July 2008 News Archive (Page 2)

Here's the official Monday Night Raw preview, courtesy of WWE.com...

Since CM Punk became World Heavyweight Champion, he has been mobbed by Superstars hoping to get their opportunity to win it away from him. With neither a General Manager or the WWE Chairman to set matches, last Monday night saw John Cena, Batista, Kane and JBL face off in a Fatal Four Way Match to determine which of them should face Punk at The Great American Bash.

Batista won the contest and will compete for the World Title in just two short weeks. How will The Animal garner momentum in the coming weeks?

After Batista pinned Kane in the Fatal Four Way, the Big Red Monster went on a rampage outside the ring, manhandling WWE production crew and announcers alike, including Jerry “The King” Lawler. While tearing apart the ringside area, Kane screamed “Is he alive or is he dead?” Who is the Big Red Monster referring to, and what other outbursts can we expect from him in the coming weeks?

Intercontinental Champion Kofi Kingston won his title from Chris Jericho at Night of Champions, and managed to successfully defend it against Y2J. On Monday he continued his winning streak on Raw by defeating Charlie Haas.

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Here's a rundown of last night's TNA Victory Road pay-per-view...

The Motor City Machine Guns and Curry Man (Team TNA) defeated Doug Williams and Alex Kozlov and Tyson Dux (Team International) and Milano Collection A.T. and Masato Yoshino and Puma (Team Japan) and Ultimo Guerrero and Rey Bucanero and Averno (Team Mexico) in a World X Cup elimination match. Yoshino forced Kozlov to tap at 20:30, leaving Yoshino and Shelley as the last two entrants. After a series of nearfalls, Shelly pinned Yoshino.

Gail Kim pinned Angelina Love (w/Velvet Sky). Sky got involved early by breaking up Kim's attempted figure-four around the ringpost. Love's top came undone, but she had a sports bra underneath. Kim scored the clean pin. Sky attacked Kim after the match. The Beautiful People tried to put a brown paper bag over Kim's head, but she rolled out of the ring.

Sonjay Dutt beat Jay Lethal (w/SoCal Val). As Lethal and Dutt battled back inside the ring, Valclimbed onto the ring apron. Lethal ordered her to get back down to ringside. She obeyed. Moments later, Sonjay crawled over and told Val that he loves her. She climbed back onto the ring apron and Lethal walked over to talk to her. Sonjay took advantage of the distraction by rolling up Lethal and using the ropes for leverage while scoring the pin.

LAX (w/Hector Guerrero, Salinas) defeated Robert Roode and James Storm in a fans' revenge match to retain the TNA Tag Titles. At 8:45, Hernandez performed a top rope splash on Roode, but Storm broke up the pin attempt. Still impressive for a man his size. Less than a minute later, Hernandez hoisted Roode onto his shoulders and Hernandez performed a Gringo Cutter off the top rope for the win.

Taylor Wilde pinned Awesome Kong (w/Raisha Saeed) to retain the TNA Knockouts Title. Taylor caught Kong on the ropes and then armdragged her onto the mat. Cool spot and a big bump from Kong. Taylor went for the cover, but Kong kicked out and Taylor overacted as she tried to sell Kong kicking out of the move. A short time later, Kong went for a chokeslam, but Taylor rolled her up and scored the pin.

Volador Jr. defeated Kaz and Daivari and Naruki Doi in an Ultimate X match in the World X Cup Finals. Some insane spots in this one. The craziest came at the end when Daivari was climbing the ropes toward the center of the X. Kaz jumped from the top of the scaffolding and performed a leg drop on Daivari. Amazing spot. With the other wrestlers down, Volador Jr. climbed to the enter and retrieved the X to win the match for his team.

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Here'a a video of the WWE Divas match from this past week's Smackdown:

Here's a promo video for WrestleMania 25:

Here's a brief rundown of the Smackdown results, set to air tomorrow night...

- Shelton Benjamin defeated WWE U.S. Champion Matt Hardy in a non-title match.

- Mr. Kennedy defeated Domino. After the match, Umaga took out Kennedy. This would be a fun feud, no?

- Finlay and Hornswoggle defeated WWE Tag Team Champions John Morrison and The Miz in a non-title match.

- WWE Champion Triple H defeated Chavo Guerrero.

- Jesse and Festus defeated Curt Hawkins & Zack Ryder.

- Vladimir Kozlov defeated Stevie Richards.

