WWE RAW Results - Roman Reigns vs. Sheamus, Vince McMahon and Stephanie

Roman Reigns took on Sheamus for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
Reigns defeated Sheamus.
But of course that wasnt the real story.
The real story was Vince McMahon, Roman Reigns and Stephanie.
I watch all this and think it's all been done before with Vince and Stone Cold Steve Austin and Triple H and Daniel Bryan.
Really nothing new.
The only real takeaway from this whole segment to me was that now Reigns will be defending his WWE World Heavyweight Championship in the Royal Rumble match and that this will be the first time that the WWE World Heavyweight Championship has been on the line in the Royal Rumble since 1992.

WWE Live from MSG 2015 - Randy Orton and Dolph Ziggler vs. Sheamus and Rusev

It originally started out as Randy Orton vs. Sheamus for WWE MSG, but it turned into Orton and Dolph Ziggler vs. Sheamus and Rusev.
Not a bad match all in all.
It ended when Randy dodged a Brogue Kick Orton and hit an RKO for the win.

After the match it got fun though, as Rusev called Sheamus a “stupid non-American.” and blamed him for the loss, saying that he was more useless than Lana.
Then Sheamus turned around and Brogue Kicked Rusev.
Then he grabbed the mic and told Rusev to “kiss my arse.”

The Dudley Boyz Return to the WWE

While we all know that Bubba Ray Dudley made his return to the WWE at the 2015 Royal Rumble as the third entry, we wondered if they would "feed us more".
Well last night on Raw, they did as the Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray AND D-Von) officially returned to WWE.
Fireworks, the music hit and there they were.
They attacked the New Day and gave Xavier Woods a Dudley Death Drop through a table.
And it was announced that the Dudley Boyz will be back full time on WWE working both television and WWE live events.

Raw's Guest Hosts Continue

Raw has already had Seth Green and ZZ Top as guest hosts.
The next two up....

NBA All-Star Shaquille O’Neal and Entourage star, Jeremy Piven.

Shaq will be showing up mainly because he has a new reality television program on the ABC Network that debuts on August 18th.
And on the show, Shaq challenges other sports stars to their respective sports.
Now how much of a stretch is it to think that we will see Shaq in the ring on Raw with someone like Kane?
Or at least maybe a set up for an episode of his show.

I don't really know why they chose Jeremy Piven.
I like him.
I have ever since he played Spence Kovak on "Ellen", remember that?
And I really liked him in "Smokin' Aces".
Hey, I LIKED that movie!
But why have him on Raw other than he's promoting his new movie"The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard"?

Another name that keeps getting brought up as a Raw guest host is, believe it or not, Hulk Hogan.
However, any mention of The Hulkster gets shot down by Vince.
Can you really blame him?
I mean it is his show and Vince and Hogan really don't seem to get along too well.
(Understatement)

Since they keep going with the guest hosts, here's my ideas.
I tried to keep them all wrestling related.

1. Mickey Rourke and/or Marisa Tomei
2. Jack Black
3. David Arquette (WCW tie-in, and what's he done lately?)
4. Rose McGowan (She was in "Ready to Rumble" and she has Red Sonja to promote)
5, Dwayne Johnson (You know...The Rock)

Good Bye Mr Kennedy

After a 10 month break to rehabilitate his injured shoulder, Mr.Kennedy was released by the WWE just four days after his return.
Why?
It appears the WWE was concerned about pushing a major star that's injury prone (like Candice Michelle?).
And also in his return match, he did a poorly executed supplex that almost injured Randy Orton.
And he allegedly injured his own wrist taking an RKO from Orton.
I hate to see him go.
He has exceptional mic skills and with the proper push, I think he could have been a major star.
So I guess in about 90 days we'll see him pop up in TNA.
BTW, if you check out his website http://www.ken-kennedy.com/ , you'll see a video of him shaking out his wrists showing that he is not injured.

Now that he's gone from WWE, you can still keep up with him on Twitter and his Facebook account.

