This week's episode of Tough Enough started out with Christina and Trish doing a one on one yoga session outside of the Tough Enough house near a lake. At first I thought that the weather was nice in California (the location where Tough Enough was taped) so that's why the two were outside. Later I found out that yoga is meant to be done outdoors. Going back to the show, Trish was telling Christina that she is the last female contestant of the show and tells her what to do in order to remain on the show. After the yoga session, everyone reported to the training room for today's activity. Stone Cold came in and said that the theme of the episode was "Creativity". He mentioned that they need to show creativity when attempting a wrestling move, but to do it in a way that no one would get hurt. AJ and Jeremiah were critized by the trainers since AJ was considered to be "too timid" and Jeremiah for being "too MMA". Next, they were practicing how to remove people from the ring by throwing them over the top rope. Everyone was critized and all the contestants were under a lot of pressure.
After the training session was over, a stretch limo appeared near the front door, and WWE Divas Kelly Kelly, Eve Torres, and the Bella Twins came out of the limo. Trish would then greet them and escorted the Divas inside the house. While Trish was showing the Divas around the house, they would encounter the men waiting in line to take a shower (which called for awkward moment)! Luke and Jeremiah had towels wrapped around them, to which the Bellas responded via interview that it was "nice to see men in towels for a change". Later, the contestants and the Divas went out for dinner and had a great time. Luke had a little too much to drink, but at the end it was all good. The next day, the contestants went to THQ office and Stone Cold told them to create their own characters in the WWE All Stars game. Once created, it was then tested out. One of the representatives of THQ thought that Luke's create a wrestler was impressive. Once evening fell, the contestants reported to training from Bill DeMott and Booker T. Martin injured his ankle during the training. Martin attempted to walk it off, but Bill suggested to "get an X-Ray". Martin went to the emergency room and returned the next morning with a heavy heart that he's unable to continue (due to doctor's orders). Stone Cold took Martin to his office and asked him to hang up his belt on the wall (usually Stone Cold would take the belts and hang it up on the wall, but didn't do that in Martin's case, most likely out of respect). After saying farewell to everyone over there, Martin recieved a standing ovation on his way out. That was an emotional moment that reminded me of an episode of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, but I will discuss it at another time. During the training session, it was "creative skills" challenge that AJ and Christina were picked to do. Christina attempted a top rope move, but landed on her foot. Christina ended up being in a lot of pain, to which she ended up going to the hospital. Stone Cold then announced that there will be no eliminations tonight, and ended the training session. The episode then ended on a cliffhanger, leaving the viewers what will happen on the next episode.
This week's edition was the Raw before the Over the Limit PPV. John Cena was advertised in a no-holds barred match (as stipulated by The Miz) for the main event, and the contract signing took place for the Michael Cole vs Jerry Lawler match at the PPV. Overall, it was an okay show with the exception of the contract signing. The contract signing did indeed took place, but the added stipulation to Lawler's HOF ring as collateral will now be a Kiss my Foot match. Now, not only is this rivalry gone absurd, but it's become gross. I don't know what's going on, but does Vince have some sort of foot fetish to see a wrestler putting his foot in another person's mouth? That's really disgusting as I don't want to see that kind of match with a superstar or diva putting his/her feet near another mouth (which is why I'm not buying the PPV). Luckily, the segment ended sooner than later, and things went back to normal. At the end of the show, John Cena defeated Jack Swagger in a no holds barred match. This didn't look like a good show to sell the PPV at all.
Shifting gears to baseball, after a 6 game losing streak, the Yankees have made a comeback and won 3 games in a row. The Mets had 2 wins against Washington, 1 loss against Florida, with the following game ended up a no-contest due to the rain. To me both of those teams look strong for the Subway Series as the Mets face the Yankees in Bronx for the entire weekend. I hope that it will be a good game the entire weekend. Although I usually cheer for the Yankees more than the Mets, I stay neutral when the two teams face each other.
Usually I talk about baseball at the end of my blog post, but this is an exception as today was the untimely death of WWE legend "Macho Man" Randy Savage. Savage died in an automobile accident minutes after he got a heart attack and lost control of the vehicle early in the morning. He was 58 years old. I have never seen Macho Man wrestle before as he was wrestling before my generation, but I did see his clips on YouTube and saw old videos and he was a tremendous wrestler who had the charisma to cut a promo on the microphone, with his catchphrase "Oooh Yeah!" Here's an example:
Now the question is, will Macho Man get inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame? That I can't say since it's up to the WWE, but I do believe that he should get inducted as a posthumous inductee, with his brother Lanny Poffo accepting it on his behalf. I know that there are theories about the Macho Man to which Vince wouldn't allow him to be inducted, but I wouldn't say anything since I'm not part of the business. I do have a link of another blog post by Jim Ross in which he gives his views of Randy Savage's death, since Ross is part of the industry.
http://www.jrsbarbq.com/blog/randy-savage-dead-58thoughts-true-superstar
R.I.P. Macho Man. He will surely be missed.
