Kynky's View

Extreme (ly PG) Rules

2011-05-04T13:22:00.000+01:00

Just a quick update to let you know my thoughts on the most recent WWE PPV. As it's a B-Show it shouldn't be as good as 'Mania, but I don't think anything could be as bad as this years 'Mania.

Randy Orton defeats CM Punk in a Last Man Standing Match.
It was obvious that Punk was never going to win, but the worst thing is that this feud fizzled out weeks ago and nobody cared for this, it was solid but I didn't want to see these guys fighting, especially as Orton as the face has never been outplayed by either the numbers game of New Nexus or by the dastardly heel Punk. 6/10.

Kofi Kingston defeats Sheamus in a Tables Match for The US Title.
The result was not really in doubt when you realise that if Sheamus had one, both mid card belts would have been stranded on Smackdown! That being said Kofi & Sheamus had a heated match, and drew the crowd in, even if Kofi seems to be being booked like Shelton Benjamin. 7/10.

Jack Swagger & Michael Cole defeat Jerry Lawler & Jim Ross in a Country Strap Match.
This whole thing was horrible and the heels won again, which probably means this feud that should have already ended weeks ago is going to be continued at the next PPV. 3/10.

Rey Mysterio defeats Cody Rhodes in a Falls Count Anywhere Match.
These two once again put on a great match and really used the gimmick stipulation to great effect, including some great brawling at ringside and some interesting backstage antics. However the wrong guy one, this feud seems to be ending when it should be kicking up another gear, Rey could have made Cody a genuine main eventer with a prolonged angle. Still at least it was a great match. 8/10.

Layla beats Michelle McCool in a No DQ, No Countouts, Loser Leaves WWE Match.
This match was actually fairly good for Divas standards and the result was the one I wanted, although I don't see why McCool would leave the company, so I'm guessing she's just taking time off with Mark. As for the post match beat down of McCool by Kharma, that looked as if it was to turn McCool face! 6/10 as it was decent mid card stuff.

Christian defeats Alberto Del Rio in a Ladder Match for the vacant World Championship.
A hard hitting ladder match, that seemed a little more than PG at times, in fact Christian bled from a hardway shot with a ladder (although not as much as Brodus Clay, who left a pool of blood at ringside). Still think there was a bit of a pause in action so the ref could mop him up, but it was better than the last time Christian was in a ladder match. As for the action, it was of a very high quality and despite the assist from Edge it seems Christian might get a chance to prove VKM wrong. 8/10

Big Show & Kane defeat Wade Barrett & Ezekiel Jackson for the World Tag Titles in a Lumberjack Match.
After all the good stuff on the card we're brought back down to earth with a plodding exercise in how to kill a crowd, using a bunch of lower card lumberjacks didn't help. I didn't even know who half of them were. As for the action in the ring, there was none. 3/10. Over quickly and in the end pointless.

John Cena defeats The Miz & John Morrison in a Cage Match for the WWE Championship.
They couldn't do it could they? They had to take the belt off of The Miz. Cena has got to the point where he never needs to have the belt (apart from The Champ Is Here line) and keeping it on the heel would give all the faces on Raw something to do in the coming months. I can tell where they're going with this though, keep the belt with Cena so after they have their showdown on Raw (which I've not seen, but is inevitable) they can build to next years 'Mania. In the meantime, give nobody a reason to care about the strap.
The match itself was again very good, although Truths beat down of Morrison was so long that Miz & Cena could have gotten out of the ring. 7/10 solid but with a dissapointing end.

PPV Score = 6/10

EntertainmentMania I (formerly known as WrestleMania XXVII)

2011-04-04T13:09:00.000+01:00

I pretty much gave up on this blog as I had neither good or bad things to say about wrestling, both TNA & WWE are knocking out such average content that it's pointless reviewing any of it. However Wrestlemania is always the one show a year where WWE gets everything right and everyone forgets for one night just how stale the product is.

This year was different, I can only say that we watched the end of one PPV and the birth of another, Wrestlemania is no more and EntertainmentMania has been born.

Wrestlers have been replaced by Superstars who have now been replaced by Entertainers. WWF Fans were replaced by the WWE Universe, even the most electrifying man in Sports Entertainment has been rebranded.

I know I'm older than Vinces' targeted demographic, but I don't see many 8-16 year olds with $65 to spend on a monthly PPV, so whilst he's aiming for the parents of said demographic I'm left wondering what part of the show is meant for me. It's not the wrestling as that's been simplified so anyone can attempt it (even though they tell you not to), it's not the violence as there isn't any. It's not the divas as they wear more clothes than the guys nowadays. As I'm left pondering this unanswerable question I shall continue my badly written rant/review.

I'm just going to say a few words about each match as I could probably go on about this show for days.

Now before the show even starts I find out that Bryan vs. Sheamus has been pulled, I thought it would at least be a dark match but no, not even happening. Although there was a dark match. Khali winning a battle royal. I guess it counts as a gimmick match. Barely.

Raw starts with The Rock cutting a promo, then they decide to go back and restart the show proper.

Edge v. Del Rio was actually a good choice for an opener although you don't usually start a show with a heel win, so Edge looked odds on to retain for the whole match, at no point, even with his 3 against 2 advantage did it look like he would win. Think Santino winning The Royal Rumble would have been a better result in hindsight, given how this turned out.
The post match beatdown of the Rolls Royce was very Smackdown! however and just made Del Rio look like a bitch. 6/10 for the whole thing.

Cody Rhodes beat Rey Mysterio in the match of the night, had a good story, good background and was well paced, also the fans were into it. 8/10

Corre vs. Kingston, Marella, Kane & Big Show was just getting started when it finished, the entrances went longer than the match. It only existed to give Kane & Show a mania pay day. 3/10 Worthless.

Orton & Punk had a lot longer thankfully and had a decent bout, but as this was tipped as the show stealer by the IWC it fell short of our high expectations, still it ended up being the 2nd best match of the night with Orton getting the victory 7/10

Cole getting the victory over Lawler was the only logical choice after everything that had come before, but parts of this match were hard to watch, for long periods. Plus Lawler came across as being a complete dick. 4/10

Undertaker vs. Triple H has split a lot of the crowd, some are calling it a great match others are rightly saying it was over long, tedious and nowhere near as good as the match that never happened between them at WMX7. I enjoyed the match, and it was better than I thought it would be, but they took shortcut after shortcut and botched the ending. 6/10

John Morrison, Trish Stratus & Snooki def. Dolph Ziggler & Lay-Cool in a 'We want Media attention' match. It served it's purpose, it will be mentioned on TMZ and MTV and in 20 years time people will look back fondly on such Wrestlemania guests such as Wheres The Beef Lady, That kid from Home Improvement and the oompa loompah from Jersey. 3/10 Dolph, Trish & Jo Mo deserved more than this.

Before we get the main event Miz has a phenomenal video package and a non over the top but decent entrance followed by John Cena blacking it up, Redding it up and then Supermanning it up.
The match was okay considering Cena had to carry the thing, Miz got in some decent attacks and made their first PPV match seem like a bad dream. I was even happy with the finish, it was a clean double count out after some decent brawling on the outside. Until The Rock decided a clean finish at WrestleMania wasn't allowed, and had to come out and restart the thing. He then flattened Cena allowing Miz to win. Rock also then took out Miz leaving an actor in the middle of the ring to sing off EntertainmentMania. 7/10

Total PPV Rating 5.5/10

I need to go and watch something other than wrestling as I feel like I've been burnt out by this and I have to watch Raw, Hall Of Fame & Tough Enough tomorrow to see if they're going to publicly apologise, But if this has taught me anything I think it's that if you can stream it illegally on the internet, it's definately worth the price.

TNA Turning Point - 'Tweet-Blog'

2010-11-10T12:46:00.000Z

A Tweet-blog by my definition is a blog made up of small bite size comments that are made about a subject as they occur to that person. In other words this is what i would be tweeting, but instead to save my followers the pain of 100+ references that they may not get, I have bundled them into a blog format so anyone who chooses to can give it a read.

Not watched TNA since the last PPV i reviewed so it could be a completely different beast. Although that's just wishful thinking, it's probably still the same inept company it was 4 weeks ago.
Opening promo and Jeff Hardy is milking it. He's saying he's the antichrist of wrestling. Whilst looking a bit like Raven. Fat Raven.

And guess what opens the show, Suprise suprise it's an X-Division title match... Just rename it the ECW title and we'll know how you feel about it... actually don't do that. call it the EV2.0 title, don't want you getting in trouble with your mummy Dixie.
Has Robbie E stole Zack Ryders gimmick. No. but he's still totally lame.
Oooh Jay Lethal is the champion. Not sure if he was the champion last month but it's the X Title, i'm not meant to care.
Okay now to watch some wrestling, this maybe the best match of the night going by past TNA PPVs.
Nice tight flowing wrestling so far. Robbie E not really doing much yet. Looks like he only knows how to work WWE style.
Now he's using a rest hold.... sigh. In an opening match of a PPV. Followed up by ANOTHER rest hold.
The Guns are going to have to save this show if this is what they call high flying action.
Tenay just said the line of the night so far ".....The Crowd at Turning Point" - Yes, Yes they are.
The crowd start chanting TNA just because something happens. Give me Ziggler vs. Bryan again over this.
Brilliant we have a NEW champion. A wrestler that makes Matt Morgan look like a man of a 1000 holds in comparison. Crowd boo but mostly they're apathetic. That match was just pathetic. Jay Lethal deserved to lose his title to someone in his league at least.
Tazz & Tenay now explaining the stipulations for the main event, that someone's getting fired. It won't be Russo. Also mentioning that Team 3D are in their last ever match together. I wonder what the odds are on both of those stipulations getting ignored. 90-100%

Mickie vs. ~~Victoria~~ Tara. 2 of the best workers in WWEs womens division. And unlike that division I won't be fast fowarding this match.
A lot of rest holds in this but also a lot better wrestling. Mickie for X Title?
Mickie James seems to be sporting one of Shawn Michaels old outfits.
Nasty bump for both as they tumble off the top rope to the floor via the apron. Now this match is starting to resemble a cat fight. Now they're out of the ring and fighting by the stage and through the crowd. Referee allows it continue until he accidentally gets slapped and calls for a DQ. Mickie & Tara don't care and continue to fight. Tara ends up on the lap of a bunch of TNA ring guys and then gives Mickie a broomstick. Giggidy. although not like that. Finally security come out to break them up. but not for long. D'lo Brown & Simon Diamond to the rescue then.

Team 3D Promo. They want one more title match. against the Guns.
Even my smart wrestling brain can't call this even though I know that they have signed an extension. I wonder if this is like one of those Terry Funk style last matches.
I would love to see 3D return to WWE for one last run, but they have no-one to face. Nexus? Hart Dynasty? Usos?
Nice little bit of history by Tazz on commentary even referring to 3D as The Dudley Boyz. Crowd not really into this show so far. Noticed some guy a few rows in just checking his phone for about 30 seconds mid match. Problem with having all your shows in the same venue. Especially as his ticket was probably free.
We have Juice and despite what Tenay says that was not hardway. I wonder if the Guns are going to be blading in this one given their previous history on the subject.
Guns definately taking the roles of heels in this one, Devon in after a hot tag. Pretty good stuff so far. Their styles compliment each other really well. Hint to WWE tag wrestling works aslong as teams have different arsenals rather than the same catalogue of moves.
Near fall for Team 3D. Devon going for patented out of date Budweiser advert headbutt. Now come the table. Sabin runs up the table, jumps out of the way as Brother Ray dives through. Devon alone getting double teamed now. Shelley kicks out of the 3D!! Very nicely done. i thought that was it. Team 3D look shocked but the Guns keep going and pick up the win. That's how you make a tag match seem important. Best match of the night so far without a doubt. Guns helping Brother Ray up, so thankfully no swerve heel change there then.

Tommy Dreamer vs. RVD is up next. Again not really sure why they're fighting. a nice recap video might have helped here. Tazz on commentary failing to tell us why they're fighting. It's about trust and respect. Okay that's good enough reason I suppose.
So far this match has been very slow... it's definately not been Non Stop Action. Not even had the RVD pandering to the crowd yet. Ladder has been brought in to play to liven things up. Nice rolling thunder attempt onto a Ladder by RVD. Dreamer even breaking out a frog splash. Looks like he landed bad, checking his wrist straight away. Match technically standing still now as they try and come up with a finish. Dreamer definately injured out there but still avoids a split legged moonsault. Suplex off a ladder on the ropes countered by RVD. Dreamer is taking some punishment out there. Dreamer visibly calling the match out there and avoids another frog splash. However he takes another one on a steel chair and gets pinned. That match picked up AFTER Dreamer got hurt. Possibly a broken wrist, there is a visible bulge in his arm.

~~Evolution~~ ~~Four Horseman~~ ~~Fourtune~~ Fortune & Ric Flair promo time. Even saying that Christy Hemme gets on her knees. Giggidy.
Nice of them to introduce Fortune to the crowd but not the PPV audience. #reasonswhyTNAstillhaveawaytogoproductionwise
EV.2 losing Sabu. That's what i'm going with right now. Fortune with the win. I'd say Styles over Richards. Let's see what happens. Oh okay it's just been made clear on commentary that the guy who gets pinned loses his job. so Sabu to get pinned by Styles.
Raven obvisouly has forgotten the name of his team his shirt just reads " THING 2"
It's hard to care about this match. It's almost as pointless a match as TEAM RAW vs. TEAM SMACKDOWN at Bragging Rights. The action is okay when Richards or Rhyno are in the ring for EV2.
Styles ribs tattoo is really off putting. Action picking up as Hebner loses control. Roode gets GORED by Rhyno.... that was awesome.
Angels wings on Sabu and he's outta here. If only i could have put money on this :(
Would have been better off getting rid of Raven. Ric Flair cutting a promo as if he gets to pick who leaves. Almost as if someone has'nt quite told everyone the stipulation. again.
Dreamer comes out to lead a nice little tribute to Sabu.

~~R-Truth~~ The Pope introduces us to his family. Including his brother. Who has a different surname to him. although whilst he's wrapping up his promo Mickie & Tara carry on there brawl.
Not really looking forward to this match.Abyss has been a joke for the last year or so.
To make this match even less exciting it's going to be a lumberjack match.
Really not into this match. Even opened another tab on my browser to check on some other sites.
Tazz saying a diving headbutt from Dinero hit Abyss in the ribs... it looked like D'Angelo missed completely from the view we had!
Eric comes to the ramp and then all the lumberjacks turn on Dinero. We almost went 2 hours without a swerve turn. Black hole slam and Abyss gets the win. And thankfully this is over. All though that means the Upper card is next. Which doesn't bode well at all.

Backstage and Christy is trying to get a word with Sabu. Stevie Richards comes out of the locker room doing his best Val Venis impression and I notice the Turning Point posters on the wall..... Jeff Hardy is slowly transforming into a Juggalo. Richards challenges Styles to a match on Impact. That will get people tuning in.

I hope Samoa Joe breaks Jarretts neck. That guy needs to take a hint and go away. Stay behind the scenes, do the booking, coach some of the younger guys but stop taking up roster space.
Although it's better than 5 years ago when Jarrett headlined 1000 pay per views in a row.
JOE IS GONNA KILL YOU..... Let's hope he gets close at least.
I hope Joe is super stiff in this and no sells everything. Unfortunately it's not going that way so far.
Joe unloaded a ton of chops on Jeff. That made me happy.
Middle rope stroke from Jeff gets near fall.
Suicide dive by Joe takes out Jarrett and *REF BUMP* always a Hebner.
Jarrett in using a foreign object schocker. Crowd chanting for Angle who retired last month.
Jarrett wins because Joe doesn't raise his hand. FUCK YOU RUSSO.

Recap package reminding me that i have managed to make it through almost 2 1/2 hours of TNA.

I'm expected to cheer FOR Matt Morgan. This is going to be a horrible main even especially with Jeff Hardy as the champeen. The recap package shows the nasty gash on Andersons head.
Not really liking how they make light of concussions but hopefully they can treat their talent a little better in the first place not to get them. No need for that nasty looking chair shot.
Also Morgan pointing out that Bischoff shouldn't have brought an open contract to the ring was a nice touch. You know especially as Morgan isn't number one in the rankings. They still have the rankings right?

This has been hard work I can tell you. Isn't watching wrestling meant to be entertaining?

