The Big News: Raw was again heavily focused on building WrestleMania, and that focus again led to a quality show.
Show Analysis:
Shawn Michaels came to the ring and said that the locker room thinks he’s crazy and doesn’t believe he can beat the Undertaker at WrestleMania. Michaels said that he knows he is Mr. WrestleMania and that he can end the streak. He invited anyone to come out and tell him that he can’t win.
HHH joined Michaels. He said that he doesn’t think Michaels can win, but then quickly added that he knows Michaels can. HHH pointed out he has wrestled all the top stars of the past 15 years (North American, certainly) and that Michaels is the best he has been in the ring with. HHH said that he invoked DX’s tag title rematch clause against Big Show and Miz for Raw. He said they wouldn’t have to defend for 30 days and that they could celebrate together after WrestleMania. He told Michaels that he believes Shawn will win. Michaels agreed to the tag title rematch.
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The Big News: Three of the top four WrestleMania matches were officially announced on Raw.
Show Analysis:
Raw began with the return of new world champion Chris Jericho following his extended departure from Raw. He said basically nothing but just repeatedly gloated about winning the Elimination Chamber match, which was very amusing. Eventually Edge speared him from behind and announced he would take on Jericho for the title at WrestleMania. This was a good angle and it led immediately into another good angle.
John Cena came out next. He said that Vince McMahon screwed him by forcing him to wrestle again in a singles match after the Elimination Chamber. I don’t see how that’s any more unfair than Sheamus being forced to defend his singles title in a six person match in a Chamber and come in as the first man to boot. In fact, I’d argue Sheamus was screwed significantly worse than Cena.
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The Big News: Well, so much for the streak of excellent Raws. Hell, so much for the streak of non-dreadful Raws, too.
Show Analysis:
Sheamus beat Randy Orton via DQ. There were RKO chants early. Sheamus hit a power slam but missed the big boot. Orton went for the RKO but Sheamus escaped. Orton gained control with the Garvin stomp but was distracted when Ted DiBiase and Cody Rhodes came to ringside. Sheamus took over with punches, kicks and knees. Orton responded with punches, kicks and stomps. Orton went for the RKO and Sheamus kind of escaped.
On the outside, DiBiase tried to attack Sheamus behind the referee’s back. Sheamus fought him off immediately so Rhodes attacked Sheamus from behind. The referee saw that and disqualified Orton. Afterwards, Orton gave Rhodes the RKO. Sheamus then dove in with a big boot on DiBiase and Orton gave Sheamus the RKO. This match was quite boring with a redundant crap finish.
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TNA presents an interesting PPV tonight with an awesome looking main event and the majority of the rest of the show will be taken up by a single elimination tournament. Here my preview:
TNA World Heavyweight Championship:
champion AJ Styles w/ Ric Flair vs. Samoa Joe with Eric Bischoff as Special Referee
This match is practically guaranteed to deliver without any distraction. Unfortunately with Flair at ringside and Bischoff as ref we’re definitely going to get a crappy, overbooked finish. If you want to see how great this match could be, just go back and watch their phenomenal (pun intended) matches at Sacrifice and Turning Point 2005. I’d say there’s not much doubt over AJ going over and feuding with the winner of the tournament. Winner: AJ Styles
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World Wrestling Entertainment released four talents on Friday, February 26.
- Paul Burchill
- Gregory “Hurricane” Helms
- Referee Scott Armstrong
- Maria Kanellis
Helms’ release does not come as a surprise given his recent public intoxication episode.
Armstrong is a bit of a surprise since the WWE really needs referees and he was well respected in the role.
Maria is unquestionably the most shocking since she is arguably the most popular Diva on the roster right now. She was even voted Most Popular Diva by the fans a couple months ago and just turned 28 on …
Richmond, VA (USA): On January 12th, 2010, a vicious earthquake struck the country of Haiti. As of this writing, an estimated 3,000,000 people have been affected by magnitude 7.0 quake. The Haitian Government has reported that between 217,000 and 230,000 people have died, an estimated 300,000 have been injured, and an estimated 1,000,000 are homeless. What’s more, the death toll is expected to rise. The response from within the United States as well as the world has been overwhelming. Tens of millions of dollars have been raised in the U.S. …
New York, N. Y. – February 24, 2010 – ‘The craziest man in boxing” is bringing his unique brand of insanity to MMA.
