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[Waddy]

Damn. I hated that vest he was wearing. It didn't seem to stop me from marking, nope, not at all.

Gona be interesting to see where the WWE go with this, I mean hes gona have to get the belt at some point from orton, I hope he does anyway.

I watched RAW last night, was pretty good, not sure about Jericho's hair though, was much better long.

[Vanilla Shake]

I actually think that short hair works with him. But I'd say he's probably one of the only ones who could pull that off. Imagine seeing Triple H with short hair. But hey, we're supposed to be wrestling fans, not the fashion police.

 

Anyway, I'm willing to bet that he snags the title from Orton, and then turns heel. Then I'd say that Shawn Michaels will win the Royal Rumble and then their rivalry from 2003 will be re-ignited leading into WrestleMania XXIV.

[TheDude5000]

That was actually the same shirt he wore in his '99 debut.

[6ixThousand]

Nope, not at all. Dude was in a sequent shirt, not he was in a sequent vest. Get on your grizzy.

[TheDude5000]

Uh, right. I'm pretty sure it's the same, aside from the fact that it's not a full shirt, and instead a vest. The design and coloration is pretty much identical.

[XN22]

 

Like fellow professional wrestler, Scott Steiner, Atsushi Onita is also rumored to have broken Wilt Chamberlain's record of sleeping with 20,000 women.

 

 

Laz bows

 

That is all.

[TheDude5000]

So RAW last night was pretty good. I actually thought Flair was legitimately going to retire for a while there, that's some damn good acting I gotta say. I mean even his lip was quivering. Good save by Y2J there, as well. So it seems like he's definitely gonna feud with Orton now, and Santino will probably just go back to feuding with whoever.

[Vanilla Shake]

Oh it's official dude; Orton v. Jericho for the WWE Title is on at Armageddon. http://www.wwe.com/shows/armageddon/exclusives/ortonvsy2j/

 

I feel that things are looking good from a storyline standpoint. Raw's got the whole Orton/Jericho and Michaels/Kennedy feuds, & SmackDown's got the whole Batista/Edge/Undertaker thing going down. And no Cena to ruin it.

[HawaiianHardHitter]

That mic battle between Jericho and Santino was pure gold!

[TheDude5000]

I must say I'm pissed over the fact that the ratings are not hitting 4's by now. It seems the bitch Cena will probably get another ridiculous push and lame title reign when he returns because of this. Who can we thank? The stupid little Cena fans, that's who. Kennedy or someone needs to be pushed more. We need a fresh new ratings draw, instead of the same old wigger "underdog" gimmick bullsh*t. But at least RAW is finally great again, even with the current ratings. Good for us, bad for the WWE.

 

Anyway, it's good to see Jericho main eventing, let's hope it stays that way. I'd like to see a long feud between Orton/Jericho, perhaps with a title change sometime early next year, or perhaps Wrestlemania. Then a nice lengthy title reign from Jericho or something. Also, anyone watch ECW tonight? BDV got cut up pretty badly, I think he handled it well in kayfabe though.

[TonyZimmzy]

I caught raw this morning from the vhs I taped it on; good show, and I agree about no Cena there to ruin sh*t. Raw is on top form right now. Love Jericho!

[60 Cent.]

I agree.

 

Jericho: Me want title match!

 

 

Genius.

 

 

Also I didn't know that Edge/Vickie were dating in the storyline. I saw a promo for that last night on ECW. T'was pretty nasty when they were making out.

[T-Cipp]

News time:

 

 

WWE is trying to line up some huge surprises for the 15th Anniversary RAW special next month.

 

WWE has even contacted former WWE Champion The Rock for an appearance. If he did agree it would likely be a video segment and not live. Expect WWE to pull out some big surprises for the show.

 

The 3-hour special will air Monday night December 10th. The show will start 1 hour earlier, at 8PM eastern.

 

Sources within the WWE locker room say that Triple H ultimately wants to work as a heel in the company and eventually feud with John Cena. However, with Cena not being able to work next year’s WrestleMania, there has been an idea at least talked about of Triple H turning on Shawn Michaels to headline the big event.

 

Former ECW/WWE superstar The Sandman will be signing autographs at Collector's Realm in Poughkeepsie, NY from 1 to 3PM on 12/1. Call 845-473-TOYS for more information.