It still amazes me that 2 years ago Jeff Hardy was the hottest thing in wrestling and now he's just the TNA champion. How the mighty have fallen.
Has Matt Morgan stolen Brock Lesnars back tattoo?
Always a worrying sign when the heel gets cheered and the crowd are apathetic to the face. Is this Russos idea of pushing New Blood? It's just the Millionaires club in sheeps clothing.
Favourite sign of the show "Hardy is a TOOL" so true.
How come the only girls allowed in the front row have bingo wings. And are Hardy fans.
Okay it's main event time. Apparantly.
Lots of stalling in the early going. Morgan looks like he's gassing already. Hardy thrown to the floor in front of one of the roundest spectators i've ever seen. I'm sure he was using 2 chairs.
Hardy trying out submission moves on Morgan making for yawn tastic viewing.
Hardy puts Morgan into another rest hold. I miss the old TNA.
Nice discuss clothesline by Morgan keeps me awake. Chokeslam leads to a near fall for Morgan.
(I wonder when the last time Jeff went to the gym)
Ref messes up (or that's how it comes across) Morgan then gets a twist of hate but kicks out at 2.
Hardy delivers a whisper in the wind and another twist of fate to end this match of the year candidate.
I'm being sarchastic! This would have difficulty being the best thing on Superstars.
Fortune come to the ring with some bubbly to help Hardy celebrate. Then the Hulk-confetti falls.... Maybe it's in an ironic way. TNA have nothing to celebrate from this show.

BEST MATCH: Motor City Machine Guns defeat Team 3D.
WORST MATCH: Jeff Hardy defeats Matt Morgan.

I don't think I'm ever going to do that again. I've wasted 3 hours of my day off watching that.

Well that's my TNA dose for the month. It was technically an overdose. I shall try and get the strength and courage to make it through their next PPV.

It's hard to stand up for WWE when they make so many mistakes.

2010-10-20T18:47:00.003+01:00

Raw this week featured a video for WWEs new stand up for WWE campaign. A horrible piece of propaganda littered with inaccuracies and lies. I honestly lost count of everything that was wrong with the video and then they went and stated this fact "78% of Raw viewers are over 18", so why in the blue hell is the product PG now?
Well the answer is quite clear Linda is running for Senate and Hasbro's contract with WWE pretty much demands it. So until the 78% of us do the right thing and switch off we have nobody to blame for the piss poor product on show.
I for one used to watch Raw for the wrestling, the cutting edge angles and the builds for PPVs. Nowadays the build for a PPV happens 1 week before the show (as was the case with Bragging Rights).
I only tune in now for what COULD be. They could one day cash in on what they promise, WWE have a strong roster across both it's brands and some technically gifted wrestlers and could entertain it's audience once more.

Now everyone knows i'm a Cena hater, but it was'nt always the case, in fact i was quite a fan of his lame freestyling gimmick, now he's become Superman working for a heel faction and the only way you know that is a little armband you can barely see under his t-shirt.

A lot of people say that if you start picking holes in the product it's time to take a step back, look at it for what it is and stop reading the forums, message boards and the smart magazines. If I do that I would have NO interest in the product whatsover as it does'nt deliver as a form of entertainment anymore.

I like Dexter, Inbetweeners, South Park, True Blood, Family Guy and WWE no longer fits in with that, instead WWE is now going for the Ben 10 crowd, the Hannah Montana fans and does'nt care about 78% of it's audience. This is what i truly don't get.

What makes it worse is that those under 18 have no way of paying for the PPVs and by WWE targeting the kids it's making it hard for adults that don't have kids to justify paying that amount of money every 3 weeks for what is a child friendly pantomine. No wonder UFC is doing so well right now and if TNA could just book solidly for a few months who knows if they could actually become a threat to WWE.

Stand up for WWE. I wish i could sit down and watch it without wanting to smash my TV.

TNA Bound For Glory - Live'ish.

2010-10-13T17:18:00.001+01:00

As i've updated my blog I might as well have something to blog about so i'm going to try and cover TNAs biggest show of the year, Bound For Glory. Shall keep the updates short and almost twitter like. Wish Me Luck.

Opening the show with MCMG vs Gen Me is such a great idea, i've been away from decent high flying action for too long.
Great Match with the Guns retaining the belts. If the rest of the show is this good i'm coming back to TNA full time. (I know it won't be)

Mickie James is guest ref in the ~~divas~~ knockouts match, looking great too. Another reason for me to go full time with TNA?
The match was'nt as bad as what i watched on Raw earlier but still nothing compared to how the Knockouts division was like a year ago, least the botches were minimal.

What's going on with Eric Young is he mental again? where's Nash? Orlando Jordan dressed up in a lace hood! a reason to stay away from TNA forever?
Ink Inc Stink.
Well they don't but i'm not looking forward to this tag match at all. I do have the choice to fast forward but that's cheating.
Eric Young is walking round with an actual TNA RULE BOOK, wonder if any of the bookers have read that or if it's just empty.
Is it too late for them to bring back the don't fire Eric gimmick, it's been over 7 months. Oh wait 7 months is 7 WWE years.
I'm trying to work out if this is meant to be a comedy match.
What was the last WWE PPV that had 2 tag matches on it? now trying to work out when WWE had 4 active tag teams to make that even possible.
Eric Young is now fighting his own partner after tagging in one of his opponents. Tenay summed it up "What the hell did we just watch?"

Jeff Hardy still seems to have a paint problem. As in he still uses it, WWE would have in rehab for that.

Back to normality hopefully as Douglas Williams takes on Jay Lethal for the X title.
Jay Lethal jumping about for 15 seconds just to get an arm drag. still at least a good solid start to the match.
Williams just drops Lethal on his neck. Nice to see a suplex in modern wrestling, although the top rope one in the MCMG match was great it was hella dangerous.
Rolling chaos is such a great move, maybe my favourite since the Canadian destroyer.
Nice finish to the match too with Williams going to the top rope once and getting countered. Continued Williams anti high flying story and was a clean finish for the champion.
Not too keen on the Lethal beat down afterwards by some guy i've never seen before, however that girl had some talents.

Monster's Ball match time. I've always liked these but back when the entrants had to be locked up for 24 hours before the show. Now it's just a DQ match with a lame name. Anyway let's see how Kanekind gets on with RVD.
Apparantly they might show up. I've not been following TNA for a while but even i'm fed up with all the constant 'they' references.
Abyss just bulldogged into a barbed wire board followed by RVD rolling thundering onto the same board after Abyss moved out of the way. Think i'm going to see some juice in this one.
Nice table spot on the outside, rolling thunder by RVD up over the rope onto Abyss. so far so good.
It's not called coast to coast in TNA Taz, that's Shane O Macs move that RVD stole (sic)
Janice is a weapon. okay that makes sense now. Abyss takes a shot to the gut by Janice and RVD wins with the 5 star frog splash. Now to focus on winning the title that he never lost and that has'nt been defended since he was stripped of it.

Okay that silliness is over now we've got the OLD guard. sigh.
Pope & Joe thrown in so i can't just fast forward it. Well i could but I want to see where this crap is going. As it's a handicap should i expect a Hogan run in (or limp in) for the save?
Joe looks like a butcher, and that wasn't even in reference to his chops, just his sidees.
I hope Joe hurts Sting. a lot.
He would be HUGE business for a final one year run in WWE but he's just another old guy in TNA.
This match would have been better if Jeff had been regimmicked as Samoa Jeff.
That'll be why he has'nt been. Jeff just turned on Joe. sigh.
Kevin Nash picks up the win. sigh.

The Dudleys have got something to say. i wonder if it involves testifying or tables.c-c-c-c-ould be good.
Brother Ray is right though TNA have the best TAG division in the world, if only it could let the rest of the world know it.
Team 3D have retired but want one last shot at MCMG.
Tables & Testifying were mentioned too.

Fortune vs. EV2 in a Lethal Lockdown. means it's time for another rambling Ric Flair promo.
I was trying to work out why Fortune were all giving the shocker hand signal for quite a while.
I want Fortune to win but i'm not sure who the faces are meant to be, EV2 have the man advantage so that makes them heels right?
Stevie Richards actually looks like he has it all of a sudden. Reminds me of Shawn Michaels a little.
Best thing about Dreamer is his shirt.

Sabu looks just like Sir Ben Kingsley.
Raven's in the match now and looking a bit like Dusty Rhodes.
I'm not really into the 'action' although people are bleeding now, somehow. Must've happened when i was googling for Kingsleys pic.
Rhino is in now. is this when the roof goes on? Oh yes the music has hit (how come the cage has it's own music?)
Flair is being beaten down by Foley, apparantly he does'nt like his new book either.
When have trash can lids ever been made of aluminium foil? it's a question as old as wrestling itself.
Now they're on top of the cage and i'm feeling a little nervous, nice tease of someone going off the top.
Kendrick was hiding under a sheet on top of the cage. he botched climbing a ladder.
It's over with Dreamer pinning Styles. did'nt really have much of a flow to it.

Main Event time now. Still no sign of 'they'.
I want Kurt to win. I would have said Hardy if it was'nt for him being a complete douche now. (although not as much as his bigger brother!)
Triple threats are never that great but everyone is going full steam ahead so it's definately not lacking in effort. Jeff has just done his first move to the outside, looked painful.
looks like Angle tried to counter a swanton on Anderson, did'nt come off though.
First Dixie shot of the night.
Angle now going for a double ankle lock on Anderson & Hardy. nice.
Hardy swanton onto Anderson who's trying to pin Angle.
Audible call from Angle to ref, but i'll let him off. It's picking up the pace now with plenty of near falls.
Hardy swanton onto Anderson, Angle pulls Hardy off Anderson into an ankle lock, countered into Anderson doing a Mic Check.
Angle moonsault onto Hardy.
REF BUMP!
Everyone is down and Bischoff is coming to the ring with a steel chair.
LOL. Hogan on crutches coming to the ring!!
2 minutes have passed everyone else is still down whilst Bisch & Hulk bicker.
But. it was a swerve Jeff breaks up the bickering and hits Angle & Anderson with crutches and gets the 3 count.
Dixie shot. Perplexed!
Bischoff presents the new champion and Hogan smirks.Hogan is heel now. Jarrett & Abyss show up and join in the celebrations.
RVD hits the ring. Jeff nails RVD.
and 'they' still did'nt show up.

Okay that show started off alright but sadly the opening match was the highlight. TNA syndrome for you. If you watch the card backwards they'd probably be pretty good. I'm done. my eyes hurt and my brain is fried. I just wanted to watch some wrestling.

oh and Angle lost so that means he's retired. so i expect to never see him in TNA again then.

Overhaul

2010-10-13T14:52:00.000+01:00

Considering in the past 2 years i have thought about giving up on watching wrestling on more than one occasion i still can't shake it out of my system. I have pretty much given up on watching Impact, Smackdown, ~~ECW~~, ~~NXT~~, and all the other wrestling shows apart from the PPVs and Raw, i don't even watch every TNA show anymore as i really have'nt got a clue what they are trying to achieve. I don't think they know either.
I still buy Power Slam & FSM and i even subscribe to a few wrestling podcasts and I've even signed up to PWI forum but when the product being offered to me is so watered down or full of plot holes i still don't know why i remain interested.
I have decided to resume my blogging, and decided to simplify the blog somewhat as it was a bit 'Russo' a term i shall use for anything that is overly complicated for no real reason.

Draft...

2010-05-12T19:07:00.000+01:00

It's a sad day when the best PURE wrestling show on TV is TNA Impact. It's upped it's game in the last few weeks and believe it or not actually been putting together sensible booking, although it does seem to still be featuring the over 50's at least it's making sense.
WWE NXT maybe bombing in the ratings (surely to do with the idiotic tasks that they have to perform) but it's small roster (16) and alternative approach to production, announce team and longer wrestling matches have made it the only must watch show apart from Impact.
Smackdown is being cancelled in the states soon, i've not watched it for ages, it had the best wrestling but it counts for nothing if no-one watches.
RAW on the other hand is the most watched brand and most of the time it's a 2 hour long advert for KFC, PPVs or guest hosts TV show, the wrestling is formulaic and the PG rating is driving away the older audience. It maybe balancing this out with drawing in younger fans who have a lot less disposable income to purchase PPVs.

If i had'nt got my girlfriend into watching Raw on a weekly basis i probably would quit watching WWE altogether, apart from the odd PPV (I don't pay for them so what would the harm be?) instead i'd rather watch UFC and Ultimate Fighter.

Until she gets as fed up of WWE watering down their product (Rated R superstar on a PG show!) as i have i shall continue to 'find' the latest episodes and watch what passes for entertainment to Americans.

TNA needs Paul Heyman.... I need Paul Heyman. Without him to give TNA the stability and creativity it needs, the ~~Monday~~ Thursday night show will dissapear before the year is out.

Oh and the Draft. It was pointless. The talent appear on different shows anyway! To bring back some kind of meaning to the brands the mid card feuds need to be fleshed out on PPVs even if that means bringing back the split for PPVs. I'd love to see a PPV calibre match between Evan Bourne & anyone..... that would happen if RAW had there own shows. Sadly we keep getting the same faces on PPV every 3 weeks and people have had enough. The gimmick names and events are not working!

Example 2 PPVS, Gives the viewer 6 weeks between brand events, but also freshens up the matches.

PPV 1
John Cena vs. Sheamus
Edge vs. Batista
Triple H vs. Randy Orton
Miz vs. Jericho.

PPV 2 (3 weeks later)
Rey Mysterio vs CM Punk
Undertaker vs. Big Show
Christian vs. John Morrison.

2 shows with different cards, feuds and storylines with plenty of TV time to flesh out the matches without having to start and end a feud within 3 weeks!

Of course star power would need to be more evenly spread so it should realistically be like this.

PPV 1
Triple H vs. CM Punk
Christian vs. Jericho
Rey Mysterio vs. Miz

PPV 2
John Cena vs. Undertaker
Randy Orton vs. John Morrison
Batista vs. Sheamus

also i'd give the undercard a chance to experiment, like in the days when Edge, Christian, Hardy Boys & Dudley Boyz all midcarders were allowed to book their own matches (within reason) and get THEMSELVES over without the need of star rub.

I have the last 10 minutes of this weeks RAW to watch and NXT. then Impact tomorrow. sigh.

The Whole World Is Watching.... Unless They Have Virgin Media.

2010-04-07T10:06:00.000+01:00

First off i'd like to thank the reliable guys over at XWT who supplied me with this years WrestleMania PPV. I'd like to thank the guys at Virgin Media for absolutely nothing as they ruined what was going to be the annual Mania get together.

About 6PM i thought i better order the PPV, just in case there were any problems, i'd have 6 hours to get them sorted.... Unfortunately i don't think 6 millenia would have helped. The start time on the screen was all wrong, something i put down to the changing of the clocks the night before, but even though it had the wrong start time, it still would'nt let me purchase the show. After a dozen or so resets i rang the help desk, who didnt even know about the PPV. my friend tried they didnt even know the time that the show started. another phonecall this time they thought it was a boxing event that started at 5am. several more phone calls followed, with even more contradictory results.

Anyway after wasting what was meant to be our WrestleMania warmup, where we watch the best bits of last years show, mixed in with other silliness and prepping our WrestleMania Bingo (drinking games have been banned this year, with our own little SES) we gave up on trying to order the show, as it had been on for 15 minutes and by this time the phone lines were all automated..... So i waved farewell to my friends who had come to stay the night as they left to see if there friend could get it (turns out he had virgin media too and missed the show).

I went to bed pretty pissed off, it's not as if i buy that many PPVs anyway, Rumble & Mania being the only ones i can recall, and the first One Night Stand. As soon as i woke up i logged onto XWT, and 30 minutes later i was watching WrestleMania.

Now to the review the show, sadly however watching it not live, without a group of smart marks and some girls who are there just to ogle Randy Orton & The Miz, it becomes just like any show and unless it was actually a mediocre show, watching it 10 hours late in the middle of the day left me feeling a little flat.

