Wrestling Podcast Episode 169: JG and Ed RAWcast With Each Other’s Minds
Wrestling Podcast Episode 169: JG and Ed RAWcast With Each Other’s Minds [57:52m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadWuddup! Welcome to Pinfall Recall where you can get “The Best Wrestling You’ve Ever Heard. If you ever want to know what it’s like to hear heaven, just check out this show. This week we cover the Memorial Day Edition of WWE Monday Night RAW!
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Wrestling News Digest 5/26/09: Kennedy injured…again, lots of ROH news, and “Bullet” Bob still going strong
WWE
Ken Kennedy injured in return to ring
- In his first match back on the main roster last night, Ken Kennedy suffered some form of wrist injury last night on Raw while taking an RKO from Randy Orton. He immediately rolled out of the ring holding his wrist and when the referee went to raise his arm, Kennedy immediately pulled it away in pain.
He’s not expected to miss any time.
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Identity of Kroenke revealed, SI covers Raw
- Troy Stone was the man that played Stan Kroenke on Raw last night. Stone announces for the NWA Wrestling house shows.
- Sports Illustrated has a photo gallery from last nights “WWE vs. Denver Nuggets” deal, which you can see here.
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ROH
Take No Prisoners coming to PPV, McGuinness in, Generico out, Flair refereeing
- ROH announced today that the Take No Prisoners 2009 PPV will begin airing on June 12th on InDemand, Direct TV, DISH Network, & TVN in the United States and in Canada on Bell Express Vu & Viewer’s Choice Canada. Here’s the card
* Colt Cabana vs. Ace Steel
* Kevin Steen, El Generico, Jay Briscoe, & Magno vs. Chris Hero, Eddie Edwards, Davey Richards, & Incognito
* Roderick Strong vs. Alex Koslov
* Brent Albright vs. Claudio Castagnoli vs. Blue Demon Jr.
* NO HOLDS BARRED GRUDGE MATCH: Necro Butcher vs. Jimmy Jacobs
* ROH WORLD TITLE 4-WAY MATCH: Jerry Lynn vs. Bryan Danielson vs. Erick Stevens vs. D-Lo Brown
* Tyler Black & KENTA vs. Austin Aries & Katsuhiko Nakajima
- After taking time off due to injury and only working a few small shows, Nigel McGuinness makes his return to the company this weekend. He is also scheduled for the Detroit and Chicago shows in June.
- It looks as if El Generico will tough it out for right now, but he will likely have to undergo knee surgery down the line.
- Ric Flair will be the special guest referee on June 13th for the ROH World Title Match between Jerry Lynn and Austin Aries.
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“Bullet” Bob Armstrong still running the ropes
- The Dothan Eagle in Alabama has an article up on the legendary Bullet Bob Armstrong, who at 69 years old is still working shows practically every week. The article looks at his career and injuries, and Armstrong says he still has no plans of retiring, but admits his career is winding down. Click here to check it out.
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Wrestling News Digest 5/22/09: More Vince vs. the Nuggets news, TNA heads to Colorado, Legends of the Arena card set, and more
WWE
More Vince vs. the Nuggets news
- WWE.com has posted the “fallacious, rejected Kroenke-writ release” on WWE.com. Also, the website has announced that Mr. McMahon will confront Denver Nuggets Owner Stan Kroenke on Raw Monday at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
- Shane McMahon and John Cena were at the Lakers game yesterday, and interviewed by the LA Times, discussing the Denver deal and the move to LA. The video is here
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TNA
TNA releases Sewell and signs new female, Christopher Daniels interview
- Shane Sewell has been released by TNA, according to Jeremy Borash’s Twitter page. Borash also claims that TNA has signed a “well known” female.
- The Miami Herald interviewed Christopher Daniels, discussing TNA, growing up in North Carolina, being a smaller gut in a business of big men and more. You can check out the full article here.
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TNA heads to Colorado to capitalize on WWE situation
- TNA sent out the following press release, announcing that they are heading to Colorado:
Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling Heads to Colorado, for Sure!
DEJECTED WWE FANS CAUGHT IN THE “DENVER DEBACLE” GET A $10 DISCOUNT FOR TNA TICKETS WITH THEIR UNUSED WWE TICKETS FROM COLORADO SHOWS.
DENVER, May 22 /PRNewswire/ — Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling is bringing a slam-dunk show to Colorado - and unlike its competition, the superstars of TNA will not skip town.
The TNA Live! Tour invades the Pueblo (Colo.) Convention Center on Friday night, May 29, and then moves to Cheyenne, Wyo., on Saturday night, May 30 at the Taco Johns Event Center. Both shows start at 7:30 p.m., and anyone bringing an unused WWE ticket from its recently-cancelled Colorado shows to the box office in Pueblo or Cheyenne will receive a $10 discount for tickets for either TNA show.
“Some of the biggest pro wrestling fans in the nation are in Colorado,” said TNA Wrestling President Dixie Carter. “It was sad to see the WWE pull out of all their scheduled shows in Colorado recently because of the scheduling conflict with the NBA playoffs. I want everyone in Colorado to know that TNA Wrestling is coming and we hope to see you at our first shows ever in your state. For WWE fans that paid for any of these cancelled events, we are offering you $10 off the purchase of tickets to come see us and enjoy the best fan experience in pro wrestling.”