 

Today is former WWE's superstar's Rob Conway's 33rd birthday.

 

Bill Goldberg recently stated in an interview that there is zero percent chance he would ever wrestle again.

 

After backtracking from Dave Meltzer's original report that WWE hall of famer Blackjack Mulligan suffered a stroke, he went on his web site and said he was recovering from a minor stroke. Hmmm.

 

Recent polls say that 73% of TNA fans would like Jeff Jarret to NOT return. So far there are no rumors if his return is certain or not.

 

 

SD! Results (Armageddon Main Event Revealed):

Not much of the arena is tarped off. Very close to a sellout but it's not a huge arena.

 

Dark Match:

 

Victoria defeated a local Diva jobber. Not sure of the name.

 

They just announced Rey Mysterio & Kane vs. Viscera & MVP for later tonight.

 

WWE SmackDown:

 

Opening SmackDown! video airs and pyro explodes followed by Edge's music.

 

Edge comes to the ring to open SmackDown! to a huge 'You Suck' chant. Edge talks about is new relationship with Vickie Guerrero and how he wanted to make a statement on The Undertaker for Vickie. He talks about how much he's in love with her. He says she is at home sick and dedicates the match tonight to her. It was basically just a long promo hyping the main event. Huge heel heat for Edge.

 

A Hornswoggle & Finlay video promo airs.

 

Finlay & Hornswoggle vs. Deuce & Domino. Finlay & Hornswoggle win after Finlay hits Domino with the Shillelagh and Hornswoggle does the Tadpole Splash for the three count.

 

An Edge video airs once again hyping how great he is and tonight's main event.

 

Michelle McCool & Jamie Noble are backstage talking about Chuck Palumbo. It's Chuck vs. Noble later on tonight.

 

CM Punk vs. Kenny Dykstra is up next. Huge pop for CM Punk. Very even back and forth action to begin. Punk used lots of footwork but Kenny was able to keep him grounded. Good match so far. CM Punk gains control though and is able to hit his kick knee to the face finisher.

 

Rey Mysterio & Kane vs. Viscera & MVP is up next. They did all four entrances with lots of stalling. Huge pop for Mysterio. Big Daddy V was in for a second and then MVP took over. Rey got the hot tag and the match went back and forth between Rey and MVP. Rey went for a 619 but was tripped up. Big Daddy V came back in for another short period. Kane and Rey team together for some double team moves. Kane hits a clothesline and Rey hits a splash followed by a 619 on MVP for the win. Good ending and the crowd is super hot live.

 

We get another Edge video hyping how great he is and tonight's main event.

 

Batista is interviewed in the back about his match tonight with Edge for the World title.

 

Jamie Noble vs. Chuck Palumbo. Chuck hits his head on the turnbuckle and Noble rolls him up for the win.

 

Backstage we see a comedy segment with Vince McMahon and Khali's translator. It's announced that Finlay vs. Khali is on for the Armageddon PPV.

 

The t-shirt guy is out shooting stuff into the crowd and JBL is getting himself some heel heat by calling the Roanoke fans 'Monkeys' for jumping around like idiots for a shirt. Stalling.

 

Edge vs. Batista for the World title. This match went around 30 minutes and was said to be good. Edge is out to big heel heat and Batista is out to a massive pop. Match starts with Batista on top. Batista uses lots of power moves to begin. Edge ducks out of the ring and gets major heel heat. Crowd is loud and into this one. The two fight outside the ring. Batista throws Edge back in and charges at him only to have Edge pull the ropes down sending in flying back to the outside. Edge is about to go for a spear and the lights go out and the gong hits. After about 10 seconds, 'Taker appears in the middle of the ring and chokeslams Batista as Edge escaped. The match ends on a DQ. Teddy Long then returns and says since Vickie isn't there tonight he can still make matches so it'll be The Undertaker vs. Batista vs. Edge for the World title at Armageddon.

 

TNA sent out the following mobile alerts earlier today:

 

Spike TV will be producing a special on TNA's recent tour of Japan and upcoming tour of Mexico.

 

Rellik is none other than former WCW and WWE star Johnny Stamboli.

 

TNA will be holding at least 5 PPV events on the road in 2008.

 

A Kurt Angle DVD is in the works.

