Early reviews are coming in for the latest WWE Studios release, “The Marine 2,” starring WWE Raw superstar Ted DiBiase and the reviews are surprisingly positive. IGN.com gave a surprisingly favorable review (6/10) saying:

While we wouldn’t expect Shakespeare any time soon, Ted DiBiase obviously has sufficient acting chops to carry the film. That said, the wrestler-turned-action star lacks the kind of distinct and intimidating visual presence of somebody like Cena. In truth, for as tough and capable as the man appears, there’s something all too vanilla about DiBiase. He looks like a normal, Mid-Western good-old-boy in prime physical condition, more likely to hold open the door for the lady at the market than single-handedly assassinate a group of highly trained killers. Regardless, his athletic skills are hardly in question as he does so with a good deal of command.

Overall, The Marine 2 isn’t exactly a great film – honestly, it’s barely a good film – but it’s significantly better and more creatively crafted than anything we’ve seen hit direct-to-video shelves in quite some time. If you liked the original or if you’re just a WWE fan looking for a fun, action-packed night at home, you’d do well to check this out.

- As seen this past Thursday on iMPACT, Kristal Lashley cut a promo ripping Scott Steiner, specifically noting that she’s never been harassed at her husband’s MMA events. “I guess things are a little bit different around here,” she said.

This was the start of a new storyline where she plays the role of a snobby person who looks down on professional wrestling. Her character has her thinking pro wrestlers are low-class individuals and that MMA is a higher-class environment. (source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter)

- One half of the reigning Knockout Tag Team Champions, Sarita, recently won the CMLL Bodybuilding Championship for the fourth consecutive year. Dalys finished in second place while Amapola finished in third in the women’s division. The TNA Knockout also took part in Freestyle Fitness 2009 this past week just outside of Mexico City, which is a model-athlete competition with catwalk in a bikini, cocktail dress, and an obstacle course.

To see photos of Sarita’s big win, click here.

Credit: Rajah.com

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Correspondent Written on December 03, 2009

Well ladies and gentlemen, I’m back with another, and probably useless, rumor.

Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI)—you know, that magazine we all read in elementary school that was packed with “so-called” insider information—is reporting that World Wrestling Entertainment is trying to secure a Rock versus John Cena Main Event at Wrestlemania.

I highly, highly, let me say it one more time, highly doubt this even has a chance of happening.

The Rock, now known by his legal name Dwayne Johnson, has expressed zero interest in wrestling ever again.

Though I believe he could be a fantastic actor, his choices for roles absolutely boggle the mind.  If he keeps choosing roles like Game Plan and The Tooth Fairy, a return to the ring probably wouldn’t be a bad idea.

However, I’m going to play devil’s advocate here and pretend that this rumor will turn out to be true.

Let’s say the WWE manages to convince The Rock to come back for one night and wrestle John Cena.

This would be a horrible no-win situation.

First off, The Rock wouldn’t need to put Cena over, since, well, he’s over.  I also don’t think The Rock would come back to Wrestlemania just to lose.

So that would mean he’d have to beat the Champ.  That is assuming Cena will still be the champ by that time, and if the WWE stays as predictable as they’ve been for the past decade or so, it’s a good bet Cena will be going to Wrestlemania with the gold intact.

So if the Rock wouldn’t come back just to lose, that means the Champ would have to lose.

However, as much as I’d love to see The Rock come back and whoop Cena, what does that say about the WWE?

A guy who hasn’t wrestled in several years and has lost a good amount of the bulk he had when he did wrestle comes back and beats the best the WWE has to offer.

Sure, pro wrestling is staged and outcomes predetermined, but that just makes the whole company look bad if that were to happen.

Not to mention, there isn’t anything between Cena and The Rock.  Cena was still a nobody when Dwayne left for the green pastures of Hollywood.

I will give credit to PWI, they are hyping up the rumor by claiming Cena has been jealous of the Rock’s previous success in wrestling and in acting.  Still, nothing there to draw The Rock back to the squared circle.

I guess the WWE could have the match end with someone like Orton running in and having The Rock and Cena team up and ending the match in a draw, but if I’m paying the 55 dollars for Wrestlemania, I’d be pissed if that’s how they ended the main event.

If by some act of the Almighty, The Rock were to come back for one night, I’d have him have one last match with Triple H.

Now, those two have a long history together—and outside of feuding with Austin—I dare say, Hunter brought out the best in The Rock.

So in the end, I think this rumor is absolute hog wash, but one can only dream that the People’s Champ would return home, even if it is only for one night.

Source: bleacherreport.com

Los primeros 6 reinados de John Cena duraron 919 días, esto es 26 de 30 meses como campeón desde abril del 2005 hasta octubre del 2007, seguramente se convertirá en el quinceavo luchador norteamericano durante los últimos 60 años, en tener 1,000 días o más como campeón, si retiene en TLC 2009, la marca la romperá a mediados de enero 2010

1. WWE  3/04/05 – 8/ 01/06 280 días
   • Cena gano el titulo a John “Bradshaw” Layfield en Wrestlemania 21 y perdió en New Year’s Revolution vs Edge, quién uso su Money in the Bank luego de que Cena había ganado la Elimination Chamber
2. WWE 29/01/06 – 11/06/06 133 días
   • Cena recobró el título venciendo a Edge en el Royal Rumble y lo perdió ante Rob Van Dam en ECW One Night Stand.

1. WWE 17/09/06- 02/10/07 380 días
   • Cena ganó el título en un match TLC contra Edge en Unforgiven, y tuvo que renunciar al mismo debido a una lesión, este ha sido el reinado más largo con un título WWE en toda la década
2. World 23/11/08-15/02/09 84 días
   • Cena venció a Chris Jericho en Survivor Series 2008, y lo perdió ante Edge en un Elimination Chamber match, cuando Edge entró de forma inesperada tras atacar a Kofi Kingston
3. World 5/04/09- 26/04/09 21 días
   • Cena recuperó el título en un 3-way match ante Big Show y Edge, Edge lo recuperó poco después en un Last Man Standing match en Backlash luego de que Show ataco a Cena
4. 6. WWE 13/09/09-4/10/09 21 dias
   • Cena venció a Randy Orton en un I Quit match en Breaking Point 2009, pero lo perdió ante el mismo Orton en Hell in a Cell.
5. 7. WWE 25/10/09
   • Cena recuperó el título de manos de Orton tres semanas después, en un Iron Man Match que  sería el “último” encuentro entre ambos

Fuente: championshipmath.blogspot.com

Like wow man, look at the colors!

In this edition of Stunt Granny audio, Raw and ECW are glossed over and TNA is scoffed at. (Not that TNA isn’t scoffed at every time they are brought up in an audio involving Dusty, but go with it.) This development is because Dusty and Kevin have bigger fish to fry. Those fish involve color schemes for wrestlers. Namely, it used to be that pretty much every wrestler had their own distinctive color scheme (did Roddy Piper ever wear yellow and red? Me thinks not!), whereas nowadays that is only true for a small percentage of the wrestlers. Why is Kofi Kingston an example of what is right about wrestling these days? Why is black the bane of Dusty’s existence? You need to listen to find out, sucka.

Stunt Granny Audio #70

The Cover for X-Men #1 (V2) by Jim Lee from Marvel.com.

Jeremy graciously put a juicy leftover turkey sandwich on my table when covering the new WWE comic books. I’ll look at the limited sampling of artwork and break it down. I’m not even going to venture into the writing which seems to be linking famous historical happens to modern wrestling situations. I’ll leave that for March 23rd when the comics come out and I can properly piss on them.

In the first link Jeremy provided (I suggest enlarging it with a simple click) the top left cell shows a Mayan that is proportioned well. In the next cell over, HHH has an awfully small head in comparison. The artists didn’t look at HHH’s ring attire because he always wraps his right hand and forearm. HHH also has the iron cross on his elbow pads. Look at photos 8 and 9 for proof from this week’s Raw. John Cena is prominently featured in cells 4 and 6. They pulled the same issues with Cena’s attire because they forgot his wrist and arm bands, didn’t give him a belt for his clam diggers, didn’t show any underwear and they gave him high tops instead of low tops. Look at photo 17 for everything but the foot wear. I also feel like I’m playing a game of nude photo hunt at the bar because Cena doesn’t have wrist tape in cell 4 but does in cell 6. Hopefully, Mickie James will be missing articles of clothing in her issue of the comic.

This cover from Spawn #158 by Greg Capullo is an example of good comic book art.

In Jeremy’s second link, we have a scene in cell 2 with (from left to right) Matt Hardy,  Kofi Kinston, Batista, R Truth and I think CM Punk or John Morrison. The first problem I have with this picture is the fact that aside from skin pigmentation, the art work feels like “insert head here”. As the picture at the top of the article shows, one can show diverse body types while still making a great comic like X-Men. Wolverine is a great character but it was often pointed out how short he was. Batista should not be matched in size by our pudgy friend Matt Hardy. Cell 4 presents a couple of problems. The most glaring to me is that Batista and Randy Orton don’t have any tattoos. They don’t need to be as detailed as the real ones but they shouldn’t be presented without them. The second problem is that Batista goes from talking to swinging a chair. I realize that comics don’t show every action but he goes from standing still without a chair to swing one through the ropes at Randy Orton. They need to show some action in between those two events.

I can’t wait until March for further evaluation. Maybe by then, I’ll have brought my own art back to this site for people to mock. - Kevin

The second part of my feature on Vince McMahon will be up here soon but, in the meantime, I thought I’d just say a few words about Sheamus. It seems to me that people are being very hard on the WWE’s decision to give Sheamus a shot at John Cena’s WWE Championship at TLC this month. Ever since Triple H let slip that he has been working out with the Irishman, people have been looking out for a conspiracy. What’s really baffling is that everyone has been in agreement for some time that the WWE need to be creating more stars, which means giving opportunities to new people. The moment they do just that with Sheamus, the same people instantly cry foul and say that WWE are elevating the wrong talent! Who’d want a job in WWE creative, eh? Talk about damned if you do and damned if you don’t!

I’ll admit, I’m prejudiced in favour of Sheamus. I’ve followed Sheamus O’Shaughnessy for years, ever since he was in Irish Whip Wrestling. I can well remember watching him wrestle a young Drew Galloway (now McIntyre) and thinking that these guys would one day be stars in the WWE. I followed Sheamus’ career through Florida, celebrated when he was called up to ECW and was ecstatic when he was moved to Raw.

Part of the problem, I suppose, is that Sheamus has got his opportunity so quickly that a lot of people don’t quite know what he is about yet. Obviously big and powerful, Sheamus is also very thoughtful about his role in the ring and his character. He can work as both babyface and heel although, like many, he seems to prefer the vicious bully villain character he currently has. You may have heard Michael Cole say on Raw last week that Sheamus “likes to pattern himself after the ancient Celtic warriors”. This was not just a throwaway line. On the British and Irish indie scene, Sheamus used to call himself the Irish Curse. He created a whole mythology, which you can read on his official website, about himself being an ancient Irish warrior, cursed to immortality and constantly battling an evil spirit creature called Bawn which was trying to possess him. I myself contributed a chapter to this story, in which Sheamus battled perhaps Ireland’s most famous hero, Cuchulain, the Hound of Ulster.

http://www.sosofficial.com/sosmyth02.shtml

The above link will take you straight to my chapter of the Sheamus myth, but I urge you to read chapter one if you’re interested as well. It should give you an idea of what Sheamus is all about. You can also listen to his old entrance music from Irish Whip Wrestling and find out lots about his earlier career. Now, bring on Cena. Altogether now, “Somebody’s gonna get punked out!”

After moon rocketing to the main event level and number one contendership on last week’s RAW, Sheamus failed to follow his own act on this week’s episode.  The Celtic Warrior was featured in two segments but came out of both looking like a sub-par, unproven heel.

His first segment was a squash match against Santino Marella.  Before the bell rang, Sheamus cut a tepid promo, in which he passionlessly explained that he doesn’t have to pin Cena or make him submit to win the WWE Championship; he has only to put him through a table.  Far from confident or menacing, his iteration only really demonstrated how the undeserving contender has been handed the most accommodating (not to mention least compelling) stipulation imaginable as part of his mega-push.

Santino was a great comic foil for the stiff rookie.  He got in some good cracks on Sheamus, before the match, humorously suggesting that Sheamus was wary of him because he believed him to be “always after his lucky charms.”  When he referred to Sheamus’s paleness (suggesting that he was jealous of Santino for the fact that he actually had some pigmentation to his skin) I expected him to follow through with a Twilight joke.  (I know I’m not the only one to think that Sheamus, with his pallor and gravity-defying hair, resembles a jacked-up Robert Pattison/Leif Ericson amalgamation.)

Once the match started, however, Santino got in no shots at all.  It was a predictably thorough squash.  Sheamus’s pummeling a wrestler as popular and benign as Santino got him a lot of heat.  But it was again cheap heat.  He would have looked far more impressive squashing a competitor who’s done more in the past year than play dress-up and sustain a series of entertaining groin injuries.  Moreover, I don’t think Sheamus really needs any more heat.  He’s getting enough “why are they asking us to pay 50 bucks to see this guys wrestle Cena” heat as it is.

The second segment in which Sheamus appeared began with John Cena calling out the rookie in the most dramatic way possible: by offering him a championship match right there on the spot.  What hungry young powerhouse could resist?  Well, apparently Sheamus… for it wasn’t the number one contender who responded to Cena but Carlito.  It was great to see Carribean Cool back… even if it was confusing.  Carlito went on to deride Cena for his pandering to the fans and claimed that the champ’s fellow superstars are tired of his run on top.  I could see a degree of legitimate locker room resentment. I find it hard to believe, however, that a bunch of traditionalist, due-paying pro wrestlers would actually get behind an untested, hand-picked by management rookie.

Carlito’s involvement could have had more impact (the second generation wrestler is a gifted performer and has a stronger personality than anyone in WWE management seems to realize).  The segment however went nowhere.  Cena easily beat down Carilto and then went back to his calling out of Sheamus.

The Celtic Warrior finally did surface and stand glaring at the champ from the top of the ramp… but that’s as far as he got.  After a moment’s posing for the camera, he turned and walked backstage, Cena fuming and the crowd heartily booing in his wake.  Seeing as how Sheamus offered no explanation for his refusal to engage Cena, I was sure that his backing down in this segment pointed to his ambushing Cena in a later segment.  As it turned out, however, this was his last appearance on the show.  It was a bizarre choice creative made in the telling of the Cena/Sheamus story.  Not only did the Irish juggernaut come off looking like a coward, but Carlito’s serving as his mouthpiece made him look like a guy who had to get a more experienced heel to cut a decent promo for him.  The segment, coupled with Sheamus’s too easy beat down of Santino earlier in the broadcast, may suggest that creative is not entirely confident in the young upstarts ability to sell a main event angle… or at least is unsure as to how to tell a story around him.  Maybe the Celtic Warrior is being pushed on the booking committee just as he’s being pushed on the fans. 

Elsewhere on the show: Verne Troyer was a non-entity has host.  The only angle he was portrayed as having an authoritative hand in was the Mark Henry V.S. the Miz match, which was far from the show’s highlight.  The Miz/Henry match was significant, however, for two reasons.  One: Henry won, signifying that a long-intimated and much deserved push may finally be getting underway; and two: Henry’s win came off as an upset, which means that the Miz is officially over.  

Speaking of Mark Henry: he really shouldn’t have stood so close to Verne Troyer, when he came out to save the guest host from the Miz.  With the diminutive celebrity right at crotch level, it was all too apparent that Verne Troyer and Mark Henry’s packet are the exact same size.

