Saturday, November 7, 2009, 03:39 PM EST
[General]
"The WWE's Fall classic, Survivor Series is just almost 2 weeks away, and the Undertaker came out at the start of last night's Smackdown recalling his history in the WWE. I'm sure that a lot of you would remember the first time that you saw him, which was at the 1990 Survivor Series, introduced by the Million Dollar Man, Ted Dibiase and was managed by Brother Love. The Undertaker was telling the WWE Universe that many superstars was vanquished by the likes of the Undertaker, but Chris Jericho wasn't impressed at all as he was telling the Undertaker his own self centered views.
"Jericho paid for running his big mouth as the Undertaker gave him would could very well be a taste of what could be in store for him at Survivor Series when the Undertaker gave Jericho a huge boot to the face, and next week we could see a preview of the upcoming Triple Threat Match for the World Heavyweight Championship, as for the first time next week on Smackdown, it will be Chris Jericho going one on one with The Undertaker.
"I think that everybody in the WWE Universe has been wondering since last week, what could possibly be going through the mind of Rey Mysterio after he tried to reason with Batista when he refused to listen? Last night, Josh Matthews was talking to him about their upcoming match at Survivor Series in which Mysterio and Batista is to go at it one on one.
"Mysterio was talking in Spanish and after he was done, Mysterio had a message for Batista, and that was that he didn't know what has gotten into him, but at Survivor Series, he is going to get it all out, and at Survivor Series, he was going to see a side of Mysterio that we all never knew existed.
"Last night, Mysterio had a match against the very big and dangerous Mike Knox, and based upon what Mysterio said to Mathews, I honestly thought that we were going to see that side against Knox, which would be a message sent to the Animal. Knox used brute force and power against Mysterio, but Mysterio with all the willpower and everything that Mysterio has in him, put away Knox with the 619, gets the win and not only that, he has gained a lot of momentum going into Survivor Series.
"Now we know what Mysterio said, but Batista's response was no different. He told Matthews that he is on Smackdown for one reason and one reason only, and that was to become the World Heavyweight Champion, and not to make friends, even if it means having to go through guys like Mysterio at Survivor Series, and Matt Hardy, which he had a match with last night. Batista was still blaming Mysterio for him not winning the World Heavyweight Championship at Bragging Rights.
"Batista and Matt Hardy had their match last night, after Hardy felt the Animal's wrath last week when he shoved him into the chain linked fence. Based upon what I saw last night, the Animal has a new mean streak in him, one that says that he will do anything, and I do mean anything to become the World Heavyweight Champion, and he showed that last night against Hardy who won by disqualification after the Animal sent him into the announce table and nailed him with a TV monitor. The Animal walks alone and that is now a proven fact.
"6 Man Tag Team action was about to take place as Dolph Ziggler and the Hart Dynasty took on Cryme Tyme and the Intercontinental Champion, John Morrison.
"Morrison and Tyson Kidd were going at it, and Morrison was favoring the right side of his ribcage that he injured during the match, but he didn't let that stop him as he was continuing to clean house with Kidd. Morrison could have went for a cover, but instead David Hart Smith was tagged in, and he goes to work on Morrison. Morrison countered and gave Smith a flying scissors kick off the top rope.
"Morrison tags in Shad, and Morrison flies over the top rope and lands on both Ziggler and Kidd. Inside the ring, however, Shad and David Hart Smith were going at it toe to toe. As they were going at it inside the ring, outside the ring, Morrison and Ziggler were going at it, and Ziggler dropped Morrison on the railing.
"Ziggler had himself tagged in, but Shad was not aware of it as he tried to put away Smith with Thugnificent, as Ziggler came from behind and nailed Shad with the ZigZag to get the win.
"Next week on Smackdown, it will be John Morrison defending the Intercontinental Championship against Dolph Ziggler.
"Now I want to say this: during the Summer, it was booked for Ziggler to win the Intercontinental Championship from Rey Mysterio at Night of Champions and back at Summerslam, but it didn't happen because the WWE BTS people felt that it can really work well with the Morrison/Ziggler rivalry and with that being said, I'm so looking forward to next week's Intercontinental Championship match.
