The Undertaker is making good use of time spent recovering from surgery.
He recently auctioned off a personal guitar and bike in the name of The Angelus, a charity that focuses on the handicapped. Here is the WWE star:
Michelle McCool conducted an interview on WWE.com recently with a rising celebrity.
Criss Angel has astounded audiences with his illusions for more than a decade and has brought magic into the 21st century. The creator and director of Criss Angel Mindfreak on A&E has just finished shooting his third season of the hit show, and fans can expect the most spectacular stunts yet.
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Funny moment from the Saturday Night Main Event/Raw tapings on Monday in Toronto.
According to a report by The Wrestling Observer, Todd Grisham came out before the live audience and they showed signs in the crowd. Three of the signs showed were heavily booed. They were as follows:
“Toronto loves HBK”, “Get Well Shawn Michaels” and “Edge makes me embarassed to be a Canadian.” Edge was said to have been the most popular wrestler on either brand during the Canadian tour this week by far, despite that last sign.
The following report is courtesy of wrestleview.com…
WWE Champion John Cena vs. The Great Khali
Pyro goes off, set lights up, a bit differemt than normal and out comes John Cena to a major chorus off boos. Cena looks a bit bothered. Worse reaction than Unforgiven. Ashely is ring announcer. They show a package of Cena/Khali history and Kahli comes out before his intro during the video by accident. So Khali goes to the back to redo his intro. Crowd is split between Cena and Khali. Crowd is super hot. And is filling in. So far, Cena had a bit of early offense but Khali powers out of the stfu and the fu at different times. Crowd turns on Khali as he controls the match with a lot of power moves. Cena can’t hold Khali for the FU and Khali hits chop to head and double chokeslam for the win. Khali defeats Cena. Ashley goes to the back, as Khali cuts a promo that gets translated to say Khali can beat Cena anywhere and will at One Night Stand. Cena gets booed to the back, to a chants of you can’t wrestle.
Vince McMahon vs. Bobby Lashley (Arm Wrestling Match)
Announced as the Doctor of Hardcore, ECW Champ Vince McMahon out first. We see a Vince/Lashley video package dating back to head shaved at Mania. Out comes Lashley to some pyro that explodes on him at the top of the ramp. Crowd about 95 percent full. Vince holds ECW belt up in front of Lashley. Vince gets the ‘you screwed bret’ chant and won’t lock up with Lashley, he keeps stalling. Vince keeps stopping locking up and has the mic but it won’t work. Vince gets a new mic and brings out Mark Henry to face Lashley. They go for a bit, big Lashley chant. As Lashley gets advantage, Henry slugs him, and they brawl. Henry bear hugs Lashley into corner but Kashley explodes out with the spear. Vince comes in and chair to back of Lashley. Vince and Henry celebrate up ramp. Lashley and Kristial go to back.
Edge promo with Maria where he says he isn’t the tallest, biggest or strangest, but he is the greatest. Biggest pop for Edge.
Edge & MVP vs. Chris Benoit & Batista
Crowd is full. Torrie Wilson out to ring announce. Out comes Batista to mixed reaction. Tag match next. His partner, announced from Atlanta, Georgia, is Chris Benoit to a major pop. They bring out MVP’s inflateable set. Out comes MVP. And they strike MVP’s inflateable set in less than 30 seconds. Biggest pop and firework show of all time at the ACC for Edge who gets a major hometown reaction. Just amazing how pro-Edge the crowd is. Poses on top of corner. Edge and MVP compare titles at ringside. MVP and Benoit start. MVP gets to rope of crossface, tags in Edge to a massive pop. Takes some Benoit suplexes for a 2. All offense benoit, so he tags in Batista, Edge tags out, Batista dominates MVP with power moves for a 2. Tags in Benoit. Benoit with chops to MVP. 3x suplex. Benoit misses flying headbut. Edge in with a reverse back breaker. Gets 2. In MVP who gets a 2 with some body slams.
Edge back in and Benoit now in a headlock. Benoit powers out, hits ensurgi on Edge, MVP comes in but Benoit able to tag out. Batista power moves and running clothesline on MVP and as Edge goes to make the save, Batista scares him off and Edge grabs belt and goes up ramp. Spinebuster on MVP, followed by flying headbutt by Benoit for the pin. Batista and Benoit win.
Boogeyman & Little Boogeyman vs. Finlay & Hornswoggle
Candice Michelle comes out to announce, we see Finlay and Hornswoggle, as well as Boogeyman and Little walk in the back. They both come out to their own intros. Finlay and Boogey start off, Boogey has control all power moves. Crowd is split, Lil Boogey in and 2 bonzi drops on Finlay. Lil Boogey hits a DDT and eats worms. Finish comes when Boogeyman goes after Hornswoggle, and Finlay gives big boot to Lil Boogeyman for Finlay to get the win.
