March 28, 2005
Event Report for RAW
Announcers: Jerry Lawler and Al Snow
Reported by The Dames
Decimation vs The Soul Savers vs Shattered Dreams vs La Resistance.
Match Background: This will be an elimination bout. La Resistance are making their RAW debut after being traded from SmackDown!
During The Match: La Resistance whip Kurrgan into the ropes and hit a double clothesline. Kurrgan walks into a side slam. Think about how much talent it takes to side slam someone. Nash can do it. Cover gets three for Mordecai, Kurrgan got pinned. Goldust scores with a big spinebuster. Cover gets three for Goldust, Mordecai got pinned. Shattered Dreams whip Grenier into the ropes and hit a double backdrop. DEATH VALLEY DRIVAH~! by Rene Dupree just KILLS Rico! Rene Dupree moves in for the kill. Exploder Suplex!!! That shook the ring. 1....2....3!!
Overall Rating: 70%
Crowd Reaction: 67%
Match Quality: 74%
Vince McMahon is backstage, and announces that he is making the WWE United States title vacant, effective immediately, due to orders from Linda McMahon. The title will return to SmackDown!
Overall Rating: 90%
Billy Gunn vs Jesse James.
Match Background: The New Age Outlaws broke up as a team last week.
Late In The Match: Billy Gunn can barely stand. Here it comes - Dogg Pound. 1....2...3, it's finished. Jesse James is still in the ring celebrating. Billy Gunn pushes the referee away. Billy Gunn spins Road Dogg around. Billy Gunn hits the Fame-Ass-Er!
Overall Rating: 77%
Crowd Reaction: 79%
Match Quality: 74%
Test is backstage in his locker room, when The Sexy Beasts burst in and attack. They beat him down quickly, then leave the room, carrying his unconscious form with them.
Overall Rating: 76%
The Dudley Boyz vs The Nightmares.
Match Background: The Dudley Boyz are one of the most experienced teams in the promotion. The Dudley Boyz are making their RAW debut after being traded from SmackDown!
Late In The Match: Dreamer \ Victoria come running down the aisle with chairs! Whipwreck whips D-Von Dudley into the ropes. Dreamer jumps onto the apron with the chair! Collision between Dreamer, D-Von, and the chair! D-Von Dudley falls to the canvas. D-Von Dudley can barely stand. Whippersnapper!!! That shook the ring. 1....2....3!! The Dudley Boyz don't look like they're finished by any means...and they rush forward to attack The Nightmares, and send them to the outside. Threats are exchanged as the chaos ends.
Overall Rating: 79%
Crowd Reaction: 72%
Match Quality: 86%
Rob Van Dam is in the ring, putting himself over. Randy Orton comes out, and challenges him to a falls count anywhere match for the WWE Intercontinental title tonight. The challenge is accepted.
Overall Rating: 72%
A-Train vs Scott Hall.
Match Background: A-Train and Hall are currently feuding. Neither has managed to get an in-ring victory in this feud.
Late In The Match: Scott Hall hooks up a suplex, but it is blocked. A-Train scores with a low blow, then turns it into a small package! The referee didn't see the illegal blow! 1...2...3! Scott Hall got screwed out of the victory! I don't think the fight has finished. A-Train and Hall have begun brawling again! They wind up brawling all the way down the aisle and out of view.
Overall Rating: 86%
Crowd Reaction: 81%
Match Quality: 91%
Chris Jericho is in the ring, putting himself over. Kurt Angle comes out, fresh off of the trade from SmackDown! to RAW, and challenges him to a match at Backlash, where the winner will be the Undisputed WWE Heavyweight Champion! The challenge is accepted.
Overall Rating: 100%
Randy Orton vs Rob Van Dam.
Match Background: This will be a falls count anywhere bout. Orton and RVD have been feuding for quite some time now. So far, Orton hasn't managed to get a pin or submission over RVD since the feud started. This match is for the WWE Intercontinental title. Rob Van Dam has been WWE Intercontinental champion since 21 March 2005.
