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JG's 12/17 Raw Insanity: JBL Sells Balls On Wallstreet, Yet Another Mr. McNervous Breakdown, and Randy Orton Feels Jeff Hardy's Rainbow Wrath
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The Rise of MVP, Hardy and Hunter's Next Chapter, The Great Khali Mistake, Burying Two Internet Darlings At Once, Protecting Big Daddy V, Kennedy's Last Chance, JBL's Surprise, Michael Cole's Apathy, Liking Jericho Despite Not Wanting To Be Saved, Praise For Orton, Edge/Sting/Angle, Royal Rumble, WrestleMania, John Cena, and More
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Bulldog recaps Armageddon, one of the few PPV's this year he actually enjoyed! Also hear about Aaron Wood, creepy wrestling fans and this week's column.

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This week our resident head shaker provides his thoughts on RAW's 15th anniversary show, WWE's contract extension with USA Network, injuries in Mexico, Japan's award winners for 2007, plus ZAH gives his Nostrodamus-esque predictions for tonight's Armageddon PPV!

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Video of Raw's 15th Anniversary. Vince McMahon got beat up by everyone. Steve Austin then named me as the greatest Raw Superstar. That's right. Me. Jealous? Should be.

Raw Theme Plays. Ding. Fries are done.

Stuff 'em low, Buffalo. Tonight Raw is Warring live with Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler at ringside. With the "ratings juggernaut" Rthat was Raw's 15th Anniversary behind us (JG Note: J.R. also said it during the pre-show hype commercial), it's time to address the questions at hand. What type of questions? Who cares. There's time.  First, though, we dressed the divas up like slutty elves. Yeah.  Shwing.  Check it out.

Layla, Jillian, Melina, and Victoria all dance to the ring in their Christmas outfits. Jillian "It's My Dead Horse And I'll Do What I Want With It" Hall proceeds to screech us through another off-key rendition of "Chestnuts Roasting By An Open Fire."

1. Mickie James, Maria, Kelly Kelly and Michelle McCool defeated Jillian, Layla, Melina and Victoria when Mickie pinned Victoria

Victoria, Mickie James, and Kelly Kelly kept their caps on during the match. Hope no one tells Jim Cornette. One of the funny things right now is how the Divas have all embraced that Lucha style. Maybe it's WWE figuring that the only prerequisite to doing Lucha is that you have to weigh like 150 pounds. What it leads to is some weird looking spots that more often than not seem drawn-out and choreographed. I get it. You can do a handstand. Just drop the elbow already. In some cross-promotional work, Jerry Lawler addresses the upcoming Smackdown date between Jamie Noble and Michelle McCool. This time around, it was Mickie who was the McCoolest, though. She pegged Victoria with a DDT and scored the pinfall.

After the bell, all eight women started to brawl. Maria hopped up and down in glee. Weeee. Speaking of Wee…

Vince McMahon is wobbling up the aisle. In obvious pain, Mr. McMahon steps into the ring while the Divas take their leave.

"Last week here on raw, I was to have celebrated one of my favorite creations. I was to celebrate the 15 Year Anniversary of Monday Night Raw But instead of celebrating, I was beaten. I was beaten unconscious. I was humiliated. And once more, as I lay on the mat, bathed in beer and unconscious. Every Raw Superstar, Diva, Referee, and all came in to the ring and they were celebrating. And I don't get it. How they can celebrate. I don't know how any of you can celebrate…It seems to me that each and everyone of you enjoys my anguish and I really don't understand that. I'm not an animal. I'm not a monster. You, uh, my feelings have been hurt. You've broken my heart. I'm a human being. I'm a human being."
               
- Vince McMahon

Cue Jeff Hardy.

Mmmmm. Now I'm in the mood for a Hardee's burger.

