Welcome everyone to the February 16th edition of Raw. This being the first Raw after the very good No Way Out pay per view I am expecting some very interesting developments, as well as some answers as to what WWE has in store for Wrestlemania. Raw no longer has a champion that is a member of its roster so what will tonight bring to that equation, well lets just see shall we.

Vickie comes out and introduces the new Heavyweight champion..her husband Edge. What a swerve the WWE put on us last night with Edge walking in with one title and leaving with the other one. But it was totally necessary considering my whole Randy Orton facing Triple H prediction. I guess i got my answer on who will face John Cena at Wrestlemania. Edge sais R stands for remarkable and really really smart. Big you suck chants from the fans. Basically tells his story from last night, getting very good heat in the process. Tells everyone their wrong..i laughed as he went around the first row telling everyone they were wrong. Basically what i want to tell everyone on the Wrestlingnewsworld forums every day haha. They wont let me talk there anymore though because "i dont know what i'm talking about", yet i always seem to be way more right then they are and way more observant as well, but thats a whole nother blog altogether, and one i'll be getting to. Ok back to raw, sorry folks lol. Vickie runs her mouth for a little bit as well. Then they proceed to make out wich is never really necessary. John Cena's music hits and the former "champ is here". I'm sure all the Cena haters creamed in their pants last night when he didnt win. To them I say get a life. Cena actually praises Edge for how he did what he did and congratulates Edge. Mentions rematch to a huge roar from the crowd. Edge sais he is going back to smackdown. John sais he thought about what vickie and Edge do together and he threw up in his mouth a little bit. You can hate if u want but that was funny. Edge mentions their previous feud and how he slapped his father. Cena tells him that if he tries to run and hide he'll find him. They're gonna fight and hes gonna hurt him. Nice and straight to the point. Obviously this will be the Title match at mania and I have absolutely no problem with that whatsoever. Great stuff here by everyone involved. Great opening to this Raw.

Quick cut to Shane McMahon in the back. He tells Randy Orton to meet him in the ring later for an unsanctioned fight where one way or another, "this ends tonight".

CM Punk & Cryme Tyme vs William Regal & Rhodes and Dibiase:

6 man tag action up next, combigning these two mini-feuds. Rhodes gets hit early with the GTS, but Regal interferes and we go to commercial. Really, we've been back for like 4 minutes and already back to commercial, ok then. Ok, back now with Dibiase beating on Punk. Basic 6 man tag match with Dibiase pinning JTG with the "dream street".

Steph is telling Shane he's not ready to fight but Shane blows her off.

Next out is Chris Jericho. Tells the academy to not vote for Mickey Rourke. Sais if he wins it will send a message to all the old hall of famers that they can have one more run of success. Roddy F'in Piper comes out. This should be gold. Piper tells Jericho that he respected him before because he used to say what was on his mind and then had the guts to back it up. Tells Jericho he should "shut the hell up". Piper is really emotional talking about "the wrestler" and it looks to be his genuine thoughts. Piper is just pure gold here talking about the past. He can still outtalk 99 percent of todays performers. Sais Old School's Cool..i couldnt agree more. Jericho then attacks him. Awesome segment, I'm beginning to wonder exactly what legend Jericho will end up wrestling at Mania. Its clear it will be someone? Cant wait to find out who. Something tells me it wont be Flair but who knows.

Orton sais he if Shane wants to end it tonight and fight until someone cant move, He can make that happen.

Jamie Noble is the ring. Talking about WrestleMania. Sais he has never had a Mania moment. Well Duh. Talks about Chavo only making it 9 seconds last year. Kane interrupts, chokeslam, pin, match over. Filler segment.

JBL makes his way out to the ring next. For those that dont know, Shawn beat JBL last night in the winner takes all match. JBL sais Shawn is paid in full and basically that he lived up to his end of the bargain, but he could care less. JBL mentions ending Undertakers streak at Mania. God i hope hes not gonna be Takers opponent. Shawn interrupts and comes to the ring looking very happy. Shawn sais he is now back to being the heartbreak kid and Mr. Wrestlemania. Shawn mentions what Taker said to him at the rumble. Sais that there is nobody better to face Taker at Mania then him. Hopefully they wont go with a triple threat and just make it Shawn vs Taker. As i say that Shawn sais next week they will face off for a chance to face and possibly end Takers streak at Mania. Please win Shawn, i usually dont cheer for anyone but god i hope Shawn wins, and he should.

Recap of the Orton/McMahon feud is shown.

Rey Mysterio vs Mike Knox:

Just for starters, Rey Mysterio might have just been the MVP of the pay per view last night. His performance was simply amazing. Knox dominates until the break. Knox again looks very good, he is turning out to be a very good big man and not just another waste of time. I've said it before but i think the guy has plenty of potential to be an upper mid carder for a while. Rey hits a few high flying moves followed by a 619 attempt but is caught by knox and hung up in the "tree of woe" position. But Knox misses and hits the post allowing Rey to roll him up for the victory. Very good TV match, good job by both men.

