My SmackDown, November 19th Recap

Mick Foley kicked of the Christmas holiday special SmackDown dressed in a full Santa outfit. He then introduced the rest of the announce team who had also dressed up for the occasion, Michael Cole was Rudolph, Booker T was Santa and Josh Matthews was an elf. Cody Rhodes interrupted them to halt what he called a "farce" because he felt this was time being taken away from people who were still active in ring competitors, which was actually a fair enough point I thought. Rhodes also added that Booker T was jealous of him because he will never be a champion again like himself. Mick Foley stopped Cody and decided to set things straight by making a match up between Rhodes and Booker later on in the show.   
Brie Bella won a Divas mistletoe on a pole match where she earned the right to be able to kiss any wrestler of her choosing from now up until Christmas. The match was pretty worthless as you'd expect but at least it was quick.
Justin Gabriel defeated Jinder Mahal in a brief but decent bout. Justin Gabriel got the win with his signature 450 splash after Jinder was distracted by Ted DiBiase who began handing out presents to members of the audience. Jinder looked quite solid here in the ring, at least he's in a real feud now with Ted DiBiase too rather then just appearing on Superstars which is obviously a step in the right direction for both men.
There was then a backstage segment which included the likes of the Usos, Foley and Hornswaggle. In an entertaining moment Dusty Rhodes claimed that "There are some weird people here" only to turn to see his son Dustin Rhodes dressed up as Goldust. David Otunga arrived and decided that to play it safe and to not violate any laws that the party should be closed down. foley decided that since Otunga was technically on the blue brand he was SmackDown talent so he put him in a Miracle on 34th Street Fight match against Randy Orton.    
We then got another nice new teaser for the return of Kane with the simple words 'Kane resurrected' now appearing at the end of it. I don't think he is coming back with the mask on myself, although a lot of people are swaying that way. 
During an interview with Matt Stryker, Booker T was attacked from behind by Cody Rhodes. I thought it was a bit too soon to have them face off in a match just yet. I'd personally have it saved until the Royal Rumble.
Kofi Kingston defeated Tyson Kidd in an enjoyable and quite fast paced match up. For the finish Kinston had grabbed the Rudolph head from Cole's costume and wore it as he performed the winning maneuver, a cross bosy from the top rope.  
Randy Orton defeated David Otunga in a surprisingly entertaining Miracle on 34th Street Fight. I know I've already said it a few times now but for me Orton has been on great form this year. Wade Barrett predictably interfered by big booting Orton during the bout and leaving Otunga to pick up the pin, but that wasn't enough to stop 'The Viper' who struck with an RKO for the victory.   
Hornswaggle won the Christmas battle royal to earn himself a wish from Santa. He last eliminated Sheamus after tricking him and pushing him from the outside of the ropes. Backstage afterwards he wished to be able to talk and sure enough he began to talk perfect English. So at least we won't have to hear those annoying noises he comes out with anymore, it's a Christmas miracle!
Mark Henry (c) defeated Daniel Bryan to retain the World Heavyweight championship in an exciting Steel Cage match. Although Bryan lost he still looked like a real competitor here and this recent storyline involving him and Mark Henry has been a definite step in the right direction for the Money In The Bank holder. After he won MITB he wasn't really doing much of anything and he didn't look like a future World champ at all, but now he's gained a lot of credibility and the booking team have finally stepped up for him. The actual bout was executed well, with Bryan logically targeting Henry's injured leg and a nice finish with Henry World Strongest Slamming Bryan off of the top rope. I'm just hoping that Henry retains the title at TLC and moves on from this feud with Big Show.   

My Raw, November 28th Recap

Raw opened with a Piper's Pit with special guest John Cena. 'Rowdy' tried to explain that if Cena was going to beat The Rock at WrestleMania he would need to feed off the"energy" from the crowd and turn them around from booing him in favour of the Rock. Cena responded by saying that he lived by his latest T-Shirt slogan 'Rise Above Hate' and that's why the responses he receives from crowds will never bother or "rattle" him. He also added that this was the reason why "I know I can beat The Rock at WrestleMania." In an attempt to bring something out of Cena, Piper slapped him across the face. But Cena didn't rise to it as he left the ring.
Before The Miz versus John Morrison Falls Count Anywhere match could even begin The Miz had attacked Morrison from behind with a lead pipe. But this wouldn't keep down the valiant face, Morrison who limped to the ring to face The Miz. The bout was quite entertaining, although nothing on their brilliant Falls Count Anywhere match from January 3rd of this year on Raw. Morrison fought back and even had Miz crawling back down the ramp after a flurry of kendo stick shots. But Miz turned it around and forced Morrison head-first into the statue at the top of the ramp of the WWE symbol. Miz stood victorious as the referee called for the match to end. Well if Morrison is going to leave the company that's certainly a smart way to do it, by enhancing a fellow wrestler and big name for the future.
The Miz grabbed a mic afterwards and gave a superbly executed speech on how "there is only one superstar that can make this kind of impact, this kind of statement. That person, is me." I'm liking this more serious Miz who is just taking out anyone he chooses. And the way he gave the promo in such a monotone fashion as apposed to his usual egotistical style (which I'm also a fan of, but wouldn't have suited this as well) was a stroke of genius.          
Alicia Fox and Kelly Kelly defeated the Bella twins in a match which they mostly bumbled their way through. Although I'll give some credit to Fox, she looked pretty competent in there and got the winning pinfall. So I'm guessing she's next in line to face Phoenix for the title before Natalya most likely turns face and takes on Phoenix herself. During the bout Beth Phoenix and Natalya ran around the ring and to the back again in a jogging session to distract Fox and Kelly.
Dolph Ziggler defeated Randy Orton in a humungous win for the United States champion. The match itself was another brilliant addition to their series of exciting one on one bouts. Ziggler is looking more and more like a main eventer this year and Orton has been on great form for the majority of it too. The finish came when Wade Barret, who had been guest commentating for the match up, jumped up on the rope and distracted Orton which left Ziggler free to Zig Zag him for the one-two-three. It's rare for anyone in the company to get a pinfall victory over 'The Viper' so things are looking very positive for Dolph right now. In a funny piece of irony after the match, an advertisement for WWE '12 came on straight after where Orton claimed that "I never loose," oh dear... 
Michael Cole interviewed the number one contender to the World Heavyweight title, Daniel Bryan. He called him a "hypocrite" after Bryan had claimed he was going to wait and cash in at WrestleMania, but instead had attempted to cash in on last Friday's SmackDown against Mark Henry. Bryan admitted to the accusation but also told Cole that "plans change" and after Henry had attacked him backstage a few weeks ago he realised that the Money In The Bank contract "doesn't guarantee me anything" and that he wanted to make the most of the opportunity. Henry made his way out, still on a crutch after Big Show's attack. He said that it was unfair of Teddy Long to make him defend the title on tonights SmackDown after not being fully healed yet but warned Bryan that even in his condition "You can't beat me." Bryan retaliated by kicking Henry in the injured leg, causing him to drop to one knee and walked away.    
Zach Ryder defeated Jack Swagger in a short but decent enough match. I'm guessing WWE are back on Ryder's side, and rightfully so. I also imagine they're waiting to have Ryder challenge for the US title until the next pay-per-view TLC.  
CM Punk defeated Alberto Del Rio to retain the WWE Championship in a solid main event. While it wasn't as good as their previous encounter at Survivor Series or the Orton vs Ziggler match earlier on, it was still entertaining, especially towards the end with some nice near falls. Del Rio at one point attempted to get Punk disqualified by pretending he had struck him with a steel chair (a stipulation was added earlier on by the dull John Laurinaitis that if Punk got himself disqualified he would loose the title) but failed as Punk in an Eddie Guerrero-esque moment threw the chair back and fell to the floor, much to the crowd's delight. The referee was about to disqualify Del Rio but the match continued as Punk attempted to pin him with a school boy roll up but only reached two. Del Rio then attempted to irish whip Punk into an exposed turnbuckle he had ripped the pad off earlier but CM Punk thwarted that and instead snake eyed Del Rio into the turnbuckle and picked up the winning pin.
After the bout Ricardo Rodriguez complained to the referee about what ahd just gone down, so Punk decided to quiten him but applying the GTS. Overall it was a pretty decent Raw I thought, nice change having Daniel Bryan on the show. And there were some solid matches. Now on to the live SmackDown tomorrow.     

