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Yeah. He apparently cleared it with WWE because of a family issue.

John Fugelsang. The only suggestion I've heard for Barker's replacement so far that I've liked was Dan Patrick (which I believe was just a rumor). I wouldn't mind seeing one of those old game show hosts like Chuck Woolery dusted off to replace Bob Barker. Hell, Richard Dawson's still alive! Bring him back! Let him slobber all over the old ladies. Not that guy either. It's the Tom guy.

Also the guy from AFHV is a name that pops up. (Not Saget, the other guy). I've heard George Hamilton as well. That's be a wreck.

Nattie looks like Beth. However, that wasn't a bad rumble at all, especially for OVW.

It'll do great in DVD sales, which will make up the difference. I actually thought Hairspray would do better since Chuck and Larry were ripped in reviews but Sandler isn't damaged by bad reviews.

somewhere in the park of 2-4 hours depending if there's Fight Nights or All Access specials, still though with the exception of TUF and Fight Nights, TNA outdraws UFC and really TNA is the only show that is on a weekly basis and not on a seasonal basis, all i'm sayin is that TNA deserves more love from Spike, i just seriously hope they jump to Fox How the network chooses to promote TNA, (by the way, TNA is promoted more then enough) doesn't change the true problems with TNA. Fox isn't going to change anything about TNA. All the promotion in the world means shit when the product is shit.

Cruiserweight Title Open Invitational Chavo Guerrero Vs Jamie Knoble Vs Jimmy Yang Vs Funaki Vs Shannon Moore -While this will only serve one guaranteed purpose, that as a time filler/short hot opener, it does leave open the possibility of two other opportunities here and those are, a title change which ultimately won’t make a dent in the grand scheme of things within Smackdown and this vaunted division consisting of Funaki and Moore whom are far from regulars. The other combatants in this epic showdown can at least claim to be semi-regular. For a title change to occur, it would require two needs to be fulfilled and that’s to get the title off of Chavo before Mysterio returns, if they do decide to do something with regards to that but it also suggests they could finally do something different if they decide to pursue a “program” in the division between Knoble and Yang. The story writes itself and while they’d likely never acknowledge their past, they do have one and they usually go well together. Ultimately this match won’t be much of anything other then time filler and to either get the title off Chavo in preparation for yet another deal with Mysterio or just to give the title something different as Chavo Guerrero’s current reign has been an absolute thudding waste. So, I’ll call for Knoble to take a victory here, possibly stealing a pin from Yang. Will Mysterio return here? I don’t think so and I’m not sold on them even bothering to play off Mysterio and his absence caused by Chavo. If this match goes beyond 7 minutes I would be shocked and if it goes 7 minutes, it’d be a mess anyways. Singapore Cane Match Sandman Vs Carlito -For a guy who is in the doghouse, Carlito sure finds his way onto PPV events quite frequently. Sandman is Vince’s pet curiosity for the moment and while those usually are short term, it’s still relatively fresh and that should play into the outcome of this “match”. Obviously, expecting a classic or even a moderately compelling match here is a wasted effort. Pole matches are rarely good and this won’t be the exception. This should be short and succinct, probably with Carlito getting the cane first but succumbing to Sandman’s…offensive assault. US Title Match -This should be the match of the night which is remarkable since less then a year ago, so many people were calling for the demise of MVP. He’s obviously risen to the occasion and has drastically improved by leaps and bounds as a performer and worker inside that right. Matt is having a tremendous year, one of the best all around in the wrestling world but he hasn’t had that “breakout” match this year yet, which seems strange for a guy whom has been over and consistently at that since the late 1990’s. If we’re lucky, this will get good time but given the amount of stuff on the card tonight, I wouldn’t expect anything past 12-15 minutes. Putting the title on Matt seems like the logical step to take and against their past record, I’ll actually anticipate them to pull the trigger and give Matt his well deserved title reign here. Bullrope Match Dusty Rhodes Vs Randy Orton -Who knows what we can really expect here? It’s a match designed perfectly around the huge gaping flaws in Dusty and suits Orton well enough that he doesn’t have to actually wrestle to carry someone like Rhodes. Orton is more the passable in this “hardcore” type affairs and we all know about Rhodes’ ability to bleed and flop around. Regardless of his age, Dusty can still do that. The heat could be good here and Dusty generally has the crowd going in about 80% of the markets. Is San Jose one of them? I’ll expect Orton to run over Dusty here on route to his title match with Cena next month, Cody obviously will play his hand here and I’ll expect him to just “throw in the towel” for his dad. IC Title Umaga Vs Jeff Hardy -The very definition of meaningless match. We’ve seen this a handful of times already and it’s the same story, again and again. Jeff will do his pretty bumps, the crowd will go bananas for him and Umaga doles out his savage triumvirate of destruction (Samoan Drop, Running BUTT charge, spike). Women’s Title Candice Vs Melina -Johnny Nitro and Joey Mercury are history, which should be the case for Melina and her status as the lead heel diva. Candice has been passable enough with her efforts, while admirable still leave a lot left to be desired. This shouldn’t be too long and hopefully puts the kibosh on this tedious lackluster program and we see an ascension from someone not named Melina. ECW Title John Morrison Vs CM Punk -I don’t care about the name and slight gimmick change since it’s virtually a lateral move anyways. It doesn’t absolve Morrison/Nitro’s horrible delivery and complete inability to sell himself with the promo. This should be passable match but it’s irrelevant because it’s just going to push toward the blow-off at the next PPV. So, expect a 10 minute paint by numbers affair here resulting in either Punk going to far and drawing himself a DQ in the process or Morrison simply gets a sneak win. World Championship Batista Vs Khali Vs Kane -Things were already looking pretty bad with the original planned matches but Edge’s untimely injury allowed for those two nightmares to fuse into a complete and total disaster. When Kane is the best worker in a match, it’s never a good thing. People might be attracted to the sexy appeal of a train wreck but this won’t be sexy. Some say Kane deserves a gold watch title reign but it won’t happen here and probably never will. Batista-Khali was supposed to be something important and keeping the title on Khali allows for that huge one on one showdown we were robbed off. WWE Title John Cena Vs Lashley -The growing pulse of the Anti-Cena lunatics will beat faster after Cena takes another guy out of his way. He’s still the top guy for a reason. Cena makes a lot of crap look good and Lashley should be next in his line of mini-miracles. The heat should be pretty good for this. Cena is on a path to Orton and Lashley can drop down in the line right with Kennedy after tonight.

