Cactus James' Wrestling Blog Archives

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MARCH 5, 2009

First off, this is the start of a weekly rant I will do about any topic concerning the world of wrestling. I will give opinions, insights, and my overall view on everything wrestling. I feel with almost 20 years of viewing under my belt, as well as my unmatched knowledge of the current product, this should be as rewarding for you, as it is for me. Also, feel free to ask questions, I may answer some of them if I deem them intelligent enough from week to week.

I want to start by telling Boogeyman to suck a dick. You were one of the worst thought of gimmicks ever. Whoever thought of the gimmick deserves to have his eyeballs set on fire in front of him. If it was you, in your infinite wisdom, who came up with that train wreck, one can only hope you aren't allowed near small children as anyone who has that much time to get use to eating worms is a problem. I won't be shocked to see you on ABCs How to Catch a Predator. I wish you harm in your future endeavors, as I don't want that awful gimmick disgracing the already insane world of pro wrestling. Fuck off, you clunky, one dimensional glorified jobber. Eat shit next time, choke on it, and die.

This week, we start with a subject we all bitch about, and something near and dear to my above average size heart, the announcing. More specific, dick bag Michael Cole. The most obvious bash is, that asshole doesn't deserve to be play by play for the Monday broadcast. Well, let's take a look and see if he's a fit anywhere within the company.

We all remember when Cole started, interview guy, poor mans Kevin Kelly or Todd Pentingill. This may be his only time of relevance within the company as DX was running rampant in the fall and winter of 97 and he just started. A prefect match, the two pranksters and the newbie. We saw everything from wedgies, to wet willies, to Chyna getting down on all four behind Cole just to get shoved by Hunter and fly half way across the ring. And who can forget the time they threw Cole in the shower, and Hunter remarked,"Man, that shirt shrunk really fast".

But then the focus of the product shifted, and Cole was used a bit more seriously, even landing a few small time announcing gigs like Sunday Night Heat and others. And it is around this time where his overall demeanor came through. Cole has never been a fan of wrestling, it is strictly a job for him, the emotion, or lack thereof is detrimental to the overall quality of the show. His forced reactions, be it a mournful tone when someone gets beat up, or his fake excitement when "a surprise" happens. He makes in painfully obvious that he knew something was happening in advance, even recently. Someone ran in to the ring to interfere, and even though you saw his face on TV for a few moments, with the guy(exactly who slips my mind right now) standing right in the ring, Cole exclaims,"Who the hell is that"? Even though it's a person featured frequently EVERY SINGLE WEEK. Cole acts taken aback by a run in, even though minutes before he ran through the bullet points of the feud the person is in.

I don't think it's a secret there is no room for him, he doesn't fit in anywhere and for the overall integrity of the show, he should be let go.

Cole has to go, even King is slipping in his delivery, even though he's a cartoonish, male cheerleader, his performance was never bad, because he had JR next to him, not Cole dragging the entire ship down. My motto in wrestling is yes, you have to suspend belief sometimes when watching wrestling, but it is always better when you don't have to. One of the key ways the show is more believable is when the announcing isn't forced. When their excitement of calling the match can carry it. Maybe I'm spoiled and expecting too much, not everyone is J.R., but sometimes enough is enough. I would have axed Cole when Adamle got axed.

Something else I want to touch on is the McMahon family tragedy. I think with everything coming out about HHH being part of the family, and it is no longer a tounge in cheek joke for Hunter, this is a perfect place to start thinking about a swerve of some kind and there are many different ways to go about it. If I'm not mistaken, quite a few were calling for Shane to be in Legacy,and while that is very easy to do, and would make sense, I think it can go one further. Vince can be in on it, and be in Legacy. Let's break it down:

Steph is in charge of Raw, going so far as to belittling her older brother on national TV. Many wrestlers become disgruntled and are not happy with decisions she's made. Jericho makes personal pleas to Vince to return to smooth things over. On the same episode Vince returns, Orton kicks him in the head. Vince can easily blame Steph, especially if he says she knew about his "IED", and still provoked him leading to him and Shane getting kicked. From there, it can easily be Hunter, Steph and Shane, vs Legacy, backed by Vince.

I feel a swerve can really add more shelf life to this, and go slightly past Mania. Of course, a lot of that has to do with how they want the title picture to be after Mania. What show has the World Title, which one has the WWE? A lot of questions depend solely on what shows the belts end up on. However, check back next week as that will be the first issue I tackle in next weeks blog. I'm aklso going to take a look at the HBK/Taker match, and how both men will have their legacy affected by their match. And next week I will dive into the the Money in the Bank ladder match, and who I would like to see in the match, now that three spots have been filled.

Thanks for reading, and no, that's not a sock in my pocket.

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MARCH 12, 2009

Welcome to the 2nd installation of my blog type thing.....I need to come up with a name for this. If you'd like to email me some suggestions feel free to send it to [e-mail]. This week I talk about the Mania hype, a little TNA, a little UFC and some other shit. So in the words of the great Kenny Powers, who is a fucking power house by the way, hold on to your dick.

We will start over at TNA, they got the big Destination X ppv this sunday and on paper looks to be an excellent card. Of course this card is known for the Ultimate X matche, one the few gimmick matches TNA has gotten over. The way they got that match over was the people they put in it, the X Division. And they have a bunch of good guys in the match this go round. Of course the Motor City Machine Guns are in, they're carrying the division right now as Alex Shelley defends the belt almost weekly. They have a cool little tweener role going on right mow where they're "Front Line" members, but get along with none of them. Even going so far as to attack fellow members Consequences Creed and Jay Lethal. Now while not all the participants have been announced, and still more matches need to be announced, this is shaping up to be the highlight of the night. In any event, I have the feeling Sabin wins the match and goes on to challenge his tag partner for the X Division Title. If TNA gives them another 20 minutes for a one on one like they did two months ago, I'm all for it.

The Guns have been tearing it up, the promos, the matches, all top notch, WWE should take note when trying to establish the IC title. The X Division Title was nothing, and they put it on Shelley and then POOF, like some sort of fucking magic it's instantly good TV. In many ways WWE is better, retaining the importance of the mid card titles, not so much.

Another match is the new and "improved" Samoa Joe vs Scott Steiner. Joe has committed attempted manslaughter by holding a Rambo looking knife to Steiner's throat several times, but hasn't been arrested, fined or fired by TNA, and Steiner hasn't back out of a match. If someones coming at me with a knife, last thing I'm going to do is wait for them in a ring where they know exactly where I am. This reeks of Vince Russo 90's attitude era crap. I don't expect this to be good since Steiner sucks and Joe is known as not being able to get more out of the people he's in the ring with. I mean he made Sting look worse than Sting is, that's impressive.

