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WWE SummerSlam

14 Aug

Live results from WWE SummerSlam

Six-Man Tag Team Match
Miz/Truth/Del Rio vs. Kingston/Morrison/Mysterio

Rey Mysterio, Kofi Kingston and John Morrison – via pinfall

Singles Match
Mark Henry vs. Sheamus

Mark Henry – via countout

Cee Lo Green performs SummerSlam theme song

Diva’s Championship Match
KellyKelly(c) vs. Beth Phoenix

KellyKelly – retains Diva’s Championship

Singles Match
Wade Barrett vs. Daniel Bryan

 Wade Barrett – via pinfall

Christian calls out Edge to his corner, but Edge walks away

No Holds Barred Match
Christian(c) vs. Randy Orton

Randy Orton – NEW World Heavyweight Champion

WWE Championship Match
CM Punk(c) vs. John Cena(c)

 CM Punk – Undisputed WWE Champion

After the match, Kevin Nash attacks Punk and allows Alberto Del Rio to cash-in his Money in the Bank contract.

WWE Championship Match
CM Punk(c) vs. Alberto Del Rio

Alberto Del Rio – new WWE Champion 

Raw thoughts: Contract signings

9 Aug

With less than a week away from SummerSlam, we were treated to what I believe is one of the greatest contract signing segments in WWE history.

As CM Punk noted, contract signings are always the same. There usually isn’t anything too great about these segments. They’re time-consuming and rarely ever really entertaining and beneficial to the storyline.

My favorite contract signing segment was on the 9-1-08 edition of Monday Night Raw; Chris Jericho and Shawn Michaels were set to sign the contract for their unsanctioned match at Unforgiven.

What made this segment so memorable and enjoyable was Chris Jericho.  Throughout the entire first half of the segment, Jericho refrained from making any sort of eye-contact with Shawn Michaels. A small gesture, but for me, it really made the whole segment.

Last night’s contract signing, however trumps that. The back and forth between Punk and Cena was just great.

Undoubtedly, CM Punk steals the show when he speaks; that’s to be expected, but I was also pleasantly surprised with John Cena’s mic work. I’m no Cena-basher, but I usually don’t care too much for his promos. Last night though, he brought it.

Cena called Punk a phony; Punk admitted his grudge against Cena, whose had everything handed to him in the company. Cena pointed out to Punk that he is the one who needs to win Sunday, because win, lose or draw, Cena’s going to Wrestlemania to face The Rock, while Punk will just be a “loudmouth, one-hit-wonder.”

They shared great dialogue with each other. They fed off of each other and it shows how well they work together on the mic.

Not that their feud needed any more selling, but Punk and Cena have certainly sold their match at SummerSlam.

If you missed the segment, please enjoy.

 

It’s fun to be a fan again

19 Jul

In the last four weeks, the WWE has done a complete 180°.

For years now, the WWE has been so stale and predictable. No stories or wrestlers evoked any real emotion or excitement from the fans. It’s a hard thing to do, to make it feel real. And it just plain hasn’t been as fun as it used to be.

About a month ago, CM Punk changed that.
He made it feel real. He made it fun.

And last night, Vince McMahon and Triple H made it feel pretty real too.

I’m looking forward to next week’s Raw. I’m glad wrestling is fun again.

WWE Money in the Bank

17 Jul

WWE Money in the Bank live results

Smackdown! Money in the Bank

Daniel Bryan wins the Money in the Bank briefcase

Brie Bell vs. Kelly Kelly (c)

Kelly Kelly retains Diva’s Championship

Mark Henry vs. Big Show

Mark Henry

RAW Money in the Bank

Alberto Del Rio wins Money in the Bank

Randy Orton (c) vs. Christian

Christian is the NEW World Heavyweight Champion

CM Punk vs. John Cena (c)

CM Punk is the NEW WWE Champion

A good story

28 Jun

Last night, CM Punk accomplished something rare in professional wrestling. He made wrestling fans question what they were seeing and hearing. And we were excited.

For a lot of fans, the lines between “real” and “not real” were blurred, just a bit.

Nowadays, it isn’t often that wrestling fans can forget that results and stories are ‘pre-determined.’ It’s hard for us to get excited about a storyline we can easily predict every week. Between ‘dirt sheets,’ Twitter and not being a little kid anymore, it’s nearly impossible for most ‘real fans’ to be swept up by storylines and feuds, especially when the creative writing quality isn’t always the best.

What made wrestling fans appreciate Punk’s promo is that we believed it.

As ‘real’ wrestling fans, we like to whine and cry and blog about how a guy like CM Punk gets the short end of the stick every time. How John Cena is pushed as the face of the company and built up to be the best, when we know better. CM Punk is one of the best wrestlers in the world, but WWE doesn’t care about wrestling.

It’s how we feel and then we heard the man utter those same things back to us.

