Conspicuous by her absence tonight on Raw was ring announcer Lilian Garcia. SmackDown ring announcer Justin Roberts filled in for her on the show with no explanation given via commentary. Not to worry Lilian fans, she simply had the night off.
Two weeks ago, Lilian posted her WWE schedule on her MySpace account (www.myspace.com/liliangarcia) for the end of the year and through February. The only date left off the schedule was for tonight's Raw in Toronto, so her night off was planned well ahead of time and it was not a sudden decision.
For what it's worth, she usually takes a vacation around the winter holidays, so that could explain her absence from tonight's show. Additionally, she hasn't missed a single Raw or pay-per-view appearance since June 2007 when she was taking time off to recover from a skiing injury in which she tore the ACL in her right knee.
Lilian will be back handling her regular ring announcing duties at next Monday's Raw taping in Manchester, New Hampshire.
TRIBUTE TO THE TROOPS CM Punk, R-Truth en Jeff Hardy defeats The Miz, John Morison en JBL Cena, Batista en Rey Mysterio defeats Big Show, Y2J en Randy Orton
SmackDown star Ron "R-Truth" Killings was detained at the Canadian border upon his arrival in Toronto this morning.
Killings was refused entry into the Canada and sent home as a result. He obviously won't be appearing at tonight's RAW/SmackDown television taping in Toronto.
Further details have yet to be disclosed regarding why he was barred from entering Canada.
-- Even though she appeared to be crying at the conclusion of her match on Raw last night, Mickie James did not get injured following that scary spot as she is fine.
-- In recent weeks, 2006 Diva Search contestant Milena Roucka has appeared in the audience on Raw as Beth Phoenix's #1 fan. She was finally given a name on last night's show. During Santino Marella's pre-match promo, he introduced her as Rosa Mendez. Santino points her out in the audience and says she is the #1 Santino fan. Rosa tries to tell him she's Beth's fan as she waves her sign, but he doesn't pay attention.
The majority of the WWE roster is expected to be at tonight's Raw/SmackDown tapings from the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario. The workers only have a three day break for Christmas before they hit the road beginning on Friday for a weekend house show tour followed by next week's television tapings. Morale in the WWE locker room is said to be low because of the budget cutbacks including the company cutting show payouts for performers by 50%.
SmackDown Diva Victoria has posted a blog on her MySpace account responding to retirement discussion sparked by recent online reports saying she was considering retirement. Victoria said everyone retires at some point, but she won't reveal when the time will come for her just yet. Victoria wrote: "I try not to respond to internet rumors, but I have received hundreds of emails through both myspace and through www.black-widow-customs.com asking me if I am going to retire. I never said that I am, although sooner or later we all will. And I don't believe that "unnamed talent" is saying that about me either. On the other hand, I never said that my retirement is not imminent. I do appreciate everyone's support. I try to be open about my life in my blogs. But I would never comment about anything, either to confirm or deny, that may come up in future WWE shows. I'm not the kind of person who wants to know the end of a movie before I see it. And I don't want to ruin anyone's future enjoyment of WWE product."
The Sun has an interview with reigning WWE Intercontinental Champion William Regal and he critiques the wrestler who he won the title from, Santino Marella. Regal feels Marella hasn't grown in the ring as he should have by now. "I think what he does, the entertainment aspect of it, is brilliant," Regal said. "I try and help him a lot because obviously his wrestling is not where it should be - but he can get there. He's been thrown in the deep end straight out of wrestling school and he does a great job at what he does. I think he's got a great future but you can only get by doing so much comedy." Regal said CM Punk is one of the few quality opponents who can work at his pace in the ring. "The vicious stuff I'm doing now is the way I like to wrestle, unfortunately there are not too many people - and this may sound very arrogant - who can keep up with me. Very few," Regal said. "I'm looking to people like C.M. Punk and people like that to step up. The only ones who can keep up with me are of that style."
Thanks to reader Hassan Ahmad for sending this in:
I have noticed many times that Ranjin Singh does not translate what the Great Khali (which means "empty") says. Instead, he says something else or just cuts short Khali's rambling. For example, when Chris Jericho asked Khali to help him in his match with Cena in a backstage segment Khali said that he fought in his own battles without anyone's help and so should Jericho. Ranjin Sing translated this as "NO!". Another example is during the Slammy Awards when Khali got his award he said that he was very happy to win the award, Ranjin excluded this part, Then Khali said that parents should give attention to their children so that they stay on the right path and don't go towards crime. Ranjin translated this saying that the depletion of natural resources is a major concern for the future generation.
