Official Saturday Night's Main Event 3/18 Discussion Thread
 

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At Saturday Night’s Main Event, the participants in the WrestleMania 22 main events will collide when the RAW team of WWE Champion John Cena & Triple H takes on the SmackDown trio of Randy Orton, Rey Mysterio & the World Heavyweight Champion.

On the Feb. 27 edition of RAW, Cena & Triple H went face to face, trying to get the psychological advantage before their WWE Championship Match on April 2. After the two men jawed back and forth and looked ready to come to blows, WWE Chairman Mr. McMahon interrupted the showdown. McMahon announced that on Saturday Night’s Main Event, the two would have to co-exist as partners and represent RAW against the three men in the SmackDown main event in a Handicap Match. (WATCH video)

While there is no love lost between Cena & The Game, the SmackDown team is just as tense. Randy Orton & Rey Mysterio, the two challengers for the World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania, have been at each other’s throats since Rey eliminated the Legend Killer to win the Royal Rumble Match. Joining them will be the Wrestling Machine, Kurt Angle.

On the March 10 edition of SmackDown, Angle and Mysterio teamed up to take on the team of Orton and Mark Henry. In the end, Orton orchestrated a vicious attack that saw Henry splash the World Heavyweight Champion through a table. (WATCH video)

Orton may not like Angle and Mysterio very much, but that didn't stop him from trying to get the advantage over RAW. On the March 13 edition of RAW, Triple H and Cena found themselves on opposite sides of a six man tag team match. As the action broke down, Orton snuck up on an unsuspecting John Cena and laid him out with an RKO. Triple H looked angry at the invasion at first, but then a smile crept over his face, realizing his nemesis was hurt. (WATCH video)


Just one night before this epic battle, Angle, Mysterio & Orton had to coexist as a team on Friday Night SmackDown. While they were able to defeat MNM & Mark Henry, it was not without a bit of controversy; after not tagging in the whole match, Orton made a blind tag and stole Mysterio's pinflal, throwing Rey out of the ring after he had hit a 619 on Joey Mercury. (Watch video)

With so much animosity on both sides, will either team be able to gel as a cohesive unit? Will the numbers game prove to be too much for The Champ & The Game, or will the RAW team overcome the odds and be victorious? Tune in to Saturday Night’s Main Event on March 18 to find out.

BAHGAWD THIS IS GONNA BE A SLOBBERKNOCKER FULL OF PUPPIES AND SUPLEX MACHINES!

I'm really hyped up for this


Which means it'll probably suck ass :shifty:

Aw man, I didn't realize it was on a tape delay. Like half the show already happened.

Hmm, okkkay

LMFAO @ JBL

Now how is this show gonna be used after tonight? That's the question...

whoa, JR.

JR!!!! *marks the F OUT*

BAHGAWD!

IMO IMO IMO!

Nice set.

Now THIS is an announcing team

and Trips is looking leaner

JR, Tazz, and King. Hell yeah!

LOL @ the mixed reaction. I can't wait until Cena goes heel.

and HERE COMES THE HARDY POP

kinda a cheap looking set

yeah but you gotta love to white ropes

He must be full of "Wellness"

I think it looks pretty neat

is the main event Michaels-Macmahon?

If by Wellness you mean Winstrol, then yes he is

Must be, but then again...the whole thing is a main event.

:shifty:

true :shifty:

This has got that "big show" feel to be fair... the last time I watched a TV show that seemed so heated and exciting, it was the only other SNME I ever saw, in 1992, when the Ultimate Maniacs took on Money Inc. in the opener and the crowd seemed very hot.

Maybe they're sweetened the crowd noise if it's on tape delay though.

I think they went a little overboard on the pyro, smoke everywhere

that's not pyro that's RVD [/old joke]

yeah, and Wrestlemania is supposed to be epic

lol

Eddie chants startng

Cena's debut on network television and the crowd are ripping on him, big time. Not a good first impression for new viewers' introduction to the "next mainstream wrestling star" is it?

everytime there is a "Cena sucks" chant, an angel get its wings

I think SNME is a way of slowly bringing the brands back together. It's very neat.

Monarch of the Mat, that's a good one

"Enlarged heart"... yeah, i think Trips is more likely than Mysterio to have one of those, if ya get me?

