Oct 26 2008
The big news is that Batista is the new World Champion after defeating Chris Jericho as Stone Cold Steve Austin was voted in as special guest referee. That’s an unnecessary title change, but oh well.
HHH wrestled Jeff Hardy, even though they tried hard to influence the fans to make it a three way with Koslov. HHH pinned Hardy again in the middle of the ring.
Dave Meltzer has the results up at F4W/Wrestling Observer.
Photo by Department of Defense
Oct 03 2008
I wouldn’t usually blog about Raw or Smackdown, but this is the biggest Raw or Smackdown show in a very long time. They’ve done a great job publicizing the event, and you could say they’ve done a better job than promoting the PPV. There are many champion versus champion matches.
But it looks like we’re opening up with an 8 man tag.
(Photo by Jjron)
1. Jeff Hardy, Rey Mysterio, Fit Finlay, and Batista vs. MVP, JBL, The Brian Kendrick, and Kane
I’m already tired of Gregory Helms’ “I’m just saying,” gimmick by the way.
Let’s hope there’s a lot of MVP and Kendrick for the heel side.
The match wasn’t as exciting as I thought it’d be and it was really long. But the last two minutes were great. Rey Rey made the hot tag to Jeff which lead to everyone getting in the ring and kicking each other out of the ring. Rey hit MVP with the 619 and Jeff hit the swanton for the pin.
Winner: Jeff Hardy, Rey Mysterio, Fit Finlay, and Batista
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Sep 07 2008
Let me just say that the only reason I bought this show was because of Chris Jericho and Shawn Michaels. Nothing else is even half way interesting.
To a lesser extent, having the ability to purchase the show in HD was also a buying factor. We don’t even get Raw or Smackdown in HD out here in Gilroy, CA. Charter needs to work on their HD signal as I’m seeing a bit of pixelation.
1. ECW Championship Scramble
Matt Hardy and the Miz started out the match. No pinfalls, but the Miz did hit his finisher for a two count.
Chavo came out next, hit the frog splash on Matt Hardy and is the in match champion.
Hardy hit the side effect and pinned Chavo and is the in match champion. Mark Henry is in next.
Henry hit the world’s strongest slam on Chavo and pinned him and is the new in match champion. Finlay is the last guy in.
Finlay pinned Hardy, but then Hardy pinned The Miz. Hardy is the current in match champion. The Miz has a nasty cut and is bleeding pretty badly.
Hardy played keep away for about 3 minutes, which didn’t really make sense because the rules state that you can pin anyone an win the belt. But Hardy is the new ECW Champion. Henry lost the belt without having been pinned.
Winner: Matt Hardy
Aug 20 2008
I was alerted yesterday by our own Big D that in addition to the Raw Heavyweight Championship Scramble match, according to the Smackdown spoilers (don’t worry, I won’t spoil the actual matches), we will have another scramble for the other championship belt. What?
You don’t have to look very far back to when WWE did something similarly. Let’s go back to February of this year. They had a great idea for a yearly stipulation that made sense. John Cena won the Royal Rumble and because of that win was scheduled for the Wrestlemania title shot. The question always becomes, “What happens with the other title?” They had an awesome solution. Put six of your top guys in the Elimination Chamber match, and the winner would get the other title shot. You could do that every year at No Way Out and you have two special pay per views back to back with the first being the Royal Rumble.
Of course, they screwed it up. Cena decided to take his title shot at No Way Out even though he said the only reason he came back to win the Royal Rumble was because he wanted to main event Wrestlemania. And thus, instead of only doing one Elimination Chamber match at No Way Out, they did two. Imagine if at last week’s pay per view, in addition to the Undertaker and Edge Hell In A Cell match, they decided that John Cena and Dave Batista would be decided in similar fashion. Stupid right?
Aug 18 2008
We had coverage of last night’s WWE SummerSlam show. A few of our writers gave their thoughts about the show.
GG
Show overall rating: Thumbs up
Best Match: John Cena vs. Batista
Worst Match: Matt Hardy vs. Mark Henry
I know, I know. I’m supposed to say that the Hell In A Cell match between the Undertaker and Edge was the best match of the night. I thought it was well done and very good. But I’d be lying if I didn’t say I had more fun watching the slobber knocker that was Cena/Batista I. It was hard hitting and fast paced and I loved the huge power spots. If not for the terrible submissions, I would’ve loved it even more. I think what ruined Edge/Undertaker for me were the chair shots to the face and head. I know they are doing them a lot safer now, but I still get an odd feeling when I see someone getting a chair shot to anywhere above the back.
