– WWE’s company website has posted a video clip of The Rock’s return to Monday Night RAW, which you can watch by clicking here.
– Check out this video of the Rock from backstage on Raw, taped before he came out in front of the live crowd:
– Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson posted the following picture of himself backstage at RAW with the caption, “Finally… Twitter just got Rocked!”
— After Monday’s episode of WWE RAW went off the air, John Cena and Randy Orton defeated The Miz and CM Punk in the show’s dark match main event. Michael Cole was the special guest referee for the bout.
— Tickets for this year’s WWE SummerSlam PPV go on sale this morning at 10am EST.
– The Rock, Dwayne Johnson, Michael Cole and Stephanie McMahon were all trending worldwide on Twitter during RAW last night.
– Jim Ross wrote the following on Twitter @JRsBarBQ about The Rock’s return:
“The Great One is back 4 WM27! The Rock will host Wrestlemania. He looks awesome.
Dwayne Johnson’s classic ‘Rock’ promo 2nite on RAW was the best thing on RAW in recent memory. Young wrestlers hopefully paid attention.
Stone Cold also did some classic, long promos back in the day. It’s a lost art w/o question. Rock hit a grand slam.”
Following Monday’s RAW, The Rock took part in an online chat at the WWE website. Here are some highlights of what the Great One said about:
Why He’s Returning Now: “Because I felt the time was right to so something special. Not only can I feed my own need and desire to perform. More importantly than that, do something special for you WWE fans. ”
His Goal For WrestleMania: “My goal is to create an incredible show. The guys have prepared for this night all year and they are going to put on incredible wrestling matches and I am there to not only support their matches but work with the great WWE production team and put on an electrifying show. That means I will be backstage and in the ring creating unforgettable and iconic WrestleMania moments. ”
John Cena: “John Cena said a variety of things that came across my desk which at first I thought was interesting and then I felt was laughable because the comments really didn’t make any sense to me. To be clear, not that they ever make me mad. I just thought the comments were an interesting choice of things to say
Credit to TNAInsider.com for the following spoilers:
* Immortal sans Jeff Jarrett and Jeff Hardy out to the ring. Eric Bischoff first introduces the new TNA Champion, Jeff Hardy. Jeff comes down seperately and joins Immortal. Bischoff says this man is proof you can take Fortune out of Immortal but it doesn’t mean anything. He asks the crowd to give it up for him and the crowd boos. Eric says everybody thought when Fortune turned on them they were done but they’re back on top. He congratulates Matt for his effort last night. He says Jeff proved he’s the premiere athlete today and things are happening. People are talking, Japan wants him, everybody wants him. They want to see him wrestle Rob Van Dam so he’ll see if he can make it happen tonight. Jeff Jarrett is off getting ready for his wedding, Hulk Hogan is coming back March 3rd. He also wants to know what Ric Flair is thinking so he’ll give him until next week to answer him. He said he’ll bring the families together or split them for good. That’s the power of being the Nature Boy. Woooooo! Ric Falir’s music hits and he comes to the ring. He says all of grew up on Flair and no one tells him what to do. Don’t forget that he’s a wrestling god.
* Douglas Williams vs. Hernandez w/Sarita and Rosita. Douglas Williams comes out but is immediately attacked by Hernandez from behind and thrown into the ring. Velvet Sky attacks Sarita during the match but can’t handle Sarita and Rosita. Angelina Love runs down and helps her partner. The Knockouts all fight to the back. Winner via Border Toss, Hernandez. He destroyed Williams with it. Williams is legitimately injured as trainers come out to tend to him. Williams eventually walked out under his own power but was obviously hurt.
* They’re setting up a luau setup in the ring. Some tiki heads, a cooked pig on a table and other island-themed decorations.
* “The Pope” D’Angelo Dinero is out. He says he’s the most spectacular, pimptacular, etc. wrestler, Pope D’Angelo Dinero. Crowd chants he tapped out. Pope laughs and says he did. But looks who’s standing here now. He says last night they had a heck of a battle but here before him on the table is sloppy Joe (he means the pig). They’re going to have a feast tonight. Who wants to take part? It’ll cost $10 though. Samoa Joe’s music hits but Okato kicks Pope while he’s distracted. Then Joe beats on Pope and gives him a Muscle Buster through the table.
* TNA Champion Jeff Hardy vs. Rob Van Dam announced for later.
* For the TNA X Division Championship, Robbie E w/Cookie vs. Kazarian. Robbie E gets on the mic beforehand. Last Sunday TNA management threw a grenade at him. He was prepared to wrestle two dudes, not one dude. But tonight he’s got Cooks, he’s ready and he’ll be two-time X Division champion. Cookie says Jersey’s in the house, b——. Kazarian comes down and gets on the mic too. He says as an OG of the X Division and card carrying member of Fortune he’s bring the X Division back to the forefront. This company’s foundation was built on the X Division. Not as much foundation on Cookie’s face. If Robbie wants to be a part of that, send that sloppy treasure troll to the back and let’s do this. Cookie leaves and the match is on. Winner via DQ, Kazarian. Cookie ran down and hit Kazarian with her purse when he went for the Omori Driver on Robbie. They beat down on Kaz until Traci Brooks runs down for the save. A cat fight breaks out but Kazarian and Robbie break it up.
* Backstage, Ric Flair is greeted by Fortune in the locker room. Flair mocks Eric Bischoff and bumps fist with everybody. He pumps them up and they all do the Fortune hand sign. Then Flair says he has something for them. He iced them all and they chug some Smirnoff Ice’s. AJ Styles then leaves for a match.
* Matt Hardy vs. AJ Styles. Ric Flair comes out during the match and is ringside. Winner via Twist of Hate, Matt Hardy. Ric Flair pushed AJ off the ropes when he went for a slop drop. Flair and Hardy beat AJ down until Fortune makes the save. Hardy and Flair leave through the crowd.