As noted earlier this week, wrestling fan Derek Greser sent a letter talking about his friend being escorted out of the building by arena security at Sundays Armageddon pay-per-view because he made a hand gesture to Batista while he was making his entrance for his match with Randy Orton. It got a lot of attention online, so much so that WWE was aware of it too when Greser contacted their Fan Relations department on Wednesday afternoon. In an update on the situation, he could not go into details, but WWE has addressed the issue and made things right for them. Apparently fans were e-mailing WWE in large numbers about the story.
Frankie "Kaz" Kazarian and Tracy Brooks (Brookshaw) were recent engaged. Brooks noted the change in relationship status from single to engaged on her Facebook page. She also sent a message to her fans tonight. "Tracy is wishing everyone a very happy holiday and yes i am engaged!!!!! best christmas present ive ever received..love you frankie."
Kaz (Frankie Kazarian) tore his biceps at the TNA Impact TV taping on Monday night in Orlando and underwent another operation this week according to The Wrestling Observer/Figure Four Online. This surgery will likely keep him out of action for close to six months. Kaz, who is now playing the Suicide character in TNA, just returned from surgery due to a torn triceps. Whether they will drop the Suicide character or have someone else play the character in the costume while he is out remains to be seen.
As noted earlier, Johnny Devine was backstage at RAW and was scheduled to get a tryout prior to the show going live. We had actually reported about a month ago that Devine was scheduled for a tryout with WWE at the Toronto TV taping this week. Devine then emailed us and demanded that the post be removed and stated that there was no truth to it. He gave us a nasty attitude so we stuck to what we had heard and kept the report up. It obviously turned out to be true. Devine has also proved that he is a guy who can not be trusted and was never trusted by us in the first place. Maybe he was worried about it 'leaking' and pissing WWE officials off? If that was the case, he could have told us that and we would have removed the report so we would not have jeopardized anything. That was not the case though as he flat out lied and gave an attitude in the process. Therefore, we stuck by our original report.
Trish Stratus made her return to RAW in a surprise match teaming with John Cena against the team of Santino and Beth Phoenix. That was a one-time deal and it was a nice surprise to see her in an actual match. She had teased in interviews that she wanted to get her hands on Beth Phoenix and she has been getting that 'itch' to return as of late according to people close to her.
Last week's main event angle, where Randy Orton kicked Batista in the head, was an angle to write Batista off of the show for a long period of time. Batista was having hamstring issues on the recent European tour, and those issues got much worse when he returned to the US. The plan is for Batista to have surgery soon, which could see him miss anywhere from 6-8 months. WWE is planning for a return no earlier than June, but possibly as late as August.
Batista has a history of muscle tears, as he has suffered two torn triceps injuries as well as torn lat muscles. With this most recent injury, all WrestleMania plans that had him involved will have to be changed.
It has been rumored for quite some time now that former WWE star Nathan Jones has signed a contract with TNA and will be debuting with the company. It's now being reported that Jones has indeed signed with TNA, and he is expected to be introduced either at the Genesis PPV in January or a short time after that. Although Jones has been signed for awhile now, his debut with TNA has been halted due to a motorcycle accident which took place while he was training for his US return. Jones was struck by a cement truck and suffered nerve damage in his arm, however is expected to recover fully and should be cleared to wrestle shortly.
According to our sources, Tomko's injury is not as bad as is being reported on some websites. WWE requested that Tomko get an MRI last week and he did once he returned home. The MRI revealed a tear in the back of his Deltoid. It could require surgery but for now he'll just be doing rehab for the next 4-6 weeks. The pec injury that is being reported on some websites is way far fetched and not the case at all. That injury happened years ago during a match with Abyss.
R-Truth & Hurricane Helms def. United States Champion Shelton Benjamin & Montel Vontavious Porter (Tag Team Match) World Tag Team Champion John Morrison def. Festus Edge def. ECW Champion Matt Hardy (Non-title) Ezekiel Jackson def. WWE Tag Team Champion Carlito Maryse def. Maria (Maryse earns Divas Championship Match) WWE Champion Jeff Hardy def. Vladimir Kozlov (DQ) (Non-title)
BALTIMORE After winning his first World title at Armageddon, WWE Champion Jeff Hardys celebration proved to be short-lived, as a furious storm of Superstars made their anger known.