Melina(c) vs Beth Pheonix: Woman's Title Match:

I dont hate Melina but shes really not that good. Beth on the other hand is and hopefully she wins this so that maybe they can get Trish to come back and wrestle her at Mania. They show a graphic saying over 100 million photos of the divas were looked at on WWE.com. Well i'm sure there has been that much porn watched online too but i dont wanna see the pornstars wrestle either. Plenty of Tits and Ass out there i could care less if its on my wrestling show, just my opinion. Some of the Diva's come out and beat up Santino and Rosa..distracting Beth allowing Melina to roll her up for the win. Blah blah blah, lets move on.

Next they announce that joing Stone Cold in the hall of fame will be Terry and Dory Funk. That is very fitting and its about time. Good year to do it while they are in Texas. Cant find a more fitting class so far then this year. Supposedly Ricky Steamboat, The Von Erichs, and Bill Watts are going in as well. That just might be the best HOF class they've ever had.

Steph is talking on the phone again..tells whoever it is (cough TRIPLE H cough) to hurry and get there before losing the connection.

Shane McMahon vs Randy Orton: Unsanctioned Fight:

Main event time and this should be very interesting. Shane gets the advantage at the start as they fight into the crowd. Orton turns things around and they fight back to ringside. Nothing fancy just alot of punches and kicks leading them back to the ring. Shane knocks Orton over the announce table before grabbing the ring bell and using it twice on Orton. Shane grabs a chair next. Places it in front of Ortons face setting him up for the coast to coast. The legacy interferes again however and begin to beat down Shane. They werent supposed to get involved but hey thats what heels do and after all, this is unsanctioned and there isnt any rules. Orton then delivers the punt to Shane's head. That spot always looks really good and believable. Orton certainly delivers that punt very realisticly. Steph comes out and is crying in the ring over Shane while Orton stalks her. Orton is pure gold right now in his heelish actions. He then RKO's Stephanie. Has that "what did I do" look about him. Triple H comes out and the Legacy scrambles. All I can say is that in the immortal words of Arn Anderson. "I dont like to toot my own horn, but toot toot". I was the first one to call this angle happening and nobody can say otherwise. Most sites I went to didnt even mention the phone call with Stephanie last week. Yet these are the so-called "experts", makes me laugh. But they're too busy knocking everything that WWE is doing that they wouldnt have done to notice what is really going on. Awesome pop for Triple H who is truly pissed off. Great Great ending to the show.

Fantastic Show this week after No Way Out. Awesome segments involving Edge/Cena, Jericho/Piper, and the McMahon/Orton angle. Cant wait till next week.

Welcome everyone to the Slingshot Suplex No Way Out review. Now when i do my show reviews I usually do them while I'm watching the show, but with the ppv's this won't be the case as i like to sit down and just watch and enjoy them. So these reviews wont have as much detail more then likely as my raw/smackdown/ecw reviews have. With that being said, lets see what NWO brought us shall we.

WWE Title Match: Elimination Chamber:

I'd have to say i was shocked to see that this match was the opening match, but obviously it was clear why later on. This match was simply amazing from start to finish. Edge and Jeff Hardy started things out and before the next guy could enter the ring, Jeff caught Edge in a small package and Edge was gone. Seriously holy shit was my reaction. I couldnt believe Edge was gone already. But as we found out later on it was all a part of WWE's master plan to swerve us. From there saw Kozlov enter the ring, followed by Big Show. They played a little can u top this while beating up Jeff for a little while before Triple H enters the chamber. Undertaker was the last entrant, and everybody's in now. Kozlov got eliminated by Taker when he got caught with the last ride out of the corner. Kozlov was actually very good in this match and impresssed me some. Later on and Jeff climbs the chamber and on to the top of the pod where Show crotches him and climbs up after him..Taker nails him and then superplexes Show off the top rope. Thats always an impressive spot to see. Jeff then follows with the swanton bomb off of the pod, simply amazing. Triple H covers Show and eliminates him. Jeff then gets caught in the tombstone and is eliminated leaving Taker and Triple H to fight for the title. Jeff was outstanding in this match and definitely proved to everyone why he is in the main event now. Awesome spot with the double reversal flipping over the ropes and into the tombstone by taker. Triple H gets his foot on the ropes. Taker then kicks out of the pedigree as well. The end saw Taker catch triple H in the last ride out of the corner but The Game reverses it and hits the Pedigree for the win and the title. Just simply an amazing amazing match. You would be hard pressed to find a better chamber match then this. Everyone played their role perferctly. Just awesome.
Predicted Winner: Triple H
Actual Winner: Triple H

Edge was shown in the back yelling at Vickie, who blamed him before apologizing. But as we will later see the night turns out pretty good for Edge.

