It’s December 18, 2004 and we’re on the air with WWE Afterburn!
Our host today is Josh Matthews. He says we’re going to see highlights from the US title match from Armageddon. Probably as a thank you to everybody who ordered it.
In the ring, we have a big celebration with JBL, OJ, Amy Weber and Bashams. JBL is still the WWE champion! He is the champion of all champions. JBL wants to see the ungrateful fans who wanted to see a new champ. A tiara is placed on Weber. He tells the fans to chant “JBL”. And of course that’s what they do. You may think that they’re booing him, but they are really chanting “J Boo L”. Kurt Angle’s music plays and out come him, Luther and Jindrak. JBL and Angle are face to face. JBL want Angle to congratulate him. Nope. Angle says he is the greatest champion of all time and brings up Armageddon 2000 where beat 5 men in a Hell in a Cell. Angle has the audacity to call JBL a “bucko”. JBL brings up the loss to Big Show. Angle challenges him to a match. JBL of course, says no. Theodore shows up and you know the rest. Angle. JBL. Tonight. WWE title. Holla, Holla, Holla.
Coming up: Cena vs Jesus from Armageddon
Up Next: Tag team title match
Commercials
We’re back with Josh talking about Rey Rey and RVD.
JIP, Rey Mysterio and RVD vs Kidman and Akio. Akio and Rey are legal. Stiff kick by Rey. Whip by Rey, reverse and now Akio is in position in the 619. Akio ducks, Kidman grabs Rey and Akio kicks Kidman by mistake. Backbody drop by Akio, Rey lands on the apron, Akio with a head to stomach and Kidman dropkicks Rey on the outside. Back in the ring, Akio goes for a couple of 2 counts. Sleeper on Rey. Mysterio gets out, Akio with a forearm to the back and Rey hits some kind of neckbreaker. Both men are down. Tag to Kidman, tag to RVD. RVD hits a clothesline, a spinkick and a twisting legdrop on Kidman. Akio goes flying from the top rope to a spinkick by RVD. Rolling Thunder gets two. Rake by Kidman, whip to the corner, reverse, monkey flip by RVD and a seated dropkick by Rey. RVD goes for the cover, but Akio breaks the count. Rey and Akio both go tumbling over the top rope. WWE Royal Rumble is coming! Kidman ducks a spinkick and powerbombs RVD. Kidman positions RVD for the deadly SSP. RVD gets up and kicks Kidman. RVD positions Rey for a top rope hurrincarana. Rey does a flying headscissors to Akio on the outside. RVD goes to the top -> frogsplash to Kidman for the 1, 2, 3.
Coming Up: WWE title match
Up Next: Booker and Eddy vs Rene Dupree and Kenzo Suzuki
Commercials
Afterburn returns with Josh talking about Eddy and Booker.
JIP, Booker T and Eddy Guerrero vs Rene Dupree and Kenzo Suzuki. Booker T and Kenzo are legal as Booker chops and punches Kenzo. While the referee is distracted, Eddy pulls Kenzo’s hair. Booker T with an armbar, then Kenzo chops him. Tag to Dupree. Booker T with a spinbuster, then goes for the cover, Kenzo breaks the count. Eddy kicks Suzuki out of the ring. Dupree with a whip, head down, Booker with a couple of kicks and Kenzo pulls the ropes so Booker goes to the outside. Kenzo beats on Booker and throws him back in. Dupree with some kicks. Tag to Kenzo and the beating continues. Elbow to the face by Kenzo and gets a 2 count. I can’t believe he kicked out of that. Booker gets out of a chinlock, but Kenzo stops that with a chop and a 2 count. Tag to Dupree. Whip, reverse, flapjack by Booker. Tag to Kenzo, tag to Eddy. Eddy gives Kenzo a dropkick, 2 clotheslines and 2 suplexes. At the third, Eddy kicks Dupree and gives 2 suplexes until Kenzo breaks it up. Booker punches Kenzo, whip, reverse, bookend by Booker. Eddy back drops Dupree over the top rope. Will it happen at the Royal Rumble? Booker T with a spinerooni. Hiroku comes with a stick and Booker turns around. Hiroku runs away and Booker gives Kenzo a scissors kick. Eddy goes to the top -> frogsplash to Kenzo for the 1, 2, 3. Could a tag team match between RVD & Mysterio and Eddy & Booker be close?
