PAY-PER-VIEW NEWS: WrestleMania 26, Final Resolution & Survivor Series
- WrestleMania 26 tickets went on sale to the general public Saturday @ 10AM MST, as fans across the world fought their way through www.Ticketmaster.com to purchase the best ticket available @ the University of Phoenix Stadium. Official platinum seats are already being sold on Ticketmaster, with the highest price going for $5,000 US per ticket. The stadium will be configured to hold around to 70,000 & while not all tickets will be sold out quickly, the best will certainly be booked immediately. There was already a presale, where no ringside seats were available by the end of Friday night when the presale ended, however & it seems that, if any ringside seats were released for the general public sale, they're gone as well. Ticket prices are $25, $45, $60, $80, $100, $155, $255 & $755. Any disappointed fans should just log onto their eBay account & do a search for "WrestleMania 26" so that they can be thoroughly scalped.

- TNA has released its promotional poster for December's "Final Resolution" pay-per-view and based on its advertising, it would appear that the company is bringing it's "Feast or Fired" concept for the event. Last year's "Feast or Fired" match saw Curry Man, Jay Lethal, Homicide and Hernandez retrieve briefcases with Curry Man landing the pink slip.

- 3 traditional 5-on-5 Survivor Series elimination matches have been announced on www.WWE.COM for a total of 6 bouts on the pay-per-view card so far. Team Morrison {Smackdown Intercontinental champion John Morrison, ECWWE's "Godl Standard" Shelton Benjamin, RAW's Evan Bourne & Smackdown's Matt Hardy & Fit Finlay} will take on Team Miz {RAW United States champion Mike "The Miz" Mizanin, RAW's "All-American American" Jack Swagger & Sheamus O'Shaughnessy, as well as Smackdown's Dolph Ziggler & Drew McIntyre}. . .  Team Kingston {RAW's Kofi Kingston, "World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry & Montell Vontavius Porter, ECWWE Heavyweight champion Christian & Smackdown's "R~Truth" ron killings} versus Team Orton {RAW's "Legend Killer" Randy Orton, Cody Rhodes & Ted DiBiase, ECWWE's William Regal & Smackdown's CM Punk}. . . Team Mickie {Smackdown's Mickie James, RAW's Eve Torres, Kelly Kelly, Divas champion Melina Perez & Gail Kim} taking on Team Michelle {Smackdown Women's champion Michelle McCool, "Glamazon" Beth Phoenix & Layla El, as well as RAW's Jillian Hall & Alicia Fox}. . .  RAW Heavyweight champion John Cena versus HHH & 2016 WWE Hall of Famer "HeartBreak Kid" Shawn Michaels in a Triple Threat match. . .  Smackdown Heavyweight champion the UnderTaker versus WWE Unified Tag Team co-champion Chris Jericho versus WWE Unified Tag Team co-champion the Big Show in a Triple Threat match. . .  Smackdown Grudge match, Dave "the Animal" Batista versus Rey Mysterio Junior

- Some of WWE's 2010 Pay-Per-View dates, according to WWE Magazine: Backlash, April 25th in Baltimore, Maryland. . .  Extreme Rules, May 23rd. . .  Summerslam, August 15th. . .  Night of Champions, September 19th in Rosemont, Illinois. . .  Hell in a Cell, October 3rd. . .  Bragging Rights, October 24th. . .  Survivor Series, November 21st

WWE NEWS: Randy Orton, Chris Jericho, Mooney, the Rock, Latino Heat & Roddy Piper
- WWE Hall-of-Famer Jim Ross updated his blog & you can read the latest posting @ www.jrsbarbq.com

- I'm sure there's more to the story than what's shown, but apparently "Legend Killer" Randy Orton joined D-Generation X & here's proof

- During Wednesday night's WWE show in London, England, Unified Tag Team co-champion Chris Jericho was struck in the face by a D-Generation X glow stick. Following the incident, Y2J started provoking the crowd, which resulted in more fans throwing glow sticks @ him. The &@220;berStar of Jerichlean Proportions later left a comment on his Twitter page, saying "Got hit in the face with a glowstick in London tonight. . . what a way for a grown man to make a living. . ."  Check here to watch a video of the incident.

- Word's going around, that officials within World Wrestling Entertainment are upset with the current announcers situation & they're apparently looking to hire new 1s. A major rumour's that former WWE announcer Sean Mooney may be coming back to the company, due to him recently being spotted @ WWE Headquarters in Stamford, Connecticut. Many see this as a complete surprise, on account of the fact that Mooney has more-or-less distanced himself from the professional wrestling industry, since his departure from WWF in 1993. It's also being reported that WWE has held tryouts for new announcers & that Jim Ross' in a "great position" right now, because of this

- According to Dave Meltzer, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's expected to be hosting RAW during the month of January. Johnson will be able to promote his upcoming movie "Tooth Fairy" which opens on January 22nd. It's possible that Dwayne'll appear on the January 11th edition of RAW, which goes head-to-head with a UFC special. Another option's for him to appear on January 4th, in the event that TNA airs a Monday night special against RAW, with the debut of WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan.  Wow, quite the "fornicating microscopic female dog" action going on there! . . .

- Today's the 4th Anniversary of the Death of Eddie Guerrero: 1967 - 2005

- The 1 & only WWE Hall of Famer "Rowdy" Roddy Piper will be hosting next week's Monday Night RAW, live from Madison Square Garden, as he returns on WWE television for the 1st time since WrestleMania 25 week. Piper's headlined MSG on several occasions in the past & it was a nice touch to have such an important wrestler, with a lot of history @ the Garden, hosting the show. Also announced for that RAW's a massive main event, with WWE Unified Tag Team champions Chris Jericho & the Big Show taking on D-Generation X, as well as Smackdown Heavyweight champion Undertaker & RAW Heavyweight champion John Cena, in a Triple Threat tag team match. Hey, why don't they do 3-Way matches anymore, where people get eliminated, instead of "the champion doesn't even need to get pinned to lose his title" nonsense being what sells these matches?

TNA NEWS: Angle Acquited, Storm Nekkid, Lashley Divided, Nash Unvaleted & Hulkster Nonplussed
- For all the latest Total NonStop Action news, join the MySpace TNA community @ www.myspace.com/wrestlingwarlordtnafan

- Kurt Angle's attorney, Michael F. Santicola, issued the following statement on behalf of the olympic Hero on November 12th: "Kurt Angle was completely & utterly exonerated of all charges of assault, which was alleged to have occurred in August of 2009. A Preliminary Hearing was held today, before District Magistrate Mary Murray, in which Mister Angle's accuser, Trenesha Biggers, was given a chance to tell her tale of assault. @ the conclusion of her testimony, the Judge summarily dismissed all charges as baseless. Miss Biggers' story didn't make sense, wasn't believable & was shown to be untrue. Her actions, immediately after this alleged incident, were completely inconsistent with some1 who experienced what she's claimed. Mister Angle didn't even have to testify, the story of Miss Biggers herself was enough to have these charges dismissed. During this long ordeal, Mister Angle has maintained that Miss Biggers is a disturbed & confused individual, who falsified a story about him, due to his celebrity status. When this story actually found the light of day, it was shown to be inaccurate. It's unfortunate that the legal system allowed the case to exist for 3 months, when we've known all along that Miss Biggers wasn't a credible person in this instance. Mister Angle wants to move forward with his life & thanks the individuals who believed in him & supported his position of innocence."

- "Cowboy" James Storm seems to have pissed off a lady as some very revealing nude photos of him have been leaked

- TNA Wrestling star & MMA fighter Bobby Lashley says he'd strongly consider walking away from pro wrestling, if he was offered an exclusive deal with Strikeforce. "If it does come to a point where you have to choose, then I'll have to sit back & talk with my family. I want to fight. TNA's @ the understanding, where they know my dedication with fighting. If (Strikeforce CEO Scott) Coker comes back & says you have to quit wrestling, then we'll have to cross that bridge." TNA offered Black! LESNAR!! great money to work a reduced schedule & they know that MMA's his top priority. Lashley professional MMA record's 4-0, most recently defeating Bob Sapp on June 27th. There were reports over the summer that Strikeforce was negotiating with Bobby to fight Fedor Emelianenko @ last weekend's CBS event. Lashley declined the high profile fight, because he didn't think he'd have enough time to train properly, but Strikeforce's interested & can certainly use another rising star with name value in their heavyweight division.

- TNA has dropped Kevin Nash’s search for his 1st-ever female valet, "the Big Sexy World Tour". The winner would've received an all-expenses-paid trip to next month’s Final Resolution pay-per-view in Orlando & accompanied the wrestling legend to the ring for his match that night.

- During the Hulkster’s appearance on Good Day LA, he made a very brief mention of TNA during his final 15 seconds on the program. Glad to hear that he's excited about being in a wrestling ring again! . . .

HAUGHTY HOTTIES NEWS: Dixie Carter, Sojourner Bolt, ODB, Stacey Kiebler & Sarah Del Rey
- To read the coolest news on the hottest women in wrestling today, check out Shimmer's official Yahoo! Group -- sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/shimmerwre...

- A number of people from World Wrestling Entertainment watched TNA President Dixie Carter's speech on iMPACT! last week on YouTube, with many laughing @ it. 1 person within WWE made the following statement: "After investing the previous 2 hours of iMPACT! on hyping how Hulk Hogan & TNA are ushering in this new era of euphoria, with this huge game changer move & perhaps making their fan base feel like this is finally the place to be, right here & right now, they kick off this week's show with THAT video. A video that comes across totally out-of-context, even if it's not a 'shoot, brutha', where a sea of sleepy, droopy-faced & indifferent talent sit in bleachers & are lectured to by a woman that has about 2% conviction in the speech she's giving. For the talent, it's a big old 'F you, it's my way or the highway'. For the viewer, it comes across as 'Hey, you know that whole big Hulk Hogan hype we sold you on last week? Yeah, buyer beware ~ it's not as cool or as euphorically kickass as we kind of suggested it was last week.' I don't think it served any purpose, other than to further amp up Dixie's ego. It was like a bad public speaking class."

- Carter essentially said during her speech @ the top of the hour, that anybody who wasn’t on board with her recent changes to the organization, should find work elsewhere. As it turns out, 5 wrestlers had asked for their releases from the company in recent weeks, including Frankie Kazarian {aka Suicide} & Homicide ~ we don’t have the names of the 3 other wrestlers. All 5 were turned down. 

- It was reported last week that Sojournor Bolt’s future with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling appeared to be in doubt. According to sources, she was released by the organization this past week, as they opted against renewing her contract. Further confirming her departure from the organization, her photo gallery was removed from the company website’s Knockouts section. However, her profile remains on the roster page. The reason for this, is because the company may opt to continue using Sojo on a pay-per-appearance basis, so there's a good chance we haven’t the last of her in the 6-sided ring. The veteran women’s wrestler had been sparingly used, since Dutch Mantel’s departure from TNA this past summer & the feeling was her days in the company were numbered. Yeah, me neither. . .

- Reigning TNA Knockouts Champion ODB recently inked a multi-year deal with the organization. Her contract renewal with the organization actually came as a surprise to friends, as she'd been discussing jumping to World Wrestling Entertainment, when her previous contract expired in mid-November. She'd been telling people the past 2 months, that she didn’t think management even realized her contract was coming due, because nobody had mentioned it to her. Now, what in the blue hell would WWE've done with ODB?!

- Stacy Keibler recently spoke to Kevin Eck of the Baltimore Sun & was asked whether she'd be the special guest host of WWE RAW, when the show comes to her hometown of Baltimore, Maryland on November 30th. The former WWE Diva said she reached out to WWE about hosting, but never heard back. "I actually had my management contact them & nobody ever got back to us {laughs}. So I guess they're not interested," she said. Keibler recently won a contest to determine Baltimore, Maryland's biggest celebrity ~ beating out baseball great Cal Ripken, Junior & Olympic hero Michael Phelps. Stacey was also asked about whether she's heard anything from TNA Wrestling about working for them. "{TNA} hasn't {contacted me}, but Mick {Foley} & I talk regularly. They haven’t contacted me to do anything, plus I still have my deal with ABC, so I wouldn’t be able to do anything like that."

- Jersey All Pro Wrestling Women's Division Champion Sara Del Rey will be in action tonight @ the TNA event, being held @ the Wayne PAL Building, 1 PAL Drive, Wayne, New Jersey 07470, near Routes 23, 46, 80, 280 & 287 ~ Tickets are available @ www.protix.com

DECLARATION of INDEPENDENTS NEWS: CAPW, NWA-MSW, Stro Bookings & Training, Kennedy, RVD, WCPW, Hulkamania Tour & more!
- To view an up-to-date listing of all the bodacious upcoming independent shows, check out www.prowrestlingevents.tk/

- CAPW tonight @ Belinda's Night Club, 9613 Madison Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio. Tickets: $10 Advance, $12 Day of the show & $15 Ringside. You can purchase tickets via PayPal @ JTLIGHTNING30@AOL.COM or call (216) 536-2969. For more information, go to www.myspace.com/capw ~ MAIN EVENT, Former WCW, SMW and current NWA & TV/Film star The Stro versus "Marvelous" Mitch Ryder. . .  WOMANS MATCH, Malia Hosaka versus Jessicka Havok. . .  GRUDGE MATCH, Robby Starr versus Christian Vaughn {with Minka Murder}. . .  Dick Trimmons versus Jefferson Saint {with Drew Cordeiro}. . .  Issac Montana versus "Sexy" Shawn Blaze. . .  Plus, Luis Diamonte & "Killer" Chris Kole, Joey vengence & more!

- NWA-MSW TV taping, this Saturday @ Summers Company Memorial Building, Hinton, West Virginia. Showtime: 7:30 pm est.  NWA-MSW Heavyweight champion Derrik Billings versus Scotty Rocker. . .  6-Man Tag Team action, Stro "The Maestro of Wrestling" teaming up with JC Dykes Junior & Karl versus King Richard, Bryan Kyle & Sir Ice. . .  Johnny Blast versus Ryan Edmonds. . .  Frank Parker versus Kris King. . .  Plus, The Bunkhouse Boys, Juicer & more top stars of NWA-MSW! Belltime's 7:30 pm est. NWA-MSW stars will be having a autograph signing @ the Pizza Hut restaurant in Hinton 2-5pm this Saturday. There's also an NWA-MSW event next week, November 21st in Mullens, WV @ the American Legion Building. Showtime also 7:30 pm est.

