Howdy my WWE friends. I haven’t blogged in a while. Mainly because I haven’t had much to say on the going-ons (is that right...) in the WWE. But after watching ECW tonight and the past month...I just wanna talk about ECW.

Before I get to all of that, though...I’d like to mention the new WWE Encyclopedia. If you haven’t gotten it yet, you totally should. It is awesome! My sister got it and I spent forever looking at it and reminiscing about the old days. Man, there is so much that I had forgotten and this encyclopedia brought it all back. I love it! So, again...if you haven’t bought it yet...WHAT THE HECK ARE YA WAITING FOR!? Hehe

Anywho...before I get to ECW, I wanna quickly mention the ending of RAW this week. I mean....WOW! It was definitely intense! I was already excited about the match at Wrestlemania between Triple H and Randy Orton but now I am beyond excited! I can so tell that this is gonna be a match to see!!!!

Now...ECW...is it just me, or has ECW gotten AMAZING!? I mean, it is seriously my favorite wrestling show now! The talent that is on that show is freakin’ crazy!!! With the returning Christian..to the newly healed Evan Bourne to Jack Swagger, Tyson Kidd (who I am really starting to LOVE) and John Morrison! WOW!!! Amazing talent!

Tonight’s show started with John Morrison (accompanied by The Miz and Nikki Bella) vs Primo Colon (accompanied by Carlito and Brie Bella). Okay, usually I hate when they have repeat matches. Like every week the same people wrestle each other. But I love seeing these guys together! The four of them are amazing with each other! It is always entertaining! And this week was no exception. As Morrison, Miz and Nikki were going to leave the match, Teddy Long comes out to announce that the Tag Team Unified Title match at Wrestlemania will be a Lumberjack match. So, it looks like they are trying to make sure everyone gets to go to Wrestlemania 25. Hehe That’s cool though. It’ll be interesting. :)

The final inductee into the 2009 WWE Hall of Fame was announced: Howard Finkel!!! That is so great! I am so happy for him. Watching that little video showing his history in the WWE, I seriously got all teary-eyed. I’m not even kidding. Hehe This year has an amazing selection of inductees. I am looking forward to seeing the Hall of Fame as much as I am about Wrestlemania! :)

The next match was a tag match with ECW Champion, Jack Swagger teaming up with Tyson Kidd vs Tommy Dreamer and EVAN BOURNE! I’m still thrilled that he is back!!!! I was really excited to see Tyson and Evan wrestle each other because, like Michael Cole said, they have very similar styles. I love them both! :) I still don’t understand the hair but because he is such an awesome wrestler, I think I can let it slide. :) Anyway...the match ends when Evan hits Tyson with his PERFECT Shooting Star Press. I swear, no one does it better! :)

Last segment of the night was MVP’s VIP Lounge with his guests, all the participants in this years Money in the Bank match at Wrestlemania. Each has their turn to say that they will win the match. It got interesting to me when MVP said that the only one to not voice his opinion yet was Kane. When he asked Kane if he had any thoughts about their upcoming match, Kane just laughed his sinister little laugh and slowly put his arms in the air... then down real fast...BOOM! The fire shoots out of the ring posts. This was the first time in a long time that him doing that, gave me chills. :)

