Memphis Heat

DVD is out on Oct 1st, so get your chewing tobacco ready and your Blatz on ice.

Glen Goza Friday

A few months ago we warmed your hearts with a video of Glen Goza singing "Goin to Rasslin' (Silver haired, RIC FLAAIRR!)

Today we'd like to take things down a few notches at Wrestling Gold, turn the lights down low, and light a candle to another Glen Goza original, "Heaven Needed a Champion." This was performed at the David Von Erich memorial by some girl. All that matters is its the only song Glen Goza gave us about wrestling besides Goin to Rasslin'.

The Ballad of Hardbody Harrison

I felt compelled to write a post about this little wrestling scandal that came out back in 2007 and never quite got the attention it deserved considering the circumstances.

Hardbody Harrison was a jobber for WCW back in the mid 90's. Nothing special. Think a buffer Norman Smiley with cornrose. As you can see from this WCW clip, he gets the tar kicked out of him by both Kevin Sullivan and Jackie until another notorious criminal runs in to get the match thrown out.

Sometime during his WCW run, Harrison decided to open a wrestling school. Apparently the notion of a simple wrestling school became boring to Harrison, so he turned it into a full on brothel/slave trade. He kept 8 women imprisoned in his house and sold them to customers for sex. He also had them do manual labor (laying sod, hauling dirt, paint, plant trees.

Harrison ran the whole operation with military precision being a former veteran of the Gulf War achieving the rank of Sergeant. Unfortunately for him, one of his uppity slaves turned him in and he's now serving a life sentence for slavery, rape, and sex trafficking.

Bitches be crazy Hardbody, bitches be crazy.

Separated at Birth: Dusty Murphy

I was just watching WCW Slamboree 96 the other day and I noticed that Dusty Rhodes was wearing a jacket that looks alot like Eddie Murphy's jacket from his Delirious HBO special. Dusty always had style.

Breaking News: Matt Hardy Is Still FUCKING Insane:

Here is Matt's newest online video featuring inanimate objects talking to him, something about saving a bus full of children? If you ever wanted a video diary of what a slow fall into madness looks like, here you go.

 

Matt Hardy is FUCKING Insane

This is what Matt Hardy wrote yesterday on Youtube in response to a fan asking about his accident/DUI arrest. He's super sane.

"When the side windows glass smashed into my face, arms, & neck, some of the blood that did felt almost angelic. I went from being afraid to die to feeling like I was almost being reborn with some sort of an ABSOLUTE PURE LIFE-FORCE. It was the most amazing thing I've every experience, I felt like I'd just received the blood of an angel flowing inside me-I know this sounds crazy! Due to these, I only have urges to help people. And miraculously, all my vices are gone.

Amen Friends,
MATTHEW"

The best part is that Matt was also hinting of a WWE return yesterday. Yes, I'm sure after you were suspended by TNA, fired by TNA, and now making statements about having the blood of an angel, they will welcome you back with open arms.
To quote Jim Ross, "MAH GAWD!"

Separated at Birth: The Nastys & Bebop and Rocksteady

And Again....

Now Mr. Silent Rage supposedly is getting popped with a Wellness Violation. The hits, they keep coming!

Mike Chioda Suspended for 30 Days

That’s right, Mike Chioda has been suspended for 30 days for violating the Wellness Policy. They haven’t released the cause of the violation, but I’m sure it’s safe to guess that it was Black Tar Heroin.

Golden Spoon

Man, I wish I was born with a gold spoon in my mouth, then I could be as awesome as Ric Flair.

Jive Soul Bro

Just Another Black Friday

Looks like this could be the start to another Black Friday for the WWE roster. Melina, DH Smith, Chris Masters, and Vladimir Kozlov have been released earlier today. I would assume that there will be more releases this afternoon. Let’s all hope that “The One Man Rock Band” wont be on this list. Fingers Crossed

Oh yeah, and Gail Kim claims she quit on Monday night.

Separated at Birth: Giant Gonzales & Slim Goodbody

CM Punk Is Swell

Colt Cabana & Cm Punk put over Gregory Iron last weekend at a AAW show. Gregory Iron is a indy wrestler who has cerebral palsy. I personally think he is awesome just for the fact that he has Bobby Brown's "On Our Own" from Ghostbuster 2 soundtrack for his theme song. Five Stars

He's Baacckkk

Punker invades Comic Con

All Hail Johnny Saint

Happy Thursday!

