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By Vinny Truncellito The show started with a bang, jumping right into a three-way bout for the Full Impact Pro world heavyweight title. FIP, for those who don’t know, is ROH’s sister promotion. Many wrestlers work for both companies and championships are cross promoted, as was the case in this match. The contest...

By Chris Morgado For a gimmick like the Undertaker  to survive in a post kayfabe era is rare, and a testament to the talents of the man behind the eye shadow. And obviously, it isn’t a necessary ingredient to a successful product. After all, the Attitude era pretty much took place without a single shred of actu...

By Iain Burnside Rey Mysterio’s knees are in very bad condition. He requires surgery to correct it but is delaying the operation as long as possible, which will likely lead to more long-term complications. He is excited about his current program with Batista, unlike a number of his other feuds in recent tim...

By Iain Burnside The Undertaker laying out John Cena with a Tombstone at the end of Raw this week was meant to be the first step in a build towards them facing off at WrestleMania 26. Bear in mind that the plan a couple of weeks ago was The Undertaker vs Chris Jericho, which was dropped during the build to the Surv...

By Charlie Reneke Match #19: WWE Undisputed Championship c) Triple H vs. Hulk Hogan 4/21/02 Backlash I actually thought this match was pretty dull. Totally average Hogan match. 1/2* Made a point. Match #25: WWE Championship c) Hulk Hogan vs. Terry Funk 1/4/86 Saturday Night’s Main Event

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By Michael O'Mahony Terry nods at Nash, then glares at Lauren. Nash closes the door, smiling. Nash: “See?” Lauren: “That‘s Hulk?” Nash: “Look it up in the dictionary. Hulk. A bulky or unwieldy person, object, or mass. That’s Big Rob Terry.” Nash walks away. Lauren: “What other business?” Angle/Wolfe Segment

By Aaron Glazer This era also saw two members of the Horsemen join the WWF and become a top heel tag team. Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard became the Brainbusters. Everyone knew they were really Horsemen, but either way, they came in and dominated pretty effectively, even though they shared the spotlight...

By Aaron Glazer And ECW is done, remaining the best wrestling show on television with simple angles that pay off. Be sure to tune into Survivor Series, which will actually have Regal and Christian in one of the elimination matches. Until then, keep it tuned to Pulse Wrestling for the best wrestling coverag...

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By Andy Wheeler “Live from New York, it’s Monday Night RAW.” Commercial. Commercial. Commercial. Commercial. Commercial. Commercial. Commercial. Commercial. Commercial. Commercial. No, no it won’t. Undertaker now for some reason Tombstones John Cena, and are we foreshadowing Wrestlemania?

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By Paul Marshall Tonight, keep your browser set to Pulse Wrestling for real-time coverage of WWE RAW! Roddy Piper is in charge and we have a Pay-Per-View quality main event with DX taking on JeriShow AND John Cena & Undertaker! With Survivor Series in six nights, what will go down tonight?

By Brad Curran Update: The Wrestling Globe Newsletter’s Mike Aldren says that the stage change was done to open up more seats. He also reports that Pat Patterson, 30 Rock’s Judah Freidlander, and members of the New York Yankees are backstage at the show.

By Brad Curran WWE has released a press release announcing they’ve signed a four year extension on their deal with USA to air Raw, keeping WWE’s flagship show on the network until 2014. Both sides are pleased with the deal: “USA Network is a true partner and not just a network that distributes WWE’s premie...

By Brad Curran WWE has issued a press release announcing that Jesse Ventura will host next week’s three hour Raw from Hershey, PA. He will promoting his new show, “Conspiracy Theory”, which debuts on TruTV on December 2nd. He also joins Sgt. Slaughter and Dusty Rhodes in the “Hall of Famer/Raw guest host” c...

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By Andy Wheeler Finlay is still in the ring. Striker says that normally they would have cut to commercial but we are getting an intimate look at the risks that wrestlers take. Wow, this is actually pretty brilliant. Drew McIntyre was able to do that to Finlay, so he must have an air of credibility. I had said for a...

