Hello from Norman, Oklahoma ... the home of J.R.'s Family BBQ and the Oklahoma Sooners. My upcoming weekend will be filled with OU football and WWE's Breaking Point in Montreal ... and of course a little old school, slow smoked BBQ. All great slices of Americana ... except the Quebec part which is French, of course.  

Congrats to the Fink for doing a Hall of Fame job Monday night working with TV legend Bob Barker. No one has done more wearing a sequined jacket since Michael Jackson's glory days than Howard Finkel did on Raw. It was good to hear Howard's voice again on WWE TV.

Friday Night SmackDown this week is a solid show and is coming off the heels of more than 3 million viewers watching last week on MyNetworkTV, which is a significant accomplishment. 

We are doing great business with our two BBQ sauces and our Chipolte Ketchup plus our 97-percent Fat Free Beef Jerky which you can buy on line at www.jrsbarbq.com. My thanks to the WWE Universe for your support.

Montreal, Quebec, is a city with a great wrestling heritage that spans many decades. It's too bad that many fans only know of Montreal wrestling for the 1997 Survivor Series as the city has a renowned history within the wrestling business. I'm sure that the fans in Montreal will be in rare form Sunday night or at least I hope so as the live audience plays a huge role in how good a show is and how it is perceived on TV.

When looking at the card and making my predictions, I must say that this one is especially challenging. It's hard to say, in my view, what's going to happen and, honestly, your guess is as good as mine.

So ... of the matches and info that I received from Stocky Balboa and his crew of young Turks that work for WWE.com ... here we go:

The Great Khali vs. Kane ... this one could be held in a bowling alley considering that it is the man, as I understand it, who beats his opponent into oblivion with a Singapore cane that wins the match. Two huge men swinging for the fences and each other's head likely makes for a short bout and I see Kane winning this one. This is a SmackDown contest.

Christian defends the ECW Title against William Regal ... this could be the sleeper bout of the night especially if this match exceeds 12-15 minutes in duration. These two athletes have good chemistry and a high skill level. Christian will be lucky to hold on to his title with Vladimir Kozlov and Ezekiel Jackson both at ringside, if that is the case. Assuming that Regal has his allies with him, I see Regal winning the ECW Title at Breaking Point. Josh "I Love Charlie Weis" Mathews and Matt "Mr. Baseball Trivia" Striker will have the call of this title bout.   

Chris Jericho and Big Show vs. MVP and Mark Henry for the Undisputed Tag Team Titles ... rough start of the week for Jericho and Show, who might be mistaken for the world's largest, angriest Amish man, as Monday Night Raw wasn't kind to them. The World's Strongest Man and Montel Vontavious Porter are an impressive duo but I see the tag team champions retaining their titles in a close one. I'm not sure who will call this bout but it might be your erstwhile SmackDown duo of Grisham and J.R. or it could be the "vintage" team of Michael Cole and The King.

DX vs. Legacy ... submissions count anywhere ... this specific match will be a first for me. This Raw bout will likely be unpredictable and it's "highly unlikely" (a subtle, Gorilla Monsoon reference) that the match will end in the ring but I think it would be cool if it did. Any time a match leaves the arena for any extended length of time it seems as if the live crowd is taken out of the mix. Nonetheless this wold be a tremendous coup for Legacy to win but I just can't see either Legacy member making Triple H or HBK submit on PPV. DX wins.

Randy Orton defends the WWE Title against John Cena in an "I Quit" Match. The loser must say "I Quit" as I assume the referee will be carrying a wireless mic to document the proceedings. Orton and Cena are certainly no strangers to each other and this sort of match really depends on who wants it more and who is willing to resort to whatever it takes to make the other verbally "Quit" to the world. Cena says he won't say "I Quit" and considering that's the only way that he can lose I'm hanging my black hat on John Cena to regain the WWE Title in what I perceive to be the last match of the evening. 

For the record, the best "I Quit" Match I ever saw was Tully Blanchard vs. Magnum TA many moons ago. You can watch this timeless piece of business on www.wweclassics.com. Or was it Flair vs. Terry Funk when I worked with Gordon Solie? Nonetheless they are all there on www.wweclassics.com.

The SmackDown main event is for the World Heavyweight Title featuring CM Punk defending the championship against The Undertaker in a match that must end via submission. Based on the research that I have been provided, The Undertaker has never submitted in WWE so if The Demon of Death Valley does so Sunday it will be a first and will give the pious Punk some major bragging rights. Even though Punk has won many titles, defeating The Undertaker via submission on a WWE pay-per-view will be the most memorable achievement in the "Second City Saint's" career. My heart says The Undertaker wins but my head, for some indescribable reason, says to give Punk a slight nod. I hope that I'm wrong but I go with the champion to retain. 

Punk might not "supposed to win" according to many fans but the best "team" doesn't always get the "W" using my Sooners' loss to BYU last Saturday night in Dallas as an example. However, BYU found a way to win and I think perhaps CM Punk will do the same thing against the future WWE Hall of Famer.

Just guessing and based on the number of bouts that I have been provided, I would suggest that another bout might be added to the event. My assumption is that it might be another Raw bout.

I do have it on pretty good authority that John Morrison will be defending his IC Title soon against Dolph Ziggler but that it will not be at WWE Breaking Point. This budding rivalry has the potential to be "special," in time.

I read where Lilian Garcia twittered that her last day in WWE will be on Sept. 21. Lil has been a stalwart on Monday Night Raw for a long time and has one of the most beautiful singing voices around. The South Carolina native beauty will be missed and will be hard to replace as no one sings the National Anthem like Lilian Garcia.

Back to Barker, I remember when the ageless performer fought a gallant battle against his graying hair for many years until he finally said the heck with it. Reminds me of the late Wahoo McDaniel who kept his hair dyed blacker than the ace of spades long after it had turned white and up until he passed away a few years ago. 

I did an interview Monday while I was laying over in Chicago for "Sooner Spectator" magazine about Wahoo who was one of the wildest characters outside the ring I've ever known. Legend has it that Wahoo was traded from the New York Jets because the former Sooner was wearing rookie Joe Namath out with their nightly escapades. Wahoo's golf outings with Mickey Mantle and Lee Trevino were also some classic stories.

I had dinner with Jerry Lawler and our friend Michael O'Brien Sunday night at Gibson's Steakhouse location near O'Hare Airport. Great meal and even better catching up with my old broadcast partner who is in the thick of things in the race for Mayor of Memphis.

Yours truly will be up at 4 a.m. Sunday morning to catch my OKC to Chicago to Montreal flights arriving, hopefully, by around noon Montreal time. If I don't make it for some reason, I'm sure my youthful partner Todd Grisham can find someone to sit in the "side kick's" chair and knock out the handful of SmackDown bouts that are scheduled for WWE Breaking Point. Todd is a quick study and I have every belief that he will become one of WWE's top broadcasters for years to come if he continues to grow in a challenging albeit rewarding role.

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Boomer Sooner to all!

J.R.         

EDITOR'S NOTE: Read the latest analysis and upcoming game previews about Oklahoma Sooners football by Jim Ross at OUInsider.com. This week, J.R. previews the Sooners' matchup against Idaho State.