TLC

Well I got a few predictions right for the TLC PPV. Too bad they didn't advertise ALL the matches they were going to have. I thought the card looked a little small. Obviously the big surprise was Daniel Bryan becoming the new Heavyweight champion. I couldn't beleive it. That is awesome but this victory is bitter sweet to me. I did want D. Bryan to be champion, but just not on THIS ppv. What's wrong with the Royal Rumble or Wrestlemania? He still might be champ by Wrestlemania time, but I won't hold my breathe. I am still surprised that RVD is the only MITB winner to announce when and where he was going to cash in the breif case and follow through with it.
Overall the PPV was good...not great. It did keep me guessing and new champs were crowned which is always entertaining. Will 2012 be the year for Zack Ryder and Daniel Bryan? Time will tell.

TLC predictions

The WWE PPV is in several hours and that means that it is prediction time. What's first?

Orton vs. Wade Barrett(Tables Match). WWE seems to be giving Barrett an unbelievable push lately. He has beaten Orton more than once and his team won on the last PPV.
So I think that they will continue the "Barret Barrage." I'll take Wade Barrett to win.

Dolph Ziggler vs. Zack Ryder(US Championship). In short, Zack Ryder has way too much heat behind him to lose this match. I would be SURPRISED if Zack Ryder lost this match. Zack Ryder for the win

Cody Rhodes vs Booker T (IC championship). A question if I may. WHY?!? Why is this match happening? Booker T? What? Was Jerry Lawler busy? I don't get it. Not saying that Booker can't wrestle...but you couldn't pair Cody with anyone else? Someone younger and can but on a better match than Booker. But I could be wrong maybe the match will be good...maybe. But I'll still take Cody for the win.

Triple H vs Kevin Nash(Ladder Match) I know why this match is taking place...but does anyone expect Kevin Nash to climb a ladder with the condition his knees are in? He may try once or twice but he won't get the hammer at least not by climbing the ladder. Triple H is going to get the hammer...and then Kevin Nash is going to get it away from him or use another weapon i.e. ladder. This is a hard match to predict. I'm going to go with Triple H to win.

Big Show vs. Mark Henry(World Heavyweight Championship) Another hard match to predict. Mark Henry has had the belt for a little while now but maybe not long enough for WWE. Maybe Kane will interfere in the match. I don't know. I'll go with Mark Henry for the win.

CM Punk vs. Alberto Del Rio vs. The Miz (WWE Championship) CM Punk just became champion so I don't think he will drop the belt for that reason. Another reason would be that CM Punk has won more ladder matches than his opponents...I think. I'm going to take CM Punk for the win.

Thoughts about the United States Championship

I was very surprised the amount of air time that the US championship got this past Monday night on RAW. I can't remember the last time they spent so much time on THIS belt. Not saying that it was a bad thing. That's what they should do for every...almost every title anyway. Build a story around the title. It's not that difficult, especially if the 1# contender has as much heat as Zack Ryder does right now. It would be good to have an actual rivalry for the U.S. title and the intercontential title as well.

MATT HARDY LEGAL UPDATE

By Mike Johnson on 2011-11-23 10:50:03
Matt Hardy remains in jail as no one has put up the one million dollar bail yet, according to the Fayetteville Observer, which picked up the story of Hardy being kicked out of rehab in today's edition. You can read their story at this link.
Hardy has a slew of court dates ahead of him. Based on the most recent information available, here are the details:

November 30th – Driving While Impaired

December 1st – Felony Possession With Intent to Manufacture, Sell and/or Deliver a Schedule 3 Controlled Substance, Felony Possession of a Schedule 1 Controlled Substance, Felony Maintaining a Vehicle/Dwelling for Controlled Substances, Misdemeanor Possession of Drug Paraphernalia

December 6th – Reckless Driving with Wanton Disregard

December 21st – Driving While Impaired, Exceeding a Safe Speed

John Morrison WWE update

http://pwinsider.com/article/63617/john-morrisonwwe-update.html?p=1

SIN CARA UPDATE AND THE NEWS ISN'T GOOD

By Mike Johnson on 2011-11-21 00:15:01
Sin Cara suffered a ruptured patella tendon, as Dave Scherer noted earlier tonight. WWE.com is reporting that Cara is expected out 6-9 months following surgery and rehab to repair the injury.
Cara was on crutches at the WWE Hotel following the PPV.

Survior Series predicitons

Since the PPV is on RIGHT now I have to make these predictions quick.
Winners: Beth Phoniex, Dolph Ziggler, Team Orton, Mark Henery, Alberto Del Rio, Cena&Rock.
I personally want to see some titles change hands especially the US title and the WWE title. But I don't think that'll happen.
Enjoy the show.

ROH cards this weekend for Dayton OH and Chicago IL

https://www.rohwrestling.com/live/events/2011/nov/18/survival-fittest-2011-dayton-oh

https://www.rohwrestling.com/schedule/events/2011/sep/19/glory-honor-x

Undertaker debut @ Survior Series

Survivor Series is nearly upon us. This marks the 25th anniversary of this PPV and it has definitely had it moments in history. Let's take a quick look at Survivor Series 1990. Why 1990? Because that is when the Undertaker made his debut.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyID3kPuRzw

Matches of the year....so far.(update)

In July, I made a list of matches that I thought deserved nominated for match of the year. I haven't been watching alot of PPV from any of the big 3 companies in the last couple of months(sorry). So this update is going to be short...very short. It is nearly the end of 2011 and I will update the list by the end of the year, if necessary.

1. WWE Raw (1/3/11): Miz vs. John Morrison for the WWE Championship
2. Money in the Bank: John Cena vs. CM Punk for the WWE Championship
3. ROH 9th Anniversary: Christopher Daniels vs. Eddie Edwards for the TV Championship
4. ROH 9th Anniversary: Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin vs The Briscoes
5. Destination X: Austin Aries vs. Zema Ion vs. Low Ki vs. Jack Evans
6. Destination X: Rob Van Dam vs. Jerry Lynn
7. Wrestlemania 27: Triple H vs. The Undertaker
8. ROH Best in the World: Eddie Edwards vs. Davey Richards for the ROH championship
9. SummerSlam: Randy Orton vs. Christian for the World Heavyweight championship

Mike Bennett

Back in Januray 2011, Mike Bennett made his ROH tv debut. Claiming that he would be the ROH world champion in 1 year. Ummm Mike it's Novemeber, you may want to hurry if you're going to make good on your promise. Oh wait, I forgot. He's not the best wrestler in ROH, or anywhere else for that matter. Now I haven't seen Mike wrestle since ROH tv debut on Sinclair Broadcasting, so maybe he has gotten better...I doubt it.

Hulk Hogan and TNA

Sources are indicating that Hulk Hogan's new deal with TNA is a two year contract. Where goes Hogan, so goes Eric Bischoff as well. Reported by Mike Johnson.

Why sign Hogan to a new contract? I thought he couldn't wrestle because of his back. What does he bring to TNA? Value? No. Talent? No. In ring ability? (HA) No. It is bizarre to me. The quality of TNA has gone down, alot, since Hogan/Bischoff joined the team. It's almost like TNA wants to fail and wants to go out of business. It truly is WCW all over again. I just want to meet the people behind the scenes of TNA and ask them "What the hell are you doing!?!?!"

How Much is Too Much?

I love WWE just as much as the next fan, heck probably more but 14 pay per views a year is just too much. I can even deal with 12 so that you have one a month. From Night of Champions to Hell in a Cell is only 2 weeks. That is not enough time to build up a good story line or to add to a current storyline in a way that it will be good. Wrestling can be expensive........I guess I'll stick to my 4 a year. TLR

Night of Champions Predictions

I hadn't thought much about the outcome of this PPV until my friend texted me.
So let's see, I'll start with the Divas.

Divas Champion Kelly Kelly vs. Beth Phoenix: I really don't see KK pulling off another upset victory...she did that at SummerSlam. So I'll go with Beth Phoniex for the win and as the new champ

WWE Tag Team Champions Kofi Kingston & Evan Bourne vs. The Miz & R-Truth. Miz and Truth what an odd pairing. Well they just started as a tag team, then again so did Air Boom (LOL). Hmmm...it's a toss up, I'll go with Air Boom just because it'll get give Truth and Miz more to whine about.

Fatal 4-Way U.S. Championship Match:
This is a tough one...I know I want A-Ry or Morrison to win, but if they are going to keep the story line going with Vicky, Dolph, and Swagger. Then Dolph or Swagger would have to win. I'll go with Swagger to win. That would give Vicky an excuse to start managing him officially and possibly dump Dolph.