Carter also confirmed that TNA is “formally inviting” all Nugget players, coaches, broadcasters and front-office staff to the Pueblo show.
Appearing live will be “The King of the Mountain” Jeff Jarrett, “The War Machine” Rhino, “The Monster” Abyss, The Beautiful People (Angelina Love and Velvet Sky), Cute Kip, the Motor City Machine Guns, “The Blueprint” Matt Morgan, TNA X Division Champion Suicide, Lethal Consequences, Taylor Wilde, “Showtime” Eric Young, Brutus Magnus, Kiyoshi, and more.
Cross The Line to TNA Wrestling, the most innovative experience in professional wrestling today. “TNA iMPACT!” airs every Thursday at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Spike TV.
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Legends of the Arena card set for next month
- The following is the card for the Legends of the Arena show set for June 27th:
Sandman with Tod Gordon vs. Sabu with Fonzie with special guest referee Terry Funk
The Franchise Shane Douglas vs. Al Snow with Head
Chris Hamrick vs. Crowbar
BWO vs. FBI with Big Sal-
Raven vs. Justin Credible with Jason and Chastity
Rhino vs. Spike Dudley
Balls and Axl vs. The Baldies
CW Anderson with Jack Victory vs. 2 Cold Scorpio
Also appearing, Tammy Sytch, Gary Wolfe, Scotty Riggs, The Queen of Extreme Francine and many more!
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Wrestling News Digest 5/21/09: HDNet heads for the chopping block, Time Warner buys Midway, Dawn Marie has another baby, and more
WWE
Santino storyline continues online
- There is a new goofy video feature focusing on Santino Marella on WWE.com. The video features Santino in-character furthering an internet-only storyline WWE has been pushing on the website recently.
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TNA
Time Warner buys Midway but leaves TNA
- Today, Time Warner put in an official bid of $33 Million in an effort to acquire all of the American assets of Midway Games, Inc.. The agreement does not include the Company’s development studio in San Diego and the TNA franchise games, nor does it include the Company’s development studio in Newcastle which had developed the Company’s recently released Wheelman game.
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ROH
HDNet heads for the chopping block
- Multichannel News is currently running an article discussing the HDNet situation. Time Warner Cable confirmed to the trade Monday it will stop offering HDNet and HDNet Movies across all of its systems effective May 31. Time Warner Cable director of corporate public relations Robyn Watson stated the following…
“There’s a limited appeal for the programming. In a world with more than 100 HD channels, being in HD is not enough. We are adding other channels in HD to give our customers more choice.”
Mark Cuban emailed Multichannel News to say that they were still negotiating, and also stated…
“[T]here are millions of viewers who enjoy our unique and exclusive programming. We are not a cookie-cutter network like those from the big media conglomerates. HDNet’s viewers do business with providers specifically to get our programming.”
You can read the full article here.
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Dawn Marie has another baby
- Former WWE Diva and ECW original Dawn Marie gave birth to daughter Katie this past Tuesday. Marie had to have a C-section, but is apparently doing fine health-wise.
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Wrestling News Digest For May 20th
WWE
ECW On Sci-Fi
Last night’s edition of ECW on Sci-Fi rating scored a 1.1 cable rating.
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WWE Announces Main Event For Show In Staples Center
From WWE.com: Live on Raw from Los Angeles’ STAPLES Center, WWE presents its answer to the Lakers vs. the Denver Nuggets. WWE Champion Randy Orton, Legacy, The Miz & Big Show face U.S. Champion MVP, Batista, John Cena, Jerry Lawler & a fifth “player.”
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TNA
TNA Releases a Superstar
Appears that rumors that TNA quietly released Shane Sewell recently may be true as he’s no longer pictured on the TNA roster page. Sewell, aka “Glamor Boy” Shane started with TNA as a referee then was moved to a wrestling spot in an angle with Sheik Bashir, then back to refereeing, then vanished altogether. He is listed still under referees on the page but TNA creative did not have plans to use him as a ref, rather as a wrestler, but that didn’t really go anywhere.
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ROH Newswire!
El Generico cleared to return, Danielson vs. Black III signed for ROH TV, Nigel McGuinness returning, more!
- May 20th Newswire: In case you missed the big news, we now know that Tyler Black has selected to face Jimmy Jacobs in a Steel Cage Match on June 26th in Detroit! The announcement of Black’s choice was made yesterday afternoon in the main page article entitled “Disappointment?” (http://www.rohwrestling.com/news/article.aspx?id=2810). The article begs the question – what is going through the mind of Jimmy Jacobs? Between the First Blood match signed for June 13th at the Hammerstein, and now this brutal cage match, one has to wonder. Tickets for both New York and Detroit are on sale now at www.rohwrestling.com ! And don’t forget that ROH Ambassador Ric Flair will be on hand in both cities!
