"Earlier this week, my friend Jake was saying that the WWE was red hot so far this past week while being over in Jolly Old England. You know something, he was so right on the money, and last night On Friday Night Smackdown showed why it was."
Quick note: Thanks, Rob! WWE has been quite a force these past few days in England for sure.


"CM Punk was being such a crybaby about his loss last week to R-Truth, that he had to complain to the Board Of Directors that he didn't want Scott Armstrong to be the referee in his rematch last night.


"Armstrong made a fast count last week, showing Punk that he is not the boss of him at all. OMG, was my ears bleeding when Punk was going on and on about how he is the choice of a new generation when in truth, he is the choice of a new method of indigestion. Hey Punk, spare me with your bull ****! Okay, you probably have had a wild side in your younger days as well.

"At the start of the match, Punk tried putting R-Truth away with the GTS but Truth countered. You see, Truth was going to hurt Punk, but what Truth said to Punk really didn't matter to him at all, because Punk realized that Scott Armstrong was not the referee and that is why Punk, after attempting another GTS  in which Truth once again countered and dropped down upon him, grabbed the ropes to get the 3 count without the referee seeing it at all.


"That's what you call a Straightedge lifestyle, huh Punk? 

WHATEVER!!


"2 weeks ago on Smackdown, Drew McIntyre was supposed to have a match against Finlay, but it was declared a no-contest when Finlay was attacked. Last night they had their match, which gave Finlay a chance for revenge. You see, ever since Vince McMahon said that McIntyre was going to be a future World Champion in the WWE, and McIntyre has let that go to his head.


"This match last night turned into a heated brawl, and I had a feeling that it was going to. This resulted in both men getting disqualified, but after the match was over, it wasn't done at all. Finlay went and got his trusty shillieagh and was going to nail McIntyre with it, but McIntyre countered that attempt with an effective kick and grabbed the shillieagh and nailed Finlay with it instead.



"Once again, Dolph Ziggler had another chance to win the Intercontinental Championship from John Morrison. Last night, Morrison told Josh Matthews that he can handle the pressure. What a great match this was until they were on the top rope fighting each other until they both fell onto the arena floor, ending this match as a double count out. That right there botched things up for me.

"Next week there is going to be a rematch with 2 out of 3 falls, and let me say that what the WWE couldn't do in this match. They are so going to make up for in next week's match.

"Maybe Ziggler will win the Intercontinental Championship next week. We will have to wait and see how this plays out.



"I really don't know exactly what Michelle McCool and Layla's beef is with Mickie James ever since she traded to Smackdown from Raw. Last night, James had a match last night against Natalya which is rare, if you normally watch Smackdown or WWE Superstars for that matter.


"McCool and Layla was willing to make Mickie's time on Smackdown a very brief one. James' match against Natalya was going in her favor until McCool and Layla came down to the ring with Mickie's ring attire and proceeded to cut them into shreds. This distraction allowed Natalya to apply the Sharpshooter on James causing her to tap out.




"The Glamazon saw action against a local competitor from England. I'll be perfectly honest with you, I'm glad that they are doing this to her. It is playing a great big part in the refocusing of her career. It showed with the way she made quick work of her opponent last night.

"For the first time, it was Chris Jericho taking on the World Heavyweight Champion, The Undertaker.


"For Jericho this match was 10 years in the making, and for the WWE Universe this match was not only a preview of the Triple Threat Match at Survivor Series, but a preview of this Monday night's history making Triple Threat Tag Team match as well.



"Jericho wanted to prove to The Undertaker that he is just a man and not a Deadman. That name is what the WWE Universe calls him and that is something that Chris Jericho is too stupid to understand.


"This match alone stole the show for me last night, and what a brutal battle between 2 of WWE's future Hall of Famers that ended with Jericho tapping out to Hell's Gate. After the match was over, Jericho's Tag Team partner The Big Show came out and tried doing to him what they did to John Cena a week ago on Raw.