* Mr. Anderson walks to the ring angry. He immediately calls for Eric Bischoff to get his a– to the ring. Bischoff comes to the ring. Anderson says some of the guys told him Rob Van Dam has a match with Jeff Hardy later today. He was under the impression the champ gets that match. Bischoff says Anderson is not the champ. Also, the network wanted the match. This is the television business. Impact is a television show on a network. If the network wants that match then they get it. Anderson demands to be put in the ring. Eric says maybe Anderson wasn’t picked because of his language. Maybe if he was more PG he’d get the match. Anderson says he likes saying a–hole. The people like a–hole. But he can stop saying a–ole. He won’t say a–hole anymore. Bischoff says he can put him in the main event as the special referee. Anderson shakes Bischoff’s hand and then gives him a Mic Check.
* The Beautiful People vs. Sarita & Rosita. Winner via a foot on the ropes pin from Sarita to Velvet Sky, Sarita & Rosita. Velvet gets on the mic and says she’s had Sarita beaten every single time. Sarita has only won thanks to outside interference and shenanigans. She wants to end this in the ring right now. Sarita says Velvet is a loser. If Velvet wants to take her on she’ll up the ante. Why not put your career on the line? That way their next match will be Velvet’s last match in TNA.
* Taz and Mike Tenay are doing a promo but Bully Ray comes out and gets in Tenay’s face. We can’t hear it but Ray is yelling. Taz gets up and says some things to Taz. Ray now yells at Taz. They go back and forth as Ray gets more agitated. Ray eventually leaves to a chorus of boos.
* For the TNA Championship, Rob Van Dam vs. Jeff Hardy with special guest referee Mr. Anderson. Winner via Twist of Hate, Jeff Hardy. RVD had Hardy in a go behind and ran him into Anderson in the corner. Hardy used that opportunity to hit a back kick into RVD’s groin and get the win. Anderson hit a Mic Check on Hardy after the match. RVD got in Anderson’s face after that so Anderson hit a Mic Check on him as well.
On Monday’s WWE RAW, it was announced that WWE legend and Hollywood megastar Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson will be returning to World Wrestling Entertainment on April 3rd as the special Guest Host for WrestleMania 27.
On RAW, The Rock called out John Cena, saying he wanted to see Cena face-to-face at WrestleMania and make him pay for the comments he made about The Rock after he left WWE. The Rock mocked Cena’s look and his gimmick, which got a huge reaction from the crowd.
The Rock said he might get into it with John Cena, The Miz and whoever else he gets into when he’s at WrestleMania.
– It was announced at Monday’s WWE Monday Night RAW from Anaheim, California that former WWE Champion and future Hall of Famer Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson will be the special guest host at WrestleMania 27 in Atlanta, Georgia in April.
The Rock appeared live on tonight’s show and received a major ovation from the crowd. The Rock said that he has finally returned home and wasn’t back for the money or to promote a movie, but he was back for the fans. He thanked the fans and said he would never, ever be going away.
– Hulk Hogan has been back in the gym training and is getting ready to return to TNA television. Hogan will be at this week’s iMPACT! tapings and wrote on Twitter that he’s “Getting ready to go to Orlando.”
– Another legend set to return to TNA at tonight’s iMPACT! tapings is Ric Flair. The “Nature Boy,” who has been out of action since the blow up he had while on the recent European tour, is currently dealing with a shoulder injury.
Flair reportedly suffered a torn his rotator cuff in a match with Doug Williams. Sources had expected Ric Flair to undergo surgery, meaning he would have been out for around 4 months, but he has decided to skip it for now and return back to work.
– While Kurt Angle teased retirement after losing to Jeff Jarrett at last night’s Against All Odds pay-per-view, he is confirmed for the Victory Road pay-per-view on March 13th. Per the stipulations last night, Angle now must walk Karen Jarrett down the aisle on the March 3rd iMPACT when she and Jeff renew their vows. Angle taking his boots off and leaving them in the ring at the PPV was a symbolic guesture that is done when amateur wrestlers are ending their careers.
– Max and Jeremy Buck posted messages on their Twitter accounts last night apologizing for not being able to make the Against All Odds pay-per-view.
(Source: PWInsider.com)
WWE Champion The Miz was recently interviewed by SGVTribune.com. Here are some highlights of what the reigning WWE Champion said about:
Winning The WWE Championship: “(There were) so many emotions that went through my head (when winning the belt). When I first won it, when the 1-2-3 happened, I couldn’t control my excitement, it was just exuding,” he said. “Once I got the title, it kind of went to an ‘oh my god’ moment, it takes your breath away,” he continued. “And when I was up on the second rope, I remember raising the belt going, ‘Oh my god, I’m raising the WWE Championship as the WWE Champion.’ And I felt myself choke up, I felt myself getting teary eyed. And I was like, ‘Wait a second. You can’t do that. You’re the WWE Champion.’
“Then I went out of the ring, (Alex Riley) was there and we both celebrated together. Feeling his excitement made me feel even more excited,” he said. “So that’s kind of the first three minutes of my WWE Championship (reign).
“Miz Girl”: “(She) made my championship reign, it was great. That’s how pissed off people were of me (winning),” he said. “Everyone thought I’d be the first person to get the Money in the Bank contract and lose. Everyone thought so, but that didn’t happen.”
Getting a Deal following Tough Enough: “I tried out. Made it. Didn’t win. But impressed the execs enough that they gave me a (development) contract to go to the Deep South (and train),” he said. “I stopped doing reality shows, took a payout, went there and hoped for the best.”
– Tonight’s episode of WWE RAW takes place from the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.
The only match announced for tonight’s show so far is WWE Divas champion Eve defending agaisnt Natalya.
The dark match main event will see John Cena & Randy Orton teaming up against WWE Champion The Miz and Nexus leader CM Punk, with Michael Cole as referee.