By Mark Allen On Last Week’s Episode… Eison covers a pretty solid SmackDown featuring better than average John Morrison-Dolph Ziggler and Undertaker-Chris Jericho matches. How They Rated SmackDown! (10.30.09) – 2.1 A.M. RAW (11.8.09) – 1.0 RAW (11.9.09) – 3.1 ECW (11.10.09) – 1.0

By Aaron Glazer Kong is spoiling fans by being so far and away the best female monster wrestler ever that it’s easy to just give her a B and move on, but tonight, in a short match, she delivered the brutality and made Tara a threat all at once – no easy task. Tara: A-

By Tess Nolde The footage cuts again, and we’re looking at Yokozuna standing over Luger. Yokozuna sends Luger into the turnbuckle and looks like he’s going to slam into him but Luger moves and Yokozuna smashes into the turnbuckle himself. This is when Luger uses his chance and tags in the Undertaker. Unde...

By Anthony Perillo AARON GLAZER – Pro Wrestling Company (PWC) RAFFI SHAMIR – Just Pro Wrestling (JPW) GREY SCHERL – Real Ass Pro Wrestling (RAPW) Grey Scherl of Real Ass Pro Wrestling (RAPW) selects The Undertaker. Michael O’Mahony of Lost Art Wrestling (LAW) selects Shelton Benjamin.

By Vinny Truncellito Elsewhere on Pulse Wrestling this week… The Ace has another new feature? Aaron Glazer switches gimmicks more often than Mick Foley in 1999! The Wrestling Guy talks new blood in ROH, First Time Match-Ups, and why WWE should steal good ideas from the old territories.

By Brian Eison The Undertaker vs. Chris Jericho: This is being advertised everywhere (including Jericho’s Twitter page) that this is the first time these two have faced each other in a singles match. Jericho dodges an initial attack and fires shots of his own to the Undertaker in the corner before the ref...

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By Chris Morgado Now, Scott Armstrong is from a talented wrestling family. His father is wrestling legend Bullet Bob Armstrong.  His brothers include Brian, better known as former Degeneration X’er and New Age Outlaw the Road Dogg Jesse James, and Brad, aka Badstreet and Buzzkill and Arachnaman. And he’s...

By Scott Keith Meanwhile, on Wrestling Challenge, Doink’s promo is interrupted by Santa Claus, who gives him the best gift a clown can get: A midget dressed as another clown. Oh, great, so it was friggin’ SANTA CLAUS who unleashed this stupid angle on the world. I always knew he’d be a crappy booker. So yeah,...

By Mike Shannon Vince told me that nobody remembered the old ECW and he created this enthusiasm for this new ECW. He said: “Well Rob, there’s a lot of support because they’re watching WWE promote ECW. They weren’t around back then. People grow up, have kids, things change.” On crowd reaction to ECW:

By Dale Clarke 10. Batista was rightly made to look like an absolute monster during the SmackDown main event, although I can’t help but think that too much time was given to Batista/ Mysterio tonight and not enough to the World Heavyweight Championship feud.

By Aaron Glazer Someone will surely correct me if I’m wrong (on either the facts or this next assertion), but the closest the WWE has come to giving away a true dream match recently is Brock Lesnar vs. Kurt Angle – two dominant athletes, both notable amateur wrestlers and main event guys. Their first match? 3...

By Bambi Weavil It’s been quite a while, and happy to return to writing again for Pulse Wrestling on a weekly basis! I’ve been very busy with my various work projects over the last few months, and recently made a appearance on Sirius’ “Busted Open” last month on Sporting News Radio and have continued to fol...

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By Aaron Glazer The WWE should look to the ideas of great bookers like Bill Watts, Buck Robley, Bill Dundee, Dutch Mantell, George Scott, Ole Anderson, and, of course, the more-than-legendary Eddie Graham in order to get their wrestlers and angles as over as possible and make money. With nothing more tha...

By Matthew Michaels See a list of all 2009 WWE roster moves here. Jamie Noble has retired, reports WWE.com, following injuries that made him realize he’d rather quit now before he gets hurt worse. WrestlingObserver.com is calling it an angle. See a list of all 2009 WWE roster moves here.

