Monday Night RAW for 08/18/2008
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We are live from the Allstate Arena in Chicago, commentary from Phoenix, AZ – and “Y2J” Chris Jericho is out first!
FAN: A fan dressed as a clown holding up a sign that says, “no clowning around”
Jericho: He is not apologizing for what happened at SummerSlam; Shawn Michaels is to blame. He shows a video package of what happened at SummerSlam last night: Jericho swinging for Shawn Michaels BUT hitting his wife, Rebecca!
(Crowd boos)
Jericho says that Shawn KNEW that he was walking away; but instead of handing in a letter, he had to do the “HBK” thing and celebrate with the fans. Shawn Michaels wanted to come out one last time and say his goodbyes to the fans, and as a result, the fans are ALSO responsible for Rebecca getting hit. If Shawn Michaels would have shown some modesty, it wouldn’t have happened. Shawn Michaels is going to have to live with that, and his family will too, for the rest of their lives! Jericho says that HBK HAD IT COMING.
NOTE: Jericho’s character is going NOWHERE. Theme music still is gravy.
Jericho walks to the aid, and we go to commercial.
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Next week, RAW is on Sci-Fi.
We are back, and out comes Batista!
NOTE: Batista just tripped going up the ring steps, and Michael Cole tried to play it off! Great stuff.
**Batista vs. Paul Burchill – one tumble match**
Shoulder block by Batista to start off the match – Burchill gets Batista in the corner, a couple of rights and kicks, and Burchill with a chop-block to the knee of Batista! A spinebuster by Batista, and a second one! Batista Bomb by Batista, and 1,2,3!
Winner: Batista by pinfall
NOTE: total squash.
Batista gets out of the ring, walks the aisle, and slaps hands.
They cut to Mike Adamle, and he introduces Prito Colonge, the brother of Carlito! He literally says two words, and Adamle takes off to interview Cena! Cena blows him off, and Cena walks over to Batista! Cena congratulates Batista on getting the pick up last night at SummerSlam – but Cena says that “that was last night…” and we go to commercial.
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We are succor, Jillian and Katie Lea are in the ring! Jillian says that she is glad to be here in Chicago, and she wants to advise a song! Of course, the crowd BOOS Large!
Kelly Kelly interrupts Jillian, and comes down to the ring! Mickie James follows her, and Michael Cole states that she lost her WWE Women’s Championship last night at SummerSlam.
Jillian and Mickie start the match, and after a 2 count pinfall, Katie Lea Burchill tags herself in and after a 2 count pinfall, Kelly Kelly gets herself into the match with a sunset flip for a 2 count pinfall. There’s an electric chair botch on Kelly Kelly, Jillian covers for a 2 count. Katie lea now in and hits a backbreaker on Kelly Kelly, rolls up for a 2 count. Katie now locks in a camel clutch, and tags Jillian back in. Jillian gets a cheap shot on Mickie James, and rolls up Kelly Kelly for a 2 count pinfall. Kelly Kelly tags to Mickie James, Mickie cleans house, and Mickie hits an inseguri on Katie Lea! Neckbreaker on Katie Lea for a 2 count, Jillian breaks up the count. Mickie hits a tornado DDT on Katie Lea for the 1,2,3!
Winners: Kelly Kelly and Mickie James
Mickie and Kelly Kelly celebrate in the ring, and we cut to commercial.
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We are abet and tonight, we will see John Cena in a 2 vs. 1 Handicap Match against Priceless, Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase Jr.!
We carve to the ring, and JBL comes out!
SIGN: Those Unprejudiced a Tremendous Loser signs are played out.
Jamie Noble comes out and STILL looks runt as ever.