Also, the production team showed profound mercy to the home audience, by going to a commercial break during the MVP/Mark Henry rap segment. 

Though it was billed at the top of the show, it was obvious that the Randy Orton/Kofi Kingston match wasn’t really going to happen, and the way they kept it from happening was well booked.  While making an energetic and celebrated entrance, Kingston was cheap-shotted and thrown into the ringside stairs by Cody Rhodes.  When Kingston  shook off the attack and persisted in climbing into the ring, he was again ambushed by Ted Dibiase, who focused his assault on Kingston’s knee.  The concerned official asked Kofi if he was still able to proceed with the match, and Kingston insisted that he was.  As he limped and hobbled, he clenched his fists and waved Orton out to the ring, displaying the intestinal fortitude of a certified hero face.

When the match finally started, Orton toyed with his rival.  Every time Kingston showed signs of mounting an offense, the former champ shut him down with a stiff kick to his injured knee.  Finally Orton landed an RKO and scored a very unclean pin on the popular Kingston.  This angle advanced their feud efficiently.  For weeks on RAW, Kingston has consistently gotten the better of Orton.  But with this match, Orton exacted a degree of revenge, in this most under-handed, heelish way imaginable.  The WWE audience is likely even more pumped to see these two go one on one.

In the main event, Triple H and Chris Jericho proved that they can put on an entertaining match that engages the audience, when they’re not following the Rock V.S. Hulk Hogan anyway.  The seesaw bout was highlighted by good color commentary by both Shawn Michaels and the Big Show, and by an exciting ending in which all four men were involved.  After Big Show clandestinely smashed Triple H with a right hand and laid him out cold in the ring, referee Mike Chiota ejected the giant from ringside (using that animated referee pantomime that would have been too overstated for most Mack Sennet two-reelers).  As the ref’s attention was on Show, Michaels snuck into the ring and evened things up by laying out Jericho with Sweet Chin Music.  A moment later he too was ejected by Chiota, leaving Triple H and Jericho dazed, partnerless, and with a few seconds to go home.

Jericho instantly went for a code breaker, which Triple H brushed off.  From there a series of well-done counters led to a roll up by Triple H for the three count.  With the Game’s victory, it looks like it will be Jericho in a two-on-one match against DX next week.  It will be exactly the kind of match in which Y2J shines: he’ll be all outrage and martyrdom when DX has the upper hand and smug, “best in the world at what I do”ness when he gets some offense of his own in.  Of course, despite his being not officially in the contest, expect to see Big Show play a part in the match’s outcome.  I would not be surprised if Jericho (with an assist from Show) pulls off an upset.  Jericho’s victory followed by a few weeks of gloating about how he single-handedly took down DX would be a good way to further the feud and instill in fans an eagerness to see Y2J get his comeuppance.

Between the tag title match and Christian’s ECW title defense against Shelton Benjamin, TLC is well on its way to being saved.

One final note:  Those of you watching this week’s RAW on television probably saw a handful of commercials for Robert Downey Jr’s new film Sherlock Holmes strewn about the broadcast.  If you looked carefully at those ads, you may have noticed an enormous actor made up to look like a man-beast appearing in two or three shots.  That actor is Robert Maillet, a giant and former WWE performer known during his stint with the company as Kurgan.

Kurgan received a modest push as a monster heel in the late 90s, before being relegated to sideshow status (literally), as a member of the short-lived  Oddities faction.  Maillet was an awesome-looking giant, who was a good worker for his size and had one of wrestling’s all time meanest scowls.  I’ve read that Maillet (who also appeared in Zack Snyder’s adaptation of Frank Miller’s 300) accidentally punched Robert Downey Jr. in the face during filming of Sherlock Holmes!  The actor was knocked down and bloodied up by the encounter.

Truth Commission: 1, Iron Man: 0.

 On the official Lateral Press ratings scale, this week’s episode of RAW gets:

 Two and 1/2 stars (out of Five).

Remember how I said Raw was getting better? How lately it had been a vastly improved product over what we were forced to watch last spring? Well, I guess the WWE wanted to prove me wrong because last night’s Raw sucked big time.

I’ll cut them a little slack, it was the last show before they left for their annual Tribute to the Troops tour, I’m sure people were distracted and already concentrating on the worthy thing they do overseas and figured ‘we can just spit this one out quickly without giving it much thought’. The problem with that, is that you tend to get a product that’s not very good and that’s what happened last night.

First, I beg and plead that I will never again have to see Mark Henry either dance or rap on my TV screen ever again. The whole angle with him, Verne Troyer and The Miz was incredibly painful. At last The Miz was, as always, entertaining. He really is one of the best mic guys in the company right now and every week my love for him grows, but even with his presence, the whole thing was a waste of time.

Speaking of wastes of time… Diva matches. They’re generally short, they’re usually tag matches, and they’re always bad. Anyway, tonight’s match with Melina and Gail Kim vs. Maryse and Jillian Hall was no exception and was pretty bad, though thankfully short. I’m sorry, maybe it’s because I’m a woman and thus, am not that intrigued by the T&A factor, but I always find the diva matches a total waste, which is sad because I think some of the women are very talented. I just think the whole thing is handled badly and that the WWE has no idea what to do with the divas in the new family-friendly environment.

So Randy Orton’s so afraid of Kofi Kingston he needed his goons to beat him down first? I guess that’s a good sign for Kofi and that he’s getting a strong push, but it makes me feel a little sad for Orton. For a Mega Bad Ass feel, he seems to be a pretty big coward, just sayin’. Still, I am enjoying the elevation of Kofi Kingston and watching Orton mix it up with fresh blood, so even though tonight’s angle didn’t thrill me, I am enjoying the storyline on a whole.

Count me in as one who likes the new Bad Ass Cena. Cena was angry last night and for the first time in 2009, he was interesting. He was intense and on edge and I liked it. I also liked that they had Carlito come in and speak up for the rest of the locker room, though I think that message needs to be directed at more than Cena. DX and Orton are pretty good at hogging the spot light as well.

I love Chris Jericho and I love DX, but that promo at the beginning was pretty painful. Still, the match at the end of the night was good and I enjoyed HBK and The Big Show on commentary. Triple H really needs to start wearings pants for his promos though, he looked especially silly next to Jericho in his suit, just sayin’. Next we get Jericho vs. DX, which should be interesting, at least I hope so. To be fair, it would have to try pretty hard to be worse than this week’s Raw and I think we’re all praying that doesn’t happen.

Tonight on RAW, the guest host is none other than “Mini Me” himself, Verne Troyer. The only announced thing for tonight’s RAW, as of right now, is a “Little People’s Court” segment with Hornswoggle suing Degeneration X. With the exception of DX, everyone in the courtroom will be little people. Last weeks show was very strong, it’s too bad the only announced item for this week is a “comedy” bit that will no doubt go on way too long.

I suppose there are a few things to look forward too though. Maryse made her long awaited return to RAW last week, as the Goobledy Gooker and attacking Melina. Looking forward to what she has to say and do tonight on RAW, as she is the hottest diva on Monday Night’s and the best gimmick in the divas division. There’s also the continuing of Kofi Kingston’s push, and I can only hope they announce Kofi vs. Randy Orton for TLC. That’s the big singles match that young Kingston needs on a PPV. And of course, I’m looking forward to seeing what happens between John Cena and the new number one contender, Sheamus.

RAW is back to its normal time-slot tonight (8pm CST on USA Network), which means I’ll get to watch Heroes as it airs and not have to wait until Tomorrow to catch it On Demand.

There has been so much debate on whether or not John Cena can actually wrestle or not. There has been much speculation that he is a protected superstar. And there are plenty of fans that simply do not like him either because of his look, character, or mic skills. Regardless, he has been a prominent figure in the main event scene since his Wrestlemania match with JBL in 2004. I suppose he is not for everyone but he is certainly very visible: Some fans cheer while others boo and that is what defines him in this modern time. Let me explain…

Clearly, if fans love him they will buy tickets and merchandise and PPVs to see him in action. This is good business any way you look at it. The fans that boo him will pay in the hopes to see him get beat down at every turn. For WWE, it is a win-win situation. I understand that this formula is nothing new since the wrestling business has been running straight ahead for many decades. It was done with Ric Flair of course and a host of other over the years. This is only a good thing in my view.

Not since “Stone Cold” Steve Austin have I seen a superstar that had the pure charisma and all around talent to draw and make the crowds react. I’m not talking about wrestling style or move sets, I’m talking about-face value and the ability  to move units. The last few years have been the best times in a long time for WWE in the sense that he has been the face of new fans and a new time. Clearly the Attitude Era has come and gone and with that wave came many new fans and many fans turned out after the fact. Knowing that times have changed and WWE has created a new star that has stood and delivered on many, many occasions. In my opinion he can only get better and continue to rise. Yes indeed…John Cena is good for business.

• The Rumble Match – (Royal Rumble 2004)
  

Matt: The ‘Road to WrestleMania’ had never been so sweet as it was in 2004 for Chris Benoit fans. At the time, it was one of those moments where your mind did a double-take because you couldn’t believe that after all these years, Benoit was finally getting a chance to be the top star he deserved. One interesting part of the match that I noticed was Benoit and Orton drew #1 and #2. Throughout the match, Benoit and Orton would end up being the only two in the ring for about half way through when everybody else had been cleared out – that is until Mick Foley came out and clotheslined Orton out so they could violently beat the CRAP out of each other at ringside. Also at the end of Benoit’s title reign, Randy Orton was the one who ended the whole thing. Just a little something I noticed that I thought was interesting. But back to the match, Big Show put on a great performance by just being who he is – the biggest dude in the ring. Has anybody else been the last guy to be eliminated and never won the Royal Rumble more than Big Show?

Justin: When people talk about the best Rumble matches of all time. there are generally three that come up in discussion: 1992, 2005 and the 2004 edition, which saw the epic story of Chris Benoit’s rise through the glass ceiling. Paul Heyman had deemed that Benoit would be the first entrant if he wanted to realize his dream of challenging for the Heavyweight Title at WrestleMania. The entire match was electric and you could feel the passion as Benoit hung on the whole way, finally dragging Big Show over the top rope for the win. The Rumble featured some great action and also had some memorable moments, which included a great Lesnar/Goldberg showdown, a tease of Undertaker’s Dead Man return and Mick Foley stealing a spot and going ballistic on Randy Orton. Epic Rumble and easily one of the top three ever.

Scott: Pretty solid Rumble that saw a lot of drama as everyone was hoping that Chris Benoit would take this and head to WrestleMania. Multiple storylines dominated here, as Kane was waiting to see if his brother the Undertaker was returning, as well as the growing war between Gold berg and Brock Lesnar. In the end, we would be waiting minutes for Benoit to eliminate Big Show and get his deserved WrestleMania title shot. A great match remembered for the drama as much as the action.

• WWE Champion Brock Lesnar vs. Eddie Guerrero – (No Way Out 2004)
  

Matt: Another match that just makes you happy to be a wrestling fan. This monster Brock Lesnar destroyed Eddie the entire match until Goldberg interfered with the spear. I was so glad that didn’t end the match, as Eddie managed to nail Brock with the Frog Splash for the win. Most babyface wrestlers hit their peak when they achieve their goal because the allure of the character was in the chase, but as always it’s a gratifying moment while it lasted.

Justin: Since mid 2003, Eddie Guerrero had arguably been the most over wrestler in the company. The fans were rabid for him as he delivered tremendous matches and entertaining storylines. Eddie earned a title shot against Brock Lesnar and finally won the big gold in an epic confrontation. Watching this match is always great as you can feel the pure joy and emotion of the hot San Francisco crowd when Eddie picks up the win. These two delivered a classic and Brock should get props too for going out and putting over Eddie big time. One of the greatest moments you will ever see.

Scott: As much as the moment is memorable, the match itself should be given some credit as well. Eddie Guerrero put on one of his greatest performances and even better was the performance of Brock Lesnar. Being an arrogant heel and making fun of Eddie’s heritage was classic, to the brutal beating he gave Eddie during the match. Never mind the Goldberg run-in, which thank god didn’t affect the outcome, but overall the match will be remembered for not only Eddie’s crowning moment, but for 35 minutes of great matches.

• Chris Benoit vs. Shawn Michaels – (Raw, 2/16/04)
  

Matt: It was always a dream match for me that I thought would never happen since everybody thought Shawn’s career was over in 1998. Even in 2002 when he returned, you thought this match could never happen. It just didn’t seem to be in the cards and the planets just won’t align for this to ever really happen. And then Benoit wins the Royal Rumble. And then Benoit moves over from Smackdown to Raw. And since Benoit’s getting a title shot at WrestleMania, which is something Shawn Michaels wants too, so it’s only probable that Benoit would wrestle HBK at some point in time. With very little advertising, it happens. Chris Benoit vs. Shawn Michaels on RAW! I thought a 1-on-1 meeting deserved to be on a PPV, but whatever. It was 20 minutes of good solid wrestling with both guys working over each other’s well-known injuries. After Benoit had Shawn clawing for the ropes in the Sharpshooter, HHH comes out and distracts Benoit into some Sweet Chin Music to give Shawn the win. The mark in me wanted to see Benoit win, but the guy can’t win ALL the time. Afterwards, the “sheriff of Raw” Stone Cold Steve Austin rides out on his four wheeler to announce the WrestleMania main event: Triple H vs. Chris Benoit vs. Shawn Michaels. WHAT.

Justin: In their highly anticipated first ever encounter and a preview of the WrestleMania three way, Michaels and Benoit squared off on Raw. The match was as good as hyped and really delivered a quality wrestling match on Raw, setting the trend for the next six months.

Scott: The “Showdown in the Desert” was the first known meeting between these two and it was the pretty good. The pace was good and their styles meshed well. Sure Triple H ran in and Benoit jobbed which probably pissed a lot of people off but regardless it’s a 4-star match that gave us a prelude of WrestleMania.

• WWE Champion Eddie Guerrero vs. Kurt Angle – (WrestleMania XX)
  

Matt: If there could be a pairing fit for WrestleMania, this was it. This was just a tremendous bout with two guys who could GO. The ending was spectacular and worked great with Eddie’s character. Angle wouldn’t lay off the Anklelock, so Eddie unties his boot, kicks Angle away, and catches him running with a small package. Like Justin said, an overlooked WrestleMania classic.

Justin: Due to the matches that followed it, this one is often overlooked when WMXX is discussed. Eddie had already reached his dream of winning the WWE Championship, but his first feud was an epic one. Just weeks after winning the title at NWO, Eddie was decimated by a psychotic and enraged Kurt Angle, who turned heel during the brutal assault. Their ensuing match was tremendous and nonstop and ended when Eddie was able to outsmart Angle. Great stuff all around.

Scott: The first of XX’s two title matches was a wrestling exhibition between two of the greatest. We knew Kurt Angle was a mat technician, but it was Eddie Guerrero that was the surprise. He meshed perfectly into the main event scene like a glove. I think many people thought that Eddie’s “Lying, Cheating, Stealing” tricks wouldn’t work on the main event stage, but actually it enhanced the top of the card and made him even more beloved as a superstar. Angle did his best to piss people off as usual, but in the end, Eddie stole the match and retained his title in a classic.

• World Heavyweight Champion Triple H vs. Chris Benoit vs. Shawn Michaels – (WrestleMania XX)
  

Matt: I hate to even mention this next part, but before the double murder-suicide in 2007 that changed everything, Chris Benoit was in my opinion the epitome of a wrestling hero. He had that ‘never say die’ attitude, never resorted to cheap tactics, and always put on an incredible match. For everyone who was ever a fan of Chris Benoit, this was the culmination of all those years where you wanted to see him on top of the world and never thought it would happen. That’s sums up what 2004 was for me – at least for the better part of it – it was the year you thought would never happen.

