November 2007 News Archive (Page 4)

With the departure of Brooke Adams, the next obvious question relates to the future of Extreme Expose.

It's possible that Adams gets replaced by 2007 WWE Diva Search winner Eve Torres, who has a dance background similar to Layla El because she was a member of the Los Angeles Clippers dance team. But if the group doesn't stay active, the belief is that Layla will be released.

Layla and Kelly Kelly accompanied The Miz to matches at house shows last weekend, but on Tuesday's ECW show, it appeared they were broken up because they wrestled each other. We'll have more on this as it develops.

The latest issue of WWE Magazine prematurely reveals that Chris Jericho is on his way back to the company.

Jericho is featured on the cover with the tagline: "The real story behind Jericho's shocking return."

The photo features a devious-looking Jericho plugging two power cords together.

The wrestler's long awaited return to the ring has been expected for several months. Sources believe he will officially appear on television at next week's edition of RAW.

The following report is courtesy of lordsofpain.net...

We begin with Batista making a surprise appearance. The crowd goes crazy, the pyro heats the place up, and the World Heavyweight Champion makes his way to the ring.

Batista grabs the mic and says it's good to be back on Raw, although he's grown quite fond of Smackdown. He says he was invited by William Regal to take on some Raw competition. Although he appreciates the invitation, Regal made a mistake:Batista is gearing up for Survivor Series, for Hell in a Cell, and for the Undertaker. He'll be locked in a cell with a man who wants to kill him, but there are no rules - and weapons are not only welcome, but allowed. So, before his victim comes out, Batista has a message for the Undertaker...

DONG! The bells ring and the Undertaker arrives on Raw! Taker makes his way to the ring and takes his coat off, ready to fight. The men square off, but Regal's music hits. Regal says he invited both of them for competition, but it's not against each other. Tonight, they'll be partners against the finest tag team on Raw. Cade and Murdoch's theme hits, and the World tag-team champs come down to do battle with the Animal and the Dead Man.

Batista and Undertaker vs. Cade and Murdoch
Taker starts by attacking Cade, delivering shoulder blocks, and Old School! As he sizes Cade up for a chokeslam, Batista tags himself in. He puts Cade in the turnbuckle and hits him with his shoulder. Cade catches Batista with a big boot, and gets Murdoch in. Murdoch starts hammering away on Batista, flooring him with a clothesline. He tags Cade back in, and they do the atomic leg drop on Batista, resulting in a 2 count. Batista powers back to his feet, and delivers a spinebuster to the charging Cade. Taker tags himself back in, grabs Cade and delivers a chokeslam. Undertaker gets a 2, as Murdoch interferes. Batista spears Murdoch, as Undertaker measures up Cade and delivers a tombstone for the 1, 2, 3!
Winners: Batista and Undertaker

Batista grabs Murdoch and delivers the Batista-bomb. The Animal and the Dead Man stare each other down in the center of the ring.

Beth Phoenix v. Maria
Beth Phoenix stalks Maria, slamming her down. Maria gets Beth in the corner, and puts a boot in her face. Beth strikes back, throwing Maria down into the splits, then kicking her a few times. Maria comes back a stiff boot to the head, followed with a head scissors, but Beth reverses into a standing surfboard. Beth drops Maria once more, and picks her up and puts her in the fisherman's suplex for the win.
Winner: Beth Phoenix

The Hardy Boyz and Rey Mysterio vs. MVP, Finlay, and KennedyFinlay starts off against Matt Hardy, as the two lock up with Matt getting the advantage early. Finlay then gets a headlock, and hits Matt with a clothesline. Finlay tags in Kennedy who gets some offense in, and tags in MVP. Matt and MVP stare off... but MVP tags in Kennedy. Matt and Kennedy exchange blows for awhile, until Kennedy buries Matt with a knee. Kennedy sends Matt into the ropes only to get caught with a crossbody by Matt. Finlay comes in but gets sent over the ropes and to the outside by Matt. Kennedy grabs Matt from behind and throws him out of the ring to join Finlay as we go to break.We come back to Kennedy with Matt in a sleeper. Matt gets to his feet, but Kennedy tries to do the green bay plunge, but Matt kicks out and hits a modified side-effect. Kennedy crawls and tags Finlay, as Matt gets to his corner. Matt lands the hot tag to Rey, who begins going after Finlay with dropkicks. Rey misses a springboard crossbody, and Finlay capitalizes with a few nasty boots, tagging in MVP. MVP works on Rey's ribs with a few kicks and locks in a seated abdominal stretch. MVP tags in Finlay who gets a 2 count, and delivers a backbreaker. Finlay cheapshots Jeff Hardy, who runs into the ring and chases Finlay away. Finlay tags in Kennedy who delivers a double backbreaker, and begins stretching out Rey over his knee.