.. and of course, WWE Chairman Vince McMahon will be on hand once again to reveal who will be the special Guest Host for WrestleMania 27. WWE’s teaser for tonight’s big reveal reads:
“We will introduce a man who is personification of that special moment, that extraordinary attraction, that never been done before. We will introduce this man who will indeed set a banner, set a record like no one else because no one has ever hosted an event in front of 75,000 people.”
– On Friday’s SmackDown, World Heavyweight champion Edge defeated Dolph Ziggler in a match that saw Green Bay Packer Clay Matthews count the pinfall for Edge after guest referee Vickie Guerrero was knocked out. As per the match stipulation, Edge would be stripped of the championship if he used his Spear finisher. Edge speared Dolph twice in the closing moments of the match – leading WWE’s website and others to speculate whether Edge has rightful ownership of his title.
Dolph Ziggler is speaking out about the situation, claiming Edge did in fact violate the match stipulation and must forfeit his title. Ziggler wrote on Twitter:
“I may not “possess” the title tonight, but make no mistake about it, I AM THE REAL WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION! Rules are Rules…. ;)”
The following preview if from the official TNA website:
PREVIEW: THURSDAY’S HUGE TNA iMPACT BROADCAST ON SPIKE TV
It’s the aftermath of Against All Odds this Thursday on iMPACT
– NEW TNA World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Hardy will appear on the broadcast just days after regaining the gold from Mr. Anderson! Now that Hardy has the title back, will all the power swing back to Immortal in TNA Wrestling?
– After losing to Jeff Jarrett at Against All Odds, how will Kurt Angle react to what happened? Not only does he not get his kids back, but now he is forced to walk his ex-wife Karen down the aisle when she renews her wedding vows with Jeff Jarrett on March 3!
– “The Nature Boy” Ric Flair makes his return to iMPACT – the question is, how will he react to Fortune and their war with Immortal? Was Flair aware of AJ’s decision? Tune in and find out!
– iMPACT will also feature the in-ring return of Hernandez, who not only cost Matt Morgan his shot at the World Title, but also brutalized “The Blueprint” at Sunday’s PPV!
Don’t forget to watch Total Nonstop Action Wrestling every Thursday night starting at 9/8c with iMPACT! If you can’t watch it Thursdays, make sure to set your DVRs to record it!
We are sad to report that Jerry “The King” Lawler’s mother Hazel passed away over the weekend.
Lawler’s mother was 90 years old and suffered from Alzheimer’s disease for the past six years. Her condition had deteriorated dramatically in the past year.
Arrangements are being made today at Family Funeral Care in Memphis.
Jerry Lawler is en route back to Memphis and will not be at tonight’s RAW from Anaheim, California.
We express our deepest condolences to the friends and family of Jerry Lawler.
TNA star “The Pope” D’Angelo Dinero recently spoke to The UK Sun newspaper and had this to say about the following topics:
Elijah Burke (WWE) vs. D’Angelo Dinero (TNA):
“It all comes down to the promoting of one’s character. That doesn’t just involve the person themselves, but it involves the company, as well, that the individual is wrestling for. That plays a big part in what works and what doesn’t work. You watch the company up north and they will take a character and shove it down your throat. They tell you ‘this is what we want to work so you’re going to cheer or you’re going to boo’.
Who remembers Elijah Burke but a diehard fan? Pope has become far more known than Elijah Burke ever was in the three years he was with WWE. What does that say about self-promoting? What does that say about TNA’s promoting?”
Feuding With Samoa Joe:
“I want you to keep a close eye on this situation. I’m going to show how it’s going to be THE feud to watch in all of wrestling. You got Pope – I mean, you got POPE – then you got Joe. You got the Samoan Submission Machine, the guy is a monster in the ring, with his aggression and everything.
Pope will handle all the juckin’ and jivin’, pimpin’ and the ridin’. Pope will handle all the talking, the charismatic features and abilities that should be applied in the ring. Pope is going to handle all the showboating. Joe’s going to handle the rest. I think it’s going to be a great complement to each other, being that we’re both so different. When we get in the ring, magic is going to happen.”
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– After Sunday’s TNA Against All Odds pay-per-view went off the air, Jeff Hardy placed the multi-colored ladder into the corner and climbed it. Jeff was announced as the new champion and celebrated on the lader.
– Here are several backstage videos from TNA’s Against All Odds pay-per-view hosted by So Cal Val:
— Mr. Anderson’s reign as TNA World Heavyweight Champion came to an end tonight at Against All Odds as he lost the title to Jeff Hardy in a Ladder Match. Anderson obtained the belt from Hardy last month at Genesis.
The TNA World Heavyweight Champion is scheduled to return to court on Wednesday to face a variety of charges relating to his September 2009 arrest on charges of trafficking in controlled prescription pills and possession of anabolic steroids. A search of his North Carolina residence yielded 262 Vicodin prescription pills, 180 soma prescription pills, 555 milliliters of anabolic steroids, a residual amount of powder cocaine, and drug paraphernalia.
— Diva-Dirt.com reports that Isis the Amazon, who was to have appeared on the third season of WWE’s NXT, is scheduled for a tryout match at tomorrow night’s iMPACT! taping in Orlando, Florida.
The 6 foot 9 lady grappler teased her meeting with TNA Wrestling officials, writing on Twitter:
“Heading to Orlando tomorrow.. & no, not to visit family this time ;)”
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TNA Against All Odds Results
Sunday, February 13, 2011
From Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida
Results by: Kendra Bunyon of WrestlingNewsWorld.com
Taz and Mike Tenay discuss the coming matches.
Robbie and Cookie out to the ring. he says that he has good and bad news. The good news is that due to Gen Me’s travel issues, he’s the new #1 contender for the X Division Title. Even though he GTW’d all week, he’s not wrestling. He tells the ref to count the ten and raise his hand to make it official. The ref counts the ten and Robbie is #1 contender. Robbie and Cookie celebrate. Kaz out and calls Cookie cheap. Kaz says he can’t just show but not give everyone what they’re there to see. There will be an X Division Title Match tonight. That match will be right now.
