GM Tiffany Injured; ECW TItle Not Defended at Hell in the Cell?

ECW opened with William Regal addressing the audience that the ECW GM Tiffany was involved in a car accident, and the doctors do say that she will make a full recovery, she is at home nursing her injuries. And because of Regal's past experience as RAW's GM, the WWE Board of Directors has made him the interim GM of ECW.

But just to assure everyone, Tiffany did NOT get into a car accident. According to her twitter account, Tiffany appeared in FCW's live TV Taping the thursday before ECW - You just might catch me in action ;)

Well, indeed she did get some wrestling action as she injured herself in the match. She fractured her humerus bone. WWE Creative team will work in the fracture as a result of the "car accident."

Now that we have that out of the way, let's take a look at William Regal's awesome GM skills: Changing the main event match between Ryder and Christian to a 4-on-1 Handicap Match including The Ruthless Roundtable. That would have been a match that I would like to have seen... however, the Board of Directors were not pleased and instead changed the main event match once again to include Yoshi Tatsu, Goldust, and Tommy Dreamer.

Never did the Board of Directors once interfered when Vickie Guerrero did any of her crazy calls: Banning the Undertaker from the WWE, Granting her then-husband Edge unlimited opportunities to the World Title, and unbelievable immunity from contesting on regular tv. But no, let's stop Regal from beating the pulp out of Christian.

ECW consisted of two matches and a segment of the Abraham Washington Show.

Now, The Abraham Washington Show featured a new guest, John Morrison? What is Morrison doing back on ECW? Anyway, he was sporting his new t-shirt available on WWEShop.com and was actually pleased with the Abraham Washington Show - which is a first, because no one ever likes to be on it or hear Abe's jokes. Then the weakest surprise guest was Dolph Ziggler. He sat down on the couch and starred at Morrison but could not get a word in edge-wise. The segment thus ended with Ziggler left alone. - No respect for "Perfection."

The first match was "The Gold Standard" Shelton Benjamin who took on Paul Burchill. Prior to the match, as Shelton walked down the ramp, he was attacked by Sheamus. He badly banged up Shelton's arm and it didn't seem possible for Benjamin to agree to face Burchill. Now, Burchill has been on a losing streak as of late, losing to the likes of The Hurricane and Tatsu, you would finally think that he could beat a wounded man, right? Shelton proved his tenacity in the ring, willing himself to victory. Shelton is the best pure athlete in the the Land of Extreme and his face change is inevitable.

The final match was an 8 man tag team match: ECW Champion Christian, Tommy Dreamer, Goldust, and Yoshi Tatsu vs. Zack Ryder and The Ruthless Roundtable. Before the match, Christian had a pep talk with his team, but most importantly it's what he said to Yoshi Tatsu, "you represent the new blood here on ECW, we're all excited about your future but we need you to step it up tonight." Not only did Tatsu step it up, he won his team the match by pinning William Regal with a Roundhouse Kick.

So far, out of the four new superstars that Tiffany signed over to ECW: Yoshi Tatsu and Sheamus have bright futures in the WWE.

The Board of Directors restricted Regal from creating any matches that would effect the ECW Championship, including #1 Contender matches. As of right now, there is no ECW Title match set for this Sunday's Hell in a Cell ppv. This would mark the first WWE ppv not featuring an ECW match since WWE decided to make their ppvs tri-branded.

In all honesty, there is no point in having one ECW match at the ppv, what's the point of dragging Matt Striker and Josh Matthews to commentate on one single match, especially if that match turns out to be 8 seconds like SummerSlam?

Plus, Zack Ryder became the #1 Contender and then had one of the best ECW title matches the following week. From not winning the title, it now leaves Christian without an opponent. And GM Tiffany did ban Regal from having another ECW Title shot, so who's next?

If ECW really wanted a match for the Hell in a Cell ppv, they should have Shelton Benjamin finally face off against Sheamus. But that's just me.

Sharpton Lowers Ratings; Hell in a Cell Matches Build Up

Reverend Al Sharpton cost RAW a 3.1 in ratings, the lowest since the start of the celebrity guest hosting.

The show started off with a segment of MVP's VIP Lounge along with his tag team partner, "The World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry. - Business has picked up at the VIP Lounge.

They started to introduce Sharpton until JeriShow interrupted and wanted the honor of welcoming the Reverend to Monday Nights. However, despite both teams trying to hype him up, the RAW crowd and apparently everyone at home could not stand the sight of Al Sharpton as we can sense from the overwhelming "boos."

Yet, Sharpton won them over, for a second, by agreeing to set up a Unified Tag Team Title Defense right on the spot against MVP and WSM. Honestly, that was careless of the host to put JeriShow in a second match, after already having to compete in a gauntlet match later that night.

And just like the Mayweather "hosting" skills, MVP pretty much made the match up as Sharpton stood their as the puppet he is and said yes.

The night consisted of five matches: Chris Jericho and The Big Show defended their Unified Tag Team Titles against MVP and WSM. It appears that WWE built up Cryme Tyme and MVP and WSM just to crush them in the end. Cryme Tyme was wiped out of the picture after being defeated by The Hart Dynasty 2 weeks ago, and now MVP and WSM lost in their 2nd pursuit for the titles. However, JeriShow may have won tonight, but will they recover in time to face Batista and Rey Mysterio for the titles come this Sunday?

The next match was a one-on-one match between the Divas Champion Mickie James and Rosa Mendes. Honestly, why is Mickie James proving herself in the ring? She easily disposed of Rosa Mendes. Last week, Mickie was pinned by "The Glamazon" with no help from Alicia Fox. Shouldn't that be the point of these matches? To have Alicia Fox interfere and have Mickie lose matches? As of right now, there is No Chance in Hell that Alicia Fox will win on merit alone.

Then there was the contest of Jack Swagger and Evan Bourne. So far Bourne has an awesome high octane entrance that gets the fans pumped, but he's been turned into a jobber - much like the early career of Jeff Hardy. Jack Swagger entered with a fourth of July pyro and bearing the United States Championship. Now, Swagger didn't win the title last week, he just stole it from The Miz who stole it from Kofi Kingston (the rightful champion). After the match, Swagger proclaimed that he would become the next champion and be known as The All American-American United States Champion. But of course, The Miz foresees another outcome where he's the United States Champion. The two started scuffling inside the ring - impressed that Miz could even knock down Swagger. The sad thing is, these two have a better feud than any one of them have against Kofi Kingston. And a side note: Kofi Kingston is now being billed from Ghana, West Africa his true birthplace as opposed to his storied birthplace of Kingston, Jamaica. So eventually, it would make sense that he would change his gimmick. You cannot be a Jamaican Superstar from Ghana, it just doesn't make sense.

The fourth match was a tag team match: Chavo Guerrero and Chris Masters def. Santino Marella and Hornswoggle. As of late, Chavo, in story line, has been disgusted with facing off against Hornswoggle in no-win situations so this week he decided to team up with Masters, but it was Santino Marella that named his partner Hornswoggle. Marella assumed that he could take either one of them on single-handedly, but that just didn't work out as he passed out from The Master Lock. Now, the twist in the match was when Masters locked the move on Hornswoggle as added punishment. But it was Chavo Guerrero who decided to knock out Masters on his back, protecting Hornswoggle? What has caused this change of events? The leprechaun has been humiliating Chavo for months and it's now that he decides to be friends with him? Only time will tell why Chavo did this, but honestly, these three have to much potential to be messing around with a leprechaun. WWE wonders why they don't have enough main event star power... well this is why!