Randy Orton vs Shane Mcmahon: No Holds Barred:

This match dissapointed me some though it still was a pretty good match. Your basic brawling until they went to the floor. Shane nails Orton with the monitor busting him open quite nicely. Shane lays him on the table and goes to hit the elbow off the top before Legacy intervenes, shane eventually gets the best of them, hitting rhodes with the always nice spot of the dropkick across the ring while cody held the garbage can. He then goes for the elbow through the table and misses in an insanse spot. Orton gets him back in the ring and superplexes him through a table wich was very impressive. After some more brawling around and weapon usage Shane goes to punt Orton who catches him in the RKO for the win. Nice Match but i honestly thought we would see a little more here. Still i cant complain.
Predicted Winner: Randy Orton
Actual Winner: Randy Orton

Jack Swagger(c) vs Fit Finlay: ECW Title Match:

This was just your basic match, nothing really special to report here. Finlay accidentaly knocks Hornswoggle off the apron then gets caught in the Gutwrench Powerbomb, Swagger retains the belt. Swagger once again was very impressive on PPV, albeit in a short outing here.
Predicted Winner: Jack Swagger
Actual Winner: Jack Swagger

JBL vs Shawn Michaels: Winner Takes All:

This storyline has been amazing and this was the blowoff match. Shawns wife was at in the first row. Nice job of storytelling by these 2 in this match as was expected. JBL trying to get Shawn to DQ himself early. They teased Shawn getting counted out at one point after a second clothesline from hell. JBL eventually gets slapped by Shawns wife. Shawn then flips, hitting all his HBK spots followed by Sweet Chin Music for the win.
Predicted Winner: Shawn Michaels
Actual Winner: Shawn Michaels

World Heavyweight Championship Match: Elimination Chamber:

It was gonna be hard for this to top the Smackdown chamber match but they did a wonderful job of trying. Edge attacks Kofi before Kofi could get into the chamber taking him out with the chair and stealing his pod. As soon as this happened all my questions were answered. First, as soon as this happened it was obvious Edge was winning. Wich then told me who was gonna face John Cena at WrestleMania, pretty much confirming my Randy Orton/Triple H prediction as well. Just remember when that does happen that you heard it here first :). Jericho and Rey start the match off. Awesome spot with Rey hanging off top of chamber and dropping onto Jericho into a hurricanrana. Kane enters next, dominates Rey and Jericho, before getting eliminated when Jericho hit the codebreaker, followed by a 619 and Rey jumping off the pod onto Kane for the pin. Mike Knox is in next, basically same formula here as with Kane. He dominates for a couple minutes before setting Rey up for his finisher, Jericho hits codebreaker on Knox and pins him. Edge is in next and Mysterio jumps him immediately, upset over the attack on Kofi. Rey and Jericho are battling on the top rope when Edge comes up behind them, Jericho rolls over both of them powerbombing Edge who basically held on to Rey in a german suplex. Awesome spot there. Cena enters next clears house for a minute then gets caught by the codebreaker, the 619, and a spear and is eliminated. Cena wasnt in the match very long and i'm sure that pleased all the ignorant Cena haters out there. Jericho catches Rey in the Walls of Jericho but before he can turn him over, rey counters with a victory roll and eliminates Jericho leaving Rey and Edge as the last two. Great job teasing a Rey win with many near falls and close counts but in the end it was Edge hitting the spear and winning the World Championship. Great match, suprise win, nice way to end the PPV. It was the only match i got wrong but so did everybody.
Predicted Winner: John Cena
Actual Winner: Edge

All in all No Way Out was a pretty good showing by WWE heading into WrestleMania. Just an awesome smackdown chamber match to open the show. And a swerve ending to close the show. Both top titles changed hands with triple winning the WWE title. And Edge, who came in WWE champ, left World Champ. This ppv was about the chamber matches and it showed. Now we are off to Wrestlemania and it should be very interesting.

Welcome everyone to the first official Slingshot Suplex Pay Per View preview. This months PPV is No Way Out, featuring Raw/Smackdown elimination chamber title matches. There is only 5 matches scheduled so far so they should all be given decent time with the chamber matches taking up a good chunk of it of course. Although there is always a possability of throwing in a divas match or a promo segment to fill some time as well. Well lets see what we have for tonight shall we.