 

January will be TNA's busiest touring month ever.

 

Gail Kim has been named 34th most eligible bachelorette by Forbes magazine.

 

The Saturday replay of iMPACT! scored a 0.4 rating.

 

TNA will be holding TV tapings at Universal Studios on 12/3, 12/4, 12/10 and 12/11. This will take them up to the 1/6 Final Resolution PPV.

 

Sting will be working the upcoming TNA House Show events in Mexico, which have the potential to be his last appearances for TNA unless he chooses to accept the new one year deal he was recently offered.

 

Leticia Cline's Howard Stern Appearance is now available on Howard on Demand.

 

Tonight's edition of TNA iMPACT! will feature Booker T vs Robert Roode, Eric Young & Gail Kim vs Jimmy Rave & Christy Hemme, Rellik vs Rhino, Tam 3D vs Jay Lethal & Sonjay Dutt and The Angle Alliance vs Kaz, Abyss, Scott Steiner & Samoa Joe.

 

The 11/23 edition of Friday Night Smackdown scored a final 2.8 broadcast rating. This is up from last week's 2.7 rating. We earlier reported that the episode scored a 5.0 Hispanic Rating.

 

 

Jakks Pacific has announced that Aderenaline series 29 will feature 2 packs of Santino & Maria, CM Punk & John Morrison and Finlay & Hornswoggle.

 

 

The Toys R Us stores who have left overs of the Smackdown vs Raw exclusive Rey Mysterio are now selling them on there own for .01 cents each.

 

 

Jakks has decided to end their ECW line after 3 series. The ECW Superstars will now be intergrated into the normal Ruthless Agression lines.

 

 

WWEShop.com has added several new items including a Hornswoggle derby hat, a Jeff Hardy plush bear, a brand new Edge Jersey, Steve Austin's new "Destroyed That" t-shirt and more.

 

-- Tickets for TNA's Against All Odds pay-per-view on February 10th, 2008 will go on sale Friday, December 7th.

 

-- Sting is currently booked for TNA's house shows in Mexico in a few weeks. This could end up being his last official dates with the company.

 

-- Leticia Cline's appearance on Howard Stern can now be viewed on the Howard on Demand PPV channel.

 

-- TNA is gearing up for the holiday season by adding lots of new merchandise to their online shop, ShopTNA.com.

 

-- Booker T's Pasadena Wrestling Alliance promotion will be holding its first anniversary show on December 28th in Pasadena, Texas.

 

Recent media reports indicate that WWE Superstar Chris Jericho is now making his home in both Los Angeles, CA and Tampa, FL.

 

WWE.com's Superstars page lists the WWE Cruiserweight Championship as being "VACATED."

 

Bret Hart gives some insight into his autobiography in an article at this TheRecord.com. The article also features a peculiar photo of Bret that doesn't look to be too flattering.

 

The latest "Superstar to Superstar" interview on WWE.com has WWE Women's Champion Beth Phoenix chatting with actress Lucy Lawless, who is best known as Xena. You can read the interview at WWE.com. Lawless briefly mentions "Ravishing" Rick Rude in the interview.

 

USA Network will be available in High Definition to Comcast customers in most markets beginning Thursday, December 6th. WWE is working on getting all of their programming in HD by next year.

 

2007 Diva Search Winner Eve Torres' profile has finally been added to the WWE Divas page.

 

Local promos here in Greensboro, NC for the final RAW of 2007 here at the Greensboro Coliseum are advertising the WWE return of Candice Michelle. Candice was projected to be out for six to eight weeks after she was injured on the 10/22 edition of RAW. That final RAW of 2007 will tape Saturday, December 29th and air on that Monday which is New Year's Eve

 

-- The plan right now is for the Ric Flair retirement angle to go until WrestleMania 24 where he will work his last match ever. However, as with anything in WWE, those plans could change several times before the event and if anyone within the company detects a lack of interest in the angle they won’t hesitate to pull it. Nonetheless Flair is scheduled to work his last match ever at next year’s WrestleMania pay-per-view regardless of how it is built up.

 

-- There is talk of replacing Tomko with Robert Roode at this Sunday's TNA Turning Point PPV. Tomko was recently injured while wrestling overseas in Japan and his health status is still up in the air. He's currently booked to be part of the main event for Turning Point - teaming with Kurt Angle and AJ Styles against Samoa Joe, Scott Hall and Kevin Nash.