Kane, Eugene & Doink The Clown vs. Kevin Thorn, Viscera & Umaga
Michelle McCool comes to ring announce. 6 man tag, Kane teams with Eugene dressed as Superman and Doink The Clown vs. Kevin Thorn, Viscera and Umaga. Major pop for Doink. Doink does the point to face, get cheer point to heel boo move, SS Doink and Thorn start. Thorn beats down Doink. Eugene and Umaga in, Umaga powers on Eugene and tags in Vis, Vis hits sidewalk slam on Eugene. Vis beats down Eugene in the corner. Thorn tags in. Umaga and Thorn beat down Eugene, controlling him with power moves. Thorn gets a chinlock. Eugene gets Umaga to outside, tags in Kane who beats up Vis and Thorn.
Kane top rope clothesline on Thorn, Umaga in destroys Kane, Doink and Eugene. In comes Vis to give the love train to Kane but Kane gets out of the way, hits the chokeslam on Vis and gets the pin, while Umaga beats up Eugene and Doink. Kane, Eugene and Doink win.
According to a report by PWInsider, there was reportedly a confrontation between WWE Champion John Cena and TNA star Ron “The Truth” Killings this past Monday morning around 7:00 in North Carolina at the Charlotte Douglas International Airport.
The report states that Cena, who was heading to Canada after an appearance at the Coca-Cola 600 race on Sunday and saw Killings at the airport. Killings, who lives in Carolina and was heading to the TNA iMPACT! tapings that night in Orlando, was then approached by Cena. Cena was said to be upset after Killings made some negative comments about him during a series of TNA promos that were released through YouTube.
According to sources, Cena simply stared Killings down waiting for him to say something in person. Killings then reportedly returned with a stare to Cena, in what was described as a very tense moment. The two later went their seperate ways, with sources saying there was no physical interaction between the two at all.
Following ECW on Sci Fi last night, here is the updated card for the WWE One Night Stand PPV this Sunday, June 3:
WWE Championship - Falls Count Anywhere Match
- John Cena (c) vs. The Great Khali
World Heavyweight Championship - Steel Cage Match
- Edge (c) vs. Batista
ECW Championship - Street Fight Match
- Vince McMahon (c) vs. Bobby Lashley
Stretcher Match
- Randy Orton vs. Rob Van Dam
World Tag Team Championship - Ladder Match
- The Hardys (c’s) vs. The World’s Greatest Tag Team
Six Man Tag - Tables Match
- CM Punk, Tommy Dreamer & The Sandman vs. The New Breed (Elijah Burke, Matt Striker & Marcus Cor Von)
Pudding Match - Non-Title
- WWE Women’s Champion Melina vs. Candice Michelle
The following report is courtesy of lordsofpain.net…
Randy Orton comes out and grabs a mic. Orton says he put RVD in his place last night. They show footage of Orton/RVD from Raw last night. It focuses on RVD’s concussion which he recieved from Orton and Randy nailing the RKO to RVD after the match. This Sunday at One Night Stand, Orton faces Rob Van Dam in a stretcher match. Orton says RVD will be carried off on a stretcher just like Shawn Michaels was. Tommy Dreamer’s music hits and he come out. Dreamer says everyone is sick of Orton and that Orton was in his house in ECW. Dreamer challenges Orton to a match tonight. Randy accepts and says tonight he will kill the legend of ECW.
Match 1: No Disqualification Match: CM Punk vs. Elijah Burke
Lock up, but CM Punk with a side headlock. Punk with knees to Burke’s back. Burke misses an elbow and Punk works on Burke’s arm. Burke with a hammerlock but Punk counters with a dropkick. Punk with a low blow and a high placed kick to Burke’s back. Punk goes up top and nails a crossbody. Punk clotheslines Burke over the top rope and Burke grabs a steel chair. Punk nails a baseball slide dropkicking the chair into Burke’s face!
Burke with a bear hug to Punk. Burke jumps into the air and nails a high elbow drop for a two count. Punk with a front roll up for a two count. Burke counters Punk with a flap jack. Burke sets up a table in the ring. Punk catches Burke and rolls him up for a two count. Punk comes back with an enziguri for two. Punk with a high knee in the corner and goes for the bulldog but Punk counters into a back body drop. Punk jumps on the top rope but slips and falls face first to the mat! Burke covers Punk’s mistake by pinning him for a two count. Punk with a high wheel kick. Marcus Cor Von runs to the ring with a steel chair but Punk counters and tosses the chair into Cor Von’s face! Punk goes for the GTS to Burke but Burke rakes Punk’s eyes and Cor Von pounces Punk through the table in the corner! Burke covers for the win.
