March 14, 2005
Event Report for RAW
Announcers: Jerry Lawler and Al Snow
Reported by The Dames
Balls Mahoney vs Jesse James.
Match Background: This will be a special guest referee bout. Tommy Dreamer will be the referee for this match. The winner of this match will compete in a Fatal 4-Way for the WWE Intercontinental Championship on Heat.
Late In The Match: Balls Mahoney can barely stand. Dogg Pound!!! That shook the ring. 1....2....3!! Balls Mahoney extends his hand to Road Dogg...and it is accepted! They shake!
Overall Rating: 66%
Crowd Reaction: 59%
Match Quality: 74%
The Addiction are backstage. They hyped themselves up, talking about what a great team they are, even going as far as calling themselves the greatest tag team in the world today.
Overall Rating: 66%
Kane vs Steven Richards.
Match Background: This will be a special guest referee bout. Lita will be the referee for this match.
The winner of this match will compete in a Fatal 4-Way for the WWE
Intercontinental Championship on Heat.
Late In The Match: Kane moves in for the kill. Choke Slam!!! That shook the ring. 1....2....3!! Mikey Whipwreck comes running down the aisle with a chair! Kane is just about to leave the ring...and only just manages to duck in time to avoid Whipwreck hitting a brutal chair shot! Kane knocks the chair away. Kane spins Whipwreck around. Kane hits the Choke Slam! Mikey Whipwreck tried an ambush, but it has backfired.
Overall Rating: 69%
Crowd Reaction: 54%
Match Quality: 84%
Jazz is in the ring. Lana Star comes out, and challenges her to a match at the next show. The challenge is accepted.
Overall Rating: 60%
Rhyno vs Test.
Match Background: This will be a special guest referee bout. Sakura Hirota will be the referee for this match. The winner of this match will compete in a Fatal 4-Way for the WWE Intercontinental Championship on Heat.
Late In The Match: Test can barely stand. Here it comes - Gore. 1....2...3, it's finished. I don't think the fight has finished. Rhyno and Test have begun brawling again! They wind up brawling all the way down the aisle and out of view.
Overall Rating: 85%
Crowd Reaction: 81%
Match Quality: 90%
Miss Jackie and Stephanie McMahon are both in the ring in robes, ready for a bikini contest. Jackie goes first, and poses for the crowd. Steph goes next, and struts around the ring. The judge listens to the crowd reaction and then declares Miss Jackie the winner. She celebrates while Stephanie McMahon stands in the corner looking furious.
Overall Rating: 83%
Chris Kanyon vs Eugene.
Match Background: This match is for the WWE Intercontinental title. Eugene has been WWE Intercontinental champion since 21 February 2005. The winner of this match will compete in a Fatal 4-Way for the WWE Intercontinental Championship on Heat.
Late In The Match: The referee bumps after catching a wild right hand and is down. Belly to belly off the top rope! Hooks the leg, but the referee is still out! The referee bumps after catching a wild right hand and is down. Eugene floors Kanyon, then signals for the Rock Bottom. Meanwhile, Chris Kanyon has something in his hands. Eugene comes over...and has to move quickly to duck a brass knuckles punch! The knuckles get knocked to the ground in the struggle, and Eugene manages to grab them. Chris Kanyon gets hit with his own weapon, and is knocked out. The referee wakes up to see the pinfall: 1....2....3! It's over. Another referee comes running down the aisle, and points out to the first official that Eugene used an illegal weapon. The referee reverses the decision! Eugene has been disqualified! Eugene is pounding the canvas with punches, shouting about how unfair everything is.
Overall Rating: 63%
Crowd Reaction: 44%
Match Quality: 83%
Vince McMahon is backstage, and announces that at WrestleMania XXI we will see Cena \ Orton and The Bull \ RVD fight in a tag team match.
Overall Rating: 98%
Billy Gunn vs Scott Steiner.
Match Background: This will be a special guest referee bout. Ric Flair will be the referee for this match.
Late In The Match: Big Show comes running down the aisle with a chair! Bad Ass goes to irish whip Scott Steiner into the ropes. Show jumps onto the apron with the chair...but Scott Steiner reverses! Collision between Show, Bad Ass, and the chair! Billy Gunn staggers back into a roll up! 1...2...3! It's over! Big Show remains in the ring. Billy Gunn pushes the referee away. Billy Gunn spins Show around. Billy Gunn hits the Fame-Ass-Er!
Overall Rating: 86%
Crowd Reaction: 85%
Match Quality: 87%
Chris Jericho is standing in the set for his personal interview segment. He announces that tonight's guest is Booker T, who comes out from the back. They try to do a straight interview, but the constant taunts from Jericho soon annoy Booker, and he attacks Chris Jericho! He lays Jericho out, but only after destroying most of of the set in the short brawl.
Overall Rating: 87%
The Sexy Beasts vs The KLIQ.
Match Background: Edge and Christian and The KLIQ II have been feuding for quite some time now. Edge and Christian are the reigning World Tag Team champions, and have been since 30 January 2005.
Late In The Match: Triple H slugs Christian, sending him down into the corner. While HHH fires up the crowd, Christian is removing the turnbuckle pad! Triple H comes over...but Christian grabs him by the tights and uses the leverage to slingshot Triple H face first into the exposed steel turnbuckle! Christian rolls up the stunned Triple H: 1....2...3! How did the referee not see that?
Overall Rating: 78%
Crowd Reaction: 82%
Match Quality: 72%
RAW Overall Rating: 76%
We got a 6.04 rating for 'RAW'!