 

-- WWE.com has a new article up with Matt Hardy where the SmackDown superstar says he is now resting at home and is ready to return to action. “I was being pumped full of antibiotics for four days straight last week to combat all the toxins that had seeped into my body and poisoned my insides,” said Matt. “The thing that is more aggravating than anything else is the soreness. Not just because of the incision, but because after they removed the appendix, and because it had burst, they took saline and sprayed down the intestines, the kidneys and the abdominal cavity and then brushed those organs clean.” Matt continued, “And those organs aren’t supposed to be moved around like that, so it’s just incredible discomfort. But I am up and walking around a little. So one week later, I am glad I am feeling this good compared to where I was last Tuesday.”

 

-- Fan reports from the RAW dark match on Monday night say Paul London appeared to injure his elbow or arm during the match with Charlie Haas. London lost that match.

 

-- Mellon Arena sent out an email today promoting WWE Armageddon which will be held at the venue on Sunday, December 16th with a start time of 7:45 p.m. EST. The email promotes the newly added WWE Championship Match featuring the return of Chris Jericho vs. WWE Champion Randy Orton! Tickets are still on sale at all TicketMaster locations.

 

-- Russell Simpson is gone from Ohio Valley Wrestling. He only worked a few matches which were several weeks ago. He previously worked in Japan and did some enhancement work on television.

 

-- WWE is said to be on the upward swing of things with the quality of writing improving and the returns of Triple H, Shawn Michaels, Chris Jericho, Edge, Undertaker, and Ric Flair. They are also negotiating with at least one more individual for a major return.

 

Is it true you had problems with Triple H when you worked for WWE?

 

Problems? I had problems liking him. I had problems feeling compatible with him on any other level other than the fact that we're both wrestlers. He would be one of the last guys you would see sharing a car with me. If we weren't both wrestlers, I doubt I'd have anything in common with him.

 

There were a few occasions -- Unforgiven 2002 springs to mind -- when it seemed like the perfect time for you to defeat Triple H. After he attacked and beat you down on the September 16, 2002 Raw, you sought revenge in a singles bout at Unforgiven six days later. A win there would have been a tremendous boon for you. Meanwhile, a loss for HHH would have done his status no harm at all. As it turned out, HHH won by pinfall. It seemed like he cut you off.

 

Well, I don't disagree with you. And that's why I'm glad my career is caught on videotape and DVD, so the fans can watch what happened in my career and say it all for me, like you just did.

 

You've nothing further to add about HHH?

 

- Booker T, TNA's latest addition, will speak out for the first time on why he came to Total Nonstop Action! Plus, the broadcast will feature Booker T's TNA in-ring wrestling debut! At "Genesis", Booker T shocked the wrestling world when he came to TNA to join Sting against Kurt Angle and Kevin Nash. This Thursday, Booker T will step into the TNA ring for the first time to compete!

 

- In the main event of Thursday's broadcast, it will be a huge eight-man match as it will be TNA World Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle teaming with AJ Styles, Christian Cage and Tomko against Samoa Joe, Abyss, Scott Steiner and Kaz! The question is, can Angle co-exist in the same ring with Christian Cage? What about AJ Styles and Tomko teaming with Cage? Tune in and find out!

 

- Also on the broadcast, it will be TNA Women's Champion Gail Kim teaming with Eric Young to face Jimmy Rave and Christy Hemme!

 

- In a preview of the 10,000 Tacks Match at Turning Point, this Thursday night it will be "The War Machine" Rhino battling monster newcomer Rellik!

 

- Plus, Scott Hall and Kevin Nash are both scheduled to be at the "iMPACT!" broadcast!

 

All this and much more this Thursday night on "iMPACT!" on SpikeTV - including news and updates on the December 2 "Turning Point" Pay-Per-View!

[6ixThousand]

That whole angle with Vicky and Edge, sh*t is disrespectful. Okay, fine, you can bring the man's wife, but don't have her sloppin' tongue with another dude. I understand you need the cash, but, that sh*t is still low.

[T-Cipp]

 

It has been all but confirmed that Carlito is leaving WWE. He recently gave his notice and he is expected to finish up with the company sometime in December.

