Saturday, October 24, 2009, 04:32 PM EST
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Hey Guys and welcome to another one of my weekely blogs, Bragging Rights is this Sunday on PPV and it's an event with a strong card and its an event i am actually looking foward too.
I want to start off this week by talking about last night's Smackdown, i thought this was another solid and entertaining show and i would give this show the bragging rights over Raw this week, i really enjoyed The main event with CM Punk and The Undertaker, and i was really impressed with Scott Armstrong who done a good job with his backstage skits and even when he refereed the main event, i am just waiting for interaction between The Undertaker and Vince McMahon, these two havent been on screen together in a long time but surely the time will come for the deadman to confront the chairman for his dealings with Teddy Long and the referee.
I didnt get to write about Smackdown last week, but i was digusted that Eric Escobar was put into the 7 v 7 match but thankfully last night WWE must have been thinking what i was thinking that the Smackdown team who i think will go over on Sunday night needed to be star studded up a little, dont get me wrong i like Drew McIntyre and thats not because he's a fellow scot, i just think its a bit too early for him to be in this match and Matt Hardy and Finlay and even R-Truth is definetly the better set of talent who should be in the match and i am very happy with that.
Overall a very good Smackdown last night, now onto my predictions for Bragging Rights!
I am going to start off with the fatal 4 way for The World Title, The Undertaker for me deserves a long title reign, so for me it is far to early for the deadman to drop the gold, so tommorrow night at Bragging Rights i see Undertaker successfully defending his title, i also see Batista and Rey Mysterio coming to blows setting up a feud with those two further down the line and i reckon Punk and Taker will continue their feud possibly into Survivor Series.
Winner- The Undertaker
1 WHOLE HOUR WATCHING THESE TWO- John Cena v Randy Orton, now guys i am a fan of Iron man matches if the superstars in the match could wrestle, Cena for me is ok but he aint great in the ring and all Orton does is stamp, headlock and RKO, so for me if WWE want this match to deliver then something major has to happen in this match or it will be a total flop, for me though their is no way John Cena will leave Raw as Raw already lacks strength in depth for star power, i reckon Ted Dibiase could cost Orton the WWE Title tommorrow night, but no matter what happens for me a new WWE Champion will be crowned tommorrow.
Winner- John Cena
The Miz will take on an impressive John Morrison tommorrow evening in a match i am really looking foward too, this has the potential to be a show stealer also, its a tough one to pick but i am going to plump for the Miz to get one over his old buddy, the reason being as i reckon Raw will need to get Bragging Rights in this one as the next 2 predictions i make dont favour the Raw side.
Winner- The Miz
The 6 Diva contest should be short and sweet, Beth Phoenix has just arrived on Smackdown, so i think she needs more momentum than Kelly, Kim and Melina do, so i am going for the Smackdown divas for victory.
Winners- Smackdown Divas.
And finally the 7 v7 Bragging Right match between Raw and Smackdown, this match should be explosive and i am really looking foward to this also, i really like this concept and i now hope its a yearly thing, the announcers have done their job well also by bragging about their respective brands so its gonna be a good one, well when it comes to my predictions it is very difficult to see a side with DX on it lose but tommorrow i predict that will happen, after this match is over DX will feud with Jericho and Big Show over the tag titles so that gives me one outcome for the match, towards the end Big Show will turn on DX and help Chris Jericho pick up the pinfall on possibly Triple H.
Winners- Team Smackdown.
Well guys i would like your thoughts on this blog and let me know what you think.
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Hey guys just a quick blog to inform you all that i enjoyed Raw last night, yes bits were just plain boring and awful, but the majority of the show was enjoyable.
I liked how they builded up the 7 v 7 Tag team match this Sunday on PPV, i thought the interaction of all the superstars involved last night worked really well and the WWE have done well by building this up as to what brand is better, RAW OR SMACKDOWN?
I was slightly gutted that we didnt get to see HBK v Y2J but WWE done well here by not allowing this to happen last night as i believe after the PPV on Sunday, we will see those two along with HHH and Big Show got at it over the tag titles in the next few weeks.
