The New Year's Revolution Report (01/07/07)
Submitted by Chad Matthews on Sunday, January 7, 2007 at 10:38 PM EST





New Year’s Revolution (January 7, 2006)


Match 1: Steel Cage Match- Intercontinental Champion Jeff Hardy vs. Johnny Nitro (w/ Melina)
-(CMV1 note- the PPV intro video played while the cage was being lowered). The crowd chanted for Hardy right off the bat. A lock-up started us off, with Nitro taking early control with a series of clubbing blows and a European uppercut. The crowd got behind Jeff, prompting the youngest Hardy to come back and take Nitro to the mat. Jeff whipped Nitro hard into the corner. Hardy then mounted him in the corner for a series of punches before following with a swinging double boot for a near fall. Nitro came back with a sit-out facebuster. He tried to throw Hardy into the cage, but Jeff blocked it and hit a sit-out gordbuster. Nitro responded quickly with a springboard front kick for a near fall. Johnny then started up the cage, but Jeff caught up to him and dragged him back in the ring. Jeff proceeded to hit a running One-and-Only and head for the cage door. Nitro prevented the escape, but Jeff caught him with a reverse mulekick. Jeff started up the side of the cage, but Nitro caught up to and dropkicked him. Melina gave a thankful scream. Nitro blasted Hardy, who was at that point caught between the cage and the ropes. The crowd chanted for Hardy, but Nitro used a series of knee lifts and running clotheslines to keep Hardy trapped. Nitro tried to escape the cage, but Jeff came up and met him at the top rope. Jeff came flying off and dropkicked Nitro. Hardy landed awkwardly, but kept Nitro from escaping, nonetheless. Eventually, Jeff tried for a desperate escape, but Nitro caught up to him and back suplexed him off the top rope. Johnny then mounted Jeff for several punches and poised himself for a stronger move. However, when Nitro ran at Jeff, Hardy tossed him face-first into the cage. Hardy proceeded up the side of the cage, but Nitro met him on the top rope. Jeff managed to hit a Side Russian leg sweep off the top rope. He climbed to the top turnbuckle soon after, but Nitro caught up to and actually crawled over him to get further to the top of the cage. Jeff grabbed him to prevent the escape, prompting Nitro to leap forward back toward the ring and bring Hardy down into a sunset flip powerbomb! After recovering, Nitro climbed the side of the cage. However, Hardy was able to catch up to him. Jeff ended up hanging Nitro in the tree-of-woe while at the top of the cage. Hardy was, thus, allowed to start climbing another side of the cage. Melina got involved, though, and whacked Jeff with her belt. Nitro, meanwhile, escaped the tree-of-woe and missile dropkicked Hardy square in the jaw. Johnny then hit a falling neckbreaker and went to the top rope. He came flying off looking for a cross body, but Jeff caught him into a powerslam. Hardy went to the top and drilled Nitro with the Swanton Bomb. 1…2…No! Nitro got his foot on the rope. Hardy stayed on the offensive with a series of clotheslines and a back drop. Nitro came back with a boot to the face and tried to escape the corner of the cage. Jeff met him at the top rope, but Nitro got half way out of the cage. Hardy pulled him back in the ring and went for a Twist of Fate off the top rope, but Nitro blocked it, sending Hardy crashing hard on the mat below. Nitro teetered on the top rope and inched more toward the side of the cage. He went to the top of the cage, as Hardy tried to crawl through the door. Melina blocked the door, but the ref got her out of the way. Nitro inched over and blocked the door from opening as he continued to climb down the side of the cage. Jeff dropkick the cage door open, sending Nitro’s crotch onto the top of the cage. Hardy crawled out of the door and won the match. Jeff retained at 14:42. (CMV1 rating- *** ½) (CMV1 note- really good match, with some particularly brutal spots and a nice, satisfying finish)


Backstage, Todd Grisham interviewed Rated-RKO and asked them how things with DX got so personal. Edge said that DX reformed to have fun, while Rated-RKO formed to take out DX. It isn’t about fun for them…it’s about carving their places in the history of this business by taking DX out of their way. Orton continued, saying that they were fighting for their futures. Edge said that DX’s reunion was fun while it lasted and sold a bunch of shirts, but tonight it all comes to an end…


