Hunter's Torn Quad

He was also on the receiving end of an absurdly hard chairshot from Snitsky at Survivor Series three years ago.

I remember a stiff chair shot that Hunter gave Chris a few years ago that was so unprotected and reckless that I heard that if it had been anyone other than Hunter who delivered the chairshot in question they would have been fired. It was a match on Raw at some point in late 2004, and I think it was Hunter and Flair against Benoit and someone else, and I remember the finish had Hunter laying everyone out with chairshots, and when he swung at the back of Benoit's head he was holding the chair the 'wrong' way around hit Benoit with the harder edges of the legs of the chair and legit knocked him out.

So wait, Jeff Hardy is making 1.2 million a year??!! Probably a little less than that, but it would depend on if the houses were good, how well the PPV's draw and if he's on them and in a good position on the card. I'm guessing for 2007 he's making a high six-figure income, at least. This is Jeff Hardy. He's been one of the highest merchandise sellers for both TNA and WWE for the past 7 years. I'm pretty sure he makes more than 1.2 a year. At a stretch, I could buy Jeff making close to a $1m a year, if only because of strong merchandising. But no way he makes $1.2m plus. That's getting into Cena/Undertaker/HHH territory.

I think some of their heat might just as easily be down to them threatening to fight the rednecks for real while in the ring. It probably wasn't this single incident that caused them to be fired, but that it was the last straw.

So wait, Jeff Hardy is making 1.2 million a year??!! Probably a little less than that, but it would depend on if the houses were good, how well the PPV's draw and if he's on them and in a good position on the card. I'm guessing for 2007 he's making a high six-figure income, at least.

An interesting note from this weeks Observer that might give an indication as to how much money people being suspended are missing out on. When Jeff Hardy was suspended for 30-days, it's estimated that he lost around $100,000 through missing out on his house show money, his downside guarantee and the PPV payoff he would have got for Summerslam.

They can get out of that any number of ways if the child winds up not being a wrestler who was around the ring. For all the clues given, there's no guarantee that any of them will make any sense when the child is revealed. The storyline already has major holes in it already, so a few more won't make any difference.

If I had to guess, I'd say Khali, simply because Vince always goes to the big guys when he panics. And they don't come much bigger than Khali.

Full spoilers now up. Kennedy not the son, but we'll find out who it is next week, apparently. If Kennedy is getting suspended, he's getting a stay of execution.

At least Hunter taking out Umaga in a strong angle should give him a big shot in the arm. I don't think his match with Booker did a damn thing to pique interest in him.

Carlito can use the money he saves on hair products to buy a better quality of marijuana.

It's amazing what being put on TV can do to change a person's opinion.

One of the videos you can find through that one shows Dynamite Kid suffering his infamous back injury: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJ8EVLjjI6k

From PWI: Video package of the Orton attack on Cena's dad opens RAW. RAW opening match is the Intercontinental title match: Jeff Hardy v. Umaga. Umaga is on the top turnbuckle, Jeff hits him and he straddles the rope. Jeff gets the pin off of that and wins the title. Vince tells Coach that his family can't hurt him because he has a better OFFENSE. Carlito comes in with his hair cut! Vince tells him that his match against Triple H will be a handicap match in which he will tag with Umaga. There was a pointless Santino and Maria segment. William Regal is looking for John Cena and Melina comes up and tells him about "her night with Vince". Melina turns around and Stephanie is glaring at her. She turns the other way and Linda slaps her across the face. Ron Simmons shows up and gives Melina the DAMN. Santino and Maria come out to the ring. Santino insults the fans then talks crap to Ron Simmons. The Sandman's music hits...Santino tells Sandman that he's jealous because he makes love to Maria and Santdman makes love to his "stick". Sandman cracks Santino with the kendo stick then beats him all the way up the ramp with it. Maria waits in the ring for her opponent. Beth Phoenix comes down and beats her in a minute with the Fisherman's suplex. Beth gets a mic and tells Candice that she's cashing in her title shot am Unforgiven. She then gives Maria another suplex and Candice runs out for the save. After a stare down Beth walks out of the ring and up the ramp. They show close ups of John Cena's dad's bruised face. Yay, it's Grisham with the dumb sign crap... William Regal comes to the ring and says that Randy Orton was told last week to show Vince McMahon that he deserved the title shot and unfortunately for the Cena family, he did just that. They showed a video package of the attack. Regal says that he gave Orton the night off, but he's here via satellite. He says that what happened was Cena's fault because he denied him a rematch. Regal announces that he gets the rematch at Unforgiven. Orton says that he hopes that Cena's dad never forgives Cena for it. Cena walks out with no music or video and Regal says that he's just doing his job. Cena attacks Regal and beats him out of the ring and across the announce table. STFU on the floor broken up by the refs running from the back. Lance Cade and Murdoch come to the ring and sit at the announce table. World's Greatest Tag Team v. London and Kendrick to determine the title contenders for Unforgiven. Note that Cade and Murdoch don't have their hats, so maybe some explanation is being made for Cryme Tyme being gone. Sliced Bread #2 and Kendrick gets the 3 count on Haas. Cade and Murdoch get in the ring with London & Kendrick and applaud them and shake their hands. Wow, this looks familiar... Regal is getting checked by paramedics. Shane McMahon walks by, looks at him and keeps walking. They aired a really good CM Punk video package. They show Umaga and Carlito in the locker room. Carlito says that Triple H was laughing at Umaga for losing the title. Vince confirms with his lawyers that his family can't get at his accounts. He tells Coach that he will take over for Regal as Commissioner. Vince fires a lawyer for suggesting that he settle with the mother of his son, as that is a "defensive strategy". He tells the other two that he's out for blood. Jillian Hall and Daivari come out. Jillian talks crap to Lillian Garcia. She says that she had her wisdom teeth removed, but she and Daivari sing and dance anyway. Cody Rhodes (in black trunks!) and Mickie James interrupt and the match starts. Daivari singing in Farsi was kind of funny in a weird way...Cody pins Daivari after a nice DDT. Melina comes to the ring in a little black lace dress. Kiss cam segement. They aired a replay of Carlito's Cabana segment with Triple H and Vince. Triple H comes out for the handicap match to biggest pop of the night. Carlito comes out then Umaga. Umaga is disqualified for entering the ring without tagging and double teaming HHH. The beat down continues. Umaga hits a big splash from the top rope. Carlito holds a chair in front of HHH in the corner, but he moves and Umaga rams into it. Triple H beats Carlito with the chair to the outside then gives Umaga multiple chair shots to the head, as he won't go down. Umaga finally goes to one knee and Triple H gets the sledgehammer and gives Umaga a few shots. Carlito retreats up the ramp and Umaga is rolled away on a stretcher. I can't help but speculate! The ring cover with Umaga's blood on it is removed. They aired a video package about going back to Iraq this year. Vince, Coach and the two attorneys come to the ring. Vince says that the family is here for one thing... "the MONEY!" Linda comes to the ring and says that she has plenty of her own money and doesn't need his. But, she can take him for everything due to the illegitimate son thing. Vince says that he had many lonely nights on the road and his kids would understand. Enter Stephanie. Vince shows a video that he made of the life of daddy's girl. They play a video of Vince beating down Steph instead. Vince is angry. HHH on video says he didn't play it. Steph says Vince needs help and should step down as Chairman. Enter MY SON, SHANE! Shane says there are two Vinces, the good and the bad. He says that Vince needs help, but he has to change himself. Vince says that none of the affairs happened and he lied to build his own ego and only cheated once. With the mother of his son. He kneels to his family and vows to be better. Kennedy comes to the ring. Ken points out the last name thing and the Green Bay location as where Vince plans to reveal the mystery. He says that he is Vince's son. Steph says that he's not Vince's son. Ken says that Vince's lunacy inspired him and that unlike his family, he won't judge Vince. Ken does his Kennedy thing on the mic and adds MCMAHON to it! Then, a representative for the suing mother comes out and says that Ken is not Vince's son but he can't reveal who is until next week. The horrible actor then says that he can give a clue, "Things are looking up". RAW ends and Vince makes Ken a match for lying to him. It will be against John Cena. Dark Match: John Cena vs. Ken Kennedy. Of course. Cena wins with the FU.

His half of the IWGP tag team titles. The other half of the tag champions being Giant Bernard, aka. A-Train. Yes, it is.

They had a back-up plan if Kennedy being the child didn't get over, but I don't know if it would have occurred to them to have a back-up plan for the back-up plan. I think it depends on how determined they are that the angle be a vehicle to get Kennedy over so he can headline Wrestlemania against Hunter. If they still want Kennedy in that spot, they'll find a way to work around his suspension, even if it means that someone else gets revealed as the child and they and Kennedy work together somehow. If they decide to take Kennedy out of the spot, then someone could be in for a lucky career break.

I think another top star dying is about the only way things could possibly get worse for WWE.

I believe the plan is to give Batista the belt, and have Edge beat him for it when he returns. It's supposed to be going from Khali to Undertaker who'll defend against Edge at Wrestlemania. In that case, would Taker successfully defend the title or would Edge win it then? Unless something major happens, again, Undertaker will retain.

See I don't know about that, I mean Cryme Tyme were the most over tag team they had on any brand. It doesn't take a lot to be the most over tag team in WWE considering how the division gets treated. I won't deny the Cryme Tyme gimmick wasn't over to a certain extent, but I think people are way overestimating how over they really were. They're the modern day Godfather; a decent comedy gimmick that people enjoy and gets a good pop on their entrance, but once they've done their shtick, the show is over.

Give WWE a month or so and we'll see another opening match comedy gimmick to take the place of CT when it comes to warming up the crowd and selling some merchandise. It's not like they were irreplaceable for the spot they were in.

I believe the plan is to give Batista the belt, and have Edge beat him for it when he returns. It's supposed to be going from Khali to Undertaker who'll defend against Edge at Wrestlemania.

I'm guessing Rey was put into the Unforgiven title match so Khali could pin him to win and then Khali and Batista can have their blowoff match at No Mercy, which allows them to put the title on Undertaker at Survivor Series. Putting the belt on Undertaker at Survivor Series is better than doing it at No Mercy, because he'd win the belt on his 17th anniversary with the company, and it would get over even more.

They were good opening match level act to get the crowd going. They got the 'Godfather pop', and that was it. It's no big loss to see them gone.

Cade and Murdoch were probably kept over CT due to seniority. Or because CT started whatever the incident was.