WATCH all of the action now in the SmackDown Quick Cut and check out WWE.com's exclusive ringside PHOTOS.
WWE Champion Jeff Hardy's Kickoff Celebration (WATCH | PHOTOS) ; Hardy def. Vladimir Kozlov (DQ) (Non-Title Match) (PHOTOS) New WWE Champion Jeff Hardy served notice to the WWE Universe that things were about to change in favor of the rejects and screw-ups. When Edge interrupted and attempted to belittle the champion - while once again denying his involvement in Hardys Survivor Series weekend attack - Hardy answered back with a resounding Twist of Fate.
Later, after hitting the Whisper in the Wind on the unpinned Kozlov, the Ultimate Opportunist interceded again - causing the disqualification as he and the Moscow Mauler attacked Hardy. This drew the ire of Triple H, who provided an effective equalizer, unleashing his wrath on both aggressors. After Hardy hit a post-match Swanton Bomb on Edge, he exchanged a telling stare with The Game, making it clear that The King of Kings will also be gunning for the gold.
Edge def. ECW Champion Matt Hardy (Non-title) (PHOTOS) In the culmination of an exhausting match, Edge hurled the ECW Champion between the turnbuckles and into the unforgiving steel ring post, allowing the Rated-R Superstar to execute the spear and grab the hard fought three-count.
R-Truth & Hurricane Helms def. United States Champion Shelton Benjamin & Montel Vontavious Porter (PHOTOS) In a match that featured a noticeable lack of teamwork between MVP and Benjamin, the Ballin Superstar accidentally kicked his partner before R-Truth took out the Franchise Playa with the devastating corkscrew elbow. Hurricane Helms then drilled the Gold Standard into the canvas to grab the win. Can Helms reign supreme next week when he challenges United States Champion Shelton Benjamin for his title?
Maryse def. Maria (Maryse earns a Divas Championship Match) (WATCH | PHOTOS) With Divas Champion Michelle McCool lurking at ringside, Maria hurt her ankle coming off the second rope, opening the door for Maryse to utilize the DDT and become the No. 1 contender to Michelles title. After the match, Maryse decided to get in Michelles face, only to have her hand slapped away when she touched the championship.
World Tag Team Champion John Morrison def. Festus (PHOTOS) In order to stop Morrison - and his Dirt Sheet co-star The Miz - from once again using the timekeepers bell against Festus, Jesse confiscated it early. But when he tried to swing it at the interfering self-proclaimed Chick Magnet, the bell accidentally hit the ring post. The comatose Corn-fed Colossus was then easy prey for Morrison, who quickly hit the Moonlight Drive for the victory. Following the match, Miz and Morrison continued to have a few laughs at Festus expense.
Ezekiel Jackson def. WWE Tag Team Champion Carlito (WATCH | PHOTOS) As Carlito was springboarding himself off the rope toward his opponent, Ezekiel caught him with a devastating shot to the back before hurling the WWE Tag Team Champion into the mat with decisive force. Jacksons impressive triumph adds to the series of singles and tag team victories that he and The Kendrick have accumulated over the WWE Champions in recent weeks.
Kevin Thorn's profile is back up on the ECW Superstar page on WWE.com. Thorn was brought in for this past week's television shows, but wasn't used. He recently returned to action at Florida Championship Wrestling under his trademark vampire gimmick. Thorn was last seen on WWE television just over a year ago.
The title of show tonight is "Main Event Massacre." The opening video aired. In lieu of fireworks, Lance Rock made his way to the ring. Mike Tenay and Don West talked about the beating of Brother Ray from last week.
1. Rhino defeated Lance Rock in 1:46. After some early offense by Rock, Rhino hit the Gore for the quick victory.
Rhino called out the Front Line. Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley lagged way behind the rest of the group. As Rhino cut a promo, Shelley cockily mimicked an orchestra leader with his fingers in the background. Rhino said he was going to leave Sting in a pile of his own blood, piss, and shit. He said he was doing this for the Front Line and "Bubba Ray."