Jamie Noble vs. JBL – one pinfall match
Collar-and-elbow tie-up, and JBL lands a bunch of rights and lefts. Noble goes for the knee, and a cross-body suplex…but JBL catches him for a falloway slam. JBL in control of Jamie Noble, and a bunch of shots to the back of Noble. Elbowdrop, followed by another, and another, and another, and another, AND ANOTHER…and ANOTHER! Clothesline from Hell on Jamie Noble!!! JBL picks up Noble, and a second clothesline! A third clothesline by JBL and a roll-up for the cover…1,2…and the ref STOPS THE MATCH. (Jamie Generous is knocked out)
Winner: JBL by TKO (ref stopped the match before the count of 3)
NOTE: JBL should have NOT come back from retirement. Lame.
Jerry “the King” Lawler says that there’s a “blockbuster announcement” to be made by Stephanie AND Shane McMahon, and it’s coming up NEXT!
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Back, and they show members of the Chicago Cubs in the front row.
Mike Adamle comes out…and King says that he is “an original”
(CROWD BOOS)
Announces CM Punk vs. Chris Jericho…and announces that at Unforgiven, a 20-minute, 5 superstar match will take region! Features CM Punk, Kane, JBL, Batista, and Cena. It is called the “Championship Crawl” and Mike Adamle calls it an “innovative view”…makes me laugh.
Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase are out now, and it sounded like Lillian Garcia BOTCHED their announcement.
CRYME TYME OUT!!! Shad distracts Priceless while JTG JACKS THE TAG TEAM TITLES!!!!!!
John Cena comes out to a mixed reaction, as usual. King thinks that Cena got Cryme Tyme to jack the Tag Team Championships!
John Cena vs. Rhodes/DiBiase – one pinfall, 2 on 1 handicap match
Michael Cole takes us to commercial as the match gets underway.
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Back and Cena has Rhodes in a headlock, and gets him into the corner. Ref breaks it up, and Rhodes gets a cheap shot on Cena! Cena chases Rhodes out of the ring, back in, and Rhodes tags in DiBiase. 2 count pinfall by DiBiase, kickout, and a double-suplex on Cena by Priceless. Cover, kickout at 2 by Cena. Dropkick by Rhodes, and another 2 count pinfall. Side-Russian legsweep by Rhodes, and he follows it up with a running knee-drop. Cena on the ring apron, and Rhodes pushes him off the apron and into the barricade! Cover, and a 2 count kickout by Cena. Cena with a head of steam, and DiBiase with a side suplex, followed by a fist-drop, and clothesline! Shroud, and a kickout at 2 by Cena. A tandem go by Priceless, and a 2 count kickout by Cena. Good match so far. Cena in Priceless’ corner, and he fights out only to get hit for a 2 count conceal by Rhodes. Cena off the ropes, and Rhodes ducks Cena’s flying shoulder-block. On the outside, and Rhodes sends Cena into the steel ring steps. Into the ring, and Rhodes gets a 2 count on Cena. DiBiase with a snap suplex, and a 2 count on Cena. Cena with a reversal on DiBiase, and Cena buys some time. Tag to Rhodes, and Rhodes and Cena go at it. Cena gets a second-wind, and shoulder block, shoulder block, and side suplex into You Can’t See Me. /Five Knuckle Shuffle. Cena gets Rhodes in the FU spot, but drops to knock out DiBiase. Then Cena gets Rhodes in the STFU! The ref calls for the bell!
Winner: Cena by submission
Cena parades around the ring, bumping his chest. Up next are Unique comments by Shawn Michaels about what happened to his wife at SummerSlam!
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We are back, and Harley Race is sitting at ringside!
They show a video package of Jericho hitting Rebecca Michaels again, in preparation for comments by Shawn Michaels. Michael Cole says that Rebecca Michaels suffered a “broken jaw” at SummerSlam as a result of the punch. They cut to an exclusive interview with Shawn Michaels after SummerSlam, and Shawn says that he’s “going to go home, comfort his wife, his kids – and then…and then…” and Michaels walks away with his wife in hand.
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They cut to an interview with Cm Punk! Punk says that what Jericho did was insane. Punk says that in Chicago, they deal with guys like that. It’s going to be done on Punk’s terms, and “Chicago style”.