And the final match was a gauntlet match: WWE Champion John Cena vs. Unified Tag Team JeriShow and Randy Orton. Chris Jericho and Big Show disqualified themselves by failing to adhere to the 5 count. Which left Randy Orton to take on

John Cena. Except Cena was prepared for the match as he called for the Hell in a Cell to drop down, enclosing the two combatants in the ring. This of course was a hype up for the match this sunday as the battle took place outside of the cell and scaled the 20ft structure, where Cena tossed Orton with the Attitude Adjuster on top of the cell. As Cena said before, this Sunday will be Orton's last chance at the Title, after this there are no more title shots. Can Orton defy the odds and defeat Cena in Hell in a Cell?

Another build up was between Legacy and DX, as Legacy spoke in the ring of how they are the new dominate force in the WWE and they will win this sunday. DX off to their old pranks started cracking jokes at them and compared themselves to The Hulk, sure when they joke around they are Bruce Banner, but when the monster unleashes, well... they like it when the monster unleashes and this Sunday they will see a darker more ruthless side of them. Can Legacy continue to cement their Legacy or will DX prove to be the Greatest Tag Team of All time?

Batista's Next Challenge; McMahon Welcomes McIntyre

Since coming back, Batista has switched brands, pinned Orton and Jericho, and issued a challenge.

Big Show made big on his challenge, to face Batista in a one-on-one match, but who really needed the help?

Big Show, as always, is impressive with his sheer size and quickness in the ring, but Batista is muscle bound to win most matches so it was not a wonder why these two were evenly matched.

The only note-worthy thing about this match was Batista’s Ankle Lock on Big Show – shades of Kurt Angle’s Angle Lock on Big Show at Royal Rumble 2004.

Instead of suffering any more pain and tapping out, Chris Jericho interfered in the match and paid the price with an Ankle Lock.

Now Big Show has defeated Randy Orton, Chris Jericho, and Big Show… so what’s next? A Triple Threat Hell in a Cell Match for the World Heavyweight Title, right????

Well… no.

It appears that WWE has other plans for Batista, and in a big way. He has challenged the Unified Tag Team Champions to a title match at Hell in a Cell – and his tag team partner is none other than Rey Mysterio.

Now, Rey Mysterio is suspended and by the time Hell in a Cell comes around his time will still not be up. What’s the deal WWE?

Seeing as Rey did put on one hell of a match with John Morrison in his “dropping the title” match, it figures that WWE are going easy on Mysterio. Plus, the man does sell a lot of masks.

So it looks as if the World Heavyweight Title will focus mainly on Punk vs. Taker and the Intercontinental Title will focus on Morrison vs. Ziggler. It’s a great way to build up Punk, Morrison, and Ziggler.

In other Smackdown news: The Hart Dynasty defeated Cryme Tyme in tag team action. Looks like Cryme Tyme was built up for SummerSlam and now quickly forgotten.

Kane destroyed Slam Master J. And the team of John Morrison and Finlay defeated Dolph Ziggler and Mike Knox.

Now, for a seemingly pointless return… Drew McIntyre has returned from his hiatus from WWE TV and countless years in FCW to pick a fight with R-Truth?

These two were supposed to have a match for weeks and they have never made it to the start of the bell.

Even last week, McIntyre did away with R-Truth automatically making Charlie Haas the winner via forfeit. And just as Haas went to shake McIntyre’s hand – he strikes with a Double Underhook DDT.

Now, Charlie Haas is a heel, is McIntyre being built as a Super Heel? Probably so.

This week, Mr. McMahon welcomed Drew McIntyre to the Smackdown brand, making him the first Scotsman since the Highlanders.

Before he could finish his Supremacy over the Smackdown brand speech, R-Truth finally got the element of surprise and attacked McIntyre in the ring.

Now, are we going to actually see a match between these two? Understandable that WWE is trying to build these two, but if they have a match and it’s not exactly up to par, then this would have been pointless.

I think they should tweak McIntyre’s image and make him the next Braveheart. However, that would require him to turn face and to shell out some cash to Mel Gibson. But, I’m just sayin’!

This Week's ECW: 9/22/09, WWE Superstars 9/24/09, & Smackdown: 9/25/09

Hells Gate Ban Removed; The Man Behind Montreal Screwjob III

Justin Roberts has started announcing CM Punk as "The Only Straight-Edge World Heavyweight Champion in History," obviously demanded for by CM Punk.

And despite the recent arrest, Jeff Hardy is still being mentioned on WWE TV as Punk lists him as one of the people he got rid of the WWE forever, and Taker is next on that list.

He goes on to brag about his accomplishments, being able to beat Jeff in a TLC match, make Taker tap to the Anaconda Vice, and no doubt being a 2-time Money in the Bank winner and cashing in successfully each time.

Of course he also goes on and on about how we are all druggies. I sense that this speech is going to get old pretty fast if he doesn't find a superstar to clash with that has a history of drug abuse. That's why Jeff fit perfectly in this feud, but Taker was pretty much cut n' pasted into this story line with Punk.

Before Punk could finish his victory speech, the druids appeared marching in Gregorian Chant to ringside with a coffin.

Punk, spooked by the ominous presence, quickly went for the steel chair and started bashing the top of the casket - in hopes Taker would come out and surrender.

But it wasn't Taker that was inside the casket, but Teddy Long. As McMahon said last week - You shouldn't have double crossed the Undertaker.

Teddy was gagged and tied inside the coffin - and when rolled into the ring his suit jacket had been clawed and his voice parched from dehydration. It can only mean one thing... Teddy Long has been through Hell and Back - enough so, that his next announcement put Punk into a fit of rage.

CM Punk will defend the World Heavyweight Championship against The Undertaker at Hell in the Cell... and the submission maneuver Hells Gate is 100% legal.

Punk and Taker, scheduled to fight in the main event, turned out brutal for Punk but Taker was too sure of himself - and that's what cost him the match. Instead of trying to execute The Last Ride onto the announce table, he should've been handling it in the ring.

Punk may have escaped via count-out and thus winning the match, but what will happen when there are no count-outs and you are enclosed in Satan's Playground with The Dead Man?

And for the past two weeks, one man has been hinted for his initial plan to screw over the Undertaker.

When CM Punk encountered Mr. McMahon, he was confused, "But that was..." McMahon, "Your conspiracy."

We all know that McMahon was behind the real-life screw job over Bret Hart back in 97' but with McMahon's constant pressure to force Teddy Long to put on superb matches, could he have used Long as a front to screw over Taker?

Could this conspiracy blow up into eratic proportions? Could we be seeing a future match between McMahon and Undertaker? Possibly at WrestleMania 26?

WWE Superstars Matches Preview: 9/24/2009

Tonight on WWE Superstars, like every week, expect the unexpected!


