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Posted by SPodelski on June 3, 2011 at 1:43 am
New York, NY – Greetings WrestleChatNet fans, what you may ask brings us here on a Thursday night instead of our usual Friday Night routine? The answer is simple my friends it is rebranding.
You see when this journalist heard that the company formerly known as TNA was rebranding this journalist figured hey check it out, let us see what will happen. For quite some time this company with so much potential and so many great athletes felt like it was going nowhere.
The first night of the rebranding efforts did not really impress, even though the first couple of minutes were brilliant. Sadly for myself and other fans of the company the rest of the night was not what we were hoping, expecting for it to be. Especially for a company that is saying “Wrestling Matters.”
Tonight though-tonight was special-it was magical and it left me wanting more. It was the type of wrestling that got this journalist hooked on the brand to begin with. It was the type of show that can potentially lift Impact to heights never known.
In spite of a confusing ending tonight was the type of progress and programming that Impact needs to succeed, draw ratings, fans and crowds back to the company again. This journalist isn’t going to get into everything that happened but only the things that I felt made an impact -yes pun is intended.
One of the five star bouts of the night featured two of the brightest stars in the X-Division Brian Kendrick and Kazarian. This has to be one of the best bouts that I have seen in a very long time, this is exactly the type of wrestling that got this journalist into the brand to begin with.
Kaz and Kendrick went back and forth, move and counter move, in one of the most beautifully scripted and well done by both men. This is something that the company needs to do more of if they want to bring the brand back to the popularity it once had and beyond.
The sad part about this bout was the eventual interference and beat down on both men by one X-Division Champion Abyss. The monster beat down the two smaller competitors, but no fear fans expect for eventual redemption for both Kendrick and Kaz-hopefully.
The company continued a very solid night with a bout between Crimson and Matt Hardy. This bout was solid to say the least. It told a good story and both men showed of a very solid skill set. Considering Crimson is a rookie in TNA standards, he is rounding out to be a very good big man in the company. As always the veteran Hardy puts on a good show and is finally showcasing his talents which is nice to see.
Let us not forget one of my favorite and probably one of the highlights of the company and that is the ladies of the Impact ‘Knockout’ division. Even though Angelina Love is in a ‘trans-like’ state thanks to one ‘Winter’ it was nice to see her back in the ring and she her doing what she does best, wrestle.
Even though Angelina was able to defeat Miss Tessmacher-who is improving for a ‘rookie’ in the Knockout level, it was a very competitive bout with both ladies shining. Stay tuned for this one fans as this journalist is hoping to maybe see more from these two ladies as well as the rest of the Knockouts!
In probably one of the most brilliant moments of the night by Impact they had a bout that featured Mr. Anderson taking on Eric Young. Now this wasn’t any bout by Anderson and E.Y. but one that had a special twist. For those fan’s who haven’t heard Mr. Anderson is feuding with the champion Sting.
This isn’t any feud with Sting, nooooo Mr. Anderson has decided he is going to try to play mind games with one of the best in the business-the Icon-Sting. How does one do that-you may ask? Well Ken has decided to do that by dressing up as a retro Sting -you know Sting before he started this whole black and white face paint thing. Yeah that retro Sting-anyway.
Lately Anderson has brought back Ghosts of Stingers past to continue these mind games. Tonight was no exception, it is just this time instead of actually bringing back the Great Muta E.Y dressed up as him. Now what Mr. Anderson expected on this night and got where two completely different things.
What was expected was for E.Y. to lie down and take the three-count like a good jobber, instead what Mr. Young did was put on the bout of his life. Doing is best Muta impression, including everything plus the green mist, Eric was able to pick up a 1-2-3 victory over the current-number one contender.
The company also has Eric in a feud with former security guard turned wrestler Gunner for the TV Championship. Mr. Gunner was out for revenge on this night causing interference and started to beat down Eric after he claimed his huge victory. Thankfully for Eric the real Sting came out to save the day.
Impact concluded the in-ring action with a tag team bout featuring Jeff Jarrett and Scott Steiner defeating the face team of Matt Morgan and Kurt Angle. Again another very solid bout, and this journalist was very happy to see Matt Morgan continue to get an opportunity to shine at the main event level.
There was drama after this bout with Karen Jarrett, who somehow violently fell down the stairs backstage. Mrs. Jarrett had to be taken to the hospital, escorted by EMS and her husband Jeff. If these injuries are legit and not a part of the Angle/Jarrett feud that has been going on for these past few months (it feels like) then hopefully Karen will feel better soon.
Here is the part that is going to be confusing for many-and of course is the cliff hanger of the evening. Throughout the course of the show the company decides that they will tease the idea of Eric Bischoff and Hulk Hogan potentially getting fired. At the start of this night Bischoff was handed papers, which he thought meant the end of Immortal.
Instead though it was papers stating that one Mick Foley, who had just returned to the show, and implemented this Impact rebranding was fired. Now who knows what will happen after this night-this is one of those stay tuned moments, but this is how at least this journalist feels of the current situation.
At first this journalist was happy to see Hulk Hogan had signed with TNA/Impact, and was looking forward to seeing what Hulk could do with this company. Then Bischoff had to come into the picture, and both men took away the six-sided ring and made a stage ramp that went into the ring.
When the Bischoff/Hogan regime first started I was okay with things, they actually promoted their younger guys like Jay Lethal and a guy like Abyss who had a hard time with finding his place in the company. Along came the heel group known as ‘Immortal’ and a protesting by myself and many others that have grown to enjoy this company.
All Immortal did was take up the television time of the TNA/Impact show week-by-week, and each week the ratings when downward. Someone somewhere took notice and thus is the reason for the rebranding and hopefully the turn around for this very bright company.
Now this journalist here may not have run a company before, nor is she an official member of any creative team anywhere in professional wrestling. But what I am is a fan-I am someone who has loved wrestling since I was five years old. I would like to think I know what good wrestling is.
TNA/Impact if you wish to bring people like myself and others to your company and enjoying your brand-please have more nights like this one. All of us understand that you need the heels to help make the money, but you also need tension, conflict and yes for good to win eventually. What you really need are more nights like tonight, and more matches like the ones you had on display on this night.
Yes you need to tell a story as well, all companies do this is what sells though. The fact that maybe the good guy has a chance to win for once, the fact that yes you do have talent beyond the roster that is Immortal. Please whoever is running the TNA/Impact company, give us people what we want, and that is by giving us fans more nights like tonight!
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Posted by SPodelski on May 31, 2011 at 12:12 am
New York, NY – Welcome Folks to another edition of the Wrestling Recap were we take a look at WWE programming. On this night we take a look at Monday Night Raw as the company continues to build its way to the Capitol Punishment pay-per-view on June 19.
Before we can continue I hope you folks don’t mind me doing one thing quick on this Memorial Day Monday. You see I come from a family that has proudly served this great country, and would be remise if I didn’t thank everyone who decided to drop their lifestyle to serve.
It is because of their sacrifice that we as regular folks get to enjoy our daily freedoms. I am very proud to be an American and to have known and to be related to real life heroes. They inspire us daily and if you see a young man or woman in uniform don’t be afraid to stop them and say thanks!
Memorial Day edition of Raw-tribute to all the men and women who sacrificed their lives by serving our country and allowed us to enjoy our daily freedoms-they are the true heroes and should be thanked daily for their service
Back to the action of our favorite programming as the show started off with some technical difficulties. As the Flagship brand came on my television as well as many others (not sure if it was live) there was no sound so a rampaging R-Truth who was seen destroying the merchandise of one John Cena, could not be heard.
It would have been interesting to see Truth add that to his list of conspiracy theories, but instead the he continues his crazy rant going into the WWE Universe and even bringing them down. Eventually SuperCena comes out to save the day.
Cena cuts his normal face promo as the two bantered to kill enough time for the anonymous Raw General Manager too book our main event for this night. Finally the heel rapper would get his wish as he finally reached the elite stage in a bout with Cena later on.
After revealing several new rivalries last week, the Flagship brand went and revisited some feuds that took place on SmackDown. The good news for the fans of the programming is that these are solid stories and will allow these stars an opportunity to shine on Television.
Dolph Ziggler def. Kofi Kingston: Ziggler who is back to his blond locks was able to pick up a victory over reigning U.S. Champion Kingston in the first revisit of a Blue Brand rivalry. I for one am glad that Ziggler went back to his blond locks, as that was what people knew him for. The look that the young Mr. Ziggler has is unique and I for one am glad he went back to it.
Back to the action he and Kingston went to tell a very good story with several pin-falls. Both men showed that they deserve more air time on Raw, as well as an eventual shot at the WWE Championship. Stay tuned to see if these two will continue this rivalry, or if the company just wanted to change things up to showcase all of their stars.
Ricardo Rodriguez out to introduce Alberto Del Rio: The hottest heel in the company did a complete 160 from last week, where he almost seemed to apologize for the accident that happened to The Big Show. This time the Mexican Aristocrat almost seemed cocky about it, almost proud. This was the type of reaction that I expected from this heel when the incident first happened.
It was nice to see Del Rio get some air time, but sadly the company has not found a person for him to feud with yet. Personally this journalist hopes to see him in the ring for action sometime soon because his promos along with these bouts are amongst the most entertaining the company has.
Fans enjoying the Flagship Brand saw a commercial promo for SmackDown as the new number one contender Sheamus will take on Randy Orton this week. What will happen to the Charismatic star-will he turn heel and follow in the footsteps of his best friend? Or will Christian be banished to the jobber, mid-card status? As always stay tuned.
Kelly Kelly and Eve def. Brie and Nikki Bella: Finally the face divas were able to isolate the Twins and pick up the victory. This wasn’t the most outstanding match by the ladies, but they showed good aggression, as well telling as a decent story. This was a very solid step in reestablishing the women’s division. Here is hoping that the company can continue with this path.
Michael Cole is in the ring and is going to try to get an apology from young lion Alex Riley for his actions last week on Raw. With a new theme music and graphics to accompany him Mr. Riley comes out to a huge ovation from the WWE Universe.
At first Cole lashes out at Riley, but it was only a matter of time before the young star would tell the announcer to shut up. Eventually Riley would cut a promo saying that The Miz and Cole are a lot alike. Cole eventually calls Riley a very bad word, which caused Riley to go into action.
Eventually The Miz came out to continue this feud with his former friend. It would seem as if the veteran had the upper hand, but eventually the youngster would finally gain the offensive momentum. Riley attacked his former mentor outside the ring ECW style, eventually The Miz could not handle the offense running into the crowd. Alex would stand tall in the ring as the members of the WWE Universe bathed the star with applause as this edition of the feud ended.
Quick pause in the action to look at this ‘new’ Michael Cole, who is now part face and part heel announcer, this is going to be very confusing for many. I personally feel that the company needs to decide which direction Cole should go in now and not allow for this flip-flopping to happen. Here is hoping that they can decide soon.
C.M. Punk def. Rey Mysterio: In the second renewed rivalry of the night as the leader of the Black and Yellow was accompanied by Mason Ryan. On this night C.M. Punk was able to pick up the victory, but again both he and Mysterio shined as they were able to tell a very good story with their wrestling skills.
Ryan was able to get some of his two cents of offense in to aid Punk somewhat to victory, but it wasn’t really needed as the Black and Yellow leader was a true master of the ring on this night. Weather this is the first of many encounters or just a way to keep these two stars fresh is to be determined-as always stay tuned.
A quick break to recap the appearance of Stone Cold Steve Austin on the Jimmy Fallon late night show to promote the Tough Enough series. Along with the reminder of the unique opportunity to hear Kharma speak for the first time in any company that she has appeared in.
After the break the Dominant Diva stood proudly in the ring and explained what happened to her last week as she completely melted down in front of eight ladies in the middle of the ring. It was a nice moment for the fans as Kharma would go on to say how she had two dreams.
The first dream was to become a WWE Star, many people hated on Kharma including one Jim Ross who called her fat (of course JR was on twitter saying he was a fan of the Diva so). The determined diva would go overseas and beyond to establish herself in the realm of women’s wrestling, eventually to the point to where the company granted her dream of being in the WWE.
Kharma’s second dream was to become a Mom, and surprisingly enough she would confirm the rumor that she is indeed pregnant. It is not a surprise that she is pregnant, but that the company would actually allow her to say that on the air and be open and honest with the fans was a nice moment.
The Dominant Diva received several rounds of applause from the members of the WWE Universe and they were thanked by Kharma for sharing this dream with her, while vowing her return. Of course the company could not leave the moment as a nice one as they would have the heel Bella Twins come out too anger Kharma.