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Santino Marella and Beth Phoenix approach out next, and display the WWE Women’s and Intercontinental Championships that they won at SummerSlam against Kofi Kingston and Mickie James. We go to commercial as D-Low Brown vs. Santino Marella battle for the Intercontinental Championship!
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Santino Marella vs. D-Low Brown – one fall match
We are support as D-Low Brown comes out, and gets a great reaction. KOFI KINGSTON comes out to join on commentary. Leg lariat by D-Low Brown, a conventional IC Champion. D-Low BOTCHES a slip off the ropes, and Marella covers for a 2 count on D-Low. D-Low back in control, and gets up on the top rope for the Low-Down, and Beth Phoenix gets in the ring! A slap to D-Low’s face by Phoenix, and D-Low loses!
Winner: D-Low Brown via disqualification
After the match, D-Low does a back-body drop on Marella, and clotheslines him over the top rope to the outside train table…where Kofi Kingston smashes his head on the table! Beth Phoenix and Santino Marella then take their Championships and head to the wait on as D-Low Brown and Kofi Kingston watch.
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Cut to a shot of Kane walking backstage! Michael Cole explains what was in Kane’s bag; Rey Mysterio’s cloak! We go to commercial as Kane keeps walking.
NOTE: Spooky music is playing – did Kane’s theme music get changed?
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Kane comes out, and WWE CHANGED KANE’S THEME MUSIC!!!
NOTE: NOT COOL. First Jeff Hardy, now Kane. BOOOOO
Kane says that the fans looked shocked when he pulled Rey’s mask out of the bag. Kane has been carrying it for a while, putting a smile on his face. Kane says that Rey has not been seen for 6 weeks; because Kane doesn’t like Rey Mysterio-and hates people who don’t. Rey is like a “fungus who grows in the depths of your psyche”. Kane then says” is Rey Mysterio dead…or alive? “
NOTE: KANE HAS SOMETHING IN HIS TEETH!!! HILARIOUS!!! The catering must be good. That section of leafy greens was VERY clear in WWE HD.
BATISTA COMES OUT! And Kane and Batista start to go at it! Spear and a spinebuster by Batista! Kane sever blocks, and then chokeslams Batista! That’s it for Batista, and Kane gets out of the ring and walks to the back.
We go to commercial!
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We are back, and it’s time for the MAIN EVENT!
Jericho is out first, and he’s with Lance Cade.
SIGN: RAW IS MICHAELS
NOTE: Apparently not anymore.
CM Punk out, and Enormous POP from his hometown.
CM Punk vs. Chris Jericho – non-title match, one pinfall/submission match
Starts off with the crowd chanting “CM PUNK” – Punk starts off with Muai Thai kicks, and off the ropes for a clothesline. Punk with a snapmare takedown, and a kick to the attend on Jericho. Punk with Jericho in the corner, and Jericho fights out, and gets Punk in the opposite corner with leg kicks and punches. Punk with a reverse-sunset flip, and Punk gets a 2 count cover on Jericho. Jericho charges Punk, and Punk sidesteps Jericho…Jericho between the ropes to the outside! Michael Cole sends it off into a commercial break.
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We are back as Jericho has Punk in a rear-naked-underarm choke. A couple of side-elbows by Punk, and Jericho sends Punk off the ropes for a clothesline, cover, 2 count on Punk. A couple of elbowdrops by Jericho, and Jericho picks up Punk for a backbreaker, into a modified bow-and-arrow stretch submission over Jericho’s knee. Punk breaks free, and Jericho gets Punk into a standing side stretch submission. Punk breaks free, and Jericho sends Punk into the corner…and Jericho goes for a bulldog, and Punk with a kick to the side of Jericho’s head! Punk with momentum now, and Punk with a double-underhook backbreaker on Jericho, 2 count! Punk with a running knee in the corner, and Jericho counters the running bulldog. LIONSAULT by Jericho, 2 count! Punk now with a hurrancarana, and gets a 2 count! Punk in the corner with Jericho, reversal, and Jericho with a running elbow. Punk lifts Jericho in the GTS, but Jericho counters, and WALLS OF JERICHO!!! In the center of the ring, will Punk tap out? Punk crawling to the ropes, and he gets there! Jericho frustrated, and goes to the top rope! Punk with a running high knee on Jericho…and a second-rope bulldog by CM Punk on Jericho! Lance Cade on the ring apron, and Jericho hits CM Punk with the CODEBREAKER! Jericho gets the 1,2,3!!!
