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Judgment Day 2009 Results and Analysis

  By Franny | May 18, 2009 - 9:04 pm | Wrestling, WWE
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Works for me!

Sunday night brought WWE fans the eleventh annual Judgment Day pay-per-view event, featuring a stacked card with three main events.  Was justice served?

No Way Out 2009: 2/5: .400
All-Time: 11/18: 0.611

CM Punk vs Umaga
The Samoan Bulldozer takes on the 2009 Money in the Bank winner CM Punk to kick off Judgment Day.  Punk comes out to the ring to a pretty decent pop from the 14,822 hometown Chicago fans in attendance.  The match was pretty much one-sided, with Punk getting manhandled and desperately trying to land a random strike or two.  It was reminiscent of a standard Rey Mysterio match, but far more believable (no 619s here, folks).  In one pretty ‘old-school’ spot, Punk attempted to scoop slam Umaga, and Umaga fell on top of Punk for a two-count.  It reminded me of the Legends of WrestleMania game, if you try to scoop Andre as Hulk when you don’t have a level 3 chain.  (You would have to have played it…)

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A Hardy’s Day’s Night: Unforgiven 2008 Results

  By Franny | September 7, 2008 - 5:21 pm | Wrestling, WWE
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I half-assed this article, so I'm half-assing my image selection, too. So sue me!

A mere three hours ago, I posted a quick write-up regarding tonight’s Unforgiven show and my predictions for the card.  I did not get this pay-per-view, nor could I find a working stream in order to watch it.  Therefore, I have decided to give a quick recap of results and my thoughts on the near future of WWE programming.

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Unforgiven 2008: Last-Minute Predictions

  By Franny | September 7, 2008 - 5:17 pm | Wrestling, WWE
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WWE Unforgiven 2008

It’s time, once again, for a WWE Pay-Per-View.  This month’s show is “Unforgiven.”  The card will feature five title matches and a non-title match.  Three of the matches are guaranteed to be 20 minutes long, which could be a great thing, or a terrible thing.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX_loyzPB8Q

For starters, here is where I stand on my predictions:

Career: 6/8: .750

Not too shabby, because even though wrestling is a scripted sport, you can’t always assume they are going to pick the most ‘logical’ choice.  Everyone gets a swerve, once in a while.

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SummerSlam 2008: Biggest Blockbuster of The Summer Exceeds All Expectations

  By Franny | August 19, 2008 - 5:06 pm | Wrestling, WWE
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As a wrestling fan of over 10 years, one would think that I would have ordered a Pay-Per-View by now.  Unfortunately, anyone who shares that belief would be incorrect.  August 2008 was no different than any other August, as I did not order WWE’s main summer event, SummerSlam.  Thanks to the magic of newsgroups, however, I was able to view this event today and bring you the results.

SummerSlam 2008

The first match on the SummerSlam 2008 card was Jeff Hardy versus Montel Vontavious Porter: two United States Championship contenders in a match at a “big four” pay-per-view event with the actual champion left off of the card.  Supposedly the original plan was to have a title match between Shelton and Kennedy, but with Kennedy becoming injured they decided to change the match to Hardy vs MVP.  Apparently a Triple Threat was out of the question.

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The Biggest Blockbuster of The Summer: SummerSlam 2008 Predictions

  By Franny | August 15, 2008 - 5:03 pm | Wrestling, WWE
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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pI3GdppPPLQ

In August, wrestling fans know they can look forward to one thing: the 21st annual extravaganza, SummerSlam.

SummerSlam 2008 is right around the corner.

This year’s SummerSlam has a pretty stacked card, and here are my predictions.

While it’s rather unlikely to predict the exact order in which the matches will take place, it’s safe to assume that the most likely opener is Mark Henry versus Matt Hardy for the ECW championship.  Surprisingly, the world’s strongest champion has been giving us a reason to watch ECW week after week ever since winning the title from Kane.  With the addition of Tony Atlas the program the two have been working with Matt Hardy has made for great TV.  I’ve always hated Mark Henry but surprisingly I hope he retains the title.  I think that he will because Matt Hardy does not need a title in order to be over.  Mark Henry, on the other hand, does.  It’s near impossible to care about Mark Henry, unless he has a title around his waist.  It’s also way too soon for him to drop the belt.  My pick: Mark Henry. To see how Matt Hardy earned the title shot, check out the clip at the end of this post.

I think that the winner take all tag team match for the Intercontinental and Women’s titles will take place next.  This is another angle that has been truly entertaining.  I expect Beth Phoenix and Santino Marella to walk away with the win because Kofi Kingston and Mickey James have both held their respective titles for long enough and the power couple of Beth Phoenix and Santino Marella will make for more great television.  Santino is also far more entertaining than Kofi given the fact that Kofi has yet to even cut a single promo.  My pick: Beth Phoenix and Santino Marella.

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ECW Heats Up: Henry/Hardy Take On Miz/Morrison Five Days Before SummerSlam

  By Franny | August 14, 2008 - 4:42 pm | Wrestling, WWE
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ECW
August 12, 2008
Norfolk, Virginia

The show starts off with Matt Striker on color commentary, which is a great idea.  Striker is a solid heel and has remarkable promo skills, and it is a great idea to put him in the commentary slot to complement the rather bland Todd Grisham.  (Give him time.)  WWE needs a solid heel/face commentary team like the good old days of Ross and Lawler.  Since Lawler is getting older and nearing the end of his career, Vince McMahon probaly wants him to go out as a fan favorite, but these days people cheer for whomever they want, good guy or not.  The heel/face combo adds extra entertainment value.

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