A sad day in wrestling

Triple H, Nikki Roxx(aka Roxxi), Chyna, Big John Studd, Slyk Wagner Brown, "Hurricane" John Walters, Christopher "Chris Harvard" Nowinski, Frankie Kazarian...

Those are just some of the wrestlers trained over the years by the legendary Walter "Killer" Kowalski.

Today is a very sad day for the wrestling world as we all mourn the loss of this legend. Kowalski passed away of complications from a massive heart attack at Whidden Hospital in Everett, Massachusetts early this morning at the age of 81.

I, personally, never met Mr. Kowalski, but I have heard and seen a lot of what he has done in his wrestling and training careers. He made many of his students(including those mentioned above) into champions. I join the entire wrestling world in mourning this great loss. There will never be another Killer Kowalski.

ECW and TNA match lists for this week(non-spoiler) and updated card for Unforgiven

ECW:

-Matt Hardy vs John Morrison
-The Miz vs Evan Bourne
-Chavo Guerrero vs Tommy Dreamer
-Finlay vs Mike Knox
(all are apparently going to be qualifying matches for an ECW Title Scramble match at Unforgiven)

TNA:

-Awesome Kong vs Josie
-"Black Machismo" Jay Lethal & Consequences Creed vs Sheik Abdul Bashir and Petey Williams
-Jimmy Rave vs Curry Man
-Kurt Angle vs Kevin Nash in a Four Ways To Glory qualifying match
-Beautiful People vs Taylor Wilde & Roxxi
-Beer Money vs Shark Boy and Super Eric
-Riesha Saeed vs ODB
-(Might not air)Kevin Nash promo to try to prove Samoa Joe isn't ready for No Surrender.

Updated card for WWE Unforgiven-9/708-Quicken Loans Arena-Cleveland, OH:

-World Championship Scramble Match:CM Punk(c) vs JBL vs Batista vs Kane vs Rey Mysterio(replacing John Cena, who suffered a herniated disc in his back at SummerSlam)
-WWE Championship Scramble Match:Triple H(c) vs Jeff Hardy vs The Brian Kendrick vs MVP vs US Champion Shelton Benjamin
-ECW Championship Scramble Match:Mark Henry(c) vs Matt Hardy vs The Miz vs Chavo Guerrero vs Finlay
-World Tag Team Championship Match:Simply Priceless-Ted DiBiase Jr. and Cody Rhodes(c) vs Cryme Tyme:Shad Gaspard and JTG
-Unsanctioned Match:Shawn Michaels vs Chris Jericho

Some news items

-WWE is reportedly trying to sign former Ring Of Honor heavyweight champ Takeshi Morishima to a deal. If he signs, he'll have to drop the Global Honored Crown title he holds in Japan's Pro Wrestling NOAH.

-WWE Raw GM Mike Adamle is in training for his first wrestling match, which may happen at October's Cyber Sunday PPV.

-Former WCW/WWE star Bill Goldberg is training for a one match return to pro wrestling. Location, opponent and promotion for the match are unknown at this time.

-Gail Kim has reportedly been released by TNA and may return to WWE.

-The TNA No Surrender PPV in September live from Canada right now only has Samoa Joe defending the TNA world title vs Booker T and 3 other opponents in a 4 Ways to glory match and Taylor Wilde defending the Knockouts title vs Angelina Love.

News, ECW on Sci-Fi results ans Smackdown Spoilers

From www.wrestleview.com and www.wrestlezone.com:

-Wrestleview's Adam Martin reports that the Smackdown main event for the upcoming Unforgiven pay per view was announced tonight at the show's tapings in Moline, IL.The main event will mirror Raw's main event match and will be a five-man scramble match for the WWE Championship featuring Triple H defending the title against M.V.P., Jeff Hardy, Shelton Benjamin and Brian Kendrick.

(Notes from your friendly neighborhood pro wrestling blogger:Eddie Colon[Carlito's brother], who was introduced on Raw last night, will go by the ring name "Primo Colon" and "Gavin Spears" from tonight's ECW is actually former Ohio Valley Wrestling star Shawn Spears.)

-Rob Terry(a 28-year-old drug-free bodybuilder and weightlifter from Wales in the UK) has been signed to a developmental contract and was assigned to Florida Championship Wrestling in Tampa.

ECW on Sci-Fi results from the I Wireless Center in Moline, IL(courtesy of www.wrestlezone.com):

Chavo Guerrero, John Morrison, & The Miz b. Tommy Dreamer, Evan Bourne, & Super Crazy. Miz pinned Dreamer after a move from the top rope. * Ricky Ortiz b. Gavin Spears via pinfall. Since I was only told Spears' ring name I am unable to identify him at this time. * Finlay & Hornswoggle come out and Finlay challenged Mike Knox. Knox refused to get in the ring so Finlay brawled with him down the ramp. Security came out and broke them up. * Finlay vs. Mike Knox is announced for next week's ECW. * Mark Henry b. Matt Hardy - Henry got the win via pinfall for the main event.

Smackdown Spoiers from the I Wireless center in Moline, IL(also courtesy of www.wrestlezone.com):

Pre-ECW Dark Match: Takeshi Morishima w/Tony Atlas b. Jamie Noble - Morishima, the former Ring of Honor Champion, got the win via pinfall. SmackDown: *Vickie comes out and apologizes to the crowd for her thing with Edge to redeem herself. She then announces a WWE Title Scramble for Unforgiven. There will be two qualifying matches for it tonight. Maria b. Natalya - Maria got the win via disqualification. Maryse came out and interfered. 10 Man Battle Royal Winner earns a spot in the WWE Title Scramble at Unforgiven - Brian Kendrick won the match which earned him a spot in the scramble. Some of the participants were: Big Show, Super Crazy, Curt Hawkins, Zack Ryder, Jimmy Wang Yang, and Vladimir Kozlov. Big Show cleaned house, but Kendrick ended up with the win. MVP b. Festus - MVP got the win via countout to earn a spot in the WWE Title Scramble at Unforgiven. Shelton Benjamin b. Finlay - Shelton got the win via pinfall to earn a spot in the WWE Title Scramble at Unforgiven. After the match Mike Knox came down and attacked Finlay. Jeff Hardy b. The Great Khali - Hardy earns a spot in the WWE Title Scramble at Unforgiven. He gets the win via pinfall! Triple H comes in the ring and delivers a promo on what he thinks of his opponents for Unforgiven. Kenny Dykstra comes out to interrupt but is quickly pedigreed. The Undertaker comes out so Vickie & La Familia can apologize to him. Taker doesn't accept and says he wants Vickie's soul and chases her. He then beats up La Familia.

(Another couple notes from me: The ref in the Ortiz/Spears match tonight was debuting referee Aaron Davis[former Ohio Valley Wrestling referee "Goose Mahoney"], the replacement for Wes Adams. Also announced on ECW:Next week's Smackdown/ECW taping will take place at the Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh, PA.)

"WhoIsSuicide" MySpace site hacked, more news

From http://www.wrestleview.com/ and the Wrestling Observer's Dave Meltzer:

TNA:

-The MySpace page linked to at http://www.whoissuicide.com/ has apparently been hacked as was mentioned on the internet radio show "Wrestling News Live"(last night's show at http://www.wnlradio.com/blog/?p=115). If you go to www.myspace.com/whoissuicide, you'll hear a "Whoo!" from Ric Flair and a different looking page that says "/wooo/ Is Suicide" as well as Randy Orton's theme music, a pic of Flair and an outline of Orton.

