What can possibly top the excitement of Jeff Hardy winning the WWE Title last night at Armageddon? Who knows, but we'll sure try!
The WWE Universe crew is LIVE at "The Igloo", Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh for RAW MEGA MONDAY!, starting at 8:30 p.m. ET!!
Join me and Howard Finkel for coverage of Raw, plus various guest Superstars from Raw and ECW stopping by during the blog.
See you tonight at 8:30 p.m.! We have lots to discuss!
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Sunday 5:15 p.m. ET --Only two hours left until the Live Blog tonight, and I'm sitting next to Raw General Manager Mike Adamle, discussing tonight's big Raw matches and some of the finer points of Ronald Reagan's foreign policy. Hail the Gipper!
No matter what the detractors say on the WWE Fan Nation Forums, Adamle has put together a great Raw side of the SummerSlam card, featuring both titanic battles (Cena vs. Batista) and innovation (Winner Take All Titles Match).
And surprise.... just as Adamle walks away, he passes SmackDown General Manager Vickie Guerrero. They exchange nods, but no words. Maybe Vickie feels threatened by the new innovative GM?
Brrr...did it just get cold in here?
Sunday 3:00 p.m. ET -- Four hours until the Live Blog tonight. I took a walk into the
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4:00 p.m. Friday (Miles Driven: 562) -- After spending some time in my hometown of Sharon, Pa., I decided to head down the Pa. border to the home of all my favorite sports teams, the Steel City of Pittsburgh, Pa. -- partly to see family, but mainly to eat my favorite delicacy that you just can't get in Connecticut.
Primanti Brothers restaurant in Pittsburgh is the home of a unique sandwich that smashes french fries and cole slaw on top of a wide array of meat or fish between big sourdough slices of bread. It's one of the best steak sandwiches you'll ever eat ... and it's even better with kielbasa. Yum to the 100th power!
Took a drive on the south side of Pittsburgh, and went past the Duquesne Incline (pronounced 'Du-KANE'), which goes up and down the side of Mount Washington,
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...No, not THAT Mr. Kennedy.
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Tyler Kennedy threw down like his WWE namesake Sunday night, taking on the Philadelphia Flyers' Scottie Upshall to start the hostilities in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals in the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Watch the clip here:
Earlier this year, I wrote about how the Penguins were using Mr. Kennedy's "Turn up the Trouble" theme and the MISTEEEERRRRR ... KENNEDYYYYYY trademark call after Tyler scored a goal.
No goals for the kid tonight, but the Mighty 'Guins go up 2 games to 0 on the hated Flyers with a 4-2 victory.
With the playoffs rolling on and more and more Penguins players looking like Hacksaw Jim Duggan (with those playoff beards), it's going to be a fun ride to the Stanley Cup. Games 3 and 4 in Philly on Tuesday
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