It seems as if WWE still thinks OVW still needs WWE TV regulars to stick around, which says alot about what they think of the ones they have called up and for those they haven't. If the Majors brothers got the call and they are still doing OVW, no reason Burchill shouldn't.

I should point out that The Hart Foundation 2.0 consist of Harry and Teddy with horrible haircuts and the red/pink pajama shiny pants. Also, ECW could use a guy like Burchill right now. I'd be all for a Punk-Burchill series after 'Slam when Punk finally takes the belt away from Morrison.

If you care about yourself, you wouldn't go to Cici's.

We're just one step closer to seeing it on WWE programming. I look forward to seeing that tonight.

I waited and ordered the PPV since ROH earned my 15 bucks the first night I saw them way back in 2004. A great show with very little flaws. Briscoes/Sydal and Castagnoli, while the rematch in Dayton was average, this match was off the charts. Marufuji-Romero got overlooked but it was also pretty damn good. The main event speaks for itself.

Another Chavo-Rey program? We've seen enough and if that does happen, it wouldn't be over the CW belt.

In.

Lohse is gone, possibly by the end of the month but especially the end of the year. Dunn, Conine, Hatteberg and Loshe, I believe are the most likely to be dealt. Edwin isn't getting shipped, yet. I'll add Stanton to that likely list. A great deal of attention needs to be done with the bullpen and adding a better quality starter. That isn't going to be done at the deadline.

If Benoit were still alive and never got moved from Smackdown, he still wouldn't have gotten a title reign.

Night One (Toyko) ROH World Title Match Takeshi Morishima vs. Nigel McGuinness Jay Briscoe, Mark Briscoe & Naomichi Marufuji vs. KENTA, Ricky Marvin & Matt Sydal Bryan Danielson vs. Go Shiozaki Fight Without Honor Delirious vs. Roderick Strong Jack Evans & Kotaro Suzuki vs. Davey Richards & Rocky Romero BJ Whitmer vs. Jimmy Rave Night 2 (Osaka) ROH World Tag Team Title Match Jay & Mark Briscoe vs. Shingo & Susumu Yokosuka KENTA & CIMA vs. Davey Richards & Rocky Romero Dragon Gate Rules Six Man Matt Sydal, Ryo Saito & Dragon Kid vs. Delirious, Naruki Doi & Masato Yoshino Jack Evans vs. Roderick Strong Bryan Danielson vs. Jimmy Rave Nigel McGuinness vs. BJ Whitmer

I'm pretty sure Raven has a few stories that start off like that.

anyone buying gab for punk/whatever-his-name-is is stupid Anyone buying GAB for anything is stupid.

Add that with Lashley-Cena and it's McMahon's dream card. Might as well strip Morrison of the title and shove Punk out. Put Big V and Thorn in for the title match.

What do you mean? He hasn't been on tv in like 3 weeks. Well, now that he's no showed, it can lead to two things: 1. He's quiting the company due to no push 2. He failed a wellness policy test, or knew he did and is currently in hiding. We better not be getting any text messages from him anytime soon. Actually Cor Von has been getting quite a push on ECW. Nitro, Viscera, Punk, Miz and Boogey are getting pushes. Cor Von hasn't been relevant to the show since the originals/new breed thing died.

Better then John Stapp, I guess.

Morrison needs a guy like Larry Sweeney to do the talking for him.

All the interest and build with these guys came crashing down with Morrison's promo.

I'm actually shocked WWE hasn't changed the ECW title design.