Jim Ross had a few words about Ken's release on his blog at JRsBarBQ.com......

"It is regrettable that WWE decided to release Mr. Kennedy, that ring name will be long gone, as he was at the age to really begin to come into his own. Injuries have plagued the Wisconsin native for a good part of his career but as best I know Kennedy is 100% as we speak. Without question, Kennedy has a definable upside and he will hopefully continue his journey in this biz and make his dreams become realties. Take it from me being released isn't the end of the world and things in our lives have a way of working out for the best unless one throws in the towel and simply says "what the hell?" As I mentioned before, a change of scenery sometimes is what the doctor ordered. Hopefully this will work out for the best for all involved. For the record, I do not know why Kennedy was released and look at that matter as none of my business."

Reading that, it looks almost like Good Ole JR is saying " Go to TNA".

Of course wrestling isn't the only venue Mr. Kennedy could pursue.
He appeared in a film "Fighting The Still Life", directed by Matt Burns (Sick Nick Mondo) and he appeared as MCPO Carter Holt in "Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia".

No WWE RAW Next Week?

Yeah last night was Monday Night RAW, but the big news is what about next weeks Raw?
There is a conflict as to who will get an event at the Pepsi Center in Denver next Monday night.
Here is the latest update I have found.....

WWE out, Lakers-Nuggets in for Game 4
10:56 AM, May 19, 2009
The controversy over the double booking of the Pepsi Center on Monday has been resolved ... at least partially.
Kroenke Sports Enterprises, which owns the Nuggets and the arena, booked a WWE "Monday Night Raw" wrestling show on Monday, which conflicted with Game 4 of the Western Conference finals between the Nuggets and the Lakers.
The Denver Post reported that the game will go on as scheduled. Matter settled, at least as far as the arena is concerned.
WWE? That's another matter. "I'm up the creek and I don't have a paddle, either," Vince McMahon, WWE chairman, told the Denver Post. I really don't know what to do.... I have no idea what's going to happen."
Read the whole article here.

And what will happen?
The WWE is looking for a replacement venue on very short notice.
Has a Raw broadcast ever been canceled?

Rumors are floating around that they may tape RAW on Saturday night at the WWE live event in Salt Lake City.
Another idea is that they may tape RAW in Colorado Springs on Monday.
But what about all the RAW tickets already sold?
Do the people in Denver drive the 70 some odd miles to Colorado Springs?
Or will Vince just pull the WWE trucks into the Pepsi Center parking lot, go "old school" and set the ring up there and have it in the parking lot?

I have to admit, I like that last idea best no matter how illogical it is.
The idea of seeing John Cena, Batista, Matt Hardy, Randy Orton or Big Show battling under the stars outside in a ring is awesome.

Last Night on WWE Raw

Kofi Kingston defeated "The" Brian Kendrick

Eight-Diva Tag Match: Santina, Kelly Kelly, Brie Bella and Mickie James beat Beth Phoenix, Rosa Mendez, Jillian Hall and Maryse

Matt Hardy over Goldust

The Randy Orton vs. MVP match was a no contest since Shane McMahon ran in with a kendo stick and started flailing away at Orton until Legacy came in and ran him off.

The Miz won over John Cena by forfeit.
Cena wasn't there.
Ridiculous.

Carlito and Primo defeated Jamie Noble and Chavo Guerrero

Batista defeated Big Show in a number one contender match, so Batista will face Randy Orton at the Judgment Day WWE pay-per-view.
BTW, Cena did show up there to distract Show and give Batista the win.

And the main event on next week's Raw......
Shane McMahon taking on Randy Orton.

Former WWE Wrestler Andrew 'Test' Martin Found Dead in Tampa Apartment

FOXNews.com -

Former WWE Wrestler Andrew 'Test' Martin Found Dead in Tampa Apartment - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News:

"Andrew 'Test' Martin, a former WWE wrestler, was found dead in his Tampa, Fla. apartment late Friday night, MyFOXTampaBay.com reported.