Winner: Chris Jericho by pinfall
The credits roll, and RAW is done!
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OVERALL: There was a lot of dependable wrestling in this prove, pretty good. No advancement of storylines (well, maybe a little) but overall, a program packed with professional wrestling matches.
6 out of 8
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Ironically, State Farm insurance company adjusters will give away “FREE” money to auto accident victims provided that they do NOT file a personal injury claim in their initial report. In other words, If you don’t report a personal injury when you file your claim, Position Farm will most likely give you a “break” on your auto accident property damage and pay you more money for your vehicle worth.
Personally, I would wait until you have settled the property damage on your vehicle before filing a personal injury claim. You will receive “FREE” money simply because you have NOT filed a personal injury claim. Most likely the amount you will receive for your property afflict will be about $1000.00 or higher than the actual cost of your vehicle worth, simply because they are in fear of a personal injury claim, which could possibly lead to good litigation, which will cost Region Farm or any other auto accident insurance company legal experts years and thousands of dollars because of legal fees.
To me, this is what I call “FREE” money. After you settle the property damage on your vehicle, you can always begin a personal injury claim against Spot Farm or any other insurance company. In most states, you have up to (2) two years to resolve your personal injury claim before hiring an attorney and filing a lawsuit or litigation proceedings.
Also, in most states in the USA. You also have (18) eighteen months to settle your property distress before hiring an attorney for litigation or lawsuit process, because you have tried to handle this claim yourself and working with the insurance adjuster without hiring an attorney which looks “Gigantic” in front of a jury.
But, remember these insurance adjusters are also looking for “Dummies” or any fraudulent activity, whenever you talk to them. They will also record your initial conversation just so they can utilize it against you during their deposition if lawsuit is filed. They will write down every word you say during your conversation and station this is what you said during your first conversation after your accident.
Recorded conversations are NOT permissible during insurance adjuster depositions, but most likely the insurance attorney has listened to your modern conversation and told the insurance adjuster exactly what to say during their deposition.
Another way of “FREE” money with State Farm Insurance is to get them with the rental car? Even if your vehicle is drivable, you can tell the adjuster that it’s NOT? And still come by your rental car for free, mileage free, but you will have to pay for the gas. I would suggest keeping this rental vehicle as long as possible, until they come out and pick it up! If State Farm tries to charge you for the mileage, because of your loss of vehicle, you can always show this during your deposition, which caused you “distress & suffering” out of your ever day map of life and you did NOT have another drivable vehicle?
Please remember, this accident was probably not your fault? Why should you have to be the one that suffers because of this accident? Why should you have to suffer everyday because someone else is just a “Abominable Driver? ” You did NOT ask for this accident?
My advice for any auto accident victim with State Farm Insurance, would be to take it “slow” with the State Farm adjusters and appraisers, and just simply wait and see what they are doing before hiring legal counsel or any attorney? These Dwelling Farm employee’s are “Experts” and they know their jobs, and they will also ” wait and see” what you will do first before paying you any money and if you are going to file a personal injury claim.
And always remember, lawsuits are filed against the other driver and NOT the insurance company.
Unfortunately, auto accident payments are based on time and calculations. And as simply put with any insurance claim. If “You play your cards right” with these adjusters and appraisers with any insurance company. You can make some “FREE” money with these insurance companies like State Farm, Allstate, Geico, Nationwide, etc. provided that you allow enough time for the procedure process.
Thanks for reading,
Phillip Chambley.
