Other matches for next week’s RAW:

* CM Punk vs. William Regal in a rematch for the WWE Intercontinental Championship

* Randy Orton vs. Kane

NEW ADULT DIVA PIX + BIG EDGE NEWS!

- As announced on tonight’s RAW by Chris Jericho, Vince McMahon will finally be making his return to RAW in two weeks as RAW comes live from the Allstate Arena in Chicago, Illinois on January 19th.

It appears they are building to a big showdown between Vince and Stephanie for control over RAW, and maybe Shane will fit in there somewhere. Vince has been off TV since June of last year.

BREAKING SPOILERS ON VINCE’S BIG RETURN

- As announced on last night’s RAW, Kane will be facing Randy Orton in singles action on next week’s RAW.

- Also as announced on RAW, CM Punk will be getting a rematch for the Intercontinental Championship against William Regal at some point.

CLICK HERE FOR BRAND NEW UNCENSORED MATURE DIVA PIX + BIG HHH NEWS!

- We’re in the arena and Lilian Garcia introduces Chris Jericho and Randy Orton, who are standing in the ring. Cole welcomes us to RAW. Jericho says he and Orton are here to address the atrocity that happened last week with HBK letting JBL win, breaking the rules of the match, Jericho says. Jericho says he and Orton have filed a joint protest about what happened last week. Orton takes the mic and feels JBL should be removed from the Royal Rumble match.

Orton says they also feel HBK should not be able to compete for the World Title again. Orton and Jericho have agreed to face each other tonight with the winner facing John Cena at the Rumble instead of JBL. Jericho goes on and says they won’t leave until….JBL’s music hits and out comes the white limousine in the arena and Shawn Michaels steps out followed by JBL.

They enter the ring and HBK has that pitiful look on his face again and won’t hold his head up. JBL says they can protest all they want but he won the match last week and gets the shot against Cena. JBL tells them to lose with some dignity, perhaps. Jericho asks Michaels how he feels, Mr. WrestleMania? Jericho says he got heat for months for calling HBK a sell-out and a phony, and he was right along. HBK says if there’s one thing that allows him to sleep at night without being sick with himself, it’s knowing that he personally stopped Orton and Jericho from fighting for the World Title. Orton tells Michaels to face the facts, he took a turn for the worse and it turns out Ric Flair’s career was ended by a weak pathetic sell-out. Orton says once their protest is heard, the decision will be overturned tonight. Stephanie’s music hits and out she comes to the stage looking fine as ever. She is not fat and they’re showing her full body. Wow. She looks amazing for a new mom. Stephanie says JBL won last week after clotheslining Michaels and the decision stands. She says they have a shot to main event WrestleMania if they win the Royal Rumble match. Jericho is pissed and says HBK shouldn’t be allowed in the Rumble match. Stephanie says that’s not his decision but JBL says he agrees to that. He has made it clear HBK’s purpose at the Rumble is to protect him and he will be in JBL’s corner to help him defeat Cena.

Stephanie says she agrees to that, so apparently HBK is out of the Rumble match. For tonight, Stephanie announces Chris Jericho and Randy Orton vs. Shawn Michaels and John Cena, to see how much integrity HBK has left. Stephanie’s music hits again as everyone in the ring looks at each other. Cole runs down tonight’s card with the IC Title match as we go to commercial.

- Back from commercial and we get a clip of last week where Melina won the right to face Beth Phoenix at the Rumble, then Rosa attacking Melina from the crowd.

Goldust and Melina vs. Beth Phoenix and Santino Marella

Goldust is in the ring waiting as Lilian does the introductions. Out comes Melina with her red carpet entrance.  Melina spots Rosa in the crowd and waves at her. Out next is Santino Marella and WWE Women’s Champion Beth Phoenix.

Beth and Melina start the match off first while Rosa sits at ringside. They lock up and Beth gets the upperhand first, sending her to the mat. Melina fights back out of a hold with right hands but Beth just drops her again.  Beth lifts Melina and drops her after Santino tags himself in. Santino grabs Melina’s arm but she slaps him. Goldust is tagged in and bumps Santino. A big slap then arm drag by Goldust. Goldust drops big knees on Santino and takes him back to his feet.

