Matches
| WWE Champion John Cena def. Batista (Last Man Standing Match) | Results |
| World Heavyweight Champion Jack Swagger def. Randy Orton (Extreme Rules Match) | Results |
| Edge def. Chris Jericho (Steel Cage Match) | Results |
| Sheamus def. Triple H (Street Fight) | Results |
| CM Punk def. Rey Mysterio (Punk keeps his hair) | Results |
| Beth Phoenix def. Michelle McCool in an Extreme Makeover Match (New Women's Champion) | Results |
| The Hart Dynasty wins Tag Team Gauntlet Match (Earns Tag Title Match on Raw) | Results |
| JTG def. Shad Gaspard (Strap Match) | Results |
Okay, well I'll start with the WWE Championship match between John Cena and Batista. Apparently Cena won by tying Batista's legs to the turnbuckle with duct tape. Well, I'm glad Cena's reign is longer than a single month but the ending seems rather silly. Clever, but still silly. I was asleep during the actual match so I can't tell you this based on what I saw. When I actually see it, maybe I'll edit this particular entry and tell you exactly my reaction as I saw it taking place.
Jack Swagger and Randy Orton had a decent match. I didn't expect any technical masterpieces but for what it was it was pretty decent. Swagger won and looked really credible as the champion here. Of course they had the moments for the fans to mark out for Randy Orton but they made Swagger win decisively with the Dr. Bomb (gutwrench powerbomb.) All in all, I enjoyed it.
I fell asleep just as Edge vs. Chris Jericho was starting. Edge won, and from what I hear it was a decent match. I also heard Jericho did a springboard Codebreaker, which I can't wait to actually see how that came out. I look forward to actually seeing this match the chance I get to. Having Edge win was a good way to end the feud, and hopefully it will end there and both guys can move on to do different things. Not to say that I dislike their feud or anything, because I don't, but having 2 matches is better than taking up 5 months worth of ppv space.
Sheamus beat Triple H, but apparently HHH was injured so he had to take the loss as a way to let him go and get that surgery done. The match was pretty boring for a street fight. I mean, I didn't expect bloodshed, but I expected more. Then again, I didn't know until the match itself that HHH would be injured so there you go. At least Sheamus got the rub and looks like a credible heel main eventer.
CM Punk beat Rey Mysterio in a good match. There was outside interference by I think 2 guys who hid under the ring. Punk should have won at Mania as that would have made more sense. Does Rey Mysterio have to join SES? I have no idea. I wait for tonight to find out if that's the case. If he doesn't, then that means their match last night meant absolutely nothing since Punk didn't have to actually get his head shaved.
Beth Phoenix beat Michelle McCool in an Extreme Makeover match. Apparently the match was basically a street fight, but the weapons were items you would find in the home, like an ironing board, brooms, etc. I wonder what the WWE was trying to get at. Either way, I only saw it in bits and pieces since this was the point I started falling asleep. Match was a bit of a clusterfuck from what I remember but meh.
There was a tag team gauntlet which I didn't expect. They didn't put it on the main card, but I shouldn't be surprised really. They've been adding surprise matches a lot as of late. Anyway, this came about when The Miz and Big Show were in the ring ranting and raving about how they were the most AWESOME tag team ever and what not. Teddy Long comes out and he and Miz have some back and forth banter. It eventually turns into a 3 on 1 gauntlet match, where the winning team will get a future title shot at their tag team titles. The first team was John Morrison and R-Truth, who are basically created by the random stable generator that WWE have. In fact, most teams in the WWE are created by that piece of equipment. They should have just called it "Every tag team vs. you guys" because it featured nearly every tag team left in the WWE in the first place, minus The Dudebusters, but no one cares about them. Anyway, John Morrison cost R-Truth and himself the match after getting disqualified by locking Big Show in a submission while touching the ropes. Next we have the team of Mark Henry and MVP, or as a few people I know have been calling them, Team Blackup since that's pretty much all they've done. They lose pretty easily. Finally, we have the Hart Dynasty, lead by none other than Bret Hart himself, who quickly come in, kick Big Show out of the ring, hit The Miz with their rendition of the Hart Attack and get the 3 count. I'm surprised they got the pop that they did, though I'm sure that has more to do with Bret being there more than anything. Either way, not bad for a show opener and a surprise match.
Shad vs. JTG was pretty much a throwaway. Why they didn't give Shad the win I'll never know. He had the big heel turn and was supposed to now seem like a serious guy who wanted to go solo but he lost to his old tag team partner who didn't really do much in the first place. Didn't care for this match.
From what I've seen, the ppv was about above average. I'll have to find a way to watch the matches I missed due to sleeping but that shouldn't be too hard.
Anyway, now that I got the wrestling stuff out of the way, time to move on to other news. Sent the podcast to James today. Turns out I ended up doing all of the editing since Dean was simply too busy to even add the music. Oh well, nothing too difficult. As far as Youtube goes, narrating videos has been an all around pain in the ass as of late. This sore throat of mine is not making things easy, especially since there are times where I absolutely need to cough but I try not to so I can keep going. Of course later when I cough it will be all the more painful because of holding it in so much. Either way, I plan to keep going. The reason I've decided to put so much work out all at once is to make up for a long year's hiatus of not doing anything, so if I have to go through a little inconveniences during the process, I'll manage. I'm lucky enough to have subscribers who are fairly understanding and when things come up they tend to cut me some slack. That being said, I have to work on Part 24 for Pokemon FireRed as well as Part 10 of Donkey Kong. We're actually getting close to the end game for Donkey Kong. We're finishing up the Iceberg today and then it's the Rocky Valley and finally The Tower. I'm at almost halfway through Pokemon FireRed though. I would be halfway through had this been the original Pokemon Red, but FireRed has more stuff added in that the original game didn't have. Either way, I'm more anxious to get Pokemon FireRed done compared to Donkey Kong because there is far more editing that needs to be done in Pokemon than there is in Donkey Kong. Editing yesterday's episode was damn near painful. I might take a different approach when certain areas come up because I'll go insane with the editing if that's the case.
As far as music goes, I've been pretty hooked to a band called The String Cheese Incident as of late. They're a weird mixture of genres. They sometimes have a bit of a jazz/funk vibe but suddenly switch to blue grass or just straight out start jamming. I've really grown to enjoy them. I thank a Youtuber by the username roundthewheel for introducing them to me. Speaking of him, I have the live version of the song Round the Wheel up in the playlist. I suggest checking it out. I suggest getting the album too. The album goes by the same name. Great listen. Also, speaking of the playlist, some people have been telling me some of the songs don't work for them or none of the songs don't work for them. Sometimes you have to give it a few seconds for the song to load, though with that playlist sometimes the songs get taken down off of the site for whatever reason so I'll have to fix that myself one of these days. Just let me know if any particular song is absolutely not working and I'll take care of it. I also added a lot of Savatage and Blind Guardian last night, 2 of my abdsolute most favorite bands ever.
Well, I think that's all I can write about at this point in time. I'm not exactly sure what to ramble on about next so I think I'll stop while I'm ahead. Anyway, until next time, take care.
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