Zack Ryder Humiliates Jobber; William Regal Primed for ECW Gold

Zack Ryder faced a local jobber by the name of Rory Fargo - expected to be a quick match, takes a turn for the worst.

Ryder slaps Fargo around, until Fargo goes for the quick roll-up - attempting a major upset and serious notice for a possible WWE contract.

Ryder not too happy about the move started to attack Fargo and shouting "Are you trying to embarrass me?"

It was reported by online sources that WWE had to edit this match for viewership because of a wardrobe malfunction, I believe I know why.

Ryder pulled Rory's trunks by the front in order to pull him towards the ropes. However, Ryder pulled them down - giving a peep show.

Ryder just plain humiliated Rory Fargo. Not only did he destroy him in the ring, but also exposed Fargo's genitals to the ECW audience.

In the ECW GM office, Regal speaks with Tiffany on the actions of Tommy Dreamer and Christian last week - acting his men with kendo sticks. Tiffany rules it as fair, while Regal calls it an act of desperation, because they know their time on ECW is nearing to an end, while he has formed a new coalition that will change the face of ECW forever.

William Regal is by far a better promoter than Christian ever will be. Christian's success has been lost ever since his days as tag team champions with Edge. Christian lacks Edge's charisma and right now Regal seems primed to rule ECW.

The main event is Kozlov and Jackson vs. Christian and Tommy Dreamer.

Jackson getting more ring time - and is able to show the WWE Universe what he's capable of by flexing his muscles...?

No, Jackson actually applies several variations to a double under hook submission that forces the opponent's shoulder blades together - bone to bone! It may appear tedious to keep applying this hold, but this weakens Christian's arms - meaning it'll be harder to apply the Killswitch.

When Dreamer was tagged in, he dominated the ring with a cross body and a running bulldog that kept Ezekiel Jackson down. This is the most aggressive that I have seen Tommy Dreamer as of late.

However, despite a good show of force, Dreamer is pinned by Jackson with the Ura-Nage, and then he is placed in The Regal Stretch!

Hopefully this Sunday at Breaking Point, we get to see a full-length ECW Match rather than an 8-second Suck Fest!

William Regal appears to be ready to take the next step in becoming the ECW Champion.

Matt Striker's Downward Commentary; Angela Fong on ECW; Shelton's New Feud

A Hurricane came through Rockford, and no... not a natural one - but a supernatural by the name of The Hurricane!

The Hurricane's feud with Paul Burchill continues - but what stood out was Matt Striker's commentary.

A former ECW superstar, Matt Striker took over as Color Commentator sometime during early 2008. His commentating with Todd Grisham (now on Smackdown) garnered him the Best Announce Team 2008 Slammy Award. Yet, ever since teaming with Josh Matthews, his commentating seems less than desirable.

At the start of the match, Striker suggested a possible twin scenario. Seeing as RAW has the Bella Twins, it wouldn't be so far fetched for Gregory Helms to have a twin in The Hurricane.

Sure, I'll bite, seeing as Striker is trying to protect his identity, but what happened next.... ugh!

If Striker is going to make comic book references, then at least make them closer to the superhero that The Hurricane emulates - the Green Lantern, not Superman. Striker called Hurricane, the Son of Jor-El.

Striker also goes on to say: Meanwhile, Back in the Hall of Justice. - What is Striker spewing out? We get it, he likes comic books - But don't lose sight of the match!

Hurricane almost gets the victory with a Hurricane-Rana, but Burchill trying to use his sister Katie-Lee as a distraction proved to be his downfall and went straight into The Eye of the Hurricane!

This week's ECW marks the newest addition to the Extreme Brand - Savannah. Her real name is Angela Fong and she is currently wrestling in WWE's developmental territory in FCW.

Her first job as backstage interviewer was to interview Tommy Dreamer and Christian on their tag team match later on in the program. - But what about Courtney Taylor? Why are there TWO Back Stage Interviewers on ECW?

Ever since returning to ECW, Shelton Benjamin has shocked people by who he faces. At first it was against Yoshi Tatsu - no big deal since Shelton's a heel. But then he entered a feud with Zack Ryder.

Was Shelton turning face? Shelton did defeat Ryder twice in their encounters - but this week he teamed up with The Celtic Warrior Sheamus against Goldust and Yoshi Tatsu.

I'd figured as much that the feud between Ryder and Benjamin was a simple clash of egos.