It's a Good Time to Be a Fan

All I can say is just sit back and watch a master at work.

Punk seems to just keep getting better. Last night he practically had a face turn in Cena's hometown. I won't pretend to know where his contract is at, is he staying, is he going. The dirt sheets have different reports everyday and it seems like no one truly knows and it adds to the intrigue of the whole thing.

Here is the negotiation from the last part of the show. I hated Cena's normally mild Massachusetts accent going into overdrive but considering how great Punk was its just nitpicking at this point.

Generation Me released from TNA

Generation Me had requested and was granted their release from TNA last night. I agree with this move, because they weren't really being used by TNA. What a way to go out by putting Eric Young and Sharkboy over. I hope this opens up to a Ring of Honor return, since they did wrestled a dark match at the last ROH PPV. They would be another "feather in the cap" for the already strong ROH tag division.

Separated at Birth: Bully Ray Shorts & Swimming Trunks

A Couple of Things

1) There's a part of me that tells me not to like this, but I can't help it. Maybe it's because I have been watching alot... I repeat lot of WCW from 1995 as of late, so maybe the Joker Sting kind of reminds me of the old Stinger. Plus anytime Hulk Hogan has to sell is pure magic. However, I feel like Sting is doing a bad Jm Carrey impersonation than the joker from "The Dark Knight".

2) Miss Tessmacher can give me the stinkface anyday....anytime

3) Let's all chip in and get Bully Ray some new shorts. I always feel like he just came from the beach.

4) Jerry Lynn is awesome

Your Scott Hall Mugshot of the Day

Scott turned himself in to start serving a sentence at Seminole County Jail in Florida for a bar altercation he was in last summer. Looking good, Scotty. Looking good.

Sunday, Monday, Tuesday...

The State of Things

Its been entirely too long since I've posted something. It makes no sense. Right now as a wrestling fan there is so much going on. Obviously #1 being CM Punk's tremendous promo from RAW last week. Also another great ROH iPPV. Eddie Edwards and Davey Richards attempted to kill one another. Just a brutally physical, emotional, and wonderful match.

First things first, lets talk about Punk. I've made it no secret he's been my favorite guy in the business since I've gotten back into wrestling. After watching that promo how can anyone think he doesn't have the potential to be the best draw WWE has now? There's just one problem...

I think he really is leaving. I think Vince let him go out there and say what he needed to say within reason to set up the angle. Though a worked shoot style interview, I have a hard time believing that Punk didn't believe every word he was saying up there. If he didn't then he deserves an Oscar.

What a let down. He has his Austin 3:16 moment. His defining break out moment in the WWE, and now he very well might be gone. I hope in the bottom of my gullet that he truly has re-signed or extended his contract so they make more than just a PPV buyrate out of this.

WWE finally has the lightning in a bottle they've been missing since characters like The Rock and Stone Cold. I know I'm not the first to say this, but how great would it be to see Punk go to RoH with the WWE title as part of the angle, give them a little rub? Or how about a RoH style invasion angle? Team up Punk with Danielson, Tyler Black, and add the Kings of Wrestling. Its a wet dream.

It will definitely be interesting to see if they use this opportunity and make it as big as it could be, or if they squander it. I used to think that Vince McMahon was a genius and would never squander such a possibility, but the last 10 years have made me see some chinks in the old "Vince is a genius" armor.

On to the RoH iPPV. Money well spent yet again. A lot of really good matches, a great angle with Kevin Steen, and a lights out match of the year contender in the main event. Is it September 24th already? I'm sick of waiting.

That's all for now, make sure and watch the amusing video of Punk singing "Chicago" if you get a chance. The money moment is after he holds the off key note he notices how bad it is and does it for just as long in another pitch. Great stuff.

I am Mr Wonderful

I was just watching Fall Brawl '95: War Games today and came across this little gem. Not only does it have Mr Wonderful doing his best at acting, but it also has Dan Spivey! I'm glad Mr Wonderful got his "Smile" back.

Joey is Raw

In honor of CM Punk's wonderful promo on Raw

Let's Go Briscoe

Everybody better man up and join Team Briscoe 

Tasers & Tards Update #2

Matt Hardy claimed that he was being given some time off by TNA and was excited about it. Few weeks to recharge his batteries. Well, turns out he's really being suspended because Tard #1 has been showing up to events late.

I am shocked that someone as intelligent as he is would be late to events. Say it isn't so.