1. Unified Tag Team Titles Match: ShowMiz (C) vs. John Morrison & R-Truth.
Love the current tag champions, but considering they have 2 brands to fight, they only really have Crymetyme & The Hart Dynasty as possible opponents. Morrison & R-Truth are just two guys pushed together and they don't gel half as well as Morrison & Miz did a year ago. thankfully as i'm pondering all this the match is over all ready, Big Punch by Show and they retain. 5/10

2. Randy Orton vs. Ted DiBiase vs. Cody Rhodes.
Starts off just like a handicap match, with Orton being doubleteamed at every opportunity, until inevitably the in fighting begins, Orton takes advantage and picks up the win. Biggest pop of the night goes to Randy for breaking out his VINTAGE pose. 6/10

3. Monkey In The Bank Ladder Match: Drew McIntyre vs. Christian vs. MVP vs. Evan Bourne vs. Jack Swagger vs. Kane vs. Shelton Benjamin vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. Matt Hardy vs. Kofi Kingston.
First things first, there are too many guys in this match and it's impossible to believe that whilst 2 guys are in the ring, 8 are just standing around doing nothing. 4 at a push i could believe! There were some great little moments in the match, Bourne with a shooting star press off of a ladder, but i was a little dissapointed that Benjamin didnt do his annual holy shit spot. In the end Swagger managed to get the title after 30 seconds, with 9 guys standing around watching. 6/10

4. Triple H vs. Sheamus.
This match was lame.... Triple H could have helped create a superstar, instead he no sold everything and won the match clean, really quickly. 4/10

5. Rey Mysterio vs. CM Punk.
Big pop from me for GI JOE trunks, not so much for Reys Avatar gear. The thought of Rey in the SES, was enough for me to realise who was going to win this when it was announced, and before the match even got going it had ended, Rey with the win. So far it's felt like i've been watching RAW, short matches and predicable finishes. 5/10

6. Bret Hart vs. Vince McMahon.
Wow the 3 month build up for this match, almost killed me, is it happening, is it not, i kinda got to the point where i hoped it wouldnt, but here it is, in all it's pointlessness. Bret wins via Sharpshooter and there was some nonsense with a double cross. If this match had been 5 minutes long then i may have enjoyed it, but as it was in Slow Motion (no fault of Bret, he's had a stroke. Plus Vince is OLD) and just a one way beatdown i was almost ready to hit the FFWD button. 5/10

7. World Heavyweight Title Match: Chris Jericho(c) vs. Edge.
By this point i'm hoping for something amazing, or at least ONE mania moment, this show has been so average it's making me think TNA has the right idea(see i know that's wrong but i still typed it). Jericho retains after Edge forgets he has other moves other than a spear. Still it's marginally the best match so far. 7/10

8. Beth Phoenix, Eve Torres, Kelly Kelly, Mickie James & Gail Kim vs. Michelle McCool, Layla, Maryse, Alicia Fox & Vickie Guerrero.
This match was as most womens matches are at mania, totally without merit, but yet each and everyone still gets PPV bonus yet anyone in that 26man battle royal in the preshow gets nothing. Hog splash by Vickie for the win. Amazingly this was better than last years match as i could actually see most of it. 3/10

9. WWE Heavyweight Title: Batista(C) vs. John Cena.
This is something you won't hear from me very often, but considering the match, this was actually pretty good, the crowd were hyped for this, and that rubbed off on me somewhat, i passionately hate John Cena and his perfect PG role model persona, prefer Batista now than at any other time he's been in WWE. Sadly as predictable as day following night, Cena picked up the win. 7/10

10. Career vs. Streak Match: Shawn Michaels vs. The Undertaker
Everyone i know thought this was going to be better than last year, but with a years worth of wear and tear, and 3rd degree burns in Takers case, i knew it wouldnt be the classic we all dreamed it would be. That said i still wasnt 100% of the result, until the jump in the air tombstone that i have'nt seen for 10 years! Taker wins and Shawn retires. 7/10

WrestleMania 26 Score 5.5/10

So it was'nt me then it was a mediocre WrestleMania, i'd really like to know if anyone enjoyed this show or can recall a true Mania Moment.

Wrestlemania Predictions, Part Two.

2010-03-17T13:16:00.002Z

My Previous predictions were based in the WWE Universe, these predictions come from a completely better world, Kynkys Universe, where i'm not tied to the rules of backstage politics or even Booking 101. Not to be confused with Russo's Rules. Also i don't have to comply by WWE's lineup and can tweak the show into my own twisted vision.

I present my predictions for what WrestleMania 26 should be

Dark Match: NXT Elimination Match: Winner Gets 10th Spot In MITB: Darren Young vs. Daniel Bryan vs. David Otunga vs. Heath Slater vs. Justin Gabriel vs. Michael Tarver vs. Skip Sheffield vs. Wade Barrett.

1. Triple H vs. Sheamus

2. Money In The Bank Ladder Match: Kane vs. Evan Bourne vs. MVP vs. Christian vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. Shelton Benjamin vs. Jack Swagger vs. Matt Hardy vs. Drew McIntyre.

3. Randy Orton vs. Ted DiBiase vs. Cody Rhodes

4. Womens/Divas Title Match: Tag Team Rules: Maryse(c) & Michelle McCool(c) vs. Gail Kim & Mickie James.

5. Unified Tag Team Title Match: Mizshow(c) vs. John Morrison & R-Truth vs. Crymetyme vs. Hart Dynasty.

6. No Holds Barred Match: Vince McMahon vs. Bret Hart

7. WWE Title Match: Batista(c) vs. John Cena

8. Hair vs. Mask: CM Punk vs. Rey Mysterio

9. Streak vs. Career: The Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels

10. World Heavyweight Title Match: Chris Jericho(c) vs. Edge

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Dark Match: Winner Daniel Bryan qualifies for MITB.

1. Nobody would expect this to be the match that starts the show proper(politics and all) but realistically opening the show with a main event calibre star in Triple H is what the event needs, and even though the reuslt is the same in any universe a Face victory is a great way to kick things Off. Triple H via pedigree.

2. Daniel Bryan doesnt win. Thanks to interference from The Miz who mouths off that he hasnt earnt his opportunity (all for their eventual feud when NXT V1 is over), i would really like to see Shelton Benjamin win, or a re-gimmicked Kane, but it has to be Christian as he's the only one that shows main event potential. Will be a car crash and i can see Bourne doing something silly off a tall ladder, likewise Benjamin. Winner Christian.

3. Ted Dibiase and Cody Rhodes are accompianied to the ring by their Hall Of Fame fathers, whilst Orton comes out on his own. Orton playing the tweener will look as if he's got it won until interference from the Million Dollar Man, which costs him the victory to Ted DiBiase.

4. Both titles can change hands with one pin fall. However with the amount of title changes too frequent in the WWE Universe, i would keep the titles where they are, for the moment at least. Winners McCool/Maryse.

5. Mizshow to lose the titles to Morrison/R-Truth thanks to Daniel Bryan getting involved at ringside.

6. Bret Hart with a Sharp Shooter. 100%

7. Batista to destroy Cena, with a pure powerhouse performance. Winner within 5 minutes, Batista.

8. Double Countout After 10 Minutes. Which would leave both Punk to lose his hair and Rey to lose his mask. Teddy Long comes out and restarts the match with a falls count anywhere stipulation, Punk & Rey battle through the crowd and in the back. Rey wins and shaves off sections of Punks beard, part of his chest hair and cuts off some of his hair.

9. The Undertaker wins, in a BLOODY brawl and hits Michaels with all 4 of his finishers, before hitting a tombstone piledriver on the stage for the win. Michaels retirement show for RAW the next night.

10. Just as the match is about to start Christians music hits and he announces that he will cash in his title opportunity. NOW. Making it a triple threat match. Edge & Christian double team, Jericho for most parts of the match, until it looks like Edge is going to win, only to be broken up by Christian. Jericho takes advantage of this to get back into the match, Christian goes for the win only to be stopped by Edge. Edge spears Christian to pick up the title.

Wrestlemania Predictions, Part One.

2010-03-17T12:55:00.001Z

WWE Universe Predictions. Confirmed Matches as of 17/3

Predicted Running Order

1. Money In The Bank Ladder Match: Kane vs. Evan Bourne vs. MVP vs. Christian vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. Shelton Benjamin vs. Jack Swagger vs. Matt Hardy vs. Drew McIntyre.

2. Randy Orton vs. Ted DiBiase vs. Cody Rhodes

3. Triple H vs. Sheamus

4. Unified Tag Team Title Match: Mizshow(c) vs. John Morrison & R-Truth

5. No Holds Barred Match: Vince McMahon vs. Bret Hart

6. World Heavyweight Title Match: Chris Jericho(c) vs. Edge

7. Streak vs. Career: The Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels

8. WWE Title Match: Batista(c) vs. John Cena

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1. This looks as if WWE are pushing new talent, but it's obvious from the contenders who will win, the only realistic winner and main event level performer is Christian (Kane, MVP have all been far to stale and i could not see either of them challenging for a title). Winner is Christian and will most likely cash in his title shot against either Jericho or Edge, possibly both, Canadian 3 way.

2. Randy Orton wins as he continues his downward spiral towards babyfacedom.

3. Sheamus gets the HHH rub, but at the cost of being decimated, Triple H to win clean.

4. The part time partnership of Morrison & Truth (The Rock & Rap Connection!) will surely not be allowed to blossom as a tandem in the way Mizshow has, so i expect the belts to stay where they are.

5. Bret Hart with a sharp shooter. 100%

6. Not all the faces can win their matches and as it pans out i guess Edge will be the one to miss out, Jericho to retain by screwy finish.

7. Last years classic, if overlong match will probably not be bettered considering the extra 12 months of wear and tear that both have suffered so the shortcut rule of making it a no DQ match allows for all sorts of shenanigans. i still expect The Undertaker to win as it's been rumoured that Michaels has wanted to go out for a while.

8. Hopefully i'm wrong and this doesnt go on last, but as Mania history has shown us, the WWE title mostly ends up with the face by the end of the show, so i expect that Cena will defeat Big Dave.

The more things change, the more they stay the same

2010-03-02T21:01:00.002Z

that's pretty much the state of wrestling in 2010.

WWE appear to be booking younger fresher guys in the top spots, but really all that's happening is the old regime are beating newer talent, whilst tna thinks that the only way to compete with WWE is to ditch everything that got it anywhere for a dated WCW approach using WWE cast offs...

oh and WWE is still rated PG, and won't allow blood on it's shows or PPVs....

I'm back. As you can see i'm still every bit as disheartened with the state of the business as i was when i last blogged about it way back when, but now as it's coming up to 'Mania i'm at least a little bit excited about some potential clash of the year contenders and a couple of major storylines.

I shall return with a new post in the next few days, and also a revamp to the blog, it looks so 2009 at the moment, i know that's in right now but i want things to change.

Is This Armageddon?

2009-07-19T18:32:00.002+01:00

So it's come to this then, me writing an update about how this could be the end.

As you can tell from the lack of updates i've not been as into my wrestling as in previous months, i'm watching just as much but i've felt a lull in the quality of the content and at times my heart hasnt been in it.

That said however Smackdown is almost at the level it was a few years ago when it was the A show, and even ECW has a quality show nowadays.

RAW & WWE PPVs are letting the side down however, dull predictable and the usual suspects clogging up the TV time, Impact is a better show simply with it's unpredictability.

I've also gotten into UFC over these past 6 months, helped by the brilliant UFC Undisputed video game and of course UFC 100, the first UFC PPV i've seen from start to finish.

I'm trying to decide what works and what doesnt and if maybe having someone to bounce ideas off might give this blog a fresher feel. The internets first Wrestling Blogger Tag Team perhaps.

So this blog may live on, or I may just start up another, but until the next update....... it's the end.

Mania - Backlash before Backlash.

2009-04-18T19:35:00.002+01:00

So Wrestlemania was a dud, after a really impressive No Way Out, WWE failed to create any interest in the prouct and the card turned out to be a one match show.

I can't believe the tag team match was left off the show so they could have 10 minutes of Kid Rock singing and strangely enough ruin the best part of the divas match, the introductions. The Gimmick Battle royal at WMX17 had the introductions and even though the match sucked it was great to see everyone back. I have no idea who was fighting who in the diva match, all i could tell was that Santino was dressed up in drag and made the whole thing even more pointless by winning it.
That followed a really good MITB match with CM Punk winning, beating my pick MVP to the briefcase, this match was a bit more gimmicky than normal, which in itself is quite an achievement, but thankfully no nasty injuries occured.

Matt Hardy beat Jeff in an entertaining extreme rules match (that was bettered in an effort on the next weeks Smackdown!) which unfortunately was cut short due to timing (!Kid Rock!).

Rey Mysterio beat JBL in a pointless angle, it wasn't a match as it was over within 21 seconds, JBL should have had a retirement stipulation in this and actually attempted to EARN his mania PPV pay off (especially as Miz, Morrison & The Colons worked their asses off and they DON'T get the PPV bonus!)
I did like the Joker look Rey was rocking, but i'm guessing a lot of Kids were a bit freaked out by it, it was cheesey but as it's mania it's allowed, still not as funny as Conan The Game.

Chris Jericho beat Piper, Snuka & Steamboat, with Ricky putting in an an excellent effort, the cameo by Mickey Rourke was milked for as much as it was worth, quite literally.

The match that should have gone on last was the Taker vs. Michaels epic, the second longest match in WrestleMania history and by god was it good. I urge people to watch it because i can't do it justice with a review!

Then after that high point the show completely nosedived, John Cena won a quite simply average triple threat (i still don't think Big Show should have been in the mix) to take the gold from Edge.

Then to follow that Triple H retained against Orton, in one of the most dissapointing endings to a Wrestlemania for years.

If i had to give it a rating out of ten, i'd have to give it a 4, only because HBK and Undertaker saved this show from being a complete wash out. Such a shame because if they had just been a bit smarter they could have had a much better show!

Anyway i left it a while to review Mania, because if i had done it the day after, it probably would have been a minus figure and unlike a lot of the other shows i had PAID for it and felt ripped off.

The Draft was a chance for WWE to kickstart 2009, but if anything it was a backward step!

Here's the superstars and there new homes, and my opinion on whether it was a good move or not;

MVP to Raw - Woo, this was a great move and finally a chance for MVP to hit the big time, i expect a world title match in the next 12 months.

Big show to Raw - Oh dear, as mainly a raw viewer i see this as a bad move, i'd rather he stay on smackdown so i did'nt have to see his awfulness. He's got fat again and looks de-motivated, seems like ages ago since his match against Mayweather!!

Melina to Smackdown - With this move i was hoping that both womens titles would be on the same show but that would prove not to be the case. i actually will miss Melina because she's improved so much since she's debuted.

Matt Hardy to Raw - A bad move for Matt because he wont get as much screen or mic time and will probably end up in a crappy feud with Big Show.

HHH to Raw - He's back, oh dear! Mr Invincible will stay on top for quite some time, especially as he's now been outed as a McMahon.

CM Punk to Smackdown - this was a massive let down for me, as i won't see him as much over on Smackdown and he's constantly had the best matches on Raw, i expect a feud with Y2J on Smackdown.

Miz to Raw - As soon as The Colons won the tag team unification match i knew the MnM partnership was doomed, but i didnt expect it to be 2 weeks later, the least talented of the duo is entertaining but i don't think he'll do as well as Morrison if he was drafted too.

Kane to Smackdown - He's been on every brand and fought everyone, there really isnt much you can do to keep him fresh, i think another gimmick makeover is needed. Remask him.

Jericho to Smackdown - Another regretful draft, but he will main event Smackdown so it's a promotion for him.

Kozlov to ECW - The demotion has begun, at least we won't have to watch it. He won't be around for the next draft!

Maryse to Raw - by switching champions they think they can trick us into believing the womens division isnt terrible on Raw, it is horrible and Maryse is worse than Melina so this is a bad move!

Rey Mysterio to Smackdown - Back to where the kids love him, more than likely will be given a chance to main event.

Mr. Kennedy to Raw - A good move for him, but only if he gets a run with the US belt, a good feud with MVP is in the offing.

Shad Gaspar to Smackdown - Crymetyme is off to Smackdown!! Good for everyone!

Alicia Fox to Smackdown - Don't even know who this is!

Primo Colon to Raw - The Colons have landed on Raw, hopefully they'll be given decent screen time!

Mike Knox to Smackdown - Evan Bourne will be safe but Mysterio better watch out.

Ezekial Jackson to ECW - Maybe can actually wrestle on this show but has 'good luck in future endeavours' written all over him.

Nikki Bella to Raw - Apparantly she's hot so this is good?

Candice Michele to Smackdown - She should just quit now!

Zach Ryder to ECW - Demotion, never a good thing!

Chavo Guerrero to Raw - Seems to be following Vickie around, maybe will have a run as US champion at some point, but otherwise it's business as usual.

Ricky Ortiz to Smackdown - Chuck V.2 has been given the break, let's see if he can do anything with it.

Layla to Smackdown - Regals deadwood arm candy has been sent to SD. To do what we will have to wait and see.

Hornswoggle to Raw - What's the point of this? Rubbish!

DH Smith to ECW - Rebooting his career in ECW, could be a good move!

John Morrison to Smackdown - Can't wait to see him with the IC title.