"This drew the wrath of The Undertaker's brother, Kane as he came to The Undertaker's rescue.

"Vince McMahon announced next week on Friday Night Smackdown that it will be Chris Jericho and the Big Show taking on the Brothers Of Destruction, and Teddy Long is still on probation?!


"Last night was the official contract signing of the Rey Mysterio/Batista match at Survivor Series. I don't like the fact that Batista made Mysterio sign a contract making the Animal not responsible for his actions at Survivor Series. I did like Rey Mysterio turning the tables on the Animal, literally."

What a way to end the WWE's tour of Europe! Next week, WWE is gonna have quite a time at MSG in New York, and good ol' Philly as well. Peace out, everyone!:D

'What a week it has been in the WWE so far with all the shows overseas in Jolly Old England, and there was more to come last night on WWE Superstars.


"Superstars started off last night with a great match from Smackdown as Matt Hardy, whom I was very happy to see back in action after that vicious assault that he suffered at the hands of the Animal Batista, go one on one with the brutally vicious part of the Hart Dynasty, David Hart Smith.


"In singles action or in Tag Team action, Smith continues to impress me with the way that he handles himself in the ring. And I truly believe that being trained in the late Stu Hart's dungeon puts a vicious mean streak inside of a man, and that's what it has done to not only Smith, but his Tag Team partner,Tyson Kidd as well. But do not underestimate Matt Hardy and his never say die attitude at all, because that right there is his true motivation and that is exactly what kept him fighting.

"Smith's partner, Kidd was getting very frustrated however, after seeing that his partner had so many near falls in the match which caused him to get involved, in which he got nailed by Matt Hardy.


"The referee Charles Robinson saw what was going on and sent both he and Natalya back to the dressing room. Just as they were going back, Hardy rolls up Smith and scores the pinfall,making him the winner of the match.


"10 days ago on ECW, Zack Ryder became very smitten with Rosa Mendes before his match against the Gold Standard Shelton Benjamin. I tell ya something folks, I'm just glad he didn't do to her what George 'The Animal' Steele did on Saturday Night's Main Event back in January of 1986 when saw the late first lady of the WWE, Elizabeth for the first time and started rubbing his head all over her.


"Last night on Superstars, Ryder and Benjamin had their rematch with Ryder having Mendes in his corner, and hoping to avenge his loss.


"What a great back and forth match this was, no doubt about it. Benjamin was going for a powerbomb, but Ryder countered as he grabbed the ropes, sending both men outside the ring. Rosa was a little worried, so she walked over to see if Ryder was OK.



"That was right after the Gold Standard and Ryder were trying to get back in the ring and the Gold Standard sent Ryder into the ringside wall.

"Ryder once again, just like he did 10 days ago on ECW, got distracted by Rosa which caused Ryder to lose the match by a count out,

MESSAGE FOR ZACK RYDER:


"I hope that you can find some footage of when George 'The Animal' Steele was in love with Elizabeth and look at that very carefully so you don't make the same mistakes. I hope that if this is a new alliance between the 2 of you, please don't let it be similar to what Dolph Ziggler and Maria went through over on Smackdown.


"From Raw, the main event was Ted Dibiase of Legacy vs MVP.


"Prior to their match, just like he did with Kofi Kingston this past Monday night on Raw, Dibiase called MVP a street thug.

"For the most part of this match, things were not looking good for the former United States Champion as his left arm was injured by Dibiase. As he was focusing on it, things turned in MVP's favor when Dibiase's partner Cody Rhodes tried to distract him, but it backfired when MVP's partner Mark Henry put a stop to it.



"After that, MVP nailed Dibiase with the Playmaker to get the win."

Awesome night on Superstars! Can't wait for Smackdown tonight with Y2J vs. the Deadman! See you all tomorrow night!

"If you are the ECW Champion and you are about to walk to the ring to face off in one of your toughest matches yet, being mentally and physically ready is a definite must.