TNA X Division Championship Match
– Kazarian vs. Robbie E. w/Cookie
The start:
Kaz on Robbie hard in the ring. Punches to Robbie, then a clothesline and a gut wrench to Robbie. Kaz grabs at Kaz and gets her hand stomped. Robbie thrown down for two. Robbie hung up top, then an upper cut to the floor.
Mid-match notes:
Kaz pulled off the apron, face first to the stairs. Back in the ring and Robbie’s whipped, but a foot into Kaz’s face. Robbie drops a fist from up top, then a shoulder into Kaz’s gut. Robbie chokes Kaz with a foot. Cookie attacks Kaz behind the ref’s back. More choking with Robbie’s foot. Robbie keeps control over Kaz as the fans shout heat at him. Robbie stomps Kaz, then chokes Kaz with a knee in a corner. Snap mare into a chinlock on Kaz on the mat.
Kaz hits a springboard dropkick to Robbie, then a couple clotheslines and a dropkick. Springboard leg drop on Robbie for two. Kaz misses his inverted tombstone, Robbie misses his finisher, but Cookie attacks Kaz from outside.
The finish:
Kaz managed to hit his inverted tombstone for three.
Winner & still TNA X Division Champion, Kazarian
Christy Hemme with BMI and Steiner. Steiner drinking beer, goes back to ‘vintage’ Scotty, stumbles, needs more beer and gets silly. Roode tells Murphy, Gunner and Terry that they chose the wrong people. Storm gets a ‘You suck!’ chant going for their opponents.
Six Man Tag Team Match
– Beer Money, Inc. & Scott Steiner vs. Immortal (Rob Terry, Gunner & Murphy)
AJ Styles out to announce. Gunner, Murphy and Terry to the ring. BMI out. Steiner out to join them.
The start:
Steiner, in better shape than before, starts with Gunner. They lock up, but a shoulder block drops Gunner. Chops to Gunner, then a belly to belly, then Gunner sent outside. Terry tags in and flexes at Steiner. Steiner doesn’t look impressed. Steiner mocks Terry, then a low blow to Terry behind the ref’s back.
Mid-match notes:
Murphy tags in, Storm tags in and Murphy is taken apart. A knee to Storm’s gut, then Gunner tags in. Face buster to Gunner, then a neck breaker to Gunner for two. storm sent out, but holds on and skins the cat. Clotheslines to Gunner, then a back body drop. Storm with punches on Gunner in a corner, but Terry pushes Storm off. Murphy tags in and stomps Storm. Murphy beats on Storm and gets a two count. Chinlock on Storm. Storm up, then slammed back down. The ref busy with Steiner when Terry tags in. Storm up, then slammed to the mat hard for two. The fans behind Storm. Storm reverses into a back stabber. Gunner tags in, as does Roode. Clotheslines to Gunner, but they crossed their wires, but Roode with a forearm to Gunner’s face, Terry sent to the floor. Roode up with a flying neckbreaker for two.
Everyone in and out of the match until Terry and Steiner working outside. BMI about to double team Gunner, but Terry in. Terry eats the double team, then they call for Beer & Money! Spinebuster to Gunner, then to Murphy. Roode reverses away from Terry and hits a spinebuster on him.
The finish:
Steiner tags in and hits his frankensteiner! Steiner pins for three!
Winners Beer Money & Scott Steiner
Christy Hemme with Devon and his boys. Devon says he made a mistake. This match is between him and Ray. Terrence and Terrell argue this. He can’t take the chance of Ray using them to get to Devon. Devon tells them that they will listen to him. They’re not to be where Ray can get his hands on them. They will not be involved. He won’t let anything happen to them. They unhappily agree.
Singles Match
– Samoa Joe vs. “The Pope” D’Angelo Dinero
The start:
The Pope out to the ring. Joe out to face him, white towel over his shoulders. Pope sneers at Joe in the ring. Pope dances around, showing his ‘Pope’s gonna kill you’ trunks. Pope slides out of the ring, sneers more. Pope onto the apron, one leg into the ring, then he climbs in. Kick to Joe’s gut, then a forearm to his back. Joe comes back with a headlock, but Pope flees the ring.
Mid-match notes:
Pope decides to leave the match. Up the ramp, but then Okato stops him, backs Pope down the ramp. Suicide dive with a forearm to Pope’s face. Pope back in for a head butt. Pope tries to reverse, then has a hard time hitting his suplex. Forearms to Pope’s face. Joe punches on Pope. Joe splats Pope in a corner, then that fast flash kick.
Joe slams his foot across a sitting Pope’s face. Joe on Pope hard until a poke to Joe’s eyes, the Joe sent outside. Joe face first to the apron, then rolled back in. A shot to the back of Joe’s head, then a forearm. Joe back with punches, but Pope’s clothesline drops Joe. Punches to Joe’s head. Strikes to Pope, but a drop kick drops Joe. Pope drops Joe with a neck breaker. Punch to Joe’s head. Pope showboats, then up top. Joe catches Pope with an inverted atomic drop. Pope slammed down, then splashed for two. Joe hits that sweet power slam for two. Joe gets Pope up, but he wiggles out. Knee to Joe’s head. Pope showboats.
The finish:
Pope removes top padding. Chops to Joe, then he’s whipped, but Joe stops himself before hitting the corner. Pope tries more offense but Joe locks on his choke and Pope very quickly taps out.
Winner Samoa Joe
Joe and Pope talk a bit in the ring. Pope extends his hand, Joe waves him off. Pope tries again. Joe slaps his hand. Pope attacks Joe. Okata over the top, but Pope drops him fast. Joe face first into the exposed buckle. Pope then hits his DDE onto Joe. Joe falls to the mat, blood dripping. Joe screams and runs at Pope who runs for his life. Pope taunts from the stage.
