[jetskid48]

Two weeks since Judgement Day, and we've got another ppv. Thus, we have another ppv after a few weeks of treading water with mostly the same storylines and mostly the same people involved, although this has become more interesting because its like a roided up JD with all the gimmick matches. One Night Stand, the one night of the year the WWE goes extreme...

Tuesday Nights suck.


I doubt there will be much change after Smackdown to the lineup, but with only one match for that brand, I wonder if they'll add a last minute U.S. title match or something.

Onto the matches:

Edge vs Undertaker (TLC Match for World Heavyweight Championship)

WWE Champion Triple H vs. Randy Orton (Last Man Standing Match)

John Cena vs. JBL (First Blood Match)

Shawn Michaels vs. Batista (Stretcher Match)

Jeff Hardy vs. Umaga (Falls Count Anywhere)

Big Show vs. John Morrison vs. Tommy Dreamer vs. Chavo Guerrero vs. CM Punk (Singapore Cane Match for #1 Contendership for the ECW Championship)

Melina vs. Beth Phoenix ("I Quit" Match)

No Kennedy, Matt Hardy, Burchill, Mickie, MVP, and some others...seems like we may get at least some sort of segment including one of these people. PPV's Sunday at 8.

[jetskid48]

One Night Stand '08: Results

Jeff Hardy over Umaga via Swanton Bomb off the HD production truck.

Big Show wins Singapore cane match after pinning Dreamer.

John Cena over JBL via Chain.

Beth Phoenix over Melina with a modification of her new submission move.

Batista over HBK via multiple Bombs and a Spinebuster on stairs and rolling over the line.

HHH over Orton via 10 count. Orton looks to be legitimately hurt after a shoulder bump from the ring to the outside. Match seemed abruptly ended.

Edge over Undertaker via Taker going through 4 tables, and massive Familia interference. He is the NEW World Heavyweight Champion.

[Spirit of 76]

Jun 1, 2008 19:42:02 GMT -5 jetskid48 said:

One Night Stand '08: Results

HHH over Orton via 10 count. Orton looks to be legitimately hurt after a shoulder bump from the ring to the outside. Match seemed abruptly ended.

According to this site, looks like Orton haters can rejoice:
www.tpww.net/headlines/1212378973.html

Edited since I figured I didn't need to quote every single result.

[jetskid48]

In a disaster of epic proportions....our greatest fear has come to fruition.

From rajah.com --

During his match with Triple H at tonight's One Night Stand pay-per-view, Randy Orton took a bad fall after being thrown over the top rope and apparently broke his collarbone in the process. During the broadcast you could hear Orton tell the referee about his injury. The announcers started selling the injury on the broadcast. The match was scheduled to go a bit longer, but they soon went to the finish. Orton remained out on the floor clutching his shoulder while the referee made the ten count. As soon as the match was over, medics quickly stormed ringside to check on Orton.

After the match, Orton was immediately taken into a room backstage to be examined. He was then sent to the San Diego Medical hospital to determine the severity of the injury.

Orton was diagnosed with a broken left collarbone.

Collarbones are usually a 6-8 week injury. This makes JBL Raw's #1 Heel. Holy shit.

[Mikey]

Jun 1, 2008 23:20:48 GMT -5 jetskid48 said:

Collarbones are usually a 6-8 week injury. This makes JBL Raw's #1 Heel. Holy shit.

Unless they pull the trigger on an all-out Batista heel turn. I mean, I know he's technically a SD guy, but really, does it matter anymore? And apparently, he did a little skit in the back with Orton earlier in the show... so maybe you could work off that.

I didn't see the show, I won't see the show, and I'm not watching Raw tomorrow, so why am I commenting here?

[Demko]

Jun 1, 2008 23:20:48 GMT -5 jetskid48 said:

Collarbones are usually a 6-8 week injury. This makes JBL Raw's #1 Heel. Holy shit.

Usually, yes... but since Young Orton is obviously still using steroids of some type, he'll probably be back next week. :-P

I KEED! I KEED! (kinda)

[The Canadian Content]

So Taker got retired? Wasn't that the stip?