Carlito Colon to Raw - Colons will be big on Raw, as long as they have some tag teams to work with!

Natalya to ECW - My favourite to be first female ECW champion!!!

Festus to Raw - Pointless!

JTG to Smackdown - Crymetyme in full effect over on SD! maybe they can nick the ratings!

Dolph Ziggler to Smackdown - Hi, I'm not watching!

The Brian Kendrick to Raw - Oh no!!! Squash matches here you come!

Charlie Haas to Smackdown - I have a feeling we may get a worlds greatest tag team reunion!

Hurricane Helms to ECW - I could see some awesome matches with Christian coming up, once Christian beats Swagger.

Brie Bella to Raw - If you have one of the Bellas you dont really need both!

With Backlash 2 weeks away and a whole host of wrestlers on new shows i dont expect it to be a very good show but i'l give my predictions once the full card is announced!

Watch this space!!

2009-04-15T10:41:00.002+01:00

My next post should be a bit of a biggy!!

My complete rundown of Mania and why it met my expectations (it was painfully average), the complete draft picks (including wednesdays supplemental draft) and a look towards Backlash.

15 Days & Counting.

2009-03-21T20:38:00.002Z

Okay WrestleMania is 2 weeks and 1 night away, unlike previous years this feels as if it's going to be an average show. There's not a single match on the card that stands out as must see, and the ones that we are looking forward to are just re-hashes of matches past (Randy v HHH, Taker v Michaels, Hardy v Hardy.)

The addition of JBL vs Rey Mysterio to the card is dissapointing, taking the strap off of Punk after giving him such a great build seems like a waste and if Rey wins that will be the 4th title change in 4 months. My bed sheets don't get changed that often!!

I think Cena v Edge would have been preferable to a 3 way involving Show, but i'm not booking, more's the pity.

The 25 women battle royal will mostly be awful, due to the fact that every active WWE diva will be involved and half of them i can't even name. Gail Kim should turn up, along with Trish & possibly Sunny. Expect a Mae Young cameo too. It's a shame this match isnt to unify the womens belts but i guess they need to get some merch-money out of that crappy butterfly belt.

Glad to hear the Hardyz will be fighting in an extreme rules match, means Jeff will jump off something tall (not land on Matt, but instead A MAT) and after a quick camera cut we'll have Jeffs hand raised in victory.

Jericho's match still hasnt been announced even though it's looking more than likely to be some sort of handicap match. It lost it's chance of being awesome some time ago! Rourke will be there, well to be honest that ship has sailed and unless he does a moonsault a lot of people are going to be left flat by this angle.

The tag unification match should be special, they should be given at least fifteen minutes and put the tag division back on the map, i personally think Miz & Morrison should get the honours as there currently the best tandem in WWE. i dont think the main titles will ever be unified again, but this gives all the tag teams out there one belt to aim for, which makes it more important than having the same teams chasing 2 sets of titles.

Played the new Legends Of WrestleMania (bought it because i got Mania 1 & 2 on DVD free with it) and apart from the fact its terribly easy, it still has that WWE quality about it. It looks good, sometimes it seems fun and it's got all the licenses but somethings missing (This is very much the FIFA of wrestling games, it looks great, feels real but just isnt as good as PRO EVO!)

I'm not saying that TNA Impact is better, i'm just waiting for a decent wrestling game where you can actually use a bit of psychology in a match, rather than just constantly pummel someone in the head with a chair (until it disappears) hit them with a finisher and win.

Going to watch a bit of The Rock DVD....... then play some Pro Evo........

Sholy Hit. Sorry About That.

2009-03-09T21:29:00.003Z

Well i guess it was bound to happen at some point, i kinda did a 'ZAH' and gave up on blogging about wrestling, it was'nt that there was nothing to blog about, not even that i seem to have an addiction to twittering since the new year. The problem was i just did'nt have anything to say.

Nothing.

That's all changed now, because it's almost THAT time of year again, Yes Grandaddy Mania is ready for his yearly visit and i can't wait.

Well i can wait actually, this years Mania has had practically ZERO build, there are still ZERO confirmed matches at this point and we are just over a month away. My prediction that this years show is going to be worse than last years is getting closer by the day.

What doesnt help is that the product has been watered down further to help keep those PG ratings and get over with the Kids. The same kids who can't afford to buy PPVs or shit loads of merch and every single wrestling figure and the £500 replica belts, but hey the kids can still buy WWE kids magazine right? well they can as long as there American. Tough luck UK kids you'll just have to read non kayfabe fare like Powerslam or FSM. Or Both. I'd say buy WWE magazine but again you can't afford 2 magazines a month at £4.50 a piece.

Anyway i seem to have lost focus again. I've returned here tonight to give my FIRST Wrestlemania predictions. As there is currently no card, i think that mine is a pretty safe bet (and just like WWE for the last few months i would'nt be making any ORIGINAL booking scenarios, just for that added hint of authenticity.)

So here we go........ did i just steal that? well until the great one returns i'm having it.

Wrestlemania 25 "The One With Zero Build" or "25th Anniversary"

Tag Team Title Unification Match: Winner Takes All: Miz & Morrison vs. The Colons
Money In The Bank Ladder Match: Kane, MVP, Benjamin, Punk, Henry, Finlay, JBL & Koslov.
ECW Title: Jack Swagger(c) vs. Christian.
Falls Count Anywhere: Jeff Hardy vs. Matt Hardy.
3 vs 1 Handicap Match: Chris Jericho vs. Roddy Piper, Jimmy Snuka, Mickey Rourke with Ric Flair.
Hall Of Famers Introduced.
World Title Match: Edge(c) vs. Big Show vs. John Cena.
Womens Title vs Divas Title Unification Match: Winnter Takes All: Melina vs. Marysse.
No DQ For The WWE Title: Triple H(c) vs. Randy Orton w/Legacy.
Shawn Michaels vs. The Undertaker.

And for those who don't want to know the results..... look away now (Oh how i miss that, back when sports media was simple and naive)

Miz & Morrison win the belts and unify the tag divisions, giving us just one tag belt to chase on all three brands.
MVP will win money in the bank, i really wanted to go with Punker but i think MVP is where the money is (pun!!)
Christian won't win the ECW title, due to interference from an unknown masked wrestler.
Jeff Hardy wins. Yay.
The legends win, the reason this was a handicap match was because Jericho said he could beat all the legends because they were SOOO past it. Limits Rourkes involvement and we can still get some Ric interference in the manager role. Still wouldnt make it last more than 5 minutes though.
Hall of famers wave!!
Edge retains by pinning Big Show. he looks a lot like that masked wrestler.
Who really cares, i think Melina should retain but as i dont watch Smackdown it would be good to banish womens matches to friday nights.
HHH. He's not doing the job this time. Remember that Booker Match. wonder if Randy will get any offence in?
OOOOH. I reckon The Deadman will win. but i really hope WWE is brave enough to let Shawn win this. both of them will probably be in there last main event and both will be hall of famers.
Now last year i was begging for Punk to cash in his money in the bank, defeat Taker and take the belt but it didnt happen. I'd love for Mania to end with the money in the bank being cashed in. maybe even feed another victim to Taker.

Now obviously as matches are made i'm going to come back and tinker with my ideas, the one match i hope to see this year is for a four way TLC match between Edge, Matt Hardy, Christian & Jeff Hardy for the WWE Title. I think what i've set in motion in my prediction could see a culmination of the 2 feuds merging at Summerslam.

But Batista will be back by then and Vince will probably go for Cena vs Batista 2. And i won't be watching.

Until next time............peace....................out.

Just had a thought. Not got Mr Kennedy, Santino Marella or Rey Mysterio on my card.
hell they can have an Intercontinental Title No.1 Contender match on the pre-show.

What A Year It's Been.

2008-12-28T14:39:00.004Z

2008 has been quite a good year on the whole for pro-wrestling, yes the ratings have dropped further and the buy rates continue to shrink, but the product has had possibly its most solid year in a long time, at least in WWE.

TNA has spent most of the year going from the No.2 company to No.25 - it's logic that wrestling is cyclial and that if they get bad enough will eventually go full circle and become No.1. It won't happen in 2009.

ROH has had a very turbulent 2008, after finally converting me to the brilliant workrate, amazing high flying matches and sensible storylines they fire the head booker and go for a new retro booking style, i meanwhile cease buying the DVDs. ROH will land a TV deal with it's new style and take it's place as the 3rd big company.

PWG has again produced some amazing matches and will continue to be the No.1 Indy Promoter in the world.

Chikara will continue to entertain with its comical style and cartoon esque production, maybe even getting a spin off tv show.

As for the big dog WWE, they made record amounts of cash from overseas tours and still rakes in millions in merchandise and live shows. They will remain THE company throughout 2009 and beyond.

2009 is going to see some interesting developments in the square circle.

TNA WILL fire Russo. They will finally listen to the fans.

WWE will bring back Christian, but instead of an Edge & Christian re-union Edge will be drafted to RAW whilst Christian heads up the Blue Brand.

RAW will get a PROPER GM.

Freddie Prinze Jr Will Become an on screen character.

Hogan will be back on WWE TV.

Jeff Hardy will leave the company.

ROH will get major press coverage from the movie The Wrestler which will win an Oscar. This will spawn several cheap rip offs. mostly from WWE films.

A member of WWE will be involved in a drug scandal.

We will lose another legend to the affects of prolonged drug abuse.

Wrestlemania 25 will not be as good as 24.

Summerslam will be headlined by Edge vs CM Punk

Matt Hardy will feud with Jeff Hardy.

We will see The Hardyz vs Edge & Christian

Batista will suffer an injury, and retire

Sting will retire

Kurt Angle WONT retire

Vince McMahon will resurface on WWE TV.

DX will reunite 52 times in 2009. But only for one night.

Seamus O'Shaunessy will be called up from FCW soon.

The Legacy will disband before 2009 ends. Not before recruiting The Colons & Sim Snuka.

Randy Orton will turn face, and will not get over.

John Cena will turn heel, and it won't make a difference.

Shawn Michaels will fight JBL at Wrestlemania.

The winner of MITB 2009. Evan Bourne.

New Heavyweight champions in 2009. MVP, Mr. Kennedy, John Morrison & Christian.

John Morrison & The Miz to dominate the tag divisions until they split and feud in the summer.

More divas who you wont recognise will be added to the roster and will get more TV time than talented performers.

WWE will finally release Funaki.

Hornswoggle will turn heel.

Santino will get even more over.

Everyone already knows that the girl in the crowd when Beth comes to the ring is a ringer. She will be Womens champion regardless of whether she's any good.

Gail Kim will wear the awful Divas title and Womens belt at the same time.

Mae Young will kiss someone else on the WWE roster.

Macho Man won't be in the hall of fame this year.

Smackdown vs RAW 2010 will feature Triple H on the cover.

This years Playboy spread will be done by Mickie James :)

King Of The Ring 2009 will be Kofi Kingston.

The next Hell In A Cell will be a 4 way.

Cyber Sunday will be renamed SMS Sunday (well should be!)

Sean Waltman will turn up in TNA.

Cyber Sunday Or SMS Sunday would be more apt

2008-10-22T21:37:00.003+01:00

Cyber Sunday is coming up and after the nothingness that was No Mercy (apart from THE ladder match of the year!) i'm hoping for the booking team to mix things up a bit. CM Punk is no longer champ and to be quite honest the originality and unpredictability that was starting to become a weekly factor on RAW, has once again dissapeared. This pay per view could be just the thing to mix that up, with some very interesting matches that US fans can choose, i'd say the WWE universe but that would be a lie as to vote you have to have a US cellphone. Out of principal for an event called CYBER sunday i won't be voting for the two matches that Net fans can pick.

WWE Championship Triple H(c) vs. either Jeff Hardy, Vladimir Kozlov or both.

I'm hoping Jeff Hardy is voted in because this could be the night to give him the belt, if only until the next PPV. Kozlov looks terrible so i don't want to have to watch him in the main event.

Undertaker vs. Big Show (WWE Universe chooses type of match)
Wow - after such an amazing match at No Mercy we're treated to another soon to be classic. These two should both be fighting younger guys and elevating new talent instead of going throught the motions of a feud nobody wants to see again. Taker will win to avenge his defeat from the last PPV.

World Heavyweight Champion Chris Jericho vs. Batista (WWE Universe chooses referee)
If Stone Cold is not voted in then something is seriously wrong with the WWE universe, Michaels and Orton are on TV every week and i just can't imagine this match not involving a stunner of some sort. I can see Batista winning the title soon and holding on to the belt til mania, but i dont think he'll get the win until Armageddon.

Kane vs. Rey Mysterio (WWE Universe chooses type of match)
Rey wins this one, but again this feud is going nowhere, it needs to involve Kanes mask sooner or later!!!!

ECW Championship Match Matt Hardy(c) vs. either Finlay, Evan Bourne or Mark Henry
How much do i want to see Evan Bourne with a belt, um about this much < > which is a lot for one of my blogs. Finlay would be interesting but no-way in hell can anyone outside of WWE headquarters vote in the worlds strongest man 1998 or whenever it was. Hardy will retain i'm guessing.

Cyber Sunday Preview Match US Championship Shelton Benjamin(c) vs either MVP, Festus or R-Truth
This is on WWE.com before the show starts and i might just tune in, especially if R-Truth gets the nod, this possibly being his biggest match since his return to WWE. Gettin Rowdy indeed.

Intercontinental Championship Match Santino Marella(c) vs. either Roddy Piper, Goldust or The Honky Tonk Man
Honky! Honky! Honky! Racism is alive and well in WWE, suprised to vote for crymetyme you dont have to text, hang on sorry, Michael Hayes was channeling through me again. Honky tonky man to win, but i think Santino will keep the belt, for a few more weeks at least.

Pick the Tag Team Match. Miz & Morrison vs. Cryme Tyme or Mickie James & Jamie Noble vs. Layla & William Regal or World Tag Team Championship, Priceless(c) vs. CM Punk & Kofi Kingston.
Punk & Kofi to win the vote. Priceless to regain! no real build to any of these feuds so no real effort on my part either.

WWE Diva Halloween Costume Contest, Women's Champion Beth Phoenix, Divas Champion Michelle McCool, Brie Bella, Candice Michelle, Eve, Jillian, Katie Lea Burchill, Kelly Kelly, Layla, Lena Yada, Maria, Maryse, Natalya, Tiffany, Victoria and Mickie James

Mickie James wins or Beth Phoenix if she reverts to her OVW look.

No Mercy Tonight - Predictions.

2008-10-05T16:09:00.002+01:00

Unforgiven turned out to be an ok show, every title match was good apart from the divas match. Although what CM Punk has done wrong to not only be taken out of a match but not even given a match on the upcoming PPV is beyond me, but Triple H was on the last RAW so maybe that has something to do with it.

I also think i'm more of a ROH fan than TNA, after watching several downloaded shows i went on the net and actually PAID to get some PPV action on DVD. The production still needs a hell of a lot done to it, as there pretty much isnt anything, but at least the newer shows have better lighting and sound. Id rather see quality wrestling than have everyone take 3 minutes out of a show everytime they come to the ring so we can see some pyro and hear some stereotypical music. You know what i mean, oh hey that guys Japanese that must mean he has to have oriental music, or that guys British lets play some classical music or he's from Italy lets put some Opera in there!!

Anyway i'm getting off the point what i'm going to do every post from now on (which i won't mention that it's meant to be weekly but it's been a month - oh well) i'm going to rank the top 3 organisations in terms of wrestling quality, storylines, stip matches and anything else that all 3 can do so it can be fair comparison. There's no point me basing it on ratings, PPV buys, merch or anything like that because WWE is and always will be the big player, TNA are never going to overtake them (or even feel like competition) at the rate the're going.

Rankings This Month 1. WWE 2. ROH 3. TNA
WWE has had a solid month the TV has been well booked and the last PPV had some great matches and originality, TNA are recycling an old RussoWCW storyline (which much like the ECW/WCW Invasion angle could have been huge if booked right) this time the old guys are the heels and the young up and comers are the guys to cheer - the right way to build stars. ROH and it's Age of The Fall storyline is continuing to tick along nicely and because of their simpler and more ring based product thats why the're ahead of TNA. Overall though September was a very good month for Pro Wrestling for the big three.

Onto my predictions for No Mercy;

World Heavyweight Championship Ladder Match: Champion Chris Jericho vs. Shawn Michaels
This could be the match of the night, despite the reports coming out in the press to the contrary, I do believe that a Jericho Batista is in the offing, Batista taking the belt to Mania and defending it against Cena. For that to happen i see Jericho retaining the belt tonight. Would be great if Punk beats up Michaels so he cant compete and takes his place - thats repeat illogical booking Vince!

