4/21 WWE Raw Results

(Pics from WWE.com)
~This week's episode of Raw is a "special" 3 hour edition featuring the return of the King of the Ring Tournament and a "special" appearance from Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John McCain.


-The show starts with WWE Intercontinental Champion, Chris Jericho, getting a win over WWE United States Champion, MVP, in a KOTR first round match.


-"Mr. Money in the Bank" CM Punk beats Matt Hardy in a KOTR first round match.

-JBL says he's gonna win the WWE title at Backlash in his match against WWE Champion, Randy Orton, Triple H and John Cena.


-The Great Khali gets disqualified from his KOTR first round match and that allows Finlay to advance in the tournament.


-Big Show, who got tossed to the ground by Khali on Smackdown last Friday , comes down to the ring but Khali punks out and leaves the ring.


-Raw General Manager, William Regal, gets the final spot in the KOTR semifinals after beating Hornswoggle.

It's announced that the semifinal matches will be Chris Jericho vs. CM Punk and Finlay vs. William Regal.


-Shawn Michaels and Batista have a quick little staredown before their match at Backlash this Sunday.

-Hillary Clinton appears in a pre-recorded message, calling herself "Hill-Rod" [ha ha] and says she can "take a hit for the American people".



-Carlito beats WWE World Tag Team Champion, Hardcore Holly in a non-tournament match.


-Hardcore Holly and his tag partner, Cody Rhodes, beat down Carlito and Santino Marella after the match.

Triple H says he's gonna leave Backlash with the WWE Title around his waist.


-CM Punk beats Chris Jericho in a KOTR semifinal match.

-Barack Obama speaks next and he asks the crowd if they "smell what Barack is cooking?" [ha ha].



-William Regal defeats Finlay to earn the final spot in the KOTR finals.

-John McCain talks to the crowd now and says he's "the man" and that it'll be "game over" come November [ha ha].


-John Cena says the WWE title is going to be going home with him after Backlash.


-"Barack Obama" and "Hillary Clinton" have a match but...


-Umaga, who must be a Republican, comes down to the ring and beats them both down.


-A celebration ceremony in honor of Mickie James winning the WWE Women's Title last week is crashed by Beth Phoenix, the former champion, and a bunch of other haters.


-Everybody starts kung-fu fighting.


-William freakin' Regal defeats CM Punk to win the 2008 King of the Ring Tournament.


-WWE Champion, Randy Orton, Edge, JBL & Chavo Guerrero beat John Cena, Triple H, Kane and World Heavyweight Champion, The Undertaker in an eight man tag team match to close out the show.


Man, I was feelin' that tournament after the first two matches. I think Jericho, Punk, Hardy and MVP are all solid picks for the KOTR. Finlay, ok. But The Great Khali? Hornswoggle? and why William Regal? What about Shelton Benjamin, I know he's not doing anything. Umaga, maybe? I would have put Big Show in the tournament way before Khali. Aside from that, I thought the matches were overall, pretty solid but having William Regal win just ruined it for me because winners of the King of the Ring usually go on to become WWE champion. To me, it makes no sense to put the WWE title on Raw GM William Regal. On the flipside, like I said the matches were all pretty good.

Eventhough I'm not happy that Regal won the tournament, he does use a brutal looking submission finisher called the "Regal Stretch".

The Great Khali had a "oh sh...." look on his face when the Big Show came out, which was awesome to see.



WWE simulated a match between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton on WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2008. I thought it was pretty funny.




I am probably in the minority, but I actually enjoyed the promos by the Presidental candidates and it's a pleasant surprise to know that they were even willing to appear on WWE television.

I thought the whole Clinton vs. Obama segment was pretty funny to me. The Bill Clinton lookalike stole the show, in my opinion.


Mr. Kennedy returns next week!!

4/15 ECW Results, Wednesday Wrestler Spotlight

4/15 ECW Results



~This episode of ECW starts with the announcement that ECW lead commentator, Joey Styles, is receiving a "promotion", leaving commentary for a behind-the-scenes job with WWE.com. WHAT?


-Replacing him is going to be Mike Adamle, the former announcer for the old-school American Gladiators and a fairly new WWE signee.


-CM Punk, Jimmy Wang Yang, Shannon Moore and Kofi Kingston beat Shelton Benjamin, Duece, Domino & Elijah Burke in a eight man tag.


-Elijah Burke and Shelton Benjamin don't approve.


-Then there was a diva dance-off featuring LAYLA~! Maryse, Eve, Lena Yada and Kelly Kelly.


-Kelly Kelly wins. I don't approve.


-Tommy Dreamer and Mike Knox are about to have a match but ECW General Manager, Armando Estrada, changes the match to Mike Knox vs. Colin Delaney.


-Colin doesn't approve.


-Mike Knox buries Colin Delaney.


-ECW Champion, Kane & World Heavyweight Champion, The Undertaker defeat WWE Tag Team Champions, The Miz & John Morrison in a non-title match squash match.


-The Miz doesn't approve.


Why kill your tag champs to make two guys, who are already viewed as strong and popular, more strong and popular.

More King of the Ring HYPE!!!!

I've noticed that Elijah Burke has a rather interesting move set. He uses this rising pimp slap and he does this other thing when his opponent is on the ropes and he jumps and...I can't even describe it, but it's cool stuff.

For some reason, I'm also digging Elijah Burke's theme song.


Adamle was awesome in his debut...and yes, that was a lie. He was terrible, horrible and just plain bad. I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt because it was his first time calling a WWE event and I'm sure it's not easy. Among the loads of mistakes Adamle made included calling Shelton Benjamin, "Sheldon", other times he would completely forget the names of wrestlers, "uno, dos, adios"? and overall he just seemed lost. I kind of have a soft spot in my heart for Mike Adamle because I was a big American Gladiators fan back in the day and I thought Mike Adamle was awesome. I think he'll get back to that level...in a few years. But that's ok, I'll wait, I guess.

No amount of Mike Adamle screwups can take away my joy of seeing Layla El.

Tazz was just acting a fool during that "diva danceoff". It's ok though, I know it was all done for my entertainment, right Tazz.

Who in the hell is Mike Knox?


Wednesday Wrestler Spotlight

~The champ is here! The new champ that is.

This week's Wednesday Wrestler Spotlight is on the brand spanking new TNA World Champion, Samoa Joe.

I don't know what else I can say about Joe that I haven't said in my "Major Players in Pro Wrestling: TNA" post. Joe is a bad man and watching him destroy people in the ring is amazing to watch.

Samoa Joe originally became a household name in Ring of Honor, but it's arguable to say whether ROH made him or if he made ROH. I personally think Joe made ROH. Hearing about Samoa Joe and his wrestling style was what led to me first learning about ROH. While there, Joe would go on to hold the ROH World Title for almost two years, a feat that rarely ever happens in pro wrestling because title reigns usually last a few months (or even days in some cases).


Eventually, Joe was picked up by TNA and spent a million years screwing around before TNA decided that he needed to be their world champion and the face of the company. Hopefully, he can have a title reign similiar to the one he had in ROH and he doesn't lose the belt within the next month.