What's up beautiful people? Welcome to another edition of Main Event Plaza! This won't be a regular review blog, but I will express my opinion on a matter that requires some attention. Let's begin.
As you all know, last night on RAW, Mr. McMahon came to make an announcement. It was assumed that he was going to appoint a new General Manager for RAW since Vickie Guerrero quit last week (CHAMPAGNE, FIREWORKS, & CONFETTI!!!). Well, we soon learned that Vince was going to let another person make that announcement. He also proceeded to inform the WWE Universe that he was selling Monday Night RAW. Nobody expected Vince to say that, I certainly didn't. My immediate worse thought was that he sold RAW to Eric Bischoff. But we all had another thing coming. Something that Vince himself said that there used to be "no chance in hell" of.
RAW's new owner was going to be announced right after the WWE championship Fatal Four Way match. Vince came to the ring, and told us that he had sold RAW to none other than. . . . . . Donald J. Trump. Talk about no chance in hell! I didn't know what to make of it, but during his video satellite visit, the new owner of RAW began to tear into Vince. He told him that he was cheap, selfish, that he didn't care about the fans. He then told Vince that he was going to do something that Vince had been too cheep to do in 17 years. Next week, he said RAW will be commercial-free.
That being said, we proceeded with RAW, although many people (myself included) were still shocked that Vince sold RAW to Trump. After the 10 man Battle Royal to determine the No. 1 contender for the WWE championship, Trump paid us another satellite visit and said that instead of having the WWE championship match at The Bash, we were going to have next week on RAW's commercial-free telecast. As if that wasn't enough, it was going to be a Last Man Standing match.
As for how I feel about this, I really don't know. Vince came up with the concept of Monday Night RAW 17 years ago to prove to the world that WWE was on top. He turned it into a prime time event that was going to go head to head with Monday Night Football, a whole slew of sitcoms, and later on, Monday Nitro. RAW was Vince's brainchild and became the crown jewel of sports entertainment. It also became the flagship show of WWE. More importantly, I think it became a part of Vince himself, an extension of his vision.
To sell it, especially to someone like Trump, might as well be selling part of your soul. I can understand Vince's business reasoning, but what I can't understand is why it was Trump. True, RAW's gone through GM's like a car goes through gasoline, but I don't think selling was the best solution. If I was in Vince's position, I would've put Pat Patterson, Gerry Brisco, and Sgt. Slaughter in charge of the show until I found a decent GM. They work with the guys backstage and it would've made sense to put them in that position.
And I have a few things to say about Donald Trump. Here is a guy who wants to make money, and would buy anything. This man would buy Heaven from God and Hell from the Devil! He wants to own everything. My biggest fear is that he might buy the rest of the WWE. Four generations of McMahons have run the WWE, and that is the way it should stay. As far as I'm concerned, Trump should go back to Trump Tower, be with his trophy wife, and deal with the many misgivings and controversies caused by a certain Miss California and her nude pictures on the internet.
Well people, that's all I got for right now. Please remember, this is simply my opinion, it was not intended to offend or insult anybody. Thank you for reading Main Event Plaza. Take it easy.
What's up beautiful people? Welcome to another long awaited edition of Main Event Plaza! I know it's been a long time, but, I'm here once more and will be posting on my usual schedule. For now, much to discuss, so let's begin!
The media had been ravenously following what became known as the "Denver Debacle", which proved exactly how much faith Stan Kroenke has in the Denver Nuggets. Anyway, Kroenke showed up last night to berate the WWE Universe in a Chris Jericho-esque way. He was confronted by Vince McMahon who didn't appreciate being unceremoniously forced out of the Pepsi center. Vince told Kroenke that when you push the WWE Universe, they push back. Which is exactly what he did, leaving the Nuggets owner flat on his back.
Last week, after winning a Diva Battle Royal, Kelly Kelly earned an opportunity to face Maryse for the divas championship. The match was fairly good, Kelly has very impressively improved in the ring. However, sensing danger, Maryse got herself counted out and retained the title.
We had a triple threat No. 1 contenders match to determine who would face U.S. champion MVP for the title. Kofi Kingston, William Regal and Matt Hardy battled each other for a shot at the title next week on RAW. All three men fought hard, but in the end, it was Kofi Kingston who picked up the win. This should be a great and respectable match. Kofi and Montel are friends and should put on a good show.