"Speaking of people becoming champions, Drew McIntyre was up to his old tricks. At first, it was looking like his match against Jimmy Wang Yang was going to be another no contest, and the reason was, he attacked him before the match got started, because he wants better competiton, a-la Vladimir Kozlov when he was on Smackdown.
"But Yang told the referee to ring the bell, and McIntyre came back in the ring before the 10 count and continued his assault and getting the 3 count, making him the winner of the match.
'All I'm going to say about this next match is, the Glamazon continues to show the WWE Universe that her wrestling career is back on track after she made quick work of her opponent, Brittany Carter.
"CM Punk has to be a very unhappy man after last night. He was in action against R-Truth, and guess what? Scott Armstrong was the referee.
"What a good match this was. Punk set himself up for yet another loss when he was continuing to demand that Armstrong does his job in Punk's favor. Toward the end of the match, Punk went for a cover and only got a 2 count, and Punk told Armstrong to count faster.
"This distraction allowed Truth to roll up Punk from behind, and Armstrong did what he was told and made a fast 3 count with Punk's shoulders to the mat."
Pretty cool stuff, and I can't wait for next week's shows in the UK, especially this Monday's RAW with Ricky "The Hitman" Hatton. See you for tomorrow's Top 50 Countdown!:D
1. Miley Cyrus- Party in The USA 2. Lady GaGa- Paparazzi 3. Colbie Calliat- Fallin' For You 4. Jay Sean f/ Lil' Wayne- Down 5. Jason DeRulo- Whatcha Say 6. Tokio Hotel- Automatic 7. Cascada f/ Culprit- Evacuate The Dancefloor 8. Dead By Sunrise- Crawl Back In 9. David Guetta f/ Akon- Sexy Chick 10. Kelly Clarkson- Already Gone 11. Owl City- Fireflies 12. Black Eyed Peas- Meet Me Halfway 13. Jay-Z f/Rihanna and Kanye West- Run This Town 14. Ester Dean f/ Chris Brown- Drop It Low 15. Muse- Uprising 16. T.I- Hell of A Life 17. Taylor Swift- Fifteen 18. Micheal Frenti and Spearhead- Say Hey (I Love You) 19. Bon Jovi- We Weren't Born To Follow 20. Adam Lambert- Time For Miracles 21. Black Eyed Peas- I Gotta Feeling 22. Shinedown- If You Only Knew 23. Jordin Sparks- SOS (Let The Music Play) 24. Rob Thomas- Someday 25. Foo Fighters- Wheels 26. Alicia Keys- Doesn't Mean Anything 27. Green Day- 21 Guns 28. Skillet- Monster 29. Britney Spears- 3 (NEW) 30. John Mayer- Who Says 31. Green Day- 21st Century Breakdown 32. Beyonce- Sweet Dreams (Beautiful Nightmare) 33. Leona Lewis- Happy (NEW) 34. Jeremih- Imma Star 35. Backstreet Boys- Straight Through My Heary 36. Chris Brown f/ Lil' Wayne- I Can Transform Ya (NEW) 37. Snoop Dogg- Gangsta Luv (NEW) 38. Sean Kingston- Face Drop 39. Carrie Underwood- Cowboy Casanova (NEW) 40. Creed- Rain (NEW) 41. Morningwood- Best Of Me 42. All Time Low- Damned If I Do Ya, Damned If I Don't 43. Breaking Benjamin- I Will Not Bow (RETURN) 44. Justin Beiber- One Time 45. P!nk- I Don't Believe You 46. Micheal Buble- Haven't Met You Yet 47. Norah Jones- Chasing Pictures (NEW) 48. Birdman- Money To Blow (NEW) 49. Train- Hey, Soul Sister (RETURN) 50. Five For Fighting- Chances
Saturday, October 31, 2009, 04:38 PM EST
[General]
After Bragging Rights this past Sunday in which Smackdown proved that they were the better brand in the WWE, one would have to think that Smackdown General Manager Teddy Long would be off probation. At the start of last night's Smackdown, he was bragging (pardon the expression) about Team Smackdown's victory.
"As he was continuing to talk about Team Smackdown's victory, here comes Chris Jericho with the Bragging Rights trophy, telling Long that he was the one that carried Team Smackdown to victory at Bragging Rights all by himself and that he should be the one getting a crack at The Undertaker for the World Heavyweight Championship at Survivor Series.
