Cyber Sunday 2006 Review

Sunday, November 5th, 2006
US Bank Arena
Cincinnati, Ohio

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Umaga vs. Kane

Kane beat out Chris Benoit and Sandman for this prestigious honor. Todd Grisham and Maria are the hosts for the polls. Kane had 49% of the votes. You get what you deserve, people. Kane gets the early offense until Umaga is able to hit a belly-to-belly suplex. Kane sits up, so Umaga kicks him and then hits a headbutt. He eventually hits a second rope headbutt halfway across the ring. The running butt to the face is next and Kane rolls out of the ring after. Umaga goes for the spike, but Kane ducks and he hits the ring post. Kane follows it up with a series of punches and clotheslines, but Umaga then catches him with a Samoan drop. Estrada calls for the Samoan Spike, but Kane sits up and goes for a chokeslam. Umaga rakes the eyes, but misses a splash in the corner. Kane hits a back suplex. Kane goes up to the top rope and Estrada grabs his leg. He kicks him away, but gets hit with a thumb to the throat on the way down. Umaga hits the Samoan Spike and that is all. This was about what you would expect from these two and hopefully Umaga is finally completely done with Kane since he is on SmackDown. 

Match Rating: **

Sharmell approaches Big Show and she tries to convince him that if the ECW title is on the line, Booker will help him retain. If it's Booker's title on the line, he should help him. Big Show doesn't agree and insults her and Sharmell isn't happy.

Texas Tornado Tag Team Match
Cryme Tyme vs. Viscera & Charlie Haas vs. Highlanders vs. Cade & Murdoch

Texas Tornado wins with 50% of the votes and we are instantly underway. This is a match that's nearly impossible to call until we get it where it's just a bunch of random spots that then leads into magically there only being two people standing. Haas gets in some offense on JTG and then Shad sneaks in and hits a big boot. Viscera comes in to to help his partner. The Highlanders hits Vis with a double dropkick and knock him out of the ring. Cade and Murdoch are in and hit their inverted atomic drop/boot combo. Cryme Tyme knock them out of the ring and steal the victory. This was a TV match that hardly got any time. After the match, Cryme Tyme steals Jerry Lawler's computer.

Match Rating: *3/4

Shawn Michaels is hunting and pecking on a computer backstage. He and Triple H decide Eric Bischoff is the best choice and since he insulted them by saying they don't know what controversial means. This infuriates Michaels, so he just starts hitting Sweet Chin Music on random people in the hall. This is honestly one of the few moments of the DX revival that was fun.

Intercontinental Championship Match
Jeff Hardy vs. Carlito

Carlito ends up with 62%. What a shock. He would have been my last choice for what it's worth. We get a botched spot that doesn't look like it would have been good for Carlito's chance at having children, but he seems to be okay. Carlito is able to hit a dropkick after Hardy leaps off the barricade. He moves it back into the ring and now we get some rest holds. It's going to take a strong finish to save this match. Hardy starts to make his comeback, but it seems like they definitely seems like they lost the crowd. Hardy goes for the Swanton Bomb, but Carlito gets his knees up. Carlito hits a springboard moonsault and now it's a 2 count. He misses a crossbody and Hardy hits a Whisper In The Wind, but Carlito kicks out. Hardy goes up top, but Carlito meets him there. Carlito goes for a hurricanrana, but Hardy pushes him off. He hits the Swanton Bomb and that is all. These two just didn't click. 

Match Rating: **

D-Generation X vs. Rated-RKO

Your special guest referee here is Eric Bischoff, who earned 60% of the vote. They did a lengthy promo video for this match and DX played to the crowd for even longer than their usual here. If you wanted a lengthy shot of Edge's butt, then this match is for you. Michaels pulls his pants down on a pin attempt and gets a 2. On a complete side note, I love the stage for this show. Even though the computer is outdated now, I still love the uniqueness of it. DX now isolates Orton until a blind tag is made to Edge and it allows Orton to hit a dropkick. Edge goes off the second rope, but gets hit with a boot to the gut. Triple H follows it up with a DDT and tags in Michaels. He hits a forearm and inverted atomic drop on both opponents. There really has been no fire in this match so far. I know this is just the beginning of the feud, but it's not off to a great start. Michaels hits a top rope elbow drop and starts tuning up the band. Orton grabs his leg and trips him up before giving him a low blow courtesy of the ring post. Bischoff's count as a ref is subpar. Edge hits a nice standing dropkick and gets another 2 count. Michaels teases a tag, but Edge hits him with a nice boot to the face. Orton hits his modified backbreaker before tagging in Edge again. Edge goes for the Spear, but Michaels sidesteps it and he accidentally hits Bischoff. Michaels hits an enzuigiri and both men are down. Triple H gets the tag and hits a high knee on Orton. He hits a facebuster on Edge and follows it up with a clothesline. He hits the spinebuster on Orton and goes for the Pedigree, but is Speared by Edge. Michaels dumps Edge out of the ring and hits a dive to the floor. Orton hits the RKO on Triple H and a second referee runs in for the count, but Triple H kicks out. Orton goes for another one, but Triple H pushes his way out of it and right into a Sweet Chin Music. Bischoff then pulls the referee out of the ring during the count and hits him with a right hand. Michaels goes after Bischoff and he gets blindsided with a chair to the head by Edge. Triple H knocks the chair out of Edge's hand and goes for a Pedigree. Orton hits him in the back with the chair and hits the RKO for the victory. This was largely disappointing. The ending was fine for what they were going for, but it lacked intensity. 

