Final RAW of 2005 - My Thoughts

Here are just some random thoughts regarding the last RAW of 2005 which aired this past Monday.

Announced for next week - Kurt Angle v. John Cena in a First Blood Match.
As with any match that Kurt Angle wrestles in - I hope he wins. However, I don't recall Cena ever bleeding in a match. I could be wrong, but he's never bladed. Angle has. As much as I want to see Angle win, I think Cena will.

Elimination Chamber Time Trials - Winner enters the Elimination Chamber Last
I expected to see Cena to win the time trials in an attempt to give him minimal ring time at 'Revolution' to cover up his inexperience. There are 5 other guys in the match so I think Cena's inexperience will be well hidden. Kane, who won the time trials, is reportedly still nursing a bad back so it makes sense that he won.

Shelton's Mama
A few weeks ago a casting call went out looking for a 50-ish heavyset black woman for the WWE to bring in to play Shelton's Mama. The gimmick will be similar to Donovan McNabb commercials for Chunky Soup. From the looks of it they found someone to fill the role and the angle appears to be starting next week. I'm not sure if it will work and it may in fact have disaster written all over it, but I think the angle should be interesting.

Big Show / Triple H contract signing
It was so obvious that 'Trips' didn't really smash Show's hand. You can clearly see that the hammer landed between Show's index finger and thumb. Big Show actually looked like he was going to cry. Very convincing. Maybe he'll wear a cast at the PPV and chokeslam Triple H with his left hand.

Tiny Joey Styles
Anyone see it when they showed all 3 announcers? Joey Styles looked like a child sitting between King and Coach. He needs to sit on a few phone books or maybe prop his chair up a good 9-10 inches.

Vince Reviews Bret Hart's new DVD
I'm not really sure what the purpose of this angle is. To sell more DVDs? If so, why not run it in during the pre-Christmas weeks? I do agree with what HBK said - It's been more than 8 years and it's time to move on if I'm Vince. I'm also curious to see what happens with the tension between Michaels and Vince. Perhaps it's just a way to get Vince over more as a heel. It also looks like they may be trying to start a whole 'Boss v. Employee' feud like they had with Vince and Austin. Possibly to culminate at Wrestlemania where they can maybe get Bret involved.

John Cena Rips Internet Fans?
I was reading that John Cena is ripping on Internet fans by using the name STFU for his verion of the STF. The reason for this is that 'STFU' in Internet terms stands for 'Shut The F*ck Up'. I can assure everyone out there that the name STFU is just a combination of the move's true name , the STF (Step-over Toe-hold Facelock) and the name of his original finisher, the FU.

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