One last good promo by the Dominant One as she looked at the Twins and say that she hopes that one year from now that these two will be on the roster, because by then Kharma will have a new dream to achieve. This journalist hopes for nothing but the best for Kharma and her new family and I know I personally cannot wait for the day of the Diva’s return.
Fans were treated to a new promo featuring President Obama and the ‘Fake Press Conference’ promoting the up-and-coming Capitol Punishment pay-per-view. This promo was just as funny as the first one the company came up with, and personally this journalist is looking forward to this pay-per-view more and more with each promo.
Evan Bourne def. Jack Swagger: In a nice reversal of roles this night Bourne was able to pick up a victory on a nifty reversal of an offensive move by Swagger. Bourne pulled out the roll up small package for the 1-2-3 over the All-American-American -stay tuned as there will be much more of this rivalry to come
R-Truth def. John Cena: In typical heel fashion Truth ran from Cena throughout most of this bout. One could tell that the company was stalling for time since the show was almost to ending for the evening. Eventually Truth runs into the crowd baiting Cena, at that point the referee was counting both combatants out.
Truth attacked Cena and had enough time to gain the count out victory over the resident WWE Superman. The Flagship brand would end with Truth spilling a drink on the father, who was a John Cena fan that fans had seen in the beginning of the program.
Cena would go to that fan and make amends giving the father his arm band along with wiping off the face of the man in attendance as the Flagship brand would end with Cena spending time with this family of his Cenation.
For many there will be mixed reaction on the end of this show as many would feel it would be a lame ending. This journalist wonders though if this was an okay way to end the show. It wasn’t the greatest but it builds up to future encounters between the two, while also building up time both heel and face for the two stars.
It may not have been much, but it was enough to show fans that Truth really does not care about anyone. The nice thing is-it also showed Cena as a guy that really cares about the people. The company may even do something with this family in the future to where the fans will be the downfall of one R-Truth.
As always stay tuned fans as there is a whole lot more coming from the company? The thing that has impressed thus far is both Raw and SmackDown has taken steps to improve and impress their fans. It is nothing stellar, but they are starting to tell good stories and promote their younger guys which have been really good to see.
This for now ends another edition of the Wrestling Recap-hope you folks will rejoin me as we will be rejoined on Friday Night to take a look at SmackDown and the reign of one Randy Orton!
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Posted by SPodelski on May 27, 2011 at 10:29 pm
New York, NY-Welcome to another edition of the Wrestling Recap where we sit down and take a look at WWE programming. On this night we are taking a look at Friday Night SmackDown as the company is heading towards the Capitol Punishment pay-per-view.
The Blue Brand begins the night with The Viper Randy Orton as he was able to retain his championship at the last pay-per-view. Taking a page out of Alberto Del Rio’s promo book Orton goes on to introduce himself to the members of the WWE Universe, saying how he is still the Heavyweight Championship.
Before The Viper can continue he was interrupted by Christian who wishes to have one last shot at the strap. Interruptions and promos by both Sheamus and Mark Henry eventually bring out SmackDown General Manager Teddy Long.
The GM cuts a promo saying that Christian had a chance, but it is up to the crowd to determine the fate of the face. Of course the many Peeps in attendance gave their nod too Captain Charisma for another chance at the strap. Sadly it would not be that easy as it would be a Triple Threat Maine Event with Christian going up against Sheamus and Mark Henry.
SmackDown began the in ring action with a solid bout between Sin Cara and Chavo. The ‘Human Highlight Reel’ continues to impress each week that he is on the show. Thankfully he has hit his high spots and is still allowed to fly which has been a beautiful thing.
This journalist expects for this feud between Chavo and the Masked Wonder to be only in the beginning stages and is looking forward to more encounters between these two Mexican stars. On this night Chavo wasn’t really allowed to do much move wise-which is leading me to believe that this is only the beginning.
The resident Phantom of the WWE Cody Rhodes comes out and continues to cut his “I’m tormented and disfigured” promos. Each week I see this young lion I cannot help but to be impressed with the steps he has taken not only promo wise but in the ring with his skill set. There is something about this new heel storyline that fits Rhodes.
Give credit to Rhodes who is just embracing this role and hopefully ride the wave of the momentum to the top of the WWE roster. On this night the members of the WWE Universe enjoyed a very entertaining bout between Rhodes and Daniel Bryan.
Props to WWE Creative for allowing Bryan more air time and allowing him to show off his skill set more on the Blue Brand. Both combatants told a good story, had several near-falls, and both stars really shined. In a nice surprise moment Bryan was able to pick up the victory over the heel, but it is only the beginning of what is hopefully a rivalry between these two.
Rhodes viscously attacked Bryan afterward, finishing the segment by putting a paper bag over the young lions head. If the members of the creative crew were smart they will continue this storyline between these two very bright stars.
Cue up the promo with the ‘fake Press Conference” with President Obama to promote the Capitol Punishment pay-per-view. Hopefully they can come up with new segments with different famous people that reside in Washington, D.C. like Alexander Ovechkin, because after a while the people may get tired of this one promo for the pay-per-view.
Heath Slater aka Wendy vs. Ezekiel Jackson: As predicted the members of the Corre came out to cause interference, as these two stars weren’t allowed to tell their story for very long. Eventually the heel group would come out to try to save their teammate.
In the continued push for Jackson the Personification of Domination stood his ground and sends the Corre running. The thing with this storyline is they can also push the individual members of the Corre as well as Jackson with a solid storyline.
At least now Jackson is now allowed to show off his power and personality to the fans, hopefully somewhere down the line the members of the WWE Creative will figure out something for the rest of the members of the Corre who is still developing and growing with each day that we see them.
Before we head to commercial (those who are watching on their Television’s set at least) we go backstage where Matt Striker interviews Christian. The Charismatic one would be asked what he thought of this possible last chance at the strap.
Christian cut a very good promo saying how he was last for many things in life but always winds up on top; it would be no different on this night as Captain Charisma would have the last laugh. This is the exact reason why Christian should be allowed an opportunity with the strap, along with the fact that he can actually carry a match. For whatever reason though the people in charge of the WWE think differently.
Kane def. Great Khali in the Monsters Brawl (Kane now going solo as The Big Show was injured last Monday Night on Raw): After the Big Red monster defeats Khali Jinder Mahal comes out to the ring. The new member of the roster continues to smack the Giant, even putting his hands on his brother.
In a surprise moment Khali puts the vice grip on his brothers head as he is now aligned with the mysterious Jinder Mahal. It seems as if Mahal is going to be the new manager for the monster and expect for this new storyline to bring the Giant back to the Main Event spot.
Raw Recap showing how The Big Show injured his leg maybe building up to a feud with one of the giants and the hottest heel in the WWE Alberto Del Rio. Show will be out several weeks; hopefully this will give the Giant a break as well as time to build up a good storyline.
The Blue Brand wasted our time as Booker T calls out Michael Cole and embarrasses the former heel announcer, by showing the photo of the ‘kiss my foot bout‘. I think I can speak for all of the WWE Universe when I say we have all seen enough of these announcer feuds. The sinking sensation in my gut is that a possible Booker T and Michael Cole feud may happen. I am sure I am not the only one who hopes this does not happen.
Fans go backstage where they see a promo with Matt Striker with Sheamus, who cuts a good heel promo promoting his chances tonight. The Irish born champion touted his own talent saying how he was able to accomplish more in his young career then either Mark Henry or Christian combined. While both the vets have had many opportunities at the strap all the Celtic Warrior needs is one to become the number one contender.
Another Raw Recap-this time the company showed the Kharma meltdown that happened last week on Raw. The announcers stated that the mysterious Diva would finally explain the reason for her actions this Monday Night. Stay tuned for this one fans. Most already know that the Dominant Diva is pregnant, but will that actually be revealed on Raw-stay tuned!
Alicia Fox and Tamina def. A.J. and Kaitlyn: Due to eventual mayhem in the ring the two veterans were able to pick up the victory over former NXT rookies A.J. and Kaitlyn. Not much of a bout, but it is the beginning of building up the women’s division in the WWE.
Fans go backstage one last time for a spot with Mark Henry and Matt Striker. The broadcaster made the World’s Strongest Man who is a heel to begin with even madder then he was to begin with. This was a short promo, but it proved a point Henry was going out tonight to make himself relevant in the company again.
The WWE continues to take steps to heal the wounds between themselves and fans of Macho Man Randy Savage with a touching tribute to one of the best in the business. This journalist got into several friendly debates on both Facebook and Twitter.
Many fans feel as if the Macho Man tribute last Monday wasn’t in the right spot, an afterthought many said. Many others felt like the promo was too short and that Macho Man should have been given more time. The one point I did agree with was that the spot with Kharma could not have aired, and instead allowed more time for the tribute.
I agree with many of those points, as I am a huge Macho Man fan. I always enjoyed the Macho Madness and his many great bouts. To play devil’s advocate though there were a ton of new storylines that the WWE had to unveil last week on Raw.
Now on this night they really should have gotten rid of the Booker T/Cole segment and allowed for a longer tribute to Macho Man. The big question posted amongst fans of Macho Man is will Randy Savage be inducted in the Hall of Fame in 2012? Many feel that it is a little too late.
Sadly the relations between Macho Man and WWE could not be healed with enough time to induct the Icon to his rightful place in the Hall of Fame. This would not be the first time that Vince has inducted someone who has helped build his company too late. Personally for me it would be more of a travesty to not induct Savage next year.
Induction of Macho Man to the Hall of Fame next year will allow his many fans, friend and family a chance to celebrate the life and legacy of one of the all time best in the business. We can now enjoy the fact that Macho Man was a part of the WWE; we can now enjoy the fact that this man is one of the many cornerstones of the company; and we can finally now say that yes Macho Man is a Hall of Famer.
So yes it is too late for Savage himself to enjoy his moment, but personally this journalist is hoping for and hoping to see an induction of Macho Man in the Hall of Fame next year. Vince please do it-it is the right thing to do. Oohhhhhhhh yeahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!
The Blue Brand reached the Main Event as Sheamus took on Christian and Mark Henry. Eventually Randy Orton came out to scout the three men. These three stars gave it their all on this night, as the company did a very good job allowing each man to show off their skill set and gain a near-fall.
An eventual distraction and RKO by Randy Orton gave Christian a near fall victory. As the Charismatic One would complain to the referee it allowed Sheamus a shot and the eventual number one spot on the Blue Brand.
Stay tuned fans as it seems as if Christian has a legitimate gripe against The Viper. Will this be the moment that Christian turns heel? Here is hoping the company does something with the talented star, it seems as if for too long he has been stuck in the middle without an opportunity to shine.
Well folks this wraps up another edition of the Wrestling Recap. Thanks for checking it out, and I hope to see you all again as we will be back to take a look at Monday Night Raw!
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Posted by SPodelski on May 24, 2011 at 1:52 am
New York, NY – I know WrestleChat fans you are sitting at home and looking at your computer screen going-what is this a column from Stacy on a Tuesday what is the occasion? The occasion fans is C.M. Punk yes before you all go booing me and hating me I have my reasons for doing this so please give a girl a chance okay.
Warning the views that you are about to read are solely mine -you may either hate or love them. I will be breaking every journalistic rule out there writing this one and that is okay by me. I need to at least do this once so I can get it out of my system. This is not the ramblings of a woman who is up way too late-this is just rambling of a fan who wants to see good talent stay in the company that she enjoys watching.
Now that the legal stuff is out of the way when I first learned that C.M. Punk was coming to the WWE I was naturally very excited. I have been to a couple of Ring of Honor shows in person and have heard of many legendary things that Punk did within the company. The fans of the company told me-wait until you see this guy-you will be impressed.
So the day came that C.M. Punk arrived in the WWE and naturally I was very happy. When I saw the tattoo covered star I just knew that this was going to be the beginning of big things for the star. Sadly as is the case with most stars though Punk’s unique in ring ability wasn’t shown at first and he was lost in the fray of the other guys on the roster.
Sure the ‘Straight Edge’ star has had some great rivalries and some super spots with his time with the company. But this journalist has sat and watched her TV screen each week and waited for more. It wasn’t until the renewed rivalry with John Cena that I had seen the true talent of Punk revealed.
The great thing about this submission specialist is that he can play any role that the WWE ask of him, but the role that fits him best thus far is that of the heel. Punk is every bit the Lex Luthor to that of John Cena being the Superman of the WWE.
It was such a gripping storyline, had me so hooked that I am sure (and hope) that I wasn’t the only one) that was disappointed when the company decided to have Cena feud with The Miz at WrestleMania this year. Members of the WWE Universe all know that it should have been Punk and Cena, but it was not meant to be.
Now rumors are flying over the net how C.M. Punk and the WWE are in talks for a new contract after this year. To try to sweeten the pot the company is even contemplating another edition of Cena/Punk, thanks to a request by the WWE’s resident Superman.
