The Bash ended Sunday night with Randy Orton successfully defending his WWE Title, just as I predicted. The Bash did have a few surprises though. Kane returned and beat Kahli's ass. Edge and Y2J left with the Tag titles. The biggest surprise was Cena beating Miz, I mean who saw that coming. The ppv left a few questions going into Raw. I am looking forward to a great show tonight. For the first time ever, I am doing the blog LIVE as Raw happens. Enjoy.
BBSD already had the results of the ppv on the homepage on Monday so there is no need to break it down. All I can say is that the show was entertaining. Punk kept his character teetering on good guy bad guy. Jericho and Rey ended their feud in fantastic form. Dreamer, yes Tommy Dreamer, held on to the ECW title. Raw's champ after the Bash is still Randy Orton. Oh and if you read my prediction blog, I didn't do so well. You win some and lose some.
Raw is live from San Jose, Cali. First out is the Chairman of the Board Vince McMahon. He announces a huge 15 superstar trade between all 3 brands. That sounds like something we need to know about! VKM has a guest host, his name is Dave Batista. Out comes the Animal. He still has his arm wrapped up after having surgery. I guess Randy isn't going to have a good night. He announces a 4 man tournament and the winner faces Orton at the next pay per view, Night of Champions. MVP vs HHH and Miz vs Cena. The WWE champion Randy Orton is out with Legacy. Now this is the way a show is suppose to open up with the champ. Batista says he can "fire" Orton and Legacy because Vince gave him unlimited power. Batista starts talking about the trade that Trump made. Orton is going to wrestle 3 of those men who were traded to Raw in a Gauntlet match. I love the opener. The WWE never announced who was traded, which is something to look forward to during the telecast. HHH vs MVP is announced next.
We return from the break with pictures of the 3 stages of hell match at the Bash. Lilian announces the first match of the tournament. By the way, a little info, Lilian is leaving the WWE when her contract runs up. I guess she is getting married to one lucky bastard and wants to start a family. She has been one of the best in ring announcers the WWE has ever had. Plus she is really hot. Out comes the Game. The pop for MVP is not a big one. He is a popular superstar but putting him up against HHH is kind of strange. 2 faces going at it. I think they could have put someone else in the match against HHH, maybe Big Show. MVP goes after HHH's left leg which was the focal point of Orton's attack at the Bash, good strategy. I like it when a wrestler takes a beating and has battle wounds instead of being completely healthy after a beat down the night before. MVP is actually getting booed. Triple H gets dominated in the match but somehow hits the pedigree and wins the match. Now he has to face either Miz or Cena. Oh should I just say he will face Cena next week. Nice match but what does it do for MVP? Nothing.
The unified tag champs are here tonight. The Colons are invoking their rematch clause. How great is it that Edge and Jericho, two of the biggest stars in the WWE, are on all 3 shows? Edge and Jericho talk. I think y2j is reading the dictionary at night before bed because he used a bunch of words I could never spell. I sure hope the Colons aren't buried now that they do not hold the tag titles. Wait, they were not showcased before with the belts. Faces have the upper hand going into a commercial break. Jericho in control now. Lawler says Edge and Christian instead of Jericho. Well they are both blonds I guess. Michael Cole is on his game tonight. Jericho yells at Primo and says that's classic Jericho. What the hell does that mean? Jericho goes for the Lionsault. Carlito moves and does the moonsault off the ropes. Cool spot there. Backstabber on Edge, but Jericho breaks the pin up. Spear by Edge and pin fall. Primo and Carlito argue in the ring afterward. A fun match to watch. I'm enjoying the show so far.
A video package is run of the history between Cena and Miz. Cena has been in the WWE for 7 years now. The WWE video packages are as good if not better than anyone else in the business. Miz vs Cena next. Cena with a good pop tonight. Miz comes out firing. Its worth noting that Cole and Lawler were talking about how Miz can't back up his words. Hard to do that when you have him lose in matches he must win to establish his character!!! Damn. Miz with the momentum heading into the commercial break. I am going to say this before Raw comes back on, Cena will win...again. Just letting you know, everyone watching Raw right now should be saying the same thing. The WWE is way to predictable with Cena. He has lost 1 big match all year long. The only big match he lost was to Edge and only because Big Show came out and cost him the match at Backlash. Ok Raw is back. Here comes the heroic comeback for John Cena. Miz dominates for 15 minutes and then Cena hits 4 moves and wins. WWE tried to make Miz look good but in the end, hes 0-2 against Cena. HHH vs Cena next week for a shot against Orton. Please WWE give us Cena vs Orton. I don't want to see Triple H and Orton again. Or somehow screw both men and have a triple threat match with Cena Orton and HHH. Do anything to change it up!
