April 4, 2005
Event Report for RAW
Announcers: Jerry Lawler and Terry Funk
Reported by The Dames
Physical Perfection vs Jesse James and Steve Blackman.
Match Background: This will be a special guest referee bout. Bill DeMott will be the referee for this match. Bill DeMott is making his RAW debut.
Late In The Match: Jesse James turns around...and gets punched in the face by Bill DeMott! He staggers back, straight into a roll up by Billy Gunn: 1...2...3! Physical Perfection nod at each other...and they attack Road Dogg \ Blackman! The element of surprise works in their favour, and they have soon left Road Dogg \ Blackman down and out on the canvas.
Overall Rating: 77%
Crowd Reaction: 75%
Match Quality: 80%
Vince McMahon is backstage, and announces that tonight we will see Jericho \ Angle and The KLIQ III fight in a tag team match.
Overall Rating: 90%
Balls Mahoney and Test vs The Man Beasts.
Match Background: This will be a special guest referee bout. The Man Beasts used to be a regular team, but have been inactive for a while. Whether this match will lead to a reformation as an active unit remains to be seen. Stacy Keibler will be the referee for this match. Rhyno and Test have been feuding recently. So far, Rhyno hasn't managed to get a pin or submission over Test since the feud started. Balls Mahoney is the reigning WWE Hardcore champion, and has been since 23 March 2005.
Late In The Match: Test is all alone...Gore/Money Shot!! 1....2....3! I don't think the fight has finished. Balls \ Test and The Man Beasts have begun brawling again! They wind up brawling all the way down the aisle and out of view.
Overall Rating: 78%
Crowd Reaction: 76%
Match Quality: 81%
Must See TV are in the ring, when Randy Orton comes out. He challenges Rob Van Dam to a match right then and there. He refuses, and says that before Randy Orton can get his match, he must prove that he is good enough by defeating Steven Richards in a hardcore match. If he can win, then Rob Van Dam says he will grant Orton a match on HEAT.
Overall Rating: 72%
Randy Orton vs Steven Richards.
Match Background: This will be a hardcore bout. Orton has been feuding with Rob Van Dam recently, who is a stable mate of Richards in Must See TV.
During The Match: Steven Richards throws Orton into a shopping trolley. Randy Orton with a cane to the leg. Now that's psychology in a hardcore match! Steven Richards scoop slams Orton onto and through a table. Steven Richards is in trouble. RKO!!! That shook the ring. 1....2....3!! Rob Van Dam comes running down the aisle, and gets into the ring! Randy Orton is ready though, and strikes first! Randy Orton spins RVD around. Randy Orton hits the RKO! Rob Van Dam has been left down on the canvas. The attempted ambush has backfired. It looks like Orton will get his match with RVD on HEAT!
Overall Rating: 79%
Crowd Reaction: 75%
Match Quality: 84%
Vince McMahon comes to the ring. He announces that for the upcoming special guest referee match, the referee will be none other than Scott Steiner! Out from the back comes Steiner, wearing a referee shirt, who plays to the crowd from the entrance way.
Overall Rating: 86%
Big Show and John Cena vs The Dudley Boyz.
Match Background: This will be a special guest referee bout. The Dudley Boyz are one of the most experienced teams in the promotion. Scott Steiner will be the referee for this match. This match is for the WWE Tag Team titles. Show \ Cena have been WWE Tag Team champions since 28 March 2005.
Late In The Match: Bubba Ray Dudley scores with a quick roll up. 1.2.3! Scott Steiner made a lightning fast three count, Big Show had no chance to kick out. Big Show has grabbed a chair from outside, and slides back into the ring. Scott Steiner turns around, and gets floored and bust open with a brutal chair shot! Big Show has floored Scott Steiner with a chair and left his referee's shirt stained with blood.