Intercontinental Champion Cody Rhodes vs. Ted DiBiase:
The feud hasn't gone on long enough for the title to change hands...at least I don't think. So I'll go for Cody Rhodes to retain.

WWE Champion Alberto Del Rio vs. John Cena:
I think John Cena will win via DQ. I'm thinking Del Rio's lacky ie personal announcer, will get involved.

CM Punk vs. Triple H (No Disqualification Match)
I am 98% sure that Kevin Nash will make an appearance. Now who will he attack...idk. CM Punk has nothing to lose here,but Triple H could lose his job as COO. So it makes sense that Nash would attack Punk and Triple H could keep his job. Are Nash and Triple H working together? I think so.

World Heavyweight Champion Randy Orton vs. Mark Henry
Randy just won the title at SS. Not likely he would drop the belt so soon and to Mark Henery. I know Mark is on a hot streak right now, and he is favored to win, but I don't know. I want Orton to win, but I think I'll go with Mark Henry....Mark Henry as champion? God help us all.

Death Before Dishonor IX iPPV

A quick listing of the matches
1.The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson) vs. Future Shock (Adam Cole & Kyle O’Reilly) vs. The Bravados (Lancelot & Harlem) Three-way tag elimination match
2.ROH World TV Champion Jay Lethal & Homicide vs. Tommaso Ciampa & Rhino with The Embassy
3.El Generico vs. Jimmy Jacobs
4.ROH World Tag Champion Charlie Haas vs. Michael Elgin with Truth Martini
5.ROH World Tag Champion Shelton Benjamin vs. “The Prodigy” Mike Bennett w/ Brutal Bob
6.“Die Hard” Eddie Edwards vs. “The World’s Greatest Athlete” Roderick Strong
***2/3 Falls (1st Fall – Pin Only, 2nd – Fall Submission Only, 3rd Fall – 15 Minute Iron Man) ***
7.Jay & Mark Briscoe vs. The All Night Express (Rhett Titus & Kenny King)
***winner to receive a Tag Title match at “Glory by Honor X” on 11/19***

That looks like a solid card, don't ya think? Well it didn't disappoint. I'll touch on, what I felt the highlights were. ***SPOILER ALERT***

I'll start with the three-way elimination tag match. Great match, very high paced and fast action. Not a lot of wasted time, which I liked. I also like moves that I've never seen before, which there were a couple of those in this match. Example, A tag team tombstone pile driver/regular pile driver performed by the Young Bucks. Awesome move and awesome match

Next; Kevin Steen interrupts the El Generico and Jimmy Jacobs match. Oddly enough Kevin didn't attack either wrestler, instead they tried to attack him. But becuase of security they didn't lay a hand on him. Even Jim Cornett tried to get a shot in on Steen, which was funny to me.

Third on the list, Eddie Edwards vs. Rodrick Strong. What can I say. They gave it their all and then some. I don't know how long the match went on, but it had to be at least 35 minutes. It did start off a little slow for me, but that only lasted for 5 minutes or so. Great match.

Last but not least; Ladder War III ANX vs. the Briscoes. The crowd was blood thirsty. How do I know this? Because they were chanting "we want blood" in the first 2 MINUTES!!!! The wrestlers didn't even get a chance to get a ladder in the ring before the chant!! Also Ive never seen a ladder match, were no one goes for the object(contract) above the ring until the last couple of minutes of the match. What did they do before then? They beat the hell out of each other. Tables, ladders, chairs(insert Mick Foley joke here) and of course blood, lots and lots of blood. This match was fast paced, so much so that the camera had a hard time keeping up with the action(at times) and great spots. Example Jay Briscoe(I think) diving off a 20 foot ladder onto Rett Titus who was lying on a table.

Impact Wrestling Main Event 9/15/11

Impact ended about 90 min ago and someone in his or her infinite wisdom decided to make the main event Ric Flair vs. Sting. That's right; Ric Flair vs. Sting....where do I begin? The stipulation first. If Sting wins he gets a match with Hulk Hogan. Joy. If Ric wins, Sting has to retire for good. Joy times 2. I couldn't believe it but I was rooting for Ric on this one. Cause who wants to see Sting vs. Hogan...in 2011!?!?
The match itself...What could you expect from these 2. Ric Flair is 62 and Sting is 52 (wow, really?) So both members of the main event are card carrying members of AARP...fantastic. I'll give them credit, they did try to put on a good match and had "ok" timing but the pace was just too slow to really get into the match. And the ending? Ugh. Spoiler Alert!!!! Sting won the match via Scorpion Deathlock. So guest what that means? You guessed it, at some point down the line Sting will go toe-to-toe with Hulk Hogan..in 2011!!!!! I would pray to wrestling god that that match won't take place. But it's because of the wrestling god (Ric Flair) that this match will/might take place. Thanks Ric, thanks alot. BTW Hulk Hogan just turned 58.

So now we are going to play a game. I'm going to tell you when these wrestlers debuted. And then you're going to say where you were the day he debuted. Are you ready? (Insert DX joke here).
Sting's debut November 28, 1985
Hulk Hogan's debut August 10, 1977
Ric Flair's debut December 10, 1972
Thanks for playing

Review and Results of TNA No Surrender PPV

Overall I felt the PPV was dull. It had some good moments, but not too many. The matches, for the most part were not PPV quality. I wanted to see it cause I wanted to see how the BFG series would end. I was surprised and in a good way, cause who wants to see Bully Ray in the main event at BFG? No one. Match of the night had to go to the X-division title match between A double;Austin Aries and Brian Kendrich. I'm not surprised that they spent time honoring the memory of 9/11. They also gave Rosita time to talk about her father, who she lost in the 9/11 attacks in NYC. Both of which were very good things for TNA to do.



Quick Results from the Pay-Per-View:

-#1 X Div. Contender's Match: Jesse Sorensen def. Kid Kash

-BFG Series: Bully Ray (52 pts) Def. James Storm of Beer Money (30 pts) via DQ

-Knockouts Title: Winter def. Mickie James

-Tag Team Title: Mexican America def. "The Pope" D'Angelo Dinero & Devon

-"The Blueprint" Matt Morgan def. Samoa Joe

-BFG Series: Bobby Roode (52) def. Gunner (42) via Submission

-X Title: Austin Aries def. Brian Kendrick

-BFG Series: Bobby Roode def. Bully Ray to become the #1 Contender

-World Heavyweight Title: Kurt Angle def. Sting and Mr. Anderson

Bound For Glory Series
The contender with the most points in the series at the end of the night gets a World Heavyweight Title shot at Bound for Glory. Going into the night the Leaders were as follows: Bully Ray (49), Bobby Roode (42), Gunner (42), and James Storm (40). Bully Ray simply needed to win the match via pinfall or submission in order to continue in the series uncontested. The other three in the series would require a submission victory to pass Bully Ray if he lost. Bully Ray won by Disqualification and brought him to 52 pts. requiring the winner of the other BFG Series match to win by submission in order to tie with Bully Ray and stay alive in the series. The battle between Bobby Roode and Gunner resulted in Roode getting the submission victory and bringing him to 52 pts tying with Bully Ray. After Roode’s win Bischoff dictated there will be a winner in the BFG Series tonight and created a match between Roode and Ray. In the newly added match, Bobby Roode defeated Bully Ray making him the #1 Contender for the World Heavyweight Title at Bound for Glory in Philadelphia.
Results from the No Surrender Pay-Per-View

-#1 Contender's Match: In a very exciting and fast paced match Jesse Sorensen defeated Kid Kash to obtain the #1 contendership for the X-Division Title.

-Bound for Glory Series: Ray did everything he could prevent the match from beginning. Storm continuously tried to gain the submission victory throughout and at one point Ray spit beer into the eyes of storm to temporarily blind him. After an intense match, Storm attempted to spit beer in his Ray’s face but instead spit in the referee’s face, which resulted in a disqualification win for Bully Ray (3 pts) putting him in First Place at 52 points and completely eliminating James Storm.

- Knockouts Championship: Winter defeated Mickie James to become the new Knockouts Champion! Angelina Love distracted Mickie James throughout the match, which also distracted the referee and allowed Winter to spit a mysterious red liquid in the face of Mickie James and helped Winter to get the pin and become the new Knockouts Champion.

- World Tag Team Championship: Anarquia and Hernandez retained the Tag Team Titles by defeating “The Pope” and Devon. Anarquia and Hernandez were joined by Rosita and Sarita at ringside. Both Rosita and Sarita attempted to distract throughout the hard fought match. Because of assistance from Sarita holding down Pope, Mexican America was able to get the pinfall and retain the Tag Titles.

