Y2J Returns for 2012

Happy New Year everyone, I hope you have all had a good Christmas and New Years and lets all get ready for another year of WWE Programing.

And how did WWE kick off the New Year? They brought back one of the best pro wrestlers out there, Chris Jericho!

Over the past month or so we have been getting cryptic messages about the return of a familiar force and it will end the world as we know it.

Speculation on who or what it is that is coming circled around the internet and the top prediction was Jericho. Other names mentioned were Batista, Shane McMahon, Undertaker or even the Heel turn of John Cena.

So last night we finally found out it was Jericho to make his return in great fashion with a great ovation. But that being said after Jericho had got to the ring he didn’t really do anything.

He spent the next 10 minutes running around the ring trying to create cheers as well as slapping hands with the fans.

Through all that he did have a mic in hand yet it never got used, he ended up dropping it to continue to get cheers and then leave.

This left us all wondering, why all the build-up just to have that be the return? Quite a disappointment and has left us with loads of questions to still be answered in relation to the cryptic messages and what it all means, and the biggest question still is who is the girl in the videos representing?

Did I enjoy his return? Not so much, I wanted more to happen and questions to be answered not to mention I would of loved to of seen him be a Heel not a Face.

Not a great start for WWE in my opinion so I hope they give us answers soon and pick up fast.

2011 was a great year for WWE so fingers crossed 2012 is just as good or maybe even better.

Questions for you.

Did you enjoy Jericho’s return?

Any ideas of what the rest of the messages mean?

What are you most looking forward to from WWE in 2012?

This was just a quick blog for now but I will do a full blog before the Royal Rumble.

Matty.D Signing off.

Vengeance returns this Sunday!

Vengeance is a classic WWE PPV and it makes its return this Sunday. The last time we had a Vengeance PPV was 2007 and it was the start of the Night of Champions PPV name. After 2007 they dropped the Vengeance name from the title and for 2008, 9, 10 and this year we had Night of Champions as its own PPV.

So this Sunday Vengeance makes its return after being missing for 3 years, and there are Superstars with Vengeance in mind.

WWE Tag Team Championship

AirBoom vs. Dolph Ziggler & Jack Swagger

Jack and Dolph were once fighting over the US Championship but they have been able to put their differences aside and under the command of Vicki Guerrero have got themselves a Tag title shot at Vengeance.

I think this will link in to the predicted Survivor Series matches and the current Storylines in regards to John Laurinaitis and Triple H’s fight for power.

WWE Divas Championship

Beth Phoenix vs. Eve

Kelly Kelly and Beth have been fighting over the Divas Championship over the past month with Natalya and Eve stood at ring side. Now Beth has the Championship and has successfully defended it against Kelly it’s time for Eve to have a shot.

I see Beth walking away with the belt but we still should have a short but better than usual Divas match as Eve is one of the better in ring performers of the current Divas.

Randy Orton vs. Cody Rhodes

It’s not for the Intercontinental Championship as that would be a down step for Randy but due to the recent attacks from Cody, Randy is seeking Vengeance. This isn’t an important match but it should be a good one. I think these two will also tie in to the Survivor Series event.

World Heavyweight Championship

Mark Henry vs. Big Show

Big Show made his return after being off on injury by the hands of Mark Henry. After a quite silly promo from Big Show a couple weeks ago, he demanded a World Heavyweight Title shot which Mark Henry refused. An enraged Big Show attempted to break Henry’s leg after Chock Slamming him through the announcers table but he was stopped at the last minute by Teddy Long; Teddy said that Show could have the Title shot at Vengeance as long as he didn’t break Marks leg.

So Big Show gets his Vengeance this Sunday but I predict that Mark will pull through.

WWE Championship

Last Man Standing Match

Alberto Del Rio vs. John Cena

John Cena gets yet another WWE Title shot but you can’t deny his in ring ability.  After last night’s Raw the match was turned into a Last Man Standing match. John Cena teamed with Jim Ross and took on Alberto Del Rio and Michael Cole the winning Team getting to choose the stipulation for Vengeance. Cena and JR picked up the win after Del Rio left the match and Michael Cole to fend for himself. After much begging for mercy Cole was given an Attitude Adjustment from Cena and an Ankle lock from JR causing the tap out and giving Cena and JR the win. Cena then beat on Del Rio and started to count to 10 while Del Rio was down signalling a Last Man Standing match for this Sunday.