Justin: I think this one is self explanatory. I was there live and the crowd was just entranced throughout the whole match. You could feel the tension whenever Hunter was in control as the crowd gasped…wondering if he would actually put Benoit over. After an epic battle between three greats, the battle between the Crossface and the Pedigree and the ensuing fight by Hunter while trapped was just tremendous booking. The crowd just screamed “TAP” the whole time and Hunter finally did just that, finally giving Benoit the elusive run at the top he always dreamed of. Despite all the tragedy that happened later in the decade, this was still as emotional of a moment that exists in wrestling history.

Scott: Our second title match at the Garden was a physical, violent affair that washed away all the bad press and rumors. Many thought that the addition of Shawn Michaels into the match would ruin things and that Benoit would get screwed out of the title since the next PPV was in his hometown. The match was brutal and Shawn’s addition to the match actually enhanced the brutality and the excitement, on top of the fact that it’s a hot Garden crowd.

• Triple H vs. Shelton Benjamin – (Raw, 3/29/04)
  

Matt: 2004 was also a year of missed opportunities. With the heel foursome known as Evolution, you also had four good guys for them to go up against in what could have been the most obvious return of the most awesome gimmick match ever: WARGAMES! You had Benoit, Jericho, Edge, and now…Shelton Benjamin. On this night, Shelton Benjamin got the rub from Triple H who put Shelton over clean. No crazy major overbooked interferences (although Triple H was a little distracted by Flair and Benoit on the floor), no sledgehammers or title belts involved – just a Stinger Splash and a rollup got the win on the former champ. Very awesome in its day, because you thought you were seeing the start of a major superstar who winds up being the most underrated and underused WWE wrestler of the decade.

Justin: Just weeks after putting Chris Benoit over clean at MSG, Triple H came out and dropped a surprising match to the newly drafted face Shelton Benjamin. I can’t say the end result went quite as they wanted and it wasn’t exactly a clean win, but it was still a big time shock and it put Shelton on the map as a future star. Plus the match itself was super fun.

Scott: To be honest I think this match is more memorable because a newly created mid-carded defeated the all powerful Game on Raw. The match in general I thought was pretty pedestrian, but the ending was shocking as Triple H was rolled up and shocked.

• WWE Intercontinental Champion Randy Orton vs. Mick Foley – Hardcore Match (Backlash 2004)
  

Matt: Orton was all about wanting to be the Legend Killer and when he went after Mick Foley, apparently he had no idea of the repercussions. This was Foley getting his revenge in the most violent way he knows how. The only way it could have been more violent were if Foley had wanted a Japanese death match with C4 explosives and barbed wire ropes. Also, this was before TNA completely overused thumbtacks in practically every Abyss match on PPV, so seeing Orton at the time get his RKO shoved off into thumbtacks was pretty sick but in an awesome way. On the other hand, it was the first match I had seen of Randy Orton that made me believe that this man could be a big star in the future – all thanks to Mick Foley.

Justin: Many people argue that this was the match of the year and maybe even of the decade. Mick Foley was always known for being a star maker and he set his sights on helping Randy Orton succeed. The seeds for this feud were planted in June and then cultivated in December when Orton humiliated Foley and spat in his face. Foley came back in January with a vengeance, but suffered a tough loss at WM. So, he dug down deep and brought back the ghost of Cactus Jack as he looked for one more chance at revenge. It was expected that Foley would bump like crazy and take some stiff shots, but nobody expected Orton to deliver the insanity that he brought. Orton’s popularity was growing by the day and this match escalated that process as he earned a lot of respect for doing anything it took to deliver a great performance. This was tremendously brutal and some epic storytelling as well.

Scott: This match made Randy Orton a star. Once again Mick Foley took someone who needed a rub and gave it to him. Just like Steve Austin in 1998, the Rock in 1999 and Triple H in 2000 Mick Foley compromised his health for the sake of the business. Orton sold the thumb tacks like they really hurt. Oh wait…they did really hurt.

• WWE Champion Eddie Guerrero vs. JBL – (Judgment Day 2004)
  

Matt: At the time, everybody was wondering what the heck happened to Bradshaw. Why is he wearing a cowboy hat and acting like he’s better than me? Nevertheless, he went right after Eddie Guerrero and became the new Stan Hansen by giving Eddie the brawl of his life. The chairshot at the end just makes the whole thing as Eddie gets busted open as bad as anybody I have seen in a LONG time. While JBL didn’t walk out with the belt on that night, he got put over HUGE as the biggest threat to Eddie’s WWE title.

Justin: A bloody war in which Eddie did his best to elevate the freshly minted JBL. It was an epic task as JBL had been nothing more than a tag and lower mid card star, but all of a sudden he was thrust into a major feud and title shot. These two pounded relentless on each other and both did nasty blade jobs to really drive the point home. While JBL’s was gory, Eddie’s was downright scary. The match would end in a schmozz to setup a rematch the next month. These two had really good chemistry and it showed here in their first big time encounter.

Scott: JBL’s first title shot is a bloody war that would be trumped at the Great American Bash. The visual of Eddie bleeding profusely after the match is unforgettable. The match itself wasn’t bad but their rematches would be better.

• World Heavyweight Champion Chris Benoit vs. Triple H – 60-Minute Ironman Match (Raw, 7/26/04)
  

Matt: This was a match that, as a Benoit fan, had me worried whether or not Benoit’s time as champion had come and would now be put to death by Triple H. Since the Angle/Lesnar ironman match went over so well and while these two had the chance of putting on a great ironman match, it was strictly average in the execution, but the ride along the way was filled with some excellent drama towards the end. There hasn’t been an ironman match on cable TV since then, but it was pretty awesome to see Benoit get the chance to wrestle somebody – anybody – as champion for an entire hour and leave still holding onto the gold.

Justin: For the second year in a row, WWE delivered a televised ironman match. With the in ring chemistry between these two, many thought this could be the best WWE ironman yet. Unfortunately, it didn’t quite live up to standard, but it was still high level stuff. The main complaint is the usage of Eugene, as he was involved in a weird little angle with Triple H. The breaks didn’t help either, but these two still worked around the constraints and put on a great TV war to add to their catalogue of great matches.

Scott: The last full hour-long Iron Man match on Raw is a solid one that sees the World Champion come back from a 3-1 deficit to retain his title. The pacing was solid and the crowd was rabid as they were fervently behind Benoit. The Eugene crap at the end sort of ruined the ending but they did it to set up the HHH/Eugene match at SummerSlam. Great title match and a big win for Benoit.

• World Heavyweight Champion Chris Benoit vs. Randy Orton – (SummerSlam 2004)
  

Matt: Solid match, but I remember it more for being a huge turning point in WWE. Orton was the first guy from the class of 2002 to capture the big gold belt. They had HUGE WrestleMania plans at the time for him to face HHH, but it turned out that everybody seemed to like Orton more for being a heel than a pretty boy babyface they were going to turn him into after the PPV. As much as I liked Benoit being the champ and wished he would have never lost, no one can deny he helped further a superstar’s career that night and Orton should never forget that.

Justin: The Age of Orton officially kicks off as he walks into SummerSlam for the biggest match of his career and walks out as the youngest World Champion in WWE history. The groundswell for Orton started earlier in the year and the momentum led to this title change. Benoit was a pro as always and lays down for the young star. Their match the next night was equally as good and Benoit’s job was complete. Orton was now a major player.

Scott: For some reason I personally don’t have fond memories of this match. Maybe because I didn’t really think Orton was quite ready for that shot, but the writers were trying something different and then putting someone new over. The problem was the cheers for Orton were short lived and he lost the title the following month. Overall the match wasn’t terrible but there were a few better matches that year that were better than this one.

And that does it for 2004! Until next week, let us know what you think and give us some of your choices that we might have missed!

No dia 22 de novembro, foi ao ar a vigésima terceira edição do Survivor Series, a segunda mais longa exibição em pay per view da WWE. Quase 20 mil fãs lotaram o Verizon Center, em Washington – fora os milhões de expectadores em mais de 20 países ao redor do mundo – para presenciar mais um espetáculo protagonizado pelas maiores estrelas do wrestling internacional.

O tio Ogro demorou um pouco, mas cá está uma breve cobertura do que rolou no evento mais legalzudo do mês:

Team Miz X Team Morrison (Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Tag Team Match)

O primeiro combate da noite serviu como uma excelente amostra do que os astros da nova geração podem fazer, mostrando que o futuro da WWE está em boas mãos. Para a surpresa de muitos, o United States Champion, The Mizz, Drew McIntyre, Jack Swagger, Sheamus e Dolph Ziggler abraçaram a tarefa de deixar seus egos de lado e executaram um ótimo trabalho de equipe para derrotar o time do Intercontinental Champion John Morrison, formado por Matt Hardy, Finlay, Evan Bourne e Shelton Benjamin.

Iniciada com Bourne e Swagger, a luta logo tomou caráter caótico, com golpes e pinfalls pipocando por todo o ringue e estrelas colidindo como se não houvesse amanhã, incluindo um show à parte protagonizado pelo irlandês durão Finlay contra McIntyre e o guerreiro celta Sheamus.

Quando a poeira abaixou, restava o solitário John Morrison de um lado contra o trio Mizz, McIntyre e Sheamus. Jogando a cautela às favas, o ‘Shaman Of Sexy’ partiu para uma ofensiva explosiva, mas Sheamus o subjugou, conquistando a vitória para o Team Mizz.

Batista X Rey Mysterio

A sequência tinha um tempero especial: rancor, vingança e ódio. O universo da WWE assistiu ao gigante Dave Batista despejar toda sua fúria no antigo amigo Rey Mysterio, fazendo juz ao seu apelido, “The Animal”. Batista culpa Rey por tê-lo impedido de realizar o pin em Undertaker – em luta realizada no Bragging Rights, em outubro – o que o nomearia Heavy Weight Champion. Segundo Dave, ele está cansado do ‘quase’, de ver o título escapando das suas mãos, e não admite que isso tenha sido feito por um ‘amigo’.

Apesar de Rey ter lutado com todo o seu coração, partindo para a ofensiva com todas as armas que tinha, a fúria do “The Animal” sobrepujou sua coragem. Como uma locomotiva, Batista avançou sobre e Mysterio sem misericórdia. Após uma Spear fenomenal, um Spine Buster e três (sim, três!!!) Batista Bombs devastadoras, o árbitro não teve escolha a não ser finalizar o combate. Batista não esboçou qualquer sinal de satisfação com a vitória. Conforme comentado durante a tranmissão por Michael Cole, “Batista never went for a cover, never looked for a win…it was all about punishing!”, o que, em português, quer dizer que Batista é um badass motherfucker! Há!

Com Rey ainda caído na londa, Dave retornou ao ringue com uma cadeira de metal. Por um momento, todos esperaram que o gigante desse continuidade ao seu ataque, mas ele simplesmente sentou-se para assistir à agonia do antigo amigo. Após alguns momentos, Batisa se levantou sem dizer uma palavra, erguendo Mysterio do chão e executando mais um Spine Buster, em cima da cadeira de aço, para o choque de todo o Verizon Center.

A WWE tem agora um prato cheio para eleger seu novo vilão.

Team Kingston X Team Orton (Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Tag Team Match)

Kofi Kingston e Randy Orton: eis uma nova rivalidade que vem dando o que falar na WWE. Com Kofi, Mark Henry, R-Truth, Christian e MVP de um lado e Orton, Ted DiBiase, Cody Rhodes, William Regal e CM Punk do outro, o ringue foi palco de uma batalha épica. O combate prosseguia, astros eram derrotados e outros mostravam tudo que tinham a oferecer.

Até que, ao final da luta, restavam apenas Kofi contra dois já condecorados campeões da WWE, o “Straightedge Superstar” CM Punk e ninguém menos que Randy “The Viper” Orton. No entanto, acostumado a nadar contra a corrente, Kingston não se intimidou e, movido pela torcida, mostrou toda a sua versatilidade e atleticismo, justificando o porquê de ser uma das novas estrelas mais adoradas pelos fãs da WWE.

Após uma sequência acirrada com Punk, Kofi realizou o pin. Orton, pretendendo pegar o jovem astro de surpresa, adentrou o ringue tão logo o companheiro é dado como eliminado. Mas Kofi Kingston tirou a noite para mostrar que tem tudo o que é necessário para lutar de igual para igual com estrelas já eternizadas na WWE. Com um vôo espetacular, ele aplicou um Trouble In Paradise em Orton, que desabou sem nem poder reagir. E foi assim que esse combate se encerrou: Kingstone aplicando o pinfall em dois antigos World Champions em menos de 6 segundos! O neguinho não é mole não, há!

World Heavyweight Champion Undertaker X Big Show X Chris Jericho (Triple Threat Match)

Há quase 20 anos, na primeira edição do Survivor Series em 1990, Undertaker subia no ringue da WWE pela primeira vez. Na época, ninguém sabia muito o que esperar do sinistro “Demon From Death Valley”. Já em 2009, todo o universo da WWE está ciente do que este homem obstinado é capaz de fazer, incluindo entre seus feitos, um recorde de 17-0 no Wrestlemania. E é com mais uma entrada triunfal que Undertaker sobiu ao ringue do Verizon Center.

A quarta luta da noite começou com Jericho e Big Show unindo forças contra o “Dead Man”. Mas tão logo Chris tentou finalizar o campeão com um Walls Of Jericho, o maior atleta do mundo interrompeu, ficando então cada um por si.

Depois de uma franca troca de pins interrompidos, golpes incríveis e massivas demonstrações de força física, Big Show – que havia nocauteado Jericho com um Right To The Head – partiu para cima de Undertaker com um gigantesco choke slam. Quando parecia o fim para o lutador das trevas, Undertaker reverteu o ataque e aplicou uma das mais temidas manobras de submissão da WWE, o Hells Gates em Big Show, obrigando-o a bater.

Mais uma vitóroia incontestável do “Phenom” e mais uma pergunta no ar: se nem mesmo o maior atleta do mundo pode parar Undertaker, quem poderá?

Team Mickie X Team Michelle (Traditional Survivor Series Tag Team Elimination Match)

Concluindo uma semana de insultos por parte de Michelle McCool, Lyla e Beth Phoenix à superstar Mickie James – levando a mesma até as lágrimas durante o Smackdown – esse foi mais um combate que se iniciou com sabor de acerto de contas.

A noite das divas da WWE foi marcada, entre outras coisas, pela impressionante força física da “Glamazon” Beth Phoenix. Mas não foi tudo o que Beth demonstrou. Ela também deixou clara toda a sua anti-desportividade ao não concordar com a sua eliminação, após um ótimo Crucifix perpetrado por Mickie James. Esta, aliás, foi outro destaque da luta, esbanjando seus tradicionais atleticismo e vigor.

Mas a conclusão do encejo ficou a cargo da Divas Champion Melina, que exibiu habilidades acrobáticas para executar um Sunset Flip na Women’s Champion Michelle McCool, que já dava a sua vitória como garantida, em sua arrogância costumeira.

WWE Champion John Cena X Triple H X Shawn Michaels (Triple Threat Match)

Como citado no site official da WWE, “quando se trata do título mais cobiçado da companhia, a lealdade se torna um preço que nem todos os superstars estão dispostos a pagar.”. Apesar da entrada de Triple H e Shawn Michaels como a famosa dupla Degeneration X, o combate seria cada um por si. E também, apesar do discurso de que não importa quem levasse o título, contanto que o mesmo fosse conquistado para a DX, a noite nos guardava mais algumas surpresas.

Segundos após o sinal de início da luta, Shawn Michaels despachou Triple H com um Sweet Chin Music. A arena permaneceu em choque, assim como o pasmo campeão John Cena. Com Triple H fora, HBK e Cena se atracaram como titãs.

No entanto, como qualquer fã da WWE pode afirmar, nunca tome “The Cerebral Assassin” por vencido. Triple H se recompôs e fez com que o choque dos três gigantes tomasse um rumo diferente, dinâmico e muito mais perigoso, fora dos limites do ringue. Foi então que H deu o troco no ‘companheiro’ executando um Spine Buster em Shawn, na mesa de narração do evento. Enquanto a luta quase chegava ao fim com diversas contagens interrompidas, foi um castigado e exausto Cena que, seguindo o seu lema de “never give up”, perserverou e aplicou o pin em Triple H, mantendo pra si o título de WWE Champion.

Será que após esse último capítulo, a história da polêmica Degeneration X chegou ao fim?

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Putz! Dá pra suar só de ler né? Pois é, foi mais uma noite de entretenimento certo para os fãs da Wwe ao redor do mundo. E o próximo encontro já está marcado! No dia 13 de dezembro, a cidade de San Antonio, no Texas recebe o explosivo TLC, evento no qual os astros colidem, levando a ação para fora dos ringues com o auxílio de mesas, escadas e cadeiras. Dá pra perder?

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Pocos cambios en el Ranking Power 25 reporte última semana de noviembre, el 1-2-3 se mantiene: Undertaker seguido de John Cena y Kofi Kingston, destaca es el ascenso de 10 lugares para Sheamus, tras convertirse en contendiente número 1

Entre paréntesis se anota cuantos lugares se movieron desde la semana anterior a la actual

1. Undertaker (0)
2. John Cena (0)
3. Kofi Kingston (0)
4. The Miz (+2)
5. DX (0)
6. Christian (-2)
7. John Morrison(0)
8. Batista (+7)
9. Randy Orton (-1)
10. Jerishow (-1)
11. CM Punk (-1)
12. Jack Swagger (-1)
13. Sheamus (+10)
14. MVP & Henry (0)
15. The Legacy (+1)
16. Drew McIntyre (+2)
17. Rey Mysterio (-4)
18. Melina (+1)
19. Dolph Ziggler (-7)
20. Mickie James (+1)
21. Michelle McCool (-4)
22. Kane (-2)
23. Shelton Benjamin (NR)
24. Beth Phoenix (0)
25. Ezekiel Jackson (NR)

Súper Luchas 341 - 30 noviembre 2009

A partir del lunes 30 de noviembre, exige el número 342 de Súper Luchas, La Revista de los Conocedores, disponible en puestos de revistas y locales cerrados. Recuerda que la mayor parte de los textos e imágenes de la revista Súper Luchas son EXCLUSIVOS, y no serán publicados en Internet. Con las coberturas de las principales empresas del mundo Súper Luchas se mantiene como la publicación más completa en su género

• WWE: Reporte Survivor Series 2009 – ¿Ruptura en DX?
• CMLL: Mephisto y Hefesto aniquilaron a Volador y Sombra
• Guerra de facciones en NJPW
• IV Torneo de Fisicoconstructivismo del CMLL

Suscripciones en versión impresa y versión digital disponibles en Superluchashop.com – Suscripciones para Estados Unidos disponibles en luchalibrerevista.com

Contenido del número 342 de Súper Luchas:

Súper Luchas 342 - Interiores

• Reporte completo CMLL – Previo a “Sin Salida”
• Tampico: King Bulls Wrestling cumple un año
• Mil Máscaras en Saltillo
• Guadalajara: Luchamanía 7 en honor a Roberto Páz
• RDLL Ciudad de México: The Killer Jr. Lesionado por un Martinete
• Reporte TNA: El encuentro Styles & Danilels vs Styles y Angle
• XV Aniversario de Promociones Contreras: Wagner vs Mesías
• IWRG: Fuerza Guerrera quiere destruir a Bobby Lee
• WWE: John Cena superó a DX – El gran triunfo de Kofi Kingston
• NJPW – Guerra de facciones
• IWRG – El Pantera celebra 25 años
• UFC – Previo a la final de TUF 10
• Black Shadow Jr. cumple 45 años de carrera
• Vuelven Aguila Solitaria, Ciclón Ramírez y Pantera: Las Saetas del Ring
• Homenaje a Águila Dorada
• Reporte completo del IV Concurso de Fisicoconstructivismo del CMLL
• Carteleras

Columnas

• El consultorio del Dr. Love
• La Lucha se Hace, por Israel Velázquez
• Revolucionarios en Acción por Luis Manuel Rivera
• El Fonógrafo del Ring: El debut del primer Blue Demon por Jorge Gómez Garnica
• ¿Te Das? por el Ratón S.
• Ecos de Occidente por Humberto Gutiérrez “El Rayito”
• Estampas del Pasado por Teddy Baños
• Caída Extra
• Adimensional, por Migrejok

Pro Wrestling Ilustrated

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson y John Cena aparecen en la portada del próximo número de Pro Wrestling Illustrated, con el siguiente titular : “Hot WrestleMania Rumor – John Cena vs The Rock.”

La publicación  afirma que; “La mega-lucha está en proceso de firma”. La sinopsis del artículo señala:

La relación The Rock y John Cena, es extraña. Cena respeta todo lo que  The Rock ha logrado. Por ello, “The Champ” esta suspirando por un match con The Rock en el gran evento de WWE

 Wrestling-Radio.com

- The next issue of Inside Wrestling features The Rock and John Cena on the cover of the magazine with a headline reading: “Hot WrestleMania Rumor – John Cena vs. The Rock.” The sister publication of Pro Wrestling Illustrated claims that the “mega-bout is closed to being signed.” The article’s synopsis reads: “The relationship between The Rock and John Cena is strange. Cena respects all The Rock has accomplished yet seems to resent it at the same time. That is why “The Champ” is pining for a match with The Rock at WWE’s showcase event. Word is, this mega-bout is close to being signed.” Right. To view the cover of the magazine, visit www.pwi-online.com. The issue hits newsstands December 8, 2009.

Survivor Series 2009, November 22, 2009, Verizon Center, Washington, DC

Announcers: Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler, & Matt Striker

Opening Match: US Champion The Miz (Captain), Dolph Ziggler, Jack Swagger, Drew McIntyre, & Sheamus vs. IC Champion John Morrison (Captain), Evan Bourne, Fit Finlay, Matt Hardy, & Shelton Benjamin

Bourne and Swagger start off with Bourne using speed to get a rollup for 2.  Swagger gets a suplex and tags Ziggler who hits the jumping neck snap for 1.  Cool looking inverted slam gets 2, and then he gets another 2 off some elbows.  He and Swagger trade off again and Ziggler gets Bourne in a half crab.  Bourne kicks him off and gets a rana for 2.  He follows with a high knee and tags Hardy.  They hit a double elbow from the 2^nd rope.  Hardy hits the Side Effect, then tags Bourne who hits the Air Bourne shooting star press for the 3 count to eliminate Ziggler at 3:59.  No time to celebrate though as in comes Drew McIntyre and he hits the double arm DDT to finish Bourne off at 4:12.  Finlay is in next and he takes McIntyre down with the Finlay Roll.  McIntyre avoids a second one and tags Sheamus which sets up the big showdown between the Irishmen.  That lasts almost no time at all as Miz provides a brief distraction and Sheamus hits the big boot for the pin at 5:14.  Hardy comes in and fares a bit better, but then his Side Effect is blocked and he takes a powerslam for 1.  Sheamus drops some elbows and gets a 2 count, then tags Miz.  Miz controls with a slam and legdrop, and then hooks a rear chinlock.  Hardy fires out but then takes a neckbreaker for 2.  Miz goes to a front facelock, which Hardy escapes as well, and follows up with a Russian legsweep.  Miz tags Swagger, who cuts Hardy off from making the tag.  He controls for a bit before Hardy finally escapes and tags Morrison.  Morrison comes in hot with a dropkick and knee for 2.  He corner whip is reversed and he goes down, but Swagger misses the pump splash.  Miz tries to provide the distraction again, but to no avail as Morrison still connects with a springboard kick.  The cover draws everyone in and in the melee, Scott Armstrong takes a knee to the back of the head from Sheamus.  He stays down and they would later announce him has having suffered a concussion.  But it’s a big break for Justin King as he gets to step in and save the day.  After everyone is cleared out, Morrison takes Swagger down and connects with Starship Pain for the pin at 12:09.  Miz jumps him, nailing a clothesline in the corner and a double ax off the top for 2.  Benjamin takes a blind tag and surprises Miz with a rollup for 2.  He then hits a back suplex.  Stinger Splash follows and then a Northern Lights suplex gets 2.  Corner whip sees him run into a boot though, but he follows by getting his own boot up on Miz’s charge.  German suplex gets 2 and he sets up a neckbreaker, but Sheamus nails him to break it up.  Miz follows with the Skull Crushing Finale to end Benjamin’s night at 14:59.  Hardy comes back in as McIntyre gets the tag.  Hardy nails a couple of clotheslines for 2 and a headbutt, but he misses a charge.  He still hits a neckbreaker though and follows with the 2^nd rope legdrop for 2.  He hits another neckbreaker and goes up, but after a distraction by Sheamus, he misses a moonsault.  McIntyre gets the double arm DDT for the 3 count at 17:11.  This leaves Morrison one on three, and the odds take over quickly.  He gets caught by McIntyre and then Sheamus gets the tag and pounds away.  Tag to Miz who’s in with some kicks.  Morrison comes back with a dropkick, but Miz tags right away to Sheamus.  He hits a clothesline and runs Morrison to the corner where the partners beat on him while he distracts the ref.  Morrison tries fighting back and goes for a springboard move, but gets nailed coming down.  Sheamus the hits the Razor’s Edge, and that’s it for Morrison at 20:55.  Survivors: The Mix, Sheamus, and Drew McIntyre.  Obviously the heel team has the guys they want to protect and build up so it makes sense for them to win.  Ziggler and Swagger, who were seemingly the pet projects a few months ago, appear to have been shuffled downwards, only being used as token eliminations for the face team here.  I have to say that I’m not confident about a main event push for Sheamus, but I guess we’ll find out next month at TLC as he’s getting thrown right in there with John Cena.  **1/2

Next we get a dumb segment with team Kofi as they reassure Christian there’s nothing awkward about him being the only white guy on the team.  Christian of course manages to make it awkward by the end by rapping about it.  Just a dumb segment that does nothing to make me care about any of the guys, or the match they have coming up, but someone must have thought it was hilarious, I guess.

Rey Mysterio vs. Dave Batista

After the big turn by Batista last month, the feud comes to a head here in Batista’s hometown, which means he’s the crowd favourite regardless.  Definitely an example of poor planning there.  Mysterio starts off going for the knee, and quickly sets up a 619, but Batista rolls out.   Batista drags him to the floor and runs him to the apron.  Back in, Mysterio kicks him and tries a springboard, but Batista ducks it and nails a clothesline.  Mysterio keeps managing to escape Batista’s power moves and clips the knee for 2.  He sets up the 619 again, but Batista catches him.  He sets up the Batista Bomb, but Mysterio takes him to the floor with a rana.  Mysterio follows with a baseball slide and then leaps at him off the apron.  Batista then just starts no selling and beats Mysterio up.  Mysterio knees him coming in and hits a 619 to the back to set up the regular version, which also hits.  After the springboard press hits, he goes up and does the Eddie Guerrero dance to big boos prior to hitting knees on a frog splash.  Batista then gets him with a spear and spinebuster.  Batista Bomb follows, but rather then cover, he hits another, and then another before the ref stops it at 6:49.  Batista is not done though as he comes in with a chair.  The crowd wants him to kill Mysterio, which is probably not the reaction they were going for.  He teases doing nothing for a bit, but then ends up dropping Mysterio with a spinebuster on the chair.  Mysterio does a stretcher job and so begins yet another period of surgery and rehab for him.  *1/2

Randy Orton lets his team know that they’ve failed to live up to his expectations so far, and that they’d better come through tonight.  Punk stands up to him in a tease of dissention, but nothing comes of it.  At least this segment focused on the match and the issues between the guys rather then lame comedy.

Randy Orton (Captain), CM Punk, William Regal, Cody Rhodes, & Ted Dibiase vs. Kofi Kingston (Captain), MVP, Mark Henry, ECW Champion Christian, & R-Truth

Orton and Henry are in first with Henry whipping him to the corner and nailing a clothesline.  He takes shots at the entire heel team and then puts Orton in a bearhug, but Legacy comes in and breaks it up.  That sets up an RKO and Henry is done at 0:53.  MVP comes in as Rhodes gets the tag.  Rhodes gets MVP to the corner and they go to work with Dibiase, Regal, and then Punk all getting tagged in in succession.  Punk stays in and works him over a bit longer, but soon gets tossed away and MVP tags Truth.  These guys have an issue going so they get some heat.  Truth gets a hiptoss and then flips over him on a corner whip.  However, Rhodes distracts him and Punk takes advantage to nail the GTS for the pin at 3:14.  Christian comes in and rolls him up for 2.  He nails a forearm off the ropes for 1 before Punk knees him.  After a slam he tags Dibiase who comes in with a double stomp off the 2^nd rope for 2.  He follows with a powerslam for another 2.  He tries hooking the Dream, but can’t get it.  Christian counters to a Killswitch, which Dibiase in turn counters to a catapult to the buckle.  Christian comes back out with a kick and then a sunset flip gets 3 at 5:04.  Is Dibiase being shuffled down too?  His issues with Orton have pretty much disappeared and here he’s just beaten like an afterthought five minutes in.  Regal comes in for Team Orton while Christian tags Kofi who comes in with a dropkick, some punches in the corner, and an uppercut for 2.  He’s not really getting a superstar reaction though so expect them to give up on him any time now.  Corner whip is reversed with Kofi leaping back off the ropes, but Regal moves and Kofi hits the mat.  Tag to Rhodes, who drops a knee before tagging back to Regal.  Kofi fires back and tags MVP who comes right in with a big boot on Regal for 3 at 6:51.  Rhodes comes in off the top with a bodypress, but MVP rolls through for 2.  He then gets a suplex for another 2.  Tag Christian, whose tornado DDT is blocked and Rhodes kicks him down for 2.  To a bodyscissors, but Christian gets on top of him for 2 and forces a break.  Rhodes then clotheslines him for 2 and tags Orton.  Orton is in with a dropkick for 2 and works Christian over for a bit before tagging Rhodes back in.  Kneedrop by Rhodes misses and that allows a tag to MVP.  He’s in with multiple clotheslines and a facebuster.  He goes Ballin’ but Orton then distracts him and he takes the Cross Rhodes for the pin at 10:11.  Kofi immediately rolls him up for 2 and then tags Christian who comes in with a shot off the top.  Tag back to Kofi who gets a springboard double ax handle for 2, followed by a snapmare and splash for another 2.  Tag to Christian, on whom Rhodes is able to briefly take advantage, but he then quickly falls victim to the Killswitch and is pinned at 11:36.  See, now unlike his partner, Rhodes at least got to job to the guy’s finisher, and not only that he also got an elimination before being eliminated himself.  I don’t understand.  Orton comes in next and works Christian over.  He drops a knee and then takes a cheap shot at Kofi.  Christian gets a cradle for 2 and then Punk provides the distraction to set up the RKO, but Christian counters to the Killswitch.  He covers, but Punk saves at 2.  Christian beats him up and tosses him, but then misses a charge on Orton and takes an RKO for the 3 count at 13:27.  Kofi is in as the last member of his team, but Orton wants nothing to do with him and tags out to Punk.  After this Orton actually goes as far as not even standing on the apron for the entire time Punk and Kofi go at it.  Kofi wins a slugfest which leads to them trying and missing the finishers.  Kofi does get a dropkick and the SOS for 2.  He misses a splash in the corner though and Punk works him over with knees and kicks.  Kick to the back gets 2 and then he uses a headscissors.  Kofi escapes, but ends up charging into a powerslam.  Now Punk goes to a bodyscissors forcing me to note that his moveset in this segment would have Gorilla Monsoon impressed.  Kofi elbows his way out, but a splash hits knees.  Punk gets him with a superplex for 2, followed by the running knee.  He goes for a bulldog, but that gets countered to a back suplex.  Kofi goes up, and after fighting Punk off a couple of times, he gets a crossbody for 2.  He follows with a dropkick and clothesline, and then hits the Boom Drop.  Orton distracts him which allows Punk a rollup, but Kofi rolls through and gets the 3 count at 20:42.  Orton is immediately in, but Kofi is aware and catches him with Trouble In Paradise which gets another 3 count at 20:50.  Survivor: Kofi Kingston.  So the story is that Kofi beat two former World Champions in an incredibly short span of time.  Really good match here, but as noted Kofi is not quite to the superstar level of reaction yet.  If they keep it up, he may get there, but it’s gonna take some time.  ***1/2

World Heavyweight Championship Match: The Undertaker vs. Chris Jericho vs. The Big Show

Obviously the theme of our two Title matches tonight is that the Champion is defending in a Triple Threat Match against both members of a regular tag team.  Jericho and Show have teased some dissention leading up to this, but none the les they start right off with a double team on Taker.  Show nails a clothesline and then Jericho clotheslines Taker to the floor.  Taker lands on his feet though and drags Jericho out, ramming him to the barrier in the process.  Show slowly follows, but gets nailed as well, but then Taker misses a charge at Jericho and hits the barrier.  They set Taker up for the Big Right Hand, but Show opts to nail him in the gut for some reason.  Why would you do that when he’s wide open like he was?  Jericho follows up with a mic shot and then they get Taker in the ring for more double teaming.  Show goes to whip Jericho into Taker, but Taker moves and Jericho hits the post.  Now Taker takes over with a flying clothesline on Show and a couple of bodyblocks on Jericho.  He follows with Snake Eyes, but now Show drags him back to the floor.  Taker manages to send him to the post anyways while Jericho then springboards right into a fist from Taker.  He sets up Old School, but Jericho crotches him.  After a couple of tries, he gets a superplex for 2.  Lionsault hits knees, but he’s unhurt and goes for the Walls instead.  He gets it on and Taker struggles for quite awhile before Show comes in and breaks it in the first sign that it’s everyone for themselves here.  Show then chokeslams Jericho, and goes to do the same thing to Taker, but Taker counters to a DDT.  Jericho sneaks over and gets covers on both guys for 2.  They all slug away now until Show and Taker grab each other by the throat.  Jericho grabs the physical representation of the Championship and goes to nail Taker, but he ducks and Show takes the shot instead.  The announcers play up that Jericho may have intentionally nailed Show, but if that’s what they were going for it didn’t look like it at all as Taker clearly pulled Show forward into it and there was no hesitation by Jericho.  Taker then takes Jericho down with a big boot for 2.  He stomps Show to the floor and sets up the Last Ride on Jericho, but Jericho has the, oh screw it, the belt and clocks Taker on the upswing.  That gets a couple of two counts which frustrates Jericho.  He goes for a Tombstone, for no conceivable reason other than so Taker can reverse it to his own, which sure enough happens, but Show comes in and knocks Taker out with the Big Right Hand.  Show covers, but Jericho saves at 2.  Jericho then covers, but Show breaks that one up at 2 as well.  Now Jericho goes for the Codebreaker on Show, but it’s blocked and Show hits the BRH on him to put him out.  He then goes for the chokeslam on Taker, but Taker hooks him in the Hell’s Gates and that gets the submission to retain at 13:39.  Not a bad match, but not that great either.  Undertaker is seemingly going on to face Batista, while any issues between Jericho and Show are set aside as they are currently announced to defend the Titles against DX at TLC.  **1/2

We get a promo by the survivors of Team Miz as they put themselves over.  Now this was good stuff.  No stupid comedy or anything.  They just came out and talked about what they’ve done and what they’re going to do next.  Was that hard?  The writers must have been on vacation for something like this to slip by.  Either that or they spent all their time working on Christian’s rap.

Women’s Champion Michelle McCool (Captain), Layla, Beth Phoenix, Jillian Hall, & Alicia Fox vs. Mickie James (Captain), Gail Kim, Kelly Kelly, Eve, & Divas Champion Melina

Ok, here we go with the token women’s match, which is bound to be bad, but they’ve spent all night talking about “tradition” and that’s as long running of a tradition as any in this company I guess so it makes sense.  Kelly and Layla are in first and they trade some shots with Kelly then hitting two clotheslines and a legdrop for 3 at 1:16.  Michelle and Gail go next with Gail hitting a dropkick and getting a rollup for 1.  Michelle then gets her with the Styles Clash for 3 at 2:05.  Eve tries a rollup for 1 and then Michelle tags Jillian who drops an elbow for 2.  She gets a hairtoss and then Eve misses a dropkick and Jillian covers for 2.  She goes for the handspring elbow but gets kicked in the back and Eve comes off the top rope with a sunset flip for 3 at 3:35.  Beth is in and immediately hits Eve with the Glam Slam for the pin at 3:52, which is followed by Kelly also taking a Glam Slam for another elimination at 4:09.  Mickie is in next, hitting a dropkick and then pinning Beth with a crucifix at 4:44.  This is rather brisk so far.  That’s not a bad thing though.  Beth nails her after the fact which lets Alicia Fox sneaks in for the cover and get a 1 count.  Alicia then gets a Northern Lights suplex for another 1.  They get backed to the corner and Mickie kicks her off, and then hits a top rope Thesz press for the 3 count at 6:25.  Michelle comes in and pounds Mickie, dropping a knee and a leg for 2.  They trade some shots, but Michelle is able to cut her off from making the tag.  She stomps Mickie down and gets a 2 count, but this time Mickie gets away and tags Melina.  Melina is in with a spear and she pounds away.  She gets a spin kick, followed by a rope straddle and faceplant for 2.  She does her “Matrix” avoiding of a big boot, but Michelle ends up dropping her anyways.  She hits a belly to belly suplex for 2 and then sets up a powerbomb, but Melina rolls through and gets the 3 count at 10:39.  Survivors: Mickie James and Melina.  Nothing more to say here.  ½*

Main Event, WWE Championship Match: John Cena vs. Triple H vs. Shawn Michaels

So like the earlier Title match we again have the Champ against a tag team, but in this case Shawn Superkicks HHH right off the bat and puts him out of the ring.  This gets a big positive reaction from the crowd by the way.  Even Cena seems stunned by this course of action.  So now he and Shawn go one on one with Shawn hitting a neckbreaker, followed by a Thesz press.  Corner whip is reversed and Cena nails a bulldog off of it.  Suplex gets 2 for Cena.  He sets up the Attitude Adjustment, but Shawn counters it to a DDT for 2.  Shawn then clips the leg and hooks the figure four.  Cena eventually reverses and Shawn breaks the hold.  Cena goes for the shoulderblocks, but misses the second one and goes to the floor.  Shawn nails a dive and then preps the announce table, but takes too long and is set up for the AA again.  But finally, after about five minutes, HHH has recovered from that Superkick and makes the save, but only because he wants to put Shawn though the table himself, which he does with a spinebuster.  He then gets Cena in the ring and hits him with another spinebuster for 2.  After working Cena over a bit, he gets 2 off a corner whip and a neckbreaker.  He sets up for the Pedigree, but Cena blocks and catapults him to the buckle.  HHH comes out of there though with a clothesline for 2.  Cena gets sent off, but connects with a shoulderblock.  He follows with a second one and then hits the Protobomb.  Five Knuckle Shuffle hits and sets up the AA, but now Shawn makes the save, sending Cena to the post.  Now we have a DX showdown, but HHH has to stop and toss Cena for good measure and that allows Shawn to hit him with an inverted atomic drop.  Irish whip is reversed and HHH hits the high knee.  He then gets the facebuster, but Shawn comes back with a clothesline.  He kips up, but is right into a HHH spinebuster.  Shawn then backdrops out of a Pedigree attempt and goes up, but Cena is there to crotch him.  Cena now goes up for the legdrop on HHH, but that misses.  Shawn is up top again, and comes off with the elbow on Cena.  HHH tosses Shawn, but quickly gets hooked in the STF by Cena.  Shawn makes it back to save though by hooking a crossface on Cena, who powers to his feet, then drops Shawn and puts him in the STF.  Shawn makes the ropes, and after they break, he gets Cena with the Superkick.  He hits another on HHH as well, but HHH falls on top of Cena and the ref counts, but Cena kicks out at 2.  The crowd was convinced that was the finish.  Cena then hits HHH with an Attitude Adjustment.  Both Shawn and Cena crawl to make the cover on HHH and the there at the same time, but HHH kicks out at 2 anyways.  Another Superkick is blocked by Cena and then Shawn goes for a piledriver on HHH.  HHH backdrops Shawn to avoid it, but he lands right on Cena’s shoulders.  Shawn slips off and hits another Superkick on HHH, but turns right into an Attitude Adjustment.  Cena opts to cover HHH instead, but still gets the 3 count to retain at 21:14.  Really good stuff here, but then I would expect nothing less with these guys as they’ve all done so many main event three ways that they could probably put one on in their sleep.  Cena will have a bigger challenge next month as he gets to face Sheamus, who is completely untested in a big match environment, so we’ll see what kind of miracle working abilities he’s got.  As mentioned earlier, DX goes on to what will probably be the real main event of TLC to face Jericho and Show for the Unified Tag Team Titles.  For this match, it squeaks ahead to take match of the night honours at ****.

Final Thoughts: If this year’s WWE PPV’s could be summed up in one phrase, I think it would be “Solid, but completely unremarkable”.  From an in ring perspective, they rarely put on a bad show and this was certainly no exception, but there’s just nothing there that’s gonna make you remember this show even a few months down the line.  The Divas match was the lowlight, but that’s to be expected, and Mysterio/Batista wasn’t that good, but it worked for the story they were telling so it’s forgivable.  Main Event was the big highlight, although it suffers from the dreaded Same Old Match Syndrome.  Thankfully they do appear to be legitimately addressing that issue, although it will take time to see if they’re doing it with the right guys.  As for Survivor Series, I can’t say it was a bad show overall.  In fact, it gets a Thumbs Up, but the truth is that if you missed it, it’s not a big deal which is becoming more and more of the trend.

Los números entre paréntesis indican ganar, perder y empate. El porcentaje representa el porcentaje de encuentros  que han ganado.

Mas de 125 matches

• John Cena: 137 matches = 83 singles matches (66-13-4, 84%) + 54 tag matches (52-2-0, 96%)
• CM Punk: 135 matches = 108 singles matches (65-40-3, 62%) + 27 tag matches (10-17-0, 37%)
• Randy Orton: 128 matches = 63 singles matches (20-36-7, 36%) + 65 tag matches (5-59-1, 8%)

Mas de 100 matches

• The Big Show: 124 matches = 71 singles matches (36-33-2, 52%) + 53 tag matches (14-38-1, 27%)
• Chris Jericho: 123 matches = 75 singles matches (20-54-1, 27%) + 48 tag matches (20-27-1, 43%)
• Kofi Kingston: 121 matches = 96 singles matches (65-30-1, 68%) + 25 tag matches (15-10-0, 60%)
• Jack Swagger: 116 matches = 99 singles matches (62-34-3, 65%) + 17 tag matches (7-10-0, 41%)
• Mike Mizanin: 113 matches = 73 singles matches (39-33-1, 54%) + 40 tag matches (25-15-0, 63%)
• Christian: 113 matches = 87 singles matches (48-36-3, 57%) + 26 tag matches (15-11-0, 58%)
• Primo Colon: 112 matches = 44 singles matches (18-26-0, 41%) + 68 tag matches (56-12-0, 82%)
• MVP: 110 matches = 86 singles matches (34-51-1, 40%) + 24 tag matches (16-8-0, 67%)
• John Morrison: 110 matches = 67 singles matches (52-14-1, 79%) + 43 tag matches (29-14-0, 67%)
• Rey Mysterio Jr.: 104 matches = 62 singles matches (41-21-0, 66%) + 42 tag matches (32-10-0, 76%)
• William Regal: 101 matches = 84 singles matches (20-64-0, 24%) + 17 tag matches (7-10-0, 41%)
• Mark Henry: 101 matches = 67 singles matches (32-35-0, 48%) + 34 tag matches (20-14-0, 59%)
• Cody Rhodes: 101 matches = 10 singles matches (4-5-1, 44%) + 91 tag matches (24-66-1, 27%)

Mas de 75 matches

• Ted Dibiase Jr.: 97 matches = 12 singles matches (4-8-0, 33%) + 85 tag matches (19-65-1, 23%)
• Triple H: 96 matches = 37 singles matches (24-9-4, 73%) + 59 tag matches (55-4-0, 93%)
• Melina: 95 matches = 47 singles matches (33-14-0, 70%) + 48 tag matches (35-12-1, 74%)
• Finlay: 95 matches = 79 singles matches (46-29-4, 61%) + 16 tag matches (11-5-0, 69%)
• Dolph Ziggler: 93 matches = 79 singles matches (28-50-1, 36%) + 14 tag matches (3-11-0, 21%)
• Carlito: 91 matches = 24 singles matches (2-22-0, 8%) + 67 tag matches (56-11-0, 84%)
• Beth Phoenix: 91 matches = 42 singles matches (18-24-0, 43%) + 49 tag matches (11-37-1, 23%)
• Jeff Hardy: 90 matches = 72 singles matches (32-37-3, 46%) + 18 tag matches (15-3-0, 83%)
• Matt Hardy: 87 matches = 72 singles matches (30-40-2, 43%) + 15 tag matches (8-7-0, 53%)
• Kane: 87 matches = 52 singles matches (25-26-1, 49%) + 35 tag matches (8-26-1, 24%)
• Edge: 85 matches = 52 singles matches (25-25-2, 50%) + 33 tag matches (9-24-0, 27%)
• Shelton Benjamin: 84 matches = 69 singles matches (27-42-0, 39%) + 15 tag matches (5-10-0, 33%)
• Evan Bourne: 80 matches = 73 singles matches (58-15-0, 79%) + 7 tag matches (2-5-0, 29%)
• Tyson Kidd: 76 matches = 32 singles matches (8-24-0, 25%) + 44 tag matches (11-33-0, 25%)

Mas de 50 matches

• Chavo Guerrero Jr.: 75 matches = 64 singles matches (4-60-0, 6%) + 11 tag matches (3-8-0, 27%)
• JTG: 75 matches = 2 singles matches (1-1-0, 50%) + 73 tag matches (35-38-0, 48%)
• Shad Gaspard: 74 matches = 2 singles matches (2-0-0, 100%) + 72 tag matches (35-37-0, 49%)
• Santino Marella: 74 matches = 62 singles matches (23-38-1, 38%) + 12 tag matches (7-5-0, 58%)
• Vladimir Kozlov: 70 matches = 50 singles matches (35-14-1, 71%) + 20 tag matches (10-10-0, 50%)
• the Undertaker: 68 matches = 39 singles matches (32-6-1, 84%) + 29 tag matches (28-0-1, 100%)
• Tommy Dreamer: 66 matches = 48 singles matches (17-29-2, 37%) + 18 tag matches (7-11-0, 39%)
• Mickie James: 66 matches = 33 singles matches (20-13-0, 61%) + 33 tag matches (25-8-0, 76%)
• Goldust: 66 matches = 54 singles matches (19-33-2, 37%) + 12 tag matches (6-6-0, 50%)
• Mike Knox: 59 matches = 36 singles matches (9-27-0, 25%) + 23 tag matches (2-21-0, 9%)
• Michelle McCool: 57 matches = 29 singles matches (20-8-1, 71%) + 28 tag matches (10-18-0, 36%)
• Ezekiel Jackson: 54 matches = 17 singles matches (13-4-0, 76%) + 37 tag matches (8-29-0, 22%)
• The Great Khali: 53 matches = 47 singles matches (33-12-2, 73%) + 6 tag matches (3-3-0, 50%)

Mas de 25 matches

• R Truth: 53 matches = 49 singles matches (23-24-2, 49%) + 4 tag matches (3-1-0, 75%)
• Maryse: 53 matches = 26 singles matches (17-9-0, 65%) + 27 tag matches (8-19-0, 30%)
• Gail Kim: 51 matches = 10 singles matches (6-4-0, 60%) + 41 tag matches (32-9-0, 78%)
• Kelly Kelly: 50 matches = 16 singles matches (3-13-0, 19%) + 34 tag matches (21-12-1, 64%)
• Natalya Neidhart: 49 matches = 12 singles matches (2-10-0, 17%) + 37 tag matches (6-31-0, 16%)
• David Hart Smith: 49 matches = 7 singles matches (4-2-1, 67%) + 42 tag matches (11-31-0, 26%)
• The Brian Kendrick: 47 matches = 22 singles matches (1-21-0, 5%) + 25 tag matches (0-25-0, 0%)
• Sheamus: 47 matches = 45 singles matches (35-8-2, 81%) + 2 tag matches (2-0-0, 100%)
• Shawn Michaels: 46 matches = 13 singles matches (7-5-1, 58%) + 33 tag matches (30-3-0, 91%)
• Jimmy Wang Yang: 43 matches = 43 singles matches (11-32-0, 26%)
• Alicia Fox: 42 matches = 16 singles matches (4-12-0, 25%) + 26 tag matches (10-16-0, 38%)
• Paul Burchill: 41 matches = 37 singles matches (8-29-0, 22%) + 4 tag matches (3-1-0, 75%)
• Batista: 41 matches = 23 singles matches (14-9-0, 61%) + 18 tag matches (16-2-0, 89%)
• Eve: 39 matches = 13 singles matches (7-5-1, 58%) + 26 tag matches (21-5-0, 81%)
• Brie Bella: 37 matches = 7 singles matches (5-2-0, 71%) + 30 tag matches (23-7-0, 77%)
• Drew McIntyre: 37 matches = 33 singles matches (20-10-3, 67%) + 4 tag matches (3-1-0, 75%)
• Jamie Noble: 35 matches = 33 singles matches (8-25-0, 24%) + 2 tag matches (0-2-0, 0%)
• Chris Masters: 34 matches = 30 singles matches (14-16-0, 47%) + 4 tag matches (1-3-0, 25%)
• Nikki Bella: 34 matches = 5 singles matches (4-1-0, 80%) + 29 tag matches (17-12-0, 59%)
• Eric Escobar: 33 matches = 30 singles matches (5-25-0, 17%) + 3 tag matches (1-2-0, 33%)
• Layla: 33 matches = 8 singles matches (1-7-0, 13%) + 25 tag matches (4-21-0, 16%)
• Zach Ryder: 32 matches = 27 singles matches (10-17-0, 37%) + 5 tag matches (1-4-0, 20%)
• Umaga: 31 matches = 24 singles matches (16-7-1, 70%) + 7 tag matches (3-4-0, 43%)
• Rosa Mendes: 31 matches = 4 singles matches (0-4-0, 0%) + 27 tag matches (6-21-0, 22%)
• Charlie Haas: 29 matches = 17 singles matches (3-12-2, 20%) + 12 tag matches (1-11-0, 8%)
• Yoshi Tatsu: 26 matches = 16 singles matches (11-5-0, 69%) + 10 tag matches (5-5-0, 50%)
• Jillian Hall: 26 matches = 8 singles matches (1-7-0, 13%) + 18 tag matches (2-15-1, 12%)

Mas de 10 matches

• Maria: 23 matches = 5 singles matches (1-4-0, 20%) + 18 tag matches (15-3-0, 83%)
• The Hurricane: 20 matches = 13 singles matches (4-9-0, 31%) + 7 tag matches (2-5-0, 29%)
• Katie Lea: 19 matches = 5 singles matches (1-4-0, 20%) + 14 tag matches (1-13-0, 7%)
• Tyler Reks: 16 matches = 12 singles matches (3-9-0, 25%) + 4 tag matches (1-3-0, 25%)
• R-Truth: 16 matches = 8 singles matches (3-5-0, 38%) + 8 tag matches (5-3-0, 63%)
• Alex Riley: 16 matches = 16 singles matches (0-16-0, 0%)
• Hornswoggle: 14 matches = 9 singles matches (8-1-0, 89%) + 5 tag matches (4-1-0, 80%)
• Kizarny: 13 matches = 13 singles matches (12-1-0, 92%)
• Hurricane Helms: 13 matches = 10 singles matches (0-10-0, 0%) + 3 tag matches (0-3-0, 0%)
• Ricky Ortiz: 11 matches = 10 singles matches (1-8-1, 11%) + 1 tag match (0-1-0, 0%)
• Festus: 11 matches = 6 singles matches (2-4-0, 33%) + 5 tag matches (0-5-0, 0%)

Mas de 5 matches

• Sho Funaki: 9 matches = 8 singles matches (2-6-0, 25%) + 1 tag matches (1-0-0, 100%)
• Shane McMahon: 9 matches = 4 singles matches (0-2-2, 0%) + 5 tag matches (3-1-1, 75%)
• Jesse: 9 matches = 4 singles matches (1-3-0, 25%) + 5 tag matches (1-4-0, 20%)
• John Bradshaw Layfield: 8 matches = 7 singles matches (1-6-0, 14%) + 1 tag match (0-1-0, 0%)
• The Boogeyman: 7 matches = 7 singles matches (4-2-1, 67%)
• Ricky Steamboat: 7 matches = 5 singles matches (4-1-0, 80%) + 2 tag matches (1-1-0, 50%)
• DJ Gabriel: 6 matches = 4 singles matches (0-4-0, 0%) + 2 tag matches (1-1-0, 50%)

Mas de 1

• Heath Slater: 5 matches = 5 singles matches (0-5-0, 0%)
• Candice Michelle: 4 matches = 3 singles matches (0-3-0, 0%) + 1 tag matches (1-0-0, 100%)
• unknown: 3 matches = 1 singles match (0-1-0, 0%) + 2 tag matches (0-2-0, 0%)
• Vickie Guerrero: 3 matches = 2 singles matches (1-0-1, 100%) + 1 tag match (0-1-0, 0%)
• Vance Archer: 3 matches = 3 singles matches (3-0-0, 100%)
• Jerry Lawler: 3 matches = 2 singles matches (1-1-0, 50%) + 1 tag matches (1-0-0, 100%)
• Vince McMahon: 2 matches = 1 singles match (0-0-1, 0%) + 1 tag matches (1-0-0, 100%)
• Mike Williams: 2 matches = 2 singles matches (0-2-0, 0%)
• Eugene: 2 matches = 2 singles matches (2-0-0, 100%)
• Sim Snuka: 2 matches = 1 singles match (0-1-0, 0%) + 1 tag matches (1-0-0, 100%)
• Ryan Braddock: 2 matches = 2 singles matches (0-2-0, 0%)

1 Match

• Bill Baine: 1 matches = 1 singles match (0-1-0, 0%)
• Jack Meridol: 1 matches = 1 singles match (0-1-0, 0%)
• Adam Evans: 1 matches = 1 singles match (0-1-0, 0%)
• Caden Mathews: 1 matches = 1 singles match (0-1-0, 0%)
• Ricky Hatton: 1 matches = 1 singles match (1-0-0, 100%)
• Ken Kennedy: 1 matches = 1 tag match (1-0-0, 100%)
• Bao Nguyen: 1 matches = 1 singles match (0-1-0, 0%)
• Roddy Piper: 1 matches = 1 tag match (0-1-0, 0%)
• Roman Cornell: 1 matches = 1 singles match (0-1-0, 0%)
• Rory Fargo: 1 matches = 1 singles match (0-1-0, 0%)
• Johnny Curtis: 1 matches = 1 singles match (0-1-0, 0%)
• Jesse Guilmette: 1 matches = 1 singles match (0-1-0, 0%)
• Russ Taylor: 1 matches = 1 tag match (0-1-0, 0%)
• Brett Barnes: 1 matches = 1 singles match (0-1-0, 0%)
• Sammy Savard: 1 matches = 1 singles match (0-1-0, 0%)
• Dustin Carwile: 1 matches = 1 singles match (0-1-0, 0%)
• Scott Armstrong: 1 matches = 1 singles match (0-1-0, 0%)
• Scotty Goldman: 1 matches = 1 singles match (0-1-0, 0%)
• Seth Green: 1 matches = 1 tag match (1-0-0, 100%)
• Dustin Brady: 1 matches = 1 tag match (0-1-0, 0%)
• Marty Jannetty: 1 matches = 1 singles match (0-1-0, 0%)
• Jason Blackwell: 1 matches = 1 singles match (0-1-0, 0%)
• Jimmy Snuka: 1 matches = 1 tag match (0-1-0, 0%)
• David Floridia: 1 matches = 1 singles match (0-1-0, 0%)
• Brandon Young: 1 matches = 1 tag match (0-1-0, 0%)
• Curt Hawkins: 1 matches = 1 singles match (0-1-0, 0%)
• JT Quinn: 1 matches = 1 singles match (0-1-0, 0%)
• Jenny Brooks: 1 matches = 1 singles match (0-1-0, 0%)
• Chad Collyer: 1 matches = 1 singles match (0-1-0, 0%)
• Cima: 1 matches = 1 singles match (0-1-0, 0%)
• Frankie Sloan: 1 matches = 1 singles match (0-1-0, 0%)
• Lisa Taylor: 1 matches = 1 singles match (0-1-0, 0%)
• Matt Boyce: 1 matches = 1 singles match (0-1-0, 0%)
• Tiffany: 1 matches = 1 tag match (1-0-0, 100%)
• Oliver John: 1 matches = 1 singles match (0-1-0, 0%)
• Tony Atlas: 1 matches = 1 singles match (0-1-0, 0%)
• Adam Green: 1 matches = 1 singles match (0-1-0, 0%)
• Trish Stratus: 1 matches = 1 tag match (1-0-0, 100%)
• Logan Jones: 1 matches = 1 singles match (0-1-0, 0%)
• Maria Menounos: 1 matches = 1 tag match (1-0-0, 100%)
• Johnny Andrews: 1 matches = 1 singles match (0-1-0, 0%)
• Joey Munos: 1 matches = 1 tag match (0-1-0, 0%)
• Mike Tolar: 1 matches = 1 tag match (0-1-0, 0%)
• Victoria: 1 matches = 1 singles match (0-1-0, 0%)
• Luke Hawx: 1 matches = 1 tag match (0-1-0, 0%)
• Danny Danger: 1 matches = 1 singles match (0-1-0, 0%)
• Chris Lewie: 1 matches = 1 tag match (0-1-0, 0%)
• Jim Parks: 1 matches = 1 tag match (0-1-0, 0%)
• Brittany Carter: 1 matches = 1 singles match (0-1-0, 0%)

SINGLES STARS

• John Cena: 83 singles matches (66-13-4, 84%) (50 clean wins + 16 wins via DQ/CO + 13 clean losses + 0 losses via DQ/CO + 4 draws.)
• Evan Bourne: 73 singles matches (58-15-0, 79%) (55 clean wins + 3 wins via DQ/CO + 15 clean losses + 0 losses via DQ/CO + 0 draws.)
• John Morrison: 67 singles matches (52-14-1, 79%) (49 clean wins + 3 wins via DQ/CO + 12 clean losses + 2 losses via DQ/CO + 1 draws.)
• Sheamus: 45 singles matches (35-8-2, 81%) (34 clean wins + 1 wins via DQ/CO + 7 clean losses + 1 losses via DQ/CO + 2 draws.)
• the Undertaker: 39 singles matches (32-6-1, 84%) (29 clean wins + 3 wins via DQ/CO + 4 clean losses + 2 losses via DQ/CO + 1 draws.)
• Ezekiel Jackson: 17 singles matches (13-4-0, 76%) (13 clean wins + 0 wins via DQ/CO + 4 clean losses + 0 losses via DQ/CO + 0 draws.)
• Kizarny: 13 singles matches (12-1-0, 92%) (12 clean wins + 0 wins via DQ/CO + 1 clean losses + 0 losses via DQ/CO + 0 draws.)
• Hornswoggle: 9 singles matches (8-1-0, 89%) (7 clean wins + 1 wins via DQ/CO + 0 clean losses + 1 losses via DQ/CO + 0 draws.)
• Nikki Bella: 5 singles matches (4-1-0, 80%) (4 clean wins + 0 wins via DQ/CO + 1 clean losses + 0 losses via DQ/CO + 0 draws.)
• Ricky Steamboat: 5 singles matches (4-1-0, 80%) (4 clean wins + 0 wins via DQ/CO + 1 clean losses + 0 losses via DQ/CO + 0 draws.)
• Vance Archer: 3 singles matches (3-0-0, 100%) (3 clean wins + 0 wins via DQ/CO + 0 clean losses + 0 losses via DQ/CO + 0 draws.)

