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JG's Retro Raw Insanity
JG's 11/22/04 Raw Insanity: Triple H Saves Thanksgiving
By James Guttman
Nov 24, 2005, 03:44

(JG Note:  Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.  Know what to give thanks for?  You guessed it...Hunter Hearst Helmsley!  Hooray!)



Katie Couric:  Welcome back to the Thanksgiving Day Parade. I'm Katie Couric and this year, thanks to NBC's interest in getting WWE back onto the USA Network, we have quite the presence by World Wrestling Entertainment.  Joining me in the booth is Raw's own John Coachman.  Hello, John.

Coach:  Hello.  You know, Katie, for over forty years World Wrestling Entertainment has always produced amazing action that fans can't get enough of.  In fact, Thanksgiving is the time that we here at WWE give thanks to the fans for their support.  It's the diligence and commitment of those working behind the scenes that gives us the strength that we need to carry on.  Katie Couric.  You got that right, John.  I know that you're excited to be here.

Katie:  You're not supposed to read that last line.  Where it says Katie Couric - that's my line.

Coach: (whispering)  What are you saying?  That's not on the teleprompter.  Just read your lines.

Katie:  I am.  I'm just telling you that you read the wrong line.

Coach:  You're ruining this!  If you don't want to read the teleprompter, I will. (reading on)  You know, Coach.  This year I decided to dress like a traditional Pilgrim woman.  I have on such a lovely dress, made with the same fabric that the delicate women of the time period wore.

Katie:  OK, now you're just being stupid.  

Coach:  You got that right, Katie.  What a wonderful dress.

Katie:  Whatever,  Let's just go down to the parade.  We're getting ready for our WWE float.  Take a look, fans.  There he is.  The giant Triple H balloon!

Coach:  Now you see, I always thought that the, uh,  Macy's Day Parade would be underwater.  You know, because of the floating and stuff.

Katie: It's not floating.  It's a float.  

Coach:  Like with Root Beer and ice cream?

Christy Hemme:  Did someone say ice cream!  Yahhhhh!

Christy Hemme runs into the booth.  Her eyes are red and glowing.

Katie:  Well, everyone welcome Christy Hemme, the Raw Diva Search Winner to the booth.  Hello, Christy.  Why are you foaming at the mouth?

Coach:  Muwahahahahah!  You and the rest of the world have fallen for my ploy, Miss Couric.  I have convinced all that I am a dimwitted announcer, when in fact I have hatched an evil scheme to take over the world.  Meet Christy.  She and the rest of my possessed Diva Search Contestants will do my bidding and kill all who stand in their way!  Go to it, girls!


Diva contestants, complete with fangs and glowing eyes, attack everyone in the crowd.  People run screaming through the streets.

Katie:  Oh no!  Help!  Oh, where is Triple H?  Only the Cerebral Assassin can save us from all this!

Coach:  Oh, you're looking for Triple H?  He's right here.

Coachman hits a button and a contraption lowers.  Triple H is hanging from steel shackles.

Triple H:  Coachman!  You'll never get away with this!  Do you expect me to sit back and allow you to take over the world?

Coach:  Ha, ha.  No, Mr. H.  I expect you to die!

Katie:  Please, Triple H!  Save us!

Coach:  Enough!  Maria, eat her alive!

Possessed Wanna-Diva Maria begins to chomp on Katie Couric's head.

Katie:  Help!  Help!  Oh God!

Hunter:  Coachman, you'll never get away with this!  

Coach:  Oh but Mr. H, I already have.  For you see, the Divas have already run rampant through the crowd.  However, that's not all.  No, no, no.  My partner in evil, Al Snow, is training their Tough Enough male counterparts.  When the process of training is over, they will all breed, creating a super race of possessed evil.  Then our true domination will be felt!  Hahahah!  I guess this is the end for you, Mr. H.  Once I hit this button on my remote, you will be split in two by my evil laser beam.  

Hunter:  Well, I have some bad news for you.

Triple H breaks the steel shackles with his bare hands and bursts from his restraints.  He knocks the remote from Coachman's hand. 

Coach:  How did you….?

Hunter:  I have super strength!  Now, it's time to play the Game!

Coach:  Joy, Christy, Michelle, Maria - get him!

Christy: (foaming at the mouth)  Nya!  Snarl!  Hya!  Hya!

Hunter begins pounding each one with vicious punches.  He eventually Pedigrees each one, knocking their heads off.

Coach:  No!

Hunter:  Now, all that's left is to dispose of you.

