May 2008 News Archive (Page 3)

The following WWE Smackdown results will air tomorrow night...

- Vickie Guerrero announced a TLC Match between The Undertaker and Edge at One Night Stand for the World Title. Vickie added that if Undertaker loses he will be banished from the WWE. (Come on, really? Do they expect anyone to believe The Undertaker will really be banished?)

- Deuce, Domino and Maryse defeated Jesse, Festus and Cherry.

- VIP with MVP: The special guest is Teddy Long. MVP ran down Long and confronted him when Batista came out. Batista tells Long good luck and tells MVP to never lay a hand on him. MVP tells Batista not to disrespect him. Batista says he will show him disrespect and destroys the VIP Lounge set.

- Finlay w/Hornswoggle defeated Chuck Palumbo.

- Batista defeated MVP.

- Vladimir Kozlov defeated Nunzio.

- WWE U.S. Champion Matt Hardy and Kofi Kingston defeated Elijah Burke and Shelton Benjamin.

- The Undertaker defeated Chavo Guerrero. After the match, (this may or may not air), Edge, The Edgeheads, Chavo and Bam Neely beat down Undertaker until Kane came out and cleared house to make the save.

Brock Lesnar made an in-studio appearance on KFAN radio in Minnesota earlier this week.

A caller asked about The Undertake and Lesnar replied:

"Big Mark Calloway, he's a good guy. I had an opportunity to work with him a bunch and he helped me out quite a bit... Mark, the Undertaker, is a huge fan of mixed martial arts and I appreciated him being at the fight, too. That was cool."

As for his feelings on Vince McMahon, Lesnar took the proverbial high road:

"I worked for that guy and we had a disagreement, no different than any other thing, I guess. There are a lot of good people and there are a lot of... I'm not that kind of guy to go through say I dislike this guy."

Brock added that he enjoyed working with Undertaker, Kurt Angle, and Big Show.

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As fallout continues from the recent William Regal suspension, WWE announcer Jim Ross has chimed in with his take it:

When I was in charge of the WWE talent roster a few years ago we sent Regal to drug rehab as he struggled to overcome his issues. Regal eventually became a success story as he cleaned himself up and got on with his life and career. In recent years, Regal has been a hard working, reliable and viable member of the talent roster.

As a talent perhaps even to the point of being under utilized in the eyes of some. I do not know the details of his recent 60 day suspension but I do not think that Regal has "fallen off the wagon" and retreated to his misdirected ways of years gone by.

Nonetheless, something went awry and the WWE Wellness Program, which is more thorough and organized than ever before, dropped the hammer on the talented Brit. With no pay for 60 days, two strikes against him and a family to care for, Regal finds himself in a challenging position.

Some weak minded individuals could "poor me" it and say to hell with it and revert back to those aforementioned issues, but, I do not think Regal fits into that category.

Last night, on ECW...

The Miz defeated Kane by disqualification in a non-title match. Miz said he had a headache and concussion because he was chokeslammed to the floor at Judgment Day. He called himself the co-star of the “highest rated show on WWE.com.” He said he would do tonight what Morrison will do at One Night Stand: beat Kane.

Kane hit the top rope closeline. He tried for the Chokeslam but was unable to pull it off. He put Miz in the tree of woe, exited the ring, and pulling on Miz’s neck. The referee disqualified Kane because he did not break the count.

Shelton Benjamin defeated Kofi Kingston. Kofi was seated on top of Shelton in an Electric Chair position, but reversed it into what could best be described as a one legged hurricarana.

Kofi jumped onto Shelton in the corner, but Shelton carried Kofi and dropped him leg first on the top turnbuckle. He worked on the injured leg. Kofi hit a huge dropkick but it did more harm than good. Shelton turned the “Boom Boom Boom” into a schoolboy for a nearfall. Kofi tried the Trouble in Paradise but missed and Shelton hit his finisher, sort of a jumping Mic Check, for the pin.

Colin Delaney and Kelly Kelly defeated Mike Knox and Layla. Layla threw Kelly Kelly over the ropes, but she sort of skinned the cat, grabbing Layla with a head scissors and pulling her to the outside. Knox came in and threw Colin about 25 feet into the air. Out of nowhere, Kelly pinned Layla.

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The Wrestling Observer is reporting that the plan is to announce a TLC Match at the One Night Stand pay-per-view - featuring The Undertaker vs. Edge - at this week's Smackdown taping.

Although this hasn't been confirmed, there is advertising out already with this match listed. Of course, plans are subject to change.

We know Edge can handle it, but can you see The Undertaker involved in a TLC match?!?

Rey Mysterio will make his from a torn bicep at a June 14 WWE Raw brand house show at The E-Center of West Valley City in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Mysterio will not be wrestling, but he is advertised to be in attendance.

During the house show John Cena will wrestle Umaga, Shawn Michales will be taking on Snitsky and Triple H with battle Randy Orton.

WWE may despise him, but The Great Khali has an enormous fan base in his native country of India.

In fact, no less a source than The Washington Post covered this wrestler's recent home coming. Here are excerpts from the newspaper's article on the event:

After two hours of swaying to thumping Bollywood neo-folk music and listening to stock stage jokes, the fans grew impatient and began chanting for the star of the evening to show up. "We want Khali! We want Khali!"

And when the Goliath-size professional wrestler of that name appeared on stage in a blue cotton shirt, jeans and ponytail, thousands of hands thrust cellphone cameras into the air to capture the image.

"Khali, we love you," screamed men and women alike. "The Khali bomb!" yelled a male voice. Little boys tried to climb over barricades to get closer to the stage, on a college campus.

Read the full article on Khali now.

Paul Heyman writes a column for The UK Sun. In his latest effort, the former ECW owner lists the top five talents he feels are the most underrated and underutilized in professional wrestling. They are:

5. Tito Ortiz: "Tito is finishing up his UFC contract this weekend. What does he do next? Wear out his name in MMA, or capitalize on his love for pro wrestling and exploit his larger than life personality by joining WWE or TNA? And remember, where Tito goes, so goes Jenna Jameson, the best self-promoter in show business today. "

4. Beth Phoenix: "It doesn't matter that she's already been WWE women’s champion, the audience hasn't even had a taste of what this phenomenal athlete is capable of."

3. James Mitchell: "The best backstage promo artist in the business, bar none. A brilliant spokesman who can articulate the merits of the opponent without selling his own act short."

2. The entire TNA Wrestling roster: "No long term concepts + bad television writing + zero marketing strategy = hard working talents whose efforts are wasted on a show that has not grown the audience whatsoever despite the tens of millions of dollars sunken into it."

1. Randy Orton: "When does Orton get to make you hate him so badly, you're willing to pay to see him get beat, or at least beaten up?"

Do you agree with these selections?

Following last night's Monday Night Raw, the following matches have been announced for WWE One Night Stand. It airs on Sunday, June 1.

WWE Championship - Last Man Standing Match
- Triple H (c) vs. Randy Orton

5-Man Singapore Cane Match
CM Punk vs. John Morrison vs. Chavo Guerrero vs. Tommy Dreamer vs. Big Show

First Blood Match
- John Cena vs. JBL

Stretcher Match
- Shawn Michaels vs. Batista

Falls Count Anywhere Match
- Jeff Hardy vs. Umaga