Wrestling thread 2009!

[Panda]

WWE has revealed the details of a 15-superstar, tri-brand trade:

Raw to Smackdown:
Matt Hardy


Raw to ECW:
The Bella Twins
Goldust
William Regal


Smackdown to Raw:
Alicia Fox
Gail Kim


Smackdown to ECW:
Shelton Benjamin


ECW to Raw:
Evan Bourne
Jack Swagger
Mark Henry


ECW to Smackdown:
The Hart Dynasty
Finlay



Batista was Mr. McMahon's first guest host or Raw. Next week's host will be Ted DiBiase Sr.

Maryse v Mickie James for the Divas title is the first match confirmed for Night Of Champions. Triple H and John Cena meet on next week's Raw with the winner facing Randy Orton at Night Of Champions.

[Panda]

Current card for Night Of Champions:

WWE title, Triple Threat Match: Randy Orton v Triple H v John Cena

World Heavyweight title: CM Punk v Jeff Hardy

ECW title: Tommy Dreamer v Christian

Unified Tag titles: Edge & Chris Jericho v Cody Rhodes & Ted DiBiase (still currently on the card, despite Edge's serious achilles injury)

Divas title: Maryse v Mickie James

[Panda]

WWE has re-hired Eugene!

[Sauron]

That's an interesting move. I quite enjoyed Eugene at first, but after a while, I found him boring.

[Panda]

Apparently he's been re-hired mainly to train the younger wrestlers but they will use him on TV as well...

[Panda]

Night of Champions card:

WWE title - Triple Threat Match:
Randy Orton v Triple H v John Cena

World Heavyweight title:
CM Punk v Jeff Hardy

ECW title:
Tommy Dreamer v Christian

Intercontinental title:
Rey Mysterio v Dolph Ziggler

United States title - Six Pack Challenge:
Kofi Kingston v Big Show v MVP v The Miz v Carlito v Jack Swagger

Unified Tag titles:
Chris Jericho & mystery partner v Cody Rhodes & Ted DiBiase

Divas title:
Maryse v Mickie James

Women's title match still to be confirmed but it will probably be Michelle McCool v Melina.

[Panda]

My predictions:

WWE title: Orton
World title: Punk
ECW title: Dreamer
Intercontinental title: Mysterio
US title: Big Show
Tag titles: Jericho & partner
Divas title: Mickie
Womens title: McCool

[-Big Dan-]

Tazz has made his debut with TNA, seemingly aligning himself with Kurt Angle.

[Panda]

I just can't take TNA seriously. It sounds like WCW at its worst.

[funmaker11]

Bobby Lashley returns to TNA!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cw9b-0QU1B0


EDIT: Why is there an ad when I embed the YouTube Video?

[Panda]

Night Of Champions results:

Unified Tag titles
Chris Jericho & The Big Show bt Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase to retain the titles

ECW title
Christian bt Tommy Dreamer to become the NEW ECW champion

United States title - Six Pack Challenge
Kofi Kingston bt Carlito, MVP, The Miz, Jack Swagger & Primo to retain the title

Women's title
Michelle McCool bt Melina to retain the title

WWE title - Triple Threat Match
Randy Orton bt John Cena & Triple H to retain the title

Divas title
Mickie James bt Maryse to become the NEW Divas champion

Intercontinental title
Rey Mysterio bt Dolph Ziggler to retain the title

World Heavyweight title
Jeff Hardy bt CM Punk to become the NEW World Heavyweight champion

[Panda]

My WWE rankings following Night Of Champions:

(positions after The Bash are in brackets)

1(1) Edge 374 points
2(3) John Cena 337
3(2) CM Punk 333.5
4(6) Randy Orton 324.5
5(4) Triple H 320.5
6(5) Jeff Hardy 318.5
7(7) Rey Mysterio 252.5
8(8) Chris Jericho 233.5
9(9) Big Show 211.5
10(10) MVP 201.5
11(11) Kofi Kingston 193
12(12) Christian 190
13(13) Jack Swagger 157
14(14) Kane 153
15(17) John Morrison 132
16(15) Batista 128.5
17(18) Finlay 122
18(16) Undertaker 121
19(24) Mark Henry 114.5
20(21) Tommy Dreamer 113
21(22) Shelton Benjamin 112
22(19) Vladimir Kozlov 111.5
23(20) Matt Hardy 106
24(23) Santino Marella 99.5
25(31) Dolph Ziggler 94.5
26(25) Carlito 94.5
27(26) R-Truth 92.5
28(27) The Miz 92
29(28) The Great Khali 85
30(29) Cody Rhodes 81.5



Top 10 Divas:

1(1) Melina 120
2(2) Michelle McCool 99.5
3(6) Mickie James 81
4(3) Maryse 80
5(4) Beth Phoenix 65
6(5) Kelly Kelly 60.5
7(7) Gail Kim 43.5
8(9) Eve Torres 36
9(11) Alicia Fox 32
10(10) Brie Bella 31.5

[Panda]

WWE has released Brian Kendrick. Just say no, kids.

[-Big Dan-]

Ah, I guess he's been dabbling again.

[Panda]

Jul 30, 2009 21:41:07 GMT 1 -Big Dan- said:

Ah, I guess he's been dabbling again.

I think it was the main reason for his de-push this year, though someone his size was always going to struggle to stay high up the card anyway.

It's a shame, as he's a very talented performer. He's bound to find work elsewhere but he's in danger of throwing his career away if he's not careful (though RVD would argue to the contrary).

[-Big Dan-]

Current SummerSlam card:

WWE Title: Randy Orton v John Cena
Unified Tag Team Titles: Chris Jericho & Big Show v Cryme Tyme

Also, Ricky Ortiz has been released.

[Panda]

Also added:

World Heavyweight title, TLC Match: Jeff Hardy v CM Punk
Intercontinental title: Rey Mysterio v Dolph Ziggler

[wonderwall]

Do you think edge will turn face on his return?

[Panda]

Aug 10, 2009 9:39:38 GMT 1 wonderwall said:

Do you think edge will turn face on his return?

It's very possible but his return is so far away you never know what might happen before then. He probably won't be back before the end of the year. I would like to see him have a run as a face and feud with Chris Jericho, leading up to a match at WM26 (possibly for a world title).

[-Big Dan-]

Aug 10, 2009 9:36:22 GMT 1 Panda said:

Also added:

World Heavyweight title, TLC Match: Jeff Hardy v CM Punk
Intercontinental title: Rey Mysterio v Dolph Ziggler

Ah yes.