October 2007 News Archive (Page 4)

It appears as though wrestlers from Smackdown will be competing on Tuesday nights, while ECW grapplers will be coming to Friday nights every now and then, as well.

Here's the article stating as much from WWE.com:

WWE.com has learned that several meetings have taken place between Acting SmackDown General Manager Vickie Guerrero and ECW General Manager Armando Estrada that, if ratified, would allow SmackDown and ECW Superstars to compete on Tuesday and Friday nights.

While nothing is signed as of yet, locker room sources say that this open door agreement between Vickie and the cunning Cuban shyster will be discussed tonight, live on ECW on Sci Fi. No further details have been released, and when pressed for more information, Estrada was tight-lipped (a rarity in its own right).

"I have no news for you right now," said Estrada. "But tonight on ECW on Sci Fi (10/9 CT), I will give some insight into these meetings."

Previous WWE rumors have come true: the company has released King Booker and his real-life wife, Sharmell.

Here is the simple statement from WWE:

WWE has come to terms on the release of WWE Superstar Booker T and WWE Diva Sharmell as of October 27. We wish both Booker & Sharmell he best in all their future endeavors.

After WWE RAW last night, the entire card for Cyber Sunday was announced...

- Randy Orton vs.

Fans Choice: Shawn Michaels, Mr. Kennedy or Jeff Hardy

World Heavyweight Championship:

- Batista vs. The Undertaker

Fans Choice of a Referee: “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, JBL or Mick Foley

ECW Championship:

- CM Punk vs.

Fans Choice: Big Daddy V, John Morrison or The Miz

- Triple H vs. Umaga

Fans Choice Of Match Type: Steel Cage, Street Fight or First Blood

- Rey Mysterio vs. Finlay

Fans Choice Of Match Type: Stretcher Match, No Disqualification or Shillelagh On A Pole

- Matt Hardy vs. MVP

Fans Choice Of Match Type: Boxing Match, Wrestling Match or Mixed Martial Arts Match

William Regal's music hits, and the Raw GM makes his way down to the ring. He promises a great show tonight. Because Randy Orton likes to do things in threes, he'll be facing all of his potential Cyber Sunday opponents 1 on 1 tonight. Orton v. Hardy, Orton v. Kennedy, and Orton v. HBK. So first up, is Orton v. Hardy!

Randy Orton v. Jeff Hardy
Hardy, nursing that neck injury, looks really, really tired. Hardy with an armdrag takedown, but both men are back to their feet. Orton pushes Hardy into the corner, and begins pelting him with fists. Hardy comes back with a series of arm drag takedowns, and now Hardy takes control. A drop kick and a clothesline send Orton outside, and Hardy hits both a baseball slide and a plancha over the top rope to send Orton reeling.

We're back with Orton in control. Hardy gets back to his feet but catches a powerslam. Orton starts stomping away at Hardy, following it up with a knee drop. Orton with a sleeperhold, and Jeff is in trouble. The crowd starts the chant, and Hardy gets back to his feet. Lariat takedown by Hardy, and both men are down. Hardy back up first, and hits a series of clotheslines. Hardy hits the Whispers in the wind, and gets a 2.99999 count. Corner doublestomp by Hardy, and he sets up for the Swanton. Mr. Kennedy interferes and knocks Jeff down. RKO by Orton, and this one is over.
Your Winner: Randy Orton

Santino Marella's music hits, and he and Maria make their way down to the ring. Marella grabs the music and says it's good to be back in Europe. He says the only thing more beautiful than Europe is Maria. Then, he dogs England. Finally, he moves on to trashing "The Condemned," but is interrupted by the music of Val Venis!

Santino Marella v. Val Venis
Val up early, with big punches and an elbow by Venis. Santino puts Val's leg in the ropes, and starts stomping it. Now the two get on the ground and start submission wrestling. Marella with a grapevine on Venis' legs, and a half-crab. Venis makes is way towards, and grabs the rope. Val hits some chops on the chest, but Santino goes after Val's leg again. Venis pushes Santino off and hits him with some back elbows and clotheslines. Santino blocks some moves, but Val finally hits a sunset flip. Santino sits on it, grabs the rope (well, barely), and gets the win.
Your Winner: Santino Marella

In the back, Coach and Carlito are talking, with Coach holding an apple. Carlito brings up Hornswoggle, and asks how did Coach let Hornswoggle beat him with the cane. Coach says he's going to get rid of Hornswoggle tonight, and that he just needs to get him in the right place at the right time. Hornswoggle appears, steals the apple out of Coach's hands, and takes off running.