I must have a heavy tard obsession. I'm talking about this when CM Punk had a monster night on RAW last night. Its a sad day when the antics of some inbred and his taser getting suspended gets on this webpage first before a guy who's one of the best things going on in wrestling today.

Sorry, Punker. Sorry readers.

Goin' to Rasslin'

R-A-S-S-L-I-N. I'm goin' to Rasslin!

Batista Hates Cancer

It's Coming

The End is Near?

PWInsider.com has reported that The Kings of Wrestling were at both WWE shows this week, RAW and Smackdown, and were running through moves in the ring with WWE officials before each show.

I'm so confused about this. I don't know how to feel. I haven't been this confused since I stumbled across that "I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant" show. How do you not know?!?

Anyway, you hate to root against two hard working guys getting more exposure and a definite pay raise if they sign with WWE. But then the selfish part of you wants to see them have 30 minutes wars with the Briscos and Haas & Benjamin. You know that most of the time that won't be possible in WWE.

That certainly begs the question, do they send these two to FCW? They're seasoned veterans, but they even sent Punk to OVW to learn to work the "WWE way" (Although realistically Punk always kind of worked a WWE style, but I digress..) If that's the case it will suck as we won't have them on TV in any form until they came up to the main roster. I haven't progressed to a point where I actually watch the FCW shows. I still sorta have a life. Kinda.

Damn, I'm all twisted up inside. I'm going to go have a beer and try to clear my head.

Trevor Murdoch back to the WWE

It is being reported that Trevor Murdoch has resigned with the WWE after a couple dark matches with Evan Bourne and Jey Uso last month. Murdoch was previously with the WWE from 2005- 2008 and a couple of short stints with TNA in 2002 and 2009. I really hope that they give him somewhat of a push, because I like his look because it’s some different than a Batista clone. I’ll take a Dirty Dick Murdoch clone over a Batista cone any day.

An Observation

 While speaking to my brother about this train wreck of a porn and expanding on Ryan's excellent piece, I figured I'd share an observation my brother made that had me laughing for a good long while.

Chyna's breasts (fully deserving a Botchamania) look like two pumpkins stapled to a cadaver. Probably because this is all she had to work with before.

Breaking News: Chyna has ruined porn for me

Well its official, Chyna has single handily ruined pornography for me and most of the nation. This is truly a sad and dark day for me and my people. This was a feat that I never thought could have happen. The best way to summarize my previous porn viewing is to quote the late Macho Man Randy Savage, “Soaring with the eagles and slithering with the snakes, and have been everywhere in between”, and this is by far the worst.

Even at the ripe age 13 when porn are a hard thing to come by (pun intended), I would’ve of said “No way Jose”. I get the same feeling from watching this movie as I did when I would watch Fear Factor. That’s right, I just compared a dude going down on Chyna as the same as a dude eating a plate of large bull testicles with a side of dead chicken fetuses.

I don’t know if worst part of this video is razor bumps around the private area of Chyna, ass pimples on Chyna, and or feeling sorry for the guys and girls that have perform sexual acts on Chyna. It’s been about a week since I’ve seen this video, and yet I still have that feeling that you get after riding the Gravitron five times in row.

On a side note: I would also like to nominate Chyna’s boobs to have they’re own Botchamania.

Yappapi Indian Strap Match Promo & Music Video

Separated at Birth: Larry Zbyszko & Kevin Spacey

ROH Video Wire 6-9-11

I'm officially the Bravado Brothers biggest fan.

Epic Preview Of New Ultimate Warrior Video

Tasers and Tards Update

This video was posted by Matt Hardy a bit ago as he decided to pull the taser video because of people making "judgmental" comments about Jeff. He reiterates that Jeff is completely sober and in a perfect place in his life right now.

Honestly, if he would have said, "Jeff's still hopped up on pills and so am I!"
I might have forgiven this retarded behavior. Knowing that they are stone sober and taking a taser to each other like a bunch of 16 year old inbreds makes it far worse for me.

Anti Bullying Commercial starring The Bellas

It sure makes alot of sense to have the Bella twins in a commercial for anti bullying. I believe it was only a couple weeks ago on Raw when they were just calling Kharma a fat and as big as a blimp. I guess that some how doesn't count. I'm just surprised that this commercial didn't star Sir Michale Cole, since he was the one that called Josh Matthews a fag on Twitter.

Separated at Birth: Antonio Banderas & Frankie Kazarian

Tasers and Tards

Seriously, Jeff and Matt Hardy are straight up retarded. Here's a video of them tasering Matt's girlfriend. She is a willing participant in the video, proving she's just as big a retard as they are. I sure do hope they breed.