Hunter tosses Coachman from the perch down to the ground below

Coach: (falling)  Ahhhhh!  I'll get you for this, Triple H!  You'll rue the day you messed with the Cooooooooach!

Splat

Katie:  (wiping her head)  Thank you, H-Man!  Thank you so much!

Hunter:  All in a day's work, girl.  All in a day's work.

Fade to:  Interior of an office.  Triple H and Vince McMahon are explaining this story.

Hunter:  So, you see we can leave the end open.  Because the Tough Enough guys are out there somewhere.  So there's still a chance for a sequel.  We call it "Triple H Saves Thanksgiving."  What do you think?

Steven Spielberg: I think you both should get the f**k out of my office.

Hunter and Vince leave.  Triple H is dejected.

Hunter:  I thought it was a good idea.

Vince: Don't worry, Trips.  We'll just produce it ourselves.  I'll fire some mid-carders and free up some cash for a film budget.  Sound good?  Huh?  Good?  Come on.  Smile.  I'll buy you some ice cream.



Get your tickets early.  This year, the H-Man saves Turkey Day.  That's Thursday, though.  Today's Monday.  What will be the plan for Temporary GM Chris Benoit (as I reported on Friday iin my JG Notebook)?  Can Maven possibly do anything more counterproductive to his career than he did last week?  Does Lita have evil intent on her mind as she approaches another week of Trish Stratus animosity?  Will Shelton Benjamin have another successful Intercontinental Monday or will Christian throw a wrench into the works?  Has Edge finally snapped?  Who will Triple H find himself stuck facing now that week two of his purgatory is in full effect?   Where were the 80 bazillion people who bought The Rise and Fall of ECW DVD back in 2000 when they couldn't get over a 1.0 rating?  Gear up and get ready.  Tonight's the 600th Edition of Raw and are you ready for some wrestling?  Yes?  Too bad.  This is Raw…

NFL Spoof Time:  Shelton Benjamin is getting ready in the locker room area.  The camera is really strange in this one.  It's like the video of a low rent Spanish soap opera.  El Shelton' looks up to see a figure in a towel.  It pans up to reveal a nose guard-wearing Trish Stratus.  Miss Trish has midcard fever.  She asks the IC Champ what he's here for.  He replies that he has a six man match tonight.  Oh, Trisha pouts and asks "What about Trish?"  Benji replies that she'll be fine since she's "the biggest slut on Raw."  Strats tries to prove him right by opening her towel.  This causes Vince McMahon to appear and demand to know what's going on.  He cries out on the poor state of America's Fabric.  He condemns the racial and sexual overtones of this segment.  Shelt can't believe his ears.  Big Mac responds.  

"Oh Shelton, you may not realize this, but you're African American and everybody knows that African Americans are attracted to Canadian White Women with broken noses.  Now I'm sorry but the FCC won't tolerate this and frankly, neither will I.  I'm not going to have a locker room full of miscreants and deviants.  This is the WWE.  This is not the XFL.  It's damn sure not the NBA.  Because it's this kind of sexual titillation that will send you and other professional wrestler into the stands to attack the audience.  And if that were to happen, that would be the downfall of civilization as we know it."
- Vince McMahon, 9:02pm

He said professional wrestlers!  Anyone catch that?  He said it!  He said it!  Vince should also try to stay away from saying any initials that end in "FL."  I have flashbacks each time.  Also, who doesn't like Canadian White Women with broken noses?  Shelton tells the McMahon to lighten up and then takes his leave.  Alone with the chairman, Strats drops the towel, jumps naked into his arms.  She attempts to kiss him, but the two can't negotiate a way around the nose guard.  Finally the NFL theme hits and Vince McMahon asks if we're ready for some wrestling.  He's like Hank Williams with an expensive hairdo.

Raw Theme Plays.  Dance or else Ron Artest will punch you in the face.

Look!  Look!  It's Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler!  They're in Buffalo and ready for week two of the guest General Manager Gimmick Month.  Who's tonight's GM?  You don't know?  Why not?  I told you on Friday.