The company would be very unwise to let a superstar the caliber of Punk go. This could be the type of free agent that say a TNA maybe interested in. Oh yeah and never mind that the X-Division as well as every aspect of TNA would be brought to a whole different level with a player like Punk in the company.
Personally this journalist is looking forward to the renewal of the rivalry between Punk and Cena. Let these two tell their stories, please let Punk show off the skill set I kept hearing about before he arrived to the WWE. Allow Punk an opportunity to shine, I think it would be a good thing for the company.
Obviously by the C.M. Punk cheers heard through my TV set tonight on Raw from the fans in Portland, Oregon there are many members of the WWE Universe that feel the exact same way. Sing the praises of C.M. Punk now WWE-before you lose this talent for good!
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Posted by SPodelski on May 24, 2011 at 12:01 am
New York, NY – Greetings folks to another edition of the Wrestling Recap as Monday Night Raw is coming live through our TV sets (unless if you were there in person) from Portland, Oregon. It is the night after the Over The Limit pay-per-view, as it seems as if many feuds were ended after Sunday night. As it would be the start of new storylines on the Flagship Brand.
The first feud that hopefully has ended is the one between rival announcers Jerry “The King” Lawler and Michael Cole with the heel announcer having to kiss feet thanks to an assist by Bret “The Hitman” Heart. We will get back to that in a second, but first thing first.
WWE Creative missed out on a huge opportunity yesterday as they had a golden storyline sitting in their lap, and that was the formation of Team Awesome. As not only Cole lost but The Miz fell in his bout with John Cena. The heel group power has now been transferred to the ‘New” Nexus-which is another thing we will get too later on.
Back to the Cole/King rivalry Jerry comes out and speaks of his victory over Cole and how Heart assisted him with ending the feud. To the surprise to many Bret came out to the ring and was greeted by a huge ovation from the WWE Universe.
Bret said that in spite of the differences between him and Lawler there was always respect, not like Cole who has never respected anyone thus far. It was a pleasure for the ‘Excellence of Execution” to give Cole the agony of de-feet.
This promo continues with heel R-Truth coming out to interrupt to cut a very good promo. Each week of this new heel turn is a new life for this once jobbing star, at first Truth gave the fans everything and now it is all about him. Thus far the actions have spoken louder than words-especially with a huge victory over Rey Mysterio on Sunday. Back and forth between Truth and Bret before John Cena comes out to speak to the heel.
SuperCena wonders what has happened to the Truth as these two were once cool with each other. It was a good back and forth between these two as eventually the Anonymous Raw GM comes into play. The GM has been impressed thus far but needs to see more before a bout with Truth and the WWE Championship can take place.
Enter the Main Event for the night, which would be a tag team bout featuring R-Truth and C.M. Punk taking on the face team of Rey Mysterio and John Cena. Just to sweeten the pot for the members of the WWE Universe the GM even added Bret Heart as the special Guest Referee.
The Flagship brand continues backstage as ShowKane was seen backstage talking strategy against their rivals the ’New’ Nexus. The Big Show was seen leaning on Alberto Del Rio’s ride which not only upset Ricardo Rodriguez but Del Rio himself. The upset Mexican Aristocrat would curse at the champs as a lead to action later on.
ShowKane came out to take on the two younger lions of the ‘New’ Nexus Otunga and McGillicutty with the tag straps on the line. In a very short bout with cheating involved the two younger stars won the strap. I’m sure that fans have heard the rumors of the WWE and C.M. Punk trying to sign the star to a new contract, and maybe giving the Nexus this power is a way to sweeten the deal for the black and yellow leader-stay tuned.
The company is starting to promote the next pay-per-view event which will be held in Washington, D.C. called Capital Punishment, which will be held on June 19, 2011. WWE had a great promo with President Obama in a ‘press conference for the event. It was good for a chuckle and something I think most fans enjoyed; I’m expecting to see more of the President as this pay-per-view draws closer.
Getting back to the action as ShowKane gave an interview after losing their straps; understandably the two giants were very angry. Cue in Alberto Del Rio to add salt to the wound by smacking the Big Show upside the head.
Then in one of the more shocking moments (which wasn’t seen) Big Show massive leg got run over by Ricardo Rodriguez. It seems as if the Giant is seriously injured and that fans will not see the star for a while. Later on Del Rio would cut a promo saying it was an accident and actually it was his ring announcers fault for the injury. Stay tuned for this one folks.
Jack Swagger def. Evan Bourne: Even though the formation of Team Awesome didn’t happen the good news for the fans of The All-American-American is that he will continue in relevant storylines. On this night he began what maybe and hopefully a very good feud with high flyer Evan Bourne.
Swagger got the best of Bourne on this night, but the dynamo was able to get the last laugh with a very quick offensive burst at the end of the match, which made Jack furious. Here is hoping that the WWE Creative can do something interesting between these two so that they can take the steps needed to succeed in the company.
Michael Cole was seen backstage eventually making his way to the ring. At first no one wanted to speak to the heel announcer and even the Diva’s had to rub a bit of salt in the wounds as when Cole went to shake the hand of Eve she proceeded to stick her foot in the air for him to kiss. Throughout the night the groveling Cole would be just as annoying as the heel version. Hopefully the WWE can go back to the Cole that we enjoyed the informative, story teller of an announcer.
Raw would continue its night of new rivalries with The Miz and Alex Riley finally getting into the mix with each other. It would be a good build up as The Awesome One would continue to insult his former apprentice, a quick break to get rejected for an opportunity in the Main Event by the anonymous GM before the physical confrontation took place.
The young lion finally snapped and took it to the heel, much to the delight of the WWE Universe who proceeded to chant “Riley-Riley-Riley.” One could see that the young star enjoyed this moment with the fans in his eyes as he eventually walked away from his former mentor, who was left sprawling in the ring. We fans have been teased by these friends turned foes storyline many-a-time, but I have a feeling and am hoping that this will be different.
In probably the most disappointing part of the night for many fans was the action of Kharma on this night. First let us set the stage which was a four-on-four Divas bout with the heels taking on the faces. Cue in the music of the dominant diva
Kharma comes out and stares at the ladies of the women’s division and instead of attacking falls on her knees and starts to break down in an emotional display. Fans tried to encourage the dominant one by chanting “Kharma-Kharma-Kharma” but no action was taken on this night.
This has got to be the dumbest way to end a storyline that this journalist has ever seen in the short time she has had the pleasure of watching this brand of entertainment. I personally feel that this maybe a way to promote the anti-bullying campaign that the company has started. As always stay tuned for this one.
A commercial promo for Friday Night SmackDown as well as a backstage promo by C.M. Punk to the ‘New’ Nexus as the leader wants his young lions to watch what will happen next.
Before we can get to the Main Event on this night finally after all this time the WWE decided to pay-tribute to one of the all-time greats ‘Macho Man’ Randy Savage. It would begin as Jerry ‘The King’ Lawler spoke about the Macho Man before a very touching video and picture tribute took place. This journalist not only got emotional but she also had goosebumps at the end as WWE Universe gave a rousing ovation as well as chants of Macho Man before we fade to black.
The next move the WWE needs to make at this point in juncture is to finally induct the Macho Man in the Hall of Fame. It was Savage that created many of the great memories that helped to build the WWE as well as other companies. If it wasn’t for Savage the bridges for many stars to television and movies would not have been made. Yes there was Hogan and many-many others to help bridge that gap, but for sure Macho Man was one of the many to help build that bridge, and WWE needs to do the right thing by inducting Macho Man Randy Savage to next year’s Hall of Fame.
Raw concluded with the Main Event as C.M. Punk (wearing a Macho Man outfit-which was awesome) and R-Truth took on the face team of John Cena and Rey Mysterio. Bret Heart would act as special referee and help the faces get the victory on this night.
It was a nice moment for the good guys as several generations of stars with Mysterio/Cena and Bret all stood in the same ring and celebrated. In the anything you can do I can do better department the company decided to show a replay of Cena celebrating the victory (wasn’t seen at first) which was slightly better than the one that Randy Orton had last week.
As of yet a renewed rivalry between Punk and Cena has not started, as was stated earlier the company wishes to keep the star and will try to sweeten the pot with a run at the WWE Championship. The sad part is the company had a terrific storyline between Punk and Cena going just before WrestleMania took place.
C.M. Punk is the Lex Luthor to Cena being Superman, these two have a rivalry so intense that it can actually be happening right now, with The Miz still holding on to the strap while fighting on the up and coming faces. It seems as if though Raw for now belongs to the good guys as it is expected for Cena to reign for quite some time.
The shame of it all was that the Cena/Miz rivalry would have been perfect with the up-and-coming Summerslam pay-per-view quickly coming. The Miz is known for having star power and being friendly with the celebrities and it would have been a great rivalry for an event that will be held in Hollywood. As always though the WWE fumbled and hopes to recover while also keeping one of its top stars in C.M. Punk in the process.
For now good folks this concludes another Wrestling Recap, we will meet each other as we tune in for another SmackDown. Is the rivalry between Orton/Christian over-or is it just started? Many-many questions surround the Blue Brand and we will hopefully have some of them answered as we stay tuned on Friday night!
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Posted by SPodelski on May 20, 2011 at 10:49 pm
New York, NY – Greetings WWE fans as we enter into another edition of the Wrestling Recap, on a very sad day for anyone that is a fan of wrestling. It was announced through TMZ that ‘Macho Man’ Randy Savage passed away due to a heart attack; he and his wife of a year were driving when the former wrestling legend suffered the attack.
Macho Man was a fan favorite along with one of the all-time greats and truly shined in an era that featured the likes of Hulk Hogan, the Ultimate Warrior and Brutus ‘The Barber’ Beefcake. The thing that stuck out about Savage to fans was the fact that he seemed like a hard-working, blue collar type wrestler.
Everyone could relate to Savage as his passion, enthusiasm and ability to connect with the fans make him one of a can. Macho Man you will truly be missed by all!
Also as a quick FYI note for those who want to know ‘The Chosen One’ Drew McIntyre can now be found on Twitter at the handle @TheDrewMcIntyre.
Now to continue with the Viper Era that is on its second week on Friday Night SmackDown, as WWE is 48 hours away from the Over The Limit pay-per-view, which will take place on Sunday.
The blue brand began with a very interesting bout between Christian and Sheamus. If this bout does not convince the WWE that Christian is ready for a title run, then I don’t know what will ever convince them. The “Charismatic” One and the ‘Celtic Warrior’ were both allowed telling a story, and showing off their skill set.
Both stars had several near-fall pinning attempts and several reversals of the attempts at an offensive move. This was a pretty entertaining bout between both men, as Christian was able to pull out a small-package victory over the young lion. This bout served several purposes as it would allow both Christian and Sheamus to remain relevant in the main event picture.
This storyline would not be over though as Mark Henry would join the Irish born WWE superstar as the two heels would start to beat down Christian. Randy Orton would come out, and would at first hesitate before coming in to save the day.
Weather Orton wanted his rival to get a beat-down or if this means a heel run for The Viper is still to be decided, but at least for now it would seem as if Orton remains a face as he ran the bad guys out of the ring and would stand tall in the ring together afterward.
It would be during this part of the night that the company would start to promo the Over The Limit pay-per-view and some of the matches that are happening on this night. The big question for those fans of the Blue Brand is who will walk out with the World Heavyweight Championship.
Orton and Christian will face each other for the second time and many fans of Captain Charisma are hoping beyond hope that the title will change hands. Personally this journalist feels that the WWE is high on Orton right now, and is wondering and hoping that maybe they will build a good rivalry between Orton and Christian before giving the ‘Charismatic One’ the title back.
As always stay tuned for this one fans, as there is a very good possibility that things between these two may just end on Sunday if Orton is the victor. The WWE may just forget about Christian, which is a shame due to the abilities and promo skills that the veteran brings to the company.
SmackDown continues with a backstage interview with Brie Bella and her sister as they talk about Kharma and their up-and-coming title defense against Kelly Kelly on Sunday. Wasn’t much of an interview but it was a good segment to their bout which happened after the commercial break.
Brie Bella def. Natalya: Is it just me or does there seem to be a change in the women’s division in the WWE. This bout was a good example of that as actual wrestling moves were used. Even though Natty was the more impressive of the two Diva’s, Brie was able to pick up the victory.
Sadly for fans there was no Kharma on this night. Another sad part of this bout was the fact that Natty was not allowed to pick up a victory in spite of the fact that she is a fan favorite and hasn’t been on the programming in a while. This one journalist hopes that Natty is allowed to have a storyline that will be worthy of her time and talent.
