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Hogan and HBK - Face to Face
August 8, 2005


Shawn Michaels did his best Hulk Hogan impersonation on RAW on Aug. 1, and one can only imagine how much it must have gotten under the Hulkster’s skin. After making fun of his age, backstage “politicking,” his new reality show and more, HBK will go face to face with the WWE Hall of Famer. What will the Hulkster have to say to the Showstopper?

Also, how will John Cena react after being laid out thanks to the actions of Chris Jericho and RAW General Manager Eric Bischoff? The laceration that Cena received required five stitches, but doctors have cleared him for action. Tune in to RAW to find out what the WWE Champ’s next move is.

And RAW will be live from Pittsburgh, Kurt Angle’s hometown. Angle will be the hometown hero and try to win back his gold medal in the Eugene Invitational. Can Eugene do the improbable and defeat Angle twice?

And who will be the latest to go home in the 2005 RAW Diva Search Contest? The end is so close that Ashley, Kristal, Elisabeth and Leyla can taste it. But one of them will be going home. You can decide who it will be.

You won’t want to miss all of this exciting action and more, next week on RAW!

 

[dskillzhtown]

laceration that Cena received required five stitches

FIVE WHOLE STITCHES?

How did he live after that?

 

[Keyser Soze]

Cena is a perfect example of "when keeping it real goes wrong"

 

[Outcast2004]

Cena is a perfect example of "when keeping it real goes wrong"

Keeping what real exactly?

I call it "When shitty, one-dimensional gimmicks get embraced by the casual fanbase"

The guy was raised in the upper-middle class suburbs of Boston. And yet they keep pushing this character as some "Thug from the streets".

Bullshit.

These are the same type of poser fucks my friends and I used to knock the dog snot out of in High school.

Ergh..... I hate him so. I hate that whole "Thuggin in the Suburbs" mentality.

 

[Brian Fellows]

It wasnt bad when he was a heel IMO. But "thug with a heart of gold" just makes me wanna puke.

Now maybe if the brought in the West Texas Rednecks to fued with him.......Rap IS CRAP!


I think I'll just watch an ROH show instead of Raw. Then read this thread to confirm I made the right choice.

 

[Keyser Soze]

Keeping what real exactly?

Sorry, I was just after watching a episode of Chappelle’s Show when I wrote that, so I probably did not make much sense....

Anyway I have gone from loving Cena (last year) to changing the channel almost every time he comes on. "Real Recognizing Real" kills a part of me every time he says it!!!

 

[Mr Gump]

It wasnt bad when he was a heel IMO. But "thug with a heart of gold" just makes me wanna puke.

Now maybe if the brought in the West Texas Rednecks to fued with him.......Rap IS CRAP!


I think I'll just watch an ROH show instead of Raw. Then read this thread to confirm I made the right choice.

I dont think you can make a post in a RAW topic that doesnt have the words ROH in it.

 

[3kuSaS]

I dont think you can make a post in a RAW topic that doesnt have the words ROH in it.

I dont see a problem with that

Besides, WWE is picking ROH clean of thier talents anyways! :lol

 

[WhippinSean]

John Cena rules... and he is real!

And he was never raised in some uppermiddle class family, he was raised in some small hick town...

You'll see some home clips of him as a kid tonight on Raw in his world premiere for the "Right Now" video...

 

[jobber]

can't I watch and discuss 1 of the few tv programs I watch weekly and not be harassed cause I like it??????


ROH=poop
Cena=GOD

 

[The Faceless Master]

OH NO JOHN CENA REALLY ISNT A THUG FROM THE MEAN STREETS OF BOSTON!??!?

WHAT? RAZOR RAMON ISNT FROM CUBA!?!?!? HOLY SHIT, THE UNDERTAKER ISNT FROM DEATH VALLEY!??!?!!?

OH MY GOD, HULK HOGAN ISNT HIS REAL NAME?!?!?!?

/me cries himself to sleep...

they broke kayfabe!!!

...

seriously, how can you hate on Cena's character for not being real? IT'S A CHARACTER!

 

[3kuSaS]

can't I watch and discuss 1 of the few tv programs I watch weekly and not be harassed cause I like it??????