Match 2: Tag Team Turmoil
-The Highlanders and the World’s Greatest Tag Team started it off. Haas and Benjamin have new matching ring-gear. Haas took down Rory, but the Scot came back with a head butt. The Highlanders proceeded to hit a double suplex and a combination drop-toe-hold and elbow drop. The double teams continued until Haas came back with a strong clothesline and played Leap Frog with Shelton for a near fall. TWGTT then hit a bodyslam-backbreaker combo on Rory. Shelton put on a rear chinlock, but Rory fought out of it. Benjamin tried to regain control with a bodyslam, but Rory countered into a crossbody splash. Shelton outwrestled Rory back to the mat and prevented him from making a tag, but he got the tag to Robbie anyway. Robbie came in and cleaned house, giving each guy a bodyslam and a dropkick. He clotheslined Shelton out of the ring and backdropped Haas. The Highlanders went for more tandem offense, but Haas rolled away. Shelton came back and gave Robbie a superplex to eliminate the Scotsmen at 5:00. Super Crazy and Hacksaw Jim Duggan were the next team. Duggan dominated until Haas gave him a cheap shot, allowing Shelton to hit a Million Dollar knee lift. Haas tagged in and maintained control, as the crowd chanted for Super Crazy. Shelton used the tag rope to choke Duggan in the corner. Nonetheless, Duggan came back and took Haas down with a running shoulder tackle out of the three-point stance. Crazy got the tag and hit a couple of running dropkicks on Haas. Charlie tried to come back, but Crazy countered his offense and hit a snapmare and a dropkick. Shelton interfered, allowing Haas to pin Crazy with a German suplex into a bridge at 7:55. Cade and Murdoch were next, and Cade wasted little time in taking complete control of Benjamin. As Cade taunted the crowd, Benjamin scored a quick near fall with a roll-up. Cade came right back and pushed Shelton into their corner. Murdoch came in and the two hit an inverted atomic drop and clothesline combo. He then locked on an arm bar before tagging Cade, who immediately connected on a falling neckbreaker. Cade continued to dominate and score near falls, but Shelton would not stay down. Murdoch tagged in and combined with Cade for more tandem offense. He went for a suplex, but Shelton countered into a neckbreaker. Benjamin got the tag to Haas, who cleaned house with a back drop and a dropkick. He then hit an exploder suplex on Cade and a top rope missile dropkick on Murdoch. Haas went on to connect with a one-man flapjack on Murdoch and lock on the Haas of Pain. Unfortunately for TWGTT, Cade interfered and allowed Murdoch to get the pin on Charlie at 12:20. Cryme Tyme was the final team. Shad used his power moves to take control, but JTG came in and hit a combination splash off of Shad’s shoulders for a near fall. Murdoch came back with several offensive moves, but JTG scored another near fall with a backslide. Cade came in and hit a version of Total Elimination, though, to regain control. The heels continued to dominate, with Murdoch hitting a running back elbow on JTG to keep him from making the tag to Shad. JTG continued to get his butt kicked for several more sequences, but then scored a roll-up out of nowhere. Cade distracted the ref to keep him from counting out his partner. JTG finally got the hot tag after getting his boot up when Murdoch tried for a medium risk off the second rope and then countering out of a double suplex. Shad came in and double clotheslined the cowboys before taking turns splashing them in opposite corners. Cade and Murdoch temporarily regained control and went for their high-low double team, but Shad countered. Cryme Tyme then hit their finisher to get the win. JTG and Shad won Tag Team Turmoil at 19:08. (CMV1 rating- ** ½) (CMV1 note- kind of a mixed bag of good wrestling, good brawling, sloppy wrestling, and formulaic tag action…it was good, though, and certainly didn’t take away from the event. TWGTT shined the brightest of the teams, and Cryme Tyme still didn’t show much in-ring ability)


Backstage, Vince McMahon talked about Donald Trump and Rosie O’Donnell’s feud. Vince said that on Raw, it should be Rosie vs. Donald on Raw tomorrow. Coach hyped Vinnie Mac’s “You’re Fired!” catchphrase. Ron Simmons showed up for a “Damn!”