Rey begins punching and kicking his way out of it, forcing Kennedy to break the hold. Rey tries to get a tag, but Kennedy drags him away and tags in MVP. MVP goes to work on the ribs once more. MVP sends Rey into the ropes, but Rey reverses and hits a DDT on MVP. Rey gets the tag onto jeff, who lays out MVp, clears the corner, hits a whisper in the wind, and gets a 2 count when Kennedy comes in. Jeff droptoeholds both Kennedy and MVP into the ropes, Rey hits a double 619, and Hardy hits the swanton on MVP for the win!
Winners: The Hardyz and Rey

We get another mystery promo: it says 6 days, 23 hours - X+1=Y, J=9+1 - Break_the_Walls. So, there you have it folks. Chris Jericho, next Monday on Raw. Way to drop the ball on the mystery, WWE.

Vince McMahon is in the ring. He talks up the Survivor Series match between Randy Orton and HBK, and then introduces HBK. Shawn comes out to the usual crowd reaction. Vince then introduces Randy Orton, who gets resounding boos. Both men face each other in the ring, with Vince there to moderate. HBK says that he's aware of the stipulations for their match, and he's aware of who come up with them. Orton reiterates what the rules are, and HBK interupts and says that he knows the rules. Orton says that he is sick of being told that he intentionally disqualified at Cyber Sunday when he just defended himself. HBK says that the reason Orton got the Super Kick banned was because Orton has been feasting on it for the last five weeks, and at Survivor Series, it would have been number six.

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As previously reported, CNN ran a documentary last week entitled "Death Grip: Inside Pro Wrestling." In it, the network made it seem as though John Cena admitted to steroid use, quoting the wrestler as follows:

People conceive things because performance enhancing drugs have got the spotlight. It's a hot thing to talk about. I can't tell you that I haven't, but you'll never be able to prove that I have.

Consequently, WWE is steaming mad at CNN, claiming it didn't air the entire quote or interview. Here's the issue WWE official just released on the topic:

"In a country in which the news media is highly suspect, and the quality of unbiased reporting has been thrown into the trash can, CNN has stooped to new depths. Notwithstanding the fairness, or lack therein, of CNN's recent piece entitled "Death Grip: Inside Pro Wrestling," perhaps the best example of how CNN misrepresents and unfairly presents their biased, if not illegal, point of view is the comparison of WWE's unedited video above to CNN's edited version.

CNN's depiction of John Cena as it relates to steroids is not only professionally and morally wrong, but damaging to his character."

Check out the full interview at WWE.com.

Here is the preview for WWE Monday Night Raw, courtesy of WWE.com:

Survivor Series captains Triple H and Mr. Kennedy will face each other in a Lumberjack Match this Monday on Raw, and the GMs of Raw, SmackDown and ECW have announced that the remaining eight members of the opposing teams be the lumberjacks.

With Rey Mysterio, Kane, and Matt and Jeff Hardy backing The Game on one side and Finlay, Big Daddy V, MVP and Umaga giving Kennedy support on the other, Monday’s match could give a preview of what the Traditional Elimination Match at Survivor Series will be like.

On Thursday, the cocky, loudmouth Kennedy appointed himself the captain of his Survivor Series team and immediately challenged The Game, who wasted no time accepting.

With all 10 men involved in the Traditional Elimination Match under the same roof and the same time, Raw could potential see a volatile situation this Monday. Will all hell break loose? Tune in to Raw on Monday night and find out.

Shawn Michaels has floored WWE Champion Randy Orton with Sweet Chin Music an astonishing five weeks in a row. Will HBK be looking to make it a six-pack this week on Raw? Or will the champ be able to regain some momentum heading into Survivor Series?