Winners and new WWE Tag Team Champions: The Dudley Boyz
Overall Rating: 79%
Crowd Reaction: 80%
Match Quality: 80%
Jaime Koeppe is backstage with Muhammed Hassan. She put Hassan over, talking about how great he is. Next World Champion, greatest wrestler alive today, yada yada yada.
Overall Rating: 75%
Christian vs Shawn Michaels.
Late In The Match: Look who's back on RAW! Trish Stratus has climbed up onto the apron! Michaels turns...and falls for the distraction! Christian attacks Michaels from behind! Shawn Michaels can barely stand. Unprettier!!! That shook the ring. 1....2....3!! Christian smiles and walks over and shakes hands with Trish Stratus, thanking her for interfering and helping win this match.
Overall Rating: 84%
Crowd Reaction: 86%
Match Quality: 81%
A video is played, hyping the upcoming debut of Carlito Caribbean Cool.
Overall Rating: 85%
Chris Jericho and Kurt Angle vs The KLIQ III.
Match Background: This will be a special guest referee bout. Hall and HHH are teaming up as The KLIQ III for the first time tonight. Stephanie McMahon will be the referee for this match. Kurt Angle is the reigning WWE Heavyweight champion, and has been since 20 March 2005. Chris Jericho is the reigning World Heavyweight champion, and has been since 20 March 2005.
Late In The Match: Angle is holding up HHH for Y2J... HHH moves and Y2J nails Angle with a flying forearm shot! Kurt Angle is all alone...Razor's Edge/Jumping Knee Drop!! 1....2....3! Jericho and Angle remain in the ring. They are arguing about that defeat. Chris Jericho walks off without saying anything, much to the disgust of Angle.
Overall Rating: 79%
Crowd Reaction: 86%
Match Quality: 63%
RAW Overall Rating: 80%
We got a 5.62 rating for 'RAW'!
The attendance level was 10037 people.
We made $401480 from ticket sales.
April 6, 2005
Event Report for HeAT
Announcers: Jonathan Coachman and Al Snow
Reported by The Dames
Bubba Ray Dudley vs Mark Henry.
Match Background: This will be a special guest referee bout. Sakura Hirota will be the referee for this match.
Late In The Match: Rene Dupree comes running down the aisle and into the ring! Bubba Ray Dudley turns around. Rene Dupree spins Bubba around. Rene Dupree hits the Death Valley Driver! Dupree leaves the ring, the damage done! The ref gets into position, administers the three count, and it's over. Mark Henry pins Bubba. Rene Dupree pushes the referee aside, then continues to assault Bubba! Right hands rain down on Bubba Ray Dudley, pounding him into the canvas. Satisfied with his work, Rene Dupree turns and leaves the ring, the damage done. What the Hell was that about?
Overall Rating: 78%
Crowd Reaction: 76%
Match Quality: 80%
Jaime Koeppe is backstage with Muhammed Hassan. Jaime Koeppe was talking trash about Shawn Michaels.
Overall Rating: 68%
Chris Kanyon vs Christopher Nowinski vs William Regal.
Match Background: This will be a hardcore bout. The one who is pinned in this match will not advance, but the other two will face each other next week in a #1 Contender's match for the WWE Hardcore Championship.
During The Match: Regal \ Kanyon whip Nowinski into the ropes and hit a double clothesline. Regal whips Nowinski into the turnbuckles...and the ref is crushed! Christopher Nowinski floors Regal, then signals for the Honor Roll. Meanwhile, William Regal has something in his hands. Nowinski comes over...and gets nailed with a set of brass knuckles! The referee wakes up to see the pinfall: 1....2....3! It's over.
Overall Rating: 77%
Crowd Reaction: 73%
Match Quality: 81%
A video is played, hyping the upcoming debut of Carlito Caribbean Cool.
Overall Rating: 85%
A-Train vs D-Von Dudley.
Match Background: This will be a special guest referee bout. Lana Star will be the referee for this match.
