Hi Universers!

I feel a bit out of sorts and backwards today. Ever just wake up feeling all wrong and everything you pick up drops or your mind doesn't feel like thinking about anything "deep" or heavy? Well, welcome to my world today! Of course, listening to Bang Your Head by Quiet Riot doesn't help the situation any. Eh, oh well.

Cedric The Entertainer grooved into Monday RAW, changed Santino's life ambition AND was challenged by Chavo Guerrero all in the first half hour!

Fact: DX dislikes Legacy

Fact: Legacy dislikes DX

Fiction: That these two highly volatile tag teams will EVER settle their differences in or out of a cell. Hell is definitely expected.

Fact: The Miz has set his sights on the U.S. Championship

Fact: Jack Swagger also has his eye on the very same prize

Fiction: Either one of these men will get the opportunity to steal the belt a third time!

Fact: Randy Orton wants the WWE Title back

Fact: John Cena doesn't plan on letting Randy have it back

Fiction: To think these two will leave the cell in one piece if at all. They will unleash hell upon themselves. 

Fiction: To think Randy Orton won't have a plan underway

Fiction: To think Cena won't be prepared for it!

Fact: Alicia Fox has an unquenchable craving for the Divas Championship

Fact: So does Beth Phoenix

Fact: Mickie James will do more than her best keep the belt with her

Fiction: That Mickie James will ever underestimate Fox after what happened Monday night.

Fiction: That Mickie will forget about Beth on her heels.

Fact: Cena now has a gauntlet to get through

Fact: Lillian Garcia will no longer be with the WWE. Heartfelt goodbyes were shared. I teared up.  I wish Lillian the best of luck in her future endeavors.  She will be missed.

Fact: Reverend Al Sharpton will be guest host of RAW next Monday night.

Fiction: For John Cena to think that it's even close to being over with Randy Orton. After the turmoil he put Triple H through, I'd be cautious. That's all I'm saying.

Basically, this blog boils down to just one perplexing question:  What up with the goat in the limo????

Rock on!

Flawless

While Teddy Long arrived to SmackDown encompassed by guards, Batista had a magnificent homecoming. Of course, it was a case of Jerichus interruptus.  Mr. Jericho's face is not the only one on SmackDown anymore.  Now, there is another and this one loves to dish out the spinebusters!

John Morrison created a cornucopia of moves and used every one on Mike Knox.  Knox became another victim of the Starship Pain.  However, it didn't seem to faze Dolph Ziggler who sat close by to catch a glimpse of his opponent in three weeks!  It was a big undertaking but Morrison pulled out the win.

While we're on the subject of "undertakings", Scott Armstrong was interviewed about his part in the conspiracy of the year.  He stated he did what he had to do to keep his job. He answers to a higher power and admitted it was pre-mediated.  This made me think.  

The Women's Champion, Michelle McCool, braced and limping faced Melina.  Melina has got a set of lungs! Whoa! That scream, I think, cracked a few windows.  It worked too.  Melina beat the champion.

Teddy Long, by order of Mr. McMahon, came out and admitted his guilt about Breaking Point and apologized to us and the Undertaker.  However, it was a little too much to ask forgiveness from the Undertaker.  Do you know how many have attempted the same thing and have failed miserably?  And where are they now?  Umm, has anyone seen Mr. Long since getting into that limo?  In this girl's opinion, Teddy, no pun intended, dug his own grave with this one.  However, I don't believe it was ALL Teddy Long's doing. Someone is pulling the puppet strings. Mr. McMahon may have more to do with this double cross than he's letting on.  Did he know Teddy Long would do what he did? A double cross is here somewhere but now I fear a triple cross may be in the works. All I can say is...I freakin' hope so! This is great!

CM Punk "speeched" us to death again. Blah blah blah-Straightedge is best, words words words-I told you so, yadda yadda yadda-we're all zombies and liars.  How dare we think otherwise?  Bad zombie liars!  Bad!

Cryme Tyme (accompanied by Eve who didn't wrestle) squared off against the Hart Dynasty (including Natalya who also didn't wrestle).  Shad was dropping Harts like it's hot and JTG is looking so much better in the ring. They are really stepping it up.  Still, one has to give props to the cognitive connection DH Smith and Tyson Kidd have. They make quick tags WHEN NEEDED and wrestle at their pace not anyone else's.  Kidd pinned JTG and the Dynasty lives on another week. 

Melina tried to get all of the pictures of Dolph off the walls of the Diva locker room but Maria still saw and stared in disbelief.  Now, Melina has tried to talk sense into Maria but Maria is blinded by love and trusts her man.  While that's not well and good, you've got Michelle McCool on the loose with Layla as devious back up.  Is this relationship doomed to fail? Or, is it only a substitute until he does win the prize he really wants, the Intercontinental Championship?

