Booker T and Hornswaggle awarded the 'Tell me I did not just see that' award to-Jim Ross for his awesome breakdancing in the Michael Cole challenge. Of course Michael Cole couldn't let this go without interrupting and claimed that JR only won because the dance contest was "rigged." Booker T on JR's behalf then challenged Cole to a rap off right there and then, which JR predictably won. The segment was about as painful as you'd expect.
Mick Foley and 'The Million Dollar Man' Ted Dibiase awarded the 'Holy %&@*! move of the year' award to- Big Show for the superplex that destroyed the ring along with Mark Henry.
Big Show versus Wade Barrett ended in a disqualification when Show punched a steel chair out of Barrett's hand. The actual match was short and forgettable, but it did the job in protecting both wrestlers in time for TLC on Sunday. Although they could have made it a little longer and more interesting, just felt like a waste of time.
Jesse James (with full Road Dogg theme and DX top on) awarded the 'Pipe bomb of the year' award to- CM Punk, who collected the award with a mannequin dressed up with a Dynamic Dudes' T-Shirt and blonde mullet whig (basically a dig at John Laurinaitis and his old persona from years ago in NWA.) He also presented a moving (no, not really) and hilarious tribute video to the duller then watching paint dry-Laurinaitis. The old footage of him had to come out at some point.
Lita awarded the 'Divalicious moment of the year' award to- Kelly Kelly. Yes for God knows what reason, the award was given to someone who can't even work the ropes. Beth Phoenix interrupted the victory speech, only to be slapped by Kelly Kelly and back away. Wow, her and Natalya really look like 'Divas of Doom' here backing away form the smaller Kelly. The booking team really screwed a potentially great gimmick with them two this year.
Santino Marella and the Bella Twins awarded the 'OMG moment of the year' award to- Undertaker for kicking out of Triple H's Tombstone Piledriver attempt at WrestleMania. I'd actually forgotten about that, as I reckon most had. It was just a excuse to have Triple H make his return there and then.
Triple H spoke about his match with Taker and how for the first time at WrestleMania the 'Deadman' had to be stretchered out. He also obviously mentioned the attack from Kevin Nash with the sledgehammer and warned him that he "should've finished the job buddy, cause I'm back." He carried on and claimed that he'll win at TLC because he is right, and ended with a simple "Kevin Nash. You. Are simply. Done." It was a typically intense promo from 'The Game'.
Dolph Ziggler defeated Zach Ryder, Cody Rhodes and Daniel Bryan in a superb fatal four way match. The action was crisp and fast paced form start to finish. Ziggler got the win after Zig Zagging Daniel Bryan for the one-two-three. I personally felt Bryan needed the win the most out of these four after his loss of momentum lately, and as the MITB holder.
Then the award for the 'Trending star of the year' (whoever out of those previous four competitors was trending at the end of the fatal four way) was presented to- Zach Ryder. Unfortunately Zach didn't get to celebrate for long as he was Zig Zagged by Ziggler (bit of a tongue twister!)
Christian presented the 'Game changer of the year' award to- The Rock challenging John Cena at WrestleMania 28. How could they not give it to Edge for his retirement? Not just out of a sign of respect to him and all of his accomplishments but it would've made perfect sense with Christian handing out the Slammy to his old partner.
Cena, rather amusingly and in a quite heelish fashion (which was interesting) teased The Rock making an appearance and sending a message via satellite, of which Rocky did neither. Cena explained that he did it to get Rock fueled up and at his best for their match at Mania.
The Miz and Alberto Del Rio defeated Randy Orton and CM Punk in a decent tag team match. The Miz scored the win after Wade Barrett had snuck through the crowd and pulled Orton from off of the apron, eliminating him form the match and allowing Miz to apply the Skull Crushing Finale on Punk.
After the match Del Rio and Miz attacked Punk with a ladder that had been set up outside the ring as part of the promotion for TLC. The Miz grabbed a mic and warned Punk that either him or Del Rio will be taking away the WWE Championship from him on Sunday.
Vickie Guerrero and Goldust presented the 'A-Lister of the year' award to- Snooki. I give her credit for her in ring effort at WrestleMania to be fair, she did a lot better then most celebrities do in pro wrestling. I personally would've given the award to Hugh Jackman, he brought a lot of energy and fun to his appearance on Raw.
Sheamus versus Jinder Mahal didn't even get to start as Sheamus Brogue kicked Mahal before the bell rang.
Rey Mysterio presented the 'Superstar of the year' award to- CM Punk. Unfortunately, due to the attack from Miz and Del Rio he couldn't collect the award for himself, so Laurinaitis accepted it for him.
John Cena versus Mark Henry ended sooner then expected when Kane finally made his welcome return. Up to that point the match had been a drab affair as you'd have expected. Kane came out with a metallic mask covering his face and chokeslammed Cena in the ring. He then pulled off the mask to reveal a new design of his older mask he wore years ago covering the majority of his face, I was relieved to see that they've masked Kane once again and that the metal mask wasn't staying (it looked a bit silly in my opinion.) This is a chance to revitalise the character once again. I was predicting that he would return at TLC to take out Henry but I'm quite glad to see that I was wrong.