A Royal Rumble hype video aired…


Match 3: Ric Flair vs. Kenny Dykstra
-(CMV1 note- Kenny came to the ring dressed in a Flair-like robe with his own name written on it. He also demanded the ref open the ropes for him. He then cut a pre-match promo on Flair making an excuse out of the beating he received at the hands of Rated-RKO last week). Kenny got first strike points with a shoulder block and a mock Flair-strut. Flair responded with a shoulder block of his own, but Kenny caught him with a dropkick in retaliation. The crowd started a “Kenny sucks” chant. Flair came back with a series of chops, but Kenny regained control with a series of hard right hands. Flair retaliated with a back drop and another series of chops. Ric followed with a back elbow and a chop that sent Kenny over the top rope and to the outside. Flair then hung Kenny’s neck over the top rope. Kenny pulled Ric to the outside and suplexed him on the matted floor. Back in the ring, Kenny hit a vertical suplex (and a “Wooo”). Kenny continued to work over Flair’s back and taunt the Nature Boy in the process. Dykstra went for a Boston Crab and, after a bit of struggle, got it locked on. Flair struggled to escape the hold and nearly passed out from the pain, but eventually made it to the ropes. Kenny stayed on him, blasting the Nature Boy with a series of jabs. Flair came back with a hard knife edge chop…and another…and another. The two eventually traded blows in the middle of the ring, but Kenny got the upper hand again and knocked Ric back to the mat. He then went for the Figure Four, but Flair rolled him up for a near fall. Naitch started his come back from there, nailing the youngster with right hands and chops. Flair went to the top rope, but Kenny threw him back to the mat. Kenny then went to the top rope and drilled Flair with a missile dropkick. Ric got the momentum back with a thumb to the eye and a chop block. He then scored with another chop block and a knee drop to the face. Flair proceeded to lock on the Figure Four. Kenny struggled for a long time, taking several slaps from the Nature Boy, but he eventually inched toward and grabbed the ropes. Flair attacked the kid in the corner, prompting the ref to tear him away. In the process of fighting off the ref, Flair fell victim to a low blow from Kenny, allowing the rook to get the pin. Kenny defeated Flair at 10:13. (CMV1 rating- ** ½) (CMV1 note- solid match-up for these two and perhaps a nice sign of things to come for Kenny)


Backstage, Nitro got his shoulder iced and told Melina to call Mercury. He told her to tell him that the Hardys would soon pay for what they had done to them. As Melina went to call Joey, Victoria showed up and said they should form an alliance to take over the Women’s division. She said that if Melina helps her win the title, she’ll give her the first title shot.


Match 4: Women’s Champion Mickie James vs. Victoria
-(CMV1 note- before the match, JR and King showed highlights of how so many victims came to be placed on Victoria’s hit-list). Victoria showed her power as the match got underway, pushing Mickie across the ring. She then took Mickie down to the mat and began focusing on her arms and neck. Mickie came back with a cartwheel into a monkey flip. Victoria regained control with a side headlock and a shoulder tackle, but Mickie tripped her and gave her a series of arm drags. James followed with a dropkick and a back elbow smash. She tried to continue to build momentum with a leg scissor, but Victoria tossed her to the apron and blasted her in the head with a roundhouse kick. On the outside, Victoria dropped Mickie face-first on to the guardrail. Back in the ring, she taunted Lillian. Meanwhile, Mickie recovered and scored a near fall with an inside cradle. Victoria quickly regained control and choked Mickie on the bottom rope. She then threw her across the ring by her hair and went for a moonsault off the second rope. Mickie moved out of the way, though, and eventually came back with a series of right hands and clotheslines. She scored with a couple of jabs, too, before catching Victoria with a hurricanrana out of the corner. Melina then came to ringside, but got punched in the face for her troubles. James went for the Mickie DDT, but Melina pulled her foot. Candice and Maria came to the rescue. The distraction allowed Victoria to go for the Widow’s Peak, but Mickie countered into a sunset flip for a close near fall. Victoria tried to stay on the offensive with a powerslam, but Mickie countered again, this time into a tornado DDT. Mickie retained the title at 6:49. (CMV1 rating- **) (CMV1 note- solid action from the ladies and a nice closing sequence, complete with believable near fall)


