Monday, October 26, 2009

Raw 10-26

The WWE did a great job last week on Raw. Then Smackdown came along and the WWE decided it needed to change up the entire pay per view brand match and it made no sense. Yes Smackdowns roster looked weak by comparision but when you change one of the main events 2 days before the pay per view, why am I going to care about the match? Well I didn't but the WWE faked me out. I know you are shocked that I, the greatest WWE blogger on the internet, was faked out by the WWE. Good job by them to switch it up and have Smackdown win the big brand main event. Il have more on the pay per view later. Tonight Raw is hosted by 2 guys I could careless about. Although most of American believes all wrestling fans love nascar as well, I am not one of them. I want to see the focus on the wrestling and what is in store heading into the last big pay per view of the year Survivor Series. Lights camera GO!

We get a video package showing the Big Show turning on team Raw. Big Show knocked out HHH and Y2J pinned Kofi. Raw starts off with JeriShow coming out to brag about Bragging Rights. Jericho is holding a huge trophy given to Smackdown that wasn't announced until the pay per view. Show says he is still a proud member of the Raw roster. Jericho stops him and tells him he doesn't have to explain himself. Jericho says Show did it because he was loyal to JeriShow. Show tries to tell Jericho something but Chris keeps ranting. Show says he did what he did last night because of Show. Show can be on both shows he talked to Teddy Long and got a World Heavyweight title match against the Undertaker. I love it. Show should be showcased on both shows and since he isn't used correctly on Raw, it makes sense to have him used on Smackdown. The Nascar guys are shown in the back spinning cookies and they drive 2 cars into the arena and get in the ring with JeriShow. They say they are happy to host Raw tonight. Kyle applauds what Show did and Joey cant approve what Show did. Kyle and Joey are ripping on each other. Kyle makes fun of the fans of Buffalo. Joey makes the match Show vs the Game HHH. Kyle makes Jericho vs Kofi John er Kingston, guy screws up his name. Awesome. God I love the Celebrity GMs.

Kofi heads to the ring as Raw goes to break. Jericho is on the outside pacing around the ring before getting back in with Kofi. Jericho starts to gain control and Kofi counters in the corner with a boot and follows it up with a dropkick for 2. Kofi with a rollup for 2. A big knee by Y2J turns the tide back to the heel. Leaping elbow by Kofi and Jericho rolls to the outside. Suicide dive to the floor on Jericho by Kofi. Kofi didn't land to well but it was affective. Jericho lands his "classic" dropkick to Kingston on the apron as Raw heads to another break. Raw comes back with Jericho dishing out the punishment. Fans get behind Kofi to try and rally the young man. The two competitors exchange some right hands. Kofi gains some control with a reversal to Jericho's bulldog. Boom Boom elbow or Boomdrop. A walls of Jericho try is reversed but Jericho hits a running enzigure for 2. Kofi climbs to the top rope. Jericho tries to stop him but Kofi hits a crossbody. Chris rolls through for a 2 count. Kofi goes for Trouble in Paradise again Jericho counters. Codebreaker by Y2J for a 2 count because Kofi gets his foot on the rope. Jericho complains and turns around to eat Kofi's boot for a 3 count. A great opening match by 2 great wrestlers. Kofi celebrates up the ramp, Orton out of nowhere tosses Kofi off the stage. Randy with a sick look on his face as we go to commercial.

Batista's heel turn is shown for a Smackdown promo. If you listened to Showstoppers, you would have heard me call this heel turn quite a while ago. I felt Batista's character needed a change and the WWE must have felt the same way. Rey and Batista will have a very good time in this feud. Both guys have a lot of respect for each other. The feud will help Smackdown out considerably.

Josh interviews Orton in the back. Randy says he attacked Kofi because he got involved in the Iron man match last night with John Cena. Legacy shows up and says they have a gift for Randy. They unvail a nascar designed with Orton on the hood. The car is incredible. They say they have another gift involving John Cena and the WWE title.

Swagger is with the 2 nascar guys in the back. Swagger asks for Cena for the WWE title. The nascar guys say they get to pick Cena's next opponent. Miz shows up and gloats about being the only Raw competitor who won last night. Santino is with Melina heading to the ring. Mixed tag match is next. Before the mixed tag match, I have to say I love absolutely love the fact that Orton is going in a new direction. Kofi is a guy who should be pushed and this has the makings of a great feud.

A Sheamus promo video is shown. He is heading to Raw tonight. Sheamus has been on ECW and has been turning heads over there. Another young guy getting a push from the WWE. Melina and Santino come out together. Santino acts as if he was going to try the split entrance but decides not too. Their opponents are Chavo and Jillian. Santino and Chavo start us off. Santino with a few rights and a back body drop. Chavo gets in a few shots and gets Santino in the corner. Cheap plug here but if you want to hear more about the WWE Diva's tune into to ShowStoppers this week. Larry John and I tell you who our top 10 hottest Divas ever are. Hornswaggle shows up and Melina and Santino pick up the win. A dude in a suit shows up to give letter to Hornswaggle. He runs over to Lawler and gives him the letter. The letter is from DX to cease and desist order to stop wearing the DX gear. Oh great a new storyline for Hornswaggle just what Raw needed.

Justin Roberts announces the new WWE champion John Cena. Legacy comes out instead. Cody is on the mic and says the Legacy is here. Teddy says just because Orton can't take on Cena doesn't mean they can't. Legacy makes a challenge to Cena. He can take on Teddy or Cody or both. The 7 time world champion John Cena makes his way down to the ring. The crowd is pretty hot for him right now. Cena says he doesn't have to brag about last night. Cena says he was physically and emotionally drained last night. Cena said they both did it for the WWE title, all the fans and most importantly because the rivalry needed to end. You got that right Cena. I was tired of seeing Cena Orton. Cena says he has had enough of Legacy. If they want a shot for the WWE title Legacy needs to work for it. Cena says he talked to the GM's and they made a match for Legacy against MVP and Henry. This match will take place right after the break.