ECW: Goldust vs. William Regal

- William Regal is desperately trying to get back into the ECW title picture, but will Goldust prove to be a speed bump along the road to Extreme?

Divas: Michelle McCool & Layla vs. Melina & Maria

- McCool and Layla have done everything possible to ruin Maria's relationship with Ziggler, while they just don't like Melina because she proves a threat to the Women's Title. However, Maria believes that Melina has been trying to humiliate her by posting photos of Ziggler's possible soiree - so things are not looking good for this team.

Smackdown: Matt Hardy vs. Kane

Matt Hardy has been out of action since tapping out to the Anaconda Vice, how will he fare when up against the giant who took out the Great Khali out of action?

RAW: Chris Masters vs. Primo

Neither superstar has been seen on RAW for weeks, but they have made their home on WWE Superstars. Masters has destroyed Santino time and time again. How will Primo fare against the Master Lock? It will be a test of Strength vs. Speed tonight on WWE Superstars!

RAW Pay-Per-View Matches are Hell Bound

Let’s start off with the United States Title, which it has been announced on RAW that it will be a Triple Threat Match inside a Hell in a Cell.

It all began last week, when The Miz stole the United States Championship in the middle of his tag team match. When interviewed this week of the reason for this theft, he claimed that he already walks and talks like a champion, and that it’s only a matter of time when he officially becomes the United States Champion. He also added that the United States Champion should be someone from the United States and not someone that washed on shore with a Bob Marley CD. But before he could finish his insult, The Jamaican Superstar attacked Miz and took back his championship.

Despite the attack, The Miz went on to face Evan Bourne in one on one action. The match was similar to their prior confrontation and it ended with the same result. The Miz connected with the Skull Crushing Finale and gained some momentum.

Now, this is what puzzled me: Jack Swagger was given a championship match against Kofi Kingston. And Swagger and Kofi started to wrestle, but The Miz came into the arena and stole back the title.

I know what you’re thinking, that’s what The Miz does. No, that’s not the strange thing, what was strange is that Swagger stopped wrestling and went after The Miz. He attacked him and then stole the title and walked away. How do you walk away from a championship match? Instead of stealing the title he should have won the match and become the official new United States Champion.

So now Kofi Kingston is a title-less champion who must defend it at the Hell in a Cell pay-per-view in a Triple Threat Hell in a Cell match against Jack Swagger and The Miz.

Best of luck to Kofi Kingston.

Then there’s D-Generation X and their match against Legacy.

The two have each won a pay-per-view match: DX won at SummerSlam and Legacy won via submission at Breaking Point. Now these two will face off once more in a tag team Hell in a Cell.

At the start of RAW, DX cut a great promo detailing their accomplishments in Hell in a Cell matches. Stating that Shawn Michaels was in the very first Hell in a Cell and won, and Triple H has competed in five Hell in a Cell matches and won them all.

DX even talk about their Hell in a Cell Match against Vincent Kennedy McMahon, someone who they liked – so imagine what they will do to someone who they don’t like.

Now, Jerry Lawler messed up in his commentary stating that DX has never teamed up in a Hell in a Cell match – Uh, hello! That is what DX were talking about with Mr. McMahon: Unforgiven 2006 – DX vs. McMahons and Big Show in a 2 on 3 Hell in a Cell Handicapped Match. Therefore, DX have teamed before in what has been known as Satan’s Playground.

Sure, DX brings up a valid point that Legacy has never been in a Hell in a Cell, but these are the same guys that made DX submit. So in two weeks, this could be their final encounter, and it’s going to be a war inside Hell in a Cell.

And then there’s the WWE Championship Match.
John Cena is finally the WWE Champion once again, but his first title defense will be inside Hell in a Cell. Well, isn’t that comforting?

Randy Orton gave Legacy the night off and assured them that it’s a contract signing and nothing more, plus there’s a No Physicality rule in place during the signing.

If I were Legacy, I’d have stuck around, but Orton is always prepared.

The contract signing went well, but Cena started cracking jokes and laughing himself silly, because if Orton loses, then that’s it. There will be no more title opportunities because he would have used up his rematch clause. So then after Orton loses, he’ll be just some dude in his underwear, hanging around with two other dudes in their underwear.

But after their Breaking Point match, where Orton tortured Cena and still lost, how can he expect to beat Cena come Hell in a Cell?

And as I mentioned, Orton is always one step ahead and called in a favor from The Unified Tag Team Champions, Chris Jericho and The Big Show to take care of John Cena. But then again, MVP and Mark Henry were not a long ways off, and helped Cena out.

Monday’s Guest Host, Cedric The Entertainer, issued a six-man tag team match as the main event. But Jericho and Show had a talk with Cedric to raise the stakes of the match.

If the team of Orton loses, then Orton, next week, will face against the winning team in a gauntlet match; but the same goes for Cena if his team loses.

MVP and Mark Henry, trying to get back into the title hunt by defeating the tag champions, were ruthless in the match.

But despite trying to isolate Jericho, and Cena tossing Big Show out of the ring… it was the lightning strike of the RKO that took down The World’s Strongest Man for the 1-2-3.

Next week on RAW, just 6 days away from Hell in a Cell, John Cena will face off against Randy Orton, Chris Jericho, and The Big Show in a gauntlet match.

Will John Cena even make it to the pay-per-view? My prediction is that Cena will defeat the Tag Team Champions, but fall to the RKO.

Christian Still ECW Champion; Abraham Washington Show Not Canceled; Christian's Next Challenge?

The ECW Championship match was a pay-per-view caliber match.

After earning the #1 Contender’s spot in the Battle Royal, Zack Ryder made sure not to squander the opportunity. Ryder has even studied his opponent, The ECW Champion Christian, to see if he could find any weaknesses.

And last night, Ryder took his championship match very seriously. He usually fights with his headband on, but knowing that he was one match away from becoming the ECW Heavyweight Champion, took off his headband as a sign of respect towards Christian and the ECW Title.

Christian delivered some painful smacks across the face of Ryder, who did everything he could to counter his quickness and agility. Ryder knows that he is younger and hungrier to become champion, but, even though Christian is older, quickness has been a factor in Christian’s success.
Christian delivered an array of Missal drop kicks, but Ryder kept getting up, and Ryder went on to trap Christian in a body scissors submission maneuver.

The two even countered the other’s finishing moves. Ryder evaded two Killswitches and Christian kicked out of Ryder’s Zack Attack.

In the end, it was Christian, applying it for the third time, struck with the Killswitch. Zack Ryder was on top of the world last week when he was just one step away from becoming champion, but in one fell swoop, the dream was put on hold.

Yet, Christian couldn’t celebrate for long because The Distinguished Gentleman William Regal proclaimed that it would only be a matter of time before he becomes the next ECW Champion.

Will ECW GM Tiffany allow Regal another shot at the ECW Title, or will she continue to give other Superstars a fighting chance?

ECW opened with The Abraham Washington Show. We all thought we were done with him, but the man has not been canceled - not yet anyways.

Abraham's guest was the Celtic Warrior Sheamus, who they made fun of for his heritage and pale complexion, comparing him to the Lucky Charms leprechaun.

You make Casper look like a brother! - Abraham Washington, regarding Sheamus’ pale skin.
And as always, Abraham had a surprise guest, and he was none other than The Gold Standard Shelton Benjamin.