"Last night on ECW, the ECW Champion, Christian was to defend the ECW Championship against William Regal, in what could very well be his last shot at the Championship for a while. Regal felt he had the advantage because his match was in his homeland of England, but there was mixed reaction among the WWE Universe. Some were cheering for Regal and some were cheering for Christian, and then you have myself, who had a sneaky feeling that ECW General Manager, Tiffany, was going to make some sort of heel turn by getting involved in the match and allowing Regal to become the new champion, even though she had Regal's goons, Ezekial Jackson and Vladimir Kozlov, banned from ringside.


"All Tiffany was doing was making sure that the WWE Universe was going to get their money's worth during this match, and believe me when I say, that they did including myself. I'll admit that I thought that there was going to be a new ECW Champion when Regal kicked out of a 3 count after one of Christian's Kill Switches. After that, I was doing nothing but biting my nails. This match alone has been nominated for match of the year. Christian and Regal were fighting tooth and nail all the way to the very end. Finally, it was Christian, ending the rivalry as he put away Regal with another Kill Switch making him the winner of the match and retaining the ECW Championship.


"If I'm not mistaken, I could have sworn that it was going to be Paul Burchill vs The Hurricane in a Mask Vs Career match, but last night, the Ripper was one on one with Goldust.



"Burchill was looking to gain a lot of momentum going to next week's match with the Hurricane, and have you guys noticed the wrestling skills of Goldust since he went to the Land of Extreme? Boy, has this superstar stepped his game up. Burchill was on the verge of victory until the Hurricane himself came out to distract him, which allowed Goldust to nail Burchill with the Curtain Call to get the win.


"Based upon what I saw In last night's match, I wouldn't be a bit surprised if Burchill lost.He has been on Raw, and he is now on ECW. If he loses next week, then what is it, off to Smackdown for him?

"Boy, did the WWE gain a huge kudos with Vance Archer, formerly known as Lance Hoyt of the Rock and Rave Infection of TNA. Thank you Jake, by the way, for correcting me on that whole thing with Jimmy Rave saying,''WE LOVE YOU, TOPEKA KANSAS!''


"Archer was in action last night against a UK jobber, and let me say, I'm so liking Vance Archer's new aggression, as well as his mean streak in the ring. This man is going to be one that the whole ECW locker room should not take lightly, as last night, he made quick work of his opponent.


'Vance Archer is so going to run roughshod in the Land of Extreme.


"By the way, I have a special message for Abraham Washington: How did it feel having one of your guests stealing the show last night when you had Yoshi Tatsu on your show last night? Huh, I'm sure that Chris Tucker had an easier time understanding Jackie Chan in the Rush Hour movies than you did understanding Tatsu. Come on, Abe, you should have Tatsu back on your show more often.


"And Zack Ryder my friend, I can understand why you are so in love with Rosa Mendes.


"When you are done with her, feel free to send her to me."

Damn, WWE has been red hot in England, and I bet this Friday with Chris Jericho and the Undertaker on Smackdown is gonna be a 10-star phenomenon. See you all later for more!

"This week, all of WWE's programming is going to take place overseas in jolly old England, and what a great way to kick things off last night than with 15-time boxing champion, Ricky 'the Hitman' Hatton as last night's guest host of Raw.


"As Hatton was greeting the WWE Universe to Raw, just like every guest host of Raw almost, he gets interrupted by Chris Jericho and the Big Show.[CAN'T THESE GUYS EVER LEARN?!] The Big Show did with Hatton just like he did with Floyd 'Money' Mayweather and that's antagonizing a wiry boxer, but just as Hatton was ready to knockout the Big Show, Jericho gets in the way and does a rant about Hatton, Sheffield, and the whole country of England. [Mr.Jericho has so crossed the line] Things took a detour as DeGeneration X came out and told Hatton that they were going to take care of the Honey Monster and Mr.Bean.