AJ Styles grabbed the mic and told Scott Steiner and Booker T he hoped their heads would be torn off tonight. Samoa Joe cut an old school Joe promo about only understanding violence. He said "Joe is going to kill you."
Tenay and West ran down tonight's card. JB interviewed Kurt Angle backstage. He said there would be bloodshed tonight and it would be the blood of the Front Line. He said he had to get going because he had a special guest tonight. "Bang bang," said Angle.
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Lauren interviewed The Motor City Machine Guns. Sabin said Lauren had the opportunity to be the meat of a Motor City sandwich. Sabin reminded us he was a four time X Division champion and Shelley was going to become the next champion. Shelley said he and Sabin would meet in the finals and it didn't matter which one of them took the title back to Detroit.
2. Chris Sabin (with Alex Shelley) defeated Sonjay Dutt (with SoCal Val) in an X Division Championship tournament quarterfinal match in 5:20. Sheik Abdul Bashir watched the match in a chair from the stage. Tenay said Dutt and Bashir have held closed door meetings. Dutt scored a nearfall with a nice hurricarana at around the two minute mark.
Sabin hit a series of kicks and a springboard closeline for a two count. Dutt countered the Cradle Shock by biting Sabin. He hit a tornado DDT and remained on the offensive until Sabin hit the Cradle Shock seemingly out of nowhere.
Backstage, Lauren interviewed The Beautiful People and Sarah Palin. Palin complained about Velvet and Angelina's hair. She said they needed to look like Barbara Bush. Kip said he was the fashion guy, but TBP pretty much fired him while telling him how much they love him. Kip took off disgusted.
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ODB's Angle had Christie Hemme as the special guest. They talked about Christy winning the Diva Search and posing in Playboy. ODB asked if Christy ever felt Hugh Hefner's balls. ODB was pissed about "divas posing for Playboy thinking they can wrestle," but praised Christy. Raisha Saeed attacked Christy and Rhaka Khan broke a board over ODB's back.
Tenay and West plugged the rest of the card. There is a lot to come tonight.
JB was in the Mafia's locker room. Mick Foley was being massaged by Kevin Nash. Foley said he was concerned about what happened last week. Foley said the Mafia went too far and called the attack on Brother Ray, "a gang bang."
Foley said Angle should have gone into the street fight against Brother Ray one on one. Angle said Foley knew how it was and the Mafia looked out for each other, like a brotherhood. Foley toasted the Mafia and made them promise not to engage in anymore beatdowns. Sting walked away.
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TNA Rough Cut featured Robert Roode. Roode was a hockey player growing up. A lot of footage of Roode as a member of Team Canada was shown.
3. Scott Steiner and Booker T (with Sharmell) defeated Abyss and Matt Morgan in 8:10. Morgan overpowered Steiner early in the bout. They knocked Booker to the floor and continued to work on Steiner as the show went to commercial.
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The Mafia was in complete control coming back from the break. They double teamed Abyss, but Abyss got the best of both of them. Morgan received the hot tag. He hit a sweet bicycle kick on Steiner for a two count. In a horrible spot, Sharmell grabbed Abyss on the floor. He swung blindly, but clearly did not hit her. She pretended he did and Abyss was upset. Booker used a pipe and an axe kick to pin Morgan.
After the match, Abyss looked really pissed.
Jeff Jarrett was shown pacing in his office. Kurt Angle's "tribute" to Jarrett is next.
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Kurt Angle came out to the ring in a suit and showing off his DVD. Angle said he was not there to talk about himself; he was there to talk about Jeff Jarrett. Angle's commentary was accompanied by a bunch of photos. He talked about Jarrett in "the WWF," and even showed a photo of Jarrett and Owen Hart. An "Owen" chant broke out.
He followed Jarrett's move to WCW and when he had nothing left to prove, he started his own company, one that is now world renown. Angle said the fairy tale would come to an end at Genesis when Jarrett would drown in a pool of his own blood. He said the fans could survive without Jarrett, but could Jarrett's daughters? He put up pictures of Jarrett's daughters.
Angle said Jarrett's beautiful daughters would become orphans after the Genesis pay-per-view. He did say that "Uncle Kurt" would adopt them. Jarrett came out and tried to get at Angle, but BG James, Terry Taylor, and Scott D'Amore tried to stop them. He made it to the ring but was unable to get to Angle.
