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Scores to Settle!

2008-04-07T23:06:00.000-04:00

William Regal greets us in the ring tonight to tell us about Backlash at the end of this month. The championship will be fought between Randy Orton and JBL. Regal announces JBL as the most deserving #1 contender in the WWE. I totally disagree with this statement. JBL and his moo mobile. Great, well for once I'll be rooting for Orton. I knew Triple H would have something to say about this arrangement and out he comes! Triple H asks Regal, "Are you out of your freaking mind? This is your main event at Backlash?" Triple H confronts Orton about his "win" at Wrestlemania, then he changes his line of questioning to JBL, "How is a guy who spent the last two years retired as an announcer on Smackdown the #1 contender when his claim to fame on Raw is smacking around a midget?" Triple H is seriously confused about what is on the mind of Regal. Regal puts Triple H in a handicap match tonight against both Randy Orton and JBL. If Triple H wins, he will be in a triple threat match for the title at Backlash, if he loses he will not be going to Backlash. It's all or nothing tonight for the Game, can he bring it?

Umaga comes out for a match against Val Venis. Guess it's time for a filler match. Umaga doesn't waste any time to dominate Val Venis. Val tries to fight back, but the Samoan Bulldozer is just too much for the veteran. Umaga sets Val up in a corner and gets the full tilt run on Venis. A huge Samoan spike wins this match for Umaga. (Like we didn't all see that one coming....)

Jillian Hall and Melina take the ring for a match against Ashley and Mickie James. These four women should make an interesting match up. Melina and Jillian appear to be gunning for Ashley for the most part. Mickie gets a tag from Ashley and takes out Melina and Jillian. She's doing great until Melina gets her in a corner then Mickie turns the tables on her. Ashley takes care of Jillian on the outside, and Mickie gets a huge DDT on Melina to win this match for herself and Ashley. Pretty in pink that's all I have to say about it.

They showed the recap of Ric Flair's farewell address last week on Raw. It was beautiful and I tear up even now as I think about it. Ric Flair had a 36 year career in the WWE, he made it as the first active wrestler inducted into the Hall of Fame, and he fought his last match ever against one of the best the Showstopper, Shawn Michaels. He had an awesome career and I think he has earned the right to retire in style like no one else could. I'm sure we might see him again in a guest appearance here or there, like some of the other veteran wrestlers. I hope that he enjoys his milestones and his rewards and memories and that he doesn't get too bored with his retirement! He will always be the man in my book!

Paul London and Brian Kendrick are taking on Lance Cade and Trevor Murdock. Cade is taking it to London. A huge clothesline almost beheads London. Murdock gets the tag in and continues the attack on London. He quickly tags Cade back in and these two men take turns assaulting the young star. London really needs to make a tag to Kendrick to have a chance to stay alive in this match tonight. Cade takes an elbow to the eye and makes his way to the corner to tag in Murdock. London gets his tag in to Kendrick and Kendrick takes it to Murdock. Cade interferes while the ref's back is turned and punches Kendrick trying to win it for his team, however, that wasn't how this match ended. Kendrick got the inside cradle on Murdock and wins this match quick and clean for himself and London. Never underestimate the quickness of the up and coming superstars, that will certainly be your downfall!

Triple H comes out for his match against JBL and Randy Orton. (Main event already? There is still one hour and 10 minutes left of the show, I'm confused? Either this is going to be one hell of a long match, or there are other things planned for this show tonight.) I'm totally rooting for Triple H in this match up, he's my man. Orton starts this match off with the Game. The lock up and Triple H wastes no time taking it all to the champ. The two men stalk each other like animals in the wild looking for a kill. JBL tries to interfere with Triple H in the corner but the Game takes care of that menace quickly. William Regal is looking on in front of the announcer's table. JBL gets Triple H in the corner and talks trash to him. JBL has a lot to prove in this match, does he have what it takes to be the #1 contender at Backlash? JBL takes Triple H to the corner and Orton takes fully liberty to tag himself in. While the ref is dealing with JBL, JBL is kicking Triple H in the face. Then Orton starts kicking Triple H as the legal man in this match. Orton begins the stomp fest on the cerebral assassin. Does Triple H have a chance in hell? Orton goes for the cover but Triple H gets a shoulder up. Orton tags in JBL and JBL continues the attack. JBL drops multiple elbows into the chest of Triple H and goes for a cover. Shoulders up by the Game. JBL tags in Orton and Orton gets Triple H in the corner. A huge powerslam by Orton takes me by surprise. Triple H kicks out of the cover. JBL gets back into this match up. JBL applies the sleeper choke hold on the Game. Triple H powers out of the sleeper and gets a drop knee to the face of JBL. Triple H starts to slowly power back, but JBL receives a blind tag from Orton who is looking for the RKO, but fails and is shoved into JBL. JBL and Orton are disoriented and Triple H gets the pedigree on Orton to win it for himself! It's going to be a triple threat match for the WWE championship!

However, there is one man that hasn't had his say tonight. John Cena! He comes out to have his say about it. He has a proposition. Yes Cena is the man who made JBL quit. Cena makes a great argument about who beats who and when. "Four of the biggest dogs in the industry are right here in this ring, at Backlash I propose a fatal 4-way for the WWE championship!" Regal can't say no to that now can he? "If you want to be in this match at Backlash, tonight you must fight in a match against JBL and Triple H. I'll offer you the same deal I offered Triple H." Regal states. Cena accepts and goes backstage to get ready for this match. No one looks happy about this at all. (Guess it's going to be a fatal 4-way at Backlash, because you know as well as I do that Cena won't lose, no matter what.)

Hardcore Holly and Cody Rhodes will defend the tag titles tonight against Carlito and Santino Marella. Carlito starts this match off against Cody Rhodes. A nice double team by Rhodes and Holly on Carlito as Holly gets his tag in. Santino gets a tag by Carlito and Hardcore Holly introduces Carlito to the Alabama slam. Marella and Carlito try to cheat and confuse the ref about who the legal man in is, but the ref wasn't born yesterday. He forces Carlito out and makes Santino continue the match. Then the barrage of tag ins and outs by Carlito and Santino weaken Holly. Rhodes stays in his corner and doesn't lower himself to the level of cheating to win. Carlito is taking it to Holly who looks just slightly weary. Holly is on the mat and needs to make a tag to stay alive in this match. A kick to the face of Marella who gets tagged in allows Holly to get his tag to Rhodes. Rhodes and Marella go at it. Marella goes up top and gets a huge splash on Rhodes pinning him for the win! Marella and Carlito win it and Rhodes and Holly look shocked.

Cryme Tyme is in the house with the Wrestlemania clearance sale. They got a shaker of soap from Rocky Johnson, an autographed signed copy of Maria's Playboy (it's no longer available) and a pair of Kim Kardashian's underwear. Oh wait that was Mae Young's dressing room that those panties came from, eww yuck! These two can always provide the comic relief that's for sure!

Maria comes to the ring for her match against Beth Phoenix current Women's champion. The Glamazon hasn't seen much action lately. Beth smirks at Maria as if she can't believe that Maria would challenge her. Maria is really taking it to Beth at first. Beth starts to deliver the true power that she holds so dear and Maria isn't quite ready for it. Beth gets Maria bent backwards and up on her head, then applies a backbreaker. Maria gets a quick inside cradle and almost wins it. Maria fights back and continues to assault on the Glamazon. Maria counters Beth having Maria up on her shoulders but Beth fights back as well. Beth delivers a huge suplex to Maria and wins it. Maria tried, but it will take more than a pretty face to beat this powerful champion.

Y2J comes out for his Highlight Reel which will feature Shawn Michaels and Batista. I'm sure the topic will be the match at Wrestlemania that caused Ric Flair to retire. Batista comes out first. Shawn Michaels is already tagged as the man who ended the illustrious career of Ric Flair. Poor Shawn. Batista looks so angry, like he wants to eat Shawn Michaels for breakfast. Michaels remind everyone that Ric Flair was the one who challenged him to the match at Wrestlemania. Jericho tries to keep this interview civil, but will it stay civil? Batista interrupts Shawn and tells him that he's (Michaels) not sorry in the slightest about ending Ric's career. Michaels and Batista exchange heated words. Shawn totally stands his ground on beating Flair at Wrestlemania and I'm proud of him. He makes me want to cry just to listen to his speech. "Despite what you think, Wrestlemania was the hardest night of my career." Batista says that he trusted Shawn to do the right thing but he will never make that mistake again. Shawn tells Batista that if he wants to do something about it, just do it. These two face off. "I already have." says Batista as he walks out of the ring eying Michaels with a smug contentment that only he knows the reason for. Could Batista have talked to Vince to get a spot on Monday Night Raw so he could settle the score with Michaels personally? I guess only time will tell. (I'd love to have Batista back on Raw that would be excellent, well maybe not for Shawn.)

Backlash will have a match one on one with Batista and Shawn Michaels says William Regal as he gets off the phone with Vicki Guerrero. Orton interrupts Regal's phone call and Regal tells Orton that he will be in a match next week on Raw. Raw will be in England next week and Orton's opponent will be William Regal himself. Open mouth insert foot Orton, good job!

John Cena steps into the ring for his chance to go to Backlash. He faces off against JBL and Triple H who are partnered up. JBL starts this match off with Cena. Orton comes down the ramp distracting Cena and JBL capitalizes on this distraction and gets and early start on beating Cena. JBL gets a cover, but Cena gets a shoulder up. Orton watches on from the outside. JBL refuses to tag in Triple H. JBL continues to attack Cena brutally. Cena hasn't gotten his edge yet tonight. Cena finally starts to battle back, but JBL gets out of the way of a running start by Cena to the corner. JBL still refusing to tag in Triple H which is totally childish of him, eventually Triple H will get sick of it and get a blind tag I'm sure. JBL gets Cena on the outside. JBL delivers a huge clothesline to Cena on the outside, then rolls him back into the ring to break up the count. JBL applies pressure to the surgically repaired muscle group of Cena. Going for a submission Orton and Triple H look on eagerly. Cena powers up to his feet and makes a comeback. As Cena unleashes on JBL Triple H just looks on with no remorse. Orton is about to have a cow on the outside because JBL screwed this one up big time. As JBL goes for the tag, Triple H moves and refuses to allow the tag. JBL gets a huge boot to the face of Cena taking him to the mat. JBL then goes for Triple H who gets in the ring and starts beating the crap out of JBL. JBL then punches Orton who gets in the ring and delivers an RKO to JBL. Cena capitalizes on the hell that has broken loose in the ring and wins it! He's secured his spot in the fatal 4-way at Backlash! Can Orton hold it together against two of the toughest men in the business and JBL? He better start eating his Wheaties that's for sure!

That's where tonight's Raw leaves off. Join me next week same Raw time same Raw channel and let me entertain you!

(Sorry about last week fellow readers, I moved and didn't have my Internet set up yet. We're all in the green now though, so I'm back!)

Update on Candace Michelle

2008-03-24T23:09:00.001-04:00

UPLAND, Calif. – Candice Michelle underwent successful surgery Monday afternoon at the San Antonio Ambulatory Surgical Center. The operation was scheduled shortly after the Diva re-injured her clavicle on Raw a week ago – in her first match back after nearly five months of recovery.
“It was my fault,” Candice had informed WWE.com only hours before her surgery. “I was getting ready for a dropkick, and I thought it might be more effective if I landed on my back. I landed on my left shoulder and hurt [the clavicle] right then and there.”
The fall led to Candice not only re-breaking her clavicle, but completely displacing it as well. In the previous instance, the bone had still been aligned and therefore did not require surgery. But now, any activity, wrestling or otherwise, could have caused further significant damage.
“The doctor said I could take a non-surgical route, but it would take a minimum of six months doing nothing,” she said. “I’ve been dying already, after having been out for five months. I’m completely ready to get it fixed and be able to make a real comeback to the ring.”
Although she will not be able to participate in the BunnyMania Match at WrestleMania XXIV, Candice will not let the operation keep her from attending The Granddaddy of Them All. She'll be supporting Maria in Orlando, Fla., no matter what.
“Don’t get me wrong – I’m a little scared,” Candice admitted. “I’ve never had surgery of this nature. At the same time, the healing process is a lot quicker once you have a plate and pins in there, and I can start rehabbing almost immediately.”
The Diva was upset that she would not be able to enter the squared circle this Sunday, but she understands how this surgery will benefit her in the long run. It provides her with a chance to truly recover from an injury that has aggravated her for some time.
“It was hard for me to come back to Monday Night Raw,” she said. “In my heart, I didn’t feel like I was really coming back because I was still being held back by my injury. It was hard to be in the same building as Beth Phoenix, and know that I couldn’t get back into that ring and show people the fire that I had in my heart.”
The Women’s Champion isn’t completely off the hook, however. Candice hasn’t yet had an opportunity for revenge against the in-ring Glamazon whom she holds responsible for her initial injury. But that day may not be so far away.
“For me to miss out on things like WrestleMania, the fire has built up that much more. When I return, it’s going to be a real comeback this time.”

Friends turn foes and partners turn opponents!

2008-03-24T23:05:00.000-04:00

John Cena is the first out tonight on Raw. He grabs a microphone and has something to say. He addresses the fans about Wrestlemania being Sunday and it's going to be the biggest show ever! As he's talking he's interrupted by the Big Show. "Regardless of who wins your match, this Wrestlemania is going down in history for one reason, me ending the career of Mayweather!" Big Show states very matter-of-factly. JBL comes out with something to say too. "You too can talk about making history all you want, but JBL makes history!" JBL reminds the two men already in the ring. "My match has absolutely no rules, there is nothing or no one that can stop me!" JBL states. Cena makes a comment about how he beat JBL's ass at Wrestlemania 21 and really wasn't listening to anything the big mouth just said. Randy Orton comes out in all his importance. "Some people think the Big Show is going to knock out Mayweather, some people think that JBL is going to beat up Finlay and some people think that Orton, Cena or Triple H is going to leave champ that night. No one is counting on me retaining my title at Wrestlemania however!" Orton says. Umaga comes out. Umaga says something in Samoan and Cena translates for him saying, "Orton likes sperm whales and boy bands. There's no way I will let this man retain the title, thank you for your input Umaga." (I'm about to die laughing here). Triple H comes out. Triple H plugs his new T-shirt before addressing the guys in the ring. "There is one reason why we are all in this business, there is one reason why we lay our bodies on the line and it's that, the WWE championship sitting on Orton's shoulder. At Wrestlemania the King of Kings goes back on his thrown!" All these guys start arguing amongst themselves and are interrupted by William Regal. He makes a main event match of an 8 man no disqualification match, Cena, Triple H, Shawn Michaels and Ric Flair vs Umaga, Big Show, JBL and Randy Orton.

Chris Jericho heads down to the ring for his tag match with partner CM Punk from ECW vs MVP from Smackdown and his partner Carlito. It's a mini money in the bank preview. CM Punk and MVP get the match underway. CM Punk uses his feet effectively against MVP, MVP tags in Carlito and Jericho gets tagged from Punk. Jericho barrages Carlito with right hands and does a nice spring board drop kick knocking Carlito right off the ring apron where he was caught up on the top rope. Carlito fights back and gives Jericho a run for his money for a bit. Jericho puts a stop to that and gets a second wind. Jericho goes for the walls of Jericho on Carlito but MVP interrupts and Jericho gets tossed out of the ring by Carlito. While the ref is busy with CM Punk MVP goes to work on the outside with Jericho. Once Jericho is back in the ring Carlito makes quick work of trying to weaken Y2J. MVP gets the tag from Carlito and goes to work on Jericho. Jericho makes it to his feet from the hold MVP had him in. Jericho gets a moment of momentum and crawls towards his partner. Punk gets the tag and goes right to work on MVP. A huge powerslam gets Punk a near fall over MVP. Carlito tries to intervene but Punk kicks him off the apron. Jericho gets in the ring and beats on MVP. Jericho goes from a standing drop kick and misses MVP hitting CM Punk by accident. MVP gets the three count on CM Punk. Jericho is not happy with this outcome as the winners MVP and Carlito leave the ring.

Mr. Kennedy is backstage making his statement about what he thinks will happen at Wrestlemania this year. "Ric Flair retires, the Undertaker's winning streak ends, and I will win the money in the bank match and cash it in to become the champion. The story of Wrestlemania will be Mr. Kennedy!"

Hardcore Holly is in the ring for a singles match against the Great Khali from Smackdown. The size difference between these two men is not giving favor to Holly. Khali is dominant and powerful against the tag team champion as if he was an amateur. Khali wins this match and doesn't even break a sweat.

Ric Flair comes out to confront Shawn Michaels. "I'm glad to know that somewhere in the World people respect Ric Flair." Flair states. Flair is not happy about Shawn's choice to interfere with his match against Mr. McMahon last week on Raw. "I'm losing respect for Shawn Michaels." Ric says, he calls out Michaels to talk about this man to man. Shawn comes out. "First of all Ric, I'm sorry to hear that you lost respect for me. I'm sorry to hear that you think I've lost faith in you. I didn't come out last week to interfere with anything, I was just giving you back up because I did what I thought you would do." Michaels says to his long time friend. "Shut up!" Flair yells, he takes his coat off and yells at Michaels. "I don't need anybody to tell me who I am, and I'm feeling good about myself, I'm going to show you something!" He brings out the NWA world Heavyweight Championship that he won in 1981. "If you were 20 years older you would have been in the ring with me back then too!" Flair says. "In 2008 I picked you to wrestle me at Wrestlemania, because I want to prove that I've still got it!" Flair admits. "Let me assure you of one thing, I'm gonna give you everything you need, I'm gonna give you the main event and rest assured I'm gonna give you Mr. Wrestlemania come Sunday!" Shawn promises. "I would expect nothing less from you my friend!" Flair says happy to have what he wants. "Before I go, just so there is no doubt in your mind that you are going to get everything you need and more, come Sunday I'm gonna take you behind the wood shed like Old Yeller and put you our of your misery." Flair slaps the taste out of Shawn's mouth and provokes him. Shawn refuses to do anything now, but walks out of the ring looking very unsettled and unhappy that he has been put in this position. Flair wanted a fight and he didn't get it tonight, but trust me he's going to get it Sunday that's for sure!

Maria the most recent Playboy covergirl comes out for her match tonight against Melina who is being accompanied to the ring by Beth Phoenix. Melina wastes no time to start this match up and seems to be dominating this match. Ashley gets into the ring and interrupts the match. Santino Marella gets in the ring and interrupts the match even further. Then King gets out of his seat and goes after Santino. Maria and Ashley along with King clean the house and William Regal comes out to announce this is now a 6 person inter-gender tag team match up. King and Santino start this match out. King is really taking it to Marella. Marella tags in Melina who taunts King he can't seem to get the nerve to hit her so he tags in Ashley who while Melina has her back turned clocks her in the face as she turns around. Ashley tags in Maria who goes for the bronco buster on Melina's face. Beth Phoenix tags herself into this match and power slams Maria. Beth tags Santino who gets in the ring to beat on Maria. Maria slaps the crap out of Marella and Ashley joins her for the beat down. Santino goes to the outside and is accosted more by King. Santino gets tossed into the ring by King but Maria and Santino are the legal people in the ring. Santino pins her and wins this match for himself, Melina and Beth Phoenix. Maria looks pissed.

Triple H and John Cena are backstage and Triple H is reminding Cena about how much he's been in the Game's way the past few years. Cena retorts that he will be standing in Triple H's way on Sunday because he watched for 6 months while Orton carried around the title which Cena never "lost". (It was stripped from him due to his pectoral injury and surgery). This match on Sunday is going to be one hell of a match, no doubt about it!

