On this blog I do not want anyone to have to sit through every single moment that happened on "Raw". If you want every single detail, change your page over to wwe.com and get what you're looking for. What I'm looking to do is give a condensed version of "Raw", letting the reader get to the heart of what went down. So here we go:
"Raw" kicks off with Vince McMahon blithering on about what he did to Bret Hart two weeks ago (didn't he ramble on about this last week too?). It's funny but considering Vince is "keeping Bret out of the WWE", he sure keeps mentioning him a lot; way to insult my intelligence Vince! Everyone knows Bret will be back on tv before long. Anyways, finally The Undertaker makes his way to the ring and basically scares McMahon off. Taker calls out Shawn Michaels. Taker refuses to accept Shawn's challenge. Shawn says that he'll win the Royal Rumble and challenge Undertaker at Mania.
With Randy Orton looking on, Ronald McDonald on steroids, oops, I mean WWE champ Sheamus easily tore apart Evan Bourne.
Jack Swagger, for some unknown reason that only the writers could explain, made an open challenge to anyone to try and throw him over the top rope (yawn). Well, he lost this challenge last week to Santino Marella, so what do think happened tonight? His opponent, Mark Henry, easily heaved Swagger over the top rope to win the "challenge" (yawn).
Kofi Kingston and John Cena defeated Legacy.
Gail Kim and Eve defeated Alicia Fox and Maryse.
With WWE champion Sheamus looking on, Randy Orton easily beat Chris Masters in short time. After the match Sheamus gave a big running boot to the head of the challenger leaving Orton laying on the mat.
DX and Hornswoggle defeated the team of the Big Show, Jon Heder and The Miz. Koodos to Heder for actually taking some bumps in this one and getting squashed by the Big Show after Show got nailed by HBK's sweet chin music.
After the match, each man (Show included) tells everyone else that THEY are in thr Royal Rumble and THEY are going to win. Eventually, DX dumps Big Show out of the ring and Triple H does the same thing to his partner, Michaels. Trips grabs a mic and lets everyone know that he too is in the rumble and he's gonna win.
All in all, not a bad show. Here's hoping that The Hitman makes his return some time some to Raw because, well, it's better with him than without.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Thursday, January 14, 2010
The Undertaker's WWF Debut (1990)
For my first "YouTube Video of The Week" I have selected The Undertaker's first match on WWF Superstars. Check it out at: youtube.com and type in "Undertaker's Debut". Specail thanks goes to Dotheoz1 for posting the video. PS: Chris, this one's for you.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
WWE DVD BOX SETS WORTH HAVING
I remember when I was younger, maybe 12 or 13, walking through our local video store, taking a look at all the wresling video tapes (remember them?) they had; wishing a could rent them there and then. Up to that point in time I had yet to see WrestleMania 2, having seen every one but #2. (This would be somewhere around 1990 so there had only been 6 to that point). I finally was lucky enough, sometime later, to finally sit down and see Mania 2. I loved it! It was the best one I had seen and remained my favorite Mania for quite some time.
Once the WWE released the first 20 WresleManias on dvd (in the box set) it was like reliving my youth all over again. Yes, those matches from the mid-1980's were tame by today's standards, but it was great to sit back and be taken back to my younger days.
The same holds true with the Royal Rumble box set that was released a couple of years ago. One of the most amazing things about the Royal Rumble collection is that they included the very first Rumble from 1988. That Rumble wasn't available on pay-per-view; it was shown on the USA network in the States. I don't think it was shown in Canada at all. Anyway, the very first Rumble match featured only twenty superstars (not the thirty that we get now). The most interesting thing about the match is that it didn't feature "the big names" in the wwe (then wwf);
there was no Hogan in the match, no Andre, no Ted DiBiase, no Randy Savage etc. While the match was missing the big names, they did have some notables: the Ultimate Warrior; Bret "Hit Man" Hart, Dino Bravo etc.
Considering the lack of big names, the Rumble was still pretty fun to watch. "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan came out on top, winning the match by last eliminating the One Man Gang. The following year, the Fed expanded the event to 3 hours and made it available only on pay-per-view. Next time will look at the 1989 Royal Rumble which would feature one of most unique Rumble matches ever!
Once the WWE released the first 20 WresleManias on dvd (in the box set) it was like reliving my youth all over again. Yes, those matches from the mid-1980's were tame by today's standards, but it was great to sit back and be taken back to my younger days.