- The latest Ring of Honor Video Wire is up and available for viewing at http://www.you-tube.com/watch?v=PXJlX8dVMYA&fmt=18 , with words from Chris Hero, the American Wolves w/ Shane Hagadorn, World Champion Jerry Lynn, ROH Ambassador Ric Flair, and a look at this week’s episode of ROH on HDNet!
- El Generico contacted ROH officials late yesterday after seeing another orthopedic surgeon for his injured knee. While he has a meniscus tear, and the possibility of surgical repair still exists, doctors have medically cleared Generico to perform! And perform he will! He will be on hand for the May 29th and 30th ROH on HDNet National Television tapings in Philly, and will be involved in the 5th of the 6 main events to be filmed. And revenge will be on his mind as the American Wolves will team with “that Young Knockout Kid” Chris Hero to take on Kevin Steen, the returning El Generico, and KENTA! Tickets are available now at www.rohwrestling.com . This 6 Man Tag Team match is a main event anywhere in the world!
- Get ready Manassas, with Generico’s clearance yesterday comes a tremendous tag team match for June 12th. The knee of Generico will be tested as he and Kevin Steen will team to face Nick and Matt Jackson, the Young Bucks! If the Bucks can score the upset in Manassas, they will be well on their way to securing a permanent spot in the ROH tag team division! Tickets are on sale now!
- The 6th and final television main event has also been signed, and it will pit two of the very best in the world against one another for the third time. The first bout went to a brilliant time limit draw. The second incredible match ended in a double countout. Since then, these men have teamed and wrestled an absolute classic for the World Tag Team Titles. On May 30th in Philly at the Arena it will be Danielson-Black III. And should Black and Danielson defeat the American Wolves on the 29th, there is the intriguing possibility that this match could feature the ROH World Tag Team Champions against each other! One thing is for certain, this match promises to be another can’t miss classic. Get your tickets now at www.rohwrestling.com !
- Are you keeping up with ROH on Twitter? Visit twitter.com/rohonhdnet and stay informed!
- Speaking of Tyler Black, he was set to face Jerry Lynn for the ROH World Title before a lingering neck injury put him on the shelf. Now in Manassas on June 12th, he’s signed once again to face Lynn. But this time, it is going to be a non-title match. “Tyler is a great athlete,” said Lynn. “And on any other occasion I’d gladly put the title up. But I’m preparing for Austin Aries on June 13th. This will be my biggest test on my biggest stage. Tyler will have his chance again, believe me.” While Tyler isn’t happy about the match being non-title, he understands. “I know Jerry is preparing for Aries, just like I’m preparing for Jacobs. In fact, I can help him be ready for Austin. But Jerry better be ready in Manassas, because whether or not we both have other battles on our mind, I’m going to be prepared to beat him. Title or not.” Should Black and Danielson capture the tag titles in Philadelphia, their scheduled matches in Manassas and New York will change.
- ROH officials are happy to announce that former World Champion, Nigel McGuinness, will be on hand in Manassas and New York. He will make an appearance on both events.
- In Boston, Jimmy Rave and the Embassy attacked the Necro Butcher and the “crown jewel” disgustingly insulted Necro by repeatedly spitting in his face. In Edison, Rave showed his true colors by doing everything he could to avoid the madman. But now he won’t have the chance to run or hide behind anyone, as signed for New York on June 13th is Jimmy Rave versus the Necro Butcher in singles competition! Prince Nana left the door open by not keeping his eye on an open contract that Rave signed for the date, and word has it that Colt Cabana was the one that noticed it. “I will take care of Boo Boo Cabana in due time,” said the Prince. “He has put my crown jewel in harm ways, but that hillbilly Butcher will not harm a hair on Jimmy Rave’s head in that dump New York City. I will see to it.”
- The following talents will be on hand when Ring of Honor returns to Detroit on June 26th and Chicago on June 27th: Austin Aries, Davey Richards, Brent Albright, Colt Cabana, D’Lo Brown, Bryan Danielson, Delirious with Daizee Haze, and “Skullkrusher” Rasche Brown. These names are in addition to the previous announcement of Petey Williams, Joey Ryan, KENTA, and “Nature Boy” Ric Flair. More talent and match announcements will be forthcoming. Tickets to both events are on sale now at www.rohwrestling.com !
- Just two days remain in the BIG TEN SALE. You can purchase tickets for all live events in June for only $10 each, purchase over 100 DVD’s priced at $10 each, plus save 10% Off your next order. For complete details click here: http://www.rohwrestling.com/news/article.aspx?id=860 .
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Wrestling Podcast Episode 168: RAWcast Never Felt So Good
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We are finally back to bring you “The Best Wrestling You’ve Ever Heard.” Between Cliff having a child, me working on my days off, Milo being busy doing stupid baseball things, and Ed being — well, Ed… Milo and I have finally come together to bring you yet another edition of Pinfall Recall. We’re bringing you this edition in high quality sound, so let us know what you think!