Jack Swagger (c) vs Fit Finlay: ECW championship match:

Well the ECW title picture got a whole lot more interesting this past Tuesday night as Christian made his return to WWE and challenged the winner of this match. We might see Christian tonight on commentary or in some manor like that. I think this will be a great match and the opener tonight. Should be given pretty good time, and they showed what they could do together 2 weeks ago when they had a pretty good main event on ECW. Finlay is usually always pretty good and Swagger has shown over the last couple months that he can hold his own with some of the top veteran performers in the company. I cant see Finlay winning the title here as Swagger has alot of momentum and a feud leading into Wrestlemania with Christian would make Tuesday nights must watch TV for a little while. Gutwrench Powerbomb, 1,2,3.
Winner: Jack Swagger

Shawn Michaels vs JBL:

Well the story here is that if Shawn wins he is completely free of JBL, and if JBL wins he owns everything that is Shawn Michaels for the rest of eternity. The whole fued has been pure gold and i believe has won over even the most hateful skeptics. These two are among the best storytellers in the business and it has shown bigtime here. I honestly thought they would go straight through to Wrestlemania with this but it looks like they're gonna end it tonight wich is ok too as it will allow Shawn to hopefully face The Undertaker at Mania, something they already hinted at during the Royal Rumble. I've seen some predictions where they have this match ending in a no-contest so that they can end it at Wrestlemania but i just cant see that happening. I think if they wanted it to end at Mania they could've had a tag match of some sort or something else where Shawn got sick of JBL and kicked him leading to the winner takes all at Mania. But they went with the winner takes all stipulation tonight so therefore i'm saying it ends tonight. Shawn hits sweet chin music for the win.
Winner: Shawn Michaels

Randy Orton vs Shane McMahon: No Holds Barred:

Despite what has been the popular hate on this match's build throughout the internet, i actually have loved it. Also, for the people that read my raw and smackdown review i have a feeling that something bigger is brewing possably leading to Wrestlemania with Randy Orton and Triple H. If something happens to Stephanie tonight, and Triple H wins the chamber match then look for that to be the title match at mania. This match should be very good and very physical. Shane McMahon always steps up in these situations and tonight should be no different. I love Randy Orton's character right now and he should go over in this one after a very brutal match that might go all over the building.
Winner: Randy Orton

World Heavyweight Title Match: Elimination Chamber:
John Cena(c), Kofi Kingston, Rey Mysterio, Kane, Mike Knox, Chris Jericho:

This should very interesting for the fact that I want to see how Kofi and Knox perform on the big stage tonight. I dont think the winner is in doubt all that much here as the only one that could possably win other then Cena is Jericho and hes busy with other things going into WrestleMania. Kane will play his part very well as he always does for years and years now. As will Rey Mysterio and it should be fun to watch Rey and Kofi fly around the chamber. But, no secret who the winner will be, the champ retains.
Winner: John Cena

WWE Championship Match: Elimination Chamber:
Edge(c), Big Show, Vladmir Kozlov, Triple H, Jeff Hardy, Undertaker:

Now this is where the night gets interesting. This match is going to be very unpredictable and has been built extremely well. As of 2 weeks ago Edge was my pick to retain here, and its still a possability that he will do just that. But like I've said, i have another theory. With Randy Orton reminding everyone that he has a choice of what champion to face at Mania, and Stephs mystery phone call last week on Raw. I now am leaning heavily towards Triple H winning this match resulting in him getting involved in the Mcmahon/Orton storyline. That would actually make perfect sense, after all, Triple H is a part of the family. If this happens, look for Edge and Big Show to face off, with Undertaker likely facing Shawn Michaels, Jeff Hardy obviously facing Matt, and Kozlov, well, doing whatever he might do at Wrestlemania. If u asked me what I would do, Edge would retain, and i honestly cant think of anyone to wrestle Cena at Mania if it isnt Randy Orton. With that being said, I'm completely torn on who will win this match. Because of the whole who could possably face Cena deal, I wanna pick Edge. But WWE didnt hint at all that on Raw for no reason did they? So my gut tells me that it will the Game walking out of NWO the WWE champion once again.
Winner: Triple H

Should be a solid PPV tonight with alot of things that could or might happen, and most of that will build very heavily towards WrestleMania. I guess we have to wait and see what happens.

Welcome to the Slingshot Suplex Smackdown Review for this friday the 13th of February. This week brings us the first appearance of Jeff Hardy after the malicious turn attack on him by his brother Matt at the Royal Rumble, revealing that indeed it was him who was Jeff's attacker all along. So here we go.


Edge and Vickie make their way to the ring to kickoff the show. My mind wants to say Edge retains this sunday but if u read my Raw review from this past week, you see that there might be a different plan of attack for WWE heading into Wrestlemania that doesnt involve Edge in the title picture. Anywho, Edge claims hes not 100 percent going into this weekend. Saying that Taker injured his neck last week with the tombstone. Mentions Big Show punching him. Vickie's turn to talk now. Huge heat. Vickie sais Edge wont compete tonight in order to avoid further injury. Amazing heat from the crowd although its hard to tell how much is being pumped in with the edit machine. Weeeeeeeeeelllll its the Big Show. Big Show comes out and tells Edge come this Sunday he'll have No Way Out. If Edge drops the title this sunday look for this match to happen at mania. Bickering back and forth continues before Vickie interrupts and sais that Big Show will take on Kozlov, Taker, and Triple H later tonight in a fatal 4-way match. Pretty good opening segment.

