WWE New Year’s Revolution
by SamoaRowe
January 9, 2005
-Here at Rowe's Island, I'm a bit tired of the Royal Rumble, so let’s take a look at that OTHER January pay-per-view that WWE experimented with during the brand split era. Holy smokes, can you believe this show is already TEN years old? Maybe enough time has passed that I can stomach 2005 WWE shows again.
-From San Juan, Puerto Rico. Our hosts are Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler.
World Tag Team Championship:
Eugene and William Regal © vs. Christian and Tomko
Talk about a random match-up here. It’s worth noting that this is a Raw-only show, so we’re surely in for some strange pairings. Regal starts against Christian, and I truly wish this was a singles match with these two. Eugene tags and immediately dishes out a wedgie, probably the same way Lou Thesz would have done it. Christian misses an elbow drop, and Eugene delivers crawling head butts and pretends to urinate like a dog. I can’t make this garbage up. The mood changes as Tomko tags in, and I’m horrified to remember that this is crappy green rookie Tomko, and not cool, solid worker Tomko from TNA. Eugene outsmarts Tomko and rides Christian like a bucking bronco, but Tomko sneaks back in for a slam. Eugene settles in as the face in peril for a round of punishment. Eugene hulks up and makes the lukewarm tag to Regal. Tomko stops Regal dead in his tracks with a hard clothesline. Regal gets isolated and suffers a bloody nose during the beat down. The fans get behind Regal during this stretch and pop for his hope spots. The goodwill evaporates as Regal crawls to the wrong corner for a tag. Eugene finally gets the hot tag and cleans house. Eugene (legitimately) hurts his own knee on a drop-kick. Eugene still manages to grab Tomko by the tights for a roll-up to retain at 12:18. Bad opener, it made the heroes look like idiots, and was generally cartoonish, *.Winners and still World Tag Team Champions: Eugene and William Regal