"But Jericho who as always, was letting his ego get the best of him, has to realize that he had a co-captain in the Big Red Monster, Kane. And he too made claim that he should challenge The Undertaker at Survivor Series for the World Heavyweight Championship, and just as Kane was ready to chokeslam Jericho, Long stopped him and told them that if Raw was going to have a Triple Threat Match for the WWE Championship, then Smackdown should have a Triple Threat match for the World Heavyweight Championship, so Long made a match between Chris Jericho and Kane and the winner would get the 3rd slot in Smackdown's Triple Threat match.
"But that didn't sit right with CM Punk, who has been so hellbent on getting back the World Heavyweight Championship ever since he lost it to The Undertaker back at Hell in a Cell. And After last week's plan backfired in order to get back the World Heavyweight Championship, Punk was furious as ever, so just when he demanded another World Heavyweight Championship match, Vince McMahon told him no. But he did something else, and that's put Punk in a match against referee Scott Armstrong.
"OMG, here we go with another Charles Robinson situation from last year, and from back when Kurt Angle was the Smackdown General Manager.
"I will say this, Armstrong was not ready to back down from Punk as he was hitting him with some good punches. As I was watching this match, it brings to mind if he ever had a boxing background. But it wasn't enough as Punk was fighting back, leaving Armstrong at his mercy as well as putting him away with the GTS.
"Back to the main event, in which Chris Jericho took on Kane with the winner getting a spot in the Triple Threat match at Survivor Series. Kane had the size and weight advantage going into this match, and not to mention the fact he is the Undertaker's Brother, so he knows him better than any WWE Superstar.
"But in the end, it was Chris Jericho that made a comeback and put away the Big Red Monster with a Codebreaker to get the win, and at Survivor Series it will be the Undertaker defending the World Heavyweight Championship against Chris Jericho and the Big Show, and I'm wondering if there will be a lot more friction among the Unified WWE Tag Team Champions leading up to Survivor Series. We will have to see as the weeks progress in the WWE.
"2 weeks ago, Matt Hardy had a match against Eric Escobar for a spot on Team Smackdown, but last week, if you remember, all of that changed, and that's all I got to say about that.
"Last night, Hardy and Escobar had their rematch, and did you see Vickie Guerrero's (blech!) costume, calling herself Princess Vickie Guerrero? I call her the wicked witch of World Wrestling Entertainment.
"Hardy and Escobar were in a hard fought match last night, and despite getting his knee injured by Escobar, Matt Hardy fought back and handed him his first singles defeat.
"Drew McIntyre has to have a huge head on his shoulders. Anybody would have a huge head on his shoulders if Vince McMahon signs you to either Raw or Smackdown and says that person will be a future World Champion.
"Drew McIntyre was supposed to have a match last night against Finlay, which was declared a no contest when he attacked Finlay before the match got started. This brutal assault on Finlay was McIntyre's way of saying thattThe party has just begun.
"Even though Team Smackdown won the Bragging Rights trophy, John Morrison was the only one that did not win his Smackdown vs Raw match. But that didn't stop him from doing what he does best against Dolph Ziggler. Ziggler hasn't had a chance at the Intercontinental Championship since Hell In a Cell, and this was a perfect chance for him to get another chance at the title. What another great match this was, and Morrison was once again set to prove why that he is the Guru of Greatness as he went for Starship Pain, but Ziggler exited the ring and Morrison went after Ziggler. Ziggler was using his quick thinking and hid under the announce table to get the win by a count out.
HEADS UP FOR YOU GUYS:
"This Tuesday night on My Network TV, Dolph Ziggler along with Eve and Maria and going to be on a special WWE edition of Deal Or No Deal this Tuesday night at 9/8c on My Network TV.
"Back to Smackdown, in which the whole WWE Universe as well as Rey Mysterio wants an explanation from Batista as to why he did what he did this past Sunday night at Bragging Rights.
"Mysterio was trying to rectify the situation, but the Animal wanted no part of it and demanded that Mysterio leave the ring, but the Master of the 619 wouldn't do it, and once again was trying to make things right again, but again, the Animal refused, and he was the one that walked away.
