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WWE Play-by-Play Notes for Monday Night Raw May 31, 2010

• I like the different start it normally takes 10 minutes before any physicality, when I watched it first time Live I was a bit confused about why, but I also thought "OMG is Evan getting a push", then he got Spear'd
• Heavy Breathers-R-US
• Awwwww, little Edge feels disrespected
• "Sheamus takes what he wants" sounds more like a sexual threat than anything
• I still don't think that Edge has returned to his normal heel-devil self, see I started watching WWE in mid/late-2006 when he was an absolute bastard having epic matches with John Cena (and to a lesser extent Rob Van Dam)
• "You're not 100% I see the doubt there" right as the camera gets a close up of a rare piece of emotion on Randy's face
• Edge ain't kidding, I mean he just stood in the wrong place for a RKO
• HA! Orton just pushed a cameraman off the apron, "This is my turnbuckle, BITCH!"
• When I saw that Ashton Kutcher was hosting, I was like, who on earth is that, before noticing I follow him on Twitter
• Zach Ryder likes talking to his MacBook
• I'm putting a hit on... oh wait who really gives a s**t
• Ashton actually tweeted that he wanted to see Miz, strange
• One Night Contract, sounds slightly sexual, no that was No Night Stand
• Woah woah woah, Eve we're TV-PG so put those breasts away
• "Watsup, M'Fers"
• I still hate the lie detector
• Wait, hold on you can be serious, for one they actually announced where Jericho was from, they never do that, but also why would Y2J need to fight to get a US Champ Match
• I can understand him being a Pro on NXT, but not fighting Truth
• Well if Ron Killings wants to get some respect from me, this is the sort of people he should be having matches with
• I forgot that Chris was in a Fatal-4-Way WWE Champ Qualifier last week, god, what did he do, did he not vote for Linda or something
• First match of the night, strangely good long match, normally this segment is for Santino
• R-Truth tried a Jeff Hardy-esk Suplex facebuster and ended up nearly breaking Jericho's neck
• Oh really Cole, I didn't notice that Jericho was mocking Truth
• This was a good match for Truth to win and as they were saying about getting credibility for his Championship reign
• Could this be a downward spiral for Chris
• Did qualify for F4W, lost to Truth and lost to Heath Slater
• Do they need to recap Batista quiting, I already forgot who he was, well nearly I guess
• I also didn't wanna see anymore of Dave's spit-o-vision
• Well done Zach, Bret is the Hitman, oh oh oh that right
• The Usos, ah. Way to kill the moment Tyson
• There he is, SANTINO!
• Eve's Tron doesn't have anything of her wrestling
• Maryse really does look like she's in a porno and she takes off half her costume before entering the ring
• Michael Cole just said that Regal-Kozlov relationship goes back to the "old ECW", yep yep, that's the sound of Joey Styles flipping out
• "Wannabe Darth Vader Music"
• Making Love, is not PG, making Tag Teams aren't either
• Santino has been trying to "court" Vladmir, I know that people who don't like wrestling say it's gay, but that's different
• Santino is hilarious, "Stop It"
• "How did you block that"
• Yes Girl on Girl on Ref
• And there goes Vladmir with the worst covering by Lawler ever
• Bret looks Serious and needs to choose his clothes better or get a stylist, dressing like that does make you look past it
• It's been two weeks with Bret as GM and it already seems to long
• Teddy and Bret are going to do something really special on Raw next week, that definitely isn't PG
• Teddy & Bret also made it 3 hours to fit in all the fun and games, sorry but listening to this, looking for the dirty bits is impossible without being shocked or laughing your head off. All the superstars from Raw & Smackdown under one roof
• A night to remember
• Jerry noticed that the GM gets interrupted a lot and Ted wants to be GM for the night, COMPLETE CONTROL.
• "Every body's got a piece" in my movie actor voice with a slight pause to highlight it. It's all about performance
• Ted really needs to stop talking about all the monopoly money he has
• It's Saturday Night, 48 Hours till Raw and I still don't how "Viewers Choice will work
• Cole is bitter for Bret Hart's loss at Survivor Series 97... I mean Wrestlemania 26 (Too Soon?)
• Vince knows how to work a crowd
• "Over and Over" by Hot Chip that is a TUNE
• 18! 18!
• You tap'd out "I didn't really"
• Yes, why would Vince allow Bret to be GM???
• Well it's none of what he just said
• Vince is gonna be tuning in next week, yeah because he likes taking time off from his day job to watch Raw on his DVR
• The WWE Universe are like Children, well thats me as well, well I'm only 17, you got me!
• "I hope you have a happy ending"
• Serious bro.
• Seriously Bro that door slam into Randy's arm was shit and that guy who called for help just went can I have some help then just ran off
• Awesome! "Someone's mouth who is always ready to go"
• God Michael Cole HATES Daniel Bryan
• What are those things on Bryan's trunks.
• "Losers have no heart" and Announcers can't slap
• I love Michael Cole's bitterness and spite
• Jerry Lawler, yes ladies and gentlemen the voice reason
• Cole is more shocked than Miz and both of them are equally pissed
• Love this Angle
• Michael Cole can't even get someone thrown into himself with out mucking up
• Haha, from my view in the UK, Michael Cole's ignorance and stupidity is like a clever metaphor for the US, I mean the stupid bits, "What's a Vegan"
• I'm trippin' for the Usos, they are different, they're street, but not Cryme Tyme street, like they said college educated street
• They play off each other really well and have filled in for Carlito & Primo quickly and effectively
• I think that the girl looks like a good wrestler but she needs to stay away from the mic.
• Wait, jimmy superfly snuka was held back
• "DOMINATE!"
• I actually like the look of this but when you watch it back it is so obvious that the girl would stop Tyson Kidd
• I like those tag team moves
• But Jay or Jimmy Uso (the one in the grey) rawly fell whilst doing his splash and they weren't in time together, sad sorry FAIL
• Finally Jerry actually told us who jimmy and jay's family is
• "Oh Radio!" WWWYKI
• My girl Alicia has a good idea
• Zach apparently could get over 10 Million Twitter Followers in one day, yeah not that many people watch Raw
• I swear that Khali was meant to be going home and getting some rest but he's been on TV more now since before
• Jerry Lawler has short term memory loss
• Ryder is going to breakdown and Alicia is putting her foot down
• And then drops the mic and delivers the hit herself, wait have they broke up now, that means Alicia should be future endeavored sometime in the future, apparently her on screen relationship with Zach saved her
• Edge, yep, the conversation is up here at Sheamus's eyes and not at his Junk...yard dog.
• So the film-remake of the A-Team cast is hosting next week, I don't even wanna know what skit they'll be doing next week
• It is replay night on Raw isn't it
• Haha just saw a sign saying, new crayon colour "Sheamus"
• Here comes the Champ and who's his partner well obviously, the only other person who has been anywhere near people in this match.... Zach Ryder....right, right, right. Oh yeah lil Evan
• Cena is actually really amp'd up to be teaming with Evan Bourne
• Edge is like, what the f**k is he doing here. Edge, at least it ain't Hornswoggle, I mean you know WWE writers nowdays
• Before the break Evan looked to Cena as if to say, "did I do good, papa"
• Evan sells really well like a rag doll
• I love how he does the knees to the head on the suplex.
• Sometimes it looks like Evan gets whiplash from the bigger guy's clothesline, lands on his neck everytime
• WWE Sign Guy starts to get the house a-rockin
• Hot Tag and here comes Johnny. Feeding off the energy of his partner
• Haha that was great how much Cena had to turn Sheamus round in the Attitude Adjustment and then look like he was dodging Edge's spear, where an old granny walking down the high street would have been more imposing
• Shooting Star Press and John Cena has a new mate, tells him to take the limelight. Cena actually looked really dumstruck by the SSP
• Some people tuning in late are like "Who's music is this", "Must be John Cena's new Rap-Rock Fusion Entrance Music
• That's a Wrap.