Shelton goes for a blind tag and steels a victory by pinning Sheamus' enemy, The Weird One Goldust.

You would think that Sheamus would be happy with the win? Well... he wasn't.

He lands a punch against the side of Benjamin's face and a fight breaks out.

Leaving us to understand that Shelton Benjamin will start feuding with Sheamus and that it's quite possible that Benjamin is indeed turning heel.

The Bella Twins: The Price is RAW SlideShow!

Hornswoggle Ruins Match; D-Generation X and Legacy Evenly Matched?

For months, Chavo Guerrero has been humiliated time and time again by jobbing to Hornswoggle. It's always in these ridiculous stipulation matches that guarantee Swoggle the victory. Yet, last Monday, Chavo was finally given a serious match - against Evan Bourne.

This was the first time that my finger didn't reach for the fast forward key on my DVR, because his opponent was NOT Hornswoggle.

And lucky I didn't, because it was a great match up. Reminds me of the days of the Cruiser-weight wrestlers. Which, they tend to be high-flyers, and that's what this match was - an excellent showcase of high-flying wrestling.

Then... he showed up! The pint-sized leprechaun showed up with a water gun and sprayed Chavo as he was ready to execute the Frog Splash off the top turnbuckle.

Well... there was a splash alright, but it was from the tadpole - Hornswoggle.

With the distraction, Even Bourne went quickly for the standing roll up - and pinned Chavo for the win.

Which was wrong! Chavo Guerrero should've won the match via disqualification. Hornswoggle, did indeed, attack Chavo with a foreign object and deliberately interfered with the match.

When Chavo went to complain to Bob Barker, he ended up getting more than he bargained for. If anyone recalls Bob Barker's role in the 1996 Adam Sandler film "Happy Gilmore" - Barker knocked out Sandler and said "The Price is Wrong, B---h!" Well, supposedly, Barker was trained by the legendary Chuck Norris, and delivered a devastating punch to the midsection, followed by a karate chop to the back of the neck of Chavo Guerrero.

Well... Chavo... "The Price is Wrong, B---h!"

The Men of D-Generation X, played a game with Bob Barker - to determine their opponents in the main event tag team match. HBK picked "The Masterpiece" Chris Masters, and Triple H chose Randy Orton.

Which, I believe was a great combination. WWE RAW should input random superstars in the main event from time-to-time. It gives it a bit of spontaneity.

Randy Orton may be one of the most gifted wrestlers of all time, next to Chris Jericho, but he doesn't have a submission move. How does Orton expect to make Cena say "I Quit" if he does not have a submission move?

Orton and Masters had great chemistry in the ring - recalling the days of Rated-RKO, when Orton teamed with Edge, or when GM William Regal forced Orton and Cena to team up. Orton may not be remembered as a tag team player, but he is very much so a tag team specialist.

HBK and Triple H showed Legacy what submissions they are capable of - a Figure-Four and a Sharp Shooter. But let's not forget that HBK has also implemented the Sharp Shooter and has the Cross-face.

So, D-Generation X have an arsenal of submission moves at their disposal. What does Legacy have?

Rhodes and DiBiase ambushed DX, yet again, at the end of their match - with the action taking place outside of the arena. Of course, this is a ploy to hype up their Submission counts anywhere match. But seeing as Orton taught them everything they know... they are in dire need of submission moves.

The only thing Rhodes and DiBiase can do is pull a page from their fathers' submission maneuvers - the Figure-Four Leg Lock.

Bob Barker COME ON DOWN!!!; MVP and Mark Henry Gain Momentum

The Legendary game show host of "The Price is Right," entertained the WWE Universe in a special night of RAW entitled: "The Price is RAW!"

The voice of Price is RAW was none other than WWE Hall of Famer, Howard "The Fink" Finkle. For those who are too young to know, Howard Finkle was the main ring announcer for WWF/E for it's first 30 years.

Bob Barker started the show in true game show fashion by having Fink call out the contestants to guess the price.

The contestants were: Santino Marella, Jillian Hall, Irwin R. Schyster (I.R.S.), and Chris!

Jericho was not at all pleased at being called Chris, "I am Mr. Jericho to you!"

The prize called into question was the Smackdown 10th Anniversary 3-Disc DVD Set available on Sept. 15th.

Mr. Jericho ended up winning the guess with $1 and had the chance to win an all-expense paid vaction to Hawaii - being displayed by the lovely Bellas in grass skirts - yes I know... great stuff.