News on the debut of Brodus Clay

Source: PWInsider.com

"PWInsider.com is reporting that WWE keeps on postponing Brodus Clay's Raw debut simply because the recent episodes of Raw have been getting re-written and Clay's debut just isn't being written into the formats. WWE apparently wants to "wait for the right time" for Brodus to make his debut."

Really? So they have time for Cole's worthless challenge and the awful 'This is Your Life' segment with Foley and Cena and yet they can't fit in a wrestler with a potential future's debut? It's like they've almost forgotten how to make future big names anymore.

My Raw, November 21st Recap

CM Punk kicked things off with a typically entertaining speech from the new WWE champion. He talked about how he wanted to once again make the title interesting and fun and how unlike most champions lately (including himself) he was going to keep hold of it for a long time. Just taking the title off of Del Rio has already made the title more interesting in my eyes. He also announced how he would like the current interim General Manager John Laurinaitis to become the "former Raw General Manager" due to how fake he comes across and how out of touch he is with the fans and what they want. The tediously dull Laurinaitis made an appearance and announced that he would face Dolph Ziggler that night and how rather then face Del Rio in a rematch for the title like Punk requested, that was going to be moved to next weeks Raw instead which Punk called "stupid." Which was due to the fact that it was unoriginal and that the fans clearly wanted to see Ryder face off against Ziggler for the US championship.  
Alberto Del Rio defeated Zach Ryder in a weird decision by WWE. Why have one of the most clearly popular wrestlers in the company beaten like this the night after he received a huge ovation at Survivor Series? They should be carrying on the momentum and pushing him further, but when have they done that with younger talent in recent years? The actual match was decent enough, Ryder was given a fair amount of offence but Del Rio was the predictable victor after making Ryder tap to his armbar.
Sheamus defeated Jack Swagger in a quite forgettable match that just felt like a repeat of all their previous bouts of recent weeks. Swagger deserves better then to be in this position in my opinion, at least when he was in a tag team with Ziggler he was relevant again.
Kevin Nash spoke more on the mic about his sledgehammer assault on Triple H and how 'The Game' had let him down. He also claimed that out of the original Kliq "the real survivor of that group, stands before you now!" Can't say I'm overly excited about seeing Nash back in the ring but the storyline has been executed well I feel and I can't help but want to know what happens next. I can also see Shawn Michaels appearing soon to confront Nash.
Cody Rhodes defeated Santino Marrella in a brief match up after he applied the Cross Rhodes and gained the one-two-three. Afterwards he confronted Booker T who had been guest announcing on the show due to Jerry Lawler's voice all but being gone (which made a nice change.) and threw a cup of water in his face. Looks like the rumours of a Booker T Cody Rhodes rivalry is definitely in the works. I'm looking forward to it myself, the in-form Rhodes deserves high calibre feuds at the moment and Booker returning to the ring should definitely prove popular.  
CM Punk defeated Dolph Ziggler in a entertaining enough bout after hitting him with the GTS. The match went back and fourth and once again Ziggler was allowed to look competitive against some main event level competition and looked like he belonged there too. The future is looking good for him I reckon.
Big Show claimed that at Survivor Series he proved that he was "better then the world's strongest man" and that when he returns from the leg injury that Show inflicted, he would be waiting for another World Heavyweight title shot. I was really hoping that they were going to end this feud after last night's pay per view, but it looks like we're going to have to endure it for another month at least.
Wade Barrett defeated Kofi Kingston in an decent enough effort, but nothing outstanding. During the bout Randy Orton came out and sat at ringside to witness the continuation of the 'Barrett Barrage' as Wade's calling it. After the win Barrett grabbed a mic and rubbed in the win as Orton was about to walk away, Orton threatened an attack but merely made Barrett flinch.
The goofy John Cena spoke about the match with The Rock the night before and basically buttered up his future WrestleMania opponent and the same man who had been constantly mocking him for months now and barely given him any credit at all. Same Cena character.
Awesome Truth came out to make it interesting and honestly told everyone that they weren't going to let Cena get away without admitting how The Rock had shown him up at Survivor Series and how the fans were totally against him, even chanting "don't tag Cena" to Rock at some points. R-Truth also mentioned how The Rock is going to destroy him at WrestleMania. Cena then nonsensically buried the two of them by saying how no one cared about them and how they weren't even considered a threat, even though the two of them get more cheers then Cena has in years. So once again we have Cena completely bury an act not only inside the ring but on the mic too. The management should carefully plan out every word he says in the future when discussing the up and coming talent who have potential in the company. He also stirred things up by saying how Miz really thinks R-Truth is stupid and how R-Truth believes The Miz to be "pompous" and "attention seeking." The two began to confront each other in the ring while Cena snuck away until Miz convinced Truth that Cena was trying to mess with them and how they could take him out together. But as they were leaving down the ramp Miz suddenly applied the Skull-Crushing Finale to Truth.
For me like many story lines this year WWE have just completely rushed the split of Miz and R-Truth. The tandem still had life in them and were one of the most entertaining things on Raw for the past few months. Plus it was another credible tag team for the company who sorely need them. I have faith that Truth could probably pull off turning face and the rivalry should be entertaining enough but there was just no need to start it this rapidly. 

Sin Cara Out 6-9 Months Due To Injury

WWE.com is reporting that Sin Cara, who was injured during tonight's Traditional Survivor Series Tag Team Elimination Match, suffered a ruptured patellar tendon at tonight's Survivor Series pay-per-view event and is expected to be out 6-9 months following surgery.

It was actually a genuine injury then? Never nice to hear about people getting injured but it could have been someone worse to be fair. The big issue is now SmackDown have just lost two of their regular performers in Sin Cara and Christian, do WWE bring someone over from Raw or push someone else up to that next level? With Rhode and Barrett's current push they could fill the void left by Christian for now (although they're not quite at the same level.) I'm not sure about Sin Cara though.

