Official RAW thread. March 19th, 2007: Wrestlemania Reversal Night.
 

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Preview:Reversal of fortunes


March 19, 2007



With only two stops left for Raw before WrestleMania, allegiances are bound to crumble as many Superstars align themselves for gold at the biggest night in sports-entertainment.
SmackDown General Manager Theodore Long has confirmed that next week on Raw, it will be WrestleMania reversal night. Both of the World Tag Team Champions, John Cena and Shawn Michaels, will face opponents from their partner’s WrestleMania past. John Cena will face Chris Benoit and Shawn Michaels will take on JBL. Which Superstar will step up on the quest for dominance?
Last week, Chris Masters turned to Lilian Garcia when no one answered his Master Lock Challenge; luckily, Super Crazy prevented her from getting the Master Lock, instead feeling the painful hold himself.
Someone has stepped up, however: ECW World Champion Bobby Lashley. Just 13 days before he meets Umaga at WrestleMania, Lashley will take the Master Lock challenge on Raw. Will the ECW World Champion be the first to break the devastating hold? And if he doesn't, will this Challenge crack the list of Masters' greatest Master Lock moments?
In a shocking turn of events, Mr. McMahon did not give Donald Trump the billionaire bitch slap he had promised. Instead, “The Donald” pushed the Chairman over a table. How will Mr. McMahon retaliate after facing such embarrassment?
Two weeks ago, The Great Khali made himself heard when he demanded: “I want Kane!” Last week, Kane responded by destroying the announce table with his twisted gaze fixed on Khali. After seeing what Kane did to Daivari on Friday Night SmackDown, what kind of destruction will occur if these two meet again?
Find out live Monday night at 9/8 CT on the USA Network.

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Man this is the first Raw that's been in Indiana that I've not been to in close to 7 years.
:-\

Evening all.

JBL JBL

This show will be just fine if Benoit beats Cena tonight.

In memory of Skaaland. Nice :)

Arnie...... :'(

R.I.P. Arnie.

New opening?

The Return of M-A-G's Raw Recap!

Bear in mind it's been a while since I've watched Raw in its entirety and it's been YEARS since I've done a recap so bear with me.

Slightly modified opening, rather.

Arnold Skaaland. R.I.P.

Is JBL actually going to wrestle, you think? It seems like a very low key return to me.

Michaels Benoit to start it off?

Ah well, we'll find out now.

I'm actually pumped to hearing the closing bell tonight.

Michaels/JBL you mean.

I have a feeling this JBL match ain't happening.

Oh, yeah, my bad.

*marks out for JBL music. LIMO!

YES! LIMO AND ALL!

JBL

Damnit. I guess he's not wrestling

Not wrestling, duh.

Hah this guy ain't dressed to wrestle... told you...

He ain't fightin'? :wtf:

Are we ready?!?!?!? Let the show begin as Shawn makes his way out for his match with John Bradshaw Layfield. I don't get this whole WrestleMania Reversal night thing. The brand extension means less and less as the weeks go by. JBL gives us the traditional entrance but he's not dressed to compete.

JBL does not appear to be in wrestling gear.

Michaels vs Khali?

You know what always bothered me. JBL got all this knowledge about the stock market and all. Why doesn't he go out and make some millions trading or start his own firm?

Welcome to three years ago.

JBL gets good heat, but I assumed he would get more of a mixed reaction. He's been damn entertaining in his commentator role.

Haha I missed JBL on the mic.

He works on Wallstreet full time.

YEAH JBL! GET IN HIS HEAD!

I love JBL on the mic.

LOL

prick *censored that i have known* in my life

Where is this going?

No shit. I know he's got that weekend show on MSNBC. Is he with some big broker company or an advisor of some sorts?

Michaels is gonna kick his head off.

JBL grabs the mic and talks about his suit a la The Rock. Apparently nobody tells JBL what to do. It's like a shoot against Vince or something. He claims he's not going to wrestle unless it's on his terms. JBL claims HBK is going to get his ass kicked by John Cena. JBL stirs the pot by claiming HBK's had chances to kick Cena's head off and calls him a "prick". The censoring comes a little too late for that. JBL tries some motivation via tough love. This is actually a pretty interesting promo from JBL.

He works with high risk bonds or some shit.

Although JBL is gold on the mic, I hate blatant false advertising like that.

I'd like to see michaels win.

ROFL JBL got owned

Sweet Chin Music!

Ah man.

Didn't see THAT coming.... :shifty:

HBK grabs the mic and talks about respect and mind games and stuff. Nobody tells HBK what to do either. Pfft, you don't know the half of it. He demonstrates the suddeness of Sweet Chin Music by taking out JBL with it. Nice little opening segment but what the hell's with the bait-and-switch? Segment score: B. Shawn wearing JBL's hat afterward saves it from a C or worse.