For those of u who didnt read my Raw Review. My theory is this. Orton reminded everyone monday that he gets to choose what champion he faces at Mania. Then later they showed Stephanie talking on the phone to someone and by the way she was talking, i get the feeling it was Triple H she was talking to. Triple H becoming champ sunday and then getting involved with the whole mcmahon/orton angle would actually make perfect sense considering he's a part of the Mcmahon family. Dont call it a prediction just yet, as their is factors that wont allow me to fully say thats what is gonna happen. Just call it a gut feeling.

MVP vs Chavo Guerrero:

I'm loving the face turn from MVP. I've always been in a big fan of his to begin with, and i'm just glad he's not losing every week. This a rematch from a couple weeks ago. Big MVP chant during this match. Thats getting louder every week. Shelton comes out and hits the Gold Standard on MVP causing a DQ. Chavo then hits the frog splash on MVP while he is layed out. Seems they are teasing a 3 way fued here. Id much rather just see it 1 on 1 with Shelton and MVP, but ok.

Taker is shown in the dark and cuts a promo about the chamber match this sunday. His usual good stuff. Has their ever been a better character in wrestling, i think not.

Cut to the Colon's with the twins in the back. Miz and Morrison interject and they seem to be battling a little bit over the girls. Apparently they'll have a match later tonight, winners get to take out the girls. This whole fued these 2 teams have going has to end with a title unification. Otherwise they shouldnt be fueding at all.

Colon's vs Miz and Morrison:

These 2 teams are just so much fun to watch, that i could never get sick of seeing them face each other. Great sequence with Primo and Morrison in the early goings. Probably the 2 best tag teams the WWE has had in a very long time. Hot tag to Primo and he comes in and does the "face clears house" portion of the match, Miz ends up pushing Primo off the top allowing Morrison to hit his flipping neckbreaker for the victory. Decent tag match and Miz and Morrison get the girls. Sluts, lmao, ha ha.

Jeff arrives and is greeted by some guys and gals on his way in. He's up next.

Jeff makes his way to the ring after commercial. They show a video of Matt and Jeff growing up together over the years as Jeff cuts his promo about how Matt betrayed him. Jeff basically sais hes gonna blow off the whole deal, and move on to this sunday to become champ again. Something tells me Matt wont allow that to happen, lol duh. Short and sweet promo by Jeff.

R-Truth vs Ezekial Jackson:

R-Truth makes his annoying entrance to the ring. I dont like to hate on wrestlers but this guy just isnt all that good as i've stated before. Is he the worst ever, not by a longshot, but he just annoys me i guess lol. He's basically a one trick pony. He's got his 2 moves he hits and other then that is barely average. The fact that he was TNA champ at one point just shows how bush league that company is but thats another whole blog all together. I dont know how good Ezekial is on the mic yet, but hes very impressive in his presentation so far. I guess R-Truth is a viable mid card talent, but if he ever goes beyond that i'll be very very suprised. He victory rolls Ezekial here and gets the upset victory. This is actually a decent little mini-fued going on between him and Ezekial. See unlike other wrestling bloggers at some sites i wont mention here, i can give credit even to wrestlers i dont like.

Maria is interviewed in the back, who cares.

Michelle McCool vs Maria:

Michelle seems to be a natural heel but Maria should never enter a wrestling ring other then to strip down to a bikini or bra and panties. Hopefully this wont last long. Eve comes out, distracts Michelle, Maria gets the win with a schoolboy. Lets move on.

Triple H promo next in the back. Nice looking new T'shirt for the game. Sais he has an advantage in the chamber because its his 6th time.

Triple H vs Big Show vs Undertaker vs Kozlov:

Main event time up next as the 4 men make their entrances. Should be a pretty good main event. Too much action for me to report it all so i'm not gonna try lol. Definitely curious to see how Kozlov holds his own this Sunday with the 5 established main event players he'll be in there with. So far a nice fast paced 4-way match with nonstop action. Edge eventually comes out and spears Big Show ending the match in a DQ. Show ends with Edge standing tall with the belt.

Decent Smackdown this week leading to No Way Out. I'll be back either saturday night or sunday morning with my Pay Per View Predictions.

Hello everyone and welcome to the February 9th edition of the slingshot suplex raw report. A much anticipated Raw this week with it being the last Raw before No Way Out, undertaker vs randy orton announced, and of course, the return of "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair to WWE tv.

