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CK may be without a co-host this week, but that doesn’t mean we’re not bringing the fire in our discussion of WWE Monday Night Raw from July 6th, 2009. This week’s show features 20 minutes of the finest wrestling analysis on the web. Highlights include Pinfall Recall’s continuing hatred of WWE’s handling of the Tag Team Championships, Teddy Dibiase acting like a 9 year old, CK’s desire for more Million Dollar moments, and excruciating foot and leg injuries, all brought to you with that PFRC heat you know and love. So fire up your media players, turn up your speakers, and prepare to have the knowledge dropped on your asses by the best professional wrestling podcast you’ve ever set ears upon.

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I just wanted to let everyone know that due to extreme busy-ness by everyone on the team, we were forced to let the Wrestling News Digests for Wednesday and Thursday slip by. Milo should have things back up and running for the weekend though, so thanks for bearing with us.

Welcome to Pinfall Recall’s Wrestling News Digest, your daily collection of all the news in the professional wrestling world. Each day we collect all the news from WWE, TNA, ROH, and more, and deliver it to you in one easy to read posting. No more clicking 30 links and loading 30 pages to read 3 lines of text. Just point your browser to Pinfall Recall every day for all the wrestling news you need.

After the jump (the read more button) you’ll find today’s top stories, immediately followed by all of your news divided up by organization, for your viewing pleasure.

So, for the latest on how long Batista will be out injured (again) and more…

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Welcome to Pinfall Recall’s Wrestling News Digest, your daily collection of all the news in the professional wrestling world. Each day we collect all the news from WWE, TNA, ROH, and more, and deliver it to you in one easy to read posting. No more clicking 30 links and loading 30 pages to read 3 lines of text. Just point your browser to Pinfall Recall every day for all the wrestling news you need.

After the jump (the read more button) you’ll find today’s top stories, immediately followed by all of your news divided up by organization, for your viewing pleasure.

So, for the latest on Batista’s latest arm injury, Umaga’s job hunt (I think the Samoan Bulldozer would do well in construction personally), Vickie Guerrero packing her bags, and more…

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Wuddup! 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!

Welcome to Pinfall Recall’s Wrestling News Digest, your daily collection of all the news in the professional wrestling world. Each day we collect all the news from WWE, TNA, ROH, and more, and deliver it to you in one easy to read posting. No more clicking 30 links and loading 30 pages to read 3 lines of text. Just point your browser to Pinfall Recall every day for all the wrestling news you need.

After the jump (the read more button) you’ll find today’s top stories, immediately followed by all of your news divided up by organization, for your viewing pleasure.

So, for the latest on Ric Flair’s RAW injuries, as well as Kurt Angle’s relationship with Rhaka Khan and which Diva’s won’t be wrestling at WrestleMania XV…

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Welcome to Pinfall Recall’s Wrestling News Digest, your daily collection of all the news in the professional wrestling world.  Each day we collect all the news from WWE, TNA, ROH, and more, and deliver it to you in one easy to read posting.  No more clicking 30 links and loading 30 pages to read 3 lines of text.  Just point your browser to Pinfall Recall every day for all the wrestling news you need.

After the jump (the read more button) you’ll find today’s top stories,  immediately followed by all of your news divided up by organization, for your viewing pleasure.

So, for the latest on Vince McMahon’s treatment of the creative team, yet another Gail Kim return announcement, and the tale of two more tragic wrestling deaths…

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It happens every year. The screen fades to black over the winner of the Royal Rumble pointing up to the WrestleMania logo and we kick off the high-energy, fast-paced, intrigue-laden push toward the biggest stage of them all. Its one of the most exciting times for wrestling fans, to watch as the stories for the last couple months really kick into overdrive and the weekly shows are just more exciting. 3 months of shows where you can’t wait to see the next one, and each week is more exciting than the next, all leading to 4 hours of glorious pay-off. So why the hell am I so bored this year?

Typically, the Road to WrestleMania is paved with some of the best TV of the year. No matter how bad WWE TV has gotten, things have picked up around this time of year, and the shows have sucked me back in. But i just don’t feel that pull this year, and I’m left wondering why. With 10 weeks between the Royal Rumble and WrestleMania, WWE has had more than enough time to build up compelling content leading up to the big show. It was certainly off to a great start, what with the kickoff of the Randy Orton vs the McMahon’s, and Jericho’s attacks on the Legends. We had Edge sneaking in a World Heavyweight title win, and HHH starting a very angry feud with Orton. Things were looking good for some intriguing TV and some solid matches. But then something seemed to fall apart.

Orton and HHH are dry and predictable. Orton has been cutting some of the best promos of his career, and HHH is as angry as he has ever been, yet the actual story progression for the last few weeks has been bland and unexciting. Jericho finds himself in a match against 3 legends, yet none of those 3 legends are what we were hoping for after the potential for a match with Mickie Rourke or possibly Stone Cold. The Money in the Bank match is shaping up to be the worst one we’ve seen, and to be honest, the idea already seems old and used up to me, simply because of how they are booking it. Edge, Big Show, and Cena are stuck having yet another Vickie Guererro love angle hanging over their match, which considering Vickie’s physical appearance and grating personality, makes even less sense to me than Mark Henry and Mae Young giving birth to a hand. None of the main event’s and high-level bouts aside from The Undertaker vs HBK have grabbed my interest at all, and to make matters worse, we’ve been stuck with Vickie on not one show each week, but two. All of these factors are contributing to the most boring Wrestlemania buildup we’ve seen in years.

So I’m left to ask what the hell is going on. This just isn’t like WWE. What has consistently been fun for years, has felt like a drop in quality over the past several months of improved booking. It’s true, there are still 2 weeks to turn things around, and I’m certain the creative team has flown into overdrive with the big show so close and ratings dropping. If anyone knows how to pull out all of the stops in a pinch, its Vince McMahon. But if change is coming, it had better start tonight, because the grandest stage of them all is right around the corner, and the Road to WrestleMania just hasn’t been much fun to drive this year.

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Hey Pinfall Recallers!

I just wanted to let all of you know that due to scheduling conflicts neither of us could have foreseen, there will be no podcast this week. However, you should keep your eyes glued to this blog for a column from me later this week. As always, RDB and Milo will be posting the daily news digest to keep you all informed with the latest goings on in the wrestling world, which you should be discussing on our forums.

See you next week with another great show!