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[#1-norm-fan]

Okay, so I just tried to put the stat update in TEW and when I try to start a game i get a "run error 6: overflow" message. I went to look at my workers in the editor and it's all crazy looking. I'm guessing the worker file is too big for whatever reason. Anyone know what's going on?

[The Mackem]

Might be best to ask at http://www.400softwarestudios.com/in...p?showforum=78

[mitch_h]

Had my first 100% match... Samoa Joe vs Bryan Danielson vs CM Punk vs Low Ki

[Evil Vito]

OK, so I'm transferring stuff to my new computer, and when I remmebered EWR, I couldn't help but transfer 2 versions (1.3 and 4.2) over to the new comp and start playing M-A-G's game the first time in forever.

I've booked 1 Smackdown and 1 Raw (both in November 2025), and I'm starting to re-gain a feel for the storylines that I had going on.

On the 2 shows, 3 matches were announced. 2 of which were Survivor Series Elimination Matches which involved the GMs of the shows.

Over on Smackdown, Ian Moore (still fumed about being arrested a month or so previous), laid down a challenge to Kurt Angle. Each man has until Survivor Series tgo assemble 3 other men in his team, and stipulations may still be added on. The main event of the night was Ian Moore taking on Chris Sylvain. Moore lost the match due to Angle rushing in and Angle-Slamming Moore while Sylvain distracted the ref. After the match, Moore was beaten down, and Angle gleefully announced that Chris Sylvain would be a part of Angle's team come Survivor Series.

Over on Raw, GM Chris Jericho demanded explanation as to why La Resistance attacked him. Rob Conway came out to speak on the group's behalf, and he claimed that La Resistance were being unfairly treated (citing Jericho giving Lance Storm a World Title shot, but not telling him about it until minutes before), and that they wanted Jericho out. So Jericho laid down the law, and said that he'd find 3 other guys to face all of La Resistance at Survivor Series. It was quite simple, if Jericho's team lost, he would resign. But if La Resistance lost, they would have no choice but to disband.

In other news:

-Goldberg has 2 men vying for a World Title shot. On Raw, Jason Collins wants a re-match, and on Smackdown, John Cena wants a shot. It's basically Goldberg's choice.

-Mordecai is the new Number 1 Contender to the European Title at Survivor Series, after defeating Ken Shamrock. Can Mordecai (who has been undefeated since returning as Mordecai at Unforgiven) topple old rival Simon Diamond? We'll have to wait in see.

-In an unfortunate situation, one half of the World Tag Team Champions, "Dangerous Man" Chris Linares, suffered a torn calf at a house show and will be out for 5 months. As a result, the title was vacated on Raw (for the 3rd time this year strangely). According to GM Chris Jericho, new champions won't be crowned until the Raw after Survivor Series. However, the question is, who will be involved? The Uprising and the Bishop/Kreeve Connection have stated their desire to get shots, but Chris Jericho mentioned that the non-injured member of 24/7, David E., should get another crack at the gold (provided he can find another partner).

[Evil Vito]

K, here's the current (packed) Survivor Series card. I've got 2 Smackdowns and 1 Raw left, so barring any injuries, suspensions, or rehabilitations, here's what's happening:

WWE Championship - Interpromotional Triple Threat Match: John Cena vs. Jason Collins vs. Goldberg (C)

Both John Cena and Jason Collins have been looking to get title shots at SS, since it's an interpromotional PPV and Goldberg could face seemingly any male on the roster. It got to the point where Collins and Cena did run ins on the opposing show and wreaked havoc, and ultimately this match was signed as a result.


Survivor Series Elimination Match: Ian Moore, Ken Shamrock, and The Thug Life Soldiers vs. Kurt Angle, Chris Sylvain, Reaper, and Ryan Creed

This is a result of the aforementioned arresting of Ian Moore. Both men formed teams over the weeks, and a whole host of stipulations have been signed as a result. If Moore's team loses, then each member of their team will lose $400,000 while each member of Angle's team wil become $400,000 richer. However, for Moore's team, it's not about money, it's about power and trying to change Kurt Angle's ways. Should Moore's team win, then each member will be given the chance to choose their match at the SmackDown-exclusive PPV, Armageddon.


Survivor Series Elimination Match: Chris Jericho, Garrett, Bishop, and Kreeve vs. La Resistance (Lance Storm, Rob Conway, Sylvain grenier, and Chris Nowinski)

I'm pretty sure I mentioned the buildup for this match already as well. Jericho resigns should his team lose, but if his team is victorious then La Resistance will have to part ways.


WWE European Championship: Mordecai vs. Simon Diamond (C)

Mordecai has been utterly unstoppable since his return, and Diamond is hoping to change that and hold onto the belt that he beat Mordecai (then Seven) for at SummerSlam.


Eugene vs. Alex Michaels

These two have been feuding ever since No Mercy, when Eugene's then manager, M-A-G, turned on Eugene after a rapid losing streak and a suddenly demented personality change. M-A-G has sent in another one of his clients, Alex Michaels, to finish the job. However, it won't be that easy, as Eugene has been on a roll since M-A-G left him. As an added bonus to this match, the winner will be entered into the battle royal later on.


10-Man Interpromotional Battle Royal - Winner gets an Intercontinental/European Title Match at the next Raw or Smackdown

5 of Raw and 5 of Smackdown's finest will collide in an attempt to get a shot at the brands' coveted titles.


Also, there will be 2 more Survivor Series Elimination matches, one will be all women and one will be all cruiserweights. The one that gets the final pinfall/submission in each gets a shot at the corresponding title on the following Raw/Smackdown. It should also be noted that Cruiserweight Champion Mark Mason will take part in the match, and if he comes out on top, he'll get a well-earned day-off and he won't have to defend the belt on Smackdown.

[Evil Vito]

I dunno if anybody reads these anymore, but nevertheless, here's Survivor Series 2025:

Heat Segment: M-A-G hyped the Survivor Series opener between his client, Alex Michaels, and former client Eugene. 86% Overall Rating

Survivor Series Matches
Eugene pinned Alex Michaels to earn a spot in the battle royal. ****1/4, 88% Overall Rating

Survivor Series Elimination Match: Kevin Daniels, Derek Standish, and The Yakuza defeated Cruiserweight Champion Mark Mason, Sean Casey, Billy Kidman, and Rey Mysterio. Kevin Daniels got the final decision, so he gets a shot at the Cruiserweight Title on the next Smackdown. ****1/4, 86% Overall Rating

Survivor Series Elimination Match: Chris Jericho, Garrett, Bishop, and Kreeve defeated La Resistance. Because of this, La Resistance must disband. ****1/4, 88% Overall Rating

Mordecai pinned Simon Diamond to win the WWE European Championship. Mordecai further beats down Simon afterwards. ****1/4, 89% Overall Rating

Survivor Series Elimination Match: Jodie Marie, Tyra Foxx, Mizteek, and Adara James defeated Vixxen, Oracle, Alyssa Skull, and Brooke. Mizteek got the final decision, so she gets a shot at the Women's Championship the next night on Raw. ****1/4, 87% Overall Rating

Survivor Series Elimination Match: Ian Moore, Ken Shamrock, and The Thug Life Soldiers defeated Kurt Angle, Chris Sylvain, Reaper, and Ryan Creed. Because of this, all of the members of Moore's team get to select their matches for Armageddon. ****1/4, 87% Overall Rating

Rayne defeated Mourn, Cero, Mike Sullivan, Tempest, Eugene, Jason Cross, Fortune, Sean Criss, and the man he last eliminated, AJ Styles, to win the 10-Man Battle Royal and earn a shot at the European Championship on the next Smackdown. 82% Overall Rating

Goldberg defeated John Cena and Jason Collins to retain the WWE Championship. ****1/4, 89% Overall Rating

Hmm, there seems to be a trend in that PPV, and I can't quite put my finger on it.

