Yours truly feels "Unforgiven," "Raw," and like I have been "Smacked Down" after three lovely days of travel from Norman, Okla., to Cleveland to Milwaukee to Chicago and back to Norman. At least I get to hang around the house until I leave for Seattle Friday to attend the Oklahoma vs. Washington college football game Saturday evening that will be televised live on ESPN HD. 

Lots of folks along the beloved, Internet trail have chimed in on the inaugural "Scramble" bouts that WWE launched this past Sunday in Cleveland. Some liked it and a few folks didn't. Personally, I like new things and even though I wouldn't mind seeing an occasional, old school 2-out-of-3 Falls Match on Friday Night SmackDown, I applaud WWE for trying something new and innovative in the Championship Scramble. 

Did this past Sunday's Scramble bouts have flaws? Of course, what new concept doesn't? For example, why did some of the competitors who were the "current champion" still attempt to go for pinfalls? I don't have the answer for that one except that it was most likely just natural instincts. That's what they are trained to do.

Point being in this filibuster, if you will, is that once all the "experts" have finished dissecting the Scramble as typical Monday morning quarterbacks, I would encourage WWE to try this concept again and "tweak" what they feel needs to be tweaked. It will never be as bad as watching multiple airings of The Devil Wears Prada.

I can assure you that the Superstars will be much more comfortable the second time around in this unique format.

Who would have thought that Chris Jericho would have left Unforgiven Sunday as the World Heavyweight Champion, especially after he got his hat handed to him by HBK ... who seemed to have some sort of out of body experience during the unsanctioned bout?

Jericho loses the battle but essentially wins the war on Sunday. Nonetheless, I don't think the HBK-Jericho issue is over, far from it. BTW, Jericho vs. Punk inside a steel cage for the World Heavyweight Championship will be an anticipated main event next week on Raw from Memphis, Tenn.

Tazz, "The World's Angriest Announcer," and I were both surprised that Big Show sucker punched Undertaker on Sunday, and it will be interesting to hear the reason why, hopefully in detail this Friday night. Big Show has the "World's Most Dangerous Hand' which I wanted to document here so that line wasn't "borrowed" by other WWE TV broadcasters.  

SmackDown General Manager Vickie Guerrero certainly seems to have re-gained firm control of WWE's fastest growing broadcast, and one could make the assumption that interesting days lie ahead. Is Vickie the Gov. Palin of  WWE?

BTW, is Ms. Vickie still married, or has that train wreck of a relationship been annulled? Who's the justice of the peace in hell, allegedly where Edge, is healing? It might be a former attorney of mine but I can't be sure.   

Friday night will have its share of interesting moments this week if for nothing else that my broadcast partner will be more edgy than normal. Tazz was stuck on the tarmac of LaGuardia Airport Tuesday for six hours WITHOUT FOOD. Finally the plane pulled back to the terminal, allowed the passengers to deplane at which time Tazz got in line at Dunkin' Donuts for what he said was going to be a ham and egg sandwich on a bagel. (Don't folks in the northeast like biscuits?) After standing in line for approximately 30 minutes, no doubt seething, and being within five people of ordering his "breakfast bagel" or a sack full of donuts the gate agent called for immediate boarding of Tazz's plane. So much for the lovely breakfast bagel, and my sources say that the former Human Suplex Machine was "this close" to erupting. I asked Tazz if he went to the lavatory, changed into his orange singlet, and put a towel over his head for the flight but he didn't think that was overly comical.

Remember folks, Tazz boards first on every flight on which he is booked and the elderly, the afflicted and small children, among other passengers, are immediately put in harm's way. Just ask "Slash" of Guns and Roses fame.

The Brian Kendrick had a most memorable Sunday in Cleveland and elevated his game to yet another level. Kendrick's performance may have been the biggest surprise of the entire Unforgiven event.

Afa The Wild Samoan's son Manu was introduced Sunday, and I hope that this second-generation competitor, who was a highly recruited high school defensive lineman, can live up to his family's legacy within the business.

Personally, I would not relish a trip to Afa's woodshed.