Aug 16 2008
Tomorrow night, WWE celebrates 21 years of SummerSlam, the “biggest party of the summer” as they’ve been calling recently. There have been 20 SummerSlam Events since 1988. But were all of them really worthy of being called the 2nd, 3rd, or 4th best PPV of the year? Absolutely not. So today I’ve decided to take a look and list what I consider the Top 10 Greatest SummerSlam Pay-Per-Views of All Time! So sit back, relax, and enjoy.
10. SummerSlam 1988
So we begin with the very first SummerSlam in 1988, live on PPV from Madison Square Garden in New York. The whole purpose of the creation of this PPV was for the WWE to compete with NWA’s Great American Bash, hoping to convert wrestling fans to save their hard-earned cash and purchase their show at the end of the summer as opposed to the Bash. This soon became the last of the “Big Four” PPVs, alongside Survivor Series, Royal Rumble, and of course, Wrestlemania. The main event was a highly-anticipated tag team match between Hulk Hogan and WWF Champion Randy Savage, collectively known as “The Mega Powers” against Ted Dibiase and Andre the Giant, collectively known as “The Mega Bucks”. Savage won a 16-Man Tournament at Wrestlemania IV, last defeating Dibiase to become champion. Hogan had teased prior to the show that Miss Elizabeth would showcase her “eenie, weenie bikini”, which is creepy in retrospect considering she is no longer with us.
Besides that huge match, the most memorable part of this Pay-Per-View was the Ultimate Warrior defeating the longest reigning WWF Intercontinental Champion in history - The Honky Tonk Man. Honky was scheduled to face Brutus Beefcake, but prior to the match, Beefcake was hospitalized by “The Outlaw” Ron Bass. Honky came out on the show and challenged anybody in the building to take the title and the undefeated Warrior came out and pinned him in thirty seconds to take the title, beginning the monster four year run that he would have in the WWF. Tag Team wrestling was definitely one of WWF’s high-points during this era, as Hart Foundation vs. Demolition was easily the best match on the show, followed slightly by the Rougeaus vs. The Bulldogs.
Aug 14 2008
If it weren’t for the fact that SummerSlam, by name, means the biggest summer wrestling PPV of the year, I’m not sure I would consider this weekend’s show all that big of a deal. JBL and the Great Khali are in title matches, neither Chris Jericho or Shawn Michaels are wrestling, and John Cena vs. Batista, a match that should be huge, isn’t all that interesting.
There is one big match and thankfully, Edge has been carrying his feud with the Undertaker. It’s not like the Undertaker has been around recently to help. And while it’s the match that will likely sell the most PPVs, I still feel as if I’ve seen them wrestle enough matches already to last a life time. I understand that this is the big one, a Hell In A Cell match, but I can’t wait for them to move on to other opponents.
Aug 04 2008
Every week I will try look at Raw, ECW, TNA, and Smackdown and give my thoughts. These are just my thoughts ladies and gentlemen, just my thoughts.
Random wrestling thoughts for the week of July 28, 2008:
Raw
Jul 27 2008
Every week I will try look at Raw, ECW, TNA, and Smackdown and give my thoughts. These are just my thoughts ladies and gentlemen, just my thoughts.
Random wrestling thoughts for the week of July 21, 2008:
Raw
Jul 23 2008
It’s the RAW after the Bash as WWE prepares to head towards SummerSlam, their supposed 2nd biggest PPV of the year (I always thought Survivor Series was #2 and SummerSlam was #3, but oh well).
Loved: Unique Open. Batista in the truck with Kevin Dunn watching the tape just screams “WCW Nitro”, and that’s been a lot of the focus with RAW lately. WWE is trying to shoot things from different perspectives and add new “sets” to things rather than stick with the boring formula of match-angle-match-interview-interview-match-angle-match. Thankfully, RAW is bouncing things around.
Hated: Clusterfuck Intro. How many times does WWE have to start a program after a PPV with every top guy coming out and laying claim to the World Title. Granted, it does make the World Title seem important because everybody is chasing it and trying to get it, but it’s been so overdone and played out that it is ridiculous. Guys coming out and talking all the time is boring. Figure out something else WWE!
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