87% Overall Rating for Survivor Series
We got a 1.57 Buy Rate

Derrick Standish thinks he should be higher up the card. I agree.

-End of Month Notes-

Everybody in OVW and the Funkin Conservatory are coming along quite nicely.

Trinity has returned from suspension.

Staff member Ronald Smalls has retired from PW. Yeah, like I care.

Staff member David O'Brien has retired. Yeah, whatever.

Boss Man has retired from WWA. God speed.

Nova has announced that he will retire from WWA in one month.

The Rock has left RoH. I WOULD pick him up, but for whatever reason he's not appearing in the free agent database.

8 or so staff members have their contracts expiring in three months.

Injured List
"Dangerous Man" Chris Linares - Ripped Bicep - 4 months
Ron Killings - Broken Leg - 9 months
Spanky - Torn Calf - 1 month

Suspended List
None

Rehabbing Workers
Kim Roderick

[The Mackem]

Booo get M-A-G off WWE TV

[Evil Vito]

What's wrong with M-A-G?

[Evil Vito]

Storyline Updates:

The Raw after Survivor Series, Lance Storm and Rob Conway shocked the world, by openly quitting in the face of GM Chris Jericho. Conway has apparently opted to call it a career at the age of 50 years old. Storm, however, has claimed that he will be taking his work elsewhere, and that a meeting with one Kurt Angle has already been scheduled. It is not known what is going to become of Chris Nowinski or Sylvain Grenier, as neither man was present.

Also, in a surprising turn events, our new World Tag Team Champions are the unlikely duo of David E. and Matt Hardy. Getting to find a replacement partner for the TLC Match due to his regular partner being in jured, David E. chose Matt Hardy because of Matt's experience with those types of matches. The move worked like a charm, as the team managed to top The Uprising and Bishop/Kreeve. However, one has to wonder how Dangerous Man feels about this.

[Evil Vito]

Storyline Updates:

The Raw after Survivor Series, Lance Storm and Rob Conway shocked the world, by openly quitting in the face of GM Chris Jericho. Conway has apparently opted to call it a career at the age of 50 years old. Storm, however, has claimed that he will be taking his work elsewhere, and that a meeting with one Kurt Angle has already been scheduled. It is not known what is going to become of Chris Nowinski or Sylvain Grenier, as neither man was present.

Also, in a surprising turn events, our new World Tag Team Champions are the unlikely duo of David E. and Matt Hardy. Getting to find a replacement partner for the TLC Match due to his regular partner being in jured, David E. chose Matt Hardy because of Matt's experience with those types of matches. The move worked like a charm, as the team managed to top The Uprising and Bishop/Kreeve. However, one has to wonder how Dangerous Man feels about this.

[Evil Vito]

On the first SmackDown of December, two huge matches have already been signed.

Ian Moore used his ability to choose his match at Armageddon to go one-on-one with GM Kurt Angle. And as for stipulation, Moore has stated that if he wins, he will get to serve as General Manager of Smackdown and run EVERYTHING about it, for one week. Who knows what ground-breaking moves Moore would make in the span of a week?

As for the other announced match, John Cena claimed that he should get a one-on-one match with Goldberg for the belt (he cited that a triple threat match "messed him up" and that Jason Collins created an unfair distraction. And Kurt Angle happily obliged to all of this, so unless Ken Shamrock or The Thug Life Soldiers decide to interject themselves in the match, it will be John Cena taking on Goldberg for the WWE Championship.

It should also be noted that Mordecai and Mark Mason successfully defended their titles.

[Cactus Sid]

I downloaded EW9000, just because you can get through a few years in an hour, and I once had Jericho has a 29 time Intercontinental Champion

Currently I'm up to Vengeance in 2001 (game starts in 2000) I'm moving towards Summerslam.

Royal Rumble For Number 1 Contendership At Summerslam

WWE Undisputed Heavyweight Title
Kurt Angle (c) vs ????????

WWE Intercontinental Title
John Cena (c) vs Shawn Michaels vs Randy Orton

WWE United States Title
Edge (c) vs Rey Mysterio

WWE Tag Team Titles
Rob Van Dam and Eddie Guerrero (c) vs Triple H and The Rock

Chris Jericho vs Batista

[Disturbed316]

EW9000? When did that come out?

[Evil Vito]

I've only booked two shows in December up to this point, but I've still pounded out the probable Armageddon 2025 card as long as everyone stays healthy:

WWE Championship: Goldberg defends against John Cena

WWE European Championship: Mordecai defends against Simon Diamond (re-match from Survivor Series)

WWE Tag Team Championships: The Ameri-French Connection (Rene Dupree and Charlie Haas) defend against The Thug Life Soldiers (Jordan and Jerome)

WWE Cruiserweight Championship: Mark Mason defends against Kevin Daniels and Derek Standish

GM for a Week Match: Ian Moore vs. SmackDown! General Manager Kurt Angle

Submission Match: Ken Shamrock vs. Lance Storm

Sean Casey vs. Chris Sylvain

Mourning Rayne (guess who ) vs. Reaper and Ryan Creed

[Mike the Metal Ed]

Originally Posted by Disturbed316 EW9000? When did that come out?

Before EWR.

[Evil Vito]

On another note, I've tried out the TEW demo again, and as a result I'm considering buying it.

Pretty short on cash though, and $35 for a wrestling sim seems a bit much.

If I go through with it, myself and HardKore UK would likely do a game in which we delete WWE (maybe TNA too) and then do a draft over MSN for our wrestlers. We'll create two entirely new Global promotions and have our own version of the Monday Night Wars (and to be fair we could set it so that both networks have the same maximum rating.

Would be pretty fun.

[Evil Vito]

Some pretty interesting stuff happening on Raw lately. With Conway and Storm off of Raw, Chris Jericho resigned former Smackdown competitor Apocalypse, who had been out of the promotion since May. He's picked up two impressive wins since his return, over AJ Styles and Sean Criss respectively.

Also, the other two former La Resistance members, Sylvain Grenier and Chris Nowinski, have seen no success as singles wrestlers. However, on the December 22nd edition of Raw, we saw a "new" team called Los Conquistadors come in. This wouldn't seem like such a big deal were it not for the fact their in ring style seemed nearly identical to that of Nowinski/Grenier. Quite interesting...

But nevertheless, here is the final PPV extravaganza of 2025, SmackDown! exclusive PPV, Armageddon!

Our commentators are Shawn Michaels and Stan Greene.

