Am I the only one that doesn't really get the JBL HBK angle. They have been feuding for a bit and know all of a sudden HBK is broke and works for JBL. it's a big mystery how this is going to translate into HBK against The Undertaker at WM25. Your making HBK look like a pathetic jobber when he loses his Slammy to JBL for the best moment of the year. And I have a sinking feeling that next week JBL is going to do something on raw to screw up the matches to determine the number one contender for Cena "s Belt.

They have been having mini openings in various theatres for the “Wrestler” for a week or two. At one screenings , The “Hot Rod” was there and got a little emotional when being interviewed after the movie. Mick Foley has also seen it and he was equally impressed with it. It would be interesting to know what Vince , who has been trying to carve out his own niche in Hollywood, thinks of it . I"ll bet he isn't all that thrilled with Layers of his business being peeled back for all to see.

In a follow up to last weeks TNA PPV, there a few whispers here and there about Al Snow making some more appearances with his old friend Mick Foley. If they don't pursue this as far as they can , TNA will be missing out on something potentially very special. Your talking about two of the more interesting characters that have graced the squared or in this case six sided ring . They both know each other very well, and if there is any thought at all of Foley getting back into the ring, then there couldn't be a better guy to put him up against then Snow. Depending on what Vince owns, you could have Mannequin heads start popping up on TNA shows to slowly drive Mick nuts.

Raw last night was , I don't want to say it was bad but it was very uneven . I give them props for finally putting the second generation stable thing into high gear but without Ted Jr. it doesn't hold as much water as it should. I cant help but think that Orton and the Million Dollar Brat will be at odds some where down the line. He's wrapping the “Marine II” and should be back soon so until that happens , young Rhodes and Orton seem to be the ones in charge. They also seem to be courting Deuce who now declared he wants to be known by his real name , Sim Snuka in honor of his father “ Superfly Jimmy Snuki. I have one question in all of this. Is this Legacy group going to extend to smack down with the new Hart foundation .

Finally , Tomko has been seen back stage both Sunday and Monday night. This is a sign that he will be popping up on one of the shows soon . The big question being which show and will it be the same show that Christian will be on. Lets hope so

There was nothing earth shaking involving the slammy's last night other then Jericho as superstar of the year. My vote would have been for Jeff Hardy but then they had Hardy drop a match to Jericho anyhow. With a week to go before another PPV, it doesn't bode well for one of the main events to lose to another. It doesn't look all to well for the extreme enigma this Sunday at Armageddon. The thing with Jericho winning the Superstar of the year was probably done to generate that much more heat on the Cena match this Sunday.

Kozlov made a surprise run in on ECW this past Tuesday. Tommy Dreamer was in the middle of the ring when the big Russian popped up from under the ring and took out dreamer with relative ease. He then in his very thick Slavic accent that most people can understand , challenged Matt Hardy to a match that has been added for this Sunday.

The negative traffic on the internet about Diva champ Michelle McCool is apparently starting to get to her . While I personally wouldn't say her in ring work is bad, she's being singled out because of the whole problem with the Diva division . You cant keep putting variations of the same thing and expect people to be interested in it. You have to go against Diva type to create if you want people to watch. I have one question to the powers that be in the WWE. When Kong was a free agent , negotiating a new contract with TNA, was there any effort on taking her away from them, like say the effort you made to sign Gail Kim , who has yet to make a appearance on any of the shows in the WWE. If the answer is no , then you have your answer on why your women's division doesn't work.

Congrats go out to Ron Simmons on his induction into the college football hall of fame . This is kind of a personal thing with me because I remember when Ron pushed the “nature boy” to the brink and became the first African American world champion in any promotion. He was also one of the first linemen to finish in the top four in the Heisman Trophy Ballot. You earned it Ron.

The number one contender for the IC title is getting closer to being named . It will come down to Rey vs. CM Punk and the winner will face Lord Regal. My bet is it will be Rey and Regal will be in a prolonged program on RAW. Very contrasting styles so it could work.