The Blue Brand continues as Ezekiel Jackson comes into the ring and cuts a solid promo as a newly freed member of the Corre. Zeke spoke about why he joined the heel group and now why he is no longer a member. He wanted it to be known that he is a man that cannot be broken, and his former mates have unleashed a force that cannot be stopped.
Personally I enjoyed the promo and the fans seemed too as well, as Zeke finished that he would be the personification of domination. This promo would eventually lead to a six-man tag bout as ShowKane and Zeke took on the Corre.
Showing off his power Zeke and his squad stood tall in the end of the bout, as the big man used the torture rack finishing move for the tap out victory. Stay tuned for this one folks as hopefully this will be the beginning of big things for Zeke.
Fans now go backstage for a good promo by Christian who commented on the fact that it took Orton a while to make the save earlier this night. Captain Charisma said that he will be 100% for the bout on Sunday and will take back what is rightfully his.
The in ring action continues as Chavo Guerrero comes out, first the fans are treated to a good heel promo by the ‘Mexican Warrior” as Guerrero said that the was the one that brought Sin Cara to the company, also taught the masked star everything he knows.
Guerrero claimed that he was going to one-up Sin Cara by beating Daniel Bryan in five minutes, a feat that took 15 for Cara. These two Mexican stars will finally meet up on Sunday, but before that fans were treated to a very solid bout between Bryan and Chavo.
Guerrero could not beat the clock as both men told a good story and showed off their skill set. Thus far in the short period of time that I have seen him on SmackDown Bryan has been allowed to shine on the Blue Brand.
Chavo started the traditional heel beat down afterward, upset that he couldn’t beat Bryan in the five minutes he allotted for himself. It would eventually lead to a teaser encounter between Sin Cara and Chavo which will get the fans ready for Sunday. Here is hoping that the members of the WWE Universe will see more of not only Cara and Chavo but of Chavo and Bryan as these bouts have made for good TV.
Ted DiBiase with Cody Rhodes aka Phantom of the WWE head to the ring together-as the two Priceless teammates are reunited on Friday Night SmackDown. It was thought last week that maybe a feud would begin between these two, but instead they are now going to team together.
This maybe a smart move by DiBiase as Rhodes has improved promo wise each week that this journalist has seen him. Rhodes would team with Ted to make fun of the fans in attendance before the masked star would light a fire under DiBiase before his bout.
DiBiase def. Trent Barreta: Even though this was a victory that was easily called, fans could see a new aggression from Ted that hasn’t been seen in a while. It seems as if a new partnership between the two Priceless teammates will hopefully bring them both back to the Main Event status.
In another predicable bout Khali def. Jey Uso: The company continues this storyline of Jinder Mahal seeming to find a new aggression from the Giant known at Khali. It seems as if this is another partnership that will bring the two into a new light in the company.
Randy Orton was seen backstage and cut a promo which gave props to Mark Henry and said that Christian is only 99% and that will be good-but not good enough to defeat him.
The Viper would eventually come into the ring and have his Main Event bout with The World’s Strongest Man. In a very quick match between these two, it was a shame because I thought they were telling a good story before Sheamus came in and began the two-on-one attacks.
Just to return the favor that Orton did for him earlier in the night Christian came out to make the save, but took his time doing so. Randy was livid with Christian at first pushing the Charismatic One. Before anything could break out the two heels came in again to try to beat the faces down.
Eventually Christian and Orton would stand tall with Orton pulling out a RKO on Henry. The two would finish the night by shaking hands and starring the other down to plug their bout on Sunday before SmackDown went off the air.
But this Wrestling Recap has not been completed not by a long shot-did anyone else see the reaction by Orton after pulling out that RKO on Henry. A complete split in the air and almost celebrated in the ring with a huge smile on his face. This is the first time in a long time that fans are seeing this side of Orton.
Normally the Viper is usually cunning and calculated but now we have a funny and joyous side to him. Was this just a spontaneous moment or something that was planned by the members of the WWE Creative?
Now it is time to wrap things up nicely on this edition of the Wrestling Recap. Stay tuned as I am sure there will be plenty of things that will happening with the company after the Over The Limit pay-per-view on Sunday!!!
RIP Macho Man Randy Savage-a true giant in the wrestling industry!! Ohhh Yeah!!!!
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Posted by Brett Clendaniel on May 19, 2011 at 8:04 pm
I was watching WrestleMania XXVII on DVD within the past week, and when watching the entrances of the main event of the card, a thought came across my mind: John Cena’s the next Ultimate Warrior. Now wait just a moment, isn’t this piece suppose to be John Cena being the modern day Hulk Hogan? Yes, it is, because Cena is the cash cow to WWE now as Hogan was to the WWF in the late ‘80’s and early ‘90’s. But why compare him to the Ultimate Warrior? Why not compare him to the Ultimate Warrior?
Being an opinion piece, I’ll give reasons why I thought that he’s the modern Ultimate Warrior, and why he’s known for the modern Hogan.
First and foremost, what caused me to think he’s the modern Ultimate Warrior was that he ran to the ring at WrestleMania XXVII. Okay, but he’s been doing that for years now (give or take, I don’t know the exact time-frame). Ultimate Warrior is known for running to the ring in a full sprint, having short matches, and having a limited move arsenal at hand. If anyone has watched a few John Cena matches, you can see similarities to why I say Cena’s the modern Warrior, bright color attires and being limited on the move set he does.
Objection: Limited move set and bright color attires, isn’t that Hulk Hogan, as well? Good eye, I thought the same thing as well. The biggest thing between Hogan and the Warrior is, Hogan was able to stick around with the fans for decades, and Warrior is a one-hit wonder. Hogan can connect with generations of wrestling fans and the Warrior couldn’t.
But Cena as the modern Hogan, do I need to beat the dead horse that everyone already knows? I think Cena’s more like Hogan in the aspect of he has longer matches than Warrior. Warrior is known for having couple minute matches, at most (in his hay-day) and Hogan’s peak matches were no longer than 15 minutes (give-or-take). Hogan was more of a cash cow than Warrior, and Cena is a major cash cow, like Hogan was for Vinnie Mac.
Okay, okay, I’m sure you’re thinking, what now? Why did I waste your time reading this piece? I surely hope this isn’t a waste of time, but here’s my punch line: John Cena’s more like Ultimate Warrior than what people think. Like mentioned just a tad above, Cena changes his bright, neon colors, just like the Ultimate Warrior did. Cena runs to the ring, as did the Warrior. People get tired, fast, of seeing Cena in the main event, as they did for the Warrior.
I see Cena as a mixture of Warrior and Hogan. I feel like people don’t give the Warrior side of Cena as much consideration as they should. Cena can’t go long in the ring when he gets stale. He only knows a few moves, at most. The kids and women love him, yes, but is that the market that WWE is solely going for? Did Vince McMahon learn from the WCW back in 1996 when Eric Bischoff turned Hulk Hogan into a heel and Hogan became “Hollywood” Hogan? Hope you’re catching my drift.
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Posted by SPodelski on May 17, 2011 at 12:16 am
Welcome ladies and gents to another edition of the Wrestling Recap, this Sunday is the Over The Limit pay-per-view and we the members of the WWE Universe get some of the final pieces to that puzzle as Raw is coming from San Antonio, Texas.
This is hopefully a night that will be remember in the annuals of WWE history as hopefully the formation of Team Awesome has now become official, before we get to that though we need to get through some other parts of the night first.
Cue the music of John Cena who begins the show by coming out to the ring, before he can even say anything he is interrupted by the young lion known by Alex Riley. Riley was allowed to cut a very good promo (much improved) to introduce his mentor The Miz.
Riley was actually allowed to have more time after The Awesome One came out as the duo make their way to confront SuperCena. Finally the face is allowed to say something cutting his normal promo while building up to the pay-per-view on Sunday.
The chime of the Raw anonymous GM interrupts for a second time as it was announced by Michael Cole that since Cena got to choose the stipulation on Sunday, to even things out The Miz will have an opportunity to choose the stipulation and opponent for this night’s Main Event.
C.M. Punk def. Kofi Kingston: This bout was an interesting one as I personally cannot recall these two stars meeting one-on-one. It was nice to see no interference from the group known as the Nexus as these two told a really good story. Even though Punk earned the victory, both men shined as hopefully this is the start of a good feud between the two.
Fans were also treated to a heel promo by Punk who is one of the better promo guys in the company right now. The victory by Punk was leadership by example, he has heard all the rumors of the Black and Yellow breaking up and how weak they are. Well now it is no more Mr. Nice Punk as he will not stop until every member of the group is the most dominant star that the WWE Universe has seen. Stay tuned folks because we will have more of the Black and Yellow later on in this column.
Kelly Kelly def. Brie Bella: Even though the blond diva set her up for a shot at the women’s championship, I think most fans are not really caring about any other women’s wrestler but one right now, and that is Kharma.
Cue the music of the dominant diva as she originally stares down the dual named diva, but before any action is taken one of the Bella Twins (is it just me or do they look like a younger Lita?) actually attacks Kharma-really? In the end (of course) that attack was futile as Kharma destroyed that fly, she continues by playing mind games with Kelly Kelly before letting out an evil cackle before exiting the ring.
Personally I personally am enjoying this direction in which the members of the WWE Creative have Kharma. Just waiting to see what will happen next with this extremely amazing athlete. Will someone challenge Kharma, will she get her hands on Michael Cole-as always stay tuned.
Throughout the course of the night The Miz was seen backstage trying to recruit different stars including Dolph Ziggler, Big Show, C.M. Punk/Mason Ryan, Kane and R-Truth. In the end the superstar chosen, would be one of an awesome variety as well as one that this journalist had predicted on the WrestleChat site so many months ago.
The in-ring action continues as Rey Mysterio comes out, but before he wrestles the masked wonder decides to call out R-Truth in the continuation of a feud that started last Monday night. Instead of a new feud Mysterio gets challenged by WWE’s hottest heel Alberto Del Rio, but you-you already knew that.
Del Rio and Mysterio are both allowed to tell a very good story, showing off their skill set before finally the arrival of R-Truth as he cut a promo from the stands. The Truth said that someone needed to arrest Mysterio for stealing the number one spot from the former face.
As if to prove his worthiness of any spot on the Raw roster Mysterio pulls out this spectacular move to get only a two-count on Del Rio. Eventually Del Rio would be in place for the 6-1-9 attempt, but that was foiled by personal ring announcer Ricardo Rodriguez, which caused the disqualification.
Afterward Del Rio would quickly attack his former rival, before leaving the remains for new rival R-Truth who continued with a viscous attack of his own. This encounter would finally set the stage for Mysterio and Truth to meet one another at the pay-per-view on Sunday.
Sadly for Del Rio he has no work as of right now at the event as the company has not found him anyone worthwhile to feud. There is a lack of big name faces right now on Raw-and that maybe okay as the company may look to start a feud with Del Rio and Cena down the line.
Speaking of things made official the latest chapter in the rivalry between Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler was written with a contract signing for Sunday. These two announcers will meet in a “Kiss my feet” bout in what is hopefully the final time.
In a smart veteran move Lawler paid a compliment to Swagger in which allows Cole’s ego and mouth to mess up and cause the All-American American to walk away from the heel announcer. As always folks stay tuned.
Remember how I was saying that we would speak more about the Nexus, well it seems as if the Black and Yellow are back on the WWE radar again in this new direction someone dreamed of. As it seems that not only C.M. Punk and power house Mason Ryan will try for the tag titles on Sunday, but the young duo of David Otunga and Mike McGillicutty took on the duo of ShowKane.
The young lions of the Nexus picked up the victory while also showing a new aggressive side, while also displaying impressive tag team skill set, with quick tags to one another. The two lions were smart with keeping the big men down. One thing that was a shame was the interference with Punk and Mason.
It would have been smarter for the WWE to allow the young duo to pick up a victory on their own to prove the power of Punk’s words earlier in the program. But hopefully somehow or the other they will allow some more moments that build up each member of this group-minus the interference.
For the second or third consecutive night on WWE programming on the television I personally was a witness to a TNA commercial during the course of the night. The company right now is really trying to push the new Impact Wrestling-especially during a time where WWE is trying to pull away from the word ‘wrestling.”
As someone who once enjoyed TNA programming the company as a whole has a lot more to do then re-branding to try to bring people like myself to watch their Thursday night show. Personally I would like to see that happen, as it is nice to have a variety of wrestling to choose from. A change of pace is always a good thing.
Back to Raw as the WWE is promoting the next pay-per-view with the different bouts that will happen on Sunday. So far it seems like there are not too many bouts made, but the WWE is known for making things at the last minute just to fill time.
Members of the WWE Universe get treated to two good promos by The Big Show and Kane backstage and they look to build momentum for themselves as the tag team champions before Over The Limit. Thus far this duo has impressed and it is nice to see two big men succeed-especially two that have been so loyal to the company like Big Show and Kane.