Heat Match: Chris Carvill pinned Rey Mysterio. ****1/4, 89% Overall Rating

Armageddon Matches
Mourning Rayne defeated Reaper and Ryan Creed when Rayne pinned Reaper. ****1/2, 91% Overall Rating

Mark Mason defeated Derek Standish and Kevin Daniels to retain the WWE Cruiserweight Championship. ****1/2, 91% Overall Rating

Submission Match: Ken Shamrock defeated Lance Storm. ****1/4, 90% Overall Rating

Chris Sylvain pinned Sean Casey. ****1/4, 89% Overall Rating

The Ameri-French Connection cheated to defeat The Thug Life Soldiers and retain the WWE Tag Team Championships. The Thug Life Soldiers are deservedly pissed about this afrterwards, and they kick the Ameri-French Connection's asses. ****1/4, 89% Overall Rating

Mordecai pinned Simon Diamond to retain the WWE European Championship. He beats on Diamond some more afterwards. ****1/4, 89% Overall Rating

Ian Moore pinned Kurt Angle - which means only one thing - at the stroke of midnight, Ian Moore is the General Manager of Smackdown for a week. ****1/2, 91% Overall Rating

John Cena cheated to defeat Goldberg and become the new WWE Champion. ****1/4, 89% Overall Rating

89% Overall Rating for Armageddon
We got a 1.78 Buy Rate

[Evil Vito]

Well, the night after Armageddon was certainly a huge one, as the show opened up with Raw GM Chris Jericho, with new WWE Champion John Cena in the room. Jericho had just got off the phone with week-long Smackdown GM Ian Moore, and they felt that it was in the best interest of the company to give Goldberg an immediate re-match that night, since Cena had to cheat to hold onto the belt. Cena would end up retaining, after cheating AGAIN.

In other news, Los Conquistadors picked up another victory, the whole while the crowd was chanting "LA RESSSSSSSSSSSSS, LA RESSSSSSSSSS" to which the Conquistadors acted confused.

And so January 1st, 2026 marked the first Smackdown of the new year, but before we get to that, here are the end of month notes:

-Everyone in OVW and Training Camp are continuing to improve nicely.

-Spanky has returned from injury. Thank fuck.

-Nova has retired from WWA.

-KISS Demon has announced that he will retire from XWF in one month.

-Justice Pain has announced that he will retire in one month. See ya later, Abyss!

-Pete Canada has retired. Um, who?

-Training camp guy Leon Ross needs a contract renewal.

-Ron Killings (8 months) and Dangerous Man (3 months) are still shelved with injuries.

-Kim Roderick is still in rehab.

-Still no suspensions.

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Anyways, onto Smackdown.

The returning Spanky kicked off the show by defeating Tempest, proving he isn't very rusty after being out with a Broken Leg.

But the big news, week-long Smackdown GM Ian Moore announced that, after a conference with Raw GM Chris Jericho, that John Cena was officially STRIPPED of the WWE Championship due to his inability to win it and hold it fairly. You have to figure that this never would have happened were Ian Moore not playing the role of GM (since Angle would never want to relinquish one of his own stars of the belt).

Even bigger news, the title will remain vacant until January 25, 2026 where the new champion will be crowned at the Royal Rumble. The new title holder? THE WINNER OF THE ROYAL RUMBLE MATCH!!!

[Cactus Sid]

Originally Posted by HardKore UK Before EWR.

And also before EWD.

Its in Dos.

[Evil Vito]

Some news regarding the Royal Rumble:

On the opening to the January 5th Raw, GM Chris Jericho announced that, in Ian Moore's last act as GM on Sunday night, the GMs have decided that, since the Royal Rumble will be for the Championship, every wrestler involved in it must win some sort of qualifying match on either Raw or Smackdown (if a wrestler loses their qualifying match, they can have another chance as long as the GM OKs it).

Anyways, so far there have been 8 participants, 4 from each brand:

Raw

Sean Criss got in by defeating Intercontinental Champion Brian York. However, it wasn't clean. Alex Michaels, who was involved in a major altercation with him the week previous, rushed in and costed York the match.

York would get his revenge later on in the night, costing Michaels HIS qualifying match against Goldberg. This prompted M-A-G to go apeshit on his client's behalf, and so an Intercontinental Title match has been signed for the PPV between York and Michaels.

Also, in an effort to try and prove that Los Conquistadors are Nowinski/Grenier (which would make them eligible for release due to breach of stipulation of the Survivor Series match), GM Chris Jericho put both Conquistadors in one-on-one qualifying matches. Sure enough, both lost, making it seem even more likely that Nowinski and Grenier are the Conquistadors. Uno lost to Jason Cross, while Dos lost to Apocalypse.


SmackDown!

Mourning Rayne won a tag team Royal Rumble qualifier against The Yakuza.

John Cena defeated Billy Kidman (making sure to bitch and moan about being robbed of his title afterwards).

Ian Moore overcame the odds and defeated Chris Carvill, Lance Storm, and Chris Sylvain in back-to-back-to-back matches, much to Kurt Angle's chagrin.

Also, in non-Rumble match news, Charlie Haas and Rene Dupree walked out of a Tag Team Title re-match against the Thug Life Soldiers. This caused the Soldiers to complain, and they got on the mics and basically said that the champs would have one week to accept a challenge for the Royal Rumble. If they didn't accept, the Soldiers promised to make the champs' lives a living Hell.

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Also, in some unfortunate news, Mizteek suffered a Knee Injury at a house show, which will put her on the shelf for 16 months (aka until May 2027)

[Evil Vito]

Holy fuck, there haven't been any posts in this forum since that last one.

Anyways, another week of TV is in the books, and we have more Rumble developments:

Raw

-Paul Heyman claimed that his client Brooke deserved a shot at the Women's Title, and to prove this she jumoed the champion Nicole Durgan backstage. So as a result, the match was signed: Brooke vs. Durgan at the Rumble.

Also, there were many more Royal Rumble qualifying matches.

-The makeshft teaming of AJ Styles and Jason Collins defeated Tag Team Champions David E. and Matt Hardy to earn spots in the Rumble, thanks to interference from Los Conquistadors.

-In a surprising act, Chris Jericho held a qualifying match involving two of the many talented women wrestlers on Raw, Frost and Trinity, to compete for a spot in the match and a shot at the WWE Title. Trinity came out victorious.

-Garrett defeated The Uprising's Jason Lee to get in.

-Eugene defeated the other Uprising member, Derrick King to earn his spot in.

-After a hateful promo from M-A-G, his client Jason Michaels costed Intercontinental Champion Brian York a shot in the Rumble for a 2nd straight week, this time losing to Fortune, putting Fortune in the match.

-In some backstage notes, Rey Mysterio got into a backstage fight and so, as per company policy, I had to suspend him for 3 months.

SmackDown!

-Mark Mason defeated Ryan Creed to retain his Cruiserweight Title, and afterwards Creed showed signs of frustration, pounding the mat in anger. A re-match has been signed for the Royal Rumble.

-Chris Sylvain cheated to defeat one half of The Real Deal, Cero, to get a spot.

-Ken Shamrock defeated Derek Standish to earn a spot.

-Lance Storm and Chris Carvill earned spots by defeating The Thug Life Soldiers after interference from The Ameri-French Connection. Afterwards, the Connection got on the mic and said that they accepted the Soldiers' challenge for a re-match at the Rumble. They added some extra beating afterwards.

