June 2007 News Archive (Page 9)

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The show begins with the crowd popping for the music of the Champ, John Cena. He makes his way to the ring, holding the spinner belt high in celebration of his victory over the Great Khali. He grabs the mic, and this crowd isn't as pro-Cena as originally thought.

Cena says this right here, all of this, is what he loves about this business. Look around, from the fat guy telling him he sucks, to the hot girl wearing a shirt two sizes too small, to Wade Boggs in the front row. It's action, intensity, and noise. Tonight, though, it seems louder to Cena. He says maybe because after six weeks of getting beat down, he finally told the Punjabi Frankenstein "FU." He says now, after all that, they spring the draft on him. He mentions how he was drafted from Smackdown to Raw. After what happened last night, if he gets drafted to Smackdown, or to ECW, and tonight is the last night he stands in the ring for Monday Night Raw, he's going to stand and take it all in, and if this is how it ends, let it be said one more time: "The Champ is here." Cena is interrupted by "No Chance" as a limping, sour looking Vince McMahon makes his way to the ring. No strut tonight; just a slow, sickly walk.

McMahon says he knows why Cena is here, to embarass him. McMahon says Cena is here to remind the people that Vinnie Mac is no longer a world champion. Vince says he will not bend, bow, or break; his name is Vincent Kennedy McMahon. Cena says Vince is just tired and upset after losing last night; that Vince is delusional and emotional. A staredown ensues, and Cena tells Vince the only thing keeping Vince from being crushed is Cena's patience. Vince says he hasn't lost a thing; not his empire, money, or dignity. The only thing he's lost is his world title, which is exactly what Cena is going to do tonight. Vince challenges Cena to defend his title in a triple threat match, against Umaga and the Great Khali. Vice smiles and leaves the ring slowly, looking like a psychopath, as Cena looks on in disbelief.
Cryme Tyme w/Candice Michelle vs. Kenny, Nitro, and Melina
The women start fighitng before the bell even rings, so both teams seperate them. The bell rings, and its JTG and Kenny in the ring. Kenny knocks down JTG, and Nitro comes in with a legdrop over the top rope. Nitro in control, and tags in Kenny. Kenny hits a flying fist from the top rope, getting a two count. Kenny stomps away on JTG, slingshotting him into Nitro's waiting fist. Shad interferes, interrupting a 2 count. Nitro hits a neckbreaker, gets a 2 count, and puts JTG in a modified cobra clutch. JTG powers out of it, but gets punched in the stomach and whipped into the turnbuckle, catching a big boot to the stomach. Shad in now, taking over and beating both Nitro and Kenny down. Shad with a huge clothesline, getting a two count before Kenny interrupts them. Bedlam errupts, with all competitors in the ring brawling. Shad lifts up Candace, throwing her on top of Melina. Shad picks up Nitro, and JTG hits the swinging neckbreaker for the win.
Your Winners: Cryme Tyme and Candice Michelle

Santino Marella vs. Chris Masters for the Intercontinental Championship
After Santino comes to the ring, Masters shows up looking dead serious. Marella starts by kicking Masters in the quads, and whipping him into the ropes, but Masters holds on and Marella crashes to the ground, missing a dropkick. Masters puts Marella into the ropes and begins choking him. Masters with a 2 count. Marella takes over, but gets his eyes raked by Masters. Masters then plants Marella's head into the turnbuckle, and delivers a crushing legdrop. Masters with a 2 count again. Masters begins torquing Marellas neck, delivering elbows to Santino's head. Marella flips Masters over, and hits a chin drop on Masters. Marella begins hammering away on Masters, delivering a back heel trip, and getting a 2 count. Marella then goes for a clothesline, but gets picked up and racked on the ropes. Masters sets up for the Masterlock, but Marella, slips downward. Marella then gets a wristlock, flipping Masters over. Then, Marella wraps himself around Masters, hooking his arms and legs, and into a modified small package to pick up the win!
Your Winner and Still IC Champ: Santino Marella

After a commercial break, the Hardys in the back. Cade and Murdoch come up and congratulate them, and ask them when they're going to get another shot. They don't want the match tonight, but when the Hardys are 100%. Vince strolls up, and in a pathetic southern accent, asks them if they're "doin good." He says that the Hardys will defend the tag championships, against Cade and Murdoch.

