Archive for July, 2005

We have four matches pretty much confirmed for Summerslam 2005:
Shawn Micheals-Hulk Hogan
WWE Title: John Cena [c] vs. Chris Jericho
World Heavyweight Title: Batista [c] vs. JBL
Undertaker vs. Randy Orton
How would everyone fill in the rest of the card? Book 4-6 additional matches and / or backstage segments that you think would make Summerslam fill out the [...]

Matt Hardy: What’s Next?

So I’ve loved the build up so far, the run-ins from the crowd, and the Internet play … but where does the Matt Hardy/Edge/Lita(/Kane?) story go next?

RAW is WARRRRRRRR

I haven’t gotten a chance to watch all of RAW yet, but it seemed like a semi-eventful episode, so a quick thread is definitely in order.
I know a lot of people weren’t happy about the “Battle of the Bands” thing when it was announced last week, but I really think John Cena looked like [...]

Fierro Resurfaces…

One of the IWC’s most notorious makes a rare statement:
MySpace.com

Muhammed Hassan R.I.P.

Well, he’s gone.
Batista vs. Taker at Summerslam, or do JBL and/or Orton sneak their way into that match?
PPV was very lackluster, although I liked OJ/Benoit and Rey/Eddie…
Discuss!

UPN Layeth the Smacketh Down

So, UPN doesn’t want Hassan to be on TV anymore …
(from wwe.com)
WWE Statement Concerning Muhammad Hassan
Due to the unfortunate terrorist attacks in London on Thursday, July 7, which coincided with our pre-produced WWE SmackDown! program, UPN has asked us to be sensitive to the usage of the Arab-American character, Muhammad Hassan. We have agreed [...]

As much as I loved the DVD sets for the last two Wrestlemanias, The Rise and Fall of ECW, and the Chris Benoit: Hard Knocks set, I would definitely put the new Greatest Wrestling Stars of the 80’s right up with the Flair set as the greatest home video product the WWE has ever released. [...]

RAW

We’re about 2/3 of the way into RAW, and once again it’s proven to be a really good show this week. I really like what they’re doing with Carlito and Benjamin, Angle and “Martel” was entertaining, and the Hogan/HBK showdown played out really well. The Matt Hardy “run-in” was presented really well again this week [...]

I hope Jim Cornette’s not reading this…

Mea Culpa

You know, I have been criticized on this very blog about being too negative about TNA. I was negative because I was tired to see guys like Kevin Nash and DDP headlining PPVs while guys like Monty Brown were given the shaft. I was mad to see Jeff Jarrett be the centrepiece of the promotion [...]