A video hyping the DX-Rated-RKO feud was shown to hype the upcoming match…


Match 5: Degeneration X vs. World Tag Champions Rated-RKO
-(CMV1 note- the tag titles were on the line…and DX did their usual schtick). They all started a brawl on the ramp before the match officially got underway. Trips took control of Edge, while HBK took control of Orton. Each DX member threw the Rated-RKO member over the guardrail. Edge tried to piledrive Trips on the floor, but HHH countered into a back drop. Orton tried to suplex HBK on the floor, but Michaels countered and threw Orton face-first into the steps. In the ring, the match got started (officially), with HBK taking down Edge and tagging Trips. The two proceeded to double team Edge in their corner. Trips went on to splash Edge in the corner with a running clothesline. HBK then put his boots up so that Trips could smash Edge’s face into them. Michaels tagged in and went for a running shoulder thrust in the corner, but Edge moved out of the way. HBK smacked the steel post, allowing Edge to tag Orton. Randy came in, but couldn’t build any momentum. HBK regained control and started repeatedly kicking Orton in the mid-section and on the side of the head. Triple H tagged in and connected with a knee drop. He then dragged Orton to the apron and drove his elbow into Randy’s throat. HBK got in on the apron-action and performed a leg drop (ala Undertaker). Trips tagged HBK, who continued to stomp at Orton’s head and even go as far as to bite him, opening a nice gash on Randy’s forehead. HHH tagged in and further opened the wound with a series of punches. Edge got in a cheap shot, but HHH threw him into the ring. Orton tried to help Edge, but got punched in the face. The distraction, though, allowed Edge to give Trips a chop block. The Rated-R Superstar tagged in and went wild on Triple H, as if he was a shark smelling blood in the water. Trips tried to fight back, but Edge continued to wear away on the now injured limb. Edge slammed HHH’s leg on the ring post and taunted the crowd. He went for the Figure Four, but Trips pushed him shoulder-first into the ring post and inched toward HBK. Michaels got the tag and hit a flying forearm, followed by an inverted atomic drop and a body slam to set-up the flying elbow drop off the top rope. Orton caught him by surprise with a running clothesline. Trips then clotheslined Randy over the top rope. HBK backdropped Edge over the top rope, and then did a somersault plancha onto both Edge and Orton on the outside. Michaels eventually pushed Edge back in the ring. As HBK tried to re-enter the ring, though, Orton grabbed his foot and allowed Edge to spear him off the apron. Randy proceeded to blast HBK with the tag title belt. HHH made the save, but not before HBK had been busted wide open. As order was finally restored to the match, Edge waited patiently and blasted HBK with a barrage of forearm strikes. Orton tagged in and hit his patented backbreaker, while Michaels teetered between the apron and the ring. Rated-RKO continued their domination, with each man working over HBK’s back. Edge whipped him hard into the corner and gave him a backbreaker. Orton tagged in and wailed away on him with clubbing forearm blows. HBK tried to fight back as Orton posed, but Randy stayed on him. They eventually traded blows, but Orton raked his eyes to stay in control. Edge tagged back in and connected on a combination double Rock Bottom into a double backbreaker w/ Orton. He then locked on a surfboard stretch. HBK fought back to his feet and traded blows with Edge. Michaels scored with a back drop and inched toward Trips. Edge grabbed his foot, though, and caught him with a big boot to the face. Orton tagged in and got ready for the RKO. HBK countered, though, and pushed Randy down to the mat. Michaels inched toward Trips. HHH finally got the hot tag and destroyed Edge with a series of clotheslines and a running high knee. Orton got involved, but Trips took care of him. Trips then nailed Edge with a facebuster and Orton with a spinebuster, but appeared to have hurt his knee in the process. Edge came back in the ring, but got a spinebuster for his troubles. Trips tried for the Pedigree on Edge, but Orton got him with the RKO. HBK responded with Sweet Chin Music on Orton. Michaels and Orton ended up on the outside. Edge went for the cover on Trips, but could only get a two-count. The Rated-R Superstar then missed the spear, running head-first into the turnbuckle. Trips hit the Pedigree, but Orton ran in with a chair. He then ran back out of the ring with the chair. 1…2…No! Edge kicked out! HBK jumped Orton and then punched the ref. DX went on to destroy the tag champs with a series of chair shots. Michaels stripped the announce tables down to their guts and sent Rated-RKO to the outside. HHH hit the Pedigree on Edge on one announce table (but it didn’t break). HBK then dropped an elbow on Orton from the top rope thru the other announce table. DX and Rated-RKO battled to a no-contest somewhere around 21-minutes. (CMV1 rating- *** ½) (CMV1 note- I’m not sure what to make of all that. Trips looked as legitimately injured as I’ve seen him since he tore his quad in 2001. His knee totally buckled under him during a spinebuster and that’s not good, man. From the point of his injury onward, the match went haywire. However, they pulled it together as best they could. The match up to the injury was very good, but it’s bittersweet…Triple H might’ve badly injured his knee…I’ve seen some bad injuries in my athletic career, and he could very well be done for a long time after that one…that was classic ACL tear by the looks of it)