The main event gets under way tonight with Randy Orton coming out first. His partners in this no DQ match are Umaga, JBL, and Big Show. Not a bad team if I have to say so myself. The largest athlete in the World, the Samoan bulldozer, the ruthless millionaire and the champion. However their opponent's are no slouches either. Shawn Michaels, Triple H, John Cena and Ric Flair. Shawn comes out first for his team. Can Ric Flair and Shawn Michaels be on the same page tonight after their confrontation earlier in the evening. Let's hope so. King and JR have the same thought. It's funny I've noticed that when John Cena comes out the fans are behind him 100% cheering and all. Same with a lot of other wrestlers. However when Triple H comes out the crowd gets quite as if they are respecting the great man that is making his way to the ring to entertain them. (I'm very very biased I love Triple H!) After all he is the King of Kings. Shawn Michaels and Randy Orton will start this match off. Orton and Michaels take turns at getting each other in the corner. Orton has got Michaels in an arm hold and Finlay comes out and goes after JBL with the shalleighly. These two are going to be tied up for awhile. (great time for a commercial break....ha ha) Orton and Michaels are still in the ring fighting their own match. Umaga gets the tag and begins his attack on the Heartbreak Kid. Michaels delivers a few chops to Umaga but gets beat into a corner for his efforts. Michaels gets the full force of Umaga's backside and it leaves him still. Batista runs out and Umaga is now out of this match up because he's fighting with the Animal from Smackdown. Big Show and Ric Flair are the legal men in the ring now. Ric Flair may not make it to Wrestlemania at this rate! Big Show delivers some heavy handed chops to the Nature Boy. Ric Flair goes down. Flair delivers some chops of his own that don't even seem to effect the Big Show. A high overhead drop on Flair leaves him motionless. Cena gets the tag and Triple H and Cena double team the Big Show. To no avail, both these men go down at the hands of the Big Show. Randy Orton is on the apron telling Big Show how to wrestle and Big Show straight up grabs him and tosses him into the ring like a doll. Big Show walks out and it's Randy Orton, Cena and Triple H going after each other with Shawn Michaels looking on. Ric Flair goes after Randy Orton and Michaels knocks him down. A low blow to the groin of Michaels by Flair allows Flair to get the figure 4 on the champ who flails like a fish and he taps out like a little girl. Ric Flair wins it for his team, with no help from his partners who are off fighting amongst themselves! This goes to show just how explosive this Sunday at Wrestlemania is going to be!

I'm moving this weekend, granted that my cable gets installed correctly I will be watching Wrestlemania from the comfort of my new townhouse! So join me on Sunday for the biggest game of them all WRESTLEMANIA and let me entertain you!

Do you want to play the Game?

2008-03-17T23:09:00.000-04:00

Tonight's Monday Night Raw starts off with Chris Jericho and the fantastic Highlight Reel. His guest tonight is none other than the Big Show. Big Show and Jericho exchange insults and out of all that comes a match tonight between the two icons, for the intercontinental championship. It's on and it's going to be huge, no pun intended.

Mr. McMahon challenges Ric Flair to a match tonight because he thinks it's the perfect end to his fantastic past few days. He has his name on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (right next to Kermit the Frog by the way),WWE stocks are up and he's feeling quite super. Will tonight be the night that Ric Flair will have to hang up the boots, or will he live to fight another battle come Wrestlemania?

Carlito and CM Punk face off in a singles match tonight. CM Punk is the crowd favorite as the former champion of ECW. Carlito has a lot to prove about what he'll bring to the Money in the Bank match at Wrestlemania in 13 days! Carlito is really showing some dominance in this match, but CM Punk has a few unique counters and moves of his own to keep Carlito on his toes. Carlito gets a huge neckbreaker on Punk that I'm sure is the deciding factor in this match, but CM Punk refuses to stay down, he's battling back like a true champ. CM Punk gets his sleeper on Carlito and wins this match proving that he's going to be a force to be reckoned with come Wrestlemania. Carlito better gets his priorities in check!

William Regal announces tonight that Umaga will be in action once again proving his supreme nature as the most dominant man in the WWE industry. Umaga is taking on Brian Kendrick and Paul London. Umaga takes it to these two men like nothing I've ever seen. As Umaga delivers a huge Samoan Spike to Paul London Brian Kendrick is seen leaving the ring. He did not try to save his partner in this match at all. Could it be because he knew that after that double Samoan drop that he had no chance, or is there something else going on between these two men? A break down in the ranks possibly? Time will tell.

Triple H and William Regal have a discussion about Triple H being in charge tonight. Triple H is content with the match that he's made for Randy Orton and John Cena tonight. Regal asks why Triple H doesn't just strip Orton of the title and take it tonight? "There's no satisfaction in that." Triple H replies. Triple H knows that he's going to be getting the championship at Wrestlemania so he's just biding his time until then.

Ric Flair finds Shawn Michaels backstage and totally reams him out for being there tonight. He states quite surely that he does not want Michaels help in his match tonight against Mr. McMahon, he can fight his own battles. He doesn't want to even see Shawn until Wrestlemania! Shawn doesn't look happy at that decision by Flair and I'm sure he will do things his own way because the heart break kid doesn't play by the rules he makes and breaks them!

JBL enters the ring via his moo mobile. In the past weeks with his actions towards Hornswaggle and Finlay I'm sure that this is going to be an interesting appearance by the monster JBL. He calls out Colin Delaney who is yet another Irishman who loves to fight. He's going to be taking on JBL in lieu of Finlay not being available. Delaney is from ECW and he's a hot item. JBL absolutely dominates the young Irishman and I'm sure that Finlay is watching and gets the message loud and clear. JBL wins it with a huge clothesline from Hell.

Ric Flair makes his way to the ring for his match against the chairman of the board Mr. McMahon! Mr. McMahon looks ready for this match and he's smiling in all his recent big headed glory. Will the luck of the Irish be smiling on Mr. McMahon tonight? This street fight will be an anything goes match and there are no disqualifications or count outs in this match. Ric Flair takes it to Vince right off the bat, and gets beat on the announcers table as King and JR try to call this match while Vince avoids all the electrical cords. Flair keeps taking the fight to McMahon and it goes out into the crowd. Flair corrals the chairman back towards the ring but Mr. McMahon counters and manages to gets Flair's head slammed into the ring post. Mr. McMahon starts taking the rest of the announcers table apart and grabs a television monitor and hits Flair square in the face with it. Flair pours blood and the chairman pounds fists into him. Vince goes for the cover, but Flair gets his shoulders up just in time. Vince then goes under the ring and grabs a garbage can. He hits Flair right in the head with that as well. Vince goes for the cover, but Flair gets his shoulders up yet again. Mr. McMahon goes back under the ring looking for his next weapon of choice. A Kendo stick is his choice. Mr. McMahon gets two shots on Flair's head with the stick and goes for the cover. Flair kicks out. Again Vince goes weapon shopping. A steel chair? Square to the head of Flair, but Shawn Michaels runs out and stops the count. Michaels is sent backstage and not allowed to interfere. Vince grabs a table from under the ring at this point. Flair is still laid out in the center of the ring. A low blow by Flair buys him some time, an second low blow begins the retaliation of Flair! Flair goes up top and crashed through the table and Mr. McMahon winning this match! The Nature Boy lives to fight another day folks! Never underestimate the power of the dirtiest player in the game. (Are you seeing stars there Mr. McMahon?)

Maria and Candace Michelle are going to see action tonight in the ring. They will be taking on Jillian and Victoria. Santino Marella comes out as well. I'm sure he's trying to distract Maria. He joins JR and King at the announcers table. Maria and Jillian start off this match up. Jillian gets a tag to Victoria who shows Maria some dominance. Victoria goes for a standing moonsault but Maria gets her knees up and gets a tag in on her partner Candace Michelle. Candace takes it to Jillian and Victoria. Victoria goes for a cover but Candace gets her shoulders up. Jillian gets into the ring and goes high risk and fails. Candace gets the cover on Jillian and wins this match up. Santino insults King and throws a drink in his face. After a few good hits in on the King Santino grabs his sandwich and runs away, joining Jillian and Victoria on the ramp. What a jerk!

Chris Jericho makes his way to the ring for his match tonight against the largest athlete in the world right now, Big Show. Big Show is really taking it to Jericho but Jericho gets a moment when Big Show's own momentum takes him over the top ropes. Jericho goes for the baseball slide, but gets tossed into the retaining wall instead. Jericho could be in trouble here. Big Show goes to the second rope and is going to try to land on Jericho, luckily Jericho moves just in time. A moonsault gets a Jericho a two count. Jericho retains the title by getting himself disqualified. Big Show delivers a huge right hand to Jericho and Jericho is out cold. Big Show may have lost this match tonight, but he just might win the war against Floyd Money Mayweather at Wrestlemania!

Randy Orton and John Cena talk backstage about their match tonight against the other superstars. They exchange some heated words at Orton demands the Cena just lay down and take one for the team so no one gets hurt tonight. Cena is pissed and refuses to go out and lose on purpose. This is going to be one interesting match. Triple H joins them and tells them the rules of the match then adds, "I'm rooting for you in this match." Just more head games from the cerebral assassin.

Orton comes out first for this explosive main event. It's a 17 on 2 handicapped match, as announced by Lillian Garcia. Cena comes out second and is the obvious crowd favorite. The 17 chosen superstars that will take on these two come down to the ring. Snitsky is going to start for the Raw team and Cena will start for himself and Orton. Snitsky really starts taking it to Cena. Santino Marella tags himself in and Cena rolls him up eliminating him. Trevor Murdock gets in the ring and takes on Cena. Cena gets the STFU on Murdock, then an RKO by Orton eliminates Murdock from this match. Umaga is the next superstar in and it's going to be hard to take the Samoan Bulldozer out of this competition. During the commercial break an RKO on Super Crazy eliminated him. JBL was in the ring, Cody Rhodes takes his turn. Paul Burchill gets a turn, Val Venis as well. Hardcore Holly enters the match. Robbie McAllister enters the match too. It's just one tag in after another for the superstars. Cena finally gets back in and Robby McAllister is eliminated, DH Smith is eliminated as well by Cena. Orton gets tagged back in and Paul Burchill gets a huge RKO eliminating him. Val Venis gets another RKO eliminating him. Cody Rhodes gets double teamed by Cena and Orton eliminating him. The superstars finally just jump in the ring and go after Orton and Cena. Cena knowing the match is already disqualified, starts hitting people with a steel chair. Umaga delivers a huge Samoan spike to Cena. JBL grabs the chair. Another Samoan spike finds Orton and JBL runs as Umaga goes after him for hitting him with the chair by accident. Orton and Cena are laid out in the ring and all the other superstars are gone. Triple H comes out ready for battle and the final man to enter this match up. Never doubt the King of Kings. Triple H delivers a pedigree to Orton and then goes after Cena. A second pedigree on Cena eliminates the competition for Triple H and he's left the last man standing only 13 days from Wrestlemania!

Join me next week for the final Raw before Wrestlemania and let me entertain you!

Jeff Hardy Saga via Jim Ross:

2008-03-17T21:55:00.003-04:00

Jim Ross posted a blog on his personal blog site about the Hardy house fire and more. I thought I would share! You can read JR's blog to get more information about the bad run of luck that Hardy has been having as of late. (I didn't know he was suspended!)

Gary Hart Passes.

2008-03-17T21:38:00.002-04:00

Legendary manager Gary Hart passed away over the weekend. His career spanned 4 decades and began in 1963. Gary Hart was loved and will be missed greatly in the WWE.

Hardy House Fire!

2008-03-17T21:26:00.002-04:00

There has been plenty of news in the WWE recently. I came across this story on WWE.com and had to share.

Jeff Hardy lost his Cameron North Carolina home Friday night to a fire. He was not home at the time and no injuries were reported in the blaze. The fire department claims the house is a total loss and that the reason for the fire is undetermined.

My heart goes out to Hardy at this time and I hope that all will be well for him in the coming days and weeks.

Past and Present: Rematches of Wrestlemania

2008-03-10T23:10:00.000-04:00

I missed the first 15 minutes of Raw tonight because I forgot it was on early, shame on me! I came in at the end of Randy Orton talking to Ric Flair and Shawn Michaels but I have no clue what was said, sorry folks! (Orton is in charge of Raw tonight I read on WWE.com. John Cena will have to face Shawn Michaels tonight apparently. Triple H will take on the big red machine Kane.)

The first match is a casket match between Smackdown's Undertaker vs Mark Henry. Undertaker comes out first in all his dead man glory, torches lit and all. I still tear up when I see his entrance, it's so breath taking! I wish I was there live right now! That is so awesome! It is my dream before I die to go see a live event where the Undertaker does an entrance like that, I've been wanting to do that for years! Mark Henry comes out as the World's strongest man. Can strength defeat the Undertaker tonight? The match gets underway and the Undertaker starts with the punches into the face of Henry. The only way to win this match is to the opponent to be put into the casket and the lid to be closed. No submissions, no count outs, no covers. Undertaker goes old school on Mark Henry, Henry catches the Undertaker in mid air and gets a lock hold on the back of Undertaker. Undertaker fights back and breaks the hold. Henry rushes Undertaker and knocks him out of the ring. Undertaker pulls Henry out of the ring and slams his head into the security wall. Henry the whips Undertaker into the other part of the security wall. Henry goes back outside and tries to drill the Undertaker into the ring post, but Undertaker gets out of his clutches. Undertaker then uses the casket for a weapon and slams Mark Henry's head right into it. Henry then slams the Undertaker into the mat and builds some momentum as he drops knees into Undertaker. Undertaker turns the tables and gets a triangular choke hold on Henry who taps but to no avail. Henry is lying at the edge of the ring by the casket. Undertaker kick/rolls Henry into the casket and the lid goes down. Henry is out of this match and Undertaker is victorious. Let's hope that Undertaker will be just as victorious at Wrestlemania where he goes for yet another undefeated year!

Mr. Kennedy is front and center tonight for a match against Finlay who doesn't even give Kennedy a chance to make his nightly commentary. Finlay comes down looking for a fight. Before the match begins JBL interrupts the match via the Titan Tron to tell Finlay that he accepts the match at Wrestlemania which will be a Belfast Brawl. JBL is convinced that he is going to beat JBL at his own game. Finlay goes after Kennedy with the shalleighly and won't stop beating him. The match is called for disqualification before it ever starts. Officials have to restrain Finlay to get him off of Kennedy who is being damned near carried out of the arena. Finlay goes to the outside and continues the attack on Kennedy with shots to the head and body from the shalleighly. Finlay finally walks out of the arena and leaves Kennedy in a heap on the ramp. I'm sure JBL has received that message loud and clear.

An intercontinental championship match between Jeff Hardy and Chris Jericho. There is a bit of hostility from last week on Raw when Hardy delivered a twist of fate to Jericho after being insulted. This match gets underway and the ref has to break up the count. The match continues and both these men explode into each other. Hardy gets tossed to the outside and Jericho remains in the ring. Jericho brings Hardy back into the ring and delivers some physical dominance. Hardy gets Jericho on the outside and delivers a nice baseball slide to keep him there. Hardy runs the wall and goes to leap at Jericho and gets a face full of announcers table for the effort. Jericho gets Hardy back into the ring and begins to weaken the rainbow haired warrior. Hardy can barely stand at this point but he refuses to give up the match to Jericho. Jericho continues to deliver the punishment. The fans are behind Hardy who gets the will to jump up and take down Jericho mid air. Hardy gets a whisper in the win on Jericho and Jericho kicks out. Jericho gets a Northern lights suplex on Hardy who battles back and now it's on. Blow after blow these two men counter each other in maneuverability. Hardy goes for a twist of fate but Jericho hits the lionsault instead. Jericho goes for the walls of Jericho, Hardy counters. Hardy get the twist of fate but misses the swanton as Jericho moves. Jericho delivers a huge codebreaker to Hardy and wins this match up tonight becoming the NEW INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPION! This just sets Jeff up to become the champ after Wrestlemania when he wins the Money in the bank match at Wrestlemania. I'm counting on it!

The Iron Sheik and Nikolai Volkoff take on US Express in a rematch from 1985. They are interrupted by Jillian Hall who comes out and tries to sing Born in the USA, Mike Rotundo from the US Express picks her up and spins her around leaving her dizzy and ditzy! Bye Jillian! The match will have to wait for another day!

The next inductees into the Hall of fame are Jack and Jerry Brisco. These brother's were tag team champs over 20 times in WWE history. These two men set the standards for future brother tag teams such as Matt and Jeff Hardy. Congratulations to the Brisco brother's for paving the way with such talent!

Triple H and Kane are facing off from Wrestlemania 15! The match that was dubbed the most brutal match ever seen in the WWE (I beg to differ). Triple H comes out first. Kane comes out in a burst of flames, angry and ready to end the Game. Kane wastes no time in cornering the Game and delivering some heavy hands. Triple H gets a boot to the chest of Kane but gets taken right down to the mat. Kane delivers some huge fists to the Game. Triple H powers back and gets tossed out of the ring for his efforts. Kane outside to retrieve the Game. Kane bounces Triple H's head off the announcer's table. Triple H reverses the attack and slams Kane into the ring post. Triple H gets into the ring to break up the 10 count. Triple H is powering back against the big red machine. Kane delivers a huge boot to the face of Triple H and goes for the cover, Triple H gets his shoulders up. Triple H continues to power back and lands a face buster on Kane who remains on his feet. Triple H goes for the pedigree but Kane powers out of it and slams Triple H to the mat. Kane goes for the choke slam but Triple H powers out of it. Kane goes up top but Triple H counters with a pedigree and wins this match up right in front of the champ Randy Orton who came out to distract Triple H.

The beautiful Melina makes her way to the ring being accompanied by Beth Phoenix. She will be taking on Maria being accompanied by Candace Michelle. Melina starts this match off powerfully but Maria doesn't let her get by with it. Maria powers back and shows her competitive nature. Santino Marella comes down the ramp to distract Maria. Santino distracts Maria by jumping up on the ring apron and she loses this match at the hands of Melina who capitalizes on the moment. Beth Phoenix cold cocks Candace Michelle with the women's championship as Santino leaves with Beth and Melina.

Floyd "Money" Mayweather and the Big Show come to the ring for the official weigh in before Wrestlemania. Shane McMahon comes out first to oversee this weigh in. The Big Show is the first man to hold titles from all three brands at one time WWE Championship, World Championship and ECW Championship. He is the world's largest athlete! Floyd "Money" Mayweather is the undisputed undefeated welter weight champion right now. 39-0! 25 of those 39 by knock out! He's impressive no doubt, but he's tiny compared to the Big Show. These two men eye each other intensely. Mayweather gets on the scale after some razzing from the crowd. 159 pounds exactly! Big Show gets on the scale (and it breaks, just kidding). 441.4 pounds! Now that's a size difference. Big Show takes the microphone from Shane and invites his posse to the ring since Mayweather brought his posse to the ring. Out come wrestlers from all three brands, Raw, Smackdown and ECW. Big Show wins the bigger posse contest that's for sure. "You're in the shark tank now 20 million dollar man!" Big Show teases. The question of the night is: "Is the risk really worth it?" Mayweather is putting his life and his career on the line in this match and he's not the favorite going into this match. Big Shows abruptly hands the microphone to Mayweather who addresses the crowd and Big Show. "I respect what you have done in the WWE but I don't respect you as a human being." Mayweather confesses. "You may could hurt me, but you have to catch me first!" Mayweather teases. "At No Way out I broke your nose, I will break you jaw!" Mayweather promises. His posse leaves the ring and Big Show picks up Mayweather and throws him right out onto the ramp. Other wrestlers get involved and the posse knocks the shit of of half the wrestlers and knock Shane down too. Some guys help Shane up and the Mayweather posse keeps backing out of the arena. That was all totally uncalled for. This match may not go well at Wrestlemania if Mayweather keeps his bros with him. Brothers looking for a reason to fight do not need to be given a reason to get rowdy that's for sure.

Smackdown's Champion Edge comes to the ring accompanied by his two goons Hawkins and Ryder to take on ECW's CM Punk in a rematch of the money in the bank match from last year at Wrestlemania. CM Punk gets an early advantage in this match up but Edge has a few tricks up his sleeve. He gets a near fall on Punk but Punk gets his shoulders up. Punk battles back but gets a takedown from Edge. Edge gets taken down by Punk who goes for a cover which is kicked out of by Edge. Punk is really using his feet and legs on the champ. A lateral press almost wins this match for Punk, but Edge kicks out. Edge lands a huge DDT on Punk, but Punk kicks out of the cover. Edge goes for the spear but misses as Punk jumps over him, Punk is then distracted by Ryder. Edge uses that distraction to get another spear on Punk and win this match! Will Edge have what is takes to defeat the Dead Man at Wrestlemania or will the Undertaker be 16-0?