- Stro's currently accepting bookings, both in the US & International. Contact stro4ya@yahoo.com or (910) 381-8503. Also, tryouts are going on now, for male & female students for Stro's wrestling school. For more information, go to www.thestro.com/school.html.

- Ken Kennedy's apparently dyed his hair!  Excitement abounds in the wrestling world!!

- Former RAW & ECWWE Heavyweight Champion Rob Van Dam had a lot to say in a UK Sun interview with Simon Rothstein, where RVD was very emotional about the original ECW & his thoughts about the new Extreme Championship Wrestling.

- Hey all you Halloweenies!  If you have, or are going to dress up as a wrestler on Halloween, send us the photo & we'll publish it on www.Wrestling-Radio.com ~ EMAIL PHOTOS TO: ben@wrestling-radio.com

- Professional wrestler Gregory Lee's suing Windy City Pro Wrestling, after the stairs leading from the wrestling ring collapsed. According to the complaint, on July 10th, 2009, Lee was participating in a wrestling entertainment event @ Toyota Park in Bridgeview, when the stairs leading from the wrestling ring collapsed, causing him to fall & be injured. The complaint asserts that Windy City Pro Wrestling was negligent when it, among other things, "failed to adequately light the catwalk & stairs leading from the wrestling ring." Lee's also suing the Village of Bridgeview, as well as a 3rd defendant, asserting that it participated in the construction of the catwalk & stairs.

- HULKAMANIA Melbourne Card {November 21st @ the Rod Laver Arena} Tag Team Match, Nick Dinsmore {formerly known as Ugene} & “Pimp Fatha” Charles Wright {formerly known as Godfather} versus Rock of Love. . .  Spartan 3000 Matt Cross versus Shannon Moore. . .  Tag Team Match, Vampire Warrior & Black Pearl "The Count of California" versus The Nasty Boys {with WWE Hall of Famer "Mouth of the South" Jimmy Hart}. . .  Brutus "the Barber" Beefcake {with Jimmy Hart} versus John Heidenreich. . .  Bikin  Challenge, Lacey Von Erich versus Koa Marie Turner versus Kiara Dillon versus Stephanie Pietz. . .  Sean Morley {formerly known as Val Venis} versus Ken Anderson {formerly known as Ken Kennedy}. . .  Tag Team Match, Orlando Jordan & Edward Smith Fatu {formerly known as Umaga} versus Solofa Fatu Junior {formerly known as Rikishi/Junior Fatu} & Brian Christopher. . .  MAIN EVENT MATCH, WWE Hall of Famer "Nature Boy" Ric Flair versus WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan

- "Maple Leaf Muscle" Petey Williams & Johnny Devine reunite as TEAM CANADA in Ottawa on Saturday, November 21st! VIP TICKETS ON SALE NOW, $20 ~ & give fans early entrance {7pm}, 1st choice seating & a BONUS MATCH. They're available @ 260 McArthur Avenue, Knights of Columbus Hall bar, in Ottawa. As well, Join the C4 fan community here & let your voice be heard! 2 more exciting matches to be announced in the next couple days ~ including the debut of an exciting internationally-renowned tag team!

- If you haven't heard about it, Davey Richards, ½ of the ROH Tag Team Champions, has started a new promotion with former ROH booker Gabe {current Dragon Gate USA booker} & former ROH editor Sal. ROH Officials have stated that they knew about the project. Considering that Gabe of DGUSA's also a focal head of this project, we're sure that some DGUSA connections will be made. Pro Wrestling Ponderings want to know who you think Davey should pick as his main promotion, should he have to choose ~ ROH or DGUSA Check out our main site for the poll & choose your side.

10/26/09 originating on USA Network {in the United States} & simulcast on the Score {in Canada}

commentating by WWE Hall of Famer Jerry "The King" Lawler & Michael Cole

from the HSBC Arena in Buffalo, New York; now in WWE~HD

WWE Unified Tag Team champions Chris Jericho & the Big Show saunter to the ring, where the Ayatollah of Rock & Rollah shows off the Bragging Rights Trophy that Team Smackdown won the night before, then the Former WCW Giant declares that despite what happened @ the pay-per-view, he's still a proud member of the RAW-ster; whoa, Y2J states that TBS doesn't have to explain himself to these parasites, let's here it for Smackdown, the clearly-superior show. . .  besides, Big Show's loyalty to his partner & his team supercedes his loyalty to RAW & that's something that's gonna stick in the craw of these amoebas in the RAW Universe; so, listen, the Big Show's got something he needs to tell the ÜberStar of Jerichlean Proportions. . .  yeah, he knows, it's great that the former WCW Giant ended the party train of D-Generation X, there's no mirth or merriment coming from their camp tonight, they're embarrassed for what TBS did to Team RAW last night, having punched HHH right in the face & as a result, Team Smackdown came out triumphant. . . not that they wouldn't've won anyway, because the King of My World was the team captain, the mastermind behind the whole team's strategy; listen, what TBS did @ Bragging Rights, he did for himself, there's only 1 thing that's more important to him than his team or his show & that's his career, so he struck a deal with Smackdown General Manager Theodore R. Long to secure the win for Friday nights & Chris' looking @ the next opponent for the Smackdown Heavyweight title @ Survivor Series, against the UnderTaker; whoa, there, Sparky, Big Show never cleared this with Jericho. . .  TBS agrees, he didn't, because he doesn't have to clear everything through his WWE Unified Tag Team champion partner, but just as both men are starting to get heated with their argument, Celebrity Guest Hosts Kyle Busch & Joey Logano from NASCAR are seen out in the parking lot, burning rubber, before entering the arena to a raucous round of applause, accompanied to the ring by the Bella Twins; Busch declares that this is how you make an entrance, they're both big WWE fans & therefore are honoured by being here, but they're not too thrilled with the actions of the WWE Unified Tag Team champions last night, especially for the apparent spoils that their actions garnered. . .  but he's a man's man & he can see where TBS' coming from, so he's ultimately in agreement with what he did; after Kyle shakes the former WCW Giant's hand, Logano decides that he can't do the same, he can't believe what TBS did to Team RAW last night, that's not impressive, that's just weak; y'know, maybe the Big Show should track Joey a little respect. . .  yeah, Busch hears him, Joey doesn't know a lot about championships & what they're here for's to win 1, they're here to help host RAW make this show possible, they're in Buffalo man, a city that hasn't made it to the playoffs since Hulkamania. . .  & they bring TO in, what's he done, next thing you know, they're gonna be singing O Canada; well, dem's fightin' words, as Logano declares that tonight TBS takes on the Game tonight, the man he sucker-punched last night; say, that's too bad, Big Show, has anybody ever seen such a luminous incandescence grail of greatness that Jericho's holding right now, let's all go back to the Celebrity Guest Hosts' office to discuss how awesome he is. . .  well, as a matter of fact, Busch's seen 58 of those & since Joey's not the only man who can make matches tonight, on his way into the arena tonight, while he was burning all that rubber, he decided to put Y2J into a match with RAW's Kofi Johnsto- Kingston, Kofi Kingston, yeah, that guy. . .  & it's happening right now, where the former Jamaican Sensation pins the WWE Unified Tag Team co-champion with a 'Trouble in Paradise' Xuanfengjiao Tornado Kick {PSYCHOLOGY: a touch of revenge, for Kingston being the RAW wrestler who got pinned last night, due to the shenanigans of Jericho's partner in crime!}; after the match, "Legend Killer" Randy Orton jumps Kofi, leaving the former Jamaican Sensation sprawled on the arena floor near the base of the ring entrance ramp stage; backstage, ECWWE's Josh Mathews bothers Orton, who states that Kofi had no business interfering in his Iron Man match for the Heavyweight title last night @ Bragging Rights & if he'd just kept out of the match, then Randy'd still be Heavyweight champion right now; the Legend Killer calls dropping Kingston justice & believe Randy when he says, he's only just begun on the former Jamaican Sensation; in step Cody Rhodes & Ted DiBiase Junior, the former stating that they agree with Randy, he was robbed, so they just wanted to show him their support with a gift a token of their gratitude for everything that Orton's ever done for them, namely this NASCAR racing car, emblazoned with his likeness, easily afforded by the son of ",000,000 Man" Ted DiBiase & the Legend Killer can consider this but a small token of their appreciation. . .  but that's not it, they also have another surprise, 1 concerning Heavyweight champion John Cena. . .  let's just say that it's only a matter of time before the belt comes back to Lega¢¥

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in the Celebrity Guest Hosts' office, Kyle Busch & Joey Logano from NASCAR tell Eve Torres about the Texas Motor Speedway, with each man racing against each other, in the RAW & Smackdown cars respectively; wow, in steps "All-American American" Jack Swagger, all agog @ the idea of NASCAR's finest here as the Celebrity Guest Hosts, considering that he's WWE's finest; they all have a lot in common, he's a successful champion who's accustomed to winning. . .  well, it's not that Kyle doesn't appreciate where Swagger's going, but what does he want? . . .  anywho, Heavyweight champion John Cena doesn't have an opponent for tonight, so Jack was wondering if he could get his shot @ the Heavyweight championship; well, as it just so happens, Busch & Logano were planning on naming the next opponent for the Doctor of Thuganomics tonight; in walks United States champion Mike "The Miz" Mizanin, who disagrees with Jack's assessment of his being the future Heavyweight champion & since the Miz was the only RAW Superstar who actually successfully defended the honour of Monday nights last night, it's a foregone conclusion that he should get the next title shot, so Mike's officially letting Kyle & Joey know that he's gonna be the next man to face the Chain Gang Commander @ Survivor Series, because he's the Miz & he's awesome!

RAW 1st HOUR MAIN EVENT, MIXED TAG TEAM MATCH: Perella (Divas champion Melina Perez & Santino Marella) versus the Lacklustre Former Champs (Chavo Guerrero Junior & Jillian Hall); Melina beats Jillian with a 'Kyranium Krunch' Legdropping Reverse DDT {PSYCHOLOGY: quite the entertaining match!}; after the match, as Hornswaggle, still dressed in the D-Generation X gear, celebrates with Marella & Perez, a guy in a suit hands him a day-glo green envelope, in which's something that makes the Leprechaun rather upset, so he goes & sits on the lap of Uncle Jerry, who explains to us that it's a Cease-&-Desist order to stop wearing that DX stuff in public, or risk legal action

Rhode$ to Ri¢he$ saunter to the ring, where Cody Rhodes proclaims that the champ's not here, though this would be the perfect time for him to come out here to talk about his so-called epic victory, but instead Heavyweight champion John Cena's gonna have to wait his turn, because Rhode$ to Ri¢he$ are here. . .  & just because "Legend Killer" Randy Orton can't face the Doctor of Thuganomics for the Heavyweight title, doesn't mean that neither Rhodes nor his tag team partner Ted DiBiase Junior can't, so @ Survivor Series, they're gonna take back the title to Lega¢¥, where it belongs; DiBiase didn't ask tonight's Celebrity Guest Hosts to make this match, because they don't have to, they're making a challenge to the Chain Gang Commander tonight ~ he can either take on Ted, or Cody, or better yet he can take on both of them, if he has the guts; well, dem's fightin' words, as the Heavyweight champion wiggers to the ring & states that he doesn't have to brag about what he did last night, it was exactly what it needed to be, 2 of the greatest Superstars in WWE competing in 1 final showdown; Cena feels that he can speak for his Bragging Rights opponent when he says that, once that 60-minute clock reached 0, both men were spent & it almost felt like they dodged an explosion; people asked Cena why he'd do something like accept an Iron Man match, but in a weird way they did it for each other & the Heavyweight title, not to mention the RAW Universe & because they both knew that the rivalry needed to end & it did; that brings them to RAW, the night after the shootout @ the OK Corral, where the RAW Universe's sitting in anticipation of who's gonna be the next challenger for the Heavyweight title, but they assuredly weren't anxiously awaiting the presence of Rhodes & DiBiase; well, they ain't Randy, which of course John agrees with, neither of them are as schooled as Orton, but it's close enough ~ people tuning in will think that RAW's gone into reruns, what's it been now, 12 years? . . .  so right now, the Heavyweight champion's gonna hit Rhode$ to Ri¢he$ up with some truth ~ last night, he defeated the Legend Killer & earned the right to say "no more!" so they can both come out here to make all the empty challenges they want, that they're gonna take the title back to Lega¢¥, but if they want a shot @ the title, they're gonna have to lace up their boots real tight & work for it, because that's how it's gonna be around here. . .  but as of right now, Cody & Ted haven't earned it yet, which he confirms when he asks the RAW Universe if the Baby Oil Club have earned anything; so, as much of a NASCAR fan as Cena might be, Cena was backstage talking with Celebrity Guest Hosts Kyle Busch & Joey Logano from NASCAR, who agreed that the 2 should have a match tonight, right about now; TAG TEAM MATCH: Rhode$ to Ri¢he$ (Cody Rhodes & Ted DiBiase Junior) versus the World's Strongest Playas (Montell Vontavius Porter & "World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry); MVP defeats DiBiase with a Sitout Pinfall {PSYCHOLOGY: & an assist from Henry's massive clothesline from the ring apron!}; after the match, "Legend Killer" Randy Orton saunters out to the ring, where he states that apparently the Celebrity Guest Hosts are trying to find the next opponent for the Heavyweight champion & it's starting to look like it's not gonna be the former champion himself; Orton understands the terms of his match last night, but he doesn't care, he's a former champion & is entitled to a rematch, he doesn't care if he has to take it all the way to the WWE Board of Directors, he'll get his title back; suddenly, Kofi Kingston appears on the TitanTron, declaring that nobody cares what he has to say & what he thinks, which infuriates the Legend Killer, demanding that the former Jamaican Sensation should come down here to this ring & say that to his face. . .  well, it's funny that Randy should use those words, considering that he's standing over Orton's face, as painted onto the NASCAR racing car backstage, which's built very durably, considering that Kofi's punching & kicking it as much as he's doing ~ why, he can even take this rolling equipment cart & ram it full-force into the side of the car, without leaving a scratch {a huge dent in the fiberglass, but no scratch} ironically enough, it's the stuff that's so small that can do so much damage, like this key, which Kingston uses to scratch up the side panel. . .  wait, is that a bug on the hood, allow the former Jamaican Sensation to get that, with this handy crowbar; ahh, noodles, it appears that Kofi's gone & ruined Randy's paint job, but allow him to just grab this bucket of red paint & fix it. . . from a height of about 5'