Hemme with Mickie. She says she’s there to make history. Mickie calls Rayne a chump. She said Tara laid down for Rayne to win. Rayne won’t be getting up this time.
Last Knockout Standing for the TNA Knockout Women’s Championship
– Madison Rayne (c) vs. Mickie James
Mickie out to the ring. Rayne out, sash around her, tiara on her head.
The start:
Rayne went after Mickie with that glove, but Mickie takes Rayne down over and over with clotheslines. Mickie sent outside, Rayne out after her. Mickie beats on Rayne outside, trying to get her glove off. Mickie face first into the stairs. The ref counts, but only to 5. Mickie slides in through Rayne’s legs. Mickie back on Rayne with a clothesline.
Mid-match notes:
Rayne heads from the ring, up the ramp. Mickie on her, but Rayne back with blows to Mickie’s back with that glove. Mickie slammed back first into the barrier, then into the apron. The ref starts counting, but Mickie gets up. Mickie reverses Rayne into the post, back first. Rayne sent in, Mickie after her. Rayne falls back, holding Mickie’s head to her knee. Mickie down, but gets up. A kick to Rayne’s gut, then Rayne to the apron. Mickie drops her to the floor. The ref counts.
Mickie flies off the apron onto Rayne. Mickie tries to get Rayne’s glove off. Rayne crawls under the ring. Mickie goes in after her. Rayne out the other side, Mickie out after her. Rayne swings that glove, but Mickie ducks, it hits the stairs. Mickie slammed Rayne into the stairs. Mickie pulls Rayne up through the count. Mickie climbs, but Rayne sends her flying, bouncing off the apron. The ref counts. Mickie barely makes it before ten.
The finish:
Rayne swings, but Mickie moves. Mickie climbs and flies with a fez press. Mickie gets Rayne’s glove. Tara out on the apron. Rayne pulls out knucks and hits Mickie while the ref dealt with Tara.
Winner & still TNA Knockout Women’s Champion – Madison Rayne
Jeff Hardy speaks in rhyme toward Anderson.
Singles Match
– Hernandez vs. Matt Morgan
Morgan into the ring. ‘Morgan’ chants. He says he was going to say something. He calls out Hernandez. Hernandez out, all ego. Morgan wants Hernandez to talk before he beats Hernandez’s a– all over the Zone. Morgan wants to know why Hernandez cost him the title shot? What about his title shot? Hernandez went to Mexico, his roots, his people. They love him, treated him like the star he is. Not how he’s treated here. He’s there to tell Morgan and white America, no more! This is Hispanic America. This is our country. That’s why he’s back in TNA, to stick it to every gringo who doesn’t appreciate them. Morgan doesn’t like it, take his candy a–out of their country. Low blow to Morgan. Shoulder block to Morgan.
Hernandez gets Morgan up on his shoulder and slams him to the mat hard. Hernandez leaves the ring, Morgan lolling on the mat.
No contest
Matt Hardy says he’s always gone above and beyond for everyone and it got him nowhere. Jeff came to TNA and Matt was punished for it. RVD is just a stepping stone, in his way. He’ll chew up RVD and spit him out. RVD stands for everything Matt’s against. He’ll beat RVD and continue his undefeated record.
Singles Match
Matt Hardy vs. Rob Van Dam
The start:
Matt out to the ring, glaring at the fans the whole way. RVD’s music and he comes out to the ring. Taz talks up both wrestlers. They lock up. They push back and forth until RVD is backed into a corner. Matt slaps RVD hard on the break. They exchange blows until RVD kicks Matt. RVD goes for his monkey flips, but eats the corner, then a clothesline.
Mid-match notes:
Blows to RVD in a corner. The ref breaks it up. RVD fights back with blows and takes Matt out of the ring. ‘RVD’ chants. Matt on the apron, but dropkicked off. RVD to the apron, but Matt pulls his legs out from under him. RVD into the barrier back first a couple times. RVD gets Matt up and lands Matt across the barrier. RVd to the apron, then drops a leg on Matt’s back.
Matt back into the ring, but he grabs RVd with a double arm DDt through the ropes for two. RVD rolls out, Matt out after him. RVD face first on the barrier (never touched it with his face). RVd sells face pain. Matt in the ring, pulls RVD in and drops a leg on the back of RVD’s head. Matt pins for two.
Elbows to the top of RVD’s head. Matt locks on a beautiful submission hold that drops RVD to the mat. RVD gets a foot on the ropes. Taz rants about a fan who will come back with saying Matt has done this move before. RVD sent up into the bottom rope for two. Dueling chants for them both. Full nelson on RVD. RVD kicks out, but eats an elbow. RVD pinned for two.
Reverse hold on RVD. RVD to a knee, then back up and free. RVD whipped. Matt out to the apron. RVD’s kick misses and RVD sent to the mat. Matt climbs, but when he flies eats RVD’s foot. Both are down. Both up with blows. RVD with clothelines, then a dropkick. Matt moves out of the way of rolling thunder, so RVD hit a standing moonsault for two. A kick to Matt’s head. RVD hits his split legged moonsault for two. Matt ducks a kick and hits side effect for two.
The finish:
Matt sets up, waits for RVD to his feet. RVD whips Matt and hits a leg lariat. RVd up, Matt cuts him off. Matt up with RVD, but sent down by forearms. Back body drop to RVD that looked nasty. Matt’s moonsault avoided when RVD moved. RVD up and hits a very far 5 star frog splash for three.
Winner – Rob Van Dam
Christy Hemme with Ray. He screams in her face. He then bullied her, tried to get her to cry. He likes to see women cry, shows how weak they are. Talking about weak, Devon. He wants Devon’s sons as he can make a man out of them. If they follow Devon, they’ll be side kicks taking orders from a man like Ray. He’s done with Ray and ending this stuff with Devon. he’s beating Devon and wants to beat his kids too. Does Hemme like that? He knows she does.