Yo. Vincent Kennedy McMahon! Jeff Hardy is here and he seems more solemn than usual. The Formerly Rainbow Haired Warrior wants to explain things to you. Next week is Iraq, right? You know. Christmas for the Troops. Well, when Saddam Hussein was bounced from power, his people jumped for joy. He was a dictator…just like you. That's why everyone is rocking out to your saddness.

"Dude. We don't want to hate on you, man. You don't give us a choice. You don't give a damn about anyone which is why no one gives a damn about you."
        - Jeff Hardy

Yeah, man. Like we you're totally square.

VKM takes a few steps towards the ropes…and has a nervous breakdown. Literally.  In tears, he collapses in the corner and rests on the turnbuckles Raven-style. We all worry about his well being.  It looks like we're embarking on another storyline arc involving Vince McMahon's mental state. He's mad.  He's gnarly. He's sad. He's scared. He's bald. He's dead. You know the drill.

Commercial Break. These are what I was talking about.

American Gladiators is coming to NBC. Hosted by Hulk Hogan.

Brother

 

Vince McMahon is still in the corner crying. William Regal and his Dawson's Creek hair are trying to talk to chairman out of the ring before someone shows up. Come on, boss. You don't know who they might cue next. Someone like..

Triple H.  Aw junk.

The Game pushes Will away from the boss.

"Hey. Hey. Liberace, let me handle this. Go on, I'm the closest thing the old man's got left to family, alright? Vince. Hello? Can't see me. Hey. Vince. Oh! Ladies and gentlemen, mark the time. Vince McMahon has officially flipped."
- Triple H

Time - 9:21 pm

Hunter was waving his hand in McMahon's face when he said, "Can't see me" It was pretty funny. Unfortunately, it didn't make up for the dated "Liberace" reference. He was at WrestleMania 1, man. Come on. Update your stuff. Seeing how far gone his father-in-law was, Hunt opted to do the honorable thing and apologize. He wanted to make amends for all he has done. It just doesn't come out as it should.

"I'm sorry that I came out here last week and ruined your family portrait, made out with your daughter, implied that you had sex with a bunch of fat hairy old men, then poured beer on your unconscious body with your illegitimate bastard midget son. I'm a big man. I can admit it. My bad. Now. For the love of God. Get out of the ring before they cancel the show."
- Triple H

At this point, Lord William Regal can take no more. He orders Helmsley out of the ring. He even threatens to have security come down and back him up. Rather than throw a punch, Hunter does what he came for. He makes dated jokes and references. When Vinnie Mac reaches his feet, the fallen chairman speaks…in tongues.

Seriously. After babbling for a bit, he finally speaks in a hardcore gravel voice. It was like he was trying to do an impression of Demolition Ax. Demolition Mac addressed Regal.

"You get Coach. You get Coach."
        - Vince McMahon

Will asked the owner if she could call security as well. He was told no. There's another plan in play tonight.

"No. You and Coach. The two of you against him. I hope something bad happens tonight. I hope something bad happens to each and everyone of you."
        - Vince McMahon

He pointed to the crowd during that last part. Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler once again show that they're either much more perceptive than I am or else they're psychic because they both guess that this match is happening next. Considering that McMahon just made the match based solely on recent events and never mentioned a time it would happen, you have to wonder how the announce team knows. Spooky.

Commercial Break. Color computers are for pimps.

2. Triple H defeated William Regal and John Coachman when he pinned Coachman

Jerry Lawler calls the opening half hour of Raw the weirdest opening ever. Jim Ross agrees. I have no idea what they're talking about. Revisiting a Vince storyline that we did right before he blew up is a memorable open? What about when the arena lost power for seven minutes? What about the Raw that had the Spanish feed on for the first five minutes? Weird is debatable, King. As for the match, this was like a tuxedo match/street fight. William Regal and John Coachman were fully clad in their business duds for the whole thing. Regal didn't even unbutton his vest. Now that's a hardcore Englishman. Very classy, His Lordship. Know what's not classy? Brass knuckles. William grabs them from the corner of the ring and palms them. He never got to use them though. Reeg ended up caught in a Spinebuster, sending the knux flying to Coachman. Jonathan slipped them on but didn't get to use them either as he was quickly busted. Triple caught the assistant GM red (or brass) handed and knocked him in the head with them. JC rubbed his bald head in pain and it was the perfect setup for the Pedigree. You can count until the cows come home. Well, if the cows were coming home in three seconds, that is.

Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler are mad at JBL. Do you know what he did last night? Do you? Get this. He kicked Chris Jericho in the face as retaliation for an accidental ringside scuffle. What a Bitter Betty.

Tonight, Chris Jericho has challenged JBL to confront him on Raw. Will he? Jericho Bradshaw Live! Stay tuned.

Commercial Break. I never forgave E.T. for making this.

Okay, Cody. Show me your best dropkick. You don't land it right and I'm gonna spank you.

You're going to what?

Spank you.

No, Bob. We're not even training right now. We're at Friendly's. Just eat your Conehead Sundae.

Oh. You're gonna get it!

3. World Tag Team Champions Cody Rhodes and Bob Holly defeated Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch when Cody pinned Cade

Lance Cade's tights give me a headache. I don't know what the hell it is, but it's just too much. He looks like he got caught in a giant net. As for his partner, Trevor Murdoch, he looks like he's getting in better shape each week. Given that he wants to do moves like the Canadian Destroyer, it only makes sense. Good for Trevor. It could only help. As for the match, Bob Holly got to do his thing here. He took the beating while an antsy Cody bounced up on the apron. When Hardcore finally made the tag, Code ran in and exploded! The crowd, well, did the opposite. No reaction for the heroic comeback, but that didn't stop the young Rhodes boy. The match seemed to be pretty stiff for a while too. J.R. eventually confirmed it in a way by saying that he loved the "smashmouth stuff." (JG Note: Not really a big fan of that stuff, personally. "Hey now. You're an all star. Get the show on. Get…" blah. I hate that song.) The mouth-smashing came to an end when Codedust hit Cade with a DDT for the pinfall. Ding. Ding. Ding. Three matches so far. Two end by pinfall after a DDT. Uh. They're supposed to care about that, right?

Commercial Break. Buy a Polaroid. Santa will like you.

Excuse me, Betty White? Can you cue Ric Flair? They're playing his…oh. Oh. Gosh. I'm sorry. Mr. Flair, they're playing your music.

Ric Flair showed up on the ramp and reiterated when he said three weeks ago. No retiring for the Nature Boy. He then addresses Mr. McMahon's ultimatum. Rather than treating the nutty boss as an enemy, Flair addresses him as a concerned old man. Vince allowed Ric to wrestle in WWE and Naitch appreciates that. He knows that Big Mac is just trying to avoid an injury on his watch. Didn't realize that was the reason. That's cool, though. Flair gets it, but "walking away is not an option in my life." He puts it like this:

"My entire family has sacrificed. Ask any of them. Truth be known,. I've been the most selfish man alive trying to be Ric Flair. Behind these curtains are men I traveled with for 30 years. The American Dream Dusty Rhodes, Ricky Steamboat, Barry Windham, Arn Anderson. Old friends. I've made new friends. Triple H, Shawn Michaels Undertaker, Bastista. I cherish their friendship and I cherish the memories and will the rest of my life, Now it's up to me to give to you what you believed in. I've got to be Ric Flair. I've got to be the Nature Boy. There's a locker room of guys fill of guys half my age back there that believe in me. And I - …respect each and every one of them. They are the future. I'm not ready for that journey to start taking the second half of my life. Tonight's another journey. I've got the human bulldozer Oh-Maga. And I know that if I lose, it's all over. I promise you when I walk down this ramp, I am going to give you the best stuff. And Whoever it is, if it's Um-ahn-ga or anyone else back there. Please ring your best shot forward!"
     - Ric Flair

Oh-Maga and Um-ahn-ga. Nice. After vowing to put up the fight of his life, Slick Ric thanks the crowd on the off chance that he loses. I hope this whole storyline doesn't mean he's going to do a speech like this before every match.