My Survivor Series 2011 Recap

Dolph Ziggler (c) defeated John Morrison to retain the United States championshipin a good effort by both men and a solid opener. The match was filled with nice near-falls and also had strong chants of "We want Ryder" and "Woo woo woo" throughout. It may have started a little slow but the ending was strong and made even the chants for Ryder die down.
Afterwards Ziggler explained how he may be a show off and brag a lot but he backs up everything he says. Zach Ryder then raced out and delivered a Rough Ryder to the champ. I honestly cannot thing of any reason at all why they didn't have Ryder face Ziggler one on one for the title at the pay per view? It had the perfect setting, the fans would've been solidly behind it. It baffles me.
Beth Phoenix (c) defeated Eve Torres to retain her Divas championship in a Lumberjill match. The bout itself was a pretty average divas one but with a nicely executed finish where Beth Glamslammed Eve off of the top rope. As for Beth's possible next contender it could well be Natalya I predict, there have been plenty of rumours about WWE turning her face lately and Phoenix has gone as far as she really can with Eve and Kelly in my opinion.
Backstage David Otunga visited CM Punk and passed on a message from John Laurinaitis that Michael Cole could sue Punk for putting his hands on him or Punk could go out and publicly apologise for what he did. Punk said he'd think about it.
The Rock then gave an (you guessed it!) electrifying promo on his history in the company form his debut at Survivor Series 96 with "the worst haircut known to mankind." He even at one point did a rendition of "New York, New York" along with the crowd in attendance when talking about how special the city truly is. 
Team Barrett defeated Team Orton in the traditional five on five Survivor Series match. Dolph Ziggler was the first eliminated after an RKO from Orton early on, while it was disappointing to see him go it made sense after him already having competed in a competitive match earlier on in the night. There were yet more chants of "we want Ryder" emitting from the crowd when things quieted down during the match up as they checked on the injured Sin Cara, who had to be next eliminated from the match due to an apparent hyperextended knee from a simultaneous flip dive with Kofi Kingston to the outside. Mason Ryan was next eliminated by Cody Rhodes after a Cross Rhodes. Ryan had mostly played out to boos for the majority of his time in the bout due to his lack of character and ability in the ring, I don't blame them. Rhodes, who had gotten the biggest cheer during the entrances and during the actual match got a nice ovation after eliminating Mason. Kingston next went after a Wasteland from Barrett. Sheamus was disqualified after ignoring the referee's five count when kneeing Swagger on the ropes, but he left a parting gift as he Bro Kicked Jack Swagger. Leaving Orton free to get the one-two-three and eliminate him form the match. Orton, now on his own, then RKO'd Hunico as he made a springboard dive from the ropes and pinned him. As Rhodes distracted Randy, Barrett managed to apply his Wsteland to him to win the match for his team.
The match up itself was entertaining enough, I wouldn't have minded seeing a little more offence from Hunico perhaps. Good choice picking Barrett as the one to win the match and pin 'The Viper' also. Him and Rhodes had a lot more to gain by being the sole survivors in the traditional Survivor Series match, now's the time to start building them up as future World champions. Lord knows SmackDown needs it with Henry as their premier heel, that says it all on how desperate they are for fresh faces in the main event scene.
Before the Big Show versus Mark Henry match we saw the ring being reinforced before the two fat men came out, just incase they destroyed it again like at Vengeance. Am I the only one sick of them going on about it like it was a once in a lifetime thing? It wasn't even original, they did the exact same thing back in 2003. What, that's been erased form history now?  
Big Show won via disqualification against Mark Henry (c) after Henry low blowed him in front of the ref. The match was as I predicted, mostly a bore. The crowd even lost interest as chants of "boring," "Undertaker" and "Daniel Bryan" began to fill Madison Square Garden. In the most exciting part Big Show did a diving elbow drop from the top rope onto Henry. Although it did take him a while to get his balance up there.
After the match Henry attempted a dive onto Big Show's leg which had been wrapped with a steel chair but Show managed to avoid it and knocked Henry out with a punch. He then leg dropped Henry's legs which had also been wrapped with the steel chair as retribution. 
In a hilarious moment just before the VT for the CM Punk versus Del Rio match we heard the useless and bumbling King say "And it all started at Survivor Series" and Cole had to correct him and say "SummerSlam." Why do they have Lawler on commentary still? The man is worthless.
Also before the match began Punk had his own ring announcer in Hall of Famer Howard Finkel. The reaction overwhelmed Finkel as he began to well up which made the announcement go on long a little longer then expected as Punk amusingly signaled to a fake watch as he saw Finkel on his way out.
CM Punk defeated Alberto Del Rio (c) to win the WWE Championship in a solid World title match. The bout started off a little slowly but the ending really brought the excitement with near falls and submission attempts. The crowd was (predictably) firmly behind the challenger throughout. Punk got the win by forcing Del Rio to tap to the Anaconda Vice and as a bonus 'The Fink' announced his title victory.
Although I felt Del Rio needed a win here to solidify himself as a credible main eventer, I can't help but be relieved that his rather dull title reign has come to an end. Del Rio is just too one dimensional as a character right now. And with his time on the mic it was if he just didn't listen to anyone he was interacting with, he just keeps spouting out the same old cliche heel bragging. I really hope he develops further as he clearly has the ability in the ring.   
The Rock and John Cena defeated R-Truth and The Miz in an exciting and thoroughly enjoyable tag team match. The Rock started off the bout and looked good as he didn't miss a single beat. The crowd was even more hostile towards Cena then I had anticipated as they booed him throughout and even when Miz signalled to Rock to tag him in. Like others I wasn't sure how damaging this match would be to Awesome Truth but they were smartly made to look competitive against The Rock and Cena and came out undamaged in my opinion. As usual the Madison Square Garden crowd in NYC were awesome all night but especially in the main event as they just didn't seem to let up at all. It was the most crowd excitement I've witnessed in WWE since Money In The Bank for CM Punk. 
Overall Survivor Series had it's dips here and there (mainly Big Show versus Henry and the Divas bout wasn't outstanding) but I enjoyed the majority. Anyone else getting a little excited for WrestleMania yet?