SmackDown Invade Monday Night Raw Tonight, It's Official & Undertaker Will Be There

From WWE.com:
With the volcanic eruption in Europe stranding the majority of the Raw roster, WWE’s flagship show is going blue. Even as the cast of the film MacGruber takes the reins as special guest hosts for the potentially cataclysmic show in East Rutherford, N.J., Triple H prepares to share the ring with several top SmackDown Superstars.

Although Raw is trapped in Belfast, Ireland, the SmackDown Superstars were able to arrive in Newark by charter early this morning, after traveling through the night by bus to get to a place where they could take off.

Can the cast of MacGruber control the molten-hot situation that could erupt on Raw? Find out tonight at 9/ 8 CT only on USA Network.

For the first time since the fallout of Wrestlemania weeks ago, The Phenom makes a live appearance tonight on Monday Night Raw. How will the Undertaker and his fellow SmackDown Superstars have their impact felt, live on the USA Network.

Ash Cloud Update & Maryse Blogs on her Experiences in Europe so far

Flight recrictions in and out of the UK have now been puched back to 7am BST/2am EST Monday Morning, making it even less likely that the Raw Crew will make it to the Monday Night Tapings 19 Hours Later. Here is the latest from the forecasts of the Cloud around Europe and the Raw Crew seem to be right in the heart of it. Again Belfast is the little red dot:

This is from Maryse's Blog: http://www.frenchkissmaryse.com/
"wow just one freaking word, WOW… Traveling is sometime easy and sometime hard, but this tour was unbeleivable, its one after an other….and its not done yet, im still in Ireland…not back to New York til a few hours maybe a few days…well the tour was going good, then a volcano in iceland erupted, gosh …… leaving france after the show 3 days ago we had a 3 hrs bus ride, then a ferry for 2 hrs, then a 8 hrs bus ride, then we stop for an hour to relax our legs and stretch, then a 3 hrs bus ride to a ferry for 2 hrs then a 2 hrs bus ride then to the arena for the show…..!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! not to mentionned that before the show in france that day we did a 6 hrs bus ride …haha then after the show we left and again the same deal, unbeleivable….. my butt was hurting, my back was ohhhhhh, and i had to go pee every 15 mins, ughhh haha, well i went over all the songs in my Itouch probably 25 times, ( i have a lot of songs in my itouch ) lol i never dreamt of sleeping in a bed so bad, today in spa time in ireland, its gonna be great, trying to get myself mentaly ready for whats next, hopefully they will clear the air space soon and we can get a direct flight to New York…..


BE SEXY"

Even More Bad Updates on Raw Crew Getting Out of Belfast

Again as of this writing, all air travel in UK Airspace including in Belfast where the Raw Crew is, has been totally "shut down" until now the earliest 1AM Sunday Night/Monday Morning and in Ireland that has been extended until Midday Local Time Monday (though Northern Ireland is part of UK, but not definitely in UK airspace). That is also looking like that deadline will be pushed back even further, making it now nearly impossible for the Raw Crew to New Jersey before Monday Night. Here is the latest estimated Ash Cloud Map with Belfast being the Red dot:

Here are some more WWE Tweets:

Kofi Kingston:
"in total limbo right now waiting for the air space to be cleared. On the bright side, there are worse places than Belfast to be stranded in."

John Morrison on his Experiences on the way home:
"while looking for terminal 1 at Madrid Airport: "I think we just went in a circle." " I think we made a wrong turn in Chicago 2 weeks ago.""

Matt Hardy on his:
"Although I feel bad that the WWE had to postpone the Turkey & Austria events for those fans.. Hate we had to miss those shows to get home. Here's the deal-Wake up at 6 am Fri morn, prep, travel, & catch a train at 11 am (5 hrs) Uncomfortable train ride from Hannover, Germany to Zurich, Switzerland that took 7 hrs (12 hrs) Go directly to venue & perform which was 5 hrs (17) Get on a bus for 6 hrs (23) Break, eat, & get the ONLY bus that would take us to Madrid, Spain (24 hrs) spent 18 torturous hours on that bus (42 hrs) to barely make our flight to the States which took almost 10 hrs (52 hrs) Clear customs, get to hotel and a bed took about 2 hrs (54 hrs total) Top that travel story guys!"