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Wrestling News Digest 5/19/09: WWE vs. NBA continues, Kurt Angle has happy feet, Johnny K-9 arrested, and much more
WWE
More on the WWE vs. NBA story
- Several shows have been talking about the Vince McMahon vs. NBA story since it broke yesterday. ESPN morning talk shows “First and 10” and “Mike and Mike” have discussed the topic and taken the side of Vince, saying that Nuggets owner Stan Kroenke is in the wrong for trying to violate the contract he signed with WWE months back. Obviously the WWE will be thrilled with the free national press they are receiving.
- WWE.com has posted an update on Monday’s Raw, which was scheduled to take place in Denver’s Pepsi Center. You can read the full update here. The following excerpt discusses the venues that have been offered to the company for next week’s show…
“While working to resolve the scheduling conflict between Raw and the Denver Nuggets’ NBA Western Conference Semifinals game against the Los Angeles Lakers, WWE officials have received proposals from numerous venues including Madison Square Garden and, ironically, the STAPLES Center – the home of the Nuggets’ Monday night opponents, the Lakers. In addition to numerous other venues, these major-capacity metropolitan arenas proposed to have WWE’s flagship program emanate from their locations instead of Denver’s double-booked Pepsi Center this coming Monday.”
- The latest on Monday’s Raw is that WWE is looking into running the show in Colorado Springs. An official announcement is expected shortly, as they don’t have much time to deal with the ticket situation.
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WrestleMania DVD out today
- The WrestleMania XXV DVD is out today, and features the following contents:
* Complete WWE Hall of Fame Ceremony
* Unified Tag team Title Match: Carlito and Primo vs. John Morrison and The Miz
* Video Highlights of WrestleMania I-XXIV
* 25-Diva “Miss WrestleMania” Battle Royal
* Chris Jericho vs. Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka, Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat and Rowdy Roddy Piper w/Ric Flair
* The Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels
* Extreme Rules Match: Matt Hardy vs. Jeff Hardy
* Money in the Bank Ladder Match: CM Punk vs. Kane vs. Mark Henry vs. MVP vs. Shelton Benjamin vs. Kofi Kingston vs. Christian vs. Finlay
* IC Title Match: JBL © vs. Rey Mysterio
* World Title Match: Edge © vs. The Big Show vs. John Cena
* WWE Title Match: HHH © vs. Randy Orton
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WWE gives new performance enhancer to Yankees players
- As reported on a couple weeks ago, the New York Yankees’ new tradition of passing a replica WWE Championship for the hero of the game has added a spark to the Yankee clubhouse. The title, which was given to outfielder Johnny Damon by starting pitcher A.J. Burnett’s son, has become a coveted prize in the locker room with every player wanting to be the Superstar of the game with Damon earning back the title this Sunday following a walk-off homerun.
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TNA
Sacrifice card for Sunday
- TNA champion Mick Foley vs. Sting vs. Kurt Angle vs. Jeff Jarrett in an “Ultimate Sacrifice Bout”
*If Mick Foley gets pinned, he loses the TNA Title
*If Kurt Angle gets pinned, he gives up leadership of The Main Event Mafia
*If Sting gets pinned, he retires.
*If Jarrett gets pinned, he will lose his place in TNA Management.
- TNA Legends champion AJ Styles vs. Booker T - I Quit Match
- TNA Knockouts champion Angelina Love vs. Awesome Kong
- Kevin Nash vs. Samoa Joe
- Taylor Wilde vs. Daffney - Monster’s Ball
- Team 3D Tournament Finals
- Amazing Red vs. Kiyoshi
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Kurt Angle has happy feet
- Jeremy Borash revealed on his official Twitter account that TNA star Kurt Angle has been approached about appearing on the next season of the ABC hit-reality show “Dancing with the Stars.”
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Johnny K-9 arrested, Lacey Von Erich hospitalized
- Ion William Kroitoru, who wrestled as Johnny K-9 and Bruiser Bedlam in the WWF and Smoky Mountain Wrestling, has been charged with conspiracy to murder as one of the members of the United Nations Gang plotting to kill members of the Red Scorpians, according to today’s Vancouver Sun.
- Lacey Von Erich, the 22 year old daughter of Kerry Von Erich, who was under a WWE developmental deal for a short time, was diagnosed with meningitis over the weekend after being hospitalized for a massive migraine headache that wouldn’t subside.
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Judgement Day PPV Results!
Report by Jason Powell and ProWrestling.net
WWE Judgment Day 5/17/09
Chicago, Ill. at the All State Arena
The show opened with a video that hyped the various matches while playing on the Judgment Day theme.
Fireworks exploded on the state to kick off the show live in the building. Jim Ross introduced the show and noted that there are 14,822 fans in attendance.
1. Umaga defeated C.M. Punk in 11:55. Todd Grisham checked in with J.R. and they’ll call the first match together. Ross said he has no idea why Umaga has so much rage when it comes to Punk. The live crowd popped big for the hometown Punk and chanted his name to start the match. The ring ropes are are white in a nice change of pace.
Umaga caught Punk with a twisting slam less than a minute in. Punk came up holding his shoulder. The live crowd picked up the “C.M. Punk” chant again. Grisham noted that Punk can cash in his Money in the Bank contract at any time.