Winner: Elijah Burke
ECW Champion Vince McMahon is in the interview area and he makes fun of Joey Styles and Tazz’s names. Vince calls Lashley a loser. Lashley is in another interview area backstage and he says he wants his championship back. But Vince corrects him saying that it’s his championship. Lashley says Vince never had to work for anything in his life, everything was just given to him. Lashley says he’s going to show Vince why he’s a champion but Vince says he’ll show Lashley why he is a McMahon. Vince says this is Lashley’s One Last Stand. Lashley threatens to hurt Vince and Vince says to show him some respec because he’s old enough to be Lashley’s Uncle. Lashley says yeah my Dad’s Uncle! They bicker abit and Vince tells Lashley he will see him this Sunday. Lashley’s final comments are he will win back the title and become the new ECW Champion.
Layla El, Kelly Kelly, and Brooke, “Extreme Expose” make their way to the ring. They dance to “Maneater” by Nelly Furtado. They all look sexy in cut up jeans. They finish with a pose and fireworks go off.
Match 2: Kevin Thorne vs. Balls Mahoney
Thorne with clubs to Mahoney’s back. Thorne clotheslines Mahoney down. Thorne tosses Balls shoulder first into the ring post. Thorne with a sit down powerbomb and places Balls on the ropes and nails the original sin for the win.
Winner: Kevin Thorne
The Major Brothers are backstage. Matt Striker walk up to them gloating about beating one of the Majors last week. The Majors return the harsh comment saying they beat him on their first night in ECW. Striker says with the tri branded draft coming up this might be the last time their together as a tag team. Striker says he has a challenge for them next week.
Match 3: Randy Orton vs. Tommy Dreamer
Dreamer with a side headlock but Orton with a shoulder block takedown for a two count. Orton with a side headlock and nails an elbow to Dreamer’s face. Dreamer is on the apron and Orton hotshots him throat first into the ropes and dropkicks him off the apron. In the ring, Orton with a headlock but Dreamer fights out but runs into a knee from Orton. Randy goes up top but Dreamer follows and nails a superplex to Orton! Tommy with lefts and rights and clotheslines Orton down hard. Dreamer with a jacknife takedown for a two count. Dreamer with a bulldog and sit down powerbomb for a twou count as well. Dreamer ties up Orton in the corner and nails a baseball slide to Orton’s face! Dreamer nails an inverted DDT for another two count. Orton counters Dreamer’s DDT with an RKO for the win!
Winner: Randy Orton
Adam Lebow sent in the following notes from the WWE tapings in Toronto to wrestleview.com:
- Melina gets the biggest pop of all the divas, Mickie James was second but not close.
- We get a One Night Stand promo for Cena vs. Khali, then out come The Hardys to a very solid pop. Behind Edge but ahead of Benoit. Cade/Murdoch are heeled on.
- Haas and Benjamin got a bigger good pop than Cade and Murdoch, crowd is into them, but lots of heat for Nitro’s intro.
- Promo for World’s Greatest Managers and for WrestleMania 24.
- During the John Cena promo, all boos and Cena chants.
- Crowd is behind Randy Orton during his promo, but pro-RVD during intro. Crowd is split between RVD and Orton, with some smart fans chanting TNA, you sold out and thank you Van Dam. People in my section didn’t know RVD was leaving.
- Out comes Maria post Umaga/Khali/McMahon promo,for kiss cam. During kiss cam, two times they had girls make out and during the second time, a fan pulled down the girls tank top revealing both her breasts in full view. The crowd popped big for this, one of the biggest pops of the night, but the guy got the boot.
- Major heel heat and Cena sucks chants, more so than when they were here for the PPV in the fall. The hottest this crowd has been all night is during the Raw main event.
The following report is courtesy of lordsofpain.net…
Memorial Day Bikini Battle Royal
We have Kelly Kelly, Brooke, Kayla, Candice Michelle, Mickie James, Maria, Jillian Hall, Michelle McCool, Kristal, and Melina. Everyone starts fighting with beach toys, water balloons, water guns, and water balloons. They must be thrown to the floor to be eliminated. The crowd hates this. They’re not the only one. I can’t really tell you whats going on, because it’s chaos - like a Picasso of silicone, hair dye, and collagen. Brooke is eliminated, followed by Maria. Layla is eliminated next, but I get the Divas confused, so I’m not sure who is eliminating who, especially with their make-up running from the water, it’s hard to recognize them. Mickie James is eliminated next, when Jillian Hall eliminated Candice Michelle. After a two on one from Jillian and Melina on McCool, Jillian Hall was eliminated by McCool, and now it’s McCool and Melina. Melina is beating McCool six ways from Sunday. Melina tries to dump McCool over the top rope, but McCool gets out of it, dropkicks Melina, and sends Melina out of the ring to win the battle royal.
Your Winner: Michelle McCool
After a break, Shane McMahon’s music hits and he comes out with a mic in hand. He says that today is the start of summer. He says he’s excited about his announcement, and that in two weeks time there will be the first ever tri-brand draft, and that no one is exempt. He says that this sunday at One Night Stand, Vince will beat Lashley and retain the ECW title. Speaking of Lashley, Shane says he will beat Lashley tonight as Lashley teams with John Cena to face Umaga, the Great Khali, and Shane himself. He says that Lashley will know why they call Shane “The Money.” Shane does his little dance, and we go to a commercial.
8 Man Tag Match: The Hardys and Cade and Murdoch vs. WGTT, Kenny, and Nitro
Nitro and Cade start off. Cade takes control with a shoulder block, and tags in Murdoch. Murdoch works over Nitro, and tags into Matt Hardy. Nitro manages to work Matt into the corner, and makes the tag to Shelton Benjamin. Matt manages to get Benjamin into the corner and tags in Jeff. They double team Benjamin, and Jeff tags in Matt again for a double axe handle off the middle rope. Matt works over Benjamin, but Benjamin tags in Haas. Haas gets taken to the woodshed by a flurry of quick tags involving Cade, Jeff, and Matt once again. Haas finally gets to Benjamin, who gets the offensive over Matt, and tags back in Haas. Haas is then beat down by Matt, who tags in Jeff, who hits a “poetry in motion” big splash on Haas in the corner. The Hardys are in the ring, and WGTT are on the outside recuperating.
As WGTT regroups, Murdoch gets on the top rope and splashes both of them on the outside. Whoa. We go to commercial as WGTT is knocked out and the Hardys are still in the ring. We are back with Haas over Murdoch, when Murdoch tags in Jeff. Haas is hit with a “Whisper in the wind” but Shelton cheap shots Jeff, putting Haas back in control. Haas tags in Benjamin who goes to work on Jeff. Shelton tags in Kenny, who nails Jeff with a fist off the top rope. Kenny with a two count, and tags in Nitro, only to slingshot Jeff into Nitro’s waiting fist. Jeff is held by Kenny while Nitro nails Jeff with a leg drop over the top rope. Shelton is tagged in, catching Jeff with a spinning wheelkick. Benjamin locks in a sleeper, as Jeff struggles to stay in the match. Benjamin tags in Haas, who hits a belly to belly, and another near fall.
Haas now locks in the sleeperhold. Jeff fights back, only to get his hair pulled and slammed back into the mat. Kenny is tagged in now and gets a two-count. Frustrated, Kenny stomps Jeff and puts him in a chinlock. Jeff fights out of the chinlock, and hits Kenny with a drop-lariat. Jeff jumps for the hot tag to Matt Hardy, who slams Kenny with a clothesline into a bulldog. Matt gets a two count. Nitro interferes, and Matt hits a bulldog and scorpion deathdrop on both Nitro and Kenny. We now have Bedlam! All men are in the ring, but eventually Matt hits the twist of fate on Kenny, and Jeff nails the swanton for the win.
Your Winners: Hardys and Redneck Wrecking Crew
After the match, WGTT challenges the Hardys to a title match at One-Night-Stand. Hardys accept, but make it a ladder match! That should be pretty awesome with these talents mixing it up.
We come back to Grisham speaking with Cena in the back. Grisham asks Cena if he’s scared of Khali. Cena says he has no friends, only his word, and he never goes back on his word. He is not afraid of the Great Khali. Cena imitates Khali, which is hilarious. He says that he’s not deaf, nor invincible, and he hears what people are saying. They doubt whether he can do the impossible. He says yes, he did make Khali tap, but there was doubt whether he won or lost. He says at One Night Stand, all the critics and doubters will be silenced, as he will beat Khali from the ring to the crowd to the beer stand down the street. He gives us his word; he can, and will, beat Khali.
