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My mistake. I was thinking of Kane. There were two of them for a short time. You are right...only one Undertaker.

 

You weren't off base. There was an impostor undertaker for a little bit, with Ted DiBiase

Brian Lee (wrestler) - Wikipedia

 

Yeah, Brian Lee. Paul Bearer had the original.

 

Duke of Dorchester is the one that broke Steph in!! Even years before Savage!

 

Goldberg agreed to do more matches. So I guess we might get Goldberg vs Undertaker now.

 

That ECW special after RAW should be great. Loved the mix of hardcore plus great wrestling the classic ECW had. ECW 95 was one of the best years a fed ever had. Kind of comparable to WCW in 89 or 96. Where the stuff was great from top to bottom. Great wrestling plus good storylines also.

 

I don't think we get Goldberg vs Taker. I'd say one of 2 things happens:
1) Brock will enter like 10 or 12 in the Royal Rumble and get a ton of elimination til Goldberg enters in the mid-20s and they start brawling, ending with both going over the top. Upset that Brock has halted his shot at the championship, we get Brock vs Goldberg at Mania to settle the score.

2) Goldberg enters with a half dozen guys, eliminates everyone, then Brock ends up eliminating Goldberg, amd they settle the score at Mania.

I think the first script is more likely, because they allowed Goldberg to squash Brock un 90 seconds with 2 blows ... so, I'd imagine they want to build Brock back up to be a stronger and more motivated and dangerous beast now, by feeding him 8 or 9 guys in the Rumble.

 

The Realest Raw Review (12/12/16, pt 1)​

We open the night with good promo by New Day to remind us that if they end the night with the WWE Tag Team titles, then they will officially have broken Demolition's record for longest tag team championship reign ever. Xavier Woods dedicates tonight's triple threat championship match to his grandma who has passed, which generates a "Grandma, grandma, grandma" chant from the crowd ... pretty cool moment.

Tag Team Championship Triple Threat Match
New Day (c) vs Anderson & Gallows vs Sheamus & Cesaro​

*** - Surprised we start here, maybe there's something more planned ... I hope. The match was entertaining, but too short. I would give it 4-stars, if it were longer. You have 6 guys eligible to tag in and out, and you really only have a couple tags. Could've told a much better story and built much more anticipation for the finish than they did with this match.

Looks like the New Day celebration party in their lockerroom will be a running theme for the night. Should get some laughs out of there. First celebration segment includes Big E eating a comically-large bowl of Booty O's and Steph toasting their record-breaking victory. But Woods mistakenly sprayed her with champagne, enraging her. Uh-oh, looks like trouble is abrewing! Kevin Owen presses a cold, wet, upset Stephanie for a chance to pitch an idea for punishment for New Day ... Y2KO title shots?

 

The Realest Raw Review (12/12/16, pt 2)
Braun Strowman vs Curtis Axel​

Predictable squash match. Strowman shows off a couple new moves, all of them power moves. Continues to grow and learn on the job, and I love having the "enhancement matches" back on TV. It's the best thing to come out of the brand split, so far. He responds to Sami Zayn's challenge for a match by saying the Foley is protecting Zayn, as he should. Zayn instantly in Foley's face demanding the match, Foley tells him he can't beat Strowman flat out, and Zayn requests a release from his Raw contract. Foley says that if that's what Sami wants, then he'll get Daniel Bryan on the phone and work out a trade, right now.
** 1/2* - The match obviously doesn't get above 1 star, but the surprise of a SmackDown/Raw trade for Zayn at the finish was a great segment. Expected a match of some kind between Zayn and Strowman to be made for the upcoming PPV. Will be an interesting playout.

Ariya Daivari vs Lince Dorado​

I've not been impressed overall with the cruiserweight division, but it's been picking up steam in my eyes for the last couple weeks. Having 3 champions in the first couple months wasn't a popular call with me. Dorado has a lot of counters and movements that remind me of the old WCW days, just when I'm enjoying the action, they interrupt the match. Luckily, it's interrupted by my favorite cruiserweight on the roster, Jack Gallagher. There was no winner or loser, really just a 5 minutes 205 Live on WWE Network commercial. lol

Well, everyone has a WWE talk show these days, so here's a new episode of The Rollins Report with guest Kevin Owens. hahaha Opens up with Rollins again calling out Triple H. Rollins says the purpose of the show is to find out if he needs to worry about Owens being at ringside for the Road Block PPV match between Rollins and Jericho. Owens bring his own stool to site on the stage, refusing to get in the ring with Rollins. Owens says he's not here for the Rollins report, he's here to make a major announcement ... concerning New Day and Steph? Best Friends title match. To show that their friendship is back on good terms and they're ready to work together, Jericho comes out and beat Rollins down, pledging to put him on the DL. Reigns comes out to even the odds, and the babyfaces stand tall as we go to break. Very odd booking here. You give KO and Y2J a tag title match later in the night, then make them look weak by having them get beat up and then run away?