So i am still sticking with my prediction for that tag team match, SMACKDOWN will win when Big Show turns on DX this Sunday and Chris Jericho will pin either member of DX.
Kudos to John Cena and Triple H for working a very good match last night, i had it ending in a no contest all the way so i was surprised HHH got the clean pin, now with HHH getting the clean pin that also makes my mind up that John Cena will regain the WWE Title this Sunday and Cena will definetly not leave Raw, mark my words on that one.
This also may mean that on Sunday, HHH will be pinned in the tag match and Cena will win the title, thats how i see it going.
I liked Snoop Dogg last night also, i however hated the segment with Hornswoggle/Chavo, its just so immature and pure PG nonsense lol.
The Miz beat Marty Jannetty in a match i have no interest in discussing, really poor segment and nothing i can say good about it apart from i was happy to see that Jannetty is doing well.
Now my segment of the night was Randy Orton defeating Ted Dibiase, this segment was off the charts, Dibiase's reactions were first class, this man has the making to be a main player and its only gonna be a matter of time before he does turn on Orton completely and his full face turn takes effect, he even may be the man to cost Orton his title this Sunday on PPV, You could tell by the reaction Dibiase was getting that the audience are gonna take this potential face turn really well.
Short blog today as i wrote one last night, but Raw was decent going into the PPV and i should be back on Sunday with my Bragging Right predictions.
As also i would like your thoughts on this blog and on Raw.
I thought i would write to tell you a little about myself and how i go into watching and even doing some professional wrestling.
My real name is Kieran Daly and i am 24 years old, i started watching WWF/E when i was 5 or 6, one day i was in my local shop and i saw a blue WWF sticker book, for some reason i asked my Mum to get me it then everyday i kept going back into the shop and demanding wrestling stickers for my book, at that time i didnt have a clue who these guys were but i was just glued to it, a few years later i started seeing these guys i was collecting stickers about in my local shops and they were wrestling figures, so i got my mum and dad to start getting me these, my first figure was Ultimate Warrior as he was without a doubt my favourite of all time until i started following the man i have so much respect for The Undertaker, i used to even paint my face like the Warrior all the time when i was little and i even dressed up as The Undertaker one Hallo'ween'
The WWF then got a deal with SKY TV this is the channel us in the UK watch WWE every week on, so at the time i wanted SKY tv fitted in so i could watch wrestling, the first PPV i watched live was Summerslam 92 it was actually on at 2pm in the afternoon UK time as it was filmed at Wembley Stadium in England, Bret Hart v British Bull Dog main evented the show for the Intercontinental title, and what a match that was, one of the greatest of all time i would say.
As the years progressed i watched every PPV live, they used to be on at 12 midnight UK time but roughly about 1998 they started airing at 1am, so as you would probably imagine i was always very tired at School on a monday and i am still very tired at work on a Monday also lol, but i never dared miss a PPV, well i must admit we here in the UK used to get every PPV that aired in the states for free until i think 2005, now we Pay for 7 PPVS a year and we get No Way Out, Backlash, Extreme Rules, The Bash, Unforgiven, and Bragging Rights FOR FREE, so i cant complain.
When i was 18 me and my friend started doing backyard wrestling in our local town and we ended up getting crowds watching us perform, my wrestling name was The Chosen One, i chose that name actually before Jeff Jarrett had it in WCW so i was gonna sue him for copyright infringment lol, so me and friend put on hardcore matches and we even had a burning tables match one day that the local cops tried to stop but they arrived as soon as my opponent was put through the burning table, after that match we decided to stop backyard.
One evening The BWF (British Wrestling Federation) came to our town to do a show in our local centre, so whilst we were queing to go in me and my friend started wrestling, and the crowds in the queue were actually enjoying it, so as me and my friend had finished 2 security guards came over to us, now at the time we thought we were in trouble but they came to us and told us the promoters inside wanted us to go into the building and do a quick match in the ring before the crowds came in, me and my friend were shocked surprised and completely delighted, so we got in had a trial match and believe it or not the two promoters signed us to a contract and the next thing we know we are touring the UK with this company.