My SmackDown, November 18th Recap

The show kicked off with Mark Henry attacking Daniel Bryan backstage. He then took it to the ring and World Strongest Slammed Bryan a couple of times until the referees came out to his aid. Henry grabbed a mic and gave another boring speech on how much pain he delivers and how Big Show is going to be carried out after their match at Survivor Series. He brings across this intensity for sure but I just can't find Henry as a character or an in ring competitor that interesting.
Dolph Ziggler defeated Sin Cara in a decent enough match up. Ziggler got the win after grabbing Sin Cara's tights during a roll up pin. Ziggler's looking good overall lately, on the mic and in between the ropes. I just hope he gets the elevation he deserves though. Afterwards Swagger raced out to help Dolph who was getting beaten by an unhappy Sin Cara and they took him out. Then Mason Ryan also joined them and took out Ziggler just before his match against Swagger.
Mason Ryan defeated Jack Swagger in an average bout. No doubt Ryan has the perfect look for the company but I just can't really get behind him, he's nothing special in the ring and he's not really bringing across much character either. Plus Swagger deserves to be in a much better position then he's been in for the last year, I thought he made a decent World Heavyweight champion myself and had some good title matches.
The injured Christian came out and blamed the aggravating Teddy Long for his injury after putting him in a match against Sheamus when he claimed he was already injured. He also said he was still going to help inspire team Barrett to victory at Survivor Series.
Ted DiBiase defeated NXT's Derek Bateman in an average bout, although probably one of Bateman's better ones to date. It's a good sign for him that he's getting appearances on the blue brand too. Speaking of NXT I cannot wait for them to finally finish off this latest season already. The only decent parts have been Tyson Kidd and Yoshi Tatsu's feud on it. I think Johnny Curtis is doing a decent job as the conniving heel too.
Big Show came out and threatened the World champion Mark Henry. He also claimed that he was going to make Henry pay for all his atrocities. I've said it before but I'm just so looking forward to this feud between these two ending and Henry moving on to finally loose his title to someone who's actually worthy of it. 
Kofi Kingston defeated Hunico in a good match up between the two and probably Hunico's best singles match to date in the company. He showed off some exciting moves from his arsenal, let's hope he gets his chance at Survivor Series too and doesn't get eliminated too early on. As another bonus it seems Kingston may well be out of WWE's dog house after what's happened with Bourne over the last fortnight. I hope so, he doesn't deserve that treatment.  
Beth Phoenix and Natalya defeated AJ and Kaitlyn in a match that was actually better then I was expecting. Natalya made AJ tap with the Sharpshooter after bending back the flexible AJ as far as she could for an effective-looking finish. Kaitlyn seemed distant and disappointed with her partner and the result which would seem to hint at a heel turn in her future which I'm all for. With Kaitlyn's image and build she could easily join up with Phoenix and Natalya's Pin Up Strong movement which could only benefit her for the future. Plus she'd get a lot more exposure on both brands.  
Randy Orton and Sheamus won via disqualification against Cody Rhodes and Wade Barrett in an exciting main event. The DQ came after the injured Christian struck Sheamus in the throat with one of his crutches. Cody and Barrett then began to beat down Sheamus and Orton until they turned the tables and each took out Rhodes and Wade with an RKO and Celtic Cross respectively. 
Well next up is Survivor Series folks! I'm personally really looking forward to the event, the card is looking mostly solid (bar certain matches like Henry versus Big Show) and although some people have complained about how overpowering the Rock is and how much attention he's received, can you blame WWE? He's a major name and there's a reason he's created so much buzz since his return, and I for one can't wait to see him in action on Sunday.

My iMPACT Wrestling, November 17th 2011 Recap

Roode opened things up by claiming that he was the leader and star of Fortune during his time with the group and how he had now surpassed them all. Storm made an appearance also and was about to join Roode in the ring until security halted him and Bobby explained how it wasn't him that had jumped Storm backstage the previous week. James Storm vouched that he would "find the son of a bitch that jumped me from behind!" As security dragged him away AJ Styles began to beat down on Roode in the ring until once again the security intervened. AJ grabbed a mic and claimed that he would really get retribution from Roode by taking away his World title. Sting in his new position of authority granted Styles a World title rematch at Final Resolution in a thirty-minute Iron Man match against Roode while Storm recuperated from his attack, although he seemed all right earlier?

As Bobby Roode was leaving he threatened TNA owner Dixie Carter until AJ came to her rescue, so Bobby pushed AJ to the ground along with Carter. I was hoping we wouldn't have to endure any more of the awful acting from Carter anymore but it looks like she's getting involved again. Roode continued the attack on Styles as he was on the ground until he was forced away by various staff and wrestlers. For me Roode is definitely proving himself as the deserving top heel of the company and World champion right now. On the mic and in the ring he can deliver.

Backstage Samoa Joe confirmed Roode's claim that it wasn't him that attacked Storm last week and when asked if it was him by the cowboy he said it if had been he would"never have got back up," which instigated a brief brawl between the two.

Robbie E (c) defeated Devon to retain his newly-won Television title in a forgettable match. It was only short although Devon's offence was decent enough, the finish came when Devon's two sons came to check on D'Angelo Dinero after being attacked by Rob Terry. Distracted by this Robbie managed to apply a school boy roll up on Devon for the one-two-three. 

Jesse Sorensen and Brian Kendrick defeated Austin Aries and Kid Kash in a decent enough tag team bout. It wasn't bad but to me it's like they need some new life injected into the X Division. Aries is the perfect choice for champion right now, he's charismatic and he delivers in the ring but that's not enough without the exciting competition for him to face. Kash got pinned by Sorensen after Aries left him.

Next was the Knockouts gauntlet challenge to determine the new number one contender to Gail Kim. First up Velvet Sky pinned Rosita in about four seconds after planting her with the In Yo' Face. She then also pinned Brooke Tessmacher quickly after a one-handed bulldog. Angelina Love then pinned Velvet in a bit of a more competitive period of the bout after pulling up her tights during the pin. Mickie James pinned Love after she hit her with a kick in a decent period of the gauntlet. James next pinned Sarita in a flawed but entertaining part of the match, I wouldn't mind seeing these two have a proper one on one match up at some point. Mickie next pinned Tara in the most entertaining period of the bout filled with some nice submissions by Tara, although she lost to James who just went through two other Knockouts it was still made to look competitive between them. James also pinned the rather dull Winter with one of her signature kicks once again in an okay piece of action. James then eliminated the returning ODB, who's reception was quite luke-warm to be honest. Afterwards ODB attacked James and left her for the final entrant of the gauntlet, Madison Rayne. But James surprised her with a quick roll up pin for the victory. I for one am definitely looking forward to Mickie facing off against Gail Kim for the title.

Karen Jarrett confronted Jeff Hardy in the ring, claiming how he wasn't a "real man," like her husband. Jeff grabbed her and screamed that she would never get to him because"we are the creatures of the night!" Jeff Jarrett attempted to hit him form behind with his title belt but Hardy caught him and began the offence until both Jarretts left the ring. 

Matt Morgan and Crimson defeated Mexican America (c) to win the TNA Tag Team titles. The match was pretty average with some brief exciting spells now and then. To be honest I'm not sure how well Crimson and Morgan will do as a team, I just have a feeling that people will get bored of them pretty quickly but let's hope they prove me wrong eh?

Garrett Bischoff defeated Gunner in a brief and unexceptional bout. Both men looked okay but didn't look like they were giving it their all to me in the ring. Garrett got the pin after hitting Gunner with a DDT, which I thought seemed a little pathetic for Gunner since Garrett didn't really get any other offence in during the bout. I don't mind Garrett so far but if he's going to be taken more seriously then they need to bring him across as a potential new big name wrestler, even simple stuff like giving him real wrestling attire and a decent finisher.