WWE Champion Triple H vs. Jeff Hardy
Jeff Hardy is NOT going to win, if he did he'd probably do an RVD so until he can prove once and for all to management that he's 100% on the ball Tripper will retain, and the match will be sloppy.

ECW Champion Matt Hardy vs. Mark Henry
This can't be as bad as the SummerSlam match, but Mark Henry is in the match so you can never be sure, i can see Henry regaining the title.

No.1 Contender To The World Title Match: Batista vs. JBL
This match has 'sucks' written all over it, Batista will win and lets hope he puts some effort in.

Big Show vs. Undertaker
Oh wow - This AGAIN. Not interested in what they can do, i just don't care. Taker wins.

Women's Championship Match: Champion Beth Phoenix vs. Candice Michelle
Beth will retain for now, i can only see her losing the title when Glamarella break up and i don't think that's going to be for a month at least.

If Rey Loses He Has To Remove His Mask: Rey Mysterio vs. Kane

WWE would be crazy to get rid of the Mask, it's such a great piece of merchandise, but with his contract running out and his injuries piling up, this could be a must watch piece of TV. I've seen unmasked Rey before but just imagine all those kids that truly have no idea what he looks like(and don't have access to the internet). Kane will win, Rey will remove his mask for tonight in the ring only - but i don't think this feud is over - if anything i think it may end up in a mask vs mask match. Rey wins and Kane has to re-mask.

Don't forget to watch on PPV tonight

Unforgiven Predictions!!

2008-09-06T18:37:00.002+01:00

Summerslam wasn't a bad show in the end, It was'nt a classic but it was'nt a complete waste for those that actually paid for it.

I even managed to catch up with TNA watching Hard Justice, i always used to love the undercard on TNA PPV and hate the main events (usually because Jeff Jarrett was involved), but nowadays its the undercard thats a bit of a clusterfuck and the main event is usually pretty decent.

TNA need to go back to how they were booking in 2005, and early 2006 in my opinion, that's when they had the best in ring product and most solid PPVs. Russo isn't solely to blame for why TNA hasnt managed to get to the next level, but he is a huge factor. 2008 WWE has almost as many stip matches as TNA but the one thing thats different is that WWEs usually at least makes sense.

Hard Justice was a good effort, the X Title is being booked well again, AJ vs Kurt was solid and although Booker bores me with his current gimmick his match with Joe was well paced. I hope Jarrett doesnt come back, no offence to him, but i don't think he can have another run at the top.

Anyway lets get down to business, Unforgiven is tomorrow.

World Title Scramble Match: CM Punk (c) vs. Batista vs. Kane vs. John "Bradshaw" Layfield vs. Rey Mysterio
WWE Title Scramble Match: Triple H (c) vs. The Brian Kendrick vs. Montel Vontavious Porter vs. Shelton Benjamin vs. Jeff Hardy
Unsactioned Match: Chris Jericho vs. Shawn Michaels
WWE Tag Team Title Match: Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase (c) vs. Cryme Tyme
ECW Title Scramble Match: Mark Henry (c) vs. Matt Hardy vs. The Miz vs. Chavo Guerrero vs. Finlay
Divas Title Match: Michelle McCool (c) vs. Maryse

In the World Title Scramble match (so much for being an Adamle Original being done on every other brand) i can see Kane and Batista winning the belt, but i just have a feeling Punk will retain once the 20 minutes are up. With Orton itching to take over JBLs spot and Batista replacing Cena as the fan fave i can see them keeping the belt with Punk, maybe even til Survivor Series.

The WWE Title Scramble match looks very interesting, and with the exception of Jeff and MVP i can't see anyone beating Triple H within 20 minutes. Triple H will retain. I think the fact that WWE are hyping the possibility of multiple title switches i wouldnt be suprised if all 3 belts stayed where they were. Also can you imagine The Brian Kendrick with the WWE title?

So i predicted that there would be a streetfight between Y2J and HBK and that's pretty much what were going to get, i can see HBK getting the win, but with yet another injury i can see Jericho being given the win. Definately one that could go either way, but im going for Jericho winning this and some crazy finish, especially as this is unsactioned.

I don't see CrymeTyme winning the belts, Rhodes and Dibiase seem to have some kind of pact with Orton, so i would'nt rule out some interference from Randy. CrymeTyme will get the belts soon though.

ECW Title, should just be renamed the TV title, although that was far more prestigous. Henry will keep the belt, but i think Finlay and Hardy will get the pin within the 20 mins. They just won't be able to hold onto it.

Divas Title - Or the Shitty Purple Butterfly belt as i remember it. Who Gives A F**K?? I know we don't need another Glamazon vs Mickie James match on PPV, but surely this is not going to get buys. This belt should only be defended on TV until people give a shit.

Only 6 Matches. Seems A bit cheap to me.

Brock Lesnar Vs Randy Couture.
This is UFC, something i've tried to get into for years but for every awesome 5 minute beating, theres a 20 minute bore. Now Brock has arrived i have a reason to get into it. I realise that Randy was made champion, so this is going to be a title match. I for one cannot wait to see if Brock can actually win this, i don't think he will because this will only be his 4th ever MMA fight and his UFC record is won one, lost one. But November 15th will be awesome..............

.................that's if the planet is still about! Anyone else heard about this experiment to recreate the big bang that's going down on Weds? Apparantly the scientists are'nt sure about what might happen, but there is a small chance that they could just end up creating a black hole! Yay Science!

Summer Slam - Prediction Time!

2008-08-17T21:53:00.003+01:00

SummerSlam 2008

Edge vs. Undertaker (Hell in a Cell Match)

The Undertaker will overcome Edge, especially seeing how la familia has been cut off, Edge's turn to the darkside to fact the deadman is an intriguing one.
We could see a true bloodfest and as this is the first HITC i'm hoping he'll make it a memorable one as most of these matches have been glorified cage matches since the attitude era ended.

WWE Champion Triple H vs. The Great Khali

Anything other than a 5 minute victory for HHH would be dissapointing, i know Khali is huge in India and WWE want the international buys but he can't last much longer with the amount of injuries he's sustained and we the audience have grown even more weary with his 5 moves!

World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk vs. JBL

I truly cannot see JBL getting this win, but i hope it's not another screwjob finish, CM Punk should win but i don't think it will be the clean win he needs.

ECW Champion Mark Henry vs. Matt Hardy

Mark Henry will retain, for now.

John Cena vs. Batista

If this was 1991 this would be on last! but it's not, instead we have two mediocre workers, who are massively over trying to out power the other! I think it will be a suprisingly good match, but Cena needs to win and hopefully that will be enough to turn Batista heel. He sucks as a face(well he just sucks!)

Montel Vontavious Porter vs. Jeff Hardy

Not even sure this match will happen with the reports that Jeff broke his neck at the Smackdown taping, if it does then MVP will get a very quick win.

Winners Take All Tag Team Match: Intercontinental Champion Kofi Kingston and
Womens Champion Mickie James vs. Santino Marella & Beth Phoenix.

I can see Beth getting the pinfall on Kofi and getting both belts, i think Santino and Beth are gold at the moment, but if Adamle awards BOTH belts to Phoenix i think the interplay with Santino and Beth over the IC belt would make for great TV. i still see them winning, just not sure which belt will go where!

Shawn Michaels announcement

Shawn Michaels will not retire, he will demand a match against Y2J. Maybe some sort of stipulation match, such as a streetfight or cage match for Unforgiven.

That's your lot. Should hopefully get to watch this tomorrow night, i think it could be a good PPV not too many shocks on the cards but as long as it's solid i'l be happy.

As Ron Simmons Used To Say "Damn"

2008-08-12T18:57:00.002+01:00

Is it just me or has Wrestling just got a bit dull (even with Raw/Smackdown shaking things up for the last few weeks), all the same faces, all the same storylines, just with different opponents! I think Raw/Smackdown are better than they were about 3/4 months ago, but if the PG rating does water down the product anymore i can seriously see me leaving wrestling behind, i did it before.

My first phase of being a wrestling fan was from the age of about 5(1985) until i was 13 (1993), i had spent the first few years watching big daddy on itv, and then when my local rental store started getting in WWF tapes i got hooked! WrestleMania 9 was probably the last thing i watched until Royal Rumble 2000.
Thats right 7 years it took for Vince to regain my attention, this was just after the peak of the wrestling boom, i can tell you that because i had WWE Heat on Channel 4 and WCW Worldwide on Channel 5 not since the early nineties had i been able to watch wrestling at home on tv.
Now of course Sky has ALL the WWE shows, Setanta has all the UFC and Bravo shows TNA, Not forgetting that we have our own wrestling channel(although its become more MMA based). So with all this product on show why do i feel like i want to watch something else? Maybe its because I'm 28 now and heading into maturity - finally. Maybe it's because wrestling has got a bit shit.

I love wrestling, although those early years and first few months of 2000 were the best (i still thought it was real), but the complexities of what goes on backstage and how it all happens kept me from leaving.

Now it's been over a month since my last blog, i don't know if i have the patience to go on with it to be truthful.

We shall have to see what happens next week i guess.

The Draft (How Right I Was & What This Means For WWE)

2008-06-25T21:58:00.001+01:00

Edge to Raw
Rey Mysterio to Raw
Umaga to Smackdown
JBL to Smackdown
CM Punk to Raw
Snitsky back to ECW
Cody Rhodes to Smackdown
Hardcore Holly to ECW
Elijah Burke to Raw
Kofi Kingston to Smackdown
Finlay to ECW
Super Crazy to ECW
John Morrison to Raw
Santino Marella to Smackdown
Kelly Kelly to Raw
William Regal to Smackdown
Charlie Haas to Smackdown

Thats how i suggested it would go down and i got 5 Spot on so i'm not too suprised and i even hinted that Triple H would move to Smackdown but never thought it would actually happen!

So heres all the draft picks, including the supplemental picks;

RAW:

Rey Mysterio - The big little man came up trumps with this move opening up a host of new challengers, Shawn Michaels, Chris Jericho, CM Punk, after 6 years on Smackdown this is probably the best thing for RAW, Rey and WWE as a whole.

CM Punk - Mr MITB 2008 Gets a shot at the big time, if Triple H is over on the blue brand then the straight edge superstar can finally break out!

Michael Cole - Im glad JR got moved, i did suggest mixing up the announce team by adding guests but getting rid of JR is as good as that gets. Cole personally isnt that great an announcer but he's the best that there is that isn't Joey Styles.

Batista - Possibly turn heel and join up with Orton, cant really see much sense in this move as he did nothing with his last opportunity on RAW, however with Triple H on Smackdown with the WWE title he could possibly get the World title on RAW with a victory over Edge.

Kane - Obviously dropping the belt to Henry or Show at NOC, seems like he'll be lumbering back to Monday nights, he needs another makeover because without any of his 'masked' aura 2008 Kane is very dull.

Jamie Noble - A good little addition to the roster, especially considering how Smackdown no longer has cruiserweights, i can see a great feud with Paul London.

Deuce - I really dont know much about him as i try to avoid Smackdown, but apparantly he's the best of the two, good luck to him, lower mid card here he comes!

Chuck Palumbo - Yay! Chucks back on RAW! Cant think of anything that they could do for him that he couldnt do on Smackdown!

Matt Striker - Again i don't get this has he suddenly got something that he didnt have last time around?

Layla - Oh dear, another brainless, bimbo who can wrestle as well as i can!

Kofi Kingston - I suggested he'd get called up to Smackdown but he's skipped right to RAW, I exspect big things from him!

SMACKDOWN:

Jeff Hardy - Why did they do this? Easy, because if he gets fired, no-one will notice him missing from Smackdown, plus he's more likely to be given a shot with the world title than WWE belt! (However if the world title goes to RAW i dont see Triple H trading the belt to Jeff anytime soon?)

Jim Ross - JR looks like he's been taken out to the barn, ready for the farmer with his gun! Him and Mick could be a good team but i doubt it very much!

Umaga - he's going to run rough shot over the mid card and probably will get the US Title, if it comes back to Smackdown that is!

Mr. Kennedy - I can see a Kennedy vs Triple H match happening very soon! Very good news for Kennedy.

Triple H - This is great news to Smackdown and even better news for Raw, i think he will do really well and probably win and lose the title enough to beat Rics record!!!

Trevor Murdoch - Another solid addition to the midcard, cant see anything big happening to him in the near future though.

Big Daddy V - Back to Smackdown for the fat titted waste of screen time, should have been fired!

DH Smith - Better off on Smackdown than on RAW, few more years and a good gimmick and he could be on top!

Brian Kendrick - Off to the land of the cruiserweight toys! Never to be played with again!

Maria - Its the way it goes you do Playboy, you get moved to Smackdown and then you dissapear! good luck Maria!

Shelton Benjamin - Hopefully can get back into some sort of title picture, was wasted in ECW!

Carlito - Thats not cool! It was either him or Santino, i think he has to improve or next year he'll be in TNA.

ECW:

Matt Hardy - Bad news for Matt, but great for ECW, Could be a contender for the title if he drops the US belt.

Mark Henry - At least it wasnt RAW!!

Hornswoggle Finlay - Best place for him!

Super Crazy - He needs to lose the lard and become extreme again! Ci!
Finlay - ECW Title here he comes, i can see the Finlay clan taking over the land of the extreme!

The size of the font represents who i think will have the biggest impact draft wise.

It was a bad draft for the hardys, both being relegated to the lower shows, which was a shame after the brief re-union we had during the show, i see Finlay moving to ECW as probably the best pick there. His experience will improve the product ten fold and his gimmick along with Hornswoggle should have some good storyline potential. Triple H's move alongside JR were probably the biggest drafts of the year!

Can't wait to see NOC and RAW to see how the first week pans out!

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The Draft - How It SHOULD Go Down!

2008-06-23T18:49:00.003+01:00

The draft started off as a good way to bring talent from Smackdown to Raw to take that person to the next level. We saw it with John Cena, Carlito, Kennedy and a host of others, usually with the deadwood going the other way, ECW was also an escape route.

This years draft is very important however as WWE has been hit with so many injuries, suspensions and other bad luck that the rosters need a good shake up. The tag division on Raw was meant to get a boost with the arrival of London & Kendrick but just slipped further down the list of writers priorities. Smackdown and ECW have so little storyline action that i don't even bother watching them, as for Raw i don't really know why i watch it!

The first thing people need to realise is that RAW is WWE, Smackdown and ECW are clear after thoughts and can operate with virtually no star power, so this draft i predict ALL the big players coming over!

Edge to Raw I think this is a good move as he is the no.1 heel at the moment, with rko rko'd and if he does come over, i can see him dropping his belt at Night of Champions. He can work a program with Triple H and Cena, and maybe even Jericho and Hardy, This would definately boost the ratings.
Rey Mysterio to Raw As the biggest little man is still out with an injury i can see him coming to raw, also to boost the ratings, he wont be back for a few more weeks but i think putting him in a feud with Jericho would be money, we could also see a Hardy vs Mysterio match which would draw huge if booked right.
Umaga to Smackdown Everyone seems to know that this IS gona happen, but it makes sense, he's lost so much momentum since his feud with Cena that he needs to be a monster some place else, he can possibly chase the US title.
JBL to Smackdown This makes sense in a way, his failed comeback has done nothing on Raw and i think he could challenge for the World title, he's great on the mic and even though he cant carry a match he can make anyone a crowd favourite, even John Cena!
CM Punk to Raw This is probably not the best move for him as the politics on Raw will probably screw him over in the long run, but short term i can see him cashing in his MITB shot and maybe headline a PPV in Autumn, only if he's a heel though. Maybe a IC vs MITB feud with Jericho could be in the offing.
Snitsky back to ECW So he can stay there and never darken my screen again.
Cody Rhodes to Smackdown after losing the tag belts to Dibiase and his mysterious partner (i think DH Smith) Cody and Hardcore are going there own ways, Cody has more chance on the blue brand anyway.
Hardcore Holly to ECW Hardcore would be a good addition to ECW, he can suck there instead! But seriously he has a lot of experience which he can pass on to the younger guys, speaking of which...
Elijah Burke to Raw Another talented worker that should be given the chance to break out on Raw.
Kofi Kingston to Smackdown Already a firm favourite with the fans, a move to Smackdown would boost his career and maybe even set him up for a switch to Raw next year.
Finlay to ECW This would be similar to Benoit's move to ECW last year (where he would be a mentor/trainer and overall best worker on the brand) Hornswoggle would go with him and probably fit in with the world of Sci Fi, with his brawling style he would be a good choice for ECW champion (better than Chavo anyway)
Super Crazy to ECW Because he deserves much better.
John Morrison to Raw I think he maybe ready for another shot on the big show (no pun intended) and a possible feud with Jericho for the IC belt is mouthwatering.
Santino Marella to Smackdown I for one dont want this to happen, but the way his value has dropped since Maria has left his side i think he may go over to Smackdown to chase the US Title and another diva.
Kelly Kelly to Raw Obviously because she is the most desired diva and no.1 choice for the next WWE Playboy shoot.
William Regal to Smackdown Another move i dont want to happen, but i think after his aborted/f***ed up push due to his suspension i can see him being dumped over on Smackdown once again.
Charlie Haas to Smackdown Vince may have had him help him during the Money give away, but its a well known fact that VKM is not a big fan, sending him to Smackdown is probably a nicer option than firing him completely

I can also see possibilities in Kennedy or Orton moving to Smackdown but i think the above choices are pretty solid moves, nobody cares if the divas swap brands and it would be foolish to break up any of the tag teams as there are only 3 anyway! Just have to wait and see if Vince and the writers see things the same way!