When asked why this feud started, Sheamus replied that some cheat their way to victory, while others work hard and fight with honor - that is the way of the Celtic Warrior.

But a fight broke out when Shelton, claiming that he did research on the Celtic warriors, piled together a mock family tree of Sheamus, relating him to such characters as Carrot Top, The Wendy’s Girl, and Ronald McDonald.

Personally, that was completely out of line for Shelton to make fun of the Irish, because if Sheamus would have made fun of Shelton’s African Heritage, no one would be laughing.

But as far as Sheamus is being developed, he is moving up the ranks, from jobbers to Goldust, and now stepping in the ring with Shelton Benjamin.

And other ECW matches: Yoshi Tatsu defeated Paul Burchill; and The Ruthless Roundtable defeated two jobbers.

Cedric Entertains; Lilian Garcia Says Goodbye to WWE

The preshow opening segment was rather bazaar – with The Bellas coming out of the limo followed by the guest of Monday Night RAW, Cedric the Entertainer. Then the limo looked more like a clown car as a referee, football players, a rabbi circumcising a baby, a farmer with a goat, and an old lady came out of the limo. What was that about?

Cedric made his presence felt as he cracked some jokes on, aside from Legacy, wrestlers who are possible second generation superstars. The offspring of Andre the Giant and King Kong Bundy bore The Big Show; The Kool Aid Pitcher bore Mark Henry; and a jackass bore The Miz.

But the joke was on Cedric as Chavo Guerrero challenged him to a match and Santino Marella accepted on his behalf. Cedric is not a wrestler, but if Chavo is losing to Hornswoggle, maybe Cedric has a chance. Chavo’s challenge is in response to his unhappiness with how all the guest host keep putting him in matches against Hornswoggle with the stipulations always stacked against him.

Cedric also issued a six-man tag match between John Cena, MVP, and Mark Henry against Randy Orton, Chris Jericho, and The Big Show. The match wasn’t really unique because just last week we had a six-person tag match with Trish Stratus and Beth Phoenix fighting alongside the rival tag teams. However, Cedric – with the persuasion of Jericho and Show, of course – enforced that if the team of Orton loses, then Orton will face in a gauntlet match, next week, against John Cena, MVP, and Mark Henry. But if the team of Cena loses, then Cena will then face in a gauntlet match against Orton, Jericho, and Big Show.

The Cedric-Chavo match was a bit frustrating and entertaining at the same time. Cedric, being accompanied by the Bellas, entered the ring in white tights, red cape and underwear, with a top hat. And if that were not enough to get into the wrestling spirit, he dawned on a luchadore mask. Chavo could not stop laughing at Cedric’s get up, but the joke was on him when Cedric fled under the ring and a tougher Cedric wrestler came out to fight. King shouted, Cedric must have worked out under that ring. But in all honesty it was Ezekiel Jackson in the get up, and after a tadpole splash from little Cedric (Hornswoggle) – the real Cedric ran into the ring for the cover, counted by Santino Marella, the guest referee.

Towards the end of the program, Jerry “The King” Lawler announced that tonight’s RAW would be Lilian Garcia’s final night with the WWE. It was a bit anti-climatic, because all she gave was a farewell speech and that was it. I was hoping that after 10 years with the company, she would at least have all the Divas come out and chant, Thank You Lilian – similar to what they did for Ric Flair. Jim Ross wrote on his blog of what Lilian Garcia plans to due with her life now and how vital she was to the WWE: Lilian told me that she was going to be forming a band and I can see her staying busy with, potentially, a multitude of music oriented projects plus she's getting married next month, as I understand it. Lilian has traveled thousands of miles for WWE and was a fixture on the "Tribute to the Troops" broadcasts over the years. I wish her the very best and she has been preparing for this exit from Monday night for quite some time. WWE does not have a permanent plan for Lilian’s replacement, but word has it that Howard Finkel will resume the post until a more permanent replacement comes along. Seeing as ECW once had Courtney Taylor as the backstage interviewer and then was replaced by Savannah for the past two weeks… it’s possible that Taylor may be considered for the role as ring announcer.

Lilian Garcia will be missed. Who’ll sing the National Anthem now?

Teddy Long's Last Ride; Batista Stands Alone

Controversy over Sunday Night’s World Heavyweight Championship match has rumbled through the WWE Universe, ever since their hero The Undertaker was “forced” to submit.

Referee Scott Armstrong was interviewed on Smackdown, Why did he do it? His response was that he didn’t want to, and after thirty years in the business he was never asked to do such a thing, but what can you do when your job is on the line?

Vince McMahon interrogated Long for his actions, and made it clear that it was Long that double crossed The Undertaker.

Teddy Long was escorted by a troop of body guards, protecting him from any possible confrontation from The Undertaker. And after making a public apology for his actions, you would think that’d be enough to subdue the Phenom.

But… Long should have known that his time was up, and after being manipulated by the Demon Dealer, Mr. McMahon, he would have to answer to the Grim Reaper, The Undertaker.

Long got into his limo and thought he was home free, but all the doors locked and the driver revealed to be none other than The Undertaker. The back seat filled with smoke and Long’s voice started to echo. I’m going to take a wild shot in the dark and take it that Taker did NOT except Long’s apology.

This appears to be Teddy Long’s Last Ride with the WWE as he will Rest In Peace….

Now, over in the land of the living, Batista made his first appearance on Smackdown. You can tell the announcers are trying desperately to be enthusiastic of the new arrival and that Smackdown cashed in big – but in reality it was a terrible trade.

Recall when Triple H mentioned prior to forming a team to take on Legacy, “Batista’s always getting hurt all the time.” Batista is not made to last, he may have the heavyweight status but he cannot sell in the ring.

Batista called his main event match – if it wasn’t enough to see The Animal main event RAW to take on Randy Orton, we see him main event Smackdown with a match against One Half of the Unified Tag Team Champions Chris Jericho.

Chris Jericho did the best he could to sell the match, but what can you do, if you go for the cover and Batista – with eyes wide open – looks like he’s counting in his head when to pull out? And when Grisham states that Batista’s shoulders were off the mat – of course they are Batista’s too big to have his shoulders reach!

Well, after defeating Chris Jericho on Smackdown – Batista will surely scale up the Power 25 Countdown as he has defeated WWE’s top heels in the same week.

Next week, Batista has been challenged by the other half of the Unified Tag Team Champions The Big Show – will he accept?

This Week's ECW: 9/15/09, WWE Superstars 9/17/09, & Smackdown: 9/18/09

Oh Ryder, Tell Me Everything You Know...

Once part of the Major Brothers on ECW, to Edge's lackeys in La Familia on Smackdown, to donning the 80's gimmick that won him a future ECW Title opportunity.

Now how did this gimmick start? Simple, on the Dirt Sheet. After Hawkins and Ryder won the WWE Tag Team Titles at The Great American Bash 2008, they parted ways from Edge, Chavo, and Vickie. But sadly, in their first title defense against the Colons they lost the titles. Afterwards they didn't appear on television much, but would make guest appearances on John Morrion and The Miz's Dirt Sheet, as Zack Ryder would scream out WOO WOO WOO!