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By Ricardo Rochetti Once the rankings are set, wrestlers can only enter the “Pick 6” Standings by defeating a ranked wrestler. A ranked wrestler that defeats a higher seeded wrestler assumes that spot in the Pick 6. The losing wrestler and those ranked lower drop one spot in the standings.

By Aaron Glazer Apparently, we should be impressed at how “intense” Archer is. Sorry, I remember Lance Hoyt of Rock and Rave too well. It’s like if the WWE brought in Eric Young and pretended he was a great wrestler or brought in R-Truth and acted like he wasn’t a bad stereot… nevermind. That Archer, he’s inten...

By Andy Wheeler Primetime: Monday: Encore of the prior night’s RAW. Encore of prior night’s ECW. Second encore of prior night’s ECW. Friday: Prime Time Wrestling. WWE Superstars. ECW Classic. Sunday: WCW PPV. WWE Classic PPV. WWE Sunday Night Heat. 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm WWE PPV. ECW Classic.

By Paul Marshall Boxer v. Wrestler: Ricky Hatton v. Chavo Guerrero Justin Roberts informs us of next week’s tag team Triple Threat! DX v. JeriShow v. John Cena & The Undertaker! The Undertaker shows up on RAW and YAY! Perfect. The WWE RAW Report Card The Final Grade for WWE RAW: D+

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By Brad Curran PW Torch’s James Caldwell has news on Raw’s new theme song. It will be Nickleback’s “Burn it to the Ground.” He’s embedded a video of the band performing the song live for your perusal. Jim Ross passes along what he’s been hearing about Wrestlemania ticket sales. He says that WWE sold between “3...

By Iain Burnside Kofi Kingston talked with MVP and Mark Henry in the VIP Lounge about the Survivor Series. Legacy interrupted and that led to an impromptu match… Randy Orton beats Mark Henry. Ricky Hatton “Bart Gunns” Chavo Guerrero with one punch.

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By Anthony Perillo Jake Ziegler names Ring of Honor’s top contenders for Austin Aries’ ROH World Championship in “Official Pulse Wrestling Rankings for Ring of Honor“. Agree with Jake’s picks this week? Disagree with them? Then, leave him a comment and let the man know.

By Mark Allen Created by the Academy of Wrestling Arts & Sciences in 1986, the Slammy Awards is considered to be WWE’s version of the Oscars. 2009 Slammy Award categories will include: WWE Superstar of the Year, WWE Match of the Year, and WWE Diva of the Year. SmackDown! (10.30.09) – ECW (11.3.09) – 1.0

By Tess Nolde Our final contest comes from Survivor Series 1991 and is between Hulk Hogan and Undertaker for the WWF/E Championship. They square off and lock up twice before Hogan gets in a side headlock. When the action actually begins Undertaker gets in a shoulder before Hogan slides outside the ring. B...

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By PK SMACKDOWN SUPERSTARS SmackDown’s Unranked Wrestlers/Personalities: Charlie Haas Eric Escobar Jimmy Wang Yang JTG Mike Knox Mr. McMahon R-Truth Ranjin Singh Shad Gaspard Slam Master J The Great Khali Theodore Long Todd Grisham Tony Chimel Vickie Guerrero ECW SUPERSTARS

By Tess Nolde 4. Desmond Wolfe doesn’t need to squash other wrestlers. He can kick it with the main eventers no problems. Though, if he had to use a useless talent to make a point, it’s probably good that he used Deaner. It’s not like Deaner has much left to lose.

By Bones Barkley 03. Shelton Benjamin is also a wash. Instead of making him a star, the company has been using him to put over new talent. Instead he should be entered into a feud with Christian pronto because he is the only one with the experience and style to really excite.

By Pulse Wrestling Thanks to James Guttman for sending in the following… Get ready to go Clubbin’ on the Other Side of the Tracks. Because – OH! – former WWE Tag Team Champion “Deuce” Sim Snuka joins ClubWWI.com for his first shoot interview since leaving World Wrestling Entertainment!