History of TNA Wrestling: Year 1

I was watching this DVD over the last few days and it left me with a very odd feeling. I was both really happy about the quality matches I was watching and really pissed off that TNA has evolved into such a shit show over the last few years.

When NWA TNA came into existence I had taken a sabbatical from wrestling to drink massive quantities of beer and whiskey and chase skirt in college. I somehow convinced myself out of insecurity that admitting to my large wrestling collection or love of pro wrestling in general was going to probably keep me from scoring. I was probably right looking back, but wrestling sadly sat on the shelf collecting dust for me while a lot of big stuff happened in the business.

The advantage of that is that I can watch DVDs like this and its all new to me. When TNA fans still held on to the greatness of the X division and even some of the main events, I honestly didn't quite believe them. After watching AJ Styles vs. Jerry Lynn vs. Pscosis vs. Low Ki in that 2 fall elimination match I can see that I was a pretty big dummy for not believing them. Unbelievable stuff. The ladder match with most of the same competitors on the DVD is absolutely unreal. Great match.

I'm not shy to say I was the biggest Raven mark on the planet for many, many years. I still love the guy, even though he's semi retired and has gotten into worse and worse shape. More so, I really have never been a big fan of Jeff Jarrett at all. I always thought he was extremely overrated and I always associated him with what myself and many wrestling fans feel to be the biggest evil in professional wrestling, Vince Russo.

That being said, Raven and Jarrett tear the house down in their championship match on the DVD. Was a lot of this due more to Raven being the ring general and some creative booking? Yes, but I'll give Jarrett credit where its due; he worked hard in the match.

I'm excited to delve more into the early X Division matches as time goes on. I know its only going to make me even more upset that they've managed to squander all that potential to turn TNA into such an awful show.

I know we're not incredibly consistent with our show and PPV reviews, but I can assure you from now on that we both refuse to review Impact. Its such an awful show. PPV's will continue to be reviewed but neither one of us can stomach writing a review of Impact.

Over the next few days I'm going to begin a 3 part series on something I hate almost more than Vince Russo. Garbage wrestling. If you're a fan of light tubes, fat guys who barely know how to take a bump, and CZW, I would just take us off the bookmarks of your browser right now. Enjoy!

Separated at Birth: Rick Martel & Peter Dante

Robocop: He's Back

I was always hoping that him and Sting would get the band back together and take a run at the tag team straps, but this recent appearence at an indy show will have to do.

Separated at Birth: Eddie Kingston & SInbad

Z! True Long Island Story #15

Also, a hefty congrats to Zack Ryder winning our poll for what WWE talent deserves a bigger push. Now that those results are official I expect to see Zack playing a prominent role on RAW next week.

Kharma is Pregnant: Whoddunit?

We know at this point that Kharma has been written off WWE TV for the next nine months. It didn't take a complete genius to figure based on Kharma's gender and the time period that she is probably pregnant. The news hasn't been confirmed as far as I've seen, but the dirt sheets are saying its pretty much a no brainer, which I agree.

That leads us to the most important question, who has done this? Who manned up and slept with this beast of a woman? Someone extremely drunk? Someone extremely hard up? Someone with a fetish for extremely large women? That is the question we are going to attempt to answer.

As my close friends know I'm a huge fan of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. One of the greatest episodes they ever did was a mystery episode titled, "Who Pooped The Bed?" They had a follow up mystery episode, "Who Got Sweet Dee Pregnant?" later on. Continuing in that tradition, we ask the question that's on this wrestling fan's mind at least. Who knocked up Kharma?

                                          Suspect #1: Mark Henry

I know, I know. I'm tiptoeing around the area of bad taste, but that's really what this website is all about anyway. These two gigantic African Americans would make a baby that would use Shaq O'Neil as a rag doll. (tip toeing) The poor thing would outweigh the entire Klump family. (stumbling) It would make Precious, from the movie Precious, from the book Precious by Sapphire, look like an anorexic whiney teenager who can't get her shit together. (Bad Taste! Officially!)

                                Suspect #2: Daniel Bryan

Never, ever, trust the quiet guy.

Suspect #3: Dolph Ziggler

We all saw what Kharma was doing to the blonde doll heads. Days later Dolph's hair is a dark shade of brown. Was this done to appease his secret lady? My guess is no, especially considering they already made the poor idiot dye his hair bleach blonde again. But then again, maybe that's why Kharma was crying?