And they dont keep us waiting long as Ric Flair opens the show to a great response. He doesnt get very far before Jericho interrupts him to tremendous heat from the crowd. The crowd is eating this segment up. Just simply 2 of the best on the mic of all time working their magic here, going back and forth. Flair eventually nails Jericho and struts around the ring..can never get sick of seeing that lol. They obviously plant the seeds for a possible match between the two at Mania, even though Flair said he wouldnt wrestle again. They could always have it an unsanctioned match of some sort being more of a fight then an actual match, I guess we'll just have to wait and see how this all progresses. All in all a great beginning to Raw this week.

A recap of what happened last week with Randy Orton and Shane Mcmahon, including that awesome backstage segment where Shane took the kick for Stephanie. I actually love how this is progressing, its a great way to keep Orton busy till mania and the match at NWO should be very good.

Beth Phoenix & Jillian Hall vs Melina & Kelly Kelly:

Diva tag action up next. Hopefully short and sweet. They announce Melina will defend the title against Beth next week. I'm praying Beth wins so that Trish can hopefully return and face Beth at WrestleMania. Trish has been hinting that she wouldnt mind wrestling at the big show this year so lets all hope and pray thats the case. Rosa trips up Melina on the ropes leading to Beth hitting her finisher for the win. Thankfully a short match and now we can move on.

They recap WrestleMania 3 next and its quite simply the best Mania of all time and will always be in my eyes. The huge crowd of 93,000 people, one of the best matches of all time with Steamboat vs Savage, and what is still the most epic main event of all time with Hogan vs Andre. Simply the best event in wrestling history.

JBL and Shawn Michaels are in the back. JBL reminds Shawn that at least until Sunday he is still his employee. Sais he set up a match between Shawn and the worlds strongest jobber, er man, Mark Henry later tonight.

The Legacy makes their way out to the stage next as Orton reminds everyone that he won the royal rumble and he has a choice on who he faces at Mania. I honestly cant see him not facing John Cena but i guess WWE could swerve us and have him choose Smackdowns champion if it ends up being Triple H. Actually that would make sense considering Triple H is a member of the Mcmahon family. I'm hoping for Orton vs Cena but i'm just saying that scenario would make sense if it did happen. I dont think either champion will lose at NWO though. But that just popped in my head so i figured i would throw it out there as a possability.

Dibiase and Rhodes vs Cryme Time:

Next we get a rematch of last week where Dibiase and Rhodes got DQ'ed and beat down Shad afterwards. During the match a disclaimer telling viewers where to find the Westminster dog show is shown. Thank god USA finally smartened up and stopped delaying Raw for this worthless piece of shit show. Nothing against dogs and dog lovers but seriously lol. Short match with Rhodes hitting JTG with his new finisher which i guess has been dubbed "crossroads". Basic tag match with the right team going over here.

Just like to mention that i've never seen the show "Burn Notice"...but it stars the immortal Bruce Campbell and thats a good thing. Long Live Ash, keep kicking some deadite ass wooo. (Yes i'm a horror geek lol)

Kane, Mike Knox, Chris Jericho vs John Cena, Kofi Kingston, Rey Mysterio:

6 man tag action next featuring all the members of the Raw elimination chamber match. Jericho comes out still selling the punch from Flair, showing why he is one of the best of his time. Cena comes out to a huge pop from the crowd. I'm sure there were a few boos in there but the cheers certainly drowned them out. Love him or not nobody can deny the electricity in the building when he enters the arena. They come back from break with Kofi and Kane in the ring. I hope Kofi and Knox realize how big of an opportunity they have this sunday to impress everyone and prove they belong near the top of the card. Great spot to end the match with Jericho catching Kofi in mid air with the codebreaker for the win. Great 6 man tag with lots of energy, a hot crowd and a great finish. Everyone was on top of their game here.

Steph is in the back talking to someone on the phone. Her dad maybe, or Shane, or...Triple H. Hmm, the more i think about it the more they might be leading toward a Triple H involment in this whole deal. When she said "we all have alot going on this weekend, was it Triple H on the other line saying that he has the chamber match to worry about, I dont know, maybe i'm reading to much into the whole thing but i guess we'll have to see how it all goes down. But if something ends up happening to Steph either later tonight or this sunday look for Triple H to get involved, especially if he wins the title Sunday. I honestly cant think who would face Cena at Mania if this is the case but it all just seems to make sense to me the more i think about it. What might happen at NWO is getting more and more interesting by the minute.

Shawn Michaels vs Mark Henry:

JBL makes his way out and sits at ringside as the match gets underway. Shawn goes after Henry like a wildman eventually pulling a chair out. Henry takes it away but gets it superkicked into his face disqualifying Shawn. JBL quickly gets on the mic to remind Shawn that if he were to get DQ'd or counted out at NWO that he will forever belong to him. He then goes on to tell Shawn to bring his wife to NWO to witness the match. Obviously Shawn is going over at NWO, but the build for this match has been superb.

