I knew Orton would win the qualifying match but boy did Flair & Carlito slap the sh*t out of him. I was starting to hurt just from watching it.

Carlito still better have a match at WM or I'm going to be pissed at FF. God the creative team sucks. Orton of all people got a bigger pop then Carlito.

Well Apc, its almost obvious that Wrestlemania will have a Flair/Carlito fight...should be a good mid-card match.

If anything, Orton being put over Carlito sets up for the Orton/Edge face-off at the Ladder in the Match fight at Wrestlemania. Should be fun.

I tell ya, the Rock taped-promo was pleasantly surprising. "Shriveled-up Monkey Penis!"

The Rock on RAW...alright. Clearly the best moment/promo on RAW in years. lol. Sad but true.

yea The Rock's promo was pretty damn funny, i doubt he'll be back for the long run though.

Grrr...I missed it because I was watching 24!

That's why ya gotta TiVo it like I do XDCX Yes the promo was a nice surprise. I'd like to see Rock come back to wrestling but know that'll never happen. And since NO team beat Michaels & Cena, I hope when they drop the titles, they do so to Cryme Tyme (who just happened to NOT be included in the gauntlet match)

i kind of wished cena nailed michaels just to add more drama to the fued

and yet another hardy/khali match, with kane comming out with a meat hook similar to the one from see no evil.

Alright, Mr. Fuji is going into the Hall of Fame. I remember him when he managed Demolition, Crush, Yokozuna, the Powers of Pain, etc. way back in the day. Speaking of which, why hasn't WWE released a Demolition DVD? IMO, they're one of the best (if not have one of the biggest followings) tag teams

The Big Red Retard and the Big Brown Retard have another encounter, and the world turns...in boredom.

I'm just surprised that Irishman isn't lamenting the fate of Shelton Benjamin.

From promising wrestling star to I.C. champion, to now being meat-grinder jobber tagteam status even before Murdoch & Caine. Ouch...

Anyway, I agree with Irish on Demolition. WWE has the rights. They can do it. Oh well.

I enjoy the Mr. Fiji selection. We don't have great bastard managers anymore. A pity.

But damn, Bobby "The Brain" Heenan....throat cancer has taken alot out of that man. What a shame.

I turned this on around 10.. and watched the last hour, which was the first time I've seen it in months.

I am so confused.

When did Charlie Haas come back? And Jeff Hardy? Why are Shawn Michaels and John Cena tag team champions? Why the FUCK is Donald Trump on? AND WHOA THERES STONE COLD.

Of course, you're all welcome to tell me to fuck off and look this shit up myself.

And is there a reason Stone Cold didn't just chug those beers?

Donald poured money on raw i believe to piss vince off saying he doesn't run his show and business right, now him and vince have a hair match, loser gets his head shaved, donald has lashley, vince has umaga with austin as the guest ref.... when triple h got injured, michaels went on a psychopath rampage...he eventually teamed up with cena and they won the tag titles...with michaels fighting cena for the championship at wrestlemania, their alliance has become even more unstable, both with michaels and cena turning their backs on eachother and stating they don't want eachother's help.

I am. When I saw him come out I'm still upset that they gave up on him in a sense. And yes, I was HIGHLY pissed they were team #1 and not Caine & Murdoch. But I bet that's because good ol' JR is big on "those boys." It's the good ol' boys network at its finest

A while back...although why, I'm not sure...



A while ago, as well. Things didn't work out in TNA, and he's cleaned up his act, so Vince brought him back. And he's just as great as he's ever been.



Michaels and Cena are opponents at WrestleMania. But at one point, the two of them battled Team Rated RKO (Edge and Orton) for the tag titles, and they won. I think they've been teamed up to set up some type of treachery in the near future (i.e. Michaels going heal, or Cena going heal.)



Vince took advantage of the whole "Rosie/Trump" thing that's been playing out in the media. It started out with a Donald impersonator and a Rosie impersonator having a match. Then the REAL Donald showed up, and challenged Vince to a match. This set up the "Hair vs. Hair" match at WrestleMania, pitting Bobby Lashley (in Trump's corner) against Umaga (in Vince's corner).