-The main event was certainly a shocking moment. WWE European Champion Mordecai was taking on the other half of The Real Deal, Mike Sullivan, in a Royal Rumble qualifying match. Cero interfered on his partners behalf, wanting to get his partner and friend into the WWE Title Match, and sure enough, he did. The interference allowed Mike Sullivan to do something that no one had been able to do since September and defeat Mordecai. Mike Sullivan is now in the Royal Rumble. Mordecai went ballistic after, destroying various objects and the referee.

[Cactus Sid]

VENGEANCE 2001

Edge defeated JBL and Rey Mysterio to retain the United States Title

Batista defeated Chris Jericho after interferance from Ric Flair

Rob Van Dam and Eddie Guerrero defeated Triple H and The Rock to retain the Tag Team Titles

Commisioner Cactus Sid ruled that Shawn Michaels would face Kurt Angle for the Undisputed Heavyweight Title, and that Cena and Orton would face off 1 on 1

John Cena defeated Randy Orton to retain the Intercontinental Title

Shawn Michaels and Kurt Angle went to a Double DQ, Angle retained the Undisputed Title

Triple H won a Royal Rumble for the Number 1 Contendership at Summerslam

On EW9000 you have 2 Raw's and then a Smackdown between PPV's, having done 2 Raw's, my card for Summerslam looks like this

WWE Undisputed Heavyweight Title
Kurt Angle (c) vs Triple H vs Shawn Michaels

WWE Intercontinental Title
John Cena (c) vs The Undertaker

WWE United States Title
Edge (c) vs Shelton Benjamin

WWE Tag Team Titles
RVD and Eddie Guerrero vs Christian and JBL

Chris Jericho, Randy Orton and Rey Mysterio vs Ric Flair, Batista and Brock Lesnar

Chris Benoit vs The Rock

[Cactus Sid]

SUMMERSLAM

Rob Van Dam and Eddie Guerrero defeated Christian and JBL by DQ after interferance from Batista and Ric Flair, to retain the Tag Team Titles

Edge defated Shelton Benjamin by Submission to retain the US title

Chris Jericho, Randy Orton and Rey Mysterio defeated Evolution by Pinfall, when Jericho pinned Lesnar

John Cena defeated The Undertaker in a Streetfight to retain the Intercontinental Title

Cactus Sid announces that Benoit vs The Rock will be a Hell in a Cell match

Chris Benoit defeated The Rock by Pinfall

Kurt Angle pinned Triple H to retain the Undisputed Heavyweight Title in a triple threat match also involving Shawn Michaels

[Cactus Sid]

UNFORGIVEN

WWE Undisputed Heavyweight Title
Kurt Angle (c) vs Chris Benoit

WWE Intercontinental Title
John Cena (c) vs Chris Jericho

WWE United States Title
Edge (c) vs Shawn Michaels

WWE Tag Team Titles
Rob Van Dam and Eddie Guerrero (c) vs Ric Flair and Batista

Triple H vs The Undertaker

The Rock vs Randy Orton

[Cactus Sid]

Eddie Guerrero and Rob Van Dam defeated Ric Flair and Batista to retain the tag team titles, when Guerrero pinned Flair

Shawn Michaels defeated Edge to win the United States Championship

The Undertaker defeated Triple H

The Rock defeated Randy Orton by Count Out

John Cena defeated Chris Jericho to retain the Intercontinental Title, after using a chain to knock out Y2J

Kurt Angle defeated Chris Benoit to retain the Undisputed Title, after attacking Benoit with a brick and then making Benoit pass out in the Ankle Lock

[Cactus Sid]

RAW FROM MADISON SQUARE GARDEN

Raw has been declared the night of champions, as all 4 titles are put up for grabs

Eddie Guerrero and Rob Van Dam will defend the tag team titles against Evolution's Triple H and Brock Lesnar

The other 3 matches are rematches from Unforgiven.

Edge has used his rematch clause to face Shawn Michaels for the United States title.

Due to the controversy surrounding the ending to the Intercontinental Title match, John Cena will be forced to defend his title against Chris Jericho, however, for the sake of fairness, it will be a NO DQ match.

AND in the main event, Kurt Angle will defend his title against Chris Benoit. Rumours have been flying around that it was the Commish Cactus Sid who gave Angle the brick to attack Benoit, and as a result, Sid has given Benoit a rematch, and on the night, a special stipulation will be named for the match.

[Cactus Sid]

RAW FROM MSG

Shawn Michaels defeated Edge by Pinfall to retain the US Title in a match described as a Match Of The Year candidate

Chris Jericho comes out for an interview, but is unable to speak due to the noise of the crowd! He eventually calls out Triple H, who comes down the aisle, only for Jericho to be blindsided by Batista, Evolution lays a beating on Jericho.

Rob Van Dam and Eddie Guerrero retain the tag team titles over Triple H and Brock Lesnar, when RVD pinned Lesnar.

Cactus Sid came out and confirmed that Chris Jericho would not be able to face John Cena for the IC title, but as it was Madison Square Garden, a match would still go ahead, and as a result, a wrestler would be chosen at Random from a hat by a fan....... the fan chose......TRIPLE H.

John Cena defeated Triple H to retain the Intercontinental Title

Cactus Sid came out and told Triple H that Chris Jericho deserves his revenge, and at No Mercy, it will be Chris Jericho vs Triple H....however, Jericho still deserves a title shot, and therefore, it will be a triple threat match, John Cena vs Triple H vs Chris Jericho for the Intercontinental Title.

Sid then told the world that tonight, Chris Benoit and Kurt Angle would go one on one.....in a LADDER MATCH!

Chris Benoit defeated Kurt Angle in a Ladder Match to WIN the Undisputed Heavyweight Championship

[Evil Vito]

Last week before the Rumble - to save time, I'm only recapping the stuff that directly involved the Rumble match:

Raw

-The Bishop/Kreeve Connection defeated Los Conquistadors to get into the Rumble thanks to interference from David E. and Matt Hardy. Later on GM Chris Jericho announced that it would be David and Matt putting the World Tag Team Titles on the line against the Conquistadors at the Rumble, and if the Conquistadors lost, they would have to unmask.

The Uprising manipulated Chris Jericho into sanctioning a Royal Rumble qualifying match against two women, Jodie Marie and Tyra Foxx. The match was a HELL of a lot closer than people expected, but in the end The Uprising still ended up victorious.

With only 1 Raw slot left, we saw a preview of Royal Rumble with Alex Michaels taking on Brian York in a non-title match for the spot. Michaels and his manager, M-A-G tried their damndest to screw York for a 3rd straight week, but that in itself cost them as York was able to take advantage and earn his slot, paying Michaels back for the previous 2 weeks.


Smackdown

-Spanky defeated Ryan Creed thanks to a distraction from Mark Mason to earn a slot in the Rumble.

-Reaper decimated Billy Kidman to get his spot in.

-Tempest defeated Cero thanks to interference from Mordecai to get into the Rumble. Afterwards, Mordecai administered more of a beating and laid down the law, saying he wanted Cero at the Rumble and he'd even put his European Title on the line. Kurt Angle would approve of the match later on.

-The Thug Life Soldiers trashed The Ameri-French Connection and basically said that they'd be there to screw the Connection out of their qualifying match. Then as the match was happening, the Connection were basically afraid, and this enabled Simon Diamond and Sean Casey to win and earn slots. After, we saw the Soldiers watching from the back, laughing their asses off at how they cost the Connection their matches without even leaving their dressing room.