Maria is in the back with Santino Marella. Maria asks Marella about the draft, and Marella says as long as he is here, and he is Champion, he is happy. Maria asks if his accent is Italian. Marella says no, Jersey. Then he says he’s joking, and leaves. After Marella leaves, Randy Orton shows up. Apparently RVD got on WWE.com and trashed Orton, which led to the match tonight. Orton said taking HBK out was the second best moment of his career, second only to winning the belt. Orton said he respected HBK, but he doesn’t respect RVD. Orton says he will enjoy what he will do to RVD.
Randy Orton vs. Rob Van Dam
Orton is pretty banged up - it looks like a cat attacked his right shoulder. The two men stare down, the bell rings, and they lock up. Orton gets behind RVD, but RVD reverses, and gets behind Orton. Orton reverses again, into a headlock on RVD. RVD tries to power out but is locked in the hold. RVD finally reverses into a hammerlock, but is met with elbows by Orton. Orton attempts to hiptoss RVD, but RVD blocks, and throws an armdrag takedown onto RVD. The crowd is chanting “TNA” audibly. RVD comes back, getting several near falls via rollup on Orton. Orton slides out of the ring, as RVD looks on. Orton gets back into the ring and cheapshots RVD in the gut with a knee. RVD puts Orton into the corner and hits his leg flip, but when RVD comes off the ropes, Orton catches him with another knee. Orton pounds RVD into the turnbuckles, and the two exchange blows. Orton whips RVD into the ropes, but RVD catches Orton with a spinning heel kick. RVD goes for the rolling thunder, but Orton rolls out of the ring. Both men out now, when Orton puts RVD back into the ring. Orton into the corner, but he leapfrogs a charging RVD. RVD catches himself, and goes for a moonsault, but Orton hits RVD with a dropkick that sends him from the top rope onto the outside guardrail. The match goes to a commercial as RVD is groggy, and Orton stands in the ring… Continue reading this article …
By Pete Ellis
I hope that not a single fan of pro wrestling has ever let a broadcast go by without appreciating the announcers who add so much to the broadcast.
Recently, I found myself developing true appreciation for the greatest commentators in the history of wrestling. Sooooooo… here they are!
If the best commentators had a King of the Ring tournament to decide the greatest ever, based on talent and how much they added to the business, it’d go something like this…
Round 1: Jim Ross vs. Jerry “The King” Lawler
You know you’ve wanted to see these two go head-to-head one way or another. To be honest, I think that so much of what makes Jerry Lawler work is what he bounces off of JR. I don’t think the King’s sex obsessive and bad joke style would fly if it wasn’t right across the table from down-home, clean cut, good old JR. I give the nod to Ross, who is loveable in any situation and passionate at every event. Every night is the biggest of his career.
JR wins.
Round 1: Bobby “The Brain” Heenan vs. Joey Styles
Talk about a contrast in styles… no pun intended. Some might say that Joey doesn’t belong in the running, but I think Styles provides enough energy and interest in the history of our sport to be considered a top commentary figure. He did quite a few of those old ECW shows by himself.
But after the dust settles, you know Bobby was a true figurehead at every event he took part in. I’ll never forget him calling “This Tuesday in Texas” watching a match between The Nasty Boys and The Natural Disasters. His partner noticed a sign in the audience that read “Natural Disasters Rule!” “How about that Bobby!” Heenan: “If she was home doing the dishes like she’s supposed to, she wouldn’t have time to make stupid signs.”
That comment works on so many levels.
Bobby Heenan wins.
Round 1: Gorilla Monsoon vs. Jessy “The Body” Ventura
It pisses me off when I hear some reporter refer to Ventura as a “Former wrestler turned politician.” Jesse was an announcer who tried and failed to have a wrestling career. He was much more successful as a broadcaster.
Still, I don’t think he can lay claim to be the best of his generation. Gorilla Monsoon had all the charm and passion of JR and worked in a time when he could truly make you forget that it’s entertainment. Hulk Hogan owes more of his success to Monsoon then Stone Cold owes to Ross.
Jesse Ventura was so negative at times that you’d swear he was getting ready to kick someone’s ass at the broadcast table.
Gorilla Monsoon wins.
Round 1: Rowdy Roddy Pipper vs. John Bradshaw Layfield
This would have made a fantastic team behind the mic. Roddy Piper brought a “live wire” style to the position, and both of these men offer something that many lacked: a claim to real wrestling experience. Piper then and JBL now provide the ability to talk about guys in the ring who they have faced and give you a belivable annalysis of what it was like to fight them.
I love JBL’s sense of humor, but I give a slight edge to Rowdy Roddy and his laugh-cry approach to color commentary. If you’ve ever heard the hot Scott behind the mic, you know what I’m talking about.
Piper wins.