Wrestlemania 25 is shaping up to be pretty great. However, there are a couple of matches that I am not all that interested to see. The one I am really looking forward to the most is the 25 Diva Battle Royal to determine “Miss Wrestlemania”. I can’t wait to see Divas from the past return for this historical match! All I have to say is, this better be a good match and not end in like 2 minutes like a regular Divas match. Oh and for those of you who check out all these wrestling sites and somehow know who some of the returning Divas are...please, please...PLEASE DO NOT TELL ME! I want to be surprised! It’s much more fun and exciting that way. It has taken a lot of strength from me to not go and see if I can find out but I want to be surprised. So, again....PLEASE DO NOT TELL ME ANY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Okay...going through the list of matches at WM....I want to see Triple H vs Randy Orton . From the looks of the past few weeks...this match is going to be brutal! I can’t wait! :) John Cena vs Edge vs Big Show for the World Heavyweight title...eh...I’m not sure that I really care too much about this one.  JBL vs Rey Mysterio for the Intercontinental Championship...really? They really haven’t lead up to this match...it’s like they just threw it in there. All I know is JBL keeps saying that he is going to do something BIG. I hope it is interesting...I mean, it is Wrestlemania 25, after all. Jeff Hardy vs Matt Hardy in an Extreme Rules match. They were friggin’ “Team Xtreme”....of course this one is gonna rock! :) The Unified Tag Team Championship Lumberjack Match...this one is really interesting to me! They have finally put two deserving teams together and for a match to take all! I cannot wait!!!! It’s about time they have the tag titles mean something!!!! :) Shawn Micheals vs Undertaker. Okay this one is hard. I LOVE Shawn Michaels and the Undertaker but I really hope that the Undertaker wins! He can’t have his WM winning streak beaten!!! It’ll be so upsetting! I hope Taker wins this one. Money in the Bank....usually my favorite match but they have Mark Henry in it! Ugh...I don’t like him at all. He is so undeserving for a chance at a title. He is so boring to me. I hope Christian wins this one. But we’ll see. :) Chris Jericho vs WWE Legends, Roddy Piper, Jimmy Snuka and Ricky Steamboat with Ric Flair in their corner. Weirdly enough, I am really not interested in this match at all. I think it’d be cooler to see Jericho fight Stone Cold Steve Austin! I mean, he will be a “Legend” the night before Wrestlemania. :) Man, could you imagine.................................sorry....I was watching it in my head. Hehe

So, I just realized that I wrote more than I expected to and if you sat though and read all of this...THANKS A MILLION! You rock...sorry for rambling for so long. I get carried away sometimes. :)

Hello again WWE Fan Nation friends. I know it’s called “WWE Universe” now but I like “Fan Nation” better. Anyway...so, I am going to talk about my thoughts on last night’s pay-per-view.

First match of the night was the WWE Championship Elimination Chamber match. At first, I didn’t understand why they were having this match first. Not only because it was an Elimination Chamber match but because of the people involved, I thought it was the better of the two. But at the end of the night it made sense with Edge winning the World Title in the other Chamber match. Anyway, this first match was really good. Poor Jeff, though. After eliminating Edge, (pause for a huge laugh!!!!) Koslov and then Big Show took turns beating on Jeff. He took it like a champ though. :) Undertaker looked like he was going to go nuts being the last one in the pods. I love Undertaker and all but why the heck did he have to eliminate JEFF!!! I know it’s every man for himself but I love Jeff!!!! :( Last two men in the ring were Undertaker and Triple H. I like Triple H but I am starting to get bored at seeing him as champion. I’d love the Undertaker to be champ again and actually get to keep it this time!!! But I guess they are waiting for Wrestlemania to let Undertaker be champ.

Next up was the match I was looking most forward to seeing, Shane vs Orton. I love Shane McMahon! He is so cool. This was a great match! Even though Shane lost, he put up a good fight and I think he did “avenge” his father.

Next up was the most boring match ever! Jack Swagger vs Finlay for the ECW title. I mean, this is for the “ECW TITLE”. Shouldn’t it be a special kind of match. Like an extreme rules match or something? Does ECW even stand for “Extreme” anymore? Judging from last night’s match, I’d say no. Finlay lost this match mainly because I think he kept getting distracted by Hornswoggle. I think they may do something with that. We’ll see. Anyway, I really didn’t think this match was built up enough to be pay-per-view worthy. I hope they don’t pull something like for Wrestlemania. But it looks like the returning Christian may have a title match soon! That should be interesting!

Coming into the pay-per-view I wasn’t really interested in the Shawn Michaels vs JBL match. But it ended up being really good! Not that I am against Michaels winning this match but shouldn’t it have been a disqualification since Rebecca hit JBL? Which was awesome, by the way! Anyway, it was really good to see Michaels happy again when he embraced his wife after his victory. I got chills when they showed Rebecca’s reaction after Shawn won! :) Looks like things are looking up for the Heartbreak Kid!!! :)