-To fill the final slot, Kevin Daniels faced Cruiserweight Champion Mark Mason. Daniels ended up victorious thanks to interference from Mason's opponent at the PPV, Ryan Creed.


And so here's the finalized card:

WWE Title: The Royal Rumble Match
Raw Participants: AJ Styles, Apocalypse, Bishop, Brian York,
Derrick King, Eugene, Fortune, Garrett, Goldberg, Jason Collins,
Jason Cross, Jason Lee, Kreeve, Sean Criss, and Trinity
SmackDown! Participants: Chris Carvill, Chris Sylvain, Ian Moore,
John Cena, Ken Shamrock, Kevin Daniels, Lance Storm,
Mike Sullivan, Mourn, Rayne, Reaper, Simon Diamond, Sean Casey,
Spanky, and Tempest

WWE Intercontinental Title: Brian York vs. Alex Michaels

WWE European Title: Mordecai vs. Cero

WWE Cruiserweight Title: Mark Mason vs. Ryan Creed

WWE World Tag Team Titles vs. Masks: David E. and Matt Hardy vs.
Los Conquistadors

WWE Tag Team Titles: The Ameri-French Connection vs. The Thug
Life Soldiers

WWE Women's Title: Nicole Durgan vs. Brooke

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Results in a bit.

[Evil Vito]

Without further adieu, here is the 2026 Royal Rumble...

Heat Segment: M-A-G hyped Alex Michaels' match against Brian York. 87% Overall Rating

This soon led to the PPV, where.....

Alex Michaels cheated to defeat Brian York and win the Intercontinental Championship. ****1/4, 89% Overall Rating

Mark Mason pinned Ryan Creed to retain the Cruiserweight Championship. ****1/2, 91% Overall Rating

David E. and Matt Hardy retained the World Tag Team Championships against Los Conquistadors when David E. pinned Dos. Los Conquistadors unmasked to reveal.........The Super Assassins??? WTF??? They ran off quickly. ****1/4, 88% Overall Rating

Mordecai pinned Cero to retain the European Championship. He beat Cero down some more afterwards. ****1/4, 90% Overall Rating

Nicole Durgan pinned Brooke to retain the Women's Championship. ****1/2, 91% Overall Rating

The Thug Life Soldiers defeated The Ameri-French Connection when Jerome pinned Rene Dupree to win the WWE Tag Team Championships. ****1/4, 89% Overall Rating

Chris Jericho trashed the SmackDown! Brand and proclaimed that a wrestler from his brand would be walking out as WWE Champion. 92% Overall Rating

Ian Moore won the 2026 Royal Rumble Match, last eliminating John Cena. Ian Moore is the new WWE Champion. ****1/4, 89% Overall Rating

89% Overall Rating for the Royal Rumble
We drew a 1.77 Buy Rate

Brooke says I'm pushing her too much, I say she's full of shit.

[Cactus Sid]

Just installed TEW on my new PC, played it for the first time in ages.

I'm the WWE, restarted everything on the 1st of March, all titles vacated, half the roster sent to be trained by Ricky Steamboat et al. This is my first show, Smackdown.


Paul London and Funaki went to a draw, when a returning Lance Storm attacked both men, to the boos of the crowd - 70.8%

Smackdown GM Theodore Long introduced the new owner of the WWE, Chris Stewart, to the crowd - 76.6%

Backstage, the camera showed a figure emerging from the darkness, that figure, was Paul Heyman - 68.6%

Backstage, RVD and Rey Mysterio were shown warming up before their match with the Dudleyz - 81.3%

Rob Van Dam and Rey Mysterio defeated The Dudley Boyz when RVD pinned D-Von following the Five Star Frog Splash - 80.0%

Teddy Long was interviewed by Tazz, he announced that at Wrestlemania, JBL would get a chance to regain his WWE Title against the winner of a Battle Royal later tonight, he then stated that John Cena would get a chance to regain the US title against the runner up of the Battle Royal, and also tonight, JBL would face John Cena, as Long finished, Paul Heyman was shown stepping out of the shadows looking menacingly at the departing Long - 72.7%

A Video is shown hyping Eddie Guerrero - 89.7%

Teddy Long is shown walking backstage when Paul Heyman attacks him with a Steel Chair, he pushes Teddy through the curtain and proceeds to throw the Smackdown GM off the stage! A commercial break cuts in as EMT's attend to Long - 65.4%

Back from the break Long is shown being taken away in an ambulance - 62.2%

John Cena hyped his match with JBL backstage - 78.6%

JBL defeated John Cena after a low blow and using the ropes, JBL ran away from Cena following the match - 42.3% (forgot announcers )

Backstage, Carlito Carribean Cool and Paul Heyman are shown celebrating. Heyman states that now Long is out of the way, he can become GM, and now that Carlito has what he wants, he can concentrate on becoming WWE Champion at Wrestlemania - 65.8%

Eddie Guerrero was walking backstage when he passed a sombre Chris Stewart, Stewart wished Eddie luck in the Battle Royal - 85.1%

Kurt Angle told the world that now Teddy Long was gone, He could shine and win the WWE Title once again - 81.1%

Eddie Guerrero won a Battle Royal to win a title shot against JBL at Wrestlemania XXI, eliminating Kurt Angle, who will face John Cena. The Battle Royal included Billy Kidman, Booker T, Bubba Ray Dudley, Carlito Carribean Cool, Charlie Haas, Chavo Guerrero Jr., D-Von Dudley, Eddie Guerrero, Hardcore Holly, Kurt Angle, Lance Storm, Nunzio, Orlando Jordan, Rene Dupree, Rey Mysterio, Rob Van Dam, Shannon Moore, Spike Dudley, The Big Show and The Undertaker. - 30.9% (lots of gimmicks need changing, Hardcore Holly is apparently completely incapable of wrestling, which means he's gonna be fired come tomorrow morning)

Kurt Angle and Eddie Guerrero got into a fight following the match and had to be seperated - 90.2%

As the show looked to be going off the air, the show suddenly cut to Paul Heyman walking backstage, out of nowhere a figure arrived and threw Heyman through a window, the figure turned to show that it was Chris Stewart, and the show fades to black with Heyman an unconcious bloody mess - 80.2%

Overall Rating - 71.9%
Attendance - 8,336 (Missouri)
TV Rating - WWE Smackdown! drew 892,436 viewers

[Cactus Sid]

So, to Raw, unfortunatley Lawler left to be the Booker for some other promotion so its Jim Ross and Eric Bischoff on commentary. Also should be noted that there is a tournament going on for another spot in the Wrestlemania main event, which will already have Triple H vs Batista

Eric Bischoff announced that Triple H and Batista would team to face off against Eugene and Shelton Benjamin in the Main Event - 75.2%

William Regal and Tajiri defeated La Resistance, when Regal made Grenier submit to the Regal stretch, a brawl broke out after the match - 63.3%

Backstage, Kane attacked Chris Jericho and put him through a table, seemingly for no reason - 77.0%

Christian was interviewed ahead of his Tournament match with Randy Orton, he threatened Orton and told him he would go to Wrestlemania - 80.5%

Randy Orton defeated Christian by Pinfall following an RKO - 80.4%

Backstage, a bruised Chris Jericho dragged himself towards the ring for his tournament match with Kane - 84.7%