- Big Show vs. Edge went to a No Contest. Vickie Guerrero ran out to prevent Big Show from taking out Edge. Edge then proposed to Vickie again, so the wedding is back on and they are getting married next week. Oh, joy!!!

On this week's WWE Raw, Kane turned heel after losing in the main event. He attacked commentators Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler, repeating "Is He alive or is He dead?"

Reportedly, many think Kane is talking about storyline father Paul Bearer, who was essentially murdered on television at the 2004 Great American Bash when Undertaker pulled a lever burying him in cement. On the following week's SmackDown, Bearer was acknowledged to be alive, although gravely injured, in a brief note from one of the announcers.

Will a newly heel Kane turn to long-forgotten Paul Bearer?

Due to Monday's angle, Bearer has posted the following on his blog:

Mercy...
PP.com has had over 20,000 visitors since WWE RAW went off the air last night, and my mailbox has been bombarded with emails. The question of the day seems to be: "Was Kane's rampage last night about his cemented Father Paul Bearer?"

Sorry, but I can't answer that one. Interesting storyline, isn't it?

Be Blessed.

~Percy

Ashley Massaro has had her wish granted. WWE has released the WWE Diva, as the following simple statement is courtesy of WWE.com:

World Wrestling Entertainment has come to terms on the release of Ashley Massaro as of July 09, 2008. WWE wishes Ashley the best in all future endeavors.

Ashley Massaro is off the WWE active roster. But you can always relive her beauty in our WWE Divas photo album!

On this week's WWE Raw, it was announced in a backstage segment featuring Kelly Kelly, Mickie James, and John Cena, that Kelly was now a part of the Raw roster.

WWE.com has, in fact, moved her profile from the ECW section to the Raw section, which you can see at this link. The move was likely made due to the shortage of babyface WWE Divas on the Raw roster.

Here's a shot of Kelly Kelly nude. That says it all.

This week, on WWE Raw, Batista overcame John Cena, Kane and JBL in a fourway match for the number-one contender spot to CM Punk's title.

Relive the match now:

Last night, on ECW...

John Morrison and The Miz head towards the ring for the first segment of the night. Morrison introduces himself and states that he isn’t giving any hurricane relief to the crowd. Finlay comes out says that nobody wants to hear what they want to say. Miz and Morrison turn around and Hornswoggle sprays them with a water gun. Hornswoggle rolls out of the ring. Miz and Morrison recover and chase after him. Morrison runs right into Finlay who gives him a clothesline while Miz runs his way up the ramp.

Finlay vs. The Miz
Finlay whips Miz into the corner and goes for a clothesline. Miz moves out of the way and rolls Finlay up for a pin attempt for a two count. Miz whips Finlay into a corner and hits a shining wizard. The referee pulled Miz back away from Finlay and the Miz starts to complain.

Finlay grabs the Shillelagh and Morrison sees Finlay and takes the Shillelagh away from Finlay. Hornswoggle comes to Finlay’s aide and dropkicks Morrison on the face and helps Finlay out. Miz grabs a hold of Hornswoggle but Finlay sets Miz up for the Celtic cross. Finlay goes for the pin and gets the three count!
Winner: Finlay

We cut backstage. Teddy Long and Tiffany start to talk. Armando comes in the room demanding his job back. Braden Walker - formerly Chris Harris from TNA Wrestling - walks into the room and Teddy states that he will get another chance to get it back and all he has to do is beat Walker.

Braden Walker vs. Armando Estrada
Braden gets to the top rope and connects with a diving cross body. Braden goes for the pin and gets the three count.
Winner: Braden Walker

Match rating: The match was great and pretty good to watch. I think that Braden is going to be a great addition to the ECW roster and will continue to improve. The match gets 2.5 out of 5 stars.

We cut backstage. Tony Atlas and Long talk backstage. Long offers Atlas to be the special ring announcer to the main event tonight for some extra cash and Atlas accepts.

Evan Bourne vs. Nunzio
Bourne gets to the top rope and hits a shooting star press and gets the three count.

Winner: Evan Bourne

Mark Henry vs. Tommy Dreamer
Atlas shows up and tries to protect Delaney. Atlas then throws Delaney into the announce table. Dreamer shows up and starts to question Atlas. Henry then picks Dreamer up for the world’s strongest slam. The referee calls for the bell and Atlas goes into the ring. Atlas announces that the winner of the match is Mark Henry!