Suspect #4: Hornswoggle

I'll admit I only threw in Hornswoggle's name because of the sheer absurdity of it and the visual that it produces. That's right, Kharma and Hornswoggle having sex. Visualize it. You're welcome.

Suspect #5: John Morrison

With everyone sleeping with his on again/off again girlfriend, Melina, maybe poor John fell victim to the ultimate in terrible rebounds. Man is that a terrible rebound. Terrible.


So faithful readers, in order to get interactive with this question I decided Who Knocked Up Kharma? Will be our next poll question. What do you think? Feel free to answer the poll when it is posted in a few short hours.

Ultimate Warrior's Macho Man Tribute

Say what you will about The Ultimate Warrior, but deep down he is a good dude.

WWE Raw Review 5/23/11: Canadians Can't Count

Hello everyone and welcome to another addition of the Raw Review with your good pal Reid Linwood. Tonight, Raw is coming from the west coast in Portland, Oregon. As lame as this is I'm going to give this crowd some serious recognition because they were rowdy and loud and involved the entire night to the point I noticed. It makes a wrestling show so much more fun.

The show starts with Jerry Lawler coming down and telling us that the national nightmare is now over and that Cole got beat. It will only be over if this is truly the last match you two have, Jerry. Jerry then introduces the man that gave him a bit of an assist last night, Bret Hart.

I guess Bret decided to stick around for another night. Good for him, always good to have the Hitman around. Bret starts to congratulate King when R Truth interrupts him. Truth sarcastically says its a real treat for a WWE Hall of Famer like Hart to be around. He asks him how he managed to get so many championship matches because poor R Truth has had zero. I guess we don't count Elimination Chamber anymore? Hmm.

Hart tells him that he got shots at the title because he was the best there was, is, and ever will be and tells Truth he's a lunatic. Truth is very angry about this. John Cena's music then hits and we're going to be joined by him as well out here.

Cena shakes Bret's hand and asks him how he's doing and Bret congratulates him on the win last night. Based on the match, I'm surprised we're not supposed to all wash Cena's feet. When 12 apostles start following him around I'm done with wrestling.

Cena makes a few wisecracks about R Truth and Truth continues to whine about a title shot. The Anonymous Raw General Manager tone hits and we have a message. I tried really hard to think of a witty way to make fun of how preposterous the Anonymous Raw General Manager thing is but I'm obviously running out of creative gas.

The message reads that while the General Manager is impressed with R Truth, he needs to have a good showing in the main event of tonight's RAW to earn a title shot. The main event is announced as R Truth & CM Punk vs. Super Cena & Rey Mysterio. Bret Hart will also be the special guest referee. I'm excited to see CM Punk interact with Bret. Should be interesting.

From commercial we see Kane and The Big Show talking about their win last night over The Nexus. Show is sitting on one of Alberto Del Rio's expensive cars. Ricardo Rodriguez sees this and as sure as his bowl cut is getting longer, he's extremely pissed at Big Show for leaning on the car and yells at him in Spanish. Big Show shoves him down and says he hates that guy. Not sure what poor Ricardo ever did to Show, jeez.

Alberto Del Rio comes by and starts furiously yelling in Spanish at Kane and The Big Show. They finally start to leave and Del Rio continues his Spanish tirade. My SAP wasn't on but my guess to what he was yelling was as follows:

"Big Show, you have a terrible tattoo and you look more and more like King Kong Bundy every day. And you Kane, didn't you have burns on 90% of your body? You just look pasty! Oh that's right, it was all in your head. Now disperse you peasants!"

Up next is Big Show and Kane vs. David Otunga and Curt Hennig's kid for the tag team titles. The Nexus comes down and CM Punk is joining the announce team for commentary. Someone obviously booked Raw for me this evening as I enjoy the hell out of Punk's color.

The match is pretty standard for the most part. Punk is great on color with many quips, but you already knew that. With Show grabbing both members of Nexus in his chokeslam grip, Punk sneaks up after the referee is knocked out and nails Show in the back of the head with a high kick. Otunga & Joey Hennig grab Show and DDT him for the 123. New Tag Team Champs!

Punk grabs the belts and Nexus makes its way down the aisle as Show is coming to and Kane is pissed. Obviously they seem serious about getting Nexus some actual air time. This can only mean good things for Punk I would assume.

