Celtic Guardian

Hunter doesn't have to take a pinfall to lose the title, if I'm reading this right. HHH can pin all four opponents over the course of the match but if Wrestler X pins Wrestler Y at 19:59 elapsed, Wrestler X walks out as champ.

The winning tag team gets both belts but the WWE preview doesn't specify that Beth is going for the Women's belt and Santino the IC belt. Yes, that's worrisome.

...and Cherry for that matter.

It must have been hard to post about Orton without using the word dumbass.

When in doubt about such things, I always gravitate to Konnan. He's outside of the U.S. wrestling system now and has already shown a willingness to challenge it.

The obvious suspicion would be guys without hope of working for either WWE or TNA again since TNA uses the same "independent contractor" construct.

Shannon Moore, Nunzio, Domino, James Curtis and referee Nick Patrick all released, reports PWInsider.com.

The fact that one wrestler could deterioriate so much, so fast is noteworthy in itself.

This was basically paint by numbers. No brand champions wrestled, no ECW and the only woman who got significant on site air time was Jenny McCarthy. It was there just to be there, I guess.

Until they tear the arena down for the three year reconstruct.

According to ProWrestling.net, Killings was intro'd as R-Truth during both last night's dark match and the Smackdown vignette. That and the fact that his MySpace has already been changed to the R-Truth name.

Edge vs. HHH for the WWE Championship Triple H - They might give Edge some cover with Vickie G. working against him but otherwise, I'm seeing Pedigree City. Batista vs. CM Punk for the World Heavyweight Championship CM Punk - Post-draft Raw ratings have been positive, excluding this week's Derby drop. That favors a retention. Tommy Dreamer vs. Mark Henry for the ECW Championship Mark Henry - Dreamer will put Henry over strong, it's what he does. Finlay & Hornswoggle vs. Jesse & Festus vs. Hawkins & Ryder vs. Miz & Morrison for the WWE Tag Team Championships Jesse & Festus - Can't keep 'em on Miz & Morrison forever, title goes back to Smackdown. John Cena vs. JBL in a NYC Parking Lot Brawl John Cena - The man has lot more than his share of PPVs recently. He gets the win here. Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho Chris Jericho - HBK already has the built in "not at 100%" cover for a loss. Shelton Benjamin vs. Matt Hardy for the US Championship Shelton Benjamin - Matt Hardy can always go after Henry, title #2 goes back to Smackdown. Michelle McCool vs. Natalya for the Divas Championships Natalya - Heel wins, face chases.

Who? I think she won the diva search last year. I could be wrong, though. No, that was Eve Torres. I don't know what Lena did or why she's there in the first place.

We knew it was coming. She supposedly wanted it to happen. Finally, it's here. WWE.com: Ashley Massaro released

Marshall Law is a failed Australian TV series. You're referring to martial law. ...which was a failed U.S. TV series.

Smackdown Divas title match was quietly dropped from the PPV.

That would just be an insane worst case scenario.... possible but insane. Best case scenario, equally as unlikely.... Triple H gets by Cena, Edge uses shenanigans to retain against Batista but CM Punk cashes in MitB and beats Edge for the World belt to save Raw's credibility. If there was ever a time...

FYI, who the heck told Foley that Kozlov matches were some cue to do a lamebrained comedy routine? Kozlov may come off as a goof but the last thing Foley should be doing is actually pointing that out.

With Armando (Alejandro) Estrada a wrestler as well as being GM, I guess he could be drafted, and then says he's bringing ECW with him (being GM and all). Also the wwe might want to keep MVP on SD! because he gets on well with Michael Hayes and could be used to diffuse any situation in the future. Even if he had stayed a non-wrestler, Estrada could be drafted. In that vein, it wouldn't surprise me to see Vickie Guerrero drafted to Raw to be the new GM. She's one of the biggest heat magnets in the company. Why not move her to the flagship show?

First one on broadcast network prime time. How much does being on broadcast as opposed to a top cable station really mean, nowadays?

Except that for the next four months plus, Smackdown will be a lame duck show on the old network. It would make a lot of sense to pull Undertaker off TV after ONS and save him for a big return on the new network.

- JR's blog. Coachman's at MSG for sure now. He's one of the regular broadcast crew for telecasts of the WNBA's New York Liberty.

There was some strangeness from Foley to be sure. Foley led up to the Batista segment by pushing Bats' single-minded focus on the title, a segue that made no sense since Batista talked the whole time about Shawn Michaels. I'm not sure where Foley was going with all the limbo/mambo jokes during the Kozlov match either. The point is supposed to be for the commentators to help get Kozlov over as a serious monster heel, a task undermined by Foley's dance references. As long as we're at it, Foley has to stop referring to Finlay as Fit Finlay. That was Finlay's WCW ring name, it has never been used duing Finlay's current WWE wrestling stint. If we're going to call Adamle on the carpet for referring to The Miz as Mike the Miz, let's do the same here.

You called it. Speed Racer fell to $18.6 mill in the actual, behind What Happens in Vegas at $20.2 mill. Warner Bros. may have inflated its initial estimate to hold off complete humiliation.

It's that kind of reaction that makes TNA's desire to take PPVs out of the Impact Zone more understandable. This may (or may not) be an effective storyline but the Impact crowd is so jaded that it won't give the story a chance.