Who would've guessed that those three words would blossom into a gimmick? The man comes out in half trunks/half pants with a headband and sunglasses. Who could take the guy seriously as a competitor?

Ryder's aggressiveness in the ring and living the role makes him believable. Even on his twitter account he mentions how he's going to get Zacked at the Gym. Ryder acts like a champion every time he sets foot in the ring and after the Battle Royal on Tuesday night, he has a chance to get the ECW Championship.

The second match of the night, Ryder faced off against Yoshi Tatsu and failed to subdue his opponent with the Zack Attack (Leg Lariat Takedown), and instead lost to Tatsu's Roundhouse Kick.

The Battle Royal would determine the next contender for Christian's ECW Title, minus William Regal who was banned from competing since he's had two title opportunities.

The Royal used every male wrestler on the ECW roster, including having to use Ryder and Tatsu again to create a full Royal. Now, this was the best ECW main event that we have seen since the Fatal Four-Way to determine Mark Henry's Title.

Only in the WWE can you start the night with a loss, but end the night as a winner.

It hasn't been set when Ryder will face off against Christian for the ECW Title - possibly at Hell in the Cell ppv - but last night on WWE Superstars, Zack, acting as guest commentator, scouted his opponent, who had an impressive victory over Paul Burchill.

Zack Ryder is a gimmick that grows on you, but one thing is for sure - that this title match encounter will be one Hell of a match.

Trish Brings Stratusfaction; Batista Going to SmackDown

RAW kicked off with the return of "The Animal" Dave Batista. Not too long ago did we witness the return of Batista, the crowning as the new WWE Champion, followed by the relinquishing of the title in a matter of weeks. Why? Because Batista is prone to injury, he's not built to last and endure.

Knowing this, and with Legacy destroying the arm of Batista - after he injured it in the Steel Cage Match at Extreme Rules the night before - would Batista's announcement involve him retiring from the WWE?

In a matter of seconds, Randy Orton came out to take credit - because the reason why Batista was leaving the WWE is because of him!

Batista found humor in Orton's predictability - showing up to reap the benefits - but Batista's announcement wasn't that he was leaving the WWE but that he was leaving RAW to go over to Smackdown - and as an added bonus, the host of Monday Night RAW, agreed to his request on his final match on the RAW Roster, a No Holds Barred Match against Randy Orton. A match that he would go on to dominate with the help of the new WWE Champion John Cena.

The real reason behind Batista's sudden change over to Smackdown is because Jeff Hardy's departure from the WWE, and Edge's recent injury, has hindered the brand of Superior Superstar Power. Undertaker was forced to come back from hiatus sooner than he had intended to help fill the void. But also, The Undertaker will have to undergo hip surgery in the coming months - so Batista will then carry the brand as the top face.

In all honesty, Smackdown doesn't need Batista, it has enough talent to carry the brand on it's own. And there is no way to replicate the majesty that was WrestleMania 23 - The Undertaker vs Batista. In my opinion it should have been Shawn Michaels to transfer over to Smackdown. But as of right now he is busy doing what WWE failed to do, and that's build up new superstars over on RAW.

This past Monday Night, RAW got a dose of Stratusfaction as the 7-time Women's Champion started off RAW in a big way.

First to note, Trish Stratus no longer has blonde hair, but she is a brunette now - which so threw me off.

Also, Trish revealed two matches that would take place at the Hell in a Cell pay-per-view. Randy Orton will have his rematch against John Cena for the WWE Title inside a Hell in a Cell. And if that were not enough to get the juices flowing, then how about... wait... are you ready? Are you ready to see DX face off against Legacy in the first tag team Hell in a Cell Match? (This ppv theme is going to get old real quick).

And she wouldn't be the Queen of Queens if she didn't asign some sort of Diva's action: a #1 Contender's match to determine Mickie James' next opponent for the Diva's Title. It was Alicia Fox versus Gail Kim - with high hopes that we would witness a rematch between Kim and James ended up seeing Alicia Fox as the winner with the King Booker Scissors Kick. Congrats to Alicia, you've gone a long way from making out with Edge as his wedding planner - yeah, that's right, I haven't forgotten.

Trish also signed off on the Batista versus Orton - No Holds Barred Match for the main event but after being confronted by both Beth Phoenix (for not putting her in a #1 Contenders match) and Chris Jericho (when isn't he confronting a RAW host? Even though he's on SMACKDOWN!), Trish Stratus issued a Mix-Gendered Tag Team match to take place: Trish and MVP vs. Jericho and Phoenix.

Beth Phoenix feels that Trish left the WWE because she was afraid of the new competition (that is The Glamazon), but has everyone forgotten already? Trish made a special guest appearance on RAW last year and teamed up with John Cena to take on Beth and Santino Marella. It's not like it hasn't been done before.

The match was interrupted by The Big Show - so as the Host and having all the power in the RAW Universe - she restarted the match, but as a 6-person tag team match (the 6th being Mark Henry of course). The match ended with Trish Stratus hitting the Stratusfear (Turnbuckle Handstand Headscissors Takedown) followed by Stratusfaction (Springboard Bulldog).

Not only did Trish Stratus host a great RAW, but she pinned Beth Phoenix the Glamazon.

Undertaker Screwed Over, Wrestlers Support Jeff Hardy After Arrest

Last night in Montreal, CM Punk sunk to new lows in order to reaffirm his beliefs and to retain the World Heavyweight Championship.

GM Teddy Long has been pressured by McMahon to impress him, to do something spectacular, something that deserves excellence... Well, Long finally reached his breaking point when he ordered the World Heavyweight Title Match to be restarted, after Taker submitted Punk using Hell's Gate. The reason for this, is that former GM, Vickie Guerrero, banned the move shortly after WrestleMania XXIV. She made this decree after Taker injured so many, including her ex-husband Edge, with the blood choking hold. Who would'be guessed that Teddy would uphold it?

CM Punk took the chance to apply the Anaconda Vice, the move that made Matt Hardy tap out just the Friday before, on the Undertaker. But just as Punk finished getting the hold - Referee Scott Armstrong called for the bell.

The Undertaker has never submitted in his entire wrestling career, but on this night, where in 1997 Shawn Michaels and McMahon screwed Bret Hart from the WWE Title, more than ten years later, McMahon would screw over Hulk Hogan in 2003 and now The Undertaker in 2009. Much like the real life screw job of 97', Taker never tapped out. Let's just call this night, Montreal Screw Job III.

Prior to the match, CM Punk was interviewed by Josh Matthews and he goes on to mention: He is a Straight-Edge Champion that people can trust, and at least you won't see his mugshot all over the internet.

This is in regards to the recent arrest of Jeff Hardy 9/11/09:

Fayetteville Police Chief Deputy Neil Godfrey says that Jeff Hardy's home was searched Friday morning at 10:30am based on a police tip that there were drugs on the premises.

Upon arriving at the house, police encountered Hardy and "wife" (fiancee) Beth. After completing the search and finding the various drugs and paraphernalia, the police proceeded to arrest and charge the former WWE Superstar. Hardy's significant other was not included in the arrest.