Chris Benoit has a microphone.  He's in charge and he's quite taken by all the "politicking, sweet talking, ass-kissing."  He simplified things.  He put a piece of paper on his door and all people had to do was sign up to get a match.  (JG Note:  Sign up sheet on a door?  Good plan.  Right here tonight:  Ben Dover versus Dick Trickle, Captain Butt Cheese versus Hunter Sucks, and Vanilla Midget meeting Weenis in a vibrating pickle match!)  The mature WWE superstars don't do write anything silly.  Instead we end up with Maven against Gene Snitsky.  Maven wants payback against the thing that  cost him the World Title last week.  Since he can't fight against His Crappy Push, he settles for Gene.  Batista avenges his Survivor Series elimination loss to Chris Jericho.  Lita then has a three way with Molly Holly and Trish.  Then it's John Coachman getting his real match with "Good Ol' J.R."  The King and the Cowboy are shocked.  This all leads us to tonight's main event.  It's the Toothless Aggressor himself, Chris Benoit, meeting Triple H inside of a steel cage!  A cage damnit! A cage!  It's for the title!  A cage!  A title!  A cage!  A title!  Cue the Baby Killer and lets turn this mother out!

Next Week on Nanny 911.…the newest Nanny to join our group, Gene Snitsky, reeks havoc on an unsuspecting family, causing them to call 911 for real.  Don't you dare miss it!


Gene Snitsky stands in the ring awaiting his opponent, you know - the guy who looked like a punk last week.

(1) Gene Snitsky pinned Maven after a Pumphandle Slam Snitsky's eye is still puffed out after he received a punctured head at Survivor Series.  This match just showed how little chance Maven has on Raw.  It also, along with Nidia's release, reminds me of why the Tough Enough thing is such a waste of time.  Honestly, Mave, if you were GM of Raw for a week and find yourself being fed to a rookie the next week - your future doesn't look so bright.  Think of all the money you'll save on shades.  Snitty hits the Pumphandle and gets the pinfall.  Goodnight, Maven.


Commercial Break.  If you're a guy, you should buy Clearasil for Men.  If you've been using the regular Clearasil, then you're a girl.  Ha ha.  Pansy.

Evolution is standing in the parking lot.  Triple H is irate over the evening's card.  He has to fight Benoit in a cage?  Come awwwwn!  Ric Flair says some soothing words to calm the Gameboy down.  It works until Batista assures him that he has his back.  Unhappy with the promise that his back would be, uh, gotten, Trips questions what happened last week.  Where were you then, Deacon Dave?  Huh?  Trippy barely won the match.  Don't pretend like you have his back.  You don't.  You didn't have it at Survivor Series.  Even after being explained slowly to Davey's dumb ass, he still couldn't comprehend the importance of back-getting.  Pardon King Game if he's upset.  He shouldn't have to jump through hoops every week!  Tista tells him to chill and attempts to leave and prepare for his match with Chris Jericho.  Helmsley bets him a hundred bucks that he loses that too.  An insulted Batista takes his leave.  You have insulted me, sir.  Good day!  I said good day!

She's got Shirts…she knows how to shoot them.

Stacy Kiebler has a Johnny B. Mero sparkle gun full of shirts.  She shoots them into the audience but runs out.  Oh no!  Luckily Kiebler has an ECW DVD in her underpants.  She whips it out and asks who wants it.  Jerry Lawler gets pretty ridiculous, hoping for the personalized copy from the girl with the legs.  He doesn't get it, though.  

Cue Simon Dean.

That creepy short guy that smells like Old Spice?

No, that's Dean Malenko.  Simon Dean is the Bodydonna Guy.


Simon Dean is in the house and he's here to say that ECW stands for "Eating Causes Weight Gain."  Instead, the fatties in the crowd should buy his DVD.  After Thanksgiving it will do them some good.  It's the Simon System DVD!  Let's face it.  Girls like Stacy don't dig pigs.  They dig men like Simon.  You know - little bit feminine, wearing blue spandex - those sort of men.  Kiebs denies this to be true and Dean stalks her angrily.  I'm not sure there's a superhero alive that could save her.

Stand Back!  There's a….oh, whatever.

Now I'm definitely sure there isn't.  Hurricane's here.  What up wit dat and all that other fun stuff.  If Deanie wants to intimidate someone, why not the Great Gazzoo?  Cane offers himself to be threatened rather than the fair lady.  Sy taunts his amateur background  and cheap shots the little green man.  They brawl with Helms getting the upper hand until he is hit with a low blow.  S.D. Nova then retrieves his workout belt from his bag, so as to whip Hurricane like that proverbial government mule that JR speaks of.  Rosy comes out to save his little buddy.  Wow.  Hurricane sure looks mad cool after comig to save Stacy and getting his ass kicked.  Go, Superheroes!