Punk sold heavily in the opening minutes and then hit a plancha onto Umaga at ringside. Punk hit some of his signature spots including a knee-lift and a heel kick. He came back with a running knee to the head at 9:30. Punk hit a bulldog off the second rope and went for a cover, but Umaga threw him off.
Later, Punk went for the GTS, but couldn’t lift his opponent. Umaga caught Punk with a kick and then followed up by slamming his backside into Punk’s head in the corner. Umaga used the Samoan Spike and scored the 1-2-3 on Punk. Grisham put over Umaga’s performance as “the most impressive return you’ll see.”
Backstage, Chavo Guerrero told Vickie Guerrero that John Cena had received medical clearance to compete. Big Show stood up and warned Vickie that she would lose Cena to the injured list just as she lost Triple H. She said the company is bigger than any individual and that someone else would step up. “Yeah, I know who will step up,” Show said. He started to leave the room, but bumped into Edge, who said he was there to speak with his wife. Show and Chavo left the room to give an uncomfortable looking Vickie some alone time with Edge.
Josh Matthews and Matt Striker narrated highlights of Christian beating Jack Swagger to win the ECW Title at the Backlash pay-per-view.
2. Christian defeated Jack Swagger at 9:35 to retain the ECW Title. Matthews and Striker on commentary. Good aggressive action to start. They went to ringside early. Swagger picked up Christian and threw him into the ring post. Cool spot. Back in the ring, they slowed things down temporarily, as Swagger locked Christian in a leg scissors.
Both men traded good near falls between 8:00 and 9:00. A short time later, Christian rolled up Swagger and then held the tights for the win. After the match, the announcers pointed out that Swagger held the tights while going for a pin earlier in the match.
Backstage, Edge left the room and bitched to Chavo about not stepping in when Santina called Vickie a pig.
A shot aired of several Chicago Bears sitting at ringside.
3. John Morrison defeated Shelton Benjamin (w/Charlie Haas) in 10:10. Ross and Grisham on commentary for the Smackdown match. Less than two minutes in, Morrison used the top rope as a springboard and performed a 450 splash/dive onto Shelton at ringside. They slowed things down in a hurry back in the ring and the crowd got quiet in a hurry.
At 9:00, Shelton caught Morrison leaping off the rope in a powerbomb position. He stumbled as he ran with him and threw him into the far corner. Scary move, but Morrison landed in the right position. Later, Morrison knocked Haas off the ring apron and followed up with the flying Chuck Kick (his tribute to Chuck Norris). Morrison hit his Starship Pain (split-legged corkscrew moonsault).
A WrestleMania 25 DVD ad aired. The DVD comes out on Tuesday.
The Miz’s music played and he strutted to the ring. We heard from Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler for the first time. Not so nice. In the ring, Miz told the crowd to “give it up for Marty Jannetty, oh, I mean John Morrisson.”
The crowd gave Miz the “What” treatment. He acknowledged it and said they sounded like a bunch of ducks. Miz quacked at the crowd. The crowd booed and then chanted, “You suck.” He responded by saying, “I haven’t heard that one before.” Miz said that since he can’t wrestle John Cena tonight, he was going to challenge someone comparable. He called Cena a “lovable loser, much like the Chicago Cubs.”
Miz pointed out Cubs outfielder Alfonso Soriano sitting in the front row. Miz noted that Soriano does Cena’s “You can’t see me” hand gesture after he hits a home run. Miz said the hand gesture really means, “You can’t see a World Series ring as long as you play for the Cubs.” Miz said it was a cheap line and therefore he wanted to apologize to anyone who was around in 1908 to see the Cubs win the World Series.
Miz challenged Soriano to serve as a Cena surrogate by facing him in a match. Miz excused himself and said he received a phone call. “Forget it, Alfonso, that was Lou Pinella,” Miz said. “He said you can’t do it because he’d rather you get your annual injury on the field rather than off.” Miz said that since Soriano couldn’t wrestle and was supposed to be a fill-in for Cena, he’s therefore 4-0 against Cena.
Santino Marella’s entrance music played and he came to the ring to confront Miz. Santino took offense to Miz mocking Soriano because he assumed it was an Italian name. Soriano laughed in the crowd. Santino said some WWE wrestlers look like animals. He said Vickie looks like a pig, and Santino looks like the muppet eagle. He said Miz looks like a jackass.
Miz said he had no problem kicking Santino’s ass. Santino said he hopes Miz brought a metal detector. He said he brought some guns and pulled the sleeves off his t-shirt. Miz punched Santino, who fired back. Miz laid out Santino with a DDT. The crowd booed.
As Miz was leaving the ring, Chavo Guerrero ran out and yelled at the fallen Santino. Chavo went up top and Frogsplashed Santino. Chavo yelled, “You’re the pig now, Santino”.
Backstage, Josh Matthews interviewed Chris Jericho, who tore into Rey Mysterio and the fans. He led the fans to chant “619″ via his heel promo. He vowed that there would not be a 619 tonight, and guaranteed that there would be a new Intercontinental Champion.