Smackdown Crew Back in the States, Raw Crew Are Stuck, And it isn't going to get better any time soon

As of this writing, flight restricted on all air travel has been extended until 7:00pm on Sunday Night and is still expected to continue well into next week as the ash cloud hangs over Europe. Though on the other hand, it looks like the Smackdown Crew have made it back to the USA via Madrid and two cancelled events.

Matt Hardy Tweeted:
"Just landed in Newark, NJ after traveling & working for almost 54 HOURS STRAIGHT!! I have NEVER experienced anything close to this! USA USA! Went through a helluva journey with the BLUE Team traveling/working without a bed for well over 2 straight days-so excited 2 shower & sleep!"

Chris Jericho:
"Just landed in Newark. 47 hrs without a bed but at least we've escaped from under ashened skies..."

Women's Champion Michelle McCool:
"Holy smokes....we made it back to USA! Consensus calculates 56 hours!!!!! This was unbelievable! Cramped shuttle, overheated bus, etc..Some great one liners on our bus ride tho!:)"

Beth Phoneix:
"Thank u to my fellow SmackDown superstars divas and all crew members. We are home safe and I'm very grateful. Sending best wishes and safe travels to the Raw crew. This natural disaster has brought out the strength in the entire WWE company."

And even though he was in the States all the time, Jim Ross weighted in:
"Smackdown crew arrived in nyc @ 1 am Sunday morning. 47 hrs w/o a bed. Now THAT'S a european vacation sans Chevy Chase & Cousin Eddie."

Kofi Kingston, who is on the Raw Tour, didn't really give anything of his situation away this morning:
"sooo...this volcano business is the real deal, eh?"

And just before leaving Europe yesterday night, Mickie James Tweeted this:
"Just got to the airport here in madrid. Phones been dead for hours now... Wow? U don't realize how dependent u r to it until u don't have it... But then again... It was quite peaceful... Time with my thoughts... Reflection is always a good thing... Sometimes u just gotta roll with the punches... "What did u say to the kid Rock? Its not how hard u hit... Its how hard u get hit... And get back up"

Obviously some other Divas have taken their situation bit more lightly, here's the new Divas Champion Eve Torres:
"Thank you for all of your concern for our travels. We don't know how or when were getting back to the states, but I do know one thing... If I'm stuck in Belfast, I'm having a shopping and spa day! The only things to make a girl missing home feel better."

And the former Divas Champion Maryse:
"If we don't make it on time for raw monday we will miss Ryan Phillipe, OMG, cruel intention! I'm freakin out!...... What's the BEST spa in Belfast??????"


Dolph Ziggler:
"Finally back in the USA! I would kiss the ground, if my mouth wasnt so busy already... ;)"

John Morrison:
"Planes, trains, and the worst bus ride ever (23 hours!) our bus could only go 15 mph up hills! Finally back in the USA! Never thought I'd be so glad to be in New Jersey! http://twitpic.com/1gi2xe"

Update on WWE Crew & Superstars Stuck in Europe and How They Can Save Monday Night's Taping

Having just done their last tour date with a second night in Belfast, Northern Ireland, the Raw Crew now are going to find it very hard to get back to the States. As of this writing, further restrictions have been enforced until 1:00pm UK Time on Sunday (which is expected to be extended). The Ash Cloud is now covering nearly all of Northern and Eastern Europe, making all air travel impossible. To be perfectly honest, the Smackdown Crew had a lucky break by cancelling two of their shows and heading south from Zurich to Madrid in Spain to fly back to the States.

Some airlines made policy earlier in the week that they would not fly at all until Monday, which seems in hindsight to have been a good desicision as the days go on and as no one is going anywhere fast. People are being told that flights are likely to be cancelled well into next week.

There has been talk that the Smackdown Crew could cover most of the show on Monday and if needed include recorded segments from superstars that are stuck in Europe, because that would not be any problem to work out.

This is just an idea from me, why don't they try and put together a taping here in the UK, my good if they wanted a crowd, have tickets for £5 or something. The O2 Arenas in London and Dublin are not possibilities. The MEN Arena in Manchester, the site for this year's November UK Tapings is free, but not really, they are going from hosting the European Badminton Championships on Sunday to Torvill and Dean's Ice Skating on Thursday. The Sheffield Arena, where WWE had their last set of Tapings in November including Ricky Hatton guest hosting Raw, is free until the 1st May and to get there from Belfast is easy. Like I said, the amount of people attending wouldn't be slack by any means. They could even have half and half, so live goings on with Monday Night Smackdown and then the Raw guys in taped Matches and Bits back in Europe. Anyway that's just my idea.

Anyway, here is your Ash Cloud Forcast for Sunday, with the little red dot showing the current location of the Raw Crew, Belfast, Northern Ireland.

WWE Raw Crew Struggling to Make It Back to the States for Monday Night

I knew this would happen, thanks to the Ash Cloud over Europe the WWE Raw Crew is going to have problems getting back to the USA for Monday. Raw will do their second straight show in Belfast, Northern Ireland tonight. All flights in and out of the UK/NI are being cancelled or restricted until at least 7am Sunday Morning and things aren't looking any better. The Smackdown Crew flew out of Madrid earlier in the week after driving down from Zurich and cancelling two events in Eastern Europe.
This Photo below, via BBC News Website, shows the area that the ash cloud is estimated to cover at certain times. It looks like that by Sunday Morning and the time that the WWE will want to fly out by, Belfast (red dot) will again be covered by thee ash cloud, not good news for them and the millions others (including my Dad) who can get anywhere in, out or aaround most of Europe.