-Matt Morgan defeated Samoa Joe. A heated match that involved absolutely brutal blows from both wrestlers. After taking Joe out with the Carbon Footprint Morgan got the pin fall victory.

-Bound for Glory Series: At the start, either contender needed a submission victory in order to stay alive in the BFG Series. After an epic battle that went back and forth, Roode was able to submit Gunner to get the submission win and gain 10 points to tie with Bully Ray at 52 points. Bischoff entered at the end of the match and created a new match between Bully Ray and Bobby Roode to settle the series to happen tonight.

-X Division Championship: Austin Aries dominated at the start of the match but Brian Kendrick would not back down and caused Aries to dive face first from the ring into the guardrail. After a very physical match Aries took out Kendrick with a brain buster that allowed for him to get the pin and become the new X Division Champion.

-Bound For Glory Series: (Newly added Match) Bully Ray used the same tactics he utilized early in the night with controlling the pace at the start of the match by going in and out of the ring. Roode seemed to be unaffected by Bully Ray’s chops and made his distaste for Bully Ray known which mentally got to Ray. Mind games continued between the two throughout the match. After Roode dropped a massive Spinebuster on Ray, Roode got the pin to become the #1 contender for the World Heavyweight Title.

-World Heavyweight Championship: At the beginning of the match Anderson and Sting worked together to take apart Angle. With Angle out of the ring Sting and Anderson faced off. Angle came to and took out Anderson outside of the ring and went to face off with Sting until Anderson returned and it became every man for himself. After Hogan interferes and sprays Sting’s eyes with something, Angle is able to take out a disoriented Sting with and Angle Slam and get the pin to retain the World Title.

Wrestling Obscurity: WTF Randy Orton

Mr. Orton is not obscure, hell he's the champion, but earlier this year he did something that will surely be forgotten in the next year, maybe. I guess I'm kinda cheating on this, but like I said when I started this "card is subject to change."
Checkout Randy's obscure moment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIxvkktaBu8

Summerslam Predictions

Well it's that time of the year again......the biggest party of the summer as they say......SUMMERSLAM. I admit that this year's card doesn't look super appealing to me but it is one of the "Big 4" so I always make sure to see those. My predictions are as follows:

Alberto Del Rio cashes in Money in the Bank briefcase....or at least attempts to do so. I say this because there are only 5 matches tonight. Therefore, it must be leaving time for something.

I also think the Miz will do something (did they add a Miz v Mysterio match).

Beth Phoenix defeats Kelly Kelly
This will happen because she wouldn't have turned heel for nothing.

Punk defeats Cena
UGH! I know, I know, Punk annoys me too but he has momentum and this is business.

Mark Henry defeats Sheamus
But I think this will start a feud that could be pretty good.

Orton over Christian
Dear God, PLEASE! I'm sooooooo sick of this feud. Unless Orton is taking time off I don't think they would let Christian win.

Wade Barrett defeats Daniel Bryan
This will keep their feud going on and will be one of several matches probably lasting until Surviivor Series.

Those are my predictions, NOT who I want to win. I want:
Cena
Orton
Daniel Bryan
Kelly Kelly
Sheamus

Yeah, yeah I know...........I'm for the good guys!

Enjoy the show!!! :-)

TLR

WWE SummerSlam Predictions

According to WWE.com, there are only 5 matches scheduled for SummerSlam. So my first prediction is that there will be another match made to make it 6 total matches for the PPV. Maybe a rematch for the IC championship between Cody Rhodes(C) and Ezikal Jackson or John Morrison vs. R Truth, or the Miz vs. somebody...

Match 1# Mark Henry vs. Sheamus
I don't see Mark Henry losing this match, based on the amount of time they have spent on pushing him and because baby-face Sheamus hasn't been around long...not long at all. So ill take Mark Henry FTW.

Match #2 Daniel Bryant vs. Wade Barett
I don't want Wade to win, there I said it. And D. Bryant won MITB, so he is getting pushed...finally! So ill take D. Byrant FTW

Match #3 Beth Phoenix vs. Kelly Kelly(C)
Granted all of these are guesses, but this one I don't have a clue. Beth should win, but I have a feeling that WWE wants to keep this feud of Beth and Natalya vs. everyone else going for a little while longer. I have no idea how Kelly Kelly will pull it off, but ill take Kelly Kelly FTW

Match #4
Randy Orton vs. Christian(C)
I really don't know on this one, it's a no holds barred match. So that does mean that Christian can do anything and get away with it. Maybe he'll get someone to help him win...maybe Tyson Tomko lol. That'll never happen. I'll take Christian FTW.

Match #5
CM Punk(C) vs. John Cena(C)
The last undisputed champion was Chris Jericho. A "smaller" guy with amazing wrestling ability. CM Punk is "smaller" and he has amazing wrestling ability. Maybe history will repeat itself...granted Jericho needed the aid of like 5 guys to become undisputed champion, but I digress. I'll take CM Punk FTW

Top 10 wrestlers who keep you wanting more

Before I start the list a few rules first. Rule #1 No retired wrestlers (sorry HBK). Rule #2 No tag teams(sorry MCMG and KOW), and Rule #3 Male wrestlers only (Sorry ladies, I'll make it up to you soon)

Honorable mentions: Rey Mysterio and John Morrison

The Top 10 wrestlers who keep you wanting more
10.Evan Bourne (Matt Sydal)
9.Teddy Hart
8.The Amazing Red
7.Colt Cabana
6.Jack Evans
5.Davey Richards
4.Samoa Joe
3.A.J. Styles
2.Daniel Bryant (Bryan Danielson)
1.Christopher Daniels


Next up the Top 10 Finishers

What wrestlers would you pay to see?

For some reason I got this random thought in my head about who is the best wrestler. And I couldn't come up with just one name, but that thought led to this thought. Who is worth seeing? What wrestler(s) are worth my hard earned cash?? Who gives the best show? Who works the hardest? Who "entertains" the most? Who "brings it"? And probably the most important. Who keeps you coming back for more? That's the wrestler(s) I'm talking about!! So in the next couple of days..hopefully. I will be making a top 10 list of wrestlers who keep you wanting more.

CM Punk Invades Mattel WWE Panel At San Diego Comic-Con 2011!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBwhEpJOrcM&NR=1
Golden

Matches of the year....so far.

I know that 2011 is only half way done. But I thought I would look back and name some of the matches that should be nominated for match of the year when that time comes. Here they are in no particular order.
1. WWE Raw (1/3/11): Miz vs. John Morrison for the WWE Championship
2. Money in the Bank: John Cena vs. CM Punk for the WWE Championship
3. ROH 9th Anniversary: Christopher Daniels vs. Eddie Edwards for the TV Championship
4. ROH 9th Anniversary: Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin vs The Briscoes
5. Destination X: Austin Aries vs. Zema Ion vs. Low Ki vs. Jack Evans
6. Destination X: Rob Van Dam vs. Jerry Lynn
7. Wrestlemania 27: Triple H vs. The Undertaker
8. ROH Best in the World: Eddie Edwards vs. Davey Richards for the ROH championship

Terri's Predictions for Money in the Bank

This one has honestly got me a bit stumped. Worse still is the ever looming fact that who I THINK will win does not match with who I WANT to win.

Mark Henry over Big Show (I'd rather Big Show win)
Mark Henry has been getting a heck of a push form WWE over the past month or so. And considering they did not "discipline" him for the throwing the music man off the stage incident, they must be ready to thrust him farther up the ladder (no pun intended). Also, Big Show has made a living over the last couple of years in putting guys over and making them relevant. Show even basically said so himself on Smackdown.

Kelly Kelly over Brie Bella
Kelly Kelly is a fan favorite (and my favorite diva). I don't think they are ready to let her end her reign quite yet. I predict Twin Magic won't work tonight for the Bella girls.

Christian over Orton (I'd rather Orton win)
This will happen because this feud has gone on far too long and Christian has tried way too many times not to come out the victor in this situation. Orton will get his rematch at Summerslam in some sort of match with a special stipulation.

CM Punk over John Cena (I'd rather Cena win)
There is just far too much hype surrounding Punk right now not to let him win, however, I do predict that his reign will be a short lived one. Whoever wins that Money In the Bank briefcase will cash it in on Punk tonight. Punk screwed Punk, LOL.

RAW Money in the Bank Match-Alberto Del Rio will win (I'd rather Kofi win)
This will prove to be an excellent match with the likes of Evan Bourne and Kofi Kingston stealing the show. Unfortunately the guys best suited for this type of match are not heavyweight belt level in the company right now. I expect Del Rio to try to hide for much of the match but he will come out on top. I'm sure there will be a special guest appearance by his cheating personal ring announcer but.........you already know that, LOL.

