Samoa Joe posted the following on his Twitter account: Just left Boise State training facility was told I have torn my tricep in addition to broken fingers. Sweet!.....
- Candice Michelle said on her Twitter page (twitter.com/divacandicem) today that she will be returning to the ring later this month. She has been out of action since February nursing a knee injury she suffered while training.
Santino Marella vs. Miss WrestleMania Vickie Guerrero ended in a no contest Kofi Kingston def. MVP to become the new United States Champion John Cena & Chavo Guerrero def. Big Show & The Miz Unified WWE Tag Team Champions Carlito & Primo def. Matt Hardy & William Regal Divas Champion Maryse & Beth Phoenix def. Kelly Kelly & Mickie James Batista def. Cody Rhodes in a Steel Cage Match
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. With Extreme Rules only days away, WWE Superstars should have been conserving their energy, and resting up for the maelstrom their bodies are about to go through. But on Raw, things got extreme early, as Big Show manhandled John Cena, Santino Marella was covered in slop, and most distressingly, WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair was on the receiving end of one of WWE Champion Randy Ortons infamous punts.
WWE Champion Randy Orton def. WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair in a Fight to the Finish (PHOTOS | WATCH) Not all of the Raw action took place in the arena, as one of the evenings most anticipated battles took place in the parking lot. Earlier in the evening, WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair challenged WWE Champion Randy Orton to a Fight to the Finish, as a way of competing against The Viper without dishonoring his official retirement from the ring. It appeared that The Dirtiest Player in the Game would live up to his moniker as he took control of the contest, wailing on Orton and bringing him back into the arena. Once there, Naitch continued to attack The Legend Killer and even applied his legendary Figure-Four Leglock.
But as Flair applied pressure to Ortons legs, The Legacy attacked, brutalizing the Hall of Famer before locking him inside the steel cage with the recovered Legend Killer. Though Batista tried to honor his friend and mentors request to let him handle Orton on his own, the sight of Flair with The Viper at his throat was too much, and lured The Animal down to the ring. As The Animal struggled to get inside the cage, his Extreme Rules opponent, Orton, first leveled Flair with a thunderous RKO and then finished off the Legend with one of his trademark punts to the skull as Batista looked on in a primal rage.
Santino Marella vs. Miss WrestleMania Vickie Guerrero ended in a no contest (PHOTOS | WATCH) In a rare intergender singles match, Santino Marella faced off against his twin sister Santinas Extreme Rules opponent, Miss WrestleMania Vickie Guerrero. Though the Raw General Manager was initially reluctant to face the Italian Superstar, she was convinced by Matt Hardy and William Regal that their plan would pay off in spades. After Vickie came to the ring with two buckets of slop (a reference to her and Santinas impending Hog Pen Match), Santino retrieved one and began to threaten the GM with it. Meanwhile, William Regal and Matt Hardy rushed to Vickies aid, storming the ring with ill intentions. But as they crept up behind the Italian Superstar, Santino whirled around, dousing Regal in the slop. Enraged, the two devious Superstars attacked Santino, giving Vickie an opportunity to cover him with the contents of the second slop bucket.
Kofi Kingston def. MVP to become the new United States Champion (PHOTOS | WATCH) Though all of the WWE Superstars are tremendously talented athletes, it is rare to have a championship match where the two ring warriors respect one another as much as Kofi Kingston and MVP. After exchanging some competitive words in an interview prior to the match, The Ballin Superstar went to defend his United States Title against Kingstons controlled frenzy. In a clean match, The Jamaican Superstar defeated MVP, becoming the new United States Champion in the process.
John Cena & Chavo Guerrero def. Big Show & The Miz (PHOTOS | WATCH) With his randomly selected partner, Chavo Guerrero, in cahoots with Big Show, John Cena faced The Worlds Largest Athlete & The Miz in what amounted to a handicap situation. The former World Heavyweight Champion did manage to win the match, but certainly not in the way he would have liked after being unable to use the STF maneuver on his Extreme Rules opponent, Big Show. While Cena attempted to recover from an attack at the hands of The Worlds Largest Athlete, The Miz refused to tag in his partner to finish the job. Infuriated, the 7-footer laid out the self-proclaimed chick magnet with a punch to the back of the head, at which point Chavo Guerrero leapt into action, pinning Miz for the win.