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Jarrett was going crazy in his office while BG tried to calm him down. Foley came in and Jarrett took off. BG said half of this was Foley's fault.
4. Kiyoshi defeated Consequences Creed in an X Division tournament quarterfinal match in 4:35. Kiyoshi hit a nice overhead belly to belly released suplex. He followed that up with a closeline and a nerve hold. He hit what looked like his finisher for a two count. He followed up with a moonsault for the win.
Backstage, TBP had no makeup on. Palin asked them if they wanted to be wrestlers, or if they wanted to be role models. They finally got behind Palin when she said they could be bigger than our president elect.
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Footage aired of the beating Brother Ray received last week.
Mike Tenay had a sit down interview with Shane Sewell earlier today. Sewell said he was a wrestler and a neck injury forced him to retire. He applied to be a referee in TNA. He said he would not let anyone push him around and if Sheik Abdul Bashir cost him his job, he would not leave TNA peacefully. Tenay wished him good luck.
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5. ODB and Christy Hemme defeated Rhaka Khan and Raisha Saeed in 1:51. They fought to the floor until ODB threw Khan into the ring. ODB gained the advantage and tagged in Hemme. She hit that splits leg drop from the top rope for the win.
Awesome Kong hit the ring and laid out both ODB and Hemme. Suicide did his thing and stood in the ring opposite Kong. Kong thought about it but decided to retreat. The lights went out and Suicide was gone.
Backstage, JB interviewed Sting and Kevin Nash. JB asked Sting if he had any regrets and if he thought he was doing the wrong thing. Sting said he had nothing to say and handed it over to Nash. Nash told Sting they have known each other for twenty years and he had the most integrity of anyone in the business. He said whether he was fighting Sting or fighting with him, he never spit in his face, but AJ did. He grabbed Sting's bat and asked if Sting was with him. Sting said yes and they walked off.
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JB asked Mick Foley what his relationship was with the Main Event Mafia. Foley said Angle sometimes says things he does not mean and he was considering his options. He said he was not okay with what happened to Brother Ray last week, but he was disrespected more by Alex Shelley in the past few weeks than he was in his entire 23 year career. He said he was going to make decisions that were good for business.
Kevin Nash, followed by Sting, Samoa Joe, and AJ Styles made their ring entrances.
6. AJ Styles and Samoa Joe defeated Sting and Kevin Nash in a steel cage match in 8:30. Tenay said the TNA cage is unlike any other cage in wrestling. This is a tornado style tag match with everyone in the ring together. Joe worked over Sting as Styles had his way with Nash for the first nearfall. They continued to have the advantage as the show went to commercial.
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Back from commercial, Sting was beating on Styles in the corner and Nash had the advantage on Samoa Joe. Joe hit a senton splash on Nash and Sting broke up the pin. The Front Line gained the advantage. Styles, using Nash's back as a boost, climbed out of the cage for the win.
Sting and Nash attacked Joe in the ring. Nash laid out Styles with the cage door. The entire Mafia came down and Joe left them all lying. Joe then picked up Angle for the muscle buster, but Nash hit him in the back with a chair. Steiner locked the cage door. Joe was in there with the entire Mafia except for Sting. The referees could not open the cage door.
Sting stayed on the outside and took out the Front Line as they came out to the ring. They placed Joe's arm in the chair and stomped on it. West sold it as if they broke Joe's arm. The beating continued as the show went off the air.
Finlay Dave Crook (Belfast, (Noord-Ierland), 31 januari 1958) is een Britse professionele worstelaar die werkt voor World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), beter gekend met zijn worstelnaam Finlay. Finlay worstelt momenteel voor ECW.
Hij is een voormalige WWE United States Champion.
Carrière
Finlay begon zijn carrière in Noord-Ierland, waar hij werd getraind door zijn vader die ook professioneel worstelaar was (en zelfs zijn eigen worstel promotie in Ierland heeft genoemd Ulster Championship Wrestling), voordat hij naar Groot-Brittannië ging in 1978. Hij worstelde daar voor verschillende bedrijven onder de Joint Promotions vlag, met zijn manager en toenmalige vrouw Princess Paula aan zijn zijde. Finlay won zijn eerste titel toen hij Allan Kilby versloeg op 9 juni 1982 en won zo de Joint Promotions British Heavy Middleweight titel. Hij won en verloor de titel steeds opnieuw voor de rest van het jaar, maar in het begin van 1983 verloor hij hem voor de laatste maal. Finlay won een toernooi om de nieuwe Britse Light Heavyweight kampioen te kronen, een beschikbare titel op dat moment waarbij hij British Legend Ringo Rigby versloeg in de finale.
Finlay verloor die titel snel, maar veroverde een andere, waarbij hij Marty Jones versloeg om de "World Mid-Heavyweight titel" te winnen, hoewel de titel nooit Groot-Brittannië heeft verlaten. Later in dat jaar versloeg Finlay opnieuw Marty Jones en won weer de British Light Heavyweight titel. Tijdens '83 en '84 was Fit altijd aan het vechten voor een titel of hij was er een aan het verdedigen.
Hij kreeg bekendheid door een grote Britse titel te winnen; All-Star's British Heavyweight Championship. Finlay kwam ook vaak op het World of Sport programma als David "Fit" Finlay.
Tijdens deze periode begon Finlay ook in Duitsland te worstelen, voor een van de grootste bedrijven in Europa, de Catch Wrestling Association. Terwijl hij de All-Star titel behield vormde hij een team met zijn oude rivaal Marty Jones om de CWA tag titels te winnen van Tony St. Clair (de man waarbij hij de All-Star titel had gewonnen) en zijn partner Miles Zrno. Nadat hij de All-Star titel verloor aan Dave Taylor, begon Fit zich meer te richten op CWA waarbij hij meerdere titels won en kreeg hij internationale bekendheid, waarbij hij naar Japan en Mexico reisde. Op een Japanse reis vormde hij een succesvol team met Chris Benoit die toen bekend stond als "The Pegasus Kid".
World Championship Wrestling
Tot zijn huidige periode in de WWE stond Finlay het best bekend in de Verenigde Staten voor zijn tijd in WCW van 1995-2000, eerst als The Belfast Bruiser en later als "Fit" Finley. Zijn ster was rijzende toen hij verrassend won van Eddie Guerrero op WCW Thunder via count-out. Kort daarna knipte hij zijn donkere, vette mullet af en verruilde deze voor de korte, blonde look die hij momenteel draagt en ging een kampioenschap najagen. Hij vond succes in 1998 en won het WCW World Television Championship en feudde met onder andere Chris Benoit en Booker T. Niet lang daarna was hij een goede midcarder met zijn nieuwe naam in spelling en uitspraak Fit Finlay.
Aan het einde van zijn tijd voor WCW won hij een "Hardcore Junkyard Invitational" tijdens Bash at the Beach, en won een "hardcore trophy". Hij liep kort daarna een slecht doorgescheurde zenuw in zijn been op in een hardvore match tijdens een house show in juli wat hem bijna het gebruik van zijn been koste. Hij worstelde tegen Brian Knobbs, werd tegen een tafel in de hoek van de ring aangegooid en de tafel brak in stukken en sneed in zijn been. Hij kreeg het gebruik van zijn ledemaat terug en kwam later in het jaar terug, maar op dat moment was alle bekendheid die hij had gekregen van de Junkyard Invitational weg, In 2000 vormde Finlay een trio van "Hardcore Soldiers" met Brian Knobbs en Al Green. Na de terugkeer van Eric Bischoff en Vince Russo aan de macht bij WCW, was hij vrijwel vergeten op TV.
World Wrestling Entertainment
Nadat hij de WCW versloeg worstelde Finlay in onafhankelijke promoties voordat hij met pensioen ging om een road agent en trainer voor de WWE Diva's te worden in de WWE.
Finlay begon aan een comeback te werken in 2004 en promo's voor zijn terugkeer naar de ring werden uitgezonden in december 2005. Zijn gimmick was die van een trotse Ier die van vechten houdt. Zijn eerste uitgezonden WWE match was op 20 januari 2006 tijdens SmackDown! tegen Matt Hardy die eindigde in een verlies door diskwalificatie voor Finlat. Na de match, sleurde Finlay Hardy naar de stalen trap voor de ring en schopte hem met zijn laars in het gezicht, waardoor hij zichzelf als heel neerzette. Dit hielp hem aan zijn bijnaam "The Fighting Irish Bastard". Een gedenkbare SmackDown! mengde Finlay zich in een Junior's Division match en vernederde hij de deelnemers.
Finlay maakte snel naam op het SmackDown! rooster. Gedurende februari en maart van 2006 was Finlay betrokken bij een intense feud met Bobby Lashley waarbij het paar op meerdere momenten vocht, waaronder in een Lumberjack Match die Finlay won. Tijdens deze tijd begon Finlay een shillelagh als wapen te gebruiken.
Op 2 april 2006 nam Finlay deel aan zijn eerste WrestleMania, WrestleMania 22, Finlay vocht tegen vijf andere WWE Superstars van zowel WWE RAW als SmackDown! in een Money in the Bank ladder match. Deze match werd uiteindelijk gewonnen door RAW's Rob Van Dam.
Finlay zou vervolgens deelnemen aan het King of the Ring toernooi op Smackdown!, Finlay versloeg zijn eerste ronde tegenstander Chris Benoit voor hij werd verslagen door zijn rivaal Lashley, die verder ging tot de finales tijdens WWE Judgment Day 2006. Finlay zou de andere finalist, Booker T, om Lashley te verslaan in de finale.
Aan het begin van de aflevering van SmackDown! op 26 mei werd Finlay vergezeld door het The Little Bastard karakter die vanonder de ring kwam om Finlay's tegenstanders aan te vallen. The Little Bastard ging door met het aanvallen van Finlay's tegenstanders met of zonder Finlay's toestemming voor verschillende weken. Finlay voegde zich toen samen met William Regal tot de loyale mededingers van een nieuw hernoemde King Booker en zijn Court. Tijdens de periode als deel van het court, won Finlay van de World Champion Rey Mysterio in een non-titelmatch voordat hij de belangrijkste rivaal het van Court Bobby Lashley verloeg voor zijn WWE United States Championship. Finlay versloeg William Regal tijdens The Great American Bash om zijn titel te behouden, met hulp van de Hornswoggle.
Worstel feiten
Finishing en opvallende moves
Celtic Cross / Emerald Fusion (Kryptonite Krunch)
Tombstone piledriver (in WCW)
Finlay Roll (Rollende brandweerman gooi slam)
Arm breker DDT
Europese uppercut
Rennende zittende senton
Korte-arm clothesline
Belangrijk voorwerp: shillelagh
Quotes
"My name is Finlay and I love to fight!" (Mijn naam is Finlay en ik hou van vechten!)
"Finlay! That's my name!" (Finlay! Dat is mijn naam!)
"The name's Finlay! Remember it!" (De naam is Finlay! Onthoud dat!)
"My name is Finlay, and I give a new meaning to the term, Fighting Irish" (Mijn naam is Finlay, en ik geef een nieuwe betekenis aan de term, Iers Vechten.)
"My name is Finlay, some people call me a Fighting Irish Bastard, but not to my face." (Mijn naam is Finlay, sommige mensen noemen me een Fighting Irish Bastard, maar niet in mijn gezicht.)
"The Little Bastard stole my Guinness. I'll kill him!" (De Little Bastard stal mijn Guinness. Ik vermoord hem!)