It feels as if though a Nexus push is coming round the bend again and there is a very good chance that ShowKane will lose their straps to C.M. Punk and Batista Lite Mason Ryan on Sunday. Stay tuned though, because the company may continue with the separation of the Black and Yellow storyline somehow at the pay-per-view.
Finally it is Main Event time as The Miz comes out to first announce the stipulation for the bout between Cena and the mystery opponent. The Awesome One decided on a ‘No Holds Barred’ contest for the resident WWE Superman.
After a bit of waiting the WWE Universe would see who the mystery opponent would be, and it would be one Jack Swagger. As hopefully the official formation of Team Awesome took place on this night. For those who maybe reading this column for the first time, allow me a moment to explain myself.
It was many months ago that this journalist recommended to the members of WWE programming that Jack Swagger should eventually align himself with someone like The Miz, and form what will be called Team Awesome. This team would feature The Miz, Alex Riley, Jack Swagger and one Michael Cole as a manager.
This will serve so many purposes for the WWE as well as The Miz, Riley and Swagger. As for Cole he will be allowed to shine as a heel manager now to go along with his credentials as a heel announcer (more on this later.)
Swagger did an excellent job of picking apart Cena, using various extreme elements to wear down the face. As always Cena was able to get to his vintage move set winding up with an AA and the STF for the victory. But Cena was banged up by the damage that was done by Swagger.
At the end The Miz does a great job saying that he has a million ways that Cena has never thought off to defeat the resident superhero. Thus far I am enjoying this version of the Cena/Miz rivalry more than the Mania one, in which The Awesome One took a backseat for whatever reason.
The Miz would eventually try to attack his rival with a steel pipe towards the end of the programming, but eventually SuperCena would send his rivals running. Cena would take the microphone and vowed to his fans that at Over The Limit-The Miz will say I quit-as Raw goes off the air.
If the members of WWE Creative were smart this would be the direction in which they would go next, if they want to make things interesting that is. Somehow someway they will allow The Miz, Riley, Cole and Swagger to all gain victories on Sunday night to mark the true official formation of Team Awesome.
There will be cheating, there will be interference and booing by the fans involved, but in order for this to happen the right way The Miz needs the WWE Championship and Cole needs to be a first-ballot Hall of Famer. Imagine something very smart planned by Cole saying how he masterminded the whole thing so that this group can now have this power with him in the HOF and The Miz with the strap.
It would be one of the most infamous, interesting nights in the history of the company if they actually do go in that direction. Personally this would catch a lot of people’s interest, while also building up on the reputations of both Riley and Swagger.
Swagger can learn a lot from a guy like The Miz, and thus far the awesome one has not been shy with teaching these young heels how to develop in the company. Of course this is something that many fans will not like, but what better way to build up SuperCena then allowing him a chance to bring down Team Awesome.
Cena was never allowed to finish off the mission of picking apart the Nexus. If the WWE does go in this direction the resident WWE Superman will now be allowed that chance. If it happens remember folks you saw it here first.
Well WWE fans this wraps up another edition of the Wrestling Recap, stay tuned as we are planning to return on Friday Night to continue to look at the reign of Randy Orton on SmackDown, as the company is building up to the Over The Limit pay-per-view.
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Posted by SPodelski on May 13, 2011 at 10:53 pm
New York, NY – Welcome WWE fans to another edition to the Wrestling Recap, tonight we take a look at Friday Night SmackDown as the Reign of Randy Orton begins on the Blue Brand. In what was a move that caught many fans of ‘Captain Charisma’ not only off guard, but also very upset.
To try to even things out with the members of the ‘Peep Squad’ as Christian came out to try to ease the tensions of his fans around the world. Christian would come out and say that he actually respect’s Teddy Long’s decision of putting the title on the line last week, and that Teddy is trying to make SmackDown an exciting brand.
The face promo would continue by Christian congratulating Randy Orton, saying that he is really looking forward to the rematch at two weeks at the Over The Limit pay-per-view. The Charismatic star knows that if he is 100% prepared that he will defeat the Viper.
Before the promo can continue both Sheamus and Mark Henry come out (separately) and cut separate heel promos. In an interesting turn a newly turned Henry actually challenged Sheamus, which is something I hope happens in the future. Eventually Sheamus decides that a handy-capped bout with the two heels versus the face would happen as the beat down on Christian would begin.
Randy Orton would come out to try to rebuild some of the face points he might have lost by saving Christian from the two-on-one attack. The two faces clean house and wind up eventually celebrating while giving each other a nod of respect before we cut to commercial break.
In the much anticipated move after the commercial break is over Teddy Long announces that the two faces in Orton and Christian would take on the heel team of Mark Henry and Sheamus in the Main Event later on in the night. Afterward we would get a well cut promo by both Christian and Randy as the Viper says that he wants to prove to everyone that he is in fact the better man.
SmackDown would continue with Chavo Guerrero introducing Sin Cara, for those fans who are confused by this move would get an explanation of what was happening as a bout with the masked wonder and Daniel Bryan would take place with Guerrero taking a spot with the announce team.
For those fans who haven’t heard it seems as if the house shows featuring Chavo and Sin Cara have gone over so well that now the feud will take place on television. Chavo would basically build up heel heat for himself saying that Sin Cara is copying him and his move set.
During that time that Guerrero building up a feud for himself and the masked wonder a very good story between Bryan and the Mexican Superstar happened in the ring. The one thing that I personally enjoy about Sin Cara thus far is that he allows his opponents to tell a story and use their move set during his matches, let us not forget that this is a guy that just joined a company. Most vets do not even allow for this to happen, hopefully this is something we as fans will continue to see.
Again for whatever the thinking is-the people within the WWE company are using a very dark lighting during the course of the Sin Cara/Daniel Bryan bout. I know we are trying to make the masked wonder mysterious, but I think the dark lighting detracts from what is a very good story in the ring.
Eventually Sin Cara earns a victory, but not without an assist from Chavo Guerrero which the Mexican Star sees later on. A physical confrontation between the two eventually happens to mark the official start of a feud between the two Mexican stars. This bout also served as a possible start of a feud between Chavo and Bryan as you know the young lion would want revenge for this loss.
Getting back to the in ring action as we see a newly freed Layla in the ring saying how she now no longer has to deal with the poison that was Michelle McCool. Sadly the British Diva injured her knee, but the injury is worth it to finally be rid of her former friend.
Before things can continue enter heel announcer Michael Cole who came into the ring and disrespected the entire women’s division. In a cruel twist of fate when I along with other WWE fans had hoped that Kharma’s music meant the dominant diva finally (Rock mode on) getting her hands on Cole and beating the living daylights out of the very annoying announcer, instead she turned her attention to Layla.
As always Kharma would dominate, but just when Cole thinks he is in the clear fans finally get a glimmer of hope. The dominant one would finally turn her attention to the heel announcer, but sadly Cole would be able to get back to the Cole Mine before getting his just deserts.
Here is hoping for the disrespect that he has shown that one day Cole eventually does get a beat down by Kharma. It would just be a good moment for the fans, while not really doing much for Cole who is already a very hot heel announcer. If anything it would be a step in re-establishing the women’s division in the WWE.
For those fans who were watching SmackDown on their television did anyone else see the ‘Impact’ commercials for the TNA brand during the course of the evening? Does this mean that TNA is going to eventually re-challenge WWE in terms of wrestling? I personally don’t think they can quite yet-TNA is still a mess of a company and have a lot of things to fix before they can challenge again.
Khali comes out for another edition of the Kiss Cam, just when we think this would be another boring segment for the ‘Punjabi Playboy’ enter new WWE star Jinder Mahal. The young lion comes into the ring and smacks the giant in the face while yelling at the giant. Weather this is to start a feud with the star or to bring him back to his dominant ways is to be determined.
Ted DiBiase vs. Cody Rhodes aka Phantom of the WWE: Before the bout of former Legacy teammates could begin Rhodes cut a very good promo continuing to embrace of tortured WWE star. It was interesting to see these two former friend and tag partners go against one another. I personally am hungry to see more and hopefully a good storyline will be a good thing for both of these young stars.
Just when you thought The Corre storyline was over Wade Barrett and company were interviewed in the back setting the stage for a Barrett Ezekiel Jackson one-on-one encounter at the Over The Limit pay-per-view next week. Stay tuned for this one fans.
Christian/Orton vs. Sheamus/Henry: Before the beginning of the tag bout the company decides to add more salt to the wounds of Christian by re-airing the moment that Orton won the strap. In spite of what felt like a moment for Christian to turn his back on his partner the two faces would instead pick up the victory and shake hands as the buildup for the rematch continues.
Many fans felt like maybe this would be a time for Christian to take a page out of his best friend’s Edge’s playbook and turn heel after being with the WWE for so long and not having a good opportunity at the title. If there was going to be an ample opportunity for the ‘Charismatic’ One to turn heel this night may have been it.
For now though we were left with a good moment as well as a show of respect between Christian and Orton, if it will stay that way is still to be determined. Orton thanks to the actions on this night has regained the trust of the Universe as the face of the company, and I think that is a direction in which the company as well as the young Mr. Orton wishes to stay-just for a bit longer.
Only the people within the WWE Creative know in which direction they will allow Christian to go towards after this night. Many fans of the star are hoping that he will finally get a shot/storyline of the talent and in-ring abilities.
For whatever reason though it feels as if Christian is just forever stuck in mid-card status, in spite of carrying another company. Heck at one point in time Christian even had a successful title run with ECW (but sadly that does not count). The shame of this whole situation is that people truly care for Christian as a character; he is the last hope for people out there who dare to dream.
For many ‘Captain Charisma’ much like Edge is a beacon for those who work hard to try to achieve their dream. Success for Christian shows that yes anyone can reach out and succeed in doing what they love. Not that success for Orton does not mean that either, but I think many fans would have enjoyed a nice run with Christian as champ before Orton re-gained the strap.
The Viper is young and hungry and maybe could have spent a little bit more time on the Blue Brand roster before claiming the strap so quickly. As was voiced in the Raw Recap here is hoping that the members of WWE Creative can do something storyline wise that is worthy of the talent and in-ring ability of one Christian.
If they don’t I am afraid that the company as a whole will lose fans as the storylines of the big stars being pushed over and over again are starting to get tired with the fans of the WWE. Many had hoped that Edge retiring would serve as a wakeup call, and thus far a new found aggression for many stars has lead to some very interesting storylines.
But they cannot forget someone like Christian who has taught many people in the value of their dreams, and for many is a last link -a last grasp that yes you can work hard and achieve your dreams. This would be the time to let the Captain of the Peeps shine. Allow him the opportunity to show why in fact he is worthy of a good title run as a face, or at least allow him to turn heel.
Either way just allow the young man a shot to shine, it is time for guys like him to start taking over the company. This is a time for all the stars in the company to shine, and the WWE needs to take advantage of it. No one knows for sure if a star like Batista or Chris Jericho will come back, so please WWE for the future of your business give the young guys a chance.
Well good folks this wraps up another edition of the Wrestling Recap. We will return on Monday Night as the WWE is quickly building momentum to the Over The Limit pay-per-view which is only two weeks away!!
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Posted by SPodelski on May 9, 2011 at 11:42 pm
New York, NY- Welcome to the newest edition of the Wrestling Recap. The WWE has now settled into a groove as the company is coming to the Over The Limit’s pay-per view in two week’s time. On this night it just felt like everything that was happening on SmackDown just moved over to the Flagship brand.
On this night though redemption would be Awesome as The Miz regains his number one spot in the company, as we would find out later on in the night.
Another sour point to the show on this night was the fact that the WWE is still refusing to push their younger guys in the locker room. This problem left a void on one brand, which we the fans had hoped the company would have learned from.
One of the few quick bright spots of the night was a re-visitation of a feud between Kofi Kingston and Jack Swagger. The two have always put on good bouts with the other, and it was nice to see the two shine, but sadly it was for a quick moment-in which we will take a look at later on in this column.
This night begins with the hottest heel in the WWE being announced by Ricardo Rodriguez-Alberto Del Rio, but you-you already knew that. Instead of having someone new feuding with Del Rio right now, the company decided to revisit a feud with Rey Mysterio.
One bright thing was the addition of The Miz, who did have a right to challenge for the WWE Championship. Another thing was a well cut heel promo by R-Truth who continues on his heel turn. All four of the stars in the ring have a good case to being the new number one contender for John Cena’s strap at the next pay-per view, but only three will contend for it.