Street Fight
– Brother Devon vs. Bully Ray
The start:
Bully Ray out, then backstage again. Devon’s music and he runs out to the ring. He then realizes no Ray. Ray sneaks up behind Devon with that chain, but Devon stops him with punches. They exchange blows, then Ray onto the barrier. A water bottle punch to Ray’s head. More blows on Ray.
Mid-match notes:
Ray’s face bounces off the stairs. Devon grabs a cable and chokes Ray with it. They exchange blows. Devon hits another liquid shot, covering a camera. More blows on Ray and more people offering Devon drinks to hit Ray with. Ray into the ring, Devon under hunting. Devon with a kendo stick to Ray’s throat. Two blows to Ray’s back. Ray slapped Devon. Devon hits Ray over the head with the kendo. Devon with a chair, puts it on Ray’s head. Devon grabs Ray’s chain. Devon yells, but then Terrence and Terrell out tot he ring, cheering Devon on. They argue from outside the ring. Ray nails Devon in the back with the chair.
Ray spits on the boys, then puts the chair over Devon’s head. The boys get in the ring and grab Ray’s arms. He flings them off. Ray swings the chain, taunting them. Devon up and nails Ray with clotheslines. Ray yells ‘oh s—!’ as Devon hits a body drops on him. One boy hits Ray with a chair. They hold Ray’s legs fro Devon to fly with ‘what’s up!’ Devon slaps the boys’ chests, counts and they all yell, ‘get the tables!’ The boys did just that. Devon sets it up, but then a low blow from Ray. Ray out, grabs handcuffs and locks Devon to a corner.
The finish:
The boys in to help Devon. Ray takes out one boy, then yells at Devon to look. The other boy attacks Ray and eats a big boot. Ray pins the second boy for three.
Winner – Bully Ray
Devon still cuffed and can’t get to his boys as Ray gloats.
Ray chases off Earl Hebner. ‘You suck’ chants. Ray yells at Devon, then spits at him. Ray wants to know what Devon’s going to do. Ray yells, ‘oh my brother, testify!’ Ray wails back with the chair, but then doesn’t hit Devon. Devon screams for security as Ray threatens the boys with the chair. Ray seemed to come back to reality, but then he grabbed a boy, kept yelling at Devon that he’s weak. Ray then bombs a boy through the table. Ray then seemed to fall into that trance while Devon really oversold. Ray dropped down and said it’s ‘because Devon’s weak.’
Devon yelled that he’s going to kill Ray as he left. Finally they got Devon lose to check on his boys. Medical people helping both boys. The one who went through the table being slid onto a board as Taz is completely disgusted about why they have to watch this so closely. Taz said as violent as their careers have been, he never thought he’d see Ray do such a thing, especially to Devon’s kids. One boy slid out to a stretcher. Devon put his other son over his shoulder and carried him out.
JB with Jeff and Karen, both in red. JJ says he’d never put his kids in harms way. Angle doesn’t have a chance to beat JJ. He guarantees he’ll beat Angle. On March 3rd Angle will walk Karen to JJ.
Christy Hemme with Angle. He says all he’s worried about is his kids. He sees JJ messing with his kids. Tonight, after he beats Daddy Jeff’s a–, they’re coming home.
Singles Match
If Jarrett wins, Angle must give Karen Jarrett away at her wedding. If Angle wins, he gets sole custody of Kody and Kyra Angle.
– Kurt Angle vs. Jeff Jarrett
JJ out with Karen on his arm. Karen is in a slim red dress, belted with big earrings and sparkly silver go-go boots! Angle comes up through the stage, then out.
The start:
Taz said that this would be the biggest victory of his career. ‘Angle’ chants. Angle backs JJ into a corner. JJ makes the ref back Angle off. Side headlock takeover on JJ. Angle keeps the hold as Angle’s backed into a corner. The ref breaks them. Side headlock on Angle who easily pushes JJ off. Angle let JJ put it back on, then easily pushed out.
Mid-match notes:
JJ locks it on again, but a backlock suplex on JJ. Hammer lock on JJ. JJ tries to counter, but Angle wouldn’t allow it. Angle backed to the ropes, then elbowed in the face. JJ runs into a hip toss, then a suplex on JJ for two. Blows to JJ, backing him in a corner. Karen keeps screeching, so Angle tossed JJ out at her. Angle out after with blows to JJ. Karen bitch slaps Angle. Angle back on JJ with blows. Angle told Karen to slap him again. She ran. JJ sent back in, Angle after him. JJ into a back elbow for two, then two again.
Back outside and JJ gains control. Into the ring, JJ climbs and flies with a crossbody, Angle rolls through for two. A couple blows to Angle’s head. JJ whips Angle hard enough that he hits the mat. Heat for JJ. Angle pulled to his feet, but then Angle reverses the whip. Angle runs into JJ boot. JJ climbs, but Angle runs up and hits a release fisherman’s suplex. Both are down.
Angle in corner with clotheslines, then a belly to belly for two. Angle goes for the ankle lock, but JJ gets free before it’s locked on. Angle hits three suplexes on JJ who barely gets his shoulder up. Karen screeched. JJ reverses a suplex and kicks Angle in the side of the head. Angle reverses out of the stroke into an ankle lock. JJ sends Angle flying. Angle hits his angle slam, but Brian Henbner is held on the apron by Karen. Low blow to Angle behind Brian’s back. JJ hits the stroke, but Angle kicks out!
JJ threatens Brian. Angle reverses the stroke, JJ into Brian. JJ rolls out, Angle after him. Karen rakes her nails down Angle’s back. Angle after Karen and JJ attacks from behind with a forearm. Angle into the stairs and over. JJ slams Angle face first into the stairs, then again. Angle sent into the ring. JJ grabs a chair and into the ring. Angle gets the chair from JJ, but then Brian up and takes the chair. JJ rolls Angle up. Angle takes JJ down for two. Angle up top, Karen distracts. JJ hits the stroke from up top. JJ pins but Angle kicks out. JJ’s head in his hands. ‘Angle’ chants erupt. Suplex to JJ and the straps come down. Karen’s screeching. Ankle lock on JJ. Karen reaches for JJ. Karen is pulled into the ring. JJ taps out, but Brian’s with Karen. JJ grabs the chair and nails Angle in the head with it. JJ pins, but Angle gets a shoulder up!
