Monday, December 8, 2014

Raw Results 12/08/14 - 2014 Slammy Awards


Raw results from Greenville, SC:

Jerry Lawler came to the Slammys podium on stage to introduce the Slammys host, Seth Green. Green came out to talk about how awards will be voted on WWE app tonight. He was interrupted by Miz and Mizdow. Miz tried to talk himself up as an A-lister. Green said Mizdow is the A-lister he sees. They moved on to announce the first Slammy voted on will be the This is Awesome Moment of the Year award.

Seth Rollins defeated Dolph Ziggler via pinfall. Mercury and Noble interfered towards the end, which helped Rollins get the win with a Curb Stomp.

Back on the stage, Seth Green announced Awesome Moment award goes to Sting for his appearance at the end of Survivor Series. Seth Rollins goes up the ramp and takes the Slammy saying he’s accepting the award since Sting doesn’t deserve it.

Kofi Kingston defeated Stardust via pinfall. The close saw Kingston make a comeback which finished with Trouble in Paradise and a splash from off the top rope. Post-match, Big E and Xavier celebrated in ring with Kofi, taunting Goldust and Stardust on the outside.

After voting, John Laurinaitis was on stage after commercial to announce Surprise Return of the Year Slammy. It went to The Ultimate Warrior in a posthumous win.

There was a brief discussion between Seth Rollins and Paul Heyman backstage. Rollins reminded him he’s going to defeat Cena at TLC to make him lose #1 contendership, and also reminded him that when he cashes in his briefcase, nobody will see it coming. Heyman said Rollins is the future but Cena is in his way. He told Rollins to make Cena a thing of the past at TLC.

Natalya defeated Charlotte via pinfall in a non-title match. This was the RAW debut of NXT Women’s Champion Charlotte. The close saw her hit an elbow drop for a 2 count. Natalya countered a move and went for a Sharpshooter which Charlotte countered into the Figure Four. Natalya countered into a rollup pinfall for the win. Post-match, Tyson got in the ring to pose on the corner and celebrate Natalya’s win.

Santino Marella announced Shocking Moment of the Year Slammy went to Brock Lesnar for ending Undertaker’s Wrestlemania streak. Paul Heyman accepted the award with a brief promo speech.

Bray Wyatt came out to cut a promo about Dean Ambrose and TLC PPV. He talked about the rocking chair Ambrose destroyed last week being “hers.” He continued to put over that he will win at TLC until sirens went off and an ambulance backed out into the arena. Dean Ambrose came out the doors with a neck brace on. He ripped off the brace then walked towards the ring with a ladder and a chair. He tossed a chair and the ladder in, with the ladder hitting Wyatt in the gut. Ambrose kept tossing different objects at Wyatt who eventually went towards the stage. Ambrose said the only way Wyatt leaves TLC is in an ambulance.

Diva of the Year Slammy was presented by Jerry Lawler. AJ Lee won the award and name dropped Charlotte, Bayley, Paige and Sasha Banks as potential candidates to win it next year. AJ said she’s not done being the queen just yet and plans to win back the Divas title.

Backstage, Cena was interviewed by Renee Young about his match against Show tonight and his match against Seth Rollins at TLC. He said Rollins isn’t man enough to beat him and can’t do it without Show’s help. He called Show, the Authority’s puppet. Cena said he’ll prove tonight that he’s not done stepping up.

Erick Rowan defeated Luke Harper due to disqualification in a non-title match. The two former Wyatt Family partners ended up fighting to the outside. Harper was disqualified when he used a ladder. Post-match, Rowan slammed Harper into the steps. He tossed Harper back into the ring and then threw the steel steps in. Rowan rammed Harper in the face with the steps, before Harper retreated outside. Rowan threw the steps out at him, barely missing.

Jimmy Uso and Naomi were hanging out backstage looking like they were happy. Naomi mentioned that The Miz’s agent talked with her and she will go out to Hollywood to see what can happen. Jimmy got upset after hearing that and said he’s going too since he doesn’t trust The Miz.

Adam Rose was with The Rosebuds on stage to present LOL Moment of the Year Slammy. It went to Damien Mizdow as The Miz’s stunt double. Miz and Mizdow came out to the stage with Mizdow speaking to accept the award. The Miz interrupted him taking credit for it and then walked off with the award.