William Regal is in the ring to make an announcement about something. Wrestlemania will be Smackdown vs Raw for supremacy on which is the better brand. Umaga will be representing Raw and representing Smackdown will be Batista. No one can stop Umaga but he hasn't met anything the likes of the animal Batista yet! Batista is here tonight and he comes to the ring to face off against Umaga and have his say about how Wrestlemania is going to go down. He immediately begins beating Umaga with fists but Umaga stops him. Batista delivers a huge suplex to Umaga and shows just who the dominant man in the ring is! (I've met Batista in real life, he's awesome and very muscular!) Umaga leaves the arena at the demand of Regal and Batista is the last man standing in the ring, at least for tonight!

Mr. McMahon gets a star on the Hollywood walk of fame on Friday morning! Congratulations Mr. McMahon.

Shawn Michaels comes of for his match against none other than John Cena in a Wrestlemania 23 rematch. This match gets underway and if it's anything like the match at Wrestlemania 23, it's going to be a great one. These two men are countering each other like crazy and it's had to keep up. Michaels takes Cena to the mat but tries to keep Cena off his feet. Cena is powering back trying to get his vertical base back so he can use his strength against HBK. Michaels gets a hold on Cena's head but Cena gets a moment of momentum. Michaels almost gets the STFU but manages to use the ring ropes to stop that from happening. He steps out of the ring to gather his senses. As Michaels gets back into the ring Cena gets a sidearm bar on Michaels taking him down to the mat. Twisting Michaels arm gets Cena a few moments, but Michaels counters with a swinging neckbreaker. Blows are exchanged and Michaels is taken down twice, but Cena is taken out of the ring over the top rope by Michaels. Michaels gets Cena back in the ring and Michaels begins capitalizing on the injured leg of Cena. Cena doesn't let it get him down and he powers through the pain to deliver a 5 knuckle shuffle to Michaels. Michaels counters the FU. Cena counters Michaels counter and it's battle of the counters folks! Both men end up down and the count begins. Another collision takes both men down in the center of the ring. A flying forearm takes Cena down. Michaels goes up top for the elbow and lands it! Michaels begins tuning up the band. Cena counters the sweet chin music but Michaels counters Cena's counter in an inverted figure 4 on Cena. (ouch). Cena struggles for the ropes to break the hold and he makes it. A baseball slide pushes Cena out of the ring from the apron. A nice back flip off the ropes lands Michaels right on top of Cena on the outside. Cena gets knocked into the ring post by Michaels who then gets knocked out by Orton. Orton sets up a chair in the center of the ring and tries to take out Cena. The match is called as a DQ and Orton goes for the RKO on Cena, who counters and Orton lands on his back on that steel chair. Cena delivers a huge FU to Orton showing how much he doesn't appreciate being interrupted!

Triple H makes an announcement about his turn at running Raw next week. Randy Orton and John Cena will be tag team partners against.....the entire Raw roster! Good lord! That's why they call him the cerebral assassin folks, he's always on top of his Game!

Join me next week for the next explosive episode of Raw and let me entertain you!

Who's in charge here?

2008-03-03T23:05:00.000-05:00

William Regal has got Randy Orton, Triple H and John Cena backstage and has an announcement for them. For the next three weeks one of those men will be in charge of Monday night Raw and will be in charge to make the main event. Tonight is John Cena's turn at being "GM". He's got something planned and I'm sure it'll be a good one!

There is a mixed martial arts match between Big Show and Brandon "the thrill" Hill. Big Show must be wanting to test the waters of how well he fares against boxers before Wrestlemania when he has to face Floyd "money" Mayweather. Hill is like 5ft 7 and 120 pounds, Big Show is 7ft and 400lbs. It's a huge difference. Hill comes up to Big Show's chest. Wow! The match gets under way and Hill makes quick use of the ropes to make sure that Show doesn't tackle him. Show just keeps pushing to get to Hill. A huge boot to the head of Hill takes him down like a sack of potatoes. Big Show is manhandling this boxer like he's a rag doll. Big Show wins this match up without a problem and Hill isn't getting up from the huge choke slam that lost him that match. Floyd Mayweather is on the Titan Tron talking smack to Big Show and Big Show is talking it right back. Big Show picks up Hill and tosses him out of the ring. The trash talk keeps flowing between these two. "I'm gonna break your jaw this time!" Mayweather threatens. This is going to be an interesting match at Wrestlemania that's for sure.

Ric Flair is teaming up with Shawn Michaels and will be taking on Lance Cade and Trevor Murdock in a tag team match tonight. Flair and Murdock start this match up. Flair takes the chops to Murdock who retaliates with a nice back drop. Flair tags in Michaels who gets an elbow to the mouth by Murdock on his way out to tag his partner Lance Cade. Cade gets Shawn on the mat then tags in Murdock. Murdock gets a shot to the face in on Shawn then tags Cade back in. Michaels fights back and gets some good hits in on Cade and gets a nice neckbreaker in on Cade as well. Murdock gets the tag in and goes up top to try to land on Michaels who gets his knees up and Murdock lands right on them. Flair gets the tag in and goes after Cade. Flair gets the figure 4 locked in on Cade and Michaels gets the figure 4 locked in on Murdock and they win this match up tonight. They will be facing each other in a singles match at Wrestlemania that could very well end the career of the Nature Boy after 36 years in the business. Shawn grabs a microphone and has something to say to Flair. "I can't do this, I can't end the career of Ric Flair, I don't want the match at Wrestlemania. I am the showstopper and you'll leave me no choice but to stop your show at Wrestlemania if you keep pushing for this match." Michaels leaves the ring refusing to accept this match. Flair looks shocked and disappointed.

John Cena announces to Regal that the main event will be Triple H vs Randy Orton and John Cena will settle his "business" with Mr. Kennedy. Cena then promptly kicks Regal out of "his" office. That's just too funny!

Umaga comes to the ring to face his opponent Super Crazy. Umaga absolutely devastates Super Crazy in a flash and has proven again that he is the dominant man in the ring. William Regal is pleased that Umaga is going to represent Raw at Wrestlemania and be taking on the Animal Batista from Smackdown in a battle of the brands. Regal is convinced that Umaga will be victorious and that Raw will prove to be the better brand.

Chris Jericho comes to the ring for his Monday night episode of the Highlight Reel and his guest tonight is the one and only Intercontinental Champion Jeff Hardy. The fans are on their feet as the rainbow haired warrior makes his way to the ring to talk with Jericho. The two shake hands and the interview begins. Jericho says that despite how great Hardy is, there is nothing he can do to stop Jericho from winning at Wrestlemania. "I'm not the same guy you knew a few years ago, I'm different and I'll do whatever it takes to be champion." Hardy says. Jericho replies by saying that "from now on you are not my friend, you are not my peer you are just a target." Jeff Hardy agrees and shakes hands with Jericho then gives Jericho a huge twist of fate and drops him on his face in the center of the ring. It's time to rise to the occasion for Hardy and not settle for second best anymore.

Mr. Kennedy makes his way to the ring for his match tonight against John Cena. After Kennedy's interference last week in the match between John Cena and Randy Orton (with Triple H as a special guest referee) John Cena might have a bit of a score to settle. Cena is ready to fight which is something you usually don't see on Raw, the GM usually isn't involved in matches. These two lock up and the match begins. Kennedy gets a huge back body drop from Cena and then gets a side arm takedown as well. Cena isn't messing around tonight so Kennedy better get on top of his game quickly. Kennedy runs his mouth and he's made the statement time and time again about how great he is and how he's going to be the next champion, well now he needs to start backing up his words or else he stands to lose more than matches with the locker room. A hard Irish whip takes down Kennedy but Kennedy fights back and ends up on the outside of the ring momentarily. Kennedy then delivers a huge face buster to Cena on the ring apron. Kennedy gets back into the ring and the Ref starts the count. Kennedy then goes back outside and throws Cena against the edge of the ring. Kennedy tosses Cena into the ring and goes for the cover. Cena gets his shoulders up just in time. Kennedy then delivers a neck breaker to Cena and goes for the cover, Cena gets his shoulder up. Kennedy gets Cena in the corner and gets a running start to deliver a knee to the head of Cena. Kennedy goes for another cover and Cena still gets a shoulder up on 2 1/2. Cena is getting his neck contorted by Kennedy but Cena manages to get upright and power out of the hold. Kennedy then gets Cena on the mat for another cover unsuccessfully. Cena is in the corner again and as Kennedy lines up for another rush Cena rushes Kennedy and powers back. Cena goes up top and lands a leg drop on Kennedy and gets the STFU to win this match tonight. Kennedy taps like a girl and had a bloody mouth as well. Cena is triumphant and walks out of the ring proud.

Jerry the King Lawler is in the ring to announce Maria who will be unveiling her Playboy cover tonight on Raw! Santino Marella has put his face over Maria's on the cover as well as his face over the breasts and crotch of the picture. "You left me no choice", he criticizes her. She finally grows a set and tells him off. Santino asks if it's her "timing of the month". King knocks Santino out of the ring after he puts his hands on Maria trying to get her to leave with him. Candace Michelle unveils the real Playboy cover to the fans and it's gorgeous! I think this is the end of the Maria and Marella relationship, finally!

A money in the bank qualifying match finds Carlito competing against Cody Rhodes. The winner will go on the Wrestlemania to join Jeff Hardy, Mr. Kennedy, Chris Jericho and Shelton Benjamin in the match. Carlito gets a backstabber on Rhodes and wins his shot at Wrestlemania. ( I wasn't really paying attention to this match I was reading some stuff on wwe.com.)

Mike Adamle announces another inductee into the class of 2008 Hall of Fame. Mae Young will be inducted into the Hall of Fame along with Ric Flair, Rocky Johnson and High Chief Peter Maivia. Congratulations to all the nominees thus far and I look forward to hearing who will be inducted next!

Finlay comes out to the ring to face off against an accusatory JBL. Instead Mr. McMahon comes out to say his peace. Vince has a couple of questions for the Irishman. "Is it true that you conspired with other members of my family against me and is it true that Hornswaggle is not my son?" McMahon asks. It's all true. Finlay is Hornswaggle's father and he conspired with a member of Mr. McMahon's family to set him up. JBL is not there tonight, instead he's in the hospital with Hornswaggle and he's torturing him. Hornswaggle is terrified. JBL challenges Finlay to a match at Wrestlemania. JBL slaps Hornswaggle then turns the lights off and beats Hornswaggle up leaving him crying then there is silence. Finlay will have a score to settle with JBL that's for sure. He played a dangerous game and now his son is the target of McMahon's ire and JBL's sick thrill with picking on the weak. Let's hope this turns out in the Irishman's favor for all involved.

Randy Orton comes out to the ring for his match against Triple H tonight as made by the GM of the week John Cena. He doesn't look very happy to be in this position. Cena joins JR and King at ringside for commentary and has some really nice things to say in Orton's favor. (Cena is always a good sport that's why I love him!) As Triple H comes out Cena has some nice things to say about him too. I love how Cena calls it even and doesn't talk trash when it's not necessary. Orton and Triple H eye each other viciously. The match gets underway and the ref has to break up the lock up cause these two men lock it up all over the ring and don't break that hold. Triple H gets a side head lock takeover on Orton and this match is exploding with a quickness. Triple H is dominant at this point. Triple H goes for an early cover but Orton gets his shoulders up in 2. A second cover for Triple H but Orton gets out of it. Triple H is knocked out of the ring by Orton who joins him on the outside and throws some nice punches to the Game. Triple H puts Orton's face into the steel steps before tossing him back into the ring. An inverted back breaker by Orton buys him some time. Orton goes for the cover, Triple H kicks out. Orton begins the stomp fest on Triple H trying to weaken the Cerebral Assassin. Orton goes for the cover but Triple H kicks out. A huge knee to the neck of Triple H scores another point for Orton. Triple H begins to power back and uses those right hands as the weapons that they are. A high knee catches Orton who rolls to the outside trying to avoid more abuse. Triple H meets him on the outside and tosses him back into the ring. A huge spine buster by Triple H weakens Orton even more, but Orton goes to the outside and grabs his belt and starts to walk off. Cena intervenes tell Orton this match isn't over. Triple H hits Orton from behind and knocks Orton into Cena. As Triple H tries to go to the win over Orton Cena gets the FU on Triple H then Orton gets a RKO on Cena. The champ is the last man standing tonight, but will he be the last man standing on March 30th at Wrestlemania?

Join me next week for the three hour Raw special. It's a Wrestlemania showcase and I can't wait to entertain you!

The road to Wrestlemania is an explosive one!

2008-02-25T23:10:00.000-05:00

William Regal is in the ring tonight with Triple H, Randy Orton and John Cena on the red carpet. Supposedly for a photo opportunity. Each man will have a few minutes to say their peace about what is to come at Wrestlemania. John Cena speaks first, he says he's got a problem with Triple H. He did not appreciate the pedigree he received after winning his match against Randy Orton last week. Triple H responds saying that he wants John Cena in the ring at Wrestlemania. "At Wrestlemania you are going to get the same thing" says Triple H. Cena retorts with "I believe there has only been one clash of the Titans, and in that instance it was you who tapped out!" Triple H strips off the coat and eyes Cena with animosity. Orton then makes his statement. "I'm still champ." He brags. Orton is talking himself into a hole here. Both Triple H and Cena are going after the big mouth champ and toss him out of the ring. Then they go at each other. Regal just stands in the corner and out of the way. Orton RKO's both Cena and Triple H, to prove his point. The crowd may be chanting "you suck", but love him or hate him he's still the WWE champion. What a great way to kick off Monday night Raw!

Mr. Kennedy catches Randy Orton backstage bragging about how he's going to win the money in the bank match. That means he's going to be going for his title shot match at Wrestlemania that night. He just wanted to make Orton aware that he's going to lose at Wrestlemania one way or another!

Santino Marella and Carlito head to the ring accompanied by Maria (soon to be playmate!) They are taking on Hardcore Holly and Cody Rhodes for the World Tag Team Championship. Rhodes and Marella start this one off. Rhodes is really taking it to Santino tonight, but Santino does fight back. Carlito gets a tag in and he begins beating down Rhodes. Santino gets back into the ring and continues the work on Cody. Cody gets the tag to Holly and Carlito gets the tag from Santino. Holly is really taking to to Santino who gets back into this match. Marella is a victim of the Alabama slam and Holly and Rhodes win this one. Santino is angry that Maria went to go talk to King and JR during the match and he makes eyes at King like he's going to do something about it. (yeah right).

Todd Grisham is talking to William Regal about the main event tonight on Raw. There is going to be a tag team match between Mr. Kennedy and Randy Orton vs Triple H and John Cena. Chris Jericho interrupts Regal's statement, so Regal puts Jericho in a match against Jeff Hardy. If Jericho wins he will be qualified for the money in the bank match at Wrestlemania.

Jeff Hardy makes his way to the ring for his match against Chris Jericho. Jeff Hardy is already qualified for the money in the bank match at Wrestlemania, however if Jericho wins, he'll be headed to Wrestlemania too. Jericho knocks Hardy down a couple of times and Jeff takes Jericho down too. Both these men are giving it all they got. Hardy goes up top and flies high, but Jericho rolls him over and gets a 2 count. Hardy has nothing to lose in this match. Hardy slings Jericho out of the ring then tries to baseball slide into him on the outside. Jericho moves just in time. Both men slide back into the ring and eye each other. Hardy gets Jericho in the corner and goes for planting his feet into the sternum of Jericho, but Jericho moves and Jeff lands hard on the mat. Jericho capitalizes and tries to weaken the rainbow haired warrior as much as he can. A huge mid-air collision takes both men to the mat moving slowly to get to their feet. Jericho makes it up first, but Hardy battles back. A nice clothesline takes Jericho down. Jericho battles back from the corner with a boot to the head of Hardy. However Hardy gets Jericho into the corner and Jericho moves wrong and gets a crotch full of ring rope. Hardy then delivers feet to the mid-section of Y2J. Hardy goes for the whisper in the wind but Jericho shakes the ropes and Hardy lands crotch first onto the top rope. A swanton bomb lands on Jericho, but he kicks out in 2. Jericho counters Hardy and gets him into the walls of Jericho. Hardy makes it to the ropes to break the walls down. Jericho then stomps on Hardy. Hardy delivers a face first suplex to Jericho then goes up for another swanton, he misses. Jericho goes for the lionsault, and misses, it's getting crazy in there. Hardy gets an inside cradle but Jericho gets out of it. Jericho and Hardy gets into a roll up battle and Jericho is victorious finally. Jericho will be going to Wrestlemania!

Mr. McMahon makes his way to the ring to make a statement about his son Hornswaggle who was devastated last week on Raw by a very vicious JBL. Vince says that he made a mistake in allowing JBL to attack Hornswaggle in that manner. Vince is totally blaming JBL for this? I sure didn't see him jumping back into the ring to save the little guy. Oh my lord mark this date on the calendar ladies and gentlemen, Vince just apologized! Vince demands that JBL come out and apologize to Hornswaggle too. JBL makes his way to the ring and Vince gets right up in his face. "I want an explanation", demands the chairman. "You were not there to annihilate my son! I want an apology and I want it NOW!" demands Vince. JBL seems to be at a loss for words. He finally manages to get out "I'm sorry...that I didn't do it sooner! I have it on very good advice that Hornswaggle is not your son, it's a complete ruse. Your family is involved in making you look like a complete fool. Hornswaggle is Finlay's son, not yours!" JBL confides. Vince replies with "well that seems to make some sense, my family is pretty rotten." Hornswaggle had no idea that Vince was not his father, he never knew that Finlay was his father, but Finlay knew the whole time. JBL promises proof to Vince. JBL promises the next time that Finlay is in a WWE ring he is going to make him admit it. Vince is pissed and walks out looking stunned.

Triple H and John Cena have a pow wow in the back and Triple H tells Cena "try not to get beat tonight". Cena replies with "You don't need to watch my back, but you certainly need to watch your own!" (ouch!)

Umaga comes out to the ring in all his Samoan anger to take on DH Smith. For those of you who don't know, DH Smith is the son of the British Bulldog Davey Smith. Umaga kicks this one off and goes up top quickly and lands right on Smith. He the drags Smith into the corner and makes a mad rush at Smith slamming his head back into the ring post. Smith is being devastated in the ring tonight. He delivers a vicious Samoan spike to Smith and wins this match quick tonight. Smith never even had a chance. He's got a lot to learn and plenty of youth to learn it.

William Regal is backstage talking with Paul Burchill and his sister Katie Lea. It seems that Vicki Guerrero from Smackdown has sent a letter to Regal inviting him to send one of his best over to Smackdown for a little match. Regal is thinking about sending Umaga. Katie says that he should send his fellow Britain but Regal says that he needs to see more from Burchill first. (Denied!)

Lance Cade accompanied by Trevor Murdock will be taking on Shawn Michaels tonight in a singles match (well as single as it gets with those two rednecks together). Cade starts off strong and knocks Michaels down quick and hard numerous times. Cade goes for an early three count but Shawn kicks out in one. Shawn gets Cade in a backslide, but Cade kicks out of it. Another near fall on Michaels but Shawn kicks out. Cade is standing over Michaels and turning his neck. Shawn battles out of that and delivers some hefty chops to Cade. Cade gets a nice knee to the face of Michaels slowing HBK down a bit. A boot to the face of Cade from Michaels in the corner gets Shawn a little reprieve. Cade goes up top and goes for the elbow, misses. Shawn goes up top for his elbow and he hits it. "That's how it's done"! He tunes up the band as Murdock gets in the ring trying to save his partner. Shawn gets Cade in a figure 4 submission and before Cade can tap Murdock intervenes and begins beating on Shawn. Shawn then delivers sweet chin music to both Murdock and Cade proving who the better man is in this instance! Cade was disqualified for interference in the match and Shawn wins it!

Shawn's celebration is cut short by Ric Flair a 2008 Hall of Fame inductee! Flair says that Shawn is so incredible and that he is so proud that he is being inducted into the hall of fame. Flair is the first active wrestler to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. There is only one thing that could make Ric Flair's career even better. Flair wants to wrestle Michaels at Wrestlemania. Shawn reminds Flair that the next match he loses it's over. "I will not be known as the guy who ended Ric Flair's career." Shawn says. Flair responds with "All that respect that you showed me last week means nothing if I can't have the best match of my life at Wrestlemania with you the showstopper." Shawn finally agrees to the match and they shake on it. So it's going to be Ric Flair vs Shawn Michaels in a career threatening match at Wrestlemania.