Charged with "trafficking in opium, two counts of possession with intent to sell or deliver a Schedule III controlled substance, maintaining a dwelling for drugs, possession of cocaine, and possession of drug paraphernalia," according to the Observer, Hardy would face a mandatory prison term if convicted of some of the key charges. Opium trafficking, for instance, guarantees a three year stint behind bars.

Godfrey added that because the case remains under investigation, it is too early to determine if more charges-either against Hardy or others who are potentially involved - will be filed.

Hardy, who has not outright denied the alleged possession of drugs ranging from anabolic steroids to cocaine to Vicodin but has criticized inaccurate media reporting, is scheduled to make his first court appearance on the matter Monday.

Hardy, a former WWE World Champion and one of the most popular wrestlers in the modern era of the company, departed the organization for a personal hiatus a few weeks ago. Eerily, his final story-line, a feud with current World Champion, CM Punk, played off his history of alleged drug issues.

It's not a surprise then that CM Punk would attack Jeff unsubtly: "You will never see my mugshot all over the internet!"

However, throughout the twitter world, many of Jeff's fan base have fallen out of favor for the once-rainbow haired warrior. But those that are sticking by Jeff are not just the fans, but other wrestlers:

@HurricaneHelms: When friends or family FALL, u don't ask them WHY they fell, you simply help them up!

@IAmJericho: Don't think of judging Jeff Hardy until you've walked a mile in his shoes. I will always have Jeffs back...

@mexwarrior: Hey guys, just heard about jeff Hardy. Don't know details yet but i want to give my support. Jeff is a classy person and also have his back!

@secondpower: Jeff Hardy is 1 of the best guys I've EVER known. Cares more about his family and his fans than any other celebrity I know.

@KIMOBRAND: People can say u have alot of friends but my friends r more like family and this family sticks together no matter what.

@ashleymassaro99: JEff Hardy is a great person n no one knows what it's like for anyone else in this world unless you've walked in their shoes. Don't judge... I will always have Jeff's back, he's a wonderful person and put his body on the line for all of us every week Say a prayer for him if u can

@TheShannonBrand: RT @NekoEyes If I smell like smoke, it's because I walked through Hell with The Hardy Boys!

@MATTHARDYBRAND: Thnx 4 the overwhelming support guys, and; I mean OVERWHELMING! Can't wait until the facts are able t come out. God bless u all, God bless us...

And with all these overwhelming responses Jeff Hardy finally responded this morning:

@JEFFHARDYBRAND: Thanks for your undying support-Love u guys!

So no matter what happens, Jeff Hardy will always be a part of our lives; He's like our little brother, and we have to look out for family.

Rhodes-DiBiase Cement their Legacy; The Viper Quits

A match that could be determined anywhere, and I mean anywhere… was determined in the ring? D-Generation X and Legacy had a SummerSlam rematch – except, this time, it was a Submission’s Count Anywhere match.

In a previous article, I noted that Triple H has the Sharpshooter, while Shawn Michaels has the Sharpshooter, Cross-face, and The Figure-Four; but what do Rhodes and DiBiase have? And I was right, they would have to pull a page from their fathers’ handbooks – The figure four leg lock. Of course the submission was made famous by Ric Flair, but The Million Dollar Man and The American Dream have utilized the deadly move in their days – and last night it was used again.

The battle ensued from the ring, reaching the audience, to backstage. DX tried taking out Rhodes earlier: HBK applied the Camel Clutch and Triple H the Boston Crab Leg on a steel chair! How Rhodes didn’t submit is beyond me.

However, Legacy played a smart game and destroyed Triple H backstage – leaving Shawn Michaels helpless.

Now, Shawn Michaels has done this maneuver before, but I don’t think he would have thought that it would happen to him – Rhodes locked in the figure four around the ring post as DiBiase latched the Million Dollar Dream. Michaels did the only thing he could – seeing as Triple H was out of reach to be of any help – and that was the tap out.

This is by far the greatest victory in Legacy’s young career, defeating one of the greatest tag teams in WWE history.

However, not all of Legacy had such a triumphant night…

Randy Orton defended his WWE Title against John Cena. Now, John Cena didn’t earn another title shot, it was pretty much granted to him because just about everything is handed to him. The match had two stipulations: 1) You beat your opponent so badly that they are forced to say “I Quit.” (The last time this match occurred was between Jeff and Matt Hardy, where Jeff forced Matt to utter those words); 2) If Randy Orton receives any outside interference in his favor, than the title would be automatically be awarded to John Cena.

What is that all about? Is McMahon still reeling over the fact that Orton punted him in the head? Because even at SummerSlam, the match was restarted about 3-4 times by order of McMahon. All the odds were against Orton, and it was pretty much set for Orton to lose.

Orton methodically attacked John Cena by throwing him into the announce table, crushing his skull with a Rope Hung DDT, and then stomping his spine on the cold steel steps.

This was Orton taking it easy as he gradually became more innovative as the match wore on.

The Viper handcuffed the lifeless Cena to the ropes. Much like Legacy did to HHH as Orton Rope Hung DDT’ed his wife and then kissed her (forget about that already?).

But it wasn’t enough for Orton… he wanted more. So he double handcuffed Cena to the ring post and started striking at Cena’s ribcage. He attacked Cena with a Steel Chair repeatedly – and when Cena couldn’t bare it anymore – Orton threw water in his face so he can be conscious to feel the Singapore cane that came next. Then with malicious eyes, Orton started to choke out Cena with the cane, forcing the two words out of him.

Somehow, no one knows, Cena managed to slip out of one of the cuffs and locked Orton so they could be connected. It really looked like something straight out of a Superman comic book, as The Hustle n’ Flow of Thuganomics stood as a pinnacle of strength, while his foe scarred out of his mind begged for mercy.

The two returned to the ring and Cena used the cuffs to strap in the STF, with Orton’s own arm applying the submission that finally forced Orton to say… I Quit.

The WWE Title, the title that has eluded John Cena since No Mercy 2007, has finally been regained. John Cena actually endured a lot in this match – Orton gave it everything he had, but you just cannot defeat WWE’s Superman. It’s impossible. Just like Hulk Hogan and Ultimate Warrior – Cena draws his strength from his fans.

The words that will resonate tonight’s Monday Night RAW, hosted by 7-Time Women’s Champion Trish Stratus, will be – THE CHAMP IS HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Khali Reaches Breaking Point; Dolph Ziggler Breaks Down Paterson

The Giants did battle once again, this time with Singapore canes. This is actually a submission type match, but WWE did not carry it out as one.

In a Singapore cane match, one much severely beat their opponent that he cannot get up. That’s a true Singapore match, but, instead, WWE used it as their focal foreign object allowed in the match – with Kane pinning the Great Khali.

On WWE Superstars, Kane destroyed Jimmy Wang Yang and attacked him with a cane – to show what pain he can cause. While Khali was set to fight DH Smith, Kane crashed the match and attacked Khali – until Khali delivered the Punjabi Plunge and stood tall.

However, Khali fell once again because of his weakest link – Runjin Singh, who interfered with the match and attacked Kane with a cane. It serves Singh right, he cost Khali the match. Kane is now 2-0 against Khali.