After commercial we're backstage with Big Show and Kane. Show is furious and yells a lot at poor Scott Stanford. Now is the time to use the Broski in a Bottle and calm Show down, Scott. The camera gets all screwy and Show runs off and the camera fades in to him being hit by Albert Del Rio's car. WWE sure does love to have people get hit by cars. Ricardo was behind the wheel and speeds off after the damage is done. Show is screaming in pain as the medics arrive.

Next up we have Jack Swagger vs. Evan Bourne. Nice to see Evan get some Raw time even though this is bound to be a squash match, meh. What exactly is Jack Swagger's appeal again? I don't get it. Does nothing for me.

The match is short and unfortunately as I foretold it is a squash match. Jack does his victory lap thing and Borne slugs him in the face with a kick and gets the hell out of dodge. That was kind of funny. I fully expected this to be a classic squash so it was nice to see Bourne get the laugh last per say. Not sure where they're going with it, but oh well.

Next up is Michael Cole coming to the ring. He apologizes for his behavior and asks if he can do commentary again and apologizes to the fans, Lawler, Josh, and even the time keeper. King seems to accept his apology.

Miz's music hits next. He gets on the mic and immediately blames Alex Riley for his failure to win back the WWE Title. Riley grabs the mic and says he wasn't the one to say I quit. Miz starts slapping him until Riley goes ape shit and starts kicking the crap out of the Miz. He tears off his suit and throws him over the announce table. Very good and intense segment.

I think if they follow this up right, Alex Riley has a shot at being a decent sized babyface in the company. Last night was a really good crowd, but people were chanting Riley as he kicked the crap out of The Miz. If WWE is smart they won't squander that.

Next up is a Diva's 8 women tag match. The Bella Twins, Marse, and Melina vs. Kelly Kelly, Eve, Gail Kim, and Beth Phoenix. I haven't seen Beth Phoenix in ages. Nice of them to dig her up for this.

Before the match even starts Kharma's music hits. 8 divas vs. Kharma, this should be interesting. Kharma gets into the ring and the 8 divas start circling her like a pack of wolves. All of a sudden Kharma drops to her knees and starts sobbing and shaking. Weird. Supposedly this whole thing is Vince's baby and this little swerve is his idea. I have no idea where they could possibly be going with this and absolutely no explanation was given.

Next up is Drew McIntyre vs. Kofi Kingston. Okay match with McIntyre working on Kofi's knee for the entire match. Kofi couldn't pull out the Trouble in Paradise as his knee gave up so he hit the S.O.S drop instead. Okay little match, McIntyre is just, blah. Bret Hart recently stuck up for him and said he was being misused by WWE but I just don't see it. He's as bland as bland can be.

Speaking of bland, Dolph Ziggler and Vickie Guerrero are shown watching the match backstage. Poor Dolph, his hair is back to the same bleach blonde. I guess he's not new and improved anymore?

After the break they showed a video tribute to Randy Savage. It was done quite well, well enough that I'll even admit to getting a little choked up.

Ahem, now that something isn't in my eye anymore, we're back and Alberto Del Rio is backstage and denies having anything to do with Big Show being ran over by his car, saying that it was all Ricardo's fault.

Next up is the main event. CM Punk came down in classic Macho Man pink tights and yellow boots, another classy tribute. Punk also didn't disappoint with his interaction with Hart, at one point asking him where he learned to count, Canada? He also did a perfect Bret Hart style side russian legsweep and even teased the sharpshooter at one point.

Eventually the match broke down and Hart slugged Punk and put him in the sharpshooter. Rey used this opportunity to hit a springboard leg drop on a defenseless punk for the face to get the win.

It was a fun main event for me due to Punk's antics. It didn't appear they really had a hook for next week out of this main event though. It wouldn't surprise me if they were actually trying to determine between Punk and R Truth for Cena's next opponent.

WWE Over the Limit 2011: The Passion of the Cena

Alright folks, here's a breakdown of the matches and my thoughts on each one. Let me preface this by saying even though it had a few nice moments, this was definitely not a great PPV.


Match #1 - R Truth vs. Rey Mysterio

I dislike R Truth but I didn't dislike this match. Rey could carry a corpse to a decent match. The match was solid with some nice high spots, especially the bulldog off the top rope by Rey. R Truth has been doing that spinning elbow for years but I have to admit I was impressed as he seemed to get about 3 revolutions out of it before hitting the mat. Truth won with his finish which surprised me a little bit. This push is definitely here to stay I guess.

