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.

The Rock’s Still Got it!

Last night the world saw what we thought would never happen, John Cena the most controversial Superstar in Sports Entertainment tagged with, The Rock, the most Electrifying man in all Sports Entertainment.

After 7 years FINALLY! The Rock has come back! Back in his Brahma ball tights, padded up and boots tied the Rock was ready to step back into the squared circle and perform again for the millions, AND MILLIONS of fans world wide. And guess what? He still got it!

Rocky didn’t miss a step throughout, a perfect performance from the future Hall of Famer.

Unfortunately though, this was all the event was about and was what everyone wanted to see, this brought a dead crowd for most other matches bar one other.

The event started with a pretty decent opening contest between Dolph Ziggler and John Morrison for the US Championship in what may have been Morrison’s last match in the WWE.

Morrison’s contract apparently ends in just 2 weeks and he still hasn’t resigned with WWE, he has also been taken out of all up and coming tour dates.

We may be seeing John take a walk to Dixie Carter’s TNA, epically since he didn’t come away with US Title.

The crowd made it known though that they wanted Zack Ryder.

This lead into an interesting and reasonable contest between Divas Beth Phoenix and Eve, the ring was surrounded by most of the other Divas as this match was a Lumberjill match but other than a couple moments they weren’t really needed.

The two women performed very well and the finish was a great one for a Divas match. We saw Beth glam slam Eve from the turnbuckle in a more high risk move than usual for a Divas contest.

The Divas continue their slow improvement and there storylines are becoming more interesting to watch, not to mention that Sex Appeal is also getting higher. More reviling clothing is coming back and the use of Sexier taunts and kinkier moves coming into play more often e.g. Eve shaking her booty before her standing moonsault and Kelly’s personal version of the Stick Face, it’s not overly needed but I’m not going to complain.

We then had a classic Rock promo from backstage, promoting the main match of the night which the crowd were buzzing for.

Next we lead into the classic Survivor Series match up, 5 on 5 elimination tag, Team Barrett vs. Team Orton.

The match started pretty strong but only for the first elimination which was Dolph Ziggler, we then lead into a typical team work moment and Kofi and Sin Cara went and jumped over the top rope onto Jack Swagger and Hunico. Unfortunately Sin Cara did not make it over the rope properly and injured himself in the process.

He ruptured his Patella Tendon and will be now out for 6 to 9 months, where this will leave the Hunico story is now a bit of a mystery.

As soon as that happened the match fell apart as all choreography that was planned was basically thrown out the window as Sin Cara had  to leave the match, and all the superstars had to improvise to get to a point that they could continue on with the original plan, which wasn’t until a lot later.

The momentum dropped drastically and the pace slowed killing the crowd in the process.

Respect to all the superstars though for keeping the match going the best they could but it really did bring down the show.

The choreography seemed to return when the match was down to Kofi, Orton and Sheamus vs. Barrett, Swagger, Rhodes and Hunico.

Even so the match still didn’t liven the crowd back up.

Kofi was soon eliminated followed by Sheamus by DQ for not breaking a 5 count on the ropes. Before leaving he booted Swagger for him to be eliminated leaving Randy in a 3 on 1 situation.

Hunico was out next after jumping off the top ropes and being caught in an RKO, but Barrett and Rhodes took advantage and picked up the win.

The ring was then “reinforced” for Big Show and Mark Henry’s rematch for the World Title. Nowhere near as impressive as before, the match was dull and bought “boring” chants from the crowd.

It ended in DQ as Mark Henry struck Show with a low blow.

It didn’t end there as Mark attempted to break Show’s leg in a steel chair as he did at Money in the Bank. He did not succeed this time as Show was able to move out the way in time. After getting the upper hand Mark found his leg trapped in the steel chair and Big Show stomps on it.

What could be next in this storyline as it I feel it has run its course? Not to mention with Mark having his leg smashed could we see him unable to defend the title?

After a humorous promo from R-Truth and The Miz we lead into the second biggest match of the night, CM Punk vs. Alberto Del Rio.

The crowd was buzzing for this one and CM Punk got the same reaction from the crowd as he did back at Money in the Bank, and to make things even more interesting CM Punk had his own personal ring announcer, the legend that is, The Fink.

The match livened the crowd back up and CM Punk and Del Rio put on a great one on one contest showing that Punk is still the best in the world.