WWE Play-by-Play Notes for the Week Beginning 12th April 2010

Here are my notes for Monday Night Raw from the O2 Arena, London, UK:

• The MNR Crowd boos anyone that has a faint interest in Friday Night Smackdown
• David Hasselhoff has multiple personality disorder
• Eve Torres=Zero Reaction
• The Hoff/King/Cole are all perverts
• With a moonsalt like that you could mistake Eve for Kurt Angle
• I hate Eve Torres' Music
• KFC's Double Down "So meaty theres no space for the bun" another way for wrestlers to die young
• Big Show was on his period before WrestleMania
• "I can't believe a man so large has such a small ego" - Thats what she said
• Bret Hart is hanging round Raw like a bad smell
• "Give me a break" - OK
• 90s Icon line was gold
• The British Bulldog was one of the 16,107 in attendance, Oh sorry forgot
• The bulldog was in the building and thats y the baby bull set a challenge
• I'm rooting for Tyson Kidd to get some charaisma
• HooRah!
• Shades of the BB yeah but smith can actually hold miz up there with human stength and not the pills
• Michael Cole is shite and too easily excitable
• That should be big shows new finisher the kidney punch only available in HD
• Otunga is Batistas bitch and copys everyline he says
• Apparently the o2 arena is not far from THE heathrow airport (erm no)
• OMG Carilto has a match on TV that isnt on Superstars
• Carlito is Chavo mark 2
• Randy orton vs jack swagger at Extreme Rules for the WHC, the only reason being that he pinned him in a tag match then beat him last week you know totally opposite to chris jericho/edge #1 contender match
• The SSP in HD is sick
• OMG google liked WM
• Gotta love the most mixed reaction cena will get all year in the UK
• David otunga has to get rid of those jeans
• Batsita IS still waiting for that coffee
• Jerry the king doesnt know the rules of a LMS match
• WTF is batista wearin
• What a waste of clothing that could have made a nice replacement to cenas orange
• Ah there u go we get a sponsored look back at the discret racism
• "Sheamus needs a tan" yeah thats never gonna happen
• Remember kids theres big ben
• HHH fears Sheamus and his missed "t"s "Street Fighhhe"
• I like the "fallen empire" line
• Fella
• We've got pyro for kofi, we need him to get out there and have a match/beat down
• Are you a part of the boom squad? No fuck off, is that like the clique - kofi, evan bourne, mvp, mark henry
• Sheamus thinks that everyones neame is fella
• Remember everyone sheamus never lost the WWE champ it was stollen from him inside the elimination chamber
• The crowd is calling for HHH, yeah but hes still in the USA
• Everybody Hates Kofi
• The Irish Psycho
• Here comes Carlito and OMG a cameo apperance from Vladmir Kozlov
• He wants to get drafted to SD or he'll quit Is that a threat Carlito
• Ah fresh after getting put to sleep by dolph on Friday Night Smackdown it's Josh Matthews having a little chat with the Viper Randy Orton, God I remember the chats they used to have last year, "You wanna ask me a question, Sit down Josh", that was freaky stuff.
• Randy has been waiting for a longtime to fight batista erm selective memory
• This is the closest thing ur gonna get to slow-mo porn
• Haha Santino fresh off his wrestlemania slimjim ad
• Rosa Mendes is really blonde
• Look @ Hoff the perv
• Haha whilste but that is selling to the max take note hunter
• All that did was make me sick of the baywatch theme
• Viper vs Animal next
• Here comes the generic euro tour promo & OMG is that what evan bourne sounds like shiz
• Randy orton forgot his wings in his original RKO pose
• WWE have got rid of the taxi and posst box so now the only thing thing bout UK ppl in USA now know bout us is a mini and as doubledecker bus, wait a mini, havent WWE seen the Italian job
• WTF selective memory they are saying that batista was the whole reason randy was kicked out of evolution, not to mention HHH
• Vintage randy or... oh shut up
• "Good match tonight randy, got a load of clothesllines in"
• Oooops Michael Cole, did you just say "Live in front of over 16 thousand at the o2 arena in london", u were doing so well all night
• Jackie Swagger
• And gutwrench pwrbmb what so jack swagger missed main eventing a house show at the same time for his minute on the screen. sorry im wrong he did a promo and opening match against kane at a house show in nottingham also on monday
• No, its mine! My Batista! My Scrotum Head! now ill count to 10

Now some notes from Tuesday's NXT also as everything this week, from the O2 Arena:

• I think the Recap from last week made Slater look weak against Kane, he had a better performance
• Don't forget there are only 4 weeks before the first elimination
• Did Michael Cole just call Josh Matthews, Jack
• FYI, the UK NXT airs at 11pm on a Thursday so not many people see it
• Therefore David Otunga with Monday Night Experience gets one of the biggest responces
• "RUN NXT" I like that T-Shirt
• Michael Traver IS the pressure
• "A-List" is an official WWE Copyright
• Raw wasn't "LIVE" Matt Striker
• Justin Gabriel has been helped a lot by being with Matt Hardy, that was a good mix
• Gabriel vs Cena @ Wrestlemania 29 ?
• "Not just an American Audience" really, well done Matt
• STOP saying "Tonight", "Tonight", "Tonight"
• It's a good prize to create their entrance theme, but actually I think it helps them coming out to their Pro's music
• 10 Minutes before the Competition even started, wasting time.
• Daniel Bryan SUCKS!
• Love Cole's Comments, "Mr. Charisma"
• I can't spell Blazaie
• Wade, that was good.
• Haha, Justin, "Roses are Red, Voilets are Blue and I'm the Best in the World at what I do"
• The English Crowd can't connect to a Rose, WTF? It's not the 1500s
• Love the Booooooos from the UK Crowd, No one knows what those varities are
• David Otunga doesn't get sleep, Miss Hudson is lonley tonight. And put Josh Matthews.
• First time we've actually heard Skip Speaking but that's alright that he got some time on the mic.
• "Who Are Ya!" - No one apparently
• Toothpaste, shut your mouth Darren Young, "that's PG right"
• Tarver is Angry and no one knows who he is?
• Haha, not so liked are you Heath & Danielson
• Bubblegum, Shot, don't say Brands no one knows what those are and most of Skips talk-off was shots of Wade Barrett
• "Wind" haha farts, oh "The Winds of Change", NICE. Pandering to the Crowd what a dude.
• My Days that segment was 21 Minutes, thats longer or as long as some Family Guy Episodes (you know minius Ads)
• Wait so they have 3 matches to fit in less than half an hour, so they ad in a rather Pointless Raw Rebound (I would think that all those who watch NXT watch Raw) great timing their WWE
• I respect Jack Swagger, he did a match with Kane in Nottingham then drove 2 and half hours to make the last minutes of the Raw Taping in London.
• Oh there's Dizzee Rascal!
• (8) My Time to Shine (8)
• I'm looking forward to Extreme Rules
• I HATE recaps
• I LOVE CM Punk, nice backstage segment.
• "Nothing but a Punk"
• So it's Christian versus Wade Barrett, this should be good
• Chris Jericho talking to the Cole/Matthews, love it.
• "Stay Down, Christian, Stay Down!"
• I think that Michael Cole & Josh Matthews NXT Commentary is like a guilty pleasure, because it's a rare thing in WWE
• Everyone is after Josh Matthews, Michael "Who are ya" Tarver & Dolph Ziggler
• Heath Slater gets a sly look from Christian, nice.
• David Otunga was on Access Hollywood &&& What!? After that there is less than 10 minutes for two matches
• Daniel Bryan is the Susan Boyle of the WWE, Priceless.
• Miz is a Psycho, love it.
• Cole is eating it up.
• Michael Cole Soapbox.
• Love the fact that Michael Cole is the Joey Styles of the Original ECW. I still love Cole-Matthews Banter and the fact that Cole has an view on NXT makes it all better.
• Regal-Bryan should have been a 20 minute Main Event not 2 minute thing, Bryan is now 0-8, well he's had a match every week, the other NXT Rookies cannot say that, still he got his mouth f**ked up.
• No Responce to Luke Gallow's Music, it sounds freaky.
• I can't believe this is the Main Event, and the fact it has literally seconds to go.
• That's different, red crosses on Punk's hands couldn't he find any back marker pen in Europe. And yes that is more interesting than this match. And also that random cut-out to Hardy/Gabriel, about 5 seconds before Young won.
• That a rubbish way to finish the show, it did nothing, I'm sorry nothing.

Now to Thursday Night and officially WWE's most dull show, mostly thanks to the commentary, WWE Superstars (and the one I wrote the least for, I wonder why?):

• Todd Grisham welcomes to us to Superstars where it's a Raw Mid-Card Main Event MVP-DiBiase
• Here comes Hardy, apparently this entrance had to be re-recorded.
• Carlito, Mr. WWE Superstars, remember he is going to quit soon.
• Irony, Matt Striker said that WWE Superstars (Smackdown) would be visiting Istanbull, but as I write this, that event has been Cancelled thanks to the ash out of Iceland.
• Michael Tarver is just watching the show
• Carlito is a good talent, he just needs a push he would be good in the IC Title hunt on Smackdown.
• Todd & Matt Striker get on.
• They don't talk about Carlito becoming US Champion on his first night much.
• I think Michael Tarver must be on some sort of drugs, he's too hyper or is it just Coca Cola.
• Nice take down of Tarver by Justin.
• It only takes 3 Seconds in the WWE. Yeah and sometimes that's all they get but Superstars is one thing better for the mid-carders
• I haven't watched Superstars in a bit and no I don't want to ask a Diva.
• Oh My God, please shut up, King.
• Christian is still being shat on, he might have been in two matches this week but none of those on Raw.
• Woah! It's Chavo, I really can't remember this last time I saw Chavo on TV.
• Michael Cole doesn't listen to Jerry Lawler. Well I won't with this mundane level of commentary.
• In some ways, Superstars is good because it doesn't include a promo segment meaning you can just get 3 good matches in a 40 minute timeslot, with all recaps and the like, thats around 10 minutes per-match, please tell me how that isn't good.
• Watching this you would never know that Chavo is a multi-time Tag Team and Cruiserweight Champion, and a ECW Champion.
• I could fall asleep listening to this commentary and not in the good way.
• "That missle dropkick worked" What great insight there Jerry.
• Nice, "Eddie" Chant but Chavo seems to never be allowed to actually do the Three Amigos.
• Woah Gory Bomb!chavo is that Chavos Finisher, I really can't remember the last time he did that.
• Not bad Match at 6 Minutes long, Cole & King did nothing for me, I could just stop this right now as it's a Raw Main Event
• oh my days is that a NXT Recap, I swear this is different I remember once they had a Smackdown Recound once, two years ago?
• The Recap was actually quite good, nice editing, but they cut out most of the crowd reaction
• Please god give me strength, a Raw Rebound and Extreme Rules Promotion.
• (8) It's a New day (8)
• Here comes "The Fortunate Son" The Million Dollar Champion Ted DiBiase and recap of Ted getting retubution on Christian 10 Days ago
• Oh the WWE Universe doesn't know what they aren't talking about, Ted eh?
• Dodge car in the UK, what?
• Ted bought a Porsurce when he was 18. I mean what a twat, right?
• And here comes the sterotypical poor guy MVP making a non-PG reference to Ted's rear-end.
• Now I want to go to Univeristy, so can everyone please stop talking about Ted's trust fund.
• Well to be honest, I'm pretty sure that MVP and Ted make about the same amount of money in the WWE.
• So Jerry, you gonna make a Police Scanner joke.
• OMG, Cole just made a human reproduction comment.
• Jerry Lawler kinda has a point, but you can't really say anything King, because the King failed to become the Mayor.
• "Anyone that says money can't buy happiness doesn't know where to shop" Like.
• Oh yeah, if you forgot the Draft is coming up soon.
• Wait when MVP was heel he signed "the biggest contract in sports entertainment history" on Smackdown and he was the one bragging about how much money he had. I prefered MVP as heel.
• And Ted hits Dream Street and that's that for Montel.