Commercial Break. Pepsi. Christmas. Berlin Wall.

Although Ric Flair already came out to the ring, he gets a second intro after the break. Ross pumps the ratings and Samoa Jamal comes'a'growlin'.

4. Ric Flair defeated Umaga via countout

Jerry Lawler wonders if this is the last chapter in "the life of Ric Flair."  Yikes.  J.R. says it doesn't feel like the right time of year to watch a man fight for his career. All that aside, Flair has a job to do. He has to make it through the "Human Bulldozer" and emerge with his job in tact. At first, it doesn't look good for him. Oh-uhmangia went to town on The Nature Boy, hitting him with chops and throws. Ric was little challenge when it came to fisticuffs, so he ended up on the receiving end of lots of punishment. Maga slapped on a nerve hold and Naitch sold it as if he was screaming "Stella." Umi followed up with some kicks to the sternum and an Irish Whip. The Horseman mounted a comeback for a brief period. He hit some knife edges and let out a "Woo," but the Samoan Drop shut that noise up. It lead to a series of near falls by 1 ½ Minute Warning and left Ross wondered how the former Evolutionary could kick out of each attempt. We also ponder what type of internal injuries he could have and say a silent prayer for his well being. When the action spills outside the ring, it seems that all is darkest. Umanny puts Flair against the ringside barricade. He then backs up and prepares to slam his huge ass into Ric's face. Luckily for Slick Ric's face, he's able to roll out of the way and The Bulldozer's huge ass went straight through barricade instead (JG Note: Just like when Goldberg Speared his then-partner Rosie a few years ago.) It looked pretty cool. Mr. I Don't Want To Retire doesn't have to retire. He makes it into the ring and leaves Jamala to be counted out.

Commercial Break.

Live shot outside the HSBC Arena. There's snow on the ground. Jim Ross says "it's hot in Buffalo."

Chris. Wear this Save Us Y2J shirt.

But it's not sequined.

Yeah. We know. Just wear it.

I have it in my contract that I will wear non-sequined outfits four times in a year. Only four. Does this count as one?

Sure. Fine. Whatever.

Chris Jericho is wearing his new Save Us Y2J shirt and the crowd is thrilled to see him. Y2J tells the crowd that he won last night at Armageddon. Despite beating Randy Orton, Chris isn't the new champ. Know why?

"Because this happened. Monkeys."
        - Chris Jericho

Apparently Chris has voices in his head and they're monkey voices.

Video of JBL kicking Chris Jericho in the face WCW Barbarian Style.

Now Jericho might have a snazzy wallet chain and spiked 'do, but he doesn't have a chance to do what he wants. He wants to confront John Bradshaw Layfield. Sadly, he can't. Seems that the Acolyte Pissant Associate isn't willing to show up. He's shaking in his Bruno Maglis. That's fine. Maybe Y2J+DamnNear8 will jet his Canadian self over to Smackdown. That way he can do some confronting of his own. What do you say…

Shut up! Can it, Christopher! John Layfield isn't at Raw, but he's joining us through the magic of satellite. You want to talk? Fine. But don't make the mistake of thinking you're any more important than you are. You are a mere annoyance to Bradhsaw. He has so much going on, Moongoose. Wall Street. TV. Media Maven. John has much more to do than play tiddlywinks with Mr. Magician Vest on a brand he doesn't even work for - in Buffalo, no less! You got what you had coming for putting your hands on a broadcaster. That's all there is to it. You deserved that kick in the mush.

Wow. What a beech. What a widdle cwying widdle beech. That's you, Bradshaw. Fozzy scoffs at your boo-boo. After all…

"You think you're the only guy that has ever got knocked down at ringside? We have camera men. We have photographers. We have ring announcers that get knocked down on daily basis. Hell, Mark Egan got Superkicked in the face last week. You didn't see him storm the ring looking for revenge."
     - Chris Jericho

This pisses off John big time.

