Summerslam is here! Well not quite but close enough. I love Summerslam. Summerslam is the 2nd biggest pay per view of year for the WWE. This years card is not as stellar as some other years but it should be a great event. Now is the time to start to rub my ball, I mean my crystal ball and figure out what the WWE will do this Sunday.
Before I get into my predictions I wanted to do something special for the blog. I wrote my buddies on ShowStoppers, Larry and John, and I asked them to email me a small email on what was their favorite Summerslam match. Here is their responses:
My favorite match at summerslam was in 2001. It was Jeff Hardy vs. Rob Van Dam in a hardcore championship match. I liked it because it was the match that was the closest to a money in the bank. it was hardcore, and involved a ladder. Van Dam and Hardy had one of the best matches ever.
John
My favorite match of all time at SummerSlam would have to be Razor vs HBK at the 95 event. This was when the ladder match was still new and these guys put everything into it. If they wouldn't of made this match what it was we probably don't have ladder matches today
Larry Stanley
I love both of their choices. I knew Larry was going to choose an HBK match because he is in love with him. John picked a match with 2 hard working wrestlers and they put on a great show. As for mine? Summerslam '91 with Bret Hart vs Mr. Perfect for the IC title. Incredible match with 2 fantastic technical wrestlers. It is my personal favorite Bret Hart match. By the way, Mr. Perfect is very underrated. He should have been a world champion. Alright, now for the predictions.
WWE Tag Team Titles
Y2J and Big Show (c) vs Cryme Tyme.
I am very happy to see Cryme Tyme get some time to build their team up and wrestle for the gold. Smackdown has been building up some new faces and Cryme Tyme is two of them. The strange thing is Y2J and Show have been on Raw for most of the build up. JeriShow have been in the midst of the Cena Orton feud. If the WWE is smart they keep the belts on Show and Y2J so they can keep being used on both shows. I am going with my boy Jericho and Show over Cryme Tyme.
Kane vs The Great Kahli.
I don't know what is so great about The Great Kahli. I do like Kane because he can wrestle! Why waste time and effort to build a feud with Kahli when any smart wrestling fan knows it is going to suck? I am going with Kane.
Jack Swagger vs MVP
Here is a match up anyone could love. MVP has improved over the last year or so. Mic skills? Check. Charisma? Check. Athleticism? Check. MVP has it all to become a main eventer. Swagger already has held a world title, even if it was the ECW, it still counts. These two men should be being used as Raw's next top performers. I really hope the WWE gives these two men some good quality time to develop a fantastic match. Both men need the momentum. I think the WWE will give it to Swagger. This feud should continue after Summerslam.
ECW Championship
Christian (c) vs William Regal
I don't fully understand the logic of William Regal getting a title match on a huge pay per view. I heard reports Regal was getting this push to help the young talent develop. If Regal is in the title picture it means more high profile matches. It also means Regal wrestles the young talent to raise them up as well. I guess Regal is a good mentor for the younger wrestlers. Christian is solid in every aspect. He should win Money in the Bank at Wrestlemania 26 so he can get a huge push next year. Captain Charisma is that good. He deserves to keep the ECW title a while longer. He will successfully defend his title at Summerslam.
Intercontinental Championship
Rey Mysterio (c) vs Dolph Ziggler
I must say, I love this feud. Smackdown has elevated the value of the IC title with Rey as champion. Rey has made Dolph into a great mid card wrestler. Rey has asked the WWE if he could have a long run with the IC belt. Dolph deserves a chance to be a champion. I believe Dolph will be a great asset to the WWE for the next couple of years. He will get his chance, but not now. Rey will keep the belt for another month.
DX vs Legacy
I will be pissed if this match is the main event. If Ric Flair's last match was not the final match of Wrestlemania 24, DX should not headline Summerslam 09. I like DX. They just got back together in the last 2 weeks. On Raw, Legacy got their time to shine and did. No chance in hell DX loses this match. DX should stay together for the next few months. I hope they keep feuding with Legacy for another month.
WWE Title
Randy Orton (c) vs John Cena
Randy Orton is the best heel in the WWE. How many times have I said this? I have no idea but it has to be said. Randy is the complete package and he brings it night in and night out. Cena is the most passionate wrestler in the company. Cena always has great promos. He is not the best wrestler but that is ok. I am going to bet this is the final match of the night. John Cena has not looked bad on Raw for... wait he has never looked bad. Randy deserves the belt! I expect Randy to open Monday Night Raw with the belt in his hand.
TLC Tables, Ladders, Chairs Match
World Heavyweight Champion
Jeff Hardy (c) vs CM Punk
I am sure you are wondering why I am finishing with this match when I just said Cena and Orton will finish Summerslam. I am glad you asked. I thought I would end this special prediction blog with a letter to the strange enigma Jeff Hardy. Before the letter, I say Punk gets the belt back.
Dear Jeff Hardy,
First off, huge fan. Jeff, you are one of the most charismatic wrestlers I have ever seen. I love watching you in the ring. You are a daredevil. You deserved this push as champion. I went crazy when you beat Triple H and Edge at Armageddon last year. I sat back and soaked in what had to been one of the greatest moments in your career. You worked so hard to come back and become world champion. I just have to say one thing. DON'T LEAVE! I understand the long grueling schedule you have. I understand you want to explore other career paths. But this is your time, Jeff! A make or break it in your wrestling career. If you leave, the WWE may never push you as a world champion again. If you leave and comeback, they will keep you held down to mid card level like so many other times. If you stay, you can continue this title push. You will go down the path of Hall of Famers go down. The path of being a long term champion and headline multiple pay per views, perhaps Wrestlemania 26. Yes, I believe you would headline next years Wrestlemania if you stay. Your fans need you Jeff. The WWE needs you. You may not need the fans or the WWE, but think about how you may need us in 2 years when the itch returns. It always does. You will itch to get into the ring again. To hear us scream for you! So at Summerslam enjoy the "pop" when you come out. Because if you leave, it may never get that big again.
J Call
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Monday, August 17, 2009
Raw 8-17
Summerslam is only 6 days away. So far the card is looking quite intriguing. DX is reuniting for the 20th time, but at least they are exciting together. The WWE champion Randy Orton will face John Cena. Raw has been fairly decent the last 2 weeks. Tonight, Freddie Prince Jr., a former writer for the WWE, is the guest GM. The WWE has to put entertain in the ring and out tonight. I need to see DX on the show tonight as well. The main event of Randy Orton and Cena vs Y2J and Show is a great idea. I hope WWE can deliver.
Raw is live from Randy Orton's hometown St. Louis, MO. I wonder if he will get some face pops tonight, or maybe that will just be at my house. Lilian announces the guest GM, Freddie Prinze Jr. He says he is here because he has been a lifelong wrestling fan. He continues that tonight is about the fans. He is going to start Summerslam here tonight. The Diva championship and the US title will be on the line. I love title matches for free. Some weird ass music starts and some dude dressed as the guy from I Know What You Did Last Summer comes to the ring. He speaks in some dark voice. He rips off the cap and its Santino. He starts auditioning for movies. Santino actually isn't to bad. Freddie starts to announce the main event but is interrupted by the Legend Killer Randy Orton. The crowd is cheering him somewhat on his way to the ring. The music stops and the cheers get a little louder. Randy says he doesn't feel like competing at all tonight. Freddie says this is your hometown and you don't wanna work? Orton says he doesn't care and is not there to please these people. I guess this is to make sure the fans don't cheer for him. A big "You Suck" chant starts. Orton demands to be taken out of the main event. Freddie tells Orton he will compete and team up with Cena to face Y2J and The Big Show. Freddie starts to walk away and Orton grabs him and does his twisting neckbreaker on Freddie. Refrees come down to have a look at Freddie as Raw goes to break. A great first segment. It was funny with Santino and serious when Orton came down. I am wondering about where Raw will go from here. As it looked like Freddie would not be able to continue as the acting GM after what Orton did to him.
Cole announces that Freddie has been taken to a local hospital. I guess Raw will continue with no GM. To get Raw back on track, here comes the United States Champion Kofi defends his title vs Carlito. Carlito comes out with Rosa. The first WWE match Carlito ever had, he won the US title. A couple of tie ups, quick pins, and then Kofi is tossed outside. Carlito has the advantage after the break. Kofi tries to gain it back but is met by a huge big boot. Its high time to give Carlito some tv time. He is a solid wrestler and is actually decent on the mic. Kofi finally gets a Russian Leg sweep in and starts to follow it up with a series of his crazy offense. The boom boom boom double leg drop gets a 2 count and so does a huge crossbody. Kofi back to the top with another crossbody but Carlito rolls through with a 2 count. An awesome neckbreaker gets a very close 2 count for Carlito. Kofi reverses the backstabber and hits trouble in paradise for the 1,2,3. A very good match for Raw. You give 2 young men time, 2 segments, to work with in the ring and they come up with a solid match. Now this is the wrestling I can handle. Good job to both men.
Raw comes back with a DX history video. "You know the Crock just came from the bathroom." "You make the rules and we will break them." They show the video of Tyson joining DX, the war on WCW, and even some stuff with Chyna in the original DX. I even saw Rick Rude in part of that video. The Miz makes his way down to the ring. The Miz was wearing full pants for quite sometime but now is wearing a Jericho type look. The Miz grabs the mic and says he is embarking on a huge comeback to win the US title. He takes on Evan Bourne when Raw comes back. Evan seems to be getting bigger pops everywhere he goes. Of course, when it is your hometown your pop is always bigger. Orton isn't the only hometown boy tonight, so is Evan. Miz goes to work early on. Evan hits a nice dropkick but Miz comes back with a huge clothesline. Miz puts on a cool looking camel clutch. I wonder because Evan is a smaller wrestler, he won't get a big push from the WWE. They seem to like bigger wrestlers, but give Evan some time he can prove himself. Evan hits a double knee leap over the top to the outside. He followed it up with a few kicks. He gets to the top rope for the Shooting Star Press but Miz counters. Evan gets on Miz shoulders, but Miz counters into his finisher and picks up the win. Miz might start to get a big push on Raw. DX reunite next!