Teddy and MVP are in the ring now with a tag to Cody. A little double team action and Legacy is in full control. MVP with a huge clothesline to switch the match around. Hot tag to the Kool Aid man and Cody is getting pummeled. Chop block, WOOO, by Dibiase and the heels start the quick tags. Huge double dropkick for a 2 count. Rhodes in right now with Henry. Another hot tag to MVP. Ballin elbow for 2 as Rhodes saves the contest. Henry with a big headbutt. Dibiase is in the ring, MVP goes to roll him up. Henry with a clothesline and the faces win. Legacy stay in the ring and Orton comes down to the ring. Randy says the GM's are searching for the next opponent for Cena. He starts to screaming about how he doesn't care about the stipulation. He deserves a rematch. Kofi interupts and is standing on top of the new car Orton was given early. Kofi starts to destroy with a key. He grabs a huge hook and beats the crap out of it. A bucket of paint finishes job. Randy Orton and Kofi Kingston is going to be a great new fresh feud for Raw. The character development of Kofi tonight will go along way with the fans.

Eve Torres is in the ring as a guest announcer. Evan Bourne takes on the Miz. I sure hope Evan wins this match but he won't. Miz takes the early advantage in the contest. Miz seems to be getting a giant push on Raw. I am fine with that but again Evan is not a jobber or in my opinion shouldn't be. Miz trying to get Evan to tap out. Evan hits a double knee leap for a 1 count. A hurricarana with a 2 count. Swagger comes to ringside during the match. Miz is beating the hell out of Evan in the corner. Swagger gets on the mic saying no one is watching the match. Everyone is watching Eve looking at Swagger. Evan leaps over the top to both guys. Miz has been counted out and Evan picks up the victory. Will this lead to Bourne getting a semi push towards the US title? I can only hope.

Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne will host Raw next week. Well I am glad my tv has closed captioning since I won't be able to understand a word he says. Sheamus takes on Jaime Noble. Sheamus grabs a mic and says he is here to make an impression. Dude your white as a ghost you already have made an impression. The Celtic Warrior has Noble up in a backbreaking type manuever. Noble tries to build some offense but is slowed. Crowd is not into this at all. Sheamus is destroying him so far. Crowd will care about Sheamus when he gets into an actual feud. Sheamus hits a huge kick and picks up the victory. I have a feeling the WWE moved this guy to get some direction.

Big Show is in the ring with Jericho getting prepared for HHH. We dont get the classic HHH entrance but the DX intro instead. HBK will be at ringside for his partner. Bell is rung and the main event starts. HHH grabs the mic and says he had a meeting with the GM's and this match is now a lumberjack match. The lumberjacks are the entire Raw roster. Jericho heads out the back door lol. HBK says this is a no DQ lumberjack match which means the lumberjacks can do what they want. Shawn says there is no need for a ref because there is a guest ref, John Cena. Big Show charges after HHH but goes over the top rope as Raw heads to the final break. Sleeper hold on Show. Show flips HHH over to get out. HHH tries to slam Show but fails and Show gets a 2 count. Show hits a huge spear. Show mocks the lumberjacks as Show stands on HHH. Frying pan chops in the corner now. HHH gets caught in a sidewalk slam. Show goes to cover and Cena actually counts to 2. The WWE is doing it right tonight. Show is looking good and should if he is going to be taken as a legit contender to Takers title. A few headbutts light up the Game. Masters gets involved and Show lands a knockout punch. HHH counters a chokeslam with a DDT. Show throws HHH off of him for a 2 count. HHH goes for the pedigree but Show body drops HHH. Show climbs to the 2nd rope and its a splash. Cena counts to 2 and stops. Cena and Show get face to face. The Raw roster comes in and starts whaling away on Show. Cena ends up hitting an FU. HBK hits SCM and then the pedigree for the win. The nascar GMs come out to announce Cena's next opponent with DX and Cena in the ring. Kyle and Joey say they couldnt agree but one man helped make the decision. Hornswaggle comes out and the GMs announce it will be Cena vs HHH vs HBK at Survivor Series. I pretty much expected that when Cena and DX were left in the ring. Three of the biggest names on Raw headlining the 4th biggest pay per view in the year. The decision to make DX opponents should make for some entertaining television for the next few months.

I have to talk about one more thing before I head out for this week. I am deeply saddened to hear the news that Jim Ross had another bell's palsy episode. As most of you know, I have the utmost respect for good ole JR. He is my idol and mentor. I hope he gets better soon and returns to the Smackdown announcers table. No one can replace the man in the cowboy hat. My thoughts and prayers go out to the greatest wrestling announcer ever.

J Call

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Memo to NFL Fans

I have been reading several message boards on different websites and I have gone to realize several things. For one thing, some fans are just plain idiots. I have to admit this is the main reason I am writing this blog. I have a huge beef with the GO PACK GO fans first.

Memo to Packer fan: I have heard the complaints about Aaron Rodgers. Why are you complaining about a guy who is ranked 5th in QB Rating? Aaron Rodgers is a solid starter and at his age, 25, he has a lot of potential and can only get better. I heard Aaron on a radio show talking about how he has made mistakes like holding on to the ball to long. He also said the offensive line needs to step it up. Aaron said all the right things during the interview. He is trying to improve and has a great work ethic. I love that out of a quarterback. I tell you what I am an Oakland Raiders fan, I will offer Russell Bussell for Aaron Rodgers. A straight up trade a guy who has no work ethic and is bigger than some offensive linemen for a guy who is working hard trying to improve week after week and has a QB rating doubled of Russell. Oh what was that? You don't want to do that. Good idea, now shut up and be happy you have Rodgers. He is no Favre but he's a young talented QB.

Memo to Bronco fan: I have read all the boards talking about how no one believed in you. I can not argue with that. I certainly didn't and you could read my AFC blog to prove it. Here is the thing, no one believed in you but do you really think you are going to win the Super Bowl with Kyle Orton as your quarterback. I get it he can be a "game manager" but he can not win games. You have a nice defense mostly because Denver hired Mike Nolan who has taken scrubs on the line and turned them into all stars. I even read some boards talking about who you will play against in the Super Bowl. I have the answer: nobody because you will be at home. Be happy that you are winning games because in the beginning of the year you didn't even want your coach.

