
RAW PREVIEW
1) Don't drop your guard in a pipe fight
Last week at the close of Raw, Gravedigger attempted to ruin DMK's post-match victory celebration by attacking his hated rival with a lead pipe. 'Digger seemed satisfied with the results of his unwarranted assault, dropping the pipe and trying to intimidate the angry crowd. But DMK withstood the attack and rose up from the mat, grabbing the unclaimed weapon and waiting patiently for his foe to turn around... before blasting him with a crowd-pleasing retribution pipe shot to the skull! The burning issues between DMK and Gravedigger seem to be growing deeper and deeper by the day, and it's gotten to the point that they don't even waste words... they just let out their frustration physically! How are these two going to bring this fierce rivalry to a conclusion... and who will be able to claim the final upper hand?
2) David and Mr. McMahon overstepping the GM
Last week, WWE champ David Degenerate and Mr. McMahon were discussing another assigned match for rival Carson Pain when they were interrupted by an offended Stephanie McMahon, the Raw General Manager. Steph wants to regain control over the match scheduling, and clearly holds disdain for the "Dangerous Genius". Vince still took the time to schedule a match for Carson Pain, but it's clear their is a power struggle a-brewing. Speaking of Carson Pain, he was able to defeat Lee Money in a submission match despite interference from Shawn Midnight and an post-match taunting from David and the WWE Chairman. "The Original" wants to get his hands on the WWE champ, but seems stuck navigating their silly little tough matchup game. Will Carson finally earn his WWE Title rematch... or does the Corporate duo have more planned for him?
3) Renegade - the non-fighting champion
U.S. champ Renegade returned to Raw last week... but didn't stick around for long. He swung by to support friend Lee Money after his loss, but seemed nonchalant about his scheduled match against Dylan Dynamite. Instead of showing up and competing, Renegade took a different approach... he left! Dylan was awarded a forfeit victory, but something is clearly strange with the party animal. First, a rumored psychiatric evaluation then a disrespectful walk out? Something's going on with the U.S. champ, but it's clear that defending his title honorably isn't one of them.
4) Tank picks up a big win
An odd pairing of Tank Blazer and Shawn Midnight actually turned out to be successful last week, as the "Captain" scored the pinfall in a tag team match victory over Hardcore champ Mack Wheeler and rookie Big Juan Santos. A little trash talk the week before worsened the relationship between Tank and the "Human Semi", but now Tank can brag about a win! Is Tank eyeing the Hardcore Title?

SMACKDOWN PREVIEW
1) The broken sanity of Rebel Ford
The biggest development last week surrounded the mental status of Rebel Ford. First, supposed girlfriend Eve Torres met him in the parking lot and informed him of the extended vacation she was taking, claiming that Rebel couldn't protect her from Eric Executioner and Mr. Black. The sadness slowly became furious anger, which came out in an explosive way later in the show. Rebel was scheduled to face Quinn Cadbury, but the match never got underway as Rebel attacked the "English Gentleman" with a steel chair before the bell even rung! The vicious attack had to be stopped by backstage crew members, but Rebel walked away with no remorse. Then later at the close of the show, an intruder invaded the main event match between World Heavyweight champ Eric E. and Antonio Jordan and smashed a chair over the champ's head. Antonio was forced to take the DQ loss, but when he investigated who the intruder was, he revealed... Rebel Ford again! The show ended with a psychotic-looking Rebel glaring at his rival and sinister manager Mr. Black, much to the shock of Antonio and the crowd. Has this rivalry against Eric and Mr. Black officially drove the normally-cool Rebel to the brink of insanity? And if so, is that an advantage for the champ and his manager... or as last week showed, a kink in the armor?
2) H.E.R.O. saves the ECW champ
One of the other shocking moments of last week's Smackdown was rising rookie H.E.R.O. coming down to the ring to save ECW champ Hitman Jack from a post-match beatdown at the hands of the Bullet Boyz. The Tag Team champs have resorted to outnumbered attacks on the "Lethal Canadian" in order to establish their dominance ever since Jack defended his title against Craig last month. But it seems like, at least for the time being, that the odds may be evened! Hitman Jack hasn't commented yet on H.E.R.O.'s actions, and neither have the Bullet Boyz. What's next in this hot rivalry?
3) G.L.O.W. dimming?
Quinn Cadbury has been having a little trouble lately. Two weeks ago, the "English Gentleman" took the pinfall in a 6-man tag main event match loss. Then last week, he got a vicious, unprovoked assault from Rebel Ford (see above) with tag partner Joseph T. Lutte nowhere around to help. Not only that, when he innocently asked Joseph about an Intercontinental Title match, he was laughed off. Cadbury made the sacrifice to help Joseph win back the title, but it's becoming clear that Joseph isn't appreciated it the way he's been hoping for. Is the European duo (and former rivals) having some communication problems? And with Antonio Jordan on the warpath for a title rematch, could that mean a premature end to Joseph's latest title reign?
4) Justice again causes controversy
Last week on Smackdown, Guy Justice held his 2nd "In Search of Truth" talk segment and invited volatile Zach Wesley to join him. The "True Savior" tried to inquire about unknown background of the "Mohawked Maniac", which was met with angry refusal. Then after Justice brought up Zach's recent fall from grace, the "Maniac" warmed up a bit but became offended at Justice's attempt to bring him along his journey for "truth". Wesley demanded a match this week, so it will be interesting to see if the talk segment created an interesting element to this proposed match.
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