Lana and Rusev came out to deliver another promo against America. Jack Swagger came out to interrupt, accusing Rusev of breaking Zeb Colter’s leg. He says he’s going to snap Rusev’s ankle. They brawled a bit with Rusev tossing Swagger into the crowd barrier. Swagger made a comeback and slammed Rusev into the barrier then put the Ankle Lock on him on the outside floor. Officials had to come out to break things up.

Ryback & The Usos defeated Kane, Damien Mizdow and The Miz via pinfall. The finish saw Miz in control of The Usos, but Ryback getting into the match and getting a pin on Miz for the win. Seth Green got in the ring post-match to celebrate with Ryback and The Usos.

Ricky The Dragon Steamboat announced Slammy for Match of the Year. It went to Team Cena vs. Team Authority at Survivor Series.

AJ Lee defeated Summer Rae via submission. AJ won the match in just over two minutes, using the Blak Widow submission hold to make Summer tap out.

Extreme Moment of the Year Slammy was awarded by Rob Van Dam to Jericho jumping off the steel cage onto Bray Wyatt, which led to him losing the match. Fandango’s music hit and he danced onto the stage with Rosa. He thanked Jericho for his WrestleMania match last year, then said you will never, ever forget the name of Fandango. He danced off stage with Rosa.

Renee Young interviewed Big Show backstage about if he’ll be able to focus on Cena tonight with the fact he has a stairs match with Rowan on Sunday. Show said the fans keep reminding him of the mistake he made at Survivor Series, so he’s going to take out his rage on Cena tonight and Rowan on Sunday. He said he would be a “very focused and very angry giant.”

Booker T presented the names for Superstar of the Year Slammy Award: Brock Lesnar, Daniel Bryan, Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns, Bray Wyatt, John Cena and Seth Rollins. Raw took a commercial break before the winner was announced. After break, Reigns was announced as the winner. Reigns’ music hit and he walked out on stage to accept the big award from Booker. He said this is him stepping up, and he doesn’t care if it’s Cena, Brock, Rock, Hunter or Vince McMahon at the top of the stairs, he’s going to step over them to the top. Reigns raised the trophy up and walked backstage.

John Cena defeated Big Show due to disqualification. The close saw Cena hit the AA on Show after escaping a Chokeslam. He went for the pin, but Seth Rollins got in to attack Cena causing the DQ. Post-match, Rollins, Noble and Mercury kept on attacking Cena. Rollins got a ladder set up to prepare for a Curb Stomp on Cena. Dolph Ziggler’s music hit and he rushed out to shove Rollins off the ladder to the ropes. Cena recovered and helped Ziggler clear the heels out of the ring. Show got back in the ring and then KO’d Ziggler. Cena got KO’d next.

Erick Rowan rushed down to the ring and got attacked from behind by Luke Harper. Show helped Harper smash Rowan into ring steps on the outside floor. Show chokeslammed Rowan onto the steps, and then Ryback’s music hit. He rushed to ringside to fight with Show a bit, before going into the ring to clothesline Harper. Ryback was going to slam harper through a table, but Kane got in the ring and smashed a chair into Ryback’s gut. Kane bashed Ryback repeatedly with the chair.


Ziggler eventually got back up and took Show out, but then got thrown through a table by Harper. Cena got up and tried to hit an AA on Harper, but Rollins stopped it, then hit the Curb Stomp on Cena and brought him to the floor. Rollins got help from Mercury and Noble to Triple Powerbomb Cena through a table. The show concluded with Show, Harper, Rollins, Kane, Mercury and Noble all gloating in the ring as they had taken out the faces.

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Monday, October 26, 2009

Wrestling Poll: Best Raw Host?


For this latest WWE wrestling poll, the topic is the guest host celebrities who have taken over Raw each for one night only. The celebs have included a rap star, a reverend, football player, former game show host, a longtime rock band, NBA & NFL players and various actors. The guest hosting should continue through 2009, as it was first started by Donald Trump several months ago when he bought Monday Night Raw for a night. Trump instituted the policy that each week a different celebrity would step in to serve as guest host since Raw had no General Manager. Trump made this decision right before selling the WWE Raw show back to Vince McMahon for a boatload of money.

That begs the question of which host has turned in the best performance so far on the show. Each guest host in the poll has put a unique spin on Raw with their own agenda, causes, promotions and brand of sports entertainment. Some have even stepped into the ring to grapple with the wrestlers. Vote below for the WWE Raw guest host you think has been best so far....