 

No details have come out yet regarding his contract term, which would obviously prevent him from jumping to TNA right away. For the duration of the deal, they'll probably let him work wherever he wants except TNA, so the duration of the rest of the current deal is key here.

 

Carlito hasn't been happy since around WrestleMania. At times, agents have praised his work, but the feeling is that he only does enough to get by, but not enough to excel. Also, WWE officials weren't happy with an interview he did during the week of WrestleMania where he complained about being left off of the card

 

Shawn Michaels has been telling a lot of people lately that he sees a lot of himself in Randy Orton when he was Orton’s age. Whether or not Michaels is implicating that Orton is a jerk (which Michaels will admit to being then) is unknown but HBK has said that he has seen Orton improving for the better.

 

Several weeks ago we reported that Sabu had showed up to a TNA iMPACT! taping looking for work and was turned away. New details have been released regarding that situation.

 

Sabu was scheduled to appear at the TNA iMPACT tapings two weeks ago but never showed up because he missed his flight.

 

During a segment when Abyss was getting beat down by Black Reign and Rellik, Sabu was supposed to run in and save Abyss. Because Sabu missed his flight, TNA instead had Rhino do the save. Sabu was also scheduled to work the next night's iMPACT tapings, but by then TNA had already written him out of storylines and the general feeling was that he wasn't needed anymore.

 

TNA had long-term plans for Sabu, but it won't be until after the Turning Point PPV in December that they will consider bringing him in again.

 

- Smackdown v. Raw 2008 debuted at #2 in the U.K. in its first week of release for all game formats. (#1 on PS2, #2 on PS3, and #3 on X Box 360 and PSP)

 

- WWE could be announcing soon that Steve Austin will be appearing at the Raw 15th Anniversary show on December 10. Austin will be doing promotional work for the three-hour show tomorrow. I've also heard reports that WWE has contacted Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson about appearing as well.

[Vanilla Shake]

Cool news (for me at least), tomorrow morning tickets go on sale for the SmackDown & ECW tapings being held on January 8th, and I think I'm gonna pick some up. I finally got around to picking a digital camera up, so pics will more than likely be included this time, unlike how I came home picture-less from the WWE Draft on Raw earlier this year.

 

@Carlito leaving: Meh, never really cared for him that much. I only really liked his mellow entrance music.

[6ixThousand]

I loved Carlito, they could've used him better. But it's wwe, the f*ck do we want from him?

[HawaiianHardHitter]

TNA Turning Point ppv was a bit of a letdown this year. The main event let me down the most, especially with this whole angle at the end that really confused the hell outta me. Who else seen the show?

[TheDude5000]

How long as it been since they switched to the current RAW theme song? I still can't sand this piece of sh*t. I f*cking hate it, actually. It's such a lame, piece of sh*t, pussified song and belongs on some gay MTV show, not on RAW. I hate seeing adverts for the 15th anniversary, and enjoying them, only at the last second they play that sh*tty song as if it comes even close to representing RAW history. Ugh.

 

/rant

[Vanilla Shake]

How long as it been since they switched to the current RAW theme song? I still can't sand this piece of sh*t. I f*cking hate it, actually. It's such a lame, piece of sh*t, pussified song and belongs on some gay MTV show, not on RAW. I hate seeing adverts for the 15th anniversary, and enjoying them, only at the last second they play that sh*tty song as if it comes even close to representing RAW history. Ugh.

 

/rant

Um, I think they've been using it since late-2005. So I'd say you're going to have to deal with it for another year at least.

[TheDude5000]

How long as it been since they switched to the current RAW theme song? I still can't sand this piece of sh*t. I f*cking hate it, actually. It's such a lame, piece of sh*t, pussified song and belongs on some gay MTV show, not on RAW. I hate seeing adverts for the 15th anniversary, and enjoying them, only at the last second they play that sh*tty song as if it comes even close to representing RAW history. Ugh.

 

/rant

Um, I think they've been using it since late-2005. So I'd say you're going to have to deal with it for another year at least.

They just aired another anniversary promo, this time it had the "bring the chairs" song that they used before the screamo girly sh*t. If they still have the rights to use that song, why not bring it back?

