Miami Marlins Bringing in WWE Legends to Boost Attendance

Bizofbaseball.com is featuring an article about the MLB's Miami Marlins hosting a slew of appearances by WWE Legends like Bret Hart, Jimmy Hart, Jim Neidhart and other noteable names like Bill Goldberg, Mr. Anderson, Chavo Guerrero and more to boost attendance. The Marlins boast the worst attendance among all MLB teams despite a brand new ballpark...More?

Chavo Guerrero Released

From WWE.com:

World Wrestling Entertainment has come to terms on the release of WWE SmackDown Superstar Chavo Guerrero as of today, June 25, 2011. We wish Guerrero the best in all future endeavors.

Chavo Guerrero Speaks Out On His Release

I'm not sure why everyone is so upset. He wasn't that great without Eddie.

Hardest Hitting Betrayals in WWE History

#01: Triple H betrays Shawn Michaels
#02: Paul Bearer betrays Undertaker
#03: Randy Savage betrays Hulk Hogan
#04: Stone Cold betrays The Rock
#05: Stephanie McMahon betrays Mr. McMahon
#06: Mr. McMahon betrays Hornswoggle
#07: Sycho Sid betrays Shawn Michaels
#08: Evolution betrays Randy Orton
#09: Cody Rhodes betrays Hardcore Holly
#10: Chavo betrays Rey Mysterio

WWE NXT Season Five Details Revealed

Tonight's season five debut of WWE NXT will be called "NXT Redemption". Todd Grisham and William Regal will be the commentators, while Matt Striker and Maryse will host.

Former NXT names announced for season five:

* Titus O'Neil (Pro: Hornswoggle)

* Jacob Novak (Pro: JTG)

* Byron Saxton (Pro: Yoshi Tatsu)

* Lucky Cannon (Pro: Tyson Kidd)

* Connor O'Brien (Pro: Vladimir Kozlov)

* Darren Young (Pro: Chavo Guerrero)

WWE Win-Loss and Individual Match Stats For 2008

Most Matches:
CM Punk - 174
Kane - 162
Shelton Benjamin - 147
John Morrison - 146
Triple H - 145

Most Wins (total):
Triple H - 125
CM Punk - 119
Kofi Kingston - 105
Matt Hardy - 104
Finlay - 103

Most Wins (%):
Ric Flair - 90%
The Undertaker - 87%
Triple H - 86%
Primo Colon - 83%
Hardcore Holly - 82%

Most Losses (total):
MVP - 121
Chavo Guerrero - 96
Mark Henry - 84
Santino Marella - 82
Shelton Benjamin - 79

Most Losses (%):
Matt Striker - 100%
Deuce - 96%
Nunzio - 93%
Nick Nemeth - 89%
Bam Neely - 88%

source: wrestlezone.com

What are you looking at Chavo?

Kaliqo's Unforgiven Picks, Predictions & Speculations

WWE Diva's Championship: Michelle McCool (c) vs. Maryse
I love the Diva Championship belt, but I am not interested in seeing these two "wrestle" at all. I do wish that wweshop.com would sell replica belt buckles of the belt. I would buy that.

World Tag Team Championship Match: Ted DiBiase and Cody Rhodes (c) vs. Cryme Tyme
This should be a good one. Ted DiBiase is definitely the star of this group. Since Cryme Tyme is over as faces I think the titles should stay with the current champs.

ECW Championship 'Scramble' Match: Mark Henry (c) vs. Matt Hardy vs. Chavo Guerrero vs. Finlay vs. The Miz
Oh God ECW. I just don't get it. Mark Henry is pitiful in the ring. I'd like to see Matt with the title. He's earned it.

World Heavyweight Championship 'Scramble' Match: CM Punk (c) vs. JBL vs. Rey Mysterio vs. Kane vs. Batista
I'm sure CM Punk will retain the title, but as long as they don't put it on JBL or Mysterio, I'm a happy camper.

WWE Championship 'Scramble' Match: Triple H (c) vs. MVP vs. Brian Kendrick vs. Jeff Hardy vs. Shelton Benjamin
I would like to see Jeff get the title and re-new his feud with Triple H. A Shelton Benjamin/Triple H feud would be good also.

Unsanctioned Match: Chris Jericho vs. Shawn Michaels
I don't think it matters who wins this match because it is going to be amazing regardless of the outcome. I would expect Shawn to get the pin.

ECW Championship Scramble

Tonight in the The Land of Extreme, Matt Hardy, The Miz, Chavo Guerrero and Finlay all qualified to face ECW Champion Mark Henry in an ECW Championship Scramble at Unforgiven...More?

Bourne, Knox shine on ECW

Chavo Guerrero (El Paso, Texas) & Bam Neely (Robbinsdale, Minn.) vs. Evan Bourne (St. Louis, Mo.) & Ricky Ortiz (Paradise Valley, Ariz.)

Striker points out all the talent that has come out of Robbinsdale. I'm sure a lot of the audience had no idea who the likes of Rick Rude and Curt Hennig are. He also points out that Ortiz is the only WWE superstar to ever play in the XFL. Now that's interesting!