Following the match, Cena attempted to fight off his nemesis, but Big Show was too much for him, sealing the deal with his devastating Cobra Clutch Backbreaker.
Unified WWE Tag Team Champions Carlito & Primo def. Matt Hardy & William Regal (PHOTOS) Though their contest on Raw was a non-title match, if Matt Hardy & William Regal had managed to defeat Unified WWE Tag Team Champions Carlito & Primo, they would have earned themselves a title match on the following Raw. The two devious Superstars had received the opportunity on account of the assistance they had rendered to Raw General Manager Vickie Guerrero in recent weeks. Unfortunately for Hardy & Regal, however, theyll have to keep waiting to grasp that championship gold, since the Puerto Rican brothers were able to secure victory after Hardy inadvertently clobbered his teammate with his cast.
Divas Champion Maryse & Beth Phoenix def. Kelly Kelly & Mickie James (PHOTOS) Just a week after disqualifying herself in a match against Kelly Kellty to retain her Divas Title, Maryse faced the blonde bombshell again in a match featuring four of WWEs sexy, smart and powerful Divas. The Divas Champion joined forces with Beth Phoenix to take on Kelly and the fan-favorite Mickie James. With some assistance from The Glamazon and Rosa Mendes, Maryse pinned her rival, Kelly Kelly, to pick up the win.
Batista def. Cody Rhodes in a Steel Cage Match; Chavo Guerrero chosen to partner with John Cena against Big Show & The Miz (PHOTOS | WATCH) When Cody Rhodes won a coin toss between himself and Ted DiBiase, he didnt realize that his prize was a brutal beating from Batista. Despite The Animals massive size putting him at a disadvantage when attempting to escape a steel cage, Batista dominated the second-generation Superstar, securing victory as his Extreme Rules opponent, Randy Orton looked on from outside the cage.
Meanwhile, Vickie Guerrero consulted with Chavo Guerrero and Big Show in her office. Raws General Manager had decided to pit The Worlds Largest Athlete & The Miz against Big Shows Extreme Rules opponent, John Cena, and a randomly selected Superstar. Though the 7-footer was reluctant to team up with the annoying Miz, the tables turned in his favor when Cenas partner was revealed to be none other than Vickies nephew, Chavo.
Cody Rhodes won a coin toss to face Batista in a Steel Cage Match; WWE Champion Randy Orton accepted WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flairs challenge to a Fight to the Finish (PHOTOS) As announced earlier on WWE.com, mere days before his Steel Cage Match against WWE Champion Randy Orton at Extreme Rules, Batista was set to face one of The Vipers minions on Raw, also in a steel cage. To determine who would take on The Animal, Orton flipped a coin between Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase. It was Rhodes who won the toss, eagerly accepting the opportunity to do some damage to his leaders nemesis.
The Legacy was then joined in the arena by WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair. Since Naitch is prohibited from competing in an actual match, The Dirtiest Player in the Game wanted to face The Legend Killer to a Fight to the Finish in the parking lot, a challenge which Orton readily accepted.
Following the slop bucket spot with Santino and Matt Hardy & William Regal on RAW last night, the mat had to be changed during commercial break.
After RAW went off the air, Ric Flair was put on a stretcher and taken away, to sell his injuries to the live audience.
The RAW main event dark match was Batista & John Cena vs. Randy Orton & Big Show. Finish came when Cena hit the Attitude Adjuster and 5-knuckle shuffle on Big Show for the pin.
There has been a lot of speculation regarding Randy Orton's role in the release of Mr. Kennedy from WWE this week. While a heated discussion went down backstage between Randy Orton and Kennedy following last week's RAW taping, Orton actually had nothing to do with Kennedy being fired.
Later that evening, two major WWE stars (who were not fans of Kennedy) went to Vince McMahon and took the opportunity to express their feelings. Vince McMahon, who was already said to be in a very bad mood after the dispute over Denver and the NBA, made the decision on the plane ride home to send Kennedy packing. The word is that McMahon considers Kennedy to be reckless, still green as a worker, clueless when it came to business instincts, and was a huge liability. Reportedly no one in WWE creative or talent relations felt the need to speak up for Kennedy.