CM Punk (c) vs William Regal:

Intercontinental Championship rematch up next. Why the champion comes out first i'll never know. Should be a very physical match as most of Regal's matches are. Very short match with Punk putting Regal away with the GTS. Seriously if u blinked you missed this match. But now Punk can move on from Regal and will probably end up in the Money in the Bank match.

While theres a commercial i would just like to elaborate on the whole possability of Orton vs Triple H. at Mania scenario i've been touching on. I honestly never saw this as a possible match until some of the subtle hints dropped on tonights show. I'm not necessarily predicting this outcome but i can now see it as something that could happen. Two things are keeping me from presenting this as a fullout prediction. 1. I cant possably think of who John Cena would face for the title if it wasnt Orton. Undertaker will probably be busy with Shawn, and even if not i cant see him facing Cena due to the fact that Taker's not losing at Mania and him vs Cena would mean that he would win the title at Mania 3 years in a row, and if Edge isnt champion after this sunday he would probably end up feuding with Big Show which is being heavily teased. Jericho and JBl have been done and really nobody else is built up enough right now to face Cena for the belt so i'm baffled. 2. I think Orton will win whatever belt he challenges for at Mania and if they went with him vs Triple H. it would mean that the WWE championship would have to change hands at 5 straight PPV's. Its actually a very good thing that WWE has me wondering whats gonna happen and it should all be cleared up this sunday for sure.

Randy Orton vs Undertaker:

Its main event time and the crowd is buzzing even before the gong hits. Taker enters to a huge pop as always. Who wouldnt pop for that entrance, perhaps the best entrance ever in this business. Solid match going on until The rest of Legacy interfere and end the match via DQ. Legacy continues to beat down the deadman until Shane hits the ring and saves the day. Orton bails out and is left to watch Rhodes get chokeslammed, and then Shane hit Dibiase with the dropkick across the ring with Dibiase holding the garbage can. Always a tremendous spot to see and a great way to end the show.

Overall a very good raw. Dropping some subtle hints towards what could happen, i mean they showed Steph talking on the phone for a reason and i suppose it couldve just been Vince but something tells me otherwise. No Way Out will bring a tremendous amount of answers in that regard. Good start with the Jericho/Flair interaction. Tremendous 6 man tag, and a solid closing to end this weeks Raw.

Hello everyone and welcome to my Smackdown review column. Once again i would like to encourage everyone to leave a comment on my review and/or your thoughts on the show and feel free to discuss other peoples comments with them also. Id like to have a nice little wrestling forum here for intelligent fans to discuss with each other this art of entertainment that we all love.

Tonight is the second night of the back to back smackdown tapings which will probably mean more edited in crowd noise then usual. It is this reason alone that i will always like Raw a little better then smackdown, u just get the real emotion. I wish WWE would just go with the crowd reactions on Smackdown the way they are but they feel the need to pipe some in every week and its always so obvious when they do it. So lets see what this friday night brings us shall we.

Qualifying Battle Royal For Elimination Chamber Spot:

Multiple Superstars in the ring already as Kozlov and Khali make there way to the ring, which makes it pretty obvious that one of them are going to win the spot. Vickie comes out and announces that Jeff Hardy will get a spot if he makes it back in time so this match is for the last spot. Oh man Scotty Goldman is out, and i thought he might win, haha. Wow a Kizarny spotting, not sure how good he is in the ring yet but he has something that alot of superstars dont have and thats the ability to stand out, thats usually a plus. MVP eliminates Shelton then is eliminated by Chavo. Shelton then nails MVP before commercial. Wouldnt a U.S. title match between MVP and Shelton at Wrestlemania be sweet. They'll probably both end up in money in the bank though so hopefully they'll give them a match at No Way Out, but i'm probably wrong and they'll probably just end up fueding on Smackdown for the belt. Back from break and Khali is throwing guys out with ease as he should be doin in this type of match. But after eliminating Hawkins and Ryder Kozlov dumps him from behind pretty much locking him up as the winner. Hes left with R-Truth and the Colons. Nice spot with the triple dropkick. He then backdrops both the tag champs at the same time leaving him and R-Truth, who i'm not a real big fan of. Kozlov then dumps him over the top for the win. Thats really the only thing that made sense considering his involvement in the main event picture lately. I actually like Kozlov. He has a long way to go but does bring a sense of "old school bad ass heel" to the table.

Interview with Hurricane Helms next. Boy has his return fell flat. I think he was in line for a push until the crowd reactions he was supposed to get was pretty much non existant. Too bad cause i like hurricane but if you read my column on what makes a good worker then you probably can understand why his push ended fast. He didnt even get a spot in the rumble match. He cuts a promo that Matt has always been a jerk and is just letting that out now. He tells Matt hes going to find him later.