After a back-and-forth beginning, Guerrero and Neely gain control of Ortiz, working him over with headlocks and the like. Eventually, he gets the tag to Bourne who goes to work on Neely. Bourne is on fire here and catches Neely an incredibly awesome roll-up for the win. Winners via pinfall: Evan Bourne & Ricky Ortiz.

Mike Knox Promo
We're back and Mike Knox is joining us in the ring. After his little backstage promo last week, I must admit I'm interested in a follow-up.

Knox says he's here to expose the fraud called Finlay. He tells everyone to roll the footage. They go to the SummerSlam promo of he and Hornswaggle dancing in a park at a picnic.

Knox says Finlay used to be one of the toughest men in the business. Now, he spends his time dancing around with a Leprechaun. Finlay, not in wrestling gear, interrupts and he and Hornswaggle head down to the ring.

Finlay says he likes to have fun and he loves his family and if Knox has a problem with him or his family, then take a shot. Finlay says Knox better knock him out because if he doesn't, he'll find out if he's gone soft or not. Knox backs away and exits the ring to a "you suck" chant.

ECW Results

source: slam.canoe.ca

Worst in-ring performers in the WWE

JBL. I could tolerate his run as a main event guy on Smackdown a few years back, and even though you can easily argue he should never have been elevated to the position, he did a decent job with it. From there, he was great alongside Michael Cole calling Smackdown on a Friday night. But when he returned to the ring and moved over to Raw, his whole act just sucked. Yes we know he can talk on the mic, but ol’ Jumbo Bitchtits Layfield has been awful in the ring.

Chavo Guerrero. Just so dull, so boring, to the point where you have to change the channel when he’s on screen. There’s no charisma, no spectacular moves, no interesting character work to keep you interested, yet unlike a Khali where he’s pushed as a freakshow element where you don’t really expect great matches, Chavo is put in positions on the card where you expect traditionally great workers to be put in there and he just sucks all the air out of the room.

Mike Knox. Trust me, The Great Khali ran him close. However, at least Khali has a selling point (albeit a chokeslam and a headbutt) and although both Khali and Knox are poor, Knox wins it for me. Knox doesn’t have one move worth even remembering. Kelly Kelly’s old boyfriend? He wishes. Get to the indies, or a wrestling school. Now.

Snitsky. He manages to drag anyone - and I mean anyone - down to his quality of working…which isn’t any good.

The Great Khali. Khali remains consistently poor, but during 2008 he has been further dogged by injuries, and has not had the surprisingly entertaining series with John Cena to redeem him somewhat that he had last year.

source: wwepreview.com

ECW Highlights

The Hardys v. John Morrison & The Miz
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Evan Bourne v. Chavo Guerrerro
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Triple H v. Chavo Guerrero SmackDown-7/11/08

The live crowd was really into Triple H. Huge pop before and after the match. They've been more lively than J.R. made them out to be in his blog. It's amazing how much fresher he is thanks to the change of scenery. I think a big part of it is that he's not being overexposed on the mic. He took part in the VIP Lounge segment last week, but even then his comments were short and to the point. In other words, he's not being asked to cut the type of long, draining promos that became a turnoff on Raw. Don't get me wrong, Hunter is good on the mic, but sometimes less is more. - Jason Powell

Night of Champions Results

John Morrison and The Miz (c) vs. Finlay and Hornswoggle - WWE Tag Team Championship
Winners: John Morrison & The Miz (c)

Matt Hardy (c) vs. Chavo Guerrero - WWE United States Championship
Winner: Matt Hardy (c)

Kane (c) v. Big Show v. Mark Henry - ECW Championship
Winner: Mark Henry - New ECW Champion

Hardcore Holly & Cody Rhodes (c) v. Ted Dibiase & ? - World Tag Team Championship
Winners: Ted Dibiase & Cody Rhodes - New World Tag Team Champions
Rhodes turned on Holly and partnered with Dibiase

Chris Jericho (c) vs. ? - WWE Intercontinental Championship
Jericho's mystery opponent is Kofi Kingston
Winner: Kofi Kingston - New Intercontinental Champion

Mickie James (c) vs. Katie Lea Burchill - WWE Women's Championship
Winner: Mickie James (c)

Edge (c) v. Batista - World Heavyweight Championship
Winner: Edge(c)

Triple H (c) v. John Cena - WWE Championship
Winner: Triple H (c)

SD/ECW House Show Results - Syndey, Australia

WWE United States Champion Matt Hardy b. MVP via pinfall

Kelly Kelly & Michelle McCool b. Natalya & Victoria after McCool made Victoria tap out.

CM Punk b. Shelton Benjamin via pinfall

Mark Henry b. Jame Noble via pinfall

WWE Tag Team Champions The Miz & John Morrison b. Finlay & Hornswoggle when Morrison pinned Finlay.