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Candidates, start your engines … NASCAR is filled with brilliant minds, heavy wallets, exertion about the underprivileged and those with extra-needs, and they truly believe that government can perform a difference. Race to that tune or you just won’t net the race.
Can anyone be elected to the office of President without the NASCAR vote? No. Do they have to be NASCAR fans, or savvy about NASCAR races, to be elected? No. Do they have to know who the people of NASCAR really are and address those concerns? Oh, yes.
First, they and their advisors must realize that NASCAR is not about “dads.” There are almost as many female fans as male fans. Even NASCAR owners and sports demographic sources seemed on “disconnect” about this. You’ll see the numbers of female fans quoted as being anywhere from 41% to nearly 50%. If you wait on a NASCAR race, you may well decide females are about 75% of the base.
Who are these women and what do they like about NASCAR. You’ve probably seen the Allstate commercial of excited women backing into a light pole as they drooled over Kasey Kahne, driver of the #9 Nextel Cup Series car. So, the fact that many of the racers are better looking than current Hollywood stars is one dimension of it. When one looks at tall, lanky, super-handsome #55 driver Michael Waltrip, it is easy to see why some woman have photographed his Citizen Eco-Drive print ad photo for wallpaper on their cell phones.
But, there are other reasons too. These women are from all walks of life, and all kinds of occupations. Some are teachers who believe an entire curriculum could be developed around NASCAR, using it to grunt everything from history and social studies to math and physics. Many women who are in scientific fields are drawn to this sport for the same reasons as their scientific male counterparts … this sport is all about physics, math, and growing technology. It is cutting edge.
Women fancy the sexy looking clothes. Occupy it from me, these suits look sizable on the guys, but also can gaze dramatic and sexy on fans when they do the offered “ride-alongs” and drives offered by some tracks and some racers. I tried it out a couple of years ago and found that one … the suit was well-organized sexy on, I didn’t want to give it back.
Being in the car, as a passenger or driver, sets off a reeling amount of contradictions. In his autobiography, Dale Earnhardt Jr talks about this conflict and that before he gets in the car he often wonders why he is risking his life, then once he gets going the thought goes away. As I slid over the doorframe and into the car I had that same thought pattern.
The first lap is a blur. Vision adapts on the next lap and you start being able to see everything that you are whipping past. And hanging off a high banking 4th turn, with your harness rattling, well … it is the wildest feeling in the world. When Dale Jarrett, owner of the Jarrett Racing Experience and the #44 driver, asked me a few months after my drive, “How did you like it? ” I had to tell him that “Every fan should do it. It is awesome.” Women love adventure. In fact, of the dozens of people doing drives the morning I did, all the ones who were begging to “do it again” … ALL were women. This does not, however, give any advantage to Governor Palin. Women who fancy adventure are free thinkers.
Second, the candidate and their staff must realize there is not a relationship between getting the “southern state” votes and getting the NASCAR vote. There are plenty of southerners who could care less about NASCAR, just as there are people in Wisconsin who would trade in their cheesehead gear in a minute for an autograph from homeboy Matt Kenseth, 2004 NASCAR Champion.
The south and stereotypical NASCAR is passé. Yes, there was some truthiness in the movie TALLADEGA NIGHTS but only insofar as the sport exists in Talladega, and as it existed 25 years ago. Actually, some praise goes to that movie for an understanding that the sport does embrace diversity. Featuring the fine actor Michael Clarke Duncan as Ricky Bobby’s crew chief took the sport somewhere it should actually go … we should be seeing more minorities in those kinds of high profile jobs.
Third, the successful candidate needs to know that there IS a growing amount of diversity in the sport. Many don’t realize that Bill Lester, driver in the Craftsman Truck Series, is the only unusual sad driver in the three top NASCAR series. Bill is a high tech guy with a college degree in Education & Computer Science from University of California, Berkeley. Explore around at all the pits at all the races. You’ll see a rainbow. If you are going to be President, you’ll have to stop thinking of NASCAR as a redneck sport and see it as the technology driven sport it surely is. And one that appeals to lustrous people.