Who has been the best WWE Raw guest host so far?
Al Sharpton
Ben Roethlisberger
Bob Barker
Cedric the Entertainer
Freddie Prinze Jr.
Jeremy Piven
Nancy O'Dell
Shaquille O'Neal
Seth Green
Snoop Dogg
ZZ Top
  
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Monday, August 17, 2009

Variety Article reveals Raw Hosts


Variety magazine has a recent online article examining the Raw guest hosting gig, and how most celebrities are using it as part of their promotional arsenal for new projects. For example, Jeremy Piven promoted his movie "The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard", Seth Green promoted Robot Chicken and ZZ Top promoted their DVD's, albums, and a current concert tour.

Freddie Prinze Jr. hosts the 08/17/09 episode of WWE Raw and he also is joining the cast of Fox's hit action/drama series "24". Stephanie McMahon had the following to say, according to the Variety article:

"We wanted a different way to get our product out there and talked about," Stephanie McMahon, WWE's executive VP of creative development and operations, told Daily Variety. "Tying us in with celebrities in Hollywood raises our awareness and gets a variety of people talking about us, which is always a positive place to be. Hopefully it will translate to new viewers."


According to the article, the guest hosts will continue through 2009, and may even go on until Wrestlemania 26 in 2010. Among those confirmed as upcoming hosts: Bob Barker (Price is Right), Reverend Al Sharpton, Nancy O'Dell (Access Hollywood), boxer Floyd Mayweather, and NBA star Lebron James (also Shaquille O'Neal's Cleveland teammate). Sounds like at least two of the upcoming hosts could make things rough for The Big Show.

There's also several rumored guest hosts who are in talks with WWE: Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz, Ashlee Simpson, the Osbournes, Danny DeVito, Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa, Jimmy Fallon, Rachael Ray, MC Hammer, Woody Harrelson, Serena Williams and Ashton Kutcher.

If you think about the move, it's smart business for both WWE and the hosts who get to plug whatever they want. ESPN covered Shaq's appearance, while Jeremy Piven talked his Raw hosting gig up on various shows like Jimmy Kimmel and Regis & Kelly. And at least a few times, it's made for entertaining television (Shaq, Seth Green). It's even boosted ratings since they've instituted the hosts and gained new sponsors such as KFC, Pepsi and 7-11, currently helping to promote Summerslam 2009. If you recall, this all started out when Trump announced the idea as part of his Raw restructuring plan. So maybe Donald Trump should be running WWE after all?

Read full article: "WWE added to Talk Show Circuit at Variety's online site.

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Friday, July 24, 2009

Poll: Raw Guest Hosts?


When Donald Trump purchased Raw he not only initiated a huge 15 superstar trade amongst Smackdown, Raw & ECW, but he also added in a new caveat for the Raw show. Each week the show would get a unique celebrity guest host, whether it be a beautiful model, an actor or actress, sports or music star. So far we've seen WWE wrestler Batista, former WWE wrestler The Million Dollar Man, actor Seth Green and rock band ZZ Top all take control of Raw, flipping the show upside down. Some weeks have been entertaining while others have flopped. On 7/27 Raw will be hosted by the always interesting NBA star, Shaquille O'Neal, and on 8/3 actor Jeremy Piven will take over.

So that brings us to this latest Pro-wrestling poll. If you could choose from among some of the biggest names in entertainment, music and sports who would you put as guest host of the WWE Raw show? Choose from the list here, and feel free to leave your comments regarding the latest format for WWE's Raw TV show!

Which of these celebs would you like to see guest host RAW?
Heidi and Spencer
Oprah Winfrey
Paris Hilton
Lebron James
Adam Sandler
Snoop Dogg
Keven Federline
Verne Troyer aka Mini Me
  
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Monday, July 20, 2009

Raw Preview 07.20.09


A week ago on Raw, the WWE Universe was entertained by WWE Raw's guest host, Seth Green. Green, an actor from TV & Movies is also the co-creator of Robot Chicken which will feature a sketch with Triple H and John Cena in it. The young WWE fan got to live every other fan's dream of scheduling his own matches, including a divas Summer Swimsuit Spectacular match, and a main event where he teamed with John Cena & Triple H to face Randy Orton & Legacy. Green's team came out on top due to a DQ win, and Seth celebrated the victory with his two much bigger partners. Now the Raw show gets a new set of celebrity hosts, with two members of ZZ Top filling in during the Raleigh, NC show. What will these legendary rockers have in store for the Raw roster as they call the shots? (See ZZ Top to Host 7/20/09 Raw)