A recap on how the DX reunion got started. A DX spray painted Limo arrives as the vid ends. HHH and HBK are heading to the ring. They come across Jillian who starts to sing the DX song and HHH puts a trash can over her head. Then Santino jumps out from behind them and gets Sweet Chin Music. The arena is completely dark and the lights go up with "Are You Ready?" DX hits the stage with Shawn jumping around like a moron as always. The crowd is going wild for the return of HBK. They do the crotch chop with pyro behind them. A nostalgic feeling happens when DX hits the ring. HHH asks Shawn if its good to be back. Shawn says god help him he loves this stuff. They go on to start the "Are you Ready" when out of no where Legacy hits the ring and starts to beat the whole crap out of DX. I must say I am suprised Legacy came out. I love it. Every wrestling fan knows that DX will win on Sunday. So what does the WWE need to do the Raw before the ppv? Make the audience at least think, even a little doubt, that DX will not win at the pay per view. Did it work? Probably not. At least Legacy looks strong going into Summerslam. It gives the match some credibility.
NBC is showing Wrestlemania 25 on the 29th of August. Good exposure for the WWE. The biggest pay per view of the year on national television. A Diva Championship match with Mickie defending against Gail Kim. I hope they give these two woman sometime to develop a quality contest. Both women try for the same moves to start to the match. The timing seems to be a bit off with these two. Gail hits a dropkick off the top for 2. The crowd is dead during the match. Both go for their finisher but fail. Mickie tries again for the ddt again, but Gail seemed to block it even though she fell. Then another blotched kick followed by a huge forearm to the chin of Gail for the victory. Mickie looked completely pissed after the match. It was a disaster.
Cena has a nice backstage promo. He makes fun of Randy whining about not wanting to wrestle tonight. Jericho shows up behind Cena and tells him he has a few more problems. Chris says he is pissed about what happened last week. Show then tells Cena he may not make it to Summerslam. Cena and Orton will win for sure now.
Raw returns with MVP and Swagger already in the ring. Swagger starts with some of his amateur wrestling. MVP takes the fight to the outside. Swagger with a bunch of boots in the corner and the ref calls for the bell. Swagger just got dq'd. MVP takes down Swagger with huge right hands. Swagger retreats after losing the match. Way to short and a preview to a possible longer match at Summerslam. Freddie shows up in the backstage area. I guess he is on his way out to the ring.
Chavo is in the ring getting ready for a falls count anywhere match vs Hornswaggle. This has to be the last freaking time we see these two wrestle. One could only hope. They both go under the ring and Hornswaggle runs to the back. Camera catches up to Chavo searching for the little man. The crowd sees the St. Louis Blues stuff hanging on the wall and chants "Lets Go Blues". Thats how excited they were during the match. Chavo gets hit by a paint can after opening the door and hornswaggle wins the match. Chavo gets up to figure out what happened and Henry shows up and Chavo tries to blame him but Henry says it wasnt him. Out of the blue Macaulay Culkin shows up. WTF? I have no idea but it was kind of cool and a big suprise.
Next week on Raw Floyd Money Mayweather is hosting Raw from Las Vegas. He isn't a newbie to wrestling. If you recall, he fought the Big Show at Wrestlemania 24. Show and Jericho come out to the ring and its main event time. Orton stalks to the ring with the title on his shoulder. I figured they would leave Cena last. Cena receives a great big pop from the live crowd. Freddie comes out and announces this is now a Lumberjack match. The lumberjacks are all faces who hate Orton. During the break Jericho got beat up by some of the wrestlers on the outside. Meanwhile in the ring Show is dominating Cena. Cena gets close to a tag and Orton retracts his hand. Cena bitch slaps Orton on the back for a tag and then tosses his partner over the ropes into the ring. Show spears the crap out of Orton. The heels are dominating the heel champion Randy Orton. Orton counters Jericho's sleeper with a back suplex. Orton crawls towards Cena but is caught by Y2J. Tag to Show and he hits a huge legdrop on Orton. Jericho gets tagged in and gets powerslamed. Finally a hot tag to Cena. Jericho hits an FU on Jericho and Cena wins. RKO to Cena right after the match. Jericho starts pounding Cena and the lumberjacks get dumped by the heels. Cena has enough time to recover and knocks Jericho and Show out of the ring. Cena will never look bad on Raw! I get so pissed that every week Cena has to look like Superman, oh wait he had a weakness. I get it WWE, you want to cater to the kids that watch Raw. I understand. I am just so freaking tired Cena has to be unbeatable. He gets an RKO and 2 mins later he is on his feet and beating up The Big Show.
Raw proved to gain a lot of momentum for Summerslam. I look forward to Smackdown this Friday. I will have a prediction blog up Friday morning. If you are not getting enough WWE talk, listen to Showstoppers on Tuesday with my boys, Larry and John. I know they have cooked up something special for this week.
J Call
Raw is live from Randy Orton's hometown St. Louis, MO. I wonder if he will get some face pops tonight, or maybe that will just be at my house. Lilian announces the guest GM, Freddie Prinze Jr. He says he is here because he has been a lifelong wrestling fan. He continues that tonight is about the fans. He is going to start Summerslam here tonight. The Diva championship and the US title will be on the line. I love title matches for free. Some weird ass music starts and some dude dressed as the guy from I Know What You Did Last Summer comes to the ring. He speaks in some dark voice. He rips off the cap and its Santino. He starts auditioning for movies. Santino actually isn't to bad. Freddie starts to announce the main event but is interrupted by the Legend Killer Randy Orton. The crowd is cheering him somewhat on his way to the ring. The music stops and the cheers get a little louder. Randy says he doesn't feel like competing at all tonight. Freddie says this is your hometown and you don't wanna work? Orton says he doesn't care and is not there to please these people. I guess this is to make sure the fans don't cheer for him. A big "You Suck" chant starts. Orton demands to be taken out of the main event. Freddie tells Orton he will compete and team up with Cena to face Y2J and The Big Show. Freddie starts to walk away and Orton grabs him and does his twisting neckbreaker on Freddie. Refrees come down to have a look at Freddie as Raw goes to break. A great first segment. It was funny with Santino and serious when Orton came down. I am wondering about where Raw will go from here. As it looked like Freddie would not be able to continue as the acting GM after what Orton did to him.
Cole announces that Freddie has been taken to a local hospital. I guess Raw will continue with no GM. To get Raw back on track, here comes the United States Champion Kofi defends his title vs Carlito. Carlito comes out with Rosa. The first WWE match Carlito ever had, he won the US title. A couple of tie ups, quick pins, and then Kofi is tossed outside. Carlito has the advantage after the break. Kofi tries to gain it back but is met by a huge big boot. Its high time to give Carlito some tv time. He is a solid wrestler and is actually decent on the mic. Kofi finally gets a Russian Leg sweep in and starts to follow it up with a series of his crazy offense. The boom boom boom double leg drop gets a 2 count and so does a huge crossbody. Kofi back to the top with another crossbody but Carlito rolls through with a 2 count. An awesome neckbreaker gets a very close 2 count for Carlito. Kofi reverses the backstabber and hits trouble in paradise for the 1,2,3. A very good match for Raw. You give 2 young men time, 2 segments, to work with in the ring and they come up with a solid match. Now this is the wrestling I can handle. Good job to both men.
Raw comes back with a DX history video. "You know the Crock just came from the bathroom." "You make the rules and we will break them." They show the video of Tyson joining DX, the war on WCW, and even some stuff with Chyna in the original DX. I even saw Rick Rude in part of that video. The Miz makes his way down to the ring. The Miz was wearing full pants for quite sometime but now is wearing a Jericho type look. The Miz grabs the mic and says he is embarking on a huge comeback to win the US title. He takes on Evan Bourne when Raw comes back. Evan seems to be getting bigger pops everywhere he goes. Of course, when it is your hometown your pop is always bigger. Orton isn't the only hometown boy tonight, so is Evan. Miz goes to work early on. Evan hits a nice dropkick but Miz comes back with a huge clothesline. Miz puts on a cool looking camel clutch. I wonder because Evan is a smaller wrestler, he won't get a big push from the WWE. They seem to like bigger wrestlers, but give Evan some time he can prove himself. Evan hits a double knee leap over the top to the outside. He followed it up with a few kicks. He gets to the top rope for the Shooting Star Press but Miz counters. Evan gets on Miz shoulders, but Miz counters into his finisher and picks up the win. Miz might start to get a big push on Raw. DX reunite next!
A recap on how the DX reunion got started. A DX spray painted Limo arrives as the vid ends. HHH and HBK are heading to the ring. They come across Jillian who starts to sing the DX song and HHH puts a trash can over her head. Then Santino jumps out from behind them and gets Sweet Chin Music. The arena is completely dark and the lights go up with "Are You Ready?" DX hits the stage with Shawn jumping around like a moron as always. The crowd is going wild for the return of HBK. They do the crotch chop with pyro behind them. A nostalgic feeling happens when DX hits the ring. HHH asks Shawn if its good to be back. Shawn says god help him he loves this stuff. They go on to start the "Are you Ready" when out of no where Legacy hits the ring and starts to beat the whole crap out of DX. I must say I am suprised Legacy came out. I love it. Every wrestling fan knows that DX will win on Sunday. So what does the WWE need to do the Raw before the ppv? Make the audience at least think, even a little doubt, that DX will not win at the pay per view. Did it work? Probably not. At least Legacy looks strong going into Summerslam. It gives the match some credibility.
NBC is showing Wrestlemania 25 on the 29th of August. Good exposure for the WWE. The biggest pay per view of the year on national television. A Diva Championship match with Mickie defending against Gail Kim. I hope they give these two woman sometime to develop a quality contest. Both women try for the same moves to start to the match. The timing seems to be a bit off with these two. Gail hits a dropkick off the top for 2. The crowd is dead during the match. Both go for their finisher but fail. Mickie tries again for the ddt again, but Gail seemed to block it even though she fell. Then another blotched kick followed by a huge forearm to the chin of Gail for the victory. Mickie looked completely pissed after the match. It was a disaster.
Cena has a nice backstage promo. He makes fun of Randy whining about not wanting to wrestle tonight. Jericho shows up behind Cena and tells him he has a few more problems. Chris says he is pissed about what happened last week. Show then tells Cena he may not make it to Summerslam. Cena and Orton will win for sure now.