Triple H & CM Punk vs. R-Truth & The Miz

Once enemies now allies against a common foe. Even with their recent rivalry Triple H and CM Punk are able to put their differences aside and work together in what should be an epic tag match. It’s one of them dream matches where a Superstar of today teams with Superstar of the Past, I am hoping for an amazing match that will link in to the story well ready for Survivor Series. After Sunday will we see CM Punk and Triple H alongside The Rock and John Cena to make one of the most ultimate Survivor Series teams ever foreseen?

The gap between Vengeance and Survivor Series should be an interesting one.

Undertaker?

Now a while back it was rumoured that The Undertaker was to return this Sunday at Vengeance, well now the time has come so will it turn out to be true? Will Undertaker come back this Sunday?

If he does come back who will he be coming to mess with? So many questions that we want to see answered, that is if he returns. Only time will tell.

Questions for you.

So what match are you most looking forward to?

What are your predictions for Sunday and the road ahead?

Will Undertaker return?

That’s it for now Matty.D singing off.

Triple H out, John Laurinitis in!

Last night’s stellar Raw had some more on screen big changes so let’s have a quick look through what happened.

It started off with Triple H, suited and booted coming to the ring alone. No announcers or time keeper were present when he got down to the packed arena.

After talking about last week’s walk out and how the Superstars are out in the parking lot holding a “Rally of solidarity” he said even at the threat of not having any superstars working for him he will not quit.

After talking about the possibility of Triple H wrestling a broom stick just so they have a show John Cena comes to the ring.

John Cena talks about how the guys in the parking lot really want him to join them yet Trips hasn’t asked anything of him.

He says how a lot of the other Superstars feel but then points out that for some of them superstars Triple H is there first boss. He then gives us a rundown of bosses he has had while working in the WWE ending it on saying that Triple H is his boss and he is staying.

Next to join them is Sheamus who even with Triple H and Sheamus’s history also agreed to stay.

CM Punk then came to the ring, carrying a “pipe bomb”. CM Punk actually decided to take the blame for this as he did start this off back at Money in the Bank by walking out with the WWE Championship. But even though he walked out he didn’t break any rules, he didn’t break his contract, his contract expired. Regardless of all that he deals with things personally and also agrees to stay.

Triple H then makes a match using what little he has. Sheamus vs. John Cena, Triple H as ref and CM Punk assigned to the empty announcers table to say whatever he feels like as well as being a Time Keeper.

The match kicks off and we have a good kick start to this odd Raw show, after so long the match is interrupted by the man that most of you guys had already foreseen returning.

Vince McMahon comes to the ring, he shows his faith in Triple H and that he still believes in him. Unfortunately though due to the walk out the board of directors are in fear of WWE’s fanatical wellbeing and they are not going to take a chance, so they have removed Triple H as COO.

An interim GM will be assigned that apparently neither Vince nor Triple H likes but John Laurinitis is assigned the job.

The rest of the show is a series of matches to help propel the rebel faction higher, starting with Christian vs. John Morrison in there Street Clothes, Christian was not alone though as he had Cody Rhodes, Dolph Ziggler and Jack Swagger at ring side, after Christians win the team Beat on Morrison.

Randy Orton then took on Mark Henry but the match was interrupted by Cody Rhodes who attacked Randy. Mark being disqualified slams Randy twice in anger; Cody takes advantage of the downed Randy and sticks a bag over his head.

After a Divas tag match that saw Kelly Kelly and Eve win John Laurinitis came to the ring and shockingly fired J.R in front of the very unhappy Oklahoma crowd.

Rising star Mason Ryan with some wicked Electric Guitar music comes next tagging with AirBoom who also has their own Rock styled entrance music. They took on Dolph Ziggler, Jack Swagger and David Otunga. Vicki Guerrero was at ring side; Michael Cole also named the group, “The Agents of Change.”

This was my favourite match of the night and it does show the improvement in the Tag division although we still haven’t got enough teams outside of these groups.

AirBoom and Mason win brilliantly to the dismay of Vicki. At the end of the match Evan Bourn did look to be injured, weather Keyfab or real and the seriousness of it is unknown.

After a trailer for John Cena’s new movie, which to be honest looks terrible, we move into Alberto Del Rio vs. CM Punk as the main event of the show.

This match was also cut short this time by John Laurinitis. He changes the match to Alberto Del Rio teaming with CM Punk to take on the rehired pair of R-Truth and the Miz.

Del Rio ended up leaving the match, leaving CM Punk to take Truth and Miz on solo. He put up a good fight but in the end Truth and Miz got disqualified due to both attack Punk and being counted out. Not to worry as former COO Triple H, no longer suited and booted but in Jeans and T-Shirt, comes down to the ring to help Punk and fight off Truth and Miz.

By the looks of things Triple H may not be COO but he is going to stick around as a Superstar.

Triple H and Punk stand tall as Miz and Truth high tail it out of the arena.

Back stage John Laurinitis says how he will talk to the board and see if we can get Punk and Triple H to team to take on Truth and Miz at Vengeance.

Cut back to the ring to Triple H and Punk shaking hands, looks like we are in for a great tag match at Vengeance.

This should run through Vengeance and continue on towards Survivor Series where the Rock should be making his return and be thrown into the mix.

The road is looking like an interesting one indeed but what do you guys think?

Questions for you

I have heard some mixed opinions on the Rocks return being before Wrestlemania so what do you think? Should the Rock just wait till Mania or are you ok with him performing at Survivor Serise?

What do you think of the current Story?

Well that’s all for now thanks for your recent feedback this is Matty.D signing off.

No Confidence in Triple H.

Last night’s Raw may have seen the end of Triple H as COO, at the end of the show after an amazing 12 man tag match with Kofi Kingston, Evan Bourn, Sheamus, CM Punk, John Cena and Mason Ryan vs. Dolph Ziggler, Jack Swagger, Cody Rhodes, Alberto Del Rio and Christian - all the superstars and Refs came to the ring and stood around it to vote whether or not they have Confidence in Triple H as COO of the WWE.

Triple H spoke to the Superstars on how they are here for the fans and that the fans don’t want to see lawsuits and whining babies but to see guy get in the ring and fight.

The Superstars, Divas and Refs all had their own spokesperson.

Wade Barrett spoke one behalf of one section, he stated how things are just utter chaos ever since Triple H took charge, Triple H’s rebuttal was about the Nexus and how Wade caused chaos in the past.

Beth spoke on behalf of the Divas, even though the Divas haven’t had any problem, which was pointed out to them but Beth said they still didn’t like that they could have something happen.

Mike Chioda spoke on behalf of the Refs, speaking about how the Ref’s keep getting attacked, Triple H pointed out how he fired the two guys that are to blame but Mike just claimed he didn’t feel safe coming to work anymore.

Jerry “The King” Lawler also appeared after being off on injury, he got in the ring and said he agreed with some of the things said and disagreed with others.

Christian then started the vote, on behalf of his section he voted No Confidence, Wade for his section voted No Confidence, Beth for the Divas No Confidence, Mike Chioda for the Ref’s No Confidence, and finally Jerry voted No Confidence and then walked out on Triple H slowly followed by all the superstars and the Refs, then the Camera men, Micheal Cole, Booker T, Justin Roberts (the ring announcer), the Time Keeper and lastly although reluctantly J.R.

Triple H was left in the ring, no Superstars willing to work for him but the fans showed they had Confidence in him, chanting Triple H and “You still got it!”

The show closed on Triple H still in the ring but it didn’t end there.

After the Show ended Zack Ryder came back to the ring saying he had changed his mind, that if it wasn’t for Triple H he would be doing so well. He had his Vlog cam and was filming for his YouTube show, after doing a double shot with Triple H, Trips turned on Zack giving him a pedigree in the middle of the ring. Yet the fans still stay on Triple H’s side.

By no means is Triple H fired or anything like that but a Vote of No Confidence isn’t a good thing and could force him out of the COO position and may push John Laurinaits in as the replacement who also appeared just to walk away.

Now of course this is all Story but it’s a really good one, it came across in a great way and had a realistic feel. What does the future hold for the onscreen COO and where is the story going now?

Something that should be pointed out is top Face superstars John Cena and CM Punk were nowhere to be seen during the Vote so maybe we will hear from them soon.

This could all lead into Survivor Series and include the Rock and Team Bring it. I think we are in store for an interesting month.

Questions for you.

Do you have confidence in Triple H?

What do you think is next to happen?

If Triple H does leave after this who do you think will replace him? And who would you realistically want to see replace him?

I will leave you to think on that, Matty.D Signing off.

WWE’s “Super” Shows

Well Monday and Tuesday this week saw a “Raw Super Show” and a Live “Super SmackDown!” Both shows included great matches and great story telling.

Both shows saw Superstars from across WWE but of course the main story across both shows was the CM Punk, Triple H and Kevin Nash storyline.

Nash, Punk and Hunter

On the Raw show we had Kevin Nash announce that John Laurinaitis had signed him to a very lucrative contract, it was then that the match was finally made for Night Of Champions to have Kevin Nash face CM Punk. Oddly though at the end of Raw Triple H changed that match to CM Punk vs. Triple H.

On SmackDown! we had yet another interesting and brilliant contract signing for that match between Punk and Triple H, addressing the issue and pushing the story further.

