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 Maven battles Gene Snitsky on Raw
Written by:
Michael
11/22/04
Chris Benoit stepped out and announced he was G.M. this week. Benoit stated that he made his run as GM easy by allowing superstars to make their own matches. Maven requested to take on Gene Snitsky after costing him the Worlds Heavyweight title last week.
They showed a close-up of Snitsky's injured left eye. It was pretty graphic. The injury was suffered at Survivor Series. They also showed a clip of Snitsky giving Maven a big boot last week on Raw after teasing he might kick Hunter instead. Snitsky kicked Maven twice off the ring apron as he tried to enter the ring. Maven made it into the ring, dropkicked Snitsky, and clotheslined him over the top rope to the floor. They kept showing close-ups of the blood-shot and swollen left eye of Snitsky. Snitsky soon regained control, screaming as he jammed Maven's head against the ringpost with his knee. Maven came back at 2:45 and took Snitsky down with a Russian leg sweep. He followed up by hitting a top rope crossbody block and a second rope bulldog for a near fall. Snitsky then took Maven down with a big boot out of nowhere, he pounded his chest and yelled, and then he gave Maven his pump-handle powerslam for the clean win.
WINNER: Snitsky at 4:11.
STAR RATING: * -- Basic match designed to give Snitsky a clean win but give Maven just enough offense to not be totally buried in the process. Still, for someone who was hinted at being added to Evolution, WWE Creative doesn't seem especially concerned with "protecting" Maven at this point or giving any signs that they plan to move him up the card anytime soon (unless they're doing a losing stream gimmick that leads to him snapping and joining the dark side).
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