All Jericho had to do was defeat his opponent and he could soak up the rays in sunny Hawaii.

Yet, that opponent was none other than Montel Vontavious Porter, MVP!

Last week, both MVP and Mark Henry had their respective matches with their opponents this Sunday, Chris Jericho and Big Show. MVP lost last week, and Mark Henry won via disqualification on the part of the Big Show.

This week the tables turned...

A match up between MVP and Chris Jericho is always fun to watch, because both are sound technical wrestlers and they have explosive personalities.

In addition, MVP is primed to become RAW's main eventer. Ever since he's face turn, the crowds have really been backing him up. I think the WWE should start plugging MVP in for the WWE Title hunt - you know, shake things up a bit. Isn't this why we have the draft every year?

MVP rolls up Jericho for the 3 count and gains momentum for this Sunday.

The following contest was to guess the prize of an All-Axxcess Gold Pass to WrestleMania XXVI, which Santino guessed the price.

Yet, Santino had the opportunity to win a hot tub - featuring the Bella twins in some nice red bikini's playing in the tub. Santino, you gotta love the guy, asked if they Bella twins came with the hot tub because he wanted to make Bella-Santino soup, ha!

All Santino had to do was win The Slam contest and he would be the proud owner of the tub. Well... easier said than down when your opponent is The Big Show.

Really? Big Show didn't even break a sweat, in one bodyslam - Show won.

But don't celebrate yet Show, because his next opponent for The Slam contest was his opponent for this Sunday - Mark Henry.

Last week, Big Show lost the match but it was Mark Henry who was laid out in the ring.

Now... A Slam Contest - I haven't heard of this concept since WrestleMania against Andre the Giant and Big John Stud for $15,000 in a bag.

Honestly, Santino was going to lose to Big Show - but Mark Henry can at least even it out and replicate the John Stud vs Andre match.

Proving that he is the Worlds Strongest Man, Mark Henry bodyslams the Big Show gaining momentum as well for this Sunday's Unified Tag Team Title bout.

It's easy to have all the momentum going into the match - so did Cryme Tyme - but when it comes down to it, this is not a singles match, it's the mark of how well you can communicate in the ring with one another. And unlike last time, Mayweather won't be their to pass a pair of brass knuckles.

So to MVP and Mark Henry, goodluck to your match this Sunday, you will need it.

This Week's ECW: 9/01/09, WWE Superstars 9/03/09, & Smackdown: 9/04/09

Hardy Seeks Retribution; Undertaker Returns to Smackdown

At the start of Smackdown, the audience rejoiced once again as they heard Jeff Hardy's Entrance Music and pyro shooting up from the ground - only to be severely disappointed.

Coming down the ramp was the new World Heavyweight Champion, CM Punk - dressed like Jeff Hardy.

Mocking Jeff - the man how he forced out of the WWE after beating him in a Loser Leaves WWE Steel Cage Match, last Friday Night - CM Punk flailed about the ring in Hardy fashion.

He went on about how it should be a relief that know the WWE Universe can have a Champion to be proud of, but who would've known that the guy preaching about the dangers of smoking could be a bad guy?

Yet, we cheer for the screw-ups and failures instead of embracing in the knowledge that Punk bestows on the Smackdown audience.

Punk rubbed the face paint and tore off the arm sleeves - and gloated how he got rid of Jeff Hardy from the WWE forever - but what Punk forgot - there's still a Hardy left on this show.

Matt Hardy entered the arena and assaulted Punk, pummeling his face into the canvas.

Officials came to separate the two, but not long after the incident that Teddy Long announced the main event to be a Non-Title match against Matt Hardy.

Now, Matt Hardy should not even be contending in WWE right now. Not too long ago, did his intestines busted out of his stomach lining that he's back in the WWE ring.

If you notice that Matt has put on some weight, well that's because he was unable to train while he was healing from surgery.

The whole stomach lining has been a problem for Matt ever since he was a kid - it didn't become an issue until he got his appendicitis early 2008. The appendix surgery irritated the intestines to a fatal degree.

But what could Matt do? He was being offered the United States and the ECW Championship - and also to feud with his brother and win on the grandest Stage of them all WrestleMania!

Who could blame him?

Matt should take more time off to get into the shape that he wants to be in; and WWE should take more care of him seeing as he is the last Hardy left on the show.