[Concrete TG]

"Banished from WWE" was the term being used. Foley mentioned in commentary that that doesn't mean Taker can come back at the draft, but I think we all know better.

Overall, the PPV wasn't horrible.

The Falls count anywhere match and the singapore cane match both made me laugh. both had some fun spots and it looked like the participants were enjoying themselves.

Cena/JBL sucked all the heat out of the building, sadly. This is a shame, too, because some west coast venues it's almost impossible to get people to cheer or chant, and I recall actually hearing an "ECW!" chant during the singapore cane match. Not helping JBL or Cena was the very abrupt ending.

The women's match I enjoyed thoroughly - they've continued to show just how physically powerful Beth phoenix is with the way she was throwing Melina around.

Michaels/Batista intrigued me with the way Jericho was interfering.. mostly with "Encouragment" to HBK and Dave wasn't stopping him from doing that. Jericho only physically got involved once, and not directly with Dave.

HHH/Orton was moving right along til Hunter threw Orton clean out of the ring. I did hear Orton telling the ref of his injury but since he said it loud enough to be heard on the show's audio I thought it might be a work. After the match, HHH wasn't too much into his celebration and kept looking at Orton while they tended to him.

The TLC match surprised me in the ending. I expected Taker to overcome the odds and still win on the "last chance" rule, but as I said above, he'll be back at some point. There wasn't enough buildup to suggest that Taker would be gone forever.

[Pun]

Banished from WWE? Would he get demoted to ECW?

[Demko]

Jun 2, 2008 8:32:58 GMT -5 The Canadian Content said:

So Taker got retired? Wasn't that the stip?

He did. He took a MAJOR bump from the top of the ladder down through a 4-table setup on the ground. This allowed Edge to get the belt, and La Familia celebrated the victory for a while.

After they left, Taker failed a zombie sit-up, eventually got back to his feet, and, sans music, left the arena, looking back at the crowd thoughtfully. It's weird. Taker's done a lot of things in order to take vacation time. But this is the first time I remember him letting someone 'retire him' in order to take a break from wrestling.

He must really like Edge or something.

[The Canadian Content]

Jun 2, 2008 9:29:27 GMT -5 Concrete TG said:

There wasn't enough buildup to suggest that Taker would be gone forever.

When I saw that he'd lost my first thought was that this was the E taking an opportunity to tell fans that ALL of their PPVs matter, and that important shit can happen at any one of them.

And I hadn't really thought about the fact that it wasn't called a retirement match and that I never heard anyone say that the "banishment" or whatever was a permanent deal, so it certainly looks like there's nothing stopping Taker from coming back relatively soon.

Anyway, it looks as if all they've really managed to do with this storyline is take the belt off of Taker yet again for no discernable reason -- unless he's injured and needs the time off. The whole storyline makes no sense -- um...unlike the rest of WWE's programming, which is straightforward, intelligent, and logical.

[Demko]

Jun 2, 2008 9:42:04 GMT -5 The Canadian Content said:

The whole storyline makes no sense -- um...unlike the rest of WWE's programming, which is straightforward, intelligent, and logical.

Can I borrow some of the drugs that you're taking right now?

[bdbdbd]

Jun 2, 2008 9:37:55 GMT -5 Demko said:

Taker's done a lot of things in order to take vacation time. But this is the first time I remember him letting someone 'retire him' in order to take a break from wrestling.

He was straight up killed at least once.

[Batman]

Jun 2, 2008 10:38:35 GMT -5 bdbdbd said:

Jun 2, 2008 9:37:55 GMT -5 Demko said:

Taker's done a lot of things in order to take vacation time. But this is the first time I remember him letting someone 'retire him' in order to take a break from wrestling.

He was straight up killed at least once.

Haha! Good point, BD.

My guess is that he's going to be "haunting" la familia for a while. I guess "stalking" would be more the word, since he isn't "dead" this time. Then eventually some higher authority decides the madness must stop and reverses the banishment.