Fair play, JBL did a good job putting that move over there... allowing himself to get KOed with one kick... good chap.

... ok mr play by play

Hang on.... Shawn Michaels WEARING A HAT saved the segment for you?

JBL is easily one of the greatest mic workers ever.

opening segment was excellent

Wow... See No Evil is getting a DVD release in the UK finally. None of the WWE Films movies have made it to the theatres over here yet. Wonder if The Condemned will be different, what with Vinnie Jones having a role?

What if they have the same thing with Cena/Benoit? lol, that'd be so terrible.

lmfao GIANT GRAPEFRUITS

That was a great exchange by both.

Hmm... the Battle Of The Billionaires ident just shows how much WWE thinks of their current ECW Champion and Intercontinental Champion.... Large pictures of Trump, Vince and Austin, with pics of Umaga and Lashley barely visible in the background, followed by a Tale Of The Tape.... but not of the competitors, but of the respective managers. Tut.

OOOOHHHHH

Ooooh... maybe we're getting an Edge vs Orton match at WM after all.

Man, Orton/Edge feud is the best shit ever.

that was fucking awesome.

Edge gets confronted by Randy Orton in the back. I don't watch ECW so I'm gonna leave it up to Orton to fill me on. I knew he would be useful for something. Orton turns up the ante by announcing a Last Chance Battle Royal for Edge's spot in the Money In the Bank match. The rub noses as my friend notes that Orton looks like Colossus. I don't know what he's on.

Good, I didn't want Edge in that damn Money In The Bank anyway. He should stay undefeated at Mania.

Man, Edge sounds like Jack Bauer!

oh fuck, ok let's get this mastershit done quickly.

yipee

Christ Masters sporting the goatee again.

Alright. Get Khali out here and end this once and for all.

The hell is Lashley doing here?

Hmmmm.... bye bye Masterlock Challenge.

Lashley needs new music. I didn't even recognise it until he came onto the stage, it's so indescript.

Black Lesnar

It was announced on wwe.com that he wuold be the one taking the challenge.. why are the announcers acting suprised?

Is that a Bobby chant?

business has just picked up

Nice twist making the Last Chance Battle Royal for Edge's spot so he can jump out of it. Makes me laugh a bit. . .but now I wonder why Randy Orton's in it.

I got a feeling that they were pushing the history of the Masterlock pretty hard there. Shoulda guessed tonight was the night they were ending it.

LOL Masters slapped the back of his head

If Edge is taken out of the match, Orton will be too.

UNLESS Edge is too injured to wrestle at Mania.

Wow. Masters and Lashley have some sort of weird chemistry going out there. Or maybe they're both just "UGH SQUASH" guys and I can't tell the difference between chemistry and similarity.

I was starting to like Masters when he was really heelish doing shit to Torrie and kinda running away but then he stopped getting tv time.

Hah knew it.

BAH GAWD HE BROKE IT

I knew it.

Figures...

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Nice. I like how easily they wasted even the Masterlock, expect a Masters vs. Lashley match tomorrow night.

Good. Hopefully thats the last we'll see of the Masterlock challenge.

Masterlock Challenge: OK so now....Wait, WTF is with the Masterpiece's beard? Anyway, the challenge is being answered by Bobby Lashley. Call me crazy but I'd like to see a match between these two built right. Lashley REALLY needs better music. Lashley's all calm about it. Masters is somewhat hesistant. Masters is all "F*CK this" and slaps Lashley. Things get back to normal and the Masterlock is locked in. Lashley fights but goes to a knee. He rises but goes down again. One last attempt AND HE BREAKS IT!!!!!!!!!!! HOLY *(@&()@*(@*!!!! NOT LIKE THAT SOLDIER ALREADY DID IT BACK IN DECEMBER!!! Segment Score: D. There's better ways to get Lashley over and they seem to have discarded Masters into the Whatever Pile.

Lashley reminds me of Davey Boy Smith, back in the early 90s when he was too muscle bound to be the excellent worker he used to be/eventually became again.

The rock has a BIIIIG BOOWW

dude MAG shut up. we know what happenned.

I Robot on FX is better than Raw

They should have at least made it last longer to build suspense.

If they were going to have Lashley break the Masterlock, he should've done it when he debuted.

wwhhat the fuck @ that RGX body spray commercial. I would tax it.

Commercial break: WTF is with that chick wanting to smell me?

Yes, that's who I'm doing this for. The people who ARE watching.

House marathon. My sunday is lookin' good already.