Randy Orton v. Mr. Kennedy
The two lockup, with Kennedy getting a headlock in early. Orton powers out and reverses, but Kennedy reverses in to a cradle for a 2 count. Kennedy now with a headlock, but gets whipped into the ropes only to hit a shoulderblock on Orton. Orton in control now, but Kennedy fires back. The two go back in forth until Kennedy sidesteps a dropkick by Orton. Kennedy keeps hitting Orton, but Orton hits a low blow and is now in control, delivering stomps and punches to Kennedy. Kennedy grabs the tights and goes for a rollup, but only gets 2. Kennedy goes for the Green Bay Plunge, but Orton jumps out of it and hits an inverted backbreaker. Kennedy gets back up, hits the Green Bay Plunge, and looks to have the win, until Hardy comes out and starts punching Kennedy. Jeff hits a swanton. Orton runs at Hardy, but Hardy pulls the ropes down, and Hardy is left in the ring while the heels both look on in shock.
Your Winner: No Contest

Vince McMahon comes out and pimps out Cyber Sunday while the crowd gives "WHAT" chances. Vince announces Triple H v. Umaga, and introduces Umaga. Vince says one of the stipulations is a street-fight. A Jobber is standing in the corner looking scared. The Jobber says his name is Andy Simmons. Umaga destroys poor little Andy, choking him with cables, and throwing him over the table. Umaga gets a chair, throws it in the ring, and throws Andy in the ring too. Umaga samoan drops Andy on to a table, and Umaga wins. Vince says the other stipulation is a first blood match. The refs throw Andy back in the ring, and Umaga puts Andy in the tree of woe. Umaga bounces off the ropes and hits Andy with a headbutt, and then follows it up with a butt-smash. Vince tells Umaga to finish Andy off. Umaga hits the samoan spike about 10 times, and Andy is bleeding from the mouth. Umaga wins the first blood match easily.

Vince calls for medical attention, because the kid is hurt. Vince tells them to hurry up, and says there's a third stipulation to choose from: a steel cage match. Umaga throws Andy into the ring, and the cage is lowered. Vince calls Andy "Triple H" as he describes everything done to Andy so far.

Umaga gets into the caged ring, and Umaga runs Andy face first into the steel cage. Vince says he wants more. Umaga picks up Andy and runs him into the other side of the cage. Vince keeps telling Umaga to "Sick 'Em." Umaga military presses Andy into the side of the cage. Umaga walks out of the cage the winner. Umaga destroyed this poor kid, and Vince and Umaga have crazy looks on their faces as they go to the back.

Jillian Hall v. Candice Michelle
Jillian cheap shots Candice before she enters the ring, but is soon brought down by the former Women's Champ. Candice hits a spinning kick, and soon hits an Unprettier for the win.
Your Winner: Candice Michelle

Cody Rhodes is in the back, only to be confronted by Hardcore Holly. Holly asks him if he's tired of getting beaten up. Cody says that he can beat Holly, and that he'll earn his respect. Holly says that he's been beating people up since before Cody was born. He then gives Cody a very stiff slap and says that he wants to see Cody fired up. Cody looks furious, and we go to a commercial.

Brian Kendrick v. Rory McAllister
Kendrick goes right into it, taking Rory down and hitting some shots. Rory gets to his feet, but Kendrick beats him down to his knees. Rory rams his head into Kendrick's gut, and then starts to beat the lightweight down. Rory starts to stomp away, and knocks Kendrick to the outside. Kendrick struggles to get back in, and is covered by Rory right away, but Kendrick grabs the ropes. Rory locks in the chin lock, but Kendrick is trying to fight out. Kendrick finally manages to fight out, but Rory hits a knee. Kendrick manages to fight back still, hitting some nice shots. Robbie jumps up on the apron, but is brought down by London. The distraction works, though, as Kendrick is momentarily distracted. Rory takes advantage and hits a springboard reverse suplex for the win.
Your Winner: Rory McAllister

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The following will air on October 18...

- The taping opened with Kurt Angle demanding a rematch for the TNA Title. Details are sketchy, but Angle was laid out by Kevin Nash.

- Chris Sabin vs. Alex Shelley ended in a No Contest when Team 3D jumped both men.

- Awesome Kong defeated Talia Madison.

- Robert Roode & James Storm defeated Chris Harris & Rhino.

- A "Parade of Champions" was held hosted by Jim Cornette and Mike Tenay with all the champions coming out of Bound For Glory. Cornette announces Christian Cage vs. Samoa Joe for the main even with the winner gaining the last spot in the Fight for the Right Tournament. Sting is presented the TNA Title and accepts Angle's challenge from earlier. Angle appears coming out on a wheelchair and Karen Angle says the rematch must take place next week.

- Kaz defeated Lance Hoyt.

- Abyss defeated Disco Inferno. After the match, Black Reign and James Mitchell handcuffed Abyss and Reign put his rat in Abyss' face.

- Christian Cage defeated Samoa Joe to earn the last spot in the Fight for the Right Tournament.

On The Sun's official website, there's an article with WWE Diva Maria.

