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"WWE Judgement Day RESULTS THREAD"

WWE Judgement Day 2005
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Target Center
Date: May 22nd, 2005

Heat Match:
Nunzio vs Akio
Winner: Nunzio (3:28)

So, the event starts, and there's no pyro whatsoever, just a straight cut to MnM's entrance. Kinda cack.

1. Tag Titles:
MnM (c) vs Hardcore Holly & Charlie Haas
My Prediction: MnM
Winners: MnM (8:06)
Match Rating: 8/10 - pretty good match, especially considering I thought it'd be awful. Some decent spots, namely from Haas, although I wasn't too keen on the predictable screwjob finish.

So, the Carlito match is about to start and then Sky go and have a sodding technical fault. Great.

2. Carlito vs The Big Show
My Prediction: The Big Show
Winner: Carlito (4:42)
Match Rating: 6/10 - Nothing special at all, really. Nice to see Morgan hit an F5, though. Oh, and damn you, Heavy Metal, convincing me to change my prediction.

3. Cruiserweight Title:
Paul London (c) vs Chavo Guerrero
My Prediction: Paul London
Winner: Paul London (10:41)
Match Rating: 8.5/10 - Some really nice spots here, but I wished it was a bit longer and had more high-flying action.

4. Booker T vs Kurt Angle
My Prediction: Kurt Angle
Winner: Booker T (14:01)
Match Rating: 8.5/10 - an entertaining, technical bout, but the ending seemed really out of nowhere o_O.

5. US Title:
Orlando Jordan vs Heidenreich
My Prediction: Heidenreich
Winner: Orlando Jordan (4:54)
Match Rating: 6/10 - Fairly crappy match, as expected, and it ended with a DDT of all moves. The girl constantly screaming outside the ring didn't help either >_<

6. Eddie Guerrero vs Rey Mysterio
My Prediction: Eddie Guerrero
Winner: Rey Mysterio via DQ (18:31)
Match Rating: 8.5/10 - Not as good as the Halloween Havoc 1997 match that they promised to top, but good nonetheless.

7. WWE Title:
John Cena (c) vs JBL
My Prediction: John Cena
Winner: John Cena (22:44)
Match Rating: 9/10 - Surprisingly match of the night. I didn't expect much, but it surprised me. A bunch of great spots, and both men were bloodied insanely. Shame it had such a poor ending though. Cena should've thrown JBL through the glass and THEN had him say "I Quit".

Not a great PPV, as has become natural with WWE.

Reefer wrote:
> Does your method of "buying" use Sky, or something else like
> Telewest?

it involves a cable tv box and some soldering ;)

chavo vs london was well worth it as well, quality match.
also VERY impressed with matt morgans power. his f5 wasn't as good as brocks, but still, impressive!
i'm not sure if he'd have done it if the even wasn't in Minneapolis though, does anyone know if brock was at the event?

WWE learning lessons from mistakes? Definitely not

Hmm, I haven't see either, but I can't imagine a Jordan/Heidenreich being worthy of anything more than 0.5/10.

What was with all the last minute booking again? I thought WWE had learned their lesson about that. Obviously not.

Reefer wrote:
> Orlando Jordan vs Heidenreich

> Match Rating: 6/10 - Fairly crappy match, as expected, and it ended
> with a DDT of all moves. The girl constantly screaming outside the
> ring didn't help either >_<


A crappy match yet you still give it 6/10? hmmmm curse you and your very generous ratings

As i didn't see the show can't give my usual critical new yorker slant on things so i'll just go with taking 4 marks off Reefer's rankings apart from the Eddie, London and Angle matches which only get 2 taken off them :-D

Does your method of "buying" use Sky, or something else like Telewest?

i've "bought" it just for London vs Chavo.

Of course.

Angle's wife is far hotter than Sharmell anyway.

eddie and angle matches are only ones i'm interested in even with the WWE doing their damndest to make me hate the match with the horrible storyline they've gone with in the Booker feud

I think half the card's good, but the other half I have no interest in. Bah well, my brother's paying for it, so it works for me :0D