Eve Torres sexies to the ring to do special guest ring announcing for the following match, where Evan Bourne beats United States champion Mike "The Miz" Mizanin via Disqualification, After "All-American American" Jack Swagger Distracts the Miz, in This Non-Title Match {PSYCHOLOGY: awww, c'mon, defend the belt already, guys!}

Celebrity Guest Hosts Kyle Busch & Joey Logano from NASCAR appear on the TitanTron, announcing that they've enjoyed how tough Jamie Knoble's been on RAW, but they're gonna find out tonight just how tough he really is, when he takes on RAW's latest acquisition from ECWWE, Sheamus O'Shaughnessy, who's here to make an impression on the RAW Universe; Sheamus defeats Jamie with a 'Cabra Gaelscoil' Bicycle Kick {PSYCHOLOGY: surprise!}

a video package plays, hyping "the Unauthorized History of DX", a book chronicling the rise of WWE's most juvenile faction in its otherwise-illustrious history; before the following match, HHH informs WWE Unified Tag Team co-champion the Big Show that he was talking to RAW Celebrity Guest Hosts Kyle Busch & Joey Logano from NASCAR a little earlier & they were all unanimous in their decision to make this a Lumberjack Match, featuring the other 4 members of Team RAW from Bragging Rights {"All-American American" Jack Swagger, Kofi Kingston, "World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry & Cody Rhodes} as well as many other members of the RAW-ster {including Chavo Guerrero Junior, Montell Vontavius Porter, "Masterpiece" Chris Masters, Evan Bourne, Santino Marella & 2016 WWE Hall of Famer "HeartBreak Kid" Shawn Michaels} & on top of that, it's a No Disqualification Match, so those Lumberjacks can do just about whatever they want during the match. . .  also, the referee can skedaddle, because they have a special guest ref, namely Heavyweight champion John Cena; RAW 2nd HOUR MAIN EVENT, NO DISQUALIFICATION LUMBERJACK MATCH: the Game pins the Former WCW Giant with a 'Pedigree' Double Underhook Faceplant {PSYCHOLOGY: after everybody else got in their shots as well!}; after the match, Celebrity Guest Hosts Kyle Busch & Joey Logano from NASCAR saunter out onto the ring entrance ramp stage, where they announce finally who's gonna face the Doctor of Thuganomics @ Survivor Series, but they couldn't come up with any 1 Superstar, so they spoke with the 1 guy who can unify them, Hornswaggle, who managed to convince them that it should be a Triple Threat, the Chain Gang Commander defending his title against none other than the Cerebral Assassin & the Showstopper!

10/27/09 originating on SyFy {in the United States} & rebroadcast on Global {in Canada} the following Friday, late-night

commentating by Josh Mathews & Byron Saxton

from the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York; now in WWE~HD

WWE Hall of Famer "Mister USA" Tony Atlas introduces Abraham Washington, who suaves out onto the ring entrance ramp stage & thanks the ECWWE Universe for the nonexistent cheers, before welcoming them all to most the critically-acclaimed of all prime time, as hosted by the most entertaining man in sports entertainment; deciding to tune out the haters in the crowd, Washington declares himself to still be a pimp, then decides to do something that he doesn't do very often & stop running his mouth. . .  now, stop that cackling,Tony don't wanna be back in the unemployment line, do he? . . .  so anywho, here's the General Manager of ECWWE, Tiffany, who sexies out onto the ring entrance ramp stage with her brand-spanking new theme that has nothing to do with Torrie Wilson, where she provides nature's cure for swine flu, since Abraham's too busy catching jungle fever. . .  but in all seriousness, Tiffany's in the hot seat right now, because just this past Sunday @ Bragging Rights, with RAW & Smackdown determining who's the better show, ECWWE had no influence, what's up with that? . . .  well, as it turns out, she thinks that her little show that could had a tremendous influence on this Sunday's pay-per-view ~ look @ Smackdown Intercontinental champion John Morrison, RAW United States champion Mike "The Miz" Mizanin, Smackdown's CM Punk, RAW's Kofi Kingston. . .  all former ECWWE alumni; as far as next year goes, they're gonna have an even bigger impact on Bragging Rights, she guarantees it; well, dem's fightin' words, as Washington proclaims that this ain't no Men's Warehouse, they don't need no suits, they need Superstars. . .  & speaking of ECWWE Superstars who got their start here & left, let's talk about that Irish Ronald McDonald wannabe Sheamus O'Shaughnessy, who just made his debut on RAW this week; well, as it turns out, Tiffany works under the understanding that anybody who wants to leave, can do just that, so after Sheamus informed her of his desire to head for Monday nights, she informed him of her desire to not have the door hit his pale-as-death arse on the way out. . .  after having 1 last match tonight against "Gold Standard" Shelton Benjamin; well, then, Abraham guesses that he has only 1 thing left to ask, how's the chicken wing healing up, but before the GM can answer, William Regal saunters out onto the ring entrance ramp stage, where he implores her 1 last time to give him what he deserves, a Heavyweight championship rematch; too bad, though, that even though he's asked her repeatedly, her answer's still no, so let Tiffany make herself perfectly clear, he's not going to get a title match tonight & quite possibly won't ever get another shot ever, so she thanks the ECWWE Universe for coming & sexies back to her office; as Washington tries to close his show, Regal goes all large-simian-poopie on the set, throwing a tantrum fit for an otherwise-austere Incredible Hulk; backstage, Savannah Fong bothers the Gold Standard, who didn't exactly take too kindly to O'Shaughnessy calling his WWE tenure mediocre, but it did make him sit down while he was @ home & come to the realization that maybe he's wasting everybody's time here, perhaps he should pack his things up & leave. . .  but then, Shelton realized that this schmuck of a rookie had no right to question his heart, he's a coward for attacking Benjamin from behind & then go hightailing it to RAW, as though he's done anything to prove himself to anybody; well, before he heads to Monday nights, the Gold Standard's gonna give the Celt a parting gift, a reason not to underestimate Benjamin; Sheamus beats Shelton with a 'Cabra Gaelscoil' Bicycle Kick {PSYCHOLOGY: well, have a good time on RAW, then! . . .}

backstage, Rosa Mendes tells Gregory Helms that she's so glad to be on ECWWE, it gives her the perfect excuse to go shopping for new clothes every week. . . & she's been going to the gym & she's in the best shape of her life. . .  oh & she was @ the mall the other day & bought the cutest little dress. . .  & then, of course, there was this girl who recognized her & asked for her autograph ~ oh sorry, what was it that Gregory asked her; well, actually, he just said hi, but here comes "Ripper" Paul Burchill & his sister Katie Lea, the former issuing a challenge to Hurricane Helms, through Gregory, to face the former pirate next week

in the backstage area, Savannah Fong bothers Heavyweight champion Christian, who believes that Yoshi Tatsu's the most deserving person around here of a title shot, because unlike other people named William Regal, Tatsu's actually gone out & earned some wins, which in turn makes Captain Charisma feel good about what's going on here in ECWWE; Tatsu's gonna be a champion in years to come. . .  but not tonight, because here tonight in front of his Rochester Peeps, the Instant Classic's set to teach his protege the most important lesson of all, how to del with defeat in the following MAIN EVENT, ECWWE HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH: the Peeps' Champion defeats the New Japan Pro Wrestler with a 'Kill Switch' Crucifix Faceplant {PSYCHOLOGY: what, only 2 matches ~ oh, boo-urry!}; after the match, Christian makes to help Tatsu up to his feet, when suddenly Vladimir Koslov & Ezekiel Jackson storm the ring & beat down both men @ the behest of William Regal, who picks up the Heavyweight title from the rubble of humanity & puts it in the face of the Instant Classic

10/29/09 originating on WGN America {in the United States}

RAW & Smackdown commentating by WWE Hall of Famer Jerry "The King" Lawler & Michael Cole
ECWWE commentating by Josh Mathews & Byron Saxton
Smackdown commentating by the Slammy Award-winner Matt Striker & Todd Grisham

RAW MATCH: "All-American American" Jack Swagger pins Primo Colon with an 'Orthodontist's Dream' Gutwrench Powerbomb {PSYCHOLOGY: splat-tastic!}

a video package plays, showing this week's edition of Ask the Divas; "I have a body like a WWE Diva! What should I be for Halloween?". . .  RAW's Kelly Kelly suggests herself. . .  ECWWE's Rosa Mendes takes a similar tact. . .  RAW's Bella Twins sense a theme as well. . . ECWWE's Eve Torres suggests dressing as the ultimate Diva, Wonder Woman. . .  RAW's Jillian Hall shows how humble she is by offering herself as a perfect Halloween template. . .  Smackdown's Maria Kanellis proposes becoming your own Diva. . .  Smackdown's Natalya Neidhart opts for dropping all inhibitions & going as a French maid. . .  ECWWE's Katie Lea Burchill, on the other hand, bursts everybody's bubble by doubting that any WWE Universer could have the body of a WWE Diva; "What's your favourite Halloween memory?". . .  ECWWE's Rosa Mendes once stole all of her friends' candy. . .  RAW's Jillian Hall dressed up as Britney Spears last year on TV. . . ECWWE's Katie Lea Burchill always enjoys tricks, treats & candy. . .  RAW's Brie Bella was a fairy godmother, while Nikki was a pumpkin, which didn't stop the latter from hauling the former's wig off; anybody who needs advise, can log onto www.WWEUniverse.com; RAW DIVAS MATCH: Alicia Fox defeats Kelly Kelly with a 'Ax' Scissor Kick {PSYCHOLOGY: well, it's not like it was anybody who's a serious contender for either the Women's or Divas titles! . . .}; DID YOU KNOW. . . last month, over 100,000,000 photos of WWE Divas were viewed on www.WWE.com! . . . ; betcha ECWWE's Zack Gowen knew that, as he saunters to the ring for the following ECWWE MATCH: the Former EdgeHead beats Tyler Reks with a 'Zack Attack' Inverted Overdriver {PSYCHOLOGY: surprise!}

a video package plays, hyping WrestleMania 26 tickets being on sale in 9 days

MAIN EVENT, SMACKDOWN 6-MAN TAG TEAM MATCH: Thugnificence ("R~Truth" Ron Killings & Cryme Tyme {JTG & Shad Gaspard) versus Evil & Good (Mike Knox & the Calgary Bulldogs {Tyson Kidd & David Hart Smith}); Killings defeats Kidd with a 'Lie Detector' Corkscrew Elbow {PSYCHOLOGY: Smackdown Universe over there, what's up?}

10/30/09 originating on MyNetworkTV {in the United States} & on The SCORE {in Canada}

commentating by the Slammy-Award-Winning Matt Striker & Todd Grisham

from the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York; now in WWE~HD

General Manager Theodore R. Long holla-holla-hollas to the ring, where he congratulates Team Smackdown for defeating Team RAW @ Bragging Rights, which was quite the profitable night for WWE's A-show, if also a rather disturbing 1, as Dave "The Animal" Batista attacked his long-time friend Rey Mysterio Junior & he knows that the Smackdown Universe's anxiously awaiting some answers from the former Heavyweight champion, so Long's set up a face-to-face meeting with both men for later tonight; that brings Teddy to the Heavyweight title match @ Survivor Series & the man who'll face the champion UnderTaker, WWE Unified Tag Team co-champion the Big Show; WWE Unified Tag Team co-champion Chris Jericho saunters down to the ring, still carrying not only his RAW & Smackdown Tag Team title belts, but also the Bragging Rights Trophy that Team Smackdown won Sunday, which's what Long takes upon Y2J entering the ring, since it's property of Smackdown. . . well, make no mistake about it, that trophy belongs to the Ayatollah of Rock & Rollah, the mastermind behind the win @ the pay-per-view; the ÜberStar of Jerichlean Proportions didn't win that match for these hypocritical sycophants, he did it for himself, once more proving that he's the best in the world @ what he does; for Teddy to give the former WCW Giant the title shot @ Survivor Series without consulting the King of My World's the most underhanded & devious decision that Long's ever made, Jericho's the face of Smackdown, he single-handedly brought triumph to Team Smackdown @ Bragging Rights, so therefore he should be the show's Heavyweight champion; Kane pyros to the ring, where he balks @ the idea of Chris winning their match single-handedly, in case he forgot, the Bald Red Machine was co-captain of Team Smackdown, which means that the trophy & all the glory belong to him just as much; as for the #1 Contendership for the Dead Man's Heavyweight title, it's certainly not going to either of the WWE Unified Tag Team champions, it should go to the BalderTaker; well, maybe he's suffering from selective memory, because as Y2J recalls, he was the 1 who scored the winning pinfall, so he was the true winner @ Bragging Rights & Kane's own win-loss record against the Heavyweight champion hasn't exactly been exemplary, so the Bald Red Machine shouldn't get his hopes up in regards to scoring a title match; the ÜberStar of Jerichlean Proportion's the hero of Smackdown, he's the Judas & he's the Priest of all these germ incubators in the Smackdown Universe, so BalderTaker should just turn around & get-a-steppin'; well, dem's fightin' words, as Kane sets the WWE Unified Tag Team co-champion up for a 'Goozle' 1-Handed Chokeslam, but Teddy stops him, knowing that the former WWF Heavyweight champion's gonna wanna hear this. . .  since RAW's having a Triple Threat for their Heavyweight title @ Survivor Series, Long's gonna have the King of My World & the BalderTaker face off tonight, with the winner going on to face 'Taker & TBS in a Triple Threat match of their own

before the following match, Dolph Ziggler saunters to the ring, where he proclaims that, since everybody else from Smackdown did their jobs @ Bragging Rights by coming out on top, it seems like he's got a pretty good shot tonight, going up against the only Smackdown Superstar who didn't win his Bragging Rights Inter-Promotional match; fair enough, but what's all this "we", the way the Shaman of Sexy remembers it, Dolph wasn't even @ the pay-per-view, so he really shouldn't be including himself in this "we", he's a little premature in that regard. . .  & John should know, he asked Maria Kanellis about how premature Ziggler usually is; well, dem's jobbin' words, as Ziggler beats Morrison via Countout in This Non-Title Match {PSYCHOLOGY: & no, I'm not gonna be calling Dolph's finisher the "Zig Zag"!}

in the General Manager's office, Theodore R. Long welcomes WWE Owner Vince McMahon, who congratulates the former WCW & WWE referee-turned-manager, postulating that he just might be able to get rid of that darned annoying little probation thingy that Vinnie-Mac's been hanging over his head all this time; in walks CM Punk, who asks if Long's out of his mind, putting WWE Unified Tag Team co-champion the Big Show up against Heavyweight champion the UnderTaker @ Survivor Series & to make matters worse, there's a match tonight pitting WWE Unified Tag Team co-champion Chris Jericho against Kane, the winner of which's added to that title bout, making it a Triple Threat match, when the entire Smackdown Universe knows that it should be the Straight-Edge Superstar's match, if it weren't for the shoddy officiating of Scott Armstrong, Punk'd still be champ himself; wait a minute, the McMahonopolizer has an idea, tonight CM takes on Referee Scott Armstrong, now how's that for a brilliant idea?