In Story Triple H was saying how he wants to take things into his own hands and that it’s not business any more but it is personal. Punk was trying to push on the fact that he wants change in the WWE to make things better, something that will help the company if we get it.

The match was signed and Nash came to the ring and struck down both Punk and Triple H before leaving the arena.

Now in reality Nash apparently had a problem of some sort in his physical making him unfit to compete in a match, we may not see him compete at all in this return. I’m not sure how true that report is and it may still all be part of the storyline but for now it looks like Triple H vs. CM Punk at Night Of Champions with the possibility of Nash getting involved. Either way it should be good.

CM Punk did have a match on Raw against The Miz but it ended on R-Truth coming to Miz’s rescue that helps push on their possible Tag Team. Great match to.

Del Rio and Cena

Over both these shows we had the absence of WWE Champion Alberto Del Rio, and you would have thought that when you do Super Shows you should have your Champion.  He was not missed though. His opponent for Night Of Champs was of course on both shows because John Cena is almost always on WWE TV. On Raw he ended up taking on Christian and Mark Henry, while tagged to the unlikely partner of Sheamus. It was another great match that ended the Raw show. On SmackDown Cena took on Englishman Wade Barrett in an entertaining kick start to the SmackDown show.

Mark Henry

Over recent weeks Mark Henry has had a great push and both Raw and SmackDown this week was no exception of this, he did well in the previously mentioned tag match and on SmackDown he made himself known after another great World Championship match between Randy Orton and Christian which Randy won.

Mark came to the ring got himself into the Cage after Randy’s victory, a brawl started but Mark got the upper hand laid out the Viper. Mark then took the Championship and posed over Randy, will this be the result at Night Of Champs?

This push on Mark has come across brilliantly and his Heel character has developed well. This may be because WWE are considering Mark as Undertakers opponent at Mania next year.

Taker is meant to be making his return at Vengeance to start his storyline to Mania, but to be honest even with Mark’s big push I would still prefer a bigger star to be Undertakers opponent at Mania, especially as this maybe his last Wrestlemania also he has already faced Mark at Mania in match that wasn’t the best.

Randy Orton

Randy Orton was able to shine on both shows this week, on Raw he took on US Champ Dolph Ziggler in a great match but it ended with a slightly dodgy looking RKO. And as previously mentioned he had an Epic match once again with Christian, to this point none of their matches have been bad and they always come to impress. Can he win at Night Of Champs though against the big man?

Sin Cara and Sin Cara

Left Místico, Right Incognito

Now if you don’t know all ready or you just haven’t realised, the Sin Cara we have been watching is not the one we were originally introduced to.

The first Sin Cara we watched was Mexican Luchador Místico, he was Sin Cara between the original debut and Money in the Bank.

After Money in the Bank it was announced that Místico had failed the WWE wellness programme and therefore he was suspended.

After a few weeks of absence Sin Cara was announced to be making his return, the Sin Cara that we got though, which is the one we have now, is Mexican Luchador Incognito.

Now out of the two I prefer Incognito, he may be bulkier but he seems to perform very well in the ring, better than Místico in my opinion.

So jump forward to this week, on Raw Sin Cara number 2 took on Jack Swagger and won. On SmackDown he took on Money in the Bank winner Daniel Bryan and won again both matches being good. At the end of the SmackDown match Sin Cara offered his hand in show of good sportsmanship to Daniel Bryan, after he kicked Bryan round the head marking the heel turn of Sin Cara, or at least this version of Sin Cara.

The possible outcomes to all this maybe a Sin Cara vs. Sin Cara match. It would be slightly odd but if the story pans out we could end up in a great Luchador match.

Tagging up

Tag champs AirBoom, AKA Evan Bourn and Kofi Kingston defended their titles against former champs David Otunga and Michael McGillicutty who have now been branded as a boring tag team, I do not agree, I still feel that they have a classic style and great tag chemistry. With WWE branding them as boring doesn’t help either of these young stars climb to be top performers.

So to sum up the two shows were great, SmackDown has recently been struggling in the ratings so let’s hope that the Super Show helped boost its ratings because the last thing people want is the loss of SmackDown.

Questions for you

Where do you think the Punk, Nash and Triple H Story is heading?

How would you feel about Mark vs. Taker at Mania?

Which Sin Cara do you prefer, that’s if you noticed?

Do you agree with WWE that Otunga and McGillicutty are boring?

I know that isn’t my best blog, I struggled to write this as I just didn’t know where to start, there is so much going on right now that I couldn’t get my bearings. I am hoping I can be more clear headed for my next blog.

For now this is Matty.D signing off.

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