Mike Adamle announces two more inductees into the Hall of Fame. The Samoan wrestler High Chief Peter Maivia and Rocky Johnson. Both of these men are related to The Rock. It's The Rock's grandfather and father! (yay!) Rocky Johnson was part of the first black tag team champs in wrestling history and Peter Maivia was the first Samoan to win in wrestling history. These two fantastic athletes will be inducted into the Hall of Fame by none other than The Rock himself!

Mr. Kennedy comes out for the explosive tag team main event of the night. His partner in this match up is going to be Randy Orton. Triple H and John Cena are going to be their challengers. What a great match up that's going to turn into a free for all brawl rather quickly I can tell you that right now. None of these men like each other and they are all funning for Orton that's for sure. Can these two teams adhere well enough to work as units tonight? We shall see. (I like John Cena's new shirt, it's really cute). The commercial break messed up this match for me. When commercial break ends Triple H and Mr. Kennedy are in the ring going at it like crazy. Triple H tags Cena in and Cena goes up against the big mouth Mr. Kennedy. Cena "tags" in Triple H who gets knocked down by Kennedy who then tags in his partner Randy Orton. Orton begins the stomping on Triple H. Orton delivers a knee to the head of Triple H. Orton tags back in Kennedy who gets Triple H in the corner and works him over good. Triple H tries to battle back but he's not succeeding. Kennedy drives the head of Triple H into the ring post and goes for the cover. Triple H kicks out in 2 1/2. Orton gets another tag in and gets Triple H in a choke hold. Triple H struggles to get to his feet but makes it and battles back against Orton. Orton doesn't let that last long and knocks Triple H down again. Behind the ref's back Kennedy assaults Triple H. Orton drills Triple H face first into the mat and goes for the cover. Triple H barely kicks out. Kennedy gets a tag back in and continues beating the Game. A big boot to the face of Kennedy might buy some time for Triple H. Kennedy gets his tag first and Triple H doesn't gets the tag to Cena. An inverted backbreaker knocks Triple H flat. Triple H counters a sneaky RKO and gets his much needed tag to Cena. Kennedy is tagged back into the ring and Cena is lighting him up like Christmas! Cena delivers a huge 5 knuckle shuffle then sets up to deliver the FU, Orton interrupts and Triple H knocks Orton out of the ring. Cena then gets the STFU on Kennedy and wins this match for himself and Triple H. Triple H and Cena face off and Kennedy gets a mike-check in on Cena from behind. He exits the ring quick to avoid another pedigree. Triple H stands next to Orton and just glares. A bitter end to an explosive Raw!

Join me next week and let me entertain you!

Tough Love reigns supreme!

2008-02-18T23:09:00.000-05:00

Triple H comes out to greet the fans after his huge win at No Way Out last night. He will go on to Wrestlemania to take on Randy Orton for the WWE Championship. He's pretty happy about his win last night. Last year at this time he was in a wheelchair recovering from his last quad injury. He has earned his moment of pleasure at this point. "The Game is back!" He says he's back where he belongs in the main event! Randy Orton comes out to say his peace on Triple H winning at Wrestlemania. (of course). The crowd chants "You suck" at Orton showing just how much they have lost faith in the champ. Triple H was the man Orton beat last year to get that WWE title. It's ironic that Triple H will be taking that title from Randy at Wrestlemania. Orton thinks it's jealousy that fuels Triple H's fire. "I've beaten all of the rest Triple H, so if you want to have your moment..." Orton gets interrupted by John Cena who got cheated out of the title shot last night by a cheating Randy Orton. "You wait one second...." Cena begins. Cena then calls Orton a liar and a loser. "Disgrace comes to the WWE title and it's name is Randy Orton. He lost he way into Wrestlemania." Cena is calling it as he sees it tonight folks. Cena wants a rematch tonight on Raw for that title. The winner will face Triple H at Wrestlemania. Orton doesn't like that idea. "I'll beat whoever is the champ at Wrestlemania, I don't give a crap which one of you it is." Triple H says. Out comes William Regal to resolve this issue. Tonight John Cena will fight against Randy Orton and if he wins Wrestlemania will become a Triple Threat match Triple H vs. Cena vs Orton. There will be a special guest referee in Cena and Orton's match tonight, and that special guest ref will be Triple H. (Damn Regal sure knows how to kill a good mood!)

Jeff Hardy comes out for a match tonight (he's changed his intro music!). It's a money in the bank qualifying match. Snitsky will be his opponent. (If Jeff doesn't win this I'm writing hate mail to Mr. McMahon. Just kidding!). Snitsky uses his long legs and big feet to kick Jeff in the corner. Jeff counters using his agility and speed to knock Snitsky off his feet. Jeff tries to go up top, but Snitsky kicks him right off the top turnbuckle. Snitsky dominates Hardy tonight and gets him in that bear hug submission hold. Jeff finally starts to power out of the hold but gets knocked right back down. Snitsky gets a cover but Jeff kicks out in 2. Snitsky kicks and stomps on the recovering Hardy. After last night at No Way Out there is no way that Jeff is at 100%. Snitsky then slams Jeff's back into the ring post. Three elbow drives by Snitsky and a cover, but Jeff manages to kick out. Snitsky gets Jeff into some interesting choke type submissions. Jeff makes it to his feet but gets knocked right back down. Jeff gets right back up and gets some momentum on Snitsky which allows Jeff to land a nice cross body. Jeff flies high and gets a whisper in the wind on Snitsky too. A big boot from Snitsky gets Jeff on the mat again as Snitsky countered the twist of fate. Jeff goes for a second twist of fate and lands it, he then goes up top for the swanton bomb and wins this match securing his spot in the Money in the Bank match at Wrestlemania!

Shawn Michaels comes out to make a very special hall of fame announcement. The WWE hall of fame induction ceremony will be the night before Wrestlemania and the first inductee of the 2008 class will be Ric Flair. (Tears of joy come to my eyes, as this announcement is made....it's about time!!!) 36 years of hard work, blood, sweat, and tears have brought him this far and he deserves every bit of it. WOO!

Paul Burchill being escorted by his sister Katie Lea to the ring will face Super Crazy. Burchill dominates Super crazy and wins the match in about three minutes or less. I have to love those filler matches.

Randy Orton is backstage trying to win Triple H into calling the match "the right way" tonight. "You can't play mind games with the man who taught you how to play those games." Triple H tells Orton. Randy Orton must have been crazy thinking he could get an edge with the Game.

Big Show comes out to confront the man who broke his nose last night on No Way Out. He was humiliated by the welterweight champion of boxing Floyd Mayweather. He was asked to come out tonight and apologize for his actions last night on the pay per view. He was asked to make a public apology to Mayweather. He asks Mayweather to come out to the ring and he does. The size difference between these two men is unbelievable. Mayweather says that he loves publicity and he's been a fan of the WWE for many years. He's sorry things had to happen the way they did last night, but being the best fighter in the world and when he's called out he has to retaliate. Big Show responds that he wasn't trying to call Mayweather out at all. Big Show apologizes to Mayweather and holds out his hand. Mayweather not knowing any better takes his hand and shakes it. Surprisingly enough nothing happens and Mayweather tries to leave the ring. Big Show stops him about halfway up the ramp, well since Show did what he was supposed to, now he's got something to say. "Even on my knees I'm still bigger than you, I could take you out if I wanted to." Show is getting overconfident now. Show challenges him to a one on one match. Mayweather pauses there and thinks about it. He runs to the ring and jumps right up in it. He's ready to go. It's going to be really hard to wrestle with that entourage in the ring too. "I accept!" Mayweather says right in the face of the Big Show. Mayweather acts like he's going to throw a punch and Big Show actually ducks. Dang! It's on now! I can't wait to see this match, it's going to be stellar that's for sure!

Another money in the bank qualifying match between Mr. Kennedy and Val Venis. Kennedy dominates Val Venis mightily. Kennedy gets Val's arm in a weird hold but Venis breaks out of it. Venis avoids a cover from Kennedy. Venis has been out with elbow surgery and apparently Kennedy is going to exploit that injury. A great forward face drop by Kennedy wins him a spot in the Money in the Bank match at Wrestlemania. Could it be two years in a row for Mr. Kennedy? Time will tell!

Mr. McMahon makes his way to the ring for his steel cage match with his little son Hornswaggle. Hornswaggle comes out accompanied by Finlay. Finlay gets in the steel cage and screams at Mr. McMahon that "this is wrong!" Finlay is beat up by JBL. JBL then handcuffs Finlay to the top rope forcing him to watch Hornswaggle get beat up. JBL makes sure Finlay doesn't get any more involved. Mr. McMahon takes his belt off and starts to whip Hornswaggle. Finlay is irate. Mr. McMahon grabs Hornswaggle by the collar and hits him a bunch of times with the belt then leaves the cage and leaves Hornswaggle in the hands of JBL. JBL chokes Hornswaggle then runs him into the steel at full speed. "Take it out on me!" Finlay yells. A huge boot to the head from JBL knocks Hornswaggle out. A huge elbow drop adds insult to injury on the unconscious little man. JBL isn't done yet. JBL picks up Hornswaggle and power slams him backwards into the steel cage. Finlay is trying to break his own wrist to get out of the cuffs. Mr. McMahon tells JBL it's enough and calls out EMT's for Hornswaggle. Mr. McMahon says he's sorry to Hornswaggle who is out cold. Finlay is still handcuffed to the rope. EMT's say he's barely breathing and he's got a pulse. A commercial break comes quick. (I don't think JBL meant to power slam the little guy that hard into the steel but he must have forgotten that Hornswaggle is not as big as most of the other guys that JBL torments.) Finlay was still screaming for someone to "help him" (meaning Hornswaggle) as the show went to commercial. Finlay is carrying Hornswaggle to the back as the show comes back on. I hope the little guy is ok!

Santino Marella and Maria come out for Maria's big decision as to whether it's going to be Santino or Playboy! 94% of the voters voted to have her pose in Playboy! Santino is very happy all of a sudden that Maria is posing for Playboy and announces that Maria will be facing Beth Phoenix tonight in a match as well. You can only pose for Playboy if you beat Beth Phoenix tonight. Beth powers Maria into a corner and manhandles her completely. Beth gets a cover but Maria kicks out. Beth delivers a back breaker to Maria who starts to power back with some right hands. Another cover and Maria kicks out. Candace Michelle comes out and distracts Beth just long enough for Maria to win the match. We're going to see Maria in PLAYBOY! (I'll be looking out for that issue, that's for sure!)

The main event tonight is the John Cena, Randy Orton match with Triple H as the special referee. Triple H calls for the bell and this match gets underway. Orton is powering right through Cena from the get go. A huge vertical drop kick by Orton lands Cena on his back. Cena is on the apron and Orton gets a running start at him. He knocks Cena off the apron and Cena's face bounces off the announcers table. Just when it looks like Cena isn't going to power back, he makes a little comeback. Orton then leaves the ring and tries to grab a weapon. Cena goes out and tosses Orton onto the announcers table then tosses him back into the ring. Orton gets a cover, and Cena gets his shoulders up. Cena looks to be in a bad way. He starts to power back again against the cheating champ and gets a powerslam for his efforts. Cena kicks out of the three count. Orton begins the stomping on all of Cena's joints. Orton then dives and delivers a knee to the temple of Cena. Orton misses the three count as Cena kicks out again, so Orton resorts to the choke hold to get Cena worn down even more. Cena delivers a huge sidewalk slam to Orton and buys a few moments. Orton then sends John's face into the turnbuckle. Cena is barely able to stay on his feet at this point as Orton barrages him with fists. Cena finds the strength to battle back and starts taking Orton off his feet. You can't see me finds it's mark as does the 5 knuckle shuffle. Orton blocks the FU and springs Cena's face off the top rope. Orton makes a run at Cena who's on the apron, but Cena pulls that top rope down and out goes Orton. Orton then rushes Cena shoulder first into the steel steps. Orton is stalking Cena getting ready for the RKO. Cena blocks the RKO and Cena gets the STFU locked in. Orton tries to crawl to the ropes. Orton makes it. Triple H breaks the hold. Cena and Triple H eye each other and Orton tries the cheap shot but Cena gets the STFU and wins it. Then Triple H delivers the pedigree to Cena and makes his point that he will be the last man standing at the end of Wrestlemania. Triple H has the title belt as Randy Orton is trying to get to his feet. Triple H then delivers the pedigree to Orton! Has the reign of Randy Orton finally come to and end? I have to say that I don't think his chances are looking very good at this point.

That's where Raw ends. See you here same Raw time same Raw channel next week! Until then don't be afraid to be entertained!

No way out? No problem!

2008-02-17T22:58:00.001-05:00

Tonight's Pay Per View No Way Out promises to be brutal, bloody and spectacular. Two elimination chamber matches and many championship matches will be viewed by all of us fans sitting at home watching on the edge of our seats. So to quote the best duo WWE has ever seen DX, ARE YOU READY?

CM Punk from ECW will be in the first match tonight at No Way Out. He is facing the new ECW champ Chavo Guerrero for the title back. I have to admit that when Eddie Guerrero and Chavo used to run together, I loved them. However since the death of Eddie Guerrero a few years ago, Chavo has not been on my favorites list at all. He's just not the same. CM Punk seems to be in good form early on in this match, but never underestimate a Guerrero, Chavo gets him out of the ring onto the floor below. Punk makes it back in the ring and this battle continues. A barrage of kicks to Punk gives Chavo a slight advantage. Guerrero gets a leg lock around the middle of Punk trying to squeeze the life out of the past champ. Punk doesn't let that happen and he launches Guerrero into the turnbuckle. Punk gets a cover, but Chavo kicks out. A nice reversal with a hurricarana saves the fate of Chavo as he avoids Punk. Punk gets a second cover, but to no avail. Punk is looking for the GTS, but Chavo gets the ropes. The champ then finds himself on his back on the outside. Punk gets Chavo back into the ring before the count reaches 10 from the ref. These two battle it out on the top ropes, Chavo pushed Punk down and Punk rattles the rope and Chavo finds himself with the rope between his legs. CM Punk tries to counter but Chavo has another idea. Chavo gets the huge frog splash that wins him this match, retaining him the coveted championship.

Mike Adamle is interviewing Rey Mysterio about what happened Friday night on Smackdown. Mysterio and Edge went at it, Rey delivered the 619 to the champ. Rey then went up top and tried to take out the Rated R superstar but Edge moved out of the way just in time and Rey accidentally landed on the general manager Vickie Guerrero who had just accepted a proposal of marriage from Edge. Vickie will not be at No Way out tonight due to her injury. Rey says it was a total accident and that he will not say he's sorry again!

The elimination chamber match for Smackdown will begin next. MVP, Big Daddy V, Undertaker, the Great Khali, Finlay and Batista will face off for the chance to go to Wrestlemania to face the champion for a shot at the title. Undertaker and Batista will start the match off with the other 4 men in the plexiglass pods looking on for their chance to come out and play. The slugfest begins as these two awesome athletes wear each other down bit by bit. Undertaker presses Batista's head against the chain of the chamber. First blood has yet to be drawn, but I'm sure that time is coming. Undertaker is dominating Batista and slowing the animal down quite a bit. The pheonom kicks and stomps his opponent showing the other four competitors what awaits then when their pod opens. Batista fights back finally and gets Undertaker down on the mat. A quick cover, but Undertaker kicks out. Both men boot each other in the face and they both fall to the mat.

Big Daddy V is the next one to enter this match. He goes after the Undertaker but doesn't forget that Batista is over in the other corner either. He is simply manhandling the two superstars before him. It's easy to see that the 500lb man definitely has the advantage in this match up. V stands on the Undertaker with his full weight on the dead man. Undertaker turns a little purple but V moves and goes to work on Batista. Undertaker is knocked out of the elimination chamber by V and goes right out to the floor. Ouch! It appears that Undertaker injured his elbow in the fall from the chamber. V rushes and crushes Batista against a corner of the ring. Batista manages to get a spinebuster on the huge man! The Undertaker delivers a huge DDT to Big Daddy V who is covered and eliminated by Batista. Undertaker manages to get a shoulder up and avoid being eliminated too.

Khali is the next into this match up. Khali dominates both Batista and Undertaker right from the start in this match. Undertaker fights back and gets the choke slam hold on Khali who just shoves Undertaker to the ground. Batista then avoids a count out by Khali. Khali then manages to get the vice grip on the skull of Batista. Batista gets out of it and Undertaker then knocks the wind out of Batista. Undertaker gets a head submission on Khali who immediately taps out and is eliminated. Then there were 4! Undertaker and Batista continue the battle as the next opponent is revealed. Finlay is next in.

Finlay started strong out of the pod, however the Undertaker shows him who's boss immediately. Finlay doesn't stand for that, he gets the Celtic Cross on the Undertaker, after throwing Batista over the ropes to the outside where the steel awaits. Finlay's face meets the steel at the hands of Batista and it's getting brutal folks. A huge boot and clothesline to Batista by the Undertaker, takes Batista to the mat. Finlay tries to capitalize and cover Batista, but Batista kicks out. Finlay then battles Undertaker into the steel chamber. Finlay goes for the cover on the dead man, but Undertaker kicks out. Finlay pushes the Undertaker into the pod busting it wide open. Batista then takes on Finlay and gets a cover, but Finlay gets out of it.

MVP is the last man in and he's holding the sliding door shut as Undertaker goes in after him. MVP is taken out and down in his pod and hasn't even gotten into the ring yet. Batista and Undertaker go at each other again while MVP and Finlay recoop. MVP tries to get a cover on Undertaker and doesn't get it. MVP gets his chain and strangles Finlay with it. MVP then goes back to work on the Undertaker. He goes for another cover, as Undertaker gets up. Undertaker is bleeding from the forehead and these men are getting pelted by the fresh man MVP. MVP pelts Undertaker with fists but Undertaker keeps coming. MVP goes to the top of the pod and is tossed off by Undertaker. Finlay gets the cover and MVP is eliminated! Undertaker is on the top rope and tries to land on Finlay, but Finlay moves and Undertaker lands on his elbow again tonight. Hornswaggle appears from under the ring and slides Finlay's weapon of choice in to him. Undertaker then choke slams Finlay on the outside of the chamber on the steel grating. Finlay is eliminated. Batista is now also bleeding and opened up in this match. It's down to Batista and Undertaker!

Both men have got to be tired as they exchange blows to each other like a couple of boxers in the ring. Batista lands the Batista bomb and goes for the cover. Undertaker kicks out at 2 1/2. It's not over yet! Batista pummels Undertaker with a barrage of fists to the head, and goes for the last ride as Undertaker defends himself. Undertaker goes for the cover and Batista kicks out at 2 1/2. It's crazy! Undertaker then delivers some fists of his own to the skull of Batista. Undertaker is going for the kill as he tries to set up for the tombstone piledriver. However Batista knows better and tosses Undertaker over the rope to the steel of the chamber. The blood flows as these two men battle for a chance at the main event at Wrestlemania. As Batista is ramming Undertaker into the steel over and over, Undertaker counters by going back over the top rope, landing on his feet and putting Batista up into the tombstone. Undertaker wins this chamber match and will be going to Wrestlmania ladies and gentlemen! (And we all know he has never lost at Wrestlemania, so we'll be having a new champ soon on Smackdown! Will it be 16-0?)

Edge is back in his room backstage freaking out because Undertaker just won the chamber match. He tries to get his boys involved by giving them instructions on what to do during his match tonight, however Mr. Theodore Long interrupts the great plan in action. Since Vicki is out tonight he's in charge and the two rated R underlings are banned from ringside during Edge's match tonight against Rey Mysterio. Ha ha ha!