The Punk-Hardy match was good - with Punk focusing on the abdominal region, seeing as it would cause the most damage to his opponent.

Punk may have done away with one Hardy, but as long as Matt's around, the name will live on.

The match could have gone differently, but Punk DQed himself by striking Matt with a steel chair.

Yes, Matt Hardy did win the match - the hammer was not available to ring, but the ref did call for the bell.

Before Punk could get too out of hand, The Undertaker appeared in a flash and chokeslammed Punk through the Smackdown Announce Table.

CM Punk may think that he has the upper hand on all of his opponents - but come this Sunday, we will see if Punk has what it takes to make the Undertaker tap out.

John Morrison Strikes Gold; Mysterio 30-Day Suspension is in Effect

Last week, the news hit WWE.com that Rey Mysterio was suspended for 30 days - But what of the Intercontinental Title? And why, if Mysterio was suspended, were they still advertising an IC Title match for Breaking Point against Dolph Ziggler? Well... wwe.com mentioned that his suspension would take effect on Sept. 2nd - the day after the Sept. 4th edition of Smackdown is tapped.

This could only mean one thing... they were going to have Mysterio drop the title to Dolph Ziggler, right...? WRONG! Instead, they dropped the title to John Morrison.

John Morrison is now a 3-time Intercontinental Champion - 2 of which he held with the Johnny Nitro gimmick and feuded with Jeff Hardy as a heel. Now this is the first IC title reign, not only as a face but as John Morrison.

Not more than 3 weeks ago, Morrison was battling Jeff for the World Heavyweight Championship - it's a damn shame that he is forced back into the IC title scene.

The only positive note is that now Morrison returns to the pay-per-view scene. The last time Morrison appeared on pay-per-view was back in April for Wrestlemania 25 - and he wasn't even a part of the televised event, except he was short changed and lost the World Tag Titles to the Colons in a dark match.

Morrison will indeed put the title on the line against the #1 Contender for the IC Title, Dolph Ziggler at the Breaking Point ppv.

Now... Mysterio has been politicking with the WWE about keeping the IC title - which explains how Ziggler keeps getting short changed. However, word has gotten around that Ziggler was indeed going over at the following ppv - finally winning the title from Mysterio. Yet, things have changed now, and the Guru of Greatness now holds the gold.

I do give Mysterio a lot of credit, sure he's in trouble with the WWE, not only for failing a drug test for the Wellness Policy, but also for complaining to a Mexican news station about how unfairly WWE's charges are against him; but, despite all that he gave a hell of a match.

Morrison and Mysterio put up a match for the ages. The two are two of the most innovative high flyers on Smackdown and the two know how to put on a match.

Many close calls and the crazy maneuvers - a hurricanrana that traveled around Morrison twice, a standing Shooting-Star Press, a Flying Chuck Kick, and a 619 - it all seemed unreal.

Never, has the IC title been defended like a WWE Title then this match, it's one - in my opinion - that stole the show.

And I give Mysterio credit because last year, when Jeff Hardy was suspended for 60 days, he was forced to drop the IC title to Chris Jericho. Instead of putting on a heck of a match - Jeff and Chris lose touch of wrestling and pretty much have a brawl in the ring - and the titles then switched hands. Jeff didn't carry himself well, but Mysterio somehow did, despite all the heat he's been getting from WWE and the eventual fine.

Congrats on John Morrison on being the new Intercontinental Champion - hopefully he'll bring credibility back to the title and hopefully he retains at Breaking Point.

Sheamus Wins Big; Ryder gets PayDirt; Dreamer Returns!

This past week on ECW the Gold Standard exacted revenge, while the Celtic Warrior main evented for the first time on ECW. Shelton is possibly on the verg of becoming a face since he has been feuding with Zack Ryder.

The match, in my opinion, stagnated in some parts - as if remembering the spots that they were suppose to do. Overall it was a decent opener with Shelton going 2-0 against the Long Islander.

The 2nd portion of ECW was Regal's united front teaming up for the first time against local jobbers. As Matthews mentioned, this is just a formality since Kozlov and Jackson are pretty much unbeatable.

And of course the front mauled down the compeitition, but what stood out was Christian's arrival with the Veteran of Extreme, Tommy Dreamer, and they were packing Singapore Canes!

And as made official by GM Tiffany, next week on ECW - It will be Christian and Tommy Dreamer against William Regal and his United Front. What's sad about this, they should actually make this the ECW match for the Breaking Point ppv, let ECW get Extreme at ppv instead of an 8 second squash.