Vince then walks towards Ric Flair and Torrie Wilson talking. Vince looks at Torrie, telling her there's one thing he cant stand: a degenerate hanging out with a woman half his age. Torrie reminds him of his wife walking in on Torrie and Vince once. Flair laughs, and Vince says this is what's going to happen. Tonight, Carlito will be in a match against them. Not Flair, but Torrie. Flair and Vince bicker, with Vince threatening Flair. Vince says every place he goes, whether Flair is there or not, he always hears "Whooos." Vince says that makes him a legend; and a legend should take on a legend killer. Vince announces Flair vs. Orton, one on one tonight, as we go to commercial.

Randy Orton vs. Ric Flair
Ric Flair's music hits and the Nature Boy makes his way to the ring. The match starts with a stare down. Orton smacks Flair, who responds with a series of chops which result in Orton falling to the floor. Flair hits a stomp to the face, and begins more chops on Orton. Orton reverses an Irish whip and hits a powerslam. Orton now begins to stalk for the RKO...but we cut to a commercial!?! We come back with Flair locking in the Figure-Four leg lock. Orton is straining to get to the ropes, which he does. Flair chops Orton, but Orton reverses a second with a reverse backbreaker. Orton begins to stomp Flair all over, and hits a knee drop. After a one count, Orton begins pounding on Flair and locks in a sleeper-hold. Flair powers out of it, and hits a chop. Flair into the ropes, and is met with a drop kick by Orton for a two count. Orton hits a back body drop on Flair, and gets another two count. Orton again locks in the sleeper hold. Flair powers out with a back suplex, and goes for the Figure Four, but Orton reverses with a roll up for the one count.

Orton gets Flair into the corner and begins reigning blows on Flair's head. Flair manages to hit some chops as Orton keeps coming. Flair thumbs Orton's eye, and manages to cover for a two count. Flair hits a knee drop on Orton. Orton reverses an irish whip into the corner, and hits a massive clothesline. As Orton attempts to capitalize, Flair comes back with more chops. Orton goes to the outside and Flair follows. Orton feigns running, but turns and hits Flair with a clotheline, followed by a suplex. Orton gets Flair back in the ring, and appears to be stalking for the RKO, but instead gives a nice kick to Flair's head. Flair struggles to get up, using the ropes for support. As he gets to his feet Orton hits the RKO for the win. Orton stands over the fallen Ric Flair with a crazed look in his eyes. Orton then backs into the corner, and looks to go for another kick, but is caught by the ref and is ordered to leave. Orton backs out of the ring slowly keeping his eyes on the injured Flair.
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- Rob Van Dam defeated Randy Orton in a Stretcher Match. The object is to roll your opponent on the stretcher to the marked finish line. Randy Orton was the first one out. They aired a clip of the Orton-RVD feud recently. RVD was out next and got a big reaction from the Jacksonville crowd. A stretcher is placed against the side of the ring. Orton hit RVD with a big punch early on and RVD went down selling the "concussion" as he did on ECW. Orton attempted an RKO, but RVD was able to counter it. RVD went to the top, but fell off. Orton rolled a glazed over RVD back into the ring. Orton then tried to put RVD on the stretcher, but RVD rolled away. RVD then made a comeback putting Orton on the stretcher and hitting a spinning leg drop off the ring apron on Orton. RVD then put Orton back on the stretcher and attempted a running flip dive over the top rope, but Orton moved and RVD hit the outside hard. Orton then grabs RVD and puts on back on the stretcher. Orton starts rolling him to the finish line, but RVD gets up and gets some offense in on Orton. The finish then saw RVD get Orton on the stretcher and push him over the finish line to get the win. After the match, Orton took out RVD with a big kick to the head followed by a big DDT on the floor to take him out. Medical trainers then came out and put a neckbrace on RVD. They then took him away to the back.

