Monday night RAW Jan 24, 2005

[Gouda]

Raw Thoughts:

- What the hell was with using up all their big name talent in the opening match of the card?

-During that match it occured to me that Christian NEEDS to eliminate Edge from the Royal Rumble. It will be Edge and Michaels standing, Edge will be glaring at him but then before they can fight, Christian will go and eliminate Edge. Edge goes nuts. Christian laughs. Tomko rubs his chin.

- Speaking of Tomko, his beard gets gayer every week. It was ok when it was just the goatee but now he's growing it all around and looks real ugly.

- Speaking of Christian, how cool is his entrance attire?

- So what? Bischoff's a heel again?

- So Tajiri finally gets on RAW and makes me happy. Than he jobs to Viscera. I would have at least wanted to see a more competitve match if they were going to make Tajiri lose. Have Tajiri kick Viscera's stomache and see his foot bounce off.

- So Regal and Tajiri were going to get some revenge on Bischoff but then did nothing? Maybe... they will go to Smackdown! That would rock! They could qualify as Smackdown stars and than they'd eliminate Viscera, Coach, and a bunch of other RAW people as revenge against Bischoff as well as get them over on Smackdown.

- Maven is awesome on the microphone. But he REALLY should have won that match. I don't know why they are just jobbing him out. First Benjamin in 3 second matches and then he loses to two people who could barely move and got badly hurt by the simplest of moves? Screw that. He really should have just snuck in a pin after Snitksy and Kane fought each other and then bounced around and celebrated like it was the greatest win of his life.

- Tag titles get made to look like a joke again. And seriously what was up with them selling that Batista stuck the flagpole in Grenier's ass when anyone with half a brain could clearly see that it wasn't?

- Someone else should have gotten the opportunity to punk out JR. HHH doesn't need the heat.

- HHH avoiding eye contact with Batista was pretty hilarious.

- I love Flair.

- I can't stand Randy Orton. I'm seriously having doubts about ordering the Royal Rumble now. Only good match other than the Rumble is Edge/HBK.

EDIT:

More thoughts:

- Why does Mark Lloyd have to change his look every freaking week?Pick something and stick with it!

- Is it just me or did Randy have a boner?

[RemyRed]

This Raw was great.

[The Cerebral Assassin]

Here are photos of "THAT" old man in his prime.

Credit for all this goes to www.obsessedwithwrestling.com

Danny Hodge




Amature Wrestling Title History
National AAU 174lb Champion (1954);
National Intercollegiate Champion (1955);
National AAU 174lb Champion (1956)
National Intercollegiate 174lb Champion (1956);
National AAU 191lb Greco-Roman Champion (1956);
United States Olympic Team - Silver Medal (1956);
National Intercollegiate 174lb Champion (1957);
NCAA Championship (1956);


Professional Wrestling Title History
NWA World's Jr. Heavyweight title defeating Angelo Savoldi (July 22, 1960);
NWA World's Jr. Heavyweight title defeating Hiro Matsuda (March 2, 1976);
NWA World's Jr. Heavyweight title -won it 6 times in total-;
United States Tag Team titles w/Lester Welch;
United States Tag Team titles w/Jay Clayton;
Pacific Northwest Tag Team titles w/Shag Thomas;
NWA International Tag Team titles w/Wilbur Snyder;

In the Beginning:

Danny Hodge began wrestling in Jr. High School and became All State Jr. High School champion at the 145 lb. weight class..
Danny Hodge continued to wrestle in High School and went to the state championships..
1951: Danny Hodge joined the Naval Reserves and was stationed at the Great Lakes Naval Training Base in Waukegan, IL..
~~~He wrestled at the Great Lakes Naval Training Base and coached the wrestling team as well..
Danny Hodge attended the University of Oklahoma and wrestled for them..
1956: Danny Hodge won the NCAA championship, the AAU Greco-Roman, and the AAU Freestyle Tournaments..
1956: Danny Hodge went to the Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and won a Silver Medal after losing a disputed match..
1957: Danny Hodge won the NCAA for the third year in a row..
Danny Hodge was also a Golden Gloves boxing champion and had had an 8-2 record as a professional fighter..

The Wrestling Business:

October 7, 1959: Danny Hodge had his first professional match and defeated Sasha the Great (Alex Mulko aka Nikita Mulkovich)..
Danny Hodge began training under Ed "Strangler" Lewis during his early days as a professional..
July 22, 1960: Danny Hodge defeated Angelo Savoldi to win the NWA World Jr. Heavyweight title in Oklahoma City..
Mid-70s: Danny Hodge played a heel in the Memphis area, and would come out on television and crush apples with his bare hands..
March 2, 1976: Danny Hodge defeated Hiro Matsuda to win his sixth NWA World Jr. Heavyweight title in St. Petersburg, FL..
Mid-March 1976: Danny Hodge was involved in an automobile accident that ended his career and nearly ended his life..
~~~He fell asleep at the wheel of his car near Monroe, Louisiana and hit a bridge and suffered a broken neck..

Retirement:

Danny Hodge was mostly face, but did have at least one heel run teaming with his old Olympic teammate Dale Lewis..
Danny Hodge was known for having the strongest hands in the wrestling business due to supposed double tendons..
Danny Hodge and his wife, Delores, have been married for over 50 years and live quietly in Perry, Oklahoma..

[Gouda]

When Danny Hodge came out I got sad because I thought "Man, if Orton was still heel I'd love to see him come out of nowhere and RKO that guy".

Is it just me, or do they no longer do the "Smackdown Rebound"? Or have I just missed it everytime for the last month or so?

[Gouda]

Originally Posted by Ketchup Is it just me, or do they no longer do the "Smackdown Rebound"? Or have I just missed it everytime for the last month or so?

They still do it. They did it this week. I must say so myself, the Smackdown Rebound is better than the Smackdown show itself. What with all the fancy editing and highly dramatic music overtop.

hmmm, musta been in the pisser.

[AJHayes]

"That old man" Boasts quite an impressive resume! Surprised we haven't heard anything about him.