Sunday Night Heat Report-7th November 2004
By Shaun Best-Rajah.com Reader
Welcome everyone to another episode of Sunday Night Heat and there’s a mixed bag this week. Val Venis makes his return after being savaged by Kane in Manchester and there’s farewell matches for Rodney Mack, Chuck Palumbo, Jazz and Nidia. I don’t agree with all the releases made this week most notably Palumbo, Johnny The Bull and Test because he’s hurt and it further angers me when I see some of the replacements that have been called up. In my opinion nobody wants to see a tasteless Arabic 9/11 angle. Wrestling and Politics do not mix well. With more releases predicted does anyone else think that the brand extension could be coming to an end soon? Anyway back to Heat, Todd Grisham & The Coach are on commentary, no opening pyro as instead we go straight into……
Rodney Mack vs Val Venis
Time for farewell number one as Rodney Mack struts to ringside alone and the returning Venis gets a big pop from the crowd and the ladies. The ringpost is the lucky recipient of the towel this week as the bell goes to get the match underway. Lockup and Mack applies a side headlock followed by a go-behind, Venis reverses, Mack elbows out and follows up with a side headlock takedown but Venis counters with a headscissors, Mack flips up and backs up when Venis waves a clenched fist. Mack argues with the ref and goes to boot Venis, Venis catches dodges Mack’s punches and hits an atomic drop and an armdrag takedown. Mack backs Venis into the ropes and hits a knee to the midsection and tries to trap the arm in the ropes but Venis punches and chops his way back and Mack is saved when the referee steps in to separate the two. Mack catches Venis offguard with a boot to the midsection and punches away at Val in the corner before choking him with his boot. Mack then tries to whip Venis into the ropes but Venis counters it, follows him in and connects with his own knees to the midsection and a side Russian legsweep and a cover but Mack kicks out at one. Val punches Mack and tries the Irish whip but Mack counters with a powerslam and drops elbows and a knee to the back of Venis. Cover, 1-2 kickout, Mack slugs away at Venis as Val tries to protect himself. Mack makes another cover and there’s another kickout by Val at two. Mack resorts to a bodyscissors whilst punching away at Venis and then attempts to choke him out but Val manages to save himself by clutching the bottom rope. Val attempts a comeback by punching Mack away but Mack kicks Venis back down to the canvas. Val gets back up and both combatants slug away at each other, with Mack getting the upper hand, Venis is thrown into the ropes but Mack puts his head down too early and pays for it as Venis boots him in the head. Val takes him down with a running clothesline and then another one, and Mack is then backelbowed down. Val goes to whip Mack into the ropes, Mack tries a reversal, Venis ducks the clothesline and tries a half nelson slam, but can only get Mack half up and Mack backelbows out, charges off the ropes but Val catches him with a spinebuster, goes to the top rope and scores with the Money Shot. Val covers for the victory 1-2-3 and Thuggin’ N Buggin’ is no more. Here is Your Winner: VAL VENIS.
Grisham & Coach discuss Eric Bischoff & Survivor Series.
Still to come Chuck Palumbo vs Rosey.
Up Next Eric Bischoff Confronts Ric Flair & Batista on Raw Last Week.
HHH Raw Promo Airs. (Raw was good without you by the way).
Eric Bischoff turns over a new leaf on Raw Last Week, announces the Raw main event for Survivor Series and its total control of Raw for a month stipulations and stands up to Ric Flair & Batista and informs them that HHH is nothing without the World Title. Cuts to Jericho, Orton and Maven punking out Flair & Batista in the Evolution dressing room Whooo!
Later Flair & Batista vs Orton, Jericho & Maven.
Survivor Series Promo Airs.
Commercial.
WWE Slam of The Week Gene Snitsky beats Eugene in Hardcore Match on Raw Last Week. William Regal makes the save and punches Snitsky into retreat with his brass knucks. I smell an eventual heel turn by Regal in the not too distant future. I personally thought it would happen last week.