Speaking of the world champ, he's facing Kurt Angle in a MEM main event, where they're battling for respect of each other. Interesting match, they've worked good the few brawls they've had past weeks, but I expect this to be where they get the belt of Sting, but in the MEM. Sting just can't go anymore, in big or small spurts. Not to say that's what's wrong with the whole angle, if the whole point is to make the original TNA guys as good as the MEM, not good, but it's not's Sting's fault for being Sting. But a title change could help that, open up some things and maybe lead to some compelling TV when it comes to the TNA title.

Also there is the Tag Title off the wagon match, where a team challenges for the gold, and if they're team loses, whoever takes the pin is fired. Roode and Storm defend against 3D, and while I'm a fan of Beer Money, I don't see someone from 3D being fired.

Also there's Sojo vs Kong but that's eh. Without much else to go on, since more has to be announced, that will do for the TNA part of this.Next week I'll recap the PPV and have more to go on.

Now for our main story, the Mania hype. Both WWE and TNA have seen jumps in ratings, due to this hype, yet WWE has nothing to be happy about in my intoxicating brown eyes. First off, Cena and Edge should be one on one, it could have been a classic match, the classic they should have had when they feuded on Raw years back. But they have to throw Show a bone, the size of a dinosaurs tailbone. Worst yet, is they made it a love triangle, and Vickie and Show have ZERO chemistry together. I have more chem notes than they have chemistry and I never took the fucking class. Bad move on WWE's part. However, the WWE Title hype has been good. Yes, the beatdown in Orton's house was predictable, but they have to try new things keeping it fresh, and while some of the segment was too over-produced for something that was suppose to be shocking and something thy weren't prepared for. The funniest thing of the whole thing was Orton's wife, she looks too nice to be with such an asshole like him. He's talking about beating up the McMahons with no remorse, and she just sits there all ho hum.

But the hype for the rest of the show has been good. Taker has had more mic time for any of his matches, let alone Mania, than he has in a while, and he's not doing bad. And HBK is responding to him, instead of instigating, so Shawn's promo haven't been bad except for the one line at the end of the segment on Raw. The way he gave away the line you've never beaten me and never will was a giveaway. It would have been better to let the announcers take care of it and let him just stand toe to toe with Taker.

I don't even think I need to get into Jericho's thing, he's money right now, period. What I find nice about the entire card, is the uncertainty of the outcomes for the title matches. Unless they wait for the draft, I expect Mania to be where they get one world title back on Raw and one on SD. But how do they do that having a face win to close the show? If HHH wins, Orton gets nothing and SD keeps the belt, which them means Cena wins and we get two faces. But it just seems to me that Orton or Edge HAVE to win, one of them has to walk out as champ. It would kill all the steam have. My thinking is HHH wins, because it's unlikely he loses and doesn't defend the honor of his wife. Which them means Cena wins so Raw has a belt. Edge though is the favorite, but that would just screw up everything. And who knows, maybe they throw a curveball this year and draft a champ to Raw when they do the lottery draft. But the fact there are so many possibilities makes it up in the air, which Mania hasn't had recently.

But it is a good sign for the business that WM season comes around and ratings for BOTH shows go up. Hopefully both companies are able to hook new fans now, and deliver good programming after to keep them. It's also good news that ROH is starting on HDNet soon or whatever it is, it's nice an indy promotion is doing as good as it's doing, maybe they can really have an effect on the business and rival the other two companies. Competition always breeds creativity, hopefully this is a new time for that and hopefully ROH can do just that.

I also read that WWE has contacted Bret Hart about someday inducting both Stu and Owen, and he said he'd be up for that. I'm all for it, as I think he deserves to be in and it's a shame his wife won't let him in. I think it's a good move by Vince to cut out the middle (wo)man and go straight to Bret, who wants Owen in and I'm sure realizes how much fans and peers want Owen in too. Plus how do you let Bret in and not Owen, Bret could never touch how good Owen was but he's still in.

Now for UFC, great card over the weekend, and the main event lived up to the hype. I won't do a recap since I sort of already did that, instead, address the notion that the altercation between Rampage and Rashad Evans was not the MMA thing, that it was a pro wrestling type thing. Nose to nose encounters have been going on since weigh ins for boxing fights. Any real fight fan, who knows the fighters and the current state of MMA knows that's a dream match up and any hype before the fight is good for business. It was something you'd see if these guys were going brawl in a bar, it was intense and it was real. You felt the pressure of the situation just watching it on TV. If that drives people away, fuck them, I'll take their seat bitches.

And in closing, I'm going to give big ups to Evan "Air" Bourne who returns to ECW next week, he's one of the best up and comers anywhere, it'll be nice to have that change of tempo back, here's hoping he and Christian can work together is some way, shape or form.

This has been Cactus James, hell I like you, you can come over my house and fuck my sister.



Cactus James recommends watching: Eddie Guerreo vs JBL for the WWE Championship from Judgment Day May 16th 2004

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MARCH 18, 2009

Wanted to shoot this blog out there a little ahead of schedule. Not too many jokes or my typical goofing off, the topic this week isn't a hard one to think of. With the passing of another wrestler at a young age, it'd be a dumb move to not have a blog about Andrew "Test" Martin. But this is more of a commentary regarding certain aspects surrounding his death, and not a retrospective of his career.

First off, it's never good news hearing of someone dying so young, not just being a wrestler. I won't sit here and say it isn't a tragic thing that happened, but it couldn't have happened to a dumber person. Today on my Myspace page Blue Meanie posted an interview of Test from 17 months ago, he had just recently turned 32. And he talks about his love of wrestling, to the grind of being on the road and the toll the lifestyle takes on you.

Which is why I'm very thrown by the news of his passing. Here's a guy who is very adamant about not being "a statistic". He made a point to say he didn't want to be like the guys who's funerals he had to go to. He talked about making the choice of the habits that can be detrimental or helpful to maintaining your mental grasp on reality. Well, you blew it.

Yes, it's very respectable he went on record saying he wanted to be different. But then when you skip ahead 17 months and he ends up EXACTLY how he didn't want to, it begs the question how sincere was it? How can you openly speak out about the harmful activities wrestlers can partake in, then partake in it? Why bother at all? Now up and comers can see this interview, which is very insightful and educational, but how are they to embrace it when the guy who was against all the bad stigmas in wrestling succumbs to it? Where is the learning experience for people who may not be as aware to the hardships such as Test was?