Ric Flair and Mr. Kennedy fight it out. Flair trying to keep his career, Kennedy trying to end it! Just remember Kennedy to be the man, you have to beat the man! Kennedy is a strong opponent that's for sure, however Ric has been doing this longer than Kennedy has been alive! It's experience over youth at this point. Kennedy remembers that Ric's knees is not at 100% and he goes to work on it. Kennedy gets a half Boston crab on Flair trying to get the Nature Boy to tap out. Flair gets to the ropes, saving himself. Kennedy continues to work that hurt knee. He's at least playing it smart tonight. Always know your opponent's weakness and exploit it at all costs. Kennedy gets a figure 4 around the ring post on an agonizing Flair. Kennedy then adds insult to injury mocking Flair. Kennedy tries to get the figure 4 on Flair, but it's not locked in completely yet. Ric is yelling in pain and I'm not sure how much more he's got in him. Flair again gets to the ropes. Kennedy gets a nice drop on Flair and goes for the cover. Flair gets his shoulders up. Flair then gets a cheap shot in on Kennedy's knee. Kennedy pulls Flair's tights almost off and goes for the cover. The ref notices that Kennedy is using the ropes for leverage, and breaks up the cover. Ric Flair gets the figure 4 on Kennedy and Kennedy taps like a little girl! Once again the Nature Boy lives to fight another day!

Mr. McMahon confronts Finlay backstage asking how Finlay is going to like seeing Hornswaggle in the steel cage match tomorrow night on Raw. Finlay is not allowed to be involved in that match or else he will be fired by Mr. McMahon. Poor Hornswaggle!

Edge and Rey Mysterio battle it out for the World Heavyweight Championship next. Mysterio comes out first. Edge then comes out totally confident like usual. Rey is fighting with one good arm tonight after admitting that he's fighting with a torn bicep. He must rely on his quickness and his feet to do the work for him. An early boot to the face connects with Mysterio and Edge capitalizes momentarily. Mysterio gets out of the ring and takes a little walk. Edge baseball slides out of the ring and battles Mysterio on the outside. Running Mysterio right into the steel steps injured arm first. Edge is working on that injured arm of Mysterio knowing that is his chance to win it all and retain his title. Edge goes for a full run at Mysterio who is hanging upside down in the corner, but Mysterio pulls himself upright and Edge slides right into the ring post nuts first. Two covers on Edge almost win it for Mysterio, but Edge is kicking out and using the ropes to save himself. Mysterio lands the 619 on Edge but is having a hard time getting up to get the cover. Edge then catches Mysterio in midair with a spear and gets the cover. Edge wins it quick and easy tonight. Mysterio must really be hurt to have this match over so quickly. I hope he will be ok!

Out of no where comes the Big Show! He looks really good! He's lost weight and looks very healthy! Holy crap has he lost weight! WOW! "Guess who's back?" He has really missed wrestling since he left. "I will be a champion again!" He doesn't care if it's Raw, Smackdown or ECW. He's going to make good on his word. So which brand is he going to be on this time, we shall have to wait and see. He's down to 180 pounds! He was over 300 before. He then grabs the injured Rey Mysterio who is being walked out of the arena, and makes a scene out of Mysterio. Rey Mysterio's friend who is sitting ringside goes in to help him. The welterweight champion of boxing bloodies Big Show's nose then makes a fast retreat out of the arena. Big Show goes after him but is stopped by Shane McMahon. (We will get sued are the words I saw Shane mouth) Big Show leaves the arena and is bloody and not too pretty right now. Mayweather hit Show three times to bloody that nose. Boxers don't play and a boxer could get in the ring and mess up a wrestler any day of the week, no doubt in my mind! I still love my wrestler's though!

John Cena and Randy Orton are bitter rivals who are competing for the championship tonight. 4 months ago Randy Orton sidelined Cena with a torn pectoral muscle injury that doctors said would take 8-12 months to recover from. Well Cena made him comeback a few weeks ago at the Royal Rumble coming in at #30. He wasn't about to miss his shot to go to Wrestlemania and tonight he's gunning to get his championship back, since he never technically lost it to Randy Orton in the first place. Orton was rewarded the title after beating Triple H for the title last year after Cena was injured. Cena is here to regain what is rightfully his and Orton is here to keep what he thinks he deserves. The lockup takes place and Cena gets an inside cradle on Orton right off the back. Orton kicks out of the first and a second cover by Cena. Chants of "Let's go Orton, Let's go Cena" fill the arena. Orton gets some good hits on Cena taking him from one corner to the other. A huge counter by Cena gets another cover on Orton, Orton kicks out. A fourth quick cover yet Orton remembers to kick out yet again. Orton chops his way to getting Cena on the mat. As he hams it up for the crowd, Orton almost loses his title as Cena rolls him up for yet another cover. Orton gets Cena in the ropes and battles him there for a minute. Orton tries to grab Cena's head, and Cena bounces Orton's face off the top rope. Then Cena flies high and gets another cover that Orton swiftly kicks out of. Orton then resorts to choking Cena to weaken him down so he's not so aggressive. Cena sets up for an FU, but Orton counters and knocks Cena back to the mat again. Orton then begins the stomp fest on Cena's legs and body. Orton does deliberately stomp on the surgically repaired pectoral muscle of Cena.

Orton goes for a knee to the shoulder of Cena, but he misses. Cena battles back but Orton gets Cena in a choke hold submission move. Cena battles out of it eventually and gets a running start on the champ. A much deserved 5 knuckle shuffle finds Orton unprepared. Orton tries to walk out of the arena, but Cena stops him in his tracks. Both men jump back in the ring on 9 as the ref counts down for the count out. A barrage of fists fly as these two men go at it again. Randy gets a nice counter on Cena then goes for the cover. Cena gets his shoulder up on 2. Cena flies high and tries to land on the champ but lands on his butt instead. Orton is now stalking Cena. Orton sets up for an RKO, but Cena counters and gets the STFU on Orton. Will this win it for Cena? Orton tries desperately to get to the ropes. Orton makes it to the ropes and the hold is broken. Orton leaves the ring again and takes a breather. He's on the outside screaming about his knee. Orton then gets the RKO on Cena on the outside as he screams about his knee. He then climbs back into the ring and the count begins. Cena is not moving. He climbs back in at 9 again. Orton then slaps the ref to get himself disqualified so he keeps his title. Cena tries to get the ref to reverse the call for the bell, but it's no use. The match is over. Cena wins by DQ. Cena gets the STFU on Orton who is madly tapping out but there is no ref to count it. Cena is pissed and has every right to be, he was cheated out of a real chance at the title here tonight. Cena's Royal Rumble win was in vain because he will not be going to Wrestlemania. Orton is so proud of himself, it really makes me sick! Yuck!

The final match tonight will be the Raw elimination chamber match tonight. Triple H, Shawn Michaels, Jeff Hardy, Chris Jericho, Umaga and JBL will battle it out for a shot at Randy Orton at Wrestlemania. Chris Jericho and Shawn Michaels will kick off this chamber match. Just like the the Smackdown chamber match the other four opponents are locked in pods looking on as they await their chance to come out and make their mark on this match up. Michaels and Jericho exchange chops and then the counters and reversals on the mat begins. Finally both men are on their feet and Jericho gets the pin on Michaels who then bridges up to get out of it. A backbreaker by Jericho pauses Shawn for just a moment. The men go back to exchanging blows again. Michaels powers back and gets Jericho on the mat, Michaels flies high but is deflected by the knees of Jericho. Jericho goes for the walls of Jericho on Michaels, but is kicked off my Michaels who then gets a near fall on Jericho.

Umaga is the next man in and he immediately begins knocking down the two mean in the ring. Jericho gets tossed outside to the steel grating. The two men try to take down Umaga, but a double clothesline lands them both on their backs. Umaga then gets a double Samoan drop on both Jericho and Michaels! (Yes, he had them both on his shoulders!) Michaels gets kicked to the outside on the steel grating next. Umaga then headbutts Jericho in the chest. Umaga goes back and forth from Michaels to Jericho. Umaga tries to splash Jericho but Jericho moves only leaving Umaga open for a high flying elbow from Michaels. Jericho gets the walls of Jericho on Umaga. Shawn Michaels then gets the cross face on Umaga too, it's a double submission.!

JBL is the next man in and he breaks up the submissions that are being held to go after Jericho. JBL is brutalizing Jericho right now, while Umaga continues to beat on Michaels. Michaels is already busted open but Umaga doesn't stop. JBL and Jericho are still battling it out in the ring. JBL has got Jericho on the outside on the steel now too. Umaga takes Michaels inside the ring. He then kicks Michaels right over the top rope. Damn.

Triple H is in next. He immediately goes for Umaga, but then takes down JBL too. Triple H is cleaning house. JBL gets headbutted with Umaga by Triple H at one point. Umaga gets tossed into a pod by Triple H, then JBL gets a clothes line from Hell on Triple H while he tries to set up Jericho for the pedigree. JBL is eliminated by Jericho. JBL then takes steel chairs to everyone in the ring including Umaga. It's all legal. Everyone in the ring is down and not moving very well right now. Jeff Hardy should have his work cut out for him.

The rainbow haired warrior is the last man in tonight as he goes to work on his opponents. Jericho sets up as a step as Hardy goes up for Umaga. A huge boot to the face by Umaga knocks Hardy down. Umaga manhandles the Game. Michaels tries to power back against Umaga, but gets tossed to the steel grating on the outside of the ring again for his effort. Jericho gets his head put through a pod by Umaga's butt. Sweet Chin music finds Umaga, a jawbreaker from Jericho, a pedigree from Triple H and a Swanton bomb from Hardy takes out Umaga! Damn! Sweet chin music finds Jericho and Hardy gets him eliminated. A twist of fate finds Shawn Michaels, but Triple H tosses Jeff out. Triple H then pedigrees Michaels for the elimination then eyes Hardy. It's down to 2! Triple H and Hardy battle on the steel grating. Hardy gets a DDT on Triple H on the steel. Hardy is beating Triple H like a government mule. Triple H is busted open. Pure aggression from Hardy just might win him his shot at the gold. Triple H tries to set Hardy up for the Pedigree but Hardy counters and tosses Triple H back into the ring. Triple H finally lands the pedigree, but Hardy kicks out! Triple H is in shock! Triple H grabs a steel chair. He sets Hardy up for another Pedigree, but Hardy gets a low blow on Triple H, then the twist of fate of countered by Triple H and lands Hardy on the steel chair. Triple H gets the pedigree then a cover and wins this chamber match! Triple H will face Randy Orton at Wrestlemania!

That's it folks! This show is over and there will be lots to look forward too in the coming weeks leading up to Wrestlemania which is on March 30th! Until then, stay tuned in and let me entertain you!

John Cena RN?

2008-02-13T18:56:00.002-05:00

I just found a little news clip about how one California classroom uses the likeness of John Cena to teach and keep students in the nursing program entertained and ready to learn. I have to admit if I had to go to class every day and look at a life sized fatboy of my favorite wrestler I'd be more motivated to stay on task too. Do your homework cause John Cena's watching!

Where does he find the time?

2008-02-13T18:42:00.003-05:00

Everyone knows that Triple H is one of the headline events with the WWE. He has been a spectacular athlete and superstar for years now. With as busy of a schedule as the WWE presents I don't know where he finds the time for things like family. Speaking of family, I just read on WWE.com that Stephanie McMahon is pregnant again and is due to have her second child this summer. For those of you who don't know Stephanie is married to Paul Levesque (aka Triple H). Guess it's never to early to get the next generation on track because in a few years the current members of DX will be thinking about retirement, they will need someone to fill their shoes. Who better than their children?

I thought it was a great piece of news and I wanted to share!

Will there be a way out?

2008-02-11T23:06:00.000-05:00

Hornswaggle is the first out to greet the Raw fans tonight! He will have a match tonight against dear old Dad Mr. McMahon tonight. This is a no disqualifications match and the stipulation is in Finlay gets involved he will be fired. Mr. McMahon taunts little Hornswaggle. It's not fair. Mr. McMahon offers Hornswaggle the first shot but Hornswaggle can't do it. He finally gets the courage to do it and slaps Vince a good one. Vince then takes off his belt. Finlay comes out and saves Hornswaggle once again. Vince grabs a microphone and confronts Finlay. "How dare you stick your nose in personal family business" screams Mr. McMahon. "You are about to throw your entire career away Finlay." Vince insults Finlay's decision to protect Hornswaggle. Just as Vince is about to fire Finlay, Finlay backs up and acts as if he is going to leave. Vince seals his fate when he called Finlay a coward and shoves Hornswaggle almost out of the ring. Finlay hits Vince a good one with his shillelagh, then sets Hornswaggle up to fly high and Hornswaggle gets the win over Mr. McMahon!

After the commercial break William Regal is backstage checking on Mr. McMahon. Vince asks for dismissal papers and tells Regal that tonight they are going to fire Finlay.

JBL comes out for his match up tonight against Chris Jericho. These two men have a deep seeded hatred for one another and the score will be one step closer to settled when this match is over I'm sure. JBL has a nice size advantage but size isn't everything! That's been proven in the past (all I have to say is Rey Mysterio). Jericho resorts to biting JBL's forehead. That's brutal. Jericho almost gets the walls of Jericho on JBL, but JBL makes it to the ropes in time to break the hold. Jericho then kicks JBL right out of the ring. He is enjoying his dominance tonight. A thumb to the eye buys JBL some time and he then gets a huge boot to the face of Jericho. Jericho rebounds off the ropes and gets a nice roundhouse heel kick on JBL. JBL fights back and gets Jericho on the mat. A clothesline from hell finds Jericho in a not so good way. Can Jericho power back from such a force? JBL stomps Jericho in the corner of the ring. Jericho finds the power to fight back, but gets a sleep hold for his efforts. Is it all over here? JBL goes for a cover from the sleeper hold, but Jericho gets his shoulders up just in time. JBL puts Jericho on the top rope and beats him senseless. JBL tries for the surperplex off the top rope, but fails and gets knocked down hard by a flying Jericho. The count begins but by 6 both mean are on their feet. Jericho goes right back after JBL. JBL looks unsure of where he's at right now. The missile drop kick almost wins it for Jericho but JBL gets his shoulders up. Another cover but JBL gets to the ropes to break up the count. Jericho can't seem to get the final say in this match tonight. A quick move by Jericho gets JBL on the mat and with a 1-2-3 he wins the match over JBL tonight! However Umaga comes into the ring and knocks out both men. Well so much for him being JBL's protection! Money is nice but it can't buy everyone apparently!

Mr. McMahon and Regal talk about what they are going to do to Finlay. Next week on Raw Mr. McMahon will take on Hornswaggle in a steel cage match. No one can get in and Hornswaggle won't get out! I think this is going a little too far with the tough love thing.

Wow now WWE has anti-steroid commercials. John Cena is the actor is this one. Nice!

Paul Burchell accompanied by Katie Lea comes to the ring. This is his Raw debut and he hails from London England. These two are brother and sister and whatever Katie wants Katie gets. Paul is taking on Brian Kendrick tonight to give Katie what she wants, her brother to inflict pain on someone. These two lock up quickly and it's a brutal meeting. A fantastic side arm takedown give Kendrick a nice upper hand momentarily. However that doesn't last long and Burchell goes right back to work on Kendrick. Burchell goes for a cover but Kendrick gets his shoulders up just in time. Man Burchell is brutal I'm not sure what the move was where he dropped Kendrick on his face, but damn! Burchell wins it on his Raw debut. (Since Paul Burchell is so new to the Raw roster, I don't have a bio on him yet to link to. Sorry! I'm sure I'll get it soon!)

Randy Orton comes out with something to say I'm sure. He's not dressed in ring attire so that means he's going to prattle on about No Way Out this Sunday on Pay Per View! (yadda yadda yadda!) The way I see it he needs to have his last moment as champ because after Sunday I'm sure he won't be. Luckily enough for me Orton is simply joining King and JR at the announcer's table to watch the upcoming match!

Mark Henry (world's strongest man) vs John Cena. After last week on Raw when John Cena beat Mark Henry in the arm wrestling match then dishing out a huge FU to the powerhouse of a man, I'm sure Mark Henry feels he's got a score to settle with the chain gang leader! Cena tries to start this match up, but he seems to be no match for Mark Henry. Henry dominates this match from the get go. Cena is whipped into the corner and his head hits the top turnbuckle. Cena fights back momentarily but Henry gets a submission hold on Cena (it looked a lot like the master lock). Cena manages to get the STFU on Henry and wins it! Orton better not count his chickens before Sunday! Cocky doesn't work for all superstars. Cena approaches the announcer's table and addresses Orton. "You don't have to look at me, or even stand up, but I advise you to shut up and listen to what I have to say. I am 100%!" Cena is confident because for once he's not the hunted....Orton is the hunted! Orton looks unsure for the first time in months, that just goes to show that deep down inside Orton there is a fear that Cena is the better man and will prove such at No Way Out. The big dog is back in the yard, it's time for all others to step aside!

Mr. Kennedy comes out to say something. He's not dressed in ring attire either. He is coming out to talk to Ric Flair. Ric Flair is either going to forfeit and retire or they are going to brawl it out one more time. The Nature Boy comes out sylin' and profilin' like only the Nature Boy can! I'm sure he's got all the answers for Mr. Kennedy. "So what's it going to be Ric?" asks Kennedy. "I don't think we are on the same page..." Flair begins. It's a history lesson for someone like Mr. Kennedy who thinks he's hot stuff and isn't good enough to even be in the same ring with a legend like Flair. Flair will still fight on Sunday. "I'm not forfeiting, the answer is no and I've been your world champion 16 times! I know you respect that because that's what you want to be once!" Flair replies. "You have a great future but not at the expense of the Nature Boy!" "Just like I have for 35 years I will get in this ring and I will live to fight another day!" Does Mr. Kennedy stand a chance this Sunday? Kennedy delivers a cheap shot to the already injured leg of Ric Flair. Kennedy leaves the ring delivering his message in a big way. I'm sure Flair could have to walk to the ring and wrestle with a cane to hold him up and be a better man than Mr. Kennedy! (I respect Ric Flair a lot can you tell?)

Melina makes her way to the ring accompanied by Jillian Hall for her match against Maria who is accompanied by Santino Marella. Melina and Maria get this match started with all the fire and brimstone of two feisty women! Melina gets an octopus type submission on Maria but Maria fights out of it. Maria gets a cover on Melina but Jillian interferes by screaming and kissing Santino long enough to distract Maria and allow Melina to pick up the win tonight. Santino blames it on Playboy. "Is it Playboy or Santino?" He issues the ultimatum. He gives Maria one week to make up her mind. He kisses Maria passionately and leaves her looking quite confused in the ring. Will it be love or fame for this smoking hot Diva?

The Heartbreak Kid Shawn Michaels comes out for his main event match tonight against Jeff Hardy. Is it just me or does Jeff look a little out of it tonight? Maybe he's just tired. Shawn extends his hand to start this match off and when Jeff takes it Shawn delivers a huge chop to the intercontinental champ. The match gets underway in a brutal force that only these two men can deliver. (I am so tired myself at this point I keep forgetting to type what's going on....) The upper hand keeps changing between these two men. It's fast and furious as these two beat the hell out of each other. Hardy gets a third side head lock takeover in this match. A clothes line delivered by Michaels brings both men to the mat. Hardy takes the upper hand and is brutalizing Michaels outside the ring as well as inside the ring. Michaels counters Jeff's high flying off the rail with a power slam and it looks as if Jeff's mouth might be bleeding. (commercial time of course). We return from commercial and Michaels is beating the hell out of Jeff in the ring! Shawn goes for a cover but Jeff kicks out. Shawn keeps working on the lower back of Hardy which is already injured. Michaels gets a bow and arrow submission on Hardy but Hardy powers out with elbows to the nose of Michaels. A back breaker by Michaels lands Jeff on his back again. A nice neck breaker by Michaels might win it, but Hardy kicks out again! Michaels goes to the second rope and Jeff tries to block but ends up in a half Boston crab for his effort. Can Jeff get out of this or will he tap? Jeff manages to get to the ropes and the hold is broken by Michaels. Hardy gets a head kick in on Michaels taking both men to the mat. The count begins. By 4 both men are up and at it again. Hardy gets a cover but Michaels gets shoulders up. Are either of these men going to be able to fight at No Way Out? A whisper in the wind isn't enough even to win it for Hardy, Shawn kicks out just in time! Michaels goes up top and lands the elbow on Hardy. He begins to tune up the band! Hardy avoids sweet chin music, Michaels counters the twist of fate, Michaels gets the leg hold submission on Hardy and Hardy gets to the ropes. It's an insane match up tonight folks! Hardy delivers the twist of fate and goes up top to land the swanton bomb and wins it! AWESOME! This was a history making match that's for damned sure! (It looks as if Jeff's piercing might have gotten ripped or pulled causing his mouth to bleed.)