And last but not least, the sound you heard Sunday night coming from the north was Vince's head exploding when Al snow made an appearance on a TNA PPV . I have to admit myself that I thought it was going to be Terry Funk, but the fact that it was Snow makes it so much better. Foley and Snow have so much history between ECW and the WWE that there is bound to be a compelling story in there somewhere. It also means that there is a good chance that the two will meet in the ring somewhere down the line. Given Foley's physical condition the options are some what limited but given those two lunatics, they could work out a killer match for a PPV.

Well that's all I have for now. I'll see you soon.

It's a little less then three hours from Raw and there are conflicting reports about tonight's main events. Punk vs. Orton was made last week so its on but Rajah.com is on the one hand reporting that there is a triple threat match between Jericho, HBK, and Batista. Then in a later line ., they sat that HBK and Rey Mysterio teaming up against the Miz and Morrison . Well we will just have to see what's what .on that front..I said to my self the day that Eddie died , that it took a tragic thing like that to finally get Sean and Rey to wrestle one another so I'm looking forward to seeing them as a team.

Matt Hardy has been visibly hobbled as of late with slight tear in the PCL ligament of his surgically repaired left knee. He hurt Tuesday in a match with number one contender for the ECW belt , fit Finlay . He toughed it out and kept the belt and worked a Smack Down match as well. Lets just hope he doesn't push himself to hard. Both the Hardy's have worked to hard to get derailed by injuries .

Speaking of Hardy, last weeks Smack Down featured brother Jeff in one of the best TV performances of his career. From the black light face paint to the extreme rules match he had that night with the Dead Man, the enigma that is Jeff Hardy pushed the Undertaker to the limit . Despite the Big Show's interference , Jeff proved his point and when he proves it against HHH this Friday he'll get one more shot at the title in a triple threat match with HHH and Koslov this Sunday at Survivor series.

Under the heading of Hogan Family nonsense, ex wife Linda Hogan is throwing a fit over the Hulkster selling over all of his trade marks to his friend Eric Bischoff . This is not so slick way of hiding his assets in plain sight so she cant get her mitts on them. At least that's what she thinks . I in my paranoid, conspiracy minded brain , thinks that maybe if Bischoff is really talking to CMT about starting up a promotion, and trust me if he does Hogan will play a major role in, then he will need control of Hogan's name to market the show properly . The Hogan name will make a splash, but he and Hogan and whoever else is involved will have to keep the ratings up.

More theatre of the strange. For those of you that haven't heard, Scott Hall and the ICP showed up in the front row of the TNA PPV last week . Hall was his usual ten sheets to the wind and made an ass out of himself to the point that it was Nash that had him removed. He screwed up Nash and Joes match, causing some backstage heat between the two of them and he really needs to sit in a cell or a lockdown ward and dry himself out. And know the two morons that are pulling his strings are threatening to pop up on ROH, or WWE shows. That'll be the day when WWE security lets two white faced A holes screw up any of their product.

A formal offer has been made to Christian to come back into the WWE fold. This is one of those pivotal moments where it could be really good or creative is going to really screw things up. With Edge's return close on the Horizon, it's a no brainner that Christian will go to Smack Down. How he will be used is another story. With Edge coming back the way he has alienated Vicki , he will need an Ally . The trick is every body watching will know that he jumped ship and he's not going to want to be Edge's side kick.

In a sad sort of way, I'm really looking forward to the Diva's match this Sunday. Five Diva's from Raw will take on five from Smack Down and I think that its going to be the start of feuding between the shows. Definitely a step in the right direction as they have been leaking out little bits of heat in the Diva locker room. If they really want to push the ladies, this would be the best way to do it. It will be Beth Kelly, Kelly , Candice Mackie , and Jillian will be taking on Michelle McCool , Maria, Maryse, Victoria, and Natalya Niedhart and with these ten women anything is possible.

Well that's all I have for now, I'll have links to this article and all of my other work on my space on my new WWE Universe page. Please email me with any comments you have.

He had the same basic moves as Booker T.  The problem was that Booker T moved to TNA, leaving them with two people having the same moves.  Rtruth, then known as Ron "The Truth" Killings, was unable to stay on the TNA roster and you never saw him wrestle anymore.  WWE took him in not long after this happened and made him an even bigger success story.  Smackdown, the better of the two shows since the recent draft, was happy for him to come in and make the crowd say Wassup.  With this new addition, Smackdown should definitely get more ratings.