-Gail Kim's sister in TNA is played by the daughter of referee Earl Hebner.

-Kurt Angle and AJ Styles worked this past weekend for New Japan Pro Wrestling. Angle teamed with Masahiro Chono to defeat Styles & Shinjiro Ohtani on August 15, while Angle & Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Styles & Hiroshi Tanahashi on August 16.

-Midway Games is reportedly in the early stages of working on the second TNA video game release.

WWE:

-Last Monday, Randy Orton claimed he re-broke his collarbone the day before in a motorcycle accident near his home (in High Ridge, Missouri). Orton claimed his motorcycle struck a curb after a car veered into his lane, causing him to swerve to widen his turn. Orton said he was thrown off the motorcycle and continued to roll 300 feet while unconscious. He landed in a ditch and believes he could have died had he not been wearing a helmet. He said his only injury was to his collarbone, which won't require additional surgery. He will now be out of action an additional three months. Not to say that the motorcycle accident didn't happen, but the entire ordeal does seem suspicious. Thus far, the St. Louis media has yet to report anything on the supposed accident. Secondly, the Missouri highway patrol has no record of responding to any accident involving the WWE Superstar, although they would likely only have to do with the highways. Some people asked the St. Louis police department about the apparent accident, but knew nothing about it when asked. Orton is based out High Ridge, a St. Louis suburb, which is in Jefferson County. Some people called the county sheriff's department line, but it goes to a voice message and then says that the message box is full. Some neighboring jurisdictions that the St. Louis police suggested were also checked, and once again, nobody knew anything about the accident. A few days before the supposed accident, Orton was in the U.K. promoting SummerSlam and said he was two weeks away from returning to the ring.

-Umaga will be out of action for about 4-6 weeks with a torn PCL suffered at a house show in Johnson city, TN last week.

-Tonight on ECW, Mark Henry will take on Matt Hardy in a SummerSlam rematch and undefeated Ricky Ortiz will face a debuting wrestler as part of GM Teddy Long's "New Superstar Initiative". I'll put the results up sometime after the show ends.

-Carmen Electra and Kim Kardashian appear in a scene in the upcoming feature film "Disaster Movie" in which they spoof WWE divas.

EXTRA:

-I found a few great vids from YouTube of wrestling-rlated skits. You can watch them at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h62T5PGxg2o, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYwsPu86CHo and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aik3HZjjjKk&feature=related.

Raw results, NECW Birthday Bash results and new time for radio show

From Steve Carrier at http://www.wrestlezone.com/ and dark match info from www.wrestleview.com/:

- Pre-show dark matches:Takeshi Morishima over Charlie Haas, William Regal over Jake Hager.
-Tonight's WWE Monday Night RAW kicks off with Chris Jericho's music playing and him making his way to the ring in a suit and tie. Jericho's music stops and he just stares at the crowd who is booing him hard. He says he isn't here to apologize for what happened last night and Shawn Michaels should be held responsible for what happened. Jericho says he did not put Rebecca in harms way, he did. Jericho plays clips from last night. We see a nice video package of what happened between Shawn, Jericho and Rebecca last night. Back to the arena and the entire arena is booing the hell out of Jericho as he just stares. We cut to a full crowd shot as they break out in "you suck" chants. Tremendous heel heat here for Jericho. The crowd boos Jericho for a good few minutes until he finally speaks. He says HBK knew what he was doing last night, he knew he was announcing he was done. Instead of sending in a letter of resignation or a video to retire, he wanted to do things the HBK way and have his name in lights one more time at SummerSlam with his big announcement. Jericho then blames the fans for what happened to Rebecca last night. Jericho goes on and tells Shawn his career is over. He says the last moment of his career was cradling the head of his injured wife and knowing he was the one responsible for it. The crowd boo's some more. He says HBK has tarnished his career and will have to live with that for the rest of his life. Jericho says to be honest, he thinks Shawn deserved it. The crowd breaks out in a "HBK" chant. Jericho says Shawn had it coming. Jericho exits the ring with a smirk on his face as the crowd continues to give him major hell. Jericho walks towards the entrance way with his head held up high, stops for a second and proceeds to head to the back as we go to commercial. Batista vs. Paul Burchill Back from commercial and Batista is making his way out to the ring where his opponent Paul Burchill awaits him. As The Animal's music finishes up, he and Burchill size each other up and we get ready to go. Burchill and Batista lock up to start the match and go to the turnbuckle, brawling back and forth. Batista finally hits a big clothesline in the corner on Burchill followed by an attempted slam but Burchill takes out Batista's leg and goes to work on it with stomps. Out of nowhere Batista hits a spear and backs Burchill in the corner for more punishment. A spinebuster by Batista followed by the Batista Bomb for the pinfall and the win in a pretty quick match. Winner: Batista - We go backstage with RAW General Manager Mike Adamle. He introduces the newest member of RAW, Eddie Colon, the brother of Carlito! He goes to speak and Adamle sees John Cena walking by and runs to him. Cena is in no mood to talk and walks off. He walks into Batista who is coming backstage from his match. Cena says it was a great match last night and the better man won. Batista thanks him. Cena says but that was last night and walks off. Back to commercial. Jillian Hall and Katie Lea vs. Kelly Kelly and Mickie James Back from commercial and Jillian Hall is in the ring with Katie Lea. She says Chicago is one of her favorite cities and the name of a band. She belts out a horrible song by Chicago as the crowd boos. Kelly Kelly's music cuts her off and she makes her way to the ring followed by her partner Mickie James. Mickie and Jillian start the match off with Jillian taking her down first. Mickie hits a dropkick and covers Jillian for a quick 2 count. Katie Lea tags herself in but gets caught with Jillian in a double head scissors. Mickie covers Katie for a 2 count and tags in Kelly Kelly who comes in for a 2 count on Katie. Kelly counters a few of Katie's moves and hits a big hurrancanrana. She ends up on Katie's shoulders when Jillian gets tagged in. Jillian knocks Kelly to the mat and gets a 2 count. Jillian puts her knee in Kelly's back and applies the pressure. Jillian then stands on Kelly's hair and stretches her body. Katie Lea gets tagged back in and goes to work on Kelly. Katie throws Kelly into the turnbuckle and tags back in Jillian who throws Kelly by her hair again. Jillian takes a cheap shot at Mickie and knocks her down. Mickie comes in ut the ref stops her and doesn't see Jillian pin Kelly. Kelly counters Jillian's flip move with a knee. Katie Lea and Mickie come in at the same time. Mickie takes Katie off her feet with her usual high impact moves and a kick to the head. She pulls Jillian in the ring by her hair and cleans house of both Divas. Mickie hits Katie with forearm shots and hits a neckbreaker for a 2 count as Jillian makes the save. Kelly comes in and they double dropkick Jillian. Katie comes from behind and rolls Mickie up for a 2 count as Kelly goes outside with Jillian. Mickie gets up and nails her DDT finisher on Katie Lea for the pinfall and the win. Winners: Kelly Kelly and Mickie James - Back from commercial and Michael Cole announces that Mike Adamle is making John Cena face Ted DiBiase and Cody Rhodes in a 2 on 1 Handicap match later tonight. JBL vs. Jamie Noble JBL's white limousine makes its way into the arena and out steps the self proclaimed Wrestling God. JBL's opponent Jamie Noble waits for him in the ring. JBL brawls with Noble to start the match. Noble tries to use his speed to get around JBL but he overpowers him. JBL hits a huge fall-away slam and hits Noble with big right hands in the corner. JBL drops a series of huge elbow drops on Noble. JBL hits a monster Clothesline from Hell that levels Noble. JBL manages to pick Noble up on his feet and nails him with another huge clothesline. Noble is looking bad now as JBL picks him up again and hits another big clothesline. JBL goes to cover Noble and as he is pinning him, the referee suddenly stops the match. Lilian Garcia announces the ref has stopped the match, but JBL is still the winner. The referee checks on Noble as JBL looks on and makes his exit. Winner: JBL - After this commercial break, we are promised a blockbuster announcement from Shane and Stephanie McMahon. We cut to the break. - Back from commercial and Mike Adamle comes out. He announces CM Punk will wrestle Chris Jericho tonight. Adamle has another announcement from Shane and Stephanie. At Unforgiven, 5 WWE Superstars including CM Punk will compete in a 20 minute match. Once the bell rings, anyone can score a pinfall or submission on anyone else. Whoever does that can become the Champion and remain that until another pinfall or submission. The idea is the belt will change hands several times in the match and the man with the belt after the 20 minutes is up will be the Champion. The participants are CM Punk, Kane, Batista, John Cena and JBL. Adamle says the match is called the Championship Scramble. 2 on 1 Handicap Match: Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase vs. John Cena The WWE Tag Team Champions make their way to the ring first and do their entrance. Cryme Tyme's music hits and the two come out and run away with the WWE Tag Team belts. Out next is John Cena to a nice pop. As Cena does his entrance, Rhodes and DiBiase fuss at ringside over their missing Championship belts. It looks like it's going to be Cena taking on both Rhodes and DiBiase at the same time in this match. We go back to another commercial break. Back from commercial and Cena has Cody tied up in the corner while DiBiase waits for a tag. Rhodes taunts Cena which makes him chase him around the ring. Cody tags in DiBiase who comes in and unloads on Cena, getting a 2 count. Rhodes and DiBiase hit a few double team moves on Cena including a huge dropkick from Ted. Cody and Cena duke it out in the ring but Rhodes drops him with a leg sweep. Cena looks to be in a lot of trouble. Cody throws Cena from the apron into the fan barricade at ringside, hitting his ribs. Cody takes him back in the ring for a 2 count. DiBiase comes back in and works over Cena. A nice suplex by DiBiase and big right hands followed by a clothesline and a very close 2 count. Cody gets tagged back in and they drop a double elbow on Cena for another 2 count. Cody throws Cena in the corner for more right hands and double teaming with DiBiase. Cena elbows DiBiase and tries to fight off Rhodes. Cody knocks Cena back down for another 2 count. Cena misses his flying shoulder as Cody ducks. Cena looked real late on that. Cody goes to the floor where Cena is and throws him into the steel steps. This match has been all Rhodes and DiBiase as Ted is in the ring now still controlling Cena. Cena comes back with a back suplex of his own as Cody waits for Ted's tag. Rhodes comes in, gets cocky with Cena and gets caught by a right hand. Cena fights back and knocks Rhodes down. Cena hits his shoulder block, back suplex and tells DiBiase "you can't see me." Cena hits his Five Knuckle Shuffle and goes for the FU. He drops Cody from the FU and nails DiBiase who runs in, then locks the STFU on Rhodes to make him tap out for the win. Winner: John Cena - John Cena celebrates with the fans as we cut to a graphic of Shawn Michaels and his wife last night. After we get back from this commercial break, we will get Shawn Michaels' reaction to what went down at SummerSlam. - Back from commercial and WWE Hall of Famer Harley Race is shown at ringside. Michael Cole leads us into a video package from SummerSlam last night of what happened between HBK, Y2J and Rebecca. We cut to a video of last night after SummerSlam. HBK and Rebecca are walking backstage leaving when Michael Cole walks up. He asks for an update on her condition. HBK just stares at Cole and walks off. Then he turns around and walks to Cole and the mic. He says when he goes home he's going to comfort his wife and their kids who just watched their mother get punched in the face because of him. Rebecca looks on with her swollen lip and a tear in her eye. HBK says "and then, and then...." and walks off. - Backstage CM Punk is with Todd Grisham. Punk says Jericho did something horrible last night and then wants to come to Chicago, his hometown, and put the blame. Punk says in Chicago they handle guys like that. He says he's going to take out Jericho tonight and do it under his terms, Chicago style. Match: Santino Marella vs. D-Lo Brown The WWE IC Champion Santino Marella makes his way to the ring with Beth Phoenix, the new WWE Women's Champion. Cole announces his opponent as we go back to another commercial break. Back from commercial and Cole says Beth and Santino just had their acceptance speech in the ring. Out next is former WWE Intercontinental Champion D-Lo Brown, who gets a nice pop from the crowd. As Brown hits the ring, Kofi Kingston's music hits and out comes the former Champion to join Cole and Lawler at ringside for commentary. D-Lo and Kofi go at it to start the match and Brown goes up top. Santino knocks him to the mat, kicks him and gets a 2 count. Brown hits a running right hand, a clothesline and a bodyslam. D-Lo hits a big leg drop and goes back to the top rope. Beth Phoenix enters the ring and stands in the way of Santino. Brown gets off the turnbuckle and tells her to "get to steppin'" Beth slaps Brown and the ref calls for the bell. Brown slaps Santino and catches him in a big back body drop from up high. Santino goes to the outside and Kofi Kingston slams his face in the announcers table. Beth comes over and helps Santino to the back who celebrates with his belt and talks trash with Kofi. Winner by DQ: D-Lo Brown - Backstage we see Kane making his way to the ring as we go back to commercial break. - Back from commercial and Kane makes his way to the ring with a badass new theme song. We cut to a clip of last week's show where he revealed Rey Mysterio's mask. The lights stay red in the arena as Kane speaks. He says everyone was shocked when he pulled Rey's mask out. He says carrying that bag made him feel good and put a smile on his face. He says Rey hasn't been seen for about six weeks and there is a reason for that. Kane says he never liked Mysterio and doesn't like people who does like Rey. He says he's a slithering slime who hides behind a mask and compares him to a fungus that grows in marshes. Kane says he figurativeley eviscerated Rey in a parking lot six weeks ago but spared his life. He says Rey is alive but his spirit is broken and dead. Kane asks "is he alive? or is he dead?" and just laughs. Batista's music hits. Batista rushes the ring and Kane hits him with right hands. Batista nails the spear and goes to work on Kane. Kane hits Batista's knee and drops him. Batista gets lifted and dropped by a huge chokeslam as Kane looks on. Kane's new music hits as he makes his way to the back and Batista tries to recover in the ring. Chris Jericho vs. CM Punk Back from commercial and we see a preview for the Championship Scramble match at Unforgiven. Out first is Chris Jericho with Lance Cade at his side. The arena explodes as the music hits and out comes the World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk, the hometown boy. Everyone is on their feet as Punk enters the ring with his belt. Cole says Punk has over 100 family and friends in the building tonight. The crowd chants Punk's name and he just smirks at Jericho. The match starts with Punk hitting kicks on Jericho. Punk takes him down and kicks him straight in the back. A big backbreaker and another kick by Punk. Punk hits knees to Jericho's head but gets caught with a right hand. Jericho backs Punk in the corner but ends up getting wrapped up in the turnbuckle in a submission. Punk gets a quick 2 count on Jericho and puts him back in another submission hold. They go back to their feet and Jericho kicks Punk. Jericho goes running in the corner at Punk but misses, hits the post and flies to the floor. Punk regains his composure in the ring as we go back to commercial break. Back from commercial and Jericho has Punk in a submission hold. During the break, Jericho took control of the match after Punk missed a move off the ropes. Punk gets to his feet and fights out of Jericho's hold. Off the ropes and Jericho nails a clothesline for a 2 count on Punk. Jericho drops a few elbow drops and hits a back breaker. Jericho stretches Punk over his knee and tries to get him to submit. Back on their feet now and Punk starts to fight back. Jericho catches him in an abdominal stretch and holds it as he tries to make Punk submit again. Punk hits a knee but Jericho comes right back with forearms. Out of nowhere Punk nails a kick to Jericho's face and both men are down. Punk hits forearm shots and a dropkick followed by a flying forearm and more kicks. Punk nails another back breaker and covers Jericho for another 2 count. Punk hits a running knee in the corner but misses the bulldog as Jericho blocks it. Jericho hits the Lionsault and gets a 2 count. They go back and forth for a minute until Punk rolls Jericho up for a very close 2 count. Punk with forearms in the corner. Jericho reverses him and hits a clothesline in the corner. Punk lifts Jericho for the GTS on his shoulders ut he hangs on to the ropes. Jericho catches Punk in the Walls of Jericho as the ref checks Punk for the submission. Lance Cade cheers on Jericho at ringside but Punk finally makes it to the ropes and breaks the hold. Jericho runs at Punk and gets caught in the GTS but escapes to the apron and goes to the top turnbuckle. Punk runs up, hits the flying knee up in the air and nails a bulldog from the top rope. Punk gets to his feet and waits on Jericho. Cade gets on the apron and distracts Punk. Punk nails him but turns around to a Code Breaker from Jericho. Jericho covers Punk for the pinfall and the win in this non-title match. Winner: Chris Jericho RAW goes off the air as Chris Jericho makes his way to the back and CM Punk recovers in the ring.
-Post-show dark match:CM Punk over JBL to retain the World Heavyweight Championship.