SMACKDOWN DIVAS MATCH: "Glamazon" Beth Phoenix defeats Jenny Brooks with a 'Glam Slam' Elevated Wheelbarrow Faceplant {PSYCHOLOGY: no way, a Divas jobber match?!}

Vickie Guerrero Mamacita Heats out onto the ring entrance ramp stage, where she excuses herself in her brass-finished princess dress, then takes great pride in introducing her Prince Charming, Eric Escobar for the following SMACKDOWN 1st HOUR MAIN EVENT MATCH: Matt Hardy pins Escobar with a Neckbreaker {PSYCHOLOGY: out of desperation, as he'd taken quite a lickin' but kept on tickin'!}; after the match, Rey Mysterio Junior Booyakas to the ring, where he states that, since all of the Smackdown Universe just witnessed in that video package from Bragging Rights, where, after their mutual Heavyweight title match loss, Dave "The Animal" Batista beat down the Biggest Little Man & as much as it hurt Rey-Rey physically, the internal pain from a friendship scorned was even worse; ever since Sunday, Mysterio's been replaying what happened over & over in his mind, which just made him angrier & angrier, but then he realized what was really important, Batista being his family; Rey feels he owes the Animal the benefit of the doubt, so regardless of how he may feel right now personally, Mysterio calls Dave down to the ring, so that they can straighten this out mano a mano, like la Familia; Batista Walks For Miles Inside This Pit of Danger to the ring, where he asks if Rey's hurt because Dave hurt him, well maybe he just don't realize just what kind of hurting that the Animal can dish out, who the hell does Mysterio think he is, calling Batista out; well, Dave's gonna be the bigger man & give Rey-Rey this 1 opportunity to walk out of his ring, which the Biggest Little Man declines to do, he wants to straighten things out between the 2, they've been through so much together; it was a Fatal 4-Way match Sunday for the Heavyweight title ~ what, did Dave honestly expect Mysterio not to try? . . . no, Rey's willing to let bygones be bygones, dawg, that's how much their friendship means to him, Dave's like Mysterio's big brother, he looks up to him ~ brothers fight all the time, but what they have here's gonna last far longer than either of their wrestling careers, when they're both done in the squared circle, they're still gonna be family; what's Rey-Rey thinking, he must be forgetting how little effort Dave used to hurt him, what's he gonna do now that the Animal's not on his side, why oh why did he have to go stab Batista in the back @ Bragging Rights & what's Dave gonna do to Mysterio if he doesn't get out of this ring right now; c'mon man, he's not serious. . .  well, if Rey thinks Dave's lying, then he's welcome to stay in the ring; if Rey'd known what he did was gonna interfere in their friendship, he'd've never agreed to be a part of that match, but now Batista's giving him this 1 last chance to turn around & walk out of this ring, before something Evolution-style happens to the Biggest Little Man; naw, he ain't leaving. . .  the Animal's gonna have to do what he feels the need to do, because Rey's here to work out their differences, look @ what they've both been through, look @ Eddie. . .  well Rey, Eddie's dead, Dave's not thinking about what they've been through or anybody else by himself; then Batista leaves the ring relatively un-Rey-smeared, heading backstage in a huff, where he gets bothered by Matt Hardy, who starts off on the wrong foot by pointing out that this may not be any of his business, but he & Jeff had a lot of conflicts, they'd done a lot of things to each other that they regret doing, so the former Mattitude Practitioner suggests that he not do anything with Rey that he's gonna regret later; well, dem's blind-sidin' words, as Batista makes to leave the arena, then Pearl-Harbours Hardy from behind, leaving him in a crumpled heap on the floor

Drew McIntyre saunters to the ring, where he congratulates Team Smackdown on their victory @ Bragging Rights, but let the Scot make 1 thing perfectly clear ~ he never wanted to be on that team in the 1st place, as he intends to make his own impact; so, unfortunately for his opponent tonight, the party's over; after beating the Cac out of Fit Finlay, the referee declares that the match can now not take place & send McIntyre backstage

DID YOU KNOW. . . www.WWEClassics.com is the only place you can watch the 1st 100 episodes of Monday Night RAW! . . . ; betcha Cryme Tyme {aka Friday Night Thugs A'Horror. . .  because on Friday night, they make all the ladies scream!} knew that, as they bring tha hood 2 tha ring for the 2009 Halloween Diva Contest, where the Smackdown Universe decides the flyest costume; the 4 contestants sexy to the ring, where JTG declares that the Smackdown Universe's gonna really enjoy this Halloween, if this is who's gonna be trick or treatin' this year; 1st, it's Natalya Neidhart, dressed as a matador. . .  then there's Layla El, dressed as a female Michael Jackson. . .  3rd we have Women's champion Michelle McCool, dressed as Terri Runnels- err, I mean a she-devil. . .  lastly, Mickie James shorn up in her Elektra costume, doing all kinds of flips & rolls, showing us she knows how to use those sai; now Shad Gaspard calls for the Smackdown Universe to choose the winner, who's the former Alexis Laree, who's all bubbly about her "win" until the other 3 Divas decide that they're not gonna take her sexier-dressed shenanigans lying down. . . until Mickie actually starts knocking them down to their backs 1-by-1, until McCool manages to take down her title rival

a video package plays, hyping WrestleMania 26 tickets being on sale in 8 days

CM Punk beats Referee Scott Armstrong with a 'Go To Sleep' Falling Kneestrike {PSYCHOLOGY: surprise!}

SMACKDOWN 2nd HOUR MAIN EVENT, SUMMERSLAM #1 CONTENDERSHIP, HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH: WWE Unified Tag Team co-champion Chris Jericho defeats Kane with a 'Codebreaker' Cradling Falling Double-Kneestrike {PSYCHOLOGY: so, once again, the WWE Unified Tag Team titles aren't being defended on pay-per-view. . . I really should stop being surprised @ this!}

HEADLINE NEWS: upcoming RAW Celebrity Guest Hosts
- Next week's Monday Night RAW from Worcester, Massachusetts, will be hosted by none other than Grammy Award winner Ozzy Osbourne & his wife Sharon. This is not the 1st time that the "Prince of Darkness" has appeared on WWE television & in May of 2007, he performed the song "I Don't Wanna Stop" on Smackdown. Ozzy will be joining Metallica on October 30th @ Madison Square Garden as part of the 25th anniversary of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. The crazy duo will be promoting Ozzy's new book, titled "I Am Ozzy." Now that'll be 1 interesting episode for sure!

- British tabloid newspaper The Sun's reporting that former boxing champion Ricky Hatton will be the special guest host for RAW when the show rolls into Sheffield in November. Hatton's a huge WWE fan & Superstars often visit his gym when they're in the country, while some are even present to see his fights whenever he's in Las Vegas. The former 2-time IBF & IBO light welterweight champion from Manchester's certainly a well-known figure worldwide, holding a professional record of 45-2 {with the only 2 losses being against WrestleMania headliner & former RAW guest host himself Floyd Mayweather Junior & Manny Pacquiao}  Both fights, which aired on pay-per-view, generated over 1,000,000 buys each.

- In an interview with www.IconvsIcon.com WWE Hall of Famer "Rowdy" Roddy Piper says that he’ll be hosting an upcoming edition of RAW, which seems to be an indication that everything's fine between the he & WWE, but that’s far from the case. Piper says he wasn’t happy with his involvement @ WrestleMania 25 this April & wants to close his career on a better note. "In my mind, I want to put a cap on it, as you say, with 1 more match, an extraordinary performance. Ya know, the clock's tickin’, let’s be honest, so sooner rather then later. So, I think if you saw me in RAW, that it would be leading into that match. I don’t know what it is yet. But yeah, you're correct." Since WrestleMania back in April, the Hot Rod has been outspoken against WWE for booking him in a 3-on-1 handicap match with fellow WWE Hal lof Famers Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat & "Superfly"  Jimmy Snuka, against Chris Jericho. “I wasn’t wild about WrestleMania 25, to put it mildly. There’s not a chance in hell that that’s the last way you’re gonna see me,” Piper said on the Monday Night Mayhem radio show in August. "There will definitely be a return of Roddy Piper & sooner than later. How many more fights I have in me, I don’t know. You got Vince McMahon, who’s done a great job of promoting, who became a bodybuilder & the last I saw him, I think he’s convinced himself he could fight now," Piper said. "I say this ~ why don’t you just put Roddy Piper & Vince McMahon in the ring."

PAY-PER-VIEW NEWS: 'Mania, Bragging Rights, Edge, 'Taker & Judgment Day
- WWE will be holding a WrestleMania party on Friday November 6th @ Westgate's WaterDance Plaza in Glendale, Arizona, to celebrate WrestleMania 26 tickets going on sale to the general public the next morning. WWE Unified Tag Team co-champion Chris Jericho & Kelly Kelly will be in attendance to meet with the fans, who will also have a chance to buy tickets for WrestleMania before the 10AM official opening the next day. The party will start @ 6PM & will go on till 10PM. There'll be food & drinks & a portable box office will sell tickets when the party kicks off. "We're excited to partner with the WWE on this signature event coming to Glendale," said Amy Shapiro, Westgate's director of marketing & events.

- @ this past Sunday's Bragging Rights pay-per-view, Bucky Palermo, a longtime friend of the McMahons, came to the show & poke to Stephanie McMahon. He asked to speak to Vince {who eventually spoke to him} & then Shane. When asked about Shano-Mac, Nipple H told him, "He doesn't work here anymore" ~ as opposed to saying "he's not here & is leaving the company." When asked what happened, she said, "I don't know."

- also, during Sunday night’s Iron Man match, a spot where RAW's John Cena got busted open caused a lot of commotion backstage. The incident happened when "Legend Killer" Randy Orton hit Cena with the corner of a microphone. WWE Owner Vince McMahon ordered the Doctor of Thuganomics to be cleaned up immediately after seeing the blood. WWE’s John Laurinaitis, along with trainers, rushed to ringside to clean him up, as WWE currently has a very strict “no blood” policy, as part of their TV-PG programming initiative. With their first attempt, the Chain Gang Commander wasn’t aware what they intended to do, so he played babyface & mounted offence against Orton. The cut was finally glued shut & cleaned up after the next fall. Cena & Orton were scheduled to work among the crowd & WWE wanted to ensure there was no health issue, with a bloody wrestler among fans. If it were to have happened, the issue would have been taken seriously by the Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission & likely used as more ammunition against Linda McMahon’s senate campaign. As the blood was unplanned, WWE decided to stop the clock during the bout, as it wasn’t known how long the clean-up operation on Cena would take.

- The dark match that opened the pay-per-view, saw ECWWE Heavyweight champion Christian defeating "Ripper" Paul Burchill

- While you're in a Bragging Rights mood, check out my review of the event here

- There's been a lot of concern lately within WWE, that Edge won't return to the ring in time for WrestleMania. His injury's 1 you really can't rush back from, if it's not 100% ready. Well by all means, take your time, Edge buddy!

- Smackdown will feature a 3-way match @ Survivor Series, between Unified Tag Team co-champions Chris Jericho & Big Show, against their Heavyweight champion, The UnderTaker

- www.WWE.com announced that Backlash will be held on April 25th & Extreme Rules will be held on May 23rd. This means that Judgment Day's being replaced with Extreme Rules, instead of being renamed

- Check out my review of TNA Bound for Glory here

WWE NEWS: Jamaican Me Confused, HBK, South Park, Cade's Back, Hogan DVD & WIN A DVD!!
- WWE Hall-of-Famer Jim Ross updated his blog & you can read the latest posting @ www.jrsbarbq.com

- WWE's no longer billing Kofi Kingston from Jamaica, because they wanted to market him without the stereotypical accent, as the feeling was it was limiting his on-screen character. Instead, they're now billing the RAW Superstar from Ghana, West Africa, where he was actually born. Although it should be noted his family moved to the United States when he was 1 year old & he grew up in Cambridge, Massachussetts. He revealed in an interview last year that his parents weren't enamoured with him being billed from Jamaica & doing the accent either. So. . .  where was the whole Jamaican thing coming from, anyway?!

- 2016 WWE Hall of Famer "HeartBreak Kid" Shawn Michaels isn't giving people close to him the impression that he’s on the verge of retiring within the next year. People close to Shawn believe he'll continue wrestling on a regular basis for another 2-3 years. Michaels doesn’t work a full-time schedule as it is, in that he doesn’t appear on all the house show events & it’s possible he’ll lighten his schedule even more as time goes on. However, people who know him well, don't believe he’s on the verge of calling it a career. It’s also widely assumed that HBK will receive a grand sendoff, similar to the 1 that 2008 WWE Hall of Famer "Nature Boy" Ric Flair received, when the time comes for him to hang up the ol' chaps.

- Last Wednesday, on Comedy Central, there was a wrestling-themed South Park episode, which had "appearances" by John Cena, Edge & none other than WWE Owner Vince McMahon. The episode was about the South Park boys attending RAW & then signing up to a wrestling school the next day; however, they find out that what they signed up for isn't the wrestling they saw the day before. Then they decide to launch their own WTF wrestling show, as the wrestling coach tries everything in his power to take them down. The funny thing was that they actually never wrestled, but it's all about promos in the ring, with outrageous stories. The episode contains a lot of language that will probably offend some people, so watch @ your own risk. You can
watch the full 21-minute episode @ bit.ly/4oLff

- Former RAW Tag Team co-champion Lance Cade has signed with World Wrestling Entertainment once again & is currently doing some training @ FCW in Tampa. Cade originally appeared on WWE TV for the 1st time in 2003 & spent almost 6 years in the company, before getting fired in October 2008. He was given the pink slip, after he toyed around with substance abuse & suffered a seizure on a plane during a WWE tour, which required quick medical attention. After he was released, WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross said in 1 of his blog updates that Cade "made a major league mistake, while utilizing bad judgment" which was the final nail in the coffin for his WWE career. Trained by 2016 WWE Hall of Famer "HeartBreak Kid" Shawn Michaels, Cade was enjoying a good singles push, before being released, as they paired him up with Chris Jericho & even had a pin on HBK during a RAW handicap match.