After the training session was over, a stretch limo appeared near the front door, and WWE Divas Kelly Kelly, Eve Torres, and the Bella Twins came out of the limo. Trish would then greet them and escorted the Divas inside the house. While Trish was showing the Divas around the house, they would encounter the men waiting in line to take a shower (which called for awkward moment)! Luke and Jeremiah had towels wrapped around them, to which the Bellas responded via interview that it was "nice to see men in towels for a change". Later, the contestants and the Divas went out for dinner and had a great time. Luke had a little too much to drink, but at the end it was all good. The next day, the contestants went to THQ office and Stone Cold told them to create their own characters in the WWE All Stars game. Once created, it was then tested out. One of the representatives of THQ thought that Luke's create a wrestler was impressive. Once evening fell, the contestants reported to training from Bill DeMott and Booker T. Martin injured his ankle during the training. Martin attempted to walk it off, but Bill suggested to "get an X-Ray". Martin went to the emergency room and returned the next morning with a heavy heart that he's unable to continue (due to doctor's orders). Stone Cold took Martin to his office and asked him to hang up his belt on the wall (usually Stone Cold would take the belts and hang it up on the wall, but didn't do that in Martin's case, most likely out of respect). After saying farewell to everyone over there, Martin recieved a standing ovation on his way out. That was an emotional moment that reminded me of an episode of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, but I will discuss it at another time. During the training session, it was "creative skills" challenge that AJ and Christina were picked to do. Christina attempted a top rope move, but landed on her foot. Christina ended up being in a lot of pain, to which she ended up going to the hospital. Stone Cold then announced that there will be no eliminations tonight, and ended the training session. The episode then ended on a cliffhanger, leaving the viewers what will happen on the next episode.
This week's edition was the Raw before the Over the Limit PPV. John Cena was advertised in a no-holds barred match (as stipulated by The Miz) for the main event, and the contract signing took place for the Michael Cole vs Jerry Lawler match at the PPV. Overall, it was an okay show with the exception of the contract signing. The contract signing did indeed took place, but the added stipulation to Lawler's HOF ring as collateral will now be a Kiss my Foot match. Now, not only is this rivalry gone absurd, but it's become gross. I don't know what's going on, but does Vince have some sort of foot fetish to see a wrestler putting his foot in another person's mouth? That's really disgusting as I don't want to see that kind of match with a superstar or diva putting his/her feet near another mouth (which is why I'm not buying the PPV). Luckily, the segment ended sooner than later, and things went back to normal. At the end of the show, John Cena defeated Jack Swagger in a no holds barred match. This didn't look like a good show to sell the PPV at all.
Shifting gears to baseball, after a 6 game losing streak, the Yankees have made a comeback and won 3 games in a row. The Mets had 2 wins against Washington, 1 loss against Florida, with the following game ended up a no-contest due to the rain. To me both of those teams look strong for the Subway Series as the Mets face the Yankees in Bronx for the entire weekend. I hope that it will be a good game the entire weekend. Although I usually cheer for the Yankees more than the Mets, I stay neutral when the two teams face each other.
Usually I talk about baseball at the end of my blog post, but this is an exception as today was the untimely death of WWE legend "Macho Man" Randy Savage. Savage died in an automobile accident minutes after he got a heart attack and lost control of the vehicle early in the morning. He was 58 years old. I have never seen Macho Man wrestle before as he was wrestling before my generation, but I did see his clips on YouTube and saw old videos and he was a tremendous wrestler who had the charisma to cut a promo on the microphone, with his catchphrase "Oooh Yeah!" Here's an example:
Now the question is, will Macho Man get inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame? That I can't say since it's up to the WWE, but I do believe that he should get inducted as a posthumous inductee, with his brother Lanny Poffo accepting it on his behalf. I know that there are theories about the Macho Man to which Vince wouldn't allow him to be inducted, but I wouldn't say anything since I'm not part of the business. I do have a link of another blog post by Jim Ross in which he gives his views of Randy Savage's death, since Ross is part of the industry.
http://www.jrsbarbq.com/blog/randy-savage-dead-58thoughts-true-superstar
R.I.P. Macho Man. He will surely be missed.
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