Backstage, Todd Grisham interviewed John Cena. He said no one had been able to defeat Umaga yet. Cena classically hyped his match, calling it the irresistible force meeting the immovable object. After all was said and done, Cena said Umaga would utter his first words. “GUHAGKAGJ”…Samoan for “I just got the crap kicked out of me!” All kidding aside, Cena hyped Umaga’s undefeated record, but said he wouldn’t back down to the Samoan Bulldozer. He said he may not be unstoppable or undefeated, but he’s damn proud to hold the title.


Match 6: Carlito (w/ Torrie) vs. Chris Masters
-Carlito scared Masters into the corner. A lock-up followed, with Carlito taking Masters to the mat and clubbing him with left-handed punches. Carlito then hit a one-handed facebuster from the second rope, but Masters soon took control with a high back body drop. The Masterpiece taunted Torrie and bodyslammed Carlito. He kicked CCC in the gut and went for a back drop, but Carlito countered and hit a dropkick. Carlito eventually hit a double springboard into a moonsault for a close near fall. Nice move! Masters went for the Masterlock, but CCC countered and went for one of his own. The Masterpiece came back with an overhead throw that sent Carlito face-first to the mat. Masters followed with a backbreaker for a near fall. He hit another backbreaker to place Carlito in a submission across his knee. Carlito tried to come back with a leap frog out of the corner into an offensive maneuver, but Masters surprised him with a strong clothesline. They eventually traded blows, but Carlito got the best of Masters with a springboard back elbow, a Million Dollar knee lift, a clothesline, and a jumping Flatliner. CCC then tried for a wheelbarrow-like move, but Masters countered and pinned him. Masters defeated Carlito at 5:58. After the match, Masters locked on the full-nelson. (CMV1 rating- * ¾) (CMV1 note- fun while it lasted, but the crowd didn’t care. Too short to amount to anything)