Memo to Charger fan: You must fire Norv Turner in a hurry. San Diego is a great team with a franchise QB but the pieces around him are starting fall off a bit. LDT is certainly on his last legs as a number 1 running back. You still have Vincent Jackson, Gates and Darren Sproles to help carry the offense. The defense has playmakers but again Merriman has not been the same without his roid rage. This is a win now type of team with a never can win coach. Norv is a great offensive coordinator, he just can not lead a team to the Super Bowl. Maybe Norv and Wade Phillips can combine to make a great head coach together. For now, get ready for another disappointing season.

Memo to Redskin and Raider fan: There isn't a lot I can say here. The positives are outweighed by the negative nearly 3 to 1. Jim Zorn is a horse with a broken leg at this point. I actually feel bad for him. Snyder and Al Davis are 2 of the worst owners in the NFL, to bad neither of them believe that. Synder will do what he always does at the end of the season. He will go out and try and hire a big named coach to help out his team. In the end, he will find that no one will want the job. Who has left there better than they were going in? Synder will then have to turn towards exactly where Crazy Al does for head coaches, the 99 cent store. Tom the Cable guy is in a lose lose situation. Tom has a chance to... I was going to finish that but I can't. No hope on the horizon for either franchise.

Memo to Titans fan: So your head coach came out at a CHARITY event and wore a Peyton Manning jersey. When you are turning towards Vince Young, there is little hope. My advice is to pack it in this season and try again next year. If you want a new head coach, I can relate to that. Jeff Fisher has been in Tennessee for a long time and maybe it is time for a change. The old saying is 'be careful what you wish for' and I think it holds true in this situation. If you fire Fisher and bring in someone knew he needs a new QB, a new leader on the defensive side of the ball and patience from the fans. The best place for Fisher is San Diego, as long as Gruden doesn't get hired there first.

Memo to Bucs fan: I bet you would like to have Chucky back now.

Memo to Jets fan: How many fans have jumped off your bandwaggon in the past week? I believe the total is up to 2.5 million. The Sanchise is playing like a rookie. High hopes means a big letdown. Mark has a ton of potential but lets not crown him King Tut yet ESPN. I love Rex Ryan and the fire he brings. Settle down and just give it some time. For now can we just go back to calling him Sanchez?

Memo to all NFL fans: It is Week 7 damn it! Please no Super Bowl predictions. I think it is ok to do before the season just to see how close you come. Now though is just stupid. You sound like a complete homer. I realize it is exciting to see the Saints, Broncos, Colts and Vikings undefeated. I just get pissed hearing how fans think we are going to the Super Bowl. You are also one injury away from missing the playoffs. It is a long season, sit back and enjoy the ride, unless your team is in the basement. Then just hold on to that little glimmer of....hope.

J Call

Monday, October 19, 2009

Raw 10-19

I have surpassed the Undertakers Wrestlemania Streak. You are reading the 21st straight week of Monday Night Raw blog. I know I am patting myself on the back. I dont care. I believe it is pretty impressive and want to thank BBSD for letting me continue the streak and hopefully we can make it even farther than 52 weeks in a row. Now last week I was a little harsh on the WWE, but it was a horrible show. Tonight, Snoop Dog puts down the blunt and fills in as the General Manager for Raw. He was part of Wrestlemania a year ago so I guess he makes sense. He also has no clue about wrestling which is why he is perfect for the GM of Raw. Tonight maybe the final night Cena is on Raw and he faces The Game Triple H. I love the match and hope it gets a lot of time to develop. I am not real excited for the pay per view, lets see if Raw can change my mind.

No pyro or even intro, we get Justin Roberts introducing us to Snoop Diggy Dogg. I swear if Cole is going to be talking hizzle tonight, I might mute my tv. Bella twins out with Snoop. He starts to about how excited he is hosting Raw. He makes Orton vs Ted Dibiase. I am cool with that. Snoop also makes HBK vs my boy Chris Jericho. Here come the Raw team captains Degeneration X. HHH talks about how when Snoop is around white guys try to talk like Snoop. Shawn starts it and HHH uses it a little as well. You hear that Cole, you are white don't use hizzle shizzle or any of that crap the rest of the night. DX start to breakdown the Smackdown team. They make fun of all the competitors. I agree Smackdowns team is so weak. I was reading reports that HBK and HHH love Drew and HBK talks well about Drew McIntyre. HBK even calls him a future champion. I guess the reports are true. The members of Raw come down to the ring. No chance Raw team loses with DX as the captains. Cody Rhodes, Swagger, Henry, Kingston, Show and DX. A great team assembled for Raw. HBK goes down the line talking about each member. DX get to Cody Rhodes and HBK doesn't even say his name. Cody says he might just beat Smackdown by himself. Well besides Y2J, Cody probably could beat Smackdown. Show gets in Rhodes face and tells him he will take him or anyone else out. Henry gets in Shows face now until Swagger interrupts. Kofi intervenes and talks about how this is what Smackdown wants. HHH asks him where Kofi's accent went. I had to laugh at that. HHH talks about a 5 on 5 tune up match for his members of Raw. If one of them gets beat by one of their opponents he will take his spot. I like that idea.

Show, Rhodes, Henry, Kofi and Swagger vs MVP, Bourne, Primo, Masters and Chavo. The only guy I could see is MVP. Kofi with Chavo in the ring as Raw comes back on the air. DX watching on in the back. Kofi gaining momentum and Show and Henry tag at the same time. Rhodes gets in with MVP who got the tag from Chavo. MVP taking it to Chavo. The high flying Evan Bourne in now with Rhodes. Crossbody by Bourne but Rhodes rolls through for 2 count. Primo in with a Russian leg sweep on Rhodes. Cross Rhodes on to Primo but Swagger tags himself in for the 3 count. Team Raw starts beating the hell out of each other. The only one walking out is Big Show. This is the only way Smackdowns team will look like it has a chance. Make Raws team look like its breaking down and can't work together. Raw's team may not look like a cohesive unit but it will still win at the Pay Per View.