Many sources have described this as a situation where McMahon was already stressed out with the Denver situation that having to deal with Kennedy made things even worse and that Kennedy was the result of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. McMahon was said to be so upset that he wasn't even considering working with Kennedy in the future and made that clear to those around him. While many feel he will eventually cool off, one WWE source added, "I cannot condemn the way the office handled this termination at all. He was reckless with his mouth and at other times with his in-ring." It should also be noted that two other major WWE stars also buried Kennedy to McMahon and WWE officials saying they hated working with him and "thought he was horrible and clumsy."
DJ from CenaCentral.com sent along the following: Hi, I see that the John Cena getting married story is making the rounds. It wasn't John who got married, it was his brother Matt. He (Matt) posted in a bodybuilding forum about his upcoming wedding.
Brian Molten sent along the following: John Cena didn't get married this weekend, his brother did. Cena will be getting married sometime this year though. I know for a fact because I know John's younger brother.
According to numerous sources, Sting plans on making this his final year in TNA and presumably, professional wrestling.
Since his return to the company in 2006, the multi-time world champion has directed his career on a year-to-year basis, hence the one-year contract agreements year after year.
He has been telling people that this year's Bound for Glory pay-per-view will be it for him in TNA. His contract with the organization is once again set to expire shortly before the end of the year.
Matt Hardy issued the following bulletin on his MySpace account (myspace.com/theonlymatthardy) addressing Mr. Kennedy's release from World Wrestling Entertainment this past Friday. Hardy is a close friend of Kennedy, so much so that he was the best man at his wedding:
"For the record, Ken Kennedy is one of my closest friends in the wrestling business. I really hated to hear the news of him leaving the WWE a couple of days ago. I wanted to help him out by letting all of my MySpace peeps know where that can keep up to speed with Ken and his career.
This isn't confirmed yet, but it sounds like John Cena got married to his fiancee over the weekend. Several readers from south of the border sent word that at the RAW live event on Saturday night in Mexico City it was announced that Cena would not be there because it was his wedding day. Cena confirmed he was engaged and was planning to wed later this year while promoting his movie 12 Rounds on talk shows.
Bobby Lashley's TNA future is still up in the air, with no contract being signed. In recent MMA interviews Lashley claims he won't be signing anything until after he fights Bob Sapp later this month. One has to wonder why TNA brought him out if nothing was set in stone.
Mr. Kennedy released a video on his official website, www.Ken-Kennedy.com, in which he shakes both of his wrists repeatedly to show that they are not injured.
This is apparently in response to online reports saying he suffered a wrist injury during what turned out to be his final match in WWE on Monday's episode of RAW.
Although it should be noted that he wasn't expected to miss any ring time and that it was a minor issue at best. Since his departure, it was announced on his official website that he was "100% healthy."
The Great Khali & R-Truth def. Dolph Ziggler & Mike Knox Womens Champion Melina def. Alicia Fox (Non-title) John Morrison def. Umaga (Disqualification) Shelton Benjamin & Charlie Haas def. Cryme Tyme Eve def. Layla World Heavyweight Champion Edge & Chris Jericho def. Jeff Hardy
LOS ANGELES With Extreme Rules just nine nights away, SmackDown found a home in California. But unfortunately for some Superstars, the STAPLES Center was an inhospitable environment.
World Heavyweight Champion Edge & Chris Jericho def. Jeff Hardy (2-on-1 Handicap Match) (PHOTOS | VIDEO) The match was supposed to include Intercontinental Champion Rey Mysterio. But, the odds shifted after Chris Jericho disguised as a fan dressed like Mysterio attacked the masked Superstar prior to the match, going as far as trying to rip off his mask. With Mysterio out, Hardy was forced to take on high-caliber opponents, World Heavyweight Champion Edge and Jericho all by himself. Despite a valiant effort, Hardy was unable to come up with a win. After a hard-hitting spear from The Rated-R Superstar to get the win, Hardy was brutalized by The Ultimate Opportunist with a ladder.
The good, the bad & the ugly (PHOTOS | VIDEO) At the start of the night, Extreme Rules opponents Rey Mysterio and Chris Jericho traded verbal barbs. After listening to Jericho rant, Mysterio exclaimed, "Your word is worthless"!
After Mysterio, Jericho moved on to verbally assault Mickey Rourke, star of the movie "The Wrestler, who was in attendance. "Rourke, you're lucky I'm too much of a professional to not come out of this ring, walk straight up to you and punch you in your face right now, claimed Jericho.