James Storm announced that until he finds out who attacked him form behind he's going to hold everyone in the locker room responsible and then called out fellow Fortune member AJ Styles. Storm claimed that he had the most to gain after getting two World title opportunities from his attack. Things started to get heated between them until Kazarian arrived on the scene and convinced AJ to leave. After they both left and Storm was walking back down the ramp Kurt Angle attacked him form behind. He also Angle Slammed him in the ring and revealed that it was him that had attacked him backstage. 

My Raw, November 14th Recap

The show opened with the Michael Cole challenge, which was predictably a waste of time for the most part. There were three challenges and if JR won them all he would replace Cole on commentary on Raw. The first challenge was an arm wrestling contest, which JR won. Then there was a dance competition between the two which provided the only entertaining part as Jim Ross really got into it, which was a nice surprise and pretty damn awesome to be honest. Then the final challenge where the conniving Cole revealed it to be a weigh in where the lighter person would win.

After Michael Cole began to celebrate his cheap victory, CM Punk thankfully interrupted him and made the segment remotely interesting. “Your time is up Michael Cole,” Punk informed as he honestly revealed how bad the whole challenge had been and how it was a “colossal waste of time.” Cole eventually asked Punk to apologise for his remarks. Punk decided to go a different route and head butt Cole, followed by applying the Anaconda Vice.

Matt Striker backstage revealed how the time had finally come as a limo pulled up behind him where out stepped Mick Foley to a huge pop from the crowd in attendance.

Cody Rhodes and Hunico defeated Kofi Kingston and Sin Cara in a pretty flawed tag team match. It had decent moments but also it’s fair share of mistakes by all the wrestlers involved. Rhodes has now also gotten rid of his mask and has new music to help take him more seriously. I think this is definitely a step in the right direction for Cody who in my opinion should be seriously challenging for a World title over the next six months if WWE keep this push of his up.

Vickie Guerrero informed everyone about Christian’s unfortunate injury during the recent WWE European tour. I was gutted to hear about this, for me Christian has been the most consistent performer in WWE this year. She also revealed that Dolph Ziggler had taken his place on Wade Barret’s team at Survivor Series. Which makes sense, although I was really hoping for a Ryder versus Ziggler match up at the pay per view for the United States title.

Mason Ryan defeated Dolph Ziggler via disqualification when Vickie Guerrero slapped him on the apron. I was just grateful that a Mason Ryan match was cut short, apart from his build he hasn’t really shown me much to prove he’s the next Batista. After the bout John Morrison threw Ziggler back into the ring for Ryan to finish off.

Mick Foley called out John Cena and explained that he wanted to help him and The Rock coincide together a team. Mick Foley then presented a ‘This is Your Life’ for John Cena which was a largely disappointing segment and not particularly entertaining I found. Foley brought out guests Bull Buchanan, Cena’s old little league coach and Cena’s father John Cena SR, who actually told all the fans that chant “Cena sucks!” that “you suck,”I’m sure that’ll get them on his side. The Rock then mercifully came out and Rock Bottomed Foley to finally end the segment. Not a great start for Foley’s return is it?

Sheamus defeated Jack Swagger in a decent enough match. To be honest at this point in the show it was just a relief to have some action in the ring rather then talking, it was almost like an episode of iMPACT.

Kelly Kelly defeated Natalya with a quick roll up pin to add another loss to Natalya’s current poor record in a quick and forgettable bout. I can see all these losses building up to Beth Phoenix dumping Natalya and having her turn face and challenging for the title.

Mark Henry and Alberto Del Rio defeated Big and CM Punk after Henry World Strongest Slammed Punk and Del Rio raced in to grab the pin. The match was average for the most part, the parts with Show and Henry facing off were just dull, which doesn’t bode well for their most likely also dull match on Sunday for the title.

Santino Marella claimed to everyone in Boston that it was the place where his career got back on the right track once again. But he spoke too soon, as Kevin Nash (slowly) made his way out and reveled he was a big fan of Marellas and asked Santino to do his trombone routine. As he did Nash big booted and then Jacknife Powerbombed Marella.

Randy Orton versus Wade Barrett ended in DQ after all their respective team members raced into the ring and began to brawl until Orton’s team threw out all of Barrett’s squad. The actual match didn’t really last long and made more sense to finish this way to help build up their match at Survivor Series.

The Rock then revealed how ready he was for his Survivor Series match but wasn’t willing to wait another six days as he called out Awesome Truth to the ring. Miz and R-Truth joined him but explained that he was going to have to wait until Survivor Series to lay his hands on them. As they were about to leave Cena predictable made an appearance and him and The Rock exchanged some amusing words, such as Rock claiming Cena has “lady parts.” The Miz and R-Truth exclaimed how sick they were of Cena and The Rock’s ongoing feud and went to leave, that was until The Rock decided to put “boots to asses,” as he and Cena then beat on them both and he Rock Bottomed Awesome Truth and left.

To be honest it felt like a mostly average Raw considering it was a special three-hour event. But there were still some entertaining parts but just no particularly outstanding matches to be honest. But I still can’t help but look forward to Survivor Series this Sunday.

WWE finally producing a CM Punk documentary

The Chicago Tribune reports that WWE have begun to produce a documentary on former WWE Champion CM Punk, which is due for DVD release in 2012. The DVD is expected to carry a look back at Punk's life and career to date with a collection of his highlight matches.

About damn time, right? I'm sure like many others I will indeed be pre ordering this. 

My TNA Turning Point 2011 recap

Robbie E defeated Eric Young (c) to capture the Television title in a mostly average opener to the pay per view. Am I the only one that really misses the old serious persona of Eric Young? Surely not. The finish came when Robbie E’s bodyguard Rob Terry clotheslined EY’s legs at ringside causing him to land on his head. Terry then threw him back into the ring for Robbie E to get the pin and the championship for a pretty weak finish.

Mexican America (c) defeated Ink Inc to retain their tag team titles in a bout that started off fairly slow but began to pick up the pace a bit towards the end. I just keep seeing Mexican America as a much weaker LAX and I just can’t seem to really get behind them. It’s quite worrying that a company that used to have a thriving and stand out tag team division seems so much more watered down and weaker nowadays. Hell, they didn’t even get onto the main card at Bound for Glory. 

Austin Aries (c) defeated Jesse Sorensen and Kid Kash to retain his X Division title in a decent at parts triple threat bout. The obvious double teaming by Aries and Kash on Sorensen went on for too long for my liking and just got quite boring really. For me I believe that the charismatic and talented champ Aries deserves better opponents to take on then the rather dull Sorensen and cliche heel Kash. Although with Aries rolling up Kash for an unexpected (to Kid anyway) pinfall win it seems they’re going to be carrying this on for at least another month.

Rob Van Dam defeated Christopher Daniels in a pretty entertaining no disqualification match up. They kept the use of weapons to a minimun which definitely worked out for the best as it didn’t turn into a usual TNA stunt fest kind of no DQ bout. I think Daniels would’ve definitely had more to gain with a win here, but at least he’s getting regular PPV time like he deserves.