Some people call him “El Matador.” Others refer to him as “the Madman from Managua.” Sometimes, they use rougher language in referring to Ricardo Antonio Mayorga Perez, but everyone agrees that Ricardo Mayorga has achieved legendary status in boxing.
That would be enough for most athletes, superstar status in their chosen sport. But not for the swashbuckling character from Nicaragua.
Now the former WBA and WBC welterweight champion and ex-WBC …
Tonight we have the Elimination Chamber, our final stop to the Granddaddy of them all: Wrestlemania. The card tonight; like nearly all No Way Out PPV’S, should be reasonably entertaining, despite the card looking somewhat light and predictable at the time of writing.
Divas Title Match
Maryse v Gail Kim
This is only Maryse’s third singles PPV match in her tenure with WWE and she will be hoping for a decent showing against the underused Gail Kim. The omens however are not promising for her and those who will be watching this PPV. …
As previously reported, Antonio Inoki appears set to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame this year along with “The Million Dollar Man” Ted DiBiase. Inoki will be the first Japanese wrestler inducted and does have history with the company dating back to the 1970’s when Vince McMahon Sr. offered assistance to Inoki, who at the time was getting New Japan Pro Wrestling off the ground.
Though the news hasn’t been officially announced on this side of the Pacific, over in Japan it was confirmed as the official Japanese web …
After the smashing success that was Kurt Russellmania (now available for pre-order on DVD), Pro Wrestling Guerrilla steams ahead into 2010 with As The Worm Turns at American Legion Post #308 in Reseda, CA, on Saturday, February 27! While some fans may criticize the staff of Pro Wrestling Guerrilla for apparent laziness in coming up with a creative show title, please note that the title is more of a reference to Henry VI, Part 3 than it is to the totally awesome Faith No More song. If that explanation makes …
Pro Wrestling Guerrilla presented “Kurt Russellmania” as part of WrestleReunion 4 at the LAX Hilton in Los Angeles, California.
World Wrestling Entertainment could reportedly be inducting Antonio Inoki into the WWE Hall of Fame this year.
The card is rapidly filling up for Strikeforce’s next Showtime event, which takes place on May 15th at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, MO as MMA Junkie is reporting that a Lightweight bout between undefeated top prospect Lyle “Fancypants” Beerbohm and Vitor “Shaolin” Ribeiro has been verbally agreed to for the event, with bout agreements expected to be signed shortly.
Beerbohm has fought three times for Strikeforce, defeating Ray Perrales by submission, Rafaello Oliveira by TKO and Duane Ludwig via submission, with his last fight coming outside of Strikeforce at …
The drug testing results from the WEC 47 event held earlier this month at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, OH have been released by the Ohio Athletic Commission and all six of the twenty-two fighters who competed on the card that were tested have passed their tests and come back clean.
Along with former WEC Bantamweight Champion Brian Bowles and newly-crowned titleholder Dominick Cruz, Joseph Benavidez, LC Davis, Javier Vazquez and Bart Palaszewski were all tested for drugs of abuse like cocaine, marijuana and others, as well as for performance enhancing …
Current Strikeforce Middleweight Champion Jake Shields will face his toughest test in quite some time when he makes his first title defense against former PRIDE and UFC superstar Dan Henderson as part of the CBS primetime card on April 17th in Nashville, TN, but according to Shields’ latest words to GracieMag, he may look elsewhere for new challenges should be he be able to get past Henderson;
“I’m a fighter who takes it one opponent at a time and my next fight is in Strikeforce against (Dan) Henderson. When you talk …
Last night’s RAW guest host, Stone Cold Steve Austin, recently appeared on Hardcore Sports Radio. When asked about WWE RAW and TNA iMPACT now facing off on Monday nights, he had this to say:
“I don’t know if we’ll ever re-create that Nitro-Raw war. WCW kicked our ass for two years, then we smoked their ass and never looked back and put them out of business.
“I wish the TNA people all the luck in the world because it means more of the boys have jobs and it gives fans an alternative.
