Trish Stratus

By pstrum@poughkeepsiejournal.com (Phil Strum) I need to mention that I loved that she continued her feud with Chris Jericho (that's continuity from 5 1/2 years ago) and her rivalry with Beth Phoenix (continued from the last time she was on Raw — in December 2008, teaming with John Cena against Santino Marella and Beth Phoenix).

By pstrum@poughkeepsiejournal.com (Phil Strum) The Undertaker had CM Punk tap out to the "Hell's Gate" gogoplata, before SmackDown general manager Theodore Long informed 'Taker that Vickie Guerrero had banned the hold and that the match must continue. Punk locked in the Anaconda Vice after the match restarted and referee Scott Armst...

By pstrum@poughkeepsiejournal.com (Phil Strum) The bottom line was this, the wrestling on the show was still pretty darn good. All three Raw matches for Sunday's Breaking Point pay-per-view (Cena vs. Orton, DX vs. Legacy and Jericho & Show vs. MVP & Mark Henry) were plugged. In many cases, the principals had promo time. The end of the s...

By Phil Strum(pstrum@poughkeepsiejournal.com) • World Heavyweight Championship Triple Threat Match: Edge (c) vs. Big Show vs. John Cena. • Extreme Rules: Matt Hardy vs. Jeff Hardy • Unified Tag Team Championship lumberjack match: WWE Tag Team Champions Carlito & Primo vs. World Tag Team Champions The Miz & John Morrison

By Phil Strum(pstrum@poughkeepsiejournal.com) Here's the card as it appears to be for WrestleMania 25 at the moment: • Extreme rules: Matt Hardy vs. Jeff Hardy. That stipulation was added at the SmackDown tapings. • Unified Tag Team Championship: Carlito & Primo (c) vs. The Miz & John Morrison (c)

By Phil Strum(pstrum@poughkeepsiejournal.com) I also watched SmackDown and Impact. • Miz & Morrison vs. Primo & Carlito next week, but this time for Miz & Morrison's belts. • There's pretty much no way WWE would go with the Edge-Big Show match as the World Heavyweight Championship match at WrestleMania.

By pstrum@poughkeepsiejournal.com (Phil Strum) It was really nice to see Trish Stratus on Monday Night RAW. So next week, it's a number one contenders fatal four-way for the Royal Rumble shot at World champion John Cena: Shawn Michaels vs. JBL vs. Randy Orton vs. Chris Jericho. Three heels and a heel associate. Interesting.

By noreply@blogger.com (Phil Strum) • Jesse & Festus vs. The Miz & John Morrison was a little bothersome at the end, but Festus (despite that cool match he had with Undertaker a few months ago) is by and large a comedy character and they seem like they are attempting to get Miz and Morrison over as comedic heels. There is an...

By Phil Strum(noreply@blogger.com) The 2008 Survivor Series is history and I still don't really know why WWE felt the need to tease fans with the bogus news about Jeff Hardy being found passed out in a hotel room. Losing Trish Stratus, Lita, Molly Holly, Jazz, Jacqueline, Ivory, as well as Stacy Keibler and Torrie Wilson hurt t...

By Phil Strum(noreply@blogger.com) ECW RAW • The Cena-Mickie James dynamic reminded me a lot of The Rock and Trish Stratus. Both segments were written by Brian Gewirtz, maybe? Either way, well acted and fun. • Jericho-Michaels will probably be a good match at Judgment Day. I have no idea where Batista fits into the JD card though.