Last match was the World Championship Elimination Chamber match. It was also the most shocking match of the night. As Kofi Kingston made his way to the chamber, he was attacked from behind by Edge. This led to Edge stealing Kofi’s spot in the Chamber match. Once I knew they were going to allow Edge to participate, I knew he was going to end up winning. I thought it would’ve been really funny to see Edge get quickly eliminated in this match too. Or I wish they would have had all the other participants gang up on Edge and eliminate him. But no!!! On another note...I actually thought Mike Knox did pretty good in this match. But I still don’t see him as a big threat. Last two in this match were Rey Mysterio and Edge. I was really hoping that Rey would win but like I said before, as soon as Edge was put into the match, I knew he’d end up winning. But the big question is...Is Edge going to RAW or does Smackdown now have two Heavyweight Champions? But if Edge does get sent to RAW, what does this do to his relationship with Vickie? Hmm....or will he stay on Smackdown and Triple H go to RAW? So many HUGE questions that I can’t wait to know the answers to. So, given that..I think No Way Out was a very successful pay-per-view!

The only problem I had with the pay-per-view though, was there was no Divas match!!! I mean, if they want the Women’s and Diva’s Titles to have any credibility...they need to start doing something differently! For one....let them actually have matches and good storylines! Hopefully they’ll have a good one at Wrestlemania and I don’t mean some stupid “Playboy Bunnies Match” or “Pillows” match or something stupid like that! An actual competitive wrestling match!!! We’ll just see what happens.

So, that was my thoughts on No Way Out...what’s yours?

Happy 2009 everyone! I think this is my first blog of 2009. First off I want to say thanks to all the awesome people I have met on here! (Dean, Legion 2.0, Rob, Steve Barnes, Jonny Danger and MANY MORE!!!) It’s great to have so many cool people to talk to about wrestling!

Well, it’s been a big week in the WWE. Stephanie McMahon firing Chris Jericho. Not all that important to me because I am sure he’ll be back soon. He’s too good and popular to really be fired.

CM Punk got another chance at the Intercontinental Championship this week but was disqualified after he accidently hit Regal with a low blow. This was kinda dumb and boring, in my opinion. But we hear later that next week, Punk and Regal will have another match and this time it’ll be No Disqualification. Hope that is a good one.

I was getting excited because it looked like the WWE was giving the Divas more time on camera and bigger storylines. Well, this was up until this week’s RAW when it was SUPPOSED to be Beth Phoenix and Jillian vs Kelly and Melina. The match never started because Melina was attacked, AGAIN by Rosa Mendes. After Mendes was taken away by security, Beth and Jillian came out and attacked Melina and Kelly from behind paying special attention to Melina. They didn’t even get to have a match!!!! Grrrrr.....I mean, this is getting ridiculous!!!!

I didn’t really care all that much for the match between Kane and Randy Orton but what was exciting was when Sim Snuka and Manu came out afterwards to tell Cody and Orton that they have brought someone with them. Turns out to be Ted DiBiase. It was a great twist to have DiBiase turn on Manu and Snuka and joining Orton and Rhodes. I didn’t see that coming and it was the first time I was interested to see all of them. :) What would make all of this more interesting would be for Manu and Snuka to bring in another 2nd Generation superstar to add to their little “group”. Interesting?

On to ECW...I missed most of ECW because I was a little busy. I missed the whole first match with DJ Gabriel and Alicia Fox vs Katie Lea and Paul Burchill. Can anyone tell me if this was a good match?  

Tommy Dreamer comes out in a suit and tie and tells us that if he doesn’t win the ECW title by June 6th, he is going to retire! I think this brought a little more attention to Dreamer. I’m not sure if he will win the title again but I’d really like to see Tommy Dreamer as the ECW Champion one more time, even if it isn’t a long title run.

We see Boogeyman fighting another jobber. Boring! I don’t like Boogeyman one bit! They keep Boogeyman but released Kevin Thorn? I’m all confused! Aren’t they looking for talent? Oh well. What’s done is done, I guess. I really hate seeing Boogeyman putting worms in his mouth and chewing them up! I mean, isn’t that some sort of animal cruelty? I’m just saying!

Last match of the night is ECW Champion vs the undefeated Jack Swagger. I really didn’t think that Matt was going to lose this match! Unfortunately, I was wrong! :( Jack Swagger as the new ECW Champion? Even though I like Matt like a million times more...I think Swagger is fit to be ECW Champion. Hopefully this won’t be Hardy’s last time as Champion!
                                        
Now on to Smackdown....where do I even start? There are three main things I want to talk about from last night’s Smackdown. First thing is about the first match of the night. New ECW Champion Jack Swagger and Mark Henry vs Matt Hardy and Finlay. Not much I want to say about the match...just that I don’t understand with a perfectly good full roster of Smackdown Superstars, there is a match consisting of all ECW wrestlers!? I still don’t understand it? Oh well.

