January Week 1, Year 2

What a pay-per-view. Mankind is amazing. There's no other way to describe him. With the new year, my match descriptions will be much shorter, to save myself from typing and you from reading.

Raw

Match 1. Val Venis vs. Matt Hardy

Match 2. Godfather vs. Hardcore Holly

Match 3. Chris Benoit vs. Mark Henry

Match 4. Triple H vs. Big Show   #1 Contender's match

Big Show blocked a right hand and landed a knockout punch of his own. He almost had the match won a couple of occasions, but Triple H landed a second Pedigree and came out victorious.

After the match, Chris Jericho walked down and pointed at Triple H.

Main Event. Edge and Christian vs. The Dudley Boyz   #1 Contender's Match

Edge and Bubba Ray started the match. Edge it two back suplex and then tagged in Christian. Bubba brought Christian to the outside where he and D-Von beat down Christian. D-Von kept Christian out of the ring for the count out.

SmackDown

Match 1. Scotty 2 Hotty vs. D-Von Dudley

Match 2. Stevie Richards and Jeff Hardy vs. Raven and Matt Hardy
What are the Hardys doing getting in the middle of this? This match took place all over the ringside. Matt landed the Side Effect on his brother. Richards hit Matt with a superkick outside the ring. Jeff hit Raven with a Twist of Fate. Once things got back in order, Raven and Matt hit Richards with a tag move and Raven got the three count. 

Match 3. Trish Stratus vs. Lita

Match 4. Rhyno vs. Grand Master Sexay

Main Event. Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Benoit vs. Kurt Angle

Angle was in the ring when Michaels music played. Michaels attacked Angle from behind. X-Pac ran down from the crowd and hit Benoit with an X-Factor. Benoit locked Michaels in the crossface, but Angle broke it up. Michaels came back with a Sweet Chin Music. Angle pinned Michaels and put his feet on the middle rope to win.

After the match, Benoit and Angle shook hands.

Saturday Night Heat

Match 1. Godfather vs. D-Von Dudley

Match 2. Stevie Richards vs. Matt Hardy

Match 3. Scotty 2 Hotty vs. Raven

Match 4. Edge vs. Shawn Michaels

Main Event. Rhyno vs. Jeff Hardy

Recap: What is Jericho doing? I thought he and Triple H were partners.