Sasha Banks and the WWE Women's Championship

After a brutal battle on Monday Night Raw (July 25th, 2016), Sasha Banks took the WWE Women's Championship from Charlotte.
Sasha had just been drafted to Raw on July 19th.

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.

Seth Rollins, Stephanie, Triple H and Roman Reigns

On WWE Raw Monday night, Roman Reigns interrupted Triple H and Stephanie McMahon so he could get in the face of WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins.
Video below.....

SmackDown - Dolph Ziggler vs Rusev

On WWE Smackdown on October 15th, 2015, Dolph Ziggler defeated Rusev, with a special guest referee, Summer Rae.
Yeah the match was weighted since Summer Rae was jilted by Rusev.
And Dolph Ziggler won via the "Zig Zag".

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.

Lana and Summer Rae - WWE Raw

On WWE Monday night Raw, Lana (CJ Perry) and Summer Rae mixed it up again with Lana giving her a kick that would make Rob Van Dam and his "educated feet" proud.
Rusev (Miroslav Barnyashev) just kinda looked on as Summer got her clock cleaned.

WWE Superstars Alexander Rusev and Lana

Alexander Rusev (Miroslav Barnyashev) and his manager Lana (CJ Perry).

The Big Red Machine Kane, Senator Kane?

Kane with the chokeslam to CM Punk as AJ looks on.

Did you know that "The Big Red Machine" is active in politics and is actually considering running against US Senator Lamar Alexander in Tennessee?
Don't let the size and mask fool you.
He has been a guest speaker at the Ludwig von Mises Institute, which is "the world center of the Austrian School of economics and libertarian political and social theory,"
Of course well all knew he was smart ever since he won The Weakest Link back in March of 2002.
I know he would run under his real name...but Senator Kane has such a cool ring to it....

WWE - Kane and AJ

Throughout his entire career in the WWE, Kane has been no stranger to dysfunctional relationships.
Tori (Terri Poch), Katie Vick (ugh) and Lita spring to mind.
And now we have Kane and AJ.

    www.wwe.com

WWE - Layla and the Great Khali

In the last entry we had WWE Diva Aksana and WWE Superstar Antonio Cesaro and I mentioned that today, pro wrestling really is international.

    www.wwe.com

Well here is the current WWE Divas Champion Layla and The Great Khali.
Layla was born in London, England and is of Spanish and Moroccan descent while Khali was born in Dhirana, India and is a Hindu Rajput, who claim to be descendants of ruling Hindu warrior classes of North India.
So yeah, the WWE is living up to the "World" part of World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.

Aksana and Antonio Cesaro

Here is WWE Diva Aksana and WWE Superstar Antonio Cesaro (Claudio Castagnoli).
You know back in the "Old Days" they would say a wrestler was from another country (in this case Switzerland) and he would actually be from Newark, New Jersey.
But Antonio really was born in Lucerne, Switzerland.
Add to that the fact that Aksana really was born in Alytus, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union and these days, wrestling really IS international.

Booker T and Sharmell

Remember this?
King Booker and Queen Sharmell. 
Good Times.

Summer Slam 2009 Updates

I have to admit, I do LOVE this poster

SummerSlam will take place on August 23, 2009 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.
Unless something happens, here is the current line up of matches....

Randy Orton (champion) versus John Cena in a singles match for the WWE Championship.
Chris Jericho and The Big Show (champions) versus Cryme Tyme (Shad Gaspard and JTG) in a Tag Team match for the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship
Rey Mysterio (champion) versus Dolph Ziggler in a singles match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship
Jeff Hardy (champion) versus CM Punk in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match for the World Heavyweight Championship. I kinda expect Jeff to lose since this is probably his last match for the WWE.
D-Generation X (Triple H and Shawn Michaels) versus The Legacy (Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase) in a Tag Team match
The Great Khali versus Kane in a singles match
Jack Swagger versus Montel Vontavious Porter in a singles match
Christian (champion) versus William Regal in a singles match for the ECW Championship

Also, this will probably be Lilian Garcia's last event.
That really makes me sad.