[HawaiianHardHitter]

How long as it been since they switched to the current RAW theme song? I still can't sand this piece of sh*t. I f*cking hate it, actually. It's such a lame, piece of sh*t, pussified song and belongs on some gay MTV show, not on RAW. I hate seeing adverts for the 15th anniversary, and enjoying them, only at the last second they play that sh*tty song as if it comes even close to representing RAW history. Ugh.

 

/rant

I think they started using it fter the RAW Homecoming Show in 2006. I miss the old one, it always hyped me up for RAW.

[TheDude5000]

That was a pretty good RAW I guess. Suprising seeing fake Diesel and Scott Hall. Looks like they made some sorta crack at TNA too. Also, I'm really liking the Jericho/Orton feud. It's really building up nicely. Michaels/Kennedy is good too.

[Vanilla Shake]

So, who's looking forward to the 15th Anniversary of Raw Monday night? Usually the 3 hour specials have something big take place.

[Werleman1]

You guys know what's weird, on WWE.com you can vote for your fav raw match, and Chris Benoit vs Kurt Angle in Steel Cage was a choice, WWE made a reference to Chris Benoit.

[HawaiianHardHitter]

You guys know what's weird, on WWE.com you can vote for your fav raw match, and Chris Benoit vs Kurt Angle in Steel Cage was a choice, WWE made a reference to Chris Benoit.

Not only that, if you look at past Power 25's. Benoit is in alot of em'.

[T-Cipp]

News on RAW's 15th Anniversary, Airplane carrying WWE talent nearly crashes!, WWE's Tribute to the Troops Show, and More below:

 

 

*Tribute to the Troops SPOILERS*

 

From our Iraqi correspondent:

 

I just returned to my room from the WWE taping over here. Here are the results: Lilian Garcia sang the national anthem, did a good job of it to! First match Randy Orton vs. Y2J Watch for a helicopter fly over as Y2J is coming to the ring. The match ended when JBL came to the ring while Y2J had Orton in the walls of Jericho. Jericho got the better of JBL until Orton took down Jericho. Afterwards JBL hit the clothesline from hell on Y2J. Winner by DQ: Y2J Second match Jeff Hardy vs. Carlito The end of this match came when Carlito put Jeff Hardy down, went to spit apple in Hardys face only Hardy kicked Carlito causing apples to go everywhere and hit the twist of fate and the swanton for the 3 count. Funny note: Hardy botched the first swanton, after the three count Carlito layed back down for another take on the finish. Next, Vince comes to the ring in a red suit thanks all of us troops for what we do. Says WWE stands behind us no matter what!! Then says lets bring out the divas!! (every guy over here looked forward to this) Third match Kelly Kelly and Layla vs. Maria and Mickie James I think every guy was hoping for a wardrobe malfunction that didn't happen! The end came when Mickie and Maria hit the bucking bronco on Kelly and Layla and Vince comes in the ring to say we have seen enough! He ended it at the good part! He says that Santa isn't coming to Iraq this year, then as you guessed out comes Santa to tell us how young vince was a bad boy. Tells how he stole a magazine once, the magazine was drunk chicks over 60! Very funny stuff. Then reads a letter to Santa from young Vince saying he wanted a giant rooster for Christmas. Santa then says that young vince loves cocks. Also said he wanted a Red Rider BB gun. Vince then says your not Santa and rips off beard to reveal John Cena as Santa. Cena takes out Vince and gets on mic and says his bag is overloaded and he and the divas toss DVD's and magazines into the crowd. Very funny segment. Next match was Rey jr. vs. Mark Henry Very boring match!! I must say from seeing him in person Mark Henry is HUGE!!! then end came when Rey got a roll up on Henry. Next match Ron Simmons vs. Hardcore Holly Ron hits a spinebuster on Holly for the win. Simmons then gets on the mic to give us our "damn"for the week. (every time I saw Simmons during the time they were I had him say damn) good stuff! The main event was DX vs. Umaga and Mr. Kennedy DX does a special intro for the troops! It was pretty cool of them! The end came when Shawn hit sweet chin music on both Umaga and Kennedy and HHH hit the pedigree on Kennedy for the 3 count. After the match HHH and Shawn celebrate in the ring w/ a few troops. Afterwards calls all the wrestlers to the ring for a special thank you to all the troops for what we do. Vince says he has two words for us "Merry Christmas", this was a good show! All the troops enjoyed themselves and had a good time! I personally would like to extend a thank you to the WWE for doing this for us. And also said Merry Christmas to my wife and kids! Thanks for all you do. And Merry Christmas to all the people who read this!!