A video hyping Umaga vs. Cena was shown…


Match 7: WWE Champion John Cena vs. Umaga (w/ Armando Alejandro Estrada)
-They circled each other to start. Umaga made his charge, but Cena ducked and connected with a couple of jabs. The champ followed with a running one-handed facebuster and clotheslined the challenger over the top rope to the outside. Umaga climbed back to the apron, but Cena tried to knock him back to the floor. The Samoan countered, though, and threw Cena over the top rope with one-hand. He followed by tossing Cena into the ring steps. Back in the ring, Umaga continued to build momentum with basic offense. Cena came back with a boot to the face and a back elbow, but Umaga regained control with a hard clothesline. The champ staggered back to his feet and tried to fight back, but Umaga caught him with a Samoan Drop. Cena rolled to the apron and reached his feet. Umaga gave him a running shoulder block, though, that sent Cena crashing face-first into the announce table. On the outside, Umaga slammed Cena’s head into the table again. The crowd was strongly behind Cena, chanting his name, as the champ tried for a sunset flip back into the ring. Umaga tried to counter with a rear drop, but Cena rolled out of the way. Cena tried to bodyslam him, but Umaga fell backward onto the champ for a near fall. The Samoan Bulldozer methodically wore down Cena and knocked him back to the apron. Cena hung Umaga’s neck on the top rope, though, and went to the top rope. He came flying off with a cross body block, but Umaga caught him into a tilt-a-whirl Rock Bottom-type maneuver. Using a headbutt and a running should tackle, Umaga maintained complete control. Cena came back with the Throwback, but Umaga almost completely no-sold it and dropped the champ with a spinning wheel kick. After a few chops, Umaga dragged Cena toward the ropes and connected with a Banzai Drop. He connected with another one. He went for a third, but Cena got his knees up. Cena then went for the FU, but couldn’t keep him up. Umaga proceeded to throw Cena over the top rope and to the floor. The Samoan taunted the crowd, as Armando praised him. Back in the ring, Umaga locked on a Trap Grab, as the crowd tried to will the champ back into the match. Cena eventually got to his feet and broke the hold, but Umaga maintained control with a back elbow smash. The challenger went to the second rope and tried for a diving Samoan Spike, but Cena moved out of the way. Both men made it to their feet and traded blows in the middle of the ring. Cena gained momentum and tried to take the big man down, but Umaga came right back out of nowhere with a hard uppercut to the ribs. The Samoan then went for a splash in the corner, but Cena countered and tossed him head-first into the ring post. The champ proceeded to give him the Prototype spinning back drop and the Five Knuckle Shuffle. He poised for the FU, but again couldn’t lift him. Umaga took advantage and connected with a belly-to-belly suplex. The crowd chanted for Cena, as Umaga put him in the tree-of-woe in the corner. Umaga went for and connected with a running/jumping headbutt, knocking Cena to the mat. With the champ now sitting in the corner, Umaga went for a running rear drop. However, Cena got his feet up and then caught Umaga with a roll-up for the win. Cena retained at 17:17. (CMV1 rating- ** ¾) (CMV1 note- A commendable effort from these two, as it told a good and believable story. The action never dragged, but it was very one-sided and basic at times. It wasn’t designed to garner star ratings, though…it was designed to tell a story of Cena overcoming the odds against a monster…and it did just that. They proved they could work fairly well together, so I expect the rematch to be faster-paced and better than this)


Backstage Skits and Interviews (CMV1 rating- ***) (CMV1 note- there was nothing amazing, but every skit was solid or better. Cena’s interview was the best of both of his worlds…both amusing and serious. Edge and Orton’s interview hyped their match more than acceptably)




0-1.5 stars = Demand a refund and don't take no for an answer. If it was this bad, they should pay you to watch the next two PPVs, at least. (Great American Bash 2005)
1.75-2.25 stars = A below average PPV that wasn't worth the money spent watching. (Great American Bash 2006)
2.5-2.75 stars = An average to above average event that was worth watching on that given night. (Wrestlemania 22, Summerslam 2006)
3.0-3.25 = A really good show that you'd buy on DVD and watch again (Unforgiven 2006, No Way Out 2006)
3.5 = This is how PPV should be done (Royal Rumble 2005)
3.75-5.0 = You never thought a PPV could be this good...


New Year’s Revolution 2007’s Final Score = ** ¾ (CMV1 note- this was definitely an above average PPV worth watching. The cage match and tag title matches were both very good, despite the injury to Trips that clearly messed up the flow of that match…the women’s title match, tag turmoil, and Kenny-Flair matches were all solid bouts. I’d say the only disappointment was Carlito-Masters, as with a little more time they could’ve done better. Cena-Umaga was a nice match designed to tell a story…not to get a great rating)





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