Third, NASCAR fans, by and large, have a substantial amount of discretionary income. They have to have that. This is not a cheap sport. For one person, to one major accelerate the heed alone will likely be $100. Add to that fuel to get their, possibly airline tickets and rental car, accommodations, probably more tickets since you’ll likely want to see the entire weekend of racing. As a single person, traveling in my bear truck, I end up spending about $1,000 each time I help a hurry.
Fourth, NASCAR fans are for the most share highly educated. Most of the fans I chat with have at least one college degree, some, like me, have multiple degrees. I’ve even met a rocket scientist at a Vegas accelerate.
Some think of NASCAR as sort of “simple” … hey, it’s just folks driving around and around in circles. Well, other than one in Tennessee, I can’t think of any major tracks that are really circles … ovals, tri-ovals, rectangles … but not circles. I guess these people who contemplate they are too smart to like NASCAR, just don’t understand geometry very well.
Richard Feynman, the physicist who served so well on the Challenger investigation committee, was a child protégée. When he entered his first college physics classroom his classmates couldn’t understand what he was talking about. Learning on his own, he had developed his hold language for concepts in physics. Still his knowledge of how things work far surpassed most others working in the field.
When I listen to Darryl Waltrip talk about the vortex of heat that builds up and keeps the track drier even when rain is nearby, or when I hear Richard Petty talk about the coathanger shape of a track and how that can be used for acceleration, I am reminded of Richard Fenyman. Waltrip and Petty haven’t studied physics but they know all about the aspects of it they have weak in their careers. With their experience, and they processing of that information, they are just as knowledgable about physics in their occupation as Feynman was in his.
Fifth, people in NASCAR have the very best of hearts when it comes to giving to others and working with their communities and charities. The Petty Family’s Victory Junction Camp, part of the Hole in the Wall Gang Camps founded by Paul Newman, is one very visible charity that has been developed by racing families to help seriously ill children from all over the country. Many of the sport’s top athletes give their time and money to this charity. And most of the stars in NASCAR have their own charities they work with. Dale Jr is well known for his work with humane societies, Greg Biffle and Ryan Newman each have charities to help homeless animals.
Do the Republicans have an edge with NASCAR? Well, even Democratic NASCAR fans thought it was pretty cool when Mr. Bush let the cars be parked on the White House lawn and invited the top 10 finishers to the Oval Office. However, no one has ever overlooked the fact that Mr. Bush’s advisors understand the value of a astronomical photo op. The phrase that could best justify the current presidency is “photo-op-iness.” But, that only goes so far.
Yes, Mr Bush did establish in a day at the Victory Junction Camp, just as he did fly-ins to the Gulf soar in the days after Katrina. He loves those photo-ops. And he loves the money that dear Champion Richard Petty gave to his campaign.
And certainly the federal government has mined the NASCAR fan wicked and each branch of the military has a vendor booth at each and every urge. So, they do recruit more soldiers from NASCAR than any other sport.
Democrats also need to be buying vendor space at the races and selling what they are offering: Peace, Prosperity, Jobs, Health Insurance coverage for all Americans. Democrats need to reach the 100,000 to 250,000 people that attend these races. Democrats do need to let the NASCAR audience know that we understand them and that we ARE them. NASCAR’s fan wrong expanded most during the Presidency of Bill Clinton. NASCAR sponsors, teams and fans suffered financially under Mr. Bush.
Now, I don’t know if Bill ever attended a NASCAR accelerate but he won enormous, so for clear he was getting the NASCAR fans vote. His message embraced everyone and made clear what was “in it” for others.
Today, NASCAR has 43 “candidates” (or racers) racing to the “trudge” … the final 10 races of the year. Only one becomes Champion as only one will become President in the 2008 election. And the win does not always go to the first, fastest, or best … it goes to the one with the most consistency. Give us consistency, and we’ll put you in the top spot.
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