Monday, December 11th, 2006
Mohegan Sun Arena
Uncasville, Connecticut
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John Cena vs. Armando Alejandro Estrada
Armando offers Cena a box of cigars to cancel the match. Cena breaks the cigar in half, so he then offers him a diamond watch. Cena doesn't accept that either, so he goes to cash. Cena takes the money and starts throwing it out to the crowd. The match finally starts and this is as one-sided as you would expect. Cena hits the FU and that's all. This was kind of a flat way to start the show. After the match, Cena puts on the STFU and out comes Johnny Nitro. Nitro says that's exactly what he's teaching Kevin Federline for his match. Whatever.
Match Rating: 1/4*
After the commercial break, Cena is interviewed backstage. Cena challenges Nitro to a match tonight and directs it at Federline.
Jerry Lawler & Carlito vs. Chris Masters & Viscera
Viscera hits a big sit down powerbomb on Lawler, but Carlito breaks up the pin attempt. King almost gets a pin after Masters flexes with his junk in Lawler's face. In comes Carlito and he hits a springboard reverse elbow. Masters comes in and Carlito hits him with a dropkick. Viscera hits him with the sidewalk slam, so Lawler hits him with some right hands. Masters tries to put on the Master Lock, but the match breaks down and Carlito rolls up Viscera for the victory. This was pretty bad.
Match Rating: 1/2*
They show Cryme Tyme and the Highlanders gambling backstage earlier today. Cryme Tyme of course ends up with their money, which leads to Charlie Haas being ashamed for them playing into racial stereotypes. They make fun of him, so Shelton Benjamin comes in to talk some sense into them. Shelton says that he's reuniting with Charlie Haas tonight against the Highlanders.
Kenny interrupts Randy Orton and Edge backstage to try to convince them that he helped them out last week. They aren't buying that he did.
Next week, Raw starts at 8:00 with the biggest battle royal in Raw history. The winner will face John Cena.
Highlanders vs. The World's Greatest Tag Team
They just really didn't know what to do with Shelton any more at this point. Rory gets a hot tag and that's when the match breaks down. Shelton hits the leapfrog onto Rory's back and TWGTT gets the victory. This was just to re-introduce them as ta team.
Match Rating: 1/2*
They show clips of AWA SuperClash III for the 24/7 spot. They show what looked to be an absolutely terrible finish to the Kerry Von Erich/Jerry Lawler match.
Edge vs. Triple H
Triple H comes out with The Game music instead of DX. These two go right at it with Triple H draping Edge over the apron and hitting some elbows. Triple H knees Edge off the apron and then leaps onto Edge as he's heading to the back. Randy Orton is out and he attacks Triple H, causing the bell to ring. Out comes Shawn Michaels and then Kenny. Ric Flair is out to even the score and we have a brawl. The faces clear the ring and out comes Jonathan Coachman. He lets us know that we will have a six man tag team match right now.
Rated RKO & Kenny vs. DX & Ric Flair
When we come back from the commercial break, the match is in progress and Triple H is working on Kenny. Flair and Edge are in and Flair is all over him. He goes for a Figure Four, but Orton hits him with a dropkick. Flair is able to get a hot tag to Michaels and he hits a top rope elbow drop on Edge. We come back from commercial break and Michaels hits a swinging neckbreaker on Orton. Triple H then gets his turn at a hot tag before tagging in Flair, who looks to put on the Figure Four. Things break down and now Kenny is trying to put on the Figure Four. Flair counters with an inside cradle and picks up the victory. After the match, Edge attacks Triple H with a Spear and we have another brawl. They grab some chairs and set Michaels up for the Conchairto. Triple H grabs the sledgehammer and that's enough to make them retreat. The match itself was pretty standard, but entertaining. It just kind of feels like this feud is at a standstill.
Match Rating: **1/2
Nitro and Melina are on the phone with K Fed. Coach then informs him that he will get another shot at Jeff Hardy for the Intercontinental Championship in a steel cage at New Year's Revolution. This leads to them leaving K Fed on the phone and Ron Simmons walking in to do his thing.
Carlito comforts Torrie Wilson with a kiss before her match with the crazy Victoria.
Victoria vs. Torrie Wilson
Victoria sets her checklist on the announce table, with only Torrie and Mickie James' names left to check. It's a great reminder of how small the division is right now. Victoria quickly gets Torrie on the mat and snaps her neck on the bottom rope. Victoria bites off Torrie's nail and then spits it in the crowd. The distraction allows Torrie to get a roll up for 2. She hits some forearms and a clothesline, but Victoria quickly comes back and hits the Widow's Peak for the victory. Torrie held up her end of the bargain here.
Match Rating: 1/2*
After the match, Chris Masters is out to put the Master Lock on Torrie. Carlito is quickly out and he scurries.
Umaga vs. Jeff Hardy
This is a non-title match. Armando Estrada is not ringside for this one because of what happened earlier. Hardy goes for a sunset flip and Umaga tries to counter with a splash, but Hardy rolls out of the way. Hardy runs into an elbow, but avoids a splash in the corner. Jeff hits a Whisper In The Wind, but he can't make the cover. We go into a commercial and when we come back, Hardy dives off the apron and we get an awkward spot and Hardy ends up on the floor. I'm not sure what happened there. Umaga is up on the top rope, but Hardy is able to move out of the way. Hardy now climbs up top and hits the Swanton, but Umaga kicks out with authority. The crowd is very much into Jeff here. Umaga hits a Samoan drop after he blocked the Twist Of Fate. Umaga then hits his butt splashes in the corner twice and the referee claims that Jeff "can't go no more" and stops the match. They call the match, but Umaga hits another one for good measure. He then gives the referee the Samoan Spike. He picks up Jeff and gives him one as well. I enjoyed this one a lot and the build of Umaga the past few weeks has really kicked into high gear.
Match Rating: ***1/4
Johnny Nitro vs. John Cena
Cena goes right after Nitro and we are underway. After some Cena domination, Nitro is able to weasel his way into some offense. He's been portrayed as so weak since moving to Raw. Cena counters a suplex and Cena drops him on the top rope. Cena charges and Nitro is able to pull the top rope down and Cena is on the floor. Nitro is able to lock in the sleeper in the middle of the ring and has Cena to his knees. Cena is able to escape after dropping Nitro on his back. Nitro goes right back to the sleeper and this time has Cena flat on the mat. Meanwhile, JR and Lawler just can't stop talking about this battle royal. We get it. It's next week. Cena gets out, but Nitro hits a face-first powerbomb. Nitro climbs the ropes and hits a corkscrew moonsault that doesn't quite connect as well as he hoped. Cena comes back with the FU and picks up the victory. Cena gave him more offense than expected and the action was pretty good despite the multiple sleepers.
Match Rating: **1/4
In case you didn't know, there's a battle royal next week. They close out the show with highlights from the match and we're out.
This was a much better show than last week. It started off slowly, but the second hour was very good. Umaga was the MVP here, as he continues to look like a major threat. I'll take it.
Overall Rating: 67%
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