Edge and Vickie in the back talking about the elimination chamber. Big Show comes in and taunts Edge a little with a smile on his face. Edge tells him not to try anything cute or Vickie will take him out of the chamber. Big Show tells him sarcastically that he believes in him. So is Big Show turning face or whats going on. I dont know, dont really care because Big Show can play a Tweener just fine.

Matt Hardy is in the ring and calls Hurricane out. Hurricane makes his way to the ring and we have a fight going on. Hurricane gets the upper hand before Matt tries to escape but gets stopped. Hurricane should of let em go because Matt ends up beating him down pretty bad. Good segment to show the vicious side of Matt Hardy. I would just like to say i knew the attacker on Jeff was Matt all along. I know alot of fans thought or hoped it would be Christian but if you've watched wrestling as long as i have it was obvious that all the subtle hints pointed to Matt. I predicted it right after the first attack and man i love being right lol. This angle i believe is much better build for the emotions of Wrestlemania then if it was Christian.

Shelton Benjamin vs MVP(non-title)

Shelton cuts a decent promo before the match. Hes really come into his own the last few months. Hey hey leave Peyton Manning alone though (i'm a colts fan lol). MVP makes his way to the ring. I believe the face turn for MVP will be very succesfull. He has all the tools to be a main event player and these two could both be favorites to end up winning money in the bank. Good MVP chant at one point, all reports is that hes very over as a face at house shows. Very nice match showing just a sampling of what these two can do together. MVP gets the win with the Drive By boot. Cant wait till the title match.

Colons and R-Truth are in the back heading out for 6 man action. As i said earlier i'm not a big fan of R-Truth. I just dont think hes all that good. He has a couple of decent moves but outside of that his ringwork is lackluster at best and his entrance is borderline annoying to me and i just dont see him moving very far up the card anytime soon.

Colons & R-Truth vs Miz and Morrison & Brian Kendrick:

First of all it makes no sense to not have the raw tag champs appear on raw but yet they wrestle on Smackdown this week. Hopefully they unify the tag belts soon as they're is really no need to have two with the limited amount of tag teams there is. Colons and R-Truth come out to some piped in crowd noise. The crowd was saying the "wassups" but the whole shtick is running its course fast and thats not a good thing for R-Truth. That being said this should be a very good 6 man. R-Truth gets beatdown before giving Carlito the hot tag. The Colons are the best babyface tag team in quite some time. Kendrick hits "the kendrick" on Carlito for the win. Decent but short 6 man tag match.

Jeff will return next week, should be interesting to say the least.

Michelle McCool vs Eve:

As i have stated before i'm not a fan of the divas outside of Beth and Mickie. So this match interests me very little. If they can wrestle decent i dont mind but most of them just suck. There is plenty of Tits and ass on tv and the internet i dont prefer to see it on my wrestling show, but maybe thats just me. Michelle is on the rise though and seems to be improving in the ring quite a bit. This heel role seems to fit her nicely. She eventually gets Eve to tap out holding on to the hold until Maria comes out. Maria is a real big waste of space if u ask me and should never be in a ring actually wrestling. But lets move on shall we.

Interview with Matt who really seems to be embracing his new heel role. He threatens another "accident" on Jeff before next week. Sais he'll be waiting and ready to welcome back Jeff next week. Should be good stuff next friday.

Umaga vs Kung Fu Naki:

Oh boy Funaki should of stayed in the back lol. Great to see Umaga back kicking ass again. I'm a huge fan and in my opinion Umaga could make a great heel champion sometime. Not sure if he will ever get the belt though. Umaga actually plays to the crowd a little bit in this match. That is very interesting. Might not mean anything but its definitely worth noting. Typical Umaga beat down but just nice to see the big man back.

Edge & Big Show vs Triple H & Undertaker:

Its main event time folks. All 4 men of course are in the chamber match at No Way Out so a nice idea for a tag main event. The Smackdown chamber match should be more interesting then the Raw match, and even though u would think one of the belts will change hands i just dont think it would make sense to do so. I see both champions retaining at the PPV. I'd just like to point out that even after all these years the Undertakers entrance never gets old. Very nice spot with Edge going for the spear and Triple H hopping up and almost catching him in the pedigree. Triple H and Edge show in this match what could possibly be an excellent WrestleMania title match if thats the direction WWE goes. Thats the only direction i can see them going and i believe they will have a stellar match for the belt. So far this is an excellent tag match. Taker gets the hot tag to a huge pop and clears house before Big Show hits him with a legdrop while he had Edge ready to tap out. Triple H's turn for the hot tag but he gets caught with a chokeslam. Edge pushes Show who knocks him out with a big right hook. Taker then gets tagged in and tombstones Edge for the victory while Show just stands on the apron watching. Solid Tag Team main event to end what was a pretty decent smackdown.

Solid show. Good job of furthering Matt hardy as a heel, great match with Shelton vs MVP, and a very solid main event to end the show. Next week should be very good with Jeff returning.