He didnt harass you, he simply expressed what many fans feel at the time, the WWE product is really sucking right now. I've been a WWE fan almost all my live, and still am, yet I prefer other wrestling products at the time. And thats not a crime, ya know. And if you prefer a 2 hour wrestling show with 15 minutes of less of actual wrestling as opposed to a wrestling show featuring 99% wrestling, you have the right to that opinion too!

ROH=poop

Hey, watch that shit!

Cena=GOD

He used to be better before he became so predictable. Its only a matter of time before the fans turn on him just like they did to The Rock. He needs to add some dimension to his character, STAT!

 

[3kuSaS]

Dear god!!

John Cena's new music video will premiere on RAW this Monday.

It'll be interesting to see the first time, but I might just blow my brains out after the 20th time they play over the next few weeks.

BTW, any guesses on who is going to job to the Master Lock tonight?

 

[Lyte Edge]

OH NO JOHN CENA REALLY ISNT A THUG FROM THE MEAN STREETS OF BOSTON!??!?

WHAT? RAZOR RAMON ISNT FROM CUBA!?!?!? HOLY SHIT, THE UNDERTAKER ISNT FROM DEATH VALLEY!??!?!!?

OH MY GOD, HULK HOGAN ISNT HIS REAL NAME?!?!?!?

/me cries himself to sleep...

they broke kayfabe!!!

...

seriously, how can you hate on Cena's character for not being real? IT'S A CHARACTER!

Yeah, that's really stupid...all the wrestlers are portraying CHARACTERS. WHAT?? MUHAMMAD HASAN ISN'T REALLY ARAB AMERICAN!?!??!?! THAT FAKER!!! HOW CAN SOMEONE BE SO FAKE IN A LEGIT SPORTING LIKE PRO WRESTLING?!?!?!1111111one

Anyway, I liked Cena better when he was a heel, way back in the beginning when he had sidekicks like B Squared and kept saying "thuganomics" all the time. He came off like he was parodying all the wannabe thugs (of all races, people, come on) from the suburbs, and it worked great. And then he became a face.

But his character isn't stale with all the crowds, so he's not going anywhere any time soon, plus his character isn't so over the top that if he did switch gimmicks, it could work for him. It would be a lot easier for Cena to drop the rap gimmick and do something else if he wanted to than say if Kane went back to being Isaac Yankem or something.

 

[Mr Gump]

I havent watched a whole raw in a little while, but does he still do the "and they can suck on my.." *holds mic to crowd* thing he used to do at the end of a promo?

 

[DaMan121]

Dear god!!

It'll be interesting to see the first time, but I might just blow my brains out after the 20th time they play over the next few weeks.

BTW, any guesses on who is going to job to the Master Lock tonight?

Whats the one with the A-Team parody clip? That was actually funny.

 

[GaimeGuy]

I havent watched a whole raw in a little while, but does he still do the "and they can suck on my.." *holds mic to crowd* thing he used to do at the end of a promo?

Heh, no. he hasn't done that in MONTHS. In fact, I don't think he's done it since he turned face.

 

[Brian Fellows]

I dont think you can make a post in a RAW topic that doesnt have the words ROH in it.

I think you are right......



Randy Orton Has cooties!

 

[Bishman]

 

[DonasaurusRex]

oh shit the hulkster is punching at 8 mph on Kurt Angles head...still in good shape for his age tho!

 

[evil ways]

Somebody snipe Eugene right in the head already.

 

[Mrbob]

oh shit the hulkster is punching at 8 mph on Kurt Angles head...still in good shape for his age tho!

Those are brutal blows! :lol

Thankfully Angle didn't take the kick to the face and leg drop. I would have barfed!

 

[DonasaurusRex]

Oh great here we go SB about to get beat down by yet another white man....god dammit why does it have to be the masterpiece.

 

[GaimeGuy]

Holy shit Angle got screwed.