The more second-and third-generation wrestlers WWE can sign the better in my opinion, which means less than the salad tosser in catering.

As a matter of fact, I hear through the grapevine (The Fink) that WWE is already looking closely at the son of WWE.com's "Tony Soprano," Dr. Joe E. Styles' son who is reportedly a chip off the old block and wears nothing but black clothes to school. Ah, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, does it? I hear that the handsome young lad even wears his dad's trademark "fade" haircut.

Isn't tradition great?

Speaking of tradition, did any one else hear Matt Striker, (BTW did this guy name himself after watching the classic film Airplane?) use yours truly's "Bowling Shoe Ugly" line on Sunday? Striker, don't make me sic Tazz on you as you are already at the top of his "bad list" and never forget that Tazz has "people."

The King was distressed Sunday after watching the first half of his Browns' loss to the Dallas Cowboys before actually coming to work. But just as I predicted the Hall of Famer did get a truckload of free Browns' swag and offered to share it with no one. Thanks, Jerome.

BTW, this Monday in Memphis could The King meet some sort of cruel twist of fate when he does his thing in his hometown? There is a precedent about working in one's hometown you know. At least, I haven't had good luck in OKC. What if Jerry had to join the Mae Young Kiss my Lips Club? Now that's a DVD extra.  

I don't know if I am sold on Divas trying to use submissions as much as some do in their bouts. Does this mean that I am really "old school?"

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The closest thing to the Minnesota Vikings' Adrian Peterson in WWE is Shelton Benjamin. I met Peterson when he was only 18, arrived on the Oklahoma campus, and also helped recruit Benjamin to WWE and let me assure you that both these young men are athletic freaks of nature.

Congrats to Matt Hardy for winning the ECW Title Sunday. No one is a bigger student/fan of the game than Matt, and I'm sure that some fans were surprised that Matt won a major title before younger brother Jeff. Hopefully Matt won't get euphoric over his victory and start dating any more WWE Divas.

Wish that all of you could have seen Freebird Michael Hayes' attire on Sunday, which is something many of us eagerly anticipate ...what P.S. wears on PPV game day. This week it was a royal blue suit with a bright yellow shirt that someone told me reminded them of a giant Easter egg or out of the Sir Elton John collection. I thought Michael was rather dapper myself in sort of a Cedric the Entertainer kind of way.

Poor Michael Cole still gets booed, and for no reason, when he is introduced at PPV's and on Monday night. There is no reason to disrespect Cole, but I must say that his most recent haircut looked as if it had been styled on death row.

I've got no room to talk because my "hat hair" after a long PPV isn't so appealing either.  

Mother Nature has postponed the on sale of WrestleMania 25 tickets until October 11, which is the day of the Oklahoma vs. Texas Red River Rivalry in the newly expanded Cotton Bowl in Dallas and the day before my 15th wedding anniversary to the real J.R., my wife Jan. In case any of you are interested in buying us gifts to commemorate this occasion, don't, as we were going to register at Super Wal-Mart but I would prefer to consider accepting cash instead.  

That's a joke folks, perhaps not a good one, but a joke nonetheless. With my employment track record, a stand up career could be next as one never knows. I could be opening for Larry the Cable Guy at any time now.

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Be sure to check out SmackDown this week, which emanates from Milwaukee in the heart of cheese country where they still love to talk about former Packers' now Jets QB Brett Favre. Perhaps not as much as the ESPN broadcast team did Monday Night ad nauseam during the Packers-Vikings game, but close.

If you bump into me in Seattle over the weekend decked out in my OU gear, be sure and say hello and please don't blame me for your NBA team relocating to OKC. I had nothing to do with it.

Remember, SmackDown has one of the best main events of the entire week this Friday night. I hope that you will check it out. That's saying a great deal because the Mysterio/Bourne vs. Miz/Morrison tag bout Monday night on Raw was a "stem winder." Evan "Air" Bourne is a keeper and his shooting star press is the best I have seen. Let's see if the SmackDown men and women and equally deliver on Friday night. See you there!

 Boomer Sooner!

J.R.