Smackdown Money in the Bank Match-Sheamus will win (I'd rather Kane win)
Some guys in here like Justin Gabriel and Heath Slater will put on good performances but much like the RAW version, they are not at main event level so there is no way they will win. I expect Sin Cara to be the star of this match. His high flying style meshes well with this type of match and tonight he will shine. I think Sheamus will win because he has been working himself back up the ladder so to speak. I don't see Wade Barret winning as he is no longer exciting to the audience. I don't think Kane will win since he did last year but you never know....there is always hope!

Prediction for Money in the Bank 2011

This PPV is a hard 1 to predict, but I'll go the "easy" route LOL
1. Kelly Kelly, Orton, and Cena to retain their titles.
2. Mark Henery over the Big Show.
3. Del Rio and Cody Rhodes to win the money in the bank briefcases.

Results and Review of Destination X

- Kazarian defeated Samoa Joe
- Douglas Williams defeated Mark Haskins
- Eric Young and Shark Boy defeated Generation Me
- Alex Shelley won The Ultimate X Match
- Rob Van Dam defeated Jerry Lynn
- Austin Aries defeated Low Ki, Jack Evans and Zema Ion (Match of the year?)
- X Title: Brian Kendrick defeated Abyss to win the title
- Main Event: AJ Styles defeated Christopher Daniels

I guess Ill begin with the bad or not so good. First, the PPV was too predictable (except for a 1-2 matches). Second, the main event. Not that it wasn't a good match, but nothing was on the line except for bragging rights. No title, no stipulations, nothing. I think the main event should have something on the line.
The good and the great: Ultimate X was good, not the best Ultimate X, but certainly not the worst either (nowhere close). The RVD and Jerry Lynn match was very good, but I would not except anything less from those 2. TNA contract 4 way match. OMG. Match of the night and definitely a candidate for match of the year. A must see by any wrestling fan. The main event again very good match. Match of the year? Not in my opinion, but it deserves a nomination.

Overall I would give the PPV a grade of a B (guess I'm grading now).

Prediction for Destination X

Low-Ki will win the group match. There is no way that TNA won't take the opportunity to capitalize on a WWE star leaving, even if he was a star in the making and not fully established in WWE. Therefore, that match is a no brainer which makes that one the least interesting to me. TLR

CM Punk "Suspended"

WWE issued the following statement on their website, selling the CM Punk angle:

Raw’s abrupt conclusion Monday night was not due to technical difficulties. The decision to suddenly end the broadcast in that manner was made by WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon, who gave this quote to WWE.com:

“CM Punk was suspended indefinitely for his unprofessional conduct as soon as Raw went off the air.”

With his WWE contract expiring on July 17, one can only assume that this suspension effectively terminates CM Punk’s tenure with WWE.

WWE has also pulled Punk's profile from their website.

Some wrestling news

1)Former WWE star Luke Gallows was at tonight's Impact Wrestling taping for a tryout, losing to Gunner.

2)Tommy Dreamer was released from TNA

3)WWE sources confirmed this morning that Randy Orton did suffer a legitimate concussion over the weekend during the company's international tour. No decision has been made on whether he will be allowed to work the PPV this Sunday and it will be a "day of game" decision made by the company's doctors. The hope is that he'll be cleared to work Christian in some capacity.

4)Chyna returns to the adult entertainment business with a new film "Backdoor to Chyna"

5)The updated card for the 6/26 Ring of Honor "Best in the World 2011" Internet PPV at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City:

*ROH champion Eddie Edwards vs. Davey Richards.

*ROH TV champion Christopher Daniels vs. El Generico.

*ROH Tag Team champions Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin vs. The Kings of Wrestling vs. The Briscoes vs. The All Night Express.

*Jay Lethal vs. Mike Bennett.

*Steve Corino, with Jimmy Jacobs vs. Michael Elgin.

*Homicide vs. Rhino: Street Fight.

RIP Randy Poffo "Macho Man"

The wrestling world was saddened today by the lost of Randy Marion Poffo aka Randy "Macho Man" Savage. Thank you Randy for your hard work and dedication to professional wrestling. You will be missed but you will not be forgotten.

Wrestling Obscurity: Braden Walker

I'm not going to go into a lot of depth about Chris Harris' time in the WWE/ECW. Why? 2 reasons. 1# His time in WWE/ECW lasted 6 months!!! 2# I think this video on youtube tells the story much better than I ever could. Enjoy :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwyFABQX62A

Impact Wrestling "Wrestling matters"

Well tonight marked the beginning of a "new" show from TNA. Impact Wrestling!!! Where wrestling matters. So they said. So since "wrestling matters" does that mean there will be more wrestling or better matches?!?! Ummm no. They should have said "talking matters." Cause there was a lot of talking...ALOT. Sweet God (not Flair) make them stop talking for 10 minutes. What about the wrestling you might ask. Well let me put it like this. Eric Bishcoff was in a match...yea. And he got the victory. Need I say more?!?!

TNA Fan interaction and Lockdown 2011

Over the weekend I had a chance to attend the TNA fan interaction and Lockdown PPV (3rd row). My girlfriend and I will be posting vids and pics from the events. Overall it was a great experience. We were able to meet/see a lot of wrestlers, knockouts, commentators and referees. The talent was very nice and easy to talk, at least the people that I got a chance to meet. With that said, Pope and Eric Young both are eccentric and way over the top. Both of them were having fun, possibly too much fun.

Now on to the PPV. I'll present my cons, pros and my overall thoughts about the PPV.
Cons:
1. Eric Bischoff. My God...why did he come out? To kill time? Yes that's the answer at least I think so. He wasted time. Time that could have been put into matches. The TNA title and the Knockout title match could have been given 5 more min, if Eric didn't come out and talk. As soon as he was done. I had a feeling that 1 of the matches would be short. Which brings me to #2

2. TNA Knockout title match was too short. It took Madison Rayne more time to get down to the ring, take her gloves, belt, and tiara off. Than it took Mickey to beat her. Which made no sense. Madison has had the belt since October!! She has beaten Micky more than once and has beaten other knockouts. And is defeated in less than 2 minutes?!? Bullshit I say, bullshit.

3. Rosita and Serena on the mic. Again another segment that was just to kill time. It served no real purpose and probably won't amount to anything. Moving on.

4. No pyro. Not really a big deal, I'm just nit-picking now :-P

Pros:
1. Good matches. All the matches were good matches, fast paced, good timing, and spots, with very few botches. It actually felt like TNA meant Total Non-stop Action (imagine that).


Conclusion:
I know that I have more cons than pros, but I really enjoyed the show, it felt like a good solid PPV. It had a good quality of matches and wrestling. I spent money and drove 3 hours to see a wrestling show. I'll say that again, A WRESTLING SHOW. And that is exactly what I got. Sure some things were bad or stupid, but that's wrestling for ya. That comes with the package. Overall very good, and if TNA can produce this kind of product on a regular basis then they're heading in the right direction

ROH on HDNET

Unfortunately tonight is the final show of ROH on HDNET. Hopefully ROH will find a new home on TV somewhere, but there is always the internet.
I'd like to say that they had a lot, but they didn't. They only had highlights of matches on HDNET, the ROH wrestlers and they had 1 match. A 6man tag; Briscoe Brothers and Davey Richards vs. Kings of Wrestling and Rodrick Stong.
I wish they would've had 2 matches at least, but they opted for 1 and it was great. The best match I have seen all week. Now keep in mind I haven't seen ROH iPPV they had over the weekend yet.

Wresltemania 27

I normally do a run down of PPV, but I'm not going to do that this time. I'm just going to give you my overall thoughts and complaints about the PPV.
First off; the order of the matches.
The World Heavyweight Championship match was first on the card??!?! I'm still in shock over that. And the "Snooki" match was second to last of the card. Again I'm in shock and awe. Shouldn't those 2 matches have been switched around??
2. No US title match!?!?.
Daniel Bryan is arguably the best wrestler in the company and his match was scrapped? Why? For a battle royal dark match? Does this makes sense to anyone else? Not to mention the title changed hands. Yea. Ladies and Gentlemen your new U.S. Champion The Great Khali...OMG
3. No real effort;
What I mean by this is that most of the matches didn't feel like WM quality and the wrestling seemed for lack of a better word lazy, not much high flying, no innovation or creativity. No real effort was put in except for a few matches which is coming up next.
4. Best matches of the night
CM punk vs. Randy Orton and The Corre vs. Santino, Kane, Big Show, Kofi and HHH vs. Undertaker.
Some will disagree with me I'm sure, but to me these were the best because it felt like these guys were trying to put on a show and give the people what they wanted. Granted the 8man tag lasted 2 minutes, but it was fast paced and had some high flying which I'm biased toward and I think that if they did it right and were given enough time that match COULD HAVE stolen the show.