I'm really surprised that they pulled the trigger on this banishment gimmick, though.

[jetskid48]

Edge has been losing his heat a bit lately, so I think being able to have "banishing" the Undertaker on his resume for a bit might be good.

I see them doing this so they know for sure that the Undertaker will be healthy for Wrestlemania, which is in his hometown of Texas. We may not understand how someone could need this much time off, but a man of his size, with his injury problems, who knows how many full years he really has left in him, if he even has another full year of wrestling left in him.

As for Edge, who the hell is coming up to fight him? Batista had a big dominating win over HBK, and if HBK is going to have the next step of this uberfeud with Jericho, then it frees up Batista for a one-off month feud with Edge that can end with him being drafted to Raw to continue the HBK feud...possibly going heel then to replace Orton for a month or two more that he'll be out.

Meanwhile, ReyRey should (and I use that carefully) be back by the time the next ppv after that is up (Great American Bash...wow, NY would have two ppv's in a row with Edge-Rey under my plan) and he can be in the main event for a month until whatever other big star gets thrown to Smackdown...maybe Jericho?

In the meantime on Raw...do they pull the lever on Punk's MitB case and have him fight HHH for a month to fill the gap? I'm not sure anyone really believes he's going to win, but if they give him a somewhat good feud over a month with him and let him look on the same level as HHH at the ppv (like Hardy), maybe it does enough for him over that span to make him a believable long term feud for Edge if he gets drafted there. Otherwise, there's no real heel to fight HHH in the meantime...do they go with Hardy again?

[Demko]

I would go back with Hardy at this point, and hope that he doesn't fall off the wagon again.

for Wrestlemania, which is in his hometown of Texas.

I dunno what dictionary you're using, but Texas does not qualify as a homeTOWN. It could, however, be his home STATE. :-)

[Mikey]

I thought WM 25 was gonna be in Phoenix. Did I miss something?

[Demko]

Nope, Houston, TX.

[The Canadian Content]

Jun 2, 2008 13:04:10 GMT -5 Demko said:

for Wrestlemania, which is in his hometown of Texas.

I dunno what dictionary you're using, but Texas does not qualify as a homeTOWN. It could, however, be his home STATE. :-)

I had an insult all typed up for that, but I decided not to be an asshole. Thanks for doing the honours, Demko. ;D

[The Jewish Cunthead]

So this is Planet Houston[/Zod]

edit - this proves how out of touch I am with today's product. Not only was there a PPV last night but it was a gimmicky one that was held in my backyard. Under normal circumstances I would have all over that like Sop at a Hannah Montana concert.

[Byrntrigan]

So would the people who watced this reccomend viewing it?

[Pun]

Jun 2, 2008 13:17:58 GMT -5 The Jewish Cunthead said:

So this is Planet Houston[/Zod]

edit - this proves how out of touch I am with today's product. Not only was there a PPV last night but it was a gimmicky one that was held in my backyard. Under normal circumstances I would have all over that like Sop at a Hannah Montana concert.

Or Gordus at a Kelly Clarkson concert.

[The Canadian Content]

Jun 2, 2008 13:17:58 GMT -5 The Jewish Cunthead said:

So this is Planet Houston[/Zod]

Zod's always wort an exalt. You know why? Because Fuck Superman. That's why.

[The Jewish Cunthead]

Jun 2, 2008 13:23:06 GMT -5 Pun said:

Or Gordus at a Kelly Clarkson concert.

[jetskid48]

Jun 2, 2008 13:22:17 GMT -5 Byrntrigan said:

So would the people who watced this reccomend viewing it?

The TLC match is definitely worth watching. The rest is mixed results. The first two matches were kinda cool to watch, but too short and meaningless. Cena/JBL is good for those who like hard hitting matches, but not for those who can't take a slow plodding match...and slow plodding it was. The Last Man Standing was good, but shortened because of the Orton injury, and HBK/Batista was interesting because of what Jericho did, and the match itself was pretty good.

Of course, DevSop thought the whole ppv was shit...so I could be completely off on everything I just said.



Btw...Home State. Better? ???