TAG MANIACS

• Primo Colon: 68 tag matches (56-12-0, 82%) (46 clean wins + 10 wins via DQ/CO + 12 losses + 0 losses via DQ/CO + 0 draws)
• Carlito: 67 tag matches (56-11-0, 84%) (46 clean wins + 10 wins via DQ/CO + 11 losses + 0 losses via DQ/CO + 0 draws)
• Triple H: 59 tag matches (55-4-0, 93%) (53 clean wins + 2 wins via DQ/CO + 4 losses + 0 losses via DQ/CO + 0 draws)
• John Cena: 54 tag matches (52-2-0, 96%) (51 clean wins + 1 wins via DQ/CO + 2 losses + 0 losses via DQ/CO + 0 draws)
• Rey Mysterio Jr.: 42 tag matches (32-10-0, 76%) (31 clean wins + 1 wins via DQ/CO + 10 losses + 0 losses via DQ/CO + 0 draws)
• Gail Kim: 41 tag matches (32-9-0, 78%) (32 clean wins + 0 wins via DQ/CO + 9 losses + 0 losses via DQ/CO + 0 draws)
• Mickie James: 33 tag matches (25-8-0, 76%) (25 clean wins + 0 wins via DQ/CO + 8 losses + 0 losses via DQ/CO + 0 draws)
• Shawn Michaels: 33 tag matches (30-3-0, 91%) (29 clean wins + 1 wins via DQ/CO + 3 losses + 0 losses via DQ/CO + 0 draws)
• Brie Bella: 30 tag matches (23-7-0, 77%) (23 clean wins + 0 wins via DQ/CO + 6 losses + 1 losses via DQ/CO + 0 draws)
• the Undertaker: 29 tag matches (28-0-1, 100%) (28 clean wins + 0 wins via DQ/CO + 0 losses + 0 losses via DQ/CO + 1 draws)
• Eve: 26 tag matches (21-5-0, 81%) (21 clean wins + 0 wins via DQ/CO + 5 losses + 0 losses via DQ/CO + 0 draws)
• Jeff Hardy: 18 tag matches (15-3-0, 83%) (14 clean wins + 1 wins via DQ/CO + 3 losses + 0 losses via DQ/CO + 0 draws)
• Batista: 18 tag matches (16-2-0, 89%) (16 clean wins + 0 wins via DQ/CO + 2 losses + 0 losses via DQ/CO + 0 draws)
• Maria: 18 tag matches (15-3-0, 83%) (15 clean wins + 0 wins via DQ/CO + 3 losses + 0 losses via DQ/CO + 0 draws)
• Hornswoggle: 5 tag matches (4-1-0, 80%) (4 clean wins + 0 wins via DQ/CO + 1 losses + 0 losses via DQ/CO + 0 draws)
• Sheamus: 2 tag matches (2-0-0, 100%) (2 clean wins + 0 wins via DQ/CO + 0 losses + 0 losses via DQ/CO + 0 draws)

Con mas matchs pérdidos:

Individuales

• Chris Jericho: 123 matches = 75 singles matches (20-54-1, 27%) + 48 tag matches (20-27-1, 43%)
• MVP: 110 matches = 86 singles matches (34-51-1, 40%) + 24 tag matches (16-8-0, 67%)
• William Regal: 101 matches = 84 singles matches (20-64-0, 24%) + 17 tag matches (7-10-0, 41%)
• Chavo Guerrero Jr.: 75 matches = 64 singles matches (4-60-0, 6%) + 11 tag matches (3-8-0, 27%)

BAJO porcentajes de victoria

• Carlito: 91 matches = 24 singles matches (2-22-0, 8%) + 67 tag matches (56-11-0, 84%)
• Chavo Guerrero Jr.: 75 matches = 64 singles matches (4-60-0, 6%) + 11 tag matches (3-8-0, 27%)
• The Brian Kendrick: 47 matches = 22 singles matches (1-21-0, 5%) + 25 tag matches (0-25-0, 0%)
• Rosa Mendes: 31 matches = 4 singles matches (0-4-0, 0%) + 27 tag matches (6-21-0, 22%)
• Alex Riley: 16 matches = 16 singles matches (0-16-0, 0%)
• Hurricane Helms: 13 matches = 10 singles matches (0-10-0, 0%) + 3 tag matches (0-3-0, 0%)
• Shane McMahon: 9 matches = 4 singles matches (0-2-2, 0%) + 5 tag matches (3-1-1, 75%)
• DJ Gabriel: 6 matches = 4 singles matches (0-4-0, 0%) + 2 tag matches (1-1-0, 50%)
• Heath Slater: 5 matches = 5 singles matches (0-5-0, 0%)

Tag

• Randy Orton: 128 matches = 63 singles matches (20-36-7, 36%) + 65 tag matches (5-59-1, 8%)
• Cody Rhodes: 101 matches = 10 singles matches (4-5-1, 44%) + 91 tag matches (24-66-1, 27%)
• Ted Dibiase Jr.: 97 matches = 12 singles matches (4-8-0, 33%) + 85 tag matches (19-65-1, 23%)
• Mostrar forma romanizada
• BAJO porcentajes de victorias
• Randy Orton: 128 matches = 63 singles matches (20-36-7, 36%) + 65 tag matches (5-59-1, 8%)
• Mike Knox: 59 matches = 36 singles matches (9-27-0, 25%) + 23 tag matches (2-21-0, 9%)
• The Brian Kendrick: 47 matches = 22 singles matches (1-21-0, 5%) + 25 tag matches (0-25-0, 0%)
• Jamie Noble: 35 matches = 33 singles matches (8-25-0, 24%) + 2 tag matches (0-2-0, 0%)
• Charlie Haas: 29 matches = 17 singles matches (3-12-2, 20%) + 12 tag matches (1-11-0, 8%)
• Katie Lea: 19 matches = 5 singles matches (1-4-0, 20%) + 14 tag matches (1-13-0, 7%)
• Hurricane Helms: 13 matches = 10 singles matches (0-10-0, 0%) + 3 tag matches (0-3-0, 0%)
• Ricky Ortiz: 11 matches = 10 singles matches (1-8-1, 11%) + 1 tag match (0-1-0, 0%)
• Festus: 11 matches = 6 singles matches (2-4-0, 33%) + 5 tag matches (0-5-0, 0%)
• John Bradshaw Layfield: 8 matches = 7 singles matches (1-6-0, 14%) + 1 tag match (0-1-0, 0%)

Los resultados no están completos – por lo menos 60 eventos  este año (en su mayoría house shows) no se han llenado – pero este es un buen indicador de las tendencias de 2009 .

Fuente, www.thehistoryofwwe.com

It is impossible to find a "clean" pic of a 69. So here's birthday dog instead.

Kevin and Dusty are so phunky phresh, they gon’ rock your face off with this excitement-packed edition of Stunt Granny audio. They only talk briefly about Survivor Series, since Jordan and Eric talked about it in depth, but they cover Raw like nobody’s business and you’re going to have to listen to find out what they say about it. Did they like Jesse Ventura’s hairdo? His jacket? Did they approve of his performance as guest GM? (More importantly, what the haliburton hell was up with that hairdo?!) They cover everything else Raw-related as well, before Kevin heads off to celebrate Thanksmas with his familia.

Stunt Granny Audio #69

This week on PWI Weekly, Brady Hicks fires back at Kenny Bolin, then takes a look at WWE Survivor Series and how WWE can better position itself for the future. Special thanks – as always – to DJ and PWI’s Kevin McElvaney.

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Nigel McGuinness vs Austin Aries / Photo by George Tahinos

Si WWE lo hubiera hecho, no sólo habría colocado en plano estelar a una estrella “nueva“, si no que además se hubiera ganado a un amplio sector del público más exigente

Basta decir que McGuinness, con su personaje Desmond Wolfe, ya tuvo una de los mejores luchas del año en TNA, y eso que fue tan sólo su debut en la empresa (Sin mostrar su arsenal completo de movimientos), el potencial en cuanto su personaje se desarrolle más, es inmenso, además en TNA hay luchadores como Styles y Samoa Joe con quién seguramente tendrán grandes rivalidades

Mientras Sheamus, si bien es un luchador de talento, aún no ha mostrado realmente mucho sobre el ring. Por supuesto, si no lo hace ante Cena en TLC 2009, no volverá a estar en una lucha estelar

Batista: I Walk Alone DVD
Released: October 20, 2009
The Matches

Disc two:

OVW Heavyweight Title: The Machine (w/Queen Victoria) vs. Leviathan (Batista)

Machine works over the shoulder, but throws dust in the face of the referee. Leviathan hits a choke-slam, but the ref, from the back, is late in getting there. Revolution runs down. Leviathan recuperates and goes for the Demon-bomb, but Victoria gets in the ring in and hits a low-blow. The ref was late in, so it is a two. Leviathan then hits the spear for the win in 7:53.

Thoughts: This was a decent showing from Batista. The match was a bit straight forward at times, but was okay for what it was. I love Cornette’s commentating; if ROH was smart they would put him on the announce team. He really has an ability of knowing how to make the wrestlers look good. **

Kane vs. Batista

This was the first PPV match Batista had Kane starts it up, and  clotheslines him over, In the ring, Batista spears Kane and then hits a powerslam for 2. Batista hits a botchbomb and nearly breaks Kane’s neck. Kane hits a flying clothesline. Then, Batista gives Kane a spine-buster, but it only gets two. Kane tosses Flair in, allowing Batista to sneak up, boot Kane in the gut, and hit the Batista bomb to win in 6:38.

Thoughts: This is as bad as you expect. The fans were really getting angry at Batista, because how green he was; Kane was no better, either, and looked very sloppy. In a nut-shell, this was a complete utter mess. If I saw this match live, I would have thought Batista would have became World Heavy Weight unemployed, rather than Champion. DUD

Batista (w/Ric Flair) vs. Shawn Michaels

Batista catches up with Shawn’s speed, while HBK tried to use it to his advantage. Batista then waits for get up and nails him with a clothesline. Shawn goes for his comeback; then hits a flying forearm and does his kick up thing, but Batista grabs him for the double choke-slam. Shawn fights out of the move and hits the top rope elbow. Shawn goes for Sweet Chin Music, but Batista catches him and delivers a spine-buster. Batista calls for the Batista Bomb, but Shawn slips out of it and hits SCM for the win at 12:21.

Thoughts: No HBK match is bad, but this is as bad as one could get. Batista looked misplaced for the whole match. His timing and pacing were awful. He just did moves for the sake of doing them, with no meaning behind him. Terrible match wrestled by Batista. *¾

World Tag Team Titles: Table Match: Batista & Ric Flair vs. The Dudley Boyz

The Dudleyz attack them.  Batista misses a punch and hurts his own shoulder. Bubba gets a table and slides it into Batista. The Dudleys set up the table and snatch Flair. They’re about to suplex him through it, but Batista throws the table. The table gets set up in the corner. Flair chops Bubba. Bubba comes back with the Elbow. Batista chokes D-Von with his foot. D-Von hits Flair with an airborne clothesline. Batista hits Bubba with a charge. Flair goes up, but Bubba slams him off. Coach comes in, and saves Flair from going through the table. Batista hits a Batistabomb through the table at 4:20.

Thoughts: Short, sloppy, and botched. The only structure in the match was because of Flair. Bad match. ½*

Disc Three:

Royal Rumble (01/30/05).

Batista is #28, and comes in and eliminates off the bat. Jericho jumps at Batista, but Batista catches him and tosses him over. Christian is #29 and he goes after Cena. Rey hits Kane with the 619. Cena tosses Kane over with the Fireman’s carry. Ric Flair is #30. Batista spinebusters Coach and Flair eliminates him. Flair throws Christian into a Batista spinebuster. Flair and Batista team up to throw that guy who won in 2004. Flair tries to be the dirtiest player in the game, but Batista catches him, but Flair denies it. Edge hits a spear on Dave. Edge goes for a spear on Rey, but Rey counters. Edge tosses Rey to the apron and Edge spears him to the floor. Cena tosses Edge out. Cena picks Batista up in the FU, but can’t get him over the top rope. Batista counters into the Batista bomb. Cena holds on. They fall over the top, landing at the same time. Each brand ref thinks their wrestler won. Vince McMahon restarts the match. Batista blocks the FU and then hits the spinebuster on Cena.Batista throws Cena over the top, and is heading to Wrestlemania.

Thoughts: Not the best Rumbles, but easily up there. I liked everything up to the end. I found it very rushed, and asinine. They should have just made it seem like it was an epic showdown of two evenly match contenders, rather than the ridiculous ending (which caused Vince to tear both his quads.). This was the start of the Batista era. ***½

World Heavyweight Title: Triple H (w/Ric Flair) vs. Batista (04/03/05).

A stiff tie-up; no one gets the advantage. They do it again, and Batista pushes him backwards. Triple H tries a shoulder-block but runs into Batista. HHH goes for it again, and Batista knocks him down. HHH goes for the Pedigree, but Batista shoves him and then press slams him. Batista gives him a backdrop. Triple H ducks a clothesline and delivers a knee that sends Dave to the floor. Hunter hits Batista with an elbow as Batista trying to get back in the ring. Later on, H goes for a Pedigree, but Batista backdrops HHH. Batista catches HHH with a sideslam for only a two. Batista catches up with HHH and slams his face into the ringsteps. In the ring, Batista starts pounding on HHH. Batista delivers clothesline. Flair distracts Batista while Hunter attempts to hit him with a chair, but the Ref blocks it. Flair runs into a spinebuster with the title in his hand. Hunter nails Batista with the title behind the ref for only a two. Hunter charges but its right into a spinebuster. Batista goes for the Dave Bomb, but Hunter counters and hits a low blow. HHH goes for the Pedigree, but Batista powers out and drops him with a Misawa’s finisher. Batista hits the Dave Bomb and gets the pinfall.

Thoughts: Very boring in the start, but picked up slowly throughout the match. They tried adding drama by using the bag-of-tricks booking, but it just felt substandard for a WM main event match. Batista was very charismatic in this match, which helped hide his flaws. Better days for Batista still to come. ** ½

World Title, Hell in the Cell: Batista vs. Triple H (w/Ric Flair — 06/26/05)

Batista was mega over at this point. In the ring, Batista clotheslines him and whips HHH to the cell wall. Hunter counters the whip and sends Batista into the ringsteps. Batista attempts to get back in the ring, but HHH knocks him down. HHH gets a chain and hits Batista in the mid-section. HHH chokes Batista. Batista snaps and counters it. Batista starts hitting HHH with the chain with great vengeance and furious anger. Batista goes for the Dave Bomb, but Hunter counters with a backdrop. Hunter nails Batista with his friend, but it only gets two. He attempts again, but this time Batista goes low on HHH. Batista picks up the sledgehammer and charges, but clever HHH finds the chain and drills Batista before Batista hits him. Batista throws Hunter over the top.  In the ring, Batista throws HHH into the ring steps he set up Batista goes for the Dave Bomb, but HHH goes low and then hits the Pedigree, but only gets a two. HHH goes for another one, but this time on the steps. Batista counters the move, and hits a spinebuster. Batista goes for a Dave bomb, but HHH grabs the Sledgehammer on the way up. HHH goes to hit him, but runs out of time as Batista hits the Batista bomb and gets the three.

Thoughts: Started off very similar to their WM match because of it being methodically paced, but rapidly enhanced as the match went on. The finish gave HHH an “out” but also made it seem like he deserved a rematch clause. In my opinion, Hell in the Cell is supposed to end the feud by giving one of the wrestlers a clean victory to conclude the feud. Despite its flaws, it still was a very good match with good amounts of realism and hostility. Nice work.  ***½

World Heavyweight Title: No Holds Barred: Batista vs. John Bradshaw Layfield (08/21/05)

JBL meets Batista and they start brawling. JBL grabs the chair, but Batista spears him through the crowd blockade. JBL recovers and comes back with a clothesline and starts pounding him with the belt. Batista takes the belt away from him and drills JBL with it. JBL blocks a charge and hits the lariat for a two count. JBL brings the ringsteps into the match and goes for a powerbomb on them, but Batista backdrops him and gives him the Batista Bomb. He picks JBL up and gives him a powerbomb on the steps for the pinfall.

Thoughts: Much better than there Great American Bash match. WWE obviously knew that they needed to keep this one short and sweet in order for it to be watch-able. While it only lasted 9 minutes and was short they did tell a good enough story of Batista getting his revenge on JBL. Not as bad as you would think. **

World Heavyweight Title: Batista vs. Eddie Guerrero (No Mercy – 10/09/05).

Eddie takes Batista down, but Batista pops up and powers him. Eddie throws the chair down, but Batista grabs him and yells at him. Eddie whiplashes Dave’s throat on the top rope and hits the frogsplash for only a two. Later on, Eddie rolls through the Dave Bomb, but Batista blocks his sunset flip and pulls him up by the neck. Batista hits his vintage spinebuster, but only gets two. Batista tries an elbowdrop, but the ultimate opportunist gets his knees up. Eddie goes for the traditional frogsplash, but Batista gets out of the way. Eddie runs into the spinebuster, which gets the pin.

Thoughts: The more experience Eddie Gurrero helped carry Batista throughout the match Even though this wasn’t the high-flying/athletic side of Eddie, he told a believable story that served the purpose of the story behind this match.