They made the Monteral screwjob look like NOTHING. :lol


I like how they were making it out so that Angle has to beat Eugene to win the invitational, now. :lol

 

[Bishman]

Hogan got booed! :lol

 

[Kave_Man]

Wow it was silent through that whole match. :lol

 

[Lyte Edge]

Yeah, Pittsburgh clearly hates Eugene. :lol

Hogan got booed! :lol

Huh? I didn't hear any booing on Hogan. I heard PLENTY of boos directed to Eugene, though. You want to talk about gimmicks that are old and tired? Eugene needs to go. Let him turn heel as Nick Dinsmore and tell the crowd they are retarded for having ever believed he was mentally handicapped or something.

 

[DonasaurusRex]

like clockwork SB = jobbed.

 

[Outcast2004]

Ok, how hard are they gonna try to shove this turd known as Masters down our throats?

It's a FUCKING FULL NELSON, NOTHING SPECIAL. Shelton is a NCAA champ and he can't escape a FULL FUCKING NELSON?

WHAT THE FUCK!?!

As for Cena, he was SO much better as aheel. Like was said previously, he was a parody of the wannbe "whigger" set. Rubbing that whole poser subculture in their faces, then the face turn came and now he's a stale one-dimensional joke.

Give it time, the crowd WILL turn on him. You shove someone as a face constantly they will get bored and boo the shit out of him.

Whats Cena gonna do when he hits say, 30? Still the lame wrestling Vanilla Ice gimmick with a decreasing moveset?

My beef with Cena is this, he's capable of working a MUCH better match. We've all seem him do it. Now "creative" has their hands in his character and has him with a "FIVE MOVES OF DOOOOOM" moveset.

And as I type this,... I get Rob Conway... and fucking MABEL on my damn screen. Why do I watch this shit?

 

[Bishman]

Huh? I didn't hear any booing on Hogan.

Let me tell you something, brother! I did infact hear some boos when Hogan came out and posed. We are tired of Hulk Hogan, brother.

 

[StarscreamLSU]

Why do they bother giving Maria a mic? Just let her stand there and pose for the camera for 3 minutes -- you'll get the same effect.

 

[GaimeGuy]

VISAGRA! :lol



That Edge promo was great.

 

[Shard]

They like to make us the viewers suffer.

 

[Bishman]

Nobody comes before Matt? Must be why Lita left.

:lol :lol :lol

 

[Kave_Man]

JUUUUST LOOOK AT MEEEE

I have to say the theme song is growing on me. :lol

 

[DonasaurusRex]

all viscera needs now is for Papa Shongo to come back and they can be a pimps and playas tag team

 

[Shard]

Great, the humping of Big Vis is going to get even more creepy and disturbing.

 

[Outcast2004]

Wow... this is BAAAAD.

 

[Shard]

Has there ever been a GOOD Visecra match ever?

 

[GaimeGuy]

all viscera needs now is for Papa Shongo to come back and they can be a pimps and playas tag team

No. Mark Henry comes back with his Sexual Chocolate gimmick, and they form a tag team: "Dark Chocolate"

 

[Shard]

Wow, actual tag teams on RAW.

 

[DonasaurusRex]

I would put my penis INSIDE of victoria and stacey keebler this show just got interesting...we need a wardrobe malfunction.

 

[GaimeGuy]

jesus. I've seen about 10 commercials for the BK Chicken Fries during this raw tonight. :lol

 

[3kuSaS]

Wow, actual tag teams on RAW.

Yeah, too bad the Heart Throbs have been Hurricane and Roseys only opponents for the past few months. Im really tired of seeing them fight.


Man this RAW is a stinker.

 

[Nameless]

My God this Raw is boring....If not for the excitement of playing Madden in about 2 hours I'de probably be sleep....Come on HBK..you must save this show

 

[3kuSaS]

A black chick will never win the Diva search...they should just stop letting them sign up, its a waste of time!

 

[mightynine]

I do kind of like Coach's nonchalant "You still have 10 seconds" there.

 

[Brian Fellows]

Yeah, too bad the Heart Throbs have been Hurricane and Roseys only opponents for the past few months. Im really tired of seeing them fight.


Man this RAW is a stinker.

Well for the about 7 months there La Resistance were Hurricane and Rosey's only opponents.

 

[WhippinSean]

seriously, how can you hate on Cena's character for not being real? IT'S A CHARACTER!

Well actually, it's not ALL a character, you do realize that right?

 

[Bishman]

Matt F'ing Hardy!