Here we go with part one. Part two will follow next
week.
Well, obviously it will. What are you, stupid?
JANUARY
- Noted
philanthropist Triple HHH warns young apprentice Deacon Bautista not to covet "his" WWE Undisputed Raw World Championship. Bautista says that's fine, and instead
turns his attention to matches such as the Eliminating Chamber at New Year's Resolution and the 30 man Regal Rumble. Hey, wait a minute.
HE WAS SETTING US UP ALL ALONG!!!
- Nothing
happens in NWA T&A (National Wrestling
Alliance Tits & Ass). Yes, Eric Watts tries to kill himself or some crap
like that, but nothing important.
- Fourth-generation
superstar Charlita Caribbean Cruel starts a petition to oust Smack! Down District Manager T.D. Long. Yeah, that was the big problem on that show this year.
- Former
preacher Jake "The Snakeman" Robards is arrested for possession of cocaine. WHAAAA?
Just when you thought all of our childhood heroes still had their heads screwed on straight…
- Male
fantasy Randy ORTON! ORTON! BAH GAWD,
ORTON!!! begins suffering from concussions during PPV's, Raw, house shows and (probably) at home. No one can tell the
difference.
- WWE
Figurehead Commissioner Vince MacMahon falls flat on his ass, Vadar-style, at the end of the Regal Rumble, right before he was set to declare ME as the winner. Hey, don't take
my word for it: check out my column from prior to the big event and draw your own conclusions as to what really happened!
- ITR
of the month: The Rise and Fall and Fall and Rise of ECW.
FEBRUARY
- World
Wrestling Federtainment Corp. Inc. Ltd. LLC begins showing clips of classic movies that their top superstars will soon appear
in remakes of, such as: Mean Eugene in "Rain Man"; Triple HHH and Nature Guy Ricky Flare in "Flubber"; Kur Tangle and Kirstie Hemmey in "You've Got Mail"; The Old-School Ordertaker Who Looks Exactly Like He Used To in "American Pie"; and John Ceno in "The iPod Commercial of Enimem's Silhouette Dancing to 'Lose Yourself'".
- Nothing
happens in NWA T&A (National Wrestling
Alliance Tits & Ass). Sure, Big Sex Killer Kevin Nash wrestled a whole
match without injuring himself, and the former Big Ass Barry Gun (now known as
Kid James) made his T&A debut to the delight of no one except Cory Harris, but nothing important.
- Wrestling
dog John Breadshaw Lagerfeld makes fun of Ceno's roots, because he comes from
a poor neighborhood where kids have to steal hubcaps for money! And all of them are hooked on crack! And crank! Whatever that
is! And they all have to make jokes about people being gay! And sing lame raps! And (JLB called it) the worst neighborhood
ever!
- EVER!!!
- Helllllllo
ladies: Kirstie poses NAKED IN THE NUDE in a very special edition of Playgirl magazine, while Candice Cameron becomes famous for her Yo! Daddy commercial during
the half-time of Superball XIXIXXXXXVXXXXXXVXXIXVX, and Amy Webburn quits WWE because (probably) Orton took a dump in her gym bag.
- Humanitarian
Triple HHH saves Deacon Bautista from being hit by JLB's bull car, not because
he's selfish the way all you Internet jerks think he is, but because he's just a nice guy who cares about his friends.
- ITR
of the month: Hooray for Hollywood.
MARCH
- My
former Humber College alumnae ThEdge BLATANTLY STEALS Mike Hardy Version XP's girlfriend The Returning Leeta from RIGHT
UNDER HIS NOSE (don't ask what she was doing there). Let's just hope ThEdge doesn't
steal anything else from anyone this year.
- Nothing
happens in NWA T&A (National Wrestling
Alliance Tits & Ass). Okay, you might want to count the teased reunion of the Roaddog
Jamie James-Barry Gun's New Fangled Outlaws team and the heel turn of Alphabet Male Murphy Brown, but nothing important.
- Presenting
YOUR 2005 WWE Hall of Fame inductees: Hal Kogan, Junk Yard Doug, Hillbilly John, Jimminy
"Superfreak" Snuka, Tito Montana, Andrew
The Giant, Captain Lou Albino, Windy
Richter, Mean "Gene" Okerfeld, Rod Roddy Piper, The Iran Sheik, Nick Volkov (that
one's for you, Stu), Big Josh Stud, Master
Fuji, Marvelous Moolah and occasionally, Bobby
"The Brian" Heenen.
- Music
legend Heartburn Kid Sean McMichaels teams up with Mary Jannety in what is billed as a "one-time-only" reunion of The Rock
and Rollers on Eric Bischov's Monday Night Raw. But, of course, this being
wrestling, nothing is ever "one time". Except for this angle, which confuses the hell out of me.
- Stoned Cold Sheriff Austen signs a multi-year, multi-movie, multi-lame deal with
WWE Movies, which I'm sure will crank out box office smash after box office smash.
- ITR
of the month: Halkomania Will Live Forever.