By Brian Eison In the back, Mickie James runs into Michelle McCool and Layla and they have a brief chat about the Team Mickie versus Team Michelle match at Survivor Series and some bitchiness ensues. After a Raw Rebound, Matt Hardy chats with Josh about how evil Batista is just encase we have viewers just j...

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By Pulse Wrestling “Untouchable” will also air on DISH Network’s All Day Ticket this Sunday. A 2-minute teaser to get your quickly up to speed: A look at Bryan Danielson vs. Naruki Doi: Dragon Gate USA "Untouchable" premieres on pay-per-view TONIGHT at 10pm...

By Hack Johnson For our final stop on the tour (yea, I know, slow wrestling week) we head to Georgia and Championship Wrestling Overload’s debut in Milledgeville. Not a bad night with a little over 100 in attendance. The show started with CWO dissolving the National Heavyweight Championship. As a result DA...

By Chris Morgado Never the less, it’s a testament to the connection Kingston shares with the crowd that this has mattered not a lick in their seemingly immediate acceptance of him as a wrestler that can go toe to toe with a former World champion and current main eventer like Randy Orton (though to a lesser ex...

By Michael O'Mahony I had a friend who started getting into it at about the same time I did, and it was his mother who really destroyed the whole kayfabe thing for me. His was a single parent family, I was his closest friend, and our growing obsession with the weekly goings on in WCW and the WWF drew her in until she wa...

By Charlie Reneke Match #11: World Heavyweight Championship c) Batista vs. King Booker vs. Finlay 12/1/06 Smackdown Match #12: World Heavyweight Championship c) Batista vs. Undertaker 4/1/07 Wrestlemania 23 Match #14: World Heavyweight Championship c) Batista vs. Undertaker

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By Andy Wheeler Yes, that’s what it takes to color me surprised; a midcard guy gets a halfway decent push for one episode of RAW. This could either turn into a Punk move or it could fall into the bin of a million failed Shelton Benjamin pushes. Ozzy pops up on the screen and makes this a six-man tag team match. Kofi...

By Tess Nolde We’re going on a trip through Survivor Series moments and our first match comes from 1987 and we begin with a tag team survivor series match led by Strike Force (Tito Santana and Rick Martel), The Young Stallions (Paul Roma and Jim Powers), The Fabulous Rougeaus (Jacques and Raymond), T...

By Brad Curran ROH is, in my opinion, the wrestling of the future because it’s the only promotion now concentrating on the product, letting the wrestlers wrestle and letting the fans decide who gets over. The stars are young, athletic, dedicated and hungry.

By Paul Marshall No intro music tonight, so the new RAW theme song will just have to wait. Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne get a huge welcome in the arena and he sits on William Regal’s King of the Ring throne that WWE had stashed away for an occasion like this. He gets what is the biggest welcome of all the guest hosts so f...

By Ricardo Rochetti 3. Another solid edition of Bryan Danielson’s Top 5 moments. What I’ve enjoyed the most about these segments the last two weeks is how genuine and enthusiastic about wrestling he comes across. When he talks about the bond he’s formed with other wrestlers and how much he cherishes it, you real...

By Brad Curran The Connecticut Democratic Party thinks so. Linda disagrees. This is a thing that’s happening. I just want to know where the Connecticut Democratic Party was when someone could have stopped the Katie Vick angle from happening. James Caldwell is all over this story at PW Torch. He’s good peopl...

By Brad Curran “I was in England presenting an award with Jerry Hall, Mick Jagger’s ex, and she told me the [Rolling] Stones were looking for a bass player,” Hogan said. “I sent her a ton of merchandise that she asked for and said ‘Tell Mick I’m a great bass player.’ I never heard a word back.

By Charlie Reneke Respect for Eddie (1:45): He talks about being unable to heat up a crowd during a house show match with Eddie Guerrero, and how much it drove Eddie crazy.  He was really upset after the match, but Batista told him how much he respected him and everything was okay.

By Mark Allen WWE: A Mission on the Mat The Road to…Survivor Series World Heavyweight Championship Undertaker (c) v. The Big Show v. Chris Jericho Marshall gives RAW some love. SmackDown! (10.23.09) – A.M. RAW (10.25.09) – .7 RAW (10.26.09) – 3.7 ECW 10.27.09) – 1.0

By Daniel Douglas In recent years, the WWE has held the appeal of the slope browed set; the same who believe George W Bush a true patriot because he didn’t waste his time “reading” pussy liberal stuff like the Constitution and instead wagged his dick like a true American on the international stage. Wrestling...

By Mark Allen Melina was traded from SmackDown to RAW Eve was traded from SmackDown to RAW Beth Phoenix was traded from RAW to SmackDown Mickie James was traded from RAW to SmackDown Rosa Mendez was traded from RAW to ECW SmackDown! (10.9.09) – A.M. RAW (10.11.09) – .6 RAW (10.12.09) – 3.4 ECW 10.13.09) – .95

By widro We kicked off the new program tonight with a quick discussion of the WWE Hell in a Cell 2009 PPV then moved in depth into this week’s Raw and ECW show. After agreeing on WAY TOO MUCH to begin the show, finally we were at odds when we talked about which new wrestlers were getting a push in TNA. We fini...

By Matthew Michaels Meanwhile, on the Smackdown 10th anniversary show, we saw the return of Vickie Guerrero as newcomer Eric Escobar’s manager, and a couple of special interbrand matches. And William Regal was made interim GM to replace Tiffany on ECW for now.

By widro Since WWE began having celebrity guest hosts for each edition of WWE Monday Night Raw, there have been talks about which mainstream celebrities and former wrestlers would be brought in. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is reportedly unopposed to the idea of being a Raw guest host, which would be...

By Mark Allen Hell in a Cell for the World Championship Undertaker v. CM Punk (c) Unified WWE Tag Team Championships Batista & Rey Mysterio v. Chris Jericho & The Big Show (c) On Last Week’s Episode… SmackDown ECW RAW SmackDown! (9.18.09) – 2.0 A.M. RAW (9.20.09) – .5 RAW (9.21.09) – 3.4 ECW (9.22.09) – 1.2

By Chris Morgado Now, I know Vince is supposed to be so inundated with the WWE Universe that he has no clue what is going on in the world of pop culture; we all have heard the stories of him pulling the plug on Pirate Paul Burchill because he didn’t think pirates were “in”, despite it being at the peak of Pirates o...

By widro RAW Big Show Carlito Cody Rhodes Chavo Guerrero Evan Bourne Festus John Cena Jack Swagger Ted Dibiase JBL Kofi Kingston Mark Henry MVP Mr. Kennedy Primo Randy Orton Santino Marella Shawn Michaels The Miz Triple H ECW Christian Ezekiel Jackson Goldust Shelton Benjamin Tommy Dreamer

By Mark Allen After that was Undertaker and Shawn Michaels and all I can say is wow! See this match now. It will be winning awards in December. On Last Week’s Episode… SmackDown ECW RAW How They Rated SmackDown! (3.27.09) – 2.0 A.M. RAW (3.20.09) – .92 RAW (3.30.09) – 3.6 ECW (3.31.09) – 1.3

By John Wiswell A distinctly different tag match to finish the night, and not just because there with six guys instead of four. The wrestlers carried themselves with equal or greater personality than shown in the other tags of the night and applied it to slower, methodical wrestling suited to a main event....

By Andy Wheeler The WWE does not extend this Wellness Policy to non-active wrestlers. If it did, Theodore Long would have been fired years ago, as he is another of those open and notorious marijuana smokers. Since Regal appears to be shifting into a role as a non-wrestler, does this suspension really help a...

By Mark Allen Stylin & Profilin’ – NWA World Championship Wrestling May 25, 1985 The Boss – NWA World Championship Wrestling August 17, 1985 Slick Ric – NWA World Championship Wrestling September 7, 1985 Golden Spoon – NWA World Championship Wrestling November 13, 1987

By Andy Wheeler This has been for your consideration. Welcome to week 57. First, let me apologize for being a few hours late with this week’s column. I just got off my cruise this morning and figured it was only fair that I attempt to watch RAW and ECW before I write this week’s entry. You know, it’s a funny thing ab...