Ric Flair said he would call out Randy Orton last night, and demanded that Randy fight like a man, which he didn't do. He said that he wasn't going to fight a 60 year old man, and that he wasn't Chris Jericho. Randy did end up attacking the Naitch, but Batista insured that not too much harm was done to Flair. As Randy left the ring, he met none other than Misterrrrrrrrrrrr Kennedyyyyyyyyy.......KENNEDY!!! The Green Bay superstar made his much waited return to WWE and told the WWE Universe that he would soon be the WWE champion. He also announced that he would be the final contestant in the Lakers vs. Nuggets tag team match.
In the mixed tag team match that I am about to tell you about, the stipulation was that whichever team won would also have the right to pick the stipulation for the rematch between Santina Marella and Vickie Guerrero, who, you will remember, is the newly crowned Miss Wrestlemania. So Santino Marella and Mickie James took on Chavo Guerrero and Beth Phoenix. Well Mickie picked up the win, and Santino chose to put his sister Santina and Vickie. . . in a Hog Pen match!
Driven by the obsession with finding a tag partner to be able to win the unified tag team championship, (The) Brian Kendrick teamed up with Festus. Have you ever seen a pair more odd? Anyway, they took on Goldust and Hornswoggle. At one point in the match, Festus was supposed to wrestle Hornswoggle. When Festus saw him though, he looked, as J.R. said "corn-fused". It didn't matter anyway, because Goldust and Hornswoggle picked up the win. Looks like the search continues. . .
Now, ladies and gentlemen, our Main Event. A 10 man tag team match contested between the Lakers (John Cena, Batista, MVP, Jerry "The King" Lawler, and Mr. Kennedy) and the Nuggets (Randy Orton, Cody Rhodes, Ted DiBiase, The Miz and the Big Show). This match was nothing short of amazing. If all tag team matches were like this one, my life would be complete. A VERY VERY good match. This will probably be one of my favorite tag team matches of all time. And when it was all said and done, the Lakers picked up the win!!!
Well people, that was RAW. All in all, a great show and sweet revenge on the Denver Nuggets. In a metaphorical sort of way. As for Stan Kroenke, to quote Mr. McMahon, he "should be arrested for impersonating a good business man". That's all I got for right now. Thank you for reading Main Event Plaza! Take it easy.
Hey beautiful people! Welcome to another edition of Main Event Plaza. This won't be a regular review blog, I will just express my opinion on some major points. Let's begin!
It has been said that the Miz is the single most annoying human being in the WWE locker room. Unfortunately for him, he has never proved us wrong. He came out last night and challenged John Cena to a match. He knew, we knew, the RAW roster knew, that John wasn't going to be at RAW. The man got chokeslammed through a 7,000 watt searchlight, which exploded! John didn't come out and the Miz declared himself the winner by forfeit. I'll just say this. When John returns to action, the Miz won't know what hit him.
Much to my complete disgust, Randy Orton became the WWE champion at Backlash. I don't think any of us were happy about it, but we recognized that it happened. So what does he do? He comes out and parades around with his new gold. As if we didn't know he was the champion! Anyway, what really ticked me off, was that he demanded respect from the entire WWE Universe, and the WWE superstars. Here's a little newsflash on respect. To get respect you have to give it. You have to earn it. Randy has done neither of those things.
Batista took on the Big Show in a No. 1 contenders match for the world championship at Judgement Day. But Show didn't count on one thing. John Cena came out, led by one of the officials. This distracted Show, and he got counted out before he could make it back to the ring. Therefore granting Dave No. 1 contendership. John didn't say anything, he just looked at the Big Show and smiled. Show caused John to miss a ten count, and in return John caused Show to miss a ten count. Much to the contrary, the Big Show was absolutely beside himself with anger. To the Big Show, I say this: "Payback's a real b!tch.
Well people that was my take on the events that transpired last night. I truly feel that the Miz, Randy Orton, and the Big Show will get the things that they've got coming to them. That's all I got for right now. Thank you for reading Main Event Plaza. Take it easy.
Hey beautiful people! I just wanted to express what I feel was a very bittersweet weekend.
It's very sad that at the same time that his Boston Red Sox swept the New York Yankees in the final game of a three game series, John Cena lost the World Heavyweight championship to Edge.
While Jacoby Ellsbury was busy straight up stealing home for the first time in 15 years of Red Sox history, John Cena was getting chokeslammed through a spotlight.
John will come back. He is the toughest, strongest, and most consistent superstar in the WWE and he will get his championship back. Edge has just put a huge target on his back. And I can also say this, "Edge, the REAL Champ is coming for you man."
Regardless of wheter they won or lost, let's give these two men of Boston the honor and respect they deserve :)
