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Finally...  Christopher Robin Zimmerman 
has come back to rec.sport.pro-wrestling.moderated...

>Lugz presents WWE Armageddon
>Office Depot Center
>Fort Lauderdale, FL
>
>1...	Fatal 4-Way Elimination Match
>	Bubba Ray Dudley vs.	Lance Storm vs.	Booker T vs.	Chris Jericho
>	D-Von Dudley		William Regal	Goldust		Christian
>	Regal (5'17") Bubba Ray Dudley
>	Goldust (5'33") Regal
>	Booker T (16'44" Book End -> pin) Jericho
>	Booker T & Goldust win world tag team championship

Good result, bizarre ending for the 1st 2 falls.  Could have been
better, but I'm not complaining.

>
>2...	Edge (7'12" DQ) A-Train (formerly known as Albert)

Waste of time and Edge's talent.  Should have been on Smackdown,
,where at least I don't have to pay for a bad match with a worse
ending.  

>
>3...	Chris Benoit (16'48" inverted Crippler crossface) Eddie Guerrero
>

Good,  but not to the level you'd expect.  Still match of the night,
but they seemed to be off a little tonight.  Was someone sick?

>4...	Batista (6'39" rydeenbomb -> pin) Kane
>

Waste of time.  Should have never happened, as it was the same result
as on RAW.  This elevates who exactly?  The Red freak who was turned
into HHH's lapdog or the green rookie who should go back to OVW for
more seasoning?  If Albert HAS to be pushed, trade him to RAW to feud
with Kane... they seemed to have good chemistry.

>	John Cena performed.

Waste of time, and Cena's starting to get "go away" heat instead of "I
hope you get your ass kicked" heat.  I wonder if this was Vince's or
Heyman's idea?  :-/

>
>5...	Triple Threat Match
>	Trish Stratus vs. Jacqueline vs. WWE Women's Champion Victoria
>	Victoria (4'27") Jacqueline

Ok, but you could tell Victoria was gutting it out after being dropped
Monday.  How stiff was that "get the hell out of the ring and quit
blowing spots" kick that Jacqueline gave Victoria that launched her
out of the ring?  =8-o

>
>6...	Kurt Angle (12'37") Big Show
>	Angle wins WWE Championship (71st champion, three-time champion)
>

As good as could possibly be expected, but with Angle having a bad
knee, now what?  Could Benoit be a transitional champ to get the strap
off of Angle to Lesner now?

>7...	Street Fight/Steel Cage Match/Ladder Match 2 out of 3 Falls
>	Triple H (20'34" Pedigree -> pin) Shawn Michaels
>	Michaels (about 30' splash from top of cage through table -> pin) H
>	H (38'32" retrieve title) Michaels
>	H regains World Championship (3rd champion, seven-time champion)
>

Between HHH's bad leg and HBK's bad back,  this was again as good as
could be expected (especially the color that Flair got =8-o ), but the
reign of Triple Pooch begins again.  *sigh*  I hope he *does* get the
role as Conan's son in the movie that is being talked about so that
he'll be away from the ring for a few months.  :-/

Bill

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