The anonymous General Manager decided that later on tonight The Miz, Mysterio and Del Rio will battle in the Main Event to decide who the new number one contender will be. Does this mean that all the heel work that R-Truth has done as of late has gone unnoticed-stay tuned. As a by the way whoever is the number one contender will have to deal with the stipulation of John Cena’s choice which was revealed after the Main Event bout.
Alberto Del Rio comes out-but you -you already knew that-cuts a good heel promo/Rey Mysterio comes out to continue a feud that was ended on SmackDown-good face promo challenge to determine the new number one contender on Raw tonight
Raw continued with Diva’s action as Eve and Kelly Kelly def. Brie and Nikki Bella: The only reason for this Diva’s bout was to allowed the continued dominance of one Kharma, who either scared off or destroyed most of the ladies in the ring. There is nothing really to comment on this yet, as this journalist is waiting to see where the company will take Kharma next in her career in the company.
Then the company takes a complete step back in the bout between Mason Ryan and Kane. Just when fans thought/hoped that Ryan was going to break away from his ‘black and yellow’ teammates, on this night it was not the case. The ‘New’ Nexus came to the ring to attack ShowKane just to have the tag champs destroy the heel group.
Fans got to see both the Kane and the Big Show destroy the group known as The Corre who is the SmackDown equivalent of the Nexus (even with most of the original members as a part of the group). It seems now that the members of WWE Creative are building up to another similar confrontation.
It would have been much more delightful for the fans to see Batista Lite and what he would be able to do on his own without his teammates. It is time to allow the members of the ‘New’ Nexus to have good feuds and time on the Flagship brand
Another waste of talent was the bout between Dolph Ziggler and Santino Marella, as the new look Ziggler easily defeated Santino. Ironically enough the announcers tried to build this as an ‘interesting’ one, what would have been more interesting was if Ziggler was in the Main Event bout. Hopefully with time we will see the young lion obtain the opportunity on Raw that he deserves. It feels like not long ago Ziggler was feuding with Edge for the strap on SmackDown so hopefully they are just building up the young star for a bigger stage.
In case if fans missed Friday Night SmackDown the Flagship Brand showed how former Raw Star Randy Orton became new World Heavyweight Champion over Christian. Everyone has an opinion on this bout and how Christian should not have lost the strap.
This journalist predicted that if Orton were to be drafted to the Blue Brand that he would eventually obtain the strap. It was just sad to see it happen over someone like Christian, it was also sad to see it happen so shortly after the Peep’s Champion won the strap to begin with.
I understand how the company works and am happy for Orton who will now have his time to shine on SmackDown; it is just there were so many different ways to have had the Viper become champion. Here is hoping that the members of the WWE Creative will allow Christian to have a good storyline with Orton and another shot at the strap.
Raw cuts backstage as R-Truth is seen leaving the arena, cuts another good promo saying how he will eventually make people take him seriously but it will be on his time. There was another backstage promo with John Cena fist pumping with a rarely seen Zach Rider, who is another young lion that hasn’t been used to his potential.
The television fans of the WWE get a commercial break teasing the fans of the start of the reign of the Viper on SmackDown and what exactly will happen next on the Blue Brand. As was stated earlier hopefully good things-stay tuned!
More backstage footage as this time two halves of ‘Team Awesome’ The Miz and Alex Riley are seen feuding backstage. The Awesome One is pissed at his apprentice for costing him the strap last week. Riley vows to prove himself worthy before this night is over.
The first attempt of Riley trying to prove himself worthy of being a part of ‘Team Awesome’ was a fight with none-other than John Cena. As was predicted Cena easily defeated the young lion, right in front of his mentor who eventually came out to watch the final moments of this bout.
Sadly the WWE Creative didn’t really allow the young Mr. Riley a shot to shine against the resident WWE’s Superman. It would have made for a huge boost in A-Ry’s career if he was just allowed a bit more time to tell a good story with Cena. Team Awesome would get a huge win later on tonight in which we will look at later on.
Did you know that WrestleMania 27 is now on DVD, well if you didn’t there were enough commercial plugs for it throughout the night to remind you. Including one plug calling the recent March pay-per-view one of the greatest Mania’s in the history of the company. If Mania this year was great then the company really needs to redefine what great is, because many fans from what I heard were very disappointed with the results of this year’s pay-per-view.
Back to Raw and a continuation of the feud between the other two ‘unofficial’ halves of Team Awesome Michael Cole and Jack Swagger. Supposedly Cole wants to retire from competition, but not before Jerry ‘The King’ Lawler has anything to say about it. Lawler throws out a challenge of a Hall of Fame form to Cole.
In this last bout between these two announcers if Cole is the victor not only will the heel announcer be inducted into the Hall by Jerry Lawler, but will receive the King’s ring. I think many fans are just anxiously waiting for this feud to end.
At least the good news was the re-visitation of the feud between Kofi Kingston and Jack Swagger, who was out earlier to obtain more heel heat with his attack on the King. This is another SmackDown feud that is revisited, but at least it allowed for these two young lions to shine.
Fans got to continue to see a very aggressive side to both Swagger and Kingston. On this Monday night though the WWE fans would enjoy a good guy moment for Kingston and Lawler, as it would be interference by Jerry ‘The King’ Lawler that would distract Swagger and get Kingston the victory. This was the one bad part was the fact that the company had to continue the feud between the announcers to build on the coattails of a good bout of Kingston and Swagger.
Eventually fans would have an answer of ‘Yes’ by Swagger on behalf of Cole to the earlier challenge of one last bout for a place in the Hall of Fame. Stay tuned for this one fans to see if the WWE Creative will decide to let Lawler have his day, or to continue this heel run by Cole.
The Main Event Bout would feature two former rivals in Mysterio and Del Rio taking on one new addition in The Miz. The addition of The Miz allowed for this to be a fresh bout, while also allowing the idea of a Miz/Mysterio rivalry to take place.
This night Team Awesome would pick up a victory as The Miz would get the victory thanks to the distraction by his apprentice Alex Riley. Riley would finally gain redemption by distracting the ‘Master of the 6-1-9’ enough for the heel victory.
As Miz and Riley celebrate cue SuperCena who announces that the bout for Cena/Miz at the Over The Limit pay-per-view will be an I Quit bout. Fans could see a look of dismay on the face of The Miz as there doesn’t seem to be a lot that can make Cena say-I Quit-but as always stay tuned.
The action would not end though on that note, as a continuation of the heel turn by R-Truth would continue with an attack on Rey Mysterio. This would allow for the heel to start a new feud, since John Morrison is currently on the injured reserve list.
Most figured that Truth would have attacked later on in the evening, but I personally felt it would have been more interesting to see him attack with Del Rio and The Miz in the ring as well. It would have shown that in fact the new heel is a bad man, and not one to mess with.
Sadly though the last thing the company wishes to do is to take away from either The Miz or Del Rio who currently is ranked in the upper tier of heels as of this moment. A feud with Mysterio won’t do much for Truth, but at least will give the WWE enough time for Morrison to heel and re-new things with his former friend later on.
Stay tuned fans as we will return on Friday Night to take a look at the “Reign of the Viper” which should start on Friday Night on SmackDown!
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Posted by SPodelski on May 2, 2011 at 11:53 pm
New York, NY – Welcome WWE fans to another edition of the Wrestling Recap. On this Monday Night May 2, 2011 the programming had to have a slight change of schedule, but it was for a good reason. It was delivered late last night that the leader of the September 11, 2001 attacks Osama bin Laden was killed by US Navy Seals.
It is on this night that Raw took a moment to reflect on that horrific moment and how we as a nation moved on thanks to things like the WWE, and many-many other forms of entertainment. In the end though if it wasn’t for our great troops we would not be allowed to enjoy our basic freedoms so a quick thank you to those who have, had and continue to serve our country. Things would continue with a very nice rendition of the National Anthem from fan favorite Lilian Garcia.
The thing that was missing while Lilian was singing was the superstars out on the ramp to celebrate the moment with the
fans.
This night is also the birthday of The Great One Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, who decided to celebrate with his friends and fans in his hometown of Miami, Florida. I usually don’t do cheap plugs during this time, but this is an exception.
For fans of The Rock you can buy any of his ‘Team Bring It’ t-shirts on WWEShop.com and the proceeds of the shirts will go to the ‘Wounded Warrior” Project. Interested in learning more about the Project check out www.woundedwarriorproject.org
Dwayne comes out to a huge ovation from the WWE Universe as chants of Rocky-Rocky-Rocky echo through the arena. The Rock does a very quick announcement of the killing of bin Laden saying “We got ‘em” before saying how proud he was to be an American. He along with the millions (millions) would go on to recite the Pledge of Allegiance, before cutting a good promo to get the people back into the spirit of celebrating.
Before The Great One continued with his promo he was interrupted by the anonymous Raw GM, before Michael Cole could read the e-mail Dwayne would return the favor and interrupt the reading of the e-mail. It was a good back-and-forth promo by the two with a good heel moment for Cole at one point in the promo.
The heel announcer would take off his dress shirt to reveal that he was wearing a Boston Celtics jersey underneath. For those non-NBA fans who didn’t understand what was happening the Celtics were taking on the Miami Heat in the second round of playoffs, so seeing the emerald green jersey immediately drew heel heat from the Miami fans.
Cole and the GM would like an apology from The Great One for embarrassing both men. Believe it or not there was an apology and a hand shake. But before we think Dwayne has gone crazy he pulls out a Rock Bottom and The People’s Elbow-much to the delight of fans everywhere. They were also treated to a performance by singer Pitbull and the Miami Heat dancers to get the party started.
Much to the delight of everyone watching Raw thanks to the Rock Bottom we got to hear the true voice of the WWE in the broadcast booth as good Ole JR Jim Ross joined the crew for a portion of the show. Growing up JR is the voice that I remember calling the action, so it is always a thrill when I (and I am sure for many others it is a thrill as well) see him back in the booth.
Raw would continue with a very quick segment between John Morrison aka WWE Spider-Man and R-Truth. Before Morrison could complete his ring entrance he was attacked from behind from the newly turned heel Truth.
It seems as if Morrison was genuinely hurt from this segment, and here is hoping that this is something that is just an injury that will be a quick recovery versus a one that will take Morrison a while to heel from. This storyline is one that is going to interest people for a while, so hopefully John returns to continue the feud.
Raw would continue with a Divas bout as Maryse took on Kelly Kelly. In the middle of the bout the fans of the WWE Universe that didn’t see the Extreme Rules pay-per-view got to see Kharma as she is now a part of the WWE roster. The Diva formerly named Awesome Kong came in and totally destroyed Maryse before looking at Kelly Kelly and leaving with an evil cackle.
I personally will be very interested to see what Kharma does in the women’s division, hopefully the WWE will allow someone to stand up to this very dominant wrestler eventually and bring this division back to life. One candidate could be Gail Kim, who had legendary battles in TNA (please WWE-please).
Backstage promo with The Miz and Alex Riley as the two are fighting with the Awesome One’s loss of the WWE title at the pay-per-view yesterday. If I may be allowed to get away from the action for a bit and speak about The Miz and his losing the WWE strap.
I feel as if the title reign of The Miz wasn’t as appreciated as it should have been, and many fans will remember this time- which is sad. The Awesome one did a very nice job of building up some of the young lions as he held the strap, and continues to do so with young Mr. Riley.
The WWE totally messed up the reign of The Miz by burying the Awesome One at Mania with the return of The Rock. I for one felt like they could have done Mania this past year differently, but it is too late to change that now. Even worse was the fact that the Miz didn’t hold his newly created WWE Championship (as the W was turned upside down to an M for Miz). Here is hoping that The Miz does not have to wait very long for another shot at the Championship, but we will wait to see what the WWE has in store for the talented star.
Getting back to Raw as we the fans watching on TV are cued backstage to The Rock’s birthday celebration. Fans got to enjoy a lighthearted moment that would eventually cue in Ron Simmons to say ‘Damn.’ Fans also got to see other backstage moments with the Great One during this celebration, and an eventual confrontation with John Cena which we will get back too later.
SuperCena would go on to defend his newly won WWE Championship against former champ The Miz. I personally felt this was a very solid story told by both men. Especially the multiple near falls that happened towards the end of the bout between these two men. The Miz would get caught cheating, which would allow Cena to retain and celebrate the title with his fans.
Raw continues with a tag team bout between Rey Mysterio and Kofi Kingston taking on Jack Swagger and Drew McIntyre (who will now be known as Swag-Intyre). This bout was a good one that served as a platform for a new found aggression for Swagger and McIntyre.
Sadly though this bout would serve another purpose and that was to renew the rivalry between Alberto Del Rio, who was at ringside and Mysterio. These two rivals stared the other down at the end of the tag team match.
Fans of the WWE Universe have already seen Del Rio/Mysterio on SmackDown and it would not do anything for the company to have these two feud for a second time. There hasn’t been enough time passed for the fans to care about another feud.
