Saturday Night's Main Event - 3.18.2006 - Results

The first Saturday Night's Main Event in over a decade has come and gone. I'll have to admit, it was actually a decent show. The beginning of the show was done the same way that all Saturday Night's Main Events used to start off - With a bunch of mini-promos lasting about 10-20 seconds each. The only thing missing was the graphics of the wrestlers' logos. The arena setup was a little different than usual. There was the stage and ramp as seen on RAW. The pyros, which are usually on the stage, were instead above the enterance along bottom of the Titantron. The Titantron looked to be bigger than ever before. It seemed to take up an entire side of the arena.

On to the picks...

RAW WM22 Main Event v. Smackdown WM22 Main Event - Handicap Match
RAW's John Cena & Triple H v. Smackdown's Rey Mysterio, Randy Orton, & Kurt Angle
It looked like I was going to be somewhat right in predicting that Triple H and Cena would go at it and cause Smackdown to win; John Cena went for a pin only to have Triple H break it up and give him a pedigree. Triple H then dragged Randy Orton on top of Cena. As the ref was about to count 3 Rey pulled Orton off (costing his team the win). Orton would soon go for the RKO on Cena only to have Cena get out of it and roll him up for the win.
Me: 0/1
David: 0/1

Boogeyman v. Booker T
Early in the PPV Booker was shown in trainer's room being examined by a doctor. Booker claimed that while he was running the stairs warming-up he hurt his knee and couldn't wrestle. Teddy Long came in and asked the doctor for his opinion. The doctor said that he couldn't tell if Booker was really injured and an MRI would take 3-4 hours, so he was going to take Booker's word for it and wouldn't clear him to wrestle. Therefore Teddy Long cancelled the match. Booker and Sharmell left the trainer's room, but when they were out of Teddy's view they started giggling - Booker T wasn't really injured. Later in the night Booker and Sharmell were shown in their locker room dancing and celebrating that he got out of the match. Boogeyman then appeared upside-down hanging from the ceiling. Booker and Sharmell freaked out and ran away. They ran past Teddy Long who could clearly see that Booker wasn't really injured so it's obvious that the match will take place at an upcoming Smackdown or at WM22. Since Booker T pulled out of the match because Boogeyman psychologically got the better of him I should count this as a correct prediction for myself, but I won't.
Me: 0/1
David: 0/1

Street Fight
Shane McMahon v. Shawn Michaels
A better than average match. Shane did take a few big bumps. Shane brought a ladder into the ring and ended up being superplexed off the top and through 2 tables that were set up outside the ring. Shawn went through them too. Shane also tried a Van Terminator, but Shawn moved and the trash can instead hit Vince who was standing behind HBK on the floor. Shane later went on to put Shawn in the Sharpshooter and Vince called for the bell. Just like Survivor Series 1997. I consider this a no contest and credit goes to nobody.
Me: 0/1
David: 0/1

Beer Drinking Contest
Steve Austin v. JBL
JBL made the rules - There were 50 cups of beer on a table in the ring. Both wrestlers had to stand back-to-back (like in a duel) and whomever drank more beer in 60 seconds would win. After some hesitation Austin agreed, but was suspicious about why they had to be back-to-back. The contest started and Austin chugged his beers normally, but JBL just poured the beers down his chin and down the front of his shirt. Austin turned around and caught JBL cheating. Then JBL left the ring, but Benoit came out of the back and threw him back into the ring. Austin then dumped all the beer onto him and gave him a Stunner. While nobody 'oficially' won, Austin clearly came out the winner.
Me: 1/2
David: 1/2

Diva Match
Trish Startus & Mickie James v. Victoria & Candice
A pretty good match as far as Diva matches go. No Torrie, but Trish & Mickie did win. After the match Mickie announced that she was going to follow through on her promise to not bother Trish anymore after SNME and then gave Trish a hug and kissed her on the cheek. As I predicted, Mickie then turned heel and gave Trish a Chick Kick, a Stratusfaction, and started screaming at Trish.
Me: 2/3
David: 1/3

There was a total of 5 matches announced. One was cancelled (Booker T v. Boogeyman), one didn't have real ending (Shawn v. Shane), and another had an 'implied ending' (JBL v. Austin). I picked 2/3 matches correctly and David picked 1/3 matches correctly.

Also included on the show was an edition of the Cutting Edge with guest Mick Foley. Edge was in the ring with a bunch of weapons on a table and started off talking about how he's going to beat Foley @ WM22. Foley then came out which prompted Edge to quickly set the table on fire. After about 15-20 seconds a member of the ring crew jumped in the ring and used a fire extinguisher to put the fire out. After Edge and Foley fought a little bit Foley poured out a bag full of thumbtacks in the ring. He then started punching Edge, but Edge didn't fall. Edge ended up giving Foley a bulldog (or what counts as a bulldog nowadays) onto the thumbtacks and ran up the ramp, but tripped halfway up. Foley caught up to him and eventually gave him a con-chair-to on the ramp. Foley then just stood there pulling the thumbtacks out of his own face while a stream of blood ran down his face.

To my surprised, Undertaker did indeed make an appearance. Mark Henry was cutting a promo when Undertaker's music hit and a group of druids came out carrying a casket. 'Taker soon followed (very slowly). Him and Henry battled a little until Henry was knocked over the barricade and into the crowd. 'Taker then chokeslammed Daivari onto the casket and gave him a tombstone. Perhaps the inclusion of this segment was the reason that the Booker T v. Boogeyman match was scrapped.

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