Overall WM 27 was just alight....but it shouldn't be alright. It should be memorable. In 5 years we should look back and think it was great, but I don't think that is going to happen. Besides Snooki (ugh), the streak and...the host(maybe) what will you remember in 5 years? Not much.

Wrestling Obscurity: Linda M. Miles and Jackie Gayda

The new season of tough enough is nearly here. So it's time to look at 2 former winners of tough enough. I'll get to Jackie in awhile, but first. Linda M. Miles aka Shaniqua. Yes, Shaniqua. Miles appeared on the June 8, 2002 episode of WWE Velocity and faced her trainer, Ivory, with Jackie Gayda in her corner. Miles lost to Ivory after Jackie Gayda quickly established herself as a villain by pushing her off the top turnbuckle, costing her the match.

On the June 13 episode of SmackDown, Miles teamed with WWE Women's Champion Trish Stratus to defeat Gayda and Ivory. The two divas were then placed on the Raw brand. On the June 24 edition of Raw, Miles teamed with Trish Stratus to defeat Gayda and Molly Holly. Due to Gayda's highly botched mixed tag match on the July 8 edition of Raw, Miles and Gayda were sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling for further training and development.

Miles began a relationship with Shelton Benjamin and began to manage him. It did not last long, however, as Benjamin formed Team Angle with Kurt Angle and Charlie Haas. Miles then disappeared from WWE television. It was rumored that she didn't get along with anyone back stage, male or female and she wanted more money.

Miles returned to WWE television under the name Shaniqua in June 2003 as the dominatrix manager of the Basham Brothers. She often interfered in matches, including a match where she surprisingly had to interfere to insure the Bashams' victory over two jobbers. In the late summer of 2003, Shaniqua began to establish her dominance over the weaker divas. Shaniqua interfered in several bikini contests, attacking all of the divas except for Sable. She briefly feuded with fellow SmackDown! divas Torrie Wilson, Dawn Marie (even though she remained a heel), and Nidia. Shaniqua defeated Wilson and Nidia in a handicap match. The following week, Dawn Marie challenged Shaniqua to a singles match in which Shaniqua won by disqualification after interferences from Wilson and Nidia.

In early 2004, Shaniqua and The Basham Brothers sparked a feud with the then WWE Tag Team Champions Scotty 2 Hotty and Rikishi. Shaniqua joined her team in a handicap WWE Tag Team championship match against Rikishi and Scotty Too Hotty at No Way Out. Shaniqua's team lost when she was pinned following a Banzai Drop from Rikishi. After that she was released from her WWE contract. Possibly because of the reasons stated earlier.
As of 2007, Linda resides in Cincinnati, OH as a school teacher.

Jackie Gayda:
Some stuff was already touched on here is a look at the rest.
In early 2004, Gayda teamed up with Stacy Keibler, with the duo proclaiming themselves to be the WWE's hottest divas and thought they deserved to grace the cover of Playboy magazine. This provoked a feud with SmackDown divas and the Playboy co-cover girls Sable and Torrie Wilson. At WrestleMania XX, Gayda and Keibler were defeated by Sable and Wilson in an Playboy evening gown match.

In the second WWE Draft, Gayda and Rico were traded to SmackDown brand, where they eventually teamed up with Charlie Haas. In September 2004, Haas and Gayda were engaged, and their relationship was eventually incorporated into their on-screen characters. Dawn Marie announced the engagement of Gayda and Haas on the September 30 episode of SmackDown, implying in the process that she and Haas were "more than just friends." This led to a catfight between Gayda and Dawn, which in turn led to an intergender tag match at No Mercy pitting Gayda, Haas, and Rico against Dawn and The Dudley Boyz. Gayda's team won the bout, yet Dawn Marie predicted that the relationship would not last very long. From that moment onwards, Dawn Marie tried her hardest to split the couple up. On the October 7 episode of SmackDown, Gayda found herself on the receiving end of Billy Kidman's BK Bomb. She sold her injuries through the October tour of Europe by wearing a neckbrace, only returning to action on the October 28 episode of SmackDown in Omaha, Nebraska, which saw Gayda hit the ring during a Halloween costume contest between Dawn and Torrie Wilson, spearing Dawn and tearing the clothes from her body. A vengeful Dawn then screamed to Gayda that it was not over. Dawn gained her revenge during an arm wrestling contest on the November 4 episode of SmackDown, headbutting Gayda and catfighting with her until Haas made the save. Dawn's ally Heidenreich then decimated Haas, dismissing Gayda's attempts to protect Haas by shoving her to the mat. On November 25 Gayda tried to gain revenge in a "pilgrim versus Indian" match, but both women were disqualified for ignoring the referee's instructions. The two divas fought once again on December 2, this time while wearing Christmas outfits. General Manager Theodore Long finally announced a final encounter at Armageddon, appointing Haas as referee. Gayda lost the match, and her fianceé, as the relationship was broken when Haas revealed he had an affair with Dawn Marie. He then rejected Marie afterwards, saying he did not want either woman.

Gayda began wrestling as a singles performer. She appeared in numerous vignettes with the other divas until she and Haas were released from WWE on July 5, 2005.

On the November 26, 2005 edition of Impact, Gayda made her debut lashing out at Jeff Jarrett. Jarrett was shocked and frightened by Gayda's unexpected appearance and soon ordered her backstage. He was heard saying, "It's not what you think." After being pushed by Jarrett, Gayda slapped him and then went after his valet, Gail Kim. The following week, Gayda came out again to confront Jarrett. After pushing and slapping, the two had to be pulled apart by officials. At Turning Point, the same thing happened in the main event match, but Gayda was restrained by officials. On the December 31 show, Don West tracked down Gayda for an interview. She said her being there had nothing to do with a love affair, but rather that Jarrett had promised her a spot on the TNA Roster, but while she was stuck at home, she turned on the television to see Kim in her place. She said she had a big secret about Jarrett that TNA Management would love to hear, but did not reveal what it was.

Gayda won TNA's Knockout of the Year 2005 on the January 14, 2006 edition of Impact. At Final Resolution, she ran into Raven after he lost his match. She told him that they had something in common, they were both being screwed by TNA Management. On the January 28 edition of Impact, Gayda came down to ringside during a Jarrett versus Jay Lethal match, to hand an audio tape to Kim. She then left, with a confused Kim soon following.

Jarrett then hired Alex Shelley to video tape Gayda at her home, for blackmail. Shelley complied, returning a week later with a videotape. On the February 18, 2006 edition of Impact!, she told Jarrett that he had won and that she would leave. Jarrett refused to comply and used the tape Shelley compiled of Gayda as blackmail to get her to join his stable. Jackie became the manager of Planet Jarrett. She feuded with Gail Kim in mid-2006. At Sacrifice Jackie announced that she was pregnant, so Kim kayfabe fired her. She has not appeared with TNA since and her photos have been removed from the Knockouts portion of the website. Shortly before her pictures were removed from the TNA website it was confirmed that Gayda parted ways with TNA.

Gayda and Charlie Haas are married and have 3 children.

Tommaso Ciampa ROH tv debut

I apologize for not knowing a lot about Tommaso. In fact Ive never heard of him until last night. Watching the match, he seemed to be an average powerful wrestler, not bad, but not great either. And then, he went for his finisher, which starts off looking like a run of the mile powerbomb. So he got Mike Sydal(opponent) up on his shoulder in the powerbomb position, goes to "slam" him and somehow he got underneath Sydal, while he was in mid-air. Put both his knees up and Sydal lands on Tommaso knees back first.
I hope I explained it well, cause it was SO awesome, the most innovative finisher I have seen in along time. If it is ever on the internet, I'll post it.
Tommaso! You have my attention.

Top 15 Worst WWE finishers

Criteria for list: No moves older than 5 years, male superstars only(sorry ladies), and no current NXT rookies.