Santino counters Goldust and takes him to the mat for a 2 count. Santino puts a headlock on Goldust but gets hit with the old school right hand. Clothesline by Goldust. He blows a kiss at Beth, drops Santino again and gets a 2 count. Melina and Beth are tagged back in. Beth rams Melina in the corner.  Melina goes to the top and slams Beth’s face into the mat with a pretty cool looking move. Melina gets the pinfall on Beth for the win.

Winners: Melina and Goldust

After the match, Rosa throws a  sign at Melina and hops the rail. They brawl until security breaks it up and takes Rosa through the crowd. Goldust and Melina head to the back with their hands in the air.

- We go backstage with Todd Grisham and CM Punk. Punk talks about his Intercontinental Title match tonight and brings up Ricky Steamboat, Bret Hart and Mr. Perfect.  Punk says it’s a new year and Grisham wishes him good luck as we go back to commercial.

Intercontinental Championship Match: CM Punk vs. William Regal

Out first is CM Punk to a nice pop. William Regal comes to the ring next with the belt around his waist and Layla looking fine at his side.  The bell rings and Regal backs Punk into the corner. Punk comes right out of it and gets a 2 count. Snap suplex by Punk for another 2 count. Regal ducks the high knee in the corner by Punk but gets kicked to the mat. Regal rolls to the floor for a breather. Punk goes to dive onto Regal but he pulls Layla in the way and Punk halts. Regal pulls Punk to the floor with a cheap shot and we’re back in the ring now with Regal in control.

Regal takes control now and gets a close 2 count on Punk. Regal grounds Punk on the mat as Layla looks on pissed. Punk kicks Regal out of nowhere and drops him for another 2 count. Punk nails the high knee in the corner but can’t hit the bulldog. Regal whips him in the corner. Punk puts Regal up for the GTS. Regal hangs onto the ropes but Punk pulls him around the ring, still in the position for the GTS. Regal grabs the referee’s shirt and the match is thrown out. Layla rushes to the table and grabs the belt. CM Punk wins by DQ but doesn’t win the belt.

Winner by DQ: CM Punk

- After the match, Punk is pissed as Regal and Layla head up the ramp. Stephanie appears on the big screen and says she won’t have the first title match of 2009 ending like that and says CM Punk will get a rematch and if Regal is disqualified in that match, he loses the belt on a DQ. We go to commercial.

- We’re backstage with JBL and Shawn Michaels. JBL is talking about how great everything has worked out for them tonight. JBL tells him that if an RKO and Codebreaker happens tonight, HBK gets a bonus. Add a Super Kick to Cena and he gets a really big bonus. JBL says he hired HBK to get him to WrestleMania 25 as World Champion in Texas.

- Backstage Randy Orton is with Cody Rhodes and Sim Snuka. He said they won last week and are almost a part of the group. He says if they win tonight, then they are in. Orton talks about not accepting failure as Manu walks up, asking for a second chance. Manu points out Orton also lost his match this week. This pisses Orton off.  Orton says Manu hasn’t done anything and says his father wasn’t anything compared to Orton’s father or him. Orton tells Manu he will never, ever be a part of his group and doesn’t want to see his face again. Manu is pissed as Orton walks off. Sim and Cody follow as Manu fumes.

- We cut to another area backstage as Dolph Ziggler introduces himself to Mickie James. Kofi Kingston and Rey Mysterio are headed to the ring as we go back to commercial.

John Morrison and The Miz vs. Kofi Kingston and Rey Mysterio

Back from commercial and the World Tag Team Champions are in the ring doing their entrance. Miz takes the mic and asks why people are booing them when they should boo themselves. Morrison says New Orleans is the murder capital of the country, so don’t blame them for being who they are. They end it with a “Be Jealous” as Rey Mysterio’s music hits and out he comes. Out next is his partner Kofi Kingston in what looks to be a non-title match.

Kofi and Miz start the match out with Kofi getting a quick 2 count. Kofi hits some more offense as Miz ducks to the floor to regain his composure as Kofi taunts him from the ring. We go back to commercial.

Back from commercial and Miz has Rey on the mat with a headlock. During the break Miz caught Rey in mid-air and dropped him on his face. Rey slaps and punches at Miz to break the hold but gets thrown in the corner. Rey drops Miz on the turnbuckle and tags in Kofi. Kofi chops and kicks at Miz, knocking him down with a dropkick. Kofi goes to the floor and pulls Morrison’s face down to the apron. Kofi goes to springboard back in the ring onto Miz but Morrison pulls him down, letting Miz regain control.