NECW Birthday Bash 8 results from the Quincy, MA National Guard Armory on 8/16/08(from http://www.necwwrestling.com/):

New England Championship Wrestling celebrated its 8th anniversary this past Saturday night, August 16th – BIRTHDAY BASDH 8: LARGER THAN LIFE – in front of a sold out house at the National Guard Armory in Quincy , MA .
In the opening contest, a special extended 15-minute time limit Television Championship match, NECW Television Champion, Handsome Johnny with Sammi Lane , wrestled “The Real Deal” Brandon Locke to a time limit draw. Locke requested another five minutes, but this time Sammi Lane told Handsome she “had something she rather be doing with him for five minutes” and the Television Champion excitedly left the ring in quick fashion.
An eventful Pat’s Pit followed. Pat Piper’s guest was Brian Cairo with “The Natural” Scott Osbourne. Cairo stated that “Big” Rick Fuller had transportation problems and would not be making the event and that Osbourne would be taking his place. Fuller walked in the building with NECW Official Paul Richard and made his way to the ring saying that he had to call a friend for a ride because he waited for Cairo at the airport for hours. Fuller ended his yearlong relationship with Cairo by giving him a huge chokeslam and left the ring. As Piper went to close the segment, he was jumped from behind by “The Future Superstar” Ryan Matthew. As Matthews pummeled the kilted host of the Pit, “The Manager of Champions” Sean Gorman entered the area and told Pat that he had just one-upped him in their budding feud.
In a match for the NECW Tag Team Championship, new champions PRIDE faced off with former champ “Rocket” Fred Curry Jr. and his mystery partner. All signs pointed that partner being Fred’s father 60’s and 70’s star “Flyin” Fred Curry Sr. As the Currys prepared to enter the ring, Fred Sr. pointed back to the entranceway and out came former NECW Heavyweight Champion, Michael Sain. Curry and Sain got the DQ win when Dan Freitas pushed referee Rich Bass into the ropes leading to “The Rocket” crotching himself on the top turnbuckle. Post match, the Currys got a taste of revenge as father and son battered the tag team champions much to the crowd’s delight.
In a match-up between two rising stars in NECW, “The Natural” Scott Osbourne handed Asian standout Makoto his first loss after a cradle buster.
Before intermission was a feature match between two of the top stars in the area, Jason Blade and “Die Hard” Eddie Edwards, managed by Sean Gorman. Edwards scored the win over Blade with a modified fisherman’s buster after nearly 20 minutes of intense back and forth action.
After intermission was the 8-man survival match between Team Nightmare’s “Human Nightmare” Evan Siks, “Nightmare” Nick Steel, Frankie Vain, and “Lil” Nicky Amaral facing off with “The Talent” TJ Richter, “Future Superstar” Ryan Matthews, and “The Crown Jewels” (Darling Damon and Jason Rumble). Order of elimination:
Matthews eliminated Amaral after “Lil” Nicky missed a frogsplash.
Matthews eliminated himself after claiming he “pulled a quad”. This occurred after Matthew was just gorilla press slammed by Evan Siks. Matthews is claiming he is still riding his undefeated streak.
Richter pinned Vain following a sit-down neckbreaker.
Siks eliminated Richter after a tandem roaring elbow move with Steel.
Rumble eliminated Siks while Darling Damon held Siks’ foot.
Steel pined Darling Damon after a huge T-Bone Suplex.
Steel submitted Rumble with an ankle lock to win the match.
After the match, the Crown Jewels attacked Steel and began to double team him when Evan Siks ran back out to save his partner. During the melee, Damon snuck from the ring and got his atomizer of perfume, spraying Siks in the eyes with it. Siks had to be assisted out of the ringside area, noticeably in some major pain.
In a World Women’s Wrestling feature match, WWW Champion “The Portuguese Princess” Ariel with Brendan Michael Thomas defeated Lexxus by schoolgirl roll-up. As a stipulation of the match, Lexxus now must defeat 10 members of the WWW roster consecutively without a loss before she gets another title match.
In the main event, a triple threat for the NECW Triple Crown Championship, champion the “Mohawked Enforcer” Max Bauer defended against former champions “Big” Rick Fuller and DC Dillinger, with Sean Gorman. The hard-hitting contest was without its share of controversy. Dillinger looked to have the title won after hitting Bauer with a Yakuza kick to the face, but Fuller pulled NECW Senior Official Rich Bass from the ring before the fall could be counted. Bauer ends up retaining the title after some insurmountable odds as he hit Dillinger with his fireman’s carry drop for the win. A little more controversy in the match, as Gorman and Dillinger are claiming that Dillinger got his foot under the bottom rope during the pin fall, which should have resulted in the count being broken.
NECW returns to Quincy on Saturday night, September 20th with a 7 PM bell time for AUTUMN UNLEASHED. Tickets are on sale at all FYE locations, K.C.'s Sports Cards, 33 Temple St., Quincy Center and online by clicking here.
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NECW's website also announced that after 7 weeks, WWZN-AM 1510(1510 The Zone) is moving the Mouthpiece Wrestling Show", hosted by Sheldon Goldberg and Sean Gorman, to a new time. The program will now air on Fridays at 6 PM Boston time. Anyone outside the Boston area can listen to the program online at http://www.1510thezone.com/. The first 7 episodes can be downloaded via links on the NECW website.