15. Moonlight Drive by John Morrison
14. Samoan Spike by Umaga
13. Brain Chop by Great Khali
12. World Strongest Slam by Mark Henery
11. The Book of Ezekiel by Ezekiel Jackson
10. STFU by John Cena
9. Master Lock by Chris Masters
8. Zig Zag by Dolph Ziggler
7. Wasteland by Wade Barrett
6. McGillicutter by Mike McGillicutty
5. Zack Attack by Zack Ryder
4. Sleeper-hold by Dolph Ziggler
3. The Cobra by Santino Marella
2. Tadpole Splash by Hornswoggle
1. The Lie-detector by R-Truth

ROH 9th Anniversary

I'm a couple of days late on the recap/review of ROH's latest iPPV
1. Colt vs. Davey Richards: Started with Colt wrestling like...well Colt. Not being serious and goofing around. Davey is alot more serious wrestler and soon he got control by working the left arm of Colt. Colt was able to retaliate and eventually hit a second rope moonsault. And Colt tried to end the match with a tope rope moonsault but only got a 2 count. Afterwards Davey attempted the cross arm breaker but Colt countered it into the Billy Goat's curse. But Davey countered that and was able to rally back and ending with tornado DDT combine with falcon arrow into a cross arm breaker; Winner Davey Richards

2.Mike Bennett vs. Steve Corino vs. Kyle O'Reily vs. Grizzly Redwood: Lots of back and forth action as it should be in a 4-way match. High flying from O'Reily and Redwood mixed with the smash mouth style of Corino and Bennett, but in the end. Bennett got the victory pin over Corino with....? I don't know what his finisher is called. It looks like a sit down rock bottom.

3. El Generico vs. Micheal Elgin: Definetly a power vs. speed match. Power slams and bombs against kicks and high flying. The highlights of the match would be Elgrin (running)power slamming Generico into the guard rail/baracade. The Truth tried to interfere. He got on the top rop while Elgin held Generico. The Truth jumped off the rope, missed Generico and landed on Elgin shoulders. And with Truth on his shoulders Elgin was able to powerslam to El Generico. But that wasn't enough to put Generico down. El Generico was able to get a small package roll up; Winner El Generico

4.Rodrick Strong vs. Homicide in a no DQ Barrio Street Fight:
Being a streetfight, this match didn't start in the ring. It started out in the crowd and then eventually made it back in the ring. Homicide was in control for most of the start of the match but Strong was able to gain control and while in control he set up 4 chairs in each corner. However Homicide regained control and sent Strong going head first into all 4 of the chairs. That didn't keep Strong down he was able to Tornado ddt into a table in the corner. Interference by Mike Elgin and the Truth, Elgin was tossed out of the ring and the Truth received an Ace Crusher for his trouble. Then Strong hit the Sick Kick followed by a suplex backbreaker.

5. Sara Del Ray vs. MsChef: A match with back and forth action. Neither wrestler had control for more than 2 min. Hard hitting and techinical match. It was a quick match ending with Sara hitting her finisher, the Sara Del Razor(aka Angle Slam). After the match Sara spit in MsChef's face and in turn MsChef spit the "Green Myst" in Sara's face.

6. KOW(Kings of Wrestling) vs. ANX (All Night Express): ANX controlled the match early on with frequent tags and double team moves. KOW was able to single out Rett Titus and were him down. Until Rett could get the hot tag to Kenny King and the ANX took control of the match. Now the action starts to pick up with both teams hitting some impresive moves, making quick tags and double team or combination moves. But both teams only able to get the 2 count. Even Kenny King pulled off a shooting star press.(Awesome). Chris Hero was able to get his "Golden Elbow pad" from the KOW manager and hit Kenny King in the face with the spinning elbow for the 1-2-3. Winners; KOW

7. Eddie Edwards vs. Christopher Daniels TV title Championship 2 of 3 falls match
This match has a 30min and the first pinfall wasn't until the 25th minute. So for 25 min it was a real chess match. Control went back and forth, one guy trying to top the other. Edwards sending Daniels into the crowd and then climbing the top rope and diving into the crowd onto Daniels. And of course they had to "steal" one another submission moves, but the first pinfall was a roll-up with Daniels up by 1. 2 Minutes go by, and Edwards is able to get his first fall using the Achilles lock. The match goes for 30min to a time limit draw. It probably would've gone longer but Christopher Daniels was unable to continue due to a possible concussion.

8. Briscoe Brothers vs. Hass and Benjamin (WBTT)
The surprise main event. A dream match for a lot of fans. A consistent pace match, not a lot of jaw dropping moves or spots, but that doesn't mean it was bad. Both teams showed great skill. With the Briscoes controlling early in the match and then Benjamin rallying back for his team. Some high flying by both Briscoes and Benjamin and Hass with techinical and grappling. Ending with a tag team move by WBTT for the win. Winners; WBTT

ROH in Dayton OH

What can I say about ROH that hasn't been said before? This organization has some of the best WRESTLING in the United States today. If you've never been to a ROH show. I highly recommend it. Especially if you get good seats like me and my friends.
The high-light besides the main event. Would be the Eddie Edwards vs. Kenny King. Awesome match; Alot of great spots, moves, hard hitting, and they even went out into the crowd. Great match from beginning to end.
The mainevent: Rodrick Strong, Kings of Wrestling vs. Davie Richards, Charlie Haas, and Shelton Benajmin. Do I really need to say anymore after that? I mean come on, aurguably the best wrestlers in ROH if not the world in one match. What do you expect? A great match? Well that's exactly what you got. This match was great. I don't think I can explain how great it was. You had to see it to believe it.
Overall the night was very very good. Plus meeting Hass, Benjamin, and Jay Briscoe made it all the better.

Wrestling Obscurity: Nidia

Continuing with the theme of Tough Enough. We take a look at Nidia, the other winner of Tough Enough Season 1. After winning, Nidia debuted on SmackDown on the June 6, 2002, in a backstage segment with the Hurricane and Jamie Noble, which Noble and Nidia then became an on-screen couple undergoing a trailer trash gimmick. They were both playing as heels, with Nidia leading Noble to several wins, due to interference during the matches. At the King of the Ring she led Noble to winning the Cruiserweight Championship from The Hurricane. She then began to feud with Torrie Wilson leading to many solo and mixed tag team matches with Guenard and Noble against Wilson and various other cruiserweights, including Funaki, Billy Kidman, Rey Mysterio, and Brian Kendrick.
On the October 16, 2003 episode of Smackdown, Nidia was blinded by Tajiri during a match between Tajiri and Noble, after which Tajiri spewed his "Green mist" into her face. Storyline-wise, this encounter resulted in a physical 'injury' to Nidia. After recovering, Nidia started appearing at ringside with sunglasses on. During this time, Noble would throw Nidia in front of various opponents at a match's climax, to both save himself and let him later accuse them of "hitting a woman", etc. Later in this storyline, Rey Mysterio revealed to Nidia that Noble was exploiting her in the aforementioned manner, resulting in Nidia turning against Noble. The two feuded, culminating in a match at No Way Out in 2004 in which Noble had to wear a blindfold. True to character, Noble cheated to win as he removed his blindfold during the match.
Nidia was drafted to the Raw on March 22, 2004. Where she became a face, who claimed to be excited that she was drafted to the Raw, where she can wrestle for the Women's Championship. She made her debut match on the March 29, 2004 episode of Raw, defeating Molly Holly. She then tag teamed regularly with Stacy Keibler and Victoria against heels Trish Stratus, Gail Kim, Molly Holly, and Jazz. Did she wrestle for the Women’s Championship? Nope. Instead Nidia was released from her WWE contract on November 3, 2004 along with several other performers.

Wrestling Obscurity: Shaniqua

I will discuss her WWE career soon, but for now a quick video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6d2TohC8Ek&feature=fvst

Stop talking TNA

First off I don't hate TNA, but I would be lying if I said the product is as good now as it was 2 years ago. With the return of the Rock, HHH, and the Undertaker in the last 2 weeks. TNA should stop with the talking segments or cut them in half. Cause WWE has them beat by a mile in the department of talking. Plus I'm getting tired of hearing Eric, Flair, Hogan, Pope etc. for 10-15min and taking away from what TNA can do better than WWE and that is WRESTLE. Imagine if you will, a good X-division match every week that went on for 7-10 min or a tag team match that went the same length. Doesn't that sound like a good idea? And is it really that hard to do?

Possible John Cena Heel Turn

This isn't based on anything I've read. Just an idea I had. Since the Rock's return on RAW and after his awesome promo. I think this would be a good time to turn John Cena heel...again. Cause think what you've got here. The Rock said that Cena has a problem with him and I guess in turn the Rock now has a problem with John Cena. He basiclly called out John Cena and he insulted him on top of it. So there is the foundation. I don't like you, you don't like me. Basic wrestling story telling. The Rock is such a HUGE babyface right now it's unbelievable. And people already chant "Cena Sucks." So he is heel...kinda. Okay, he is not heel. But it wouldn't take much. All Cena would have to say is that the Rock is over-rated, doesn't love the wrestling business, talk crap about his movies (Tooth Fairy) and call the Rock obsolete. Also he has to hit him with a chair. There ya go, instant heel turn. Will this happen? I doubt it, but we'll see what happens at the PPV and tomorrow's RAW.