Neighbors called police after seeing the 33-year-old motionless over a span of several hours.

The cause of death wasn't immediately known, but police said foul play isn't suspected. An autopsy will be performed."

Link to WWE page about his passing:
http://www.wwe.com/inside/industrynews/9571148

The official comment from the Tampa Police Department on the passing of Andrew "Test" Martin.

"At approximately 8:00pm on Friday, March 13, 2009, Tampa Police Officers responded to the Post Harbour Apartments, located at 725 Harbour Place Drive to check on the welfare of Mr. Andrew J. Martin. A neighbor reported that she could see into his apartment through a window and that Mr. Martin appeared motionless for several hours.

Officers entered the apartment and discovered Mr. Martin to be deceased. At this time there is no indication of foul play. The deceased was transported to the Medical Examiners Office for an autopsy to determine the cause of death. The date of the autopsy is undetermined at this time. The next of kin has been notified of the death.

Andrew "Test" Martin is a former wrestling champion with the WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment).

Lieutenant William Ferguson

Tampa Police Department"

Ron Killings / R-Truth

Ron Killings was born on January 19, 1972 in Atlanta Georgia (but grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina).
Ron currently works for the WWE on SmackDown! under the ring name R-Truth.
But before that, he wrestled for TNA as Ron "the Truth" Killings.
Ron was trained by "The Raging Bull" Manny Fernandez.
Besides WWE and TNA he has worked for Xtreme Pro Wrestling, Cyberspace Wrestling Federation, Memphis Championship Wrestling and NWA Wildside.
In TNA he held the NWA World Heavyweight Championship twice, the NWA World Tag Team Championship twice (once with Konnan and once with B.G. James) and he held the TNA World Tag Team Championship with Pacman Jones.
Back in the WWF he was the WWF Hardcore Champion twice.
But then again I think everyone was at one time or another.

Kung Fu Naki / Shoichi Funaki

Shoichi Funaki has had a long career in the WWE.
He was born on August 24, 1968 in Tokyo Japan and made his debut with the (then) WWF back in 1998.
Although he entered the WWF in 1998, he had already wrestled for Yoshiaki Fujiwara's Fujiwara Gumi promotion, BattlARTS, Michinoku Pro Wrestling and Universal Wrestling Association (UWA) in Japan.
He is now known as Kung Fu Naki in the WWE.
During his career he has held the Texas Wrestling Alliance (TWA) Heavyweight Wrestling Championship, the Universal Wrestling Association (UWA) World Middleweight Wrestling Championship, the WWF Hardcore Championship and the WWE Cruiserweight Championship.

DH Smith

Wow...you talk about a WWE Superstar with a pedigree, check out DH Smith.
DH was born Harry Smith on August 2, 1985 in Calgary, Alberta.
In case you're wondering, the D in DH stands for his father Davey Boy Smith, and the H stands for his uncle Bruce Hart.
This young man started his wrestling training at the age of eight, and actually made his pro wrestling debut at the age of ten!
Yes, that's right, ten.
He teamed up with his cousin Ted Annis against TJ Wilson and Andrew Picarnia at a WWF house show in Calgary.
His "official" in ring debut wasn't until the ripe old age of 15 though.
The WWE tried to snag him in 2004, but Harry turned them down, wanting to attend college and wrestle in Japan first before signing.
Harry spent some time in Japan, and later at the induction of Bret Hart into the WWE Hall of Fame, he met with WWE executives and signed a developmental contract with on April 4, 2006.
He is currently in FCW working on his in ring skills and personality.