"Back in the locker room, Matt Hardy confronted the Animal and told him to think about what he was doing. The Animal's response was attacking Matt Hardy and sending him into the chain link fence.
"As a result of this, next week on Friday Night Smackdown, it will be the Animal, Batista taking on Matt Hardy.
"The Glamazon, Beth Phoenix had her first match on Smackdown last night against Jenny Brooks, a local athlete. Let's say this, the way that she handled miss Brooks last night was her way of sending a message to Michelle McCool that she will without a doubt be a threat to her WWE Women's Championship.
"Cryme Tyme hosted a Diva's Halloween Costume Contest, and here is how the Divas were dressed.
Natalya- A Bull Fighter Layla-Micheal Jackson Michelle McCool-The Devil's Advocate Mickie James-Elektra
"After all the Divas were done showing off their costumes, it was Mickie James who was the winner."
"What a week it has been in the WWE so far, coming off a great PPV like Bragging Rights, and last night on WWE Superstars was no exception at all.
"First Match Out Of The gate was From Raw In Which Primo saw action last Night against Jack Swagger. Just Seconds After The Match Got Started The WWE Universe Began Chanting for Primo, so You Know who They Were Rooting For. But During The Match Micheal Cole was saying That He was Talking To Swagger and asked Him about Team Raw's loss at Bragging Rights To Team Smackdown and said That Even Though Team Raw lost, His Undefeated Record He said That He was Going To Have For The Remainder of 2009 is Still Intact Because He was Never Pinned.
"I will say This, last Night's Match was No Easy Task For The Former ECW Champion as Primo was Really Giving Swagger a Great Run For His Money. I Remember a Few Weeks ago on WWE Superstars when Primo was In action against Randy Orton and The way That He was Handling Himself against Him, I Thought To Myself That If Primo keeps It Up, That He is To Going To Get The Push That He Really Deserves. Keep That In Mind, WWE Creative.
"Like I was saying Before, Primo Really Took The Fight To Jack Swagger But In The End It wasn't Enough as Swagger's Plan To Remain Undefeated For The Rest Of 2009 Continues as He Nailed Primo with His Gutwrench Powerbomb To Get The win.
"Also, The Oh So Beautiful Kelly Kelly was In action as She Took On Alicia Fox.
"You May Remember last week The Impressive Victory That she had Over Gail Kim going into Bragging Rights This past Sunday. As a Matter Of Fact I Just Wrote On Her Facebook wall That Someday She will Become WWE Divas Champion.
"I Have Just One More Rant. Who In The Hell was That Dude sitting Ringside That Got a Hug From Her? That is one Lucky Dude.
"Anyway getting back To The Match In which Kelly Kelly was Hoping To Make It 2 Straight Victories In 2 weeks. I mean, She was Really Fighting with all Her Heart against Fox. But unfortunately For Kelly, as she went To Finish Off Fox, She Countered and Put away Kelly with a Hard Hitting Scissors Kick and gets the three count.
"FROM ECW, It was Zack Ryder Taking on Tyler Reks. Now It's Been a while since we have Seen Reks In action and I Think That It is Because Of His lack Of Wrestling ability In The Ring. In fact He was stating on His Twitter Page That he Doesn't Understand why The WWE Universe Calls Him Boring.
MESSAGE FOR TYLER REKS:
"Excuse Me, Mr.Reks, But have You Been watching some of Your own Matches as of late? Yeah, I Think That You, sir, should take a Good Long Look at Those and You'll Understand why That The Whole WWE Universe Thinks You are Boring.
"I Think That It was Time For Him To step It Up as He was In The Ring against Zack Ryder Who Really has Been Making quite a Name For Himself Since Becoming a Singles Wrestler.
"This Match was Considered a Battle Between The East Coast and The West Coast ,With Ryder Starting on The Comeback Trail on Becoming The Number 1 Contender For The ECW Championship. I Will say This, Reks really Gave it his all, But I Think That It is Time For him To Go back To FCW Where he came From, Because He has a lot More Improving To To do as far as His Wrestling ability is Concerned if he wants To Make It To The Top In The WWE.