Now, we’re invested.

Naturally, we want to know what’s going to happen next. So, next Monday, we’ll all be watching Raw to see what does happen. And if all goes well, we’ll all tune in again the following week. And then we’ll buy the PPV to see what happens there.

Well, that’s if CM Punk is still employed by then, of course.

In a perfect world, the wrestling business would be just that. We’d always want to tune in again the following week. We’d all be at the edge of our seats, waiting to see what might happen next. We’d be completely captivated.

The truth is though, wrestling isn’t always like that. More often then not, it isn’t. Not every storyline is going to be great; not every wrestler is going to be believable. But it’d be nice to be this engaged and this excited about wrestling more often.

Now, forgetting all that for a moment…

Do we really believe Vince McMahon let CM Punk trash his company, his family and his character for seven minutes on live television?

Doesn’t seem too likely. But we believed it, didn’t we? Even if just for a short while. That helps makes for a good story too.

And I always have enjoyed a good story. I guess that’s why I enjoy wrestling as much as I do.

It’s nice to be reminded of that.

WWE talent – two in, one out?

20 Jun
CM Punk’s WWE future

Tonight, CM Punk vows to “perform the most honest act in WWE history.”

As we all know by now, rumors have been circulating over the status of Punk’s job in the company. His contract expires this summer.

One of the reasons cited for Punk not signing a new contract is that he’s a workhorse for the WWE; he hasn’t been given the recognition he’s deserved for his efforts. Punk has constantly delivered great matches, but has never been in that elite, top tier of Superstars.

This isn’t lost on the internet wrestling community (IWC). We’ve seen what he can do in the WWE and we want to see more of it.

CM Punk

Another reason is that he’s simply burned out on the WWE lifestyle.

The WWE schedule is exhausting. We know this. It isn’t hard to believe how someone can be burnt out on that type of living.

Perhaps, Punk just needs a break. It’s unfortunate to think that maybe this could have been resolved had Punk not done commentary last year when he was out of action with a hip injury. That month or so probably wouldn’t have been long enough for him to really get a break, but maybe it would have helped.

I personally don’t want to see Punk leave the WWE. Not only for his sake, but for the sake of all those indy wrestlers who still dream to be in the WWE.

If CM Punk has lasted this long in the company, and still doesn’t get what he deserves, then what chance do any others have?

Punk is the best of both worlds; he’s this rebel Superstar who doesn’t exactly fit the mold of John Cena, Randy Orton or anyone else, but he is just as popular as them all.

All this being said though, if he needs a break, he needs a break. The WWE should just give it to him, let him rest up for a month or two or three. Everyone will be better off if they just give it to him before he burns himself out completely and they really lose him.

With a couple of months off, he’ll come back with plenty of time for Wrestlemania, and he’ll still be putting on great matches for the company.

Back to the vow he’s made… is this the beginning of the end? Is CM Punk ready to leave the WWE? Or could this be something different altogether?

Kings of Wres-… Sports Entertainment?

Last week, former Ring of Honor tag team champions Claudio Castagnoli and Chris Hero, the Kings of Wrestling, had try-out matches with the WWE.

Wrestling news sites noted that WWE officials were “impressed” by the Kings of Wrestling. Of course.

Castagnoli and Hero are two of the very best in ROH, which is truly saying a lot. Unfortunately, ROH is currently not on television; they do have a big television deal though.

If there ever was a time for Castagnoli and Hero to part from the company, this seems to be that time. If they are signed to the WWE, it’ll hurt ROH, because they are such great talents, but the company will survive without them.

I’m sure there are fans who are dead-set against the team signing with the WWE and it sometimes baffles me why some are so against these big indy stars moving to the bigger company.

Claudio Castagnoli and Chris Hero, Kings of Wrestling

I’m all for these indy stars getting their shot in the WWE. They’re talented and they’ve got good looks.

A lot of these guys grew up wanting to be a WWE Superstar. There was no Ring of Honor.

The WWE offers them a lot that the indy wrestling scene can’t provide. Money, being one of those things. Though everyone says “money doesn’t matter, it’s about doing what you love,” – money doesn’t hurt either.

Smart decision is to take the chance and sign them. If they’re looking to rejuvenate their nearly-non-existenttag team division, this is their opportunity. If they still don’t give too much mind to the division, well then Castagnoli and Hero will do just fine as singles competitors.

There’s a lot of potential for really great matches with their former ROH stars. They’ve gathered quite the collection after-all. Who knows, maybe it might even convince a certain other WWE Superstar and ROH alum to stay in the company.

Of course, hoping and wishing  the best to Castagnoli and Hero is easy to do; a lot of us said the same thing when the WWE signed Bryan Danielson. And now? We’re not all thrilled with everything he’s done since his signing.

We’re just never satisfied.

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