So while it is sad, I can't and won't feel bad knowing he spoke strongly about a touchy subject and was on the other side of the fence than his own words. It's hypocritical and it's almost as harmful as the actual drugs themselves. What lesson is to be learned? Realize your demons, admit you've had them and are fighting them, just to fall right back into it? Most people who quit a vice that's harmful, and then speak about it so to make sure others don't follow the same path usually don't die from it. If someone is an unhealthy eater, they lose weight and speak out to those who have the same problem, they're not doing it with a BLT next to them. Someone at AA isn't saying drinking is bad carrying a sixer.

It would have been an easier situation to grasp if Test didn't come across as being very opposed to the very same thing that led to his death. He very well may have been against it, so I won't sit here and call him a liar, it still didn't stop him from taking the substances he was against. For that, and that alone, I can sympathize with a guy who came across genuine and was anything but. It's another black mark on the world of wrestling, and it's hard to sit here and say it wasn't the wrestling's fault, but this is one case where responsibility does not fall solely on wrestling as a whole. This is more an individual hurting himself than his a lifestyle that he accepted.

It's sad someone is dead, but this was more a self induced tragedy than many of the other cases. And seeing how Test played both sides of the fence, spoke badly of it and still embraced it, it's hard to take to pity.

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MARCH 31, 2009

Newest edition of my world famous blog, Wrestlemania edition. I think I'm going bust out a few this week, I should have enough blogs within the next week or two, with Mania 5 days away, and TNA the following week with Lockdown. I'm going to cover the build up to Lockdown as well as a review of the PPV that night. And Mania will be the same, I'll do a few blogs this week all about Mania, then after the 4 hour event Sunday review it and go over it, hope some of you can join along. So this week, a shit load of Mania blogs, and next week two on Lockdown. Depending on how it goes, I'll probably do a PPV review every month for each, and if I had HDNet, I'd do the ROH taping, although from most accounts no one missed anything on the debut show. But, that's for another time. Time to get to business.

So going into Raw last night, I don't thin I'm alone in saying the excitement level was not really there. With the exception of a few matches, there could really be complaints about the buildup as well as the match on paper. I am sort of depressed by that, I remember for years the week leading up to it was too long, as all you could do is countdown till Sunday. But instead of going over the card, I want to wait till both go home editions of Smackdown and ECW. This blog will be dedicated to past Wrestlemania memories. Seeing as this is my 15th Wrestlemania(I've seen the others before WM 10 on the box set, but as a live viewer), it may not be as many as some of you, but I still think I have the longevity to rate some of the best Manias and matches.

Easily, my favorite match is the same match that's been voted by numerous sources as the best Mania match of all time, but hands down, the Iron Man Match from Wrestlemania stands out. Obviously, certain matchups have been more popular, such as Hogan and Andre, Hogan and Warrior, and Hogan and Rock, it's safe to say none of those matches matched the in ring action quite like the Iron Man match. And trust me, this is totally being unbiased. But the buildup was great to the match, two of the most popular wrestlers of that time main eventing in a match that was guaranteed to be an hour. It took on a bigger meaning seeing as by that time, the 45 minutes, hour long matches have been sort of a lost art. Not many matches would go as long, compared to not just past Manias, but all wrestling cards. Even being 13 years ago, it seemed like a throwback match to the classic bouts we all know in wrestling history. So the sheer fact this match was going to be at least an hour gave it a different feel than past main events at the big show.

Beside the fact HBK was doing the whole boyhood dream angle, and Bret was the fighting champion, and a proven winner, the anticipation of the match may only be topped by Hogan and Rock. Now, while you can say, the match wasn't that exciting till the last 7 minutes or so with all the near falls, now in hindsight you couldn't ask for a better match due to the ring psychology. We all know how it ended, and we all know why it means so much to me, but big picture, it's one of the most important matches ever, not just at Mania. It ushered in the fact that smaller guys could main event and carry the ball with the departure of some of the bigger drawing names. It cemented The Hitman as one of the best ever and catapulted HBK to superstar status.

My second personal favorite is Savage vs one of the newest inductees to the HOF, Ricky Steamboat. Now while there were no hurricanranas or moonsaults, the match on a technical level is probably equaled to the iron man match. Of course that's not a shock since back then the IC title was only for the smaller guys who could really wrestle and it showcased real talent and skill on how to tell a story. Of course the surprise ending with Steamboat winning made the match even bigger, but at that time, you didn't really see classics like that with the era being dominated by the big, muscular. cartoonish characters. So the match was very important in terms of making the mat classic more acceptable in WWF. Now, instead of Mania being all about the celebs and special attraction matches, now people expected to see the best of the best at Mania, you could now expect to see the best of both worlds, larger than life battles as well as technical, psychological mat classics.

It's really hard to think of another match to fill in, at least for me. I could easily go with HBK/Jericho, HBK/Angle, any of the ladder matches, either WM 10 or the TLC matches from years later. Andre/hogan probably the most significant match due to what it did to WWF and the business as a whole could and should probably take it. I'm partial to Bret vs Owen from Wrestlemania 10 as well. Although I did enjoy sitting and watching Eddie vs Angle from WM 20, maybe because I was there live, but that stands out as a true great Mania match, and the other main event from WM 20, although we don't like triple threats I tend to like HHH/HBK/Benoit triple threat more than the one where Mysterio won it. I could also sit and watch Bret vs Piper for the Intercontinental Title at Wrestlemania 8. Also Savage vs Flair for the WWF Title from the same card. All of those matches have claim to being one of the best Mania matches of all time, it's just really hard to pick them in order because I'd have to sit and watch it again to fully remember, those are just the ones on the top of my head.

But if that was hard, picking the best card is probably harder. The first Mania had a pretty weak under card, it was really all about the main event, as was Wrestlemania 2. Three was pretty good, the card with Hogan and Warrior was pretty solid, but none of the matches really paid off. I could make an argument for Wrestlemania 9, but that ending pisses me off to this day and is just one of those really bad examples of the business being exposed by that self centered douche Hogan. Even though I fully understand making sure the fans go home happy at Mania, that was just bad, and at some point you have to say, maybe the bad guy SHOULD win once in a while, just to keep it fresh. Cause now when a heel goes over at Mania, it comes across as a swerve for the sake of doing a swerve, like HHH and Orton this year, but that's for a later blog.