Kane defeated Chris Jericho by Pinfall following a Chair Shot when the referee was down - 76.4%

The Hurricane was conducting a promo backstage, when Rhyno came from nowhere and hit him with the Gore - 74.2%

Rhyno destroyed Hurricane and defeated him by Pinfall following a Gore - 77.7%

Backstage, Edge hyped his tournament match against Chris Benoit - 75.9%

Chris Benoit was shown heading to the ring, as he was walking a bruised Chris Jericho walked passed and offered Benoit all the best in his match - 82.0%

Chris Benoit defeated Edge by Submission, when Edge tapped out to the Crippler Crossface, both men got into a staredown after the match - 90.4%

Jim Ross was scheduled to interview Batista and Triple H, but as the interview was about to be conducted Triple H stormed off, leaving Batista standing wondering what to do next - 72.6%

Ric Flair was then shown, he told the world that it would be a pleasure to beat Shawn Michaels and a privalege to go on to Wrestlemania to face Triple H - 96.1%

Ric Flair defeated Shawn Michaels by Pinfall, following interferance from Triple H, after the match, Flair and Triple H put the boots to Michaels, before Randy Orton made the save - 78.0%

The camera cuts to Batista looking angrily at a monitor - 84.7%

Shelton Benjamin and Eugene defeated Triple H and Batista, when Triple H accidentally crotched Batista on the top rope allowing Benjamin to grab the win, Batista looked furiously at Triple H who waved Batista away - 77.8%

Batista took offence to this and finally snapped, lunging at Triple H, the 2 engaged in a wild brawl before being pulled apart by officials and Ric Flair, as the show goes off the air - 82.8%

Overall Rating - 79.4%
Attendance - 14,401 (Texas)
TV Rating - WWE RAW drew 882,743 viewers

[Hired Hitman]

Which programs are you guys using?

[Cactus Sid]

Smackdown 10th March 2005

Chris Stewart came out and told the world that after last week, he was in charge of Smackdown, until Wrestlemania when a new GM will be named - 70.4%

Bubba Ray Dudley defeated Rey Mysterio Jr by Pinfall, when D-Von Dudley attacked Rey, a brawl broke out when RVD made the save for Rey Rey - 77.1%

Chris Stewart then announced that at Wrestlemania, the Dudleyz would face RVD and Rey Mysterio for the WWE Tag Team Titles - 73.5%

Backstage, Kurt Angle threatened Eddie Guerrero after winning the Battle Royal last week, ahead of tonights match - 81.1%

RVD was giving an interview about his Wrestlemania match, when JBL came in stealing RVD's TV time, RVD took exception to it and nailed JBL with a stiff punch, forcing JBL into a swift retreat - 80.5%

Billy Kidman, Lance Storm, Nunzio and Spike Dudley defeated Chavo Guerrero, Funaki, Paul London and Scotty 2 Hotty, when Storm pinned London after using the tights, London and Storm had to be seperated after the match - 73.6%

Kurt Angle attacked Eddie Guerrero with a chair backstage, leaving Latino Heat in a heap - 89.6%

Chris Stewart met the debuting Elix Skipper backstage, he told Skipper he could have a try out against anyone he wished, Skipper told the GM that he saw what happened between Heyman and Carlito Carribean Cool last week, and he wanted to teach CCC a lesson, Stewart smiled and made the match - 68.9%

A Pre-Taped interview was shown between Tazz and John Cena, Cena talked about Wrestlemania and about how he will defeat Kurt Angle for the US title - 83.0%

Carlito Cool defeated Elix Skipper, when Charlie Haas came in and attacked Skipper, allowing CCC to get the win, both men continued the attack after the bell - 70.1%

Carlito and Charlie were shown celebrating putting one over the GM - 61.0%

Chris Stewart, looking pissed off, announced that JBL would face RVD in the night's main event - 73.1%

Backstage, RVD was shown talking to Rey Mysterio telling him he wanted to go alone against JBL later tonight - 78.4%

Eddie Guerrero, sporting a bandage from the attack by Angle earlier, vowed revenge on him, by defeating him 1....2.....3 - 85.4%

Eddie Guerrero defeated Kurt Angle by Pinfall following a Frog Splash, Angle laid out Eddie after the match however - 87.7%

Backstage, The Undertaker was mysteriously arrested - 93.8%

Carlito Cool was shown walking backstage, when all of a sudden Chris Stewart came from nowhere, and a vicious brawl broke out all around the backstage area, eventually being pulled apart by officials - 74.6%

Rob Van Dam was walking backstage when he was stopped by The Big Show, who told him what a tough opponent JBL was, and wished him luck - 71.8%

JBL was shown saying no amount of luck will let RVD defeat him tonight - 71.2%

Rob Van Dam defeated John Bradshaw Layfield by DQ when The Big Show came out and chokeslammed RVD, both men then laid out RVD - 79.2%

JBL announced that The Big Show had joined his cabinet, as the show went off the air - 63.3%


Overall Rating - 76.5%
Attendance - 12,587 (Montreal)
TV Rating - WWE Smackdown! drew 899,439 viewers (up by 7,003)

[Cactus Sid]

Originally Posted by Hired Hitman Which programs are you guys using?

Well, I'm using TEW, and Big Vito's using EWR

[Cactus Sid]

Vince McMahon has left the WWE due to Contract Expiry

[Cactus Sid]

Raw 14th March 2005 (just doing shows up until Mania)

Randy Orton defeated Kane by Pinfall after an RKO, to advance into the Tournament Final - 79.7%

Eric Bischoff met Abyss backstage, and welcomed him to Raw - 59.2%

Backstage, the camera caught Edge talking to someone in the darkness, after Edge left, it turned out the figure was.....Christian - 80.2%

Ric Flair hyped his Tournament match with Chris Benoit - 96.8%

Ric Flair defeated Chris Benoit by Pinfall, following interferance from Edge, Flair will face Randy Orton next week for a shot at the title at Wrestlemania - 80.5%

Eric Bischoff announced that Kane and Chris Benoit would go one on one later in the night, for a shot at the Intercontinental Title at Wrestlemania against Shelton Benjamin - 67.0%

Backstage, Triple H and Batista were shown having a heated discussion, which halted when Ric Flair entered the dressing room celebrating his victory - 79.5%

Backstage, La Resistance were shown discussing something - 67.4%

Robert Conway defeated William Regal following interferance by Sylvain Grenier, La Resistance attacked Regal following the match, but Eugene made the save - 75.7%

La Resistance took the advantage over Regal and Eugene, and ended up putting both men through tables - 72.8%

Eric Bischoff announced that he had secured another signing, and brought out Samoa Joe - 66.2%

Tajiri was shown walking towards the ring, when out of nowhere, Rhyno hit a GORE on him - 76.8%

Rhyno dragged Tajiri down to the ring, and defeated him by Pinfall following another Gore, Rhyno continuted the beating after the match - 74.7%

Rhyno took Tajiri up to the top of the ramp and threw him off through a table at the bottom - 76.3%

Samoa Joe was shown walking backstage, when his path was blocked by fellow new signing Abyss, both men stared each other down, before Abyss attacked Joe, the 2 ended up brawling and had to be seperated by officials - 57.8%