Lilian Garcia

Okay she's not a wrestler.
But what would Monday Night Raw be without Lilian Garcia?
Lilian made her debut on an episode of Raw is War back on August 23, 1999.
10 years ago?
Really?
Before she got into the WWE, she was a top ten finalist in the Miss South Carolina beauty pageant, one half of a popular morning show on radio station WYYS,"YES 97" in Colombia SC, a VJ in Atlanta, Georgia and she has been a singer since the age of five.
She even appeared in a movie with Robby Benson and Burt Reynolds called "Modern Love" before she got into the WWE.
You know Lilian was born in Madrid Spain in 1966, and Kane was born in Madrid Spain in 1967.
Wouldn't it be cool if they had known each others as kids?

WWE Diva Mickie James

WWE Diva Mickie James had a long run in female wrestling before she hit the WWE.
In 1999, she made her pro wrestling debut on the independent circuit in 1999 as a valet under the ring name Alexis Laree.
She managed ECW star Tommy Dreamer when he won the KYDA Pro Heavyweight Championship in KYDA Pro Wrestling.
Not satisfied with just being a valet, Mickie went on to train with Dory Funk, Jr., the ECW dojo, Ricky Morton and Bobby Eaton.
She worked for Maryland Championship Wrestling, Ring of Honor and then landed in TNA Wrestling.
Mickie then went to Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) after signing a a developmental contract with the WWE.
She finally debuted in the WWE on October 10 2005 in an episode of WWE Raw, as Trish Stratus' biggest fan.

Last Night's WWE Royal Rumble

2009 Royal Rumble Winner, Randy Orton

At last nights WWE Royal Rumble there were a couple of title changes.

ECW Title Match, Matt Hardy versus Jack Swagger.
Jack Swagger held on to retain the ECW Championship.

WWE Women's Championship, Beth Phoenix versus Melina
Melina rolled up Beth Phoenix for the pin and her third WWE Women's Championship.

World Heavyweight Title Match: John Cena versus JBL with Shawn Michaels
Despite the interference of Shawn Michaels, John Cena survives a Sweet Chin Music and is still the World Heavyweight Champion

WWE Title Match, Edge versus Jeff Hardy
Vickie Guerrero came out and changed the match to no-disqualification.
Chavo Guerrero gets involved and so does Matt Hardy.
But Matt turns on Jeff and gives him a chairshot, and gives Edge the win.
New WWE Champion Edge.

30-Man Over the Top Battle Royal
After a grueling battle, Randy Orton wins the Royal Rumble.

WWE Diva, Jillian Hall

Jillian Faye Fletcher was born on September 6, 1980 in Ashland, Kentucky.
She is a female pro wrestling working for the WWE on it's WWE Raw show under the ring name Jillian Hall.
Unlike some of the WWE Divas, Jillian actually had a wrestling background before the WWE.
She was trained by Dave Finlay (Yes the same Finlay) at his wrestling school, so you know she's gotta be tough.
Jillian started wrestling on the independent circuit under the ring name Macaela Mercedes in 1998.

In 2003, she went to Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) and started wrestling under the name Jillian Hall.
She made her first appearance on Smackdown! on July 28, 2005.
Jillian went from heel to face and back to heel again before finally landing on WWE Raw after the 2007 Supplemental Draft.

WWE Diva: Candice Michelle

Candice Michelle Beckman-Ehrlich was born September 30, 1978 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Of course WWE fans know her better as Candice Michelle or simply Candice.
You can see her on WWE's Monday Night Raw.
Candice came to the WWE via the Raw Diva Search, where she didnt even make it into the top ten finalists. However, the WWE hired her anyway and put in storylines as a makeup artist.
She was moved from Raw to Smackdown were she got involved in the Torrie Wilson / Melina feud, and got her first time actually on the wrestling mat. Although it was as a ref at The Great American Bash.
Candice went back to Raw with Torrie and they both became heels. Along with Victoria they formed the Ladies in Pink, which later became Vince's Devils.
Her background as a model and actress didn't do her a lot of good in the WWE ring where she was used pretty much as eye candy. But Candice did begin working on her in ring skills. She turned face and defeated then Champion Melina at Vengeance becoming the first Diva Search particapant to win a WWE belt.
Although she seems to really try to improve her wrestling game, Candice has suffered a few injures along the way.
Victoria kicked her in the face breaking her nose on Raw during a Diva battle royal, Beth Phoenix cracked her clavicle during her rematch for the Women's Title and in a tag team match with Maria against Victoria and Jillian Hall, she broke her clavicle in four separate places, shattering it.
But Candice keeps coming back.