I think overall the Mania I have to go with as being the best card, where maybe a match didn't seem good on paper but really delivered and matches that looked good on paper and didn't disappoint, this was tough and this is totally biased based on my own enjoyment factor is Wrestlemania 22. 3 matches were sub par, but not really that bad. You had Cena vs HHH for the WWE Title, the other triple thread between Orton, Angle and Mysterio for the world title, which was pretty good although predictable. HBK vs Vince, and I don't care who you are, if you can get a 5 star match out of Vince McMahon, you're pretty damn good and HBK came up big when I, of all people, was one of the people who thought it was just going to be plain bad. You also had Edge vs Foley in a hardcore match, that of course was the match that had the crazy spot where Edge speared Foley through the second rope through a flaming table. RVD won the money in the bank. Then it got a little iffy, Taker vs Mark Henry in a casket match, wasn't terrible but nothing too memorable from those two. JBL beat Benoit in a US Title match, which is a match I felt could have been better, but due to the stiffness of the match, the down and dirty approach, wasn't boring or bad by any means. The worse match of the night was Kane and Big Show vs Carlito and Chris Masters for the World Tag Team Titles. Mickie James beat Trish for the Women's strap in a very good match between two of the best working Divas ever. Boogeyman for some reason was given a spot on the card, I feel bad for Booker to this day he had to do the job this time around. And a ho hum Playboy Pillow Fight between Torrie and Candice, pretty much the match for the horny guys.

i have to go with that one due to the matches being star studded as well as the in ring action being very entertaining, sans a few boring matches, but on any PPV card, if three matches are clunkers and everything else is above average, I think you have to consider that a success. I know you could go earlier and pick a card because of how it affected the company and business after, based on delivering a good show, that Wrestlemania is up there on my list.

So later this week, I'll go over each and every match on the card. I'll discuss the expectations for each match as well as the buildup. I'm going to save a blog for predictions only because I want to wait till after Smackdown and get all the hype in there. I also want to do a blog on just predictions because there's a lot of variables that go into it, so I want to be able to talk about the booking side of it, and don't want to confuse the buildup for how I would book the matches. Thanks for reading, hopefully we can start putting these things in their own locked thread and we can use this thread to either praise of bash each installment, and please share some of your personal favorite Mania matches and cards. I'd also love to hear what some of you hope to get from this years Mania, meaning how you would like to see everything go down to make it a 5 star card in your eyes.

Until next time, this has been Cactus James, who never has much on his mind.......except when I wear a hat....................no thoughts.....................just a hat.

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APRIL 3, 2009

The Finale of the Wrestlemania blogs. I was going to space it out, but I want to go into the buildup for each match as well as how I'd book it, but I can't do that without making my predictions too so I thought screw it. Now, I'm not being biased in my bookings of the matches, I'm not booking it to please James, I'd book it so that it'd be entertaining and interesting to the average viewer, as well as logical for the pure wrestling fan. In simpler terms, this is what would make the most fucking sense.

Now while some can argue this shouldn't be the last match, for all intents and purposes, it's sort of common sense the last match is going to be HHH defending the WWE Championship vs Randy Orton. They could put Edge, Cena and Big Show last, but it's probably going to be these two. And I can't complain, the buildup has been tremendous. The intensity of this rivalry, due to the personal nature of it, has been great. Remember back to HBK and Jericho and how great that feud was, and a big part of that was because of how personal it was. The HHH/Orton fe3ud is right up there in terms of how personal the rivalry is. Yeah, it was a little hack the way HHH broke into Orton's house, but I won't bash it and criticize the angle like some did, I won't buy into the questionable material malarky because 1), they have to come up with new ways to keep classic angles fresh. And B) it's not like we're talking about Katie fucking Vick here. Orton has played his heel character flawlessly, he's on top of his game right now, he's been getting high praise and as a uber fan of all heels, Orton has been a master as of late. HHH has also been good being the serious badass who's fighting for his family. Early in his reign he was the cocky I'm better than you face champ, now he's 180'd the bitch and is kicking ass and taking names fighting for the honor of his wife and family.

How would I book it? First off I wouldn't make it the last match, but more on that later. This would be the 2nd to last match for me if I were making out the card, and I'd have Orton go over. Logistically it makes the most sense, he's too good now not to put the strap on him. But if it's the last match, the face always wins. And you have to do it that way too, because a swerve for the sake of a swerve sucks, and no one will be happy with that. Then at Backlash Orton finally goes over and gets given the ball once again. But I'd book it so it wasn't the last match and Orton could win and get even more momentum and news bragging points for his character. Plus it'd be nice to start putting over Legacy as a force to be fucked with. The WWe gold on Orton plus Tag Gold for Cody and Ted would be qa big boost for all 3 at this time of the year. But my prediction is HHH.

Next is the triple threat for the World Title. It was only this past Monday did they finally realize we should put focus on the title, not the stupid love triangle. The buildup hasn't been good in this feud at all. They have done good setting up the points that Edge is crazy and will do anything, Big Show is near unstoppable when he's on a roll and Cena has the deck stacked against him, but he's always going to put up a fight and keep it close. That's all well and good, but it's Wrestlemania and it's the WORLD FUCKING TITLE MATCH! Christ on a trampoline you think they'd realize Big Show and Vickie have no chemistry together and no one cares about a love triangle. They're pushing it with Vickie's character basically making her look like a sleazy fucking whore. But again, they have time to do all that, but then only on Monday shift focus to the fact all three also want the title. Bad move, bad booking, but at this point it's second fiddle to two other matches. So why not make two heels go over? I'd make this the 3rd to last match and have Edge win, it'd be good for his character to have some more credibility, instead of always snaking his way into the title, something I don't mind, but pulling out the win at Mania makes him look more legit than JUST a chickenshit heel. But because the odds are stacked against Cena, the Rocky like character comes from behind, defies the odds and wins the title.........blech. Big Show is a dark horse, they could put it on him and have it taken off him at Backlash, but I honestly think it'll be either Cena or Edge, which ironically enough are the only two who should be in this match.

