May 2008 News Archive (Page 6)

Here's the official WWE RAW preview, courtesy of WWE.com

Judgment Day will be only six days away when Raw returns from north of the border this Monday night, and the Raw Superstars will have one last chance to gain momentum inside Detroit’s Joe Louis Arena.

One individual making his way to the Motor City for Raw is John Cena. Following last week’s announcement that the Chain Gang Soldier will clash with JBL at Judgment Day, Cena may be on hand to mix some pre-match words (or fists) with the self-proclaimed “wrestling god.”

Detroit may be Hockeytown, U.S.A., but this Monday, it could become Blackoutville. For two consecutive weeks, General Manager William Regal has pulled the plug; first, he took Raw off the air two weeks ago in the middle of a Triple H vs. Randy Orton WWE Title Match, and last week, he turned the lights out as Orton battled CM Punk in Toronto.

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Here are the results from last night's TNA Wrestling pay-per-view, Sacrifice...

Deuces Wild Tag Team Tournament - Quarterfinal Match #1: Sting & James Storm vs. Team 3D
Devon with a series of elbow drops over Sting and then a big stomp over the chest. Devon with a snapmare into a headlock. They show a shot of Storm sitting on the ring apron and drinking some beer while Devon has a headlock still applied on Sting. Sting fights back with some elbows on Devon, but Devon rakes the eyes and gets a scoop slam. Devon off the top rope with a flying headbutt, cover, but only a two count. Devon with another headbutt attempt, but Sting rolls out of the way. Sting with some right hands on Devon and a Stinger Splash in the corner. Sting launches Ray into Devon, but misses a Stinger Splash. Ray with a scoop slam, Devon goes up to the top rope and connects with the headbutt to the groin. Devon leaves the ring and pulls a table out. 3D sets up the table, but Sting takes them both out with a double-clothesline. Storm talks trash behind 3D as they look at Sting. 3D then shrugs their shoulders and walk away. Sting then grabs Storm, throws him off the top rope and right through the table! Devon covers Storm and gets the pinfall.
Winners, advancing in the Deuces Wild Tag Team Tournament: Team 3D

- Backstage, Lauren is with Frank Trigg. Trigg talks about Kurt Angle suffering an injury competing overseas. Trigg talked about working with Angle and doing some drills and how Angle just didn't feel right. He said Angle just can't do it tonight because his neck is so bad. Lauren asks his take on Samoa Joe vs. Scott Steiner. Trigg said Joe looked so quick at Lockdown, while Steiner has a really respected background in wrestling. His pick tonight is Samoa Joe and doesn't think Steiner can keep up with him.

Deuces Wild Tag Team Tournament - Quarterfinal Match #2: Robert Roode & Booker T vs. Christian Cage & Rhino
Roode with some rights on Cage. Cage fights back with some boots in the corner. Cage is up on the top and takes out Roode with a big tornado DDT! Booker tags himself in when Roode crawls to the corner. Booker with some big chest chops and right hands on Cage in the corner. Booker with a big high back body drop on Cage. Booker with a kick to the gut, attempts an Axe Kick, Cage moves and drops Booker in an inverted DDT. Rhino gets the tag and he levels Booker. Rhino with a charge in the corner on Booker. Booker comes back with a spinning back kick on Rhino. Roode tags himself in when Booker comes off the ropes. Roode yells at Booker that he will take care of this. Rhino clotheslines Booker out of the ring. Roode with a knee to the head on Rhino, kick to the gut, attempts the Payoff, but Rhino levels him with a Gore! Rhino hooks the leg and gets the pinfall.
Winners, advancing in the Deuces Wild Tag Team Tournament: Christian Cage & Rhino

After the match, Booker T returns to the ring and shakes the hands of Christian Cage and Rhino. Booker raises their hands and claps for them as the fans in Orlando cheer. Booker T then leaves the ring, grabs a steel chair, returns to the ring and takes out both Cage and Rhino with a steel chair!

Deuces Wild Tag Team Tournament - Quarterfinal Match #3: Kip James & Matt Morgan vs. LAX w/ Hector Guerrero
Morgan gets the tag and he goes after Hernandez. Hernandez hits two shoulder blocks on Morgan and Morgan won't go down. He finally takes down Morgan with a flying shoulder block, but Kip takes him out. Morgan goes for a big boot, but takes out Kip instead. Hernandez with a big boot of his own on Kip, covers and gets the pinfall.
Winners, advancing in the Deuces Wild Tag Team Tournament: LAX

Deuces Wild Tag Team Tournament - Quarterfinal Match #4: AJ Styles & Super Eric vs. BG James & TNA Women's Champion Awesome Kong
BG applies a headlock, but AJ Styles fights out of it. BG sets up Styles for a series of rights, but Styles hits the Pele Kick out of no where! Super Eric gets the tag and takes out BG with a few clotheslines. Super Eric with a big right, goes up to the top rope and barely connects with a modified swanton bomb. Kong comes in and Super Eric gives her a scoop slam over BG! Super Eric then does a suicide dive through the ropes to take out Kong. Styles attempts a springboard Corkscrew from the top rope, but Styles catches the ropes and hits his face pretty hard botching the finish. BG picks up Styles, but Styles gets in a small package and gets the pinfall.
Winners, advancing in the Deuces Wild Tag Team Tournament: AJ Styles & Super Eric