Tune in next week for more explosive action on Monday Night Raw!

Night of champions and challenges!

2008-02-04T23:06:00.000-05:00

Tonight's Monday night Raw starts off with Randy Orton in the ring for his contract signing with John Cena for their match at No Way Out which is coming up soon! "John Cena's word means nothing to me, that's why I want it in writing" declares Orton. He says he doesn't want Cena backing out due to his previous injury which he just came back to the squared circle from. Cena is shown on the Titan Tron making his way to the ring. Orton sits at the table and puts his feet up like he owns the place and the crowd is on it's feet as Cena comes out! Cena wastes no time getting into that ring and he stares down the chump (I mean champ). Cena knocks Orton's feet off the table to make room for the contract signing. Tension flares between these two men. Cena signs the contract and tosses it back at Orton with no questions asked. "I guess I'll see ya in two weeks! However if Mark Henry tears that pectoral muscle of yours tonight in that arm wrestling match, no matter we are still on for our match at No Way Out." Orton explains. Mark Henry runs out and Cena turns his back on Orton just long enough to get a huge RKO from the champ. Ladies and gentlemen the mind games have begun!

Kelly Kelly from ECW makes her way to the ring for some Diva tag action. Her partner tonight is Mickie James. They are fighting against Victoria and Beth Phoenix. Victoria and Kelly start this match off. Kelly gets an early backslide on Victoria but Victoria breaks out of it quickly. Victoria gets Kelly off her feet and throws her onto the floor hard. Kelly gets the tag in to Mickie who takes it to the powerhouse Victoria. Beth shakes the ropes as Mickie goes up top, Mickie falls and possibly injures her knee a bit, when Beth gets into the ring it's on. Beth and Mickie bonk heads and Beth gets a tag in to Victoria. Mickie takes Victoria down hard and wins this match for herself and Kelly. She taunts Beth to "come on" back into the ring, but the Glamazon knows when to retreat. Mickie is proud of her win tonight and it's one step closer to that title!

Shawn Michaels makes his way to the ring and grabs a microphone. He talks about last year's Royal Rumble where he almost eliminated the Undertaker. He then went on to Wrestlemania where he almost won the WWE championship against John Cena. "I can't stand being in second place! I still find myself unsatisfied!" Michaels is putting all those contenders of the elimination chamber match at No Way Out on notice. Michaels is interrupted by one of those contenders Chris Jericho. Jericho grabs a microphone too. "I respect you as a person and a professional." Jericho says, but he disagrees with Shawn's assumption that he will win the chamber match. Jericho is convinced that he will win the chamber match because he's been in three chamber matches which is more than any of the other contenders! Well Jeff Hardy has something to say about that! He too grabs a microphone. "I think it's great that you too want to get back to that main event at Wrestlemania, but I have never been to the main event at Wrestlemania." Whatever it takes is what Jeff Hardy is going to do to secure that chance. Jeff is interrupted by JBL. JBL grabs a microphone and he's rude as usual. JBL always gets what he wants whether he buys it or takes it and he's going to win it because Umaga is guaranteeing JBL's safe passage through the chamber match. Umaga comes out to interrupt JBL's little speech. JBL thinks Umaga is on his side, he's a stupid millionaire. Umaga gets in the ring and give JBL "the look". Snitsky comes out too? He says they have all had their chances and that he deserves to be in that chamber match and he says if they don't give him a spot that he'll take one himself. Shawn gets in Snitsky's face and says he doesn't deserve squat and that Snitsky only deserves a good dental hygienist. All hell breaks loose and these men all go for each other. William Regal interrupts the festivities long enough to make a 6 man tag match tonight between these 6 men. It'll be Shawn, Jeff and Chris against Umaga, JBL and Snitsky. A little preview of the elimination chamber match.

Mr. Kennedy comes out looking very unhappy. He has a match tonight against Super Crazy. These two lock up and get this match underway. A low drop kick by Kennedy to Super Crazy weakens him. Mr. Kennedy is really taking it to Super Crazy tonight. He's targeting Super Crazy's legs and using any maneuver he can to hurt his opponent. Super Crazy fights back for a moment but Kennedy gets an inverted figure 4 submission hold on Super Crazy and wins this match up. (He couldn't even do the figure 4 right, that's funny!) Mr. Kennedy makes a statement about the Smackdown event Friday Night where MVP reversed the figure 4 on Ric Flair and didn't hear the ref counting down and got himself disqualified. MVP then brutalizes Ric by taking out his leg on the steel steps and ring post. Ric had to be helped out of the ring that night because of the brutality at the hands of MVP. Mr. Kennedy taunts Flair, challenging him to a match next week on Raw. Kennedy is convinced that he will end the career of Flair and if not, then he will limp for the rest of his life!

Santino Marella comes out accompanied by Maria and his tag team partner Carlito. They will be fighting against Brian Kendrick and Paul London. Carlito and Kendrick kick this one off fast and furious. Kendrick explodes and knocks Carlito off his feet. Santino pulls the ropes open and Kendrick flies out of the ring. Paul London then chases Santino around the ring. Carlito gets a backstabber on Kendrick and wins this match up tonight. Santino didn't even have a chance to get into the match.

Mr. McMahon comes out to induct the newest member into the "Kiss my Ass club". Little Hornswaggle is going to be the victim this time. I hope Finlay comes out and shoves something up Vince's butt! Vince says he's doing this as a concerned parent and he's doing it out of tough love to show how much he cares about his kids. He insults all the parents that don't take care of their kids. He says that every kid in that audience is a spoiled brat! He says that every parent should make their kids kiss their ass literally. Hornswaggle comes out. He looks utterly defeated. Vince is really smug at this point. Hornswaggle gets in the ring and faces his "father". "I want you to listen to me, you must understand that I love you and you know that you brought this on yourself. You know that this is going to hurt me more than it hurts you." Mr. McMahon then starts taking down his pants. He drops drawers and hikes up his thong (ewwww). Hornswaggle can't bring himself to kiss the old man white ass. Finlay interrupts this session of tough love. "What is wrong with you?" Finlay asks. "I sign your paycheck Finlay, after Hornswaggle kisses my ass you can too!" I'm sure Finlay isn't going to go for it either. Vince drops drawers again and Finlay holds Hornswaggle back. Hornswaggle runs up and bites Vince right on the butt. Good job! I knew Finlay would help him out. Finlay you are my hero! Mr. McMahon announces a match next week between himself and Hornswaggle on Raw. It's a no disqualification match and if Finlay gets involved he'll be fired! Moral of the story never bite the butt that feeds you!

Hardcore Holly and Cody Rhodes come out to face Trevor Murdock and Lance Cade. Holly and Murdock lock up first in this match. Murdock gets the tag to Cade. Cade gets a nice side Russia leg sweep on Holly but Holly doesn't stay down. Murdock gets the tag as does Holly and Rhodes and Murdock are in the ring. A nice DDT by Rhodes wins the match for the tag champs tonight. Carlito interrupts the end of this match. New #1 contenders have been named, Carlito and Santino are now the #1 contenders. Holly is all for that and neither of the tag champs really looks all that threatened.

Jeff Hardy comes out for the 6 man tag team match. His partners are Chris Jericho and Shawn Michaels. They will take on the unruly team of Snitsky, JBL and Umaga. Umaga and Michaels will kick off this explosive match up. Some heavy handed chops catch Umaga off guard at first. Michaels makes a tag to Jericho and Umaga gets raw on Jericho. Umaga tags in Snitsky who kicks Jericho around a bit. Jericho gets a nice spring board drop kick then tags in Hardy. Jericho assumes the position and Hardy uses Jericho as a launch as he runs into Snitsky. JBL gets a tag in and goes after Hardy. Brutal fists assault the rainbow haired warrior but Hardy fights back. JBL tags Snitsky back in. Michaels gets back in for his team. Snitsky smashed Michaels to the ground with a mighty blow. Michaels gets a submission leg lock on Snitsky, but Umaga breaks up the hold. Jericho gets in and takes Snitsky out with a drop kick. Hardy takes out JBL and Michaels takes out Umaga. These three clear the ring in nothing flat. (Commercial break interrupts my match darn it!) Snitsky and Jericho are the legal men in until Snitsky gets the tag to Umaga. Jericho is in the opposite corner from his team getting absolutely stomped by the opponents. Umaga gets a submission squeeze on Jericho but Jericho gets out of it, only to get a Samoan drop by the Samoan Bulldozer. The crowd is behind Jericho but he desperately needs to get a tag to stay alive in this match. Umaga gets a tag to JBL who continues the barrage of pain on Jericho. Jericho fights back but gets a huge boot to the face for his efforts. Jericho kicks out of the following cover. Snitsky is tagged in and he bear hugs Jericho. Jericho fights his way out of the hold and gets back down to his feet. Umaga gets the tag and he kicks Jericho over and over and exchanges chops with Jericho. Umaga goes to the second rope and flies at Jericho who moves at the last second. Jericho is going for a tag but gets stopped by Umaga. Jericho finally tags in Hardy who is facing Snitsky. Hardy gets a whisper in the wind on Snitksy. All hell breaks loose for a moment but Jeff Hardy gets the Swanton bomb on Snitsky and wins this match up for his team tonight.

John Cena is making his way to the ring for his arm wrestling match against the world's strongest man Mark Henry. Henry says that Cena has oil on his hands and refuses to start the hold. The ref checks and Cena is clean. Mark Henry gets a cheap shot on Cena at fist, but they the real match begins. Cena battles back from almost a complete loss over Henry and is winning when interrupted by Orton. Cena gets the FU on Mark Henry as Orton looks on in horror. Orton was trying to get another RKO but flubbed that attempt. Cena has Orton's number that's for sure and in 13 days at No Way Out Orton's number is up!

Tune in next week for more explosive action on Monday night Raw!

So it begins!

2008-01-28T23:09:00.000-05:00

Everyone is talking about the amazing return of John Cena last night at the Royal Rumble. No one was suspecting the master of thug-a-nomics to come out and win it all. I have to admit I was in total shock as I watched from home and my blog reflects that shock. It looked as if Triple H was going to have a coronary right then and there when Cena came out. I'm glad Cena is back, now the real "game" can begin!

Kicking off Monday night Raw is none other than John Cena himself! He comes out to make a statement about his early comeback. The crowd is chanting "Cena sucks!" John seems to not let it bother him and he continues talking. He took a huge chance coming back early just to have a chance at competing at Wrestlemania. He won it all last night at the Rumble and come hell or high water he is going to the biggest show on Earth! Cena makes it known that he is gunning for the belt that sits around Randy Orton's waist right here right now! He uses his Wrestlemania opportunity to call Orton out tonight for a championship match. Of course Randy comes out to address that challenge. Randy is talking about all the people that he has beaten recently and how he has beat them all and is still the champ. Cena compliments Orton on being a smart champion by taking him out of the game to secure his championship reign. Cena is using this motivation to rile Orton up into fighting him tonight. "Would you like to give me 8 weeks to Wrestlemania to get stronger, so I can whip your ass all over Disneyland?" Cena asks of Orton. Orton replies that he is a "big deal" now and he will never defend the championship title unless people pay to see it, in other words it better be on the marquee in order for him to take action. Orton challenges Cena to a match at No Way Out, the next pay-per-view. Cena accepts, but that still leaves tonight up for grabs. "I don't forget all the pain, all the suffering, that you have caused me" Cena states. "I want some! Tonight I will get some!" Cena threatens and Orton sure doesn't look very secure about himself at this point. Could this be the end of Orton's reign? It's coming, you can bet your house on it!

Ashley comes out ready for action tonight with her partner Mickie James to take on Jillian Hall and her partner Beth Phoenix. Jillian and Mickie kick off this diva tag match. Jillian tags in Beth Phoenix and Mickie goes after the Glamazon. Beth powerslams Mickie and tags Jillian back in. Mickie gets a nice hurracarana and Jillian makes a quick tag to the Glamazon. Mickie gets a near fall on Beth, but Beth gets her shoulders up just in time. A nice tandem offense almost gets Mickie in trouble. A fisherman suplex wins the match for Beth and Jillian tonight, Ashley didn't even get the chance to get into this match tonight. Mickie had a score to settle and she came up short again tonight!

William Regal and Mr. McMahon are talking backstage. They are discussing about a match that Regal made a reference too while back. It's all very cryptic but Regal is going out to the ring to make the "big announcement".

Regal comes out to make this surprise announcement. The champion at the end of No Way Out will have to face the winner of the elimination chamber match taking place at No Way Out at Wrestlemania. Two men start the match in the ring, then the chambers will open letting the other 4 men into the ring to take on the other opponents. The participants are going to be: Umaga, Shawn Michaels, Chris Jericho, JBL, Jeff Hardy and Triple H. The winner of the elimination match at No Way Out will go on to face the champ at Wrestlemania. I guess there were too many contenders for the title, so everyone will get the chance at the gold. The question is will Orton still be the champion after No Way Out, or will Cena be defending the title at Wrestlemania?

Carlito comes out accompanied by Santino Marella and Maria. Cody Rhodes comes out accompanied by his tag team partner Hardcore Holly. After Carlito spit in Cody's face last night at the Rumble, there is a little rivalry here between these two tonight. Cody seems to be the dominating force at the beginning of this match. A quick roll up almost wins it for Rhodes. Carlito has to get to the ropes to save himself from another possible count out. Rhodes is wrenching the arm of Carlito weakening him slowly but surely. Carlito does fight back for a moment but is knocked off the ring apron by a determined Cody Rhodes. Rhodes tosses Carlito back into the ring but Carlito gets the backstabber on Rhodes and wins the match. The momentary distraction of Santino jumping on the ring apron lost the match for Cody tonight.

Triple H and Shawn Michaels are talking about the elimination chamber match and how they are going to have to beat the hell out of each other. However tonight, Triple H needs a partner. "This requires a wardrobe change" Michaels says. "One step ahead of you Shawn" Triple H says taking off his jumpsuit jacket to reveal the new DX shirt. Shawn not being dressed does the whole run off camera like a superhero then comes right back wearing a matching DX shirt. "Man those guys at shopzone deliver fast!" Shawn says with a cheesy grin. These two are so funny together it makes me happy whenever I get the chance to watch DX in action!

DX comes out tonight to face Umaga and Snitsky. (Huge smile on my face at this point! Arms crossed in the X too!) Oh lord they have microphones! LOL! Philadelphia ARE YOU READY???? I know I am and I'm in Tennessee! For the thousands in attendance for the millions watching around the world, and for one man in particular who committed gimmick infringement last night (Michael Buffer), LET'S GET READY TO SUCK IT!!!!!!!!!! Umaga comes out looking not very impressed. Snitsky joins him. It's a match of mean and ugly vs. extreme hotness. I love how much King cuts on Snitsky for being ugly. He's a comic genius! Triple H and Snitsky start this one off, Triple H grabs a mic and asks if anyone has a toothbrush, a tic tac a mint or something (referring to Snitsky!). The crowd chants "Brush your teeth!" LOL! Snitsky is pissed and guns for Triple H but Triple H gets the tag to Shawn Michaels, who gets a few hits in then tags Triple H back in. Snitsky gets Triple H on the mat, but misses with the elbow drop. Shawn gets the tag in and gets Snitsky on the mat again. Umaga kicked Michaels right off the top rope and knocked him to the outside. He isn't moving very much. Triple H goes to check on him, as Snitsky rolls Shawn back into the ring. Snitsky bear hugs Michaels but Shawn powers back and breaks the hold. (Shawn suffered a broken nose at the Rumble last night by the way, that's why it's taped!) Snitsky gets Shawn in a corner and Umaga holds him there for some double team action. Triple H looks on waiting for his chance to get back into this match. Umaga gets into the ring and wears Shawn down even more. Shawn really needs to make a tag in order to survive this match up! Umaga is dominating Michaels and is relentless in his aggressions. Umaga finally tags Snitsky back in and Snitsky goes right back to the bear hug again. Triple H riles the crowd up to get Shawn back into the right mindset. Shawn almost gets the tag, but Snitsky rushes him to the opposite corner. Umaga is back in the ring and rushes the corner caught Michaels. Shawn dodges. Shawn gets picked up by Umaga, but counters with a DDT landing both men on the mat flat out. They both make their way slowly to their corners. Triple H gets the tag as does Snitsky. All hell breaks loose and it's hard to determine who is supposed to be legal. Triple H and Snitsky are still legal. Triple H gets the pedigree on Snitsky and wins the match for DX tonight! Awesome!! I never lose faith in my men! Once again a very satisfied fan!!!!

Randy Orton is backstage with JBL. "Tonight history is going to be made". The threats start to fly about Wrestlemania, but for tonight these two will be tagging up together against Chris Jericho and Jeff Hardy. If John Cena shows up, "We'll both take care of Cena" instructs JBL. This could prove to be a very interesting match up!

Todd Grisham is backstage with Jeff Hardy talking about the Royal Rumble. Jeff is not happy with how close he was to becoming champ last night and not coming through. Last night was not the end of the road for Jeff Hardy, it was just the beginning!

Hornswaggle is backstage with Mr. McMahon. "You know you let me down!" Vince is really disappointed in the little man. "You came back a loser! I'm ashamed of you! Get out of my sight!" Vince is pissed. Hornswaggle looks very broken and walks out of his dad's office on the verge of tears yet again. Tough love rears it's ugly head yet again. I just want to give Hornswaggle the biggest hug, I'm so sick of Vince picking on him. I believe in you Hornswaggle, chin up little man!

Mr. Kennedy will see action tonight against his opponent Brian Kendrick. Kendrick doesn't waste any time getting right into the ring and slapping the taste right out of Mr. Kennedy's mouth! Kennedy gets right back to stomping on Kendrick and the two men end up on the outside. Mr. Kennedy slams Kendrick right into the ring compromising his left arm. Brian appears to be in pain and Mr. Kennedy uses that weakness to capitalize in this match. Kendrick goes up top to try to fly high at Kennedy and Mr. Kennedy avoids it turning around and getting the Mic Check on Kendrick winning the match! Quick and clean, no holds barred tonight. Mr. Kennedy grabs his microphone after the match and says that he asked not to be included in the elimination chamber at No Way Out for a very good reason. Kennedy plans on ending the career of Ric Flair at No Way Out because no one has been able to complete that task yet. "I'm going to do to Ric Flair what people do to animals that can no longer function. I'm gonna put you down man, I'm going to waste you!" Well of course Ric Flair comes out smiling to rebut that challenge. "I have two things to say to you! Good luck and WOOO!" Flair styles and profiles at the top of the ramp before he makes his exit. Mr. Kennedy may have more on his hands than he bargained for with this match up!

Melina comes out tonight for some action against Maria. These two hell cats will fight it out Diva style. Maria lands a bronco buster on Melina. Melina turns it around and starts beating Maria against the ring pads and ropes. Melina gets a hand full of hair and lands a nice neckbreaker on Maria. Maria gets a nice head scissor counter and then wraps it up with a belly buster. Melina gets Maria trapped in the corner and while Maria hangs onto the ropes for dear life Melina starts pulling Maria's pants down. Maria sits on her and wins the match! Santino gets in the ring and starts making an ass of himself saying how people will never see Maria in playboy! He leads Maria out of the ring like a punished child and she willingly goes with him like she always does. I'm so sick of this story line, she needs to drop the dead weight and move on!

Todd Grisham is now talking to Y2J about the Rumble. We definitely saw a side of Jericho that we haven't seen before last night at the Rumble. Jericho says that a new man did emerge last night and he likes that man. He plans on gunning for JBL for all it's worth! Full force nothing held back!

