WWE 2009: We Become One
2009 started with a hug bang and all the hype was on the biggest event in WWE history, Wrestlemania 25! With both shows pushing for ratings and trying to gain the brand supremacy in WWE, PPV events passed and Monday and Friday nights past with Raw gaining and holding the upper hand. Smackdown!'s ratings have nose divided the past month before Smackdown! each week dropping almost half a million viewers, well Raw gained at least half a million viewers in those 4 weeks. WWE head office was beginning to gain their suspicions as to what to do for this problem.
With a little under a month before Wrestlemania 25 Smackdown! continued it's nosedive and Raw continued to go up. finally shane McMahon stepped forward during a head office meeting insisting that the WWE should take all the good wrestlers from Raw and Smackdown! and combine them to make, what was once knowing as, Raw is War! Head office sat back and watched one more week of Smackdown! and decided to cut the chord on Smackdown! as the final week of Smackdown!'s rating landed a 1.3, otherwise seen as 1.5 million viewers.
The WWE writers were extatic after this calls as Wrestlemania would have ot be re-written and they would have to start writing in new rivalries. Wrestlemania was decided to be pushed back one week to leave room for 2 weeks of Raw is War to hype up the event and build up the rivalries. WWE was now becoming one for the first time in over 7 years and the reaction was negative by most writers and wrestlers. Well the fans seemed ok with this change, but the really question layed in whether this would truly work out?
Shane McMahon was very persistent in saying that he could make it work out and pushed to be the GM of Raw is War. Teddy Long decided to take the back seat and be assistant manager well Vickie was already on her way out. Now the WWE was officially one and Shane McMahon was ready to put his heart and soul into this. What will happen? Tune into Monday Night is War for all your answers!
Roster:
Raw is War
GM: Shane McMahon
Commentators: Todd Grisham/Jerry 'The King' Lawler
Interviewer: Matt Striker
WWE World Champion: Randy Orton
Inter-States Champion: Kofi Kingston
Television Champion: ???
Women's Champion: Melina
WWE World Tag Team Champions: Carlito/Primo
Main Event:
Randy Orton
Batista(Injured)
John Cena
Edge
Undertaker(Injured)
Jack Swagger
Triple H
Christian
The Big Show
Mid-Card:
Kofi Kingston
Jeff Hardy
Matt Hardy
Tommy Dreamer
Evan Bourne
Chris Jericho
Rey Mysterio
CM Punk
MVP
The Miz
THE Brian Kendrick
Mark Henry w/ Tony Atlas
Santino Marella
Goldust w/ Hornswoggle
Tag Teams:
Cryme Tyme: Shad/JTG
Priceless: Ted DiBiase Jr./Cody Rhodes
The Hart Dynasty: Tyson Kidd/DH Smith w/ Natalya
The New British Invasion: Paul Burchill/William Regal
The Colons: Carlito/Primo
WGTT: Shelton Benjamin/Charlie Hass
Women:
Melina
Maryse
Gail Kim
Beth Phoenix
Mickie James
Kelly Kelly
Michelle McCool
PPV Events:
Jan: New Year's Revolution
Feb: King of the Ring
Mar: Bad Blood
Apr: Wrestlemania
May: Unforgiven
June: Extreme Rules
July: The Bash
Aug: SummerSlam
Sept: Breaking Point
Oct: Cyber Sunday
Nov: Survivor Series
Dec: Royal Rumble
2009 started with a hug bang and all the hype was on the biggest event in WWE history, Wrestlemania 25! With both shows pushing for ratings and trying to gain the brand supremacy in WWE, PPV events passed and Monday and Friday nights past with Raw gaining and holding the upper hand. Smackdown!'s ratings have nose divided the past month before Smackdown! each week dropping almost half a million viewers, well Raw gained at least half a million viewers in those 4 weeks. WWE head office was beginning to gain their suspicions as to what to do for this problem.
With a little under a month before Wrestlemania 25 Smackdown! continued it's nosedive and Raw continued to go up. finally shane McMahon stepped forward during a head office meeting insisting that the WWE should take all the good wrestlers from Raw and Smackdown! and combine them to make, what was once knowing as, Raw is War! Head office sat back and watched one more week of Smackdown! and decided to cut the chord on Smackdown! as the final week of Smackdown!'s rating landed a 1.3, otherwise seen as 1.5 million viewers.
The WWE writers were extatic after this calls as Wrestlemania would have ot be re-written and they would have to start writing in new rivalries. Wrestlemania was decided to be pushed back one week to leave room for 2 weeks of Raw is War to hype up the event and build up the rivalries. WWE was now becoming one for the first time in over 7 years and the reaction was negative by most writers and wrestlers. Well the fans seemed ok with this change, but the really question layed in whether this would truly work out?
Shane McMahon was very persistent in saying that he could make it work out and pushed to be the GM of Raw is War. Teddy Long decided to take the back seat and be assistant manager well Vickie was already on her way out. Now the WWE was officially one and Shane McMahon was ready to put his heart and soul into this. What will happen? Tune into Monday Night is War for all your answers!
Roster:
Raw is War
GM: Shane McMahon
Commentators: Todd Grisham/Jerry 'The King' Lawler
Interviewer: Matt Striker
WWE World Champion: Randy Orton
Inter-States Champion: Kofi Kingston
Television Champion: ???
Women's Champion: Melina
WWE World Tag Team Champions: Carlito/Primo
Main Event:
Randy Orton
Batista(Injured)
John Cena
Edge
Undertaker(Injured)
Jack Swagger
Triple H
Christian
The Big Show
Mid-Card:
Kofi Kingston
Jeff Hardy
Matt Hardy
Tommy Dreamer
Evan Bourne
Chris Jericho
Rey Mysterio
CM Punk
MVP
The Miz
THE Brian Kendrick
Mark Henry w/ Tony Atlas
Santino Marella
Goldust w/ Hornswoggle
Tag Teams:
Cryme Tyme: Shad/JTG
Priceless: Ted DiBiase Jr./Cody Rhodes
The Hart Dynasty: Tyson Kidd/DH Smith w/ Natalya
The New British Invasion: Paul Burchill/William Regal
The Colons: Carlito/Primo
WGTT: Shelton Benjamin/Charlie Hass
Women:
Melina
Maryse
Gail Kim
Beth Phoenix
Mickie James
Kelly Kelly
Michelle McCool
PPV Events:
Jan: New Year's Revolution
Feb: King of the Ring
Mar: Bad Blood
Apr: Wrestlemania
May: Unforgiven
June: Extreme Rules
July: The Bash
Aug: SummerSlam
Sept: Breaking Point
Oct: Cyber Sunday
Nov: Survivor Series
Dec: Royal Rumble