Commercial Break.  If you win Metroid Prime 2: Echoes contest, you could play a video game with a WWE superstar!  The only catch is that if you win, Bob Holly kicks the crap out of you.


It's Developmental Diva Melina Perez and Lingerie Bowl contestant Candice Michelle backstage talking.  They can't believe what's going on with Batista and Triple H!  They thought those two were friends!  (JG Note:  Then again, they thought that little people lived in the TV and put on shows.)  This is just foreshadowing for Ric Flair and Batista to show up.  They are both upset.  Flair tries to calm the monster, but he claims that Triple H cannot speak to him in the manner he has.  He says that H is "dead…dead wrong."

Commercial Break.  "Let Yourself Go with Raw Live."  What does that mean?  Get really fat with Raw?

Hey Dave, our match is up next.  The Deacon against the Highlight of the Night.  If you win, Triple H is gonna give you get a hundred bucks?

Yup.

Nice.  That would buy me like a hundred outfits.  Nothing's cheaper than tin foil pants, baby.


(2) Chris Jericho defeated Batista via disqualification Not much of a match here.  For foreshadowing purposes, I'd say that it makes sense.  Considering that Chris Jericho is eventually going to have his time as General Manager, it makes sense to give him a side issue with Batista.  He got it here.  It seemed as though a livid Davey B couldn't even bring himself to follow the rules.  Ross and Lawler both say that they've never seen Tista spoken to in the manner he was earlier.  Where do things go from here?  This whole Batista-Triple H conflict isn't at all predictable…yet.  Give us time, though.  The night is young and that will change.  In the end, the Right Hand of Satan tosses a Ben Franklin in the trash by getting himself disqualified.  It was a chokehold on Y2J as he hung from the Tree of Woe that earned Batista a DQ loss.

Commercial Break.  Oooo Fajitas.  Remember that commercial?  Yeah?  It's back.
 
Triple H is a sarcastic clapper.  He applauds Batista's loss and tells him to fork over his $100.  This causes some major tension.  An incensed Dave tells him that he walked from the ring while Jericho was carried out.  H responds that he didn't win the match, which means he blew it.  There's a lot of yelling and spitting with Gamy informing his manservant that he has a million dollar body with a ten cent brain.  If Batista can't get the job done, someone else will step in.  Tista shouts "Screw You" and leaves.  The Champ then asks the Nature Boy to talk to the dejected Dave, to which Flair tells him to lay off.  Quit it!  Quit it, Hunter!

Todd Grisham has Edge backstage.  He shows him footage of last week's beat down on Christian, carried out by Edgy himself.  You want to know why, Grishy?  Well the Edgeman is no longer a tag wrestler.  He deserves a World Title match!  He earned it!  Everyone knows it, except for the Rabid GM Benoit.  He gave himself one!  Adam Copeland deserves that shot!  Ask anyone!  With that, we set out to ask, well, anyone…

Christy Hemme and Robo-Maria are confronted by the long haired Canadian.  He asks if he deserves a title shot.  Hemme says no.  After questioning her answer, the E Man tells her not to apologize to him for her rudeness.  Rather, she should apologize to her mirror each morning.  Oh snap!  He told you, girl!

He approaches a PA, but says he's a lost cause.  Double snap!  Oh yeah!

He then confronts a random guy.  He asks the same question.  His answer is another no.  This guy says that he voted for Shawn Michaels at Taboo Tuesday.  Oh no, he di'int.  Edger goes buck and grabs him by the collar.  Chris Benoit comes to the rescue and pulls Edge from the random Taboo Tuesday Voter.  He tells him to bring it on.  Mr. Copeland chooses instead to walk away angrily.  Huff!

Commercial Break.  Watch Triple H's entrance on WWE Smackdown vs. Raw.  Lord knows you don't see it enough in real life.

How fitting is it that John Coachman's music sounds just like the Human Oddities theme song?  When it plays, I sing the lyrics for the Oddities.  I can't help it.  Well, Jonathan Golga is front and center and he's calling out Jim Ross.  Actually, he did more than that.  He said that JR would have a heart attack.  When that happens, everyone would be happy (JG Note:  According to the person that told Coachman to say it.)  That's just messed up.  Seriously, it's just messed up.  Jim loosens his tie and starts to walk that aisle.

Chris Benoit's giant head appears on the screen.  Sorry, Coach.  When you signed up for a match with JR, Benoit thought you meant "J.R" as in "Just Rhyno."  That's who you're fighting.  (JG Note:  That makes sense.  Actually, no.  No it doesn't.  How about Janet Reno?  Why not have him fight Janet Reno?)