Managers
Princess Paula
Worstelaars gemanaged door Finlay
The Dog
Brian Knobbs
Kampioenschappen en andere bereikte dingen
All-Star Promotions
British Heavyweight Championship
Gewonnen van Tony St. Clair op 5 februari 1990 in Croydon, Engeland
Verloren aan Dave Taylor op 6 april 1991 in King's Lynn, Engeland
Britse Championships
World Mid-Heavyweight Championship
Gewonnen van Marty Jones op 10 mei 1983 in Croydon, Engeland
Verloren aan Marty Jones op 7 juni 1983 in Croydon, Engeland
World Mid-Heavyweight Championship (2)
Gewonnen van Marty Jones op 2 november 1983 in Leeds, Engeland
Verloren aan Marty Jones op 29 mei 1984 in Dartford, Engeland
World Mid-Heavyweight Championship (3)
Gewonnen van Marty Jones op 8 juni 1984 in Carlisle, Engeland
Verloren aan Marty Jones op 26 oktober 1984
World Mid-Heavyweight Championship (4)
Gewonnen van Marty Jones op 5 november 1984
Verloren aan Marty Jones op 13 november 1984 in Carlisle, Engeland
Catch Wrestling Association
CWA World Tag Team Championship (met Marty Jones)
Gewonnen van Miles Zrno en Tony St. Clair op 23 juni 1990 in Graz, Oostenrijk
Verloren aan Miles Zrno en Franz Schumann op 3 augustus 1990 in Wenen, Oostenrijk
CWA World Middleweight Championship
Gewonnen van Steve Wright op 1 september 1990 in Wenen, Oostenrijk
Verloren aan Steve Wright op 28 september 1990 in Hannover, Duitsland
CWA World Middleweight Championship (2)
Gewonnen van Steve Wright op 21 december 1991 in Bremen, Duitsland
Verloren aan Franz Schumann op 11 juli 1992 in Graz, Oostenrijk
CWA World Middleweight Championship (3)
Verloeg Eddie Gilbert] voor de beschikbare titel op 19 december 1992 in Bremen, Duitsland
Titel later beschikbaar gesteld in een match tegen Gilbert in Bremen, Duitsland, die eindigde in een dubbele diskwalificatie.
CWA Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship
Gewonnen van Buffalo Patterson op 31 juli 1993 in Graz, Oostenrijk
Titel beschikbaar gesteld in Oktober 1998 als Finlay de promotie verlaat.
CWA British Commonwealth Heavyweight Championship
Gewonnen van Tony St. Clair op 14 december 1993 in Bremen, Duitsland
Verloren aan Tony St. Clair
CWA World Middleweight Championship (4)
Gewonnen van Paul Roma op 25 november 1995 in Bremen, Duitsland
Verloren aan Franz Schumann op 6 juli 1996 in Graz, Oostenrijk
Ierse Championships
1-maal Iers Nationaal Kampioen
Gezamenlijke promoties
British Heavy Middleweight Championship
Gewonnen van Alan Kilby op 9 juni 1982 in Bath, Engeland
Verloren aan Alan Kilby in augustus 1982
British Heavy Middleweight Championship (2)
Gewonnen van Alan Kilby op 14 september 1982 in Croydon, Engeland
Verloren aan Alan Kilby op 10 november 1982 in Londen, Engeland
British Heavy Middleweight Championship (3)
Gewonnen van Alan Kilby op 15 november 1982 in Bradford, Engeland
Verloren aan Alan Kilby in november 1982
British Heavy Middleweight Championship (4)
Gewonnen van Alan Kilby op 21 december 1982 in Wolverhampton, Engeland
Verloren aan Alan Kilby in januari 1983
British Heavy Middleweight Championship (5)
Gewonnen op 29 september 1984
Verloren voor het einde van het jaar
British Light Heavyweight Championship
Versloeg Ringo Rigby in een toernooi finale om de beschikbare titel te winnen op 24 februari 1983 in Oldham, Engeland
Verloor aan Marty Jones op 26 november 1983 in Manchester, England
British Light Heavyweight Championship (2)
Gewonnen van Marty Jones in februari 1984
Verloren aan Marty Jones op 8 februari 1984 in Leamington, England
Pro Wrestling Illustrated
PWI gaf hem de positie van # 278 in de 500 beste singles worstelaars van de "PWI Years" in 2003.
World Championship Wrestling
WCW World Television Championship
Gewonnen van Booker T op 4 mei 1998 in Indianapolis, Indiana, VS
Verloren aan Booker T op 14 juni 1998 in Baltimore, Maryland, VS
WCW Hardcore Junkyard Invitational Trophy winnaar
Verloeg Ciclope, Jerry Flynn, Johnny Grunge, Hardcore Hak, Horace Hogan, Brian Knobbs, Hugh Morrus, La Parka, Steven Regal, Rocco Rock, Silver King, David Taylor en Mikey Whipwreck op 11 juli 1999 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
WWE beschouwt dit als een WCW Hardcore Championship titel, maar Finlay is nooit officieel de kampioen geweest.
World Wrestling Entertainment
WWE United States Championship
Gewonnen van Bobby Lashley op 11 juli 2006 (uitgezonden 14 juli 2006) in Minneapolis, Minnesota, VS
Verloren aan Ken Kennedy op 29 augustus 2006 (uitgezonden 1 september 2006
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