During the main event, John Cena and Triple H had a near explosion at the end of the contest. When Legacy introduced a steel chair, the ref called for the bell for a DQ. However, the brawl continued with Triple H bringing his trusty sledgehammer into the ring. The Game cleared the ring of Orton, Dibiase and Rhodes and nearly clocked Cena in the head with it as well. Luckily, Cena was able to avoid getting hit and backed to the corner. The two future opponents in the Triple Threat WWE Title Match at Night of Champions stared each other down, prior to celebrating the win with Seth Green.

With Night of Champions 2009 approaching in under a week's time, there's a few titles waiting to be scheduled for defense at the Pay-Per-View. One title comes from Raw's roster, the United States Championship, currently held by Kofi Kingston. The high flyer has suffered losses to two other Raw superstars in consecutive weeks. First, Kofi lost a matchup to Evan Bourne, who recently joined Raw in the 15 Superstar Trade. Bourne arrived over from ECW and hasn't disappointed so far. Then, on WWE Superstars, Kofi was crushed by the mammoth Big Show. Big Show's had his eye on Kofi for weeks and most likely wants the title as well, but Bourne also may have something to say about that. Will the US Championship match be announced on tonight's Raw? What will be next for these three superstars?

Check out WWE Raw tonight at 9 PM EST on USA for all the action!

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Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Latest WWE News: Seth Green, 12 Rounds, Billy Graham...


Seth Green's appearance on WWE Raw this past week has drawn some decent reviews and attention. Coverage here at MTV Movies Blog and also at Miami Herald about Seth's celebrity hosting gig. Seth even posted his own blog about guest hosting over at WWE Universe. Read it here.

Next week's hosts in Raleigh, NC will be rock band ZZ Top. No word yet on whether they will book another Divas Summer Swimsuit Spectacular or put themselves in a tag match against Legacy. Read more about the band here: ZZ Top to Host 07/20/09 Raw

Last night's ECW featured Christian, Shelton Benjamin, Vladimir Kozlov, and ECW champion Tommy Dreamer in action. There was no Abraham Washington and it will return next Tuesday with Dreamer and Christian as his guests. See the ECW Recap for 07.14.09 here.

WWE Hall of Fame Superstar Billy Graham (Wayne Coleman) had some not-so-kind words for his former employer recently. Due to the fact Graham was released from a consulting contract with WWE, and that he said Vince McMahon told him the WWE Hall of Fame will only ever exist in his head, Graham had enough. Graham recently put his WWE Hall of Fame ring he received in 2004 up for auction on Ebay due to the claim there won't be a WWE HOF. The ring is currently bringing in a bid of over $8,000. See more on this story at The Sun UK's article.

Also according to the Sun UK website, John Cena's 12 Rounds DVD has sold a bit over 200,000 units, grossing $3.1 million for the week ending July 5th, 2009. The movie took in 15 million at the box office. Combined with the DVD sales it's a big loss for WWE Studios which spent $23 million to make the action film. Read WWE Characters the Blog's Review of 12 Rounds DVD

WWE SmackDown commentator Jim Ross gives his thoughts on MMA/UFC 100 in his latest JR's BBQ blog. JR discusses the fights as he saw them with an Oklahoma football coach. He also talks about Brock Lesnar and his conduct at the event. Read JR's BBQ blog here.

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ZZ Top to Host Raw 07.20.09



Can ZZ Top Seth Green as hosts of WWE Raw?

It was announced on the 07/13/09 episode of Raw, featuring Seth Green as guest host, that legendary rock band, ZZ Top will host Raw in Raleigh, North Carolina. ZZ Top will bring a pair of guest hosts to the show in Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill, who will be at a different end of the spectrum from Robot Chicken co-creator Seth Green. ZZ Top formed as a band in 1969, just five years before Seth Green was even born. Green originated in Philadelphia while ZZ Top comes from Houston, Texas. Green stands at 5'4" while Billy Gibbons is 5'11" . Green sported a rather clean cut look on Raw with a short hair cut, while ZZ sports lengthy beards and shades. Definitely a change in hosts. One other difference of note, ZZ Top members have been seen in the crowd at various WWE shows, and were backstage as part of Raw once before. Green's 1st appearance was Monday's as far as WWE involvement, but he does have a WWE wrestling match victory to his credit now.

