Weekend Update

More Bad News for Jeff Hardy

~The week just keeps getting better and better for Jeff Hardy.

After getting suspended 60 days by the WWE after failing the company’s drug and substance abuse policy, Hardy lost his home in a fire late Friday night according to a WWE.com article.

The article reports that no one was home at the time and that no foul play is being investigated.

That’s really unfortunate. The failed drug test is all on him but to lose your home and everything you own in the same week, now that just sucks. Hopefully, he can get his life back together.

3/14 Smackdown Results:

(pics from WWE.com)


~The show starts with Maria coming out and announcing that she is hosting the Smackdown Diva Contest, which is a continuation of the swimsuit competition from last week. Maria introduces the competitors, Eve Torres, Cherry, Maryse, Victoria and Michelle McCool and says that based on the text votes from the fans last week, Maryse received the lowest amount and was eliminated from the contest. Maria then explains that the remaining women have to go through an obstacle course, but the one with the fastest time didn’t matter because depending on the fan vote, even they could be voted out.


-Michelle McCool ends up with the fastest time and we all move on with our lives.


-Big Show steamrolls Jimmy Wang Yang & Shannon Moore in a 2-on-1 handicap match. He then tosses Jimmy Wang Yang out of the ring just like he did to Floyd Mayweather on Monday and to poor Brandon Hill last week.


-WWE Tag Team Champion John Morrison defeats his partner, The Miz, to win the last spot in the Money in the Bank ladder match at Wrestlemania.

-Finlay appears and says his son, Hornswoggle, will never be the same from that mugging he got from JBL a few weeks back and because of that, Finlay vows to make JBL pay.


-Batista had the WWE United States Title won in his no-DQ match with MVP, but Umaga, who faces Batista in a match at Wrestlemania, interferes and causes MVP to retain his title.


-The Great Khali & Chuck Palumbo defeat Jamie Noble and Kane


-The 3-on-2 handicap steel cage match featuring Ric Flair & Shawn Michaels vs. World Heavyweight Champion, Edge, Zach Ryder & Curt Hawkins, turns into a 4-on-2 match when ECW Champion, Chavo Guerrero joins Edge’s team.


The Undertaker, who faces Edge for the World Heavyweight Title at Wrestlemania, “magically” appears in the cage and goes after Edge but the World Heavyweight Champ manages to escape the cage and win the match for his team.

That Smackdown Diva obstacle course was just useless filler but hey, at least Eve Torres is still in there.


I’m going on record right now and say that the Money in the Bank Ladder Match will steal the show at Wrestlemania. It’s got Chris Jericho, Mr. Kennedy, Shelton Benjamin, CM Punk, Carlito, MVP and now John Morrison, that lineup is just unreal.

I thought the MVP/Batista match was pretty good. I mean, MVP was getting beat down the whole match, but it was still pretty good.


Batista vs. MVP (part 1)



Batista vs. MVP (Part 2)

Big Show should not been allowed to have a real match ever again, just feed him small guys to rough up and toss out of the ring. I don’t think it’ll ever look as good as the first time I saw it a week ago, but Show throwing people out of the ring like that looks brutal.



I was hoping Shawn Michaels would turn heel on Ric Flair and leave him hanging in their match but alas, he “respects” Flair too much.

ROH 3/14 & 3/15 Results:

Ring of Honor’s tripleshot (three shows in a row) weekend ends tonight with a PPV taping in Philadelphia (I’ll post the results of that show tomorrow). Here’s what went down last night and Friday night in New Jersey:

(Pics from Scott Finkelstein)

3/14 Results:


-FIP Champion, Roderick Strong beat Pelle Primeau in a non-title match.


-Claudio Castagnoli defeats ROH World Champion, Nigel McGuinness in a non-title match.


-Delirious beats Necro Butcher in a World Title Shot Mini-Tournament Match.


-Austin Aries & Bryan Danielson beat Jigsaw & Ruckus (Vulture Squad).


-Go Shiozaki defeats Brent Albright in a World Title Shot Mini-Tournament Match.


-Kevin Steen beats ROH Tag Team Champ, Davey Richards in a one-on-one match.


-Tyler Black & Joey Matthews (Age of the Fall) defeat The Briscoes.


3/15 Results:


-Claudio Castagnoli beats Davey Richards in a World Title Shot Mini-Tournament Match.


-Ruckus & Jigsaw (The Vulture Squad) beat Adam Pearce & Shane Hagadorn (The Hangmen Three).


-The Briscoes beat BJ Whitmer & Brent Albright (the other half of the Hangmen Three).