The next match I'll cover is the match I feel should be the main event. Undertaker vs Shawn Michaels, face vs face, good guy vs sort of of good guy, either way you term it, fans leave happy. That's the whole point of Mania, this way it creates a little doubt and speculation with the title matches, And it's not like Mania hasn't ended with a non championship match before, but I digress. This feud has been really fun, both guys have been good on the mic, even Taker. The reversal of the mind games has been a cool twist as well with HBK getting inside of Taker's heard and getting the best of him a couple of times. I think this should be the match of the night, Taker has had a good streak of having some strong Wrestlemania matches and being in there with someone who can really step it up as well should help Taker. These guys just have great chemistry, and when you can keep two of the biggest stars in the company away from each other in a one on one match for 11 years, it makes the match seem really important. This, more than any other match, has that big match feel to it, and i think it's going to be magnified when the cameras are rolling. my prediction is the same as how I'd book it, make it seem like Taker's streak is done for him to pull it out just barely. Give the fans a big scare but don't mess with wrestlings version of the 56 game hit streak.

The IC title match should have been given more time to develop, but at least were getting an IC title match on the show. And they sort of did a good job building up suspense for the match with Rey pulling out the victory on monday. I think this will be another good match, as well as another match that I'd book the way I think it will go, with Rey winning. I think it's a big set up, Rey won Monday so no way he does it again, the swerve for the sake of a swerve. But because Rey would be getting the IC, screw it, he'd be an awesome Intercontinental Champ. In fact I'd also book Rey to defend the IC Belt the next night on Raw against Michaels, he loves doing the job to Rey and it'd be one hell of a start to putting some meaning back in the belt, it sort of be like an old throwback IC title match back from like Superstars or whatever back in the day.

The Hardy vs Hardy match has been blah. I think it was a big letdown having Matt be the one behind everything and not Christian. I think that sucked the air out of it only because you know Matt isn't going to kill Jeff's dog. But I think this will be a terrific match, I like the Extreme Rules stip as well. This should be a total spot fest, but as with most Hardy matches, there's a rhyme and reason behind each spot so I think it should turn out well. I think Jeff will go over, and i can't say I blame them but if you want Matt to be taken serious again it'd be wise to have him go over. It'd be fun to see another MVP/Matt feud for the US Title, this time with the roles reversed. But Jeff does need steam to be back in the title hunt, no matter which belt ends up on Smackdown.

The Tag Unification bout is a nice touch too, and I don't think the Bellas will play much of a factor, and I'm glad, i wanna see these two teams go at it for 10 minutes. It's very nice that were getting and IC championship match as well as a Tag Championship match, it's giving some importance back in the belts because it's saying these belts are worthy enough to be on the biggest card of the year. I like Miz and Morrison here, and I think that's how it'll go on Sunday as well.

The Money in the Bank Ladder match is always a fun one, and since the first one I don't think there's ever been a bad one. It's a total spot fest but it seems as if you see new shit in that match every year. There's a few favorites, CM Punk obviously, since he won it last year. MVP is a favorite, as well as Shelton. I think they're setting it up for either Shelton or Kane to win it, but I'm going to out on a limb and pick Christian. I know Vince isn't a fan and almost didn't want him in the match, but the writers feel he should be in it, and I have a feeling they know they can get good stuff from him if he's in the title picture. He just came back, the draft is coming up, giving him MITB could lead to many intriguing angles and several strong feuds. There's a lot of options with him winning it, I feel that's the best way to go, do I think it will happen, no, but it'd be nice if it did.

Jericho and the legends are another blah match. The buildup has been fun, but you know the legends are going to win and Jericho is just going to look like a cry baby and a wuss. Oh yeah the fact he's losing to guys half crippled does nothing to the image of a former world champ. Idiots.

And the Diva Battle Royal should not be pretty from a wrestling standpoint. From the male standpoint it'll be very pretty. I'm liking Gail Kim, almost for the same reason as Christian, get the ball rolling with the newest additions to the roster and put them over early. Here's hoping Gail goes to Raw at the Draft so we can see Beth. Mickie and Gail on the same roster. Those 3 would make a solid Women's division on Raw me thinks.

That about does it, if you didn't agree with anything I said this week I at least hope you had as much fun reading it as I did writing it, a-ha ha ha hahahaha. In all seriousness, enjoy the show Sunday, if you can check back after Wrestlemania to see my show run down. Sunday is like Christmas to a wrestling fan so I hope you all get what you want out of it. Peace Out Girl Scouts.

And BTW, there's at least 5 or 6 of these things now, isn't it about time we get the blogs in one locked thread and have this one to discuss them? Just a though, doesn't hinder me in any way from writing em.

[MSBNYY]

APRIL 17, 2009

I know it's late, but totally worth it. We have a lot to cover in this edition of my nameless blog(suggestions welcomed). We got the draft to get into from Monday night, as well as the Supplemental draft held two days ago(I covered it in the draft thread in case you missed it Wednesday). But, what kind of writer would I be if I didn't start with the return to the ring, of my namesake, Cactus Jack. I'll also go into detail on the other matches on the TNA Lockdown PPV this Sunday, where all the matches are fought in the 6 sides of steel. And last, but certainly not least, I'll have predictions for UFC 97, being held tomorrow night.

So, it was kind of a no brainer when Mick Foley signed with TNA a few months ago, he would dabble in the ring again. However, I don't think anyone expected him to be in the title picture against world champ Sting. I know I didn't, but I'm still very pleased with buildup to said match. You get a little bit of a wrestling history lesson while being entertained by Foley, as to his credit, Sting. He's stepped up his promo work recently, and his sit down interview with Mike Tenay was very well done. The twist in this match is that no one knows who Sting is facing, lovable good Foley, or the ever dangerous Cactus Jack. The final sell last night was excellent. Cactus set up Sting by playing the Main Event Mafia theme song only to attack the world champ from behind, while still verbally smashing him. He showed that he is more dangerous than ever, seeing as he has a lot of pull in TNA, being an "executive shareholder". I think the match should be really fun, not a classic catch them as catch can match, but with it being held in a cage, that gives Foley something else to use in the match, just another ingredient. Obviously they won't make Foley look bad, but I can't see putting the title on him, although it wouldn't surprise me. It would make for good TV to see the unstable Cactus Jack/Mick Foley as shareholder and TNA champ.

The other big match is Team Jarrett vs Team Angle where a roof lowers down onto the 6 sides of steel and tons of weapons are involved. It's also like War Games from WCW where nthere will be a man advantage for Team Angle. Two men start off, and after a few minutes another member of a team enters. Because of last night, Team Angle has the one man advantage. The big news is the return of Curry Ma...errr.....Christopher Daniels. But, the big storyline in this is, where does Jeff Jarrett's loyalties lie, with the Front Line or the MEM? The participants are for Team Angle are Angle, Booker T, Scott Steiner and Kevin Nash vs Team Jarrett has Jarrett, AJ Styles, Christopher Daniels and the new serial killer in TNA, Samoa Joe. I expect to see tons of big spots in this match, and it isn't much of a prediction, but Jarrett turns, something I called a few months ago and Tom said wouldn't happen....that's been happening a lot recently. It's a curse always being right.