Should be a good Raw, maybe we'll get a match or two aswell.

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Weekend Post Number One

2008-06-20T23:41:00.003+01:00

When this blog first started i planned on updating it after every Raw, every ECW, every Smackdown, every Impact, every PPV. Now i've realised that i just dont have the time to do that, once a week i can probably manage, so from this point onwards i'm gona make this a one post a week blog (Weekends most likely)

So whats happened this week in Wrestling. Well not a lot, Vince is still giving away $$$$$$$$ and not putting anything decent on Raw, being from overseas the give away is not in the least bit entertaining, apart from the cringe worthy segments!!!!

I missed the TNA show because Coventry don't have trains running late on a Saturday night and it was fathers day on the sunday (i put family first because i couldnt bag a lift!)

The draft is getting closer and probably would get more buys than, say, Night Of Champions, having Ted DiBiase (Jnr) getting a title shot is a waste, but then again having Rhodes and Holly as champs is criminal. Why dont they have the Draft at the PPV, i know they need ratings but the buyrates for the B shows arent great either. If they were to have the 3 GM's host the PPV and we could get the trades in between the title matches, we could even get a Cruiserweight Open where the Winner if he's on RAW or ECW gets drafted to Smackdown, would give Kendrick an escape route at least.

My 5 tips to boost RAWs ratings;

Trade Triple H for Edge - Edge is the most watched Champion in recent history, and his feud with Cena was pretty decent, maybe with a few other players in the mix Raws title picture could be interesting. Triple H as champion has been almost as much fun as JBL being on top!
Get Guest Announcers on Raw! JR and the King are so '98, and so are there lines, i'd like to see Former Wrestlers, Celebrities, Injured WWE guys, just to give the show a new voice, the headsets are there to keep them in line so why the hell not
15 Minute Matches, not 5 Minute Main Events - This is your bread and butter, so dont give us crumbs.
Build up the Tag and IC Titles, These belts need more TV time, and that gives the holders more chance at making it to the next level.
Stray from the formula. Raws number one problem is predictabilty, if the ppv is HHH vs Cena and Orton vs Hardy dont just have a tag between the four on Raw. Have a 4 way, 3 on 1, something thats not been done ad naseum for the past 5 years or so. Need more run ins, backstage fights, parking lot brawls, fighting through the crowd, allow wrestlers more freedom to entertain. If the 7 year cycle is to be believed then were due another Invasion.

Thats all for now, but i shall be back again soon with Round Three of my TKOTR tournament, my predictions for Night of Champions and The Draft and of course any reviews of what goes down in the world of sports entertainment.

True King Of The Ring - 2008 - Round Two

2008-06-20T23:17:00.002+01:00

We left the tournament after round one, and the WWE guys enter for round two;

CM Punk vs. AJ Styles

AJ and CM, have one hell of a fight, with each using there unique moves to try and gain the upper hand, Punk even tries to hit the Pepsi Plunge, but AJ counters it into a Styles clash off the top rope! AJ Picks up the win.

Jeff Hardy vs. Samoa Joe

Jeff is used to fighting against a big Samoan, but never one with as much agility and submission proess as Joe, Jeff takes to the air with every opportunity, but with a few power moves, Joe leaves Jeff on the mat. Joe sets Jeff up for a muscle buster, but is hit with a Twist of Fate, Jeff climbs the turnbuckle to hit his senton but Joe moves out of the way. After a running senton of his own, he picks up Jeff and hits him with a muscle buster to pick up the win.

MVP vs. Homicide

Homicide faces DQ if Hernandez even shows up in the arena so he's completely on his own tonight, MVP is cocky in the early going, but Homicide takes him to town and when Salinas comes to ringside it looks as if the odds are against MVP. However after having Salinas taken to the back by security, MVP takes advantage of the distraction to pick up the win!

Santino Marella vs. Nigel McGuiness

Santino picks up the win, in a pure mat classic, McGuiness didnt look 100% and Marella targeted the weak body part and managed to get a suprise submission victory.

Shelton Benjamin vs. Doug Williams

Doug Williams uses all of his World experience to throw Benjamin around the ring, but Benjamin is quicker and suprisingly counters everyone of Williams' move, the match goes to the outside and its only the speed of Benjamin that allows him to get to the ring before the refs ten count. Williams is counted out, putting Benjamin through to the next round.

Edge vs. KENTA

KENTAs kicks take an early toll on the World Champion, however Edge is resilient enough to shake off the abuse, KENTA goes down but takes three spears to keep him on the mat for the 3 count.

Paul London vs. Takeshi Morishima

Morishima uses all of his power to dismantle London, throwing him around the ring as if he's arag doll, London does get some offence in, but Morishima shakes it off to pick up an easy win.

Chris Jericho vs. Bryan Danielson.

In the final match of Round Two Y2J takes on the American Dragon, and this one goes old school, Jericho breaking out a lot of moves that he's not used in years and Danielson wrestling pure ROH style. Jericho manages to get Danielson to the middle of the ring and put him in the Walls of Jericho, after 5 minutes in the hold Danielson taps out.

Round One - Fight!

2008-06-05T22:24:00.002+01:00

AJ Styles vs. Rob Van Dam: AJ Styles wins a classic high flying affair, but littered with blown spots, RVD looked really ring rusty at points and AJ carried the whole thing.

Samoa Joe vs. Tomko: Samoa Joe goes through to the next round in a stiff affair, Tomko is still developing his style and couldnt dominate Joe with any consistency, Joe found a weakness in Tomkos attack, countered and forced him to tap out.

Homicide vs. Low Ki: Homicide defeats Low Ki in a strong style classic, Low Ki looked to have the match in the bag but Hernandez interfered and helped his LAX partner get the win, The referee didnt see the outside interference and so Homicide cannot be disqualified.

Pac vs. Nigel McGuiness: Nigel McGuinness defeats Pac in a bit of a mismatch, Pac taking to the air at every opportunity and Nigel just biding his time and waiting for his opponent to make a mistake. After a blown move, McGuinness locked Pac into a hold that he just had to tap from.

Curry Man vs. Doug Williams: Doug Williams uses all the moves and counters in his arsenal to overcome Christopher Daniels in his comedy persona, Curry man just didnt seem to have enough spice to upset the Brit.

Jay Lethal vs. KENTA: KENTA takes Black Machismo to school and stretches him and batters him with kicks, but is forced to work for the win, Lethal is the quicker of the two, but KENTA takes advantage of having So Cal Val at ringside and manages to get the DQ win. After some ringside shenanigans So Cal Val gets her man DQ'd putting KENTA through to the next round.

Christian Cage vs. Takeshi Morishima: Takeshi Morishima works over the smaller Cage, but Christian is the quicker and almost gets the win, however as we saw earlier in the night Morishimas long time tag partner aids him in getting the win to advance him to the next round.

Bryan Danielson vs. Spud: Spud almost picks up the shock of the tournament, but Danielson saves face by getting the win. Spud put his all into this match and quite possibly if he had faced someone else could have got the win, but Danielson never put a foot wrong.

Thats the results, so the line up for Round two looks something like this;

CM Punk vs. AJ Styles
Jeff Hardy vs. Samoa Joe
MVP vs. Homicide
Santino Marella vs. Nigel McGuiness
Shelton Benjamin vs. Doug Williams
Edge vs. KENTA
Paul London vs. Takeshi Morishima
Chris Jericho vs. Bryan Danielson.

The results for this round will be posted soon, and in far more detail than Round One.

True King Of The Ring - 2008

2008-06-04T17:37:00.004+01:00

So who is THE king of the ring in 2008? The One guy who could carry the entire business on his shoulders if he was given the opportunity to do so! Originally it was planned to be a 16 person tournament, but its been increased to 24, with all WWE talent getting byes to round two. Round One of the tournament sees the TNA guys taking on the best of the Indy crop. The Eight winners of this round will take on the 8 WWE guys in round two.

Just to reiterate, 24 men, 8 leaving in the first round leaving us with our final 16. This is a fantasy tournament based on history, political maneuvering, fan heat, potential and of course ability either in the ring or on the mic. Triple H has been barred from entering, anyone suspended or injured is also illegible. All entrants must have been on PPV/TV in the last 12 Months.

The WWE Stars that will be in Round Two are;

CM Punk
Jeff Hardy
Chris Jericho
Paul London
MVP
Santino Marella
Shelton Benjamin
Edge

With 3 representatives from Raw and Smackdown, with a further 2 from ECW, WWE has a strong chance of winning the TKOTR title.

The 16 TNA/Independent workers are;

AJ Styles
Samoa Joe
Homicide
Pac
Curry Man
Jay Lethal
Christian Cage
Bryan Danielson
Nigel Mcguinness
Takeshi Morishima
KENTA
Doug Williams
Spud
Low Ki
Tomko
Rob Van Dam

AJ Styles vs. Rob Van Dam
Samoa Joe vs. Tomko
Homicide vs. Low Ki
Pac vs. Nigel McGuiness
Curry Man vs. Doug Williams
Jay Lethal vs. KENTA
Christian Cage vs. Takeshi Morishima
Bryan Danielson vs. Spud

Who's going home early?

Been A Long Time, Should'nt Have Left You, Wirthout A Dope Beat To Step To.

2008-05-26T19:10:00.002+01:00

Sorry - my bad.

Yeah it seems like forever ago i did any updates on here, but i've been very busy since Mania 24, moving house, work, exhibitions.

Will have a new blog very shortly, i've just got the Chris Jericho book so once ive got through that i'll put up a review, also have to decide if its worth going back and watching Judgment Day. Its the first PPV i've missed in a couple of years (apart from the ECW, Smackdown! ones they dont really count) and with One Night Stand a week away i dont really have the time to go back and watch a PPV where nothing notable happened!

I also have to watch a load of TNA because on the 14th i shall be in Coventry in the Skydome and i need to know what the hell is going on and even if Kurt Angle will be there.

Gutted that Regal got suspended, I doubt he'll come back on Raw, so it may be the last time i've seen him! I really dont like Smackdown or ECW, so i pray that he comes back to the No.1 Brand.

I'm also thinking of starting A WWE vs Indies fantasy tournament. TNA are classed as an Indy in my opinion so they will be included. I just want to see how good a card you could book, if you had no rules or contracts! 16 Man tournament coming soon (obviously i will be using current form, politics and associations to book this otherwise there's little point)

So. Watch out for a new blog coming this way soon! I'm also going to over haul the whole page because it's a bit 2007!

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WrestleMania 24- The Backlash Begins Here.

2008-03-31T14:30:00.002+01:00

Mania 24 felt a bit odd. Obviously having an outdoor event in a thunderstorm isn't going to be what Vince wanted but it never affected the in-ring action (only when the lights went out!). The Show seemed to end with a bit of a whimper and some of the booking was a little bit odd for the Superbowl of wrestling (a match with ONE move!)

Overall the show was a slight improvement on last years event, with 3 matches that could take the crown for WWE match of 2008... so far that is.

24 Man Battle Royal - My Prediction Khali. Winner Kane.
Didnt see this because it was on WWE.com, was a bit suprised that Khali did'nt get the win because Kane has been a glorified jobber for months.

JBL vs. Finlay - My Prediction Finlay. Winner JBL.
My prediction was thrown to the wolves as soon as i saw Hornswoggle coming down the ramp, not from under the ring, the reason why JBL picked up the win. Was not as stiff as it could have been and resembled a hardcore match from 2000. 6/10

Money In The Bank Ladder Match - My Prediction MVP. Winner CM Punk.
It was'nt until i saw MVP climbing the ladder that i realised that was why Matt Hardy was'nt added to the match, so he could do a supposed suprise run in. That cost my boy big, however something even stranger happened, Jericho and CM Punk battled on the ladder and The Punk prevailed. Shelton took a crazy bump onto a gimmicked ladder, Morrison did a moonsault with a ladder and there was a crazy sunsetflip, powerbomb suplex off the top of the ladder. Quite possibly the best MITB yet. 10/10

Batista vs. Umaga - My Prediction Batista. Winner Batista.
Thought this could have been stiffer, but it made up for that by being short, resembled a RAW main event, not a Mania match. 5/10

ECW Title - My Prediction Chavo. Winner Kane.
Such a waste, why did'nt Chavo go for the DQ, then get challenged by Punk! That makes sense, booking a squash with ONE FRICKIN move on a PPV is so pointless. ECW is finally DEAD. 0/10

Shawn Michaels vs. Ric Flair - My Prediction Michaels. Winner Michaels.
This was a good emotional match and after Michaels took the announce table apart i really was'nt sure if he could continue, but the two put on a really good match with a fitting ending. 8/10

Bunnymania Match - My Prediction Maria & Ashley. Winner Phoenix & Melina.
Thankfully someone up there had good sense to turn the lights off during the match, wrong result however, not that i saw it. 3/10

WWE Title - My Prediction Orton. Winner Orton.
A good little match, but did'nt feel like one of the main events, a good finish however. 7/10

Mayweather vs. Big Show - My Prediction Mayweather. Winner Mayweather
This was my second favourite match of the show, it was well worked and very well booked with a very good finish. Possibly the best Celeb involvement in a Mania match EVER! 8/10

World Title - My Prediction Undertaker. Winner Undertaker
After the last match the crowd were'nt really up for this, but the two did have a good match, with obvious interference and the more obvious ending, reverese tombstone pin! 7/10

Let me know what you thought of the show.

FINAL (And I Mean FINAL) Predictions For Mania, Using My Head - Not My Heart.

2008-03-28T18:43:00.003Z

Here's the final line up for the super show on Sunday, with my FINAL predictions. Going to go with logic on these decisions so i can get 10 out of 10. Also i reckon this will be the running order.

Pre-show: 24-man Interpromotional Battle Royal,Winner Faces ECW Champion Chavo Guerrero
- Elijah Burke, Lance Cade, Deuce, Domino, Tommy Dreamer, Jim Duggan, Festus, The Great Khali, Mark Henry, Hardcore Holly, Jesse, Kane, Brian Kendrick, Kofi Kingston, The Miz, Shannon Moore, Trevor Murdoch, Jamie Noble, Chuck Palumbo, Cody Rhodes, Snitsky, Matt Striker, Val Venis and Jimmy Wang Yang

RESULT - This is this years dark match (available LIVE on WWE.com) or on the DVD if you can't be bothered to sit in front of your PC. Obviously one of the giants will win, but i'm going to go for Khali because of his win over Holly on RAW.

Money in the Bank ladder match: Mr. Kennedy vs. Shelton Benjamin vs. Chris Jericho vs. Carlito vs. Montel Vontavious Porter vs. CM Punk vs. John Morrison

RESULT - I'd like CM Punk to win but getting a PROPER title shot is still a while off, at least until his heel turn. It's between Kennedy & MVP for this, but i don't see Kennedy winning another MITB, So i'm gona go for MVP. I don't think he will cash it in straight away because if he has to face Undertaker at the end of the show i doubt they would waste the title shot or Undefeated streak.

Umaga vs. Batista

RESULT - This has all the appeal of last years Kane vs. Khali. I think Batista will win, but as long as it's short we'll be the real winners.

Belfast Brawl: Finlay vs. John "Bradshaw" Layfield

RESULT - This is a tough one, i still think there's enough fan support for Hornswoggle that he will come out for a shilleligh (how do you spell that?) shot, that will help Finlay get the win and end this awful mini-feud.

