Ultimate Warrior appeared in the opening montage, so maybe a deal was made for the Hall of Fame after all.
Undertaker angle is opening the show.
The talk of the night may end up being whatever the fuck it is that Shawn is wearing.
They've added a no-DQ, no-countout stip to the match. Great interview. No goofy angles, just both guys vowing to beat the other and take what was most important to them in the process.
There was a segment with Jillian, Hornswaggle, the Bellas and Criss Angel which was proof WWE is unconcerned about people switching to Impact.
They did the Miz & Show vs. Morrison & Truth WrestleMania match for free with no build. It went maybe 10 seconds before the ref called for the bell, and then they didn't even announce what the finish was. Babyfaces laid them out to prove they were deserving Mania contenders.
On January 4th our board broke its record with 275 people online (previous record was the day the Benoit news broke). We're currently at about 170, which shows that interest is way, way down this time around. One would suspect that means bad news for TNA's rating, but we'll see.
Raw's top of the hour segment is the Orton vs. Legacy handicap match which is absolutely nothing special at all, and in fact rather boring.
Big Dave swore on his title that he wouldn't interfere in the Cena vs. Vince match. I call shenanigans.
They made Hunter vs. Sheamus official at WrestleMania in a segment where Hunter did his absurd promo about how working WrestleMania was a huge risk because you either won and became a legend or you lost and ended up mired in obscurity for the rest of your life. An outright lie, that.
So did you read the thing in the daily update about the host of Good Day Oregon being told that he couldn't drop an elbow on a doll during a segment with MVP because kids may try it at home and get hurt, or some such nonsense? Well, Criss Angel just did a magic trick where he had Santino put a KNIFE, a fucking KNIFE under one of four cups, and then said he was going to use his magic to crush the three empty ones and avoid being stabbed. Not making this up. He didn't get stabbed, but the fact that this aired on the supposed PG kid-friendly Raw was astonishing.
Evan Bourne qualified for Money in the Bank, beating Regal.
For those keeping track, with both shows moving into the last 20 minutes, we're down to 143 people on our board. I'm not watching Impact so I don't know what the quality of the show is like, but it appears interest in tonight's war is badly waning.
They announced the Bret/Vince contract signing for next week with Steve Austin presiding over it.
Vince vs. Cena is now a "tag team gauntlet match". So far Koslov, Drew McIntyre and Jack Swagger are all involved. Mark Henry was forced to get involved and refused, so Dave came out and speared him. Kofi tried to save and he was treated like a fool. Dave finally gave Cena the spear and powerbomb and Vince pinned him with his knee on Cena's chest.
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