And now to the Friday Night's delight or is it Raw Disabled Younger Brother, Smackdown:

• I love Drew McIntyre's entrance and that camera angle out to he crowd with him slowly walking to the ring was great
• Come on everybody, Drew just wants to be friends, he knows that no likes him, oh but he doesn't them either, because he's a Scot & The O2 Arena is in England. It's worse William Regal being in Scotland, the Scots hate the English more than Vice Versa.
• R-Truth needs to shut his mouth, I've become sick of it "And That's the Truth"
• Matt Striker & Josh Matthews play golf on Wednesdays
• Dolph Ziggler needs a push, he's a fantastic Psycho
• Did I know that the WWE Universe are Perverts & Jerry Lawler the token Perv
• Layla is Matt Striker's English Muffin
• Striker has a Master Degree
• Layla is Leso for Vickie Guerrero
• Michelle McCool is the new William Regal
• Forgot we had the token Divas/Womens UK Championship Match on Raw
• Layla doesnt know where the Exit is.
• Beth & Mickie have common enemies so that makes them best friends, well done there Todd
• I Still Can't get over how good it makes me feel when CM Punk's Music Hits
• Sign of the Night: "SES Chill out and have a Beer"
• The Miz still had his Blue Peter Badge on, thats breaking Kayfabe, Blue Peter was on Tuesday
• I know that they held Miz back in London to do Promotion on Tuesday but they kinda just randomly put him out there to go on Commentary
• Miz messed up Mysterio's entrance. like.
• I like how NXT Rookie Darren Young is on Smackdown, continuing the Angle
• Nice Work, I like Tyson Kidd & Rey Rey Working Together
• Miz was the heartattack that put HBK in the hospital and Taker pulled the plug, love it
• Miz was entertaning on Commentary but was bit distracting
• Haha, the UK gave Miz the key to the City with the Blue Peter Badge
• Miz needs to Defend his US Title soon i think a guess host needs to inforce the 30 Day Rule, last time was Elimination Chamber
• That 6-Man Tag Would have had more impact if Miz wasn't on commentary
• Miz has felt DH SMith in the ring, Ewwwwwwwww
• I'm starting to like the Baby Bull more, I liked Tyson Kidd before but as I said I gunning for him to gain some points in the chrasima collumn
• Nice 619 round the post
• "The Alley Chicago" T-Shirt Serena had on I thought was quite good
• OMG its the Dudebusters (OMG they are actually going wit that as an official name) and here comes JTG
• There's a little gangster street in workings there from Matt Striker, forgot he was from NYC, you know along with another 10 Million People
• Another "Who Are Ya" Chant to the Dudebusters haha, these two have as much personality as Michael Traver
• OMG JTG let his hair down and looks like Sissy that probably why Shad attacked him, Matt do you want to explain more about ganster hairstyles and infighting
• Josh Matthews is back and speechless alongside Edge.
• Jack, One, Two. Ohhhhh Yeah!
• Here We go with the Triple Threat Match for the World Heavyweight Championship, here is your Champion Jack "Gummpy Boots" Swagger
• Matt Striker should have quoted Jericho's twitter during his entrance, "Roses are Red, Voilets are Blue, and I am the best in the world at what I do"
• Jack "This is Mine" Swagger has Class because he was college educated
• My Days Jack Swagger has massive limbs and you know what they say about long limbs... yeah, nothing, you're tall
• Todd Just said John Morrisons name, reminding me that he injuried-ish depends on who you believe
• Stupid Crowd calling for the Spear, he's on the Second Rope Numb-Nuts
• OMG the distance is there could we see a Spear, please Matt I know they want you to dumb down, but please shut your mouth when you say stuff like that
• The Okalhoman with the Okalhoman Roll, Well Done
• No Matt, Y2J isn't a Mentalist thats a TV Show
• Jack Steals the win, he would be very good for a Ultimate Oppotunist Gimmick
• The Education with give you the WHC, young people
• That Gutwrench on Edge might have been for Randy Orton, I still think their storyline isnt really there
• haha on the Replay when Jack won, Matt Striker jumped out of his chair and pumped that fist
• Chris Jericho could have just ended Edge's Career, I hate blatant over statements like that.

And that's a Wrap!

The Miz, awesome really?

In 2004 a skinny kid with minimal talent reality TV star was defeated by Daniel Puder in a Dixie Dog Fight at Armageddon 2004. He was then defeated in the competition by Daniel Puder. Puder competed in his second Pay Per View a month later in the Royal Rumble Match. He then spent around 8 months in OVW before leaving the company. When he left OVW there was some tension between Puder and Kenny Bolin after Puder left due to a statement made by Puder. The skinny kid on the other hand stuck around in DSW (Deep South Wrestling) and then to OVW. Finally In 2007 this kid debut on WWE Smackdown. The name of that kid Mike Mizanin although you would probably know him know was The Miz.

On Smackdown The Miz served as the host of Smackdown and eventually he went on to host the Diva Search. This meant he was on both RAW and Smackdown and to be honest he might have been the Miz but he was... awful! The WWE did what was best after this, moved him to ECW, the reason for this is because well not many people watched ECW and the Miz could learn his craft without too much criticism. Then Cyber Sunday 2007 came around The Miz beat John Morrison and Big Daddy V in a vote to take on CM Punk for the ECW Championship. I don’t know why the WWE Universe voted for Miz but I know that I voted for him as I thought he would be the easiest for Punk to beat. In this match the Miz showed how much he had developed and this skinny kid with marginal talent had arrived as a rookie superstar in the WWE.