"Ryder was The winner of The Match as He Put away Reks with The Zack Attack, and is Back On The Road To Once again get a Crack at The ECW Championship.
"From Smackdown, It was The Hart Dynasty and Mike Knox Taking on R-Truth and Cryme Tyme.
"At Bragging Rights, R-Truth and The Hart Dynasty stood tall In their win For Team Smackdown, But last Night, It was a whole Different Story.
"After an Action packed Match That This was and For The last Few Weeks, with Their Respective Partners Tipping The scales in One teams Favor, It was R-Truth's Speed and Agility That's Really Going To send Him To The Top In The WWE, That allowed Him To score The Pinfall over Tyson Kidd and His Hand Raised with Cryme Tyme."
Wednesday, October 28, 2009, 06:31 PM EST
[General]
"President Obama said when he first became president, that it was time for a change, and last night on ECW, there WAS a change, and I'm referring to the change in the ECW Broadcast Team as Byron Saxton joined Josh Mathews on commentary last night. Saxton and Mathews worked together on Florida Championship Wrestling, and from what I saw last night, they really worked very well together.
"At the start of last night's ECW, it was the Abraham Washington Show, and his guest was the ECW General Manager, Tiffany. She talked about how ECW had a huge impact at the Bragging Rights PPV, with such stars as John Morrison, Kofi Kingston and the Miz getting their big break on ECW and that next year, ECW is going to make a bigger impact. Washington brought up the fact about Sheamus being traded to Raw. Tiffany mentioned that if he wanted to leave ECW for good, that was okay with her.
"But he had one more match last night on ECW, and that was with the Gold Standard, Shelton Benjamin. For weeks, Sheamus has been calling Benjamin's WWE career nothing but mediocre. Benjamin has been Intercontinental Champion, United States Champion and WWE Tag Team Champion with Charlie Haas back in 2002. That's a lot more than what I could say about Sheamus. It was one last chance for the Gold Standard to get some payback for everything that he has done to him.
"What a fast paced match this was between these 2 superstars. What the Gold Standard wanted to do was send Sheamus out of ECW with a going away present, and that was sending him to Raw with a huge defeat, but unfortunately, it was the jacked-up Irish Ronald McDonald that Abraham Washington referred to, Sheamus, that came out on top.
"Look out Raw locker room, you have got a huge dose of irish brutality coming at you. Don't take this man lightly.
"Meanwhile, back in the locker room, Rosa Mendes was talking to Gregory Helms about how excited she was to be in ECW, and the 2 were interrupted by Paul Burchill and his sister, Katie Lea
"Let's just say that the Ripper issued a challenge to the Hurricane for next week, and Gregory said that he will be there.
"Meanwhile, back on The Abraham Washington Show, as Tiffany and Abe were talking, they were rudely interrupted by William Regal and his Ruthless Round Table.
"Regal said, and I quote-- 'I implore you give me what I deserve, please give me an ECW Championship match.'
"Tiffany stood her ground and said, and I quote-- 'Mr. Regal, you have repeatedly asked me for an ECW Championship match and my answer has still not changed..... no! You are not getting another ECW Championship match tonight. Perhaps you will never get another ECW Championship Match.
YOU GO, TIFFANY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"This made Regal very very mad, as he was trying to destroy the Abraham Washington show set.
"Yoshi Tatsu is the one that got an ECW Championship match as he defeated Zack Ryder last week, and he was the one that challenged Christian for the title.
"Jake, my friend, I hope that you are reading this, as I say to you that last night's ECW Championship match is worthy of being a match of the year candidate.
"Before the match, Christian told Savanna that Tatsu is worthy of being the number 1 contender, and his work in the ring truly showed That. I mean, Tatsu really took the fight to Christian and I so agree with him when he said that one day, Yoshi Tatsu will be a champion someday, but not last night. Tatsu's high energy effort wasn't enough as Christian put him away with the Killswitch to get the win and retain the ECW Championship.
"Christian in sportsman-like fashion attended to Tatsu, but out of nowhere, here come both Kozlov and Jackson, doing a number on the ECW Champion.
"How is Tiffany going to react to this?"
No idea, but I hope Tiffany takes swift action against Regal's actions next week. More blogging still to come!:D