 

-- WWE is contacting tons of wrestling stars from the past to appear at next Monday's Raw 15th anniversary show. Basically, every name not under contract to TNA or who they have bad blood with (such as Brock Lesnar or Bill Goldberg) could very well be appearing on next Monday's show. It remains to be seen as to who shows up, but there should be some cool surprises in store.

 

UPDATE:

Raw’s milestone celebration on Monday promises to be spectacular and what would be more fitting for this extravaganza than to have a very special 15th Anniversary Battle Royal? There is no word on who will compete in the Battle Royal, but it will involve Superstars who have been on Raw in the last 15 years. Given this type of match and Raw’s penchant for unforgettable moments, Monday’s 15th Anniversary Battle Royal could provide a memory that will go down in WWE history. Who will be the participants in Raw’s 15th Anniversary Battle Royal? Will there be any surprises? The only way to find out is to tune in to a three-hour edition of Raw celebrating 15 years of sports-entertainment greatness, live on USA Network with a special start time of 8/7 CT.

 

As noted earlier, Tammy "Sunny" Sytch will be making her first appearance in a WWE ring in over 9 years on this Monday's 15th Raw Anniversary show. Apparently, Sytch had been told that they weren't going to advertise her name because they wanted to keep her appearance as a surprise, but that's obviously not the case after WWE.com listed her name in the show's preview.

 

Expect to see cameo appearances by a number of the road agents who work backstage. Irwin R. Schyster, Sgt. Slaughter, Pat Patterson and Gerald Brisco are good bets to appear. You should also expect to see a few names who haven't appeared on WWE TV in many years.

 

WWE.com is reporting that Trish Stratus is still scheduled to appear. Here is the current list of Legends making their WWE returns: Hulk Hogan, Mick Foley, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, Sunny, Lita, Trish Stratus, and Eric Bischoff. Plus all three brands will be together as well.

 

The upcoming WWE return of Sunny at Raw's 15th Anniversary show is currently the front page story on WWE.com. They have posted an article and a bunch of Sunny photos from their photo archive.

 

According to a press release regarding the 15th Anniversary of Raw, WWE will be releasing a special retrospective magazine on December 31, reviewing and celebrating the 15 year history of Raw.

 

-- WWE asked Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson to appear at next Monday's show. He turned down the invite. The Rock's image is featured in a promotional banner online promoting next Monday's show. He's actually the only wrestler featured on the banner.

 

-- Immediately after last night's Raw, the crew left for Iraq for the Tribute to the Troops trip. That is pretty much why JBL was at last night's Raw. The exact location is being kept secret for security reasons. The show will be taped in a few days -- probably Thursday or Friday.

 

-- If you noticed on Impact over the last few weeks there has been in increase in commercial breaks. TNA made the call to go from a nine-segment show to an eleven-segment show, which would slightly shorten both the commercial breaks and the segments by 22%. The initial feeling was that the 4:00 breaks were too long so the new breaks will be more along the lines of 3 - 3.5 minutes.

 

-- Judas Mesias was at the last few Impact tapings filming vignettes. He is currently booked for a singles match against Abyss at the January 6th Final Resolution pay-per-view. If he doesn't show up on television before then, at least the vignettes will air.

 

--- Sylvan Grenier has also been at the tapings recently but there are no plans for him past being the company's French language announcer.

 

-- As things stand right now there is no interest in bringing Chris Masters into TNA.

 

--The Bi-Lo Center in Greenville, South Carolina wouldn't allow TNA to announce that Against All Odds was going to be held at that venue until after the November 25th WWE house show was over.

 

- During ECW, a vignette aired hyping the debut of Kofi Kingston a Jamaican wrestler who has been working hard in the various WWE development territories.

 

- WWE still look to benefit from the writers strike. "We have reached out to our partners and said if we can help them in any way in terms of creating more product, then we'll be happy to consider it," said Mike Sileck, WWE COO to Media Daily. Sileck added Wednesday at an investor event that WWE executives have been "thinking creatively internally in terms of additional programming that we could provide."