Some news items from all over the 'net

WWE:

-The following were released from their contracts recently:WWE wrestlers Chris "Braden Walker" Harris, Nunzio, James Curtis, Shannon Moore, Domino, Big Daddy V, Charles Evans, Brad Attitude, Matt O'Neal, Cherry, The Highlanders, Colin Delaney, Stevie Richards and referees Nick Patrick and Wes Adams.

-"Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling" will debut on CMT on October 18, 2008 at 8 PM eastern.

-WWE Raw is in Chicago tonight. I'll have the results up tomorrow afternoon at the latest.

-August 25 Raw will air live at 9 PM eastern on Sci-Fi Channel due to US Open tennis coverage.

-Edge was removed from under the ring in a wheeled crate while the lights were out after the PPV event last night.

TNA:

--There is talk of Kevin Nash turning against Samoa Joe and aligning with Sting, Booker T. and Kurt Angle in a feud similar to Millionaires Club vs New Blood in WCW.

-Salinas will take part in an upcoming FOX reality show called "America's Sex Symbol".

-3,500 fans attended the Hard Justice PPV earlier this month.

-TNA will no longer provide free event tickets. The company thinks it's bad for business.

INDY:

-NECW held its annual Birthday Bash event this past Saturday night. Results to come.

"WhoIsSuicide", SummerSlam results

This was on all the major wrestling websites: During the Taylor Wilde vs Christy Hemme match on "TNA Impact this past Thursday night, the image seen here(courtesy of http://www.wrestleview.com/) appeared for a split-second. (If you can't see the image, a video of the "cryptic message" is available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tG7biRJt00.)

Here's what we know:"WhoIsSuicide" refers to a playable character in the "TNA Impact!" video game(in stores September 9, 2008). "Suicide" is a champion wrestler attacked and left for dead by the "LAX"(Latin American Xchange) tag team. He wakes up in Mexico with no memory and in the care of doctors. (The story mode trailer for the game is also available at http://http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQDA1ot2NjI.)

"Suicide" may or may not be played by Frankie "Kaz" Kazarian when he possibly returns to TNA in September.

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Here are results from last night's WWE SummerSlam pay-per-view(courtesy of http://www.wrestleview.com/):

Big Show defeated Bam Neely in the "dark" match before the show went on the air.

WWE SummerSlam PPV Results - 8/17/08

Location: Indianapolis, Indiana

Announcers: Michael Cole & Jerry Lawler, Jim Ross & Tazz and Todd Grisham & Matt Striker

Report by: Adam Martin of WrestleView.com

The WWE promo hits.

A video package runs with a movie trailer theme featuring Batista, Chris Jericho and Rey Mysterio. The package also focuses on the last 20 years of SummerSlam being the biggest blockbuster of the summer. We then see highlights of what is scheduled tonight including The Undertaker's return against Edge inside a Hell in a Cell.

A graphic opening hits welcoming us to SummerSlam. We go live to the Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis where a huge display of pyro goes off in the entrance area. Jim Ross is the first to welcome us to the show. Jerry Lawler and Michael Cole also rundown the card tonight including Triple H vs. The Great Khali for the WWE Championship and CM Punk vs. JBL for the World Heavyweight Championship.Jeff Hardy's music hits to kick off the first match.

Jeff Hardy vs. MVP

The bell rings as Jeff Hardy takes off against MVP landing some right hands. MVP bails to the outside, Hardy chases him down, MVP leaps back inside the ring, MVP attempts a kick to the face, Hardy dodges, drags MVP out and throws him into the ring barricade. Hardy nails MVP's head off the ring and throws him back inside. Scoop slam by Hardy on MVP followed by a springboard leg drop. Cover by Hardy, but MVP gets a foot on the ropes. Hardy goes to work on MVP's arm. MVP gets to his feet and takes Hardy down with an arm drag. Hardy rolls through and keeps working on MVP's arm. MVP backs to the corner to break it up. MVP attempts a kick, but Hardy dodges it and gets some kicks in of his own. Big forearm by Hardy on MVP in the corner. Hardy irish whips MVP to the corner, Hardy charges and MVP levels him with a huge release overhead belly-to-belly suplex right into the corner! Cover by MVP and Hardy kicks out after two. MVP goes to work on Hardy's neck after taking him out with the big belly-to-belly suplex.MVP then turns this over into a camel clutch. MVP yells at the referee to ask Hardy if he gives up. MVP lands a few shots to the face. Hardy tries to fight out and MVP keeps him grounded applying a boston crab. Hardy gets to the bottom rope to break it up. MVP with some kicks to the back on Hardy. Hardy rolls to the ring apron, attempts a springboard over the top rope, but MVP catches him with a big right hand. MVP then drops his weight over Hardy's body as the fans boo. MVP with a cover, but Hardy again kicks out. MVP puts Hardy in a tree of woe in the corner. MVP grabs Hardy by the head and slams it off the mat. Another cover by MVP and Hardy again kicks out. MVP lifts Hardy to his shoulder, Hardy fights off and takes out MVP with a neckbreaker. Hardy with a big kick to the sternum on MVP, but misses his double kick to the chest in the corner on MVP when MVP counters kicking Hardy back across the ring! MVP launches Hardy into the opposite corner. MVP charges, but Hardy takes off and levels MVP with a big takedown.Hardy with a side russian leg sweep on MVP and a double-leg pin attempt. MVP kicks out just barely after two. Hardy with some kicks to MVP in the corner. Hardy attempts his dropkick to the chest in the corner again, but MVP stands up and puts him on his shoulder. Hardy with a sunset flip, MVP counters and then Hardy takes out MVP with a Whisper in the Wind. Hardy is up top ready to hit the Swanton Bomb when Shelton Benjamin runs out. Hardy sees this and jumps taking out Benjamin. Hardy returns to the top turnbuckle, jumps, but MVP dodges a Swanton Bomb. MVP then recovers and kicks Hardy in the head. Cover by MVP and he gets the pinfall.

Winner: MVP

After the match, MVP heads up the entrance way celebrating his win. We see highlights of the match leading to the finish. Back live, MVP is still staring down Hardy from the top of the entrance area.

Backstage, Maria is talking about the "Winner Takes All" match tonight with Mickie James and Kofi Kingston vs. Santino Marella and Beth Phoenix. Santino walks up and says he almost didn't recognize her since she has let herself go since they broke up. Santino talks about his new lady friend Beth and said the tabloids are going nuts over "Glamarella." Maria mentions Santino's unibrow. He thanks her and seems proud of it. Beth grabs Santino and says he is all hers as they leave.

We have another text vote tonight asking, "Will Edge and Vickie divorce?"