Now on this tour me and my friend had the pleasure of working with Jim The Anvil Neidhart who was working with the company, backstage before we went out The Anvil was giving me and my friend who i was wrestling that night tips and great knoweldge about the sport and i will always be thankful for The Anvil for helping us, it was a surreal experience.
I always played the heel, i never liked being a face cause i always knew i played heel very well and i am not boasting here but i could get the crowds to hate me, so i was happy with what i achieved, after a year or so i hurt my back in a non wrestling accident and i had to stop doing it, i was completely gutted, but i am always thankful for the opportunities i had in this business, and i will always be a fan to the day i die, no question.
And welcome to another one of my blogs, last night was the 855th episode of WWE RAW Live from Indianapolis Indiana, i thought last weeks Raw with Big Ben was a good show, last night had some good parts but overall i thought the show could have been better, let me get down to the points.
The opening with Chris Jericho announcing he would team captain Smackdown at Bragging Rights was good, this opening gave Nancy O'Dell the opportunity to get the fans behind her, with her announcing DX were up next, and it worked as i thought she done a steady job, nothing great but steady.
The opening with Triple H i have to say was ok, for me it was long and more time could have been given to another match on the card, Triple H on the phone to HBK was ok, but i just couldnt get into it as an adult fan, once again this segment was solely based on PG for children, anyway this led to Jeri/Show coming out to confront HHH, it then led to Jeri/Show having a confrontation slating each other about past failures, it was then announced that Show would face Jericho and if Show wins he competes with Team Raw at Bragging Rights, overall an ok segment but nothing great.
Jericho v Big Show was up next, the match was slow and all we got was a couple of slaps from Big Show and a count out win for Show, nothing great here and i expect to see these guys get back on the same page shortly, i even predict that Team Smackdown will defeat Team Raw at Bragging Rights when the Big Show turns on DX at the end and Chris Jericho will pick up the win for Smackdown.
Next up was Mickie James defending against Jillian, at first i was shocked when Jillian was her opponent, but i see why they went this way as what occurred at the conclusion of the match made sense when Jillian defeated Mickie James to win the title, Melina then re-debuted on Raw and took on Jillian and won the belt, i was really ok about this, it makes sense, Melina for me should be on Raw anyway and i am happy that some Divas have been traded, funnilly enough i said on my last blog that Mickie James or Beth Pheonix would move to Smackdown sooner rather than later, overall very happy with the way the Divas Division was portrayed last night.
Poor OL MVP, what has this guy done wrong?, is he once again in the doghouse?, c'mon this guy is a great talent and deserves better, he was basically squashed by Jack Swagger last night in a quick match, Now i am all for Swaggers push, but MVP should not have been the man to do the job last night, MVP just looks stale and for me creative dont have any idea what to do with him, poor segment in my eyes and poor booking.
Kofi Kingston v Evan Bourne, we all know that these 2 can put on, one hell of match, but once again last night they didnt get enough time, another quick match that saw Evan Bourne LOSE again, this guy should have been kept on ECW to continue his push, the only guy on the Raw roster that Bourne has a chance of beating one on one is Chavo Guerrerro, Kofi qualified for Bragging Rights, but one has to wonder where does Bourne go from here?
HHH with Hornswoggle backstage, just completely bombed, i hated it, 10 years ago DX would have made a mockery of Hornswoggle and done something out right nasty to him, DX dont belong in a PG WWE, get Hornswoggle off Raw as well, he doesnt belong their, by the way i sometimes like what DX gives us dont get me wrong but some segments are just plain idiotic in this PG era.
The Divas tag match was just a way to plug that Maria ' i cant pronounce her second name' movie, so i dont really want to discuss that.
Now lets get to why i named this column, Raw- No Strength In Depth
Last night we were given a Triple threat match between John Cena and Cody Rhodes and Ted Dibiase, now this match was ok but apart from Legacy sometimes attempting to break up either ones pinfalls, for me this was just a 2 on 1 match, Cody got the victory when he rolled up partner Ted and he qualifies for Bragging Rights, i really liked this ending and i like the way Legacy are being pushed, a really good team and two talented guys who will go places mark my words.