Raw started out strong on Monday with Batista giving Jericho a spine buster . Jericho said that Adamlie wasn't there and he was in charge so he made a rematch between JBL and Batista in witch Orton was the guest announcer and Regal is the guest time keeper. The big surprise was that Jericho was the guest referee . The up shot is that Jericho got speared and Adamlie arrived in time to send a new Ref that gave Batista the 123 against JBL. Adamlie then announced a match for Cyber Sunday. Jericho Versus Batista with the choice of Referee being between Orton, HBK, Or Stone cold Steve Austin. I have to wonder something. I have had my doubts about the voting process for Cyber Sunday's past. HBK is hurt so they don't want him to wrestle, but if you put Austin out there he's going to get some votes . With the voting being text messaging instead of the internet I have to wonder if they aren't trying to tip the scales in their favor so they can get the situations they want.

The big Russian on Smack Down has been getting a hard push for the past few months . Whether it's the right thing to do is really not the point. Vince pushes who Vince wants to push. The problem I have with Koslov's push is that its interfering with Jeff Hardy's push. As much of a pain in the ass as Jeff Hardy is, if they pass him up for a no name guy pushing a gimmick that is straight out of the eighties, they're going to piss a few fans off. I'm not saying that the Russian doesn't have his place but he hasn't paid his dues yet and he doesn't belong at the main event level . I they don't bypass Jeff for this guy.

Scott Hall got into it with some comedian at the Roast for the “Iron Sheik” this past Friday. The guy told someone he was deader then Owen Hart and Hall , who had been drinking most of the day, charged the table and snatched the guy up . Punches were thrown but nobody was arrested, as Hall was led out of the room under tight security. In another unrelated incident, the TNA Talent got into a little scuffle at the hotel bar where they are staying at for “Bound for Glory”. members of Atlas security along with Homicide and Brother Devon get involved with a drunk patron that was giving a former ECW guy that works backstage for TNA. Atlas Security was able to keep people apart until the cops got there . The couple was arrested and a glass table was broke but none of the talent and security where taken into custody. As far as Hall goes, he's as much a lost cause as Jake Roberts is. I would be very surprised if he is alive in five years from know. As for the other thing. When are people ever going to figure it out. Just because the outcome is scripted, doesn't mean these guys aren't tough guys that can really hurt you .

Randy Orton has been cleared for the ring for the European tour so he's back. I still say there was something else to that since there is no way to prove that he actually had a wreck on his Bike. I think he had a bad drug test while he was out and they decided to keep his suspension quiet. WWE has signed a CMLL champ Dos Caras JR to a contract in an effort to pump up their international wrestlers . Caras has Ten MMA fights under his belt so I hope this isn't another attempt at merge Pro Wrestling with the world of MMA. Finally its been all over the web the past few days that the next diva to be in playboy will be Kelly Kelly . She has denied this on her Myspace page but I have to say that its been rumored she is the next in line and this is something you don't turn down with out giving it some thought.

Well that's all, try to get something new up ASAP.

The audience didn't really seem to care about this match, that brought the ratings down. The match wasn't bad, bust it wasn't that great either. Another things was that John Cena got the expected win!

Ratings: 6/10                                                  Winner:John Cena

(WWE Tag team championship match) John Morrison & the Miz vs CM Punk & Kane

No one was really excited for this match either, again that also hurt the overall rating of the match. But the match was very solid. John Morrison, and Cm Punk got to work in the ring for the majority of the match, and Cm Punk also got to show alot of things he can do in the ring! As expected John Morrison and The Miz pick the win to retain the titles.

Ratings: 7/10                                          Winner: John Morrison & the Miz

Chris Jericho vs Shawn Michaels

The match was simply excellent, the audience was into it, great ring psychology and storytelling. Well that's what you get when you let two of the best ring generals in the entire business, go at it. At the end Chris Jericho extend his hand for a handshake! This match would definitely have to be a candidate, for match of the year!