Indeed, he's been named the special guest referree. For two reasons, I'm assuming.

1) To help promote his movie that's about to come out.

2) He didn't make an appearance at last year's WrestleMania. Two WrestleMania's in a row without Stone Cold? Not a chance!



My guess as to why he left the ring is to avoid getting any beer on Donald. I'm pretty sure Donald's people made it VERY clear not to soil the Donald in ANY way.

But yea...you coulda looked this shit up yourself...

That's what wikipedia is for.

Anyway, great recap XD.

Irish, JR? I blame the writing staff and WWE central committee that is behind demoting Shelton Benjamin. Unless I'm wrong, JR hasn't been involved with actual personel administration in years. For better or for worse, he's just a mouthpiece now.

Still, you gotta be happy that JBL is leaving the announcer's table(thank you God!) in his would-be return to wrestling. Right?

I am.

Yeah and Bogey, Jeff Hardy this time last year was a TNA worker that was a notorius drug user, failing to show up for house shows and TV tapings, he got canned hard.

But shit, he had a great reception in his WWE return, to which he had such great crowd charisma, and he embarked on the best Intercontinental title run in a good long time, methinks. He's being temporarily wasted, but he might end up being the dark horse winner of the Money in the Bank ladder match at Wrestlemania(besides the front-runners Orton & Edge).

Thanks. Yeah, I'm way to st-lazy to look things up at the moment.

I might start watching Raw again.. I like seeing all the old faces.

Shawn Michaels rulz.

I was going to ask where Matt Hardy is at, but I'll just shut my mouth and go to wwe.com.

i believe he's in the money in the bank match, along with edge, randy orton, jeff hardy, and i forget the rest.

It's all good...they have the video up on WWE.com.



You're right, Ronnie. JR stepped down as VP of Talent Relations quite a while back. As of now, he's with the WWE on a "year-to-year" basis. He basically signs a new contract every year, to be safe (in the event that he comes down with another case of Bell's palsy.)

He has no say into what goes on anymore. Of course, he'll offer his opinions when asked, but he has no real leverage anymore (and that's the way he wants it.)

I only got to see Donald push Vince on his ass. Thanks for the recap guys.

No I'm not saying JR was behind Shelton's demotion. I said JR is probably the one who is high on Caine & Murdoch.

As for JBL I am happy to hear that he's leaving the announce table. I still don't watch Smackdown so it doesn't bother me. As long as he doesn't move to Raw (because I hate watching him wrestle too), I'll be fine. I'm sorry but I've never bought the "clothesline from hell" as a finisher BTW, who'll replace in the booth?

Tu shae sir. I'm about to watch Agent Jack Bauer myself now THANK YOU LORD FOR TiVo!

-As much as I hate him, JBL cut a good promo with Shawn Michaels. Although I'm still offended that they claim he's from New York

-Bobby Lasley breaks the Masterlock. Is Chris Masters finally gonna make the move to ECW?

If a WWE writer had an original idea it would die of loneliness..... how many times has the fake injury on the outside of a battle royal been used?

Aw, piss! I missed the first hour again, didn't I!!!!

boo bogey!

I agree with Irish on both. Except, I like the persona of JBL as the redneck Bushie rich evil bastard that is "one" of the rednecks, but instead works them to death so that he can afford his $8,000 new suits every day.

Except, WWE's pushing of him as a top-title contender never felt natural to me. Still, Bradshaw was always a tough and true house show worker.

anyway, he served his purpose tonight.

Irish, Chris Masters is gonna get demoted to ECW anytime. Really, with his Masterlock challenge sillyness now broken, whats the point of continuing it? He's a perfect hack to fill out the ECW roster. Sadly, I could see Shelton Benjamin rotting over there as well if they continue their piss/vinegar treatment of him.

DMC, they'll continue it as long as Main Event matches are interfered with by outside parties...;)

Man I hope not. I'd rather him stay on Raw and be part of The World's Greatest Tag Team than go to ECW and get ZERO airtime

Either way, WWE has given up on Shelton as a serious individual wrestler. A shame.

For now. Hopefully they'll reconsider in the near future