Now we then got O'Dell making a tag team match later in the evening between Legacy and John Cena and Orton, Michael Cole sold Cena's and Orton's partnership big time, but didnt they just tag up in a match on Raw about 4-5 weeks ago?, c'mon WWE we are not that thick.
Now the main event was just the same as the triple threat match that we got, it was basically the same match WWE gave us last night, Orton got in the ring for about 2 seconds then it was back to the same match we got earlier in the evening, dont get me wrong i liked Ted pinning Randy to continue this Legacy momentum and possible face turns for the group, but RAW LACKS STRENGTH IN DEPTH, they are having to get wrestlers to work 2 matches a show, they even have to have Smackdowns Chris Jericho on this show every week to save it, their is not enough superstars on this brand and if WWE want to make this their best show they must improve the roster.
Well as you can see guys i wasnt very favourable to this Raw broadcast, i would say the show was ok and give it a 6.5/10, i am really looking foward to Snoop Dogg next week as guest host and Cena v Triple H should be decent, as always guys i would like your thoughts on this column.
Hey guys and welcome to my blog, on a week where the WWE produced 3 solid entertaining shows that definetly delivered to the full.
I said on my last blog that Raw was a great show and even ECW gave us some solid wrestling and good entertainment, but once again i have to say the 'A' show once again topped my list this week and that was Friday Night Smackdown.
You look at the roster on Smackdown and you'll see a list of great characters and gimmicks and all round good wrestlers and you think about the Raw roster and all i can think of is stale, now dont get me wrong Raw has good characters at times and decent wrestlers but Smackdown by far is better all round than Raw, the characters on Smackdown are more interesting to watch than Raw, plus we get better storylines on Smackdown and overall better wrestling matches, now i know i may get a few comments saying Raw is better, but look c'mon guys you can see from miles that Smackdown is better than Raw.
Last weeks edition of Smackdown gave us 3 main events, now you dont see that on Raw, we had the best heel perfomer in Wrestling today Chris Jericho taking on Rey Mysterio in a good match, we had a very impressive Intercontinental Champion John Morrison defeating another great talent in Dolph Ziggler, and even though Batista is a bit stale to watch he and CM Punk battled on Smackdown, again another good main event.
The Undertakers promo was also excellent on Smackdown, ive been wanting to see the new 7 time World Champion move to Raw for years, but for now i am very happy he is a Smackdown superstar and i sincerley hope it stays that way after next years draft, Taker's promo was very different from what we are used to hearing from him, he spoke more loudly and he spoke about how much the World Title means to him, and he even mentioned his 'Yard' NOW for me that promo he cut sounded more like the American Badass than it did the soft spoken Dead Man.
Eve and Michelle McCool gave us a good womans match as well, the divas on Smackdown for me get more wrestling time which is always good, i would like to see the divas get more ring time on Raw but they do not, so again watching Smackdown for me means good womans wrestling compared to Raw, however Mickie James and Beth Phoenix are good athletes, a move to Smackdown should happen for either one of them at the next draft.
On Raw we see mid card talents like MVP,Mark Henry, Kofi Kingston and Jack Swagger, now i like MVP but his move to Raw has been a poor one, he is stuck in the mid card and seems to be going nowhere, unless Mark Henry turns on him and those two start a feud which i think will happen, all these guys i mention here seem to feud constantly with the same superstar every few months or so and its stale, whereas on Smackdown we have Kane, Matt Hardy, Finlay, my fellow scot Drew 'McIntyre' Galloway, R-Truth, their is some really tasty potential feuds with all of these Smackdown superstars but on the Raw side of things i dont see anything interesting.
And to think Smackdown has The Rated R Superstar to return to its brand, Smackdown has things to look foward to, but i dont see anything on Raw.
So to close, I would like to say as you probably have guessed by now that Smackdown is the franchise of WWE in my eyes and it definetly has the BRAGGING RIGHTS over RAW.
As always i would appreciated your comments on this blog.