- Abyss defeated Black Reign in a Shop of Horrors Match. TNA placed weapons around the ringside area as the announcers remind us that anything goes. Abyss cracked a big board over the head of Reign followed by sending him through a wall. They brawled to the entrance ramp area and Reign gave Abyss a quick suplex over a few trash cans. Abyss got a barbed wire bat and hit Reign with it a few times. They did a big spot where Abyss chokeslammed Reign off the stage. Believe it or not, a board full of rap traps was revealed and put in the ring by Abyss. The finish saw James Mitchell try to interfere, but Abyss put Reign's rat down his clothes and Abyss took a shot on the board full of rat traps. Abyss then dodged a brass knucks shot and hit a Black Hole Slam for the win. After the match, Abyss unlocked a black box at ringside. Inside was a wrestler with a red mask on. The wrestler beat up Abyss, put him in a box and pushed it off the entrance ramp.

- The Motor City Machine Guns (Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley) defeated Team 3D. Very solid tag team match between these two teams. Sabin and Shelley attacked 3D during their entrance. The action spilled to the ring and 3D bailed from the ring early on when MCMG got in some offense. Sabin got taken out later on with some 3D double team moves. Brother Ray crotched both Sabin and Shelley on the turnbuckles when they were posing. Tons of quick offense by MCMG on Brother Devon at this point in the match. Ray pulled the referee out of the ring when Sabin had a pinfall on Devon. Ray then took off his belt and started whipping Sabin with it. Doomsday Device by 3D on Sabin, but Sabin kicked out during the close pinfall. 3D brought a table into the ring and put it in the corner despite the referee trying to prevent them from doing so. The finish saw Sabin run up the table, flip back and then send Devon through the table. MCMG then hit a double enziguiri kick on Ray to get the pinfall.

- Gail Kim defeated ODB, Roxxi Laveaux & Angel Williams in a Four Way Women's Match to retain the TNA Women's Title. Not much here as it was a fairly quick match. ODB was acting crazy throughout the match and the fans in Orlando seemed confused. The referee sent VKM to the back early on. ODB then continued the crazy and started slapping the ass of all the women in the ring. The finish saw Roxxi spit mist into the eyes of ODB allowing Kim to hit a modified neckbreaker on ODB to get the pinfall. After the match, Awesome Kong appeared and stared down Gail Kim.

- Jay "Black Machismo" Lethal defeated Sonjay Dutt to retain the TNA X Division Title. Dutt took out Lethal early on with a quick flip dive over the top rope to the outside. Lots of quick back and forth action between the two early on as well. Dutt grounded the action by applying a body scissors submission on Lethal. Another quick spot saw Lethal hit a suicide dive through the ropes on Dutt on the outside. Dutt responded with a Camel Clutch on Lethal in the ring. The finish saw Lethal hit the Lethal Combination followed by a flying elbow off the top rope to get the pinfall on Dutt to retain the title. After the match, Lethal and Dutt hugged and then So Cal Val was invited in. Team 3D then ran out and started attacking Lethal and Dutt. Ray got on the mic and said Sabin and Shelley cheated. Ray said they were taking the X Division Title hostage and left with the belt.

- AJ Styles & Tomko defeated The Steiner Brothers to retain the TNA World Tag Team Titles. The match started off early on with AJ Styles and Scott Steiner. Scott kept taking out out Styles, causing Tomko and Rick to get tags. Scary moment saw Rick hit Tomko with a botched Death Valley Driver. Tomko looked a bit dazed, but responded with a quick clothesline on Rick. Scott got the tag and Styles and Tomko did some double-teaming. Tomko broke up a pinfall attempt on AJ after a top rope bulldog by Rick went down. The finish saw the referee get bumped allowing Styles to hit a low blow on Rick followed by a steel chair shot. Styles got the pinfall on Rick to retain the tag titles.

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WWE has signed 2007 WWE Diva Search contestant Lena Yada to a contract.

The companny offered her a deal at the Raw at the Staples Center this past Monday, which she accepted. She is set to be the new backstage interviewer on ECW.

It appears as though that former WWE/WCW star Booker T is heading to TNA Wrestling.

According to sources within the company, Booker began talking with TNA over the summer, while he was still under contract to WWE. TNA hoped to debut him in the company alongside Chris Jericho on the first two-hour edition of Impact in October.

However, everyone knew that Jericho was leaning towards WWE, although he did have at least a few serious discussions with TNA officials.

It's now evident that Booker T will be Sting's mystery partner at tonight's TNA Genesis pay-per-view.

Lilian Garcia and 2007 Diva Search winner Eve Torres will be appearing on the Best Damn Sports Show Period next Monday night after Raw.

Carlito is said to be unhappy with the direction WWE has been pushing him in lately. Some are saying that he has requested to be released from the company. WWE has not granted him a release yet, but may do so in the next week.

Sources: SLAM! Wrestling, PWInsider.com