Backstage interview with Dibiase. He talks about how Orton would have done the same thing last week when Teddy pinned Orton. Orton walks in and gets in Dibiase's face. Teddy asks him if Orton would have done the same thing. Orton says the match up next will not take place and Dibiase will show Orton the respect he deserves. If Ted does lay a finger Orton might kick him out of Legacy. I love what we are seeing here. Ted has the potential to be a huge star. Slowly turn him face and he will become a main eventer sometime next year.

Here we go Teddy is in the ring contemplating on what he will do. The WWE Champion Randy Orton with his slow stalking like entrance. He had a nice stare towards Teddy before coming to the ring. Cole asks Lawler what he would do if he was Teddy but Lawler doesn't answer. Bell sounds and Teddy and Randy get nose to nose. Orton kicks Teddy in the gut and he goes to one knee but gets up. Come on fight Dibiase. Orton with a european uppercut. Fans start a Teddy chant. Orton gets in his face telling him to 'don't even think about it'. Teddy finally gets off the mat and gets in Randy's face. Crowd is weighting for Dibiase to hit Orton. This is great. Teddy won't do it tonight. This should be phase one of Dibiase going face. Orton shoves Teddy in the ropes and Teddy shoves Orton to the mat. Crowd is getting real hot now. Teddy starts to calm down in the middle of the ring now though. Orton just stares towards Dibiase. Randy lifts Teddy's head up and hits the RKO for the 3. I loved that segment to a T. Teddy got the fans behind him and thats what the WWE wanted to know. Teddy will turn but I hope the WWE continue to tease us. Remember Evolution when it took Batista a long time to turn face. I want the WWE to do that with Dibiase.

A great tribute video to Capt Lou Albano. He was a great man and I am deeply saddened by hearing he past away. ShowStoppers is doing a tribute to Lou and to all managers by doing a top 5 list of the greatest managers of all time. I sent mine in as well. I am quite sure Lou will make Larry and Johns list. He certainly made mine. Check out ShowStoppers at 1pm on Tuesday afternoon to find out the list.

Hornswaggle in the back with Snoop Dogg and Chavo comes in. He says he wants to be part of Team Raw. Jillian comes in and wants a rematch. Santino walks in as Charlie Brown and starts to make Peanuts references. Snoop kicks them all out and well starts to smoke some weed. Well Raw goes to a technical difficulties sign. Raw comes back and Snoop broke out his scented candles.

A new Batista DVD is out now called I Walk Alone. I dont mind Batista but hes not one of my favorites because he is not a great technical wrestler. I am sure the DVD is good though. WWE always does a great job with their DVD products, aside from the Tag Team DVD out earlier this year. I hated it.

Could this be the last match on Raw for John Cena. I doubt it. Cena takes on HHH now. Lawler says this maybe the toughest match Cena has ever faced. Cena has been in a Hell in a Cell and an I Quit Match in the previous 2 matches. That is not including the 2 one on one Mania matches, 1 with who he faces tonight HHH and the other with HBK. Why does the WWE forget everything that happened except for the previous week on Raw? Michael Cole runs down everything Cena has been in, I didn't mention the Elimination Chamber match he was in as well. But no tonight is Cena's toughest match ever. Cena and HHH start out a little slow just getting a feel for each other right now. Cena with a hammerlock on HHH. The fans are back in forth with Cena chants and HHH chants. Hard whip into the turnbuckle by HHH for a 2 count. Cena is thrown into the other side now. Now a 3rd whip into the corner for another 2 count. HHH goes for the pedigree but Cena counters and whips HHH into the corner where HHH goes up and outside as Raw takes a break. Action was inside and outside during the break. We are back in the ring right now with HHH in control. Cena and HHH exchanging right hands in the middle of the ring. Cena getting the best of him. Cena hits one shoulder tackle but HHH ducked the other. FU attempted but a chop block, WOOOOO, slows Cena down. STFU try but HHH gets to the ropes. Cena with his fishermen suplex and tries a bulldog but HHH countered again. Pedigree reversed into the STFU in the middle of the ring. HHH is crawling towards the ropes. Cena breaks the hold and pulls HHH back to the middle of the ring. HHH wiggles out and nails a pedigree. 1,2.. foot on the bottom rope. Another break for Raw. HHH locks in the Sharpshooter. I hate anyone besides a Hart using the Sharpshooter. Somewhere Bret Hart is throwing up. Cena gets to the ropes. High knee to Cena as Cole tells us that is vintage HHH. This Raw blog tonight is vintage J Call. Spinebuster by the Game and goes for another pedigree. He hits and Cena kicks out. HHH has hit 2 pedigrees and still has not won the match. FU to HHH. He better kick out and he does. Damn right. Awesome match we are getting now on Raw. Crowd should be chanting 'This is Awesome'! Cena missed a top rope leg drop. Pedigree reversed to a FU countered to a pedigree for a 3 count. HHH and Cena just put on the best Raw match of the year. Now that is what I want to see more of on Raw. Heavy on the wrestling. Cena slow to get up but the faces shake hands in the middle of the ring. Great job by the WWE here. Make Cena look like he maybe on his way out off Raw. No way Smackdown gains Batista and Cena in little less than a month. Crowd on their feet as Cena leaves the ring. Good acting job Cena. You will be out first next Monday night holding the WWE title.

Not to keep plugging stuff on BBSD but if you want to know what is going to happen at Bragging Rights, then listen to ShowStoppers. Larry, John, Eric and I will all be giving our predictions. I have the Bragging Rights in the prediction department. I have went in the past 3 pay per views 21-3! That is simply staggering. As Larry said a few weeks ago on ShowStoppers I know more about the WWE then Vincent Kennedy McMahon. If you heard Shane is stepping down from the WWE. Well it is because I am replacing Shane as one of the new CEO's of the WWE.