We can breeze through the other matches, Team 3D vs Beer Money for the New Japan Tag titles (3D) and Beer MoneyBeer Money put a beating on Balls Mahoney and Brother Runt(Spike) last night and turned this match of mutual respect into a revenge match. I go with Beer Money. Awesome Kong defends the Knockouts title vs Angelina Love and Taylor Wilde, Kong got her hair cut by The Beautiful People last night, she's pissed, and she retains. X Division Title Match Suicide defends against 4 or 5 guys. I'm not crazy about Suicide but I don't see them giving up so quickly. There's another chick match for Queen of the Cage between Daffney, ODB, and two others who I'm forgetting but this hasn't gotten much attention other than with ODB's boyfriend Cody Deaner. The only other match worth mentioning is Eric Young vs Danny Bonaduce, but that's on the free preview show half hour before the event, also to be contested in a cage. I have no clue what to expect but I'm looking forward to it.

Now we move on to the draft. Now, nothing crazy happened, however I felt this was a very strong draft. Of course you can question why was this person moved and why wasn't that person moved, but overall, I think it turned out well. Raw got all the star power, but Smackdown isn't hurting per say. With not as many top flight guys, they will have to create new stars. But with guys like Punk, Jericho, Rey and Morrison, to join guys like Edge and Taker, we could see some very good match ups. Smackdown will still be the wrestling heavy show, but Raw is the big winner. FIVE top babyfaces on one roster, you have HHH, HBK, Cena, Batista and MVP. Dark horse to be a break out is Mr. Kennedy. He's always getting injured so hopefully if he stays healthy, you can see him get more invovled. I like The Brian Kendrick on Raw, as well as Miz, hopefully they aren't thrown into the jobber to the stars role. The only sticking point, other than Christian not being moved, is the hit the Tag division took. They moved Carlito and Primo to Raw, Cryme Tyme to Smackdown and they split up Hawkins and Ryder, which isn't that big of a deal, but with very little teams for the Colons to face, that is the only negative I take out of the entire thing. I think with the moving they did, it also forces guys to be more active, guys like CM Punk, HBK and Jericho will have more active parts in feuds and storylines than being relegated to mid card top act. Now, they have the chance to really stand out and offer a lot.

As always, time will tell if they did good with the draft, and anything they don't like you can expect to see fixed without any reason why it's allowed. The Divas thing I think is stronger, although I would have liked Gail Kim to be on the same show as Mickie and Beth, she could have some good matches for Melina for the Women's title.

Finally, we do predictions for UFC tomorrow night. Anderson the Spider Silva vs Thales Leites for the middleweight title is going to be a fucking fantastic fight. I really like Leites and Anderson is the best pound for pound fighter in the world. Almost anything can happen in this fight, as both guys are great strikers and have great ground games. This might be Silva's toughest challenge to date and I'm looking forward to this almost as much as I would a Brock vs Fedor fight. I gotta go with the champ in this one, it's hard to bet against him. And the only other fight I know on the card is Chuck Liddell vs Shogun Rua. I think if Chuck loses he's done. He can't get stopped anymore, he's been turned off twice in his last two fights, you only can take that so many times. Shogun could move up the Light Heavyweight with a win, it very well could be his biggest fight. I' don't think Chuck is a safe bet, even though he's good, it just seems like he's out of place now and he's been taking a beating like he's never taken before. He needs to get out before he gets hurt, so I'm predicting and hoping for a Shogun win so Chuck can hang it up, it's sad it's ending on not only a losing streak, but fights in which he was just outmatched, Chuck is one of the best ever, but it's time to hang it up and hopefully he gets knocked out and realizes it. I wish it didn't have to be that way, but at this point I don't know what much else Chuck can do.

Thanks for reading, be sure to check out all the good-ly-ness this weekend. If you can follow along as I'll be covering TNA, and possibly UFC if I'm by the comp. And oh by the way, I have to have like close to 10 of these, can the mods make me feel important and start up the thread for blogs only, in case I need to go back and read a past blog, it'll be a pain to read through post of us discussing it. I leave you today with a joke...what's the difference between a woman and a toilet? You don't kick a toilet in the stomach and flush an abortion down a woman. Thanks for reading again, and God speed.

[MSBNYY]

APRIL 23, 2009

This week's installment is here, and it's review/preview edition. I'll cover the TNA Lockdown PPV and make my predictions for for WWE's Backlash, this sunday. There were a couple of title changes at Lockdown, and I think there will be some at Backlash. Two title switches in paticular, I can take personal fan pride in, and hopefully there will be more to come. Let the celebration begin.

First with TNA, the one title change I can gloat about is The Beautiful People finally getting their due, as Angelina Love captured her first Knockout's Championship. But, the gloating stops there as it ended on a blown spot, and botched finish. First, the BP tied Awesome Kong's dreads to the cage itself, and she was unable to free herself. As Angelina was bragging about this, Taylor Wilde jumped to the top rope, and nailed a flying cross body. Angelina however, came down wrong on the bump and smacked the back of her head on the mat. She was knocked loopy to say the least, she also has a history of concussions in the past. They made a new finish on the spot with Angelina barely making cover. She needed assistance from the ref and was talking to hm non stop.

The Motor City Machine Guns retained their Japan belts, and Team 3D retained theirs, in doing so also captured their 22nd Tag Team Championship by winning the TNA Tag Titles. Suicide retained the X Division title, ODB became Queen of the Cage and Matt Morgan beat Abyss in a real bloody, weapons filled, brawl. And as much as I wasn't expecting to just lump in the Lethal Lockdown Match, the Team Angle vs Team Jarrett match was a huge letdown, with an underwhelming finish, and no turn whatsoever.

And now to the main event. Thanks to Tom's stance on the match, I have more to go off of in reviewing the match, in detail, as it can really shake up the storylines. As stated in my previous blog, it was hard to imagine an Undertaker vs Shawn Michaels, Wrestlemania caliber match from Sting and Cactus. But I didn't think too poorly of the match, as Tom and many of the website guys do. And don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to say this was anything close to a match of the year lock. I'm not even trying to make the match out to be a Match of the Week winner, but for me it wasn't about the in ring action. Which yes, was clunky and uninspired at times, but in my opinion Foley did enough to make it watchable. Would I watch it a second or third time, like I did the WM 25 classic? No. But the outcome was worth sticking around for.