Miz drops some elbow drops and tags in Morrison. Morrison goes to work on the hurt knee of Kofi Kingston. Morrison pulls Kofi’s leg over the edge of the apron and keeps working it over as the ref counts. Miz gets tagged in for a little bit of double teaming. Miz continues to work on Kofi’s leg.

Kofi finally gets to his feet but Miz beats him down and knocks Rey off the apron. Miz goes down and Kofi looks for a tag but Rey isn’t there. Miz drags Kofi back and tags back in Morrison who nails a series of right hands on Kofi. Morrison stomps on Kofi and kicks him in the face getting a 2 count. Kofi takes Morrison down with a head scissors but Miz gets tagged back in to continue punishing Kofi.

Rey finally gets tagged in as Morrison does. Morrison hits a bunch of high impact moves and a dropkick to the face for a 2 count on Morrison. Morrison counters a move off the ropes and drops Rey hard on the mat for a 2 count of his own. Rey climbs the top rope with Morrison in hand and hits a crazy looking plancha move. Miz comes in but Kofi ends up dumping him to the floor over the top rope. Rey with a dropkick on Morrison off the top. Rey nails the 619 and kicks Miz away on the apron, distracting him a bit. Mysterio comes off the top and Morrison kicks him in the gut for the pinfall and the win.

Winners: John Morrison and The Miz

After the match, Miz and Morrison head to the back as Rey is trying to recover in the ring. Mike Knox rushes the ring and attacks Rey, pummeling him. Kofi tries to make the save from the floor but gets dropped. Knox sets Rey on the ropes and gives him a huge boot, sending Rey to the floor. Knox climbs over the rope and walks past Rey to the back as the ref checks on Rey.

- Backstage we see Shawn Michaels getting ready when John Cena walks up. He asks if he’s fighting three guys out there tonight or what. He says is he getting Shawn Michaels or JBL’s puppet. HBK says he is nobody’s puppet. HBK says as far as what to expect, what does history tell him. HBK walks off as we go back to commercial.

Kelly Kelly vs. Jillian Hall

Back from commercial and Kelly Kelly makes her way to the ring. We see the clip of where Randy Orton shut her down last week. Jillian Hall comes down the ramp horribly singing “When the Saints…”  The two Divas start the match by locking up. Kelly ends up on the apron and Jillian lets her come back in the ring. Jillian decks her when she comes back in and starts throwing Kelly around for a 2 count.

Jillian controls the entire match, throwing Kelly around and stomping on her. Another 2 count by Jillian.  Jillian locks on a full nelson until Kelly counters it and ends up taking Jillian down with a head scissors. Kelly nails a cross body off the top rope for a 2 count. Two clotheslines and a dropkick by Kelly send Jillian back down for a 2 count.

Kelly tries to hit a victory roll but Jillian stops her and gets a 2 count. Jillian cartwheels into Kelly’s foot. Kelly nails a finisher move to get the pinfall and the win.

Winner: Kelly Kelly

After the match Kelly is celebrating until Jillian attacks her from behind and goes to work. The pyro explodes and out comes Kane. Jillian runs off through the crowd. Kane gets on the mic and says the truth finally came out, she never liked him and was protecting Randy Orton. Kane says Orton rejected her and says it doesn’t feel so good, does it? Kane says next week, he is going to go back to what makes him feel good, destroying people. Kane says he has a match with Randy Orton next week and tells her to feel free to watch. Kane walks off as Kelly looks terrified.

Cody Rhodes and Sim Snuka vs. Cryme Tyme

Out first is Cody and Snuka followed by Cryme Tyme. JTG and Snuka start the match off first going back and forth. JTG comes off the ropes with a shoulder and a 2 count. Shad comes in and runs right over Sim.  JTG gets tagged back in for some double teaming on Snuka. Snuka back kicks JTG and hits him with right hands.