- CM Punk, Tommy Dreamer & The Sandman defeated The New Breed (Elijah Burke, Matt Striker & Marcus Cor Von) in a Six Man Tables Match. Early on in the match, Tommy Dreamer went for a table and Marcus Cor Von cut him off. Big spot saw CM Punk take a huge dive over the top rope taking out Cor Von on the outside. Matt Striker brought a table into the ring and set it up in the corner. Punk and Cor Von continue to go at it and Cor Von gives Punk a big powerbomb. Cor Von then sets up a table and puts Punk on it. Sandman then hits Cor Von with his singapore cane. Striker then gets involved and takes out Sandman. The finish saw Dreamer give Elijah Burke a piledriver and put him on a table. Punk then gave Striker a superplex onto Burke smashing the table to get the win.

- The WWE Draft on June 11 is plugged.

- Backstage, Randy Orton is talking with Edge. Orton brings up how his former partners, Edge and Batista, are competing for the World Title tonight and he isn't. Orton told Edge he was on a roll right now and said if Edge wins tonight and he gets traded to Smackdown, he will be next. Edge told Orton he will end up like Batista tonight if he ends up getting traded to Smackdown.

- The Hardys defeated The World's Greatest Tag Team in a Ladder Match to retain the World Tag Team Titles. All four men are legal in this Ladder Match. Was a cool spot early on when all four men brought four ladders into the ring and The Hardys gave Haas and Benjamin dropkicks to take them out. Jeff was the first person to get a ladder set up and climbed up, but Haas pushed him off. Another spot saw Jeff and Matt climb up both sides of a ladder, but Benjamin slammed another ladder into their ladder. Haas and Benjamin attemped the same thing and The Hardys cut them off as well. Yet another big spot which saw The Hardys send Haas and Benjamin into tables. Jeff put a table against the guard railing and sent Haas into it. Another table spot saw Benjamin get flipped over the top rope and land on a table on the outside. Matt sets up a table in the ring and makes an attempt, but Haas and Benjamin tip the ladder over. Benjamin hit a quick T-Bone Suplex on Jeff and then jumped off a ladder onto Matt. Jeff came back with a big suplex on Haas off the ladder when Haas was trying to climb up.

Real cool spot saw Benjamin flip over the top rope and dropkick the ladder that Jeff was climbing up. Benjamin then started going up another ladder and Matt knocked him off. Two ladders are set up and all four start to climb up. Both ladders eventually get tipped over. The finish saw Jeff hit a Swanton Bomb on Haas and Matt climbed up to get the belts for the win.

- Mark Henry defeated Kane in a Lumberjack Match. Your Lumberjacks tonight are Chris Benoit, Val Venis, WWE Intercontinental Champion Santino Marella, Balls Mahoney, Stevie Richards, The Miz, Kevin Thorn, Chris Masters, Johnny Nitro, WWE Cruiserweight Champion Chavo Guerrero, Kenny Dykstra and Carlito. Early on in the match, Mark Henry sent Kane through the ropes to the outside. However, the lumberjacks are too scared to go after him. Henry is tossed out next and the lumberjacks try to put him back in the ring. Henry outpowers everyone and goes back in himself. The action spilled to the outside again and Henry sent Kane into the ring post. The lumberjacks threw Kane back in the ring this time. In the ring, Henry locked on a Bear Hug on Kane. Kane fights out of it sending Henry to the outside among the lumberjacks. Kane then jumped off the top rope and connected with Henry along with other lumberjacks. Back in the ring, Kane connected with a big chokeslam on Henry. Chavo Guerrero and Kenny Dykstra ran in after this took place. Kane took out Dykstra with a big slam. Henry then got back up and locked Kane in the Bear Hug again. Kane couldn't break out of it and Henry got the win.Continue Reading...

Former WWE Champion Brock Lesnar was victorious in his MMA debut for K-1 Hero's/Elite XC show from the Los Angeles Coliseum on Saturday night.