God, I hope not. The brands need to stay seperate. WWE just needs to realize the strengths and weaknesses of what talent they have before rebooting the show every few months.

On another note, LMAO @ the "Cena Sucks" chants.

I love seeing a show that isn't covered up.

This is weird seeing Rey Mysterio fighting HHH.

and time away from the announce table has made JR better...he's actually calling the match now!

Anyone else wanna see a HHH vs. Mysterio match? That'd be good

LMFAO @ the boos!! I love this!!

YES!

LMFAO!!! The cheers at the Pedigree!

I FUCKING LOVE YOU TRIPS

Oh, this is interesting

fuck here comes superman

YES! Kick his ass Angle -- LMAO!!! RKO!

LMFAO!!!!

hmmmm... popular decision

god he HHHs better than HHH

Dammit, this match shouldn't have been first.

lol now I feel like the show is over, with that kind of finish and all.

Okay, tonight should be good. That was nice

ok great opening i think :)

yes...lets plug nashville star due to Cowboy Troy on RAW for no apparent reason

I have to admit, that match made me mark out. All the finishers, Triple H with a Pedigree Spree. Man, I haven't marked out like that in a LONG while.

It must be because this doesn't feel like a RAW or SD!, more like a PPV.

this is cool...first SNME I've seen.

That's a good way to draw in the viewers

Pretty good match. Should've been last.

I hope Orton isn't going to win the belt if their pushing him like that.

1. He got FU'd and nearly pinned.

2. He was the one that actually got pinned.

I really doubt Orton's winning the WHC now.

i like the way the ring is set up

white ropes and the different camera angles

Yeah, what was the deal with that. I missed Raw on Monday.

Wow, I don't feel like WM is only 2 weeks away. To me it doesn't seem as much buildup as last year, but then again...I haven't been watching SD for the past month.

bullll shit

wtf with that guy's voice...I wasn't watching the screen and I thought it was a woman talking.

'fricken cowboy troy did guest commentary on a match with edge

So, Booker vs. Boogeyman at Mania?

the host of the "Cutting Edge" is Edge!! no way!!

Shock to me :roll:

10 bucks to see Joe Dirt, Duece Bigelow, and Napolean Dynamite play baseball? No thanks

Hmm, didn't know Booker was managed by Sherri. Then again, I barely watched WCW

Remember when the ratings went up when Edge was champ?

Good times, great memories

early on, yes

I am depressed an the non red white and blue ropes

but i think that match being first is ECW esque nad very wisethe show may get better! or it may get worse... but that's cool

i feel bad for the crowd having to watch edge stand in the ring for the past 15 mins lol

mark if Sandman came out and showed edge who is hardcore *sorry im drunk again and just watched ECW one night stand for the 1,000th time*

Edge was paying attention during One Night Stand

FLAMMING TABLES!!!!

WTF!!!

They're going all out for this!

...ouch

Oh shit! EDGE!

Poor Mick. Those thumbtacks barely work

Ahahaha, he no sold a tack bump

FUCK YES!! Woooooooo!!

and foley is smiling!! and still going at it

CONCHAIRTO

no sold my ass nice tack in his head

if they would only replace the booker t boogeyman match with a rvd ladder match against anyone.. I'd mark out

cmon man usually a tack bump puts you down, he sat up, smiled, and continued on

That will be a neat match at Mania I think, I hope

true....now think of the kids saying i can do that.... he landed on them and got up without getting hurt...I can Do It Too!!

This just in, Azriel has set the record usage for the word "neat"

So, whats next?

You can't really no sell thumbtacks in your head. I mean, the I don't think he no sold it, it was built up extremely well, then the spot, the whole way it was done just made Foley look like a tough SOB

:rofl:

I hope NM squashes your ass at Fallout :p

TNA is/was in the same city as SMNE tonight/last night, right?

Was I the only one hoping (but knowing it won't happen) that Christian was going to come out and kick Edge's ass? With the NWA Championship?

:shifty:

"Ass" is censored?

Damn it.

But, LMAO @ them showing Bischoff and Heyman in this video package.

yes!! i remember when he fired everyone....including us

hmmmm they talked about screwing bret hart on live TV?? scary

wow...even 'pissed off' is censored.

Isn't that SummerSlam music?

I am still waiting to collect unemployment from that

booker T has officially no skillz with dancing

so far we've had one match in one hour

Hmm, wonder how this will turn out?