The problems with the match were that; it was way too slow at times and never really picked up at any stages of the match; Batista was becoming very stale and all his matches virtually felt the same; and the finish was very anticlimactic because of Batista not having to use a finishing move to defeat Eddie and beating him with his “set up” move. Sadly, this was Eddie’s last “big” match. **½

World Heavyweight Title: King Booker (w/Queen Sharmell) vs. Batista (11/26/06)

Batista attacks Booker T before he takes his robe off (real babyface). Batista goes for the Dave bomb early, but Booker rolls to the floor.. Batista counters a neck-snap on the ropes and delivers one of his one. Booker then works on Dave’s ribs. Batista comes back with a Jackhammer; then a Bossman slam for a two count. They brawl some more. Batista boots Booker to the floor and nails a flying shoulderblock (that Cole never saw before) for two. Booker hits him with a Bookend, but it only gets a two count. Batista counters the Scissors Kick and hits the Dave Bomb, but Booker T gets his right hand on the bottom rope. Sharmell slides the title belt to Booker and gets on the apron. Booker T goes to hit Dave with the belt, but misses. Dave kicks Booker in the gut and steals the title from Booker. Wham! Batista hits Booker T with the title and gets enough for the pin.

Thoughts: Meh. These two wrestling styles never clicked together. This had some poor timing and a couple slightly blown spots. Everything just felt like it was delayed. The finish came weird to me, also. A babyface such as Batista (a big man face) shouldn’t have to cheat against someone as Booker T. Maybe it happened that way because Batista was scared to get messed up by Booker T, again. Bad match. *

World Heavyweight Title: Batista vs. King Booker (w/Queen Sharmell) vs. Fit Finlay (12/01/06).

Big Dave beats on both the heels. Back from commercial, Booker is firmly in control of Batista. Finlay pulls Batista to the apron and boots him right in the head. Finlay slowly takes apart Dave. Batista sets him on top and delivers a muscle buster. Batista and Booker slug it out as Hornswoggle runs through the ring to distract the ref. Finlay uses the disruption to slip in and destroy Batista’s knee with the shillelagh for only two. Booker charges right into the spinebuster. Batista goes for a Dave Bomb on Finlay, but he counters by drilling the bad knee. Dave no sells the knee, and then hits the Big David Bomb on Finlay for the three.

Thoughts: Finlay added some well missing structure in the previous Booker-Batista matches. The match itself was a typical WWE style heels vs. face match. Heel dominates most of the match and attempts to get some heat; then the face does there comeback and overcomes the odds (usually by no selling the offense from the heel, which would make most of the match filler). Thanks for Finlay, though, this was a decent TV match. **1/2

World Heavyweight Title: Batista vs. The Undertaker (04/01/07).

This match had bad news written all over it. Batista was dogging most of his matches up to this point, and people didn’t think Undertaker would have been able to carry Dave to a decent WM match. Batista goes for a Dave Bomb, but Taker smashes him into the turnbuckle. Batista hits a belly-to-belly suplex on Taker. Batista is smashing Taker’s head in with the punches on top of the turnbuckle, but Taker counters to the Last Ride for a two. Taker goes for another Last Ride, but Batista counters and hits a spear. Batista goes for the Dave bomb and hits hit, but only get another two count. Dave is pissed. Batista goes for another Lametista bomb, but Taker shoves him into the turnbuckle, and then hits the tombstone piledriver for the win.

Thoughts: Just a tad overrated, but still very good. It was really surprising where this match got put on the card, because of all the build it had. Plenty of sources and dirtsheets were hearing rumors of Batista breaking the streak, and sadly I believe that the card placement ruined the unpredictability. Batista seemed very motivated for once in his career and it finally seemed like he cared about something other than a paycheck. What people predicted to be one of the worst WM main events all time, turned into a very good midcard match. ***½

World Heavyweight Title, Steel Cage: Edge vs. Batista (06/03/07).

Edge tries to dash out early. Batista drags him back in. Edge hits the edge-o-matic. Batista delivers a superplex, but instead of trying to escape, he goes up and dives off the top rope. Batista gets fired after Edge beat on him. Batista goes for the Dave bomb, but Edge grabs the cage and tries to escape. Edge hits a low blow. Batista goes the other way and tries to escape, but Edge drops to the floor and wins.

Thoughts: The psychology was present in the match. Batista played the all mighty face who does everything by the book, while Edge was the complete opposite. I do like proper characterization in my matches, but there characters, in the match, really restricted them from doing what they are capable of. **¼

World Heavyweight Title, Undertaker vs. Batista (10/03/2007)

There was a ref scandal before the match. The ref nominations for the match were: Jbl, Foley, and AUSTIN. While JBL was the only person who was on the show before this, everyone still voted for Austin.  What they should have done was to make JBL pull a George Bush and some how “change” the voting. Instead, they just had Austin be the ref and let him beat up Foley and JBL. Batista hits him with punches on the top, but Undertaker counters into the last ride for only 2 .Batista gets up and hits the spinebuster. Batista is puzzled and sells it well. Batisa hits the Batista bomb, but only gets another two. Batista is now furious. Undertaker staggers himself back up. Batista hits another Batista bomb and gets the three count.

Thoughts: They went all out in this match. Very good wrestling match, with both workers not holding back. I do believe JBL would have made a better ref than Austin, because JBL would have added in some heat and drama into it. Batista, as a shocker, gets the clean win over the Deadman. Great match from the big guys. ***¾

Triple H, Batista & Ric Flair vs. Randy Orton, Edge & Umaga (12/10/07).

This was the 15 anniversary show of Raw. On the show, Evolution was supposed to have a reunion. Everyone joined the reunion except Randy Orton (since he was the only heel). Orton then names another stable he was apart of and that is Rated-RKO. Edge comes out, and so does Umaga for no reason, and then they have a match. They do some basic tag stuff. Batista gets a hot tag from Flair, but Umaga  hits the ref and causes the DQ. Rated-RKO runs away. Evolution beats up Umaga just for the sake.

Thoughts: Nothing to rate. Everything in this segment/match was pointless. I don’t even know why this is on the DVD. Batista wasn’t even the main center of attention in any of this. N/R

John Cena vs. Batista (08/17/08).

They are dead even in the feeling out process. Crowd is either booing Cena or Batista(because there “cool).Batista gets a figure-four leglock and the woo chants occur. Cena goes for a FU but Batista elbows out and then Cena in the STFU. Batista makes it to the ropes. Cena goes for the FU, but Batista gets out and applies a weird looking choke. He lets go and then hits the spear but only gets two Cena counters a powerslam and hits the FU and sells the injuries by making a delayed cover. They dish out some blows. Cena wins and comes off for a top rope leg drop, but Batista catches him in the air and hits the Dave Bomb, but only get a two! Batista can’t believe it. Batista hits another Batista bomb and ends the match.

Thoughts: They added in the epic feeling they were looking for by using good power moves, counters, and near-falls. I would give this a great rating, if it wasn’t for the center of the match. The center had bunch of filler. It felt like they ran out of ideas and moves to do. Still a good match. *** ¼

Batista vs. Randy Orton (w/Manu & Cody Rhodes — 12/14/08).
Orton controls most of the match with his sluggish offense. Batista and gives him a DDT. Batista counters the RKO to an unprettier for two. Batista nails him in the corner for punches, and when Randy tries to counter, he accidentally finds himself getting Powerbombed.

Thoughts: Orton’s heat on Batista was so slow and went no where fast. The only thing that could have saved it was, either, good selling or a good comeback, but neither took place because Batista did his average comeback to win the match. Nothing was really that bad from a wrestling standpoint. No botches or anything, but how hard is it to botch when the match is slower than Nick Dinsmore’s character? *3/4

Going Home: This DVD takes through Dave’s life as a punk kid growing up-raised by a single mother, then becoming a bodybuilder and “saving his life” Then, getting into the wresting business from his debuting name: Leviathan; then all the way to becoming one of the most talked about wrestlers today.

This DVD isn’t just about Batista. The DVD also has a good moral behind it, and that is never to give up at what you believe in.  DON’T STOP BELIEVING!

The only match I could say that belongs on there was his Last Man Standing match with Undertaker, but every other important or good match of Batista’s is on there. I actually enjoyed most of the matches on here. Batista is one of those wrestlers who can be on his game sometimes, and completely stink  up the place another night.  On this DVD, you will mostly see Batista on his game; therefor, I recommend this DVD.

Thumbs up for “I walk alone”

TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs (Mesas, escaleras y sillas)

Ya son 4 los encuentros confirmados para el último PPV de WWE en el 2009: Tables Ladders and Chairs (Sillas, mesas y escaleras), de ellos, él más reciente encuentro agregado, Batista vs Undertaker, es el único que no tiene formato “extremo”:

1. WWE Title Tables Match: John Cena © vs. Sheamus
2. World Title Match: The Undertaker © vs. Batista
3. ECW Title Ladder Match: Christian © vs. Shelton Benjamin
4. Undisputed Tag Team Title TLC Match: Chris Jericho and The Big Show © vs. DX

¿Acaso será agregado el duelo Kofi Kingston vs Randy Orton?

Para ver todas las notas relacionadas a este evento, haz click aquí: TLC 2009

After witnessing Sheamus’s clean pin on Intercontinental Champion John Morisson at Survivor Series, I was sure that the push behind the Celtic Warrior had been thrown into high gear.  I didn’t realize just how high a gear, however, until last Monday’s RAW, where Sheamus won a “Breakthrough Battle Royal” to become the number one contender for John Cena’s WWE Championship.

The Breakthrough battle royal was the brain child of RAW’s guest GM Jesse Ventura.  It was great to see the Body turned Governor back on WWE TV, and creative made the right choice in giving him lots of mic time.  At the top of the show, Ventura confronted a disgruntled Randy Orton and told him that neither Orton nor any other former world champions (and perpetual main eventers) would be getting the next shot at Cena’s title.  He proclaimed that, instead, up and coming talent would face off against one another in qualification matches, and the winners would compete in a battle royal for a shot at the belt.

The qualification matches were predictable and rushed.  Some of them could have been good (Kofi Kingston V.S. Dolph Ziggler for instance), had they been given more time and the slightest build up.  In the end the battle royal’s participants were: Kingston, MVP, Mark Henry, R Truth, Cody Rhodes, Ted Dibiase, Sheamus, and Randy Orton, who despite his status as former champion (and played-out Cena rival) so impressed Ventura with his tenacity and determination to be included in the BR, that the Governor granted his wish.

Sheamus came out victorious.  Ventura then climbed into the ring and oversaw an immediate contract signing between the big Irishman and John Cena, to make the title match official.  Cena performed well at the signing.  At first he sat smirking on his side of the table, projecting a nearly dismissive attitude toward the new number one contender, and in doing so, he certainly echoed the attitudes of many fans, who feel Sheamus’s skyrocketing to superstardom is way premature.  Eventually, though, Cena responded to Sheamus’s demands to be taken seriously, rising from his seat and displaying great intensity, as he laid out to the Irishman exactly how tough a fight he was in for.

From there the segment got sloppy… and a little confusing.  Ventura unexpectedly and not too convincingly began heeling on the champ.  He explained that, as a performer whose refusal to compromise and conform kept him from reaching the highest tier in WWE, he resented Cena, a man who got to the top by looking the part and doing what he was told.  It would have been a compelling angle, had the show given Ventura more than a few seconds to play it out. 

As Ventura’s dressing down of the champ continued, Cena gave his full attention to the Governor.  And Sheamus took the opportunity to nail Cena with a boot to the face.  A brief assault followed and culminated with the rookie putting the champion through a table (par for the course with contract signings).

So it looks like Sheamus is no longer “on his way” but has arrived.  Twenty-four hours after pinning cleanly the IC Champion, he won a battle royal full of more established stars, was named number one contender for WWE’s most hallowed prize, and wrapped up the day’s work by standing over the broken body of the company’s top face.  It was a big moment.  It should have been even bigger… but something was missing, not only from the story of Sheamus’s rise to prominence, but from the character of Sheamus itself.  I think I’ve pinpointed what that missing something is:  Confidence.  There should have been a sneer of sinister triumph occasioning the big man’s face.  Instead, however, his was a look of nervousness poorly veiled.  One did not need to be watching in High Definition to notice the rookie’s bewilderment at his own circumstances.  

He had every right to be both nervous and bewildered.  WWE brass put behind Sheamus the biggest push in recent memory.  At this point I’m honestly at a loss to recall another superstar who’s ever had as meteoric a rise.  Brock Lesner spent a few months feuding with the Hardys and Rob Van Dam, before getting his shot at the Rock’s world title.  Even the high-octane ascent of the Ultimate Warrior saw a face turn and two IC title reigns from the man, before he got his shot at the big belt.  (Granted both of those men won world championships on their inaugural tries, and that outcome is extremely unlikely in Sheamus’s case). Such a sudden and dramatic push is bound to raise questions… or at least one:  does he deserve it?  At this point, no.  He doesn’t.

Sheamus has a unique look and a considerable talent for the impactive style he practices in the ring.  Beyond those great qualities, however, what the powers that be at WWE see in the Celtic Warrior is not yet evident to most fans.  Sheamus could one day be as great as he’s being booked to appear, but he needs further development to get there.  He needs a meaningful feud with a solid performer, a well-paced angle to afford the rookie some sense of character and purpose.  At the very least he needs to prove that he can provoke an audience response without resorting to cheap heat (retiring a cruiser weight, blind-siding a fifty-something hall of famer, etc.).  In short Sheamus needs time.  He’s got much potential, but without time to cultivate it, that’s all it will ever be.

I know the age of managers in WWE is (lamentably) over, but a flamboyant, articulate heel manager would go a long way in making Sheamus more credible and more entertaining.  There was a time when the managerial guidance of old masters like Jimmy Hart, Jim Cornette, and the great Bobby Heenan was requisite to pushing a monster heel, especially when that heel was booked as an out-of-nowhere, sudden force to be reckoned with.  Sheamus hasn’t displayed abysmal mic skills, but his promos have been far from memorable.  Why not let a manager sell his story, while he sells his in-ring abilities?

Anyway, Sheamus V.S. Cena is at least something new.  And I think the consensus among fans is that it’s extremely preferable to another Cena/Orton program (of course, the champ defending against a returning Frenchy Martin would be preferable to another Cena/Orton program… actually I’d pay big money to see that…).  The rookie will obviously not win the championship, and he’ll definitely come out of the match at TLC with monstrous momentum.  Hopefully the company will have a solid, character-enhancing angle ready for him when he does.

(NOTE: Personally I foresaw Ted Dibiase winning the battle royal.  Creative could have built an interesting story line around Dibiase’s competing for the title that his mentor Orton still covets… tension mounting among Legacy’s ranks and all that.  They’ve been teasing at such an implosion for months, but apparently they’re in no hurry to perpetrate it.  Maybe that’s for the best. 

Kingston would have been a natural choice as well.  He’s certainly poised to start main eventing getting phenomenal fan support.  Moreover, Kingston’s athleticism would have lent itself well to the TLC format, which characterizes all the main event matches at the next pay-per-view.  Still, it was a good call not to set up Kingston V.S. Cena.  The former’s feud with Orton should be given full attention.  He’ll likely come out of that program ready for world title contendership, though.)

Source: PWInsider

- There is a feeling in WWE that something ’special’ needs to be done with The Undertaker for WrestleMania 26 this year, and more importantly something fresh that the fans haven’t seen before. This is why the potential match with John Cena is being touted at the moment.

- There is also talk of a Triple H vs. Shawn Michaels match at WrestleMania 26. As often as the pair have wrestled each other, they have never had a match on a WrestleMania stage and it is something that has been talked about over the last 2 months.

- At one point, there had been a plan for a CM Punk vs. Rey Mysterio match at WrestleMania 26, but this is unlikely to happen now considering Mysterio’s injury problems.