Things finally imploded when Jericho took a sucker punch at Mysterio. But the agile champion was able to avoid the blow and drive Jericho out of the ring.
The Great Khali & R-Truth def. Dolph Ziggler & Mike Knox (PHOTOS) Things got off to an emotion-charged start when Khali joined R-Truth in singing his signature entrance song, Whats Up? The Punjabi Playboy kept the momentum going into the tag team encounter. Using The Punjabi Plunge, the 7-footer was able to put away big Mike Knox.
Womens Champion Melina def. Alicia Fox (Non-title) (PHOTOS) The sexy, smart and powerful Womens Champion Melina proved too much for Alicia Fox. After the win, Michelle McCool came into the ring and grabbed the champions title from the referee. Although McCool returned the title to its rightful owner, she did so with a shove, as if to say, its yours for now. (Diva match-maker)
John Morrison def. Umaga (Disqualification) (PHOTOS | VIDEO) Just like he did to CM Punk last week, Umaga not only tied up John Morrison with a Samoan Strap, but used the illegal weapon to beat his opponent unmercifully. After the brutal display, CM Punk rushed into the ring, smashing his Extreme Rules opponent over the head with his steel Money in the Bank briefcase.
Shelton Benjamin & Charlie Haas def. Cryme Tyme (PHOTOS) Formerly known as The Worlds Greatest Tag Team, Shelton Benjamin & Charlie Haas lived up to their moniker in L.A. The Gold Standard dropped Shad with Pay Dirt to stake claim to a win.
Eve def. Layla (PHOTOS | VIDEO) Once again, Eve got the better of Layla, picking up a win in their much-anticipated singles match. In the weeks leading up to their match, the two competed in Cryme Tyme's Hand Slammin' Jammy Jam Challenge and Brooklyn Break-Down Diva Dance Off, with Eve coming out on top in both contests. And, powder was flying everywhere when the two Divas exchanged fisticuffs at a backstage makeup table recently.
The official website of Mr. Kennedy, www.Ken-Kennedy.com, released the following statement in light of his release from World Wrestling Entertainment last night:
"Ken is physically 100 percent healthy, and very optimistic about his future in the business. More details will follow."
It was just announced that at the July 8th WWE house show event in Japan, WWE Hall Of Famer Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat will come out of retirement to compete in a singles match against with recent rival Chris Jericho.
In an update on Christy Hemme, she was scheduled to meet with TNA officials this week to discuss her future in the organization. As far as wrestling is concerned, that doesn't appear to be an option for her for the foreseeable future.
In January, Hemme was diagnosed with two herniated discs in her neck suffered while training in the ring with AJ Styles. She decided against having surgery, instead opting for a procedure called neuro cranial realignment in which two rods are inserted up the nose and a balloon is blown in the head to manipulate the cranial bones to relieve pressure off the neck.
The 2004 Diva Search winner returned to the gym two weeks ago. One person close to her believed she was retired from wrestling, but Hemme herself said during a radio interview last week that she was working hard towards wrestling in the squared circle once again.
World Wrestling Entertainment has come to terms on the release of Raw Superstar Mr. Kennedy (Ken Kennedy) as of today, May, 29 2009. WWE wishes Ken the best in all future endeavors.
- The early word on Mr. Kennedys surprising release from World Wrestling Entertainment last night is that almost injuring Randy Orton as well as himself during his match on RAW on Monday night was the straw that broke the camels back.
Kennedy made his return to RAW on Monday night after a ten month hiatus rehabbing a badly injured shoulder. As bad luck would have it, Kennedy ended up injuring his wrist after taking the RKO from Orton. Much more seriously in the eyes of management, Orton nearly re-injured his bad shoulder as a result of an errant maneuver on the part of Kennedy.
Following the show, Orton and Kennedy had words backstage, although it was not heated. Very calmly, Orton dressed him down, telling him he needed to be more careful so he wouldnt injure anyone else in the ring.
Ik ben Boon Kenneth, en gebruik soms ook wel de schuilnaam Sting.
Ik ben een man en woon in Dworp (Belgie) en mijn beroep is .
Ik ben geboren op 05/06/1989 en ben nu dus 34 jaar jong.
Mijn hobby's zijn: Worstelen en films.
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