Armageddon Revisted

First off, let's review my predictions.

Rey & Batista v. Big Show & Kane - I predicted Rey & Batista would win due to Triple H's interference. I was wrong. Big Show & Kane won. Triple H was nowhere to be seen. I still can't believe Batista and Rey lost. 0/1

Orton v. Undertaker - I was hoping that Orton would be doing some sort of high spot like I had read he was going to do, but he didn't. Undertaker did win though.1/2

Booker T v. Chris Benoit - Benoit avoids the sweep and forces match #5. A solid match. 2/3

MNM v. Super Crazy & Psicosis - While watching the introductions to this match I had the feeling that MNM would pull it out and beat the Mexicools. My feeling was right. My prediction wasn't. 2/4

Juvi v. Kid Kash - Kash won as I predicted and got the cruiserweight title as well. Good move putting the belt on Kash. The cruiserweight division is still going nowhere though. 3/5

JBL v. Matt Hardy - Very one-sided match. JBL not only ripped Hardy (and all the MF'ers in the crowd) on the microphone, but got the pinfall too. 4/6

Lashley v. Regal & Burchill - This match was a no-brainer. Lashley easily dominated both Brits. No double power move that I predicted. The Brits got in just enough offense to avoid a squash. 5/7

Grand Total 5/7 - 71% a C- . Not too good. Maybe next time.

For full detailed results go here.

The Boogeyman match didn't take place, but he did come out and attack Vito (who was dressed as Santa) and Nunzio (who was dressed as an elf). He also opened up a giant box of worms and ate some then shoved a big handful into Vito's mouth.

Overall I would have to give the entire event a C-. A few solid matches, but nothing really memorable...At least as far as the matches go.

There was one occurance that I found to be a little odd.


A little background: Whenever the WWE has a televised show in Providence, the WWE some how finds a way to incorporate a local tavern named the "Friendly Tap" into the storyline. Typically, it's used as the setting for some type of bar room brawl. The reason for this bar's inclusion into the show is because the bar belongs to former WWE referee Tim White (as seen above in a photo from the match referred to in the next paragraph).

There is no doubt that Tim White would still be an active referee if he wouldn't have been injured a few years back while working a Hell In A Cell Match. Coincidently, Armageddon's main event is a Hell In A Cell match between Randy Orton and the Undertaker.Well, as part of the PPV they decided to have Smackdown reporter Josh Matthews go to the "FriendlyTap" and interview Tim White and get his thoughts on how brutal the Hell In A Cell can be. After all, it cost him his career-And he was only the referee. At first, whenever Matthews would ask him a question White would just stare at him and occasionally take a sip of beer or liquor. Eventually, White started to talk and went on about how the match ruined his career, broke up his marriage and family, led him to start drinking, and on and on about how he has Cirrhosis and Irritable Bowel Syndrome and so on. You get the picture - a real 'pity party'. By the way, he said all of this in the phoniest drunk voice I've ever heard. Matthews just stood there with some dumb look on his face and decided to end the interview by saying "Have a 'White' Christmas"...Get it? Tim White -'White' Christmas! Tim White didn't find that very funny though. At that point he reaches under the bar and pulls out a shotgun! I thought that he was going to shoot Josh Matthews for the lame joke. I know I would have considered it if I were him. He didn't though. He pumped the shotgun (or whatever the hell you call it when you slide that thing on the barrel to load a round) and walked away out of camera range. Next thing you know Josh Matthews is yelling "No,don't do that! Please don't Mr. White! C'Mon stop! Don't do it!". This is followed by a cheesy sound effect of a shotgun being fired and Josh Matthews doing a horrible job of acting shocked and disgusted at what was supposed to be a suicide happening right in front of his eyes. Bizzarre? Sure. Tastless? Not Really. It is wrestling after all.

And a message to all the people on the Internet who are saying things about how tasteless the Tim White segment was and how they vow to never watch WWE again- I can think of a lot of other segments that were much more tasteless than this. It's wrestling for crying out loud. It's entertainment. It's not real life! People get killed (suicide and murder) in movies all the time and you don't vow to ever see another movie from the same director or starring the same actor. If it makes you feel better, call the "Friendly Tap" or go there and ask for the owner. I can assure you that Tim White is perfectly fine. He's not dead.

Finally, I can guaran-damn-tee (there's that word again) you that you will keep watching WWE wrestling.Just like you did when Triple H screwed a fake corpse and when Jim Ross was fired.

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