"Mark Egan can not get an appointment with my doorman!"
        - JBL

Huh? Who needs an appointment with a doorman? For what? Sex? I don't know what he's implying here, but I don't think Mark Egan makes private appointments to have sex with doormen, JBL. You best watch your tongue. You could get sued for stuff like that. According to the Smackdown face kicker, Egan ain't nothing compared to the Wrestling God. Men fear him. They cower in his presence. He's the Bill Brasky of sports entertainment. You best remember who you're talking to or else John Hawk is liable to knock you upside the head with a Blackjack, son.

Chris tells Layfield to shut his whining up. You're nothing but the world's biggest and ugliest baby, J-Bibble! How about if Save_Us heads to Smack_Down on Friday to settle all this? Huh? John informs the WWE Title Hopeful that he's pretty screwed. Guess what, kid. You're not getting a title match again. Oh…oh and if you show up to SD, you're out of the Royal Rumble. Yeah. It seems that JBL has Mr. McMahon in his Top Five. They're like peas and carrots. So the decisino has been made. Oh. You ready for the big finish, Savior? Check it:

"If you mess with me again, Chris, you will never eeeeee-eh-eeeever be champion a-gayne."
         - JBL

Y2J digests this news but turns it around. He calls Bradshaw "a fat cat, a stuffed shirt." He continues to talk in Beatnik slang but makes it even more personal. What happened, Boss Hogg? You sell your balls on Wall Street? Huh? John's Balls Lost? That stinks. You used to be a Wrestling God who was compared to Eddie Guerrero and Batista. Now, you're a wrestling afterthought who's compared to Bill O'Reilly, Neil Cavuto, Joey Styles, or Michael Col. Nice head, doof. You suck donkey eggs.

If the plan was to provoke the Acolyte, it was successful. The plan works and Big John loses his proverbial mind.

"You question me? It's not enough I have to sit at that table and try to put over matches of guys who can't lace my damn boots. Now for you to question me as to whether I'm still a wresting God? You see, I'm retired. I'm not dead. But get this, Chris. You want to tug on Superman's cape? Get ready for the consequences. Get this. Get it down. Write it down. Etch it in stone! JBL is coming to Raw! You want to save us? Then I suggest this. You find a way to save Raw! I ran roughshod over Smackdown! I was the longest reigning World Champion in Smackdown television history and I was, and you will find out Chris, that I still am and always will be - and God help you when you find out in person - that I am a wrestling God!"
          
- JBL

Damn. You got served.

They then play Layfield's music which is a slap in the face to Jericho. After all, he's not even there! You might want to Save_Face Y2J.

Commercial Break. Houseman. Investments. Christmas. Ruxpin.

5. Carlito and Santino Marella defeated Paul London and Brian Kendrick when Carlito pinned Kendrick

I really hope WWE and Carlito can get back on the same page. I think Carly has a ton of potential. WWE would be the best place to showcase it. In the untapped potential department, no one has Paul London beat. He's proven himself in so many situations, but still hasn't had a chance to shine. Santino giggled when Cool entered the ring first. With a smile on his face, Marella told him to get on the apron. He would start the match. Ha ha. How funny. You think you can wrestle. Ho ho ho. Had SanMar known that he was about to get his butt-o kicked, he might have gone a different route. The Good Guys take the Italian to the woodshed and Ross compares Londrick to the "Rockers or the Rock-n-Roll Express." He leaves out that those teams didn't lose constantly. That's what they did here. Actually, in this case, they lost to a team that isn't even a real team. Well, not yet at least.

After defeating the likable losers, Santino took the microphone. Who'd'a thunk it? An Italian and a Columbian together at…

Hey. Carlito isn't Columbian! He's Puerto Rican! Come on, Santa. Be jolly. Marella, instead lets his broken English ruin the moment.