During The Match: Randy Orton uses a big bag of popcorn to floor RVD. I wonder if butter adds impact. They brawl to the outside and into the crowd. They wind up back in the squared circle. Kane comes running down the aisle with a chair! RVD and Randy Orton continue fighting, unaware of the intrusion. Kane slides in and blasts Randy Orton with a chair to the head! Kane climbs out of the ring, the damage done! Rob Van Dam has Randy Orton down on the canvas and is ascending the corner. Through the air, Split Legged Moonsault! 1....2....3. Rob Van Dam shakes hands with Kane, showing that their plan worked perfectly.
Winner and still WWE Intercontinental Champion: Rob Van Dam
Overall Rating: 83%
Crowd Reaction: 88%
Match Quality: 72%
Test is tied to a chair in a darkened room. Rhyno is shouting insults at Test, who is getting angrier by the second. Rhyno proceeds to snap each of Test's fingers! Test is screaming in agony! Rhyno then knocks out Test with a punch to the face, then unties him and leaves him in a crumpled heap.
Overall Rating: 68%
Big Show and John Cena vs The KLIQ II.
Match Background: This match is for the World Tag Team titles, now renamed the WWE Tag Team titles. The KLIQ II have been WWE Tag Team champions since 20 March 2005.
Late In The Match: Flair \ Steiner come running down the aisle with chairs! HHH goes to irish whip Big Show into the ropes. Flair prepares to swing the chair...but Big Show reverses! Flair accidentally smacks HHH with a chair to the back! Big Show moves in for the kill. Here it comes - Show Stopper. 1....2...3, it's finished. We have three sets of grapplers in the ring, as Show \ Cena, The KLIQ II and Flair \ Steiner look at each other. Before the inevitable brawl erupts, a host of referees hit the ring to keep them apart.
Winner and new WWE Tag Team Champions: Big Show & John Cena
Overall Rating: 80%
Crowd Reaction: 87%
Match Quality: 65%
RAW Overall Rating: 80%
We got a 5.56 rating for 'RAW'!
The attendance level was 10029 people.
We made $401160 from ticket sales.
March 30, 2005
Event Report for HeAT
Announcers: Jonathan Coachman and Theodore Long
Reported by The Dames
The Dudley Boyz vs Shattered Dreams vs The Nightmares vs La Resistance.
Match Background: This will be an elimination bout. The Dudley Boyz are one of the most experienced teams in the promotion. The winning team will become the #1 contenders for the WWE Tag Team Championship.
During The Match: The Dudley Boyz whip Grenier into the corner. Bubba Ray Dudley whips D-Von Dudley in for a hard clothesline to follow-up. Rico crushes Grenier with a running senton. Cover gets three for Rico, Grenier got pinned. Tiger suplex on Rico. No Misawa references from me, I swear. Oh, dammit. The ref gets into position, administers the three count, and it's over. Mikey Whipwreck pins Rico. The Nightmares whip D-Von into the corner. Mikey Whipwreck whips Steven Richards in for a hard clothesline to follow-up. Mikey Whipwreck can barely stand. Here it comes - Bubba Bomb. 1....2...3, it's finished.
Overall Rating: 81%
Crowd Reaction: 82%
Match Quality: 82%
Kurt Angle is backstage. I'm actually looking forward to this and you should too! He was out there to hype a match against Chris Jericho. Good way to get the fans interested in what is coming up.
Overall Rating: 90%
Jesse James vs Johnny Stamboli.
Match Background: This will be a special guest referee bout. Billy Gunn will be the referee for this match.
Late In The Match: Jesse James turns around...and gets punched in the face by Billy Gunn! He staggers back, straight into a roll up by Johnny Stamboli: 1...2...3! Billy Gunn has grabbed a chair from outside, and slides back into the ring. Jesse James turns around, and gets floored with a brutal chair shot! Billy Gunn has knocked Jesse James out with a chair!