Late In The Match: D-Von Dudley pushes A-Train back into the corner, then climbs up and unloads with ten punches to the head. He gets back down, just as Lana Star calls for the DQ! She explains to the ring announcer that A-Train was in the ropes for over a five count, and D-Von Dudley didn't release the hold, therefore is disqualified. Scott Hall comes running down the aisle, and gets into the ring! Scott Hall spins A-Train around. Scott Hall hits the Outsider's Edge! A-Train has been left down on the canvas.
Overall Rating: 83%
Crowd Reaction: 75%
Match Quality: 91%
Billy Gunn is in the ring. Jesse James comes out, and challenges him to a match next week. The challenge is accepted.
Overall Rating: 82%
Team Balls vs Must See TV.
Match Background: Team Balls consists of Balls Mahoney, Goldust, Randy Orton, and Rico. Must See TV consists of Kane, Mikey Whipwreck, Rob Van Dam, and Steven Richards. This is another chapter in the long-running Orton vs RVD feud. So far, Orton hasn't managed to get a pin or submission over RVD since the feud started. Rob Van Dam is the reigning WWE Intercontinental champion, and has been since 21 March 2005. Balls Mahoney is the reigning WWE Hardcore champion, and has been since 23 March 2005.
Late In The Match: Rob Van Dam is in trouble. Here it comes - RKO. Tommy Dreamer slides into the ring out of nowhere! Orton takes a stiff punch to the face and falls to the canvas. The referee calls for the DQ as Must See TV continue to attack Orton and his team.
Overall Rating: 74%
Crowd Reaction: 75%
Match Quality: 75%
Stacy Keibler and Stephanie McMahon are both in the ring in robes, ready for a bikini contest. Stacy 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 Stacy Keibler the winner. She celebrates while Stephanie McMahon stands in the corner looking furious.
Overall Rating: 91%
The Sexy Beasts vs John Cena, Steve Blackman, and Test.
Match Background: Rhyno and Test have been feuding recently.
Late In The Match: Trish Stratus is at ringside! Test wastes valuable time by yelling at Trish! Rhyno takes advantage of the distraction and nails Test from behind! Test can barely stand. Here it comes - Gore. 1....2...3, it's finished.
Overall Rating: 78%
Crowd Reaction: 79%
Match Quality: 77%
Terry Funk is standing in the set for his personal interview segment. He announces that tonight's guests are Chris Jericho and Kurt Angle. They make separate entrances, and stand either side of Funker. The interview goes off without any violence, although both workers make some strong remarks about the other, and tensions are high when the interview ends. They will battle each other for the undisputed WWE Heavyweight Championship at Backlash.
Overall Rating: 91%
Scott Steiner vs Triple H.
Match Background: This will be a special guest referee bout. Bill DeMott will be the referee for this match.
Late In The Match: Big Show comes running down the aisle with a chair! HHH and Scott Steiner continue fighting, unaware of the intrusion. Big Show slides in and blasts Scott Steiner with a chair to the head! Show climbs out of the ring, the damage done! Triple H moves in for the kill. Here it comes - Pedigree. 1....2...3, it's finished. Big Show isn't finished with his attack yet! Scott Steiner stands up...and walks into a boot to the gut from Big Show. Show Stopper!!! Scott Steiner has been put down on the canvas! Big Show shakes his head and raises three fingers instead. Steiner gets picked up...and hit with another Show Stopper! Scott Steiner is spread-eagled on the canvas. Show again raises three fingers. Referees hit the ring, but are too scared to get too close. They can't stop this carnage...Show Stopper, the third one in a row! Big Show eventually leaves the ring, as medics come to attend to Steiner, who isn't moving.
Overall Rating: 85%
Crowd Reaction: 92%
Match Quality: 70%
HEAT Overall Rating: 79%
We got a 5.98 rating for 'HEAT'!
The attendance level was 10045 people.
We made $401800 from ticket sales.