- In an interview conducted by a New Zealand-based website, WWE Hall of Famer Bret "Hit Man" Hart talked about the possibility of hosting Monday Night RAW in the future. "Well, there are rumours, there are always rumours & I'm open for offers," the former WWF & WCW Heavyweight champion said. "But that {seeing Shawn & Hunter} would have to be something that was discussed before hand; we cross that bridge, I guess, if we come to it," he added. The When watching HHH & 2016 WWE Hall of Famer "HeartBreak Kid" Shawn Michaels doing the DX gimmick all over again, the HitMan "just wants to put my finger down my throat; it makes me want to be sick." Hart also talked about the Hart Dynasty & how he watches all their matches, "Legend Killer" Randy Orton, Jeff Hardy & much more. You can read the interview @ www.nzpwi.co.nz

- The announce teams of ECWWE & Smackdown were changed, due to WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross being unable to fill in his position, following the 3rd Bell's palsy attack early last week. Slammy-Award-Winning Matt Striker was somewhat promoted to the Smackdown announce team, along with fellow "winner" Todd Grisham, while Josh Matthews got himself a new broadcast partner, Byron Saxton, real name Bryan Kelly, who's a 28 year old wrestler who's currently signed to Florida Championship Wrestling. He's been doing commentary for FCW, along with WWE Hall of Famer "American Dream" Dusty Rhodes, ever since Josh Matthews started his ECWWE gig

- As of last word, WWE was still scheduled to release the Hulk Hogan DVD set this week, but people in the company wouldn't be surprised if WWE Owner Vince McMahon yanks it. Well, that's quite frankly none of my business, I wanna hear about whether or  not the DVD's coming out. . .

- Tired of not having enough money in your bank account? Worried that you won't be able to afford many gifts this holiday season? Looking for something other than a bill to arrive in your mailbox? The History of WWE's straight shooting this season & they want you to be part of it! Beginning this week & continuing each week thereafter, they'll be giving away a free DVD shoot interview to 1 of their lucky visitors. Tune in to their new podcast for how to enter. They're kicking it off with 1 of the biggest names ever in lucha libre & WWE. He's the "biggest little man" Rey Mysterio Junior, who talks in detail about how he broke into the industry, making a name for himself south of the border & his groundbreaking run in World Championship Wrestling. Stay tuned for many more names in the coming weeks & remember ~ the holiday season's coming up fast. A shoot interview could be the perfect gift for your friends & family. Unless, of course, they're not wrestling fans. . .

TNA NEWS: Hogan, Mc****ss & Taz
- For all the latest Total NonStop Action news, join the MySpace TNA community @ www.myspace.com/wrestlingwarlordtnafan

- In what could be the biggest story of 2009 so far, WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan has announced that he's joining TNA Wrestling, during a press conference held Tuesday, in conjunction with TNA Wrestling & Spike TV in New York. "Hulk Hogan's 1 of the world's top pop culture icons & the biggest superstar in the history of professional wrestling. We're truly excited to welcome him into the TNA family," said Dixie Carter, President of TNA Wrestling. "Our goal's to become the world's biggest professional wrestling company. Hulk defines professional wrestling & we look forward to partnering with him in a variety of ways, as we continue to grow TNA globally." The deal with TNA was brokered by Bischoff~Hervey Entertainment Television's Eric Bischoff & BHE TV has inked a 1st-look deal with TNA, that will be working with the organization to develop new programming extensions of the TNA brand. "I'm thrilled to be jumping back into the world of professional wrestling," said Hogan. "My fans have been asking me to return to the business for many years on a full-time basis, but the timing or the opportunity has never been right until now. TNA Wrestling's a great company, with an already-excellent fan base, business & broadcast partner. I firmly believe now's the time for some change @ TNA, as they're positioned to jump to the next level in their development & I'm here to work with Dixie to help make that a reality."

- The Hulkster made his iMPACT! debut yesterday on Spike TV @ 9PM & commercials are already hitting the Internet, hyping up the former WWF & WCW Heavyweight champion's arrival to the company. This week's iMPACT! was taped last week. It's still not yet known how frequently Hogan will be appearing on the show. This is the 2nd time that Hogan worked with TNA. Hulk taped an angle with Jeff Jarrett back in 2003, while he was in Japan, but nothing ever came out of that. Hogan was doing a press conference when JJ stormed through the door & smashed his guitar on Hogan's head. He then proceeded to hit the Hulkster with chair shots, busting him up. You can see the 30-second commercial hyping Hogan's TNA debut & the Japan incident @ bit.ly/2s6wEM

- Booker TNA has wrapped up his commitments with TNA Wrestling, according to www.PWInsider.com & won't be making any appearances for the company anymore. The Last King of BookahLand wrestled @ Bound For Glory, tagging with Scott Steiner, losing the TNA Tag Team belts & was stretchered out as part of the angle. Rumours of Booker making an exit popped up earlier this month, after the former 5-time WCW Heavyweight champ refused to job against "Blueprint" Matt Morgan during the iMPACT! TV tapings. On the recent overseas tour, Booker told his co-workers that he'll be heading back to WWE once his contract expires. Reports are that Booker will be taking some time off from wrestling for the moment, before making his next move.

- In a strange twist, former ROH champion Nigel McGuiness made his debut with TNA Wrestling during last week's iMPACT! tapings. Early last month, it was reported that Nigel, along with fellow ROHer Bryan Danielson, have signed with World Wrestling Entertainment, but it seems that the London-born 31-year-old only agreed to the contract, but never signed on the dotted line. Nigel instead opted to join TNA & was immediately thrown into an angle with former TNA champ Kurt Angle on his debut. Sounds like more than a fair tradeoff to me!

- In other McGuiness news, Hit the Ropes had the opportunity to interview Les Thatcher on their most recent show. Thatcher trained men such as Matt Stryker, Shark Boy, Charlie Haas, Elix Skipper & of course Nigel, who called in to the show & talked on his time with Les.

- Taz posted a message on his Facebook page, in response to a reader’s comment that TNA should bring in Paul Heyman & put him in charge of the creative team: “How do you know if Paul would want to even be back in the wrestling biz? How do you know if Paul was happy doing with he’s doing? How do you know if Vince Russo & Paul aren’t friends & talk 'shop' @ times? How do you know if TNA wants Paul?? How do you know if Paul wants TNA? How do you know if Paul wasn’t offered to work for TNA already? You don’t, sir.” Well, I guess he's been told!

HAUGHTY HOTTIES NEWS: Shimmer, Maria, Mickie James, Pantsless Divas & Rihanna
- To read the coolest news on the hottest women in wrestling today, check out Shimmer's official Yahoo! Group -- sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/shimmerwre...

- SHIMMER ~ WOMEN ATHLETES returns to live action on Sunday, November 8th @ the Berwyn Eagles Club (6309 26th Street) in Berwyn, Illinois, just outside Chicago. Bell time's 2pm. Doors open @ 1pm. This event will celebrate SHIMMER's 4th Anniversary, as Volumes 27 & 28 of the SHIMMER DVD series will be filmed during the course of the event. Front row seating to November 8th is already SOLD OUT. General admission seating's still available @ a cost of , plus shipping per ticket. You can order tickets online by using the PayPal buttons along the left column of www.shimmerwrestling.com/ right now.

- WWE Diva Maria Kanellis is currently filming the new season of "Celebrity Apprentice", which will air in Spring of 2010. Other celebs on the show include Sharon Osbourne, Rod Blagojevich, Cyndi Lauper, Darryl Strawberry, Bret Michaels, Bill Goldberg & others. www.wrestling-online.com has received several photos from the day when the opening sequence was being taped in New York City, where the former Playboy cover girl showed off her stunning legs in a black outfit & very high heels! There are 9 photos in total, which also include photos from another day of filming. You can check them out @ bit.ly/11zUqZ

- There was an altercation between Luna Vachon & Eric Simms {best known as the Iron Sheik's handler} @ the Legends of the Ring convention on Saturday in New Jersey. Luna was yelling @ Simms from a distance, then made a lunge, but security blocked her attack. An eye-witness said: "[Luna] calmed down & eventually everything went back to normal, but it was still something to see." Apparently Luna was upset that Simms wasn't spending enough time with her as her agent @ the convention.

- There's a technical glitch in the new Smackdown versus RAW video game, that can leave your Diva pantsless. People have been posting bottomless videos on Youtube, but game developers from THQ are hauling them down, as soon as they spring up. We're told the error pops up during the create-a-wrestler mode.

- Smackdown Women's Champion Mickie James has signed with Nashville-based management agents James & Sherry Massaro of Skyline Management Group, reports www.PWInsider.com & she's also signed with Absolute Publicity to manage her PR. Mickie has several educational degrees, which she obtained while on the road with WWE. Expect an announcement soon on her departure from World Wrestling Entertainment.

- Rihanna has been accused of copying the cover of a wrestling album. Paul Heyman, who used to run Extreme Championship Wrestling, wrote on his website that the cover of Rihanna's 'Russian Roulette' single is similar to the 1998 compilation album "ECW: Extreme Music" Rihanna's wrapped in barbed wire for the 'Russian Roulette' image, as is the Sandman on the cover of the ECW album. "It's pretty obvious this was copied from, or @ least extremely inspired by, the ECW album cover," Heyman told The Sun. "From the barbed wire & the right arm up in the air, to the blood dripping off the logo. Hey, I don't blame them. If you're going to copy some1, copy from the best. By the way, Rihanna. . . you're welcome!" After checking out the album cover myself, I can certainly see how somebody might see how it may have been inspired by the ECW: Extreme Music album cover, but I highly doubt it was blatantly copied.

DECLARATION of INDEPENDENTS NEWS: the Brain, the Cruiserweights, OVW & more!
- To view an up-to-date listing of all the bodacious upcoming independent shows, check out www.prowrestlingevents.tk/

- WWE Hall of Famer Bobby "The Brain" Heenan makes his 1st public wrestling appearance in over 12 months, for Great Lakes Championship Wrestling on December 5th in Waukesha, Wisconsin. the Show's headlined by Al Snow versus BG James versus Kip James, with TNA Executive Shareholder Mick Foley as guest referee; Ken Anderson versus Armando Alejandro Estrada; Demolition versus The McCoys; NBC Sports Anchor Lance Allan versus the man they call Gillberg; Headbanger Mosh versus Matt Longtime; plus King Kong Bundy & much more. You can find out more info @ www.BlizzardBrawl.com

- 16 top cruiserweight professional wrestlers will compete in a tournament that, for the 7th straight year, will honour the memory of 1 of their fallen comrades. The Jeff Peterson Memorial Cup will be @ stake, when 4 of the country's leading independent wrestling entities each send 4 wrestlers into a tournament that's now in its 7th year. The tournament honours former independent wrestler Peterson, who passed away in 2002 from cancer. Starting in May 2003 & continuing every year since, a tournament has been held in Peterson's name, with proceeds going to charity. This year's recipient will be All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida. The 2009 version of the Jeff Peterson Memorial Cup will take place on Friday, November 20th & Saturday, November 21st @ the National Guard Armories in Brooksville & Crystal River, Florida, respectively. The 4 independent companies sending wrestlers to the tourney include Florida's Full Impact Pro Wrestling, Philadelphia's Combat Zone Wrestling, Chicago's AAW & Ohio's Hybrid Pro Wrestling. Plus in action will be Legendary Pro Wrestler "Outlaw" Ron Bass in a Bullrope match. Previous winners of the tournament include "Reckless Youth" Tom Carter, Justice, Chris Sabin, Milano Collection AT, Chris Hero & Erick Stevens. There'll also be a silent auction @ the event, benefiting All Children's Hospital with items from WWE, TNA & signed items from Celebrities, plus Theme Park tickets & more. For interview opportunities with promoters of the event or Legendary Wrestler "Outlaw" Ron Bass, contact Shannon Rose @ (813) 960-8412 or (813) 389-0801. For more information about the Jeff Peterson Memorial Cup Tournament, visit www.jpc2009.com & for more information about All Children's Hospital, visit www.allkids.org

- OVW TV episode 533 is now online @ www.ovwrestling.com In this week's episode, the TV Title tournament takes center stage.  1st, week 3 of the 1st round of the OVW Television tournament takes place.  Tournament matches include. . . Kharn Alexander versus Beef Wellington. . .  Andrew the Director of the Network versus Sergio of Off Da Hook. . .  El Rojo Uno versus Raul Loco. Not only does ½ of Off Da Hook compete in a tournament match, but after the past few weeks' actions by the OVW originals, the team of Sergio & Demetrius, have called out the Originals for tag team action this week.  Who will win the battle between 2 teams who've never met a rule they didn't break? Also, in what could be a preview of the later rounds of the tournament, former champion Mike Mondo takes on Eye Candy Ali 1-on-1.  Could the winner of this contest take their momentum to win it all in the TV Title Tournament? Finally, with the final brackets of the 1st round being announced Jamin Olivencia has drawn former OVW man in charge Al Snow as his 1st round opponent next week.  We'll have an exclusive interview with Jamin about how he feels about going against a man who's meant so much in the history of OVW. This week, they also have an exclusive video of an incident from last weeks TV tapings, involving D-West interrupting an interview Dean Hill attempted to have with Team Blossom, to clear up who actually won the OVW Womens title from Epiphany.

- The Maritime wrestling history section of www.newscott.com is back online. It's currently under construction, but feel free to check it out, some parts of it may not be working just yet ~ www.newscott.com/history.htm If you have any results, pictures or information that's not listed there, please email maritimewrestling@hotmail.com

- Huge double main event for C*4's ONLY THE BEST 2! 2 former X-Division Champions come to Ottawa! VIP Tickets available soon! More information here

- Hey, what do you know, Jeff Hardy might be innocent!

- Diamond Dallas Page, 53, is telling friends he's returning to wrestling.  Of course, I've been telling people that I'm married to Daffney & Maria Kanellis, so I suppose that we'll all have to take that with a grain of salt. . .

- Rob Van Dam's giving away free membership to his website @ www.robvandam.com  Well, good for him!

- Former ECW & WWE wrestler Mike Buccie {aka Nova & Simon Dean} posted on his Facebook on the 23rd, that he & his wife welcomed a baby girl into this world.

