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Razor Ramon autobiography–Wrestling with Consciousness review

August 9, 2010 By Johnny North Leave a Comment

Too many times you’ve hear how a professional wrestler is broke, committed suicide or overdosed because the lifestyle was too demanding to keep up with or let go.

Wrestling greats like Eddie Guerrero, Mike Awesome, Road Warrior Hawk, Chris Benoit and many more have succumbed to horrible fates mainly due to the difficulty of maintaining their bodies after being in wrestling for a long period of time.

For years a dark cloud has engulfed professional wrestlers when it comes to their latter years, but after reading Rick Bognar’s Wrestling With Consciousness it’s very refreshing to see that there are wrestlers who are able to find peace after their wrestling career is over.
Bognar, 6’6, 290 lbs, was known to most wrestling fans as the Fake Razor Ramon, appearing on World Wrestling Entertainment television during late 1996 after the original Razor Ramon, Scott Hall, left WWE to wrestle for World Championship Wrestling.

Bognar’s stint in WWE did not last long as he reveals in the book that WWE boss Vince McMahon Jr. only wanted to prove to Hall that he made the character and that he could easily do whatever he wanted with the character. Bognar believes McMahon has a God complex, the same McMahon who created his religion ‘McMahonism’ and who wrestled and defeated God on pay-per-view.

Bognar also found success in Extreme Championship Wrestling. He wrestled mainly as Rick Titan until ECW boss Paul Heyman saw his Razor Ramon impersonation and got McMahon’s attention. Bognar believes his WWE career ended thanks to the departure of Bret Hart with the company in 1997. Bognar’s theory looks tight—a lot of WWE talent that were friends with Hart were released not too long after Hart’s jump to wCw.

Bognar did find quite a bit of success wrestling in Japan, where he explains his friendship with Awesome, who was also quite popular in Japan. Bognar explains that he was not a stiff wrestler, but when the time asked for it and if the time and place was right, he was no stranger to it. Unfortunately in Japan he saw his career slowly drifting away as his only hope was a “maybe you go to wCw” from his Japanese bosses. Bognar did not even get that chance as he suffered a terrible neck injury that left him with two cracked vertebrae, ending his career.

Bognar is extremely honest when he talks about how careless he was with his money, how egoistical he was asking for stuff because he was Razor Ramon and how he had prima donna girlfriends who loved him when times were great, but played Houdini when times weren’t. When he discusses his dark times, such as his painkiller abuse period, it really shows that Bognar did not just wake up one morning and changed his ways, he learned the hard way.

With life experience and Buddha techniques, Bognar now believes that in order to be happy one needs to be happy with themselves. He finds self-improvement requires courage and work because it’s not just going to happen. Surrounding yourself with happiness is one thing, but you also need to keep up with what is going on around you in the world, something Bognar calls ‘suffering of change’.

Bognar found that at 29 years of age, he still had a whole life to live. After his wrestling career, Bognar met Lisa, a woman who he felt melted into their energy. Once he got past “Are you gay?” he soon found the love that he always wanted in life.

Wrestling With Consciousness is a short autobiography featuring a few random black and white pictures of Bognar during and after his time in the squared circle. Wrestling historians will be in an uproar over Bognar’s retelling of the Survivor Series 1997 screwjob—Bret getting pinned and then yelling at Earl Hebner is not exactly what happened. However, Bognar’s tale should be a leading example for wrestlers and different types of celebrities who fall from grace and have trouble picking up the pieces of their lives.

Wrestling With Consciousness

By Rick Bognar

131 pp.

Razor Publishing

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BREAKING NEWS–Jeremy Prophet competing on Smackdown this Friday

May 19, 2010 By Johnny North Leave a Comment

The roller coaster week continues for Jeremy Prophet following his first official World Wrestling Entertainment match for the Smackdown brand that will take place this Friday on the Score at 8 p.m. Prophet competed against former WWE superstars The Genius Lanny Poffo and Scott Steiner at an independent show before getting a match-up against WWE’s newest tag team on Smackdown Vance Archer and Curt Hawkins. Following his tryout with Florida Championship Wrestling last December and a tryout with Total Non-Stop Action a few weeks ago, WWE finally brought him in for another match during their tour of Canada.

Gorgeous George created pop culture – book review

May 10, 2010 By Johnny North Leave a Comment

How many people can say they were Muhammad Ali’s role model growing up? Most would never expect that he would say a professional wrestler.

Gorgeous George Wagner, born in 1915, who also inspired Bob Dylan, by giving him “the look.” The late James Brown said, “After I saw him and the special flamboyance he added to his matches, that helped create the James Brown you see onstage.”

In John Capouya’s Gorgeous George: The Outrageous Bad Boy Wrestler who Created American Pop Culture, the first-ever biography on the legendary professional wrestler, we learn how George transformed from a high school drop-out to one of the first-ever television actors, who touched a frightened and hero-seeking audience in the United States in the 1930s and ‘60s.

George was an anti-hero-the first-ever snobby blonde, cowardly wrestler.
While people looked for a hero, they enjoyed watching George get beat up every week. Wrestling was easier to market since TV technology was not yet advanced enough to keep up with the speed of baseball or football and boxing was unpredictable. At the time, wrestling was more profitable than Major League Baseball on TV. Bob Hope even joined in on George’s celebrity status on more than one occasion.

So many wrestlers have copied his persona or made slight variations of it. From Ric Flair to Hulk Hogan, (a photo of Hogan in a toupee is featured in the book) there have been many household names that took many of the antics George first introduced.

Even today, former World Heavyweight Champion Chris Jericho showcases mannerisms similar to “The Human Orchid.” Copycats in name and gimmick were around when George was competing, thanks to greedy promoter Jack Pfefer, who tried to make as much money off George without paying him.

Although the self-proclaimed “Toast of the Coast” died the day after Christmas in 1963, Capouya is able to put together a lot of details on George’s life thanks to his first wife Betty-—who is over 93 years old—his second wife, wrestlers, files from George’s arch nemesis Pfefer, and many more.
George is pictured as a kind and gentle soul outside of the ring, but inside the ring he has no problem calling his opponents “chink” or threatening to kill one of his opponents for messing up his “gorgeous hair.”

Stardom took a toll on George. He became an unsuccessful gambler and an abusive alcoholic. It is believed he had a girlfriend in almost every state. Eventually Betty got fed up. George went on to brood until he found a stripper who looked similar to Betty. His second divorce was blamed on spousal abuse.

Capouya’s extensive work on George is not limited to the fact that some issues with his life remain unknown. Unlike a lot of World Wrestling Entertainment propaganda books that stretch or hide the truth to protect the WWE, Capouya is not afraid to admit that some of what he has been told may not be completely accurate considering he is dealing with a sport of fakery.

This book is a great history lesson for wrestling fans wanting to know about one of the first true gimmicks and one of the true innovators of sports entertainment. It is filled with wrestling terminology, but enough explanations are provided. Chapters on Ali and Brown’s backgrounds seem unnecessary, but Capouya argues that without George there would be no Madonna, Liberace, Jesse Ventura, Dennis Rodman and the like. But that’s something only readers can decide after reading this unique biography.

Gorgeous George: The Outrageous Bad Boy Wrestler who Created American Pop Culture
John Capuyo
Harper Collins
304 pp
$27.95

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REVIEW:Bret Hart's "My Real Life in the Cartoon World of Wrestling"

January 25, 2010 By Johnny North Leave a Comment

Bret “The Hitman” Hart, one of the greatest Canadian icons ever to set foot in a professional wrestling ring, came out with a biography/personal memoir that delivers what die-hard wrestling fans have wanted since he retired in 2000.

Hitman: My Real Life in the Cartoon World of Wrestling is a 573-page (with a name index for wrestlers included at the end) emotional ride beginning with Hart’s tough time growing up in a poor family with 11 siblings and ending with Hart trying to come to terms with his near-fatal stroke and the death of his brother Owen.

Hart writes on his childhood dealing with an abusive father, schoolyard bullies and the pain of having multiple siblings. Hart is also open about the controversies of his wrestling career—his limited steroid use, his many sexual affairs while married and how his friendly relationship with wrestler Shawn Hickenbottom, aka Shawn Michaels, went sour when HBK’s clique decided they were going to kill the wrestling industry.

Wrestling fans who enjoyed the documentary Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows and Bret Hart’s DVD (Bret “Hitman” Hart: The Best There Is, The Best There Was, The Best There Ever Will Be.) set released by Hart and World Wrestling Entertainment will not have to worry about reading old, tired Hitman stories. If his early life, working for his dad’s Stampede wrestling federation and his time in Japan weren’t enough, Hart recounts, in great detail, the Survivor Series “screwjob” that happened 12 years ago in Montreal. Hart is still bitter in the book compared to how he felt recently on Monday Night Raw. He also describes his entire WWE run and how he felt about each talent he worked with, how terribly the World Championship Wrestling management misused him and the time WCW wrestler Bill Goldberg kicked him so hard he had to retire.

At times it seems as though Hart should go into more detail, such as regarding his supposed affair with WWE diva Sunny or his thoughts on Extreme Championship Wrestling talent besides Sabu and a lot of his WCW run. However, Hart leaves nothing out about his bizarre relationship with WWE promoter Vince McMahon, his dislike for Ric Flair’s nonstop non-use of psychology and telling the immortal Hulk Hogan “you can go fuck yourself” after he refused to lose to Hart at SummerSlam 1993.

Non-wrestling fans too will be intrigued by the wild stories of Hart’s trips to wrestling shows and their aftermaths. Getting stoned regularly at strip clubs, his brother Smith’s reckless driving, a near fatal adventure in Puerto Rico and the shenanigans Owen was famous for keeps the humour alive in a book filled with tragedies.

By the end of the book, most of the people he talks about have either died or are no longer a part of his life. The wrestling business has taken much more from Hart than just his pride.

Hitman: My Real Life in the Cartoon World of Wrestling

WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs 2009 Results

December 13, 2009 By Johnny North Leave a Comment

Christian VS. Shelton Benjamin – ECW Championship Ladder Match

Christian is able to get the advantage on Benjamin to start until Benjamin jumps to the top and delivers a clothesline and a backbreaker. Christian with a springboard crossbody as Shelton goes to a ladder on the outside. Christian tries to throw a ladder on Benjamin but Benjamin trips Christian as the ladder falls on Christian. Christian starts bleeding a lot from the eye and the ref stops the match for quite a while like what happened in the Ironman match between Cena and Orton. Crowd chanted We Want Blood! Benjamin does a flip off the ladder like he did at WrestleMania 25. Christian throws a ladder into the face of Benjamin. Benjamin with a Dragon Whip on Christian. Christian with a reverse DDT off the ladder. Benjamin with a clothesline with a falling ladder onto Christian who starts bleeding again. Benjamin with a powerslam off the ladder. Benjamin with a Stinger Splash into Christian next to a ladder. Benjamin and Christian go back and forth holding the belt with no ladder. Benjamin pulls down Christian into a powerbomb into the corner with a ladder. Benjamin with a sunset flip attempt off the ladder, but Christian with a rana. Christian splash to the outside with Benjamin on a ladder, Christian climbs up and gets the belt.

Winner- Christian

Drew McIntyre VS. John Morrison – WWE IC Title Match

Drew starts off with working over the arm of Morrison. Morrison leapfrogs over Drew into the ringpost on the outside high. Drew continues to work over an arm of Morrison. Twisting slam turned into a DDT by Morrison. Dropkick by Morrison off the top. Dropsault by Morrison sends Drew to the outside. Starship Pain by Morrison but Drew has a foot under a rope. Poke to the eye of Morrison, double arm DDT by Drew to get the three count and win the IC title.

Winner- Drew McIntyre to win the IC Title

Michelle McCool with Layla VS. Mickie James – WWE Womens Title Match

Lots of staredowns and lockups, James gets a rollup for a two. McCool slams James in the corner, lots of choking and stomping by McCool. Backbreaker by McCool for a two. James with a rana and a Lou Thez Press on the outside. Layla tries to hit James but runs away awkwardly. James with a comeback, Layla pushes James off the top with the ref not looking, McCool accidently hits Layla, James with a rollup for a two. McCool with a big boot for the three count.

Winner- Michelle McCool to retain Womens Title

John Cena VS. Sheamus – WWE Championship Tables Match

Cena comes out guns a blazing dominating Sheamus until an elbow by Sheamus and a clothesline stops Cena. They start brawling on the outside. Cena sets up a table on the outside but Sheamus moves out of the way and gets in the ring. Sheamus with a powerslam in the ring. Back and forth as they brawl to the outside up the entrance ramp. Cena tries to throw a table onto Sheamus. Irish Curse Kick by Sheamus. Sheamus tries a spear but Cena with his classic comeback. Sheamus throws out the table as Cena with an Attitude Adjustment. Cena tries a superplex but Sheamus pushes him down through a table.

Winner- Sheamus to become new WWE champion

Batista VS. Undertaker World Championship Chairs Match

Batista tries to get a chair but Taker stops him. Taker misses a big boot in the corner of the timekeeper. Batista works over Taker with a chair until Batista misses a chair shot and Taker comes back with his boots, leg drop and Old School. Batista stops Old School and works over Taker for a bit until a spinebuster for a two count. Taker comes back with Old School, tries for snake eyes but Batista with a spear for two. Spinebuster on a chair by Batista. Taker with Hells Gate but Batista gets the rope. Taker with a chokeslam for a two. Batista with a low blow and a hard chair shot for the three count.

Winner- Batista to win the World Championship

Teddy Long comes out and says Batista committed a foul and that the match must be restarted. Taker with a chair shot and a tombstone.

Winner- Undertaker to retain the World Championship

Kofi Kingston VS. Randy Orton

Legacy tries to scare Kofi before the match but Kofi will not be afraid. Randy Orton with a lot of headlocks and Kofi tries to comeback with his speed but the match is very slow and favours Orton. Kofi with a comeback including the Boom Boom drop but that is when Orton goes to the outside and Kofi tries to jump to the outside but Orton with a dropkick in the air. Kofi gets a suplex on the ropes and Orton with a two. Orton toying with Kofi. Kofi with an SOS for a two. Kofi with a dive through the ropes. Orton tries for RKO but Kofi with a dropkick and Boom Boom Drop for a two. Kofi with the Trouble in Paradise but Orton grabs the bottom rope. Orton with a DDT from the second rope. Orton with a punt kick that gets Kofi in the arm, Orton with an RKO but Kofi goes for Trouble in Paradise that Orton ducks, RKO for the three count.

Winner- Randy Orton

Chris Jericho and Big Show VS. DX Unified Tag Titles TLC Match

They all brawl at first, HHH and Show on the outside and Jericho and HBK on the inside. Jericho blocks an elbow drop of HBK. HHH tries a pedigree on Jericho but Jericho with a backdrop. HBK with a chair fight on Jericho and he wins beating down Show and Jericho. DX suplexes a ladder onto Jericho. Show pulls all of DX off the ladder. Jericho with a baseslide to Michaels with a ladder. Jericho bulldogs HHH into a ladder. HHH hits Show with a ladder and throws a ladder onto Jericho. HHH reverses a chokeslam into a DDT. HBK into a elbow drop. Jericho hits a Codebreaker on HBK. HHH with a spinebuster on Jericho. Spear by Show on HHH. HHH with a chair shot to Show. Show punches the chair and hits HHH. HHH hits a pedigree with HBK on Show. HBK climbs the ladder and Jericho pushes him down on to Show on the outside. HHH with a powerbomb to Jericho off the ladder. Big Show with a chokeslam to HHH off a ladder. Jericho and Big Show do the ladder sandwich with the chair from RAW trick. Big Show rips apart the ladder and nails HBK with the ladder. Show chokeslams both DX into a table. Jericho and Big Show try to get the belts with Jericho on Show. HBK comes back and superkicks Show, Jericho falls to the outside but the table does not break. HBK with a superkick to Show. DX use the broken ladder together to get the belts and win the match.

Winners- DX to win the Unified Tag Titles

WWE Superstars Results- Dec. 10, 2009

December 11, 2009 By Johnny North Leave a Comment

This week Superstars features two matches from Smackdown and the main event comes from the RAW brand.

Dolph Ziggler VS. Finlay

Finlay is over with his strength at first but Ziggler finds a way to be cheap and get the advantage. Finlay out wrestles Ziggler but Ziggler throws Finlay into a corner to gain the advantage. Back and forth they go until they collide in the middle and are both down until commercials. Ziggler working over an arm of Finlay, out of nowhere Ziggler hits the Zig Zag followed by a three count.
Winner- Dolph Ziggler

MVP talking about wrestling Jack Swagger in the main event. He says the matches they have had are brutal and tonight will be no different. MVP makes fun of how Swagger talks.

Hart Dynasty w/Natalya VS. Jimmy Wang Yang & Slam Master J Tyson Kidd and J go back and forth wrestling until Yang tags in and works over an arm of Kidd. Tags back and forth by J and Yang. Standing moonsault by Yang gets a near fall. Natalya knocks Yang off apron, she gives Yang a slam. Yang worked over until the hot tag. Yang nails a suicide dive onto Smith on the outside. Kidd nails a snapmare into a neckbreaker on J for the three count.

Winners- Hart Dynasty

Jack Swagger comes out and says he is a role model not like MVP. He said he was born good not from the streets. Swagger has problems talking but finishes saying his name.

Jack Swagger VS. Montel Vontavious Porter

Swagger with power over MVP to start. MVP with two hip tosses and a big clothesline. MVP goes for his Ballin elbow drop but Swagger to the floor. MVP jumps on him from the ring as commercials come on. MVP hits a vertical suplex followed by a two count as we come back from break. Swagger comes back with kicks and a big belly to belly suplex. MVP makes a bit of comeback into the Ballin elbow that he hits this time. MVP tries for the Playmaker but Swagger counters into a near fall. Swagger nails a big splash off the second rope. MVP with a big boot for a two count. MVP tries a Yazuka kick in the corner but Swagger counters into a gutwrench powerbomb for the three count.
Winner- Jack Swagger

ECW Results- Dec. 8, 2009

December 11, 2009 By Johnny North Leave a Comment

The countdown to the end of ECW is on, but until then they are hyping the ladder match at TLC. Kozlov comes out and interrupts the hype and wants to wrestle Ezekiel Jackson right now. Jackson comes out and they start to brawl but Regal comes down and begs them to stop. Shelton Benjamin comes out and says let them fight. Regal says there is only one of him so shut up. Christian comes out with Yoshi Tatsu and says its even now for the main event. Regal says no, but Tiffany says its that or Jackson VS. Kozlov one on one. Jackson wants the single match but Kozlov wants the six-man, so it’s a six-man main event.

Tommy Dreamer VS. Vance Archer Archer dominated Dreamer from the start and made Dreamer looked like the jobber he was before he became ECW champion for the first time in almost a decade. Archer does a lot of choking until Dreamer makes his tradition comeback. Dreamer goes for the DDT but Archer pushes him off into a big boot. Archer hits the Dreamer Driver for the three count.

Winner- Vance Archer

Tiffany is backstage mad at Paul Burchill for attacking The Hurricane after leaving ECW. Burchill says he is no longer Paul Burchill but The Ripper and his sister is The Beautiful Nightmare. Gregory Helms came in and said what’s up with that? Tiffany says they are back in ECW if they beat The Hurricane next week.

Zack Ryder and Rosa Mendes backstage making fun of Tommy Dreamer calling him a dinosaur. Ryder says he use to watch Dreamer and wanted to be like him. Now Ryder wants to end him. Dreamer looks mad.

Mark Franks & Danny Vaughn VS. Trent Barreta & Caylen Croft
Apparently Barreta and Croft used Guitar Hero to get ready for their matches, but this week they used Mario Kart Wii. Lots of tags back and forth by Motorcity MachineGuns 2009. Barreta knocks Franks off the apron and they nail their atomic drop with a running knee finisher for the three count.

Winners- Barreta and Croft

Yoshi Tatsu & Shelton Benjamin & Christian VS. Vladimir Kozlov & Ezekiel Jackson & William Regal
Christian with his speed until Jackson grounds him with power. Jackson tags in Regal who works back and forth with Christian. Tatsu comes in and quickly tags in Shelton, who quickly tags Christian. Regal nails a big clothesline on Christian. Kozlov tagged in and works down Christian. Shelton tagged in and knocked outside to the floor as we go to break. Regal working down Shelton as we come back from break. Regal’s group takes turns working over Shelton. Kozlov with a belly to belly suplex for a two count. Shelton makes a hot tag to Tatsu who uses his kicks on Jackson. Jackson tries to tag Kozlov but Kozlov falls to the apron. Arguing leads to a countout.

Winners- Christian, Yoshi Tatsu and Shelton Benjamin

WWE RAW Results- Dec. 7, 2009

December 11, 2009 By Johnny North Leave a Comment

RAW is live from Dallas, Texas as Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is the guest host this week. Cuban announces a showdown between Sheamus and the controversial WWE Champion John Cena tonight.

John Cena VS. Carlito

Carlito starts off with the offence on Cena who gets in rare power moves on Carlito. Cena tries to end the match early but Sheamus comes out to distract Cena. Cuban brings out security to escort Sheamus to the back. Carlito hits Cena from behind. Carlito tries to hit the Backstabber but Cena hits the Attitude Adjustment followed by a three count.

Winner- John Cena

Randy Orton comes out with Legacy demanding Orton not being able to get a title shot be lifted. Orton shows footage of what he did to Mark Cuban at Survivor Series 2003. Cuban says it’s Orton-Kofi 2 with Cuban as ref. Cody Rhodes challenges Cuban to a match. Cuban says they have a match now.

Legacy VS. Primo & Evan Bourne

Back from the break and Primo is in control, but quickly loses the advantage to Legacy who tag back and forth. Bourne finally comes in and nails some quick kicks and a sick looking double knee drop on Dibiase for a two count. Rhodes and Primo brawl on the outside while Dibiase hits Dream Street on Bourne for the three count. Cuban kicks Legacy out of the building following this.

Winners- Legacy

Maryse VS. Gail Kim

Kelly Kelly is the guest ring announcer and announces Maryse as Maurice. Gail Kim completely dominates Maryse who’s only real offence of the match was kicking the back of one of Kim’s legs while she was on the second rope. Maryse quickly rolled up Kim with her feet on the ropes for the quick win. Maryse pushes down Kelly after the match until Melina makes the save.

Winner- Maryse

DX backstage selling merchandise. HBK tries to give HHH the Smackdown VS. RAW videogame but HHH said everyone already got that free gift. HHH gives HBK and it’s Hornswoggle with a new DX t-shirt with Horny on it. HBK and HHH make some terrible Star Wars joke until they bring out their script and complain about how the writing is terrible. The writer runs away. Hornswoggle pushes down a X-Mas tree and DX. HHH says it’s the gift that keeps on giving.

Kofi Kingston VS. Randy Orton

Kofi comes out and knocks Orton to the outside, Kofi with a dive through the ropes. Kofi comes back in but gets taken down by a big clothesline. Orton works on the midsection, Orton slowly working towards an RKO. Goes for it but Kofi with a backslide, Cuban with a fast count for three. Cuban says he has waited six years to get revenge. Kofi VS. Orton at TLC in the rubber match.

Winner- Kofi Kingston

Mark Henry VS. The Miz – WWE United States Title Match

Henry is too much for Miz to get much of an advantage on. Miz is able to rake Henry’s eyes and push him out of the ring. Miz dropkicks Henry’s head into a ringpost. Henry looks dazed. Miz jumps for a crossbody inside the ring, Henry catches for Strongest Slam but Miz counters into a DDT for the three count.

Winner- The Miz to retain the U.S. Title

Hornswoggle & Eve VS. Chavo Guerrero Jr. & Jillian

Hornswoggle crawls through Chavo to tag Eve. It’s a women’s match the rest of the way through. Jillian dominates for the majority until Eve makes a quick comeback and nails a flip back splash for the three count. Chavo starts to pick on Horny until Chris Masters makes the save. Masters asks Eve if she likes that and she says she does. Horny does the Masters chest muscle pump.

Winners- Hornswoggle & Eve

Chris Jericho comes out and says that since he was the 2008 Superstar of the Year he will be for 2009 as well as well as win the OMG and Tag Team of the Year award. Jericho says he will not leave RAW because he is bigger than any WWE show. Jericho says he has been hurt but never vanquished. DX is losing and that’s a fact. Never underestimate Chris Jericho.

Chris Jericho VS. DX

Jericho tries to punch and kick HBK but soon the tag work on Jericho is too much for him. HHH grabs a foot of Jericho and Jericho crawls to the bottom rope and wants the hold broken. HHH lets go and Jericho pushes the ref into HHH who falls out of the ring, while Big Show comes in and works over HBK. HHH comes back with a chair but Show punches the chair. Jericho and Big Show with a ladder over DX as they open and close the ladder over DX. Jericho and Big Show stand tall to end the segment.

Winners- DX by DQ

Cuban introduces both Cena and Sheamus. Sheamus says he thinks he will win because he has never been beaten on RAW. He says what took Cena years to do he will do in weeks. Cena couldn’t help but notice Sheamus talks a lot and can only hope he believes what he’s saying. Cena’s been there for seven years. Seven years he’s faced champions, to number one contenders to up starts to one hit wonders to future Hall of Famers. He’s faced everyone from HBK to K-Fed. All of them like Sheamus. Never once has Cena looked for a fight, they’ve all made Cena the target. He’s always been the man to beat to become the Champion or put your name on the map. A lot of times he was the man to beat because they wanted to wipe the smile off his face. A lot of guys like Sheamus said they’d end his career, take his title and Cena’d never be the same. Seven years, he’s been beaten, battered, hospitalized, been operated on, smashed with chairs, put through glass, kicked in the skull, in arenas where thousands of people stand behind him. Been in arenas where people can’t stand him. In seven years he’s never given up. He believes in everything he says. He knows he’s on another level. He believes in hustle, loyalty and respect. He believes he earned the right to say The Champ Is Here. It’s Sheamus who better believe in what he says because in seven years one cheap shot and one smash through the table won’t slow him down one bit. Sheamus’s looking at 250lbs of problem he’s made very, very angry. Sheamus glares. Cena says Mr. Cuban is right, at TLC the time for talking is over. It’s simple either back up what you say or Cena’s the one who makes him a footnote in WWE history. Sheamus impresses him but not for one second does he intimidate him. Both push down the tables. Cuban gets in between them. Sheamus looks at Cuban. Sheamus pushes down Cuban and kicks Cena. Sheamus goes to get Cuban pushes down Sheamus!!! Sheamus looks shocked as the announcer try to cover that Sheamus tripped over himself. Sheamus gets back up and puts back on his mad face from before and tries to redo the scene again this time with him pushing down Cuban and decking Cena again with a kick. Sheamus spears Cuban through a table. Sheamus says he will be the next WWE champion. Cena gets up after Sheamus is on the stage. Cena takes his shirt off as Sheamus looks scared.

Team Smackdown and Team Raw announced for Bragging Rights

October 14, 2009 By Dave Leave a Comment

According to several published reports, Team Smackdown for WWE Bragging Rights was put together at tonight’s Smackdown tapings in Lexington Kentucky.

Chris Jericho named Kane to his team on the show and a series of matches took place to determine the remaining 5 slots.

Dolph Ziggler pinned Mike Knox to defeat Knox and Finlay in a triple threat match and earn his spot on Team Smackdown. The Cryme Tyme tag team of Shad Gaspard and JTG defeated The Hart Dynasty to join the team while Eric Escobar defeated Matt Hardy and Drew Mcintyre defeated R-Truth to earn their respective Pay-Per-View opportunities and round out the Team Smackdown roster.

Team Raw captained by Triple H with Shawn Michaels, Big Show, Mark Henry, Jack Swagger, Kofi Kingston and Cody Rhodes will face Team Smackdown lead by Chris Jericho with Kane, Dolph Ziggler, Cryme Tyme, Eric Escobar and Drew Mcintyre will face-off at the WWE Bragging Rights Pay-Per View on October 25 in Pittsburgh, PA.

Also at WWE: Bragging Rights

John Cena will challenge Randy Orton for the WWE title in a 60-minute Iron Man Match

Undertaker defends the World Heavyweight Title in a Fatal 4-Way against CM Punk, Batista and Rey Mysterio

The Miz will wrestle John Morrison

And WWE Women’s Champion Michelle McCool will wrestle a yet unknown opponent from the Raw brand

For continuing coverage on everything WWE stay posted to http://ringsidereport.net and stay tuned to Ringside Report Radio

WWE Hell in a Cell – October 4th, 2009 – Results

October 5, 2009 By Johnny North Leave a Comment

World Heavyweight Title Hell in a Cell Match

Undertaker VS. CM Punk

Taker begins a PPV, wow. Punk fights off Taker to start and works a leg, but Taker powers back. Punk knees Taker in the corner but Taker nails Punk into the cell hard. Punk does a suicide dive to Taker and nails his head into the cell. Punk should bleed but its a PG show so no blood for both guys. Punch fest back and forth in the ring between the two and Taker gets the best of it. Taker nails a big boot and leg drop combo for a two count. Taker signals for chokeslam, but Punk kicks his leg worked earlier. Punk nails Taker with a chair and gets a two count. Punk went for a knee to the face in corner Taker reversed to a Last Ride but Punk kicks out at two. Taker goes for old school but Punk knees him when he comes down. Punk gets two two counts. Taker with a boot to the face and Punk was holding a chair. Taker with a chokeslam and a tombstone for a three count.

Intercontinental Title Match

John Morrison VS. Dolph Ziggler

Lock up and Morrison chain wrestles Ziggler. Ziggler went back and forth with him. Crowd did not buy it. Morrison delivers a dropkick directly to the face of Ziggler for a two. Ziggler comes back with a forearm to the back of a neck, goes for a headlock. Crowd really does not care about this. Not the show stealer that it was billed to be. Morrison with a springboard crossbody for a two. Morrison nails Starship Pain with the ring as Ziggler moves. Ziggler gets a two. Ziggler with another headlock, Morrison with a forearm and Ziggler with a powerslam for a two. Punches back and forth between the two, Morrison with a leg lariat and a standing shooting star press for a two. Ziggler tries a rollup but ref caught him hold the ropes. Morrison tries another rollup for a two. Ziggler tries for a sunset flip Morrison tries for a shining wizard, Ziggler hits a jawbreaker. Morrison slingshots Ziggler into the turnbuckle for a two count. Morrison goes for a springboard Ziggler moves and nails a German suplex for a two. Ziggler nails a famouser for a two. Morrison boots Ziggler in the face, Morrison goes for Starship Pain but Ziggler throws him off the ropes for another two count. Ziggler goes for the ZigZag but Morrison holds on to the rope and nails a shining wizard. Morrison nails Starship Pain for the three and retaining the title.

Batista interview with Rey Mysterio. Batista introduces Mysterio. Josh Matthews asks them about winning the tag titles and recreating that magic again. Mysterio says not recreating magic its about recreating familia. Mysterio tells Batista he has things to do. Mysterio brings up the Jericho feud earlier this year which was feud of the year. Batista says Jericho and Big Show say they are the best but they never beat Batista and Mysterio.

Divas Championship Match

Mickie James VS. Alicia Fox

Lock up and stalemate to start. James with a dropkick to the face for a two count. James with a neckbreaker. Fox with a backbreaker for a two count. Fox with a body scissors and forearms at the same time. James with three clotheslines. James with a hurricanara. James with a Lou Thez Press off the top. James goes for her finisher ddt but Fox reverses to a Northern Lights Suplex for two. James nails a very sick ddt for the end.

Unified Tag Titles Match

Chris Jericho and Big Show VS. Rey Mysterio and Batista

Jericho and Mysterio start off back and forth. Batista comes in and overpowers Jericho. Mysterio comes back in a kick to the head of Jericho. Mysterio splashes off Batista for a two count. Big Show comes in and manhandles Mysterio. Big Show brings Mysterio in by his head from the outside. Mysterio gets worked over by Jericho but Mysterio fights back with a whoopee cushion off the top, Batista comes and dominates Jericho and Big Show, nails a sidewalk slam for a two on Jericho. Batista with a spear and signals a Batistabomb, throws Jericho into Big Show, nails a spinebuster for a two. Big Show holds Batista leg, Jericho nails a codebreaker for a two. Big Show nails a chokeslam but Mysterio breaks up the count. Jericho misses a lionsault, Batista makes the hot tag and Mysterio makes the comeback. Mysterio nails a springboard ddt for a two. Mysterio lowers the rope for Big Show and nails a 619 on Big Show, Jericho gets thrown to the outside, Big Show catches him and Batista spears them. Mysterio nails a springboard dropkick and nails a 619. Big Show punches Mysterio in the air for a three count and the win.

WWE Championship Match – John Cena VS. Randy Orton- Orton has the over at first, Cena has some comeback moments but Orton quickly kills them. Cena slams the back of Orton into the cage but Orton counters and throws Cena into the steel steps. Orton with the Orton stomps on the outside. Orton with a ddt on a second rope attempt on the steps but Cena throws Orton to the outside. Cena tries to throw the steps into Orton but misses and hits the cage. Cena with his classic Cena comeback as the fans boo. Cena nails the Five Knuckle Shuffle goes for the attitude adjustment but Orton like a viper gets out of it. Orton nails a ddt with Cena caught in the second rope for a two. Orton goes for the RKO but Cena nails the attitude adjustment for a two. Cena goes for attitude adjustment off the second but Orton nails an electric chair drop. Cena misses a leg drop off the top. Orton brings in a chair and nails Cena in the head with it and hits him with it to the back and gets a two. Orton misses a knee drop and Cena locks in an STF. Cena lost his grip, pushes Cena into the ref. Cena locks in the STF, Orton taps but ref did not see it. Orton hits the RKO for a two. Orton locks Cena into the ropes and chokes him for a long time. Orton gets ready for the punt kick, Orton goes to kick Cena, misses but Cena still sells it. Orton pins Cena for the win and wins back the title.

R-Truth comes out for an interview, highlight package of his feud with Drew MacIntrye. R-Truth says he has been disrespected by Drew one time too many. Here in the U.S. to get respect you have to earn it. That is the truth and nothing but the truth.

R-Truth VS. Drew MacIntrye—Drew starts off with the early advantage, R-Truth with a dropkick and a backflip. Drew mount punches, works Truth in the corner. Fans chanting boring. Double crossbody block. Truth bicycle kicks Drew for a two. Drew goes for a double arm ddt submission finish but Truth counters, Drew tries to for it again and wins.

Legacy congrats Orton with the win and wants to hit the town later. Orton gets upset with hitting the town, Orton says its hell in a cell you do not just walk away. Legacy says they were in there for an hour stronger and faster than DX they have the right to be confident. Cody says Orton is talking like his old man. Orton says that they are cocky but do not know what they are getting into. He says he is not Dusty Rhodes but the WWE Champion. Ted says do not underestimate them.

U.S. Title Match Kofi Kingston VS. Miz VS. Jack Swagger—Miz disses the crowd and their mayor and says the place will only be great when he wins the title because he is the Miz and he is awesome. Kofi starts off fighting off both opponents but Swagger hits him from behind and they both work on him. Miz turns on Swagger and nails Mike Sydal clothesline in the corner nails a neckbreaker for a two. Kofi nails a crossbody block on Miz on the shoulders of Swagger. Swagger throws Kofi into Miz nails a side belly to belly suplex for a two. Kofi nails a back suplex off the top and Swagger tries to steal the pin but Kofi comes back for a two. Kofi makes his comeback on Swagger and nails his Boom drop on Swagger. Kofi nails Trouble on Paradise on Swagger and Miz nails Skullcrushing Finale, Swagger puts Kofi leg on the ropes. Swagger nails his gutwrench powerbomb and Kofi nails Swagger with Trouble in Paradise, Kofi pinned Miz to win the match.

Hell in a Cell 2009

Hell in a Cell DX VS. Legacy—Legacy jumps DX right away. Brawling around the cell to start. DX give Cody a double vertical suplex on an announcer table. HBK backdrops Cody into the cell. Cody brings in a chain and decks HHH with it. Cody nails Crossroads on the stage on HHH. Cody puts HBK in a figure four and Ted slams the cell door on a knee of HBK. Legacy locks HBK in without HHH. Legacy beats down HBK. HBK tries to make comebacks but fails numerous times. HBK throws a chair at Cody. HHH crawls back to the cell. Cody slingshots HBK into the cell. Shawn tries to make his classic comeback on one leg. HBK nails Sweet Chin Music on Ted. Cody nails Shawn with a chair shot to his back. Cody powerbombs HBK into the cell. Ted does the same thing. HHH leaves to the back, Legacy continues to beat down HBK. Legacy goes for the Breaking Point finish but HHH comes back with bolt cutters and destroys Legacy. HHH wraps a chain around his fist and hits Ted. HHH pushes Ted into the cage and gives him the pedigree. DX throw out Ted and lock him out. DX beats down on Cody. DX hit a Sweet Chin Music and sledgehammer shot at the same time to win the match.

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Undertaker def. CM Punk to become new World Heavyweight Champion

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John Morrison def. Dolph Ziggler to retain the Intercontinental title

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Mickie James def. Alicia Fox to retain the WWE Divas title

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Big Show & Chris Jericho def. Batista & Rey Mysterio to retain the Unified Tag Team titles

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Randy Orton def. John Cena to become the new WWE Champion

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