JTG and Cody get tagged in, going back and forth. Sim sneaks in a cheap shot and Rhodes stomps away on Shad. 2 count by Cody. Rhodes slams JTG and tags back in Sim. Sim off the ropes, landing on JTG for another 2 count. Sim grounds JTG to the mat with a chinlock. JTG counters Sim, dropping him with a back breaker. Cody and Shad get tagged in at the same time and Shad unloads on Cody. Shad nails a big slam, runs the ropes and drops the big Money elbow. Sim makes the save but gets dumped on the apron by Shad. Shad runs at Cody in the corner but he moves out of the way. JTG tags himself in and gets a 2 count on Cody. Cody and JTG counter each other until Cody nails an inverted DDT for the pinfall and the win.

Winners: Cody Rhodes and Sim Snuka

- Backstage we see JBL coming to the ring as we get ready for another commercial break.

- Back from commercial and we get a video promoting Mr. Kennedy’s new movie, coming out on DVD tomorrow.

- We go backstage with Sim Snuka and Cody Rhodes walking up to Randy Orton all excited. Orton says Snuka is out of the group. He says Cody got the pinfall but Sim argues it was a tag match. Orton says he wanted to see who the weakest link was and asks Cody what he thinks. Cody says all he knows is that he won the match and walks off. Sim is pissed.

- We cut to Stephanie McMahon, Santino Marella and Beth Phoenix backstage. Steph says Rosa Mendes is banned from WWE events. Beth accepts it but Santino doesn’t like it and says she is obsessed with him. Beth thanks Stephanie and walks off with Santino’s head in her grasp. Chris Jericho walks in and says he saw JBL leaving her office earlier and asks what it was about.  Jericho says he also sent his protest from earlier to Vince McMahon. Stephanie says since the accident, Vince has been out of the picture. Jericho says he got a call from Vince’s office tonight and in two weeks, Vince will be returning on RAW. Jericho says we will find out who’s show this really is and walks off.

- We cut to John Cena walking to the ring as we go back to commercial.

Randy Orton and Chris Jericho vs. Shawn Michaels and John Cena

Chris Jericho and Randy Orton come out separately first for tonight’s main event. Out next is Shawn Michaels to a mixed reaction followed by the World Heavyweight Champion John Cena.

Cena and Jericho start the match off. They lock up and Jericho takes Cena to the mat with a headlock. Jericho runs the ropes and Cena takes him down with the same hold. HBK tags himself in as Cena goes for the FU. He drops Jericho as HBK misses the Sweet Chin Music. Jericho gets dumped to the floor and it looks like Cena and HBK are on the same page now. JBL walks out to the stage and just stares at HBK as we go back to commercial.

Back from commercial and HBK and Orton are wrestling in the ring. JBL has gone backstage during the break. HBK tags in Cena, who comes in and hits two shoulders on Orton and an atomic drop. Cena gets the crowd pumped and hits the Five Knuckle Shuffle on Orton. Orton scoops Orton for the FU but Jericho comes in. HBK comes in and clotheslines Jericho. Cena goes for the FU again on Orton but HBK argues with him after Cena had him. Orton decks Cena from the side and takes control. Jericho is tagged in now, using the ropes against Cena.

Jericho picks Cena to his feet and slaps him, taunting him. Jericho distracts the ref so Orton can get some cheap shots in on Cena. Jericho hits a baseball slide on Cena, sending him to the floor. Jericho comes to the floor and slams Cena’s face into the announcers table.  Back in the ring and Jericho gets a 2 count.

Jericho applies a headlock on Cena as HBK looks on. Cena lifts out of it and picks Jericho up for the FU but he counters and breaks Cena’s hold. 2 count by Jericho. Orton is tagged back in for a little bit of double teaming. Orton begins stomping on Cena like he usually does. Big knee by Orton for a 2 count.

Orton backs Cena into the corner and puts the boot to his throat. Jericho is tagged back in now and Cena fights back with him. Jericho locks on a sleeper hold but Cena tries to fight out of it. Cena reaches for a tagand HBK reaches back out. Jericho pulls Cena back to the mat with the sleeper still locked. We see JBL watching on a monitor backstage. Cena finally gets to his feet and breaks the hold.  Jericho takes him to the top for a superplex but Cena pushes him off. Cena with a big leg drop from the top.