- Hey all you Halloweenies!  If you have, or are going to dress up as a wrestler on Halloween, send us the photo & we'll publish it on www.Wrestling-Radio.com ~ EMAIL PHOTOS TO: ben@wrestling-radio.com Assuming somebody brings a camera, then I'm sure Rey Satano Diablo's gonna get immortalized on film! Hey, I might still have that old picture of me as Chris Jericho from a few years ago, as well! . . .

-= BRAGGING RIGHTS =-

*PLEASE NOTE*
The following wrestling show write-up bears no necessary mirror to reality, as some Tag Team & finisher names have been fabricated by the author for mostly-self-entertainment purposes.

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10/25/09 on PAY-PER-VIEW from the Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; now in WWE~HD

commentating by 2007 WWE Hall of Famer Jerry "The King" Lawler, Michael Cole & Slammy-Award-Winning Todd Grisham

before the following match, it's announced that the 3 "Bragging Rights" matches will be used to determine which show has said Bragging Rights, as whichever roster's wrestlers claim the lion's share of the victories, will win a trophy; SMACKDOWN VERSUS RAW, INTER-PROMOTIONAL "BRAGGING RIGHTS" MATCH: Smackdown Intercontinental champion John Morrison pins RAW United States champion Mike "The Miz" Mizanin with a Roll-Up {PSYCHOLOGY: awesome match!!}; after the match, RAW's Cody Rhodes mocks Smackdown's "R~Truth" Ron Killings, saying that it's only a matter of minutes until it's a clear sweep for Monday nights. . .  but hold on there, Son of a Son of a Plumber, there's still 2 "Bragging Rights" matches left to go; right, that was the implication, that the Friday Night team can't win either of those matches ~ unlike Rhodes, Truth lost his original qualifying match for Bragging Rights. . .  not to mention that, when the original team didn't seem to measure up, Smackdown General Manager went & created a new match to replace them ~ Killings' a 2nd-rate wrestler on a 2nd-rate team on a 2nd-rate show; oh, you wanna talk truth, well the only reason Cody's on RAW's because of his daddy, WWE Hall of Famer "American Dream" Dusty Rhodes. . .  RAW Heavyweight champion "Legend Killer" Randy Orton's the only reason that Rhodes' had any success. . .  so it's starting to look like, the only way for the Lega¢¥ member's gonna make a name for himself, is to be the 1 who gets pinned tonight; in steps WWE Unified Tag Team co-champion the Big Show, who tells R~Truth that he's quite adept @ delivering his verbal & physical barbs, making him quite the well-rounded student of WWE Unified Tag Team co-champion Chris Jericho; so why doesn't Ron just go back to Y2J, Kane & everybody else in those blue shirts, so that the guys in these red shirts will let their actions do the talking for them

a video package plays, advertizing Survivor Series, live on pay-per-view, November 22nd from the Verizon Center in Washington, DC

SMACKDOWN VERSUS RAW, INTER-PROMOTIONAL "BRAGGING RIGHTS" 6-DIVAS TAG TEAM MATCH: Smackdown's Platinum Blondes ("Glamazon" Beth Phoenix & Not Enough For Them {Women's champion Michelle McCool & Natalya Neidhart}) versus RAW's 1 of These Divas is Not Like the Others (Divas champion Melina Perez & K³ {Kelly Kelly & Gail Kim}); Phoenix beats Perez with a 'Glam Slam' Elevated Wheelbarrow Faceplant {PSYCHOLOGY: it looks like the Glamazon's definitely ready to take back the Women's title!}; after the match, backstage the captains of Team RAW, HHH & 2016 WWE Hall of Famer "HeartBreak Kid" Shawn Michaels, call all their teammates together in a bit of a huddle, so that the Game & the Showstopper can give them a little pep talk. . .  but "All-American American" Jack Swagger, for 1, doesn't need any such Rah-Rah speech, he's on the team & therefore that makes them better; HBK points out that, although Swagger might have all the athletic ability in the world, there's 1 thing that he doesn't have & that's respect & that's the thing that's gonna carry this team, back him up on this Hunter ~ yeah, Shawn's right, nobody respects Jack; let's face facts, D-Generation X have been making fun of "World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry since that time he almost gave birth to a hand with WWE Hall of Famer Mae Young {man, that was a long time ago, they ain't still gonna make fun of the former Sexual Chocolate over that, are they?}. . .  they once inserted the cranium of WWE Owner Vince McMahon up WWE Unified Tag Team co-champion the Big Show's naked butt. . .  they beat up Cody Rhodes so badly, that he had to be carried out on a stretcher. . .  & more importantly, they exposed Kofi Kingston as a phony Jamaican {whoa, whoa, man, the only reason he was using that corny accent was to pay homage to Jamaica}. . .  but all of that's not the point, since none of these guys really like DX, but they do respect the Cerebral Assassin & the HeartBreak Kid, so if he doesn't want to be a part of this team, then the All-American American can walk out that door & Michaels'll literally replace him with the next guy who walks by. . .  no, not Hornswaggle, now go take that DX stuff off & wash your face. . .  anywho, bottom line, they can't lose tonight ~ this is bigger than just winning a match, it's about honour & pride, about being able to walk into a locker room with those Smackdown jerks & see them hanging their heads. . .  so are they ready? . . .  well, if they're not down with that, then the 2016 WWE Hall of Famer has 2 words for ya! . . .

WWE thanks Maylene & the Sons of Disaster for the song "Step Up {I'm On It}", from the album 3 {available now}, the official theme for Bragging Rights

FATAL 4-WAY, SMACKDOWN HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH: champion UnderTaker versus Dave "The Animal" Batista versus Rey Mysterio Junior versus CM Punk; the Phenom defeats the Animal with a 'Tombstone' Elevated Piledriver {PSYCHOLOGY: another great match & the show's only an hour old!}; after the match, ECWWE's Josh Mathews steps into the ring to bother Amigo Heat, with the Biggest Little Man stating that he doesn't think that they could've worked any harder, he & Batista had their difficulties @ the beginning, but this time it was wasn't their night, so they'll just have to keep trying & get another shot down the road; how's Dave feeling? . . .  well, he doesn't think that they were close. . .  he thinks that he was close. . .  & do you know what else Dave thinks, he's tired of coming this close & having his best friend stab him in the back. . .  oh, Mysterio thinks Batista's playing? . . .  the only thing that the Animal's playing's soccer & he's gonna rip Rey-Rey's head off to use as a ball; after tossing the former "Heavyweight" champion around a few more times, Batista makes his way backstage, obviously feeling somewhat better about himself

a video package plays, showing various members of the WWE Universe being asked outside the arena before the event, who they thought would come out on top for Bragging Rights, with the ÜberMarks crowd seeming rather split down the middle, in regards to the following SMACKDOWN VERSUS RAW, INTER-PROMOTIONAL "BRAGGING RIGHTS" 14-MAN TAG TEAM MATCH: Team Smackdown (Pith & Vinegar {Kane & WWE Unified Tag Team co-champion Chris Jericho} & Last Chances @ Bragging Rights {Fit Finlay, the Calgary Bulldogs [Tyson Kidd & David Hart Smith] & Killings Me Hardy ["R~Truth" Ron Killings & Matt Hardy]}) versus Team RAW (D-Generation X {HHH & 2016 WWE Hall of Famer "HeartBreak Kid" Shawn Michaels} & the Primaries {Kofi Kingston, the Immovable Objects [WWE Unified Tag Team co-champion the Big Show & "World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry] & Humble As All-Get-Out [Cody Rhodes & "All-American American" Jack Swagger]}); the Ayatollah of Rock & Rollah pins the Jamaican Sensation with a TBS-Applied 'Goozle' Chokeslam {PSYCHOLOGY: now Y2J's gonna be insufferable, isn't he? . . .  it's gonna be great!}; after the match, the Son of the Son of a Plumber catches up to Kingston, proclaiming that it was all their fault that Team RAW lost, when in fact Kofi does his best to indicate that it was the turncoat tactics of WWE Unified Tag Team co-champion the Big Show who allowed the loss; well, he was the 1 who got pinned, so obviously the Jamaican Sensation was the weakest link, so Cody beats him down, then tosses his RAW t-shirt onto the fallen Kofi

MAIN EVENT, FALLS-COUNT-ANYWHERE, 1-HOUR "IRON MAN", RAW HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH: John Cena makes champion "Legend Killer" Randy Orton Submit with an 'STFU' Modified "Submission Through Fear" Stepover Toehold Facelock [1-0]; Orton beats Cena with an 'RKO' Modified Ace Crusher [1-1]; Both Men Get Counted Down After John Tries for an 'Attitude Adjuster' Fireman's Slam Which Gets Countered into an Orton 'RKO' Modified Ace Crusher [2-2]; the Doctor of Thuganomics defeats the Legend Killer with an 'Attitude Adjuster' Fireman's Slam from the Top Rope [3-2]; Randy pins the Chain Gang Commander with a Ted DiBiase Junior-Applied 'Dream Street' Cobra Clutching Side Russian Legsweep [3-3]; Orton beats Cena with a Roll-Up After Plowing the Doctor of Thuganomics Through a Wall of the Set [3-4]; the Doctor of Thuganomics defeats the Legend Killer with a 'Small Package' Cradling Pinfall [4-4]; Randy pins John with a DDT From the Ring Apron  [4-5]; Cena beats Orton with an 'Attitude Adjuster' Fireman's Slam [5-5]; the Doctor of Thuganomics makes the Legend Killer Submit with an 'STFU' Modified "Submission Through Fear" Stepover Toehold Facelock [6-5] {PSYCHOLOGY: new champ again, old feud over, new challengers?}

10/19/09 originating on USA Network {in the United States} & simulcast on the Score {in Canada}

commentating by WWE Hall of Famer Jerry "The King" Lawler & Michael Cole

from the Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida; now in WWE~HD

Celebrity Guest Host Snoop Dogg fersnizzles to the ring, accompanied by the Bella Twins & Eve Torres, where he breaks it down a bit with the Divas, then makes some noise; 1st off, he's so honoured to be here tonight, he's a huge fan of WWE & his mind's set on business, it's not personal & RAW's gonna bash the hell outta Smackdown Sunday @ Bragging Rights. . .  & since there's a chance that John Cena might have to leave RAW after the pay-per-view, Snoop's got the Doctor of Thuganomics wrestling HHH tonight; so while the Chain Gang Commander's gotta get in the ring to fight, it's only face that Heavyweight champion "Legend Killer" Randy Orton should have to fight too, so he takes on the man who beat him last week, Ted DiBiase Junior. . .  not only that, but he also has WWE Unified Tag Team co-champion Chris Jericho taking on 2016 WWE Hall of Famer "HeartBreak Kid" Shawn Michaels; RAW Universe, are you ready, then make some noise for D-Generation X, who Break it Down to the ring & give props to the Dogg. . .  so, as required by law, when Snoop's involved, white guys have to come out & try to talk like him, that's off the hizzle, fersnizzle, pass him his umbrella because it looks like drizzle, HBKizzle; alrighty, so now that the Game & the Showstopper have proven how white they are, it's time to talk about Bragging Rights Sunday, where Team RAW goes up against Team Smackdown in a 7-on-7 Tag Team match; y'see, there's team co-captain WWE Tag Team co-champion Chris Jericho, who both the Cerebral Assassin & the HeartBreak Kid have defeated soundly @ 2 separate WrestleManias. . .  the other co-captain, Kane, who had that whole "Katie Vick" thing with the King of Kings, but he found her really boring, she was a real stiff. . .  anywho, Cryme Tyme, who can often be seen in the Smackdown parking lot, trying to sell the unused tickets. . .  then there's Dolph Ziggler, who always goes around introducing himself. . .  lastly, we have these 2 new guys, who HHH doesn't even know the names of, does anybody know these 2 schmucks, it looks like Smackdown General Manager had a guess-the-number-of-jellybeans-in-the-jar for a WWE contract, or maybe he just sold the last 2 spots on eBay ~ naw, naw, HBK's not gonna allow his friend to talk about these up-&-coming WWE Superstars like that, the guy on the left's Drew McIntyre {who was officially signed to Smackdown by none other than Owner Vince McMahon} & the other guy's Eric Escobar, who's boppin' Vickie Guerrero {the Game's always said, if you're gonna sleep your way to the top, it's best to do it with somebody who weighs less then you, which is something that the Game knows all about}; well, that's 1 spectacular team that Teddy's put together, but they pale compared to Team RAW, who all Papa Roach to the ring & all get introduced 1-by-1. . .  WWE Unified Tag Team co-champion the Big Show, who sure has a lot of mass as the World's Largest Athlete. . .  "World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry, who reminds the Cerebral Assassin of the Kool-Aid Man. . .  Kofi Kingston, former Intercontinental & United States champion, on Shawn's side any day of the week. . .  "All-American American" Jack Swagger, who people may not like very much. . .  moving onto Cody Rhodes, who seems to fall a little short of the $1,000,000s in talent in this team; well, for the record, the Son of the Son of a Plumber ain't gonna be listening to anything DX has to say Sunday anyway, they're his captain by name only, because if it was based on talent, he'd be in charge. . .  as a matter of fact, Cody doesn't believe he's gonna need to tag anybody in @ all @ Bragging Rights, he just might go ahead & beat Team Smackdown all by himself; too bad TBS has something to say about that, personally he doesn't care if Rhodes insults D-Generation X, but there's no ruttin' way that he's gonna insult the former WCW Giant, if he feels that Cody's not working toward the greater good of the team, then the WWE Unified Tag Team co-champion will take that personally. . .  & that goes for everybody on Team RAW; well, dem's Mark-Henry-getting-his-dander-up words, as the former Sexual Chocolate gets all up in the grill of the former WCW Giant, until the All-American American tries to get between then, proclaiming that even though they're the 2 largest members of Team RAW, he's the most athletically gifted, so they should just go stick to their positions of taking up the rear, while the 2-time All-American does all the real work; guys, guys, guys, allow Kofi to drop the Jamaican accent in lieu of a British 1, telling them that this is just what Team Smackdown wants, they've got to come together & fight as 1, or else it'll be bad news for Team RAW this Sunday; hang on a second, the King of Kings has a real problem here. . .  where's Kofi's accent, isn't he Jamaican? . . .  {thank you!}, but anywho they have to concentrate on being a team, so just in preparation for Bragging Rights, DX have made a special 5-on-5 Tag Team match for later tonight & if any members of Team RAW manage to get themselves pinned, then they'll've proven themselves to be the weakest link in the team & the person that beats them, gets their place this Sunday & that match starts later. . .  naw, let's get to it now; 10-MAN TAG TEAM MATCH: the Primaries (Kofi Kingston, the Immovable Objects {WWE Unified Tag Team co-champion the Big Show & "World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry} & Humble As All-Get-Out {Cody Rhodes & "All-American American" Jack Swagger}) versus the Alternates (Primo Colon, Through Being Cool {Chavo Guerrero Junior & "Masterpiece" Chris Masters} & Comin' In Hot {Montell Vontavius Porter & Evan Bourne}); Swagger pins Guerrero with a Rhodes-Applied 'Cross Rhodes' Neckbreaking Reverse DDT {PSYCHOLOGY: there's gonna be dissension throughout the week & into the pay-per-view, clearly!}; after the match, Cody starts throwing his comparatively-minimal weight around, causing all 5 men to eventually fall fighting, while the King of Kings & the 2016 WWE Hall of Famer look on from a monitor backstage; meanwhile, ECWWE's Josh Mathews bothers Ted DiBiase Junior, who states that his defeat of Heavyweight champion "Legend Killer" Randy Orton last week hasn't caused any rifts in Lega¢¥, he didn't do anything that Randy himself wouldn't've done himself & even though Orton hasn't returned any of Ted's calls, he assumes that the Legend Killer understands- oh yeah, what does he understand, as the Heavyweight champion saunters in, asking how he misunderstood DiBiase's betrayal; their match tonight's not gonna be a match, because DiBiase isn't gonna fight back @ all, understood, so that Ted can finally show the respect that Randy deserves. . .  but if he decides to take advantage of another opportunity tonight, then Orton can guarantee that Ted'll regret it for the rest of his life. . .  after he's been tossed out of Lega¢¥ 1st, of course; Orton beats DiBiase with an 'RKO' Modified Ace Crusher {PSYCHOLOGY: after only a modicum of resistance from the $1,000,000 Son}