Winner Takes All Match:WWE Intercontinental & Women's Championships on the line-Kofi Kingston & Mickie James (c's) vs. Santino Marella & Beth Phoenix

The bell rings and we start with Beth Phoenix and Mickie James. Lock up and Mickie gets a headlock. Beth counters a headlock takedown launching Mickie away. Beth takes out Mickie with an elbow to the face, misses a forearm and Mickie takes her out with a dropkick to the chest and then the face. Beth with a back suplex on Mickie. Tag to Santino and Mickie kicks him in the head. Mickie with a monkey flip on Santino. Tag to Kofi Kingston and Kofi takes out Santino with a big cross-body. Kingston with some dropkicks on Santino and then a big charge in the corner on Santino. Big uppercut by Kingston on Santino. Mickie then dropkicks Beth off the ring apron. Kingston teases he will springboard over the top rope to take out Santino on the outside, but Santino jumps into the arms of Beth and Kingston stops himself. Tag to Beth after Santino rakes the eye of Kingston. Beth kicks Kingston in the ribs and goes to work on his arm as she tags Santino back in. Snap suplex by Santino on Kingston. Santino applies a modified camel clutch and yells at Kingston calling him stupid.Kingston fires back with a big shoulder block and Beth gets a tag. Mickie gets a tag as wel and Mickie hits Beth with some forearms. Mickie with a big clothesline takedown on Beth. Mickie with another big takedown on Beth and Mickie dropkicks Santino off the ring apron. Mickie with a hurcanrana on Beth and then a Lou Thesz Press from the top rope. Santino breaks up the pinfall. Kingston charges and Santino pulls down the ropes. Mickie then takes out Santino with a big tornado DDT. Beth with a shot from behind on Mickie and then Beth picks up Mickie driving her face to the mat. Beth covers Mickie and gets the pinfall.

Winners & NEW WWE Intercontinental & Women's Champions: Santino Marella (Intercontinental) and Beth Phoenix (Women's)

After the match, Beth Phoenix slaps Santino around to wake him up as she hands him the Intercontinental Title. He can't believe it and starts celebrating. Santino then starts kissing his belt as Beth celebrates with her Women's Title. Santino then goes up on Beth's shoulders as they continue to celebrate. We then see highlights of the match leading to the finish. Back live, Santino is celebrating yelling, "I did it all by myself!" and then looks down at his title saying he missed it.

A video package runs looking at Chris Jericho vs. Shawn Michaels from The Great American Bash and the interview Michaels did on Raw where he announced he would come to SummerSlam to publicly announce his future in the WWE.

Shawn Michaels Announcement

Shawn Michaels makes his way out to the ring along with his wife Rebecca in hand. HBK enters the ring and grabs a mic. He said he first wanted to thank everyone who has supported his family during his difficult time. HBK wants to get right to it. He said he recently had an appointment with his doctors for a reevaluation of his eye. Due to complications with his eye and other injuries he has had with his knee and back, it was recommended that he walk away from the ring. The fans boo loudly. HBK said the doctor left the decision up to him and he said after talking it over with his wife and family, he has decided to take the doctors advice and walk away. He said he has had a wonderful career and regrets nothing. HBK said he came to WWE in the late 1980s and the fans have allowed him to be what he has become today. He said he has also been known for other things like screwing Bret Hart, forming D-Generation X, the man who innovated the Ladder Match, the guy who lost his smile and the man who retired Ric Flair. HBK said he now has an opportunity to be known as something else - full-time husband and full-time father. He understands this won't be a popular decision, but knows it is the right one. HBK begins to thank the fans when Chris Jericho's music hits to cut him off.Chris Jericho walks out wearing a suit. Jericho stares down HBK as he walks slowly into the ring with a mic in hand. Jericho shakes his head and says no. He said he won't allow him to go out this way. Jericho said HBK is walking away from this business because of him and wants him to admit that right now. HBK said if Jericho had any decency he would get out of this ring right now. Jericho says no and won't leave until he admits he is walking away because of what Chris Jericho did to him. He wants him to never forget what he did to his eye forcing him to walk away. Jericho said HBK needs to admit that to himself and he deserves to hear it face-to-face. He said he wanted the last moment of his professional career to hear him say that Chris Jericho put him out for good. Jericho said all of his accomplishments mean nothing and his legacy will end because of Chris Jericho. HBK agrees and admits it. He said he will go home, sit his wife down, sit his kids down and tell them the reason daddy can't wrestle anymore is because of the actions of a selfish, worthless human being. He then asked Jericho to sit his wife and kids down and look them in the eye saying daddy will never, ever, be Shawn Michaels. A loud "HBK" chant starts up. HBK's wife Rebecca tells them to go. As HBK turns to leave, Jericho pulls him back, swings and catches HBK's wife with a punch instead. Rebecca falls to the mat and HBK attends to her. Jericho leaves the ring with a shocked look on his face as WWE officials hit the ring. They attend to Rebecca as HBK stares down Jericho with an angry look on his face. The medical staff eventually helps her to her feet as the fans clap. A few replays are shown of the punch. They zoom in on her face revealing a swollen lip from the punch.

ECW Championship Match:Mark Henry (c) w/ Tony Atlas vs. Matt Hardy

They did ring introductions for the challenger Matt Hardy and the champion Mark Henry.The bell rings. Matt Hardy dodges a lock up and takes out Mark Henry with a big forearm. Henry fights back launching Hardy into the corner. Hardy dodges a splash and connects with a Twist of Fate! Hardy hooks the leg...1...2...Tony Atlas pulls Hardy out and launches him into the steel ring steps as the referee calls for the bell.

Winner via DQ: Matt Hardy Winner & STILL ECW Champion: Mark Henry

Jeff Hardy then runs out and takes out Tony Atlas with a Swanton Bomb. Mark Henry runs back out and takes out Jeff. Matt gets involved and The Hardys give Henry a double suplex on the outside. The Hardys return to the ring and celebrate as the fans cheer. Mark Henry and Tony Atlas head to the back with Atlas favoring his chest in pain.

Lawler and Cole plug the text vote again asking if Edge and Vickie will divorce.

We see a shot of World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk warming up backstage.

A video package runs highlighting CM Punk's reign as World Heavyweight Champion and JBL standing in his way in trying to take the title away.

World Heavyweight Championship Match:CM Punk (c) vs. JBL

They did ring introductions for the challenger JBL and the champion CM Punk.The bell rings and JBL and Punk lock up. JBL backs Punk to the corner and the referee breaks it up. The referee pushes JBL back. JBL then steps forward with a knee to the gut and then a headlock on Punk taking the action near the mat. JBL with a big shoulder block on Punk. Punk with some kicks to JBL followed by a big forearm takedown. Punk with a dropkick that sends JBL out of the ring through the ropes. Punk with a suicide dive through the ropes taking out JBL on the outside! Punk tosses JBL back in the ring, goes to the top turnbuckle, jumps, hits a cross-body and JBL quickly kicks out. Punk comes off the ropes and JBL catches him with a big shoulder block. JBL with some big right hands on Punk in the corner. Punk catches JBL with a boot in the corner. Punk is back up top when JBL cuts him off with a shot to the back. JBL grabs Punk and connects with a fallaway slam from the top rope! Hook of the leg by JBL and Punk kicks out after two. JBL with a shot to the back. Punk sits back up and JBL gives him another shot to the back.Punk gets to his feet and JBL levels him with a big right hand. JBL with an irish whip to the corner on Punk. JBL then applies a modified bearhug trying to weaken Punk. Punk attempts a few elbows to break free. Punk breaks free and lands a few kicks on JBL. JBL with a big boot on Punk from the corner. JBL follows that up with another boot to the head on the ground, hook of the leg and Punk kicks out. JBL with a forearm to the back on Punk followed by a quick back suplex. Another cover by JBL and Punk again kicks out. JBL with an abdominal stretch on Punk. Punk with a hip toss on JBL to break up the abdominal stretch. Punk with a high knee to the head on JBL followed by a bulldog from the corner. Punk attempts a GTS, but JBL counters off and levels Punk with a big clothesline. JBL drops a few elbows over Punk, covers and Punk kicks out. Punk and JBL exchange punches. Punk with some slaps and then a kick to the head on JBL. Cover by Punk and JBL kicks out. Punk with a springboard, but JBL catches him and connects with a powerslam that results in a two count.JBL argues with the referee that it was a three count. JBL raises his arm and gets booed. JBL goes for the Clothesline From Hell when Punk counters with a dropkick to the face. Punk with another high knee in the corner, attempts another bulldog, JBL counters and places Punk back up on the top turnbuckle. JBL lands numerous forearm shots to the back on Punk. JBL climbs up with Punk and connects with a big back suplex off the top! The back of Punk's head is busted open after colliding with JBL's head earlier. Punk counters a clothesline attempt from JBL and connects with the GTS! Punk covers JBL and gets the pinfall.