On November 16th 2007 MVP and Matt Hardy were defeated by arguably one of the greatest tag teams in WWE history John Morrison and his new tag team partner The Miz. In February 2008 the Dirt Sheet (man, that name seems familiar) was created, this was the only WWE online show I watched. This show made it clear that although sophomoric and sometime childish The Miz and Morrison had great promo skills and charisma. The Miz remained one of the dominant teams in the WWE with or without the title belts until April 13th on Monday night RAW. During this time the Miz went from being a rookie to a full fledged WWE superstar. On April 13th the annual WWE draft took place. The Miz took on Kofi Kingston in a one on one match. During the matches John Morrison interfered and The Miz lost the match by disqualification. The draft pick was made and The Miz was moved to RAW. The Miz and Morrison had finally split up, they shared an embrace and the John Morrison got a Reality Check. JoMo took one small step to being a face and The Miz took one giant leap to being a heel. The Miz decided from that point on to challenge John Cena to a match (Cena was injured at the time.) The Miz claimed a victory via forfeit. For the next few weeks the Miz went on to be 5-0 against Cena. But The Miz lost to Cena at the Great American Bash and then on RAW to ban The Miz from ‘Summerfest’ sorry Summerslam. The Miz went 5-2 against John Cena. The final stage of The Miz’s evolution was complete when the ‘Calgary Kid’ was unveiled as The Miz with his new trunk and all. As much as the Miz’s old attire was great his new wrestling gear, made him look more professional but also helped him become Awesome. The Miz new trunks and new finishing move ‘Skull Crushing Finale’ issued a challenge for the US title. The Miz failed at 3 PPVs to win the title Night of Champions, Breaking Point and Hell in a Cell. Ben Roethlisberger made Miz and offer the night after Hell in a Cell, win the US title from Kofi or admit that he was awful. The Miz who’s character hinged on him winning a title at this point to keep I credible did just that and became the United States Champion, winning his first singles title in the WWE. The Miz went on to defeated John Morrison on Bragging Rights and Team Miz beat Team Morrison at Survivors Series perhaps suggesting that The Miz was the dominant partner. A claim echoed by Jack Swagger on the 9th April on Smackdown when he claimed Morrison lived in ‘the shadow of the Miz.’ It seems that whilst The Miz is on the rise JoMo’s career seems to have stagnated since the split, but he is on the verge of being a main eventer and has been for years, he just needs a push, but this is a topic which could have an article all by itself. The Miz then defended his title against MVP in a series of excellent matches. During this time The Miz capitalised on the splitting of JeriShow and forming an alliance with The Big Show in a team known as ShoMiz. This team captured the unified tag team championship from DX on February 8th, making the Miz the first person in WWE history to hold 3 titles at the same time (the US title, World Tag Team Championship and the WWE Tag Team Championships.) ShoMiz defended the tag team titles at Wrestlemania XXVI. Now ShoMiz look to be feuding with Bret Hart and the Hart Dynasty. On RAW in the UK on the 12th The Miz defeated David Hart Smith in a match where the stipulation was if D.H. Smith won the Hart Dynasty would receive a title shot at Extreme Rules but if the Miz won Bret Hart would have to declare that ShoMiz was the best tag team in WWE history on RAW the next week.

Despite Daniel Bryan knocking the Miz for not having enough experience to be his pro, I think Bryan is stuck in a bit of a Time Warp (and not the cool Rocky Horror dance!) Whether it is a kayfabe or legit beef I think it is rooted in jealousy. I think Bryan either as a character or his personal opinion I think Bryan is jealous of the fact Miz became a star in the WWE without spending 10 years on the indies like Bryan had to. But the fact that the Miz is a NXT pro suggests that WWE like him because it shows they want him in lots of shows exposed to lots of crowds. Personally I think that Bryan should have been paired with Regal and Otunga should have been paired with Miz. The reason for this is that Regal and Bryan could have been snobby towards the Miz and Otunga and Miz could have been a great heel pairing.

The Sun newspaper described The Miz as ‘the most entertaining act on WWE Raw.’ A statement which if made at his debut or even predicted at the time of his debut would have been laughable. But The Miz truly is a WWE superstar, I would perhaps suggest a future WWE Champion and if he continues on this path at this speed I see no reason why the Miz cannot be a future WWE Hall of Famer, because he is the Miz and he IS AWESOME!

Beware the Cobra

Santino's new finishing move the Cobra is... funny and the best comment I have heard about it was on youtube and it was compared to Ric Flair's top rope dive, a great move that he will rarely hit. The preamble is very funny and the shirt that has been produced for it is amazing. But I am curious to see if when Santino hits it whether or not it is a similar to the Mandible Claw as I predicted. So when everyone is wondering what is NXT I am wondering when is Santino going to hit the Cobra?

2009 Dirty Awards: Brand of the Year

Nominations and Winner:
Raw
Smackdown (Winner)
ECW
The Best brand of the year award goes to Smackdown because it doesn’t have to deal with plugging guest host or poor viewing times in the UK. RAW obviously has to plug things for the guest host and sometimes that works other times it fail miserably and the wrestling is forgotten. This is why Smackdown is the brand of the year.

NEXT UP: Finisher of the Year

Wrestling Quotes 33,34 and 35

Santino to Sheamus before his match, to be honest in the list of stupid things Santino has done this is possible the most stupid. 'Your jealous of me because I actually have pigmentation of the skin... No you think I am after your lucky charms!' The other two quotes come from The Miz's verbal attack on Verne Troyer. 'And I shall call him Mini Miz' 'Well done... for being saved by the World's Blandest Man, Fat Bastard!'

Hot RAW with Hot Rod! Boom, Boom, Boom! Be Miz!

'For the Hundreds in attendance and the millions watching at home lets get ready to' Pedigree Hornswoggle!

