July 2008 News Archive

At his week's WWE SmackDown tapings, one of the main events for SummerSlam was set up. But we can't believe the company would actually go through with this:

The Great Khali was a battle royal and was crowned the number-one contender to Triple H's belt.

Would the WWE really have Triple H vs. The Great Khali at SummerSlam?!?

Alsoat the taping, Matt Hardy earned the right to face Mark Henry for the ECW World Heavyweight Title and Vicky Guerrero reinstated The Undertaker to face Edge in Hell in a Cell.

The following results take place tomorrow night on Smackdown...

- SmackDown opens showing clips of Edge and Vickie's wedding earlier today. Tonight will be the reception. Chavo comes out for a toast. Edge calls for action. Finlay and Hornswoggle come out.

Kurt Hawkins & Zack Ryder def. Finlay & Hornswoggle
Edge is the guest referee in this match. He interferes by spearing Finlay allowing Ryder to get the pin for the win.

- Edge & Vickie have their first dance. It is interrupted by Big Show. This leads to Big Show vs. MVP, Shelton Benjamin, Vladimir Kozlov, and The Great Khali in a 4 on 1 match.

Big Show vs. MVP, Shelton Benjamin, Vladimir Kozlov, and The Great Khali in a 4 on 1 match
Big Show dominates early on. Everyone jumps in and attacks. The match ends in No Contest.

- Vickie Guerrero is in the ring to throw the bouquet. Several of the WWE Divas come out in gowns. Michelle McCool attacks Natalya. Cherry catches the bouquet and wins a match against Vickie.

Natalya Neidhart def. Cherry
Natalya dominated the entire match and got the win with the sharpshooter. Vickie then comes in the ring and simply pins Cherry to win her match against her.

Brian Kendrick def. Jimmy Wang Yang
Kendrick came out with an all new look and was accompanied with a big black body guard. He got the win via pinfall.

Umaga def. Mr. Kennedy
Umaga got the win with a Samoan spike after blocking Kennedy's mic check. Most boring match of the evening.

John Morrison & The Miz def. Jesse & Festus
The Miz got the win with reality check on Jesse.

Matt Hardy vs. Jeff Hardy
This match is ordered by Vickie Guerrero. Before the match, they throw the wedding cake in Chavo's face. The match ends in no contest when La Familia come out and interferes.

- The Cutting Edge is up next. Edge tells Vickie how much he loves her, while a video clip is shown of them all over each other. Triple H makes his way out to ringside with a gift. Triple H shows a video of Edge putting the moves on the wedding planner. Vickie snaps and the show goes off the air.

Randy Orton is being advertised for the Raw/Smackdown Supershow on August 31 in his hometown of St. Louis, Missouri. We'll keep you updated on this item as news comes in about it.

According to The Wrestling Observer Newsletter, there is evidently a tremendous amount of internal unhappiness within WWE over the current pairing of Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler as the WWE Raw announcing team. Based on reports, there has been lots of second guessing of the original move since the first week and that has increased even more so this week.

There is said to be so much concern that some discussions have reportedly taken place of shooting an angle to put the old team of Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler back together. Would you wanna see this happen?

To begin ECW, Mark Henry comes down to the ring accompanied by Tony Atlas. Tazz asks why last week’s events went down as they did. Atlas says that he would graciously carry Mark Henry’s bags, much to the crowd’s booing.

Atlas invites a young man from the crowd in to see if he can bend a frying pan. Ted, as he seems to be named, tries and fails. Mark Henry contorts the frying pan into a roll. That is actually quite impressive.

- Mike Knox beat Shannon Moore. Knox used his nameless finisher and scored the pin.

- Evan Bourne pinned Chavo Guerrero (w/Bam Neely). Before the match, a pretaped Evan promo aired. He said he'll defy the odds in this match because he defies gravity. Ugh. Evan tried to go up top early, but Chavo caught him and knocked him off the top rope. Bourne took a nice bump by slamming his head into the ring apron on the way down. Shooting star press ends it.

Backstage, Colin Delaney walked talking Teddy's assistant when Henry and Atlas interrupted. Atlas told Colin he didn't have to worry because they knew he had nothing to do with what happened earlier. Henry walked away, but it was too good to be true for Colin. Henry stormed back into the picture and choked Delaney.

Matt and Jeff Hardy beat John Morrison and The Miz in a non-title match. Plenty of Hardy chants from the women and kids in the crowd. After some back and forth action, the show cut to commercial. The tag champs worked over Jeff for a while until he made the hot tag to Matt.

The match really picked up down the stretch. Matt hit a crucifix powerbomb on Morrison for a nearfall. Miz ran in and was greeted with the Side Effect. Morrison recovered and performed Moonlight Drive on Matt. Jeff came off the top with a Swanton Bomb on Morrison and Matt scored the pin for his team..

Kelly Kelly is quickly becoming one of the most popular WWE Divas of all-time.

Don't wonder why. Check out the following video and see for yourself:

Meanwhile, you can always drool over Kelly Kelly pictures now.

This week's edition of WWE Raw earned a 3.2 cable rating, down from the 3.5 of the last few weeks and back to where the show was doing before the draft.

The show did hours of 3.11 and 3.29. Keep in mind, however, that it was up against the popular Major League Baseball Home Run Derby.

The following took place on last night in Raleigh, NC at the WWE Raw tapings...

Dark Matches:

- D'Lo Brown defeated Matt Striker.

- Charlie Haas defeated a local wrestler.

Post-Raw Bonus Match:

- Batista defeated World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk in a non-title match.

Here's what went down on WWE Raw last night...

Shane and Stephanie McMahon address the chaos over the past two weeks on RAW. They want everyone to work together.

Fron there, we immediately cut to Shawn Michaels and Chris Jericho beating on each other in front of the ring. As soon as the refs get them separated, the arena explodes with pyro and Kane walks to the ring. Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler stand up and look ready to run, as Kane makes his way to the announce table holding a bag. Kane looks at the two announcers and says he is sorry.

Mickie James vs. Katie Lea Burchill w/Paul Burchill
Mickie James wins with a flying Thesz press.

Kofi Kingston vs. Paul Burchill
Kofi Kingston hits his big leg drop on Burchill who is laid out in the center of the ring. Katie Lea gets up on the apron, but Mickie James pulls her down and they fight at ringside. Kofi hits his spin kick on Burchill to get the pinfall and the win.

Back from commercial, Kane is backstage with CM Punk. Kane says deep down inside, he knows he is dead. He tells Punk that they have been partners before, but tonight he needs him in the ring one-on-one. Punk says he has a huge match in a few days. Kane says it's not about the title, he needs this. Punk says he needs to prove to everyone that he is not a fluke and says Kane is on, he's got his match. Punk asks Kane what's with the bag he's holding? Kane just laughs and walks off.

Santino Marella vs. Beth Phoenix
Beth slams Marella to the mat. Santino recovers, and charges Phoenix in the corner. Beth dodges it and then rolls up Santino. Beth Phoenix gets the three count.

Kelly Kelly comes to the ring for a match, but instead of an opponent, Cody Rhodes and Ted Dibiase come to the ring. They tell her they don’t care she had a match, and tell her to leave. Cody says he and Ted aren’t bad, they are realistic. Ted says they are the future whether you like it or not. Hacksaw Jim Duggan interrupts the champs.

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Forget WWE Divas for a moment.

Here's a lovely shot of TNA Vixen Karen Angle: