Daniel Bryan is the World Heavyweight Champion!

That’s right last night at the conclusion of Big Show vs. Mark Henry, Bryan cashed in his Money in the Bank and stole the world title away, not from Mark but from Big Show.

Show had finally won the world title for the first time in about 9 years to be knocked out by Mark and then have his gold snatched away by Daniel Bryan.

The event itself was good but it did seem to miss some chaos that we are used to on this sort of PPV.

The event kicked off with Zack Ryder taking on US Champion Dolph Ziggler in what was a great opening contest.

The Long Island Ice Z finally got his shot and finally walked away with the US Title his first singles championship in WWE. Zack’s future is looking bright but let’s hope he doesn’t burn out like John Cena did.

After that match we cut back stage to Booker talking to Alicia Fox and getting attacked by Cody.

Cody obviously trying to avoid the match later in the night or just making sure Booker is not at 100%.

Next was a Tag Team match for the WWE Tag Titles finally seeing AirBoom back in action after Evan’s suspension.

On screen it looks like it would be any normal match but a lot may have been hanging in the balance other than the titles.

As Evan had been recently suspended for failing the drug test WWE may not have wanted to keep him with a title and push him down the cards, this could of lead to the removal of AirBoom and also Kofi suffering as well. If AirBoom were to lose at TLC all of that could have happened. Luckily AirBoom did win and retain the Tag Titles.

With their new T-Shirts and other merchandise the future of AirBoom may be bright.

Their opponents, Primo and Epico also looked to have a future in the Tag division performing well and showing classic style and personality. Rosa Mendez is also a welcome addition to the team. Looks like Hunico or Sin Cara Negro has been dropped from this story and pushed down the cards to Superstars as his main rival is out on injury.

Next was a pretty good Tables match between Wade Barrett and The Viper Randy Orton.

It was a good back and forth contest but it was Randy who took the win with a surprise RKO as Wade jumped from the turnbuckle to slam Randy through a table below him. Randy’s Snake like reflexes came into play as he sprang from the table catching Barrett and coming down in an RKO causing Barrett’s legs to go through table.

Not the most brilliant of endings but acceptable.

Beth Phoenix emerged next to take on former Divas Champ Kelly Kelly.

A much better Divas contest again seeing another longer than usual match up and both Kelly and Beth shone through out.

The ending was a bit messy but Beth came out the victor.

Booker T made his way to the ring next to once again in be jumped by Cody and be taken to the back by trainers. The match looked like it would never happen.

With that match once again on hold we move into the Sledgehammer Ladder match between Triple H and Kevin Nash which was a match that really did show its age.

Kevin Nash being in his early 50s and Triple H being early 40s neither are in their prime, this showed more on Kevin than it did Triple H. If this match was being fought just a few years prior the limits could have been pushed further and I would have found it more entertaining, but it just lacked that buzz that the two men used to bring back in the day.

Triple H was the man to grab the Sledge and use it on Kevin, after a pedigree and another hit from the hammer Triple H took the win.

Earlier in the night Jack and Sheamus had a promo resulting in the next match. It was nothing special but was entertaining, a good way of showcasing both men and put a push on Sheamus further up the ranks as he won with a boot to Jacks face.

Mark Henry went head to head with Big Show next which would be there third encounter.

Big Show “hurt” his hand early on being played out well by the big man and became Marks focus of the match.

The match was short and lacked buzz but Big Show took the win after still being able to knock Mark out with the injured hand.

During celebration Mark attacks Big Show and DDT’s show onto a pile of Chairs. The crowd saw it coming as chants for Daniel Bryan came from the front row. Daniel was down the ramp quick as lighting and cashed in on the downed Big Show, no work needed just a quick pin and Big Show’s title reign came to an end before it even began.

Big Show stayed in the ring stunned but didn’t seem angry, but Bryan may have just put himself between a rock and a hard place a Triple Threat for the World Title maybe in the foreseeable future maybe even a Fatal 4 Way depending on what happens with Kane.

Booker T was then shown backstage saying he will still go ahead with his match. So next up is the young vs. old, Cody vs. Booker T.

Even with the two attacks Bookers character didn’t show much of the effects and Bookers performance was just as good as it has ever been.

Booker did lose to the second generation star but let’s hope he stays in the ring and off the announcers table.

Lastly was an interesting Triple Threat TLC match for the WWE Title. In my opinion it did lack that buzz again but it was a good match that saw some rather unique moments.

During the match Ricardo tried to climb a ladder and retrieve the title on behalf of Alberto Del Rio. He was cut short by CM Punk, after being stopped though Ricardo handcuffed Punk to the Ladder, Alberto then attempted to climb the ladder and CM Punk was forced to break the ladder in a way of escape and stopped Del Rio in the process.

Now free from the ladder Punk spent the rest of the match wearing the handcuff which became a handy weapon.

Later Punk found himself handcuffed to the second turnbuckle of the ring by the Miz, while stuck in his predicament Alberto and Miz attempt to retrieve the Belt. CM Punk’s only way of freeing himself was to remove the turnbuckle altogether, which he did.

As Del Rio and Miz fought atop two ladders Punk undid the turnbuckle as quickly as possible, as soon as it was undone the second rope flopped to the mat and Punk made a dash up the ladders.

He stopped Miz and Alberto sending them back to the mat and then climbed down and gave Miz a GTS.

Quickly back up the ladder and the Title stays with CM Punk.

A great end to this PPV.

Overall I give this a 3.5 out of 5 stars, although it was a solid PPV it still lacked a buzz and chaos that we are used to for this style of PPV.

2012

Now 2012 is just round the corner and the date looms for the return of a Superstar, or someone else.

I have been doing some looking around seeing what people’s theories and predictions are and 3 in particular stand out.

The most obvious one is Chris Jericho, relating to the wording and his original entrance to the WWE as Y2J as 2000 was meant to be the end and everyone was on about Y2K. The (Y)ear 2012 (2)nd of (J)anuary in the video is claimed to be the end of the world as we know it, and he will come back and claim what is his. Other videos mention best in the world which is what he claimed to be. So maybe he will come to claim that name from CM Punk who is the current best in the world as well as the WWE title?

Theory number 2 is Batista. One of the passages read in the one of the clips is from what is called the Leviathan which was one of Batista’s early ring names.

The last theory, and most unlikely is Shane McMahon and the end of the PG era. The little girl that is in the latest video is meant to tell us when this person will arrive, who could that little girl be representing? Signs could point to Stephanie and there for the person being bought back maybe Shane. Claiming what is his could be in regards to him being the true heir to WWE and taking it back from Triple H and/or John Laurinaitis. Bringing the end to the world as we know it may refer to the end to the PG Era.

All of the above is theory and are rumours from across the web and nothing is of course confirmed.

That being said in my opinion I think it will be Chris Jericho as he is the most obvious even though he has said that he is in Hawaii on the date.

Questions for you.

So what did you think of TLC?

What are your theories on the 2012 return?

Well this will be my last blog of the year so I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New (Y)ear, we wait to see what (2)012 will bring and I will see you in (J)anuary.

Matty.D signing off for 2011!

Masked Kane Returns!

 

You read that title right, Masked Kane is back! Last night on the special 3 hour addition of Raw for the Slammy’s came to a close with Kane’s return, or should I say resurrection. Kane returned during the final match of the night of Mark Henry vs. John Cena. During the match Fire boomed on the stage and the lights went out, Kane’s video played and his music blared as Kane appeared at the top of the ramp wearing new wrestling gear and strange black mask. He came to the ring and Mark was quick to leave. Cena still groggy receives a Choke Slam. Kane then blasts his Fire from the ring posts, the lights turn red and the music plays again as Kane lifts the black mask to reveal another mask underneath similar to his last before he was unmasked way back when. Not only was Kane re-masked but he has also grown his hair out to old style and length.

The night also saw the reappearance of Road Dogg, Lita, Mick Foley and Tony Atlas to present different awards throughout the night.

The night started with Booker T and the now speaking Hornswoggle presenting the award for the “Tell Me I Did NOT Just See That” Moment of the year.

The winner was Good Ol’ J.R for his dancing skills against Michael Cole. This lead into a shockingly bad “Rap Battle” Between J.R and Cole, even worst so because J.R forgot his rap which he tweeted later.

Next Mick Foley and “The Million Dollar Man” Ted DiBiase Sr. presented the award for Holy S#@! Moment of the year.

The winner was Mark Henry and Big Show for the ring collapse at Vengeance. Big Show accepted the award before he went to head to head with Wade Barrett.

The match ended on a DQ as Wade brings a chair to the ring to have it punched back into his face.

Pipe Bomb of the year was next presented by former DX member Road Dogg, not someone I expected to see on WWE TV again yet there he was but I don’t think we will see much of him again.

The winner of the award was the creator of the phrase “Pipe Bomb” CM Punk.

He accepted the award accompanied by a manikin dressed like John Laurinaitis back in his wrestling days. CM Punk proceeded to embarrass the Interim GM by showing a very cheesy tribute video featuring clips from John’s wrestling days as well as time as head of talent relations.

Next up was the great looking Lita, a Diva from the past that was actually able to perform. If you don’t know who Lita is or what she can do look her up. This woman has fought in Steel Cages, gone through tables, flipped from the top rope on numerous occasions as well as almost breaking her neck jumping out of the ring and hitting the barricade. Lita is what current Divas should aim to be like.

Lita presented the award for Most Divalicous Moment of the year. Kelly Kelly won for a roll up pin to win her first Title but in my opinion it is an honor that should have gone to one of the Divas of Doom. Natalya was in the nominations for performing a Sharp Shooter on Eve and Alicia Fox at the same time and Beth was nominated for her top rope Glam Slam from Survivor Series.

The Divas champ and former Diva of the year Beth accompanied by Natalya came out to mock Kelly but Beth got a Slap for her troubles.

Santino Marella and the Bella twins presented the award for OMG moment of the year. The winner being Undertaker for kicking out of the Tombstone at Wrestlemania which was delivered by Triple H.

The Undertaker obviously wasn’t there but Triple H was. After being absent for the last 7 weeks on injury the King of Kings made his return and cut a great promo for his match against Kevin Nash this Sunday.

Next was the award for Trending star of the year presented by Tony Atlas and David Otunga. This was more unique award. The winner of the award would be the superstar that Trends first on Twitter during their Fatal 4 Way match.

The participants were, Zack Ryder, Dolph Ziggler, Cody Rhodes and Daniel Bryan. The match was brilliant and was the best match of the night by far.

The winner of the match was Dolph Ziggler but winner of the Slammy was Zack Ryder.

Zack’s celebration was short lived though as Dolph attacked Zack taking the Slammy for himself.

The injured Christian was next to present the award for Game Changer of the Year. The winner was The Rock for accepting John Cena’s challenge for Wrestlemania next year. The Rock was obviously not present so John Cena accepted the award on his behalf and took the chance to put more heat on their match to happen next year.

The Miz and Alberto Del Rio tagged up to take on their TLC opponent and WWE Champion CM Punk who was teamed with the Viper Randy Orton.

Miz and Alberto picked up the win after Wade Barrett pulled Randy off the apron.

After the match Randy went after Barrett leaving Punk in the hands of Alberto and Miz. Punk soon found himself with his arm locked in a ladder as Alberto applies an Arm Bar.

Goldust and Vicki Guerrero presented the award for WWE A-Lister of the Year. The winner was Snookie from Jersey Shore for her appearance and match at Wrestlemania.

Snookie accepted the award via a Satellite message.

Sheamus was meant to have a match next against Jinder Mahal, but Jinder was running his mouth as he came to the ring and as he stepped through the ropes Sheamus booted him in the face and  left.

Rey Mysterio presented the biggest award of the night, Superstar of the Year. The reason it’s the biggest isn’t because it’s Superstar of the Year but because us the fans actually got to vote for this one.

CM Punk won as he is the Best in the World, better than all other superstars of this generation.

After Punk’s recent beating he was unable to accept the award so John Laurinaitis came and accepted on Punk’s behalf.

TLC

Well this weekend will see WWE’s last PPV of the Year TLC. Here is a quick list of the matches.

Intercontinental Championship

Cody Rhodes vs. Booker T

That’s right Booker T is making his way from the announcers table and to the Ring. Booker has annoyed us all for months with his drivel as a commentator but it will be great to see him back where he should be, in the ring.

Let’s hope he keeps wrestling and stops commentating altogether.

US Championship

Dolph Ziggler vs. Zack Ryder

After a lot of fighting Zack Ryder finally gets his shot at the US Title, but to get it John Cena had to give up his place in the WWE Championship match.

John Cena doesn’t have a match at all at this PPV, something that doesn’t happen very often while he is an active superstar. Expect a promo from him and some backstage appearances throughout Sundays show.

Randy Orton vs. Wade Barrett

This feud has been getting hotter over the past few weeks and I think we are in for a great match. Randy is meant to pick the stipulation for the match but still has not announced anything. Signs point to a Table match. If Wade wins expect him to set his sights on the World Title.

Triple H vs. Kevin Nash

Sledgehammer Ladder Match

This is a more unique match, instead of a championship or briefcase hanging above the ring a Sledgehammer will be in its place.

You don’t win though by retrieving the Hammer like you would in your standard Ladder match; the person who retrieves it is legally allowed to use it. The winner will come when one man pins or submits the other.

It’s an interesting concept but I feel it may ruin the aspect of a Ladder match. The enjoyment of a Ladder match comes from the fight and struggle to retrieve the item above the ring, as retrieving the Sledge doesn’t win the match I feel we may lose some of that suspense.

Either way it will be great to see these two classic stars step back into the ring.

World Heavyweight Championship

Mark Henry vs. Big Show

Chairs Match

I am hoping that the chairs will make this match better than there last encounter but I don’t have high hopes for this match. That being said with the return of Kane we may see him get involved and possibly cost Mark the World Title.

WWE Championship

CM Punk vs. The Miz vs. Alberto Del Rio

Triple Threat TLC

What should be a great match is the first ever Triple Threat TLC, even though we are in a PG era this should still shine.

Like I said before John Cena was meant to be in this match but he gave up his place to give Zack another chance to get a match for the US Title. It is good to actually have him out of the spot light for once and shine the light on other members of the WWE, it won’t be long though and he will be back in top position.

2/1/2012

For my American readers that is a British date, for you it is 1/2/2012. The reason I bring this date up is because it marks the return of another superstar. The teasers that have been on YouTube as well as during shows suggest Undertaker but to be sure we will have to wait till the 2^nd of Jan 2012.

Questions For you.

How do you feel about Kane’s return and his new look?

Do you agree with the Slammy results?

Who you think will be returning in 2012?

That’s all for now Matty.D signing off.

A Quiet Hell in a Cell

Last night’s Hell in a Cell PPV lacked the buzz that makes a PPV exciting, the crowd was dead through most of the event only cheering and booing at key moments. Due to this lack of enthusiasm matches that were good came across dull and boring, on top of this lack of buzz were the bland Hell in a Cell matches, ever since the PG rule was made Hell in a Cells just haven’t come across well at all.

The show kicked off with a very solid match between Sheamus and Christian, Sheamus was shown as a very forceful competitor as Christian at first struggled to take the Great White down and kept his distance till he got his chance to get the momentum in his favour. When the match slowed the crowd became quiet and caused the match to become dull.

After some big time moves Sheamus took the win with the Bro Kick.

Before that match started between the entrances of Sheamus and Christian R-Truth and The Miz showed up in the crowd with tickets and was getting their seats for the show. John Laurinaitis and some Security came down and removed the two from the crowd and you knew that wouldn’t be the last you will see of them.

Sin Cara vs. Sin Cara was next in line and the match was a good one, the two showed what Mexican wrestling is all about and I hope we see more from these two in the future, whether it be as Sin Cara’s or other names. Unfortunately though the crowd didn’t feel my liking for this match and stayed quiet once again and also some “boring” chants started.

Those on Twitter and I seemed to be enjoying the match so for the crowd to react in such a way really ruined it.

The Blue Sin Cara picked up the win.

A match for the WWE Tag Team Titles between AirBoom and the Team of Jack Swagger and Dolph Ziggler was after the Sin Cara’s match, it did liven the crowd a bit more but not enough to keep them going for the rest of the show. They put on a great back and forth match that showed the development of both teams well.

AirBoom was able to pick up the win and keep the Tag belts to the anger of Vicki Guerrero.

Later in the show Triple H is told that someone is causing problems in the locker rooms, armed with security Triple H and John Laurinaitis head in to find the Miz and R-Truth beating on Kofi and Evan in a ransacked locker room.

The security took Truth and Miz away while Triple H shouts at John.

After the Tag match we had the first of two Hell in a Cell matches, Randy Orton vs. Mark Henry. First way to describe this match is “Worst Hell in a Cell match ever”; it was to short and didn’t make enough use of weapons or the Cell itself.

Randy did nail Mark with the RKO but shockingly Mark kicked out of the pin after. The ending from there didn’t hold together well either as Mark turns a Punt attempt into the World’s Strongest slam to pick up the win.

It was the post-match that was more exciting and I think it should have been included in the match before the Cell was raised. After the match was won the Cell was raised and Mark celebrated, he then grabbed a chair in an attempt to break Randy’s leg like he had done to others before him.

Randy was able to save himself though moving his Chair clasped leg out the way at the last minute, Randy then used the chair viciously on the fleeing Mark Henry.

We moved into a Promo from Cody Rhodes next, in the promo he bagged the old Intercontinental Championship and revealed a new belt. It was in the design of the classic Title with up to date WWE logos and a great looking White Leather strap. It looks brilliant a real classic, this is the type of change we like. Now they need to do the same thing for the WWE Championship, it would be great to bring back a classic designed updated Belt, I personally like the classic look of belts and not the flashy ones like the Spinner US Championship of the past or the Current WWE Championship, and I really don’t like the current design of the Tag belts.

After Cody revealed the belt John Laurinaitis appeared to make an impromptu match for the new Title. Cody was forced to defend the belt against John Morrison and with no time to prepare he had to do it in the suit he was wearing. It was a good match and Cody did come away still holding the Title.

Next was another better than usual Divas match between Kelly Kelly and Beth Phoenix, the match came across well and Kelly continues to show improvement, the end of the match though seemed a bit messed up.

Kelly looked to be taking the win but Beth kicked out literally as the Refs hand was about to hit the mat for 3, the crowd were unsure whether it was a win or a loss. Natalya then got on the apron to have a go at the Ref. Why complain? Beth just kicked out that’s a good thing. I am going to guess that Nat was meant to jump up before or during the Pin, if it wasn’t for Beth kicking out the match would end in the wrong way. Eve then went after Natalya but she was foiled. Beth then locked in the unique and painful looking submission move that Natalya has been using over the last couple of shows. After Kelly screamed in pain and grabbed the ropes Beth let her go, the Ref turned his back to tell Beth off and Natalya hit Kelly with mic she was holding, a Glam Slam later and Beth Phoenix finally wins the Divas Title.

 Last match of the night, the Triple Threat Hell in a Cell for the WWE title, this one was more interesting than the previous but still didn’t live up to past Hell in a Cell matches.

The match went well and was rough but not as rough as we would have liked, mid-way through it wasn’t looking good for Alberto Del Rio so Ricardo took out the Ref outside the Cell, Unlocked the Cell door and came in with a Steel Pipe. He was stopped by Cena and forcefully removed from the Cell. Alberto had got the pipe though and used it on Cena. Leaving him outside the Cell, Del Rio then locked himself into the Cell and threw the Key away under the ring.

CM Punk and Del Rio fought for the win and no matter how much Cena tried he could break his way back in. With Cena out of the loop we was guaranteed a new Champion and that was Del Rio after Punk had been hit across the head with the Steel pipe, as soon as the Cell was raised though Cena was on Del Rio.

All Hell did then break loose. Two hooded men appeared from nowhere and stared beating on Cena, Del Rio and Punk. The two men were soon revealed to be Truth and Miz.

As Triple H and Laurinaitis came to the ring the Cell was lowered so no one could get in to stop the anarchy as Miz and Truth were now beating on the Refs that were in the ring as well as striking camera men who were also inside.

Almost the whole WWE locker room came down in an attempt to break into the Cell but all they could do was stand there and shake the cage as Miz and Truth continued beat on anyone inside the Cell.

Cops appeared as well to arrest the two of them as a man with bolt cutters broke through the chain holding the door. As soon as the door was open Truth and Miz held up their hands and went down onto their knees and gave themselves up.

Triple H in a rage was determined to get at the two as the cops handcuffed them. Trips did break free from being held back and beat on Truth and Miz pushing Laurinaitis out of the way to do so.

When he was finally held back the two men were removed and the show ended.

The ending of the show was the best part of the whole night but it did come 20 minutes earlier than it should have. We paid for a 3 hour show and we got a 2 hour and 40 minute show, WWE owe us 20 minutes worth of Entertainment.

Tonight’s Raw should prove to be interesting and I wonder how the storylines will develop heading into Vengeance and towards Survivor Series.

I give this PPV 2.5 out of 5 stars. If the crowd was livelier and the Cell matches were more exciting and had more substance I would of given a higher rating.

Questions for you

What did you think?

What do you think is next?

What is your favourite Hell in a Cell match from the past?

Tune in for tonight’s Raw and for now this is Matty.D signing off.

Hell in a Cell this Sunday!

That’s right WWE’s next PPV is already here. We have had only 2 weeks between Night of Champs and Hell in a Cell yet a lot has happened between then and now.

That being said let’s look at the matches for Hell in a Cell as well as other storyline developments.

Kelly Kelly vs. Beth Phoenix

That’s right these two are going against each other yet again. We have had some better Divas matches as of lately from Beth, Kelly and Natalya so hopefully we will have another good match and maybe this time Beth can get the job done and take the Divas Championship.

Sheamus vs. Christian

Over the past two weeks these two have been getting into each other’s faces and after Christian did some more moaning to Triple H, Trips booked Christian into a match with Sheamus for this Sunday.

On the lead up Sheamus has been fighting for the Intercontinental Championship against Cody Rhodes but every time it looked like Sheamus was going to win Christian came to the ring and cost Sheamus the match.

This should be a heated and good mid card match.

Sin Cara vs. Sin Cara

That’s right, after weeks of waiting the original Sin Cara came back to our screens and has lead towards the predicted Sin Cara vs. Sin Cara match.

On the lead up the Face Sin Cara has been starting matches but getting taken out and replaced by the Heel Sin Cara while the Ref’s back is turned near the end of most matches.

On SmackDown the Face Sin Cara won his match with ease and impressively against Heath Slater. After the win the Heel Sin Cara appeared on the big screen, he removed his mask to reveal a new black Sin Cara mask under it.

I actually can’t pick a favourite at the moment, when the Black Sin Cara first came in he did seem to perform well but since the original Blue Sin Cara returned he has shown great improvement.

Booker T did mention something on SmackDown during a Sin Cara match witch could be interesting, what if the two Sin Cara’s joined forces? If those two did join up they could make a great improvement to the Tag matches. Maybe Evan Bourn and Kofi Kingston vs. the Sin Cara’s is somewhere down the road? Let’s see what happens at Hell in a Cell first though.

World Heavyweight Championship

Hell in a Cell

Mark Henry vs. Randy Orton

Randy Orton will get his rematch this Sunday in the Devils playground. I think it’s still going to be Mark Henry that walks away with the World Title; he has had a good push and is still dominating.

If Randy’s match from last year against Sheamus is anything to go by we should be in for a good match this Sunday.

I predict Mark will win then at Raw or SmackDown he will claim that no one can beat him, this will lead into the return of a missing star, (possibly Undertaker) who will be the one to knock Mark off his high horse.

WWE Championship

Hell in a Cell

John Cena vs. CM Punk vs. Alberto Del Rio

After Night of Champs Triple H announced that both CM Punk and Alberto Del Rio are entitled to their rematches, Del Rio gets his rematch from losing to John Cena and Punk gets his rematch from losing the WWE Title after Del Rio cashed in his money in the bank.

This match could go in any direction and for me it’s hard to predict. The Triple H COO storyline has made space from this story and is growing legs of its own so depending on what happens Monday we shouldn’t see the stories cross paths to much.

Other Stories and news

The Rebel Alliance

A rebel alliance is forming in the WWE. David Otunga as the brains of the operation, with the help of EVP John Laurinaitis has bought together a group of unhappy superstars. Christian, Cody Rhodes, Dolph Ziggler, Jack Swagger and Vicki Guerrero have all banded together and are hatching a plan to possibly over throw COO Triple H or at least make life very hard for him. They will apparently put their plan in motion this Monday on Raw; we may see something happen at Hell in a Cell as well.

I’m thinking this may lead to a match at Survivor Series, the rebels vs. Triple H’s own created team. My guess for Triple H’s team is Evan Bourn, Kofi Kingston, Mason Ryan, Zack Ryder and Sheamus. The reason I picked Evan and Kofi is because they have been colliding with the now working team of Jack and Dolph, Zack Ryder because he has been climbing the ranks and working well with Kofi and Evan also colliding with Jack and Dolph, Sheamus due to his current feuds with Christian and Cody and lastly Mason Ryan, who has just recently come back to our screens, he came down as the 3^rd person in Dolph and Jacks team during a tag match against Kofi, Evan and Zack. Unfortunately for Dolph and Jack when Mason was tagged in he turned on his team mates then left for Zack to pick up the win. This signals the former Gladiators turn from Heel to Face, I hope he has had more training so we should see some great matches from him, he can’t act very well though so I hope he doesn’t cut many promos if any.

John Cena and the Rock Team up!

The other Survivor Series tag match that’s in the pipe line will apparently include The Rock and John Cena on the same team.

Recently the Rock has shown on his facebook pictures of himself training as well as a promo picture of him and John Cena for the coming match.

The tag line to this match is “Never before, never again.” The storyline leading to this could prove to be interesting and regardless this match should be awesome.

Things to think about is who will be their team mates and who will they be facing?

Stone Cold vs. CM Punk possibilities?

Recently the Sun posted an article where Stone Cold had spoken about a final match and if he had that match he would want to face CM Punk. To read about that click HERE and keep your fingers crossed for this to happen.

Questions for you.

Any predictions for Hell in a Cell?

What do you think is going to happen with this forming band of rebels?

Who do you think will be with Cena and Rocky on Team Bring it? And who will they be facing?

Do you think Stone Cold and CM Punk will face off one day?

Night Of Champs this Sunday

Well I know I haven’t posted in a while, and I know my last blog wasn’t my best, but I have been slightly side tracked as the NFL season is back so I am spending a lot of time on that side of my life. But don’t worry this doesn’t mean I’m stopping, I will still write blogs it just might not be as much.

So I am not leaving you with no blog this week as its Night Of Champions this Sunday and we have a full match card to review.

So let’s have a rundown of the matches to be hitting the ring this Sunday at Night of Champs.

Intercontinental Championship

Cody Rhodes vs. Ted DiBiase

This match is quite new to the card as it only came about from this week’s SmackDown show where Ted ambushed Cody as a fan in a paper bag. The two were working together over recent weeks but Cody was the dictator controlling things. After Cody turned on Ted it was obvious where the story was going.

With the recent ambush on SmackDown it has marked yet another character turn as Ted is now Face.

I don’t see this being the best match of the night but should be sure to entertain; I predict Ted will come out new Champ.

Divas Championship

Beth Phoenix vs. Kelly Kelly

The Divas of Doom have been pushing hard to make the Divas division better and it is happening just very slowly. The top Divas are still Beth and Natalya, amongst all current active Divas in the WWE you can’t get better than these two. Kelly Kelly still needs to work on her moves to make a match between Beth and Kelly great instead of acceptable. WWE need to take the Divas more seriously and focus on giving the ones who are still “messy” in the ring some proper training. They should bring back Fit Finlay, he trained most of the Divas from yesteryear including Lita and Trish Stratus not to mention current TNA Knockout Tara AKA Victoria as well as others.

This won’t be a great match but should help the division improve.

I really want Beth to come out as champion from this match.

WWE Tag Team Championships

Evan Bourn & Kofi Kingston (AirBoom) vs. The Miz & R-Truth

The Tag Division is really improving and this match is great proof of that. Kofi and Even were already at the forefront both being great stars in the singles division, as well as Truth and Miz, so what better way to raise the Tag Titles than to throw the four of them in the mix in what should a great match up at Night Of Champs. From there they can bring in the lower Tag Teams to help boost their status and make some interesting matches.

Not to fussed on who wins the match as the story should go forward well regardless, I just hope for a great match.

US Championship Fatal 4 Way

Dolph Ziggler vs. Alex Riley vs. John Morrison vs. Jack Swagger

Fatal 4 ways always promise to excite and I don’t see this one being any different, all four stars are great in ring performers, I’m looking forward to seeing how A-Ry has developed, I’m looking forward to John Morrison flying around the ring and outside the ring with his parkour style and Jack Swagger and Dolph should bring forward mat wrestling and Submissions.

My support will be on Alex but I don’t mind seeing Morrison win this either. I think that Jack and Dolph’s recent problems about Vicki will be there down fall.

WWE Championship

Alberto Del Rio vs. John Cena

To be honest with you guys, I am really not bothered about this match. I am already bored of Del Rio and the only reason he was given the belt was so he would be champion during the Mexican tour, and John Cena is John Cena, he is always the one going for the WWE Title, why not do something different for once? Stick Cena in a different storyline and leave some other Superstars to fight over the belt for once. This story is already bland and boring and I feel the match maybe the same.

On the other hand though there have been some great matches leading towards the PPV, most notable being the 8 man tag match on Raw a couple weeks ago, which of course Cena won.

I’m not bothered but that match may just surprise me.

World Heavyweight Championship

Randy Orton vs. Mark Henry

Randy and Mark have had a great lead up to this match, Randy always comes to impress and Mark has been improving greatly over the past couple months. I think we should be in for an interesting match or should I say fight as things really blew up on this week’s SmackDown. With the show being in Toronto Canada we had Edge make a special appearance and hosted a special Cutting Edge where he interviewed both Mark and Randy. The two men were given a no contact rule for the duration of the Cutting Edge so Mark and Randy were not allowed to touch each other. Edge and Randy both gave Mark some probing questions about Marks long career and why he still hasn’t won a WWE World Title.

The Heat rose in the ring and Edge pointed out that the no contact rule was only during the Cutting Edge, while saying this he moved the stalls out the way and headed out the ring before proceeding to say, “That the Cutting Edge is now officially over.” As soon as that was said Edge left and Mark and Randy went into a Brawl, Theodore Long called on a load of mid and low card Superstars to help split the two but it was no good. In the end all the mid and low carders got floored and Randy received a Worlds Strongest Slam leaving Mark as the only man standing. He posed with the World Title and that’s where the show closed. It defiantly looks like Mark will be the winner this Sunday.

CM Punk vs. Triple H

No DQ

This will obviously be the main match of the show and the new ruling is if Triple H loses he resigns as COO. I personally don’t want that to happen, the storylines and direction of things have really improved since Triple H has been bought to the forefront. If he does lose I hope he sticks around as Superstar and not management.

The Kevin Nash side of this story has sort of fizzled out due to the fact that he was unable to wrestle. WWE have released Nash from his contract according to the WWE Website but anything could happen still, you never know we may see him interfere in this match.

With the DQ rule in place the match is open to more possibilities almost anything could happen. I am hoping for the same sort of match that we got for Christian vs. Randy in there great match from SummerSlam.

Sin Cara vs. Sin Cara??

This is an unconfirmed match, it may not even happen on this PPV, but it’s something that has to be mention as the real Sin Cara has now returned for the potential match to come.

After the Heel Sin Cara lost to Daniel Bryan by DQ on this week’s SmackDown the Sin Cara music played and the Face Sin Cara came to the ring in the usual fashion. The two had a standoff and it was obvious that the match may be around the corner.

Questions For You.

What are your predictions?

Can you see the difference between Sin Cara and Sin Cara?

What match you most looking forward to?

That’s all for now, until Monday this is Matty.D signing off.