Ratings: 10/10                                            Winner: Shawn Michaels          

(WWE Women's Championship) Beth Phoenix vs Mickie James vs Melina Perez

The match was actually prety good. That's not that big of a surprise, since the divas placed into this match actually know how to wrestle!

Ratings: 7/10                                              Winner: Mickie James

(World Heavyweight Championship Match) The Undertaker vs Edge

Pretty good match, the ratings would've been way higher if the hadn't been facing off each other in duplicate rematches, for the third month in a row. Also, at the end when Vickie announced that the world title is still vacant, was quite disappointing cause that means the feud still continues. I think the fans, and me personally have had a enough of this! On top of that they don't even change it up a bit. I mean they've been facing each other in the exact same matches since Wrestlemania!

Ratings: 5/10                                           Winner: No one

Jeff Hardy vs MVP

They spent about 5 minutes building this match up. The match was actually really good. It's kind odd that they accomplished more in these few minutes, than MVP, and Matt Hardy could in 3 weeks! As expected Jeff Hardy picks up the clean win!

Ratings: 8/10                                      Winner: Jeff Hardy

(WWE Heavyweight Championship Match) Triple H vs Randy Orton

They match was decent! This match would've been awesome for the main event of Raw, but not to headline a payperview! The match needed to be alot better, and creative. I mean your inside of a steel cage, how hard can it be? Triple H gets the predicted win. I also think that Shawn Michaels, and Chris Jericho should've been in the main event!

Ratings: 6/10                                    Winner: Triple H

Final thoughts

Overall the show was alright. It just that the matches need to be alot better. As I said before,  all the matches were good. But almost none of them were payperview quality matches! Also, a couple of more segments would've helped!

Final rating: 7/10          

While we are on the subject , Bob Holly entered a rehab facility in his native Georgia to deal with a painkiller addiction . I've been a fan for awhile , long enough to remember the stupid gimmick they brought Holly up on. Holly has been in the middle the majority of his career and while I understand abusing prescription drugs is a very real problem, how do you tell a man that you know is in a certain amount of pain from the time he gets up in the morning till the time he limps his way to bed at night, no you aren't in pain you have a drug problem. Bob Holy left parts of himself all over this planet. When the came up with the “Hardcore Holly” gimmick and then put him on ECW he tore himself up for the company . Not to mention he's a member of the I seriously injured my neck in the WWE club and most of us know how big that club is. All I have to say is don't judge, let him get through the process before you start labeling him as another casualty of the business.

The next bit of news is that apparently TNA made plans for Booker T to fly to “No Surrender” and at the last minute he either changed things at the last minute or just blew them off. Well as someone that had to deal with the remnants of Ike, I can honestly say that if a storm was threatening my home , I wouldn't want to fly off to a foreign country either. Booker hasn't really been used all that well in TNA and if their not careful, he could walk away from them as well.

Yet another rumor floating around cyber space is that with five weeks to go on his contract, Kevin Nash may be headed back to the WWE. I know that there would be built in storylines with this but the man at times can hardly walk half the time. They already have one crippled giant with Khali , I don't think they need another.

Well the long awaited TNA debut of Mick Foley will be this Thursday according to SE Scoops .com . From what I here its going to be an interesting one. With the ratings on RAW flat lining this past Monday , it might be the perfect time for TNA to make a big splash in the cable TV pool.

Charlie Haas has stumbled upon something that may be away to take a few shots at TNA. Haas has been coming out the past few weeks on RAW dressed up like various other wrestlers on the rosters in some very funny matches . Now just think for a minute, I think that the WWE still owns the name Mankind , Dude Love, and Cactus Jack. What if you started to see Haaskind , Dude Haas ,or even Charlie Jack. For a promotion that made fun of Goldberg for weeks, sounds right up their alley to me .