The Khali/Kane match ended before it began practically.  A steel chair shot by Kane to the head of Khali knocked the great guy flat on his back. To make matters worse, which Kane is so good at; he dragged the Punjabi Playboy to the steel steps and crushed his leg with them! Did Khali ask for the match? If so, be careful what you wish because you just might get Kane instead! Hey, wouldn't it be REALLY twisted if Ranjin Singh set this whole thing up? Huh? Huh? Talk about your double crosses.

Maybe when Teddy Long gets his act together he can give Drew McIntyre a match before he takes out the entire roster!

There really isn't much else I can add to the Batista/Chris Jericho match.  The Batista bomb speaks for itself!  It was beautiful baby!  Beautiful!  But the Big Show is standing off stage and waiting for his cue. 

Don't give your dog caffeine.  Craziness!  LOL...

Flawless

Happy Friday everyone!  Hope you all have a great weekend whether you made plans or not. Sometimes life is better on the fly.  Speaking of fly, the one hour of ECW Tuesday night flew by. Before I knew it, it was over. But I just had to blog on it as I found several things interesting. 

General Manager Tiffany cracked the whip as she ordered William "Don't call me Bill" Regal to wrestle The Hurricane.  She stated that he was not to get another shot at the ECW Championship in fairness to others who wish to pursue the dream.  Regal, unprepared and clearly in the wrong attire, was outraged but had no choice.  Willy made The Hurricane eventually die out and got the win. The Hurricane made a valiant effort to rid the people of Regal's nasty ways but failed.  Worse yet, Paul Burchill can't let the grudge go and clobbered the already fallen superhero.  Maybe The Hurricane needs to call in some back up? Watch the skies.

The Bella Twins guest announced the Yoshi Tatsu/Zack Ryder match. Observation 1: I loved the green on Yoshi.  Observation 2: This match had nice back and forth action and Zack Ryder made several frustrating attempts to pin Tatsu. But in the end it was the man from the Land of the Rising Sun who blind-sided Ryder for the victory.

Another really great move by Tiffany was the Battle Royal to be the #1 Contender for the ECW Championship or Champion "chip" as so many of us say.  We had Benjamin, Kozlov, Jackson, Dreamer, Goldust, Reks, Shemaus, Burchill, Ryder, and Tutsu all vying for the chance to face Christian for the highly regarded title. Goldust held his own in the ring against some pretty heavy hitters and had a fairly decent fan base as well. Go Dust!  There was an interesting moment of uncertainty between Kozlov and Jackson but that's all it was; just a moment. In the end, it was Zack Ryder who clung on (literally) for dear life to eek out the win over Tommy Dreamer, who did a nice job staying in there, and Kozlov. You know, I do wonder though how Regal would've reacted if Kozlov won. 

Well, I must make a list of things to do and ignore every single thing on it.

Bye everyone!

Flawless

Teddy Long made headlines.  Batista had an announcement. Trish Stratus hosted RAW. It was like licking off the sticky leftover cotton candy from your fingers that you buy at a fair; mmm mmm good!  Tsk tsk Teddy Long. Oh my friend, what a fine and scintillating scandal we've got ourselves into.  Mr. McMahon should be pleased with your performance. However, there are quite a few people who have now targeted you for a good bruisin' playa.  What are we to do?

Next, Batista, looking good and healthy, came back to make an announcement. Although that announcement was that he would now be heading to SmackDown and that he wasn't, in fact, retiring, it still didn't stop Randy Orton from cutting The Animal off in mid speech.  A little trickery and a No Holds Barred match with Orton left Randy with yet another pitfall. 

Diva of the Decade and 7 time Women's Champion, Trish Stratus, hosted RAW this week. Now brunette and kickin' it Toronto style, she continues to do it her way looking more fabulous than ever!  She, too, made an announcement: Randy Orton vs. John Cena in a Hell in a Cell match at the next PPV!

Can life get any better than that? Why yes, it can my friends. Walk with me, talk with me.

Kofi Kingston & Primo teamed up to take on Jack Swagger & The Miz.  The Miz couldn't win the United States Title from Kofi at Breaking Point so he stole it from him Monday night.  More bad news, depending on which way you look at it, Swagger got the pin on a distracted Kofi and won the match. 

The real news worthy item I found was Alicia Fox!  Mickie James joined Jerry and Michael at the announcers table to watch what was called a Triple Threat match but really was a one-on-one match between Gail Kim and Alicia Fox for the #1 Contenders spot for the Divas Championship.  Alicia Fox has really come into her own. She is remorseless, vicious and best of all, tough!  Don't get me wrong.  Both ladies are creative and charismatic. But "legs" walked away quite confidently with the win.  In my opinion, she deserved it. Wow!