Winner: R Truth


Match #2 - Wade Barrett vs. Zek Jackson for the IC Title

There is two words to describe this match. Scoop slam. I think Zek did about 20 of them. I lost count. On a side note, Ezekial looks like he has two midgets stuffed into his shoulders they're so big.

Overall, the match was okay. It ended with The Corre running in to beat on Zek and I absolutely hate DQ finishes at PPVs. According to live reports I guess the crowd was getting into Zek and his plethora of scoop slams by match end. Good for him.

Winner: Ezekial Jackson by DQ.


Match #3 Sin Cara vs. Chavo Guerrero

This match was okay. Sin Cara got to hit all his high spots, and the guy is extremely talented, but there was a lack of psychology and rhythm and the match just didn't work for me. Chavo botched a headscissors at the end that ended up being the finish of the match as Sin Cara got the pin. Not sure if they were really going to end it that way or if Chavo got hurt or something. I'm really disappointed Chavo didn't/wouldn't take Sin Cara's finisher.

Side note, this would have been way better had it been Sin Cara vs. Daniel Bryan, who wrestled a great match on Smackdown.

Winner: Sin Cara via a soon to be on botchamania headscissors.


Match #4 - Big Show and Kane vs. CM Punk and Mason Ryan for the tag titles

Basic tag match. CM Punk did great heel work and Ryan got to show off his power moves. Punk did the Macho elbow off the top rope in an awesome tribute. Unfortunately, he missed said elbow and it was all downhill for The Nexus after that. Kane and Show won with a double chokeslam on Ryan. The camera focused on Punk who appeared to be crying almost. Great facial expressions.


Match #5 - Brie Bella vs. Kelly Kelly for the Jeff Hardy Immortal Belt

Basic Divas match. Brie/twin won when they did the old switcharoo. Little Guido was refereeing! I figured there would be a Kharma appearance for sure but nothing. Good move, don't want that to get stale.


Match #6 - Randy Orton vs. Christian for the World Heavyweight Title

Definitely match of the night. Back and forth with some really nice near falls and the crowd was electric. They told a great story and you could feel the desperation from Christian. This match should have been the main event. Great match. Predictably, Orton went over with the RKO, but I wasn't even mad based on how great a match it was.

Side note: Orton used the Billy Goats Curse during the match. Instead of being a douchebag like Kurt Angle, Colt Cabana came out with a hilarious shirt lampooing the situation on Twitter, calling himself The Jiper (Jewish Viper). Great stuff. Could learn something, Kurt.

Winner: Orton via pinfall after the RKO


Match #7 Jerry Lawler vs. Michael Cole in a Kiss My Foot match

Cole had a note from his doctor about diseases he could contract, essentially a written excuse not to participate. The referee ripped it up to a big pop. Jerry won the match quickly and then the parade started.

First out was Eve, who gave Cole a moonsault for ripping on the Diva's matches. Then came JR with the bottle of barbeque sauce. Cole ran out of the ring only to be met by Bret Hart at the exit. Awesome to see Bret again. Bret dragged him down to the ring, put him in the sharpshooter, and King stuck his toes in Cole's mouth.

It was entertaining. It was a nice payoff and awesome to see Bret.

Winner via pinfall - Jerry Lawler


Main Event - John Cena vs. The Miz for the WWE Title in an I Quit Match

I'm 90% sure Mel Gibson was the road agent. My 10% of doubt is only because there was not any slurs against Jewish people that were audible during the match.

This whole thing was cheesy. Lots of whipping John Cena with a belt and cane. All that was missing was the crown of thorns. The false finish with the cell phone recording had already been done and was absolutely lame.

In the end Cena rose from the dead after the referee ordered the match to continue after discovering the recording. He whipped The Miz and put him in the STF where Miz quit in about 3 seconds flat. He has risen. Chocolate bunnies for everyone.

Winner: John Cena via Miz saying I quit.


With the exception of Orton vs. Christian this PPV was pretty flat. The Bret Hart appearance was entertaining but in general this PPV just didn't have any matches I was excited about for the most part. Hopefully their next PPV won't be as lame as the commercial for it was..

Ring Of Honor Sold to Sinclair Broadcast Group

BRISTOL, PA. (MAY 21, 2011)--Ring of Honor Wrestling owner, Cary Silkin, announced today the sale of the promotion to Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., one of the largest television broadcasters in the country and which owns and operates, programs, or provides sales services to 58 television stations in 35 markets across the United States.