The WWE Universe were treated to the presence of a Montreal-native and WWE’s first-ever Intercontinental Champion, Pat Paterson. He spoke to the fans until he was interrupted by #1 Contender, Dolph Ziggler.

Ziggler started criticizing Paterson’s involvement with anything relevant with the WWE, and first Bob Barker and now Paterson – what is WWE running a senior citizen’s convention?

The audience started chanting ugly words to Ziggler, but it only fueled the Platinum haired superstar to kick Paterson down to his knees.

It wasn’t long that the current Intercontinental Champion came to the aid of the inaugural champion. John Morrison showing respect to the linage of the IC title sees to it that Paterson is ok – while giving a disgusted look to the actions of his new found opponent.

Unified Tag Team, ECW, and US Champions Retain at Breaking Point

Last Night at Breaking Point – a new concept where the main events are submission type matches – witnessed the official formation of MVP and Mark Henry; Titles Retained, Points Made; a New Champion; and a Screw Job.

The first match was for the Unified Tag Team Titles, now reckon, this was not fought under submission rules. This was a clean cut match, well as clean cut as you can get when dealing with Chris Jericho and The Big Show.

Now, Mark Henry and MVP may not have won the belts, but they looked like Champions last night. They entered the ring with matching uniforms. As of last Mark Henry has been sporting red and, last night, Montel Vontavious Porter did the same. The two superstars had their monograms styled on their backs: MVP and WSM (World’s Strongest Man).

The match started up strong with the challengers isolating Jericho in the corner. They acted quickly, with quick tags. However, when Big Show got into the ring, Henry tried power slamming The World’s Largest Athlete again, but to no avail.

Despite the great effort by these two, and the fluid motion and agility – a K.O. Punch to the side of Mark Henry leaves Jericho to pin The World’s Strongest Man.

Mind you, the referee had his back turned, but that’s just smart tag team action. You do what ever you can to get the win, no matter what. To some that’s more of a way of life than just a motivation.

The ECW Championship match was longer than 8-seconds, but it came at a price. The match clearly stated that William Regal would have both Kozlov and Jackson at ringside. Seeing as this is Breaking Point – over coming the odds would be Christian’s breaking point. However, Tiffany notified the referee prior to the match that both Kozlov and Jackson would be banned from the arena, leaving Regal to fly solo.

William Regal had all the momentum going into this match – with great promos and a legion of followers – it was wrong of Tiffany to ban them from ringside. Most of the great heels of our generation have a legion or lackeys that help them out. Just like Orton has Legacy and Edge had La Familia – Regal has his United Front.

Christian retained his title with a Killswitch that left William Regal down for the 1-2-3.

The Breaking Point pay-per-view featured a United States Title match, that was added to the card just over the weekend – as WWE found it wiser to build the feud with John Morrison and Dolph Ziggler – seeing as Rey Mysterio is suspended so the initial Rey Mysterio vs. Dolph Ziggler could not take place.

WWE ruined the build up for the US Title during The American Dream’s day of hosting – putting on a Fatal Four Way with all the possible contenders. The build up was rushed and left for a descent title match.

It wasn’t until WWE Superstars 9/10/09 that The Miz made his re-statement. In a tag team match with The Miz teaming with Jack Swagger against Kofi Kingston and Primo, The Miz pinned the Jamaican Superstar with The Skull Crushing Finale.

However, The Miz failed, once again, to capture the United States Title. Maybe John Morrison is right – out of their success: John Morrison, by winning the Intercontinental Title, is the Shawn Michaels, and The Miz is the Marty Jannety.

Predictions: WWE Presents Breaking Point!

United States Title Match

Prediction: Kofi Kingston Retains

ECW Title Match

Prediction: William Regal becomes new ECW Champion

Kane vs. The Great Khali

Prediction: Kane Wins.

Submission Counts Anywhere Match

Prediction: D-Generation X Wins.

Unified Tag Team Title Match

Prediction: Chris Jericho and Big Show Retains

"I Quit" Match for WWE Title

Prediction: John Cena becomes new WWE Champion

Submission Match for World Heavyweight Title

Prediction: The Undertaker becomes the New World Heavyweight Champion

This Week's ECW: 9/08/09, WWE Superstars 9/10/09, & Smackdown: 9/11/09

CM Punk's Anaconda Vice Submits Hardy, but Undertaker?

Kicking off Friday Night Smackdown is the first official ring entrance of the Undertaker since Wrestlemania 25, wearing the trench he wore at Wrestlemania 24, when he submitted Edge in Hells Gate!

Undertaker at the age of 44 is still one of the most intimidating forces in the WWE today.

Taker delivered a great promo, basically that CM Punk is tired because he wakes up every night in a puddle of his own sweat out of fear because this Sunday he will reach his Breaking Point when he feels the grip of Hells Gate.

CM Punk tries to deliver a decent promo of how Taker is just like Jeff Hardy, poisoning the people's minds with likes of supernatural powers from the darkness. CM Punk believes that Taker will tap out to the Anaconda Vice and everyone will numb the pain with alcohol and pills as they see their next hero fall.

The main event for Smackdown is CM Punk vs. Matt Hardy in a Submission Match - an exhibition if you will, of what CM Punk is capable of when he meets the Undertaker at Breaking Point.

Matt Hardy is interviewed by ECW's Josh Matthews prior to his match and let me tell you - Matt Hardy is weak on interviews. The reason why Jeff Hardy went over so big, is because Jeff's uniqueness gave him the charisma to nail each of his interviews and mic segments dead on. Matt does not posses that. Which is a shock, because he's charismatic on The Hardy Show. He seems to tense up in his interviews, relax man!

During the match, Matt Hardy focused on the neck of CM Punk, with a series of Neck Breakers. He even pushed the top rope from under Punk, causing him to fall flat onto the ring.

But CM Punk gets back into the match with a drop kick to the back of the head and blows a kiss to the fans before delivering a hellacious snap suplex to Matt Hardy.

Then CM Punk, pulling a page from the Immortal One Hulk Hogan, delivers a series of leg drops to Matt Hardy.

Matt Hardy then pulls a page from The Dirtiest Player in the Game Ric Flair, but placing Punk in the Figure Four!

Along with the Figure Four, Matt applied a double-underhook scissors lock, along with a half Boston crab. 3 Submission maneuvers that sadly could not get the job done as the Anaconda Vice makes Hardy Tap.

CM Punk so far has been living up to his word. He claimed that he would rid the WWE of Jeff Hardy, and make Matt Hardy tap out to the Anaconda Vice.

But tonight's Submission match is against the Undertaker, a man who has Never.... EVER!!!! TAPPED OUT!

Dolph Ziggler Framed; McCool's Gossip Girl

For weeks, Melina has been cautioning Maria about Ziggler, but Maria says she can take care of herself and to butt out. Well, in a backstage segment, Dolph Ziggler is looking for Maria and finds McCool instead.

Dolph Ziggler may be a heel in the ring, but he does have a soft spot for Maria. - Not what you expected from a heel?

McCool trying to spin her web of decent - asks Dolph why he's wasting his time with a girl like Maria when he can be with a Woman like her? Ziggler not wanting anything to do with her continues to ask if she's seen Maria.

What he got was a set up, as McCool tripped into Ziggler's arms and Layla snatched a photo of the "deception."