The match had some close calls at the end but it was the Anaconda Vice on Del Rio that gave Punk the win and the WWE Championship.

Big celebration for Punk as the crowd went wild and Punk jumped into the fans twice in celebration.

Next the time had come for the main event, The Rock, John Cena, never before, never again.

Rocky was last out and the crowd went nuts and the focus was completely on him almost throughout. Rocky could have been tagged with Vickie Guerrero and facing Santino and Hornswoggle and the match would have still got the same reaction.

The Rock started the match and absolutely dominated Miz and Truth as he threw the two around the ring in classic fashion proving that he still got what it takes to perform in a WWE ring.

When Cena was tagged in the crowd was not best pleased, all they wanted was Rocky.

Cena was in the ring for a while mainly getting dominated by Miz and Truth after his good start.

Cena got his usual reaction from the crowd, a mixture of “You can’t wrestle”, “Let’s go Cena, Cena Sucks” and “We want Rocky”.

When Rocky was tagged back in the crowd went wild again, Rocky continued to pull out his classic moves, DDT, signature punches, a Rock bottom and a Sharp Shooter.

It all came to an end with the spine buster and the most electrifying move in all Sports Entertainment, the Peoples Elbow.

After the Pin the Rock celebrated in the ring and Cena clapped half way up the rump.

Rocky signals for the music to be turned down and calls Cena back in the ring. The two take turns taunting to get the obvious reactions from the crowd, boo’s for Cena, cheers for Rock.

A stare down came and the two spoke to each other but it all came down to a Rock Bottom on Cena to end the show.

Overall the show was pretty bland, the only matches worth watching in the end was Cena, Rock and the WWE Championship match. Other than that nothing really great happened. The injury to Sin Cara was a big factor in this because if he hadn’t got hurt we may have had a more full and exciting Survivor Series match that would of kept the show going. Not to mention all the firkin Twitter updates that kept popping up were unnecessary and annoying as hell.

I rate the event 4 out of 5 stars.

Questions for you.

What did you think of the event?

What do you think is next in the storylines for CM Punk, Rocky, John Cena, Mark Henry and Big Show?

Do you think the Rock’s still got it?

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

The Rock, John Cena, Survivor Series!!

Well the last few weeks on this road to Survivor Series has been a good one but interestingly our predictions didn’t come forth.

Most of us all had a Survivor Series elimination tag match in mind for this Sunday to include The Rock and John Cena, instead though John Cena and The Rock will be having their own standard tag match against The Miz and R-Truth. It may not be what we all expected but it doesn’t take away the excitement of these two big time stars teaming up for the first and possibly only time.

So with Survivor Series just a few days away its time for me to give you a rundown of the matches that are set to take place.

Divas Championship

Beth Phoenix vs. Eve

As I’ve been saying before the Divas Division has had an improvement but recently I feel it hasn’t gone anywhere, they have got to a certain level and stopped pushing the divas when there is more they could do to continue this improvement.

This Sunday I hope that we have another solid match from these two Divas but I would like to see some more improvement.

Survivor Series Elimination Tag Match

Team Orton vs. Team Barrett

Team Orton – Randy Orton, Sin Cara, Kofi Kingston, Mason Ryan and Sheamus.

Team Barrett – Wade Barrett, Hunico, Jack Swagger, Dolph Ziggler and Cody Rhodes.

So our original prediction was that we would see Team Triple H vs. Team Laurinaitis which we thought would include Rock and Cena. That prediction was foiled after Kevin Nash turned up at Vengeance and Power Bombed Triple H causing an injury that has taken Trips out for at least a month witch of course includes Survivor Series.

So instead this match has jumped in to give us our annual Survivor Series match bringing together current rivalries in a tag team mash up.

Randy Orton and Wade Barrett take team Captains as their rivalry has grown over recent weeks and has really bought Wade forward as a big name to take notice of.

Sin Cara unmasked the other Sin Cara during the Mexican tour, the guy under the mask has now renamed himself Hunico and has formed a faction with Primo and Primo’s cousin Epico taking the form of a Mexican Gangsters persona and the rivalry between Sin and Hunico continued.

Kofi Kingston, current Tag Team champion is running solo as his partner Evan Bourn has been suspended for 30 days for violating the WWE Wellness policy, this could affect both Evan and Kofi so this tag team may not last long once Evan returns next month.