Raw returns with MVP and Swagger already in the ring. Swagger starts with some of his amateur wrestling. MVP takes the fight to the outside. Swagger with a bunch of boots in the corner and the ref calls for the bell. Swagger just got dq'd. MVP takes down Swagger with huge right hands. Swagger retreats after losing the match. Way to short and a preview to a possible longer match at Summerslam. Freddie shows up in the backstage area. I guess he is on his way out to the ring.
Chavo is in the ring getting ready for a falls count anywhere match vs Hornswaggle. This has to be the last freaking time we see these two wrestle. One could only hope. They both go under the ring and Hornswaggle runs to the back. Camera catches up to Chavo searching for the little man. The crowd sees the St. Louis Blues stuff hanging on the wall and chants "Lets Go Blues". Thats how excited they were during the match. Chavo gets hit by a paint can after opening the door and hornswaggle wins the match. Chavo gets up to figure out what happened and Henry shows up and Chavo tries to blame him but Henry says it wasnt him. Out of the blue Macaulay Culkin shows up. WTF? I have no idea but it was kind of cool and a big suprise.
Next week on Raw Floyd Money Mayweather is hosting Raw from Las Vegas. He isn't a newbie to wrestling. If you recall, he fought the Big Show at Wrestlemania 24. Show and Jericho come out to the ring and its main event time. Orton stalks to the ring with the title on his shoulder. I figured they would leave Cena last. Cena receives a great big pop from the live crowd. Freddie comes out and announces this is now a Lumberjack match. The lumberjacks are all faces who hate Orton. During the break Jericho got beat up by some of the wrestlers on the outside. Meanwhile in the ring Show is dominating Cena. Cena gets close to a tag and Orton retracts his hand. Cena bitch slaps Orton on the back for a tag and then tosses his partner over the ropes into the ring. Show spears the crap out of Orton. The heels are dominating the heel champion Randy Orton. Orton counters Jericho's sleeper with a back suplex. Orton crawls towards Cena but is caught by Y2J. Tag to Show and he hits a huge legdrop on Orton. Jericho gets tagged in and gets powerslamed. Finally a hot tag to Cena. Jericho hits an FU on Jericho and Cena wins. RKO to Cena right after the match. Jericho starts pounding Cena and the lumberjacks get dumped by the heels. Cena has enough time to recover and knocks Jericho and Show out of the ring. Cena will never look bad on Raw! I get so pissed that every week Cena has to look like Superman, oh wait he had a weakness. I get it WWE, you want to cater to the kids that watch Raw. I understand. I am just so freaking tired Cena has to be unbeatable. He gets an RKO and 2 mins later he is on his feet and beating up The Big Show.
Raw proved to gain a lot of momentum for Summerslam. I look forward to Smackdown this Friday. I will have a prediction blog up Friday morning. If you are not getting enough WWE talk, listen to Showstoppers on Tuesday with my boys, Larry and John. I know they have cooked up something special for this week.
J Call
Monday, August 10, 2009
Raw 8-10
Last week I really enjoyed Raw with Jeremy Piven. The show had solid in ring action and furthered the storylines heading towards Summerslam. Raw is live from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Calgary is home of my favorite wrestler of all time, Bret the hitman Hart. Calgary is also home to some very loyal wrestling fans. Sgt. Slaughter is the gm for this evenings show. I am happy about a former wrestler being the general manager. Will DX return? Will John Cena ever look bad? Lets find out on another addition of WWE Monday Night Raw!
Raw starts out with the lights off and Lilian introduces the WWE champion Randy Orton. Lights go up and Orton is in the ring. Randy says there are rumors about him being worried about facing Cena. I highly doubt that. Cena and Orton have only been in the ring for the WWE title about 50 times in the last two years. He says he can bully anyone. I can forsee the Sarg out soon. The crowd starts a "you suck" chant. Canadians are always classy. Randy says he will beat Cena at Summerslam, half the crowd cheers. You can't see me hits the speakers and out comes the most popular kids star in the WWE, John Cena. John gets in the face of Orton. Cena is very passionate about kicking Orton's ass. Although he doesn't say that, he says many other things. I can hear a small RKO chant. Big Show/Y2J music hits and here come the unified tag champions. Show, Orton, Y2J, and Cena all in the ring at the same time. Big Show starts talking about intimidating people. Cena mentions Shaq. Crowd is super hot on Y2J. Jericho says they are out because Raw is in Jericho country. I won't be the only one chanting Y2J tonight. Chris goes on about a meeting with the acting gm Sgt. Slaughter. Y2J asked for a one on one match with Cena and received it. Orton talks about punting Cena after that match. The Big Show tells Orton he will be in a match with him. Cena vs Y2J and Show vs Orton. There is a wrestling god because tonight I am getting exactly what I want! WOOO!
A fatal four way Divas match for a shot at the Diva championship is up next. Kelly Kelly vs Gail Kim vs Alicia Fox vs Beth Phoenix. Lots of near falls in the beginning of the contest. Huge backbreaker by Alicia Fox on Kim. Kim a huge drop kick off the top for a 2 count. I really want Beth to win this match. She puts both Kim and Kelly on her shoulders. Amazing! Kim with a flying cross body to the outside on Fox. Kelly leaps onto both Kim and Fox. Match is fantastic. Beth got hung up on the top. Kelly got dropkicked to the outside and Kim pins Fox with her whatever you wanna call her finisher. Kim vs Mickie at Summerslam? Probably. A great Divas match.
After the contest, here comes the Sgt. He says he is honored being in front of the great Canadians. He leads us in a salute to the Canadian flag.. sort of. He talks about how the USA saved Canada. I love it. Sgt Slaughter is the heel tonight. He keeps ranting for a few more minutes before pledging to the USA flag. The fans are hating this, which is perfect. We havn't seen a full fledged heel celebrity general manager.
Raw returns from the break with a recap of Triple H last week. Apparently HHH went to Texas and we get to see what he found when he went there later. Right now, Swagger comes out to face Bourne in a rubber match. I wish these two were facing off for the number one contender for the US title. Bourne out of the gate quickly. Huge flying double knee over the top. Bourne flips back in the ring and Swagger puts his knee into Bourne's back. Bourne wrestling smartly focusing on fast moves and the legs of the bigger opponent. Couple of sweet counters into a roll up by Bourne. Swagger grabs Bourne and hits the gut wretch powerbomb for the victory. Again this was two quick. These two should have gotten a full 2 breaks for a rubber match. Swagger gets on the mic and is interrupted by MVP. MVP talks some smack to Swagger. MVP asks for a match against Swagger tonight. Swagger says maybe next week and MVP shoves Swagger to the match. MVP tryin to instigate Swagger. Swagger walks out. This match might be saved for Summerslam.
Triple H is in some office building looking for The Heartbreak Kid. We find Shawn being a cook in the cafeteria. Shawn starts yelling at some kid. HHH meets up with him but all Shawn says is hello Hunter. Thats the whole video. Not that cool or funny. Slaughter comes out to the ramp way and introduces Jillian to does god bless of America. Jillian needs something in her mouth to keep it shut and I can only think of 1... wait I have to be politcally correct here and stay pg.
Anyway, Smackdown has now announced their main event for Summerslam. Tables, Ladders, and Chairs (oh my) match with Jeff Hardy vs CM Punk for the World Heavyweight Championship. Hardy is still talking about leaving the company after Summerslam. Punk is about to make or break it as a Champion if he does leave. Punk will get the title and a possible returning Undertaker? I would hope Undertaker returns soon. My guess is Punk and Morrison will be the next feud. Any chance Hardy stays for another pay per view to main event with Punk and Morrison. A triple threat match with those 3 would blow my mind.
A returning Eugene takes on "The Calgary Kid" for a superstar contract on a poll match. The winner gets a Raw contract. Within two mins Eugene hits a rock bottom and peoples elbow. Both men get up on the poll. Calgary kid nails Eugene and actually wins the match. He then attacks Eugene and hits a huge finisher. He takes the mask off and its THE MIZ. Miz is back. He grabs the mic and says he is back cuz he is awesome. I thought this was going to be a worthless segment, mostly because I hate Eugene, but instead its brings Miz back. At least it was eventful.
Recap of Show vs Kofi from last week. The Legend Killer is heading into the ring. Next week Raw heads to Orton's home town of St. Louis, MO. Crowd will love him there just like Calgary this week. I always find it funny when the crowd cheers for the best wrestler and not just the "face". Show out with his two tag belts. I can not believe one of those belts fits around his waist. Show stares down Orton. Show begins throwing his enormous right hands. 2 heels are going at it and I don't think the crowd knows who to cheer for. Show walks over Randy's stomach, I am certain that feels great. Randy has not had one offensive move in yet. Show sets Orton on the top rope and chops him. Orton falls to the outside. Orton gets in first and a thumb to the eye and my god! Orton hit the DDT off the ropes on The Big Show. That was freakin unbelievable. Orton setting up for the RKO. Show blocks it and throws Orton across the ring. Chokeslam on Orton. 1,2, foot on the rope. Randy slowly getting up with Show lurking behind ready for the big knockout blow. Instead Orton slides underneath Show and to the outside. Orton gets counted out.
More HBK and HHH banter from earlier. HBK says after Wrestlemania it was all over. Shawn says HHH wouldnt understand. Some kid comes in and throws tater tots in HBK face. HHH says he needs HBK. Shawn says he is happy and good at what he is doing. A fire starts and Shawn puts it out. Finally, HBK says he will listen to Hunter. I thought DX was suppose to be funny. So far they have been pretty stupid. I know the WWE has to stretch this out until Summerslam, but can you at least entertain me?
MVP takes on the Masterpiece Chris Masters. Masters has a great look for a wrestler. To bad for him, he has no charisma or wrestling ability. Masters gets the early upper hand. I like MVP. I just don't think he has been used correctly. I remember HHH vs Booker and they talked about the different up bringing they had. MVP and Swagger could have that kind of personal feud. MVP started to roll and hit a few offensive maneuvers. Masters went for the Masterlock and MVP countered into his finisher and picked up the win. Swagger out after the match and distracts MVP long enough for the Masterlock. Powerbomb by Swagger to end the segment. Good finish. Build momentum for the Swagger MVP feud.
Another DX skit. HBK is cooking with HHH in the kitchen. They make a joke about Summerfest, which is what Piven called Summerslam last week. HBK boss comes in and starts yelling and receives a little Sweet Chin Music. He says he is in for Summerslam and if you aren't down with that we got two words for ya. An older woman walks by and screams suck it. Shawn then gives the little whiney girl some Sweet Chin Music, but you don't see it. I was finally entertained by the DX guys.
