"First off, I want to say, no, you were not watching Raw last night, and no, you were not watching Smackdown from 1999. It was Micheal Cole and Jerry ''The King'' Lawler  doing Smackdown last night. Reason being, as I was saying this past week in my ECW Blog, Jim Ross is out due to his 3rd Bell's Palsy attack. But if you saw both Smackdown last night and WWE Superstars this past Thursday night, you know that they mentioned that he was just plain under the weather. Yeah, I'll admit that with Jim Ross and the King working together, I was so looking forward to last night's Smackdown.


"At the start of last night's Smackdown, Chris Jericho addressed the whole WWE Universe about he feels that team Smackdown is going to run roughshod over team Raw tommorrow night, but as each member came out individually, including Vickie Guerrero (DAMN!)  it was looking like there was some friction among team Smackdown.(just like there was at the start of Raw last Monday night, HMM!!! go figure) , so co-captains Jericho and Kane put their teammates in a 4 on 5 Tag Team match. Why it was 4 on 5 is because JTG's partner, Shad is out with the flu. [Hey, it's that time of the year] just like Triple H and Shawn Michaels did with their team this past Monday, Jericho and Kane stated that whomever wins will be a part of team Smackdown tomorrow at Bragging Rights.

"Their opponents were the exact same people that they beat to be a part of team Smackdown.

R-Truth
Matt Hardy
Finlay 
The Hart Dynasty


"This match proved how fast things can change, both in the ring and behind the scenes(lol). Towards the end of the match, it appeared that all hell was going to break loose, and it did.


"After JTG was nailed by Finlay's shillieagh and was dropped to the Twist of Fate by Matt Hardy to get the win. Now that Matt Hardy, R-Truth, Finlay and the Hart Dynasty are a part of team Smackdown, I think that now a lot of fans can rest easy and really enjoy this huge 14-man Tag Team match. Personally, Eric Escobar has a lot more proving to do before he could be on a part of a major PPV.



"I'm sure that a lot of you would agree with me when I say that John Morrison was the better half of the Miz and Morrison's Tag Team, and that Morrison can't wait to get his hands on the Miz tomorrow at Bragging Rights.


"Last night on Smackdown however, Morrison had his work cut out for gim against Mike Knox. Morrison needed a great warmup match going into this Sunday, as he was standing toe-to-toe with Knox. Even though Knox gave him a run for his money, in the end, Knox became a victim of Starship Pain as Morrison came out on top.

MESSAGE FOR THE MIZ:

"I so hope that you are ready to get the best beating of your life tomorrow night. I mean, when you beat Marty Jannetty last Monday on Raw, it looked real easy, but tomorrow night for you, Mizzy Jannetty, ain't going to be easy for you. You say you carried Morrison, well I beg o differ. John Morrison carried you, and I'm sure that the whole WWE Universe agrees with me.


"Last week as we all know, Rey Mysterio won his match over The Animal, Batista, but with controversy of Batista's shoulder getting up without the referee seeing it, my question is this, is that referee related to Scott Armstrong?

"Mysterio and Batista were putting last week aside to face both Chris Jericho and Batista.

"Despite what happened last week, I'm sure that the late Eddie Guerrero would be very proud of these 2, especially with the way with how well they were working together as a team.

"The crowd went nuts when the Animal was going to work on the Big Red Monster, but when Mysterio saw that he was in trouble, Mysterio went to help him, but fell victim to Kane's chokeslam. After that,  Kane was speared by the Animal in the end to get the win.


"Mickie James, from what I have been reading on both wrestling-radio.com and Wrestlezone.com, has been taking a lot heat from WWE officials when it came to her work in the ring.


"Before her match last night against Layla, she was in the back talking to WWE Hall of Famer, Mae Young and she was interrupted by the current WWE Women's Champion, Michelle McCool, giving James all kinds of **** about how she is not a part of team Smackdown in that 6 Divas tag match tomorrow at Bragging Rights.


"James told McCool that she was not intimidated and that she was going to be the next WWE Women's Champion.


"If you ask me, I think that James made her message perfectly clear in her match last night against Layla. I think that the WWE BTS people should see that her win last night was an impressive one. So I think that it's time for them to ease up on her and start booking her the right way.


"The main event was the Undertaker defending the World Heavyweight Championship against CM Punk in yet another Submission match with Scott Armstrong as the referee and Smackdown General Manager Teddy Long at ringside.


"I know for a fact that down deep, Teddy Long wanted the Undertaker to win, that way he can right the wrong that took place at Breaking Point.



"Punk was closing in on his 4th title, but when he asked Long to give him the chair, he gave it to Scott Armstrong, and Punk took it away from him, and went after the Undertaker but was caught.


"Then, Undertaker chokeslammed Armstrong which left Long in a great deal of fear. He took a look at Long, and Long runs away, but Punk did a number on the Undertaker with the chair. Punk told Long to get another referee as he applied the Anaconda Vise on the Undertaker, Long told them to ring the bell, but just as soon as another referee came in the ring, the Undertaker countered and applied Hell's Gate on Punk, and Punk tapped out, and the Undertaker is still the World Heavyweight Champion.

"Long had a worried look on his face."

Damn, Bragging Rights is gonna be one hell of a PPV! Have a great night!