 

Apparently after Thursday night's show in Frankfurt, Germany, the WWE superstars were on a Lufthansa flight that was going to Zurich, Switzerland (the location of lastnight's show). As the aircraft was about to land, another airplane got in the way of landing. At the last minute the pilot of aircraft carrying WWE talent was able to get the airplane back in the air.

 

The aircraft later landed safely. The entire WWE crew was said to be very shaken up and were even described as being "white as ghosts" several hours after the scare.

 

Carlito has rescinded his notice and has agreed to stay with WWE.

 

He had a meeting with Vince McMahon at RAW and McMahon convinced him to stay.

 

WWE decided right now for a variety of reasons that they didn't want to lose him even though he had been unhappy with the promotion for months.

As we reported earlier today, Puerto Rican wrestling web site PRWrestling.com broke news that Carlito would in fact be staying with WWE. Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer has confirmed the report as Carlito met with Vince McMahon at this past Monday's RAW in Charleston, South Carolina where McMahon was able to talk him into remaining with the company. After the meeting, Carlito rescinded his release which he had asked for several weeks earlier. Despite Carlito being unhappy in the company for several months, WWE decided they did not want to lose him and risk the chance of him ending up in TNA. This could be one of the reasons why Carlito was booked in an Intercontinental Championship ladder match against Jeff Hardy on Monday's 15 Anniversary RAW show.

 

Thursday night on ECW, WWE aired the first "coming soon" promo clip for the newest ECW superstar, Kofi Kingston. His real name is Kofi Sarkodie-Mensah and he is a young, physically fit man. He's being billed as "the first Jamaican WWE Superstar". The promo video showed Kingston on the beach in Jamaica. He was shown overhearing an argument on the beach where a very muscular guy was bullying and kicking sand onto and a "normal" guy. Kofi walked over and the next thing you know, the bully is covered upto his neck in sand. Twice during the video, Kingston used the tagline "There's trouble in paridise". Kofi Kingston made his pro debut in 2005. Since 2006 he has trained in WWE's developmental territories Deep South Westling and Ohio Valley Wrestling. He teamed with WWE newcomer Harry "DH" Smith in OVW.

There has been no new movement between Sting and TNA Wrestling regarding Sting accepting the new contract offer for a return in 2008. Sting had been scheduled to work both of TNA's Mexico events this month, but with the company canceling the events this week due to poor ticket sales, it appears the Genesis PPV was Sting's last appearance for TNA this year and maybe ever. I've heard rumblings that TNA and Sting may work out a deal for him to remain with the company in 2008, but in a more limited role that would treat his appearances as more special when he shows up.

 

The TNA Knockouts are featured on the cover of the new issue of "Inside Wrestling".

 

Lance Storm has posted a new commentary regarding this week's slate of wrestling television on his official website. He starts off his commentary by saying that last night's edition of TNA Impact was 'completely retarded'. He then rips the show some more and says that he's never going to watch it again. You can read his thoughts at this StormWrestling.com.

 

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So, who's looking forward to the 15th Anniversary of Raw Monday night? Usually the 3 hour specials have something big take place.

I am ,can't wait for jeff/carlito ladder match

[RunningMan]

I don't know how anyone could say anything bad about last night's Raw. All the old returns and segments were great.

[matt11504]

My review of WWE RAW 12-10-2007

i liked all the apperances of old wrestlers would have been better if more wrestlers showed up (The Rock) but i was glad to see RVD. the best part of the night was the jeff/carlito ladder match i mean the flipping powerbomb off the ladder was awesome. didnt like the kennedy vs. janetty match though.

all in all it was a great RAW.

My review of WWE ECW 12-11-07

CM punk and kane vs. Deuce & Domino match was ok

but the Jimmy Wang Yang and Shannon Moore vs. The Miz and John Morrison was great. Yang really suprised me, when I first saw him i hated his gimmick and didnt think he was all that good but he is a very good wrestler. they put on an excellent match. loved the back flip off the ropes to the outside and Yang yelling "Yeehaw" (or whatever it was)

the Batista Vs. Elijah Burke match was good too.

all in all it was a better than previous ECW's and the Smackdown/ECW talent exchange really helps.

 

sorry my reviews kinda are small and suck (didnt get to see too much wrestling this week)