Raw Result: Big Show Defeated John Cena
Raw Result: Randy Orton Vs. Triple H
John Cena Vs The Miz on The Bash
John Cena and The Miz will square-off this coming Sunday's WWE PPV, The Bash.
WWE's The Bash is going to happen on June 28, 2009 at the ARCO Arena in Sacramento, California.
The Hart Dynasty on WWE Superstars
Judging by the amount of TV time The Hart Dynasty is getting, it’s obvious that the powers that be in WWE like what they see from the pink-and-black-clad trio.
Thursday night on WWE Superstars, The Hart Dynasty made its third appearance on a WWE television show this week and headlined its second consecutive program.
Tyson Kidd and David Hart Smith teamed with Jack Swagger Thursday to face The Colons and Christian. The babyfaces prevailed in an entertaining match.
Win or lose, THD is fun to watch. I wouldn’t mind if they were on multiple shows every week.
Other thoughts on Thursday’s show:
While I liked the six-man tag team main event, the two best things about this episode were provided by Maria, who served as the guest referee for the match between Eve and Layla. This may have been the first time ever that I paid more attention to the referee than the wrestlers. …
I did turn my eyes away from Maria long enough to see Eve execute a nice finisher in which she did a cartwheel into a back flip into a splash. Eve still has a long way to go in the ring, but she is getting better. I think the fact the she’s a little thicker than the average diva works to her advantage as far as looking the part of a wrestler. …
At Maria’s request, Eve and Layla seemingly buried the hatchet after their match. That’s good news, because I was having trouble sleeping knowing those two were at war with each other. Perhaps Maria could use her powers of persuasion to get Hulk and Linda Hogan to reconcile. …
WWE Releases Mr. Kennedy
Mr. Kennedy, a guy who at one time was on the fast track to becoming a world champion in WWE, has been released, the company announced on its Web site earlier this evening.
There are no details as to why Kennedy was let go, but the most obvious assumption is that it’s due to his inability to stay healthy. After being out nine months with a dislocated shoulder, Kennedy returned to TV Monday in a 10-man tag team match on Raw and reportedly suffered a wrist injury during the match.
It was the latest in a string of injuries for Kennedy, 33, during his four years in WWE. Two months after winning the Money in the Bank ladder match at WrestleMania 23 in 2007 – which most likely would have led to a world title run – he suffered a torn triceps.
When I asked Kennedy about his history of injuries in an interview this past January, he dismissed the suggestion that he was injury prone.
“You know, I’ve heard all the ‘Oh, Kennedy’s injury prone’ and all that stuff, but there are certain things that happen, and if you knew the whole story you wouldn’t necessarily think that,” he said. “I’ve just been in the wrong place at the wrong time. But it is frustrating. I had the Money in the Bank and was on the way to becoming a world champion and then injury struck. And it’s just been one thing after the other, but I just keep my head up. I was told a long time ago that if you have talent you cannot be denied and eventually good things will happen.”
During his relatively short time in wrestling, Kennedy has been somewhat of a controversial figure. Not long after he was adamant in a 2007 interview that he had not taken steroids since he signed with WWE, Kennedy was one of 10 WWE wrestlers suspended 30 days for violating the company’s Wellness Policy. The suspension came after he was among the wrestlers named in a report by Sports Illustrated as having received steroids and/or human growth hormone through Signature Pharmacy, a Florida pharmaceutical company that was under investigation.
John Cena-Ted DiBiase Match Highlights WWE Superstars
John Cena has a submission match against The Big Show at the Extreme Rules pay-per-view on June 7, so it wasn’t difficult to figure out the finish of Cena’s match against Ted DiBiase Jr. on WWE Superstars Thursday night.
Of course Cena won with the STF, but while the finish was predictable, the match itself was intriguing because it pitted WWE’s biggest star against one of its most promising young stars.
The two worked well together and, more importantly, DiBiase again proved in this showcase match that he has “it” inside the ring.
Despite having a little less than three years experience, the 26-year-old DiBiase already wrestles like a seasoned veteran. If he can develop his character, he will be the future superstar that many in WWE think he can be, and Cena-DiBiase will be headlining pay-per-views and not just WWE Superstars.
DiBiase’s detractors have pointed out his lack of charisma, but I remember that’s what some people used to say about Randy Orton. It’s funny how I don’t hear that too much anymore.
Looking Back: Jeff Hardy VS Randy Orton
Jeff Hardy back in the Winter of 2007 going into 2008 was getting his shot that he had been so close but just not close enough to get to the top of the mountain.
Every since he took out John Cena he had been on a roll beating everyone in sight.
Triple H, Shawn Michaels, and John Cena were just the beginning of the Age of Orton and Hardy was going to be next on that list.
Jeff Hardy has been a risk taker and did anything and everything to steal the show but that is what always stopped him to getting to the top of the mountain and that was something he wanted to change in 2008.
Randy Orton wanted to continue his streak of dominance in 2008 and it was going to be at everyone else's expense. The man that is the youngest World Champion ever and been a multi World/WWE Champion.
You had two different wrestlers, people, or characters, whatever you want to call them. They set the stage for a great rivalry that was only a month long, just to put something together fast, but I wished it would have gone all the way to WrestleMania 24.
It most likely would have stole the show if it would had a special stipulation and if Jeff didn't getting suspended again.
Randy Orton and Jeff Hardy put some of the best promos, segments, and matches together I had seen going into the Royal Rumble.
I wanted to see Jeff Hardy take the Championship and go to WrestleMania as the Champion and I believed it was going to happen, I truly believed that was how the storyline was going to work out.
I thought that was one of the best story lines that I had seen since Randy Orton vs Evolution or Austin vs Rocky even though they would never been on there level I think if it would had keep going I think it could had been classic.
As I watched the match, I saw the crowd just like me seeing Jeff Hardy about to do it in the biggest venue in wrestling history and he got so close, but Randy Orton took it away with the RKO and shattered the dreams of so many WWE fans.
But that is what the story lines are all about to either have the fans on there edge of there seat if it makes them boo or cheer at the end of it and that is what happen at the need of the match.
Jeff lose but in the end he really won because even though eleven months later he became the WWE Champion as his career goal finally came true.
Randy Orton took away respect from the fans and me because he proved again that he can make great matches and he did it again ad I think that match stole the show and now Jeff Hardy is in the Championship hunt again against CM Punk and Randy Orton is a five time WWE Champion and is on a roll of a life time.
The puropse of a storyline is to have the younger or least popular superstar or wrestler get respect and noticed out of it and I think this was a perfect example of it.
Jeff Hardy and Randy Orton can look back on that month in 2008 was magic to my ears and to both of those superstars.
Batista Stripped of WWE Belt
New WWE champion Batista has been ruled out of action for four months after undergoing surgery to reattach his torn left bicep.
The Animal, who only won back the title in a Steel Cage Match against Randy Orton at Extreme Rules on Sunday night, had looked set for a long reign as champion.
But having left RAW in an ambulance just 24 hours later, Batista has now had an operation that will keep him out until October.
Orton is well placed to reclaim the vacated belt, therefore, and The Viper will compete against Triple H, John Cena and Big Show in a Fatal Four Way for the title on the next edition of Monday night RAW.
CM Punk and Edge will go head-to-head for the world heavyweight title, meanwhile, and Tommy Dreamer and Christian are set to square off for the ECW belt in a show which is being billed as a championship three-for-all.