Sgt. Slaughter comes back out and says he was having fun with Canadian fans. He says he thought it would be nice to bring back the best there is the best there was and the best there ever will be. Bret Hart's music hits and what a pop he receives. However, Duggan comes out instead. I know full well Bret will never come back. I also do not find it fun to torture me by playing his music just to tease me. I love Bret and if I had super powers I would heel Austin and Bret just so I could watch them wrestle each other again. Alright, I will calm down my man crush on The Hitman.
Another Raw, another segment with Hornswaggle and Mark Henry. They face Chavo...wait. Chavo says he can't wrestle because of his injuries but has a replacement tag team, Legacy. Sweet! I know the WWE will never let anything bad happen to Hornswaggle but Legacy needs to win this. Legacy will face DX in 2 weeks at SS. They need momentum and look strong. Henry hits a suplex on both members of Legacy. That is always a cool spot from a big competitor. Worlds Strongest Slam on Dibiase followed by a tadpole splash but Dibiase moves. Dibiase hits dream street on lil Hornswaggle. YES!! Perfect victory for Legacy. Legacy is on the entrance way Dibiase says they are ready. Rhodes says they will make DX the quickest comeback ever. If you are not down with that we got two words for ya, to bad.
Jericho has a backstage interview and starts talking trash about Calgary. He thought the camera was off. WWE tries to get the fans to cheer Cena over Jericho. Might work. Smackdown main event is Punk vs Morrison for the 3rd time in a month. Morrison has beat Punk the last two times. Punk needs to beat Morrison and prove he deserves in the main event against Hardy. I hope he cheats and picks up the victory.
Main event time. Cena receives a better ovation the 2nd time around. Maybe the Jericho promo worked. Jericho said earlier he has not beat Cena in a one on one match. That is ridiculous. Jericho has been the best overall performer in the past year in the WWE. Jericho still has some of the crowd behind him. Entrances are over and so are the commercials time for some wrestling. Y2J is looking to end it early with a roll up and a walls attempt. Basic mat wrestling by Cena. Y2J chant and the crowd starts to get behind Jericho. Jericho starts pounding on Cena. A basic submission move on Cena. A match like this with two great athletes should start out a little slow and then pump up the energy. Cena starts to gain control with a few shoulder tackles and goes for the can't see me fist drop. Jericho goes for the cover. Back and forth. Jericho gets caught of the FU but counters into the Walls of Jericho! Come on Cena tap out! Jericho should beat Cena tonight, but I know he won't. Cena gets close but Jericho pulls him back to the center. Cena rolls through and locks in the STF. Orton out in the ring and gets Jericho dq'd. Codebreaker on Cena. Show chokeslams Orton. Sgt. Slaughter comes out and makes a match for next week on Raw. Cena and Orton vs Show and Y2J. Double clothesline over the top on Show by Cena and Orton. Jericho tried to nail Cena with a tag belt and gets picked up for a FU, instead Orton takes Jericho off his shoulders with a sick looking RKO! Now that was cool.
I love the main event for next week. Two solid weeks of Raw now. Good job WWE. The Miz got back on Raw. DX is now reformed. Orton, Cena, Show, and Jericho all were a huge part of the show, but never looked weak or bad. Summerslam is in 2 weeks and this is just what the WWE needed to do. Your top stars can not look weak before a pay per view. Adding Show and Jericho to Raw has been fantastic. I hope they can keep it going for next week. They never did announce who the GM will be for next week. I hope it is someone who makes sense. I guess we will have to wait and see. Make sure you check out Showstoppers in the radio section. Larry and John have quite a bit of WWE knowledge. Maybe not as much as me, but, they are still good, lol. Just kidding fellas.
On a personal note, last week was awesome for me. I received a job offer from a local radio station. Of course, I took the job. I will now be selling advertising for KDSN starting Sept. 1st. I just want to thank everyone that has helped me land this job. I sure appreciate everything you have done. I am not going to name names. You know who you are. I do want to send a special thanks you the man who started Bigbadsportsdaddy.com Larry. You saw the potential I had way back when I first met you, one year ago. You gave me my start on the website on Showstoppers. You have also allowed me to voice my opinion through this blog. I thank you very much. Don't worry fans, I am not going anywhere. I may have this job, but will not stop writing for this website. No chance. It will take more than that to get me off this website. WOOO!!
J Call
Raw starts out with the lights off and Lilian introduces the WWE champion Randy Orton. Lights go up and Orton is in the ring. Randy says there are rumors about him being worried about facing Cena. I highly doubt that. Cena and Orton have only been in the ring for the WWE title about 50 times in the last two years. He says he can bully anyone. I can forsee the Sarg out soon. The crowd starts a "you suck" chant. Canadians are always classy. Randy says he will beat Cena at Summerslam, half the crowd cheers. You can't see me hits the speakers and out comes the most popular kids star in the WWE, John Cena. John gets in the face of Orton. Cena is very passionate about kicking Orton's ass. Although he doesn't say that, he says many other things. I can hear a small RKO chant. Big Show/Y2J music hits and here come the unified tag champions. Show, Orton, Y2J, and Cena all in the ring at the same time. Big Show starts talking about intimidating people. Cena mentions Shaq. Crowd is super hot on Y2J. Jericho says they are out because Raw is in Jericho country. I won't be the only one chanting Y2J tonight. Chris goes on about a meeting with the acting gm Sgt. Slaughter. Y2J asked for a one on one match with Cena and received it. Orton talks about punting Cena after that match. The Big Show tells Orton he will be in a match with him. Cena vs Y2J and Show vs Orton. There is a wrestling god because tonight I am getting exactly what I want! WOOO!
A fatal four way Divas match for a shot at the Diva championship is up next. Kelly Kelly vs Gail Kim vs Alicia Fox vs Beth Phoenix. Lots of near falls in the beginning of the contest. Huge backbreaker by Alicia Fox on Kim. Kim a huge drop kick off the top for a 2 count. I really want Beth to win this match. She puts both Kim and Kelly on her shoulders. Amazing! Kim with a flying cross body to the outside on Fox. Kelly leaps onto both Kim and Fox. Match is fantastic. Beth got hung up on the top. Kelly got dropkicked to the outside and Kim pins Fox with her whatever you wanna call her finisher. Kim vs Mickie at Summerslam? Probably. A great Divas match.
After the contest, here comes the Sgt. He says he is honored being in front of the great Canadians. He leads us in a salute to the Canadian flag.. sort of. He talks about how the USA saved Canada. I love it. Sgt Slaughter is the heel tonight. He keeps ranting for a few more minutes before pledging to the USA flag. The fans are hating this, which is perfect. We havn't seen a full fledged heel celebrity general manager.
Raw returns from the break with a recap of Triple H last week. Apparently HHH went to Texas and we get to see what he found when he went there later. Right now, Swagger comes out to face Bourne in a rubber match. I wish these two were facing off for the number one contender for the US title. Bourne out of the gate quickly. Huge flying double knee over the top. Bourne flips back in the ring and Swagger puts his knee into Bourne's back. Bourne wrestling smartly focusing on fast moves and the legs of the bigger opponent. Couple of sweet counters into a roll up by Bourne. Swagger grabs Bourne and hits the gut wretch powerbomb for the victory. Again this was two quick. These two should have gotten a full 2 breaks for a rubber match. Swagger gets on the mic and is interrupted by MVP. MVP talks some smack to Swagger. MVP asks for a match against Swagger tonight. Swagger says maybe next week and MVP shoves Swagger to the match. MVP tryin to instigate Swagger. Swagger walks out. This match might be saved for Summerslam.
Triple H is in some office building looking for The Heartbreak Kid. We find Shawn being a cook in the cafeteria. Shawn starts yelling at some kid. HHH meets up with him but all Shawn says is hello Hunter. Thats the whole video. Not that cool or funny. Slaughter comes out to the ramp way and introduces Jillian to does god bless of America. Jillian needs something in her mouth to keep it shut and I can only think of 1... wait I have to be politcally correct here and stay pg.
Anyway, Smackdown has now announced their main event for Summerslam. Tables, Ladders, and Chairs (oh my) match with Jeff Hardy vs CM Punk for the World Heavyweight Championship. Hardy is still talking about leaving the company after Summerslam. Punk is about to make or break it as a Champion if he does leave. Punk will get the title and a possible returning Undertaker? I would hope Undertaker returns soon. My guess is Punk and Morrison will be the next feud. Any chance Hardy stays for another pay per view to main event with Punk and Morrison. A triple threat match with those 3 would blow my mind.
A returning Eugene takes on "The Calgary Kid" for a superstar contract on a poll match. The winner gets a Raw contract. Within two mins Eugene hits a rock bottom and peoples elbow. Both men get up on the poll. Calgary kid nails Eugene and actually wins the match. He then attacks Eugene and hits a huge finisher. He takes the mask off and its THE MIZ. Miz is back. He grabs the mic and says he is back cuz he is awesome. I thought this was going to be a worthless segment, mostly because I hate Eugene, but instead its brings Miz back. At least it was eventful.
Recap of Show vs Kofi from last week. The Legend Killer is heading into the ring. Next week Raw heads to Orton's home town of St. Louis, MO. Crowd will love him there just like Calgary this week. I always find it funny when the crowd cheers for the best wrestler and not just the "face". Show out with his two tag belts. I can not believe one of those belts fits around his waist. Show stares down Orton. Show begins throwing his enormous right hands. 2 heels are going at it and I don't think the crowd knows who to cheer for. Show walks over Randy's stomach, I am certain that feels great. Randy has not had one offensive move in yet. Show sets Orton on the top rope and chops him. Orton falls to the outside. Orton gets in first and a thumb to the eye and my god! Orton hit the DDT off the ropes on The Big Show. That was freakin unbelievable. Orton setting up for the RKO. Show blocks it and throws Orton across the ring. Chokeslam on Orton. 1,2, foot on the rope. Randy slowly getting up with Show lurking behind ready for the big knockout blow. Instead Orton slides underneath Show and to the outside. Orton gets counted out.