The attendance level was 10014 people.
We made $400560 from ticket sales.
March 16, 2005
Event Report for HeAT
Announcers: Jonathan Coachman and Theodore Long
Reported by The Dames
Kurrgan vs Sakura Hirota.
Match Background: This will be a hardcore bout. This match is for the WWE Hardcore title. Kurrgan has been WWE Hardcore champion since 28 February 2005.
Late In The Match: Flying cookie sheet shot by Hirota, blasting Kurrgan in the face with it. Kurrgan throws Hirota into a shopping trolley. Ax comes running down the aisle with a chair! Kurrgan and Sakura Hirota continue fighting, unaware of the intrusion. Ax slides in and prepares to swing the chair...but Sakura Hirota moves! Ax accidentally blasts Kurrgan with a chair to the head! Sakura Hirota throws Ax out of the ring! Kurrgan gets knocked to the ground by Hirota. Here it comes...Hena Stretch! Kurrgan taps! Kurrgan and Ax put the boots to Sakura Hirota, stomping away on her.
Winner and new WWE Hardcore Champion: Sakura Hirota
Overall Rating: 51%
Crowd Reaction: 47%
Match Quality: 56%
The Soul Savers are backstage. They got on THE STICK~! and spent the interview putting themselves over as a well-oiled machine.
Overall Rating: 66%
Jazz vs Lana Star.
Match Background: This will be a special guest referee bout. Rodney Mack will be the referee for this match. This match is for the WWE Women's title. Jazz has been WWE Women's champion since 07 March 2005.
Late In The Match: Jazz small packages Lana Star out of nowhere. 1.2.3! Fast count! Rodney Mack screwed Lana Star! Lana Star has a temper tantrum, kicking the ropes and punching the turnbuckles.
Overall Rating: 50%
Crowd Reaction: 40%
Match Quality: 61%
Billy Gunn is walking backstage. Balls Mahoney goes to talk to him, but he ignores it and continues to walk on without even acknowledging Balls.
Overall Rating: 66%
Shattered Dreams vs The Nightmares.
Match Background: Goldust and Rico are teaming up as Shattered Dreams for the first time tonight. Whipwreck and Richards are teaming up as The Nightmares for the first time tonight. The winners of this match will compete against the World Tag Team Champions on the RAW after WrestleMania XXI.
Late In The Match: Dreamer \ Victoria come running down the aisle with chairs! Richards and Goldust continue fighting, unaware of the intrusion. Tommy Dreamer slides in and blasts Goldust with a chair to the head! Dreamer climbs out of the ring, the damage done! Steven Richards moves in for the kill. Here it comes - Stevie T. 1....2...3, it's finished. The Nightmares remain in the ring, celebrating their victory.
Overall Rating: 74%
Crowd Reaction: 72%
Match Quality: 76%
Ric Flair is backstage with Scott Steiner. Ric Flair continued the feud between Steiner and Big Show by talking trash. The buyrates are going to go through the roof!
Overall Rating: 96%
The Addiction vs Lita and Miss Jackie.
Late In The Match: Miss Jackie slams Kim, who rolls onto her stomach. What is Gail Kim doing? Miss Jackie picks her up and signals for a powerbomb. She raises Kim up...but then falls backward, getting crushed by her opponent in the process! Gail Kim is on top! 1....2....3! Looking at the replay, it appears that Kim had taken a chain out of her tights and wrapped it around her fist! Miss Jackie must have been punched with that chain while in mid-powerbomb! What a cheap shot! The Addiction climb opposite turnbuckles, working the crowd as they celebrate their victory.
Overall Rating: 68%
Crowd Reaction: 76%
Match Quality: 52%
Stephanie McMahon is backstage, and announces that at WrestleMania XXI we will see Big Show and Scott Steiner fight one on one.
Overall Rating: 80%
Eugene vs Jesse James vs Kane vs Rhyno.
Match Background: This will be a four corners bout. This match is for the WWE Intercontinental title. Eugene has been WWE Intercontinental champion since 21 February 2005.
Late In The Match: Test comes running down the aisle and into the ring! Rhyno turns around. Test spins Rhyno around. Test hits the Test Drive! Test leaves the ring, the damage done! Cover gets three for Kane, Rhyno got pinned.
Winner and new WWE Intercontinental Champion: Kane
Overall Rating: 81%
Crowd Reaction: 82%
Match Quality: 81%
Vince McMahon is backstage, and announces that at WrestleMania XXI we will see Booker T and Chris Jericho fight one on one.
Overall Rating: 97%
Christian, Edge, and Rob Van Dam vs Randy Orton, Shawn Michaels, and Triple H.
Match Background: Edge and Christian and The KLIQ II have been feuding for quite some time now. This is a continuation of the Orton vs RVD feud. So far, Orton hasn't managed to get a pin or submission over RVD since the feud started. Edge and Christian are the reigning World Tag Team champions, and have been since 30 January 2005.
Late In The Match: SmackDown!'s John Cena comes running down the aisle and onto the apron! RVD turns...and is dropped throat-first onto the top rope by Cena! John Cena has left RVD in big trouble. Rob Van Dam is in trouble. RKO! 1....2....3.
Overall Rating: 79%
Crowd Reaction: 83%
Match Quality: 70%
HeAT Overall Rating: 72%
We got a 5.74 rating for 'HeAT'!
The attendance level was 10045 people.
We made $401800 from ticket sales.