The finish:
Small package, JJ kicks out. Sunset flip to JJ, but JJ drops down on Angle and gets the three.
Winner – Jeff Jarrett
Angle sits in the ring looking sick. Karen tends to her husband on the floor. JJ up. They get part way up the ramp, but he drops down and they stare down at Angle in the ring. Angle takes his boots off and sets them in the middle of the ring. Taz says this usually symbolizes the end of a career. Taz is in shock. Angel leaves the ring, leaves his boots.
Christy Hemme with Anderson. She asks if he feels the odds are stacked against him. He says yes, yes, yes. This is Jeff’s match. He made it famous, and it made him famous. To sound like a certain governor, there might be a conspiracy here. Who knows how many refs they have waiting to help. Anderson doesn’t love Jeff, but he loves competition. Every match is Anderson’s match. If he wins tonight it’s be cause he’s the bigger asshole. A–hole.
Ladder Match for the TNA Championship
– Mr. Anderson (c) vs. Jeff Hardy
Jeff walks slowly to the ring, dragging his painted ladder behind him. Jeff stares up at his ugly creation, then climbs into the ring to pose for the fans. Anderson (from now on, Ken) out to the ring. Borash in the ring for official introductions.
The start:
Both look up at the strap as the bell rings. They meet in the middle, talk a bit. Jeff spits in Ken’s face. Blows to Jeff until he flees the ring. Ken out after Jeff, attacks from behind and sends him into the barrier. Jeff tries for a twist of hate outside, but Ken pushes him off. Jeff hits a ladder face first.
Mid-match notes:
Ken grabs a ladder. Jeff grabs the other end in a tug-a-war. Jeff slammed back first into the apron with the ladder. Ken sends the ladder in. Jeff hits a neck breaker on Ken onto the ladder! Jeff drags the ladder over and sets it up. Jeff climbs, but Ken pushes it over. Ken hits a neck breaker and about tries to pin, then remembers. Ken climbs, Jeff grabs ken, sends him flying back. Jeff at Ken and gets double boots to the guts. Jeff sends the top of the ladder into Ken’s privates.
Jeff sets up the ladder as a ramp in a corner. Ken fights back and hits a side Russian leg sweep, slamming Jeff back onto the ladder! Video replay over and over. Ken out and sends another ladder in. Ken sets up the ladder in the center of the ring. Ken climbs. Jeff up, climbs the other side. Blows onto ken over the top. Jeff comes over the top power bombing Ken from the ladder. Ken’s head hits hard. Jeff scoops Ken up and slams him to the mat. Jeff climbs a corner, onto the ladder and over, but Ken moves out of the way of Jeff’s leg drop. Jeff left holding his knee.
Jeff rushes Ken, but Ken moves and Jeff eats corner. Ken rushes Jeff, but into a back body drop right on that ladder! Jeff stomps at Ken, then rearranges ladders. Jeff chokes Ken in the ropes, slamming onto Ken’s back. Ken face first into a corner. Ken fights back with elbows. Jeff sends Ken out through the ropes. Baseball slide sends Ken into the barrier. Jeff goes to get his painted ladder and slams it toward Ken, but Ken shoves it back, dropping Jeff to the floor. Dueling chants fill the arena! Ken knee first into the stairs. Jeff moves the stairs a bit, then grabs a screaming Ken. Blows to Ken’s head, then Jeff backs up. Jeff runs, springs off the stairs and lands a leg across Ken sending him over the barrier.
Jeff sends Ken into the ring. Jeff tries for something but Ken counters Jeff into the upside-down ladder Jeff had set up. Ken sets up a ladder and climbs, over selling his pain. Jeff up and drags Ken down. Twist of hate on Ken. Jeff asks Jackson for a ladder. The painted ladder comes in.
Jeff grabs at Ken, but Ken reverses and gets Jeff on his shoulders. Ken rolls through, Jeff landing on the ladder. Ken climbs for a swanton, but Jeff moves and Ken lands on the back of his head. Jeff sets up two ladders and starts to climb. Ken meets him up there. Jeff tries for a twist of hate off the ladder, but it doesn’t happen. Blows back and forth, both up top, within reach. Ken’s face bounced off the top of his ladder. Jeff grabs the strap, but Ken grabs him. ken swings the strap so Jeff couldn’t get it. They both go down to the mat hard. Jeff tries to grab the strap on his way down.
The finish:
Jeff starts climbing again and this time Ken can’t catch up.
Winner & new TNA Champion – Jeff Hardy
Video recap of all the crashes and crunches in this TNA World Heavyweight Championship Match. Jeff barely to his feet, then Earl raises his hand in victory. Off comes Jeff’s shirt. Earl raises his arm again. Jeff poses on a corner.
Shaul Marie Guerrero, daughter of Eddie and Vickie Guerrero, made her in-ring debut at Florida Championship Wrestling on Friday night at FCW’s show in Gainsville, Florida.
Guerrero, who is now on Twitter at @LaShauly, teamed with Naomi Knight and lost to the team of Aksana and AJ Lee. After the match, Vickie Guerrero, who was in attendance signing autographs before the show, came out and had a showdown with FCW General Manager Maxine.
Vickie Guerrero wrote the following on Twitter regarding her daughter’s WWE developmental debut:
“Last night while watching my daughter wrestle..I saw Eddie”s walk and his eyes shine thru my daughter…I’m blessed.”
Alberto Del Rio’s ring announcer Ricardo Rodriguez was also at the show and wrote the following about Guerrero’s debut:
“Eddie Guerrero’s daughter, Shaul, had her first match last night in Gainsville, Florida… She did a helluva job! Bright future.”
