Alright then, its the 2nd edition of the mid-week blog, as today is Wednesday. In this blog, I will be discussing this past Monday Night's Raw, and give more information about ROH Best in the World iPPV. I will list the results of the recent UFC on Versus, and hype the event that is occurring this weekend for MLB. You guess it, the Subway Series and the Crosstown Classic. So, lets get things started.
WWE
Earlier in the week, WWE had Raw Roulette. This meant that all the stipulations were decided based on a Roulette Wheel for all matches that aired for the night. Shawn Michaels guest starred in that episode, mainly to promote his new show on the Outdoor Channel called Shawn Michaels MacMillan River Adventures. If you are interested in that show, check your local listings. Also, DDP (Diamond Dallas Page) cameoed to plug the "Best of WCW Monday Nitro" DVD. Overall, the show was much better than last week's episode and the match between Sin Cara and Evan Bourne did not disappoint at all. However, what really stole the show was C.M. Punk's promo. It wasn't your average, ordinary monologue because CM Punk was basically "breaking the fourth wall" as he mentioned Ring of Honor, New Japan Pro Wrestling, Paul Heyman, Brock Lesnar, and his good friend Colt Cabana. I thought it was a great promo, until WWE cut off his microphone mid sentence and USA Network ending the show by cliffhanger ending. I posted a clip of the promo here:
Note: Don't ask me why Punk is wearing a Stone Cold T-Shirt because I don't know why, and WWE never explained it.
As you may know, next week's WWE Raw was taped after this week's Raw aired live. WWE SmackDown taped their Friday show at their usual Tuesday tapings yesterday, but will also tape next Friday's show today. The reason why because WWE will be going on a overseas tour next week so they taped their TV shows in advance to focus on the live events only.
ROH
If you never heard of the pro-wrestling promotion Ring of Honor, then I will post a link to give you guys more info on it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_of_Honor . ROH had a Internet pay per view that was held Sunday afternoon called Best in the World. The main event was between Eddie Edwards the ROH Champion and the challenger Davey Richards. Here are the results of ROH Best in the World iPPV.
1. Tommaso Ciampa def. Colt Cabana
2. Jay Lethal def. "The Prodigy" Mike Bennett
3. Homicide def. Rhino in a No Holds Barred Match
4. Michael Elgin def. Steve Corino
5. El Generico def. Christopher Daniels to capture the ROH World Television Championship
6. WGTT (Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin) def. The Briscoes, Kings of Wrestling (Claudio Castagnoli and Chris Hero), and All Night Express (Rhett Titus and Kenny King) in a four way elimination match to retain the ROH World Tag Team Championship
7. Davey Richards def. Eddie Edwards to capture the ROH World Championship
From what I've heard, the PPV had strong reviews. If you missed it, the replay is available on GoFightLive.TV. I will most likely order the replay, and I recommend you to order it as well, since I have seen ROH during it's days on HDNet and trust me this is something you want to invest in.
UFC
UFC had a live show on Versus called UFC on Versus 4. Originally, the main event was to be Marquardt vs Johnson, but because Marquardt did not receive medical clearance to fight, he was not allowed to compete. Anthony Johnson, however was injured so he was replaced by Rick Story. Since Marquardt's medical issues were considered to be very serious, UFC promoter Dana White terminated Marquardt's contract. However, White didn't go to specifics why Marquardt was released. Overall, there were 11 fights on the card, but only 4 were televised on Versus. Here are the results for the televised portion:
1. Matt Mitrione def. Christian Morecraft via KO in Round 2
2. Matt Brown def. John Howard via unanimous decision
3. Charlie Brenneman def. Rick Story (replacing the Marquardt vs Johnson fight) via unanimous decision
4. Cheick Kongo def. Pat Barry via KO in Round 1
I will give a thorough review in a later blog post.
MLB
The Yankees faced off against the Milwaukee Brewers and defeated them yesterday 12-2. The Mets traveled to Detroit and defeated the Tigers 14-3. Those were impressive victories that both the Yankees and the Mets made. The Yankees will continue their series against Milwaukee today and tomorrow while the Mets will continue against Detroit today and tomorrow as well.
As you may know, the Subway Series and the Crosstown Classic will be occurring this weekend as the Yankees travel to Queens to face the Mets while the Chicago White Sox will travel to Wrigley to face the Cubs. Those two interleague series I would consider them "must see".