More HBK and HHH banter from earlier. HBK says after Wrestlemania it was all over. Shawn says HHH wouldnt understand. Some kid comes in and throws tater tots in HBK face. HHH says he needs HBK. Shawn says he is happy and good at what he is doing. A fire starts and Shawn puts it out. Finally, HBK says he will listen to Hunter. I thought DX was suppose to be funny. So far they have been pretty stupid. I know the WWE has to stretch this out until Summerslam, but can you at least entertain me?
MVP takes on the Masterpiece Chris Masters. Masters has a great look for a wrestler. To bad for him, he has no charisma or wrestling ability. Masters gets the early upper hand. I like MVP. I just don't think he has been used correctly. I remember HHH vs Booker and they talked about the different up bringing they had. MVP and Swagger could have that kind of personal feud. MVP started to roll and hit a few offensive maneuvers. Masters went for the Masterlock and MVP countered into his finisher and picked up the win. Swagger out after the match and distracts MVP long enough for the Masterlock. Powerbomb by Swagger to end the segment. Good finish. Build momentum for the Swagger MVP feud.
Another DX skit. HBK is cooking with HHH in the kitchen. They make a joke about Summerfest, which is what Piven called Summerslam last week. HBK boss comes in and starts yelling and receives a little Sweet Chin Music. He says he is in for Summerslam and if you aren't down with that we got two words for ya. An older woman walks by and screams suck it. Shawn then gives the little whiney girl some Sweet Chin Music, but you don't see it. I was finally entertained by the DX guys.
Sgt. Slaughter comes back out and says he was having fun with Canadian fans. He says he thought it would be nice to bring back the best there is the best there was and the best there ever will be. Bret Hart's music hits and what a pop he receives. However, Duggan comes out instead. I know full well Bret will never come back. I also do not find it fun to torture me by playing his music just to tease me. I love Bret and if I had super powers I would heel Austin and Bret just so I could watch them wrestle each other again. Alright, I will calm down my man crush on The Hitman.
Another Raw, another segment with Hornswaggle and Mark Henry. They face Chavo...wait. Chavo says he can't wrestle because of his injuries but has a replacement tag team, Legacy. Sweet! I know the WWE will never let anything bad happen to Hornswaggle but Legacy needs to win this. Legacy will face DX in 2 weeks at SS. They need momentum and look strong. Henry hits a suplex on both members of Legacy. That is always a cool spot from a big competitor. Worlds Strongest Slam on Dibiase followed by a tadpole splash but Dibiase moves. Dibiase hits dream street on lil Hornswaggle. YES!! Perfect victory for Legacy. Legacy is on the entrance way Dibiase says they are ready. Rhodes says they will make DX the quickest comeback ever. If you are not down with that we got two words for ya, to bad.
Jericho has a backstage interview and starts talking trash about Calgary. He thought the camera was off. WWE tries to get the fans to cheer Cena over Jericho. Might work. Smackdown main event is Punk vs Morrison for the 3rd time in a month. Morrison has beat Punk the last two times. Punk needs to beat Morrison and prove he deserves in the main event against Hardy. I hope he cheats and picks up the victory.
Main event time. Cena receives a better ovation the 2nd time around. Maybe the Jericho promo worked. Jericho said earlier he has not beat Cena in a one on one match. That is ridiculous. Jericho has been the best overall performer in the past year in the WWE. Jericho still has some of the crowd behind him. Entrances are over and so are the commercials time for some wrestling. Y2J is looking to end it early with a roll up and a walls attempt. Basic mat wrestling by Cena. Y2J chant and the crowd starts to get behind Jericho. Jericho starts pounding on Cena. A basic submission move on Cena. A match like this with two great athletes should start out a little slow and then pump up the energy. Cena starts to gain control with a few shoulder tackles and goes for the can't see me fist drop. Jericho goes for the cover. Back and forth. Jericho gets caught of the FU but counters into the Walls of Jericho! Come on Cena tap out! Jericho should beat Cena tonight, but I know he won't. Cena gets close but Jericho pulls him back to the center. Cena rolls through and locks in the STF. Orton out in the ring and gets Jericho dq'd. Codebreaker on Cena. Show chokeslams Orton. Sgt. Slaughter comes out and makes a match for next week on Raw. Cena and Orton vs Show and Y2J. Double clothesline over the top on Show by Cena and Orton. Jericho tried to nail Cena with a tag belt and gets picked up for a FU, instead Orton takes Jericho off his shoulders with a sick looking RKO! Now that was cool.
I love the main event for next week. Two solid weeks of Raw now. Good job WWE. The Miz got back on Raw. DX is now reformed. Orton, Cena, Show, and Jericho all were a huge part of the show, but never looked weak or bad. Summerslam is in 2 weeks and this is just what the WWE needed to do. Your top stars can not look weak before a pay per view. Adding Show and Jericho to Raw has been fantastic. I hope they can keep it going for next week. They never did announce who the GM will be for next week. I hope it is someone who makes sense. I guess we will have to wait and see. Make sure you check out Showstoppers in the radio section. Larry and John have quite a bit of WWE knowledge. Maybe not as much as me, but, they are still good, lol. Just kidding fellas.
On a personal note, last week was awesome for me. I received a job offer from a local radio station. Of course, I took the job. I will now be selling advertising for KDSN starting Sept. 1st. I just want to thank everyone that has helped me land this job. I sure appreciate everything you have done. I am not going to name names. You know who you are. I do want to send a special thanks you the man who started Bigbadsportsdaddy.com Larry. You saw the potential I had way back when I first met you, one year ago. You gave me my start on the website on Showstoppers. You have also allowed me to voice my opinion through this blog. I thank you very much. Don't worry fans, I am not going anywhere. I may have this job, but will not stop writing for this website. No chance. It will take more than that to get me off this website. WOOO!!
J Call
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Scream for the Moment
I have teased this blog for over a week and a half. It is time to unveil the best blog I have ever wrote. If you can't get jacked up over "the moment" you do not love sports. I came up with this idea of a sports blog about the best sports moments in my lifetime. Instead, it turned into this giant blog about one of the biggest reasons I love sports. I received feedback from a lot of people and I thank them for it. You all helped me with this blog. I hope you enjoy.
Why do you like sports so much? I have been asked that question countless times in my life. The answer is much more complicated then you may think. I have thought about why I love sports all my life. I then realized that sports has been my life. The main reason I love sports is because of "the moments". Sports moments are something that makes you feel like standing up and cheer or fall to the floor in anger. It depends on which side of the moment you fall on. The hardest thing to do is define what exactly a sports moment is.
I believe the best definition I could give a sports moment is a happening in which you remember exactly where you were and what you were doing when it happened. A sports moment can happen any time at any sporting event. For instance, it could be the first time you played on a team. My friend, Dan, told me one of his favorite sports moment was witnessing a teammate score 50 points in a junior varsity basketball game back when he was in high school. Dan was the only person to give me a moment that happened on a team he was on and I thought that was very special. If you are playing on the same team and a "moment" takes place, the best thing to do is soak it in. Obviously Dan did. In some cases, the moment may not happen to a team you like or dislike.
The most hardcore sports fan should still be able to appreciate a moment that didn't happen to a team he/she likes. I don't particularly care about either the New York Giants or the New England Patriots but I sure loved the "helmet catch". If you do not know what moment I am talking about, where have you been? The Superbowl is the biggest stage in all of professional sports. Last year, the Giants were the hottest team heading into the big game. The Patriots were the heavy favorites. The game went back and forth. In the 4th quarter the Giants needed two comebacks to win the game. The 2nd drive looked to be dead in its tracks. Eli Manning scrambled, should have been sacked twice, got away and threw up a bomb. David Tyree leaped as high as he could. As he came down reaching behind his head the ball was pinned to his helmet. The ball came about two inches from hitting the ground. That one play changed the entire game. I sat on my couch admiring the moment. Although most of the time we remember the good, that is not always the case.
If you know me, you would know I am a huge Oklahoma Sooners and Oakland Raiders fan. In 2001, the Oakland Raiders had a mix of veterans and young talent. They seemed destined to be champions. The New England Patriots hosted the Raiders in the 2nd round of the 2002 playoffs. The Raiders had the lead and needed one big play to seal the deal. It seemed as though they had gotten it. Tom Brady stepped back to pass and out of nowhere corner Charles Woodson blitzed and caused what looked to be a fumble. Oakland recovered the ball and I was relieved. That is until the Patriots challenged the call on the field. The ref ruled Brady had not "tucked" the ball away and was still in a throwing motion. I nearly threw down the phone I was talking on. I was so pissed. Oakland didn't win and haven't recovered since then. The Sooners and the Boise State Broncos played in one of the greatest college football games ever. The bad news is the Sooners lost. Boise State used two of the coolest backyard plays to pull off the victory. In the end, I nearly threw up. I will never forget either moment.
Of course the most memorable sports moments you remember are the good moments that happen to your team. I have been a San Antonio Spurs fan for a long time. When Duncan fell in their lap in the 1997 NBA draft, I was excited. Tim has had several moments throughout his great career. The moment I remember most is the performance he put on in Game 6 of the 2003 NBA Finals. A triple double in a finals clincher and 2 blocks shy of a quadruple double. He did everything in that game to make sure the Spurs won the title. The other moment also happened in the playoffs. Tim hit a unusual 3 pointer to tie the game against the Suns in Game 1 of the playoffs in 2008. He saved the Spurs and I nearly fell off my chair when he nailed it. Another unbelievable moment was the entire home run race in the 1998 MLB season. I was a huge Mark McGwire fan. He was an all American man. Mark and Sammy Sosa chased the most important season record in all of baseball, the home run record held then by Roger Maris. I remember exactly where I was when Mark hit the record breaking home run. Number 62 barely got over the wall but when it did I went crazy. I was at my friends grandma's house and I was so happy for McGwire. I know after all the steroids going through baseball, it looks tainted. I don't care I loved the moment. However, it is not my favorite home run to watch.
Some sports moments could not even be written by Hollywood. A moment that comes to mind is one that occurred right next to Hollywood, in Los Angeles, Cali. Game 1 of the 1988 World Series was a moment I may not have gotten to see live but gives me goosebumps whenever I see it. The announcers had said earlier in the broadcast that there is no way Kirk Gibson will even bat. Kirk found out what they had said. Kirk had injuries to both legs but was determined to prove them wrong. The bottom of the ninth, he was called upon to pinch hit. Kirk was facing one of baseballs greatest closers, Dennis Eckersley. He fought off a few pitches. Then with one swing of the bat, he made history. Kirk hit a 2 run homer to win the game. The image of Kirk rounding the bases pumping his fist is tattooed in my brain. The moment was helped by a great call from the broadcasters booth.