In June 2006, she told the newspaper that she was dating fellow wrestler CM Punk. Now, reveals that the pair has split up as couple.

"Me and Punk split, four months ago. If you want to put that in The Sun go right ahead. I am so ready for this to leak!," Maria said. "Everyone thinks we're still a couple, so I hope that this actually gets out there finally."

Here is the official preview for Monday Night Raw tonight...

Raw hops the pond this week to visit Birmingham, England in what promises to be a bloody good show. But while the Superstars will be hopping the pond, their rivalries will remain firmly entrenched.

Chief among them: Randy Orton vs. Shawn Michaels and Triple H vs. Umaga.

Michaels stunned Orton when he returned from spending months on the sidelines and put him to sleep with Sweet Chin Music. What else does HBK have in store for the Legend Killer? And do his plans include Orton’s newly-won WWE Championship?

Meanwhile, last week, Umaga continued relentlessly punishing Triple H long after the bell had sounded in their Handicap Match pitting The Game against the Samoan Bulldozer & WWE Champion Randy Orton. After adding injury to insult, can Umaga really hope to leave Europe without feeling the wrath of The Game?

Two other Superstars who will be taking their rivalry across the pond are Hardcore Holly and Cody Rhodes. So far, the veteran Holly has bested the upstart Rhodes in two hard-fought, closely-contested wars. With the third time be the charm for Cody Rhodes?

In other action, Beth Phoenix made her Raw debut last week as Women’s Champion and ushered in the self-proclaimed “Era of the Glamazon” only to be embarrassed by former Champ Candice Michelle in a Six-Divas Tag Team Match.

The Candy-coated Diva pinned one of the Glamazon’s tag partners to secure the victory and prove that she is still a force to contend with. Will the freshly-crowned Women’s Champion continue to devour her opponents? Or was last week’s hiccup a sign of things to come?

As previously reported, King Booker is deciding his fate in the WWE.

The wrestler was considering walking away from the company for a variety of reasons, which include him feeling as though he got snubbed when his Houston-based training center was not designated an official WWE training center, along with concerns over the changes in the WWE Wellness policy.

King Booker has removed the WWE logo from the corner of his website. He also removed the contact link for WWE Media requests.

- Chuck Palumbo defeated Chris Masters.

- The Daltons defeated Jay Adams & Conrad Carr.

- Drew McIntyre defeated Brett Major.

- The Undertaker & Kane defeated WWE Tag Team Champions MVP & Matt Hardy in a Non-Title Match.

- The Great Khali defeated Jamie Noble.

- Jimmy Wang Yang defeated Deuce.

- Rey Mysterio vs. Finlay in a #1 Contendership Match for the World Heavyweight Title went to a No Contest. After the finish, the lights went out. When they came back on, both Mysterio and Finlay were taken out and The Undertaker appeared motioning at Batista that he wanted the World Title. Batista was at ringside doing commentary.

Here is the latest from Jim Ross in his official blog:

On John Cena: John Cena will unfortunately be out of action for 7-12 months it would appear and Cena being back for Wrestlemania seems like a stretch, but I am no doctor, nor am I underestimating John Cena’s work ethic and will to heal, after under going successful pectorial surgery by the skilled hands of Dr. Jim “Saint” Andrews in Birmingham, Alabama. No one, and I mean no one, will work harder than will John Cena to get back better than he ever was after this major surgery, so any one of us that puts time limit restrictions on Cena aren’t using our best judgment.

The “Cena haters” and the anti Cena proponents, I assume, are happy that Cena is off their TV sets for now, but most will retort with the same old, worn out response of “I just wanted someone else to be champion.” Oh well, to each his own I suppose.

On Shawn Michaels Return: Shawn Michaels return to Raw Monday was a huge surprise and man did the live crowd, who were super all night, in Grand Rapids, Michigan ever respond accordingly. HBK has been sorely missed as his leadership and maturity in the locker room is a great asset with such a young group of Raw superstars currently competing. I assume HBK will be in the UK this Monday for Raw much to the chagrin of Randy Orton, the new WWE Champion.

HBK is feeling great and is as competitive as ever. If there is a man in the WWE with more passion and desire to steal every show on which he appears, I would love to meet him and give him a well deserved attaboy. There is, without fail, some superstars with HBK-level passion but that list is short and very exclusive.

On Jeff Hardy/Mr. Kennedy Rivalry: It looks like a nice rivalry is evolving between IC Champ Jeff Hardy and Mr. Kennedy. I am interested in this matchup and feel both these two men are going to play a major part in the long term growth of the Raw brand. Both Hardy and Kennedy had their fair share of fans in Grand Rapids Monday night, which always makes for an interesting presentation. I should have most likely done a better job identifying the Kennedy fans’ chants in hindsight in Grand Rapids.