4. Rey Mysterio pinned Chris Jericho to retain the Intercontinental Title in 12:30. At 6:00, Jericho caught Rey in a Torture Rack. He spun around and then dropped down to his knees. Jericho went for the cover, but Rey kicked out. Later, Jericho went for the Walls of Jericho, but Rey blocked it. Jericho hit tilt-a-whirl backbreaker for a near fall.
At 10:15, Rey went for the 619, but Jericho caught him and immediately applied the Walls of Jericho. The live crowd cheered like crazy for Jericho applying the hold. Rey tried to crawl toward the ropes, but Jericho pulled him back. Rey slipped out and caught Jericho in an inside cradle for a near fall.
Rey ran at Jericho, who threw him into the air and caught him in a powerbomb slam for another great near fall. Later, Jericho got his head slammed into the turnbuckle and dropped down to his knees. Rey hit the 619 and then followed up with an awesome top rope splash for the clean pin. The crowd popped big for Rey getting the pin.
A video recapped Randy Orton’s latest exploits and his feud with Batista.
Randy Orton made a slow ring entrance. Batista came out with a big cut on his forehead.
5. Batista defeated Randy Orton by DQ in a WWE Title match in 14:50. The crowd popped big for Batista’s entrance. They quieted down once the match started. Orton applied the chinlock of death, but he didn’t keep it locked in as long as usual. After some back and forth action, Batista took control. At 13:15, Orton grabbed the belt and tried to leave.
Batista ran to ringside and grabbed Randy. Batista threw Orton back inside the ring and hit the spinebuster. Batista went for the Batista Bomb, but Randy punched him in the head until he released him. Orton went for the RKO, but Batista pushed him off. At 14:40, Batista shoved Orton into the corner and he stopped just short of running into the referee.
Batista grabbed Randy from behind, and Orton slapped the referee across the face for the DQ. Ted DiBiase and Cody Rhodes ran out and attacked Batista. “Whoooooooo!” played over the house p.a. system. Ric Flair’s entrance music played and he headed to the ring to save Batista. Flair threw punches at the Legacy members and eventually helped Batista clear the ring.
Cole and Lawler popped for Flair at ringside and then introduced a video that focussed on the John Cena vs. Big Show feud.
6. John Cena pinned Big Show in 15:00. Show dominated the first five minutes of the match and then tossed Cena to ringside. Show continued to dominate as then reentered the ring. Cena went for a bulldog at 6:15, but Show just pushed him away. Lawler noted that the match was all Show and that Cena had yet to hit any big moves.
At 8:00, Big Show applied what Cole referred to as a “gargantuan bear hug.” Cena eventually broke free and Cole put over Cena’s “amazing power.” Show shoved Cena to the mat again. When Cena stood up, Show ran at him, turned around, and slammed his backside into Cena.
At 10:00, Cena finally connected with a couple of punches and took down Show with a neck breaker. Cena did the “You can’t see me” bit and connected with the five knuckle shuffle. However, Show stood up and grabbed Cena by the throat. Show went for the chokeslam, but Cena slipped out and DDT’d Show.
Cena applied the STF, but Show broke free and came right back with a big clothesline. Show dragged Cena to the corner and hit the Vader Bomb, but Cena kicked out at two. Cole said Cena kicked out after “literally being squashed.” He said he didn’t know a better way to put it.
Later, Show kicked Cena to ringside and then tried to bring him back in the ring, but Cena went on offense and ended up hitting a leg drop off the second rope. He went for the STF again, but Show broke it up. “It can’t be done!” Lawler exclaimed. Show picked up Cena in powerbomb position, but dropped him over his head and drove him into the mat instead.
Show stood up and signified that he was going for the knockout punch. Cena slowly stood up. Show went for the punch, but Cena avoided it. Cena used the Attitude Adjustment and scored the clean pin. The announcers raved about it as a “miracle victory.” Cena headed to ringside and hugged Alfonso Soriano.
An ad aired for Terminator Salvation.
Grisham and Ross hyped the Extreme Rules pay-per-view for June 7 in New Orleans.
A video aired to promote the Edge vs. Jeff Hardy match.
7. Edge pinned Jeff Hardy to retain the World Hvt. Championship in 19:55. Justin Roberts handled the in-ring introductions for the title match. Scott Armstrong is the referee.
Good back and forth action to start. Hardy hit a nice kick onto a seated Edge for a near fall at 9:30. He came back a short time later with a crossbody block off the top rope for a better near fall. At 11:00, Hardy applied the Sharpshooter, but Edge reached the ropes. At 11:30, Edge hit the Twist of Fate for a near fall.
At 12:30, Hardy ran toward the corner and used the ropes to press himself up for a kick on the seated Edge, but Edge stood up, caught Hardy, and powerbombed him. The announcers noted that Hardy was showing signs of frustration.
Both wrestlers went to ringside and Hardy dismantled part of the ringside barrier. Hardy ran the rail, but Edge recovered and ran off the announcers desk and speared Hardy in mid-air. Hardy landed on the ring barrier he dismantled and it ended up providing him with a nice cushion. Hardy struggled to get up. The ref counted, but Hardy made it back in the ring at the nine count.