Guerrero and Naomi Night teamed up again the night night at FCW’s show in Punta Gorda and lost again to Aksana & AJ Lee. Vickie came out once again and got into it with Maxine, costing her daughter’s team the win.
Shaul Guerrero has been under WWE developmental contract for several months and has done modeling, singing and acting on her path to WWE.
Earlier this week, WWE held a press conference to announce that WrestleMania 28 will take place on Sunday, April 1st from Miami, Florida.
Names present at WrestleMania 28 press conference at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach in Miami, Florida included NFL legend Dan Marino, Grammy winner Emilio Estefan, Miami Dolphins CEO Mike Dee, Miami-Dade Sports Commission Director Mike Sophia and Miami-Dade County Commissioner & Sports Commission Chairman Jose Diaz.
WWE stars present were The Miz, Mark Henry, John Cena, Alberto Del Rio, Eve Torres, Vince McMahon and Senior VP of Special Events John Saboor. Big Show made a surprise appearance and Marino jokingly offered his services as bodyguard for Show at WrestleMania 28.
Vince McMahon said at the WrestleMania 28 press conference this week that the company will be taking WrestleMania to cities in the future that welcome them and give them the infrastructure they need to be able to adapt and grow the WrestleMania brand. Vince said: “WrestleMania is never in the same location twice. Although we did do Atlantic City twice years ago [1988-89 at Trump Plaza], but it’s a different event now. Every year it becomes more and more of a spectacle.”
According to sources, WWE executive John Saboor is the man who came up with the idea to co-promote WrestleMania events with the NFL teams of host venues.
The Miami Herald reports that the 2012 WWE Hall of Fame ceremony will take place on March 31st from the American Airlines Arena in Miami. WrestleMania Axxess will take place that week from the Miami Beach Convention Center while RAW after WrestleMania 28 will take place on April 2nd from the American Airlines Arena. WWE will also host the WrestleMania Reading Challenge and a Celebrity Pro Am Golf Tournament in Miami.
WWE star Triple H was interviewed this week by The Huffington Post to promote his new movie, The Chaperone.
The Game spoke about a number of topics, including his evolving role in WWE, his relationship with father-in-law Vince McMahon, WWE’s movie studio and more.
Regarding retirement, Triple H said he certainly does not plan to be wrestling full-time in 5 years, but will continue to wrestle as he transitions from WWE superstar to corporate staff member.
The UFC announced Saturday that all tickets for its April 30 event at Rogers Centre (formerly the Skydome) in Toronto have been sold.
Rogers Centre was originally configured to accommodate 42,000 spectators, but the unprecedented demand for tickets led the company to reconfigure the seating chart to accomidate over 55,000 fans.
“UFC continues to set new milestones,” UFC president Dana White said. “We’ve sold 55,000 tickets in our first stadium event in Toronto and we continue to take the UFC to the next level.”
UFC 129 will be the first mixed martial arts event held in Ontario and is expected to more than double the promotion’s record for largest crowd to witness a live event.
UFC 129 will be headlined by two blockbuster title fights, both featuring Canadians. George St. Pierre looks to defend his welterweight belt against Jake Shields, and fellow Canadian Mark Hominick faces current featherweight champion Jose Aldo.
Until UFC 129, the largest crowd the company ever drew event was back in December 2010, when UFC 124 (GSP vs. Koscheck) drw 23,000 at Bell Centre in Montreal.
UFC 129 is also expected to shatter the promotion’s mark for live gate revenue. The current record for a live gate is $5.4 million, set on Dec. 30, 2006, for UFC 66 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
— Dolph Ziggler attended his alma mater Kent State University’s wrestling meet against Ohio this past Friday and was in charge of the pre-meet coin toss. Ziggler also sat on the Kent State bench to watch the meet.
Kent State crushed rivals Ohio 30-6 at the Friday meet, capturing the spot of first place in the Mid-American Conference.
— Evan Bourne wrote on Twitter (@findevan) this week that he will still 4-6 weeks away from returning to the ring. Bourne also said he’s headed to Brazil soon to do promotional work for WWE and that WWE will be part of WWE’s upcoming tour of South America.
— The WWE website has a poll up asking fans who they think will be the special guest host at WrestleMania 27. The choices are Aaron Rodgers, Michael Jordan, Shaq, Clay Matthews and Dan Marino.
– There will be a big change to the WWE Hall of Fame this year, as the annual event will not air on USA Network the night before WrestleMania. This year, the show will be taped on Saturday night from Atlanta and will not air until Monday night, as a lead-in to WWE RAW. Both WWE and USA Network expect the show to draw much higher ratings this year on Monday night.
– With the Hall of Fame airing on April 4th, the night after WrestleMania 27, that evening will now feature 4 hours of WWE programming on the USA Netowk.
The 2011 WWE Hall of Fame ceremony is currently scheduled to air on Monday, April 4th before the post-WrestleMania RAW at 8pm EST.
The post-WrestleMania edition of Monday Night RAW will then air at 9pm in its regularly scheduled spot.
Following RAW will be the season premiere of WWE Tough Enough at 11pm, completing a four-hour block of WWE TV that night.
– Starting the following Monday (4/11), the previous week’s episode of WWE Tough Enough will air before WWE RAW (at 8pm EST). Following RAW each week, that week’s new episode of Tough Enough will air at 11pm EST.
WWE Chairman Vince McMahon made his first in-person WWE television appearance in nearly a year at the start of Monday’s RAW. Vince congratulated the Wisconsin crowd for their Packers winning the Super Bowl the night before and said that he’s got something big planned for WrestleMania 27 on April 3rd. He said there’s something special about every year’s WrestleMania – and this year’s show will be no exception.
Next week on RAW, Vince McMahon will announce the official Guest Host of WrestleMania 27.
We’ve got a scoop on who the Guest Host will be, but will be waiting a day or two to get further confirmation before publishing the news.
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