Up Next: Cena vs Jesus from Armageddon
Commercials
We’re back with Afterburn.
Armageddon: Cena vs Jesus. Jesus is making an entrance with Carlito. Cena attacks Jesus and goes crazy with punches. Cena vs JBL at Wrestelemania? Why not? Jesus is given a kendo stick and hits Cena with it. Cena shrugs it off and continues beating Jesus. I thought he was injured. Cena hits Jesus with the kendo stick in a different camera angle from the PPV. A couple of more shots with a kendo stick. Cena chases Carlito and says “you’re next”. Jesus is on the other side of the barricade and Cena puches & kicks him. Now, we get to see the match in black & white because of the bleeding. We are in the audience now and Cena continues the assault. They’re going up and Carlito hits from behind. Cena puts a garbage can on Jesus. Finally, a double team. Doesn’t matter, Cena is back. Back in the ring, Cena has a sign and trash lid. A shot from each. One FU later, it is over with Cena going for the cover, the count and the victory. The color comes back. Cena gets revenge on Carlito by hitting him with the chain.
Matthews says this feud ain’t over.
Up Next: JBL vs Angle
Commercials
We’re back with our final segment of Afterburn.
JIP, JBL vs Kurt Angle. JBL with a shoulder knock down and an armbar. Angle has a foot on the rope and hold is broken. JBL continues to work on the arm. JBL going for a bodyslam, but Angle counters with Christian’s unprettier. Both men down. Up at 9, Angle with 5 punches, whip, reverse, knock down by Angle. Off the ropes, duck, JBL catches Angle for a fallaway slam. Clothesline coming up, no, backbody drop by Angle. German suplex by Angle. A second one. And a third one. The straps are off, Angle slam countered, Angle ducks a boot, Ankle lock on JBL. JBL throws him off. 2 punches and a chop by JBL. Off the ropes, Angle catches the boot, Angle Slam for a 2 count. JBL with a shot to the shoulder. JBL going for a powerbomb, but Angle counters to an ankle lock. OJ comes in and gets back dropped over the top rope by Angle, who still has JBL in the ankle lock. Bashams and Luther & Jindrak are fighting on the outside. JBL is tapping while the referee is distracted. Jordan hits Angle with the belt. JBL gets a two count. Angle gets another ankle lock, except this is the one that nobody gets out of. OJ hits Angle and that’s enough for a DQ.
During the brawl, Big Show comes out. Clothesline to a Basham. Chokeslam to Luther. Clothesline to another Basham. Chokeslam to Jindrak. Double chokeslam to the Bashams. OJ hits Show from behind. Off the ropes, reverse, big boot by Show. F5 to OJ.
I guess that’s it for the Afterburn report for 2004. Next week, SD goes to Iraq and it’ll be the usual “thank you” crap, so what’s the point? To end the report, I’ll give you a treat. Last year, when Mick Foley walked out on Raw, I had the PERFECT idea on what that reason was. Had they done it, maybe Randy Orton would have more over than he is now.
When Foley does indeed return and give his reason why he walked out, it won’t be because he was afraid or because he was a little rusty. It could be like this: Foley could come out and say that he made a promise to someone who died (like Bob Orton Sr) saying that he would never let anything bad happen to Randy Orton and that’s why he walked out. He tried to get out of the match by making all these stipulations, but unfortunately Bischoff agreed to all of them. Then he realized that Orton’s health was more important than Foley’s reign as GM, so he quit.
Randy Orton tries to provoke Foley week after week, to no avail. The match at WM would be Evolution vs Steve Austin, HBK and The Rock and someone else.
Rock, Austin and HBK try to convince Mick to be that somebody else, but to no avail. Then he finally agrees to join them, when guess who comes to Foley for a visit: Bob Orton Jr. He gives Foley his blessing to give his son a good whipping, because of the way he’s been acting all his life: cocky, arrogant, etc.