ECW Championship: Chavo Guerrero (c) vs. TBD

RESULT - Okay regardless of who Chavo faces, Chavo is going to leave with the belt. I think the Edgeheads will get involved and maybe get a DQ Finish or at least help Chavo to the win. Either Khali DQ Win(which means Chavo retains) or Chavo retains, see what i'm getting at?

Floyd "Money" Mayweather vs. The Big Show

RESULT - £10Million ($20M) is a lot of money just to lay down to a wrestler that was never top of his field (Giant circa 1996-7 was as close as it got), Money Mayweather is getting the win one way or another.

Ric Flair vs. Shawn Michaels

RESULT - A lot of people have backed tracked and said that Flair is going to win this, i can't see it, Flair quit WWE last year and only really came back due to money problems, i can see him losing this and still being on WWE tv every week. Shawn Michaels all the way.

Playboy BunnyMania Lumberjack match: Maria and Ashley vs. Beth Phoenix and Melina

RESULT - So when Candice got injured did they bring in Mickie James (who has'nt been in playboy, but similar publications ;) no they went for Ashley, the least succesful WWE Diva Playboy cover ever. I can see Santino coming out and interfering, Snoop giving him a cane shot, Maria picking up the win. That's the only thing they could book that would make me happy. I'm 27 if i wanted to see eye candy would'nt i just get the aforementioned playboy magazines, rather than this softcore (i won't class it as wrestling). So i don't care but Maria & Ashley to win.

Triple Threat match for the WWE Championship: Randy Orton (c) vs. Triple H vs. John Cena

RESULT - Now this is the hardest match to call, i can see it going to each guy. However if you look forward to Backlash what's the most likely main event. A Stipulation re-match with all three. I am back tracking a little bit but i think Triple H and Cena will have to wait one more month to get their hands on the belt. Orton to retain, possibly using the ropes.

World Heavyweight Championship: Edge (c) vs. The Undertaker

RESULT - The Undertaker to win, may even have to dispose of Chavo and the Rmy. As this could possibly be his last Mania i can't see him losing his streak.

Well there you have it, 10 matches, 10 predictions. Now to play the waiting game. At least i don't have to wait til 1AM as it will be starting at Midnight. Just to rub it in for those that are watching it in the States at a reasonable time, we only pay £15, thats $30 roughly and if we want it HD instead, we pay - EXACTLY THE SAME!

Just need a HD Box now!!!

TNA - TBA

2008-03-20T19:05:00.002Z

So after all my recent slagging off of TNAs recent product, i only went ahead and got tickets to the show in Coventry(UK). Now if it was A WWE show in Coventry i would have been just as eager to get tickets, but unlike WWE it seemed a lot easier to actually get the tickets before they sold out.
Now the big question in my mind is, what the hell is the card gona be? The Show isnt until June, that's 12 weeks, a quarter of a year - in Wrestling terms it's a long time, in TNAs crazy crash TV terms it's a lifetime.

So the first thing i did after purchasing the tickets was make sure that i'm up to date with the product, i'm not gona go crazy and start watching Impact, but i made a start at least with the Destination X PPV. Now don't get me wrong, i usually watch the shows because 2 or 3 fights catch my eye, but this card had nothing to entice me, nothing that would make me want to watch it live (and stay up til 4am to see the main event!). That being said everyone on the show worked there asses off and delivered possibly the most solid top to bottom TNA PPV yet, quite bold claims but there were no absolute bombs on the entire show.

LAX vs. Motor City Machine Guns vs. Rock and Rave Infection.
What a great opener, not a fan of Hoyt or Rave, but they did well, LAX picked up the win to get a shot at the TNA Tag Champs.

X Division Title Match: Jay Lethal(c) vs. Petey Williams.
Hate Peteys current gimmick but he did need a change, sadly this gimmick is just not really what he needed, it at least means Scott Steiner does'nt have to wrestle all the time, Lethal picked up the win to retain after So Cal Val interfered to counter the interference from Steiner.

Kaz & Eric Young vs. Rellick & Black Reign.
This was a good comedy match, but with good solid wrestling too, the ending with super Eric was the icing on the cake and could set up an interesting character, aslong as it's not like The Hurricane. Eric & Kaz picked up the win.

TNA Knockout Title Match: Awesome Kong(c) vs. ODB vs Gail Kim.
For a womens match this was pretty good stuff, still can't get too excited about women wrestling but it was miles better than anything WWE has offered, hopefully TNA can keep it up. Awesome Kong won to retain the title.

Curry Man & Shark Boy vs. Team 3D.
This was a fishmarket street fight, a lame gimmick, but executed pretty well, Team 3D are a bit stale but at least they know how to play the bad guy, no-one comes close to inciting hatred as much as Brother Ray. The finish was lame but overall a good match with Curry Man & Shark Boy getting the win.

Robert Roode vs. Booker T
The only match that dragged, thankfully it was short and the post match was interesting enough to help you forget about it. Was'nt awful, but felt like a TV Match. Roode picked up the win, in another stipulation match. What happened to guys just fighting for belts??

Rhino vs. James Storm.
Okay this match was stupid, but entertaining, who does'nt like watching a good bump now and then, but this match just seemed a bit pointless, a bump for bumps sake to end a match. Anyway Rhino got the win and James Storm hit the mat with his head, maybe it will knock some sense into him so next time they offer him an Elevation X match he can tell them to jump. Maybe Russo should Jump... hmmmm.

Samoa Joe, Christian Cage & Kevin Nash vs. Kurt Angle, AJ Styles & Tomko.
I hate tag team main events, just seems a bit 'Monday Night Raw', surely people pay to see one guy fight another - Kevin Nash probably had his best TNA match though (not saying much) and Joe got the winning by forcing Tomko to submit.

Overall a really enjoyable pay per view, with way too many stipulations and not a singles main event, it wasn't perfect but a step in the right direction. Now for my next challenge, sitting through a whole episode of Impact - wish me luck.

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3 weeks to Mania!

2008-03-09T13:24:00.003Z

With 3 weeks till the big one, things are shaping up nicely. Even though this years event has been treated like a B show with its build up following No Way Out.

Finlay vs. John "Bradshaw" Layfield.
This one should be an intersting stiff match as long as JBL ups his game from his series with Jericho, it's just a shame it all comes from the awful hornswoggle storyline, the quicker he can return to being 'little bastard' the better. Finlay should win this with the aid of his midget son.

Maria and Candice Michelle vs. Beth Phoenix and Melina.
Snoop Dogg has some sort of involvement in this match, woopy doo, i have no interest in this at all. Where's Mickie James? She's done far better Adult Magazine shoots than both Maria & Candice and wait a minute, she can wrestle. Maria & Candice are gona pick up the win.

Ric Flair vs. Shawn Michaels
If Flair loses he has to retire, by the time Mania comes around he will have been inducted into the WWE hall of fame, chances are that Shawn will carry him to a great match, it may even steal the show, if he can work a miracle. Shawn will pick up the win.

Umaga vs. Batista
This is going to be another brutal contest, i can't see Umaga winning, so the Useless Dave Batista will probably get the win. Hopefully it will be short!

Floyd Mayweather, Jr. vs. The Big Show
This was being built quite well until that awful confrontation on Raw "i broke your nose, next time i'll break your jaw" first time it was funny, but by the end of it i was looking away with embarassment. Floyd is an annoying little bling bitch and i hope Show punks him out, but for $20 Million i don't think the current Welterweight Champion is going down. Expect 'Money' Mayweather to get the win.

Money in the Bank ladder match: Jeff Hardy vs. Mr. Kennedy vs. Shelton Benjamin vs. Chris Jericho vs. Carlito vs. TBD vs. TBD vs. TBD
This has been my favourite match at the last 2 Manias, and is shaping up to be another show stealer. Jeff has to be the clear favourite, but Y2J is a strong possibility too. Shelton Benjamin is my pick for this one though, thats only on the basis that he's been the most entertaining in his previous MITBLM outings, i doubt he will win but i can always hope.

World Heavyweight Championship: Edge (c) vs. The Undertaker
This one has Undertaker written all over it, after last years Taker v Batista match i can easily see this one outdoing that (Because Edge & Taker are actually damn good!) I can imagine this being an arena wild brawl, but with one OBVIOUS outcome.

Triple Threat match for the WWE Championship: Randy Orton (c) vs. Triple H vs. John Cena
This is the one tough match to call, does John Cena get HIS belt back or will Tripper decide that it's been too long since his last title run. One thing is pretty certain though, Orton won't be walking out with the belt. I'm personally going to go with Triple H. I'd rather have Orton keep the belt.

So Much Wrestling, So Little Time.

2008-02-26T23:12:00.003Z

So i'm just about to watch RAW, but that's all i seem to have time for these days, apart from the PPV's. I need to start watching ECW, Smackdown, Impact and the TNA & ROH PPV's too. I will be reviewing the new HBK DVD soon and i've also purchased the TNA Best of Year One DVD, So keep an eye out for that as well.
I wish PWG had a weekly TV show and i also should try and watch the Chikara podcast more regularily. I do seem to keep up with the Botchamania clips on youtube and all the awesome shoot interviews that pop up on there.

How can i juggle working, music, djing, films, tv, wrestling and keep my girl happy too. the answer is moderation and at the moment WWE's lacklustre booked by numbers show are not doing enough to entice me! Any hints apart from staying up til 4am everyday will be greatly appreciated

With so many small UK promoters putting on good shows, along with TNA, WWE and NOAH doing tours this year watching it LIVE is just as tough a dilemma, but a good one to have!

If you're on facebook - add the wrestler application - and see if you can take me on!!!

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Breakout star of 2008

2008-02-10T21:32:00.000Z

So who is gona be THE guy of 2008.
I don't mean Cena, Triple H, Undertaker i'm talking about the guys that are striving to get to that level, Randy Orton is the most recent addition to the list but who will join him in '08.

Lets introduce the contenders.

CM Punk
MVP
Jeff Hardy
Mr Kennedy
Samoa Joe
AJ Styles
Santino Marella
Tomko

CM Punk is the favourite to break through the glass ceiling, as he is the companys spokesperson for drug usage (what with being probably the only one on the roster who hasn't touched drugs) he is held in high regard with the office. That was until recently, reports are all over the internet that he's been putting in sub standard performances and showing an 'indy' attitude, the main reason why he isn't ECW champion at the moment.

MVP has been the best thing on Smackdown, his gimmick is fresh and he is growing in stature week after week, it also helps that his feud with Matt Hardy has been built up beautifully, almost like an early 90's feud. People want to see those 2 go at it.

Jeff Hardy almost made it at the rumble, but instead he gets another shot at glory at NWO, His huge fanbase and daredevil style give him huge cross over appeal but still WWE seem afraid to give him the ball to run with. Wrestling skills wise he's equally as good as John Cena so for people to say he has'nt got the ability is nonsense, he would make Vince a lot of money as champion and would open a whole lot of fresh feuds. Who doenst want to see Jeff vs HBK at Mania? that would be a bigger draw than Cena v HHH. Triple H knows it and thats why he will win the chamber match.

Mr. Kennedy has probably had his best shot at glory and blown that in spectacular style, he doesn't seem to be getting the same reactions at live shows and he already looks to be suffering from 'carlito' syndrome. You know what i mean, you like the guy but you don't see him as a threat to the world title because he's been doing nothing for too long. HBK vs Kennedy seems to be the most likely mania match, a win there could blow everything wide open again.

Samoa Joe, the best thing in TNA. Then along comes Kurt Angle. It's taken a while but Joe is back up at the top of the card, refereeing Kurt vs Christian, a match so obvious that its gona set up a triple threat or at least another Kurt vs Joe. For the sake of both Joe & TNA, he will need to win that.

AJ Styles has been on top of TNA before, several times in fact, but each run seemed like a distraction, to the bookers at least who usually got the belt off him and sent him back to the X Division to win that title again. AJ is no longer seen as an X Division wrestler (then again theres only 3 of them left) and took a while to adjust to being in the main focus of shows. His current role is annoying to anyone who has followed TNA since the beginning. He needs to be in the main event picture and not just be seen as a sidekick for him truly to breakout.

Santino, how i love you! The best thing about RAW for the past few months have been the short but sweet skits that Santino has been a part of, from mud pies and cans of ass whip to his beautiful girlfriend Maria, everytime i hear his music i know that for the next 5 minutes something good is going to happen (Maria beer bath for moment of '07). His wrestling skill is still in need of fine tuning, but with a probable tag title run with Carlito it looks as if he could be an outside bet.

Tomko, already IWGP & TNA champion as well as having WWE experience this guy has impressed me a lot. Not sure if he deserved to be put into such a high position in TNA from his arrival but he has worked hard to stay there and could easily go the extra mile and end up main eventing. A Joe vs Tomko match seems to be quite a mouthwatering prospect.

Another TNA PPV - Yawn!

2008-02-10T20:58:00.001Z

Well i realised that it's pobably a bit late to review the last TNA PPV what with the latest happening tonight, so i'm just gona skip it. My bad.

No. It's not my bad. there was a time when i'd happily sit down for 2 and a half hours and watch something that truly was an alternative to WWE. Now all that TNA is a messed up rip off of RAW circa 1999, i will try my best to watch the event but the card makes me want to AVOID it rather than pay for it.

No Way Out - Preview

2008-02-04T21:15:00.000Z

Still behind on TNA PPV's(more because i don't really wanna watch them, but i feel like i'm losing touch) so i'm going to have to look forward to the next WWE super show.

So Cena's got himself into the title picture already, but i'm actually looking forward to the continuation of there feud, yes i am a smark, but i can see that its good for business to get the strap back on Cena, even though Orton has hardly put a foot wrong since he's been on top. Cena will win so he'll face Triple H at Mania.

Mr. Kennedy obviously wont be beating Ric Flair, so theres no point saying anymore about it.

Edge vs Rey Mysterio will be a very interesting re-match, the rumble was booked very well and i think these 2 can pull off an even better match this time, Edge will retain so he can face Taker at Wrestlemania.

The 2 elimination chamber matches are meant to sort out the no.1 contenders for the respective titles, Undertaker will win the Smackdown/ECW chamber, however having just one member of ECW in it(Big Fatty V too) really puts a mockery on it, CM Punk would be a better participant especially if he does'nt face Chavo at No Way Out. Triple H should'nt win the Raw chamber, but i dont think anyone else in the match will be put over, Hardy included.

At the moment there the only matches announced, will preview the other matches that are added and possibly change my mind closer to the event.

Royal Rumble Results

2008-01-28T14:59:00.000Z

Well the 2008 rumble was a bit of a mixed bag, some really good things and some pretty poor things.

Ric Flair vs. MVP got us underway, not too bad for an opener, with Flair picking up the win after a patented figure four(***)

Jericho vs. JBL was up next and again was pretty uneventful until Y2J got himself DQ'd by whacking The Wrestling God with a chair, Jericho then preceded to choke the hell out of JBL.(***)

Then Edge vs. Mysterio was up, this was the best match of the card, Vickie Guerrero got involved making the save for Edge, who managed to spear ReyRey after an attempted west coast pop and pick up the win (****)

Hardy got a huge reaction before his match with Orton, there wasn't much high flying which kept the odds in Ortons favour. Maybe a Matt run in or Balcony senton could have helped Hardy, but it wasnt to be, as Jeff attempted a twist of fate, Orton countered with an RKO to get the win.(***)

Ashley somehow was allowed on the mic, only saved by Santino Marella and Maria. Who looks set to be posing for playboy. :)

The rumble started off with the 2 men that finished last years, there were a few suprise entrants, Roddy Piper and Jimmy Snuka, but up until the last 3 it was pretty standard stuff. The fact Finlay got DQ'd before even entering(or not entering at all and there never used to be DQ's in rumble matches) and Hornswoggle never got eliminated it ruined my enjoyment of the match. Cena was the last man out, it was a bit of a shock but i had heard rumours he may show up, he then eliminated Triple H who had just eliminated Batista to book his place at WM24.(***)

Rumble Imminent

2008-01-27T22:21:00.000Z

The rumble is only a few hours away and i'm having second thoughts about Flair winning! I started off a few months ago believing that Ric would win the rumble to set up his retirement angle, but it seems that the whole angle has been given low priority so i've had to completely rethink.

I hope that Triple H doesnt win, i'm so tired of his act and more to the point he no longer entertains me, his matches are even more predictable than Ric Flairs!! Even though i dont want him to win he's the favourite as it seems that mania is going to be Orton vs HHH. Hardy may win and lose the title back to Orton but Triple H may just get the Mania match.