Hello.  What's your name?

I'm Rhyno.

Nice to meet you.  I'm a Giraffe. Why don't you come back when you want to be a grown up?


(3) Rhyno pinned the Coach after a Gore   Squish Squash.  Gore.  Pin.  Bell.

Commercial Break.  This Friday catch the Tough Enough Download on Spike TV.  It's sort of like catching a cold - only worse.

(4) Women's Champion Trish Stratus defeated Lita and Molly Holly  With less women on the roster, Raw seems more focused.  Unfortunately, there really isn't too deep of a talent pool to go anywhere exciting after this ends.  Holly had this match won, but the sneaky nose guard girl tossed her away and covered Lita after Holly hit her Molly Go Round.  Strats retains her gold and Leets smacks her face for good measure.  What would her husband say about that type of behavior?  Hmmph.  She should be using jumper cables.

Batista is sitting with Ric Flair.  Listen, Naitch.  Tista is tired of being mocked.  To this,  Ric explains that he's been tired for 32 years.  (JG Note #1:  He should see a doctor about that.)  (JG Note #2:  That's funny, he should have retired about ten years ago.)  You have to eat crow once in a while, kiddo.  Take it from Slick Ric.  Don't do something you'll regret.  Dave answers that he will not regret anything he does.

Commercial Break.  "The Real Gilligan's Island" is coming to TBS.  Seriously.  This is the same network that was too good for wrestling?

Hey African-American, get ready for your match.

What the hell did you say to me?!

Oh, oh.  I'm s,s,s,s,sorry, Mr. Benjamin.  I thought that since Vince joked about it, it was sort of, you know, fair game to kid around.  Oh Jesus.  Please don't kill me.


Shelton Benjamin hits the ring and awaits his teammates.

Cool Things That Eugene Dinsmore Can Do:  If he meets a female fan that doesn't know wrestling's fake, he can stay in character and cop feels on her by pretending to be "harmless."

Cool Things William Regal Can Do:  Make pee-pee on stewardesses

(5) Shelton Benjamin, William Regal, & Eugene defeated Christian & La Resistance when Bejamin pinned Christian   Although the tag division is lacking lately, it was a good move to transition Regal and Gene there.  They add something more to it and following Dinsmore's solid main event run, they have enough crowd interest.  If only Hunter didn't eat all his momentum in that cage.  Oh well.  The finish saw Benji slam Sister Christian down with a T Bone Suplex for the victory.  After the contest, Gene-o invited some young children to come dance with him.  Hmmm- the Michael Jackson gimmick.  Interesting.

Mohammed Hassan and Khorosow Daivari are in an airport.  They hate airports.  Since 911, they have to be put through racial profiling.  (JG Note: Mohammed Hassan goes through racial profiling.  That's weird.  He sort of looks Italian, right?)  Apparently flying in planes is a real bitch for him nowadays.  You know, if this promo is true, his travel schedule in WWE is gonna suck.  Ever hear of Nathan Jones?

Commercial Break.  The narrator in the ad for The Billy Madison/Happy Gilmore Collection says that they are Adam Sandler's two funniest movies on one DVD.  I think he meant that they are Adam Sandler's only funny movies.

Smackdown Rebound:  John Cena and his magic kidney return to defeat Justin Guarini.

Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler, who's wearing a bright purple Miami Vice suit, present the Raw Internet Question Thing.  In case you're new to the Internet and just happened upon my report and think it's the WWE.com question, then welcome.  You're pretty lost.  While you're here, you should send me money.

Backstage Triple H is knocked out and the whole world knows where this angle is going.  Now Hunter can't fight the Crippler.  Oh no!  It must have been Batista who did it.  He attacked the Game and now he can't wrestle!  No!  No title match!  (JG Note:  Now that Chris Benoit's GM, can't he strip Triple H of the title if he doesn't wrestle?  Can't he just declare the match to be falls count anywhere and pin him as he lays on the ground?  Really, how stupid is Chris Benoit?  A three year old would look at this angle and say "duh.")  Edge magically appears and an angry Wolverine orders him to take H's place.  Get in that cage, Edgy.  It's on.