As bad as Sting is on the mic, he has done a good job establishing how important the TNA title was to him, how the entire company would be in the wrong hands if he lost the belt. Well, since Foley has come back to in ring action, and established his crazy, unpredictable persona, it was fun waiting to see who won. Would Sting prevail, as always, once again? Or would crazy Cactus, who's only be in TNA 8 months, win the strap? And if he did win, what would happen to TNA? Well, Cactus won, so the only question left is what will happen in TNA now with it's champion, being someone who has a lot of "authority power" in the the company?

But more importantly, it's been stressed, by many on this board, you don't need all the crazy crusierweight flips, and you don't need fast paced mat wrestling. Sometimes a good old fashioned fight is good enough. And sometimes, the worse it looks, the more real it looks because it doesn't have that scripted look and feel to it. That's how i view this match, nothing special but good enough it served it's purpose. But if I can take solace in anything, it's the fact i said Sting sucks when Tom liked his match with Samoa Joe, and that match was way worse than the one with Foley. Owned.

Now on to Backlash. we get the match we should have seen at Mania. Edge vs Cena, title on the line, no Big Show. The triple threat was good in my book, and considering i still enjoyed it when it followed Taker vs HBK, shows what kind of match that was. Now, you got arguably two of WWE's best workers having a spot to go one on one. And I know some will say," Well we've seen that before". And we have, but not with both men at their utmost best right now. I like edge here regaining the World title, in some crazy spot since it's a Last Man Standing Match.

Then you have WWE taking a page right out of TNA's book, cause their doing a 6 man for the WWE title. Logic says their doing this so Trips can drop the belt and not take the fall. I however will stick with logic and say Orton wins the belt.

You also have Christian challenging Jack swagger, that I know has Balls on pins and needles. They had a good match a few weeks back on EC Dub which was good, and saw Swagger retain. I like the fact their getting a lot more time here, getting a PPV spot(unless WWE puts them on the preview show). I like Christian getting the belt. You also get Jeff vs Matt in an I Quit match, I think Jeff gets revenge. Jericho is facing Steamboat one on one, I guess maybe they want to give Ricky more time to do his thing. Fine by me, I like Jericho even though the Dragon gives him a fight. And CM Punk and Kane, I have no clue why this is one the card, so I have no idea how to pick this. Guess I'll pick Punk.

Check you next week, where I'll review Backlash, as well as the first week of the draft taking effect. Peace and rib grease.

[MSBNYY]

MAY 2, 2009

Goooood Eeeevening.....Ok, new blog time. First and foremost, I want to set the record straight, I was not griping about the archives, I was simply stating what I had in my mind, kind of just how I thought it was going to be, I don't want to use the word assume, it was more of how I saw it being in my head. No one is happier than me to have that section, and I'll reiterate, I'm very appreciative of not just the thread, but just the chance in general to write. For all the debates that go on in this section, I love having this forum to go in depth with my opinions and such, instead of compacting them for a rapid fire response in some thread. But enough of the mushy, gushy shit, before this turns into a "how I lost my smile promo".

I want to start off by mentioning the passing of Buddy Rose, being the huge HBK fan I am, I've seen a few matches, either on Youtube or on DVDs of Michaels between Doug Sommers and Buddy Rose vs the Rockers. Of course there's the blood bath they had that's all over HBK compilation DVDs. I haven't seen a lot so I can comment too much, but from what I did see I didn't hate, I liked his style and approach in the ring, which was evident in the few matches I did see. So with that, RIP "Playboy" Buddy Rose.

Next, I think I should lighten the mood a little, talk about a visit to the Opie and Anthony show the Iron Sheik had on Thursday. First off he got in at 9 or 9:30 if I remember correctly. In the hour he was there, he had 8 beers. He went on his normal, funny ass Sheik rants about hogan and Warrior being faggot, cock suckering male prostitues. But the real thing of the interview is that he used his pants as a toilet. The pictures are great, and you can check video out of it on youtube. He was there promoting a roast of him that's available on dvd, you can get it at RingRoast.Com....help him out, he's poor and is running out of pants.

I also want to comment on how much I enjoy Superstars. Back when I was a kid just getting into wrestling, my Sunday's were based around watching Superstars with a bowl of cereal in my hand. So I was happy to hear it come back, especially after I heard it'd be on Thursday, before TNA which means 3 hours of wrestling, which I like. But I'm very jhappy with what I've seen on the show, there's a real emphasis on wrestling, and you get solid promos, that really put over a feud or angle. Cena had a real good promo on Superstars before Backlash, and Rhodes and Di Biase had one this past thursday, putting over how much they want the Tag belts. These promos have been so good not only in their delivery, but their importance in getting across key intentions or plans of the guy giving the promo. And the action has been good too, Evan Bourne and Paul Burchill had a good match this week, Taker and Matt Hardy had a good one recently, so the matches have been good and the show has been effective in getting acorss important things that maybe get lost in the shuffle on Monday, Tuesday and Friday's.

So finally, in closing let's go over Backlash. 3 new champs, which I predicted. First, Christian opened the show and set the tone beating Jack Swagger. The ending had Christian out smart Swagger and saw him hit the Killswitch(the finisher formerly known as the Unprettier) after the All American American collided with an exposed turnbuckle. The ref missed it since he was putting the turnbuckle pad back on the other side of the ring, which Swagger took off a moment earlier. Also, there was a great backstage exchange between Edge and Christian, but more on that in a minute.

I was wrong about Punk, I guess they think he can bounce back easily from a loss to Kane because the match saw Punk look good, but in defeat. Not sure how wise it was, but after Friday, I guess WWE isn't thinking about it as much as I am writing it in this blog. Jeff won an I Quit match, and i really enjoyed the closing minutes especially, Matt brought up their Mother who passed, their sick father, his dog, just begging for mercy while taped to a table while Jeff was teasing jumping off a ladder. He quit before Jeff could jump, but just really came off as a dick heel whining and begging for mercy while bringing up all their personal shit. But that still didn't stop Jeff, and Matt suffered a legit broken hand because of it. Another thing I was semi wrong about was HHH, he did take the pin, after getting an RKO and a punt to the head. That was the first stretcher job, followed by Cena, after show choke slammed him through a search light(the crazy spot I called for in my last blog). The cool part of that, during the after match of Cena getting carted out, Christian was on stage as Edge celebrated, and they both exchanged glares and looks. So it looks like we'll be seeing them together sooner than later, which I know most of us are very happy about.