WWE Diva : Beth Phoenix

Elizabeth Carolan was born November 24, 1980 in New York, New York.
But WWE fans know her better as "The Glamazon", Beth Phoenix.
Beth didn't come to the WWE via a Diva Search or someone seeing her in a magazine.
Beth worked for it.
She was the first female varsity wrestler in Notre Dame High School 's history.
Beth also became the women's champion (72 kg weight class) at the New York State Fair Tournament in 1999. And she was named the most outstanding wrestler in 1999 the Brockport Freestyle Tournament.
After that Beth wrestled for various independent promotions Far North Wrestling (becoming their Cruiserweight Champion) before making her way to Ohio Valley Wrestling, becoming the OVW Women's Wrestling Champion.
Then Beth worked her way up to the WWE and became the WWE Women's Wrestling Champion.

WWE Smackdown: Zack Ryder

Zack Ryder was born Matthew Cardona on May 14, 1985 in Merrick, New York.
He is a pro wrestler and one half of a tag team with Curt Hawkins on WWE Smackdown.
Zack and Curt were both trained by former ECW star Mikey Whipwreck.
Mainly a tag team performer with Curt, they have held the DSW Tag Team Wrestling Championship twice, the NYWC Tag Team Wrestling Championship twice, the OVW Southern Tag Team Wrestling Championship and the WWE Tag Team Wrestling Championship (making them the youngest tag team champions in WWE history).

SmackDown: Kizarny

Kizarny may be new to the WWE, but he's not new to wrestling.
He was born Nick Cvjetkovich on August 29, 1973 in Toronto, Ontario.
Kizarny was trained as a wrestler by Rob Fuego and Ron Hutchison in Orangeville, Ontario.
Rob Fuego has trained many WWE and TNA wrestlers, including Angel Williams, Shantelle Malawski and Gail Kim.
Ron Hutchison has also trained several WWE stars such as Christian and Edge.
While Kizarny was training with them, he was also training for his Black belt at Alex Atkinson's Black Belt Institute.
His pro wrestling debut was in 2000 against El Fuego during the Apocalypse Wrestling Federation's Iron Man Tournament.
Kizarny also worked for Scott D'Amore's Border City Wrestling, Brian Dixon's All Star Wrestling (in England), Twin Wrestling Entertainment and All Canadian Wrestling.
During this time he performed with the Sideshow Carnival Diablo throughout Ontario, Manitoba and Quebec. He was featured as strong man, performing feats such as bending iron bars in his teeth, the Human Dartboard and the Electric Chair.
After wrestling some Dark Matches for the WWE in Canada, he landed in TNA in 2003, as "Sinn", where he joined a stable called The New Church, led by Father James Mitchell.
Kizarny left TNA and signed with WWE making his debut in Florida Championship Wrestling debut under the ring name "Sinn Bowdee".

WWE- Jesse (Terry Ray Gordy, Jr.)

Terry Ray Gordy, Jr. is a retired professional wrestling best known for wrestling for the WWE on it's SmackDown promotion under the ring name Jesse.
Terry was born on March 23rd, 1979 in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

And yes, Jesse is the son of wrestler Terry Gordy of the Fabulous Freebirds.
The WWE seems to be getting a lot of second and third generation talent these days.
Jesse was one half of a tag team with Festus.
He held several titles outside the WWE such as the NAWA (Georgia) Heavyweight Wrestling title, the NWA Georgia Junior Heavyweight Wrestling title and the NWA Georgia/Wildside Heavyweight Wrestling title.

Jesse also wrestled in the WWE's developmental Deep South Wrestling for quite awhile before debuting in the WWE.