Undertaker is the other possibility as it would set up Edge vs Taker at Mania, Edge has never been pinned at the big one so its possible they can do a streak v streak angle.

CM Punk is a very good outside bet as he too would get a shot at Edge at Mania and the feud between them is building quite nicely.

So they are my final three, Triple H, Taker & Punk.

Also expect Big Show to make an appearance, i was thinking Lashley may turn up but as it seems he's been let go that's looking less likely, the official WWE site has only 25 official entrants so there will be some surprises, maybe Flair will do double duty!!!

Let's just hope it's as good as last years!

WWE Draft - Dream Edition

2008-01-13T22:24:00.000Z

As you are all probably aware the WWE sometimes holds its draft after WrestleMania, this always leads to us net geeks trying to work out who's going where and why, well I've been thinking a lot about who should or should'nt be on the current roster all together. In my draft i'd remove 12 wrestlers from the WWE and replace them with 12 wrestlers from TNA, ROH and the other promotions out there.

The WWE Stars That Are Cut.

Hardcore Holly
Gene Snitsky
Great Khali
Ric Flair
Charlie Haas
The Miz
Big Daddy V
Jerry Lawler
Funaki
Mark Henry
Michelle McCool
Ashley Massaro

The Non-WWE Stars That Are Drafted.

AJ Styles
Pac
Christopher Daniels
Abyss
Rhino
Motor City Machine Guns (Shelley & Sabin)
Rob Van Dam
Samoa Joe
Jay Lethal
Jushin Thunder Liger
Tajiri
Sting

Okay the cuts are quite obvious but will explain for those that may not be in the know.
I'd get rid of Holly because the guy has been with the company for over a decade and not once shown any sign of drawing money or charisma. Snitsky is bad, not even a foot fetish or yellow teeth gimmick have got the guy over, or his quite obvious use of the gas! Great Khali is the worst there was, worst there is, worst there ever will be. Ric Flair may be getting one last run but personally i wouldnt have brought him back from his self imposed retirement. Charlie Haas could have been great with his late brother and with Shelton Benjamin, but with the latter now getting a decent push on ECW it seems Haas is once again floundering, he was even the duller part of the Viscera Haas tag team. The Miz is annoying and cant work best to show him the door. Big Daddy V is in the same boat as Holly, over a decade and not a single good match, monsters need to be feared and although people fear him, its only because of his bitch tits.
Lawler should go because he brings a staleness to RAW, i quite enjoyed Raw when Heyman replaced him, as for replacing him id have JR and guest colour commentary each week, would at least add a bit of unpredictability to RAW. Funaki is a world class jobber, but has nothing left to offer WWE, he poses no real threat and therefore is glorified enhancement talent. Mark Henry has never ever shown any signs of improvement and he is taking up valuable space on the roster. Michelle & Ashley, women who can't wrestle and are completely interchangeable, worth nothing to WWE.

Reasons for picking these 12.

AJ Styles - Now that he has found the ability to get on the mic he could become the new Shawn Michaels as his in ring ability is first class, he probably would be best served putting into ECW where he could easily challenge for the title using his phenomenal style.

Pac - Would be perfect in reinventing the cruiserweight division on Smackdown! as long as he tones his style down a bit he should make the transition quite easily

Christopher Daniels - with his great ring ability would be a great asset to RAW, especially in the hunt for the IC belt.

Abyss - Could settle in easily to ECW, but would be best served on Smackdown! feuding with Kane especially chasing the US title.

Rhino - This ECW original could make the brand his own, but i think he's another that could fit into the Smackdown! mid card.

Motor City Machine Guns (Shelley & Sabin) - Technically this is 2 people but WWE have drafted teams as whole before, i think RAW needs a tag team that had the chemistry of the Hardys back in the early 00's, Sabin and Shelley also have a lot more experience in singles if they ever split.

Rob Van Dam - He did the whole ECW thing, but i think with his status should be in the WWE or World title picture from the get go.

Samoa Joe - Id put Joe on RAW and i'd feud him with Umaga, a good storyline could be that Joe thinks that Umaga needs to be more human leading to battles between the two, before the 2 team up to take on the tag division.

Jay Lethal - Another Smackdown addition, in the cruiserweight division, but could easily move up to the US title picture.

Jushin Thunder Liger - Id put Liger on SD, even though he has cruiserweight history, with his experience id put him in the US title picture and maybe even a World title shot at one of the B shows.

Tajiri - Raw bound Tajiri could easily slip into the IC title picture, or even the tag ranks as he is quite versatile.

Sting - Even though he's past his prime id bring him in on a short contract, work him with Michaels and possibly give him his only WWE title reign. Im sure it would do big money if he's booked sparingly and only wrestled on PPV.

Have i got it right? probably not, Big Daddy V may become the next Rock or Tajiri may become the next Scott Hall - you can never tell, but thats why we watch every week.

On The Move

2008-01-13T10:59:00.000Z

So Chris Harris has left TNA. Apparantly he and Ron Killings have signed with WWE, with such good deals that they wont get shipped off to OVW. Also rumours say that Big Show has signed a new contract with WWE, from the reports he is in really good shape, down to about 440lbs.
Senshi has also left TNA on a full time basis, but will be working the occasional PPV, means he's more likely to turn up on the indies as LowKi again. Personally i hope he signs for ROH.

If the reports are right then Show will be probably debut on RAW, Harris in ECW and Smackdown! will get Killings. Ron Killings is a great signing, with his past history i wouldnt be suprised to see him go for the US belt. Chris Harris would probably work quite well with John Morrison and Show would probably debut in the Rumble match.

Then again until i see it with my own eyes, they will indeed just be rumours!

WWE RAW - 7th Jan 2008

2008-01-09T11:36:00.000Z

Well it was the return of Raw Roulette, reminding us of why Eric Bischoff was more watchable than Vince McMahon, because he IS a gameshow host.

Mr. Kennedy & Shawn Michaels teamed up against Charlie Haas & Trevor Murdoch in a strange bedfellows match, it was pretty standard stuff really, Kennedy picked up the win after taking out his own partner first (***)

Hardcore Holly and Carlito fought in an absolutely rubbish comedy match, because they had to dress as each other, that was pretty much it! Hardcore Holly won (*)

Then we get a Lingerie Pillow Fight between the Divas, which i cared about for about 10 seconds, even after seeing Maria and Mickies outfit. Ashley won the 'match' in her first match since her jump from Smackdown! That will get the ratings up! (*)

William Regal really pissed off Triple H last week so Vince set up a match between the two, so i bet Regal wasnt too happy when he got a first blood match. It wasnt too bad, i mean completely obvious but still entertaining. Triple H gets the win by busting Regal wide open! (***)

JBL & Snitsky vs. Jericho - not even sure about this one, i mean it started off well with Snitz and Y2J in the ring, then the wrestling god himself got involved and just became a massive drawn out (dare i say dull to watch) beatdown. So Y2J wins throgh DQ. (**)

Hornswoggle and tag team partner for the night, Mick Foley had to beat the Highlanders to qualify for the rumble. Mick Foley obviously making up his quota of TV and PPV matches in one easy step. McMahons midget offspring and Mrs Foleys baby boy picked up the win (**)

Thankfully we got a good match to end Raw! Jeff Hardy vs. Umaga, in a steel cage.
It did look early on as if Umaga would destroy Hardy, but as Orton came to ringside Hardy picked up the pace even delivering a whisper in the wind from the top of the cage to pick up the win (****)

So the Rumble is shaping up to be a good PPV, but with the rating for this episode of Raw being a lot lower than hoped it seems the booking squad is gona have to try a lot harder to keep us hooked. Dressing Hardcore Holly up as Carlito is NOT the way to do it.

Best Of 2007

2008-01-06T22:22:00.000Z

As 2007 was a pretty bad year for Pro Wrestling in general i guess its pretty easy to say what the worst things were, The Benoit tragedy, Steroid Scandals, Injuries to the top stars, Russos booking, 'Death' Of Vince McMahon....................................

But there were good things too. No really there were.

John Cena actually made a good WWE champion (yes he did, i'm a smark but even i have to admit that he was a really watchable champion and he had some great matches)

CM Punk got over (on ECW thats a pretty good thing, though he's shouting whats my name everywhere he goes)

An hour long match on RAW........... That was probably the best match of John Cenas career, and it took place OUTSIDE the USA.

Santino Marella's awesome comedy heel character

MVP's rise to the top (well hes looking at his reflection on that glass ceiling at the moment)

Ring Of Honor made it to PPV

I Discovered Pro Wrestling Guerila, Its what TNA promised to be

Chris Jericho came back (even if he looked like a camp game show host in a bon jovi lookalike competition)

Sunny was back on RAW!

William Regal became general manager - his rightful role (i do miss Tajiri as his teaboy though)

The Climax of the 2007 rumble was the best EVER

AJ Styles got good on the mic.

Team 3D vs The Steiners was actually GOOD

Triple H wasn't on RAW every week. Left time for wrestling.

Maria wore even skimpier outfits this year, got a beer bath and now she's doing playboy!!!

Randy Orton stayed out of trouble (well sorta, depends on which sites you read!)

Umaga was a really, really believable monster (Umanga as us Brits call him)

There was no December to Dismember 2007

WWE released the awesome Ladder Match DVD

TNA didnt go out of business

The Diva Search didnt waste too much tv time (maybe next year it will waste NONE)

And I Could go on but i'm not going to.......

Hopefully 2008 will bring us some great PPV's, good feuds, awesome characters and memorable TV moments, but as long as we have no serious injuries, wellness violations or even premature deaths then this will be a better year than last.

TNA

2008-01-06T19:28:00.000Z

So there's a TNA PPV tonight! Being from the UK i could get cable and watch it for free on Bravo(not live but only a few day delay) or i could use one of the many torrent sites and download it for free! You see what im getting at, TNA makes no money from its UK fans. I'm not even sure if i am a fan anymore. 2005 was the groups best year with AJ, Samoa Joe & Daniels all top of the card along with Jarrett of course. Since then they've added Kurt, Big Sexy, Booker, The Steiners and a whole host of former WWE mid carders and given Russo the book!

Which brings us back to where i started the PPV tonight! I have no idea what the card is, in fact im gona have a quick look on the website because i really do have zero idea.

Okay this is what the TNA website is advertising, This is what they expect people to PAY for;

FINAL RESOLUTION 2008
LAX vs Hoyt & Rave
Kaz vs. Black Reign
Abyss vs. Judas Mesias
Booker T & Sharmell vs. Robert Roode & Ms. Brooks
TNA Womens Title: Gail Kim(c) vs. Awesome Kong
TNA Tag Titles: AJ Styles & Tomko(c) vs. Samoa Joe vs. Kevin Nash
Ultimate X Match: Motor City MachineGuns & Jay Lethal vs. Team 3D & Johnny Devine
TNA World Title: Kurt Angle(c) vs. Christian Cage

Well there are a few good matches lined up, a couple that could be good and then some that will probably stink the place up due to the booking!

I reckon that LAX will beat Hoyt & Rave, i do know that Shelley Martinez is gona be in there corner and so she must get them the win or otherwise it would be a pointless reveal.

Kaz vs Blackdust seems a bit pointless, Kaz who got the main event push for a few weeks now has to face the washed up Runnels, Kaz surely has to get the win, but Russo's tubby pal may have another wacky storyline push. Going For Kaz on this one.

Judas Mesias will pick up the win, this looks like a really good feud, and with Rellik possibly involved this could be the best feud in TNA.

Booker & Sharmell will get the win, i reckon Sharmell will get the pin on Ms. Brooks, have no idea of the back story on this one so i dont really care!

Awesome Kong will destroy Kim, The Womens division needs an unbeatable champion to chase after, you dont get more unbeatable than Kong!

Got a feeling with all this Joe & Kevin nonsense that they will pick up the win, i'm not bothered either way because Nash should'nt be booked with these good workers. Tomko & AJ have been really good champions, but i think there time is up!

So this six person match is for the X title, huh! Well Lethal has been a very good x champ even with his pretty lame gimmick (yes it is lame, im suprised that they havent done a warrior rip off!) and i think he will get his belt back of Team 3D and Devine (I just realised that Brother Ray & Brother Devon will not be able to climb the X structure!)

Kurt vs. Christian, seems like AJ will have some involvement in this one, having to choose between the 2. Reckon he will side with Kurt and somehow help him pick up the win and retain the title.

Considering i havent watched A TNA PPV for 2 months or An Impact since they went to 2 hours, i think thats a pretty good prediciton! Check back in a few days when i've watched it for my expert opinions and review

Royal Fumble

2008-01-06T15:18:00.000Z

Made these predictions a couple of weeks ago and there already out of date and completely messed up, but im gona post them anyways just so you can see how my brain works.

ROYAL RUMBLE 2008
1. WWE Intercontinental Title Match: Jeff Hardy (c) vs. Triple H
2. WWE Tag Team Title Match: Cody Rhodes & Hardcore Holly(c) vs. Santino Marella & Carlito
3. World Title Match: Edge(c) vs. Undertaker vs. Batista
4. ECW Title Match: CM Punk(c) vs. Shelton Benjamin
5. JBL vs. Chris Jericho.
6. 30 Man Royal Rumble Match.
7. WWE Title Match: Jeff Hardy vs. Randy Orton(c)

Results
1. Jeff Hardy retains even after interference from Orton.
2. Santino & Carlito win the titles after poor communication from the champions
3. Edge retains by pinning Batista.
4. Shelton Benjamin wins the ECW Title.
5. JBL pins Jericho after a clothesline from hell.
6. Ric Flair enters at No. 25 and wins the rumble, with the aid of Triple H who takes out the last person in the ring, MVP. Bobby Lashley also returned at No. 30 but was eliminated by Kane.
7. Jeff Hardy wins the title after a twist of fate.

NO WAY OUT 2008
1. WWE Tag TeamTitle Match: Santino Marella & Carlito(c) vs. Bobby Lashley & Shawn Michaels.
2. ECW Title Match: Shelton Benjamin(c) vs. CM Punk vs. John Morrison.
3. US Title Ladder Match: MVP(c) vs. Rey Mysterio.
4. Womens Title Match: Beth Phoenix(c) vs. Mickie James.
5. World Title, Elimination Chamber Match: Edge(c) vs. Undertaker vs. Batista vs. Kane vs. Mark Henry vs. Great Khali
6. Last Man Standing Match: Chris Jericho vs. JBL.
7. WWE Title Match: Jeff Hardy(c) vs. Triple H vs Randy Orton.

Results
1. Santino cheats and gets DQd on purpose, losing them the match but keeping the belts
2. Benjamin retains after pinning Morrison.
3. MVP retains despite interference from Matt Hardy who almost costs him the title.
4. Beth retains after a solid match.
5. Undertaker wins the match by beating Kane. Edge was eliminated by Kane.
6. Jericho beats JBL with the aid of JBL’s own limo.
7. Triple H pins Jeff Hardy after taking both an rko and pedigree.

WRESTLEMANIA 24
1. Money In The Bank Ladder Match: Jeff Hardy vs. Finlay vs. JBL vs. Rey Mysterio vs. Bobby Lashley vs. Chris Jericho.
2. Mr. Kennedy vs. Shawn Michaels
3. ECW Title, Hardcore Rules Elimination Match: Shelton Benjamin(c) vs. CM Punk vs. Balls Mahoney vs. Miz vs. John Morrison vs. Big Daddy V
4. WWE Tag Team Title Match: Santino Marella & Carlito(c) vs. Cody Rhodes & Hardcore Holly vs. Cade & Murdoch vs. The Highlanders.
5. Womens Title Match: Beth Phoneix(c) vs. Mickie James vs. Candice Michelle vs. Melina.
6. US Title Match: MVP(c) vs Matt Hardy
7. Batista & Kane vs. Mark Henry & Great Khali.
8. World Title Cage Match: Undertaker(c) vs. Edge
9. WWE Title Match: Triple H(c) vs. Ric Flair

Results
1. Bobby Lashley wins after a ladder show down with Finlay
2. Shawn Michaels pins Mr. Kennedy.
3. Shelton Benjamin pins The Miz after putting him through a table.
4. Marella & Carlito retain.
5. Mickie James wins after help from Candice & Melina.
6. Matt Hardy picks up the strap in an intense affair.
7. Batista & Kane annihilate their giant opponents
8. Undertaker defeats Edge to keep the belt and his streak.
9. Triple H retires Ric Flair after 30 minutes.

most of my blogs will be reviews of PPV's but i'll try and do RAW and some of the DVD's coming out too.
Will try and add some fun titbits and pictures too!