a video package plays, reviewing the wrestling legacy of the late Captain Lou Albano, 1933-2009

in the Celebrity Guest Host's office, Snoop Dogg offers to drop his new CD "Malice in Wonderland" {available on December 8th, 17 days before Christmas} in the baskets of some Divas; in swarths Hornswaggle, who immediately gets mocked by Chavo Guerrero, for thinking that he has what D-Generation X want. . .  but anyway, Chavito Heat demands that the Celebrity Guest Hosts stop overlooking him, he's wrestling royalty, he's a Guerrero, show a homey some love. . .  but 1st, here's Jillian Hall, demanding that she get a Divas title shot tonight, but then she almost immediately ruins her chances of getting in good with Snoop by starting to "sing" 1 of his songs. . .  but never mind that now, here's Santino Marella, dressed like Charlie Brown {complete with a bald cap} suggesting that they get off on the right foot this time, since the last time they met it wasn't so good, going on to indicate that he even dressed like Dogg's old friend, Charlie the Brown, so that Snoop can go chase the Red Baron, slap Lucy around for snatching that football away everytime he tries to kick it; just as all 3 start talking over each other, Snoop Dogg sends all of them out of his office tout de suite, so he calls for Eve Torres to pass him "that bag" so that he can relax. . .  then RAW starts experiencing some technical difficulties, but then when the picture comes back, we find out the true source of Snoop's laid-back demeanour, as there's nothing like scented candles to help him relax! . . .

RAW 1st HOUR MAIN EVENT MATCH: HHH defeats John Cena with a 'Pedigree' Double Underhook Faceplant {PSYCHOLOGY: well, I suppose that pretty much cinches that the Doctor of Thuganomics isn't done on RAW yet, because that's a somewhat bad note to have to change shows on}; after the match, the Game shakes the Chain Gang Commander's hand, out of respect for his defeated foe, then before leaving the ring, Cena gives what might be his final farewell to the RAW Universe, depending on the outcome of his match against Heavyweight champion "Legend Killer" Randy Orton this Sunday

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before the following match, Celebrity Guest Host Snoop Dogg pops up onto the TitanTron, announcing that, what with United States champion Mike The Miz" Mizanin likening himself to 2016 WWE Hall of Famer "HeartBreak Kid" Shawn Michaels while calling Smackdown Intercontinental champion John Morrison was Marty Jannetty, it gave the Doggfather an idea, so instead of the former reality star taking on some local jabroni, he's actually gonna wrestle the former Rocker; Mizanin pins Jannetty with a 'Skull-Crushing Finale' Full-Nelson Forward Russian Legsweep in This Non-Title Match {PSYCHOLOGY: makes no sense to me, to have WWE neglecting their titles so much, but @ least the Miz had a nice nostalgic, somewhat pertinent & sorta entertaining opponent}

RAW 2nd HOUR MAIN EVENT, DIVAS TITLE MATCH: champion Melina Perez beats Jillian Hall with a 'Kyranium Krunch' Legdropping Reverse DDT {PSYCHOLOGY: kind of a foregone conclusion, I suppose!}; after the match, when "Snoopswaggle" interfered & raised Chavo Guerrero Junior's ire, Celebrity Guest Host Snoop Dogg storms the ring & gets all up in Chavito Heat's grill, dropping him with a 'Spear' Charging Shouldertackle, clearing the way for the Bella Twins, Kelly Kelly, Eve Torres & Gail Kim to sexy down to the ring to have themselves a nice little dance to the tune of Snoop's new song "Gangsta Luv" available now for download

a video package plays, hyping "the Unauthorized History of DX", a book chronicling the rise of WWE's most juvenile faction in its otherwise-illustrious history

a video package plays, hyping WrestleMania 26 tickets being on sale in 19 days

the BRAGGING RIGHTS CARD SO FAR: 14-Man Inter-Promotional Tag Team match, Team RAW (HHH, 2016 WWE Hall of Famer "HeartBreak Kid" Shawn Michaels, Kofi Kingston, WWE Unified Tag Team co-champion The Big Show, "All-American American" Jack Swagger, Cody Rhodes & "World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry) versus Team Smackdown (WWE Unified Tag Team co-champion Chris Jericho, Kane, Shad Gaspard, JTG, Dolph Ziggler, Drew McIntyre & Eric Escobar). . .  Fatal 4-Way, Smackdown Heavyweight champion the UnderTaker versus Dave "The Animal" Batista versus CM Punk versus Rey Mysterio Junior. . .  1-hour "Anything Goes" Iron Man match, RAW Heavyweight champion "Legend Killer" Randy Orton versus John Cena. . .  RAW United States champion Mike "The Miz" Mizanin versus Smackdown Intercontinental champion John Morrison. . . 6-Divas Inter-Promotional Tag Team match, Team RAW (Divas champion Melina Perez, Gail Kim & Kelly Kelly) versus Team Smackdown (Women's champion Michelle McMool, Natalya Neidhart & "Glamazon" Beth Phoenix); meanwhile, a video package plays, hyping NASCAR's Kyle Busch & Joey Logano as next week's Celebrity Guest Hosts; before the following match, WWE Unified Tag Team co-champion Chris Jericho declares that he could knock 2016 WWE Hall of Famer "HeartBreak Kid" Shawn Michaels out right now, but he doesn't wan to do that, he'd rather send a message to all of Team RAW, by way of Team Smackdown having an almost unfair advantage over the Monday night brand, by virtue of Y2J being the team captain; he's the best in the world @ what he does, which guarantees victory for the Friday night team, coupled with Jericho's use of his leadership skills, immense intelligence, moxie & guile to assemble the single-greatest 7-man team with 1 driving force, to decimate & humiliate Team RAW Sunday, but they're gonna start right now with the Showstopper; Smackdown's Cryme Tyme come out to the ring through the crowd, joined by Smackdown's Kane sauntering down to the ring in similar fashion, leading Dolph Ziggler, Drew McIntyre & Eric Escobar to ringside, where all 7 men can look down upon 1 of their opponents @ Bragging Right; while Team RAW argues like a buncha petulant children, the Ayatollah of Rock & Rollah gets ready to talk some further smack of the HeartBreak Kid, when suddenly HHH leads Kofi Kingston, "All-American American" Jack Swagger, "World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry, WWE Unified Tag Team co-champion the Big Show & Cody Rhodes to the ring, where the Game congratulates the ÜberStar of Jerichlean Proportions, for doing what the entirety of Team RAW was able to do, unify them all, since there's 1 thing that they can all agree on, they don't like Jericho, his team, or his show & while they all may have walked onto this show, they're all about to be thrown off of it; EXCUSE HER! as Vickie Guerrero saunters out onto the ring entrance ramp stage, where she states that she can see where this is going & as an official consultant for Team Smackdown, she won't allow it; if D-Generation X want a fight, they're gonna have to wait until Sunday, because Team Smackdown's leaving the arena; yeah Chris, you heard Mamacita Heat, go away, he wouldn't want to get in any trouble. . .  oh wait, they're already in a ton of trouble, because HHH doesn't work for Vickie Guerrero, as all 14 men fall fighting in & around the ring

10/20/09 originating on SyFy {in the United States} & rebroadcast on Global {in Canada} the following Friday, late-night

commentating by Josh Mathews & the Slammy Award-winner Matt Striker

from the Colonial Life Arena in Columbia, South Carolina; now in WWE~HD

backstage, Abraham Washington, naturally flanked by WWE Hall of Famer "Mister USA" Tony Atlas, welcomes the ECWWE Universe to the show, then proclaims that RAW's not the only show that can be hosted by a talented black man, he's a handsome man, so let's get this show on the road & somebody get WWE Unified Tag Team co-champion Chris Jericho out of the shot! . . . well, as it just so happens, Y2J doesn't care what Washington's trying to do, he wants to find the General Manager's office. . .  well, as Abraham recalls, it's just down that way a bit, but 1st, before the Ayatollah of Rock & Rollah leaves, he'd be glad to have the WWE Unified Tag Team co-champion as a guest on his aptly-named Abraham Washington Show sometime. . .  well, yeah, the ÜberStar of Jerichlean Proportion imagines that he would

we finally get a chance to lay eyes on Lauren Mayhew on ECWWE TV, announcing the following #1 CONTENDERSHIP, ECWWE HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH: Yoshi Tatsu defeats Zack Ryder with a Springboard Splash {PSYCHOLOGY: watch, now, as WWE pushes hardcore & none-too-subtly for Yoshi to be the "Next Big Thing" ~ @ least on ECWWE, anyway!}

in the General Manager's office, Tiffany shares in Rosa Mendes' elation @ her being traded to ECWWE, she's ready to make a difference & prove herself in so many ways, but the GM has to go & talk to WWE Unified Tag Team co-champion Chris Jericho for a minute. . .  well, the King of My World's doing what any good general would do, improve his army, it's his responsibility to put together the best Team Smackdown to take on Team RAW & Bragging Rights Sunday, so he's here to scout the talent here on ECWWE to pad his flanks. . .  well, as much as Tiffany appreciates the professional courtesy or Y2J telling her that, she'd really rather flat-out deny Jericho access to her wrestlers, if it's all the same to the WWE Unified Tag Team co-champion, she's not gonna have him cherry pick talent from under her nose, so he's more than welcome to stay & watch the show {& watch the show only!} or he can leave, it's his choice; well, that's just prime, Chris' outta here! . . .  ya floozy! . . . ; DID YOU KNOW. . . WWE has produced 20 books that made the New York Times Best-Sellers list! . . . ; betcha William Regal knew that, as he balks @ the very idea of that waste of oxygen Yoshi Tatsu getting a Heavyweight title shot before him, it's enough to make him cut off his thought in mid-senten- oh, hi, WWE Unified Tag Team co-champion Chris Jericho, who engages in a discussion about whose suit's better, but he can't really stand here & discuss custom tailoring all night, now, can he? . . . he's here to scout for his Team Smackdown team & that pious & biased General Manager won't allow him to plumb the depths of ECWWE's talent roster, for some unfathomable reason. . .  well, don't fret too much about that, Regal tells Jericho that Tiffany only thinks that she runs the show, as evidenced by these 2 fine physical specimens @ either side of the 2008 King of the Ring, Vladimir Kozlov & Ezekiel Jackson certainly would make fine additions to Team Smackdown; what's going on, guys, inquires Tiffany as she saunters on by, eying the &#berStar of Jerichlean Proportions like a guy who totally disregarded what she told him in her office, because as it just so happens, that's what he is; so when Mister Regal refers to her as a blonde GM who doesn't know what she's doing & only thinks that she's running ECWWE, she has no choice but to "reward" him by putting him on the outside looking in onto the Heavyweight title picture. . .  as for Jericho, his presence's no longer welcome here in this arena; who the hell does Tiffany think she is, he's ½ of the WWE Unified Tag Team champions, he can go wherever he wants, go onto any show & do whatever he wants, does she understand that? . . . ; well, since Y2J's so dead-set on being here, he might as well get in on the action, so the GM declares that he's going to face the Heavyweight champion, Christian

Sheamus O'Shaughnessy pins J.T. Quinn via Disqualification After "Gold Standard" Shelton Benjamin Interferes {PSYCHOLOGY: wow, a jobber match on ECWWE?!}

"Ripper" Paul Burchill saunters down to the ring, where he states that, for years now, Gregory Helms' been perpetrating a fraud on the WWE Universe, pretending to be something that he's not & adulated for it, but now finally here's Burchill, a superb wrestler with impeccable family values; maybe it's an American thing, because in England, their heroes are men & women who have thrives in the arts, science & politics. . .  yet the ECWWE Universe's so bereft of anybody to look up to, that they'll go follow some bloke in his Underoos who rescues a kitten from a tree; well, with that being said, Paul's victory last week wasn't just for him, but for sanity & honesty as well, now that the fraud known as Hurricane Helms has been revealed & eliminated, which's why he's standing here right now, where he's demanding that Gregory Helms come down to this ring right now to unmask, so that he can prove the Ripper to be the better man; the Emerald Knight comes down to the ring, looking a little despondent for his loss, where he gets a maskful from Burchill, who proclaims that Helms should be hanging his head, as the better man defeated him last week quite soundly, now give him the mask & let the truth set Gregory free; so the Hurricane hands over the mask, but reveals {GASP!} that it's not really the Hurricane after all, as the Ripper tears this long-haired jabroni a new orifice, allowing the real Emerald Knight to sneak in the back door with a green Kendo stick to chase the Brit & his limey sister Katie Lea backstage

a video package plays, hyping WrestleMania 26 tickets being on sale in 18 days

MAIN EVENT, ECWWE VERSUS SMACKDOWN INTER-PROMOTIONAL MATCH: ECWWE Heavyweight champion Christian beats WWE Unified Tag Team co-champion Chris Jericho with a 'Kill Switch' Crucifix Faceplant in This Non-Title Match {PSYCHOLOGY: awww, no more Vitamin C?}