"But Micheals gave Jericho a little taste of what was going to happen in their match, and Jericho and the Big Show, just like the cowards that they are, ran back to the locker room. The match took place and I'm sure that you all remember last week when Triple H and Shawn Micheals were sitting at the announce table during last week's Triple Threat Match. Well, John Cena was sitting at the announce table for last night's match.



"I was actually hoping for Jerishow to win the match. Call me crazy, call me a certified whack job, but I did, just to see them do a number on Triple H and Shawn Michaels, just to have John Cena return the favor from last week. During this match, both teams were delivering a great deal of punishment to each other, and just when the Big Show was going to nail Micheals with his Knockout Punch, he misses and knocks out Jericho.. This allows Micheals to take advantage of the situation and does, as he scores the pinfall.


"And get a load of this:



"Next week on Raw, from Madison Square Garden with WWE Hall of Famer Rowdy Roddy Piper as the guest host, next week's main event is going to be a Triple Threat Tag Team Match:


JOHN CENA AND THE UNDERTAKER
VS.
DEGENERATION X
VS.
CHRIS JERICHO AND THE BIG SHOW

"That's what I call huge. We are in for a 10-star match next week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



"Hatton wasn't done as he was confronted by Chavo Guerrero, and Chavo starts going on and on about  how basically he was getting sick and tired of getting disrespected by all the guest hosts. Last night, it was Boxer vs Wrestler as Hatton took on Guerrero. The only way for Hatton to win was by knockout and the only way for Guerrero to win is by pinfall or submission.



"I'll admit this was something to look at for sure. Hatton was biding his time and was waiting for the right moment to come several minutes Into the match when Hatton escaped from a waist lock and nailed Guerrero with a hard-hitting knockout punch, putting him down for the count.




"Kofi Kingston was the guest of MVP's on the V.I.P Lounge last night. He was toasted by both MVP and Mark Henry, who toasted their Survivor Series captain for the way that he has been standing up to Randy Orton over the past few weeks.



"Orton was not happy with what was going on. As he was confronting Kingston and his buddies, Orton said something offensive to the trio and Kingston slapped Orton, showing him that he was not going to be bullied.[GOOD FOR YOU, KINGSTON!]

"Orton had his match last night against Mark Henry, and it was looking like that it was going to be easy pickings for the World's Strongest Man. In a match that saw both superstars on the verge of victory, I have to admit, I was very impressed with the way that Orton was handling himself against a man that was a lot bigger than him. Orton nailed Henry with a RKO out of nowhere to get the win.


"Orton has never been one to swallow his pride easily. When Kingston tended to Henry, as he returned the slap that Kingston gave him earlier, then Kingston went after Orton, but the Viper slithered outside the ring.



"Last week, Sheamus said that he was going to end the career of Jamie Noble, and that's exactly what he did. Earlier today, I was reading WWE.com and Wrestling-Radio.com, that after 14 years in professional wrestling, Jamie Noble hung up the boots to take a producer role in the WWE. And after they way that Sheamus made quick work of his opponent last night, it makes perfect sense.



"Jack Swagger from now on, should start thinking before starting to speak. This goes back to when he said that he was going to remain undefeated for the rest of 2009. Last night on Raw, that promise came to an end when he was beaten by Evan Bourne last night, thanks to a little outside interference from the Miz.

"Swagger not only lost the match, but he lost a lot of pride as well, and is probably going to take it out on the Miz next week, hopefully!!!!



"Kelly Kelly was accompanied by Gail Kim last night, trying to make amends for coming a little bit shy in last week's Diva Battle Royal as she took on Alicia Fox, who had Jillian in her corner.


"I'm sad to say that Alicia Fox continued her winning ways last night and next week, she faces Melina for the Divas Championship, and I'm wondering if Jillian is going to be a part of next week's match."

No idea on that, but I bet RAW at MSG is gonna be nuts next week! Peace out, everyone!

"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