Crimson versus Matt Morgan ended in a double disqualification after both men pushed the referee as he attempted to stop them striking each other in the middle of the ring, is that suddenly illegal then? While the match was better then I’d anticipated, it wasn’t outstanding and the crowd never really got into it either. The weak finish didn’t really help either, they’d built up this match to have a definitive winner not a draw. The two carried on slugging it out until the security separated them. I can’t help but feel this is also pay per view time that would be better used on the much more talented Samoa Joe.

Abyss and Mr. Anderson defeated Bully Ray and Scott Steiner in a mediocre tag team bout. And just to prove how average it was, the biggest reaction from the audience was for Steiner (granted it was his home crowd but still). Abyss pinned Steiner after applying a Block Hole Slam. Afterwards Bully Ray and Steiner put the lump Abyss through a table, to which he completely no sold and immediately stood up straight after. Needless to say, Bully Ray and Steiner decided to make their exits. Unfortunately this renewed push in Abyss means more of him on pay per view in the future no doubt. Again I ask, what on Earth do they see in him?

Gail Kim defeated Velvet Sky (c) to capture the Knockouts championship in another average match on the card. After claiming beforehand in a pre match interview that Gail didn’t need herself or Madison Rayne at ringside, Karen Jarrett and Rayne both interfered in the match up anyway. And not only once, but twice. It felt overkill to be honest and it was a pretty weak finish (seems like a trend for this PPV) Rayne even fumbled her finisher when she entered the ring as the ref was distracted by Karen. The second time Karen once again distracted the referee as Madison grabbed Sky’s legs, right in front of the referee too (well this is TNA, right?) as Gail Kim applied the Eat Defeat for the one-two-three.

Jeff Hardy defeated Jeff Jarrett in about five seconds after hitting him with the Twist of Fate and getting the pinfall victory. A furious Jarrett demanded one more match out of Hardy, to which Jeff obliged.

Jeff Hardy defeated Jeff Jarrett once again in a decent enough match up after Hardy turned a Figure Four attempt by Jarrett into a roll up pin for the victory. The match itself wasn’t a show stopper by any means but it had entertaining moments. As Hardy was walking back doen the ramp Jarrett smacked him in the back with a steel chair and claimed that it wasn’t over yet, and he was right. Jarrett then dragged Jeff’s body into the ring and demand that referee Earl Hebner count the pin as Jarrett covered him, but Hardy caught him out once more as he rolled up Jarrett for his third win of the night against double J. Jarrett’s face after was brilliant.

Bobby Roode (c) defeated AJ Styles to retain his World title in a mostly solid and exciting main event. Definitely the match of the night, although that’s not saying an awful lot after a pretty average PPV from TNA. Roode gained the win after pulling up AJ’s tights as he pinned him. The booking team (or rather the clueless Russo) really went overkill on the tainted wins at Turning Point.      

My SmackDown, November 11th Recap

Randy Orton kicked off things by talking about captaining his team against Barrett’s at Survivor Series next Sunday, and admitted that he doesn’t “play well with others,” but that he is certainly no “follower,” and had accepted the role happily. Wade Barrett joined him and explained why his team will win instead. Christian also made his way out and gave Barrett his full endorsement as captain of their team, as they both began to attack Orton, Sheamus raced out to his aid and they both left in a hurry. Teddy Long (guy still bugs me) announced that it would be Sheamus versus Christian and Orton against Wade Barrett in the main event.

Sheamus defeated Christian in yet another entertaining one on one match between the two men. For me Christian is my personal wrestler of the year, the guy has been so consistent and solid in the ring and on the mic.

Ted DiBiase defeated Jinder Mahal in a short but decent enough effort by both wrestlers. I’m really not sure what they’re planning for Jinder Mahal, one week it seems the booking team has given up on him and the next it seems they’re getting him ready for a push in the mid card. I personally think he has some potential.

Mark Henry defeated Daniel Bryan in an average bout that wasn’t quite as entertaining as last weeks between the two. They didn’t really let Bryan look as competitive, although he did manage to lock on his LeBell lock at one point briefly until Henry lifted him up and slammed him on his back. After the bout Henry carried on the attack and World Strongest smalled Bryan, along with a chair shot too until Big Show came to Bryan’s aid and Henry decided to leave. It’s almost like they’ve taken a step back with Bryan after the progress they made with him last week by having him annihilated by Henry. I would’ve at least had Bryan get in a few more chair shots on Henry to bring him down a bit more.

Big Show defeated three random opponents in a handicap match. After the bout Henry declared that at Survivor Series he would leave Big Show with a “lasting impression,” I’m sure he will with us fans watching too, mainly boredom.

Alicia Fox defeated Tamina in an average divas bout by their usual standard. Natalya was also on commentary during it and was actually pretty lame to be honest, and that’s coming from a fan.

Hunico and Epico defeated the Usos in a decent enough tag team match. I’m liking the addition of this team, and the general attention that’s finally been given to the tag team division over the last four or five months in the company. I also love the fact that they’ve added Primo to their team too, the guy is too talented not to be used regularly on television. Afterwards the three wrestlers beat on the Usos some more like a usual heel team.

Wade Barrett defeated Randy Orton in a big win for the fellow Englishman. He got the pin after poking Randy in the eyes in what was an okay main event, not as good as the Christian versus Sheamus match from earlier on in the night. But it’s certainly a very positive sign for Barrett to get a rare pinfall victory over ‘the viper’. Let’s just hope WWE don’t ruin the momentum and build up a much needed new main event talent for the blue brand. Let’s be honest, we desperately need more heel main eventers to take over from the rather dull Mark Henry. 

My iMPACT Wrestling, November 10th 2011 Recap

Roode opened things up as he explained that he screwed his former tag partner James Storm for the World title the previous week because chances at the World title are rare so he had decided to make “the best of my opportunity.” An understandably angry Storm made his way out, bulldozing through the security as he did. But before he could lay his hands on Roode he had already scarpered out of the ring. Sting in his new role as the general manager of iMPACT or whatever the title is (which he’s suited very well so far in my opinion) announced that there would be a World title rematch between Storm and Roode that night.

Crimson defeated The Pope in a mediocre match up. I remember a while back when  D’Angelo Dinero would get huge reactions from the crowds. I don’t think they ever should’ve turned him heel when they did last, it was unnecessary and just muddled up the fans reaction to him.

Garrett Bischoff versus Gunner ended in a disqualification when Flair ran into the ring during the match and pushed the referee out of the way. Before that Garrett had mounted most of the attack against Gunner, much to the surprise of his dad and Flair plus the commentary team. I still think it’s utterly ridiculous that they have this new popular babyface in Garrett with potential and yet he runs away scared form the way past it Flair every time he confronts him. Surely by this point Garrett wouldn’t be scared of some guy in his sixties? But that’s Flair’s ego for you. 

We then went backstage to witness a bloodied and beaten up James Storm lying in his dressing room.

Jesse Sorensen defeated Zema Ion in a short but entertaining X Division bout. I still have doubts over Sorensen’s level of charisma, but Ion looked pretty solid here. I’d like to see him more regularly on iMPACT in the future.