And finally , I have been reading a fair amount about Benoit on line and while I'm not supporting any alterative theory to the tragic end of three lives, there are some visible holes in the whole story that need to be addressed. The amount of empty beer cans that were at the crime scene for example. Benoit was not known as a heavy drinker and there was none in his system according to toxicology reports. There was testosterone in his system but he was being treated for low testosterone by his doctor. The police who where not the first to see the bodies because they couldn't deal with the dogs in the pool area. The neighbor had a key and she was the first to find the bodies. This raises all kind of issues about scene contamination and police procedure. There was no way to know whether there was a third party in there with a gun so putting a civilian in that position breaks every police procedure that I have heard of . Not to mention the fact there is a suspect that did threaten Benoit in front of witnesses that to my knowledge has never had to alibi himself. Nancy's first husband , Kevin Sullivan was a booker for WCW when Benoit was there and one of the storylines was for his wife to have an affair with Benoit. Well guess what , they actual fell in love and she left Sullivan for Benoit. This all happened Ten years ago, but Sullivan did threaten to kill Benoit in front of witnesses. In my book, a death threat is a death threat, no matter how old it is. Like I said , I do not subscribe to any of alternate theories as the gospel truth, but something's need to be addressed .

The question remains how he will be used. Here I look into some of the options open to him. Though with TNA's booking committee he could end up in any role.

Commentator, Mick Foley and Jim Ross struck up a very entertaining partnership during Foley's brief run as Smackdowns colour announcer. The reason though it never lasted was because he did not like Vince McMahon constantly shouting him during each broadcast. TNA will give him more leeway and let him commentate how he likes to. The problem is Don West and Mike Tenay are very popular with TNA management and I can't see TNA changing things.

Wrestler, given the state of his body I would be surprised to see Foley in a full time position, though occasional matches are defiantly likely. A lot of people would like to see him wrestle Abyss given how many people compare the two for their many hardcore matches and Abyss's likeness to Mankind.

A program with other young TNA stars such as AJ Styles and Samoa Joe are always likely. Perhaps they may even debut him with a confrontation with Sting who seems to be representing the old guard of TNA, I'm sure Vince Russo will be planning a few swerves if they go down this route.

As a TV personality, instead of having Foley wrestle there is the alternative of using him as a personality. He could be TNA commissioner though they would have to drop Jim Cornette from his role if this were to happen. Many people have been suggesting using him as a mouth piece for one of the established TNA talents, Abyss's name been mentioned by many fans quite frequently.

One last use for Foley would be to have him go into towns were there about to run and do some promoting in the form of interviews to local media outlets. Foley is a very recognisable name and would give TNA more mainstream exposure then someone like Styles, Jarrett or Samoa Joe.

My two cents are that we will get to see a few matches for him, but he will mainly be used as on screen personality. I just hope that he gives some of the younger talent in TNA a rub and puts them over. Long term TNA wrestling will benefit from this.

One of the most prominent example would be the Hardy siblings, Matt and Jeff, along with regular associates such as Gregory Helms and Shannon Moore. All of them have risen to great heights in professional wrestling, though unfortunately the latter half of the four have been released from WWE, the latter still having been released just a week ago.

These four superstars, while wrestling together as children, went to great lengths to imitate their favorite wrestlers. They built ring posts and used garden hoses as ropes, to construct a makeshift ring using their trampoline as the foundation. The eventual superstars came up with elaborate gimmicks and personas, which they displayed in the ring. They even came up with live shows that they performed in front of friends and family, under the federation name, “TWF” or Trampoline/Teen Wrestling Federation. They'd all eventually go on to begin the East Coast Wrestling Federation, and then the Organization of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts (OMEGA) with Matt Hardy as their primary promoter.

Children with big dreams eventually ascended to the level of world class entertainers. Each of the original four have had successful stints in WWE, the crown jewel in professional wrestling. Though none of them showed as much success as the Hardy Boys.

Despite the risks that these upcoming wrestlers took on throughout their backyard wrestling days, they still held onto the dream that they could one day step into the ring with those they idolized when they were still lugging backpacks onto a big yellow bus every morning. It was a long shot, but they took it, and they hit right on the mark. But what is the limit for backyard wrestling?

Some do not merely learn the trade of professional wrestling, and then take up the practice. Others ignore the difference between legitimate and staged, and delve right into purely legitimate wrestling. They'd use weapons without implementing them in a way that would only create the illusion of causing significant harm. Though world level wrestling federations in the past would also go to some extents, the fact these kids, who are still very untrained, would put their bodies through even more risk than your typical wrestling is nothing but foolish.