Miz takes on a returning Marty Jannetty. The pop is not that great for Marty. Some back and forth action. Miz lands an huge inside out clothesline on Marty. Marty is in great shape yet. Crowd with a Marty chant. Back suplex on Miz. Back body drop by Marty and he starts to gain momentum, even hits a Lawler like fist drop. A little goof up towards the end and Miz takes advantage by picking up the victory with his skull crushing finale. I hate that name for his finisher. Miz change it to something cool. Well wait you are not cool, therefore your finisher can not be cool.

Diva title rematch from last week. Jillian vs Melina. Raw announces a 3 on 3 Raw vs Smackdown diva match for the ppv. Melina trips on the steps but still has the perfect entrance. Chavo distracts the ref. Jillian hits a samoan drop. Hornswaggle distracts Chavo and Melina wins the match. Hornswaggle has some street clothes on. Chavo grabs him and Snoop comes to the ring. Chavo throws Horn down and starts to shove D-O double G. Snoop a Loop hits a clothesline. Snoop and Chavo circle each other and Chavo goes for another clothesline but Snoop ducks. Snoop spears Chavo the hos er Divas come down to a dance party in the ring with Snoop and Hornswaggle. Actually Hornswaggle could dance but Michael Cole can't.

If you want a trip down memory lane check out Smackdown this Friday night. Lawler will be filling in for a newly wed Todd Grisham and will be at the announcer table with... GOOD OLE JR. JR and The King back together for one night only. WWE should never have broken them up cuz Cole sucks no matter what show he is on. JR and The King 2 Hall of Famers together on Friday night Smackdown. I gotta plug the WWE since I am going to be working for them soon.

The WWE never lets me down when it comes to putting together promo videos. An absolutely perfect RKO Cena rivalry video. The video showed clips from back in 07 all the way until now. Orton Cena has been a grea rivalry. A 1 hour anything goes iron man match to settle it once and for all. I hope it is a good match. Cole and Lawler rundown the ppv card in the ring. The reason they do it in the ring is because the live crowd can hear them then. The arena is not linked to the announcers table so in order to hear the card, Cole and Lawler must use the hand mics. I just thought I would let you know why they do that. 2 Nascar guys Kyle Busch and Joey whatever the hell his name is are going to Co GM Raw next week. Excuse me while I don't give a crap. Just more reason why I hate the celebrity GM's. I could rant about it but if you have read my previous Raw blogs (you should) you would know I hate the Celebrity GM's. Hey look I write a Raw blog each and every week for the past 21 weeks in a row. I am a semi Celebrity so I should be a GM for a night. Main event time:

Y2J Chris Jericho, my favorite wrestler right now, takes on the ShowStopper Shawn Michaels. Jericho is on the mic talking to HBK that he has assembled a great Smackdown team that will beat team Raw. Cryme Tyme comes out from the audience. Its a Smackdown take over. Kane heads down the other side of the audince with Ziggler and Escobar and Drew McIntyre. Team Smackdown is in the ring waiting for Raw team members. Team Raw head towards the ring. We are going to have a prelude to the ppv right now. 7 on 7 in the ring and who will throw the first punch? Crowd chanting for DX. HHH congratulates Jericho. HHH says the entire Raw roster can agree on one thing and that is they dont like him, his team or the show. Vicki is on the rampway now. Vicki orders team Smackdown out of the arena right now. HHH throws the first punch to Jericho. Chris is tossed over the announcers table. Its a pure six brawl with 14 men as Raw goes off the air. I like the ending because it finally gives me a reason to give a crap about the Raw vs Smackdown match. No matter what though team Raw will not lose. They have a lot more big name players. In the end it just doesn't matter what the WWE does the Raw team will come out on top.

Raw was a solid effort tonight. Cena and HHH had a match that was good enough to be labeled as the best match on free tv so far this year. I hope to write an NFL blog later in the week. I apologize for not doing my NFL picks any longer. My NFL blog later in the week will not be a pick blog but more of an insight on a few things I have liked and disliked about several teams in the league. I hope you enjoyed my Raw blog and continue because after 21 weeks in a row, you know I am just getting started. WOOOO! Make sure to listen to ShowStoppers as well.

J Call

Monday, October 12, 2009

Raw 10-12

Last week with Big Ben I had to say that it was a solid show. Tonight proves how damn dumb the guest gm thing is on Raw. Nancy O'Dell from Access Hollywood. To quote my good friend from Show Stoppers Larry "WTF?" Seriously! How can I believe she knows a wrist lock to a wrist watch. Proves once again I should be a guest GM one week. Il guarantee I can prove to wrestling fans in 10mins I deserve it more than Nancy will in 2 hours. Ok, I am sorry for the rant. Lights camera wait..



Before the music and pyro the greatest wrestler in the world today Chris Jericho is shown in the back. Jericho talks about Bragging Rights and how he is the team captain for the Smackdown team. Nancy O'Dell shows up and says we don't start Raw with Y2J but with DX. DX heads to the ring. Triple H comes down without HBK. HHH does the are you ready by himself. HHH says Shawn is not there. HHH talks about the Bragging Rights team headlining with DX. HHH whips out his cell phone and calls his tag partner. Shawn's voice mail is him singing his music. Shawn picks up and says he can't make it because his daughter is sick. JeriShow come out to interrupt Hunter's fun. Jericho talks about Smackdowns team for Bragging Rights. He says Smackdown is better than Raw because Chris is on it. Jericho talks about how he wants Show on the Smackdown team even though he's on Raw. HHH is trying to bait Show into getting mad at Jericho. An argument breaks out between Chris and Big Show. JeriShow banter about how each one of them has been made a fool of by different celebrities. HHH is standing back and soaking it all in. Show decides he wants to be on the Raw team without Jericho. HHH says to bad they don't have a space for him. HHH says he can earn his spot on the Raw team if he beats his tag partner Jericho. That match will be next.