Wrestling Obscurity: Kenzo Suzki

Wrestling Obscurity: Kenzo Suzki
I know I just started Wrestling Obscurity (WO), but I wanted to talk about Kenzo for awhile. Mainly because most wrestling fans don’t remember him at all. Well the American wrestling fans anyway, but in fairness to Kenzo. He has wrestled around the world for several wrestling promotions; TNA, WWE/F, All Japan Pro Wrestling, just to name a few and he continues to wrestle in Japan. But for this installment of WO, I thought we would take a look at Kenzo’s time in WWE/F. The year was 2004, Kenzo and his “manager” Hiroko debuted on SmackDown and his first opponent was Scotty 2 Hotty. Guess who won? Scotty? I don’t think so. Kenzo was introduced as a heel and would have matches with against baby faces such as Scotty, Spike Dudley and Billy Gunn, whom Kenzo had a short feud with. As time went on Kenzo was given 2 gimmicks. The first one was convincing fans he was pro-American by poorly singing popular songs and the other was an obsession with busty wrestling divas such as Torrie Wilson.
With those gimmicks out of the way, Kenzo was given the opportunity to team with René Duprée and together they won the WWE Tag Team Championship, defeating Billy Kidman and Paul London. However 3 months later they lost the titles to Rob Van Dam and Rey Mysterio
Rene and Kenzo parted ways and Kenzo had a brief feud with John Cena for the WWE United States Championship, They even engaged in a battle rap. Yes that was back in the days when Cena was rapping. Anyway that “gem” can be seen by clicking the link below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rcZRZud7SY
Not long after his feud with Cena, Kenzo suffered a collapsed lung and was sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) immediately after his recovery, where he continued his training until he was ready to return to the main roster. Suzuki and Hiroko were traded to Raw on June 30, 2005 at the end of the draft lottery. On July 6, 2005, Suzuki was released from his WWE contract along with his wife Hiroko, before debuting on Raw.

Next time we'll take a look at Tough Enough's Nidia

Nexus, Nexus

So on Friday we had the honor, privilege or distain (depending on how you view it) of seeing Wade Barrett reunite with two of the original Nexus members. This was all bad news to me. Having one Nexus is enough, now having two is worse. At least before we could watch Smackdown with at least 85% certainty that we wouldn't have to be bothered with the Nexus. Nexus isn't all bad but it's just become lame. How many times can you gang jump people and it be exciting? It's gone on too long. They haven't gotten any gold (correction--they didn't EARN any gold). At least if it was proven they could hold their own in the ring I'd be able to stomach them a bit better.

What I find interesting though is now it just appears as though the Straight Edge Society and Nexus just traded shows. And why give CM Punk another faction when he couldn't hold the last one together. (Now all of a sudden he's like God's heaven sent faction leader---not!)

Well, we shall see what happend next with the Nexus.

I guess this is why I love WWE! :-)

Terri Lynn

Wrestling Obscurity: Maven

With the announcement of a new Tough Enough, I thought it would be a good idea to introduce "Wrestling Obscurity." This will look at wrestlers, storylines, managers, etc. that didn’t make that much of an impact and have faded into obscurity, hence the title. Now I think given enough time just about anyone or anything can fade away and be forgotten. So with that said, I won’t look back past the year 2000, now like all wrestling events; card is subject to change.

First up, Maven Huffman. Maven won a year's contract with the WWF after he won the first series of Tough Enough, a reality TV show on MTV, in 2001. Maven made an “impact” in the WWF by eliminating The Undertaker from the 2002 Royal Rumble, and holding the Hardcore Tilte 2-times in the same year.

In 2003, Maven entered the Royal Rumble for a second time. but was eliminated by the Undertaker. In March 2003, Maven was given a World Title match against then Champion Triple H, on Heat, but lost.
In 2004, Maven experienced the biggest push in his career, even gaining a victory over then-Evolution member Batista. Maven then took part in a Survivor Series Elimination Match at Survivor Series 2004, teaming with Randy Orton, Chris Benoit, and Chris Jericho to face Triple H, Batista, Gene Snitsky, and Edge for the power to control Monday Night Raw for one month. Maven was attacked backstage by Snitsky prior to the match, but after Benoit was eliminated, Maven arrived to join his teammates. He was eventually eliminated by Triple H. Orton was the sole survivor and as a result, he and his team had control of Monday Night RAW for one month.

Maven was the first to control Raw, booking himself in a World Heavyweight Championship match against Triple H, who tried to get out of it by offering Maven a place in Evolution. He declined, but despite interference from Jericho, Benoit, and Orton, Triple H retained the title.
Maven then feuded with then-Intercontinental Champion Shelton Benjamin, culminating at New Year's Revolution 2005 in a singles match for the championship. Benjamin quickly defeated him in just a matter of seconds. Maven then cut a promo on Benjamin, stating that it "Didn't count", and challenged Shelton for a re-match. It was accepted, he returned to the ring, and was then beaten in seconds…again.

Now long after losing to Shelton, he entered an unofficial alliance with Simon Dean, serving as a successful user of the Dean character's "Simon System" line of nutritional products. The team was split when Dean was traded to SmackDown and Maven was subsequently released by WWE on July 5, 2005.

After his time in WWE, it was announced by VH1 that Maven would be a participant in Season Six of The Surreal Life. On the first episode, he was picked by the existing castmates as the seventh and final cast member in a "15 More Minutes of Fame Reality Hunk Pageant," beating four other reality hunks, including former American Idol contestant Corey Clark. Subsequently, Maven was a host for a show the BET J List.
He continues to work the independent circuit, after nearly retiring, usually for Hermie Sadler's United Wrestling Federation. He has appeared on the Home Shopping Network's weekday morning show, HSN Today, as its exercise, wellness expert and as a Sports Promoter on HSN.
Maven has been in the films “The Man Behind the Curtain” “Mate” and “Cream.” And like so many others you can find him on twitter, facebook, and his website MavinHuffman.com

"The Prodigy” Mike Bennett tv debut

Mike Bennett made his debut last night in ROH on HDNET. After boasting and guaranteeing that he would be the next ROH Champion in his first year in ROH. You would expect a great performance, even if he is a heel. Is he the next face of ROH?? Well from what I saw last night. I wouldn't think so. His debut match against Nick Dinsmore was entertaining, but it was average at best, nothing really spectacular, especially from the "Prodigy." Watching the match and hearing the commentators. It appears that Bennett, doesn't have any signature moves and not really a finishing move. He won the match yes, but with a spine buster. A spine buster...? That may be alright for NXT but not ROH. We'll see if Bennett can come into his own and not fade into obscurity.

TNA Genesis Results

Every time you order a PPV you hope that you'll get your moneys' worth. Did Genesis deliver? I say yes; yes it did. I’ll go over the PPV, but I’m relying on poor notes and memory so if I get something wrong, I apologize. So here we go, here is a rundown of all 9 matches, yes I said 9 matches!!

1. Jay Lethal vs. Kazarian for the X-division championship. Good match with good action between the 2 wrestlers, but in the end Kazarian hit his finishing move; sorry don't know what it is called. And became the 4- time X-division champ.
So that’s one for immortal, but we cut to backstage office, and there is a meeting between Eric, Ric, and AJ. Apparently AJ is injured and can’t wrestle, he hurt himself helping his kid, who wrecked on a 4-wheeler. So there will have to be a replacement for AJ.

2. Madison Rayne vs.Mickie James for the TNA Knockout Championship. An ok match for the women's title. I especially liked it when Madison was running away from Mickie that sparked a "You can't wrestle" chant from the crowd. However Madison's "girlfriend" Tara had to interfere and get in Mickies's face and distract the referee while Madison put on a glove that I guess was "loaded." Anyway she hits Mickie with the gloved hand and down goes Mickie for the 1-2-3.

3.Motor City Machine Guns vs. Beer Money for the TNA Tag Team Championship. Match of the night? Maybe, they definitely put on a good match. Lots of high flying team work from the MCMG and technical smash mouth style from Beer Money. No interference from Immortal (Thank God). The match did end with Rhode rolling up Chris Sabin for the win. Making Beer Money the NEW Tag Team Champions.

4. Devon vs. Bully Ray. You know I thought this would be the worst match of the night. I was wrong. I wouldn't call it a wrestling match so much though. Both of them played to their strengths, which is basically fighting inside the ring and out in the crowd with lots of hard hitting. Devon controlled most of the match, he even hit Bubba or Bully if you will with a shoe (yes, a shoe) when they were fighting in the crowd. Anyway Bubba got control and tried to hit Devon with a chain, he missed and Devon got control and the chain and whipped Bubba with the chain repeatedly. Ending the match in a DQ, but Devon wouldn't stop and kept beating Bubba until security had to separate the 2. But not before Bubba got a low blow end before leaving the ring.