William Regal vs Ken Anderson
Regal enters to a nice pop from the crowd and the jobber gets no reaction. Both lockup, Regal backs Anderson into the corner, Anderson reverses and there’s an eventual clean break after Anderson frees his leg from the grip of Regal’s. Regal looks on at Anderson with a menacing grin as he gets a go-behind, applies a side headlock, connects with punches, takes down Anderson with a shoulderblock off the ropes and immediately covers, Anderson kicks out at one and Regal immediately applies a side headlock takedown. Anderson rolls into a cradle for a one count, Regal keeps the headlock applied, both backup and Regal works on the arm, and a punch staggers Anderson into the corner. Regal connects with forearms in the corner forces Anderson to the mat and drops a knee. Regal pulls Anderson up by the head and hits him with kneelifts and another forearm puts him back on the canvas. Cover by Regal but Anderson kicks out at two. Regal cinches in a full nelson but Anderson smartly manages to get to the ropes and as Regal breaks the hold Anderson lands a punch to the midsection which sends Regal away and he sells it well with a groan of pain. Anderson follows up with another punch and an Irish whip to the corner. Regal puts on the brakes by quickly stepping off the second rope but he charges right into an elbow from Anderson and a dazed Regal is then bodyslammed to the canvas. Anderson attempts a cover but Regal kicks out at two and Regal goes to the corner to try and recover. Anderson slowly approaches hits a punch to the midsection and drives his head to the midsection of Regal before a second attempt is thwarted by the referee who steps in and Anderson backs off. Anderson takes Regal down and hits Regal in the back but Regal gets back up grabs an arm but Anderson knees him in the midsection and drives him into the corner and drives his head to the midsection again, and again. Regal comes back with kicks to the gut and roundhouse punches, Irish whip, Regal charges and takes down Anderson with a clothesline, executes a double arm suplex, and attempts numerous covers but he can’t get the three count. Regal stays on the attack, hits more kneelifts and a T-Bone suplex ala Shelton Benjamin and comes off the ropes with a high knee to the side of the head. Regal covers and this time Regal gets the duke.1-2-3. Here is Your Winner: WILLIAM REGAL.
Still to Come Jazz & Molly Holly vs Victoria & Nidia.
Up Next Edge & Chris Benoit’s Tag Team trouble continued Last Week on Raw.
Chris Benoit Raw Promo Airs.
Highlights of La Resistance regaining World Tag Team Titles from Chris Benoit on Raw Last Week. Edge distracts Benoit and the ref to enable La Resistance to hit au revoir for the victory. Post Match Edge beats down Benoit with a belt shot and a spear and humiliates him by making him tap via a crossface. Edge finds his niche as a heel.
It’s Chris Benoit vs Edge on Raw This Week.
Don’t Try This At Home.
Commercial.
Rosey vs Chuck Palumbo
Rosey enters to a nice pop from the crowd but the crowd boo Custom Chucky P as he makes his way to the ring flashing his chest at the crowd. Chuck’s making his farewell appearance here so let’s see if he can go out with a win or a wimper. Here’s hoping that he doesn’t suffer the same fate as Rodney Mack did earlier tonight. Both lockup and Rosey goes to back Chuck into the corner, Chuck reverses but offers no clean break as he kicks Rosey in the midsection and unloads with more punches and kicks. Chuck goes to work on the arm and drives his weight into the shoulder of the Superhero at the same time but when Chuck twists the arm with an armwringer Rosey pulls him in and clotheslines him down. Rosey shoves Palumbo into the corner and hits a clothesline before a headbutt drops Palumbo onto the canvas. Rosey stands over the fallen Chuck and comes down with a sitting kneedrop which turns into a cover but Palumbo manages to get out at two. Chuck goes to the corner and Rosey follows, punches away, Irish whip to the corner, Rosey charges but eats boot and Chuck rams Rosey shoulder first into the steel ringpost and plays to the crowd which channels boos. Chuck goes to the outside and rams Rosey’s head into the ringpost before his arm gets the same treatment. Chuck then punches Rosey hard and Rosey falls back to the canvas. Rosey tries getting up but Chuck knees him back down twice and puts the boots to him. Chuck attempts a cover but Rosey kicks out at two so Chuck applies a chinlock in the centre of the ring, Rosey gets up, elbows his way out so Chuck hits a clubbing blow to the back. Rosey reverses a whip to the ropes but puts his head down too early enabling Chuck to boot him in the head and knock him to the ground with a stiff straight hand. Cover, 1-2 no Rosey kicks out again. Both men are up and both exchange punches, Chuck comes off the ropes, Rosey clotheslines him down and again. However, Chuck reverses a whip to the ropes but he is still taken down again this time by a Rosey shoulderblock. Rosey drops a headbutt coming off the ropes and Palumbo kicks out at two following a cover. Rosey Irish whips Chuck, and charges, no-ones there as he crashes into the turnbuckles, Chuck comes off the ropes but Rosey somehow ducks the big boot attempt and instead picks up Chuck and bodyslams him down. Rosey signals for the end, goes up to the second rope and comes off with a huge legdrop onto Chuck Palumbo. Rosey covers to win the match and Chuck’s WWE career ends with a loss. 1-2-3. Here is Your Winner: ROSEY.
Up Next Highlights of Handicap Tag Team Match from Raw Last Week.