And so far no WWE Diva's match for SummerSlam

John Cena on Psych

WWE star John Cena will be appearing on the season premiere of its original series "Psych."
Cena will play a special ops soldier named Ewan O'Hara.

From USA's press release....

WWE Superstar John Cena, featured weekly on the ratings' phenomenon "WWE Monday Night RAW," has been a staple of the WWE family since 2002. His career highlights include World Heavyweight Champion, WWE Champion, U.S. Champion, World Tag Team Champion and the 2008 Royal Rumble Winner. In 2006, he starred in "The Marine" with Robert Patrick and Kelly Carlson and most recently starred in "12 Rounds" directed by Renny Harlin. Cena will play Ewan O'Hara, a special ops soldier and brother to Maggie Lawson's character, Detective Juliet O'Hara on PSYCH. In this episode entitled "You Can't Handle This Episode" he will help solve the murder of two soldiers and take down an officer involved in weapons trading.

The episode was originally titled "Extradition: British Columbia", so the name change must have been to cash in on Cena's appearance.

You may recall that current WWE Divas Champion Mickie James appeared on A Psych episode last year as a roller derby girl called Rita "Lethal Weapon" Westwood.

Psych premieres on Friday, August 7, 2009 at 10pm.

UPDATE:
Guess what?
Cena wasn't on the season premiere.
I guess USA moved the episodes around.

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)

Last night at WWE Extreme Rules PPV......

Last night at WWE Extreme Rules PPV, a lot of belts changed hands.....

Fatal-Fourway Match: (United States Title)
Kofi Kingston (champion) vs. MVP vs. Matt Hardy vs. William Regal
Kofi Kingston wins and retains the title

No Holds Barred Match: (Intercontinental Title)
Rey Mysterio (champion) vs. Chris Jericho
Chris Jericho wins, becomes the new Intercontinental champion (for the ninth time), and removes Rey's mask in the process!

Samoan Strap Match:
Umaga vs. CM Punk
"Old School" strap match with CM Punk coming out on top.

Extreme Rules Match: (ECW Title)
Christian (champion) vs. Tommy Dreamer vs. Jack Swagger
Using a crutch and a DDT, Tommy Dreamer becomes the new ECW Champion

Hog-Pen Match: (Miss WrestleMania Title)
Vickie Guerrero (champion) vs. Santina
Why am I even mentioning this?
Even with Chavo involved, Santina wins and regains the title.

Steel Cage Match: (WWE Title)
Randy Orton (champion) vs. Batista
Batista gets a clean win and becomes the Winner and new WWE champion.
Oddly enough, the new champion is scheduled for surgery on Tuesday morning for a torn biceps muscle.
Will he lose the title on Raw tonight?

Submission Match:
John Cena vs. Big Show
John Cena wins with the STF.

Ladder Match: (World Title)
Edge (champion) vs. Jeff Hardy
Winner and new World champion: Jeff Hardy.

But wait......

As soon as Hardy wins, CM Punks music hits and he runs down saying that he's cashing in his Money In The Bank briefcase.
(Holy Edge Batman!)
Punk nails the GTS and becomes the new WWE World Champion.

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.

WWE Wrestling News

Tonight on WWE Raw will be a handicap match, John Cena and Batista versus Randy Orton, Ted DiBiase, and Cody Rhodes.

It looks like The Undertaker will be requiring arthroscopic surgery to repair some long-term hip and knee damage. The WWE is hoping one..., that they can get him back before SummerSlam, and two....that Jeff Hardy will hang around until Taker gets back.
Yes Jeff is pretty hurt up too (if you have seen him wrestle you wont wonder why) and needs a break from wrestling for awhile.
Have you noticed that WWE wrestlers seem to be getting injuries at an alarming rate lately?

The Chris Jericho / Rey Mysterio feud was started because Chris wants to work with Rey.

And speaking of Rey, the UK's Daily Mail says that rapper Eminem was seen in London this weekend wearing a Rey Mysterio mask while out in public shopping.
Shades of Micheal Jackson!
Well, Eminem likes superheroes and wrestling...so why not?
You can see pics here:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/article2422092.ece