At 16:30, Hardy hit the Twist of Fate and went for another cover, but Edge stuck his leg on the rope to break it up. They ended up back at ringside. With the referee distracted, Matt Hardy showed up out of nowhere and clubbed his brother over the back of the head with his cast. Edge rolled Hardy back inside the ring and went for the cover, but Jeff kicked out.
Hardy came back and went up top for the Swanton. Edge recovered and caught Hardy on the ropes. Edge hit the Edgecution off the ropes and scored the clean pin to win the match. Edge celebrated with his title belt while trainers tended to Hardy in the ring to close the show…
credit: Lordsofpain.net
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Wrestling News Digest 5/15/09: The long awaited return! Rey injured, WWE cracking down on pirating, Bret Hart predicted Test’s death, more
WWE
Mysterio injured but will compete, WWE cracking down on pirating
- Rey Mysterio will still be working Judgment Day on Sunday despite the knee injury he suffered at the Smackdown taping this week.
- WWE Legal has become very aware of illegal stream on sites like Justin.TV. The company plans to attack the sites and shut down illegal PPV feeds. They will treat all sites like Justin.TV like they have people posting copyrighted material on YouTube.
Credit: 411mania.com
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Jillian Hall engaged
- Jillian Hall is now apparently engaged. The WWE Diva made mention of the announcement on her official MySpace account, writing: “finally got the ring!”. Jillian is engaged to current pro wrestling and former WWE performer Tank Toland, aka Chad Dick. Jillian was Toland’s manager in OVW a while back.
Credit: wrestlezone.com
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Other
Bret Hart discusses Test and drug use in wrestling
- The Mirror in the UK has posted the final part of their interview with Bret Hart. In it, he talked about how many people were saying that Andrew “Test” Martin was in danger of passing away more than a year before it actually happened. He said the only way to have stopped him from dying would have been to put him in a “straightjacket”. He also talked about the state of drug use in the business today. He said that he feels it is on the wane with today’s workers due to all of those that died before him. You can watch it by clicking here.
Credit: PWinsider.com
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Randy Savage website starts petition for the Hall of Fame
- Machomadness.com has started an online petition to get “Macho Man” Randy Savage into the WWE Hall of Fame. For more details, you can go here.
Credit: 411mania.com
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Vic Grimes suffers heart attack
- Former pro wrestler Vicious Vic Grimes ( XPW,WSX, ECW, and WWF) (Wrestled under the name KEY in WWF) is in the hospital recovering after having 2 heart attacks due to a blood clot in his leg that traveled through his heart and ended in his lungs. He is doing better, but still hospitalized.
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Wrestling News Digest 5-14-09
WWE
Dreamer Living the Dream longer?
Tommy Dreamer is currently booked for two WWE house shows in August, despite word that his contract expires on June 6th. The fact that he’s booked on house shows through the summer seems to be an indication that WWE believes he will still be working for them.
However, one company source says not to read too much into house show lineups that are listed any more than a few weeks ahead of time because it’s basically a lot of guess work. John Laurinatis usually puts together house show cards far in advance based on where he believes the storylines might be heading.
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Punk Fractured Skull?
UK’s Sky Sports has posted an interview with CM Punk and here are some highlights:
His Inspiration to Wrestle: “That’s a hard question to answer because there are so many. Shawn Michaels is definitely one and he is pretty relevant because he’s still with the company. Ricky Steamboat and Bret Hart as well, those”
His Favorite Matches: “About a year ago on SmackDown I had a really good one with Edge. That sticks out in my mind. My championship win for the ECW title against John Morrison and probably the Money In The Bank from last year.
Fracturing His Skull During a Match: “I thought I broke my neck at the time. I was giving a guy a neckbreaker and his head wound up on top of mine and everything just sandwiched and hit the mat at the same time and my head was turned. It felt like somebody took a pot of warm water and poured it inside my brain. Everything got hot so I thought I broke my neck. I still had feelings so like a knucklehead I continued to wrestle for 12 more minutes. Afterwards it was a chore to walk from the ring to the back and as soon as I got in the back I hit the floor and couldn’t get up. I couldn’t open my eyes, I couldn’t see and was throwing up.”
Doctors’ Reaction To the Injury: “They told me that they were shocked because I walked into the hospital. They were like ‘how did you get in here?’ I said ‘I walked’ so they said ‘the bad news is you have a fractured skull. The good news is you should have died.’ I was out two months.”
Pro Wrestling in 2009: “Nowadays it’s bigger and more insane than ever. It’s literally the best entertainment for your dollar. It’s part soap opera, part action movie. There’s loud music like a rock concert, explosions like four or five pyro, gorgeous women, people you can get behind and root for, underdogs, people you want to see get their teeth kicked down their throat. To me, it’s the greatest thing in the world.
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Rey, Tully and Buckcherry?
- Rey Mysterio will still be working Judgment Day on Sunday despite the knee injury he suffered at the Smackdown taping this week.
- Tully Blanchard has been added to the NWA Wrestling Legends Fanfest which is scheduled for 8/6 to 8/9 in Charlotte, NC.