Cena tries to tag but Orton gets tagged in first and comes in for a 2 count on Cena. Orton drops Cena with right hands. Cena blocks a dropkick by Orton but goes down himself. Cena leaps to tag in HBK. Michaels comes in but looks at Cena in the corner. Jericho comes from behind and HBK decks him. HBK hits his usual series of moves on Jericho.  Jericho does the Lionsault but lands on HBK’s knees. Scoop slam from HBK and he goes to the top rope. HBK goes for the elbow drop but Jericho puts his knees up and HBK hurts himself. Jericho locks the Walls of Jericho but HBK rolls him for a 2 count. Orton comes in but Cena tries to stop him. Back breaker by Orton on Cena. HBK hits the Sweet Chin Music on Orton, then Jericho. HBK covers Jericho for the pinfall and the win.

Winners: John Cena and Shawn Michaels

After the match, HBK looks confused. Cena nods at him in approval. HBK walks back and looks at Cena. Todd Grisham is backstage with JBL. JBL says he talked with Stephanie and on next week’s RAW, HBK will face John Cena in singles action. JBL says he will be in HBK’s corner. We cut back to the arena where HBK’s music is still playing. Cena tries to get HBK pumped but it’s not happening. RAW goes off the air.

PICS FROM RAW, BIG VINCE RETURN STORYLINE NEWS, HUGE STORYLINE Leaked for Undertaker, HBK/JBL!!

Dark Match:
- Dolph Ziggler b. Tommy Dreamer
* Ziggler got the win with his finisher.

ECW On Sci-Fi: (Airing Tomorrow)
* Jack Swagger b. Finlay
- Swagger got the clean finish with a body slam.

* Katie Lea Burchill b. Alicia Fox

* Boogeyman b. Unknown Jobber
- Boogeyman gave the unknown jobber a mouth full of worms.

* ECW Champion Matt Hardy b. Mark Henry
- Hardy gets the clean win via pinfall after hitting Twist of Fate. Good match.

BREAKING NEWS ON THE UNDERTAKER

With the earlier rumor of Christian Cage being at the arena for tonight’s RAW, it adds speculation that the two could be doing something for that storyline involving Jeff’s fiancee that we’ve posted on.

DETAILS ON A 3-WAY FEUD WITH TED DIBIASE ON RAW, MUST SEE NEW CANDICE/LITA/MICKIE PIX!

- Yes, we received those rumors of Christian Cage being spotted at tonight’s RAW arriving in a car with another WWE wrestler, Val Venis. The fans who claimed they were at the building said Christian waved to everyone outside. We can’t confirm Christian is there because the fan corresponding isn’t a regular but it would make sense as he was supposed to start with WWE after the Holidays. Do not expect Christian to show up on RAW tonight as he’s going to be a part of the SmackDown brand.

MORE HUGE BACKSTAGE NEWS FROM RAW… CONFIRMED!

            Despite some opinions, I am by no means siding in this war with TNA. I do believe that TNA has a lot of opportunities to expand, and seeing them expanding isn’t a bad thing. Try to remember the last time two wrestling companies went head to head; it was great for all to watch. Still, I think that both companies have strong points and weak points to work on. Something that TNA does better than WWE is giving guys who don’t fit the mold of a modern day “Superstar” a chance to shine, kind of like what ECW did in the early days. Not that the TNA standard is even close to an ECW wrestling standard, but you get the comparison. Some say that they push guys too soon sometimes but I personally like the fact with some of the guys they bring in, they put them in a situation of importance without a bunch promotion. For example, Kiyoshi is relatively unknown in TNA and hasn’t really been seen on TV. But they put him in the X-Division tournament and gave him some spotlight time and I think that’s good for them. We all know they won’t let him, but still it’s some time to see what he is all about and I respect that. WWE does it as well at times, but not usually before a few months of boring matches with jobbers. Now, that isn’t a bad thing either that they wait to see what the talent can do before putting them in title match situations. But isn’t that why they have developmental territories though? Perhaps the reason why TNA does put some guys in some what of a high importance situation without much promotion is because they don’t have a real developmental territory, but regardless I still like it.