On the next blog post, I will give a review of UFC on Versus 4, while giving a preview and tale of the tape for both Subway Series and Crosstown Classic. Have a nice day!
Salutations,
NYCKNP
WWE
Earlier in the week, WWE had Raw Roulette. This meant that all the stipulations were decided based on a Roulette Wheel for all matches that aired for the night. Shawn Michaels guest starred in that episode, mainly to promote his new show on the Outdoor Channel called Shawn Michaels MacMillan River Adventures. If you are interested in that show, check your local listings. Also, DDP (Diamond Dallas Page) cameoed to plug the "Best of WCW Monday Nitro" DVD. Overall, the show was much better than last week's episode and the match between Sin Cara and Evan Bourne did not disappoint at all. However, what really stole the show was C.M. Punk's promo. It wasn't your average, ordinary monologue because CM Punk was basically "breaking the fourth wall" as he mentioned Ring of Honor, New Japan Pro Wrestling, Paul Heyman, Brock Lesnar, and his good friend Colt Cabana. I thought it was a great promo, until WWE cut off his microphone mid sentence and USA Network ending the show by cliffhanger ending. I posted a clip of the promo here:
Note: Don't ask me why Punk is wearing a Stone Cold T-Shirt because I don't know why, and WWE never explained it.
As you may know, next week's WWE Raw was taped after this week's Raw aired live. WWE SmackDown taped their Friday show at their usual Tuesday tapings yesterday, but will also tape next Friday's show today. The reason why because WWE will be going on a overseas tour next week so they taped their TV shows in advance to focus on the live events only.
ROH
If you never heard of the pro-wrestling promotion Ring of Honor, then I will post a link to give you guys more info on it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_of_Honor . ROH had a Internet pay per view that was held Sunday afternoon called Best in the World. The main event was between Eddie Edwards the ROH Champion and the challenger Davey Richards. Here are the results of ROH Best in the World iPPV.
1. Tommaso Ciampa def. Colt Cabana
2. Jay Lethal def. "The Prodigy" Mike Bennett
3. Homicide def. Rhino in a No Holds Barred Match
4. Michael Elgin def. Steve Corino
5. El Generico def. Christopher Daniels to capture the ROH World Television Championship
6. WGTT (Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin) def. The Briscoes, Kings of Wrestling (Claudio Castagnoli and Chris Hero), and All Night Express (Rhett Titus and Kenny King) in a four way elimination match to retain the ROH World Tag Team Championship
7. Davey Richards def. Eddie Edwards to capture the ROH World Championship
From what I've heard, the PPV had strong reviews. If you missed it, the replay is available on GoFightLive.TV. I will most likely order the replay, and I recommend you to order it as well, since I have seen ROH during it's days on HDNet and trust me this is something you want to invest in.
UFC
UFC had a live show on Versus called UFC on Versus 4. Originally, the main event was to be Marquardt vs Johnson, but because Marquardt did not receive medical clearance to fight, he was not allowed to compete. Anthony Johnson, however was injured so he was replaced by Rick Story. Since Marquardt's medical issues were considered to be very serious, UFC promoter Dana White terminated Marquardt's contract. However, White didn't go to specifics why Marquardt was released. Overall, there were 11 fights on the card, but only 4 were televised on Versus. Here are the results for the televised portion:
1. Matt Mitrione def. Christian Morecraft via KO in Round 2
2. Matt Brown def. John Howard via unanimous decision
3. Charlie Brenneman def. Rick Story (replacing the Marquardt vs Johnson fight) via unanimous decision
4. Cheick Kongo def. Pat Barry via KO in Round 1
I will give a thorough review in a later blog post.
MLB
The Yankees faced off against the Milwaukee Brewers and defeated them yesterday 12-2. The Mets traveled to Detroit and defeated the Tigers 14-3. Those were impressive victories that both the Yankees and the Mets made. The Yankees will continue their series against Milwaukee today and tomorrow while the Mets will continue against Detroit today and tomorrow as well.
As you may know, the Subway Series and the Crosstown Classic will be occurring this weekend as the Yankees travel to Queens to face the Mets while the Chicago White Sox will travel to Wrigley to face the Cubs. Those two interleague series I would consider them "must see".
On the next blog post, I will give a review of UFC on Versus 4, while giving a preview and tale of the tape for both Subway Series and Crosstown Classic. Have a nice day!
Salutations,
NYCKNP
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