A direct and deliberate, Ted DiBiase locked up with a not so happy Shawn Michaels. While Ted was all over a bad blurry eyed Shawn, Triple H was keeping one good eye on Cody from the outside.  The match was fluid and going well until one thing led to another. And then, Cody=chaos=DX=DQ! Awesome! Ah, those crazy kids. Play nice!

Here's what I'd like to see. I'd like to see Evan Bourne in a ladder match maybe with Primo. And, I'd also like to see Carlito get a trim and get into a serious match vs. Kofi Kingston for the U.S. Title. I guess only time will tell.  The truth is, you have such great talent such as Evan, Carlito, Chavo, Primo, The Miz and Kofi and only one U.S. Title. Hell, I'd even like to see Jack Swagger thrown into the mix. And, since Hornswoggle wants to be a part of the action, why not him as well?  Something to think about.  Back to the action Monday night, it was "Bourne-swoggle" who won the match but not without great effort from Chavo and Carlito.  And maybe, just maybe, Chavo can leave Hornswoggle behind after he admitted defeat and gave up.

Does anyone else think it was weird that the man with several plans, Randy Orton, was unusually calm and gave up too easily at Breaking Point? I would LOVE to see a more brutal and savage side to Cena but Orton is so taciturn that Cena will actually have to transform into Randy's worst nightmare. There are so many facets to Randy.  How many levels of "low" does Orton have? And how many will Cena be willing to go to in order to finally get to the primal side of Randy? This is a tumultuous relationship that maybe only a steel cage can settle. Eroding and eradication: Nice!

Trish back in action, if for only one night, was a wondrous thing to see.  It brought back so many memories and made me miss her more.  She partnered with MVP, no surprise there, but a great choice. Love his new "I'm sleeveless and I'm bringin' on the big guns" attitude.  They faced Chris Jericho and a heated Beth Phoenix. What a moment for Beth though...and Big Show...and Mark Henry...and anyone else really who wanted to get in on the action. Trish made it a 6 person tag match instead and took home the win!   

Batista's first match back and last match on RAW was against Randy Orton.  I don't think Orton was really concentrating too much on Batista as Cena was still stuck in his craw.  It showed too.  Randy quickly wanted out. Cena wouldn't have it and Batista bombed him.  The Animal will be a great addition to the SmackDown family and I wish him well. Welcome back big guy! 

Atari will forever rule!

Space Invader this,

 Flawless

     Opening matches are underestimated.  It's a really great position to be in. Strictly speaking on behalf of myself, of course, I find the first match of the night to be the hook:  The match that grabs the crowd and reels them in for an exciting night.  To be positioned in the top spot is a wonderful opportunity to get the crowd ready for whatever is about to play out.  For me, it's like popping open a can of soda that has already been shaken. The crowd is amped.  So, does one effervesce or fizzle out? Paul Burchill and The Hurricane hardly fizzled or flattened in their opening match on ECW Tuesday night.  Burchill is highly intense and dishes out high voltage shots that can be felt in neighboring counties. Katie Lea jumped onto the apron in an attempt to assist her brother but it backfired. The Hurricane took advantage of the mayhem and pinned the Ripper. Will we ever get to know the true identity of The Hurricane? It's a mystery that needs a good sleuth. Are you game?

Shelton Benjamin & Sheamus barely got along long enough to defeat the team of Yoshi Tatsu and Goldust.  The Gold Standard grabbed the win (didn't say "stole") and Sheamus was none too happy about it. In fact, The Celtic Warrior attacked Benjamin because he felt he should've been the one to get the victory.  Shelton is becoming more and more impetuous and surprising and you know what? I LOVE it! 

Someone has been eating his WOO WOO Wheaties! There seems to be a relentless frustration building up in Zack Ryder. He's a jackal in the ring with a ruthless aggression that is the complete opposite from his personality out of the ring.  If he can keep the two traits separate he'll WOO is way to the top.

I marvel at the fact that Vladimir Kozlov can become a human battering ram. If the ring posts could talk I bet they'd be screaming when Kozlov enters the ring.  Ezekiel Jackson has a passion for working the lower back and kidney areas and brings business to hospitals all across the globe. William "Bill" Regal takes delight and solace in his dignitaries' medieval manner to brutalize opponents.  All in all, I'd say it's a great trio of terror.  However, the match did get chaotic and unfortunately, it was Christian and Tommy Dreamer who became the punished. 

Will we be privy to popular uprising at Breaking Point and be forced to dine at the Regal Roundtable Banquet?  Or, will Christian gather the troops to storm the castle and seize control once more?  Any way you slice it, I'm totally going to be a witness to this revolutionary event! 

Now, where can I buy a pipe and a note pad for my sleuth duties?

Flawless