Hot Rod was amazing as the guest host and despite the opening segment which was weak, Iron Sheik whatever. Other than that it was amazing! Hot Rod and Vince at Mania, maybe? But that led to the rise of the next star of Raw, Kofi (phony Jamaican) Kingston. who Boom dropped his way to stardom (what elevation by the way.) Also and amazing match was MVP vs The Miz and although a bit random, it was a solid match with a good finish and if I am honest, I think that there will not be a Marty Jannetty between the Miz and Morrison just two HBKs.

Another plus point is that WWE have finally worked out how to do a multi-team tag match properly, if there are 3 teams make it a triple threat in the ring. The match was far to short, but it did build up Survivors Series well and it made me want to see it more.

Another earning votes as the Power25 would put it is the Celtic Warrior Sheamus, he beat up the time keeper (easy heat) and the King (easier heat) I the future is bright, the future has orange hair, watch this space!

In Depth: United States Championship on Monday Nights

Is it just me, or does it seem that United States Championship matches have been coming up everywhere since it came to Raw with MVP in the draft, so I did a bit of research and found out how many United States Championship matches there have been since the draft: 1. Raw, 18th May: MVP (c) def. Matt Hardy 2. Raw, 1st June: Kofi Kingston def. MVP (c) 3. WWE Extreme Rules, 7th June: Kofi Kingston (c) def. MVP, William Regal & Matt Hardy (Fatal Four Way) 4. Night of Champions, 26th June: Kofi Kingston (c) def. MVP, The Miz, Carlito, Jack Swagger & Primo (Six-Pack Challenge) 5. Raw, 3rd August: Kofi Kingston (c) def. Unified Tag Team Champion Big Show (via DQ) 6. Raw, 17th August: Kofi Kingston (c) def. Carlito 7. Raw, 31st August: Kofi Kingston (c) def. The Miz, Jack Swagger & Carlito (Fatal Four Way) 8. WWE Breaking Point, 13th September: Kofi Kingston (c) def. The Miz 9. Raw, 21st Septmeber: Kofi Kingston (c) vs Jack Swagger ("No Contest") 10. WWE Hell in a Cell, 4th October: Kofi Kingston (c) def. Jack Swagger & The Miz (Triple Threat) 11. Raw, 5th October: The Miz def. Kofi Kingston (c) So, in just two months since Raw on 3rd August, there have been 7 United States Championship matches, those numbers speak for them selves.

Monday Night Rhodes

From WWE.com: Tune in to Raw this Monday night to witness The American Dream, Dusty Rhodes, reign as special guest host. There's no telling how funky the WWE Hall of Famer will get!

Raw and New Found Respect for Todd Grisham

RAW was poor, 30 minute opening segment with DX with very litte point, yes it was mildly ammusing and yes it was funny to see Big Dick Johnson return but was it necessary? No. The guest host was there for like 10 seconds and all he did was set up a crap tag team match. Oh and one other thing relating to the tag team match can you break this code: 'PVM NDA RAKM NHEYR SA A GAT EAMT LILW UCSK!' and was the of two poor boxing related segments. The only high point was The Miz vs Santino Marella. Oh and I supose the fact Cena only appeared for 5 minutes is always a positive.

Also a subpoint unrelated to RAW after seeing his abuse of TNA on Byte this, I now have respect for Todd Grisham!!! Also the last caller on the vid summed it up "TNA sucks!"

Wrestlemania Main Event Boxer & Guest Host's vehicle seen at shooting scene on Sunday

This from The Associated Press: LAS VEGAS — Police in Las Vegas say they're searching boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s Rolls-Royce at his home after witnesses reported it was involved in a shooting outside an ice skating rink. Lt. Patrick Charoen said Monday that police obtained a warrant to search the vehicle at one of Mayweather's Las Vegas-area homes after the shooting late Sunday night outside the Crystal Palace Skating Center. Charoen (shar OHN') says no one was hurt in the shooting, but a vehicle was hit with several bullets between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. Mayweather isn't named as a suspect. Charoen says witnesses only identified his vehicle, which drove away. The 32-year-old Mayweather is scheduled to fight a welterweight bout Sept. 19 against Juan Manuel Marquez. However, On TMZ, Mayweather Sr has said that Mayweather Jr was taking his children to skating on Sunday, which is a usual practice. There is no word yet of what this means for tonight's Raw Guest Host situation, but other press on the matter has been very positive.

Wrestling Quote #22: Pool Breakfast

Jerry 'The King' Lawler talking about the Big Show:

"I hear even his cereal bowl has a lifeguard!"

This was one of the funny momments on RAW along with the DX segments.

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As the title of the article suggests I am find WWE's programing a bit repetitive. The reunion of DX the third although funny and the future promises to be funny I can't help but feel that it is a case of been there done that. On top of that if this senario is anything like what WWE did with the Miz and Morrison, DX will probably beat Legacy as the dinosaurs beat the young guns. The main event picture is no better with Randy Orton taking on John Cena again. It feels stale. Also if we look at Cena's recent sparing partner The Miz he has been reduce to being banned from 'SummerFest' sorry 'SummerSlam' by some no name wally of a guest host. On top of that He took on the returning Eugene to get his title back. Mark Henry is now face, but not the sort of face that could be the new number one contender, just a joke in primary colour, why not put Eugene with Hornswoggle the perfect combo. Also two of the biggest heels in the company, one literally one not so. The Big Show and Y2J have been bundled together as tag champions at a time when Smackdown needs Jericho as CM Punk is the only top end heel. Also Big Show looks awful in primary colours and should only wear black because that suits his character. However it is not all bad, William Regal is now the ECW number 1 contender. Also the young guns of Swagger, Kofi, MVP, Shelton, Morrison, Ryder, Ziggler, Evan Bourne and Chris Masters are being given some time to shine. Mickie James is the new Divas Champion which is thoroughly deserved as she is one of the best divas in the company. So there is some light at the end of the tunnel. So at the momment I've got just one word for WWE, Repetative.