Announcers can really effect a sports moment. They have to know exactly what to say and live in the moment. Some broadcasters can enhance the moment to make it even more special. The Gibson home run is a perfect example. As Kirk rounds the bases pumping his fist, the play by play man makes it even better. "I don't believe what I just saw. I don't believe what I just saw!" The call was by Jack Buck and it was fantastic. He took nothing away from Gibson. Another awesome example is Marv Albert. Marv has been doing NBA games for years. He was part of the NBA on NBC back in the 90s. He was courtside when Jordan's Bulls took on Magic's Lakers in the Finals. I think everyone can picture Michael's famous switch handed lay up. Jordan went up for the dunk and in mid air switched hands and finished with his left hand. Marv made a fantastic call in his not to overly excited voice, "Oh a spectacular move by Michael Jordan." While some broadcasters know exactly what to do, others fail miserably. Homer Radio network broadcasters tend to get so excited they take away a moment and become annoying. Other broadcasters don't get into the moment enough. I go back to the "helmet catch". Joe Buck was literally a robot in his delivery. He had just witnessed a beautiful game changing play and if you listened to the television broadcast, Joe sounded as though he had forgot his coffee. Broadcasters have to find a fine line in between overly excited and dull and boring. I don't want an announcer to explode but at least respect the moment.
Certain athletes demand respect from everyone. Michael Jordan is one of those athletes. I could write a whole other blog on Michael and his moments. I mentioned the layup but most people remember two other moments. Michael's shot over poor Craig Ehlo in the playoffs comes to mind. Michael took the in bounds pass made a quick move to the free throw line and made a hanging shot over Ehlo. Michael went crazy with a huge leap and many fist pumps. Most of the feedback I received was Jordan's last shot as a Chicago Bull. I agree because it is my most memorable moment ever. Did Michael push off of Byron Russell? Who cares? Michael was the best player in NBA history and his last shot won his 6th NBA title. There will never be another Michael Jordan. Another Michael comes to mind when demanding respect. Michael Phelps has earned the right to be called the greatest swimmer ever. I do not care if you like swimming or not. The point is rather pointless. Michael Phelps eight gold medals in the 2008 Olympics proved he demands respect.
Sports moments are the greatest thing about being a sports fan. The moment turns you back into a kid again. My brother text me after LeBron hit a game winning 3 pointer in a playoff game earlier this year. My brother told me he nearly woke up the entire neighborhood screaming. True sports fans know when a moment is or has happened and we enjoy every second of it. As a sports fan, I want a moment to happen every time I watch a game but it would take away from the very special moments. When will the next one happen? I don't know but I sure hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
J Call.
Why do you like sports so much? I have been asked that question countless times in my life. The answer is much more complicated then you may think. I have thought about why I love sports all my life. I then realized that sports has been my life. The main reason I love sports is because of "the moments". Sports moments are something that makes you feel like standing up and cheer or fall to the floor in anger. It depends on which side of the moment you fall on. The hardest thing to do is define what exactly a sports moment is.
I believe the best definition I could give a sports moment is a happening in which you remember exactly where you were and what you were doing when it happened. A sports moment can happen any time at any sporting event. For instance, it could be the first time you played on a team. My friend, Dan, told me one of his favorite sports moment was witnessing a teammate score 50 points in a junior varsity basketball game back when he was in high school. Dan was the only person to give me a moment that happened on a team he was on and I thought that was very special. If you are playing on the same team and a "moment" takes place, the best thing to do is soak it in. Obviously Dan did. In some cases, the moment may not happen to a team you like or dislike.
The most hardcore sports fan should still be able to appreciate a moment that didn't happen to a team he/she likes. I don't particularly care about either the New York Giants or the New England Patriots but I sure loved the "helmet catch". If you do not know what moment I am talking about, where have you been? The Superbowl is the biggest stage in all of professional sports. Last year, the Giants were the hottest team heading into the big game. The Patriots were the heavy favorites. The game went back and forth. In the 4th quarter the Giants needed two comebacks to win the game. The 2nd drive looked to be dead in its tracks. Eli Manning scrambled, should have been sacked twice, got away and threw up a bomb. David Tyree leaped as high as he could. As he came down reaching behind his head the ball was pinned to his helmet. The ball came about two inches from hitting the ground. That one play changed the entire game. I sat on my couch admiring the moment. Although most of the time we remember the good, that is not always the case.
If you know me, you would know I am a huge Oklahoma Sooners and Oakland Raiders fan. In 2001, the Oakland Raiders had a mix of veterans and young talent. They seemed destined to be champions. The New England Patriots hosted the Raiders in the 2nd round of the 2002 playoffs. The Raiders had the lead and needed one big play to seal the deal. It seemed as though they had gotten it. Tom Brady stepped back to pass and out of nowhere corner Charles Woodson blitzed and caused what looked to be a fumble. Oakland recovered the ball and I was relieved. That is until the Patriots challenged the call on the field. The ref ruled Brady had not "tucked" the ball away and was still in a throwing motion. I nearly threw down the phone I was talking on. I was so pissed. Oakland didn't win and haven't recovered since then. The Sooners and the Boise State Broncos played in one of the greatest college football games ever. The bad news is the Sooners lost. Boise State used two of the coolest backyard plays to pull off the victory. In the end, I nearly threw up. I will never forget either moment.
Of course the most memorable sports moments you remember are the good moments that happen to your team. I have been a San Antonio Spurs fan for a long time. When Duncan fell in their lap in the 1997 NBA draft, I was excited. Tim has had several moments throughout his great career. The moment I remember most is the performance he put on in Game 6 of the 2003 NBA Finals. A triple double in a finals clincher and 2 blocks shy of a quadruple double. He did everything in that game to make sure the Spurs won the title. The other moment also happened in the playoffs. Tim hit a unusual 3 pointer to tie the game against the Suns in Game 1 of the playoffs in 2008. He saved the Spurs and I nearly fell off my chair when he nailed it. Another unbelievable moment was the entire home run race in the 1998 MLB season. I was a huge Mark McGwire fan. He was an all American man. Mark and Sammy Sosa chased the most important season record in all of baseball, the home run record held then by Roger Maris. I remember exactly where I was when Mark hit the record breaking home run. Number 62 barely got over the wall but when it did I went crazy. I was at my friends grandma's house and I was so happy for McGwire. I know after all the steroids going through baseball, it looks tainted. I don't care I loved the moment. However, it is not my favorite home run to watch.
Some sports moments could not even be written by Hollywood. A moment that comes to mind is one that occurred right next to Hollywood, in Los Angeles, Cali. Game 1 of the 1988 World Series was a moment I may not have gotten to see live but gives me goosebumps whenever I see it. The announcers had said earlier in the broadcast that there is no way Kirk Gibson will even bat. Kirk found out what they had said. Kirk had injuries to both legs but was determined to prove them wrong. The bottom of the ninth, he was called upon to pinch hit. Kirk was facing one of baseballs greatest closers, Dennis Eckersley. He fought off a few pitches. Then with one swing of the bat, he made history. Kirk hit a 2 run homer to win the game. The image of Kirk rounding the bases pumping his fist is tattooed in my brain. The moment was helped by a great call from the broadcasters booth.
Announcers can really effect a sports moment. They have to know exactly what to say and live in the moment. Some broadcasters can enhance the moment to make it even more special. The Gibson home run is a perfect example. As Kirk rounds the bases pumping his fist, the play by play man makes it even better. "I don't believe what I just saw. I don't believe what I just saw!" The call was by Jack Buck and it was fantastic. He took nothing away from Gibson. Another awesome example is Marv Albert. Marv has been doing NBA games for years. He was part of the NBA on NBC back in the 90s. He was courtside when Jordan's Bulls took on Magic's Lakers in the Finals. I think everyone can picture Michael's famous switch handed lay up. Jordan went up for the dunk and in mid air switched hands and finished with his left hand. Marv made a fantastic call in his not to overly excited voice, "Oh a spectacular move by Michael Jordan." While some broadcasters know exactly what to do, others fail miserably. Homer Radio network broadcasters tend to get so excited they take away a moment and become annoying. Other broadcasters don't get into the moment enough. I go back to the "helmet catch". Joe Buck was literally a robot in his delivery. He had just witnessed a beautiful game changing play and if you listened to the television broadcast, Joe sounded as though he had forgot his coffee. Broadcasters have to find a fine line in between overly excited and dull and boring. I don't want an announcer to explode but at least respect the moment.
Certain athletes demand respect from everyone. Michael Jordan is one of those athletes. I could write a whole other blog on Michael and his moments. I mentioned the layup but most people remember two other moments. Michael's shot over poor Craig Ehlo in the playoffs comes to mind. Michael took the in bounds pass made a quick move to the free throw line and made a hanging shot over Ehlo. Michael went crazy with a huge leap and many fist pumps. Most of the feedback I received was Jordan's last shot as a Chicago Bull. I agree because it is my most memorable moment ever. Did Michael push off of Byron Russell? Who cares? Michael was the best player in NBA history and his last shot won his 6th NBA title. There will never be another Michael Jordan. Another Michael comes to mind when demanding respect. Michael Phelps has earned the right to be called the greatest swimmer ever. I do not care if you like swimming or not. The point is rather pointless. Michael Phelps eight gold medals in the 2008 Olympics proved he demands respect.
Sports moments are the greatest thing about being a sports fan. The moment turns you back into a kid again. My brother text me after LeBron hit a game winning 3 pointer in a playoff game earlier this year. My brother told me he nearly woke up the entire neighborhood screaming. True sports fans know when a moment is or has happened and we enjoy every second of it. As a sports fan, I want a moment to happen every time I watch a game but it would take away from the very special moments. When will the next one happen? I don't know but I sure hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
J Call.
Monday, August 3, 2009
Raw 8-3
Monday Night Raw is live from Las Vegas. The celebrity gm is Jeremy Piven. I look forward to this Raw. Summerslam is gearing up to be a solid show. Summerslam is suppose to be the 2nd biggest pay per view of the year. How can it not have HBK or Undertaker? I have been awfully harsh on the WWE in the past few weeks on my blog. I'm just having a hard time with the celebrity gms. I want this Raw to be good. Please WWE don't let me and the Raw fans down!!!