Mason Ryan the Welsh Gladiator jumps in to take Evan’s place on the team, the big man has grown in popularity over the weeks and his in ring skill has really improved to, he will be a big factor in this match.

Sheamus has been feuding with Christian over the recent weeks but due to “injury” Christian was pulled from the team and replaced by Dolph Ziggler to team alongside his partner Jack Swagger.

Cody Rhodes has also had a rivalry with Randy and will join the end of the team to fill the card.

Cody has now taken on a new look as he has removed his mask and changed his music. Not sure how this new style will translate to the fans as we have become so accustom to the masked mental case persona we have had over the past months.

The match should be a good one and I’m looking forward to seeing these teams work together to put on an amazing match.

WWE Championship

Alberto Del Rio vs. CM Punk

CM Punk has been fighting for another Championship shot and after being screwed out of his shot for the title he finally got the yes he deserved, albeit it was by putting Alberto in an Anaconda Vice and forcing him to allow Punk to have the shot but it doesn’t matter how you got the match just the fact that you have it.

When Alberto took the title off of Punk it was by cashing in the Money in the Bank contract on a downed Punk and winning unfairly, so this is Punks chance for revenge and Alberto’s chance to prove he can beat Punk in a proper one on one contest.

World Heavyweight Championship

Mark Henry vs. The Big Show

As Vengeance ended on a no contest due to the ring imploding under the weight of these two men they will have to go at it again, this time let’s hope the ring doesn’t fall apart.

The lead up hasn’t been overly special but the match should make up for that, although it is usually hard for two men of their size to put on an epic contest.

Never Before, Never Again

The Rock & John Cena vs. The Miz & R-Truth

As I said I’m guessing Triple H’s injury changed the story and therefore foiled our predictions, but that didn’t stop these two still teaming up for what should be an epic contest.

We were all wondering how they would write the match into the storyline and they went with the idea of John Cena being able to pick anyone as a partner to take on Miz and Truth who attacked Cena at Vengeance. Cena picked the partner of The Rock which we all saw coming and the next week The Rock accepted via a recorded video.

Last night’s 3 hour special of Raw, aptly named “Raw gets Rocked”, saw The Rock return to the show.  He wasn’t the only superstar to make their return though as Mick Foley also made his return to WWE.

Mick did a segment with John Cena reliving an old segment from the past as Mick did “This is your Life” for Cena.

Older fans will remember when Mick did the same thing for The Rock during “The Rock and Sock connection”, and Rock did it for Foley during “The Rock and Sock connection 2”.

Just like the original segment it was a planned failure, all the guests on the segment weren’t exactly nice to the fans or Cena.

The end of the segment came when the Rock came out and to the shock of the crowd Rock Bottomed Mick, without saying a word he walked out and didn’t return until his segment at the end of the show.

Rock came down again later to cut his promo for Survivor Series; he was soon joined by his opponents Miz and Truth and then his partner John Cena. It showed that Miz and Truth are on the same page and that Rock and Cena were not, the heat between them may cause a struggle to work together on Sunday.

I predict that Cena and Rock will win but they won’t be a cohesive team and after the bell has rung someone will turn on the other and I think it will be the Rock to Rock Bottom Cena once all is said and done.

So that’s a good looking Survivor Series, one that sold out quick just because the Rock is there and already the same is happening for Wrestlemania as the events tickets flew the moment they went on sale, I have to say I’m gutted that I won’t be going.

Questions for you.

So what do you guys think? Are you looking forward to it?

Any predictions?

What do you think will follow on from this?

Until Monday this is Matty.D signing off.

Ring Collapse at Vengeance!

Last night WWE put on an absolute gem of a PPV, unique, different and had some amazing moments.

The main point to mention is the ring collapsing during the Big Show and Mark Henry match. The match was a better than usual Big Man matches and it could have gone either way. Mark kicked out after Choke Slams and Show kicked out after the World Strongest Slam, it was quite exciting. The ring was already showing signs of weakness from the two big men and when Mark Superplexed Show from the Turnbuckle the ring collapsed under the weight from the opposite corner. Ok this was obviously planned; the post that seemed to cause the ring to fall must have been rigged in some way to cause it to fall like it did.