Ohhh yeah. If you haven't checked out the Macho Man DVD set, you should. Randy Savage was an awesome wrestler and a fun character. He was one of the best in ring performers ever. Dig it!
A number 1 contenders match for the Diva's championship with Kelly Kelly vs Mickie James. Lawler is way off tonight he called Cole, JR. The women have him flustered. Is it just me or is Maryse getting hotter every week? My god. I hope she reads this. Email me baby, mccall316@yahoo.com! I thought it was just a one on one match, but Raw comes back with Beth and Rosa are in the ring as well. A fatal four way match going on. Mickie James used a dragon sleeper. While she has that hold on Rosa puts a sleeper on Mickie and Kelly puts a sleeper on Rosa. Very nice spot with the women. Beth hits her sweet finisher on Kelly. Mickie gets Beth out of the ring. Rosa takes the Mickie DDT and picks up the victory. Mickie vs Maryse at Night of Champions. I am looking forward to this match. Yes a women's match to be excited about. Mickie can wrestle. I found out in this match that Rosa needs some improvement.
2 men not showcased on The Bash, Big Show vs Kofi. At least this might have legs for a new feud for Big Show. The match wasn't bad. The feud might go on now. The match ended on a double countout.
Next week Ted Dibiase the Million Dollar Man will be in charge. That's pretty sweet considering he can talk and is a face most fans will know. Raw has had a few backstage promos with Legacy. It seems there is a small riff between Dibiase and Orton. Maybe daddy Dibiase will make that a match. Hell yes!!! Evan Bourne is now on Raw! He is Orton's first opponent. Evan is a huge up and comer in the WWE. Had Evan stayed on ECW, he should have been ECW champ by the end of the year. Now, he should go after the US title on Raw. That is a great name to join the Raw brand. I went to an indy wrestling show this past Saturday night. Evan's brother was one of the wrestlers at the event. He showed some promise even with a bad opponent, maybe someday he will join his bro on the big stage. Evan got to showcase some of his talent against the best Raw has to offer. Evan went for the Shooting Star Press, but Orton countered. RKO off the 2nd rope. Orton 1 and 0. Jack Swagger is the next man out. ECW loses 2 huge talented guys. I hope they are getting something in return. If you don't know Swagger, hes a former ECW champ. He is a good in ring performer. Not the best on the mic but can work on it. Swagger is on the apron and just stands there and gets counted out. What the hell? He gets a mic and says he likes Orton and wanted to leave a good impression. Uh yeah that really made sense. Dude you make a bigger impression by giving the champ a battle. Mark freakin Henry is the final opponent. Ok, ECW had a scramble match last night and lost 2 of the opponents in that match. Henry grabs the mic and says he likes Orton and respects him. Henry goes on to say he wants to leave an good first impression. He locks up with Orton and throws him down. He sits on the apron for a few seconds but comes back in the ring. Henry actually gets a pop for coming back in the ring. It might be the first time in years Mark wasn't booed out of the arena. The audience hates Orton that much. Randy is also selling his injuries from last night. World's strongest slam on Randy. He gets the victory. Are you kidding me? Mark Henry just pinned the WWE champion. I don't care for that so much. The crowd actually got behind Mark Henry. I am in complete shock.
We have Triple H vs Cena to look forward to next week. WWE will be in Australia next Monday so they are taping a double show tonight. Raw will be taped right after this weeks episode. I usually read spoilers but I won't for Raw because it will effect my writing. Hope you enjoyed the live blog. Be sure to check out my buddy, John's blog on the NBA all decade team. I am going to take the rest of the week off after writing 4 blogs last week. See ya next week for another Raw blog. Thanks for reading.
J Call
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