Jeff Hardy comes out for his match tonight partnered up with Chris Jericho against JBL and Randy Orton! Orton comes out looking behind him like he expects to be jumped from behind or something. Weird. JBL looks like some peed in his Wheaties. Orton and Jericho will start this match off tonight. The lock up is fierce and Jericho gets Randy on his knees quick. A barrage of chops and an elbow to the face takes the wind out of Orton's sails early on. Orton tries to fight back but Jericho is there and ready for him. JBL gets into the ring and Jericho takes him out. Jeff Hardy gets the tag and lands the Swanton Bomb on a laid out Orton. A two count lands and JBL pulls Orton out of the ring at the last minute saving Orton from an embarrassing loss to the rainbow haired warrior. Orton gets back in the ring and takes a nice fight to Jeff. Orton gets the tag to JBL and hold Hardy while JBL starts his attack. Jeff and JBL exchange bouts but JBL with Orton's help gets a cheap shot on Hardy. Orton gets the tag back in. Hardy really needs to make a tag to save this match up for himself and Jericho. Jeff tries to crawl to his corner but is just short of the tag. Orton gets a tag back to JBL. JBL takes Hardy to his corner and Orton takes it to Hardy while the ref isn't looking. Orton gets the tag back in and Jeff Hardy eventually fights back enough to get Orton off his feet. Hardy makes that tag to a fresh Jericho as does Orton to JBL. Orton tries to cheapshot Jericho and gets a springboard drop kick for his efforts. Jericho is taking it to JBL right now. Orton breaks up the three count the Jericho sets up form the lionsault. Hardy gets tossed into a camera man on the outside and is out of the match. Orton gets an RKO on Jericho who had JBL in the walls of Jericho and JBL gets the pin to win this match for him and Orton. Cena comes out sizing up the two men in the ring. JBL runs out and Cena lands an FU on the champ. The statement has been made boys, now who's gonna dispute it!

Tune in next week for more high flying, fist throwing action on Monday Night Raw!

Let's get ready to Rumble!!!

2008-01-27T23:01:00.000-05:00

Tonight's Rumble starts off tonight with Ric Flair going against MVP from Smackdown. Will this be the career ending match that everyone has been talking about for weeks now? What better place to have to retire than Madison Square Garden! Ric makes a nice statement about his memories in Madison Square Garden. His first match at the Garden was in March of 1976! (He's been wrestling longer than I've been alive!) Amazing. MVP interrupts Ric's speech and comes out attitude and all. They lock up and MVP shoulders Ric to the floor with a flourish. A second lockup engages and the ref has to break it up. Ric gets the left arm of MVP behind him and starts to inflict the pain. Chops from Flair keep MVP on his toes. A huge boot to the head by MVP gets him the upper hand in this match. Flair manages to kick out of a cross body count. Ric already looks tired. The crowd is chanting and trying to rally Flair back into this match up. A high elbow buys Flair some time and he tries to get the figure four leg lock, but MVP avoids it. Flair tries again, but MVP rolls him up a second time. Back on their feet these men continue this explosive match up. Another huge boot right to the face of Flair almost wins the match for MVP but Flair gets his boot to the rope. The three count was reversed by the ref. Now it's a war of near falls as these two men try to get the count on the other man. A superplex by MVP lands Flair on his back again, but the Nature Boy keeps kicking out and fighting back. Flair gets a quick roll up on MVP, then a backslide, but to no avail MVP gets out of both attempts at a three count! A barrage of chops hit MVP as Flair fires up. MVP goes for the play maker, but Flair gets the figure four leg lock and MVP taps out like a chick! Flair wins it and lives to fight another day!! Congratulations Nature Boy!!! A standing ovation from the fans gives Flair some much needed inspiration!

Mr. McMahon is talking backstage to Hornswaggle. Mr. McMahon is trying to motivate and fire up Hornswaggle about his participation in the Rumble. "I expect you to win, after all you are my son!" Vince says. Mr. McMahon tries to tell Hornswaggle not to trust anyone, not even Finlay! It's every man for himself tonight and the lessons in tough love will continue!

Chris Jericho makes his way to the ring for his battle tonight against JBL. It's all personal and this is going to be a huge match tonight! JBL comes out and ready to bring the fight to Jericho. JBL uses the ropes for security as Jericho goes after him right off the back. JBL fights back momentarily but Jericho fights back just as hard. You just can't bring someone's kids into the picture and not expect some anger issues. Jericho locks the Walls of Jericho in early but JBL gets to the ropes and the ref has to break the hold. Jericho gets JBL out of the ring and is throwing him around on the outside. JBL meets the steel steps shoulder first, ouch! Jericho takes it back to the ring to stop the three count. JBL tosses Jericho into the top rope and Jericho gets caught in it by his throat. JBL continues to capitalize on the injured throat of Jericho. Huge clotheslines barrage Jericho as he chokes and gags after each strike. He could be in a bad way here tonight folks! JBL is relentless and continues his attacks like a viper, fast and quick! JBL gets a sleeper hold on Jericho trying to continue to weaken his opponent. Jericho fights back to his vertical position and knocks JBL off his feet with a clothesline, snapping JBL's head back. That small reprieve doesn't last long as JBL gets to his feet and keeps on fighting. Jericho gets thrown into the steel ring post and his head is busted open. JBL keeps going and attacks like a shark on the bleeding Jericho. Boots to the face keep Jericho off his feet and not able to get the upper hand on JBL. Jericho fights back and takes JBL down. Jericho fights JBL right out of the ring again and as JBL starts to take the announcer's table apart, Jericho gets a huge chair shot to JBL's head. Jericho doesn't let up, despite the fact that the match is over due to disqualification. Jericho gets the TV cable and gets it wrapped around JBL's neck. Turn about is fair play at this point. Jericho tightens the cable and JBL starts to turn colors unnatural to humans. Has Jericho seen justice, or is this just the beginning of a bitter rivalry?

Santino Marella and Ashley are backstage having words about whether or not Maria wants anything to do with Ashley. Santino insults Ashley and slams the door in her face as he goes back into Maria's dressing room. Rudeness never gets you anywhere, and I'm sure Ashley won't stand for it either!

Edge makes his way to the ring for his match against Rey Mysterio for the World Championship. Vicki Guererro the GM of Smackdown comes to ringside as well as Zack Ryder and Curt Hawkins Edge's goons to support the champ tonight. Rey makes his way to the ring wearing a Gladiator mask over his Luchador mask. I'm sure that's to make a statement, Mysterio has overcome great odds before to be victorious and I'm sure he'll do it again tonight! The odds are against Mysterio tonight as there could potentially be two other men involved in this match up. Edge always has back up, that's because he can't win it on his own anymore he has to have help. So sad, he used to be such an awesome wrestler too. I'm rooting for Mysterio for more than one reason tonight! Edge gets Mysterio out of the ring and Hawkins and Ryder try to hurt Mysterio. The ref ejects them from the arena, leaving Edge on his own. Mysterio flies high and takes Edge to his back outside the ring. Edge kicks out of a quick pin by Mysterio. Edge gets a kick to the knee of Mysterio buying himself some time while Mysterio limps out of the ring. Edge goes after Mysterio and tosses him back into the ring. Edge definitely has the upper hand now! Edge stomps the knee of Mysterio but Mysterio refuses to give up. Edge gets a hold on Mysterio's leg and Mysterio screams out in pain as Edge puts more and more pressure on it. Mysterio can't even get fully to his feet, but yet lands Edge in the 619 position anyway! Edge gets Mysterio down again and goes for the count, but Mysterio gets his shoulders up just in time. Edge goes right back to that surgically repaired knee of Mysterio never letting up for long. Mysterio gets some kicks to Edge's head and crawls away. Mysterio cannot stand any longer, but yet he keeps fighting. Edge is trying to expose the knee of Mysterio. Mysterio gets a bulldog and buys himself some time as Edge is down for the count. Mysterio gets a roll through and boots Edge in the face for yet another attempt at a three count. No win yet, Edge powers back out of it. Mysterio gets Edge down again and the three count is narrowly avoided yet again. How much longer will Edge's luck continue through this match? Mysterio goes up top and lands on Edge's gut feet first. No three count. Mysterio gets the hurricarana and gets Edge outside the ring. Edge is down and the count begins. Mysterio puts Edge back into the ring and Edge gets his shoulder's up yet again. Edge lines up for the spear and gets another hurricarana for his efforts. Mysterio almost wins this match but it's interrupted by Vicki Guererro. I'm so pissed. Mysterio 619's both Edge and Vickie, but yet loses this match anyway. Edge gets a huge spear on Mysterio from midair as Mysterio goes up top trying to win this match up. Once again the rated R superstar cheats his way out of another match up. Still champ he helps Vicki back into her wheelchair. How disappointing. I really dislike Edge at this point, he has not redeemed himself in my eyes at all! I'm sure Mysterio will have his time soon!

Mr. Kennedy is backstage to congratulate Flair on his win tonight. Mr. Kennedy is so convinced that he will win the Rumble tonight that he begins to challenge Flair to another match up, but then is interrupted by Shawn Michaels. Shawn makes a comment about Kennedy being a "loud mouth, platinum haired, catch phrase having young kid" (sounds a lot like Flair doesn't it?) Triple H and Batista join these two backstage for more funny stuff and Shawn promotes his new T-shirt! It's cute and a nice break from all the drama of matches.

Maria comes out for the first edition of the Kiss cam in HD. This is hilarious! Ashley makes her way to the ring. Playboy is interested in Maria being the next centerfold. Santino comes out and ruins the conversation. "The answer is NO!" says Marella. No one wants to see Maria with no clothes on he thinks. How rude. Someone needs to shut him up, he begins insulting NY's sports teams. (Bad idea!). Ashley stands up to him and stops him from leaving the ring with Maria. "This decision is for Maria to make, do you want to do Playboy?" Maria asks the crowd if they want to see her in playboy, and the crowd goes wild. The big fat white guy is unveiled by Santino since everyone likes to see boobies, and Ashley beats him out of the ring with rubber chickens. How silly! Looks like Maria will be posing for Playboy in the future, I can't wait.

Jeff Hardy makes way to the ring for his match up with Randy Orton tonight for the WWE championship! When Jeff wins he'll be the in the elite club of superstars who have held both the Intercontinental and WWE championships at the same time! Orton comes out cautiously eyeing Hardy intensely. This match gets underway and the lock up takes place. These men roll around the ring ropes never once breaking the hold. Finally the ref breaks the lock up and Jeff gets started on his assault. The two roll around on the floor for a moment. Orton gets his legs wrapped around Jeff's head and neck and turns it into a head scissor. Hardy gets and inverted atomic drop and a baseball slide to get a two count on the champ. Orton battles back though with everything to lose in the match up if he's careless. A huge clothesline takes Orton to the outside and Jeff baseball slides right into Orton. Snapping Orton's neck back into the retaining wall. Jeff has to get Orton back into the ring because he cannot win by a count out. Orton grabs the belt and tries to leave, but Hardy doesn't allow that. Hardy goes to the ring apron for a high fly but Orton drop kicks him right back to the outside of the ring. Orton suplexes Jeff on the floor outside the ring, then rolls Hardy back inside. Orton starts to capitalize and dominate this match. Hardy unable to even get to his feet at this point. Orton starts choking Hardy but the ref cuts that off. Hardy finally starts to battle back and tosses Orton out of the ring again. Hardy goes to the apron and leaps right onto Orton, taking both men to the ground. Hardy rolls Orton back into the ring to stop the count. Hardy runs for Orton but Orton ducks and Hardy gets stuck in the ropes shoulder first into the ring post. Orton then gets a grapevine on Hardy trying to weaken the rainbow haired warrior even more. Jeff will not relent. He makes it to his feet and battles back to get himself back into this match. A huge powerslam takes Jeff back to the mat and gets another upper hand for Orton. Jeff takes Orton to the mat neither man getting up very quickly! Orton is to his feet first. Jeff powers back and takes Orton down quickly three times. A whisper in the wind finds Orton unaware but Orton kicks out of it barely. Both feet to the sternum of Orton in the corner and Jeff goes up top for the swanton bomb, but Orton rolls out of the ring. Jeff takes him out anyway and they are on the outside yet again. Jeff goes up top and a moonsault lands right on top of Orton. Jeff is getting to his feet first. Hardy rallies the crowd in his name and sizes up Orton. He attempts a twist of fate on Randy, who faster than I could even see turns it around into an RKO and wins this match retaining his championships. I'm in total shock! I totally thought Jeff had this one hands down! I'm so upset. Jeff was robbed!

The royal rumble match gets underway with the legendary "Let's get ready to RUUUUUUMMMMBLE!!!!!!" The deadman is first in tonight, Undertaker! If anyone can win from #1 it'll be the Undertaker. Shawn Michaels in the next in at #2 tonight! These two men kick off the Rumble and in 90 seconds we'll add another competitor. Undertaker is beating Shawn like a government mule tonight. #3 in is Santino Marella. I hope Undertaker breaks him in half. Sweet chin music finds Santino unaware and Undertaker tosses Marella out. Bye bye Santino. Old school Undertaker misses as Shawn takes Undertaker off his feet. #4 is The Great Khali. Undertaker lines up to take on the Punjabi giant. Khali manhandles Undertaker like he weighs nothing. Shawn takes this time to rest up in the opposite corner. Khali gets a choke hold on Undertaker and Undertaker gets a choke hold on Khali. Undertaker tosses Khali out! #5 is Hardcore Holly. He runs into the ring with gusto and takes on both men with speed and viciousness. As Holly batters Undertaker, Shawn rests up again. Shawn tries to get Undertaker over the tope and Undertaker reverses and dangles Shawn over the ropes instead. #6 is John Morrison from ECW. Everyone beats on Morrison for the moment. Hardcore Holly is still in the ring too! Shawn goes up top and lands an elbow right on Morrison. Undertaker is working over Holly. #7 is Tommy Dreamer from ECW. A boot from the Undertaker takes the wind out of Dreamer. Michaels fights Undertaker in a corner while the other men go at it. #8 is Batista! It's on now! He faces off and eyes the Undertaker. Dreamer gets eliminated trying to get a one up on Batista. Undertaker pummels Batista in one corner and Michaels and Holly go at it in the other. Morrison is just chilling out. #9 is Hornswaggle. All the men eye Hornswaggle as he slides under the ring. What's that little man got up his sleeve this time? He's a McMahon after all! #10 is Chuck Palumbo from Smackdown. Morrison almost gets tossed out but saves himself before he hits the ground. #11 is Jamie Noble from Smackdown. Noble and Palumbo go at it hard and fast. Jamie Noble is eliminated by Palumbo. Everyone else is still in this match up. #12 is CM Punk from ECW. Undertaker gives Punk a huge clothesline. Wow! Palumbo is eliminated by CM Punk. #13 is Cody Rhodes. Cody Rhodes is aiding Hardcore Holly. Nice, he's got a lot of energy and that's a plus in this match. #14 is Umaga. Hardcore Holly is eliminated by Umaga. #15 is Snitsky. Cody Rhodes is trying to eliminate Snitsky and finds himself almost eliminated too, but he holds on. #16 is The Miz from Smackdown. Miz and Morrison go after CM Punk. #17 is Shelton Benjamin. Shawn Michaels super kicks Shelton Benjamin right out of the ring, damn! #18 is Jimmy Snuka (holy crap!!!!) I can't believe Snuka is in the Rumble, that's awesome! #19 is Rowdy Roddy Piper! (Ok I'm on my feet now!!!! AWESOME!) Piper and Snuka face off as the other men look on in awe, the rumble stops! Wow. #20 is Kane. Piper and Snuka are eliminated by Kane. Undertaker measures up Kane but goes for Shawn Michaels instead. #21 is Carlito. Carlito spits right in the face of Cody Rhodes. #22 is Mick Foley. #23 is Mr. Kennedy. Kennedy goes right to work on Rhodes. #24 is Big Daddy V from ECW. Shawn Michaels eliminates Undertaker and Kennedy eliminates Michaels. Snitsky was eliminated by Undertaker before he was eliminated. #25 is Mark Henry. There are some huge people in this match. The Miz is eliminated by Hornswaggle, who goes right back under the ring. #26 is Chavo Guererro. CM Punk goes right after Chavo after losing his championship to him on Tuesday night on ECW. Kane eliminated John Morrison. Mark Henry grabs Hornswaggle but Finlay comes to Hornswaggle's rescue, but he's not actually "in" the match yet. Finlay and Hornswaggle go backstage, but Hornswaggle never went over the top rope, don't forget that! Finlay was disqualified for not waiting until his turn. #28 is Elijah Burke. Batista is on the outside, was he eliminated? Chavo eliminates CM Punk. Batista went under the bottom rope after a Samoan spike from Umaga. #29 is my man Triple H! Rhodes is eliminated by Triple H. Big Daddy V eliminated by Triple H. Mick Foley and Elijah Burke are eliminated by Triple H. #30 is John Cena!!!!! NO FRIGGIN WAY! THE MAN IS BACK!!! Carlito and Mark Henry eliminated by Cena. Chavo eliminated by John Cena. Kennedy is eliminated by Batista. Umaga is eliminated by Batista. Kane is eliminated by Triple H and Batista. Cena, Triple H, Batista and Hornswaggle are the only men left in it. "Suck it" starts this battle. Batista is eliminated by Triple H. It's down to Cena and Triple H (is everyone forgetting about Hornswaggle?) The battle continues. Fists are exchanged. A huge slam gets Triple H to the mat and Cena stands tall. U can't see me lands it's mark on Triple H. A pedigree is countered as is an FU. It's amazing! A huge DDT by Triple H gets Cena on his back and might give the upper hand to Triple H. Triple H is eliminated by Cena and CENA WINS IT ALL!!!!! The second man in history to win from #30 (Undertaker was the first man to do it!). It's good to have Cena back that's for sure I can't wait until Monday night to see what is going to transpire for Cena now that he is back! Randy Orton better watch out now cause his security has just been breached! What a great way to end the Rumble!

Tune in tomorrow night for Monday Night Raw to get more on John Cena's surprise return to the ring!

A new member to the Raw roster!

2008-01-26T23:42:00.001-05:00

Starting on Monday nights there will be a new member on the Raw Roster. Welcome to Raw and watch your back!

http://www.wwe.com/inside/news/adamle

Michelle McCool injured on Smackdown!

2008-01-26T23:40:00.001-05:00

Diva Michelle McCool was injured Friday night on Smackdown when she took some shots to the head by her tag team partner and their opponents. More information will be released when it is available. Speedy recovery Michelle and next time, duck!

The night before the Royal Rumble!!

2008-01-26T23:25:00.000-05:00

Is everyone as excited as I am about the Royal Rumble tomorrow? Well I've taken a few moments to get some really interesting stories about some of my favorite wrestlers! Take a peek at these links for some Rumble contestant insight!

http://www.wwe.com/shows/royalrumble/exclusives/hardycareer/

http://www.wwe.com/shows/royalrumble/exclusives/fanspicks

http://www.wwe.com/shows/royalrumble/6164364/

http://www.wwe.com/shows/royalrumble/exclusives/rumblemoments/

http://www.wwe.com/shows/royalrumble/facts/

The road to the Rumble is not always paved with gold!

2008-01-21T23:13:00.000-05:00

The Heartbreak kid is the first superstar to make his entrance tonight on the new and improved Raw in HD! He will face Mr. Kennedy. The fans are on their feet for HBK tonight (as always of course!). Kennedy is looking pretty good tonight as he quickly counters all of Shawn's moves. Nice reversals and turnovers ensue. Kennedy pulls off a great bridge to get out of a three count. Very impressive. Mr. Kennedy has definitely brought his aggressive game and brutality to the squared circle tonight, but Shawn doesn't take it for long, he powers back and gets a nice swinging neck breaker on Kennedy. Both men are down but Shawn is on his feet first. Fists and chops begin and Shawn gets a nice inverted atomic drop. Shawn goes up top and lands a huge elbow into Mr. Kennedy! Fans are going nuts cause they know what's coming next. The band is tuning up and Mr. Kennedy just narrowly escapes sweet chin music. Shawn leaps out of the ring and lands right on top of Mr. Kennedy on the outside. Mr. Kennedy tosses Shawn face first into the ring post and gets the upper hand yet again in this match up. A boot to the face driving the head of Michaels into the ring post adds insult to injury. Shawn slowly starts to get to his feet, but does he have what it takes to take control back in this match? A huge clothesline from HBK gets both men on the mat having to fight to get back to their feet. Kennedy makes it up first this time. Kennedy gets HBK trapped on the top rope and tries to power him off onto the mat, however Kennedy is the one on his back in this situation. When HBK takes the leap, Kennedy pulls his knees up and Shawn takes them right to the face. Kennedy goes for a cover, but Michaels gets his shoulders up just in time. Again Kennedy misses the sweet chin music however, HBK thinks quick and gets one right into Mr. Kennedy's face. Third time's a charm Shawn! HBK wins this match!