I do want to start off with something very positive. The Jeff Hardy Morrison match on Smackdown last Friday was the best television match I have seen all year. The moves these guys used were fantastic. Both men had close 3 counts. The match was back and forth. Usually on a TV match you don't see wrestlers kick out of finishing moves. Hardy and Morrison both kicked out of each others finishers. Hardy needed 2 swantons to win. Unbelievable! If you missed it, check out hulu.com.
Raw starts with Piven and his special guest Dr. Kin. Piven goes to the entrance way after being in the ring and does the Kurt Angle entrance with pyro. He announces HHH vs Legacy. Trips did ask for that match last week. Miz comes out to interupt. Miz talks about how hes a TV star. Piven calls him Le Miz. Piven continues by saying he does not have the goods. Dr. Kin keeps interupting Miz while he tries to talk. Miz demands John Cena. Miz is only 0-3 against Cena. He deserves another. Cena comes out! Great pop for Cena. I loved it when the crowd is hot. I hope they keep it up all night. Cena and Piven banter back and forth. He calls Miz a 1979 rusted pinto. Cena says something about how we are going to remember this night. Cena vs Miz in a lumberjack match. If Miz loses Piven bans him from Summerfest, er, Summerslam. Even bigger he bans him from the Staples Center. Cena whispers in Piven's ear. Piven says if Miz loses he is banned from Raw forever. Miz has to win tonight. The WWE can not afford to take an up and comer like Miz off Raw.
A recap of Evan Bourne's win over Swagger last week. Evan will once again face Swagger tonight. Even though this happened last week, I am really ok with this match up. I said I like both these guys. Bourne starts off flying around the ring but is soon grounded by the bigger stronger Swagger. Swagger counters a standing moonsault. Then Bourne counters Swagger's gut wrench powerbomb. A 2 count. Bourne can't counter again and Swagger picks up the way to quick victory. After the match, Swagger nails Bourne with a few 2nd rope splashes. He was about to pick up Bourne for another powerbomb and MVP comes out for the save.
Punk vs Hardy for the World Heavyweight Championship this Friday on Smackdown! I know what I will be doing on Friday night. If you listen to Showstoppers on BBSD radio, you would know Larry and John both don't care for Punk. I disagree 100%. I like Punk a lot. He has amazing potential. He just turned heel last Friday. Once Punk gets time as a heel, fans will start to truly hate him. He will be a great heel. He already is a great wrestler.
Piven and Dr. Kin are backstage talking. Big Show interupts. Piven talks about how Show isnt Big any longer. Piven gives Show a match vs Kofi for the United States Championship. I like that idea. As long as Show starts to look like the giant he is.
Gail Kim and Mickie James vs Beth Phoenix and Jillian Hall. I love Beth Phoenix. She is the best divas wrestler in the entire WWE. I was reading reports that Gail Kim might turn heel. Will that be foreshadowing? Mickie had the upper hand until Beth powers Mickie for a hot shot on the ropes. Jillian comes in and gets a head scissors take down and Mickie tags Gail. Gail as some very unique offense. Huge missile dropkick to Jillian. Blind tag to Beth. Chickenwing power bomb to Gail and the heels pick up the win. Thank you WWE. Pushing the correct Diva, Beth Phoenix. Beth vs Mickie at Summerslam. OH please!!! Triple H vs Legacy is up after the break.
Legacy is out first. I do like their music now. I have heard rumors about a possible Dibiase face turn. I like that idea too. It would get him out of the shadows of Legacy and put the spotlight on him. Time to play the game! Triple H makes his ultra intense entrance. HHH and Rhodes start the match. Huge kick to Trips from Rhodes and Dibiase is tagged in. He runs into a huge Hunter clothesline. Pedigree attempted but averted. We head to the break with HHH in the ring alone after throwing out both members of Legacy. My guess is after the commercials, Legacy will have gained the momentum. They should use quick tags to keep fresh since HHH does not have a partner. Legacy start to use double team moves. I realize that Rhodes and Dibiase are idolizing Orton. But I wish they didnt do everything Orton does. They need to show their own personalities. Double suplex by Legacy. A long 2 count. A huge powerslam and another 2 count on HHH. Rhodes does the Flair knee drop, although Cole and Lawler say it looked more like Orton. Quick ddt by Rhodes but no luck. Rhodes goes for broke but misses the moonsault. Triple H starts to beat the crap out of Dibiase on the outside. Back in for a high knee to Rhodes followed by the knee drop and spinebuster. Pedigree but Dibiase hits his dream street finisher. Rhodes has the cover but Triple H kicks out. Crowd should be chanting Triple H, Triple H. Rhodes hits the cross Rhodes and picks up the win. A great match. Way to make Legacy look strong but not hurt Triple H. Time to find a partner HHH. HHH grabs a microphone. He talks about how it didnt go as planned tonight. He says maybe Legacy is to much for me. He says maybe he should start another group. He cracks jokes about Orton is a jerk, Batista is hurt, and Flair is signing autographes at the VFW. He says he should make just one phone call and if you're not down with that he's got 2 words for ya. We all know what that means. DX vs Legacy at Summerslam. Showstoppers called it last week. Good job guys. I told you Summerslam can not go on without HBK.
Chavo is backstage with Piven. Chavo gets every movie wrong Piven was in. Piven makes the match of Hornswaggle vs Chavo. Piven says he has a plan. Back in the ring is Carlito. Carlito takes on his brother Primo. Primo had a fantastic match on Superstars with the WWE champ Randy Orton. Primo looked great in the match with Orton. He did not win but showed his stuff. Primo with a big flying clothesline and then a dive to the outside. Carlito nails a sick neckbreaker off the ropes. That was a very cool spot. Primo starts in on his offense. Crowd is dead in this match. Why? I don't know. Carlito goes for the backstabber but Primo rolls him up. 2 count. Primo makes another mistake and gets nailed this time by the backstabber. Carlito wins. Primo should not be buried. I just hope the WWE does not go off of the crowd tonight. They have not been in to anything since the first segment.
ECW has Christian vs Dreamer in a Extreme Rules match for the ECW title. That is awesome. 2 world title matches in 2 shows. Good job WWE for making me want to tune into all 3 shows this week.
Chavo gets to the ring after the break. Piven says Hornswaggle has the chicken poxs and makes a match with Mark Henry instead. Mark comes out with an irish hat on. Henry dominates Chavo. I dont think Chavo got one wrestling move in. Worlds Strongest slam and its over. After the match Hornswaggle comes from underneith the ring. Hornswaggle does his tadpole splash. The crowd gets into this but not Primo vs Carlito. Fans continue to confuse me. Ok I had to laugh at Mark Henry clicking his heels like Hornswaggle. I'll give ya that one.
Orton shows up backstage with Piven. Huge pop for Orton.. A face pop. Piven wants to make Orton the special ring announcer. Orton starts to scream at Piven about kicking McMahon in the head, why wouldn't he do the same to them? Good point Orton.
Kofi vs The Big Show. Will Shaq show up and cost Show the match? I doubter. Y2J comes out with Show. The audio men at WWE are freaking awesome. They created a new entrance music combining Show's and Jericho. The WWE had a poll on their website asking who would win a match between Shaq and Show? 80 some percent picked Shaq? WTF are you talking about? Damn kids are stupid. Wait WWE would let Shaq win that match. LT beat Bam Bam in a match at Mania over 10 years ago. Show lost to Money Mayweather a few years back at mania. Forget I said anything about celebrities losing to wrestlers in WRESTLING matches. Anyway, back to the match itself. Show dominates Kofi. Show with a huge splash off the second rope but foot on the rope. Kofi with no offense in the match. Show goes up the ropes again but Kofi focuses on Show's right leg. He gets Show down on his knees. Kofi with trouble in paradise and then a huge double leg drop off the top but only a 2 count. Show gets dq'd when he beat the crap out of Kofi in the corner. After the bell, Show continues to assault Kofi. I am so glad they didn't give the US title to Show, but made him look so dominate. Show should dominate guys half his size.
A recap of HHH and Legacy. Backstage on the phone with HBK. Shawn says he isnt watching the show. HHH asks Are you ready? But the guy on the other side hangs up. I highly doubt HBK will not come back for Summerslam. Next week Shawn will return.
The champ is here! Oh wait, no its just John Cena, ha ha. He isnt the champ yet. Cena takes on Miz next. Next week it is announced Sargent Slaughter will be the gm. Thank you god! A former wrestler running Raw. Great idea. Piven comes out and says he is a fan of Cena but a bigger fan of Randy Orton. Orton comes out as a lumberjack along with Legacy, Masters, Chavo, Swagger, and Carlito. Piven double crossed Cena. But when the odds are stacked against Cena, what happens? Cena always finds a way to win. Cena almost puts on the STFU, but Orton distracts Cena. Masters locks in the Masterlock on the outside. Cena looks out and then thrown back into the ring. Miz hits a huge clothesline and starts to take control of the match. If Miz loses now with all the odds in his favor, this will make Miz look weaker than pudding. Cena starts to gain momentum until Legacy gets Cena on the outside. All 3 members beat the hell out of Cena. Miz gets an FU and still finds a way to win. You have to be kidding me? Miz is out of Raw. Piven comes off the top rope but is caught by Cena. Dr. Kin comes in and tries to nail Cena with a cane, instead he gets thrown out of the ring onto the lumberjacks. Cena gets the best of Miz and Legacy tonight. Miz is now 0-18 vs Cena and gone from Raw. He will be on Smackdown next week.
I have to give WWE some credit..Finally. They gave us a good show tonight. I would have liked to see Orton and Miz get the best of Cena since Cena never is made to look bad. Even Hogan had to sell to bad guys sometimes back in the 80s. But all in all, I liked the quick change of character in Piven in the last segment. That was a nice twist on the show. This seems to be shaping up to be a great week on WWE. ECW has a ECW extreme rules title match with Christian and Dreamer. Smackdown has Hardy vs Punk for the World Title. Don't forget to listen to Showstoppers on BBSD radio each and every week. PLUS, thats right there is more. I feel like a paid commercial announcer. I am writing a huge sports blog this week. It will be posted on Wednesday morning. You do not want to miss out on reading this.