Next thing I want to talk about was Jeff Hardy! So, this storyline is getting almost ridiculous, huh? I’m still not sure whether ir not I think it is a good idea. I think they may be taking it a little too far but WWE is used to taking things to the limit. I guess it is pretty entertaining but I’m still not sure how I feel about it.

The last and most important thing I want to talk about it Victoria. So, one of the last real female wrestlers is now gone from the WWE! It was completely unexpected and I have to say that I am completely bummed out! Usually if someone were to ask me who my favorite Diva is, I’d probably say Melina but after looking back at Victoria’s awesome career, I’d have to say Victoria was my favorite! She was in some of the best Diva Hardcore matches with Trish Stratus, she was in a pretty great cage match with Lita and she was even in that Hair vs Hair match with Molly Holly! Not to mention, she was also a 2 time WWE Women’s Champion! She has been through some great matches and great feuds and I just can’t believe that she is no longer with the WWE. Also, she lost her last match to Michelle McCool. Yeah, it helped further the storyline of a heel McCool but this was Victoria’s last match for crying out loud!!! Last night’s match showed the Victoria that I will always miss and love! The no-nonsense, brutal, athletic, “She ain’t the lady to mess with” Victoria. I was really bummed that we didn’t get to see The Widow’s Peak one last time. :( Well, all I can say is I really hope this isn’t the end for Victoria. She has so much talent! A lot more than most of the other Divas.

Anyway, that’s my take on this week in the WWE. What did you think?

Well, if you saw RAW last night, I’m sure you enjoyed it! I know I did. The best part of last night’s RAW was the return of Trish Stratus! But I’ll get more into that later.

To start off the show, we have Kane accompanied to the ring by a scared looking Kelly Kelly. Kane says that he was told by Stephanie McMahon to apologize to Kelly for his actions last week. But that he also wanted an apology from her for “leading him on”. I kinda like this Kelly/Kane thing. It’s a good way to have Kane back in the spotlight. Also, it’s a good way for them to use Kelly without having her wrestle. I like Kelly and all but she’s been used like EVERY week for the longest time and I just want to see something new.

First match of the night was Kane vs HBK. The winner of this match would be the first to go on to a Fatal Four Way Elimination match next week on RAW. I liked this Shawn Michaels, cheery...happy, almost hyper. Almost his “DX” self, if that makes any sense. It was a pretty good match with HBK coming out victorious.

Next match that I want to mention was a Divas Tag Team with Mickie James teaming up with Melina to face Jillian and Layla. For a while there, I forgot that Layla was a wrestler. It looks like she has been training. She tried some new moves but it’s obvious she still needs to work on them. But I give her an “A” for effort. Haha Just kidding. If I really was grading her, I think I’d give her a “B” for effort. I think it was a great idea to make Melina a face and teaming her with Mickie. They work so well together! They make a great team! I love Melina! She is definitely one of the top Divas! And her new finisher, “Last Call” is the coolest thing I have seen from a Diva in a LONG time!!! She gets a win for her team by pinning Jillian after the “Last Call”!

Next up was JBL vs Rey Mysterio...winner going on to RAW next week in the Fatal Four Way. I thought this match was okay to watch only because of Rey Mysterio. I love Rey but as most of you know, I can’t stand JBL! Ugh! Not at all! Anyway, the match ended when HBK ran down to the ring to stop Rey from hitting JBL with the 619, only to punch JBL in the face. This led to Rey being disqualified. So, this is how I think JBL is going to end up winning the match next week. Using Michaels! Grrrr.....Shawn is so much better than that!