Show and Jericho get in each others face and then shake hands before the match begins. Show pushes Chris into the corner and rubs his hair, then again but another clean break. Big Show displaying some power early on. Huge chop in the corner on Chris's chest. Jericho rolls to the outside. Show picks up Y2J from the outside to the inside. Jericho shoves Show a few times. Show grabs him by the neck and throws him into the corner. Show put him on the top rope and chopped him off to the outside. Jericho fakes a knee injury to roll in the ring to win via countout. Show caught him in the knick of time and Show rolled in just in time to win. Big Show joins DX for the Raw team at Bragging Rights.



Special correspondent is some chick from Access Hollywood. Dibiase and Rhodes in the back talking about competing for spots on the Raw team and this broad makes a triple threat match for another spot on team Raw. Rhodes vs Dibiase vs Cena. Raw's writing team tonight: How bout tonight we have every heel team get mad at each other and have to face each other? Love it lets do it.



Diva title match Mickie vs Jillian. I love looking at Jillian with mute on my tv but she isn't the most solid wrestler. A few decent wrestling moves to start and a dropkick by Mickie for 2. Mickie is countering Jillian in this entire match. Mickie leaps to the second rope and Jillian powerbombs her for the victory. Um I got nothing to say now. Im actually speechless. All I can say is why? Nancy chick is back and talks about how Smackdown and Raw made a Diva trade. Melina is back on Raw. Mickie say hello to Smackdown. This match starts now. Melina and Jillian screw up the finisher and then do another one with Melina flipping Jillian and pinning her for the victory. Im ok with this now. Mickie will go to Smackdown to face Michelle McCool. Melina made be alittle mad because she is apart from Morrison. I can understand that but we all are happy because we get to see Melina's entrance every night.

Snoop Dogg is the guest host of GM next week. Maybe he can bring back RVD to smoke a bowl.
DX is backstage and HHH is talking to Shawn on the phone. Hornswaggle is dressed as HBK. Full details of the Diva trade will be made after the show on WWE.com but I can't wait. Santino in the back with the 2 women from Access Hollywood. Beth has been traded to Smackdown. Thank god! SHE WILL BE USED OVER THERE! Woooo! Beth is in the face of the AH chicks. Santino makes a match with the one gal against Beth. As she leaves Santino says everytime he and Beth were intimate he faked every organism. Yes he said it incorrectly. Very funny.

Triple Threat Bragging Rights qualifying match Rhodes vs Dibiase vs Cena. Legacy come out together. Nice big pop for Cena. Cena clotheslines Rhodes and starts to go to work on Dibiase. Here is my gripe on this match: Why the hell would Legacy want to team with DX anyway? Double clothesline on Legacy. Sidewalk slam but Rhodes saves Dibiase. If Legacy were smart they would just beat the crap out of Cena for their leader Randy Orton. Who cares about Bragging Rights brand tag match! Rhodes with a bulldog off the 2nd rope. Legacy is just beating the crap out of Cena right now. Crowd is chanting for Cena. Cena knocks Rhodes off the apron but Dibiase follows up with big lariat for 2. Teddy dumps John over the top as Raw heads to a break. Raw is back with Cena on the mat again. Rhodes is FU'd over the top. Dropkick by Dibiase for 2. Neckbreaker by Rhodes for 2. Knee drop to the back of Cena's head for another near fall. Cena finally hits a move but Dibiase saves the match up. Legacy goes for a double suplex and Cena suplexes Legacy. Cena starting to take control. STFU on Teddy. Orton slides in and out of the ring. Rhodes pinned Dibiase from behind. AH chick on the tron now. She makes a match with Dibiase and Rhodes vs Cena and Orton. Is Raw's roster really this weak? Last week JeriShow wrestled twice. Tonight Legacy have to wrestle twice. Where is Kofi vs Miz a rematch for the US title? MVP Henry Swagger and Bourne? I mean there is plenty of talent on the roster and 2 weeks in a row the same guys wrestle twice. This is why I tell John and Larry on ShowStoppers week after week Smackdown is the better show. They know how to utilize the entire roster.

Finally Swagger comes out. I do wish Jack had a little different entrance. I like the pyro though. Swagger said last week he is going undefeated the rest of the year. He faces another guy I was wondering where he was, MVP. These two men should have had a longer feud early in the summer. They had 1 match on ppv and that was the end of it. Swagger starts to focus on the shoulder. Good idea and smart wrestling. MVP with a big throw and starts to mount a comeback. Ballin' elbow for 2. Arm breaker followed up with a gut wrench powerbomb for the victory. No where near long enough match up. Swagger is now on the Raw team with DX, Show and Rhodes.

Legacy in the back with Orton talking about there is no way he tags with Cena. He makes it clear that it will be 3 on 1. Rhodes and Dibiase talk about how the other one is thinking about pinning Orton.

BOOM BOOM BOOM Kofi is out for a chance to be on the Raw tag team. His opponent is Evan Bourne. Here is a great match up! I hope this match goes longer than 2 mins. Evan makes his way to the ring heading to the break. Match started during the break. Cole and Lawler mention the last spot will be either Masters or Henry a match thats on Superstars. Il spare you the trouble, Henry won. Half crab by Evan. Huge Euro upper cut by Kofi for 2. Kofi leaped to the top rope but fell for 2. S.O.S by Kofi for a 2 count. Evan nails Kofi with a sweet knee. Evan gets caught in mid air by the Trouble in Paradise for the victory for Kofi. I've been saying this: I am so tired of seeing Bourne lose each week. You here me WWE writers! Evan deserves a push against Miz. HHH in the back with AH sluts. So some access hollywood gets to waste a entire segment in the ring against Beth, who she will beat. Love it. Thank you WWE. Way to put on a fantastic product.