- Buckcherry guitarist Keith Nelson will be doing a WWE Universe chat on Monday at 8PM ET, right before RAW. The band’s “Rescue Me” is the theme for Judgment Day.
Credit: PWInsider
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Smackdown matches
The following matches are scheduled for tonight’s edition of WWE Smackdown:
- John Morrison and CM Punk vs. The World’s Greatest Tag Team (Benjamin and Haas)
- Jeff Hardy vs. Ricky Ortiz
- Alicia Fox and Michelle McCool vs. Gail Kim and Melina
- Jimmy Wang Yang vs. Dolph Ziggler
- R-Truth vs. Mike Knox
- Non-Title Match: Edge © vs. Chris Jericho
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TNA
Roster: Real Names/Ages
I saw a list published and credited to “Wrestling Observer Newsletter” of TNA’s roster, and real names.
There were a few mistakes on it that I’ve noted as we present it here:
Abyss (Christopher J. Parks), 35
AJ Styles (Allan Jones), 30 Actually Allen Neil Jones 31
Alex Shelley (Patrick Martin), 25
Amazing Red (Jonathan Figueora), 27 Actually Jonathan Figueroa
Andrew Thomas (Andrew Thomas), 33
Andromeda (Saul Armendariz), ?
Angelina Love (Lauren Williams), 27
Awesome Kong (Kia Stevens), 31
Ayako Hamada (Ayako Valentina Hamada Villareal), 28
BG James (Brian Gerard James), 39
Big Rocco (?), ? AKA Big Tilly
“Black Machsimo” Jay Lethal (Jamar Shipman), 24
Bobby Lashley (Franklin Roberto Lashley), 32
Booker T (Robert Booker Tio Huffman), 44
Brother Devon (Devon Hughes), 36
Brother Ray (Mark LoMonaco), 37
Brutus Magnus (Nick Aldis), 22
Chris Sabin (Joshua Harter), 27
Christy Hemme (Christina Lee Hemme), 28
Cody Deaner (?), 27 AKA Cody Steele
Consequences Creed (Austin Watson), 22
Cute Kip (Monty Kip Sopp), 45
Daffney (Shannon Claire Spruill), 33
Daniels (Daniel Christopher Covell), 37
David Penzer (David Penzer), ?
Don West (Donald Ronald West), 45
Doug Williams (Douglas Clayton Durdle), 36
Dr. Stevie (Michael Manna), 37
Earl Hebner (Earl William Hebner), 59
Eric Young (Jeremy Fritz), 29
Hector Guerrero (Hector Manuel Guerrero Lleras), 54
Hernandez (Shawn Hernandez), 39
Homicide (Nelson Erazo), 32
Jacqueline (Jacqueline DeLois Moore), 45
James Storm (James Allan Black), 31 Actually James Allen Cox, 31 on June 1
Jeff Jarrett (Jeffrey Leonard Jarrett), 41
Jenna Morasca (Jenna Morasca), 28
Jeremy Borash (Jeremy Borash), 34
Jesse Neal (Jesse Neal), 29
Jethro Holliday (William Theodore Mueller), 28
Jim Cornette (James Mark Cornette), 47
Kevin Nash (Kevin Scott Nash), 49
Kiyoshi (Akira Raijin), 30
Kurt Angle (Kurt Steven Angle), 40
Lauren Brooke (Lauren Brooke), 26
Madison Rayne (Ashley Simmons), 23
Mark “Slick” Johnson (Mark Johnson), ?
Matt Morgan (Matthew Thomas Morgan), 32
Mick Foley (Michael Francis Foley, Sr.), 43
Mike Tenay (Mike Tenay), 53
Naito (Tetsuya Naito), 27
ODB (Jessica Kresa), 30
Raisha Saeed (Melissa Marie Anderson), 26
Rhaka Khan (Trenesha Biggers), 26
Rhino (Terry Gerin), 33
Robert Roode (Robert F. Roode, Jr.), 32
Rob Terry (Robert Terry), ?
Rudy Charles (Daniel Engler), 31
Sally Boy (Bruno Sassi), ?
Samoa Joe (Nuufolao Joel Seanoa), 30
Sarita (Sarah Stock), 30
Scott Steiner (Scott Carl Rechsteiner), 46
Shane Sewell (Shane Sewell), 32
Shark Boy (Dean Roll), 34
Sharmell (Sharmell Sullivan-Huffman), 36
Sheik Abdul Bashir (Shawn Daivari), 25 Actually Dara Daivari
SoCal Val (Valerie Elizabeth Wyndham), 23 Actually Paige Mayo
Sojournor Bolt (Josette Bynum), 31
Sting (Stephen Borden), 50
Suicide (Frank B. Gerdelman), 31
Taylor Wilde (Shantelle Malawski), 23
Taz (Peter Senerchia), 41
Traci Brooks (Tracy Brookshaw), 33
Velvet Sky (Jamie Szantyr), 27
Willie Urbina (Willie Urbina), ?
Yujiro (Yujiro Takahashi), 28
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