The past few days have gone by like a blur. They've escaped like Fink's hair ... gone in a flash. But it's all good.

Mrs. J.R. and I had the privilege of attending the Super Bowl and watching my wife's beloved Steelers win their unprecedented sixth NFL Title. (Ten more and they tie Ric Flair in the world title category.) I loved the Super Bowl experience from start to finish but I must say, and remember that I am a HUGE football fan, that it wasn't as overwhelming as the emotions that I have felt at WrestleMania's in the past. We actually sat behind a fellow who was a Steeler fan and who lives in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida who has already purchased his WrestleMania tickets. Small world, huh?

Then on Monday night I am in Tampa and watching Monday Night Raw when I hear that Ric Flair will be appearing live on Raw this Monday Night on USA Network on a broadcast that emanates from Oakland, Calif. The SmackDown crew tapes in Fresno on Tuesday night so I am making sure that I am in Fresno early enough on Tuesday to watch Raw from our hotel. Plus, Undertaker vs. RKO is a stout main event that I am anxious to see.

Who knew it would take a SmackDown Superstar to make Monday Night Raw even more special?

Finally, this Saturday J.R.'s Family BBQ in Moore, Okla., located just off I-35 at exit 116 just south of OKC the legendary Danny Hodge will be signing his new book, "Oklahoma Shooter: The Dan Hodge Story" from noon until 3 p.m. I am looking forward to attending this event myself.

Wait. This just in. My last week's blog was billed UNDER Scotty Goldman's WWE.com show on the Smackdown home page. I guess Goldman's dot com exclusive really must be good or my stuff really isn't. I'll ask my dear, close, long-time, personal friend and confidant Dr. Joe E. Styles to investigate because he has "people" and Italian cold cuts.

Big time main event this Friday night on SmackDown with Undertaker and Triple H teaming to wrestle WWE Champion Edge and the Big Show. There are some interesting chemistry possibilities in this one on both teams. All four men are in the WWE Title Elimination Chamber Match at No Way Out which will come to you from Seattle.

A Battle Royal will kick off SmackDown Friday night at 8/7 CT on MyNetwork TV starring "My Tazz" to determine a spot in the WWE Title bout inside the Elimination Chamber. Kung Fu Naki isn't favored, but he will have the best tan. Remember in the old ECW days when Tazz had that rich, dark tan? Nevermind.

Hurricane "Don't Call Me Gregory" Helms is slated to make a statement about what his fellow North Carolinians, Jeff and Matt Hardy, are going through which isn't pretty. What must Matt and Jeff's dad be thinking about this gut wrenching development? It has to be embarrassing as it can be for Mr. Hardy in the small town of Cameron, N.C.

Who has the easiest jobs on Friday Night SmackDown other than Tazz and yours truly? That's debatable but one might suggest it would be Primo and Carlito who seemingly spend more time hanging with the Bella Twins than they do defending the WWE Tag Titles on Friday nights. I can't say as I blame the Brothers Colon as I'm not all about wrestling and BBQ.

MVP faces Shelton Benjamin this Friday night as MVP hopes to continue his winning ways. MVP seems to have regained his mojo and is seemingly off the interstate to infamy now that he has rediscovered how to win. However beating Benjamin for the United States Title will be an entirely different matter. I would like to see both these men get hotter than J.R.'s HOT BBQ sauce and light up Friday nights.

Eve, a big Southern Cal Trojan fan, is slated to make her Friday Night SmackDown wrestling debut this week against Michelle "It's is my world and you are just passing through" McCool. McCool, a former school teacher in Florida, could give Ms. Torres a homework assignment that might result in a failing grade.

I wonder when we will next see the Divas Champion Maryse. She is more than welcome to join the World's Angriest Announcer and me in Fresno next Tuesday.

Umaga is back in action on SmackDown this week, and if this week is anything like last week Umaga won't be in the ring long enough to read his many tattoos. The man doesn't get paid by the hour and my pal Stocky Balboa who has just invested in a latex company says that Umaga will be WWE Champion before the end of 2009.

Did you happen to catch ECW this past Tuesday night? There's lots of in ring action on that one hour show and ECW Champion Jack Swagger and new No. 1 contender Finlay had a solid outing that went two segments of TV time. Swagger, a native of Danny Hodge's hometown of Perry, Okla., and the "Quiet Man" from Belfast really got physical, but enough with the shillelagh already. Come on Ref!! I enjoy listening to the boy from 'Bama Todd Grisham and Matt "I Hate Pronouns" Striker on Tuesday evenings around supper time. 

I felt for Shawn Michaels on Monday night as he had to endure the world's longest Performance Review in corporate history from the lovely and talented JBL. HBK vs. JBL is going to happen at N.W.O. with the stakes financially high, but I like Michaels' chances especially in this big match scenario. However, something tells me this story is far from being told and might not have a happy ending. The ongoing saga between the moneyed former Texan and the unmoneyed current Texan has been interesting to follow on Monday nights.

Another thing I like about Monday Night Raw is that my old partner has the never expiring, casual Monday attire pass. King wears some cool shirts that are not available any where but in his closet.  Wait a minute that did not come out right.

Want a sleeper pick in baseball this year? No, it's not the Mets for goodness sakes but the Long Island Junior Ducks.  You can thank me later for the tip plus the Ducks' payroll is WAY less than the Yankees.

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Boomer Sooner!
J.R.