(5) Chris Benoit defeated Edge in a Steel Cage Match This was a solid match.  I could see the frustration that some had following the horribly blatant swerve before the break.  It's almost insulting that WWE thinks they fooled anyone.  Just to shock everyone, Dave shows up during the match and watches the action backstage on a monitor.  The announcers scream that he's not supposed to be here and we cut to a commercial.  After we return, Jim Ross said things got "Ugly" during the break. He doesn't mean like "Ugly" as in Survivor Series Theme Song "Ugly."  I guess that's good "Ugly."  This is Ugly-Ugly.  Confused?  Good.  Following a Benoit head butt, J.R. says "Shades of Dynamite Kid Tommy Billington!"  (JG Note:  Oh!  That Dynamite Kid.  I though the meant Dynamite Kid Herbie Shwartz.)  The contest had a great ending.  Edge speared Crips and he fell through the cage door.  Good ending, good match.  Bad angle to follow.  Benny Wa wins.

Backstage, Batista is on his way to the ring where plans to call Triple H out.  He tells Flair that he and Hunter are getting a separation.  It's not because of anything he did wrong, little guy.  It's something that mommies and daddies do.  They just need some time apart and Ric needs to decide who he wants to live with.

Commercial Break.  Skittles - Taste the Rainbow. Better than "Skittles - Like M&Ms, Only Fruity."

Batista is in the ring and Triple H is coming to play.  He confronts Davey B, literally going nose-to-nose, and informs him that there's only one thing he needs to say.

"Well done, man."
- Triple H, 11pm

Duh.  The doctors were fake and the entire Evolutionary Team was in on it.  Jim Ross and Chris Benoit were fooled, but no one else was.  Cue Randy Orton.  Remember him?

Orton is in the house and it's because he's going to GM this thing next week.  (JG Note:  If every other General Manager was any indication, he'll fail miserably and look dumb compared to Triple H.)  Ort tells Gamy that if he wants to lock up with him next week.  Since Randall can't have a title shot, he'll wrestle for the honor of having that "no title match" stipulation lifted.  H decides against it.  Randy's cool with that.  Next week's GM screws up and says "tomorrow" rather than "next week" when stating the alternative for the following and is laughed at by the crowd.  Not good.  So here you go, Gamy, you can face…everyone on Raw in a Battle Royal!  With that, everyone on the roster comes out. Seriously, even Steven Richards showed up.  It will be 20 men with the chance to win the gold, provided no more get fired by then.  Even Batista and Ric Flair can take part.  You make the call, H.  You make the call.

We close out with a shot of a confused Helmsley.  Since it's torn from his earlier "attack," Triple H's shirt is hanging off his shoulder like a 16 year old girl in 1988.  No joke, with his shoulder length hair, you could have written "B.U.M. Equipment" on it and he would have been a dead ringer for a Gen X Sophomore Guidette.  Fade to black.

All in all…This was a solid show to a point.  WWE produced a solid hour and a half of entertainment, only to fall short in the big finale.  Although the end was flat and predicable, the lead in was pretty good.

It's fun to see WWE testing the waters on Dave Batista.  See how much the crowd would pop for him and then quickly jump back.  The only problem with this is that it's a boy crying wolf scenario.  It's something that Ric Flair has done so many times that now he can turn baby face and I'll always think he's going to turn heel again.  He could flip and become a hero for a year and I'd still probably think "Yeah, this is a set up."  

The weird thing is that Batista is actually in a great position to be turned.  The fact that the fans were so firmly behind it shows that Randy Orton isn't the savior of Raw that WWE hoped he'd be.  The fact of the matter is that Dave Batista is pretty wasted on Raw now anyway.  I always thought he was put on Monday and given the suit gimmick because of his similar look to Brock Lesnar.  They were both big tattooed monsters.  Now Brock's gone.  Send this man to Smackdown and let him tear it up.  Tonight's performance showed that he could handle it and the fans seem ready for someone like him to give it a go.

In the end, it was all for naught.  Batista didn't turn hero.  Triple H fooled us all.  As we head into next week, Hunter has one thing to figure out.  Does he face Randy Orton next week or fight the entire roster in a battle royal?  He might as well beat the whole roster.  He's going to do it eventually.  Wouldn't he rather just get it out of the way all in one night?

Does Mohammed Hassan know that working for WWE requires a hell of a lot of airline travel?  Who knows.  We saw a lot tonight.  Edge and Benoit put on an awesome match.  Gene Snitsky killed Maven.  Rhyno's first name is "Just."  I guess like for "Justin."  Justin Rhyno.  Sure.

 Good effort all around with a flat ending.  Had WWE capped off this show with something that people actually took by surprise, they would have really scored big.  

Thanks for reading.  See you next week.  Be well.

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