Lesnar defeated Kim Min-soo after Min-soo tapped out at 1:09 in the first round. Lensar took Min-soo down to the ground, threw punches, eventually got a full mount and hit Min-soo with some hard punches to the head leading to the tapout.

Reports from the show stated that Min-soo's eyes were glassy, as he appeared to be knocked silly from Lesnar's punches.

This will at least push those Hulk Hogan divorce rumors to the side of the wrestling news:

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and wife Dany Garcia Johnson have separated, they have announced in a statement to People magazine.

"While certain aspects of our relationship have changed, we are both vitally important to each other's lives," their statement reads.

"We will continue to advance and manage our business interests, our philanthropic efforts and most importantly the raising of our child together, as a loving team. We've been fortunate enough to spend the last 17 years together as a couple and look forward to spending the rest our lives together as best friends and business partners."

In 1997, he married Garcia, now the CEO of a wealth management firm. They have a 5-year-old daughter, Simone Alexander.

Eric Bischoff recently wrote the following about Hulk Hogan:

Another thing that stays the same is the fascination of the Japanese public with Hulk Hogan. I’ve had the opportunity to travel around the world with some of the biggest names in sports entertainment over the past decade. Not taking anything away from any of them, but none get the kind of reaction from the general public and from wrestling fans that Hogan gets.

Maybe its because he’s so hard to miss, maybe its because Hogan reminds fans of all ages of some of the best periods of professional wrestling, or maybe its just his “charisma”, but whatever the reason, the reaction to Hulk Hogan last month in Tokyo was as strong as I’ve seen.

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Chris Benoit and Matt Hardy vs. MVP & The Miz
Decent match that went about 15 minutes with a commercial break in there after the usual babyfaces clean house spot. Hardy got worked over for much of the match while building to the hot tag to Benoit. The Crippler won it with a Crossface. MVP got a nice pop, while Miz was hated and Hardy and Benoit got a lot of support.

Finlay pumped up Hornswoggle for his match later on.

Michelle McCool vs. Jillian Hall
Crowd was dead for it. After about five minutes of a back and forth match, Ashley Massaro came down the aisle just as Jillian was in the advantage, so Michelle ended up catching her with a spinning backbreaker for the pin. Then, Ashley left.

Hornswoggle vs. Mini Boogeyman
Everybody loves the midgets, apparently. Finish came when Finlay came out from under the ring to help Hornswoggle. Finlay hit Mini Boogey with the shillelagh and then Hornswoggle won it with a splash off the top.

Kane vs. Mark Henry
Went about 6 or 7 minutes and ended when Mark Henry gave Kane a bearhug on the floor, then rammed him into the post. Kane got counted out. They made a lumberjack match for One Night Stand as a result of this.

Backstage, Edge did his usual promo about beating Undertaker and then Batista, so he's not an underdog.

Deuce & Domino vs. London & Kendrick vs. Regal & Taylor for the Tag Titles
This match was in the 15 minute range. Much of it was spent with Kendrick getting worked over by the four heels. London came in after the tag, cleaned house and went for something off the top when Cherry shoved him off and the champs got the pin.

Main Event Interview
Batista was a guest on the Cutting Edge show. Edge got a massive pop on the way out. He had a sore throat, so they got right to the point. He beat Undertaker and he beat Batista, so he's not afraid of him. Then he gently slapped him, Batista gently slapped back. Then they gently nudged eachother and the segment ended with Batista decking him with a right hand.

Following last night's edition of TNA iMPACT!, here is the updated card for the TNA Slammiversary PPV on Sunday, June 17, live and only on Pay Per View from Nashville, Tennessee:

King of the Mountain Match to determine TNA World Champion
- Qualified so far: Kurt Angle vs. Samoa Joe vs. AJ Styles

TNA X Division Championship Match
- Chris Sabin (c) vs. Jay "Black Machismo" Lethal

TNA World Tag Team Championship Match
- Team 3D (c's) vs. The Steiner Brothers

- Bob Backlund vs. Alex Shelley

- Eric Young vs. Robert Roode

- Frank Wycheck (former NFL star) vs. James Storm