RAW RESULTS 7.28.08

- Kelly Kelly and D'Lo Brown vs. Beth Phoenix and Santino Marella
Winner: Beth Phoenix and Santino Marella

- World Tag Team Championship: Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase vs. Michael Cole and The King
Winner: Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase

- Kofi Kingston vs. Jamie Noble
Winner: Kofi Kingston

- CM Punk vs. William Regal
Winner: CM Punk

- Mickie James vs. Jillian Hall
Winner: Mickie James

- JBL & Kane vs. John Cena & Batista
Winner: John Cena & Batista

WWE SMACKDOWN RESULTS 7.25.2008

- NON-TITLE MATCH: JIMMY WANG YANG VS. SHELTON BENJAMIN
Winner: Shelton Benjamin

- FESTUS VS. CURT HAWKINS
Winner: Festus

- STEVIE RICHARDS VS. VLADIMIR KOZLOV
Winner: Vladimir Kozlov

- BATTLE ROYAL: Jeff Hardy vs. The Great Khali vs. MVP vs. Umaga vs. Big Show vs. Mr. Kennedy
The Great Khali

- NON-TITLE MATCH: MICHELLE MCCOOL VS. MARYSE
Winner: Michelle McCool

- SHANNON MOORE VS. BRIAN KENDRICK
Winner: Brian Kendrick

I want to apologize for not putting up my commentary on the episode. I've been busy, I promise not to slack of for next week.

Stephanie McMahon Gives Birth!

Reports from various news outlets have confirmed that Stephanie has given birth to a healthy baby girl, Murphy Claire Levesque.

Congrats to the proud parents!

THE WRESTLING RUNDOWN 7.26.08

SHOCKER!!! The Sandman gets into druken fight!



• The Sandman gets into a fight at Capt. Lou Albano’s Birthday party.

• ROH house show results.

• Bill Apter writes about his ”I Was There” moment.

• Hard Justice PPV Main Event announced.



• TNA and Midway collaborate for new video game.

• J.R and The King back together again.

• Shane McMahon returning to Monday Night Raw. Gee, I wonder how Vince is doing these days?

• Michelle McCool wants to a legend, but apparently she is rubbing the other Divas the wrong way.

TNA IMPACT RESULTS 7.24.08

TNA Impact Results 7.24.08



Match Results:
1. Consequences Creed Vs. Eric Young, Johnny Devine, and Jimmy Rave (With Lance Rock)
Consequences Creed Won

2. Matt Morgan Vs. Korey Chavis
Matt Morgan comes out victorious

3. Beer Money (with Jacqueline) Vs. The Motor City Machine Guns
Beer Money takes the win

4. Taylor Wilde Vs. Velvet Sky (with Angelina Love) (They had the match about three times)
Taylor Wilde retains the Women’s Tile
5. Team 3D and Kurt Angle Vs. A.J. Styles, Christian Cage, and Rhino

Kurt Angle eliminates A.J. Styles and wins the five table elimination match
This weeks TNA Impact opened with Samoa Joe and Kevin Nash entering into the ring surrounded by six sides of steel. Samoa Joe proposed a Steel Cage match against Booker T at Hard Justice at which the TNA Heavyweight Champion himself (along with his lovely gal Sharmell) responded by proposeing tables and ladders added to the mix. Although Booker had the contract with him, (for whatever reason) there would be a contract signing later on in the show.
Getting ready for their five table elimination match backstage, Christian Cage, A.J. Styles, and Rhino discussed reasons why Sting turned on Samoa Joe. More conversation about Sting from Team 3D and Kurt Angle. Jeremy Borash interviewed them in a funny segment. Ray has discussed some theories about Santa Claus, O.J. Simpson (He seems to think that O.J. is innocent…..yeahhhhh….okayyy sure) and then Sting.
Lauren interviews The Motor City Machine Guns who gave a great promo in which Sabin called Beer Money quite a few bad names (Sticks and stones may break your bones, but names will never hurt. Dammit, Sabin don’t you know that!) like a chubby cowboy and stock market prick with a ponytail. (I’m not too sure what he has against stock brokers) They talked about the city of Detroit and blah blah blah….
Note: A little bit of S&M going on in TNA. Shelley tied Storm around the ringpost and whipped him. I guess Storm has been a bad bad boy. (Hide the children, LoL)
A funny segment from Socal Val and Sonjay in a hospital toom. Jeremey was the interviewer. Val said she did not watch the replay of last week claiming that she hates violence (how ironic). Sonjay claimed that he was in a coma for three days whilst thinking of Val (how romantic). Jeremy grilled Val asking her how Sonjay could be thinking whilst in a coma. (Now that is some hard hitting journalism)
Finally the moment we have been waiting for….the contract signing. Booker T, Sharmell, Samoa Joe, and Kevin Nash are in the middle of the ring. “I see I have my wife here with me and you have your…” Booker said (or something to that effect) before stopping and looking at Nash. Booker told Joe to get rid of his “punkass” friend and. Joe retorted that Sharmell should leave the ring as well. Booker kissed Sharmell. (Aww!) He dissed Joe and told he could do the same. (Damn!) Joe said (something to the effect of), “I would, but I heard your wife was not a good kisser.” (HaHa)
They both signed the contract. The lights went out (Gee, I wonder what that could mean). When the lights came back on, Poor Somoa Joe was laid out with Booker holding Sting’s baseball bat.
Tada!