10/22/09 originating on WGN America {in the United States}

RAW & Smackdown commentating by WWE Hall of Famer Jerry "The King" Lawler & Michael Cole
ECWWE commentating by Josh Mathews & Slammy Award-winner Matt Striker

a video package plays, reviewing the wrestling legacy of the late Captain Lou Albano, 1933-2009

during the following match, it's announced that 3 RAW Divas ~ Kelly Kelly, Gail Kim & Divas champion Melina Perez ~ take on 3 Smackdown Divas ~ Natalya Neidhart, "Glamazon" Beth Phoenix & Women's champion Michelle McCool ~ in a 6-Divas Inter-Promotional Tag Team match @ Bragging Rights this Sunday. . . but 1st, this RAW DIVAS MATCH: K² defeats Kim with a 'Kelly Killer' Handspring Back Elbow Smash {PSYCHOLOGY: WHAAAAAAAAA?!?}; DID YOU KNOW. . . more male teens watched WWE Superstars on Thursday night, than the Major League Baseball Playoffs! . . . ; betcha RAW's Michael Cole & WWE Hall of Famer Jerry "The King" Lawler knew that, as they announce a video package, which outlines the rivalry between RAW Heavyweight champion "Legend Killer" Randy Orton & John Cena, which'll culminate in a 1-hour Iron Man match this Sunday @ Bragging Rights

a video package plays, hyping WrestleMania 26 tickets being on sale in 16 days

ECWWE TAG TEAM MATCH: the Rough Riders (Vladimir Kozlov & Ezekiel Jackson) versus the American Nightmares (Goldust & "Innovator of Extreme" Tommy Dreamer); the Gilded 1 pins the Moscow Mauler with a 'Golden Age' Reverse Space Tornado Ogawa {PSYCHOLOGY: craziness!!}; after the match, Big Zeke drops Goldust, while Kozlov takes Dreamer & Goldy out with a 'Cold War' 1-Handed Chokebomb each

the official theme for Bragging Rights' "Step Up {I'm On It}" by Maylene & the Sons of Disaster, from the album 3, available now; MAIN EVENT, SMACKDOWN TAG TEAM MATCH: Killings Me Hardy ("R~Truth" Ron Killings & Matt Hardy) versus Galloway~Perez (Drew McIntyre & Eric Escobar); McIntyre beats Hardy with a 'Criminally Sexy' Swinging Snap Double Underhook DDT {PSYCHOLOGY: well, considering the winning team will be somewhat prominently featured on Bragging Rights this Sunday. . . !}

10/23/09 originating on MyNetworkTV {in the United States} & on The SCORE {in Canada}

commentating by RAW's WWE Hall of Famer Jerry "The King" Lawler & Michael Cole

from the Colonial Life Arena in Columbia, South Carolina; now in WWE~HD

WWE Unified Tag Team co-champion Chris Jericho Ayatollah of Rock & Rollahs to the ring, where Y2J declares that his legendary status will be further extended, as not only ½ of the WWE Unified Tag Team champions, but also as the mastermind team captain of this Sunday's winning team; every time he steps into the ring, he wins. . .  his greatness' omnipotent. . .  but he knows that in order to shut the giant oral cavity of RAW's D-Generation X @ Bragging Rights, he needs to tweak his team a little, tune it up a little more ~ in short, he needs to know if the other 6 men on Team Smackdown are worthy of his leadership; they're gonna prove their dominance Sunday, just like he & Kane are gonna prove their dominance over Dave "The Animal" Batista & Rey Mysterio Junior later tonight; JTG thugnificents to the ringside area, where he states that he doesn't need to witness any "manhandling" by the ÜberStar of Jerichlean Proportions & naw, before Jericho even goes there, Shad Gaspard's feeling a little sick, so he's @ home; well, the thing that makes Chris sick's that he has to team up with Cryme Tyme @ all, maybe Shad caught something from these sycophants in the Smackdown Universe, these incubators in the crowd, but he doesn't care. . .  does JTG know what an honour it is to stand in the same ring as the King of My World, can he ever have a chance @ living up to the grandeur of Jericho's awesomeness; EXCUSE HER! . . . Vickie Guerrero milfs out onto the ring entrance ramp stage, where she declares that, as the official spokesperson for Team Smackdown, it gives her great pleasure to announce her new boyfriend, Eric Escobar, who Latino Tempers to the ring & states that he heard a lot of talk on Monday from DX, claiming to not know who he is, but after he leads his team to victory @ Bragging Rights, nobody will ever forget his name again; speaking of people remembering guy's names, Dolph Ziggler saunters out to the ring, where he proclaims that he's gonna be the 1 responsible for bringing Team Smackdown to victory this Sunday, which's something that the former Spirit Squader won't stand for any interference with; there he goes again, JTG's just sick & tired of listening to this guy run his mouth, so he points out that Ziggler lost all 4 of his previous Intercontinental title matches & was even dumb enough to dump the hottest Diva in WWE, Maria Kanellis, so maybe he should change his name to Dolph Loser; well, out comes Drew McIntyre, who states that he wouldn't concern himself about losing @ Bragging Rights, if he were Jericho, because they have him on their team, a man who was hand-picked & personally signed by WWE Owner Vince McMahon himself. . .  & while McIntyre's @ it, he's a little confused as to why he wasn't made the team captain himself; & in case you were wondering who was missing, Kane pyros to the ring, where the Bald Red Machine proclaims that none of the men in that ring are qualified to fight alongside him. . .  yeah, Y2J too! . . . yeah, so anyway, the BalderTaker states that since he & Jericho will be busy with Batista & Mysterio already, that the others on the team should be busy as well, because they want to be on the team, right? . . . because since 1 of the remaining 5 Superstars called in sick this week, it seems a little wary, so anything RAW can do, Smackdown can do better. . .  but since they can't do a 5-on-5 match, they'll instead have a 5-on-4 Handicap match & the caveat's that if they get beaten, then all 5 will be replaced by the 5 men who defeat them tonight; 4-ON-5 HANDICAP TAG TEAM MATCH: Down 1 Beast (Thinkin' About Bein' My Brother {JTG & Dolph Ziggler} & Galloway~Perez {Drew McIntyre & Eric Escobar}) versus Last Chances @ Bragging Rights (Fit Finlay, Killings Me Hardy {"R~Truth" Ron Killings & Matt Hardy} & the Calgary Bulldogs {Tyson Kidd & David Hart Smith}); Hardy defeats JTG with a Finlay-Applied Shillelagh to The Knee {PSYCHOLOGY: wow!!}

in the General Manager's office, Theodore R. Long looks on as CM Punk tells Referee Scott Armstrong that he shouldn't concern himself with his own reputation or that of his family, he's just being selfish ~ this isn't about Armstrong, it's about the Straight-Edge Superstar becoming the Heavyweight champion once again; naw, naw, here's how it is according to Teddy, he's still under probation & could not only lose his job if WWE Owner Vince McMahon, but could also lose his life @ the hands of the current Heavyweight champion UnderTaker; so explain to Punk how, in Montreal, they both knew what they had to do, but now they're all shady or something; well, all Scott knows' that a man's only worth his good name & he doesn't care if he ends up on the chopping block for it, he ain't putting his reputation on the line for nobody- oh hi, Vinnie-Mac, you wanna talk, huh? . . .

a video package plays, showing Mike Knox stating that blunt abdominal trauma's the most severe pain that the human body can endure & it doesn't matter how finely toned Intercontinental champion John Morrison may be in that area, once it's injured the results are the same ~ your liver collapses & leaks bile into your bloodstream, causing internal shock, isn't that something: . . . ; the Shaman of Sexy defeats the Beard Dweller with a 'Starship Pain' Split-Legged Corkscrew Moonsault in This Non-Title Match {PSYCHOLOGY: so, then why wasn't it a title match, if it was 1 of those "foregone conclusion" matches?!}; after the match, Morrison grabs a mic & declares that, while his former partner, RAW United States champion Mike "The Miz" Mizanin, may be busy trying to prove that he's 2016 WWE Hall of Famer "HeartBreak Kid" Shawn Michaels {or @ least not Marty Jannetty @ any rate}, the Smackdown Universe knows who their Friday Night Delight is, the I-C champion

DID YOU KNOW. . . last month, over 100,000,000 photos of WWE ringside action were viewed on www.WWE.com! . . . ; betcha the new Team Smackdown knew that, as they're all backstage basking in the glory of having on their match a little while ago, so that now they've proven themselves to WWE Unified Tag Team co-champion Chris Jericho & co-captain Kane, so they both expect "R~Truth" Ron Killings, Fit Finlay, Matt Hardy & the Calgary Bulldogs to follow their lead; hey, knock off with the General Patton treatment, Killings' ready to fight, same as Finlay, Tyson Kidd & David Hart Smith are sure to be on the same page & Matt Hardy would want nothing more than to disgrace & humiliate Team RAW this Sunday to show that Smackdown's the superior show

backstage, Mickie James' seen talking to WWE Hall of Famer Mae Young, who also gets a faceful of Women's champion Michelle McCool as well, though it's a real shame that the former Alexis Laree didn't make it onto the Team Smackdown Divas team. . .  yeah, James's sure that McCool's all broken up about it, Michelle can keep telling herself that Natalya Neidhart & "Glamazon" Beth Phoenix are more talented than Mickie all she wants, but she knows that they all know the truth ~ McCool's scared because she knows that James can show her up & will eventually take that belt away from her; as James stalks off, Phoenix walks by to introduce herself to Mae, then thanks Michelle for allowing her onto the Team Smackdown Divas team. . .  but however, she shouldn't get too comfortable with that title across her shoulder, as Beth's soon coming for it; when Michelle tries to take out some latent aggression on the WWE Hall of Famer, Young lays some palm across the chops of the Women's champion

in the backstage area, Dave "The Animal" Batista's still trying to convince Rey Mysterio Junior that his shoulder was off the mat, but all the Biggest Little Man saw was the 1-2-3; well anyway, let Rey-Rey get back to Dave about what he really wanted to say, he & Dominick watched Batista's new DVD & there was a lot of stuff on there that Mysterio didn't know about. . .  well, all the Animal knows' that for the next disc, they'd better have plenty of room for his Heavyweight title win @ Bragging Rights, seeya out there in the following SMACKDOWN 1st HOUR MAIN EVENT, TAG TEAM MATCH: Amigo Heat (Rey Mysterio Junior & Dave "The Animal" Batista) versus Pith & Vinegar (Kane & WWE Unified Tag Team co-champion Chris Jericho); Batista pins Kane with a 'Spear' Charging Shouldertackle {PSYCHOLOGY: yikes!}

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in the General Manager's office, Theodore R. Long & Referee Scott Armstrong both seem sullen, even though WWE Owner Vince McMahon & CM Punk seem excited about the upcoming Heavyweight title match, the Straight-Edge Superstar's ready to become the 4-time champion; Teddy deserves a gold star for his efforts in this match, but Vinnie-Mac just wants to make sure that they have an impartial referee, he wants everybody involved to do their jobs; can you smell that, autumn, the change in the air, something's gonna change, what starts here will end @ WrestleMania ~ Fan Axxess, the Hall of Fame, everything. . . y'know, there's the possibility that "Bullet" Bob Armstrong might be entered into the HoF this year, if Scott plays his cards right. . .  this is gonna be good, all everybody has to do's their jobs

SMACKDOWN DIVAS MATCH: Mickie James beats Layla El with a 'Mick Kick' Crescent Kick {PSYCHOLOGY: all typed up, once I'd seen that Layla was the opponent!}

a video package plays, reviewing the wrestling legacy of the late Captain Lou Albano, 1933-2009

another video package plays, this 1 hyping "the Unauthorized History of DX", a book chronicling the rise of WWE's most juvenile faction in its otherwise-illustrious history

the official theme for Bragging Rights' "Step Up {I'm On It}" by Maylene & the Sons of Disaster, from the album 3, available now; the BRAGGING RIGHTS CARD SO FAR: 14-Man Inter-Promotional Tag Team match, Team RAW (HHH, 2016 WWE Hall of Famer "HeartBreak Kid" Shawn Michaels, Kofi Kingston, WWE Unified Tag Team co-champion The Big Show, "All-American American" Jack Swagger, Cody Rhodes & "World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry) versus Team Smackdown (WWE Unified Tag Team co-champion Chris Jericho, Kane, "R~Truth" Ron Killings, Matt Hardy, Fit Finlay, Tyson Kidd & David Hart Smith). . .  Fatal 4-Way, Smackdown Heavyweight champion the UnderTaker versus Dave "The Animal" Batista versus CM Punk versus Rey Mysterio Junior. . .  1-hour "Anything Goes" Iron Man match, RAW Heavyweight champion "Legend Killer" Randy Orton versus John Cena. . .  RAW United States champion Mike "The Miz" Mizanin versus Smackdown Intercontinental champion John Morrison. . . 6-Divas Inter-Promotional Tag Team match, Team RAW (Divas champion Melina Perez, Gail Kim & Kelly Kelly) versus Team Smackdown (Women's champion Michelle McMool, Natalya Neidhart & "Glamazon" Beth Phoenix); before the following match, CM Punk states that he can't describe how incredible it feels, whenever he walks into an arena, that he dissect each & every member of the Smackdown Universe, just like he can reduce any member of the home viewing audience to tears in the blink of an eye. . .  but even all that has nothing on how it's gonna feel for him to make the Heavyweight champion UnderTaker tap out for the 2nd time; Punk knows that the entire Smackdown Universe are all thinking that the Dead Man's gonna pull some magical & mystical solution out of a hat, but he won't, because the Straight-Edge Superstar's Bragging Rights start right here & right now, when he once again becomes the Straight-Edge Heavyweight champion & the best part's that there's nothing that the Smackdown Universe can do about it; DID YOU KNOW. . . visitors spent more time on www.WWEUniverse.com, than www.MySpace.com ~ www.Twitter.com ~ www.FaceBook.com! . . . ; naw, betcha the Straight-Edge Superstar doesn't even believe that, as he prepares to take part in the following SMACKDOWN 2nd HOUR MAIN EVENT, HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE, SUBMISSION MATCH: champion the UnderTaker makes CM Punk Submit with a 'Devil's Gate' Figure 4 Chokehold {PSYCHOLOGY: just when it looked like the Straight-Edge Superstar was about to get 1 over on the Dead Man!}