5. Douglas Williams vs. Abyss for the TV-Title. Yes AJ Styles will be played by Abyss tonight folks, enjoy. To recap AJ injured Douglas's hand previously on Impact to prevent him from using his finisher. Smart, but AJ is out and Abyss is in. This match was a little slow, Douglas tried over and over to suplex Abyss but because of Douglas hand and Abyss's size that didn't work out. Abyss had control for most of the match, and tried to put Douglas down for the pin, but couldn't do it. That's when he went to the outside of the ring to get something from underneath the ring. What was he looking for? That's right Janice makes an appearance, but since he can't use "her" the ref gets in Abyss's face. Meanwhile behind the ref's back. AJ limps into the ring and hits Doug with the title belt and AJ limps out of the ring and to the back stage area. Doug is out, the ref didn't see anything and Abyss picks up Doug and hits the black hole slam. Your winner and new TV-Champ, Abyss...?

So as of the this moment, Immortal has all the gold/purple. Well except the Knockouts single and tag belts, but I guess those don't count. RVD is up next and he is back stage talking to Eric wanting to know who his opponent is. Eric doesn't tell him at first, but RVD is persistent and says that who he really wants Hardy and that's who he should be facing tonight. Eric agrees (What??) and says that if you want, Hardy you'll get Hardy. RVD is so excited.

6. RVD vs. Jeff Hardy....oh wait my bad, I meant MATT Hardy. Oh that tricky Bischoff. So I called that one, but I think a lot of people saw it coming especially after the set up by Eric. The match was good, seemed to get a little slow toward the end, but I'll get there. I'm not sure why but apparently Matt thought it would be a good idea to braid his hair like a little girl and plus it has multiple colors, much like his brother. Oh yea nothing more intimidating than dyed braided hair. Anyway back to the match. RVD controlled most of the match but it did go back in forth through most of it, but like I said it was getting a little slow at the end. RVD hit his 5 star frog splash, but Matt’s hand was underneath the ropes. The ref saw it and stopped the count. RVD picks up Matt, and Matt hit the Twist of Fate (or Hate). Now the ref counts again. RVD puts his whole leg underneath the bottom rope before the 3 count, ref didn’t see it. The winner of the match Matt Hardy.

7. Jeff Jarrett vs. Kurt Angle. Well before they started Jeff made some rule changes to the exhibition. No hitting, kicking or biting only grappling is allowed and there are going to be 2 minute rounds. As Tenay said this wasn’t an exhibition it was a clinic. Kurt dominated Jeff taking him down and putting him in several different submission holds. Jeff was able to last a couple of rounds and was saved by the bell more than once. But of course Jeff couldn’t beat Kurt so his “corner men” put something on Jeff’s forearm. Jeff rubbed it across Kurt’s eyes blinding him long enough to punch and kick Kurt, ending the “match” in a no contest, but of course Jeff had to get his shots in and cause Kurt to bleed. At the end Jeff says he is retiring from MMA and his retirement party is going to be on Impact. 3 people are going to be there Jeff, Kurt, and someone else. Three guesses on whom that’s going to be.

8. Mr. Anderson vs. Matt Morgan #1 contender’s match. Good match, good pacing for both wrestlers. Morgan controlled the match early but Anderson made a comeback and even got Morgan in the Mic check. But Morgan kicked out and they went back and forth for a little while until Morgan hit his finisher the Carbon Footprint. But Anderson kicked out, by the end both seemed exhausted, but somehow Anderson was able to roll up Morgan for the pin and the win.
Well that’s the main event, so that’s it right? Nope there is more. Guess who comes down to the ring. Eric Bischoff with steel chair in hand. Only Anderson is in the ring at this point. Is Eric going to hit him with the chair? Nope he sits in the chair. Eric tells Ken that he is very impressed with him; he showed guts against Morgan tonight. He defied the odds and that he deserved to be the 1# contender, in fact he is so impressed with Ken, why make him wait? He can face the champ right now. Down comes Jeff Hardy in his everyday clothes, walking down to the ring like it’s a walk in the park. He even takes time to light a cigarette and smoke (yes I’m serious). Before he gets in the ring Jeff puts out the cigarette, stretches and takes his sports coat off and gets in the ring.

9. Jeff Hardy vs. Mr. Anderson for the TNA Heavyweight Championship. Well I didn’t see this coming. Hardy got into the ring and immediately hit the Twist of Fate (or Hate). Pined Anderson, Anderson kicked out (what?). Hardy hit the Twist of Fate again. Pined Anderson again, Anderson kicks out again. Hardy goes for the Twist of Fate for a third time. Anderson counters and starts coming back and was able to mount enough offensive to get Hardy out of the ring. Where a revived Matt Morgan was. Morgan hits a clothesline and throws Hardy back in the ring. I guess the ref didn’t see that, but anyway. Anderson pinned Hardy and got the 2 count. Anderson showing life gets the advantage puts Hardy on the turnbuckle and tried to suplex Hardy (I think) Hardy countered and went for the Swanton. Pinned Anderson, Anderson kicked out (WTF?). Anderson rolls out of the ring, Hardy goes out after him, but he gets a chair before getting to Anderson, but Mick Foley grabs the chair from Jeff and not long after Ric Flair comes down the ramp. Security has to separate Ric, Mick, and Hardy. Meanwhile Anderson is back in the ring trying to get to his feet. Eric Bischoff is behind him with a steel chair and this time he is going to hit Anderson. Anderson kicks Eric before he can swing the chair and hits him with a Mic Check and rolls Eric out of the ring. Jeff quickly comes in tries the Twist of Fate, Anderson counters, hits Jeff with the Mic Check, pins him for the 1-2-3. Your NEW TNA Heavyweight Champion! Mr. Anderson!! ....ANDERSON!!

TNA Genesis predicitons

#1 CONTENDERS MATCH: TNA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
"The Blueprint" Matt Morgan vs. Mr. Anderson; Winner Mr. Anderson
 
MIXED MARTIAL ARTS (MMA) MATCH
Kurt Angle vs. Jeff Jarrett; Winner Kurt Angle

CHALLENGE MATCH
Rob Van Dam vs. Immortal's Mystery Opponent; Winner RVD, mystery opponent=Matt Hardy

TNA WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Beer Money vs. champions The Motor City Machine Guns; Winner Beer Money
 
TNA KNOCKOUTS CHAMPIONSHIP
Mickie James vs. champion Madison Rayne; Winner Mickie James

FORMER TAG TEAM PARTNERS BATTLE
Bully Ray vs. Brother Devon; Winner Bully Ray
 
TNA X DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP
Kazarian vs. champion Jay Lethal;  Winner Jay Lethal
 
TNA TELLEVISION CHAMPIONSHIP
AJ Styles vs. champion Douglas Williams; Winner Douglas Williams and AJ exiled from Fortune

John Morrison

All in all I think Monday's episode of RAW was a good one. The match between Miz and Morrison was a great way to start the year for sure. If we get action like that (M&M match) on Monday Night RAW all year we are in for a good time. What I have a problem with is that I don't like that Morrison didn't get his moment in the spotlight. He is a very good wrestler and I feel he does deserve a shot at the title (after all Sheamus was champion). He had a good match on a RAW episode and then wasn't even included in the 3 way match at the end of the night and Wade Barrett was. Really? How is that fair? Wade Barrett wasn't even in the title picture at the last pay-per-view. I feel Morrison got jipped. It wasn't fair. We will see what happens next week.

New Blog & Kaval's Release from WWE

I am a huge wrestling fan and have been all my life. I like to read the blogs and info on the internet. I also like to discuss the on-goings in the world of wrestling (mainly WWE and TNA). I decided to start a blog to make comments on what is going on and here what others have to say.  On this blog you will see posts from me and from my boyfriend Eddie. We both share a passion for sports entertainment!

Today I found out that Kaval, winner of WWE Season 2 of NXT, asked to be released from his contract and was granted his release from the company. This surprised me on one hand but not on the other. On one hand they weren't using him well. I think I saw him win one match (a non title Intercontinental bout against Dolph Ziggler). Every week on Smackdown he lost, again and again. It was a bit of a surprise to me being that he has such a long career in the industry although not with WWE (after all, they gave Wade Barrett a whole faction and dominance over Monday Night Raw for months). On the other hand, if Kaval worked for 10 years to get to the "big leagues" and finally made it there, it seems like he would give it a chance. A chance being longer than a few months.

I am disappointed because I liked Kaval. I also liked the fact that he was on Smackdown.

We will see what happens with Kaitlin.............

Terri Lynn