Randy Orton won his match by forfeit as Batista was unable to compete because of the kick to his head last week by Orton. So, next up was CM Punk vs Chris Jericho to find the last competitor for next week. This match was pretty great. Both Punk and Jericho are fun to watch. They are fast-paced and both do quite a bit of high-flying! Just my kind of match! :) Jericho won the match after hitting Punk with the Codebreaker.  Now next week, we will see JBL vs Randy Orton vs Shawn Michaels vs Chris Jericho. With the way things are going between JBL and HBK and after what Shawn did to help JBL win his match against Rey, I think JBL will use him again to win the Fatal Four Way next week.

Last match of the night was Glamarella vs John Cena and TRISH STRATUS!!!!! AHHHHH! I couldn’t believe it! I heard that she’d probably make an appearance because they were in Toronto but we were all treated to seeing Trish wrestle!!!! After 2 years, she doesn’t look like she has lost a step! She was fantastic! Even though this was a tag team match, it felt like the match was dominated by Trish and Beth. It was good to see Divas main eventing for a change, even if it was a “one night only” for Trish.  I just wish it was a real return!

So, great RAW in my opinion. What did you think?

Hello all WWE Fans! Just like the title of my blog, I am going to talk about how "Pretty Freakin' Great" RAW was last night. I love 3 Hour editions of RAW because something interesting usually happens! Nothing in particular stands out about last night's RAW but the show as a whole was pretty great. I do have to mention though, that I only got 6 out 14 Slammies right. :( But I still liked the show. :)

First award of the night was Tag Team of the Year. The winners, who I picked to win...hehe...were John Morrison and The Miz. I really don't care what anyone says about them, I think they are a great tag team.  In all honesty, I think the team is carried by Morrison but you can't forget that The Miz has improved so much since he started. I mean, really! After their acceptance of the award, Morrison went one-on-one with CM Punk in the Semi-Finals of the Intercontinental Championship Tournament. I knew from the beginning that this match was going to be quite interesting because both Morrison and Punk are phenomenal athletes! After a while though, this match was a little difficult to watch when Punk fell awkwardly on his ankle. It looked very reminiscent to Evan Bourne's fall that has him out of action for a number of weeks. CM Punk not only finished the match, he won! He goes to the finals at Armageddon.

RANDOM NOTE: Next was a John Cena promo. Usually I cannot stand to watch Cena's promos but this one was great and quite hilarious! :)

Candice Michelle and Cryme Tyme presented the second award of the night, Best Finishing Maneuver of the Year. Other than Undertaker's Hell's Gate, I had no doubt that this award would go to EVAN BOURNE's Shooting Star Press! I mean, not only is this move amazing to watch and quite dangerous, Bourne makes it look flawless! So congrats to Evan Bourne...before Mike Knox came out to take the award. Grrr....cut your beard, MAN!

Seriously, Charlie Haas is the MAN! This week he comes out as "MVC" (Most Valuable Charlie) to face MVP. I couldn't believe it, Charlie Haas, or MVC I should say...beat MVP! Congrats! haha... speaking of winning, another Congrats is in order to Charlie Haas on snagging a Slammy for Best Impersonation as "The Glamahaas". I bet Charlie was worried he might not win that one. HAHA

Extreme Moment of the Year was presented by Matt Hardy and Tiffany to The Charasmatic Enigma, Jeff Hardy for his Swanton off the RAW set back in January! I totally wanted that one to win! Jeff Hardy then goes to the ring to face Chris Jericho. This match was also pretty great. Just like the Punk/Morrison match, I knew this was going to be good because they too are awesome! Near the end was the best part of the match when signature moves were flying all over the place. Hardy's Swanton Bomb to Jericho's Lionsault...Whisper in the Wind, attempted Twist of Fate...only to end with Jericho hitting Hardy with the Codebreaker. Even though Hardy lost, I thought this was a great match.