6 Diva tag match. Beth, Alicia and Rosa are in the ring. They take on Kelly Kelly, Gail Kim and Maria Menounos. I don't care. Gail and Alicia start the match up. Maria comes in right away. She tosses Alicia around a couple of times. Wasn't Alicia just the number 1 contender for the Diva title? Beth gets tagged in but is slapped by Maria. Huge sidewalk slam by Beth to Kelly. Rosa and Kelly are in. Kelly hits her leg drop on Rosa for the win. Beth should do cart wheels up the stage because now she will be used on Smackdown as what she should be, a dominant woman in the Women's division.

The New United States Champion The Miz comes to the stage. Miz comes out to brag about how he is the new US title. At Bragging Rights, Miz will take on John Morrison. I like that match up. Very cool match the WWE booked for the ppv. Miz rattles on for a few more minutes. Cole and Lawler rundown the ppv card. Main event time:

The WWE champion and currently one of my favorite wrestlers Randy Orton and Raw heads towards it last break of the night. Orton says he talked to the guest host for next weeks Raw. Cena will compete but doesn't announce against who. We find out who after the match. Cena starts up against Dibiase. Legacy double teaming Cena right now. Powerslam by Teddy for 2. Rhodes in now. Orton got tagged in. Rhodes tried to pin Orton. Dibiase blind tag and tries to pin Orton twice. Cena gets fired up and lands the you cant see me fist drop. Orton starts to take out Cnea. Dibiase rolls up Orton for the win. I had to laugh at that one. Cena is up and Orton gets an FU to end the show. Cena will face Triple H next week.

I have a few complaints as I have made mention to them above. Where the hell was the wrestling tonight? Way to much backstage crap for sure. Raw needs to be more focused on wrestling. Right now its all about Bragging Rights Raw vs Smackdown. Thats fine but where is the other feuds to help contribute to Raw? Raw can't be about Orton Cena and that's it. You make a pay per view than Raw should have Smackdown guys and Smackdown should use some Raw guys to make the fans want to buy the ppv. Otherwise we have to just believe it will be a great match and have very little hype going into it. One mans opinion. Take it or leave. I am the best damn WWE blogger on the planet. Wooo!

J Call

Monday, October 5, 2009

Raw 10-5

WOOOO! Why am I wooing right away? Perhaps because I went 7-1 on my Hell in a Cell predictions on Showstoppers. As for the ppv itself, I found it to be a good ppv with some solid ring action. Three Hell in a Cell matches may have been 2 to many but all in all the WWE made sure they all were worth watching. In case you missed the ppv and have not seen results, (why are you reading this?), the Undertaker is the new World Champ. Randy Orton is the new WWE champion, as I predicted. Lastly, DX and Legacy had their best outing and in the end DX won. Tonight, we should see the signs of where the WWE is going with the next pay per view Bragging Rights. The Pittsburgh Steelers QB Big Ben, I wont butcher his last name, is hosting along with his offensive line. I will be interested to see how much we see of Ben. Roll camera, music, and GO!

Raw begins with Big Ben out with the old MNF theme song. Ben says he has a surprise from the get go. The Diva Bowl. Ben you better not get to close to the Divas you may get into more trouble. All 3 brands are being represented in this Diva Bowl. Gail Kim is the special ref. I don't know how many there are but its a crap load of chicks. I believe its a 12 Diva tag match. All 12 get in the ring but Gail breaks it up. Mickie is in with Rosa but then tags in Alicia. Mickie and Alicia are in right now. Head scissors take down and then a neckbreaker for 2. Every woman gets in one at a time. Michelle McCool gets in and Mickie hits her big ddt on her. Alicia gets rolled up for the win by the face Divas. WAIT...

THE NEW WWE CHAMPION RANDY ORTON heads to the ring with the chicks still in the ring. Perfect timing Legend Killer. I love Orton's new t-shirt. Orton is introduced and Raw takes it first break. Randy begins to speak about last nights victory. Orton is now a 6 time WWE champion. Randy is very young still, and he could easily break the record for most world titles after HHH does. Randy talks about not needing any back up last night. True, Orton did it on his own. The Viper calls out Cena who in response comes to the ring. The crowd is hot for Cena tonight, unlike last night at the ppv where Cena was booed out of the building. Randy says Cena will not get a rematch for the title tonight. I am guessing Cena will ask for a rematch at the ppv. John says he is out to congratulate Orton for his win last night. Cena says he noticed the fans last night before, during and the end of the match. John Cena and Randy Orton has become the rivalry, labeled by Cena. John says he wants to do it one more time. Cena wants a one hour iron man match at the next ppv. No more rematches and the feud ends. Orton asks why he would agree to that if he loses. The terms Orton lays out is if Cena wins he is the champ and if Orton wins Cena leaves Raw. Cena agrees but Orton adds no dq no countout, basically anything goes for 60 minutes. Cena still agrees. I have a huge problem with this match. You know why HBK and Bret Hart worked in an iron man match and HHH vs Rock didnt? Because HBK and Hart were 2 phenominal technical wrestlers and the Rock wasn't. An iron man match takes more than just right hands and shoulder tackles. Orton is going to have to carry the match or they are going to have to use a ton of weapons.

The All American American is out now. Swagger had a nice match with Miz and Kofi last night but did not win the US title. Jack grabs the mic talking about being a winner. I just said you lost last night Swagger. Swagger says he will go undefeated the rest of the year. Swagger takes on Primo. I guess the streak will start tonight. Primo off to a hot start to the contest. Swagger gets it back with his 2nd rope splash followed up with a few push ups. Belly to belly suplex for a 2 count. A bear hug now on Primo. Primo starts to fight out but is thrown into the corner. Roll up by Primo for 2 then got caught off the ropes. Dropkick by primo for a 2. Swagger caught Primo with a big boot off the ropes and then a gut wrench powerbomb for the win. Streak begins tonight. Will it last until the end of the year? In a word, DOUBTER.

The Diva chicks are all bitching in the back then Santino shows up. Santino asks Mickie and Fox to kiss in front of him and make up. Fox slaps the hell out of Santino and the chicks brawl some more. Cole and Lawler talk about Bragging Rights. Miz in the back with Ben. Miz talks about what Swagger was talking about earlier. Miz asks for a shot @ Kofi and his title tonight. Ben gives him the match against Kofi but one stipulation. If Miz loses he has to say in the middle of the ring, "Im the Miz and Im awful."