The thing about the flagship brand though is that there are no other faces that are really worthy of the hottest heel in the WWE right now, so we as fans of the brand are going to have to watch another Del Rio/Mysterio feud until Cena is done with The Miz.
Commercial promo by the WWE of the new program called BA Star, which was started to stop the bullying by younger children in school. Got to give props to the WWE for one thing, they truly do a ton of community relations work and give back to the people. If you are interested in learning more about the program check out the beastaralliance.org website.
Raw continues with a continuation of the birthday celebration for The Rock. Eventually the time came to a confrontation of The Great One and John Cena as the company continues to keep the feud between these two fresh. Cena has the strap for now and vows to keep it until the confrontation between these two at Mania next year.
We would get back to the action in the ring as Kane would take on ‘New’ Nexus member Mason Ryan, who was accompanied by C.M. Punk. Eventually a disqualification would ensue and the black and yellow would come in to attack Kane. The Big Show would come out, but would get speared by Batista lite.
It seems as if Ryan may break out of the ‘New’ Nexus group and hopefully this will be the end of this group that did nothing for the fans since they first arrived on scene. Stay tuned for this one fans as one-by-one this group may finally break up.
By the way this Friday night peeps around the world are going to celebrate the first night of Christian becoming World Heavyweight Championship. Captain Charisma has finally earned the gold in the company after many years of heart ache, thanks to an assist from this best friend Edge.
Hopefully they will allow Christian to carry the Blue Brand for a while; the young man has proven he could carry a company of a different kind while at TNA. He has proven to cut good promo, has an amazing skill set and is it his time to shine.
Dwayne Johnson would come out again to wrap the show up with a nice thank you. Saying that this night was the greatest of his life, it would become even better with a surprise (?) visit from Vince McMahon. The Chairman of the company gives a genuine thank you to Dwayne, while also having a very emotional video promo.
This promo would chronicle the life and times of The Rock and his family in the WWE. One can easily forget all the great moments we get to share with the star, who is probably one of the best in the business right now. R & B singer Mia along with the rest of the WWE Universe sung Happy Birthday to The Great One, before much pyro confetti and celebration ends this happy recap of Monday Night Raw.
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Posted by SPodelski on April 29, 2011 at 10:17 pm
New York, NY -Welcome to a New Era on Friday Night SmackDown, as both the brand and its fans have to try to adjust to some of the new faces on the show. As an attempt to fill the huge void that was left by Edge the WWE decided to move their stars around last Monday in its non-annual Draft.
By the way if it is the dawn of a new era on SmackDown don’t we think it is time for a new theme song? No offense to Green Day who I am a fan of. But the song “Do you know the Enemy” is sort of a sluggish one for what is promoted as a high impact, fast paced show.
One of the biggest pick-ups for the Blue Brand was that of Randy Orton, who has lived under the shadow of John Cena on Raw for way too long. With the reception he received at the start of the show on this night, this is the beginning of beautiful things for The Viper.
As Orton slowly slithered his way to the ring the crowd started to go crazy for their newest star. Cheers of Randy-Randy-Randy echoed throughout the arena and you could tell that Orton enjoyed the support. He goes on to introduce himself to those who may not know him yet, and made an impact by hitting two RKO’s.
The first RKO was on the newest Raw member Drew McIntyre who hopefully will get a good push on the Flagship brand. It is a shame that the Scotsman will no longer be on SmackDown as a solid feud with Orton would have pushed Drew over the top.
New SmackDown acquisition Alex Riley received the second RKO from Orton. It should be interesting to see how Riley does on this own, WWE really missed one opportunity with Riley though. You see the formation of Team Awesome with The Miz, Alex Riley, and Jack Swagger with Michael Cole as the manager would have made for interesting television.
This journalist hopes that if Alex Riley is going to be on SmackDown the young lion will get a good push from the company as a solo wrestler. Fans haven’t seen much of the young lion in action since he has been with The Miz for most of the time. The few matches that I personally have seen Riley in have impressed me, and hopefully he will be allowed a good storyline to shine even more.
Orton goes to try to continue his promo for the third time on this night and was interrupted by the hottest heel in WWE Alberto Del Rio-but you-you already knew that. Del Rio cuts a very good heel promo saying that the WWE Universe will be sad because after this Sunday they will lose not only the presence of Del Rio, but the World Heavyweight Championship.
Before the heels can take advantage of a three-on-one situation (as Del Rio, Ricardo Rodriguez and Brodus Clay all surround the Viper) Christian comes out to save the day. Just when members of the WWE Universe thought things would get physical cue the music of Teddy Long.
Long announces that even though it is the start of a new era on SmackDown we are still playing by his rules and that he is going to do things right by making the main event bout a tag team match of Del Rio and Clay taking on Christian and Randy Orton.
Commercial plug for Monday Night Raw next week as the Flagship brand celebrates the birthday of The Rock in Miami. This will be a good way to not only promote the new Fast Five movie in theatres soon, but also make fans remember that The Rock and John Cena will battle it out in Miami at WrestleMania next year.
Kofi Kingston loses in his last bout on SmackDown to the newly acquired Sheamus. This bout was both good and bad for the two stars involved. It was good for Sheamus who was able to re-establish a dominance that he once held on Raw.
The Irish born U.S. Championship found his hunger and fire attacking Kingston even before he could complete his ring entrance. Sadly for the very popular Kingston this bout did nothing to establish his momentum as a new member of Raw.
As of late Kingston has been on quite a funk and really hasn’t gotten a storyline that promotes his unique ring skills. Here is hoping that on his first bout as a member of the Flagship brand that the WWE will find a good storyline for Kofi to try to propel this young lion to the Main Event Spotlight.
We could not have WWE programming without Michael Cole annoying the heck out of the fans. Thankfully on this night he allowed for the heel heat to be transitioned to the newest member of the Raw roster Jack Swagger.
Sin Cara def. Jack Swagger: Even though Sin Cara got the victory on this night this match did for Swagger what the Kingston/Sheamus bout didn’t Sin Cara allowed for Swagger to establish his skill set and show a new aggressive side before leaving for the Flag Ship brand.
Thus far I personally have been impressed with some of the bouts that Cara has had (even though the announcers still cannot agree on the correct annunciation of his name). Sin Cara has allowed the opponent an opportunity to shine. If he can continue connecting on his amazing skill set it will not take long for this masked wonder to be a star in the company.
One last thing before we move on is what was up with the lighting in this bout. That was the one thing that deterred this bout from being better, was the fact that the two stars were in the dark (almost the whole time). Hopefully that was an error and Cara’s next bout will be with the correct stage lighting.
Cut to another video promo for the newest women’s star Kharma formerly known as Awesome Kong. Personally I cannot wait to see what Kharma will do with the women’s division, also who here wants to see Kharma confront Michael Cole after the disrespect he has shown the Divas-raises hand.
WWE Tag Team Championship Kane and The Big Show (ShowKane) def. Heath Slater and Justin Gabriel: Solid bout between two very good teams. This didn’t really do anything for either team, but hopefully it is a step in the right direction for the tag team division.
Hopefully with more solid bouts the tag team division can become a legit one in the WWE again. One thing that the company really needs to do is look into creating more tag team or find the Uso brother’s again and begin to push them, so that the Big Show and Kane aren’t just battling Slater and Gabriel.
Rey Mysterio takes on newly acquired heel Mark Henry: The last we left Mark Henry on Raw he turned heel on his teammates. This would be a great way to introduce his new heel character against the ultimate face in Mysterio
Before the bout underway Mysterio said goodbye to the fans who have supported him throughout the years on SmackDown. The masked face got to plug his bout with young Cody Rhodes at the Extreme Rules pay-per-view. At the end of the day the WWE Universe will always be a part of the 6-1-9.
To get back to the action on the blue brand, as a newly aggressive Mark Henry (according to Booker T a Teddy Bear turned Grizzly Bear) and Mysterio put on a solid bout tonight. Cody Rhodes came out to interfere and beat down his rival, to give fans a taste of their bout at the pay-per-view on Sunday.
Henry applies the World’s Strongest Slam finisher before leaving Mysterio in the ring for Rhodes. Rhodes takes a paper bag and puts it over the masked stars face. The young lion continues to pull good heel heat for himself, and hopefully it will be the start of big thing for Cody.
The bout also served two other purposes aside from pushing the Rhodes/Mysterio rivalry. It allowed the fans to see a new Mark Henry, who will hopefully be allowed to shine on the Blue Brand. The bout also served as a way to show Mysterio as a face, and as someone who can still hold his own in a match. Many are concerned with Mysterio since Rey is so frail. Hopefully with a new deal in place Rey will take better care of himself so that he himself can shine and get back to the Main Event on the Flagship Brand.
Michelle McCool versus Layla as the breakup of this Diva tag team continues. The two would get disqualified in their bout with a newfound aggression from both ladies So far I am really enjoying this story line thus far. Even the fans started to chant “Let them fight.” No count out no disqualification and as was reported loser leaves WWE stipulation for the Extreme Rules pay-per-view.
Weather McCool or Layla is really leaving the company is still to be seen. Even though I would not surprised if it does turn out that McCool is thinking of leaving the WWE after this bout. Michelle loves being the center of attention and with the addition of Kharma; the young blond does not want to get squashed with the newest addition.
Hopefully someone will talk McCool into staying, her skill set along with promo skills are a very valuable part of the SmackDown brand. If anything (depending on where Kharma will wind up) she can continue a solid solo heel run on either brand with good storylines.
The company can do the same for Layla, but make this British born star a face. If anything though hopefully they will allow Layla to shine on the opposing brand of where McCool wind land up. Maybe Layla can be the main face Diva on Raw and pull out some good storylines on the Flagship brand-stay tuned for this one folks.
Commercial promo for WWE European tour, which looks like both the superstars and the fans enjoy the stars being overseas. Looks like a special time for everyone
Backstage interview with Christian-great face promo-the destiny for Christian is to now earn the right to not only win but to keep the World Heavyweight Championship. Hopefully the company will allow this popular star an opportunity with the strap. Christian showed that he can carry a company and a championship with his time in TNA. Here is hoping that the Charismatic one receives that opportunity.
Orton/Christian def. Del Rio/Clay: In one of the more entertaining matches of the bouts found truly all stars as winner. Especially young Brodus Clay as he was finally allowed to show off a very strong skill set. The Blue Brand would end with Christian and Del Rio staring the other down as we all gear up to the Extreme Rules pay-per-view.
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Posted by SPodelski on April 25, 2011 at 11:40 pm
New York, NY – Welcome to Draft Night everyone, as the company continues to scramble to fill the void left by the retiring Edge on the Blue Brand. In spite of the fact that stars can show up on whatever show they wish the company felt that it was time for its non-annual draft.
Instead of trying to push their young lions and build up good rivalries with the guys they have now, the company decides that they will move one of their stars from the Flagship brand over to SmackDown.
The night began with a 20-Man Over the top rope Battle Royal as Team SmackDown and Team Raw battled for the first pick of the night. There were two interesting points to the evening that I hope the company explores in their future plans to help build the company.
First was when Drew McIntyre eliminated Sheamus during this opening bout. I’ve been waiting a while for these two to go at it in a rivalry and I think many WWE fans would buy into it. First of all you have a pre-built in rivalry between Scotland and Ireland to start with.
There is also the fact that these two are young lions who are stuck in the mid-card status. A good storyline between these two men will sell with the fans. This may also be the opportunity to try to push McIntyre as a face-apparently a heel run didn’t work for the ‘Chosen One’ why do we not try a face run?
Another interesting point was when Kofi Kingston and Evan Bourne went at it. The two high flyers got to show off their skill set as they were a part of the final four of the Battle Royal. I think this would be an interesting bout between two very talented stars. Hopefully this is something the WWE will continue.
At the end of the bout Team SmackDown was victorious in earning the first Draft pick of the night, with the Blue Brand needing a face the company figured to give the Friday Night show the biggest face they can get. John Cena.
There would be a solid face promo by Cena saying how excited he is to be back on SmackDown. The Miz would come in shortly after saying how after retaining his strap at the Extreme Rules pay-per-view that the two would never have to see the other again.
In the OMG moment of the year is the fact that that Michael Cole is going to face JR tonight. It is crazy to think that the WWE is continuing this story line, which needs to end now. It is getting sickening even listening to Cole. Someone needs to tell WWE creative that no one cares anymore.
The show would continue with a video recap of R-Truth turning heel, the turn would continue with a great heel promo by the former mid-card star. Truth would blame the fans for losing his spot at the Extreme Rules pay-per-view. For 10 years Truth has tried to please the people and it got him nowhere.
