Pro Wrestling: The Week That Was (July 19 Edition)

In honor of all the hard work put in by the great pro wrestling writers, and for those fans who didn’t get a chance to watch any of the programming this week, I’ve decided to start yet another new segment on the BR.

Every week, I take a look back at the major events of every show and bring to you the fans a condensed look at the highs and lows of the week.

So with that said, let’s get started with The Week That Was.

RAW

This past Monday’s RAW started with a firm but fair warning from Shane and Stephanie McMahon. Both urged the RAW superstars and members of the staff to come together in unity or there would be hell to pay. Their speech concluded with “We’ll be watching.”

As the show went live, it seemed that their message went in one ear and out the other as Shawn Michaels and Chris Jericho were beating the holy hell out of each other.

On top of all that, no one was able to contain the Big Red Machine who was becoming the Monster of Old. After his match with CM Punk, Kane was about to stomp a chair on Punk’s throat until Batista came in and took out both men.

The funniest moment of the evening came when Santino Marella issued an open challenge to anyone in the back. The challenge was accepted and won by The Glamazon Beth Phoenix in an obvious message to Natalya on SmackDown!

But the biggest sign of disrespect in the McMahons' eyes has to be the action of JBL at the end of RAW.

The Longhorn Jackass decided to cross the line set by the McMahon siblings as he rendered John Cena unconscious and attempted to decapitate him with a car. It’s clear that the superstars of RAW are determined to continue this anarchy until the McMahons restore order. Expect more shockers next Monday as it is known that one if not all of the McMahons will be on RAW.

ECW

The Land of Extreme had its own taste of anarchy, as Mark Henry got “panhandled” by Tommy Dreamer at the beginning of the broadcast.

Following this incident, Teddy Long gave Dreamer the night off because he didn’t want his show to turn into RAW. So Henry decided to punish Colin Delaney for Dreamer’s assault.

The biggest moment of the night came during the main event as everyone saw one more reunion of Team Extreme (Matt & Jeff Hardy) to face the WWE Tag Team Champions, The Dirt Sheet.

This match lived up to the hype as all four men left it all in the ring. In the end, the boys from Cameron, N.C., proved that they were the best tag team as they defeated the champs and set off a chain of events that will culminate this Sunday at the Bash.

TNA IMPACT!

IMPACT! brought out the best and the worst in its superstars. Booker T and Samoa Joe opened the night still feeling the effects of their match at Victory Road. Jim Cornette came out and made it clear that Joe is the Champion, but they will have a rematch at Hard Justice.

Following the announcement, Joe showed that the ‘T’ in Booker T now stood for target as he ambushed the Houston native and threw him into the back of an ambulance at the end of the show.

But Joe wasn’t the only one making an impact on Thursday night. Beer Money (James Storm and Robert Roode) was getting revenge on everyone over the events of the Fan’s Revenge Match.

They took out production crew, TNA Superstars, security, announcers and even fans. Their punishment: A Strap Match against the Motor City Machine Guns next week on IMPACT!

Taylor Wilde survived Awesome Kong at Victory Road and retained the Knockouts Championship. Now a new challenger has emerged from the Knockouts: Velvet Sky.

For months, we have wondered if the Beautiful People should be taken seriously. Next week, Sky has a chance to end the Golden Dreams of Wilde and become champion in the process.

But Wilde won’t be alone, as The Monster Abyss was the hero of Victory Road when he saved her from Kong and Raisha Saeed on Sunday.

Controversy provides ratings, and TNA has plenty of that lately. Kurt Angle and Team 3D came out to welcome Sting into their “club.” Angle went on to say that this was imminent because Sting had had enough of giving and not receiving.

Unfortunately for Team Angle, they didn’t plan on a surprise appearance from AJ Styles, Christian Cage, and Rhino.

Team Styles went on to make a blockbuster match for next week’s IMPACT! It will be all six men in a five-way elimination tables match. But that’s not the only shocker that will happen next week.

According to Angle, Sting will be in the corner of Angle next week. Also, he told Tomko to crash Karen Angle’s talk show debut.

Friday Night SmackDown!

SmackDown! was all about the nuptials of Edge and Vickie as well as momentum going into this Sunday’s Great American Bash.

The show started hitting a skid when the Big Show was punished for going through with the match last week against Edge. It was a true battle of the Giants as he faced two of the men who are considered unstoppable on SmackDown: The Great Khali and Vladimir Kozlov.

But Edge was out to make sure that everyone gave respect to the power couple, and those who didn’t give respect were to feel their wrath. After screwing Finlay and Hornswoggle, the Rated R Superstar led an all-out mugging on The Hardyz in the main event.

But the biggest problem for the power couple came at the end of the night as the WWE Champion, Triple H, came bearing gifts for Edge and Vickie.

The Game brought a video of Edge and the couple’s wedding planner Alicia Fox having a conversation about the events of Friday. He also brought a pair of Vickie’s parachute undies to display to the crowd in Charlotte.

As Edge’s henchmen started to approach the champion, Triple H unveiled another gift for La Familia: His trusty sledgehammer.

At the end of the video, Edge and Fox started making things hot and heavy in his hotel room much to the surprise of everyone. Vickie was left screaming and crying in the ring as her new husband booked it out of arm’s reach of his flustered bride.