So who are these ZZ Top guys? They're a 3 man band (drummer Frank Beard won't be on Raw) who has been playing great music for over 3 decades now. The hard rock/blues and pop band, ZZ Top has done 14 different tours including the "XXX Tour" and "Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers Tour", which sounds like something Stone Cold Steve Austin might attend. They've released 19 albums including Eliminator, Recycler and Afterburner, with a 20th album scheduled for this year under famed producer Rick Rubin. The group's biggest performance to date came at the 2008 Orange Bowl game in Miami, but the WWE Universe has yet to see how their performance on Monday Night Raw will be.

Some younger fans may not be familiar with ZZ Top but they may be familiar with some of their well-known work. For a while, former WWE Diva Stacey Keibler's theme song was "Legs" (redone by Kid Rock). Her version was a remake but the original was done by ZZ Top. Also to their credit is well known song "Sharp Dressed Man". They're infamous for their music videos featuring classic cars and hot women. ZZ TOp is currently out on tour with Aerosmith, who will provide the theme song for Summerslam 2009.

See the ZZ Top Music collection at Amazon.

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Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Raw Revelations: Seth Green runs Raw


Another week, another guest host for Raw, and last night it was actor Seth Green, who's starred in movies like "Austin Powers" and is the co-creator of Robot Chicken. Green was there mostly to promote his upcoming season premiere of Robot Chicken, which will air July 26th. It's set to feature Triple H in one animated sketch as seen on Raw.

The guest host for Raw has been something fresh so I give WWE credit for taking that idea which Trump suggested a few weeks back. Seth Green was a little shaky on the mic, but scheduling a divas bikini match is a move we need more of the hosts to make. Also, Seth decided to live every insane WWE fan's dream, and inserted himself into a main event tag match with the likes of Triple H, John Cena and Randy Orton. During the match, Seth was nearly a victim of a vicious Orton Punt kick, but luckily got the save from Cena. By the way, did you notice the ref slow up his count on Orton's pin on HHH, so Seth could do his part and break up the pin? It was almost as if the ref was giving him a "hurry up and do your part" look. We can't fault Seth though, he's not a real wrestler.

The main event wasn't anything too special. It was your typical build-up to the Night of Champions Triple Threat match, with Cena and HHH as partners and Triple H nearly clocking Cena while going on a sledgehammer rampage in the ring. Of course they reconciled their differences long enough to raise up Seth Green's arms and put him on HHH's shoulders for the victory celebration. Earlier in the night, we got some more teasing of a Ted Dibiase break away from Legacy when Rhodes made a father-son comment. Rhodes hinted that his dad might be guest host next week, but instead we found out it will be rock band ZZ Top. The graphic on screen showed only 2 of the 3 members though. ZZ Top is currently on tour with Aerosmith, who will provide the 2009 Summerslam theme song.

Also on the show, MVP versus Swagger Round 1, with the newcomer Swagger getting a clean win. Looks like MVP is being used to put the newer star over, who will probably become US Champion while on Raw, and eventually move into the ranks of a WWE or World Heavyweight champ. Chris Jericho came out to reveal the contract clause he added for Night of Champions. Jericho will get to choose his tag partner since Edge is on the shelf. Jericho said it will be someone who won't be a weak link like Edge was. I'm going to guess it's Dolph Ziggler. We saw him rush down to attack Rey Mysterio after Jericho lost to him in an Intercontinental Title match on Smackdown. That would make Ziggler a tag team champ without ever actually winning a title. He'd help Jericho defend at Night of Champions, but many have speculated Legacy will win. Now the question is will this be another piece in the split up of Rhodes and Dibiase?

The WWE Divas Summer Swimsuit Spectacular didn't disappoint, with most of the participants in bikinis throwing each other around the ring. Seeing the divas in that skimpy attire choice is rare for Raw these days with its PG format attempts. We also saw another humiliation of Chavo Guerrero by Hornswoggle; this time Chavo had one-arm behind his back. Hornswoggle got the move with a surprise "small package". Not sure where Hornswoggle's 2-0 streak is leading, but I doubt he'll be the Undertaker's next Wrestlemania opponent, unless Taker really needs to take it easy in the ring.

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