Dolph Ziggler has not had an easy Friday, first he is framed, which will probably blow out of proportion next week; and he got called Mr. Ziggles and forced to leave the arena.

Maria is the one salvation point that he has, and if McCool brings that photo to Maria - it'll destroy everything Ziggler has.

For the Women's match of the night, it's Melina vs. Layla. Really? This should be a quick match, right?

Well, interestingly enough, Layla has indeed improved in the ring; however, she's still a long ways to reaching Melina's status.

Even though Melina is the better wrestler, Layla still manages to pick up the win, thanks to the assist of McCool's crutch to the midsection.

Michelle McCool with her sidekick Layla, are pretty much out to destroy the lives of the other divas - Maria and Melina. So... high school.

Reasons why Intercontinental Title Match is cancled for tonight's Pay-Per-View; John Morrison's New Opponent is Dolph Ziggler

The Hottest Superstar in the WWE right now is the new Intercontinental Champion, John Morrison. As mentioned by Todd Grisham, he has a new monogram: The Ambassador of Abdominals - as he ignites the arena with his Greatness.

This week, Morrison - after possibly having one of the greatest matches last week - is set to face against Charlie Haas. Really?

Charlie Haas is all over the place. First he was a heel in the World's Greatest Tag Team like 6 years ago, then he turned face on RAW when dressing up like past WWE superstars (and some current), and now he's back to being a heel.

Haas actually looked impressive out there, the kid's got the matt wrestling skills, it's just his persona - it's hard to follow a guy who has no persona. Hence, why The Hart Dynasty isn't as big as they could be.

Morrison defeats Haas with a pele kick followed by Starship Pain.

Morrison got on the mic and expressed his gratitude towards Rey Mysterio for one of the greatest matches of his career. And whenever Rey wants a rematch all he has to do is ask.

Well, if Morrison remains Champion for another four weeks, then we may very well see that rematch, as Mysterio is currently suspended.

But let's not forget that Dolph Ziggler earned the right to become the #1 Contender for the Intercontinental Title and was robbed of his opportunity last Friday Night as Morrison challenged Mysterio and then became Champion.

Now, if you were unaware, or dense, as to why the Intercontinental Title Match was canceled from this Sunday's Breaking Point ppv... there are two reasons: 1) Mysterio is suspended; and 2) WWE actually wants to build this feud, so let them, stop being so impatient!

Dolph Ziggler expressed his outrage for Morrison and Mysterio teaming up to have a match when he was set for championship glory in his third encounter.

Side Note: Despite Mysterio politicking with the WWE to have a long title reign, it was rumored that Ziggler would finally go over this Sunday. But due to the recent suspension on the part of Rey Mysterio, Ziggler will just have to wait.

Morrison started to get under the skin of Dolph Ziggler by calling him Mr. Ziggles (Based on Mr. Wiggles). Morrison kept calling him Mr. Ziggles until the whole audience started chanting Mr. Ziggles, in which due time, Dolph Ziggler stormed out of the arena.

Also seen on the final episode of the Dirt Sheet 9/11/09 - Morrison bashes The Miz (much like Miz does to Morrison every week) and also managed to poke fun at Dolph Ziggler, as they are one in the same. Additionally, Morrison notes the parallel between The Greatest Tag Team of the 21st Century to The Midnight Rockers - As Morrison, after winning the IC Title, is the Shawn Michaels, while The Miz is the Marty Jannetty. For which, anyone knows anything about The Midnight Rockers - as you can tell Shawn Michaels made it big, while Jannetty's career was cut tragically short through lack of talent and drug abuse.

Morrison also makes fun of Ziggler on his new program "The Palace of Wisdom" with the assistance of "The Doctor of Love" Delicious Pretty Ricky. If you remember, Pretty Ricky is the alter-ego of R-Truth. In the segment they get a phone call from "Dolph Ziggler" and start attacking him for his lack of game with the ladies.

But all jokes aside, Dolph Ziggler does currently date Maria - so should we really feel sorry for Ziggler? He's got it pretty good right now.

However, so many people are against Ziggler, including Michelle McCool... but that's for another article.

I'm glad WWE is taking the time to build up this feud, seeing as they've taken all summer to build up these two superstars to take over the main event scene one day. And I for one cannot wait for these two to clash once this feud picks up something fierce!

Hardcore Match on Friday Night?; Khali Gains Momentum; JeriShow Steals Victory

The opening match was a Bellfast Brawl... not another one. Do you realize that a Bellfast Brawl is just a street fight?

It's only called Bellfast because Finlay's hometown is Bellfast, Northern Ireland.

Why must we, the WWE Universe, be subjected to a Bellfast Brawl?

As my DVR fast forwarded through the match - I paused - because Finlay grabbed hold of a steel chair and attacked Knox with it.

Huh? That's right, a steel chair! But Mike Knox overpowered the Irishman and a trash can comes into play.

Finlay avoided Knox from the crushing blows of the can.

Then... a table is brought into the ring by the bearded giant.

Steel chair, trash can, table? This isn't ECW.

Yet, a hellacious mid-air collision renders them both nearly unconscious - But it was Finlay that instinctively hooked the leg of Mike Knox and gained the victory.

The following match was DH Smith of The Hart Dynasty vs. The Great Khali.

Now, I've mentioned before that the Hart Dynasty have what it takes to become a dominate force in the WWE. The problem is... they have no personality.

Sure, Natalya acts as the mouth piece from time to time, but the WWE is not just about skills. This is Sports Entertainment - you need impressive mic skills to go over big in this business.

Kane proved on WWE Superstars in a singapore cane match against Jimmy Wang Yang (yeah, I know - he's not released) that he has all the momentum going into the match. Something hilarious Grisham mentioned about the match - Kane knocked Jimmy Wang Yang back to Asia. I could not believe Todd said that.

The DH Smith and Khali match appeared to be a squash match, until we found out seconds later that it was an ambush.

Kane attacked Khali from behind - But a Khali Chop and the Punjabi Plunge knocks Kane out!

And yes, the WWE Universe will once again be forced to watch Khali and Kane fight - but this time they through Singapore canes into the mix. Why not something crazy, like a Tables match? I'd like to see a Giant go through a table, How about you?

The Unified Tag Team Champions - not faring so well with loses on RAW - entered the arena with their awesome new entrance theme. A tag team match against Cryme Tyme - might as well call it an exhibition match.

JTG getting the upper hand on Jericho at the start of the match - causes Y2J to lose his cool. Especially, when Shad Gaspard - taking a page from The Ultimate Warrior - executes a Gorilla Press on Jericho.

Shad also tries to even his strength with Big Show through flying uppercuts that knock the Big Show flat on his back.

But, when JTG pulls a Shelton Benjamin, a Shawn Michaels, as he wills his way back into the ring by holding unto the top rope - He is Knocked Out by Big Show with a hellacious Knock Out Punch!

Jericho picks up the win, turning their luck around as they gain momentum into this Sunday's ppv match as the defend the Unified Tag Team Titles against MVP and Mark Henry.

But if we have learned anything about the match - MVP and Mark Henry know that the key to winning the titles is to isolate Jericho and avoid the knock out punch by Big Show.