to be solid in the ring, but he's just winning just to win and there seems to be no purpose. Hopefully he gets something significant to do soon.
Layla El sighting
It's ok Tommy Dreamer. If I were you, I also would have beat my friend senseless instead of losing my job.
The guy in the suit that attacked Kane is a guy named Justin LaRouche, he's supposedly been in the WWE developmental system for a while.
This is the first time I've ever heard of the guy.
Wednesday Wrestler Spotlight
~This week's Wednesday Wrestler Spotlight is on this guy:
TNA's Petey Williams
I'm gonna be honest. There's only one reason why I look forward to matches with Petey Williams in them and it's because of this:
And that reason is the Canadian Destroyer, the greatest wrestling move EVER~!
I never get tired of seeing it.
You know what? I think I might just fill my entire spotlight on Petey Williams with clips of the Canadian Destroyer.
That's not too bad of an idea, what else can I say about Petey Williams?
I know he's Canadian and he has a finishing move called the Canadian Destroyer.
The end.
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