Afterwards Kid Kash joined Sorensen and gave another boring, cliche promo that could have some straight from the seventies where he went on about how Sorensen had done nothing and needed to earn his stripes. I like Kash in the ring but they really should limit his time on the mic from now on. He also announced that at Turning Point it’ll be a three way between both of them and the X Division champ Austin Aries for the title. As the two began to fight Aries ran out and helped out Kash to take out Sorensen. Can’t say I’m particularly hyped for that championship match on Sunday.

Gail Kim and Madison Rayne (c) defeated Velvet Sky and Mickie James to retain the Knockouts Tag Team titles in a clumsy at times but okay match. The finish came after Karen Jarrett who had accompanied the champs distracted the ref, allowing Rayne to try but fail in attacking Velvet who applied her finisher to Madison but then gave Gail Kim an opportunity to apply her finisher the Eat Defeat to Sky for the one-two-three.

Eric Young and Ronnie from the Jersey Shore defeated Robbie E and Rob Terry in a tag team match that was actually more entertaining then I had expected. Nothing spectacular but not a bad effort by the guys involved. 

Backstage all seven members of Ink Inc and Mexican America began to brawl until Mexican America decided to back away. Unusual finish to a fight backstage I thought, right?

AJ Styles defeated Christopher Daniels in the match of the night. AJ won after RVD thwarted Daniels attempt to attack Styles with a screwdriver he found under the ring by snatching it off him at ringside, allowing Styles to hit the Styles clash for the pinfall. 

Abyss, Jeff Hardy and Mr. Anderson defeated Jeff Jarrett, Scott Steiner and Bully Ray in a pretty mediocre match up for the most part. I still can’t understand this renewed push in the lump Abyss, what do they see in the guy? He’s an average character and average in the ring, nothing special.

Before the Bobby Roode (c) versus James Storm match for the World title there seemed to be no sign of the previously assaulted Storm. His entrance theme played a couple of times before a still-bloodied up Storm made his way out slowly to the ring and suddenly raced in to attack his opponent. After the outburst Storm then began to fade and just collapsed to the mat from the apparent loss of blood. The referees called for an ambulance and even signalled a fake cross sign to signal the seriousness of the injury. Roode even began to looked concerned and helped up Storm, but as he was he asked the ref if the bell had been rung to end the match, to which the referee answered“no.” After hearing that Roode quickly rolled up James Storm for the win and ran off as AJ Styles and Kazarian came out to check on their fellow Fortune member.  

An irate AJ called Roode a “prick,” and asked Sting for a chance at Roode at Turning Point in three days, to which Sting obliged. I feel like this is a little too much short notice for the main event match of their next PPV and could have and should have gone down a week earlier. Should be an entertaining match up between the two though. 

Mark Henry attempts a Spin-a-roonie

Paul Heyman interviews Brock Lesnar on WWE '12 and more

WWE breaks WrestleMania ticket sale record

WWE Press Release:

STAMFORD, Conn., Nov 07, 2011- WWE announced today that first day ticket sales for WrestleMania XXVIII in Miami resulted in a record gross of $6.3 million, shattering the previous first day record of $4.8 million for the 25th Anniversary of WrestleMania.

Tickets went on sale this past Saturday, November 5 for WrestleMania XXVIII, which takes place Sunday, April 1, 2012 from Sun Life Stadium in Miami. The main event will feature The Rock(R) challenging John Cena(R) in the most highly anticipated main event ever in sports entertainment history. The event will be broadcast on pay-per-view and viewed in more than 100 countries.

"We are thrilled that WrestleMania XXVIII has already made WWE history in such dramatic fashion," said John Saboor, Senior Vice President of Special Events for WWE. "Coming off the momentum of last year's record breaking event in Atlanta, we fully anticipate that this year's WrestleMania in Miami will be our largest and most successful ever."

My SmackDown, November 4th Recap

Randy Orton defeated Cody Rhodes in an awesome and heated Street Fight to open the show. This was one of the best WWE televised bouts of the year for me. Both men put in a great effort in this match and even though Rhodes lost, he came out looking like a future main eventer for the company here. Orton picked up the win with an RKO and then placed a paper bag over Cody's head like he had to Orton a few weeks ago. 

Ted DiBiase defeated Tyson Kidd in a solid match up. With Kidd's talent he should really have a more prominent role on the blue brand in my opinion. 

During an interview with Matt Stryker Mark Henry got distracted by Daniel Bryan who was nearby and challenged him to a match that night, Bryan accepted. At least they didn't have Bryan act like a coward like I thought they might and have him back off. I think they should really emphasize his submission 'snap or tap' aggression in his character.

Alicia Fox defeated Natalya in a short and mediocre bout. I found it a little strange that they'd have Fox cleanly beat the far superior Natalya to be honest, I mean I can't really see them pushing her in a major way in the future.

Big Show announced that for ever SmackDown that Henry refused him a rematch for the World title he would knock him out. I'd find that an offer hard to refuse. Christian then interrupted him and claimed that he deserved "one more match" more than the big man. In response Show chokeslammed him right before he was scheduled to face Sheamus. Christian decided to opt out of the match while clutching his throat at ringside. Wade Barrett offered to take Christian's place in the match instead.

Wade Barrett defeated Sheamus after a distraction from Christian at ringside where Barrett managed to apply a schoolboy pin for the win. The bout was decent enough, nothing spectacular. Barrett was actually getting his own chants going in the crowd at one point oddly enough. Afterwards Sheamus began to beat on Christian backstage and then Barrett got involved and the two brawled until they were separated by security. I think they should have a Survivor Series five on five tag team match involving these three and others before they have Sheamus versus Barrett one on one again which I'm sure they will.

Sin Cara won via disqualification against Epico in a solid debut. The match itself was entertaining and botch-free for a refreshing change. The bout was ended when Hunico ran in and he and Epico began to take out Sin Cara. I like the look of these two as a team together, possible new faces to face Air Boom for the titles in the future too perhaps? Again it's great to see the company putting more effort into the tag team division lately.

The Mark Henry versus Daniel Bryan match ended in DQ after Big Show clocked Henry with a punch during the bout. The match was entertaining and the crowd were electric during parts where Bryan got his patented kicks going on the World champion. I was relieved that they didn't have Henry squash Bryan and instead made him look like a real competitor as he locked on quite a few submission holds and didn't look out of his league against the top man on the show. Let's just hope that the booking team keep this up and continue the momentum from this match to build Bryan up as a future World champion like I've been saying they should be doing for weeks now.

Afterwards Big Show encouraged Bryan to cash in his Money In The Bank briefcase but before the bell rang Henry world strongest slammed Bryan and then slammed the briefcase into Big Show's face as he entered the ring to face Henry. The annoying Teddy Long then announced that there will be a rematch between Big Show and Mark Henry for the title once again at Survivor Series. I just see the rematch being a huge flop, the only really decent part of their match up at Vengeance was the ending, and that wasn't even original. I just hope Henry retains and then quickly looses the title to someone more worthy, which shouldn't be hard to find. 