THE WRESTLING RUNDOWN 7.25.08

Another Baby On The Way For McMahon Clan.



• Stephanie McMahon is ready to pop.

• Do we really need to see more of The Miz?

• TNA coming to NYC.

• J.R. talks about Jonathon Coachman's departure from the WWE.

• Heyman hustles The Girls Next Door.

• Ultimate Warrior discusses his return to the ring.

• Edge is the brightest star to Paul Heyman.

• …and here’s the new Unforgiven Poster.

NOTES FROM THE WRESTLING CHICK 7.24.08

NOTES FROM THE WRESTLING CHICK
Punk Wins! Punk Wins! Punk Wins!
By Elif Bayrasli



On the night of June 30th, I didn’t bother to watch Monday Night Raw. I was tired and I went to bed early. When I turned off the light, I assumed Raw would be any other and that maybe it wasn’t worth taking away some more hours of sleep. Call me an idiot! I should have known better considering what had happened on the previous Monday’s draft.

The draft shook things up and left Raw with a roster of new talent. J.R. was replaced by Michael Cole. Triple H left for Smackdown. Batista joined the Raw roster. The most important addition, in my opinion, was CM Punk. I see this young wrestler as the future of the WWE. I was glad to know that he would be moving away from ECW, but a little worried.

The yearly movement of what is known as the WWE draft has, in the past, left some young hopefuls high and dry. Take for London and Kendrick for example. I remember watching Smackdown as they were the tag team champions. I loved to watch them wrestle, because they had reminded me of the earlier days of the Attitude Era tag team glory (a la The Hardy’s and Edge and Christian). Obviously L&K are different, because they had their own flair. Once they moved to Raw, I swear I haven’t seen them since. Sadly enough, Carlito was caught in a similar situation. Carlito had a wonderful place in Smackdown where he carried on a very memorable rivalry with John Cena. Since moving to Raw, he hasn’t gotten much face time. Hell, I can’t even remember the last time he was in a big storyline.

I was hoping that CM Punk wouldn’t be caught in that predicament. Smackdown seemed like a better place for a young talent. Now Smackdown seems like a totally different show since they have pumped it up with a lot of star power. Thinking about it now, it’s a good thing that CM Punk didn’t move to Smackdown. He might have been drowned out by all the older and more popular talent on that show. He might have not been given that chance to shine.

Tuesday morning I woke up, took a shower and turned on the computer. I was in total shock when I found out that CM Punk had won the World Heavyweight Championship. I quickly tried to find clips online of Punk winning the WHC and played it over and over again. I wasn’t expecting him to cash in the Money in the Bank so soon by the way that the company had handled him. He hasn’t been in any kind of real solid storyline in recent months. Punk made small appearances on Smackdown and Raw since winning MITB. He had a short tag team run with Kane. However, CM Punk wasn’t utilized for his vocal promo talent. I would see short glimpses here and there. I enjoyed the banter he shared with Edge on one episode of Smackdown. Sadly, he has to follow a script. He isn’t allowed to rip as he did in the ROH days. If one searches for CM Punk on youtube, one is bound to find tons of CM Punk/ROH promos. Punk is a very talented man on the mic, especially when he is a heel. I think that CM Punk is at his best when he acts as a heel. He has a certain type of charisma and arrogance that oozes out of him when he speaks. He can make any crowd love to hate him. That is probably why CM Punk has a faithful following. Wrestling fans know what he is capable of and continue to cheer him on even though his natural talent is being held back.


CM Punk is now being presented as the underdog, which isn’t a bad thing. It bothers me a little, because I feel that the WWE is presenting their World Heavy Weight Champion as weak. The match against Batista at the Great American Bash was a decent match until Kane got involved at which it ended in a double disqualification. This past Raw ended the same way with JBL interfering in the round 2 Batista Championship match (which by the way was a good match). The fans weren’t interested in either match. There was hardly a pop, except for a few cheers and jeers at the beginning and ending. This feels very troubling to me. This should be a moment for CM Punk to shine.
For whatever reason, CM Punk isn’t being utilized to the fullest…at for now. I don’t know what the plans are for him. The WWE recognizes the talent of Punk, otherwise why would they give him the win for Money in the Bank. Maybe, all this is a set up for something bigger. At least this is what I am hoping. Maybe, they are putting a leash on him at moment and later letting him go to roar in further glory. I think a rematch with Batista when he can beat him 1…2…3…will be a good push for Punk. Who knows when that will happen?
I am a hopeful person. I’m glad that CM Punk is getting a lot of face time on Raw. People who weren’t familiar with him are getting to know him better. Once the WWE can let him be, the fans can finally see the true champion that CM Punk is.