And before I go, two HUGE fights announced for UFC 101, will see BJ Penn defend his lightweight title against Kenny Florian. and in a crazy fight, Anderson Silva will jump to 205 and face one of MSB's faves, Forrest Griffin. The Spider needs some harder competition and he's moving to 205 and fighting a former Light Heavyweight champ, that fight should be fucking huge, it should be one of the better fights of this year and in recent UFC history. I look forward to covering that.

Until next time, enjoy the NHL and NBA playoffs, I like the Bulls to win tonight in Boston, F the Celtics. And in round 2 of the NHL I like Chicago and Detroit(how cool would and original 6 match up be for the Conference Championship? And it's hard for me to root for a team that knocked my team out, but I hate the Penguins, I hate Crosby, he's Mario Jr. just a crybaby little bitch. But that monotone, commie prick isn't much better, but he was right about one thing, Henry isn't Trekiak, he's fucking better. As much as I hate the Caps now, I don't hate them as much as the Pens so I'm going with the Bruins and Caps. Yeah I know, nothing to do with wrestling, I don't care, I could bitch how I lost betting on the Derby today too. But on that note, I'm outta here.

Adios Muchachas.

[MSBNYY]

MAY 18, 2009

Ok, it's time for another installment of the Cactus James' "I don't have a name for this column" column. I'll start by explaining my lack of a column lately. On the 8th, while on my way back to my grandmothers house, I got hit from behind at a complete stop at a red light. My back has been killing me and I've been trying to find a doctor who does no fault cases for my back, as well as dealing with the insurance stuff that goes along with it. It's been very time consuming and has kept me away from not just the wrestling sites, but the comp in general. But I finally have some time now to get the much anticipated, never duplicated, top notch blog on the world wide web. This week I'll discuss the birth of a new faction, I'll review Judgment Day from last night, as well as a preview Raw tonight.

First the Hart Foundation, I mean Trilogy. In all seriousness, this is one of the coolest parings I can remember. I think the formula is there, Natalya as the mouthpiece/cheerleader/manager is a very good pick, she could do some real good. Hopefully this will lead to some future singles success down the road. If David Hart Smith(much better than DH), can go in the ring like it's been reported, he's going to exceed expectations as a enforcer/muscle of the group. And of course, one could make the argument Tyson Kidd is a superstar ready to go to the next level right now. So having him shine in a group full of future stars is a nice showcase for him.

What hurts is the fact they're on ECW. I know it's the stomping ground for up and coming guys, but a faction gets themselves over, they don't need to earn dues on the C brand, they already have a numbers advantage to stand out on either Mondays or Fridays. I don't care if they're both heels or not, a potential feud with legacy is very cool. They could take over Smackdown and be elevated almost instantly. My major problem with them being on the C brand, is the fact there is very little for them to accomplish on ECW. There is no Tag Title or secondary title. Now, I'm not making an argument than an hour long wrestling show needs that, plus there are too many belts that don't get a lot of attention in the first place. However, there is nothing they can do to determine how successful they are. They could go on an impressive winning streak and take out some top guys in ECW, but with no title belts they can go for, it's hard to tell how effective they are. I'm not saying they won't find success there, they got history on their side. But without any titles to at least try for, they're kind of just there.

And now onto the PPV last night. I was shocked by two things, one that CM Punk lost again to a mid card guy, and also that he didn't cash in the MITB. I don't understand the logic of Pumk losing, they're killing any crediibility he might have as champ. When he eventually cashes in and becomes champ, with loses to guys like Kane and Umaga, no one is going to take his title run seriously. I guess they think he's over enough that it won't effect him, and I agree it doesn't, but it will effect him as champ.

however I do like what they're doing. In the past, the MITB winner would cash in and in turn becomes champ. And it was a given, it was automatic. Now, Punk is having a hard time cashing in, the struggle is not can he win the belt, but can he even cash in to win the belt? The question and struggle isn't can he win the belt, but will he even cash it in and be able to challenge for the belt. That aspect of Punk is intriguing, having him lose to guys that aren't viewed or treated as viable threats to the title does him no favors.

Christian beat Swagger, they have a nice feud going and they're telling a great story in their matches. Christian again cheats to win, but because he's a face, it's ok because he's the vet out smarting the rook. They've had good chemistry too, I'm glad this feud is going on, I'm enjoying it. They also got the John Morrison face run going with a win over Shelton. Charlie Haas was ringside with Shelton, as much as I like Shelton by himself, and WWE has high hopes for him as a singles wrestler, I'd love to see a reunion of the WGTT. Miz was awesome again, he's a standout. Future star, mark my words.

Jericho and Rey was outstanding, and they want to do a long program, so you can expect more good matches like the one last night. With guys like this going all out for the IC title is slowly getting meaning back to the belt. I love this feud, I loved the match and can't wait to see more.

Cena and Show was what you'd expect. It's blah and whatever. It's nothing against either guy, but they just have no chemistry together, they're boring in the ring, and no one expects Show to win. Every time Cena hit the FU and the annoucners make a big deal they've never seen him show so much heart.....what about the last 7 times he got Show on his shoulders? It's old hat, enough already.

The other big news to come out of last night was Naitch coming out helping Batista. I thought the match with Orton was ok, but the possibility of Flair coming back gets me mad. And yep, it's cause I'm biased and it's shitting on the sendoff he was given. And even though Shawn is giving him his ok, I still don't like the fact that his match with HBK will be almost meaningless now. Great match that loses it's emotional touch because he jumps back in the ring, after just about a year.

And finally, Edge beat Jeff Hardy, it was a pretty good match, but with an interference from Matt, you can expect to see another stip match between the Hardy Boys. And I dunno who will challenge Edge next, if it's Punk, it won't be taken seriously at all.

So that's it, with me being out of the loop the past week, my blog is a little sub par, I'll be the first to admit. Thank you all for bearing with me, as I get back into the flow of things, the quality of the blog will increase, And again, let's start coming up with names for the blog, the thread name is as accurate as can be, no sense in changing that. However, I think something other than the Cactus Blog or whatever would be a way bigger eye grabber. I'm drawing a blank so feel free to leave some suggestions, I'll consider anything at this point. Thanks again for reading, catch you next week.

God Speed.