Wow ... what a crazy week! Nothing like not knowing where one is traveling until a few hours before one has to leave. After 30-plus years in this wacky business, I've learned to roll with the punches and thus made stops in Chicago, Louisville, and Cincinnati before flying back into OKC Wednesday morning after a five-day trip.

What was my first stop upon arriving back in the Sooner state? ... J.R.'s Family BBQ in Norman, Okla., of course, for some much needed comfort food.

I thought I had a challenging week until I thought of the many, many 18-wheelers that carry WWE equipment that headed West from Cincy, presumably to Denver, but instead are now in route to Los Angeles. Plus all of the airplane tickets that had to be changed which is a  nightmare for the hard working folks at WWE travel.

A couple of WWE staffers were going to ride their motorcycles from OKC to Denver while a Superstar I know was going to have his cycle shipped to Denver and ride it back to the Midwest. The best laid plans ...

Yours truly felt like "The Sopranos" Silvio Dante when he recited a line from "The Godfather" and said, "Just when I thought I was out, they pulled me back in" after being called out of the bullpen Monday night after Big Show demolished Jerry Lawler for no viable reason other than the 500 pounder could to join Michael Cole on commentary.   

Working along side Michael was fun and I hope that those of you that watched Raw enjoyed the two of us trying to keep up with all the action and developments on Raw.

If not, "Oh, my."

Speaking of "Uncle Jerry" Lawler, he would MUCH rather wrestle than announce and would likely give up broadcasting in a heart beat to wrestle regularly on WWE TV. Jerry wrestles a bunch in the indepedent world and still sells tickets.

Certainly Raw is a different animal than is Friday Night SmackDown as Mondays are paced differently and have more verbal interaction between Superstars than does SD.

Many people were wondering what I was doing in Louisville in the first place and "how convenient" it was that I just happened to be standing by. The answer is that we taped our Superstars bout between C.M. Punk vs. Chris Jericho Monday night at Freedom Hall. Plus, I have friends in Louisville who I wanted to see and we were a manageable drive away, 100 miles, from our next stop, Cincinnati, where Friday Night SmackDown emanated.

I'm not sure what is going to happen this Monday night in the Staples Center where Raw will be live on the USA Network as it relates to the commentary team seeing as though King is in the main event, a 10 man tag team bout. I have to be there any way so perhaps I will be called upon again to assist Cole. Who knows? If not I will watch the show backstage with Dr. Joe E. Styles and we can form a team to "Monday morning quarterback" what we are seeing and "knock people" from our past. (come on...loosen up...you know that we would NEVER do that and that those are simply feeble attempts at humor......don't you?)

One has to feel badly for WWE fans of Colorado who got multiple events cancelled due to the much publicized scheduling snafu with the Pepsi Center in Denver. One doesn't have to be their class valedictorian to figure out that Denver Nuggets and Pepsi Center owner Phil Kroenke won't have, shall we say, a "positive light" shining on him Monday night on Raw in Los Angeles. I don't think that I am going out on a limb on that assumption. 

Matt Hardy allegedly has 3 broken "metacarpal" bones in his hand. For those fans who hang on every word spoken, I think I mispronounced such on Monday Night. Shame on me. 

And to think that I once made A's in both Human Applied Anatomy and Kinesiology in college.

Friday Night Smackdown is another solid outing on MyNetworkTV this week. Todd "Ocho Cinco" Grisham has another stellar night from the home of the Cincinnati Bengals. I took young Todd to lunch at the world famous Montgomery Inn BBQ out near the Cincy Airport and much to my chagrin it was a disappointment. The last time I was there the food was great but someone in the kitchen dropped the ball as the ribs and pulled pork were "sauced" to death. Bummer.

There are no surprises why the great Brett Favre saw Dr. James Andrews in Birmingham, Alabama to get his biceps tendon evaluated. Andrews is simply the best in the world at what he does and has "repaired" many, many wrestlers over the years not to mention some of the biggest names in main stream sports.

It looks like T.G. (Todd Grisham...not tons o' gel) and I will be making most of the Monday Raw events as that is where many of our WWE Superstars bouts that air on Thursday nights on WGN America will be taped. 

Dolph Ziggler is rapidly climbing the ladder on SD and has tons of potential. This week I describe Ziggler as "rudely perfect" and wonder how many fans will get it when they hear it? Dolph has a great amateur background which compliments his in ring style. I'm not saying that Ziggler isn't a little overbearing but no one can deny the young man's physical skills. 

John Morrison, he of "Mojo Rising" references, may be the hottest up and coming performer in all WWE. Morrison seems to have a nice balance between the "high risk" style of offense and a really solid ground game. the key word is "balance." Morrison also was a skilled, amateur wrestler who also began competing in gymnastics as a young boy. 

It looks like we are getting closer to the epic, in ring battle between Layla and Eve (unfortunately neither lady has a viable last name) on Friday Night SmackDown. This may rival Elvira Snodgrass vs. June Byers from MANY moons ago....or so I read. The Fink could provide us more info on that matter being the accomplished "historian" that he is. Plus, Howard will gladly field any New York Mets or Jets questions that you may have. The Jets might be fun to watch this NFL season but many feel that the Mets will fold like an accordion as usual before the World Series rolls around. 

Back to the Divas, this Friday night Gail Kim faces Michelle McCool to determine the #1 contnder for Melina's WWE Women's Title. At least Gail and Michelle have last names.

We are excited to be switching from glass bottles to plastic bottles for our BBQ Sauces and our Chipolte Ketchup in the very near future. We think that our Original Sauce will be available in the plastic bottles as early as next week. We also are selling a ton of our locally made to our recipe J.R.'s Beef Jerky which is a nice, healthy, low carb snack on our BBQ website. Our dry rub is also available on the site and it is the only seasoning we use on much of our smoked meats including our new smoked chicken which is so moist, tender, and healthy. Don't you wish you were sitting at J.R.'s now? Check out our many items in our store plus our blogs and Question & Answer section of our site at www.jrsbarbq.com.

Just a suggestion but I think Joe E. Styles, or Stocky Balboa, who looks amazingly like the Doctor of Dot Com, should handle ALL the announcing at "Extreme Rules" because who is more "extreme" when it comes to broadcasting than the man who gave the term, "CATFIGHT!!!" historical significance?

Yes, I did predict that Big Show will defeat John Cena in their submission only match at "Extreme Rules" down in New Orleans in a couple of weeks. Time will tell on this one but my picks are usually much better in college football than they are for WWE contests.

Rey Mysterio tells us why his mask is so important to his heritage and his career on Friday Night SmackDown during an interview with yours truly. The history of masked, luchadors is intriguing. 

Rumor has it that Alicia Fox' (that's A. Fox to her closest friends) hair was arrested Tuesday in Cincy for allegedly being "out of control." Probably just another of those damn, Internet rumors.