Let me just make something perfectly clear here. In my opinion, TNA still has a ton of growing to do yet before they can be taken serious by the main stream. They are far from any measure of competing on the level of WWE, and If TNA wants to succeed they need to start listing to the fans and some of the wrestlers backstage and cut out their constant copying of other promotions from the past and present. There are ways to copy things that have been successful without making it obvious that your copying, so if the only way you can get ahead is to copy, THEN MAKE IT LESS OBVIOUS. They need to understand that the only wrestling fans watching their show at the moment are mainly those who have a history of wrestling and the fans who watch at random don’t care about them yet or they just aren’t interested, so with that sense of history comes knowledge of past events. I guess at the same time though, I do not think that TNA has to copy anything at all from anyone. Watching some of the DVD’s from when TNA first started, they had a ton of innovative and original concepts and that is what they need to go back to. At the same time, the concepts can be the most original and ground breaking thing to ever happen to professional wrestling, but if you put guys in it like Jeff Jarrett or Kurt Angle then you pretty much just screwed yourself in the end. Do I think that Kurt Angle should leave TNA? No, I don’t. I think Kurt’s presence is what TNA needs at the moment and he fits well in TNA for the most part. I would easily go with everyone else on saying that they don’t need Kurt now that they have Mick Foley, but let’s be real here. Foley isn’t going to travel to no name cities three nights a week to wrestle. Foley will only be what he is for TNA right now on a regular basis and that’s just about it. One more thing. TNA, what the holy hell are you thinking with the Suicide thing?? I don’t know too many people who have played a video game and saw a created wrestler and went “Hey, they should make this guy into a real life character”. Your not helping your buy rates for the video game by bringing the character to life, you lost all chances of that when you took out all the title belts from being made in the game. Its just silly and ridiculous to do something like that.

            The things that TNA doesn’t have are owned by WWE and can never be reproduced no matter how hard anyone in any other company tried to duplicate. What I mean by that is only in the WWE can someone like The Rock be a house hold name. Being able accomplish something like that is a rare thing in any endeavor in life and even though we as fans would like to think, wrestling isn’t taken as serious competition to most people. So to be able to reach that kind of status is amazing and it can only be done in the WWE. Sure, McMahon doesn’t always make the right choices with his wrestlers, but when something gets hot he knows how to keep the flame burning until he doesn’t need to keep it under control anymore and no one does it like him. When you think about it, whatever the reasoning is, some guys just wouldn’t fit anywhere else besides the WWE. Edge, Undertaker, Triple H, HBK…none of them would ever fit any other type of organization besides the WWE because of the feel that WWE has. Its almost like Goldberg in WCW, he was a top guy because he fit that mold. Then he came over to WWE, and I think a lot of you guys would agree that it just didn’t fit right and was just weird to watch even though Goldberg always has been a favorite. And catching something in your company where you have a certain unexplainable feel to your shows is what TNA lacks and might now ever get. Those reasons among others is where my respect for WWE originates, and I always will chose WWE before I choose any other company first as long as that respect is there. However the majority of people who I have talked to also think there are things that WWE could change and make better that I agree with. As much as I dislike McMahon, no one can say he didn’t make the wrestling world as big as it is today. I just mainly feel that while they have all the right components to push stars into the heights of The Rock and Hogan, one of the main problems I have with WWE is them not pushing guys who are an obvious fan favorite and wasting some good talent. Elijah Burke is the latest one that I can think of that I was just scratching my head and wondering what where they thinking. Burke is one of the most talented guys to step foot in the WWE, and he had the ability to work the crowd along with it. He was written off of ECW at a time when the brand could have used him most. Instead, they would rather push guys like Snitsky because he is a bigger built guy and we all know that’s more important than being an interesting wrestler. Something else is that I have to say I defiantly agree with the thought that Batista has been boring to watch lately and he needs to be turned back to a heel. He was excellent in Evolution as the enforcer type roll and even though he has surpassed that, it still would be a good idea to make him into a roll similar to the one he used to have. But I seriously doubt that would happen since Batista probably sells a lot of merchandise and heel merchandise never sells as much, and that is just another thing I have a problem with.