ROH, currently the third largest wrestling promotion in the country, just celebrated its ninth anniversary, and Mr. Silkin is excited about taking the next step towards increasing the company's visibility and expanding its operations.

"We have been waiting for and working for this opportunity for quite some time", he said, "and of our 9 years in business, there has been no better roster of wrestlers than this one to expose the ROH product to the masses. With Sinclair's resources and many avenues of distribution, we believe many new fans around the world will be as captivated as those who have followed Ring of Honor over the years."

The month of September will see the debut of the new Ring of Honor television program which will be syndicated across the Sinclair network of stations, and with it, ROH will become the only wrestling promotion in the United States with a major, multi-market presence on broadcast TV. But if you don't live in a market with a Sinclair station, fear not, says Mr. Silkin. "Through our revamped website we will be able to make the TV show available to anyone in the world with internet access."

Sinclair officials are enthused about the project as well.

"We are very excited about this acquisition," commented Steve Marks, COO of Sinclair's Television Group. "Television and professional wrestling have a long history of successful partnerships and driving viewership. Unfortunately, the broadcast networks have not protected that relationship, allowing professional wrestling to migrate to cable network distribution. We believe that the powerful promotional platform that our TV stations provide, coupled with our 22% share of the U.S. TV households, will allow ROH to achieve name brand recognition and grow its share of the wrestling market. When you consider the makeup of our station mix and the number of CW, MYTV and FOX affiliates we operate, this is a perfect fit for our viewer demographics." Mr. Marks also noted, "Longer-term, we can envision syndicating ROH wrestling to broadcasters in markets where Sinclair does not have a presence, and even internationally."

Mr. Silkin assures the ROH fans worldwide that they will be seeing the same exciting, hard-hitting style of pro wrestling that they have become accustomed to. "We have established the name Ring of Honor as synonymous with the best in-ring action in the sport. The only thing that will change is that it will now be easier for fans around the world to follow. Our visibility will increase greatly--our production will be upgraded--but the work ethic of our incredible talent roster and our athletic style of wrestling will remain the same. This is what our fans have told us they want, and we will continue to give it to them."

The current front office staff, including Cary Silkin, Syd Eick, and Ross Abrams, will remain with ROH going forward. Hunter Johnston, a favorite of ROH fans for years as the masked grappler Delirious, will still handle matchmaking, Jim Cornette will remain as executive producer, and other familiar faces like ring announcer Bobby Cruise and senior referee Todd Sinclair will be in place."

Additionally, longtime wrestling broadcaster Kevin Kelly, already the voice of ROH internet pay-per-views, will assume the TV play-by-play chair this fall. Veteran NWA and WCW promoter Gary Juster will come aboard to be in charge of live event operations, which are planned to continue in current ROH markets as well as expanding into new locations concurrent with the increased TV exposure.

Mr. Cornette, who along with Mr. Johnston, will be in charge of talent and matchmaking, sees this as a new beginning for pro wrestling. "This is not old-school wrestling, and it's not sports entertainment," said Mr. Cornette. "This is wrestling for the 21st century, a new style developed by fresh, young stars that incorporates wrestling, mixed martial arts and high-flying, high-risk action with unique personalities, and it's showcased by a sports-based presentation completely different from any other product out there. In my 30 years in the sport, it's the most exciting live-event wrestling experience I've seen, and I'm thrilled to help bring it to broadcast TV."

A major press conference, open to wrestling press and mainstream media alike, is being planned for Baltimore on Friday, June 24th. This event will feature a number of the ROH staff and wrestlers both announcing news about ROH's future and answering questions. The media event will be presided over by new ROH COO, Joe Koff. Mr. Koff, a longtime Sinclair executive with an extensive background in TV sales and management, also has experience in pro wrestling television production and syndication. Most visible of his projects may have been the first-ever live, prime time syndicated pro wrestling events, the Battle of the Belts, which aired from 1985 to 1987. These Championship Wrestling from Florida-based cards were broadcast live to a syndicated network of stations and may be best-remembered for the classic Ric Flair vs. Barry Windham NWA World Title contest from St. Petersburg.

The press event will kick off a weekend which includes ROH's next internet pay-per-view event, "Best In The World 2011," live from the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City on Sunday, June 26th at 4PM EST. In addition to all the top stars on the ROH roster, this event will feature the return of some favorite stars from Ring of Honor's past, and can be ordered by anyone in the world with internet access through Gofightlive.tv for only $14.95. More information about Ring of Honor can be obtained through their website, http://www.rohwrestling.com/.

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