Judgment Day Results/RAW Predictions

Let's check in and see both what happened and how Drew did in picking the outcomes:

Carlito vs. Ric Flair
Ric Flair wins with a clean submission due to Figure Four Leglock.
Drew's pick: Ric Flair
Winner: Ric Flair (1-0)

Shawn Michaels vs. Randy Orton
Randy Orton wins due to Michaels being unable to compete.
Drew's pick: HBK
Winner: Randy Orton (1-1)

Elijah Burke vs. CM Punk
CM Punk wins by pinfall following a kick to the stomach.
Drew's pick: Elijah Burke
Winner: CM Punk (1-2)

Chris Benoit vs. MVP for the United States Championship
MVP wins U.S. Championship following two straight pinfalls.
Drew's pick: MVP
Winner: MVP (2-2)

Vince McMahon, Shane McMahon, and Umaga vs. Bobby Lashley for the ECW Championship
Bobby Lashley wins match by pinning Shane McMahon; however, does not recover belt as McMahon was not covered.
Drew's pick: Bobby Lashley
Winner: Bobby Lashley (3-2)

Edge vs. Batista for the World Heavyweight Championship
Edge wins match via roll-up pin.
Drew's pick: Edge
Winner: Edge (4-2)

John Cena vs. The Great Khali for the WWE Championship
John Cena forces The Great Khali to tap from the STFU.
Drew's pick: John Cena
Winner: John Cena (5-2)


Drew finishes off the night with an impressive 5-2 record. Although Drew wasn't able to comment on the "match" between the Hardyz and Cade/Murdoch, I can assure you that our favorite North Carolinian would have chosen Jeff and Matt, thus making Drew's record for the evening a stellar 6-2.

Some of Drew's best calls include the MVP-Benoit match, where MVP won in two straight falls, and the Cena-Khali match, where Khali was forced to tap. As far as the former is concerned, it was a significant outcome due to the fact that we are trained to expect 2 out of 3 falls matches to reach that last match. I can't tell you the last time it didn't go to the third. I think...the Mick Foley/Ric Flair match last year? Maybe. Either way, in addition to proving Drew correct, this win really puts MVP on center stage and fuels this feud for some great matches in the future. Don't forget, MVP was trained by Chris Benoit. These guys really know how to put it on.

As far as the Khali match, Drew was dead on about it being used as a tool to get Cena over. The WWE is hyping this submission like it's Hulk Hogan slamming Andre the Giant or Barry Horowitz finally winning a match (extra points if you know who Horowitz is). Again, that STFU proves to be the most formidable submission in all of wrestling. And it's put on so cleanly each time!

No real disappointments for Drew here. Burke/Punk was a toss up by definition and news of the Michaels injury came after Drew posted. The idea that the WWE would use Orton's match to punish him seemed dead-on to me.

So this brings us to the second portion of tonight's post: tomorrow's RAW.

Since many of the matches weren't from the RAW brand, this PPV of very little consequence has almost no bearing on RAW tomorrow. After all, the only title change was from the SMACKDOWN show. Obviously, Cena will do a promo about how great he is, and someone will need to disagree in order to create a feud for the summer. It obviously won't be Michaels, due to the injury. Expect to see Orton "injure" him tomorrow night. Triple H won't be back in time, so he's out. I think the fans spoke loudly about The Great Khali, so I'm praying we've seen the last of him and he'll go play with Mark Henry or someone else. If all my calculations are right, this leaves us with Randy Orton? No way the WWE would reward him with a title opportunity, so I'm going to go out on a limb and say that (if not tomorrow, then soon) we will be seeing an episode of RAW is JERICHO very soon. After all, Cena was better as a heel, and who do the fans like better than Y2J? Maybe The Rock, but my point is, the list is short. Watch out for Jericho's return in the following weeks.

This is the part where I'd make some comments about the Intercontinental belt, but there wasn't a match for it tonight. Maybe I'd choose to go on to the Tag Team belts, but really, am I going to sit here and discuss Cade and Murdoch with you, our fine readers? Please, I'd rather sleep with Mae Young. Okay, well maybe not that... Unfortunately, wrestling fans, it looks as though the Heavyweight title is going to be the only subject of importance as we roll into a few more meaningless PPVs, culminating with Summerslam in August.

With little else to talk about and someone named Timbaland performing a new song on RAW tomorrow night, I'd like to make a little prediction of my own: RAW WILL SUCK.

Instead of watching, why not spend your night commenting on my hilarious Ahmed Johnson post which only took a little over and hour to finish, just so no one could read it. I'm not bitter, though...