The same holds true with the Royal Rumble box set that was released a couple of years ago. One of the most amazing things about the Royal Rumble collection is that they included the very first Rumble from 1988. That Rumble wasn't available on pay-per-view; it was shown on the USA network in the States. I don't think it was shown in Canada at all. Anyway, the very first Rumble match featured only twenty superstars (not the thirty that we get now). The most interesting thing about the match is that it didn't feature "the big names" in the wwe (then wwf);
there was no Hogan in the match, no Andre, no Ted DiBiase, no Randy Savage etc. While the match was missing the big names, they did have some notables: the Ultimate Warrior; Bret "Hit Man" Hart, Dino Bravo etc.
Considering the lack of big names, the Rumble was still pretty fun to watch. "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan came out on top, winning the match by last eliminating the One Man Gang. The following year, the Fed expanded the event to 3 hours and made it available only on pay-per-view. Next time will look at the 1989 Royal Rumble which would feature one of most unique Rumble matches ever!
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Wrestling With It All
This being the first blog for the "Ring Sniper", I've decided to sribe about some of my favorite performers of all-time.
There is little doubting that Hulk Hogan was one of the greatest performers ever is wrestling history, from a in-ring character point of view (the guy couldn't wrestle his way out of a wet paper bag though). In terms of bringing a crowd to its feet, putting people in the seats, there was no one who could compare the Hogan's popularity-until "Stone Cold" Steve Austin came along. Ah, "Stone Cold" took it to another level. He was blue collar; beer chuggin'; foul mouthed and would kick the crap out of the boss. Honestly, practically everyone could identify with the guy. After all, who wouldn't want to beat the holy hell out their boss?
Do you smell what The Rock is cookin'? Lots of people smelt what he was cookin'. The guy took "sports-entertainment" to a whole new level. Nobody, not Hogan or Austin, could talk on a mic like the Rock could. The Rock could ramble on about anything and make it entertaining. Hard to believe that when The Rock first started with the Fed, people booed the guy.
Andre The Giant. The 8th Wonder of The World. He was the very first international superstar in the wrestling world. The tales of Andre's eating and drinking are stuff of legend. In the ring, he was truly unbeatable. He only lost IF HE WANTED TO.
Bret "Hit Man" Hart. Simply the best. Forget Flair, Hart's the man. The best ever. He had it all: could actually wrestle, had great mic skills and could tell a hell of a story in the ring.
The goal, or "Mission Statement" if you will, of the site is to give insight, thoughts, reviews and predictions of upcoming pay-per-views, Raw and SmackDown shows etc. Since the Royal Rumble is fast approaching, the first review I'll be doing is on the very first Rumble that was shown on pay per view from 1989.
To paraphrase the amazing Gorilla Monsoon: stick the folk in this one, its done!
There is little doubting that Hulk Hogan was one of the greatest performers ever is wrestling history, from a in-ring character point of view (the guy couldn't wrestle his way out of a wet paper bag though). In terms of bringing a crowd to its feet, putting people in the seats, there was no one who could compare the Hogan's popularity-until "Stone Cold" Steve Austin came along. Ah, "Stone Cold" took it to another level. He was blue collar; beer chuggin'; foul mouthed and would kick the crap out of the boss. Honestly, practically everyone could identify with the guy. After all, who wouldn't want to beat the holy hell out their boss?
Do you smell what The Rock is cookin'? Lots of people smelt what he was cookin'. The guy took "sports-entertainment" to a whole new level. Nobody, not Hogan or Austin, could talk on a mic like the Rock could. The Rock could ramble on about anything and make it entertaining. Hard to believe that when The Rock first started with the Fed, people booed the guy.
Andre The Giant. The 8th Wonder of The World. He was the very first international superstar in the wrestling world. The tales of Andre's eating and drinking are stuff of legend. In the ring, he was truly unbeatable. He only lost IF HE WANTED TO.
Bret "Hit Man" Hart. Simply the best. Forget Flair, Hart's the man. The best ever. He had it all: could actually wrestle, had great mic skills and could tell a hell of a story in the ring.
The goal, or "Mission Statement" if you will, of the site is to give insight, thoughts, reviews and predictions of upcoming pay-per-views, Raw and SmackDown shows etc. Since the Royal Rumble is fast approaching, the first review I'll be doing is on the very first Rumble that was shown on pay per view from 1989.
To paraphrase the amazing Gorilla Monsoon: stick the folk in this one, its done!
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