Overall Rating: 74%
Crowd Reaction: 75%
Match Quality: 75%
Scott Hall is in the ring, and he calls out A-Train. A-Train runs down and hits the ring, and they brawl all the way back into the aisle, and eventually out of sight backstage.
Overall Rating: 79%
Scott Steiner vs Triple H.
Match Background: This will be a special guest referee bout. Stephanie McMahon will be the referee for this match.
Late In The Match: Big Show comes running down the aisle and into the ring! Scott Steiner turns around. Big Show spins Steiner around. Big Show hits the Show Stopper! Show leaves the ring, the damage done! The ref gets into position, administers the three count, and it's over. Triple H pins Steiner. Big Show obviously hasn't finished his attack yet! Scott Steiner stands up. Big Show spins Steiner around. Big Show hits the Show Stopper! Big Show eventually leaves, having caused enough damage.
Overall Rating: 85%
Crowd Reaction: 92%
Match Quality: 71%
Vince McMahon is backstage, and announces that at Backlash we will see Randy Orton and Rob Van Dam fight one on one.
Overall Rating: 92%
Rob Van Dam vs Shawn Michaels.
Match Background: This will be a special guest referee bout. Sakura Hirota will be the referee for this match. Rob Van Dam is the reigning WWE Intercontinental champion, and has been since 21 March 2005.
Late In The Match: Randy Orton comes running down the aisle and onto the apron! RVD turns...and is dropped throat-first onto the top rope by Orton! Randy Orton has left RVD in big trouble. Rob Van Dam is in trouble. Sweet Chin Music! 1....2....3. Michaels \ Orton are beating down on Rob Van Dam! The music of Kane hits, and he comes running down the aisle into the ring. Michaels and Orton bail out of the ring, leaving Rob Van Dam down in the ring. Kane may have saved Rob Van Dam from a brutal beating.
Overall Rating: 74%
Crowd Reaction: 78%
Match Quality: 68%
Stacy Keibler is in the ring, shooting off the t-shirt cannon. Out from the back comes Rhyno, who climbs into the ring and begins threatening her. Test comes running out from the back and slides in, blocking Rhyno from getting his hands on Stacy. They brawl, but Test is too distracted trying to protect Stacy Keibler, and gets beaten down. Rhyno moves in for the kill. Gore!!! That shook the ring. Rhyno leaves Test down on the canvas.
Overall Rating: 69%
Christian vs John Cena.
Match Background: This will be a special guest referee bout. Lana Star will be the referee for this match.
Late In The Match: John Cena moves in for the kill. Here it comes - F-U. 1....2...3, it's finished. Val Venis comes running down the aisle, and gets into the ring! John Cena is ready though, and strikes first! John Cena spins Val around. John Cena hits the F-U! Val Venis has been left down on the canvas. The attempted ambush has backfired.
Overall Rating: 80%
Crowd Reaction: 84%
Match Quality: 72%
Ric Flair is in the ring, where he announces that he will be retiring this month. Out comes Chris Jericho, who immediately says that he wants to be the one to officially end the career of Ric Flair, and challenges him to a final match. Ric Flair accepts, and says that he has no intention of going out with anything but a win.
Overall Rating: 93%
Chris Jericho vs Ric Flair.
Match Background: Flair will be retiring shortly. This match is for the World Heavyweight title. Chris Jericho has been World Heavyweight champion since 20 March 2005.
Late In The Match: Chris Jericho floors Ric Flair. Ric Flair gets locked in the Walls Of Jericho! Submission victory! Chris Jericho extends his hand to Flair...and it is accepted! They shake!
Overall Rating: 68%
Crowd Reaction: 74%
Match Quality: 57%
HEAT Overall Rating: 77%
We got a 5.80 rating for 'HEAT'!
The attendance level was 10016 people.
We made $400640 from ticket sales.