John Morrison aka WWE’s resident Spider-Man comes out to continue this rivalry between his former partner and friend. If done right this rivalry will propel both stars to the Main Event Status which has eluded them for the time they have been in the company-stay tuned.
Raw continues with a commercial promoting next week’s show as we celebrate the birthday of The Great One-The Rock in his hometown of Miami, Florida. This will be a good way to keep fans interested in the bout between The Peoples Champion and John Cena, which is set for WrestleMania next year.
Cut to a video promo for ‘Awesome Kong’ now known as Kharma as the company continues to tease the fans of her arrival. This would segment again into a Diva’s bout between Eve and Layla worth one draft pick.
Eve def. Layla: As Michael Cole continues to interrupt and embarrass the women’s division his distraction on this night cost a newly aggressive Layla the bout. This bout would serve for one good thing though as the tension and break-up of the team known as Laycool would continue.
This newly aggressive Layla would attack her former best friend Michelle McCool, as the British Diva is finally tired of the bullying and disrespect that McCool has shown her throughout these years. Hopefully the company will allow Layla to turn face and continue this rivalry.
Getting back to the Draft thanks to the victory of Eve over Layla the Flagship brand gets Rey Mysterio. This is one move that I don’t get with the rumors of Mysterio wanting to leave the company. Also there were rumors of Mysterio not wanting to work live shows. The Draft would continue to stun WWE fans in an attempt to make this non-annual draft relevant again.
After Mysterio’s move to Raw there was a good backstage segment by the resident WWE Phantom of the Opera Cody Rhodes. It was one of the better cut heel promos by the young lion as he has fully embraced this character. Hopefully the company will continue this push for the talented star.
Kofi Kingston def. Sheamus: (both seeing action for the second time tonight): It was a solid bout between these two men that would give the Blue Brand another mega star, as Randy Orton is now heading to Friday Night SmackDown.
Michael Cole with Jack Swagger versus Jim Ross: Throughout this bout one could hear the fans booing and chanting boring-boring. Cole this is one storyline that needs to end right away, considering that the fans had to witness good Ole JR getting wacked by a belt buckle.
Yes I understand that this is an opportunity to build heel heat for Jack Swagger, but at the same time there is a line that the WWE has crossed with this storyline. Hopefully at the Extreme Rules pay-per-view this will come to an end and we can move on with our lives and building with the idea of Team Awesome. As The Miz, Alex Riley, Michel Cole and Jack Swagger will eventually take over the company.
It was also announced after this bout that the match at Extreme Rules between Cole/Swagger and JR and Jerry “The King” Lawler will be a Country Whipping bout. Someone needs to tell WWE Creative that no one cares and this is a complete waste of a bout that could be given to a young lion that needs a push.
Raw would continue with an interview with The Miz in the locker room. The awesome one has a good heel promo saying that winning is what he does. As always in spite of very good promos by the Miz he continues to get no love from the company as he continues to be an afterthought on the Flagship Brand.
Randy Orton def. Dolph Ziggler for Two Draft picks: This was a very quick match which was very disappointing as Ziggler is going to be one of the younger guys that the company will need to help push Raw. C.M. Punk interrupts the Draft to build up the bout between the two for Extreme Rules. Fans got to see good promos cut by both men.
Thanks to the victory by newly acquired Orton SmackDown would get both Mark Henry and Sin Cara as the faces are starting to flood the Blue Brand now. Expect for one of these many newly drafted stars to turn heel just to balance things out.
Rey Mysterio def. Wade Barrett: In another very quick bout between two stars the newest member of the Raw roster was able to pick up The Big Show (really) and Alberto Del Rio. The move of the Mexican Aristocrat should serve as no surprise to many as he is the hottest heel in the company right now.
Raw would continue with a recap of the Extreme Rules pay-per-view and the matches that the company will have. It should be interesting to see how the company will pull off the end of several rivalries along with where the straps will be heading-stay tuned for this one.
FYI the Draft will continue tomorrow as noon as the minor stars will be moved to help complete the picture along with the direction that the company wishes to move towards.
Things would conclude with a Six-Man tag team bout for the final 2011 WWE Draft. As the heel team of C.M. Punk, Alberto Del Rio, and The Miz took on Christian, Mark Henry and John Cena.
Punk, Del Rio, Miz def. Christian, Henry Cena: The Heel turn by Mark Henry (wow did I call that one) allows the bad guys to win but it also allows Raw to regain John Cena. While also giving the Blue Brand a heel
This is probably the biggest ‘What the Heck’ moment of the year by the company. I guess the WWE wanted to show the fans that in fact anything can happen in this non-annual Draft. Instead what they do is just move someone that SmackDown needed badly back on a show that didn’t really need him.
For the company as a whole this has to be one of the biggest gambles they have taken. Hopefully it will be something that pans out. Stay tuned for this one fans to see exactly where the company will head as the future of the company is still to be decided.
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Posted by Jonathan Ragus on April 25, 2011 at 3:10 pm
It’s the truth.
Monday Night RAW will never belong to Randy Orton, at least not as long as John Cena is still alive and going strong.
RAW belongs to Cena-Nation and in all respect to Orton who draws better heat as a heel than praise as a face, it’s time for Orton to head over to Smackdown in tonight’s WWE Draft.
Smackdown is lacking a huge face now that Edge has retired. Christian could easily become the face of Smackdown and fly their flag but unfortunately for him and his “Peep’s” that will not happen. Vince McMahon has been sour on Christian’s character and popularity ever since he returned from his reign as champion in TNA which forced him to the bottom of the talent barrel on Friday night’s.
Orton himself has also been drowning in that barrel as of late on RAW ever since they dropped the ball on his feud with C.M. Punk and the “New Nexus”. To go from Main Event status to Mid-Card status in all but a mere few weeks is very sad for the Viper. The decline on Orton’s popularity and wrestling skill is on the shoulder’s of McMahon and the WWE. How can you have a face still acting as a heel and pulling off moves like punting people in the head and ending career’s of other wrestlers as if he was still in the character from 2 years ago?
You never see John Cena ending careers do you? Has Hulk Hogan ever ended a career when he was leading millions of Hulkamaniac’s in good guy chants and praises? Absolutely not.
Either the WWE needs to put the Viper back into his full glory and make him the most hated heel Monday Night RAW has ever seen or draft him over to Smackdown where he can become the full out face they want him to be.
At this point, it’s really the only way they can do it because RAW will never belong to Randy Orton.
RAW is no longer WAR, RAW is CENA and it has been for quite some time now.
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Posted by SPodelski on April 18, 2011 at 11:27 pm
New York, NY- Greetings fans as we enter another week of the WWE recap. Raw is coming from our Television screen from London, England and drawing closer and closer to the Extreme Rules pay-per-view.
Was it just me or was the Flagship Brand feeling flatlined on this night. There were some very awkward promos by several superstars, and in spite of the best efforts by the men and women in the back it just didn’t feel like there was much energy to the show on this night.
The fans of the brand find the company still on scramble mode to try to push their young lions with the retirement of Edge. Members of the WWE Universe also found out that next week the company will hold their ‘non-annual’ draft. That can mean only one thing- a face will be moving over to SmackDown to try to help lead the Blue Brand.
First action of the night would be a curious site, as fans would witness one of mid-card faces turning heel. R “I’m a jobber” Truth who got the push of his life last week was knocked down this week. Truth came out and cut a promo saying how happy he was to be the co-number one contender. He would also promote what a fighting champion he would be after winning the strap at the Extreme Rules pay-per-view.
WWE’s resident Spider-Man John Morrison, who should have earned that spot at the number one contenders spot, but blew it thanks to some backstage heat came out to challenge Truth. Eventually the two would go into action.
Morrison def. Truth: The crowd in London didn’t know how to react to the bout between these two. Sadly a good fast-paced story told by both men didn’t help the reaction of the fans at all. The two were able to pull several pin-falls, but eventually John Morrison takes his place at the Extreme Rules event.
This would be the moment that R-Truth would possibly turn heel, as the rapping sensation viciously attacked his former friend and tag team partner. Hopefully the company will allow Truth to turn heel as it would open many doors for the superstar.
A heel Truth would build up good face time in a rivalry with Morrison, propelling both men to the ‘Main Event’ status, which has eluded them both. Now all the heat that was on Morrison goes on the Truth, and I think the young man would do well in the company as a heel. Of course we have seen in the past someone possibly turning heel to only turn face again with the Draft up and coming-so stay tuned.
Vickie ‘Excuse Me’ Guerrero comes out to introduce a new-look Dolph Ziggler who picked up a victory over Evan Bourne on this night. Ziggler who is now a brunette (don’t get this move-he looks more like Randy Orton than anything else-stupid move by the WWE).
Ziggler picked up a solid victory, this match really should have been allowed to go on longer to allow Bourne to show off some of his high-flying move set. The young heel picked up the victory on this night, but this is one match that I hope happens again.
Raw continues with a great video tribute of the career of the ‘Rated-R Superstar’ Edge. This would allow WWE to plug SmackDown this week as Alberto Del Rio is going to throw a ‘retirement party’ for his former rival. Stay tuned for this one fans.
The action would continue as the two members of ‘Team Awesome’ The Miz and Alex Riley come out to the ring. WWE fans were treated to a solid heel promo by The Miz protesting the idea of John Morrison being in the triple threat match.
Before his protest could go on any further and before he can pull his I’m the Miz and I’m awesome catchphrase we are interrupted by the music of the newest star Sin Cara. Surprisingly enough John Cena’s music would also hit.
Eventually the regularly scheduled singles bout between Sin Cara and Alex Riley was changed to a tag team bout between the four men.
Cena/Cara def. Riley/Miz: So in what was originally a plan to push Sin Cara as the newest face of the company, it may have been ruined by the displeasure that the fans rained down on SuperCena. As the split crowd chanted ‘Let’s Go Cena’ which was followed by ‘Cena Sucks.’
It should be interesting to see where Cena will go with the company with so many fans starting to boo and turn on him, will he continue to tread the line as the company’s resident super hero, or will he turn heel. Also not helping Sin Cara on this night was several botched high flying moves, which should have inspired the fans.
The only thing that saved the masked superstar was the fact that the Miz and Riley were both good actors, who need to be given their props for allowing this face push for the newest star. Got to give one thing to The Miz in his time as the champion, he has allowed many of the newer guys to shine in their matches with him. Here is hoping that Sin Cara can go back to the skill set that was starting to impress me as a fan, if not then Vince may pull the plug on a very talented star.
Raw continues with a video promo of the newest women’s wrestler Awesome Kong (or whatever handle the company decides to give their newest star). This would be a segment into some action from the Divas as Eve def. Nikki Bella.
Thus far the incoming Awesome Kong has not done much to help promote the ladies of the company. Sadly the division would be disrespected further by a very annoying Michael Cole, who continues to build up heel heat on himself as an announcer.
Cole has been crowing all night as to the fact that he would be knighted by the Queen of England. Of course in traditional WWE fashion they would bring out a ‘fake’ Queen that would easily fool most people to knight the heel announcer. So a guy who was very annoying to begin with will become even more obnoxious.
By the way if you didn’t know Cole made up with his tag team partner and trainer Jack Swagger. The young lion Swagger build up heel heat for himself by putting the ankle lock on the Hall of Fame announcer. It is a shame that a legend like Jim Ross continues to be treated lower than dirt. Even worse is that this would be a great time to push a younger guy-but the WWE wishes not to do that.
On a lighter note we would get to see the WWE superstars doing some great work with the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The men and women of the WWE grant more wishes than any other organization and really do not get enough love from the media for the charitable work that they put in on a daily basis.
Sheamus def. Santino Marella : In an effort to continue to build Sheamus as a dominant force in the WWE again, the members of the WWE creative allowed for this bout to happen. As was figured by myself and every other fan in the Universe Sheamus picked up the victory. This bout really didn’t do much for the Irish Born champion, but was a small step in his development.
Randy Orton def. C.M. Punk: In one of the best matches of the night as the two would have several good false finishes. Somehow Orton would pick up the victory against a very resilient C.M. Punk. As always the ‘New’ Nexus comes out to attack Punk’s rival.
It would seem as if the Viper was down for the count as the young lion Mason Ryan aka ‘Batista Lite’ motioned that he would use the punt on Orton. Punk loved the idea so much that he insisted to use Orton’s patented move himself.
At first the young Ryan would disagree, but gave way to his leader. The disagreement between the two would allow Orton enough time to compose himself and greet the Nexus leader with a RKO, while also exiting stage right. The flagship brand ended with Orton walking away the top dog on this night.
Stay tuned fans as there is a lot going on with the company as we not only need to build the new stars in the company, but also need to build up momentum to the Extreme Rules pay-per-view.
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