My iMPACT Wrestling, November 3rd 2011 Recap

iMPACT opened with the World champion James Storm talking about his background and what he would be remembered for when he passes. He then called out Bobby Roode to the ring and told him to make sure to "bring it" in their title match that night. Roode promised he would and also asked to make sure that they do what they do best and "steal the show."

Madison Rayne and Gail Kim defeated Tara and Miss Tessmacher(c) to win the Knockouts Tag Team championships in an average tag team bout. Tara and Kim in the ring together were the highlights. Rayne got the pin after Karen Jarrett distracted the referee and Gail applied her Eat Defeat finisher to Tara, allowing Madison to cover her.

Garrett Bischoff apologised to his dad, Eric Bischoff, for not becoming the man that he wanted him to be. He then apologised "for not doing this sooner," and began to pummel his father until Gunner and Flair made their way out in aid of Eric. I'm not really sure where they're going with this storyline now, a possible match between Eric and Flair against Garrett will be pretty awful, they need to have Garrett go up against a younger guy like Gunner and pick up the win at Turning Point I reckon.

Christopher Daniels and Rob Van Dam began to fight backstage after Daniels claimed how easily he could be beat him in an interview. Daniels scarpered after throwing some chairs in front of RVD to slow him down. I'm actually really looking forward to their match at Turning Point, and it's a relief to see that Daniels wasn't just dropped to the midcard after his feud with AJ Styles and given a more prominent position still.

Jesse Sorensen defeated X Division champion Austin Aries in an entertaining non title match. Sorensen got the on-two-three with a quick roll up pin. Kid Kash meanwhile was on commentary during the bout and gave some old school, cliche heel speech on how Sorensen has disrespected him backstage as a veteran of the X Division. 

Robbie E began to put down Eric Young and Ronnie from Jersey Shore, while hiding behind Rob Terry for the most part. This was until Ronnie began to take on Robbie E and Terry took both him and Young out. Terry then held Ronnie as Robbie began to whip him with his belt.

Jeff hardy and Mr. Anderson won via DQ against Jeff Jarrett and Bully Ray in a pretty exciting tag team match up for the majority. The disqualification came when the past it Steiner attacked Anderson as he went for a swanton off of the top rope. The assault continued afterwards from the three Immortal members on Hardy and Anderson.

Matt Morgan challenged Crimson to a one on one match, he actually at one point called it a "dream match," er, really Matt? A dream match to whom exactly? The undefeated Crimson accepted. 

Bobby Roode defeated James Storm(c) to win the TNA World Heavyweight title. The match was an exciting and fitting world championship calibre main event, with near falls and nice exchanges between the two. For the finish the referee had to dive out of the ring to avoid being hit int he corner, which caused him to hurt his leg. A fan quite amusingly put his hands up in the cross position when referee Hebner was injured on the outside (the sign usually used in pro wrestling when a wrestler is seriously injured). Roode tumbled to the outside too and turned to spot Storm's beer bottle he had brought in with him. In a major swerve Roode smashed the bottle across Storm's head and pinned him to win the title. Afterwards Roode revelled in the glory as the boos rained down on him and even put his foot on top of Storm's chest in victory.

I didn't mind the ending myself, I think Roode can pull off the heel role very well as he's proven in the past. But I don't get the point of Storm winning the title in the first place? Why didn't they just have Roode defeat Angle at Bound For Glory and screw Storm with the same finish in a title match between the two? 

Evan Bourne suspended

WWE.com has reported that one half of WWE Tag Team Champions Evan Bourne (real name Matthew Korklan) has been suspended for his first violation of WWE's Wellness Policy. 

Absolutely gutted to hear this news, Air Boom have been a major highlight for me in the company as of late. Their performances have been constantly solid and they've helped really rejuvenate the tag team division. Makes me wonder where WWE will take the champs from here.

My Raw, October 31st recap

The Rock opened the show by first giving a "hell no!" to Cena's offer of teaming with him against Awesome Truth at Survivor Series, but then explained that he would but only because he also hated The Miz and R-Truth. The promo had entertaining moments, as you expect from the great one.
CM Punk lost to Mark Henry via disqualification in a match where John Laurinaitis said that if Punk won he would get to face Alberto Del Rio for the WWE Championship at Survivor Series. The DQ came after Rodriguez attacked Henry to purposely stop CM Punk from winning. The actual match was short (which is always best when it involves Mark Henry) but decent enough, CM Punk provided the majority of the entertainment. Afterwards an angered Punk attacked Del Rio and then Rodriguez who he sent into the ring to be world's strongest slammed by Henry.
There was then an amusing at parts segment involving Kermit the frog, Miss Piggy, Vickie Guerrero, Jack Swagger, Kelly Kelly and Santino Marella.
Eve Torres won a Divas battle royal to become the number one contender. The match was a typical divas battle royal really, nothing particularly special. After the bout Eve, Kelly and Alicia Fox squared off against Beth Phoenix (who had done commentary for the match) and Natalya who backed away from the larger numbers.
Backstage there was quite a funny moment between Sheamus and Beaker where the great white mentioned that they were related.
Wade Barrett and Cody Rhodes defeated Air Boom in an entertaining tag team bout, it's like Kingston and Bourne can do no wrong right now. Wade Barrett grabbed the one-two-three after applying the Wasteland to Bourne. Christian came out after and began to beat on Air boom with Rhodes and Barrett until Sheamus took them out and scared them off. It seems they're aiming towards a traditional five on five Survivor Series match up involving these wrestlers which I think could be great.
Backstage John Laurinaitis informed Punk that to get a WWE Championship shot after being screwed by Rodriguez earlier all he had to do was get Del Rio to agree to it.
Big Show defeated Alberto Del Rio in a stupid decision by WWE. Just after Del Rio was beginning to recover a little from his loss to Cena at Night Of Champions they decide to have him loose cleanly to Big Show. Big Show? The guy who is still poor in the ring, overweight and in no way a prospect for the future like Del Rio. The match itself was boring and far too long. Punk joined del Rio after and applied the anaconda vice grip until Del Rio agreed to put his title on the line against him at Survivor Series. I reckon it should be one of the better bouts on the night.
Santino Marella defeated Jack Swagger after he spat out some strange formula Beaker had concocted for him and got the pin. The match was pretty average, and the crowd got quite bored and began chanting "Woo woo woo" and "We want Ryder" during it.
Zach Ryder beat Dolph Ziggler in an entertaining match after performing the rough ryder on him. They surely have to have Ryder versus Ziggler at Survivor Series in New York and have him finally win the United States championship.
John Cena defeated The Miz in the main event which made no sense regarding the current storyline. The whole point of Cena teaming with The Rock at Survivor Series is to take out Awesome Truth who he supposedly couldn't handle on his own, yet right here he took both men out all by his Superman self. As Miz and him began to fight outside the ring R-Truth, disguised as an audience member, began to strangle Cena until he turned around and walloped him. After the distraction and attack by Truth that is when Miz should've gained the upper hand and gained the tainted win like a typical heel, thus carrying on the idea that Awesome Truth are too much for Cena alone and that he really does need The Rock's help. Instead all they did was have Cena go through them both easily and prove that he probably doesn't need Rock's help at all. No sense at all.