Winner & STILL World Heavyweight Champion: CM Punk

After the match, Jerry Lawler does another JR impression yelling, "Punk Wins! Punk Wins! Punk Wins!" Michael Cole said we should get used to Lawler saying that as Punk has once again proved JBL wrong. CM Punk is handed the World Heavyweight Title and celebrates with it as the fans cheer. We then see highlights of the match leading to the finish. Back live, Punk has the World Title over his shoulder and smiles. Punk yells, "I'm coming home!" in reference to Raw being in Chicago tomorrow night.

Backstage, we see a shot of The Great Khali warming up.

A video package airs of the events leading into tonight's WWE Championship match between champion Triple H and challenger The Great Khali.

WWE Championship Match:Triple H (c) vs. The Great Khali

They did ring introductions for the challenger The Great Khali and the champion Triple H. The bell rings and Triple H and The Great Khali have a stare down. Khali shoves Triple H away. Triple H comes back with a few right hands. Triple H keeps the right hands up dodging shots from Khali. Triple H attempts a Pedigree early on, but Khali fights out, slaps his arms around the neck of Triple H, lifts him up and slams him down. Khali taunts and the fans boo. Khali applies the Vice Grip on Triple H. Triple H gets in a few kicks to break it up and the connects with a chop block taking Khali to the ground. Khali rolls out of the ring and recovers near the announce tables when Triple H walks out towards him. Khali catches Triple H wtih a chop to the head leveling Triple H. Khali sends Triple H into the ring bell area and then sends Triple H back into the ring. Khali kicks Triple H in the corner and then follows that up with a few elbow shots. Triple H falls to the mat from the corner as Khali taunts some more. Khali with a clothesline leveling Triple H as the fans chant "YOU CAN'T WRESTLE" loudly. Khali with a pinfall standing over Triple H. Triple H kicks out. Khali then applies pressure to the shoulder of Triple H. Khali picks up Triple H on his shoulder and then slams him down with force. Khali with a leg drop on Triple H and Triple H barely gets a shoulder up. Khali goes back to work on the shoulder of Triple H. Triple H gets to his feet, lands a few shots to the chest of Khali and then some right hands to the head. Triple H with a knee to the face on Khali. Khali gets tied up in the ropes when he falls back. Triple H then charges at Khali and Khali gets a boot up to stop Triple H. Khali breaks free from the ropes, Triple H attempts a Pedigree, but Khali launches Triple H over his back over the top rope to the outside. Triple H then trips up Khali from the outside and drives his leg into the steel ring post. Triple h walks across the ring apron towards Khali and Khali slaps Triple H over the chest sending him to the ground right away. Triple H rolls back into the ring favor his chest.Khali comes back into the ring, Triple H charges and Khali gets another Vice Grip applied. Triple H with some body shots on Khali, but Khali won't let go. Khali keeps the Vice Grip applied when Triple H somehow breaks free. Khali launches Triple H into the corner. Triple H dodges a splash, kick to the gut, attempts a Pedigree and connects. Triple H turns Khali over, hooks the leg and gets the pinfall.

Winner & STILL WWE Champion: Triple H

After the match, we see highlights of the match leading to the finish. Back live, Triple H is holding the WWE Championship and celebrates in the corner with the crowd in attendance. Triple H throws the title over his shoulder and taunts once more holding the title over his head.

A video package runs highlighting the events leading into tonight's match between John Cena and Batista.

John Cena vs. Batista

Big reaction for John Cena. Another big reaction for Batista, but sounded more mixed. The bell rings and Batista stalks Cena as Cena moves around. Lock up and Batista gets the headlock. Batista with a shoulder bock on Cena. Cena takes out Batista with a hip toss and gets booed. Crowd now sounds more pro-Batista. Cena now with a headlock on Batista. Cena with a shoulder block of his own, but Batista with a kick to the gut, attempts a Batista Bomb, Cena counters out, but Batista levels him with a big boot. Batista with a quick jackhammer on Cena, but Cena kicks out after two. Cena with a big suplex on Batista into a cover that results in a two count. Batista with a side slam on Cena, cover, but Cena again kicks out. Batista attempts another Batista Bomb, Cena counters into an FU attempt, but Batista counters out of that and connects with a chop block. Batista drops Cena's knee across his and then applies a Figure Four! The fans let out a few WOOOOOOOO's as Cena screams out in pain. Cena tries powering out, but is unable to. Cena begins reaching for the bottom rope and eventually gets it. Cena gets Batista up on his shoulders and launches him over the top rope to the outside. Cena falls back down and favors his knee after being in the Figure Four. Batista returns to the ring and Cena takes him out with two flying shoulder blocks. Cena with his turning powerbomb on Batista. Cena stands up and goes for the Five Knuckle Shuffle. Lots more booing than cheering. Cena connects, Batista is up, FU attempt, but Batista counters and hits Cena with a big boot. Both men are down. The referee gets to 6 and both men are up as Batista lifts up Cena and drives him into the corner. Irish whip to the opposite corner and another splash. Batista attempts this a third time, Cena gets an elbow up, but Batista comes right back with a huge spinebuster. Batista calls for the end shaking the ropes. Cena dodges a Batista Bomb, gets in a shot on Batista's knee and applies the STFU. Batista tries to break free, but Cena keeps the STFU locked in. Batista moves his body forward and gets to the ropes.Cena breaks the hold and waits for Batista to stand up. Cena gets Batista on his shoulders, but Batista counters pulling Cena back into what looks like a rear naked choke. Cena gets in a few elbows to Batista's chest breaking up the choke. Spear by Batista, cover and Cena barely gets a shoulder up after two. Batista favors his knee as he picks up Cena, but Cena counters flipping back and putting Batista up on his shoulder! Cena then connects with the FU on Batista and falls back. After a few seconds, Cena crawls over, hooks the leg, but Batista kicks out after two. Cena goes up to the top turnbuckle. Batista cuts him off with a few right hands jumping up with. The fans cheer when Batista connects and boo when Cena connects. Cena's punches are too much as Batista falls back to the mat. Cena attempts a leg drop in mid-air, but Batista catches him and counters into a powerbomb! Cover by Batista and Cena still finds a way to kick out. Batista with a huge kick to the face on Cena and connects with a Batista Bomb. Batista hooks the leg and gets the pinfall.

Winner: Batista

After the match, we see highlights of the match leading to the finish. Back live, both men are drained as Batista has his hand raised in the corner and John Cena is down still trying to recover. Batista leaves the ring and heads up the entrance area having his arm raised one more time by the referee.

