Tag Archive: Submission Wrestlers

  1. WWE Breaking Point 2009 Results

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    I didn’t watch this PPV, and I’m refusing to.  At first, I was refusing to watch because of the whole “submission matches without primarily submission wrestlers” thing.  Now there’s another reason, but I’ll get to that at the end.

    Chris Jericho & The Big Show def. MVP & Mark Henry to retain the Unified WWE Tag Team Championships.  As if we didn’t see that coming.

    Kofi Kingston def. The Miz to retain the WWE United States Championship.  And the point of that was?

    Legacy def. DX in a Submissions Count Anywhere match.  Really?  Wow!  There’s some credibility for the two young guys there – which will no doubt be destroyed by Hell In A Cell next month.

    Kane def. The Great Khali in a Singapore Cane Submission match.  And people actually paid for this?

    Christian def. William Regal to retain the ECW Championship.  By Pinfall.  On a submission themed Pay Per View.  Where the main events are all supposed to be submission matches.  In the ECW main event.  Yup.

    John Cena def. Randy Orton in an I Quit Match to win the WWE Championship.  Great.  Now we have to deal with Cena as the champion again.

    The Undertaker def. CM Punk to win the World Heavyweight Championship – but wait, there’s more!

    Teddy Long came out and announced the the Hell’s Gate submission was still technically banned, so the match had to be restarted…

    CM Punk def. The Undertaker to retain the World Heavyweight Championship.  Punk reversed a Last Ride into an Anaconda Vise, and the referee immediately called for the bell.  Punk and the referee then bolted up the ramp to where Teddy Long was standing.  Yes folks, another rehash of the Montreal Screwjob.

    You know what, I’m sick of this crap.  Every time the WWE is in Canada, they have to do some kind of screwjob angle.  2003 in Montreal with The Rock and Hulk Hogan.  A few years back with Shane McMahon and Shawn Michaels.  Look.  The Bret Hart/Shawn Michaels thing happened in November of 1997.  That’s nearly 12 years ago.  The fact is, that wasn’t a storyline – that was real, or as they say in the business, a “shoot.”  That pissed off a lot of people because Bret Hart was loved by the fans – especially the Canadian fans – and was legitimately screwed out of the WWF Championship.  I get it, wink wink, nudge nudge, we screwed the fan favorite in Canada.  It’s getting old.  I get where you’re coming from with it, but enough is enough.

    I also hate the whole gimmick PPV thing.  John Cena, Randy Orton, The Undertaker, Triple H, Shawn Michaels, Ted DiBiase, Cody Rhodes, The Great Khali, and Kane are not names that spring to mind when you mention submission wrestling to me.  And next month is Hell in a Cell.  Because a John Cena/Randy Orton Hell in a Cell main event makes any sense.  Really, to have, at the very least, two Hell in a Cell matches in one Pay Per View sort of diminishes the significance of the match.  Same with the TLC Pay Per View coming up in December.  These type of matches should be kept to one per year, maximum, and the guys in the matches should be guys who specialize in them.  Undertaker or Triple H in Hell in the Cell, for example, or Edge, Christian, or Matt Hardy in TLC.

    Given the lack of anything decent or new on the card, and the oh so cliche Montreal Screwjob ending, I’m glad I didn’t waste either my time or my money on this PPV.

  2. ThinkSoJoE’s Thoughts

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    Raven, Kennedy, and Striker – OH MY!  Let’s get started.

    Monday night on RAW, Mr. Kennedy returned to the WWE after being out for a very long period of time with an injury.  What followed was not nearly as surprising – he injured himself in his first match back.  The fans at the Staples Center seemed to enjoy his presense, but that wasn’t enough for the WWE to keep wasting their time with MISTEEERRRRRRR INJURY PRONE!

    INJURY PRONE!

    Kennedy was back for four days before WWE decided to release him from his contract.  Do you think that TNA would take him, or is he now resigned to work as MISTEEEERRRRRRR FRY COOK?

    5/30/09 UPDATE: Rumor flying around is that Randy Orton had some kind of discussion backstage with Mr. Kennedy following RAW, that Orton has considerable influence in the company, and these factors may have been what led to Mr. Kennedy’s release.

    ECW color commentator Matt Striker is the center of controversy this week as alleged nude photos of the school teacher turned professional wrestler began circulating the internet.  Internet Wrestling Community pundits are beginning to wonder if this is the sort of thing that could cost Striker his cushy World Wrestling Entertainment job.  In my opinion, if Disney kept that High School Musical girl after her nude pics leaked, WWE will certainly keep Striker.

    Buff Bagwell did an interview recently where he said he’d work for WWE for free, and if TNA called him, he’d listen.  Does this guy seriously think he’s got a shot at WWE again?  He was there for all of a week before they fired his ass the first time around.

    AOL and Time Warner are set to dissolve their merger after nearly a decade.  Could this mean a new wrestling organization under the direction of Ted Turner is now possible?

    WWE has now changed the name of the Unforgiven Pay-Per-View event.  It’s going to be called “WWE Breaking Point” and is rumored to be a submission themed pay per view.  I kind of like the idea, though there aren’t really a whole heck of a lot of submission wrestlers on the roster that I can think of at the moment, so I can’t imagine what the matches would be.

    The highlight of my week actually happened on TNA iMPACT! this past Thursday night as my favorite wrestler returned.  During a therapy session, Dr. Stevie put Abyss in a straight jacket, prompting Lauren to come to his rescue.  Through the crowd emerged a familiar face – RAVEN!  The former NWA and ECW Champion took away Dr. Stevie’s kendo stick – and blasted Abyss with it himself!  Raven and Dr. Stevie, the former ECW Tag Team Champions reunited with an embrace in the ring.  Welcome back, Raven!