Later, on the ever failing Abraham Washington show - Washingston has hired WWE Hall of Famer, Tony Atlas to be the Andy Ricter to Abe's Conan.

The guest is backstage commentator - Gregory Helms, which quickly became a 3 for 1 deal when Paul and Katie Lee decided they would like to air out a few choice words and continue to accuse Helms and The Hurricane as being one and the same.

Next week, The Hurricane takes on Paul Burchill once again - Same HurriTime, Same HurriNetwork.

The main event was a good technical match up against Goldust and Sheamus. This feud has been going on for months, both helping the other in their wrestling career.

Goldust having his career flatline when he returned to RAW has picked up in the land of extreme. But most importantly, the veteran is teaching the student a thing or two about the biz.

Sheamus won the no DQ-no countout match with his finisher - The Irish Curse. Congrats to Sheamus for being victorious in his first main event.

Build up for United States and Diva's Titles Fall Flat

For weeks the United States Championship was given new life, but fell tragically short in one evening.

The Miz returned and declared he would defeat Kofi Kingston for the title - and he would prove this through victories.

After last week's Superstars, Jack Swagger also declared his quest to become the new United States Champion - making us believe that the US Title holds more importance than the ECW Championship.

Last week, Carlito stormed into the GM's office and demanded from Mayweather a rematch. Who would've seen that Carlito's rematch would turn into a Fatal Four-way?

RAW's host was Dusty Rhodes, once a part of the NWA where the US Title was once considered a World Heavyweight Title, and it was only fitting that the United States Title would be defended on the night that the American Dream was in charge.

It was a classic Fatal Four-way, with 3 people who have been gunning to reignite their careers. But there was no animosity between any of them.

Kofi is not even feuding with any of them, which makes the match pointless.

It was nice to see all their finishers executed seconds a part from each other, but other that that, with Kofi retaining in his 2nd Fatal Four-Way, it left much to be desired.

That's the problem with Kofi, he has no mic experience, and he has never feuded with anyone, making his matches random.

The second title defense of the night was for the Diva's Championship - no, it wasn't a Fatal Four-Way... but it was unfair.

For the past two weeks, I've mentioned the botched Diva's Title match between James and Kim, and how James was jobbed last week to Alicia Fox. But things started to look up for Mickie James, especially seeing as it was her birthday.

Six of the RAW Divas contested in a Six Diva Battle Royal to determine who would face Mickie James in a Diva's Title Match.

The contestants were as follows: Gail Kim, Kelly Kelly, Rosa Mendes, Alicia Fox, Jillian Hall, and Beth Phoenix.

Gail Kim was impressive - almost being tossed over the ropes, but able to leverage herself in order to eliminate Hall with a head scissors.

However, as impressive as that maneuver was - Beth Phoenix eliminated Kim with a kick to the midsection; thus, making The Glamazon the #1 Contender for the Diva's Title - and 3rd in line to go in the record books of having had held both Women's Titles.

Like I mention earlier, it wasn't fair. Mickie James was at a 100% while Phoenix contested in a match. Sure, she is the Glamazon - but facing off against 5 other women is not an easy task.

Mentioned by Cole and King, Beth wants to get back in the title picture, she wants to be the Glamazon again. Her year with Santino was a dark year in her past that hindered her from being the best - but now with Marella out of the picture, she can return to dominating the Diva's locker room.

Now, Mickie and Beth have a great rivalry dating back in 2008 with the Women's Title. James even defended the Women's title against Phoenix and Melina in a Triple Threat Match, which if you pay attention to women's wrestling, it does not occur that often. But tonight, there was no build up to it - it was selected at random.

James attempted some quick pinning combinations - because the longer you stay in the ring with the Glamazon, the more it goes in her favor.

Yet, Phoenix with a hellacious baseball slide to Mickie against the post, and a shoulder breaker against the knee, it shows her determination to once again be champion.

Beth's downfall was not capitalizing on the impact caused by the boot to the face. Instead, she decides to Irish-whip James to the ropes; which allowed Mickie to pick up momentum and counter Beth with an over the neck DDT.

The match was amazing, but once again - there was no build up to the match. As talented as these two divas are, there should be a personal feud. How come we never see a video collage escalating the feud? We always see it for the World Title matches, why not for the Women?