Yay, we have text vote results. 78% of the WWE fans think Edge and Vickie will get a divorce.

Back live, the Hell in a Cell cage begins to lower around the ring.

A video package airs highlighting the events between Edge and Vickie Guerrero leading to her reinstating The Undertaker.

Hell in a Cell Match:The Undertaker vs. Edge

Edge kept up the psycho look on his face during his entrance and it looked great. Jim Ross noted it almost looked like he was looking forward to the match now. JR also noted there has been 15 Hell in a Cell matches in WWE history with Undertaker in 8 of them. Tonight is Edge's first Hell in a Cell.The referee locks the cage door and the bell rings. Undertaker approaches Edge, but Edge dodges it and gets in a few right hands. Taker pushes Edge away and then launches him to the corner. Edge comes back with some right hands, but Taker pushes him away and levels him with a huge big boot. Taker puts Edge back in the corner and connects with some rights and lefts. Taker throws Edge over the top rope and Edge hits the side of the cage. Taker follows, picks Edge up and throws his body against the side of the cage. Taker continues to throw Edge against the cage while he tries to recover on the ground. Taker with a few headbutts to Edge. Taker again drives Edge's face into the side of the cell structure as Edge screams out in pain. Taker then sends Edge shoulder first into the steel ring steps. Backstage, we see a shot of Vickie Guerrero and La Famila watching the match. Meanwhile, Taker puts Edge on the ring apron and drops a leg over his chest. Taker grabs the bottom part of the steel ring steps and slides them into the ring.Taker puts the steel steps up against the corner, grabs Edge, puts him on his shoulders, charges and drops him face first off the steps. Edge catches Taker with an elbow soon afterwards, sets the steps back up and then drives Taker into them. Edge with a baseball slide and spear combo on Taker right up against the steel steps. Edge leaves the ring and pulls a table out setting up against the cage. Edge returns to the ring, picks up the steel steps and hits Taker with them taking him out. Edge goes back outside and pulls out a second table. Edge sets this table up, returns to the ring and takes out Taker with a quick clothesline. Edge goes back outside and stacks the two tables on top of each other. Edge grabs Taker from the ring apron, attempts a suplex over the ropes, but Taker gets Edge ready for a chokeslam. Edge counters and drops Taker's head off the ropes. Edge pulls a steel chair out from under the ring and drives it into the neck of Taker. Edge hits the ring with the chair and hits Taker with it once more.Edge goes back outside and pulls a third table out. Edge puts the table in the ring and begins to set it up when he sees Taker getting up. Edge grabs the steel chair and hits Taker over the back with it yet again. Edge sets the table up, leaves the ring and pulls out a two ladders. Edge slides one of the ladders into the ring and hits Taker with some quick right hands. Edge levels Taker yet again with a steel chair shot to the head. Edge puts the steel chair on the table and then sets the ladder up near a corner. Taker gets up and Edge again takes him out with another steel chair shot. Edge picks up Taker and puts him over the table. Edge grabs the steel chair, climbs up the ladder, jumps off with the steel chair in hand and crashes over Taker through the table! Edge brings two more steel chairs into the ring and places one under Taker's head. Edge attempts a conchairto, but Taker sits up, chokes Edge, Edge fights out, but Taker levels Edge with a huge right hand. Taker tries to recover sitting up against the ladder in the corner.Edge stands up on the ring apron and Taker connects with a big boot sending Edge off the ring apron right into the side of the cage. Taker leaves the ring, grabs the steel steps and hits Edge right in the head with them. Taker picks up Edge, puts him on his shoulders, runs towards the steel ring post, but Edge jumps off and sends Taker face first into the post. Edge then backs up, runs, jumps off the steel steps, jumps at Taker and when this happens the two go crashing through the side of the cage breaking it down across the Smackdown announce table! Very cool spot. Taker grabs Edge and sends him face first off the announce table and then sends him back first into the ring barricade. Taker grabs a TV monitor, tries to hit Edge with it, Edge dodges it, kicks Taker, grabs another TV monitor and hits Taker with that. Edge with another shot using the TV monitor. Taker falls across the Raw announce table and begins to stand up when Edge jumps up on the Smackdown announce table, charges, spears Undertaker and they both crash through the ECW announce table breaking it in half!Edge and Taker are back up. The two exchange a few punches over the broken ECW announce table. Taker gets in some big lefts and rights. Taker grabs Edge and sends him back into the Hell in a Cell. Edge is in the ring first, grabs the ladder, Taker gets in and Edge takes him out with the ladder. We see another shot of La Famila backstage watching the match. Edge pulls a camera out from under the ring, cracks it over the head of Taker, hooks the leg, but Taker finds a way to kick out. Edge attempts a Spear, but Taker counters and hits a big chokeslam on Edge! Hook of the leg by Taker, but Edge somehow kicks out. Taker looks to hit the Last Ride when Edge drops down and low blows Taker. Edge with a big DDT on Taker, hook of the leg and Taker again kicks out. Taker sits up, punches Edge, kicks Edge and then gets him ready for the Last Ride. Taker turns around, lifts Edge up, Edge jumps off, goes off the ropes and catches Taker with a Spear! Cover by Edge and Taker kicks out yet again. Taker backs to the corner, Edge jumps up, gets in a few right hands, but Taker lifts up Edge and connects with the Last Ride! Hook of the leg...1...2...Edge kicks out and Taker can't believe it. Taker pulls the steel steps near them, grabs Edge, stands up top the steps, puts Edge on his shoulders, Edge falls back and brings Taker down with a neckbreaker over the steel steps. Edge with a pinfall attempt and Taker still kicks out. Tazz said both men must be spent by this point. Edge torks the arm of Taker, goes up top, attempts Old School, but Taker counters and crotches Edge on the top. Taker chokes Edge, looks down and chokeslams Edge off the top turnbuckle onto the two stacked tables at ringside! Edge crashes through both tables and is lifeless at ringside. Taker tosses Edge back in the ring and then catches Edge with a Spear of his own. Taker grabs the TV camera and cracks it over the head of Edge. Taker places a steel chair under the head of Edge. Taker grabs another steel chair and connects with the conchairto! Taker picks up a lifeless Edge, puts him on his shoulders and connects with the Tombstone Piledriver. Cover by Taker and he gets the pinfall as the fans count along.

Winner: The Undertaker

After the match, The Undertaker takes one knee and poses as we see a shot backstage of La Familia clapping in approval. Undertaker leaves the cell and walks up the entrance area. He stops, turns around and heads back to the cell. Undertaker gets back in the ring, grabs the ladder, sets it up near Edge, Undertaker picks up Edge, lifts him up in a powerbomb, puts Edge up over the ladder and Edge is lifeless sprawled across it. Undertaker leaves the ring, grabs another ladder and sets it up next to it. Undertaker pushes the referee aside, climbs up to the top of the ladder Edge is on with one foot on the other. Undertaker grabs Edge by the hair, taunts that it is over for Edge, yells that he is going to hell and then chokeslams him off the ladder onto the ring and Edge crashes through the ring making a giant hole. Undertaker then drops to both knees, poses and fire comes bursting up from under the ring through the hole made by Edge as the PPV goes off the air.

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We may get an update on Edge's condition and the whole "La Familia" situation on Smackdown this Friday night and on http://www.wwe.com/ this week.

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