In a number 1 contendership for the IC title match, Kane defeated Chris Benoit after interferance by Christian, after the match Edge came out and both men attacked Benoit until Chris Jericho came out to make the save - 86.5%

Jericho ran out carrying a ladder, and he and Benoit cleared the ring - 82.8%

Ric Flair and Triple H were shown backstage discussing Triple H's match with Shawn Michaels - 100.0% (WOOOOOOOOO Flair helped the segment)

Triple H defeated Shawn Michaels when a debuting Cactus Sid attacked Shawn Michaels allowing Triple H to pin Michaels, HHH and Sid shook hands after the match - 86.6%

Triple H and Ric Flair then welcomed Cactus Sid to Evolution, as Batista looked on backstage in disgust - 83.1%

Overall Rating - 77.5%
Attendance - 9,345 (Oklahoma)
TV Rating - WWE RAW drew 943,642 viewers (up by 60,899)

CURRENT WRESTLEMANIA CARD

WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE:
TRIPLE H VS BATISTA VS RANDY ORTON/RIC FLAIR

WWE HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE:
JBL VS EDDIE GUERRERO

INTERCONTINENTAL TITLE:
SHELTON BENJAMIN VS KANE

UNITED STATES TITLE:
JOHN CENA VS KURT ANGLE

WWE TAG TEAM TITLE
ROB VAN DAM AND REY MYSTERIO VS DUDLEY BOYZ

[Cactus Sid]

Smackdown will now be shown Live on CBS on Tuesday nights

[Cactus Sid]

Raw March 21st 2005 (2 weeks until Wrestlemania)

Evolution start the show in the ring, Triple H claims that all is well within Evolution, and that the introduction of Cactus Sid has calmed everyone down. HHH then told Ric Flair that it would be an honour to defend the title against him at Wrestlemania, and that he hopes he defeats Randy Orton later tonight, Flair took the mic and told Orton he would see him later, and that Batista had his back, as Flair passed the mic to Cactus Sid, Shawn Michaels arrived from nowhere and attacked Evolution with a chair, hitting Cactus Sid in the process and clearing the ring - 84.7%

Eric Bischoff announced that at Wrestlemania the grudges between Edge and Christian and Chris Benoit and Chris Jericho, as well as the grudge between La Resistance and Eugene and William Regal, would all be settled, as all 4 teams would compete for the World Tag Team Titles, in a Tables Ladders and Chairs match! - 67.0%

Backstage, Jericho and Benoit were shown smiling at the news - 83.4%

Edge and Christian were then shown, they threatened Jericho and Benoit, telling them that they wouldn't wait for Wrestlemania, as they had a suprise for them tonight - 78.1%

In an 8 man Tag Match, Edge, Christian and La Resistance defeated Eugene, William Regal, Chris Benoit and Chris Jericho, when Conway pinned Eugene after a flag shot, after the match La Resistance and Regal/Eugene brawled to the back - 80.5%

Edge and Christian rolled to the outside and nailed both Benoit and Jericho with Chair Shots, before handcuffing Benoit to the ropes and nailing a beating on Jericho - 82.7%

Backstage, Shelton Benjamin was shown walking, as he went by, Kane stepped out of the shadows and watch Benjamin down the corridor with a sick smile - 87.5%

A Sit-Down Interview was shown between Jim Ross and Cactus Sid, Sid told Ross that it was always his dream to be at Wrestlemania, and that now he had an opportunity, he challenged Shawn Michaels to face him at Wrestlemania, in a match of Michaels' choosing - 90.5%

Val Venis was shown walking to the ring, when Rhyno came from nowhere and attacked him, laying him out with a Gore - 75.5%

Rhyno dragged Val Venis to the ring, where he hit him with a Gore for the 3 count, he carried on the beating after the match - 73.7%

Rhyno then took Val up to the top of the ramp, and like Tajiri the week before, Rhyno powerbombed Val down onto the tables below - 75.2%

Eric Bischoff was shown backstage, he announced that after the unnecessary brawling last week, Abyss and Samoa Joe would not be here tonight, he did however say that if either man is desperate to prove themselves to Bischoff, they could do it by beating the other man in a Bischoff's Choice match, that will be decided at WRESTLEMANIA - 61.0%

Triple H, along with Flair, hyped the match between HHH and Kane against Shelton Benjamin and Shawn Michaels - 100.0%

Triple H and Kane defeated Shelton Benjamin and Shawn Michaels, when Cactus Sid attacked Shawn Michaels allowing Triple H to hit the Pedigree (Michaels refused to job to Kane : ) Shelton Benjamin and Kane continued to brawl after the match, as did Sid and Michaels - 90.3%

Sid and Michaels brawled through the crowd, until Shawn hit Sid with a Chair, busting him open, and laying him out, somewhere backstage - 83.2%

Backstage, Rhyno was walking along mumbling about who was next on his hitlist, a voice was suddenly heard, telling Rhyno that he wasn't so tough when he could see people face to face, a chairshot came from nowhere, and out of the dark stepped......TOMMY DREAMER! - 75.3%

Backstage, Randy Orton was walking to the ring for his match with Flair, Batista walk passed and Orton looked ready for a fight, Batista stopped, looked at Orton and said "Good Luck" before walking on - 71.9%

Ric Flair hyped his match with Orton - 93.2%

In a match to determine the number 1 contender at Wrestlemania.....Ric Flair and Randy Orton went to a draw when Batista came into the ring and attacked both men! Batista retreated as Flair and Orton stared him down in the ring - 85.6%

Eric Bischoff got up from his announce position and said that, as Flair and Orton was inconclusive, at Wrestlemania, the main event would be, TRIPLE H vs BATISTA vs RANDY ORTON vs RIC FLAIR for the World Heavyweight Title - 77.4%

As he made the announcement, Cactus Sid and Triple H ran down the aisle and nailed Batista with a chair, as the show went of the air - 77.6%

Overall Rating - 80.7%
Attendance - 5,992 (Montreal)
TV Rating - WWE RAW drew 893,688 viewers (down by 49,954)

RAW WRESTLEMANIA CARD

WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE - FATAL FOUR WAY, ONE FALL
TRIPLE H VS BATISTA VS RIC FLAIR VS RANDY ORTON

INTERCONTINENTAL TITLE - SINGLES MATCH
SHELTON BENJAMIN VS KANE

WORLD TAG TEAM TITLES - TABLES, LADDERS AND CHAIRS
LA RESISTANCE VS EUGENE AND WILLIAM REGAL VS EDGE AND CHRISTIAN VS CHRIS BENOIT AND CHRIS JERICHO

BISCHOFF'S CHOICE MATCH
ABYSS VS SAMOA JOE

[Cactus Sid]

Smackdown, March 22nd 2005 - FIRST SMACKDOWN ON CBS

The Cabinet comes to the ring and announces that they have a new foreign minister, JBL then introduces Rene Dupree, as Michael Cole speculates that JBL is just making numbers up to stack the deck against Guerrero going into Wrestlemania - 61.4%

Interim Smackdown GM Chris Stewart announced that tonight there would be 2 matches to determine number 1 contenders for the Cruiserweight Title, with Funaki facing Billy Kidman, and Paul London facing Lance Storm - 77.6%