A lot of people say, however, that it is those who stick purely to wrestling -- and not a bunch of weapon-swinging -- are the most at risk. It is said -- and true to some extents -- that many kids do not know their strength, and so attempting moves seen in professional wrestling is highly dangerous, due to the potential falls they could suffer.

So why do they do it? Why do so many children take such great risks?

When asked to answer why he'd risks so much, “The Beast” Marcus Reyes, a member of Altitude Backyard Wrestling (a backyard wrestling promotion featured on YouTube), simply said, “It's something I've loved my entire life. It's not just fun -- it feels right.”

Whatever the reasons, the risks remain the same. Most backyard wrestlers do not have the training as other, more financially stable ones do. But they'll take the risks, all for that one emotion many cynics would deem a useless and unnecessary part of the human mind's spectrum of emotions: Passion.

Something that caught me a little off guard on Raw. Carlito's Brother Eddie Colon was backstage being interviewed backstage by Adamlie when he left him in the lerch to run after Cena . With all of the bitching that Carlito has done , how is it going to work with his baby brother in the mix. Then again, this might be the reason that Vince has hung on to Carlito for so long. The old man Colon has to be in the mix in all this since he's been trying to work a developmental deal with Vince for a while.

In the land of Extreme , the ECW championship match only tinkled more urine on the legacy of ECW. They went through the trouble of setting up Mark Henry as champ and even giving him a HOF manager in Tony Atlas only to have a less then two minute match in which Atlas has to get involved . On one of the biggest PPV of the year , a championship match ends in a DQ in less then two minutes . That doesn't help the ECW brand at all. There is a rematch this Tuesday but this just magnifies the mistake in the draft that they made. They shouldn't have split the Hardy's yet again. They had Jeff come down and help matt out Sunday, but Jeff is going to be tied up in a three way with MVP and Benjamin .

And now we get to the subject of HBK. I want preface this whole thing by saying I am a huge HBK fan always have been always will be. His health is a huge issue and I hope he does know when to get the hell out. But his confrontation with Y2J , that ended in with HBK's wife flat on the canvass , was a brilliant escalation of the feud between the two. I hope this doesn't end up in some gimmick match that could hasten the end .

With team 3D about to be on the open market, the WWE is going out of its way to bad mouth Bubba Ray. Even getting mister Orton in to the fray. As invisible as the tag teams have been in the WWE, their not really worth the money they would have lay out to get them. it's a truly sad state when the tag team belts are used to further singles feuds .

It has come to the attention of more then one website that Mike Ademlie has hired a personal trainer because he was told that he would be getting in the ring in the near future. While I was one of the many people that was on the “get rid of Adamlie” bandwagon. But the Adamlie as GM has worked , so far anyway . The mans athletic history is above reproach, and for a long time he was an above average play by play guy for the NFL. But he forgot the first rule of being a talking head on TV, know what the F*** your talking about. I am waiting with baited breath Adamlie's first in ring experience.

Speaking of the Raw GM , he announced a main event PPV match called the 5man scramble . Well it was just announced that there will be two scrambles for the next PPV and the new one will be HHH v Brian Kendrick v MVP v Shelton Benjamin v Jeff Hardy. Im not entirely sure about this but it might work.

And lastly , the Divas . Since I started this little foray into the world of cyberspace opinions , I have consistently brought up the fact that the TNA Knockouts where getting over big time on the Divas. The in ring performances where better , the feuds where better and the individual personas are much better. Well either someone is listening to me or they figured it out on their own because its being widely reported that Gail Kim has not resigned with TNA and is on the verge of coming back to the WWE. Getting beyond the fact that she never should have been let go in the first place, Kim is an exotic beauty and a well trained accomplished wrestler who's in ring skills match anyone they have on the WWE Diva roster. One report has the sole reason for her jumping ship was the offer that was made to her. One of the better roster moves that the WWE has made in quite a while I'd say.

Well I'm working on a lot of different things , so I don't know when we'll talk again but it shouldn't be to long. Bye for know.