A recap of Chavo hitting Masters when he had Hornswaggle in the masterlock. For some stupid reason Masters tags up with Chavo again tonight. They take on MVP and Henry. MVP and Henry look like a legit tag team. Bragging Rights should be Henry MVP vs JeriShow again. Masters is getting destroyed by Henry. MVP gets the tag and goes to work. Chavo in now isolating MVP. MVP hits the ballin elbow. Masters comes to break up but ends up hitting Chavo with an elbow. MVP and Henry pick up the win and Chavo and Masters argue in the ring. Hornswaggle comes in and helps Chavo out of the masterlock then gives Chavo the crotch chops.

The Special GM Big Ben is out in the ring now. Ben starts to talk about what we have in store for tonight. Out comes the best duel in the WWE right now JeriShow. Big Show asks why do they call you big Ben? Big Show asks where his offensive line? The big boys come out to the stage. Ben starts to rattle off their names as they walk down to the ring. Of course Show is taller and practically bigger than all of them. Jericho uses some big words that I cannot spell like every week. The o line gets in the 3 point stance in front of Show but JeriShow roll out. DX comes to join the party. Larry, looks like you are going to get your wish of a DX JeriShow feud. HBK rants about how his injuries from last night and how JeriShow haven't beat the best tag team in the WWE. Ben makes the match DX vs JeriShow tonight.

Miz vs Kofi up now. I have a feeling Kofi will be hanging on now. Boom Boom Boom! Miz charges after Kofi who sidesteps and Miz goes flying out. Kofi tries Trouble in Paradise but Miz holds on to the ropes. A quick 2 count for Kofi and Miz takes a breather. Another roll up for 2. Miz finally hits a clothesline for a 1 count. Miz showing signs of aggression tonight. Kofi returns the favor beating Miz down in the corner. Kofi starts to climb the ropes but Miz knocks his knee and the champ falls to the outside as Raw takes a break. Miz with a chinlock when Raw returns. Kofi counters a back suplex for 1. Miz with a huge clothesline and mounts for a few rights and lefts. Kofi hits trouble in Paradise but Miz lands on the outside. Kofi carries him back in only for 2. Miz small package for 2. Kofi gets fired up and hits the boom boom drop. Miz grabs the ropes to break the pin attempt. Backslide for another 2 for Kofi. Both men exchanging punches now. Miz gains the upper hand but Kofi hits a moves and heads to the top. Crossbody but Miz rolls through for 2. S.O.S. for 2. Miz hits his finisher. Miz wins the US title. I was wrong tonight. Big title change tonight on Raw. A great match by these two. We should see a rematch. Miz grabs the mic yeah your the miz and your awesome.

Hornswaggle and Santino in the back with Ben. Santino doesn't get Ben's name right and Hornswaggle slaps Santino and then he gets it right. DX JeriShow is next.

Champs out first followed by DX. Jericho and HHH start the match out with some basic mat wrestling. HBK tagged in. I love HBK and Y2J battling it out. Wrestlemania 17 was an instant classic between these two. Add in the feud HBK and Jericho had last year for the World Title. Ah the memories. Show and HHH both get tagged into the match. Raw comes back with Show and Jericho workin over the game. 2nd rope dropkick by Jericho for 2. Jericho gets hung up on the 2nd rope and HHH tries to crawl to HBK and does. Shawn gets the hot tag and gains the momentum. Jericho reverses it with a hard irish whip into the corner. Shawn is hurting now and a Big Show leg drop won't help. Show pounds on the back of Michaels. Jericho with a giant clothesline for 2. Small package by Michaels countered into the Walls of Jericho to HBK in the middle of the ring. HHH trying to get the crowd behind Shawn. HBK crawls to HHH but Jercho pulls him back into the center of the ring. Shawn gets close again then HHH runs into to break up the Walls. Jericho tags Show first. Shawn crawling up the corner and Show charges 3 times but is stopped everytime. Show grabs Shawns leg on his knee. Enziguri and theres a tag to HHH. Jericho got tagged as well. HHH gets on a roll and gets a 2. Knee drop by HHH. Show tries to stop him but Jericho ends up hitting Show. All 4 get in the ring and Show suplexes DX. Jericho goes for a pin with his feet on the ropes for another 2. Pedigree stopped by Show. HHH and HBK push Show into the turnbuckle on the outside. Jericho in with DX. DX looks around and rolls out of the ring. Ben comes down the ramp with his o-line. DX and the Steelers trap Jericho. HBK throws him back in the ring for some Sweet Chin Music and DX wins.

I am a huge Jericho fan as most of you know. I have one big problem with this feud if the DX JeriShow feud continues to the ppv. Who benefits from this? I understand the JeriShow feuding with Henry MVP or Cryme Tyme because it helps the young stars get a push towards a belt and makes them look good to the fans. Here though DX and JeriShow are all established stars who don't need to look good or push each other. Its why Legacy DX makes so much sense. Legacy came out of the feud looking great and then weren't even shown on Raw tonight. The WWE cannot drop the ball with Legacy. I really hope DX JeriShow was a one time deal and next week we will see Legacy come back and help JeriShow. I know Larry from ShowStoppers is going to be super excited for the DX JeriShow feud. I feel a Hart Dynasty JeriShow feud would help establish the young men. If this feud with DX continues, the tag team division will end up getting over looked because of the massive stars going at it, the belts will turn into an after thought. WWE has worked hard, I take that back, JeriShow have worked hard to make the tag belts look credible again. Dont take that away in one feud. Alright, time for me to get on out of here for this weeks Raw. I apologize for not having an NFL blog this past week. We had some technical problems with the website beyond our control. I will have one up this week for sure. Lets just say I didn't do as well as I did predicting Hell in a Cell. I guess that's why Im not the best damn NFL blogger on the planet. I am the best damn WWE blogger on the planet. WOOO!

J Call

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