"You see.  We can't lose.  I have the love of my Maria and you - how you say? - love to swap spit with men who don't want to be cool!  We're gonna be great!"
- Santino Marella

Jim Ross informs us that we just saw a tag team born.  I wonder what whacky jinkx these two can get into.  Waka-waka-waka!

Commercial Break.

It's Todd Grisham backstage with Randy Orton. Randall has a few thoughts. First, Chris Jericho is done. Save_Us? Spare_Us, Doof_Us, As for Jeff Hardy, he may have high hopes to get a title win over Randy Orton. Sorry, Charlie. Not happening. Randy is more than a "Legend Killer." He's a Dream Killer. Like a Dream Catcher, only with murderous intentions. Bring it. You don't want what Cowboy Bob's kid has waiting for ya.

In the locker room area, Ric Flair runs into the King of Kings. Triple H and Naitch talk happy talk until Vince McMahon stumbles in like a drunk. All disheveled and ornery, Mac informs Flair that he has a match on New Year's Eve. It's a match with his career on the line. Know who it's against? Why, the Game! Choke on that, Slapnuts. McMahon stares crazily in Ric's eyes as we head to a commercial break.

Commercial Break. Christmas. It's INSANE!

6. Jeff Hardy and Shawn Michaels defeated Mr. Kennedy and Randy Orton when Hardy pinned Orton

This is the push we've been waiting for. Jeff Hardy is finally getting to break into that next level and it feels right this time around. Sure, he's got his drawbacks, but with Hardy, the upside is huge. Not only can he wrestle, but he has a strong fan base who stand by him no matter what. Overall, both Hardy Boys have been great assets in that respect. It's good to see Jeff finally break through. This was a good match with four solid performers in the ring all working hard. Kennedy and Michaels worked through some of their issues here, but in the end it was really all about Randy and Rainbow Joe. The Florescent One picked up a major win over the WWE Champion here. He hit the Swanton and scored the shocking pinfall. I guess after you pin Triple H, the sky's the limit.

No big finale. No post-match attack. Just the excitement over what feels like the start of a new star's assent. HBK and HARDY celebrate as we fade to black.

All in all…Good show.

We rip on WWE when things are bad and we have to hand it to them when things are going good. The direction that they have right now might not be the greatest in history, but it's much better than some recent ones they've taken. I find myself looking forward to segments more.

For example, that JBL-Chris Jericho thing was a big selling point of the show. I was genuinely interested in hearing what Layfield had to say about last night's PPV. On top of it, Jericho settled his act down enough to produce a great back and forth. It was light on the corniness and really put over the conflict these two had. Bradshaw was great too. Then again, he's one of the best at playing his gimmick. He deserves a ton of credit for the stuff that he does. He's one of the best talkers out there today.

Another good talker is Ric Flair. Then again, that's like saying the ring apron is black. Flair is a legend and always will be. This storyline that's playing out now is going to be one we talk about for a long time to come. Only a guy like Ric can play this story week after week without risk of a crowd growing bored. No matter what happens, people like The Nature Boy.

It looks like Marella and Carltio may have a shot at tag gold. With the tag scene as it is in today's wrestling, any new team is almost assured a run. Would I necessarily take the hot new heel, who hasn't had a real singles feud, and put him in a tag team? Probably not. That doesn't mean it might not work. It's 50/50 really.

Welcome to the Jeff Hardy push. This time around, it's signed with Triple H's stamp of approval. That means a lot when you realize that the last time he got a serious push, Trips squashed him for the IC belt and ended all that. With a win over The Game yesterday and a pin on the WWE Champion, Hardy's stock has definitely gone up.

That's it for me, guys. It looks like this is the last Raw Insanity of the year. There won't be one next week for the Tribute To The Troops and I won't be doing one for New Year's Eve. I will, though, have some new columns and audios going up in the next two weeks. So keep an eye out.

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