J Call
I do want to start off with something very positive. The Jeff Hardy Morrison match on Smackdown last Friday was the best television match I have seen all year. The moves these guys used were fantastic. Both men had close 3 counts. The match was back and forth. Usually on a TV match you don't see wrestlers kick out of finishing moves. Hardy and Morrison both kicked out of each others finishers. Hardy needed 2 swantons to win. Unbelievable! If you missed it, check out hulu.com.
Raw starts with Piven and his special guest Dr. Kin. Piven goes to the entrance way after being in the ring and does the Kurt Angle entrance with pyro. He announces HHH vs Legacy. Trips did ask for that match last week. Miz comes out to interupt. Miz talks about how hes a TV star. Piven calls him Le Miz. Piven continues by saying he does not have the goods. Dr. Kin keeps interupting Miz while he tries to talk. Miz demands John Cena. Miz is only 0-3 against Cena. He deserves another. Cena comes out! Great pop for Cena. I loved it when the crowd is hot. I hope they keep it up all night. Cena and Piven banter back and forth. He calls Miz a 1979 rusted pinto. Cena says something about how we are going to remember this night. Cena vs Miz in a lumberjack match. If Miz loses Piven bans him from Summerfest, er, Summerslam. Even bigger he bans him from the Staples Center. Cena whispers in Piven's ear. Piven says if Miz loses he is banned from Raw forever. Miz has to win tonight. The WWE can not afford to take an up and comer like Miz off Raw.
A recap of Evan Bourne's win over Swagger last week. Evan will once again face Swagger tonight. Even though this happened last week, I am really ok with this match up. I said I like both these guys. Bourne starts off flying around the ring but is soon grounded by the bigger stronger Swagger. Swagger counters a standing moonsault. Then Bourne counters Swagger's gut wrench powerbomb. A 2 count. Bourne can't counter again and Swagger picks up the way to quick victory. After the match, Swagger nails Bourne with a few 2nd rope splashes. He was about to pick up Bourne for another powerbomb and MVP comes out for the save.
Punk vs Hardy for the World Heavyweight Championship this Friday on Smackdown! I know what I will be doing on Friday night. If you listen to Showstoppers on BBSD radio, you would know Larry and John both don't care for Punk. I disagree 100%. I like Punk a lot. He has amazing potential. He just turned heel last Friday. Once Punk gets time as a heel, fans will start to truly hate him. He will be a great heel. He already is a great wrestler.
Piven and Dr. Kin are backstage talking. Big Show interupts. Piven talks about how Show isnt Big any longer. Piven gives Show a match vs Kofi for the United States Championship. I like that idea. As long as Show starts to look like the giant he is.
Gail Kim and Mickie James vs Beth Phoenix and Jillian Hall. I love Beth Phoenix. She is the best divas wrestler in the entire WWE. I was reading reports that Gail Kim might turn heel. Will that be foreshadowing? Mickie had the upper hand until Beth powers Mickie for a hot shot on the ropes. Jillian comes in and gets a head scissors take down and Mickie tags Gail. Gail as some very unique offense. Huge missile dropkick to Jillian. Blind tag to Beth. Chickenwing power bomb to Gail and the heels pick up the win. Thank you WWE. Pushing the correct Diva, Beth Phoenix. Beth vs Mickie at Summerslam. OH please!!! Triple H vs Legacy is up after the break.
Legacy is out first. I do like their music now. I have heard rumors about a possible Dibiase face turn. I like that idea too. It would get him out of the shadows of Legacy and put the spotlight on him. Time to play the game! Triple H makes his ultra intense entrance. HHH and Rhodes start the match. Huge kick to Trips from Rhodes and Dibiase is tagged in. He runs into a huge Hunter clothesline. Pedigree attempted but averted. We head to the break with HHH in the ring alone after throwing out both members of Legacy. My guess is after the commercials, Legacy will have gained the momentum. They should use quick tags to keep fresh since HHH does not have a partner. Legacy start to use double team moves. I realize that Rhodes and Dibiase are idolizing Orton. But I wish they didnt do everything Orton does. They need to show their own personalities. Double suplex by Legacy. A long 2 count. A huge powerslam and another 2 count on HHH. Rhodes does the Flair knee drop, although Cole and Lawler say it looked more like Orton. Quick ddt by Rhodes but no luck. Rhodes goes for broke but misses the moonsault. Triple H starts to beat the crap out of Dibiase on the outside. Back in for a high knee to Rhodes followed by the knee drop and spinebuster. Pedigree but Dibiase hits his dream street finisher. Rhodes has the cover but Triple H kicks out. Crowd should be chanting Triple H, Triple H. Rhodes hits the cross Rhodes and picks up the win. A great match. Way to make Legacy look strong but not hurt Triple H. Time to find a partner HHH. HHH grabs a microphone. He talks about how it didnt go as planned tonight. He says maybe Legacy is to much for me. He says maybe he should start another group. He cracks jokes about Orton is a jerk, Batista is hurt, and Flair is signing autographes at the VFW. He says he should make just one phone call and if you're not down with that he's got 2 words for ya. We all know what that means. DX vs Legacy at Summerslam. Showstoppers called it last week. Good job guys. I told you Summerslam can not go on without HBK.
Chavo is backstage with Piven. Chavo gets every movie wrong Piven was in. Piven makes the match of Hornswaggle vs Chavo. Piven says he has a plan. Back in the ring is Carlito. Carlito takes on his brother Primo. Primo had a fantastic match on Superstars with the WWE champ Randy Orton. Primo looked great in the match with Orton. He did not win but showed his stuff. Primo with a big flying clothesline and then a dive to the outside. Carlito nails a sick neckbreaker off the ropes. That was a very cool spot. Primo starts in on his offense. Crowd is dead in this match. Why? I don't know. Carlito goes for the backstabber but Primo rolls him up. 2 count. Primo makes another mistake and gets nailed this time by the backstabber. Carlito wins. Primo should not be buried. I just hope the WWE does not go off of the crowd tonight. They have not been in to anything since the first segment.
ECW has Christian vs Dreamer in a Extreme Rules match for the ECW title. That is awesome. 2 world title matches in 2 shows. Good job WWE for making me want to tune into all 3 shows this week.
Chavo gets to the ring after the break. Piven says Hornswaggle has the chicken poxs and makes a match with Mark Henry instead. Mark comes out with an irish hat on. Henry dominates Chavo. I dont think Chavo got one wrestling move in. Worlds Strongest slam and its over. After the match Hornswaggle comes from underneith the ring. Hornswaggle does his tadpole splash. The crowd gets into this but not Primo vs Carlito. Fans continue to confuse me. Ok I had to laugh at Mark Henry clicking his heels like Hornswaggle. I'll give ya that one.
Orton shows up backstage with Piven. Huge pop for Orton.. A face pop. Piven wants to make Orton the special ring announcer. Orton starts to scream at Piven about kicking McMahon in the head, why wouldn't he do the same to them? Good point Orton.
Kofi vs The Big Show. Will Shaq show up and cost Show the match? I doubter. Y2J comes out with Show. The audio men at WWE are freaking awesome. They created a new entrance music combining Show's and Jericho. The WWE had a poll on their website asking who would win a match between Shaq and Show? 80 some percent picked Shaq? WTF are you talking about? Damn kids are stupid. Wait WWE would let Shaq win that match. LT beat Bam Bam in a match at Mania over 10 years ago. Show lost to Money Mayweather a few years back at mania. Forget I said anything about celebrities losing to wrestlers in WRESTLING matches. Anyway, back to the match itself. Show dominates Kofi. Show with a huge splash off the second rope but foot on the rope. Kofi with no offense in the match. Show goes up the ropes again but Kofi focuses on Show's right leg. He gets Show down on his knees. Kofi with trouble in paradise and then a huge double leg drop off the top but only a 2 count. Show gets dq'd when he beat the crap out of Kofi in the corner. After the bell, Show continues to assault Kofi. I am so glad they didn't give the US title to Show, but made him look so dominate. Show should dominate guys half his size.
A recap of HHH and Legacy. Backstage on the phone with HBK. Shawn says he isnt watching the show. HHH asks Are you ready? But the guy on the other side hangs up. I highly doubt HBK will not come back for Summerslam. Next week Shawn will return.
The champ is here! Oh wait, no its just John Cena, ha ha. He isnt the champ yet. Cena takes on Miz next. Next week it is announced Sargent Slaughter will be the gm. Thank you god! A former wrestler running Raw. Great idea. Piven comes out and says he is a fan of Cena but a bigger fan of Randy Orton. Orton comes out as a lumberjack along with Legacy, Masters, Chavo, Swagger, and Carlito. Piven double crossed Cena. But when the odds are stacked against Cena, what happens? Cena always finds a way to win. Cena almost puts on the STFU, but Orton distracts Cena. Masters locks in the Masterlock on the outside. Cena looks out and then thrown back into the ring. Miz hits a huge clothesline and starts to take control of the match. If Miz loses now with all the odds in his favor, this will make Miz look weaker than pudding. Cena starts to gain momentum until Legacy gets Cena on the outside. All 3 members beat the hell out of Cena. Miz gets an FU and still finds a way to win. You have to be kidding me? Miz is out of Raw. Piven comes off the top rope but is caught by Cena. Dr. Kin comes in and tries to nail Cena with a cane, instead he gets thrown out of the ring onto the lumberjacks. Cena gets the best of Miz and Legacy tonight. Miz is now 0-18 vs Cena and gone from Raw. He will be on Smackdown next week.
I have to give WWE some credit..Finally. They gave us a good show tonight. I would have liked to see Orton and Miz get the best of Cena since Cena never is made to look bad. Even Hogan had to sell to bad guys sometimes back in the 80s. But all in all, I liked the quick change of character in Piven in the last segment. That was a nice twist on the show. This seems to be shaping up to be a great week on WWE. ECW has a ECW extreme rules title match with Christian and Dreamer. Smackdown has Hardy vs Punk for the World Title. Don't forget to listen to Showstoppers on BBSD radio each and every week. PLUS, thats right there is more. I feel like a paid commercial announcer. I am writing a huge sports blog this week. It will be posted on Wednesday morning. You do not want to miss out on reading this.
J Call
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