APRIL
- WrestelMania
XXX1 ("Where It All Begins Again. Again.") features the crowning of two first time-world champions, two matches that approached
five-star territory, and several nostalgic returns, but it will most likely remembered as the event where The Best Show had to show ass. Literally.
- Nothing
happens in NWA T&A (National Wrestling
Alliance Tits & Ass). Sure, they held a PPV where there were like 23 steel cage matches in a row, each one lamer than
the next, marking the first time that jobbers have been allowed to compete in specialty matches since the last ROH show, but
nothing important.
- World
Wrestling Federtainment Blah Blah Blah callously FIRES Mike Hardy For Workstations, Molly Hardy (no relation) and The Man-Beast Rhinocerous because they all ABSOLUTELY SUCK! They wish them the best in future endeavors.
- Up
and comers Heartburn Kid Sean McMichaels and Hollywood
Hal Kogan agree to team up for what is billed as a "one-time-only" reunion of, uh, Kogan
and McMichaels, in a match against noted terrorists Mohachmed Hussein and
Osama Arafat. But, of course, this being wrestling, nothing is ever "one time".
Because they probably team up again, or something.
- ITR
of the month: 1995 Retro ITR
MAY
- As
if stealing someone else's slutty diva wasn't enough, kleptomaniac ThEdge (a/k/a
Stewart Copeland) steals something even more important: MY "BANK ON IT!!!" CATCHPHRASE!!!
- Nothing
happens in NWA T&A (National Wrestling
Alliance Tits & Ass). True, they brought in Mixed-Up Martial Arts superstar Tito
"Santana" Ortiz as a referee, and some guy named B.J. Styles won their version
of the world title, eliminating Double Jeff Jarrod from the championship picture
forever, but nothing important.
- Former
WWE, WCW, ECW, T&A, SMW, USWA, XPW and (I'm guessing) ROH superstar Chris Candida
dies after one of the T&A workers isn't careful with their flippy, highspot shit, and land on him the wrong way. BASTARD!
- The Returning Leeta dumps her husband The
Big Stupid Red Machine Kain in favor of… I mean, can you believe the bastard would steal my catchphrase? I've been
using it for years!
- Latina
superstar Latin Heat Eddie Guerrera begins turning on his "nephew" Roy Mystereo Junior. But don't you worry, folks, Eddie will get his later on …
- WHAT???
I just meant that he'll lose a whole bunch of matches to "Roy Roy" later on in the year. What did you THINK I was referring
to?
- You
know how we should get back at ThEdge for stealing my catchphrase? Someone should buy this here T-Shirt. Or at least this very attractive new book. Yeah, that's right -- I'm going there.
- ITR
of the month: Superstar Wars - A New Hope
JUNE
- E-C-Dub-a-Mania™
runs wild with the WWE Presents ECW Presents
WWE's ECW One More Night pay-per-view and the Franchise Shawn Douglas Whines For
Three Hours house show in Philly. Things haven't changed a bit from the old days: Sand
Man is still the biggest unemployed drunk this side of Andy Capp; Joe E. Styles is still a rebel who won't kowtow to promoters; Paul Herman
is still a jerk; The Blow Meanie is still getting bullied by JLB; and Pitbull Number One (or possibly Two) is still dead.
- Nothing
happens in NWA T&A (National Wrestling
Alliance Tits & Ass). Yeah, future main-eventer Shark Guy tries to sue
Disney over the use of his - ahem - gimmick, and noted physician Ravin wins the "world" title at their little Slamboreeaverisary PPV,
but nothing important.
- The
annual "Lethal Draft Lottery" begins, with Eric Bischov's Monday Night Raw gaining
John Ceno, Kur Tangle, Charlita Caribbean Cruel, The Best Show, Rod Van-Damme, and Everyone Else That Was Decent. In exchange, Not Yet Friday Night Smack! Down gains the services of Deacon Bautista, The Bash 'Em Brother That Isn't Gay, and possibly
The Boogerman.
- Admitted
Scientologist Y J Stinger Chuck Jericho turns heel for the first time ever (EVER!!!),
shocking everyone because it turns out, we was just in for the money. Which would explain why he will leave in just a month
or two to tour the world with his band Fozzie Bear.
- Whiny
crybaby Mike Hardy Version 2.0 For Windows, who hasn't been heard from since --
oh hell, since the last time you logged onto his freaking website -- is heard from
again. Kind of. During the triple threat wedding of catchphrase-stealer ThEdge,
slut The Returning Leeta and foot-fetishist SHNITSKY!!!,
Hardy's music begins to play. But that doesn't mean VI is coming back to WWE.
Right, marks? RIGHT? You fools…
- Deacon Bautista and Triple HHH squared
off for the third and final time in their thrilling series of PPV battles. Oops, did I mention that Bautista turned? Aw, crap…
- ITR
of the month: O Canada!
Can't wait to hear how the rest of the year pans out? (Spoiler alert: you're going to have to.) Tune in next
week, same ITR time, same ITR channel for 2005: The Best Year In Wrestling Ever! EVER!!!
(Part Two). And remember, if you heard it here first, it's… Inside The Ropes. |