Kane and Kelly were out next to present the Couple of the Year Slammy to Edge and Vickie...UGH! Are you kidding me!? I seriously thought Glamarella had this won! SIDE NOTE: Who else noticed Milena Roucka in the crowd for the 3rd week in a row holding a sign for the Glamazon? :) Oh, and whatever happened to the storyline of the "cheating Edge"? Ugh, I so thought Edge and Vickie were over! Seriously, what more can they gain with this stupid "relationship". Santino and Beth did come out to express their anger over not winning Couple of the Year. They challenged any of the nominees for that award. Finlay and Hornswoggle accepted. Honestly, I didn't pay much attention to this match. After it though, Melina and Teddy Long came out to present Diva of the Year. I thought it deservingly (is that a word) went to Beth Phoenix. Although, I hoped Mickie would win it.  Beth made her way to accept her award after dropping Santino (HAHA). She said a short llittle acceptance speech only to turn around and push Melina. After stepping out of her heels, Melina attacked Beth where she accidentally pushed Beth into Santino where she hit him in a "certain place" that made his voice REALLY high and made him want to throw up! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Next up Alicia Fox and Joey Styles presented CM Punk with the "OMG Moment of the Year" for when he cashed in Money in the Bank and became World Heavyweight Champion. I seriously thought John Cena's surprise return at the Royal Rumble was going to win that. At least I remember thinking "OMG" when that happened. Hehe. Punk tells the fans that he will sure have more moments that make us say...he goes backstage and pulls Joey Styles back out and repeats what he said. After a little pushing and reminding Joey that they were in Philly, Joey Styles yells "OH MY GOD!" :)

Next was the other Semi-Final Match in the IC Championship Tournament. This time we see Rey Mysterio vs Kofi Kingston. Jerry Lawler described this match perfectly..."fast and furious". Rey wins and goes on to face CM Punk at Armageddon.

Eve and MRRRRRRRR.....KENNEDYYYYY...are out next to present Match of the Year.  HBK accepted the award for his match with Ric Flair at Wrestlemania 24 which in my opinion, definitely was Match of the Year! JBL came out halfway through Shawn Michael's speech and takes the award. HBK stands there looking ashamed. I really don't like this HBK/JBL thing. I guess it's because I really don't like JBL. Nobody likes a bully, you jerk!

What was supposed to be Batista vs Triple H turned into a match teaming up The Animal with The Game to a hanicapped 2 on 3 match against Cody Rhodes, Manu and Randy Orton. Unfortunately, I was distracted and didn't get to see most of this match but I know Orton, Rhodes and Manu won.

Surprise, surprise...The DAMN! Moment was presented by Ron Simmons accompanied by Mickie James. I was bummed to see Khali Kiss cam win the award because Santino attempting Melina's entrance certainly was hilarious to me and I'm sure it had a lot of people saying "DAMN!" haha Before it was all over, Jillian was out there singing a horrible version of Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On", Kung Fu Naki and Howard Finkel also joined to start waving in unison to Jillian's song. They were also then joined by Sgt. Slaughter and "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan. But the thing most people probably remember was when Khali and Mickie walked up to each other and he picked her up and kissed. Not only did they kiss, it was a whole lot of making out! First Eve, then Mickie James....Khali must be pretty happy!

Next match of the night was Slammy Award winner for Best Musical Performance, R-Truth to face Dolph Ziggler.  Just an okay match. Oh, and I don't care how many times he introdues himself as "Dolph Ziggler"...he'll always be "Nicky" from the Spirit Squad to me! haha

Last Slammy of the night was presented by Stephanie McMahon. Superstar of the Year went to Chris Jericho. I was sure he'd win this one. I was really hoping Jeff Hardy would win but I guess his 60-day Suspension earlier this year didn't help him.

John Cena faced Edge in a Champion vs Champion match. I was glad to see Edge actually wrestle this time and not have someone jump in the ring on Vickie's orders. I thought he did really good. The match ended when Jericho ran down and Cena jumped out of the ring and attacked him. A few seconds later, Triple H ran down and attacked Edge followed by Jeff Hardy! I just love it when there is chaos in the ring! Before RAW went off the air, Edge had been chased to the top of the entrance ramp, Jeff was standing between the ring and the entrance ramp and Triple H stood in the ring. I hope this isn't a kind of foreshadowing meaning Triple H will stand tall at Armageddon and win the WWE Title.  I really, really REALLY want to see Jeff Hardy win! Hasn't he gone long enough trying to win it? People are going to get tired of seeing him try. They should just let him have it already! I really think he deserves it!

Anyway, great Slammy Award edition of RAW! The award show portion of the night was quite entertaining, even if everyone I wanted to win, didn't. Also, the matches were very good. On a scale from 1-10...I think I'd give the show a 9. Pretty great but not perfect. I'm not even sure what I'd consider a perfect show. But anyway, that is what I thought of RAW last night, what did you think?