-Bryan Danielson & Austin Aries defeat Go Shiozaki & Nigel McGuinness.


-Kevin Steen beats Joey Matthews


-Tyler Black beats Erick Stevens in a World Title Shot Mini-Tournament Match.


-Necro Butcher defeats Roderick Strong, Delirious and Eddie Edwards in a 4 way match.

3/10 Raw Results, WWE star suspended

3/10 WWE Raw Results:

(Pics from WWE.com)

~Monday night was the 3-hour Raw Wrestlemania Rewind Night, where every match was supposed to be a rematch from a past Wrestlemania event, or something like that, I’ll get into that a little later. Here’s what went down:


-The show starts with Ric Flair coming out and calls out Shawn Michaels. When the “Heartbreak Kid” gets to the ring, Flair tells him that still wants a match with Michaels at Wrestlemania 24 because he wants to wrestle against the best, and Michaels is one of the best. HBK officially agrees to the match and vows that the match will steal the show [personally, my pick is the Money in the Bank Ladder Match, but Flair/HBK will come pretty close]. Michaels also announces that he’ll be Flair’s partner on Friday Night Smackdown against Edge, Zach Ryder and Curt Hawkins in a steel cage handicap match.


-The love-fest between HBK and Flair is broken up by WWE Champion, Randy Orton, who is also the night’s acting general manager of Raw. He announces that he’s going to use his power as GM to have Triple H face Kane in a match (from Wrestlemania 15) and John Cena vs. Shawn Michaels (the main event from last year, Wrestlemania 23).


-Just like in their match at Wrestlemania 22, Undertaker defeats Mark Henry in a casket match after rolling him in the casket and shutting the lid close.


-Before the match between Finlay and Mr. Kennedy starts, JBL appears on the big screen, accepts Finlay’s challenge for Wrestlemania and then talks trash about Finlay’s son, Hornswoggle. Finlay gets angry and gets himself disqualified in his match with Kennedy. After the match, Finlay continues beating on him. I don’t remember this match on a Wrestlemania event.


-Chris Jericho pins Jeff Hardy to become the new Intercontinental Champion in a rare title switch on Raw. I don’t remember this match ever being on a Wrestlemania either.

-There were some shenanigans that happened in the next segment involving Jillian singing a horrible rendition of “Born in the U.S.A.”, but let’s skip that.


-Triple H wins his match against Kane.


-Melina beats Playboy cover girl, Maria, with some help from Maria’s ex-boyfriend, Santino Marella.


-The “official” weigh-in for the match between Floyd Mayweather and The Big Show at Wrestlemania 24 takes place and a boatload of craziness occurs.

-World Heavyweight Champion, Edge, beats CM Punk, just because.


-The real Raw GM, William Regal, gets in the ring and talks about the Raw vs. Smackdown match at Wrestlemania between Umaga (Raw) and Batista (Smackdown). Umaga comes down to the ring and then Batista follows a little after and the two begin to brawl.


-John Cena and Shawn Michaels were having a pretty good match until Randy Orton came down and attacked Cena causing the match to end in a no-contest. Cena eventually manages to turn the tables and lays Orton.

-Triple H is then shown backstage and reminds everyone that next week, he is in charge as Raw GM. He announces that he’s gonna have Randy Orton and John Cena team up against the whole Raw roster. I wonder how that’s going to turn out.

That promo from Ric Flair was just, wow. He made me believe that he would just die if he didn’t get that match with Shawn Michaels. I don’t know if Flair/HBK is gonna steal the show at ‘Mania (I’ve got my “money”, pun intended, on the Money in the Bank ladder match) but I think their match will be a close second.

WWE has been airing promos getting analysis from prominent figures in Boxing about the Mayweather vs. Big Show match. I think it’s a good touch. They all were probably coached on their responses but I think it adds a little more credibility to their match.

Although I have no idea whether it’s gonna be a wrestling match or a boxing match, I am looking forward to the Mayweather/Big Show match at Wrestlemania. The near brawl between Mayweather’s “posse” and the WWE wrestlers was insane.

What the hell? Why oh why did Finlay have to destroy Kennedy? I know WWE is trying to sell Finlay’s frustration but can’t they have put in someone that doesn’t have some sort of role at Wrestlemania (Kennedy is in the Money in the Bank Ladder Match). Besides that, Finlay completely handled Kennedy.

Jeff Hardy took a crazy fall outside the ring. Even I felt that. That'll be my lasting memory of him for the next two months, more on that in the next section.

Only 3 out of the 7 matches were actual Wrestlemania rematches, so much for Wrestlemania Rewind Night.