            Both Companies need to realize one thing; in wrestling, you cannot force ANYTHING from the fans. Now, that can go a few different ways. You cannot force the fans to like someone as much as they liked The Rock or Stone Cold, so dont shove guys like Cena or Angle down the throats of the fans. It wasn’t working, it never has worked and it never will so knock it the hell off. Second, forcing people to see guys in groups like the Main Event Mafia and Legacy won’t make them bigger than DX or the nWo, so stop making references to your groups possibly being bigger than either group because when you label them and start comparing the groups you almost ruin their chance of being comparable on their own. Just for a quick example, when Morrison and Miz teamed up, I don’t think anyone in WWE would have expected them to be as big as they were. Their chemistry was made up of something that just happened, no one sat down and said “Hey, let’s put these guys together and make them out to be the biggest thing to happen in tag teams since The Hardys”. My biggest opinion is that yes, the fact that people don’t like TNA sometimes doesn’t have to do with the fact they are and always have been loyal WWE supporters. On the flip side, I think people also just see an alternative to WWE and just don’t give it the time of day. You have the right to say they suck when you watch it or have watched it just like I can say I enjoy watching it from time to time and I think a lot of the unknown talent they have are good wrestlers. I’m not urging anyone to watch TNA on a regular basis, all I did was say hey give them the chance and if you do and you still cant stand them hey, good for you and I am glad you made an opinion on it. But I really don’t get why someone would take the time out of their day to send me an e-mail saying they hate TNA and they never have or never would watch it because it sucks. How do you know if it sucks if you haven’t ever watched it?

Just before I wrap this up, I just wanted to tell everyone who have been e-mailing me over the last few months that I should check out Ring of Honor, I got a chance to over the holidays. I had bought myself some Ring of Honor DVD’s through Amazon.com, and one of the matches on the disc was CM Punk and Samoa Joe. Sure, is was cool seeing two former Heavyweight Champions facing off with each other in the very beginning of their careers, but it really wasn’t anything too exciting. I watched another ROH DVD a while back and the match was Homicide vs. Matt Hardy. Let me just say if that was top notch quality coming out of ROH…then I don’t see how they are still a company. So, I did do what you guys asked of me and I checked a little deeper into ROH, but the matches were a little sloppy and the commentary was bland. Sorry guys, I just don’t think they are even at a level where they deserve to be compared to TNA, none the less WWE. They got a long way to go before you could even think of doing that.

That’s it for this week, but on a small topic if you haven’t picked up the new Smackdown vs. RAW game yet then its worth a rental. I bought it over the past weekend and its not too hateful, they took out the GM Mode which I was not happy about and the career mode they added really bites but the graphics are a big improvement and its overall fun. But I wish I would have rented it before buying it though. Anyway, see you guys next week!

-Jey

www.myspace.com/thejeyfiles

xkentosix@aol.com

* CM Punk vs. William Regal for the Intercontinental Title

* John Morrison and The Miz vs. Rey Mysterio and Kofi Kingston for the World Tag Titles

* Kelly Kelly vs. Jillian Hall

* Goldust and Melina vs. Santino Marella and Beth Phoenix

NEW PIX: MARIA UPSKIRT CANDIDS, BACKSTAGE WWE STAR PHOTOS, CANDICE DOES SEXY MODELING

WWE.com posted a brief statement regarding the announcement of the show, and the last sentence of the statement pretty much confirms it being a show featuring all-new matches. It reads: “The new program, scheduled to debut in April 2009, will give the WWE Universe the opportunity to watch Superstars from Raw, SmackDown and ECW mix it up in the ring together on one program.”

Another big clue in ‘WWE Superstars’ being a first-run series is the timing of the show’s debut, which is scheduled for April. WWE’s current taping schedule has ECW tapings before Raw and some double SmackDown tapings lined up through the end of March — just before WrestleMania. WWE has already scheduled dates for Raw tapings after WrestleMania, and the shows are simply advertised as “Monday Night Raw” as opposed to “Monday Night Raw/ECW.” Also, the double SmackDown taping phase was reportedly only supposed to go through WrestleMania. April would be the ideal time to regularly tape a fourth show, presumably before Raw with ECW getting taped before SmackDown again. This should probably explain why the show isn’t starting sooner, as they’re waiting for the haphazard taping schedule to clear up at the end of March.

- As reported last week, Barry Windham, 48, was recently let go as a producer in WWE. His release from the company may have actually taken place the week Bruce Prichard was let go as rumors popped up then saying he had been let go. Both hadn’t been around in a few weeks and people assumed they had been given time off.

- Jeff Hardy’s reaction and match with Edge at a SmackDown brand house show at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina last weekend was a career highlight for him. It was the arena he went to as a child as it was the local Mecca for pro wrestling at the time. I live in Greensboro and if it weren’t for the Holidays, I would have made that show. Too bad.

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