WWE Vengeance Results & Draft Picks

Time to see how my Vengeance picks turned out:

Match 1 - Intercontinental Championship - Carlito(c) vs. Shelton Benjamin - I picked the opener, the same as I did WrestleMania, which is something. I also got the winner right. Carlito took advantage of Shelton still suffering from the fall he took on Monday and when Shelton went for the Stinger Splash in the corner, Carlito moved and he hit the exposed turnbuckle. Carlito then went for the pin. 1/1

Backstage - Triple H and Ric Flair arrive for the title match tonight. Triple H looks like he raided Brother Love's closet with the white suit and red shirt...

Match 2 - Victoria vs. Christy Hemme - Not the match I would have put next, but here it is. As always, I think Christy, while a pretty girl, should NOT be wrestling. She was not hired to wrestle. Look at Stacy; she is very pretty, but she knows she is not a wrestler. Christy is not a wrestler and should be a valet or manager or something like that, not wrestling a multi-time champ in Victoria and giving her enough trouble that Victoria had to use the ropes for the pin. No sign of Trish, sadly. 2/2

Backstage - An interview with John Cena regarding his match tonight. Nothing special, but good buildup for the match and some extra WWE Fantasy League points for me.

Match 3 - Kane vs. Edge - A pretty decent bout with some back and forth action. Kane surprisingly gets the win after overcoming interference from Snitsky and Lita. Good to see Kane come out on top finally. 2/3

Backstage - Shawn Michaels says vengeance will be his tonight and I agree...

Match 4 - Kurt Angle vs. Shawn Michaels - I'm surprised this is so low on the card, nice to see the WWE and World title both get the highest spots. Another excellent bout from these two, but I give the edge to their WrestleMania bout. Michaels wins with TWO superkicks, one of these being from when Kurt comes off the top rope (what aerial offense does Kurt have again?). I would wager we see the rubber match to break the tie and SummerSlam. 3/4

Backstage - Batista is being interviewed by the Coach. Coach says that Batista was lucky to be champ due to the bad officiating at Backlash. Batista does the same speech they did at the contract signing (going to hell...etc...etc). Triple H shows up and they have a stare down and have to be separated by security.

In Ring - Lilian Garcia comes to the ring looking beautiful as always. She has to be one, if not the, most elegant diva on WWE TV right now. She calls Viscera down to the ring and sings for him. She then gets down on one knee and proposes to him. GODFATHER’S music hits (you read that right) and comes down with some ho's. Godfather asks Vis if he is going to be happy with just one woman or if he wants to ride the "HOOOO TRAIN!". Vis looks over the ladies and lets us know his decision by saying "All aboard the HOOOO TRAIN!". He leaves with the Godfather and the ho's. Lilian is left in the ring crying. I have to again give her credit, she was really crying. Interesting end to this angle. This could be setting up for Lilian and Trish to get together and get revenge on Vis maybe...

Match 5 - WWE Championship - Triple Threat Match - John Cena(c) vs. Christian vs. Chris Jericho - In a great match, John Cena retained the WWE Championship via a FU on Christian. This was a great match and showed that Cena can work with faster guys. A lot of his matches with JBL were a bit slower based on JBL's style. It was nice to see him hang with Jericho and Christian. It's also always great to see two high caliber stars like Jericho and Christian go at it. Also, so much for my draft theory that had Christian showing up on SmackDown with the WWE Title... 3/5

Match 6 - World Heavyweight Championship- Hell in a Cell - Batista(c) vs. Triple H - To everyone's surprise that I was watching with, Batista defeated Triple H to retain the World Heavyweight Championship. This match was ok. Triple H had to carry Batista through most of it. It's sad when it seems Batista is out of steam 5-10 minutes into a match. Some decent spots in the match, but nothing special with the cell. This match could have been without the cell and have done as well. One nice spot was the spinbuster by Batista to Triple H on the lower part of the stairs. The end saw Batista go for a Batista-bomb and Triple H had the sledgehammer to hit him in the head, but Batista hit the bomb faster than Triple H could swing. A surprise ending for sure. 3/6

Final score - 3/6 or 50% - Not too bad, a little lower than my WrestleMania score, but with fewer matches, it's to be expected.

Now, for my draft picks:

Raw gets Charlie Haas - Raw got Carlito and he won the Intercontinental Title. Not a bad addition to Raw, as they needed a decent mid-card heel.

SmackDown gets The Rock - I knew I would be WAY off on this. SmackDown got Muhammad Hassan & Daivari. I assume they come as a package deal. He didn't make too many friends right away on SmackDown. He verbally ran down JBL, Booker T, Chris Benoit, and the Big Show. He did pick up a win over Big Show, but with the help of Matt Morgan.

This week, each show gets two picks, which makes for a lot of possibilities.

Raw gets Eddie Guerrero & Rob Van Dam - After losing to Rey again last week, I don't think there is anything left for Eddie to do on SmackDown and he can go after Batista. RVD is a pick from a few weeks ago that I still expect to happen, even if it's after the draft.

SmackDown gets Chris Jericho & Triple H - People will most likely think I am nuts for saying that Triple H will go to SmackDown and I doubt it myself, BUT he did say that the Hell in a Cell match would end the feud between him and Batista...so now what does Triple H do? Jericho is more of a sure bet since now Raw has both his Highlight Reel and Carlito's Cabana. The Highlight Reel and the extremely expensive Jeritron 5000 will find a good home on SmackDown.

This week will bring us a lot; including a new champ on SmackDown...my pick is either JBL or Booker T.

Take care all.