Funaki and Billy Kidman went to a double DQ, when both men were attacked by a debuting JUVENTUD GUERRERA! Both men started down Juvi after the match - 67.8%

The camera quickly cut backstage where John Cena and Kurt Angle were being held apart from one another - 81.7%

Chris Stewart was shown in his office, when AJ STYLES and JUSHIN THUNDER LYGER walked in, Stewart greeted both men, and told them that if they wished, they could face a team for a place on Smackdown, after they obliged, Stewart told them they would face the team of Rene Dupree and Orlando Jordan - 58.5%

Again, the camera cut to a brawl backstage, as RVD and Rey Mysterio went at it with the Dudleyz - 75.4%

The scene cut back to Stewart's office where Elix Skipper was talking to Stewart about not getting a fair shot. Stewart told him that he had done enough in his eyes, and he could get revenge against Charlie Haas later - 70.6%

Charlie Haas defeated Elix Skipper by Pinfall after interferance by Carlito Carribean Cool - 65.3%

Carlito took the mic and said that Smackdown was in anarchy under Chris Stewart, fights all over the backstage, Stewart screwing talent over, he then challenged Stewart to put up his position of authority at Wrestlemania - 62.4%

AJ Styles and Jushin Lyger defeated Rene Dupree and Orlando Jordan by Pinfall, when Styles pinned Jordan - 68.6%

Lance Storm was shown walking to the ring for his match with Paul London, he had a big smile on his face, talking about how great he was, and how he was better than everyone in the locker room since he'd returned, Booker T shook his head after Lance had passed - 76.1%

Paul London defeated Lance Storm to become a Number 1 Contender to the Cruiserweight Title, after Booker T distracted Lance Storm, Storm and Booker had a staredown after the match - 71.3%

Chris Stewart announced from backstage that at Wrestlemania, there would be a huge match to decide the Cruiserweight champion, it would be Juventud Guerrera vs AJ Styles vs Jushin Thunder Lyger vs Funaki vs Paul London vs Billy Kidman, in a specially constructed Scramble Cage match - 65.5%

John Cena threatened Kurt Angle - 33.2% (stupid french )

Chris Stewart was shown again, he was shown talking to someone, he told them he'd find out what they wanted to know, if they faced Carlito tonight, the figure turned revealing THE UNDERTAKER! He said that wouldn't be a problem - 62.5%

Carlito gave an interview where he told Stewart that no matter what he did, it wouldn't matter come Wrestlemania - 18.5%

The Undertaker defeated Carlito by Pinfall - 71.5%

As Taker got backstage, he was cuffed and dragged away for the second consecutive week - 88.9%

As Smackdown returned from a break, Chris Stewart was shown looking at some CCTV footage, which showed a man meeting the police backstage......that man was THE BIG SHOW - 82.6%

Eddie Guerrero hyped his Wrestlemania match with JBL - 34.4%

In the Main Event, John Cena, Eddie Guerrero, Rob Van Dam and Rey Mysterio defeated JBL, Angle and The Dudleyz, when Cena pinned Bubba, a brawl broke out between Angle and The Dudleyz and RVD and Rey Mysterio and John Cena - 77.8%

The Cabinet ran out and laid out Eddie Guerrero as the show went off the air - 66.1%

Overall Rating - 65.4%
Attendance - 7,605 (Quebec)
TV Rating - WWE Smackdown! drew 1,427,036 viewers

SMACKDOWN WRESTLEMANIA CARD

WWE HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE - SINGLES MATCH
JOHN BRADSHAW LAYFIELD VS EDDIE GUERRERO

WWE UNITED STATES TITLE - SINGLES MATCH
JOHN CENA VS KURT ANGLE

WWE TAG TEAM TITLES - TAG MATCH
ROB VAN DAM AND REY MYSTERIO VS THE DUDLEY BOYZ

WWE CRUISERWEIGHT TITLE - 6 MAN SCRAMBLE CAGE MATCH
JUVENTUD GUERRERA VS AJ STYLES VS JUSHIN THUNDER LYGER VS FUNAKI VS PAUL LONDON VS BILLY KIDMAN

[Cactus Sid]

Raw 28th March 2005 - Last Raw Before Wrestlemania

Cactus Sid started the show by again challenging Shawn Michaels to a match of his choice at Wrestlemania - 89.4%

Eric Bischoff came out and announced that tonight, each of the participants in the TLC match would face off one on one, Robert Conway vs Eugene, William Regal vs Edge, Christian vs Chris Benoit, Chris Jericho vs Sylvain Grenier, as well as a 6 man tag match between Shelton Benjamin, Samoa Joe and Tommy Dreamer vs Kane, Abyss and Rhyno, he also stated that if there was any interferance in any match tonight, the interferer would not be at Wrestlemania - 73.4%

Robert Conway defeated Eugene by Pinfall, after using the tights, Conway ran from Eugene after the match - 78.0%

Backstage, Rhyno attacked Tommy Dreamer with a garbage can, before walking off - 75.1%

William Regal defeated Edge, when Edge walked out of the match, getting counted out, after the bell went, Edge emerged and attacked Regal with a chair - 78.1%

Ric Flair came out to talk about the main event at Wrestlemania, but was cut off by Randy Orton, both men were held apart by officials - 85.2%

Eric Bischoff announced that there would be a double main event, with Randy Orton facing Ric Flair, and in the Main Event, Evolutions Triple H and Cactus Sid would take on Shawn Michaels and Batista - 79.0%

Abyss and Samoa Joe were shown brawling backstage - 57.8%

Jim Ross interviewed Shelton Benjamin, who said that he was looking forward to testing himself against Kane at Wrestlemania, after the interview, Kane again emerged from a dark corner smiling - 68.2%

Kane, Abyss and Rhyno defeated Shelton Benjamin, Samoa Joe and Tommy Dreamer, when Kane pinned Shelton after a Chokeslam, a brawl broke out between all 6 men after the match - 80.0%

Eric Bischoff announced that at Wrestlemania, Tommy Dreamer would face Rhyno in a Fans Bring The Weapons match! - 66.4%

Christian defeated Chris Benoit by Pinfall, after using the ropes - 81.1%

Kane attacked Shelton Benjamin backstage, and proceeded to throw him through a window backstage, leaving Benjamin in a bloody heap - 85.1%

Chris Jericho defeated Sylvain Grenier by Submission, after using the Walls of Jericho - 75.5%

Jim Ross hyped the TLC match at Wrestlemania, stating that no team had the advantage, after all 4 teams won here tonight - 58.4%

Randy Orton hyped his match with Ric Flair - 76.5%

Ric Flair and Randy Orton went to a Double DQ when both men started using chairs, they continuted the brawl until they were broken up - 77.4%

Triple H hyped the main event, specifically telling Batista that at Wrestlemania, he stood no chance of winning the title - 100.0%

Triple H and Cactus Sid defeated Shawn Michaels and Batista, when Triple H pinned Batista after using the ropes, Triple H and Batista brawled backstage, while Michaels laid out Sid with Sweet Chin Music! - 82.6%

Michaels then grabbed the microphone and told Sid that he would see him at Wrestlemania........... IN A HELL IN A CELL MATCH! - 98.1%

Overall Rating - 78.3%
Attendance - 6,156 (Colorado)
TV Rating - WWE RAW drew 930,463 viewers (up by 36,775)