Match Rating: **3/4

Lita congratulates Edge backstage before getting interviewed by Todd Grisham. He calls the victory tainted, but Edge said this is the beginning of the Rated RKO era on Raw. 

Divas Lumberjack Match For The WWE Women's Championship
Mickie James vs. Lita

The Lumberjack match barely sneaks out the victory with 46%. Lita just wasn't herself at this point in her career. Lita dominates the early going and slaps on a sleeper hold in the middle of the ring. Mickie counters out to an arm bar, but Lita gets to the rope. Mickie catches a kick and trips up Lita. Even Lita running the ropes here, it's just not what it should be. Mickie kind of hits a hurricanrana that sends Lita over the top. The other Divas all join in and attack before throwing both women back in the ring. We get a really awkward spot where Mickie goes for a DDT, but Lita I guess countered it. Lita went for a pin and put her feet on the ropes, but they are pushed off by Candice Michelle. We get a little bit of chaos and it leads to Lita hitting a DDT and winning the championship. This was unfortunately not very good despite Mickie's best efforts. 

Match Rating: 1/2*

We go to the Spirit Squad and we get more of Kenny insulting his teammates. Johnny challenges him and they start shoving. He tells Mikey he had to rough him up to make him mad because it's the two of them tonight. They put their hands in, but Johnny reluctantly does. Guess what? No one cares. 

World Tag Team Championship Match
Ric Flair & Roddy Piper vs. Spirit Squad

They tried to portray Dusty Rhodes as the top guy, but Piper was always going to win this. Piper decides to go shirtless and I have to say, I'm not sure why someone didn't talk him out of it. Flair brings out Dusty and Sgt. Slaughter for backup. I mean, let's be honest, this won't be good. Piper gets tagged in and gets in a few shots before they go to work on him. Kenny puts on a sleeper and then they drag him to their corner with frequent tags. Kenny puts Mikey on his shoulders on the second rope and they miss with a drop on Piper. He tags in Flair and they double clothesline Kenny out of the ring. They hit a double elbow on Mikey and follow it up with a double suplex. Flair slaps on the Figure Four, but Kenny breaks it up with his top rope leg drop. Flair is able to get it back on and this time Piper fights off Kenny and Mikey taps. We get a brawl and the legends stand tall. This was what you would have expected.

Match Rating: *

King Booker tells John Cena they need to talk about their giant problem. He offers a royal pact to team up against Big Show. Cena agrees that it's a good strategy, but says he needs one thing in return. He wants one night with the queen, which Sharmell flips out about. She leaves the room and Booker agrees to it. Cena tells him he is sick and that he's not going to take his wife, but he'll have no problem taking his title if the World Heavyweight Championship. He then jokes about what he wants for his night with Sharmell, which leads to Ron Simmons. 

Triple Threat Champion Of Champions Match For The World Heavyweight Championship
King Booker vs. Big Show vs. John Cena

The World Heavyweight Championship wins the vote with 67% of the vote. Booker tries again to convince Cena to help him, but he just knocks him out of the ring. Big Show then dominates Cena and Booker stays out of the way. Booker picks his spot and comes in and chops down Show. Show fires back with a right hand and some chops to the chest. Show tries to fight off both men, but it catches up to him and they clothesline him out of the ring. Cena then hits a fisherman suplex on Booker, but Show pulls him out of the ring during the pin attempt. Show grabs the ring steps, but Cena hits a drop toe hold and he falls face first into the steps. That leaves us with Booker and Cena now to battle it out in the ring. Booker hits a hot shot and a kick for a 2 count. Cena hits a top rope splash, but Booker rolls out of his way. Booker goes for the Scissor Kick, but Cena counters into the FU. Booker counters out and gets a 2 count. Big Show is still on the outside. Cena puts on the STFU, but Booker grabs the bottom rope. Cena goes for a superplex, but Big Show finally comes in. He puts Cena on his shoulder and then Booker hits a missile dropkick to knock everyone down. Show hits a double suplex and then hits a double butt bop into the corner. Show hits a big Spear on Cena and knocks him out of the ring. Show and Cena start battling out front of the announce table, much to the dismay of JR. Show gets shoved into the ring post and he refocuses his energy on Booker in the ring. Cena kicks a chair into Show's face. Sharmell tries to use the title belt on Cena, but he picks her up and hits the FU. He slaps the STFU on Booker as the referee checks on Sharmell. In comes Kevin Federline and he hits Cena with the title belt. Cena tries to go after him and the distraction allows Booker to hit Cena in the face with the belt. That's enough for the victory for Booker in a terrible finish. This was such a WCW finish where you promote your TV show more than the thing you made people pay money for. The action wasn't bad, but it was longer than it needed to be and as a result, slower as well. 

Match Rating: **1/2

I didn't care for this show back in 2006 and I liked it even less this time around. There was nothing worthwhile here and nothing withstands the test of time. This is just an absolute bummer of a pay-per-view event.

Overall Rating: 30%