Also on a side note I know this isn’t the first time this has happened, and a lot of you may remember to, those who are newer to the WWE won’t know of this.

Back in June 2003 Big Show had a match on SmackDown against the now UFC star, Brock Lesnar. Brock also Superplexed Show off the same turnbuckle and the ring collapsed in almost the exact same way, the after math of that match was also very much the same as this one.

If you want to watch that match click HERE.

So not only did that match end as a no contest as both men were escorted from the ring by EMT’s , Show also  on a small flatbed vehicle, but the following WWE Championship match between John Cena and Alberto Del Rio went ahead in the damaged ring.

The WWE Championship match starts slow but picks up as this one of kind never before seen match went on. The match did pick up and went further than the broken ring. It made its way up the ramp, and backstage. The match was a nail biter and it could have gone either way as both superstars came close to being down till the count of 10, at one point Cena was buried under a load of metal yet was still able to climb out before the count of 10.

Back out into the arena and Cena is thrown through a giant V as part of the staging, Del Rio then sets up a Table and lays Cena on it before climbing the nearby staging in an attempt to jump off, Cena was quick up though and pulled down Del Rio through the table below, even then Del Rio still rose. Back at the announcer’s tables and Cena looks to be the winner as he gives Del Rio an Attitude Adjustment through the Spanish Announcers table. As Del Rio was about to be counted out Cena is attacked by The Miz and R-Truth who was victorious earlier in the night thanks to the help of Kevin Nash.

Even then Cena still pulled himself to his feet, it was the title belt to the head though that finally kept him down and for Del Rio to take the win in this astonishingly good match.

Although those two matches were the main highlights of the night all other matches also came to impress.

The show started with a great tag team match between the team of Dolph Ziggler and Jack Swagger going against AirBoom. It was a great way to start the show and it showed the great development in the Tag Team matches.

It was a nicely lengthened back and forth match that eventually saw AirBoom retain after pinning Dolph Ziggler.

As soon as that match was over Zack Ryder came to the ring for his US Championship match against the recently pinned Ziggler.

After AirBoom was ejected from ring side for chucking Dolph in the ring when he tried to leave, it was easy for Dolph steal the win from Zack who put up a good fight.

Beth Phoenix and Eve put on an impressive Divas match; it was a straight forward one on one match as Natalya and Kelly were banned from ringside.

It was longer than usual and both Divas put on a good show which the crowd seemed to enjoy. Beth pulled off the win.

Christian and Sheamus put on another good show with Sheamus coming out victorious again.

Triple H and Punk then went against The Miz and R-Truth, a great match that really showed that even though Triple H is 42, he still got game.

Triple H and Punk worked brilliantly as a unit using some underhanded manoeuvres while the ref wasn’t looking. I hope that we see more of Triple H and Punk together in the road to Survivor Series.

The match broke down slightly as Truth and Triple H brawled outside the ring by the ring bell area. As CM Punk attempted to put Miz away in the ring Kevin Nash turned up through the crowd and struck Triple H down. Miz and Truth then took advantage laying Punk out with a double team move which was like a 2 person Skull Crushing Finale. Miz and Truth stole the win in this great match.

After the match Kevin Nash continued to beat on Triple H. Once back in the ring Nash lays Triple H out with an awkward Jack Knife Powerbomb that looked painful due to Triple H’s awkward landing, fingers crossed Trips is not injured.

Kevin Nash looked bigger and more toned; he may have been training for Survivor Series.

Putting the pieces together it is looking like Survivor Series will see Triple H team with CM Punk, John Cena, The Rock and someone yet to be pulled into the story, vs. R-Truth, the Miz, Alberto Del Rio, Kevin Nash and once again someone else who isn’t in the story yet.

The two missing members of the Survivor Series team could be Randy Orton and Cody Rhodes who went head to head next which saw Orton victorious in yet another good match.

The whole PPV was great, all the matches were brilliant and the results were interesting and things should be worth watching in the next few weeks.

I give this PPV 4.5 out 5.

The new Twitter pop ups knocked that 0.5 off of that, otherwise I can’t find a fault.

Questions for you.

Do you agree with my Survivor Series team prediction?

How do you guys think The Rock will be bought into the Storyline?

Disappointed that the Undertaker didn’t show up?

What did you think of the PPV and did you like the Ring collapse angle?

That’s all for now Matty.D singing off!