Raw Promo Airs.
Highlights of Handicap Tag Team Match from Raw Last Week. Tajiri comes out dressed as HHH and Maven, Jericho & Orton take out Flair & Batista. Batista receives the face’s finishers culminating in an RKO and Orton pins him for the victory. Post match Batista shoves down Ric Flair who is in shock as a result. Evolution is crumbling.
The Graphic for the Raw Classic Eight Man Elimination match at Survivor Series is shown.
Commercial.
Molly Holly & Jazz vs Victoria & Nidia
Our Final Farewells are for Jazz and Nidia in this match. Even less divas now and with the addition of Gail Kim to the list of released WWE stars the already lack of numbers in the women’s division is severely depleted. Not many left now. Trish, Victoria, Lita, Molly, Christy, Stacy, Carmella?, New Interviewer on Raw and Lillian and of those, how many of them can work a match? The Women’s Division is getting the same negligent treatment as the Cruiserweight Division over on SmackDown. Looks like there’s going to be more T & A segments, hang on that’s good so I’ll quit moaning. As long as there’s still plenty of Eye Candy on Raw I’ll be happy enough as the Divas that are left can showcase their talents and look good in a T & A segment if the Women’s Wrestling Division goes down the pan. Anyway back to the match. The heels come out to Molly’s Music and get booed, while the faces come out to Victoria’s music and get a pop and the dance routine on the ramp gets an even bigger pop. Victoria looks good this week, She would look good in a binbag, I do hope she’s the next Diva to pose for Playboy. Victoria and Jazz start and Jazz slaps on a side headlock from the initial lockup, Jazz with a go-behind, back to the side headlock, Victoria tries to maneuver her way out but to no avail and Jazz eventually puts Victoria down after a sharp blow to the throat. Victoria’s head then meets the top turnbuckle but she manages to put the brakes on when Jazz tries the same tactic in the opposite corner and instead it’s Jazz’s kisser that meets turnbuckle three times. Victoria follows up with two armdrag takedowns. Jazz punches her way free and tags in Molly who charges right into a powerslam by Victoria, cover but Molly is able to kick out at two. At this point Nidia tries to enter the ring for some strange reason when her team is on top. The ref is distracted as Victoria whips Molly to the corner. Seeing this Jazz rushes over and crouches down behind Molly as Victoria charges and attempts to monkey flip Molly out of the corner. Jazz grips Molly from behind and Victoria falls back and crashes down on the canvas. Nidia is ushered out of the ring and Molly takes advantage by suplexing the hurt Victoria in the ring. Cover 1-2, kickout. Molly drags Victoria back up and throws her up and down by the hair. Molly clubs Victoria in the back and tags Jazz back in. Jazz kicks Victoria down with a kick to the midsection as she’s held in position by Molly and Jazz follows up with a bodyslam and an elbow off the ropes. Jazz connects with two more elbows to the back of Victoria and Jazz applies a submission hold stretching the neck with a bridge and follows up with another cover and there’s another kickout at two. Molly is tagged back in and she kicks Victoria down as Jazz holds her and Molly rams Victoria’s head into the canvas before choking her in the ropes with her leg. The ref breaks this up but is distracted again so Jazz chokes Victoria in the ropes unbeknownst to the ref as he’s now trying to keep Nidia out of the ring again. Tag to Jazz and she slams down Victoria but can only get another two count for her team. Jazz throws Victoria into the ropes, puts her head down, Victoria goes over and is attempting the sunset flip, Jazz falls back but kicks out at two and both women get up but both go back down thanks to simultaneous clotheslines. The referee lays the count on as both Molly and Nidia are eager for the tag. Both women begin crawling, Jazz tags Molly at five and Victoria tags Nidia then rolls to the outside. Nidia enters and clotheslines Molly then Jazz, flapjacks Molly and hits a twisting neckbreaker on Jazz who rolls out of the ring. Molly charges, Nidia boots her in the midsection, northern lights suplex 1-2 no Molly kicks out. Nidia punches Molly who falls into the ropes, Molly thrown into the ropes but Molly hangs on and Nidia’s dropkick attempt ends in Nidia falling to the canvas. Molly goes to the top rope and hits the Molly-Go-Round on Nidia. 1-2-3. Thank you Nidia and goodbye. Here are Your Winners: MOLLY HOLLY & JAZZ.
Grisham thanks us for watching. End of Show. Well most of the leavers have been jobbed out this week so I’ll be back next week with new Heat regulars and with a special International Episode of Sunday Night Heat as it’s Survivor Series weekend so until then I’ve been Shaun Best. Have a good week everybody.
