Greetings everyone! I hope everyone has had a great week. After my recent blog post introductions, I've decided to utilize the use of "mobile viewing". That's right. I have made the NYCKNP Blog mobile friendly (with the help of Google, of course). The reason why I have done this because in this recent trend, smartphones are on the rise. As times change, I must adapt to it. Therefore, if you have an iPhone, iPod Touch, Android, Blackberry, or any other smart phone device, the blog is easy to read. To all the people who have these devices, you're welcome. Now to get down to business, I will now start with the review of Monday Night Raw.
This week's Raw was mostly an average episode which featured the main event of Alberto Del Rio, The Miz, and Rey Mysterio in a triple threat match to determine the #1 contendership for the WWE Championship, currently held by John Cena, at Over the Limit. This week's Raw featured a little more wrestling compared to last week's Raw (since it was The Rock's birthday) and I must say, Kharma (Awesome Kong) continues to impress me every week with the run in & attack of the WWE Divas. If used right, Kharma could one day bring credibility back to the female division. Also, the rivalry between Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler continued, with a storyline that "If Jerry Lawler is defeated by Michael Cole, Lawler will personally induct Michael Cole into the WWE Hall of Fame and give him his ring". To me, now this rivalry has become even more absurd. With the HOF ring up for grabs, I thought "hasn't this angle been done in TNA before?" First, Hogan, then Flair, and now Lawler putting his ring as collateral? If this keeps up, the WWE Hall of Fame will become nothing more, but a joke. At the end of the episode, Miz won the triple threat match and will face John Cena for the title at WWE Over the Limit PPV.
NXT announced that next week is elimination week, and speaking of eliminations, Tough Enough had two contestants go home. I will give a full review of Tough Enough on the next blog post as I still have it saved in my DVR and haven't watched it. Also, yesterday TNA Wrestling announced on their Impact show that TNA Impact will now become Impact Wrestling. Even though I have stopped watching TNA, mainly due to storylines, I believe that it's a good thing for them to do. Hopefully they could remove the "TNA" letters on their promotion as it's considered to be inappropriate for non-wrestling fans to hear.
Shifting gears to MMA, it was announced not too long ago that the UFC 131 pay-per-view main event has changed. Originally it was scheduled to be Brock Lesnar vs Junior Dos Santos, but due to health complications, Lesnar pulled out of the event. It will now be Shane Carwin vs Junior Dos Santos as the main event at UFC 131, scheduled to be held on Saturday June 11th at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver. Also, this Saturday will be Bellator 44 held in Atlantic City, NJ and will air on MTV 2. The main event of Bellator 44 will be Hector Lombard vs Falaniko Vitale in a "non-title" Middleweight bout. If you are a fan of MMA and want to see an alternative to the UFC, Bellator is one of them.
In baseball, the New York Yankees had a rough week as they lost to Kansas City in a 2 out of 3 series this week. The current ranking for the Yankees are 20-15 and are currently in 2nd place in the AL East, with Tampa Bay at the top spot. For the New York Mets, they have defeated Colorado two out of the three times they have met. Current ranking for the Mets are 17-20 and are in last place in the NL East division. Both of these teams need to step it up if they want to be back on the top spot, and they have a chance as the Yankees will face their historic and division rival Boston Red Sox this weekend in what I would call a "must see game", while the Mets will be heading to Houston. Don't forget that next weekend is the Subway Series as the Mets head to the Bronx to face the Yankees, in what I would say is an instant classic and a "win for the fans".
On the next blog post, I will give my review of WWE SmackDown, Yankees vs Red Sox round 1, and a preview of Bellator 44. Have a great weekend everyone!
This week's Raw was mostly an average episode which featured the main event of Alberto Del Rio, The Miz, and Rey Mysterio in a triple threat match to determine the #1 contendership for the WWE Championship, currently held by John Cena, at Over the Limit. This week's Raw featured a little more wrestling compared to last week's Raw (since it was The Rock's birthday) and I must say, Kharma (Awesome Kong) continues to impress me every week with the run in & attack of the WWE Divas. If used right, Kharma could one day bring credibility back to the female division. Also, the rivalry between Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler continued, with a storyline that "If Jerry Lawler is defeated by Michael Cole, Lawler will personally induct Michael Cole into the WWE Hall of Fame and give him his ring". To me, now this rivalry has become even more absurd. With the HOF ring up for grabs, I thought "hasn't this angle been done in TNA before?" First, Hogan, then Flair, and now Lawler putting his ring as collateral? If this keeps up, the WWE Hall of Fame will become nothing more, but a joke. At the end of the episode, Miz won the triple threat match and will face John Cena for the title at WWE Over the Limit PPV.
NXT announced that next week is elimination week, and speaking of eliminations, Tough Enough had two contestants go home. I will give a full review of Tough Enough on the next blog post as I still have it saved in my DVR and haven't watched it. Also, yesterday TNA Wrestling announced on their Impact show that TNA Impact will now become Impact Wrestling. Even though I have stopped watching TNA, mainly due to storylines, I believe that it's a good thing for them to do. Hopefully they could remove the "TNA" letters on their promotion as it's considered to be inappropriate for non-wrestling fans to hear.
Shifting gears to MMA, it was announced not too long ago that the UFC 131 pay-per-view main event has changed. Originally it was scheduled to be Brock Lesnar vs Junior Dos Santos, but due to health complications, Lesnar pulled out of the event. It will now be Shane Carwin vs Junior Dos Santos as the main event at UFC 131, scheduled to be held on Saturday June 11th at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver. Also, this Saturday will be Bellator 44 held in Atlantic City, NJ and will air on MTV 2. The main event of Bellator 44 will be Hector Lombard vs Falaniko Vitale in a "non-title" Middleweight bout. If you are a fan of MMA and want to see an alternative to the UFC, Bellator is one of them.
In baseball, the New York Yankees had a rough week as they lost to Kansas City in a 2 out of 3 series this week. The current ranking for the Yankees are 20-15 and are currently in 2nd place in the AL East, with Tampa Bay at the top spot. For the New York Mets, they have defeated Colorado two out of the three times they have met. Current ranking for the Mets are 17-20 and are in last place in the NL East division. Both of these teams need to step it up if they want to be back on the top spot, and they have a chance as the Yankees will face their historic and division rival Boston Red Sox this weekend in what I would call a "must see game", while the Mets will be heading to Houston. Don't forget that next weekend is the Subway Series as the Mets head to the Bronx to face the Yankees, in what I would say is an instant classic and a "win for the fans".
On the next blog post, I will give my review of WWE SmackDown, Yankees vs Red Sox round 1, and a preview of Bellator 44. Have a great weekend everyone!
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