Overall the Slammy Awards was a decent enough show, the fatal four way being the highlight. A couple of the awards felt a bit too similar and we probably could have done without them to free up some more time for actual wrestling, but that's the way it goes sometimes.
Mick Foley and 'The Million Dollar Man' Ted Dibiase awarded the 'Holy %&@*! move of the year' award to- Big Show for the superplex that destroyed the ring along with Mark Henry.
Big Show versus Wade Barrett ended in a disqualification when Show punched a steel chair out of Barrett's hand. The actual match was short and forgettable, but it did the job in protecting both wrestlers in time for TLC on Sunday. Although they could have made it a little longer and more interesting, just felt like a waste of time.
Jesse James (with full Road Dogg theme and DX top on) awarded the 'Pipe bomb of the year' award to- CM Punk, who collected the award with a mannequin dressed up with a Dynamic Dudes' T-Shirt and blonde mullet whig (basically a dig at John Laurinaitis and his old persona from years ago in NWA.) He also presented a moving (no, not really) and hilarious tribute video to the duller then watching paint dry-Laurinaitis. The old footage of him had to come out at some point.
Lita awarded the 'Divalicious moment of the year' award to- Kelly Kelly. Yes for God knows what reason, the award was given to someone who can't even work the ropes. Beth Phoenix interrupted the victory speech, only to be slapped by Kelly Kelly and back away. Wow, her and Natalya really look like 'Divas of Doom' here backing away form the smaller Kelly. The booking team really screwed a potentially great gimmick with them two this year.
Santino Marella and the Bella Twins awarded the 'OMG moment of the year' award to- Undertaker for kicking out of Triple H's Tombstone Piledriver attempt at WrestleMania. I'd actually forgotten about that, as I reckon most had. It was just a excuse to have Triple H make his return there and then.
Triple H spoke about his match with Taker and how for the first time at WrestleMania the 'Deadman' had to be stretchered out. He also obviously mentioned the attack from Kevin Nash with the sledgehammer and warned him that he "should've finished the job buddy, cause I'm back." He carried on and claimed that he'll win at TLC because he is right, and ended with a simple "Kevin Nash. You. Are simply. Done." It was a typically intense promo from 'The Game'.
Dolph Ziggler defeated Zach Ryder, Cody Rhodes and Daniel Bryan in a superb fatal four way match. The action was crisp and fast paced form start to finish. Ziggler got the win after Zig Zagging Daniel Bryan for the one-two-three. I personally felt Bryan needed the win the most out of these four after his loss of momentum lately, and as the MITB holder.
Then the award for the 'Trending star of the year' (whoever out of those previous four competitors was trending at the end of the fatal four way) was presented to- Zach Ryder. Unfortunately Zach didn't get to celebrate for long as he was Zig Zagged by Ziggler (bit of a tongue twister!)
Christian presented the 'Game changer of the year' award to- The Rock challenging John Cena at WrestleMania 28. How could they not give it to Edge for his retirement? Not just out of a sign of respect to him and all of his accomplishments but it would've made perfect sense with Christian handing out the Slammy to his old partner.
Cena, rather amusingly and in a quite heelish fashion (which was interesting) teased The Rock making an appearance and sending a message via satellite, of which Rocky did neither. Cena explained that he did it to get Rock fueled up and at his best for their match at Mania.
The Miz and Alberto Del Rio defeated Randy Orton and CM Punk in a decent tag team match. The Miz scored the win after Wade Barrett had snuck through the crowd and pulled Orton from off of the apron, eliminating him form the match and allowing Miz to apply the Skull Crushing Finale on Punk.
After the match Del Rio and Miz attacked Punk with a ladder that had been set up outside the ring as part of the promotion for TLC. The Miz grabbed a mic and warned Punk that either him or Del Rio will be taking away the WWE Championship from him on Sunday.
Vickie Guerrero and Goldust presented the 'A-Lister of the year' award to- Snooki. I give her credit for her in ring effort at WrestleMania to be fair, she did a lot better then most celebrities do in pro wrestling. I personally would've given the award to Hugh Jackman, he brought a lot of energy and fun to his appearance on Raw.
Sheamus versus Jinder Mahal didn't even get to start as Sheamus Brogue kicked Mahal before the bell rang.
Rey Mysterio presented the 'Superstar of the year' award to- CM Punk. Unfortunately, due to the attack from Miz and Del Rio he couldn't collect the award for himself, so Laurinaitis accepted it for him.
John Cena versus Mark Henry ended sooner then expected when Kane finally made his welcome return. Up to that point the match had been a drab affair as you'd have expected. Kane came out with a metallic mask covering his face and chokeslammed Cena in the ring. He then pulled off the mask to reveal a new design of his older mask he wore years ago covering the majority of his face, I was relieved to see that they've masked Kane once again and that the metal mask wasn't staying (it looked a bit silly in my opinion.) This is a chance to revitalise the character once again. I was predicting that he would return at TLC to take out Henry but I'm quite glad to see that I was wrong.
Overall the Slammy Awards was a decent enough show, the fatal four way being the highlight. A couple of the awards felt a bit too similar and we probably could have done without them to free up some more time for actual wrestling, but that's the way it goes sometimes.
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