TerrorDome Match - #1 Contendership for the TNA X Division Title: Curry Man vs. Sonjay Dutt vs. Consequences Creed vs. Shark Boy vs. Jimmy Rave vs. Kaz vs. Alex Shelley vs. Chris Sabin vs. Johnny Devine vs. "Black Machismo" Jay Lethal
The top of the TerrorDome is raised over the cage sides and the bell rings. Everyone begins climbing up the structure on the sides to try and climb out. Curry Man takes out Jimmy Rave with a jawbreaker and big right hand. Referee Rudy Charles is all the way at the top of the cage near the opening. Lots of action and brawling going on in the ring. Kaz with a modified piledriver on Devine. Shark Boy then takes out Kaz and kicks him in the corner. Shelley and Sabin double-team Shark Boy. Sonjay Dutt then takes out Shelley. Shelley fires back dropping Dutt on his face. Lethal goes for the Lethal Combination on Shelley, but Sabin breaks it up and The Machineguns double-team Lethal. Consequences Creed is up top hanging by his legs.

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Here's a WWE rumor we'd LOVE to see become a reality:

Look for John Cena and CM Punk to form a heel faction in the near future, consisting of Cena returning to his Rapper Gimmick, and for CM Punk to become ‘MC’ Punk.

This is the exact jolt the WWE needs in its story lines. Will it actually take place? Our best guess is no, simply because these wrestlers combine to sell so much merchandise.

But do you agree it would add a level of excitement throughout the summer?

One of our favorite WWE Divas of all-time got released last week. Here's what Torrie Wilson had to say about it on her MySpace blog:

Well, I guess by now you have heard the news that I have severed my ties to the WWE. I would like to say that I have enjoyed 7 awesome years with The WWE and wouldn't trade any of my experiences for anything in the world. I have seen more places and met more friends and wonderful fans than I ever dreamed of when I pretty much fell into this business.

Will you miss Torrie Wilson in a WWE ring?

From the very first time I stepped out into a packed arena, I was hooked on that adrenaline rush and knew that I would be around for a while.

I really did fall in love with everything about wrestling and I can tell you all that I feel so absolutely honored to have spent the time I did working for Vince McMahon and his family and having the opportunity to work with so many really talented and genuine superstars.

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Smackdown superstar and former WWE champion Edge spoke with The Daily Gleaner recently. Here's an excerpt of the interview:

You're usually in the headlining match these days. What does it feel like walking out to the ring for the main event?
It's great because I feel completely confident in going out there last ... It feels really good to know that however many thousand people that are there (have) paid good money to boo you. They want to see you get beat tonight.

That's the case about 99 per cent of the time, but we'll have to see at these shows. It always seems like Canada is one big hometown for me. Whether it's Fredericton or whether it's Victoria, they like to take me on as their own.

Here are the matches currently set for the next WWE pay-per-view, Judgment Day. It takes place May 18.

- Triple H vs. Randy Orton: WWE Title match, inside a steel cage

- Kane and CM Punk vs. The Miz and John Morrison

- John Cena vs. JBL

- Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho

Which match are you most looking forward to?

The following message was just posted on WWE.com:

Torrie Wilson released
WWE has come to terms on the release of WWE Diva Torrie Wilson as of today, May 8, 2008. We wish Torrie the best in all her future endeavors.

In Torrie's honor, here's a montage to our favorite Diva:

Torrie has been injured for many months, but is that a reason to release her outright? It seems like Wilson could be used in some capacity with the company.

Will you miss Torrie Wilson in the WWE?

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

- Vickie Guerrero announced that The Undertaker would be facing the winner of a 10-Man Championship Chase featuring former World, U.S. and ECW champions on both the Smackdown and ECW rosters. The winner of tonight's matches would then participate in a Battle Royal in the main event.

- WWE U.S. Champion Matt Hardy defeated CM Punk.

- Finlay vs. MVP went to a draw when both of their shoulders were pinned. Vickie Guerrero announced that both would advance to the Battle Royal as a result.

- Natalya defeated Kelly Kelly.

- Batista defeated WWE Tag Team Champion John Morrison.

- Big Show defeated Tommy Dreamer.

- ECW Champion Kane defeated Chavo Guerrero.

- Vladimir Kozlov defeated Phil Atlas.

- Batista won the Battle Royal. After the match, Vickie Guerrero came out and announced that Edge has been medically cleared to wrestle and the match will continue. Edge then ran to the ring, knocked Batista off the apron and was declared the winner of the Battle Royal.

Edge celebrated, but as he went up the ramp, the case holding the World Title blew up and The Undertaker's music hit. When the fire was put out, the belt was the only thing that remained.

TNA Wrestling has announced, via its mobile service, that Team 3D vs. James Storm and Sting will be the opening match of Sunday's Sacrifice pay-per-view.

Will you be ordering it?

This week's edition of WWE Raw drew a final 3.2 cable rating. The first hour earned a 3.07 rating, while the second hour scored a 3.32 rating. This was down from last week's 3.3 rating.

The show has seemed stale since Wrestlemania XXIV, hasn't it? What would you do to add excitement to it?