WWE Star Suspended for Next 60 Days

According to a report on WWE.com, the now former Intercontinental Champion, Jeff Hardy, has been suspended for 60 days due to violating their Substance Abuse and Drug Testing Policy.

There is no word on what exactly it was that got Hardy suspended but he has a history of substance abuse.

Hardy's first offense occured in last July and was suspended for 30 days. If he were to pick up a third offense, the policy calls for an automatic termination.

In April 2003, Hardy was fired from the WWE for allegedly refusing to seek help for an existing substance abuse problem. He would eventually return to the WWE in August 2006.

This explains why Hardy lost his belt to Chris Jericho on Raw and he'll definately miss Wrestlemania. Boy, does this guy never learn. Lately, Hardy has been playing a pretty big role on Raw and it seemed like he was maybe just a few months away from being a consistent main eventer.

Just this past January, Hardy headlined the Royal Rumble, one of WWE's major PPVs of the year, in a match against WWE Champion, Randy Orton. Hardy lost the match and many fans were crying foul because they thought he should have won the match and the title. I guess WWE dodged the bullet there.

I'd be surprised if Hardy ever gets a chance to be a major player in the WWE after this.

WWE News: Raw Results, WM Press Conference, Mayweather's WM Payday, Smackdown on New Network

2/25 Raw Results


(Pics from wwe.com)

~Another episode of Raw occured last night, here's a reminder of some of the things that happened last week:



Here's what went down last night:


-The show starts with Raw GM William Regal assembling WWE Champion, Randy Orton, Triple H and John Cena together for a “photo op” before their 3 way match at Wrestlemania. Things eventually break down and Randy Orton ends up laying everybody out.


-WWE World Tag Team Champions, Cody Rhodes & Hardcore Holly beat Santino Marella & Carlito in a non-title match after Santino gets distracted after seeing his girlfriend, Maria, talking to Raw color commentator, Jerry Lawler.


-Chris Jericho defeats Jeff Hardy to earn a spot in the Money in the Bank ladder match at Wrestlemania.


-WWE Owner, Vince McMahon, “apologizes” for letting John Bradshaw Layfield destroying his illegitimate son, Hornswoggle during their cage match last week.


-But wait, there’s more. JBL comes down to the ring and tells Mr. McMahon that he is actually not Hornswoggle’s father. JBL goes on to name Finlay as the leprechaun’s real daddy.


-Umaga squashes D.H. Smith in a match.

-GM Regal announces Umaga will represent Raw in a cross-promotional brand match versus Smackdown at Wrestlemania. My guess is Smackdown will pick Batista.


-Shawn Michaels beats Lance Cade by disqualification when Cade’s tag team partner, Trevor Murdoch interfered in the match. Ric Flair comes out after the match and challenges Michaels to a match at Wrestlemania. If Flair loses, he’ll be forced to retire.


-John Cena & Triple H beat Randy Orton & Mr. Kennedy. After the match Kennedy takes out Cena while Triple H looks on, unconcerned.

I thought the opening segment was great. You could feel the tension between all three guys just jumping out of the television screen.


Jerry Lawler was so annoying on commentary during the tag match with Santino & Carlito.


Chris Jericho and Jeff Hardy had a really good match. Definitely match of the night.

Speaking of Jericho, I’m glad he’s is in the Money in the Bank ladder match but there was never a conclusion to his feud with JBL. They had a big one-on-one match in January that ended in a DQ win for JBL and then they both just moved on.

And speaking of JBL, I have nothing to say about the angle involving him, Vince McMahon, Finlay and the leprechaun.


No Mayweather or Big Show tonight.

The issue of Playboy featuring Maria will be released on March 7...*cough, cough*...not that I read such material.


Wrestlemania 24 Press Conference


~WWE held their press conference hyping up Wrestlemania yesterday afternoon.

The only thing I found of interest from the press conference was Floyd Mayweather (clad in Yankees gear at the LA press event) “making it rain” onto the crowd.


“Money” Mayweather to Make Millions from WM Match


~According to an Associate Press article, Floyd Mayweather, who is slated to have a one-on-one match with The Big Show at Wrestlemania 24, will receive $20 million for his participation in the March 30 event.

Wow, that’s a lot of zeroes.

Smackdown Finds New Home


~WWE’s television show “Friday Night Smackdown” will be moving to MyNetworkTV in the fall. The CW Network currently carries Smackdown and it was recently announced that they would not be seeking to extend WWE’s contract when it expires in September.

Personally, I like Raw better anyway.