Randy Orton is backstage talking to Mr. McMahon about the "handshake" that will take place between Orton and Jeff Hardy later tonight. Orton is barely able to move and he's not very happy about having to meet up with the rainbow haired warrior tonight. "There is no way I'm shaking his hand" Orton claims. Vince says to deal with it and carry some hand sanitizer if it bothers him that bad. Vince says it might make Orton look "good" to show that he's the better man. This man sure has a way with pep talks. Orton still looks apprehensive, but he'll do it because Vince makes it sound so good!

Beth Phoenix the women's champ makes her way to the ring. She will be facing Mickie James tonight. It's a non title match up, but Mickie wants to prove that she can at least beat the Glamazon since she's in her home state! Beth Is powering right over Mickie for just a moment, then Mickie powers back and shows that she has some power of her own. Mickie gets knocked to the outside then gets her back pushed right into the ring. Beth brings her back into the ring but Mickie powers out of the hold that the Glamazon puts her into. Mickie is really showing some fantastic heart and ability tonight! A huge fisherman suplex from Beth keeps Mickie down for the count and the Glamazon wins this match with barely any effort.

Todd Grisham is backstage with Triple H talking about the qualifying match that he will be in tonight. Triple H has no idea who his opponent will be tonight, not like it matters Triple H will have no issue making it count when he needs to. He will go to the Royal Rumble, there is no doubt about that! It's not just a promise it's a guaran-damn-tee! The Game sure knows how to put things into perspective!

Hardcore Holly is backstage talking with Brian Kendrick and Cody Rhodes. They are talking about Holly's match tonight against Carlito and he's asking if Cody has his back. Cody and Brian make comment about "at least you don't have to dress up like Carlito tonight". Holly gets disgruntled and says that if anyone gets in his space, including Cody, he will throw them out.

Hornswaggle and Finlay make their way to the ring they will take on the Highlanders Rory and Robbie! Irishman vs. Scotsman who will be victorious tonight? Finlay and Rory start off this match up. Rory grabs Hornswaggle and gets himself bit. Hornswaggle then gives Robbie some tiny little boots to the face to make sure he doesn't get involved in the match up. Hornswaggle goes up top and Finlay helps him land a huge leap right onto the body of Rory. Irishmen win this one quick and clean! The luck of the Irish prevails again!

Chris Jericho makes his way to the ring to comment on the brutal attack the he suffered two weeks ago at the hands of JBL. Last week Jericho was at home recovering from the attack, having suffered a bruised larynx. His voice is a little gravelly but he does comment. A coward is a man "who threatens another man's children!" His sons saw that episode of Raw last week, now there is some doubt about their Daddy's ability in their little minds. This just means that Jericho will fight harder to make sure that JBL pays for what was done. "You made a mistake not finishing the job! I am still here!" Jericho has prevailed in this one because he has overcome this obstacle and he's the one standing in the ring tonight. Sunday at the Royal Rumble will not be about having a good show it'll be about the fight! The look of determination is in Jericho's eyes and he's not going to let JBL get away with this!

Mr. McMahon is backstage talking to Jeff Hardy about taking too many risks. He is telling him about shaking hands with Orton tonight. "I'll be out there and I'll make sure I give everyone something to talk about!" Hardy looks scary mad and I'm sure that a handshake isn't all he has in store for Orton tonight.

Brian Kendrick makes his way to the ring for his royal rumble qualifying match tonight. William Regal pops onto the Titan Tron and says that Brian will be fighting Umaga tonight because he was too busy getting Triple H's match ready tonight to find Kendrick an opponent. Umaga starts off strong and dominates Kendrick at first. Will Kendrick's speed help him win this match tonight? Umaga puts Kendrick into the ring post upside down and back first, but Kendrick moves just in time to make sure that Umaga doesn't get that running start at him. Kendrick is trying so hard to fight against Umaga, but Umaga lands the Samoan drop on Kendrick and lays him out cold. A mid air Samoan spike wins this match for the Samoan Bulldozer. Kendrick will not be going to the Rumble this year. (Poor guy!)

Mickie James is backstage and is crying and so upset that she lost to Beth tonight. Maria is there to try to console her. Ashley comes up too. Of course Santino Marella interrupts them. He overhears Ashley make a comment about the Playboy mansion. He thinks that Ashley is offering Maria a free subscription for him of Playboy magazine and makes some comment about "why buy the cow when you have someone who lets you milk them for free?" I about died when he said this. Man why does Maria put up with his stupidity? She could do so much better!

Carlito makes his way to the ring for his match against Hardcore Holly tonight. Santino Marella and Maria accompany Carlito to the ring. Hardcore Holly comes out accompanied by Cody Rhodes. This match gets started and Holly appears to have the upper hand right off the bat. Carlito fights back. He's getting some nice near falls in on Holly tonight. Holly starts to power back and gets a near fall of his own on Carlito. These two keep powering back and forth with each other one getting the upper hand then the other powering back. It's a pretty even split of a match tonight. Holly goes for the Alabama slam but Santino gets on the apron like he's going to do something about it. This distraction allowed Santino to get the back stabber on Holly and wins Carlito the match. I'm sure Holly isn't happy about his loss especially when Cody was supposed to have his back.

Triple H makes his way to the ring for his match tonight. Keep in mind this man won the Royal Rumble in 2002 beating Kurt Angle for the win. William Regal comes out and says that Triple H will face three opponents tonight in an over the top rope gauntlet match. What a bastard. Triple H's first opponent will be Snitsky. These two men start this match off brutally. Triple H gets Snitsky to the rope but can't manage to get him over. Snitsky is dominating Triple H and almost gets him over the rope, but Triple H makes it back in the ring. Regal is at the top of the ramp watching. Snitsky goes over the top rope. Regal looks livid. Smackdown's Mark Henry is the Game's next opponent. Can the cerebral assassin beat the world's strongest man? Henry is manhandling Triple H like he weighed nothing. Twice the game escapes from being put over the top rope. Triple H tries to pick up Mark Henry, but Henry falls on him (ouch!). Triple H looks devastated. Triple H gets to his feet and pulls that top rope down as Henry runs at him. Over the rope Mark Henry goes. Regal runs to the ring and is the third opponent against Triple H tonight. Regal has Triple H on his shoulders and tries to put him over the top, but to no avail. Triple H powers back and tosses Regal over the top rope to secure his spot in the Royal Rumble. Never underestimate the power of the King of Kings!

Mr. McMahon makes his way to the ring to oversee the handshake between Jeff Hardy and Randy Orton. Orton comes out first. Jeff Hardy is called out next and the fans are on their feet again. It's obvious who the fan favorite is. These two eyeball each other like they are seeing the other's death. Vince mediates about the viciousness between Orton and Hardy as of late. Who will be victorious on Sunday at the Rumble. Will Orton remain champ or will Hardy become the third man to hold both the Intercontinental belt and championship belt at the same time. Vince gives the guys a chance to make last minute comments to each other. Orton takes the mic. Orton says his is relieved that Hardy is his opponent at the Rumble because Hardy has never come close to being the WWE champion. However Orton says he underestimated Hardy's ability especially after last week. Orton says that he has a respect for Hardy now, that he didn't have a few weeks ago. Hardy takes the mic and says he doesn't care about earning Orton's respect. "I didn't hit a 30 foot swanton to impress you, I did it to hurt you. I did it for my brother Matt, I did it because I will do anything to be the WWE champion!" Jeff leaves the ring and shakes the hands of Lillian Garcia, JR, King and various audience members. All before he shakes the hand of Randy Orton. "I respect these people more than I respect you". Orton offers his hand but it gets him a twist of fate! Hardy will not play by anyone's rules, because he makes his own! It's on come Sunday and yes I will be watching from the edge of my seat!

Update on Candace Michelle

2008-01-20T13:12:00.000-05:00

It's been weeks since we've seen this beautiful diva in the ring due to her collarbone injury at the hands of the Glamazon Beth Phoenix. However Candace Michelle has not been laying around the house snoozing this whole time. She's been a busy woman and I have her latest blog that puts her time out of the ring into a better perspective for her fans. I can't wait to see her back in action and I'm glad to hear that she is doing better and taking it one day at a time. Click here to read Candace's blog.

Who is more insane Mr. McMahon or Britney Spears?

2008-01-15T21:53:00.000-05:00

I saw this article on WWE.com and I just had to share with my readers. This article had me cracking up because it's true. Drama goes hand in hand with the lifestyles of the rich and famous for some odd reason. Those that say money can't but happiness have obviously never been poor in my opinion, but from the actions of some celebrities lately I'm beginning to wonder if money causes insanity! Read the link and have fun!

Balloons, fireworks, midgets and sweet revenge!

2008-01-14T23:17:00.001-05:00

Jeff Hardy kicks off Monday night Raw in a huge way! He is the number one contender for the WWE championship. After what Randy Orton did to Jeff's older brother Matt Hardy, I'm sure that Orton's days as champ are numbered. Jeff makes his statement to the raucous crowd. He is excited about his chance to become the next WWE champion at the Royal Rumble which is less than two weeks away. Jeff promises to take Orton out tonight. He calls him out and says Orton can either come out NOW, or he'll come backstage and find him. To my surprise Orton comes out to say his piece on it. "You want me that bad, you got it, but...." Orton states his condition. His proposition is this, at the Royal Rumble the WWE title will be on the line, but tonight, the Intercontinental title will be on the line. Randy wants to be the third person to hold both the WWE championship and the Intercontinental title, so the war is on. (The other two men are the Ultimate Warrior and Triple H.) Jeff says, "done!" He's not afraid of the champ and he welcomes the opportunity to take Randy Orton out of the picture tonight. This is going to be brutal!

Ashley makes her beautiful way to the ring for a six diva tag team match up. Her tag team partners will be Maria and Mickie James. They take on the team of Melina, Jillian and Beth Phoenix. Can the Glamazon be stopped or will she continue to retain her title indefinitely? Ashley and Jillian start this match off and it's not pretty for Jillian. Melina gets the tag and she goes to work on Ashley. Ashley tags her partner Maria and she goes to work on Melina. Melina tags Beth Phoenix and Maria could be in trouble here. Maria manages to kick out of a three count and tags her partner Mickie James. In her bright yellow outfit which looks really good on her by the way, she is taking it to her diva opponents. Eventually all the girls get in the ring and quickly clear it out for Beth and Mickie to continue. Mickie gets caught up in the top rope under her chin and Beth capitalizes and gets the three count winning it for her team. I'm sure this isn't the last we'll see of diva competition in the coming weeks!

William Regal and Mr. McMahon are in the back talking about Regal's match with Ric Flair tonight. Snitsky interrupts the two men and he demands his chance to make an impact. Vince makes a match tonight between Snitsky and Triple H tonight, so Snitsky can make his much desired "impact". This should go over well.

A Royal Rumble qualifying match. Shawn Michaels comes out very unhappy that he has to qualify for a Rumble match. He may not have won last year but he came in second to the Undertaker. That was a great match and both men put their hearts into it no doubt. Shawn is interrupted by Trevor Murdock who makes his way to the ring for his qualifying match against HBK. Shawn did mention that he wanted to take on Mr. Kennedy tonight in the qualifying match, I don't think he really wanted to take on the redneck of the WWE. Murdock isn't about wrestling tonight, he's more into beating Shawn to death. He's brutally attacking the showstopper, but Michaels retaliates quickly. HBK fights back and he's showing some authority in the squared circle. A nice inverted atomic drop by Michaels gets him an advantage. HBK tunes up the band and Murdock narrowly escapes sweet chin music. Shawn then quickly gets him into a figure four leg lock and Murdock taps likes a little girl. HBK is now officially qualified for the Rumble. Mr. Kennedy comes onto the Titan Tron to say that Shawn has a huge ego, and that Shawn can't handle the fact that he was defeated by Mr. Kennedy. Kennedy doesn't feel he has anything left to prove to anyone, but he accepts Shawn's challenge to face him next week on Raw, but this is Shawn's last chance at the present and future of sports entertainment! Murdock gets up and tries to sneak up behind Michaels, but Shawn gets the sweet chin music on him, obviously not that distracted by Mr. Kennedy's speech.

Mr. McMahon is backstage with his son Hornswaggle. He says he's very proud of him. It'll be Hornswaggle's first Royal Rumble match. Mr. McMahon wants to give Hornswaggle some practice at how to rumble tonight, so he's going to invite some of the superstars to fight Hornswaggle tonight in a Royal Rumble practice match. Poor little Hornswaggle. He always looks so upset when Vince talks to him. Out of nowhere Vince grabs Hornswaggle by the throat and tells him "You last name is McMahon and anything can happen, don't you forget it!" I hope Hornswaggle beats every last man in that ring tonight!

Triple H makes his way to the ring for his match against Snitsky. (Have I mentioned how much I love Triple H?) It's like polar opposites in the ring, extreme hotness and extreme ugly. These two men kick this match off and Triple H is throwing fists right off the bat. It didn't seem to bother Snitsky at all and he takes Triple H to the corner and the beating begins. The Game doesn't stand for that long and he begins a brutal exchange. I love the commentary between JR and King about how ugly Snitsky is and how his teeth as so yellow they stop traffic. Dang! Snitsky gets a big boot to the face of the Cerebral Assassin. Snitsky begins the barrage of kicks and hits on Triple H who is once again caught in the corner. Snitsky follows this with a few head thrusts to Triple H's abs. Snitsky goes for a cover but the Game kicks out of it. Snitsky is manhandling Triple H at this point in the match and I'm getting quite irritated. I hate it when Triple H gets beat on. Snitsky catches Triple H in midair as Triple H tries to get a running start on Snitsky, and Snitsky applies a huge bear hold on the Game. Triple H is down to one knee and Snitsky is still holding that bear hold. Triple H powers out of the hold finally only to be set up for a pump handle slam. Triple H counters that and gets a huge DDT on the king of ugly. A face buster from the Game and then the set up for a pedigree gets Triple H tossed out of the ring right in front of the announcers table. Snitsky picks up Triple H and tosses him into the steel steps like he weighed zero. Snitsky picks up the second set of steel steps, but Triple H gets up and grabs a chair and slams it into Snitsky causing the match to be called on account of disqualification. Triple H gets the sledgehammer and he gives it to Snitsky right in the abdomen. A huge pedigree follows that maneuver like punctuation at the end of a very strong sentence. Don't mess with the best unless you want to go down hard and fast. Good job Triple H!

Triple H is interrupted by Vince as he leaves the ring. Vince is on the Titan Tron telling Triple H to calm down or else. He's become too violent since he lost his spot at the Royal Rumble. Triple H takes the sledge and destroys the Titan Tron and leaves it in a smoking sparking heap. I guess Vince has his answer to that suggestion! Vince meets Triple H backstage to continue to insult. In order to calm down Triple H, Vince gives him back his spot in the Royal Rumble as long as he wins his match next week. What this match is, is left unsaid but I'm sure it's not going to be a fair one if Mr. McMahon has anything to do with it.

JBL comes out in his Moo Mobile for yet another night on Raw. Didn't he learn his lesson a couple of weeks ago when Jericho kicked the crap out of him on Raw? I guess not! The ring is filled with red and black balloons it looks like a gothic birthday party gone wrong! He stands in the ring and makes a statement about what he really thinks of Chris Jericho. After the brutal attack on Jericho last week by JBL, JBL's ego is even bigger than it was before. (If that is even possible)! JBL tells Jericho's kids that he's so much better than Jericho and that Jericho is a coward! (I didn't know Jericho had kids!) Man JBL is laying it on thick and I swear I hate him more now than I did before tonight. What a jerk! I hope Jericho comes back and wipes the floor with that self proclaimed tycoon! Jericho is at home tonight suffering a bruised larynx due to the brutal attack on him last week on Raw at the hands of this man JBL.

Hornswaggle comes out for his mini Royal Rumble practice match. His first opponent will be Mr. Kennedy. Wow, it's a little Mr. Kennedy. It's the half pint Kennedy. He can't even reach the microphone because he's so little. LOL! This is hilarious. It's midget wrestling at it's best. Mini Kennedy is really taking it to Hornswaggle. The next man in the ring is a little tiny Mankind. Kennedy takes it to Mankind. I can't even type I'm laughing so hard. Mankind brings out a little socko and tries to get Hornswaggle with it, but Hornswaggle stops it. Hornswaggle tosses the Mr. Kennedy mini over the top rope. Out comes a mini Batista who immediately spears Hornswaggle. Hornswaggle fights back and isn't out of the count just yet. A little mini Kane comes out and boy he looks angry. Kane goes to work on Batista and Hornswaggle. A tiny Batista bomb on Kane gets Kane on the mat. Hornswaggle tosses out Batista and Kane sits up looking ready to brawl. Kane sets up for the choke slam but can't seem to lift Hornswaggle. Hornswaggle tosses out Kane. The Batista mini takes Hornswaggle down and out comes the real Great Khali. In all his huge splendor. Out comes Finlay to defend the little McMahon and he's all over Khali like a bad habit. He gets back into the ring and takes out Khali's handler too. Khali is left backing out of the arena in shock as his handler is tossed out after him. Hornswaggle gets into the ring and celebrates with his defender.

Finlay gets a hold of Mr. McMahon backstage and he threatens him. Apparently him and Vince have some sort of "deal" concerning Hornswaggle. Vince tells Finlay to go take care of his business with Khali on Smackdown, and that he had nothing to do with Khali coming out tonight to go after Hornswaggle. Interesting, very interesting!

Ric Flair makes his way to the ring for yet another career ending match against none other than the Raw general manager William Regal. It's a war of the robes here tonight folks and I think that Ric Flair has it won hands down in that department. (I can't believe that there is still smoke in the ring from JBL's exit fireworks, dang that man needs to learn moderation). Will the Nature Boy be able to capitalize again this week to retain his glorious career? Regal is dominating this match from the get go. Regal is going for the obviously injured knee of Flair (it's taped). Flair fights back and gets out of the ring to wrap Regal's leg right around that ring post. These two men battle back and forth and Flair gets the figure 4 leg lock on Regal. Regal gets to the ropes. Regal gets Flair in a roll up but the ref sees that Regal has a handful of tights. So while the ref is talking to Regal, Flair rolls Regal up and gets a handful of tights himself. This time the ref doesn't catch it and Flair wins it, retaining his career! Never underestimate the dirtiest player in the game, he just might surprise you!

Randy Orton comes out for his match against Jeff Hardy for the Intercontinental Championship. He seems to think he stands a chance in hell, well he is sadly mistaken. Jeff is going to bring hell to the champ and make him wish he'd never laid hands on the elder Hardy brother Matt. Jeff doesn't waste anytime running into the ring, and Orton delivers a deliberate low blow to Jeff Hardy. The match is called for a DQ and Orton has something else planned. He tosses Jeff out of the ring and begins to pull up the black mat outside of the ring. Exposed concrete is seen. Orton gets Hardy up off the ground and Hardy fights back just in time. It's a street fight on the ramp tonight. Jeff goes face first into the metal structure at the top of the ramp. Orton continues to brutalize Jeff. Orton runs back and runs at Jeff but Jeff back drops him right off the stage onto his back on the concrete floor. Orton appears to be out cold. Hardy isn't done just yet, he climbs some scaffolding that is close by and he's going way up top this time. Refs try to talk him down, but Jeff aint having none of that. He goes even higher on the scaffold to the second beam from the top. He does a huge swanton bomb off of it and takes himself out as well but Randy Orton isn't going to be fighting anytime soon. EMT's are on the scene and trying to get both men out of the arena. Randy is breathing and has a slight pulse. No word on Jeff just yet. As Jeff is being wheeled out of the arena on a stretcher his puts his arm up to show his fans that he's still ok. I love my rainbow haired warrior, but I about stopped breathing when he took that leap off that scaffold. I love to be entertained, but it always scares me when he goes to the extreme like that. You have to wonder is that the maneuver that will end Jeff Hardy's career? I'll keep you updated on both men's status as I get word.

Tune in next week same Raw time same Raw channel for the new improved Raw in HD! I'm sure it's going to be one explosive episode!