“I …
Here is the current card for Sunday night’s TNA Destination X pay-per-view event:
TNA World Heavyweight Title Match
- Abyss vs. AJ Styles
X Division Title Match
- Shannon Moore vs. Doug Williams
Tag Team Title Match
- Beer Money vs. Matt Morgan & Hernandez
TNA Knockouts Title Match
- Daffney vs. Tara
Ultimate X Match for #1 Contendership to the TNA Tag Titles
- Generation Me vs. The Motor City Machineguns
Ladder Match
- Amazing Red vs. Kazarian vs. Daniels vs. Brian Kendrick
- Scott Hall & Sean Waltman vs. Kevin Nash & Eric Young
If Hall & Waltman win, they earn TNA …
Following Monday’s WWE RAW, here’s the updated card for WWE WrestleMania XXVI on March 28th. We will be providing free live play-by-play coverage of this event right here on 24Wrestling.com, including all of the latest backstage news leading into, and following, the big event.
WWE Championship Match
-Batista (c) vs. John Cena
WWE World Heavyweight Title Match
-Chris Jericho (c) vs. Edge
Streak vs. Career – No Countout or DQ
-Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels
-Bret Hart vs. Mr. McMahon
-Triple H vs. Sheamus
Legacy Triple Threat Match
-Randy Orton vs. Cody Rhodes vs. Ted DiBiase
Money in the Bank Ladder Match
-Dolph …
- The following matches were taped before Monday’s RAW for this week’s WWE Superstars show:
* Bella Twins vs. Jillian Hall & Katie Lea
* Christian, Mark Henry & Yoshi Tatsu vs. Jack Swagger
* Zack Ryder and William Rega
- The dark main event after last night’s RAW saw Rey Mysterio defeat CM Punk with the 619 in a 10 minute match. Mysterio celebrated with the fans after the win. The match was made official after CM Punk came out during the commercial break before the Bret Hart & Vince McMahon contract signing …
Current Strikeforce middleweight champion Jake Shields has come out and said that his Strikeforce contract expires after his upcoming fight with Dan Henderson, and that we would consider going to the UFC. Here’s the quote, via Graciemag:
“When you talk about guys like Anderson Silva and St.-Pierre, the best in the world, obviously I fight want to fight them. I want to be the best in the world and to be the best you have to beat the best. GSP’s a complete fighter standing and on the ground. But that’s why …
Former WEC bantamweight champion Miguel Torres (37-3) posted this on his Twitter site today after filling out paperwork at the doctors office prior to having his head stitched up.
Torres received the cut to his forehead on March 6th at the “WEC 47: Bowles vs. Cruz” event against Joseph Benavidez, suffering a second straight loss, just the third in forty professional fights.
Check out a few more pictures of Torres getting stitched up and the final results after the jump.
The MMA News
Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker spoke about a possible re-match between former Strikeforce middleweight champs Cung Le (6-1) and Frank Shamrock (23-10-2) for June.
“The fight with Cung and Scott was an amazing fight,” Coker said. “I know Cung would like that rematch, and I’m sure Scott would like that fight again at some point.
“We haven’t locked that down yet, but that will be determined soon. If that fight happens, it will happen in late June.”
Le and Shamrock faced one another in March of 2008 for the Strikeforce middleweight title. Le walked …
“If it starts fast, he’ll get knocked out fast. If he takes his time, he might get knocked out in a later round. It depends on him, really, and what kind of pace he wants to push,” Dan Hardy on how he’ll end the fight against Georges St. Pierre.
Both Hardy and St. Pierre will meet on March 27th for the welterweight title in Newark, NJ in the main event of UFC 111.
Hardy spoke to MMAjunkie.com Radio about the upcoming fight
“It’s just about doing what I do,” Hardy said. “If I’m …
Roger Huerta is undoubtedly the biggest signing to date for the fledgling Bellator Fighting Championships promotion after his recent multi-fight deal was announced via video conference and Huerta fully realizes that he’s going to be the measuring stick for every other Lightweight fighter in the upcoming Season Two 155-pound tournament.
Here’s Huerta talking to Sherdog about the upcoming tournament;
“Bellator provided me with a sense of security. I control my own destiny in the tournament. The winner gets to face one of the best lightweight fighters in the world — that’s the …
The upcoming ASTRA event on April 25th has seen two changes made to the card, which will be headlined by the retirement fight of Japanese legend Hidehiko Yoshida. The first change comes as former PRIDE and Sengoku veteran Makoto Takimoto, a Yoshida dojo member who holds an MMA record of 6-5, has announced his retirement effective immediately, which removes him from the card.
The second change comes as 42-year old PRIDE and Shooto veteran Enson Inoue has announced that he will take part in the event, marking his first professional fight …