Kofi Kingston b. Chuck Palumbo via pinfall

The Undertaker & Kane b. Chavo Guerrero (w/ Bam Neely) & The Great Khali when Undertaker pinned Chavo.

Vladimir Kozlov b. Shannon Moore in a squash match

Batista b. WWE World Heavyweight Champion Edge via disqualification because of interference from Chavo Guerrero & Bam Neely. Undertaker also came out after the match was called off.

source: wrestlingnewsworld.com

SD/ECW House Show Results - Adelaide, Australia

WWE Tag Team Championship
John Morrison (C) and The Miz (C) def. Jamie Noble and Shannon Moore

CM Punk def. Chavo Guerrero with Bam Neely

Diva Tag Team Match
Kelly Kelly and Michelle McCool def. Victoria and Natalya

Finlay w/ Hornswoggle def. The Great Khali

United States Championship
Matt Hardy (C) def. Chuck Palumbo

The Undertaker and Kane def. MVP and Mark Henry

Vladmir Koslov def. Funaki

World Heavyweight Championship
Batista def. Edge (C) by DQ when Chavo and Bam Neely interfered

There was a beatdown on Batista and Chavo and Bam Neely held Batista as Edge was about to spear him but The Undertaker made his way to the ring. Chavo and Bam Neely got out of the ring and ran off, leaving Edge to get tombstoned by The Undertaker.

source: pwmania.com

SD/ECW House Show Results - Melbourne, Australia

Justin Roberts said that The Undertaker will not be competing due to the stipulation at One Night Stand, Shane McMahon comes out to a massive pop and announces Undertaker chose for a farewell to Australia and he WILL compete tonight, fans went ballistic.

CM Punk vs Chavo Guerrero w/Bam Neely. CM Punk wins with a GTS.

Jamie Noble and Shannon Moore vs Vladimir Koslov. Vladimir wins with his reverse DDT move.

Kofi Kingston vs Shelton Benjamin. Kofi wins with his air kick move.

Victoria w/Natalya Neidhart vs Michelle McCool. Michelle McCool wins.

WWE Tag Titles Match: The Miz and John Morrison vs Finlay and Hornswoggle. Miz and Morrison retaining after Morrison gave a low blow to Finlay.

U.S Championship Match: Matt Hardy vs Chuck Palumbo. This was a good wrestling match and was one of the best matches of the night. Hardy retains with a Twist Of Fate.

The Undertaker and Kane vs MVP and Mark Henry. Undertaker and Kane win when they double chokeslam Henry then Taker gives a tombstone to MVP.

World Heavyweight Championship: Edge vs Batista
Bam Neely and Chavo Guerrero interrupted and caused a DQ. Edge retains. Undertaker then comes out and Guerrero and Neely leave. Edge is left alone and gets tombstoned by Undertaker.

source: pwmania.com

One Night Stand Results

Jeff Hardy vs Umaga: "Falls Count Anywhere"
Winner: Jeff Hardy

Big Show vs CM Punk vs Chavo Guerrero vs Tommy Dreamer vs John Morrison: "Singapore Cane Match"
Winner: Big Show

John Cena vs JBL: "First Blood Match"
Winner: John Cena

Beth Phoenix vs Melina: "I Quit Match"
Winner: Beth Phoenix

HBK vs Batista: "Stretcher Match"
Winner: Batista

Triple H vs Randy Orton: "Last Man Standing Match" for the WWE Championship
Winner: Triple H

Undertaker vs Edge "TLC Match for the World Heavyweight Title"
Winner: Edge - New World Heavyweight Champion

Professor Wrestling: 'WrestleMania 24' Picks

source: ktvu.com

Status of Batista & Chavo Guerrero

Rey Mysterio took on Chavo Guerrero in an "I Quit" match at tonight's SmackDown taping. The match went about 20 minutes and said to be pretty good. Sports Illustrated reported on Thursday that Guerrero received Somatropin (HGH), Nandrolone (an anabolic steroid) and Anastrozole (to ward off breast tissue development after using steroids) between April 2005 and May 2006 through the Signature Pharmacy drug firm. Because Guerrero purchased drugs over the Internet, he is in violation of the WWE Wellness Policy, thus meaning that he is subject to suspension. Considering that Guerrero wrestled in an "I Quit" match as opposed to a regular match, it looks this was WWE's way of writing Guerrero out of the storylines for the time being. Guerrero definitely looks to be on the suspended list.

One wrestler who has apparently been cleared of any wrong doing is Batista. He appeared at tonight's SmackDown taping in a tag match with Kane as they took on The Great Khali and Finlay. He also did a run-in to fend off Khali, who had attacked Mysterio after his "I Quit" match with Chavo Guerrero. To further cement Batista's good standing status, Theodore Long came out soon after and announced a change in the SmackDown main event at Unforgiven. He said that Khali wil be defending his belt in a triple threat match. It will be Khali vs. Mysterio vs. Batista. ESPN.com reported on Thursday that Batista was a client of the busted Signature Pharmacy firm. However, his name was never implicated in the back-breaking article by Sports Illustrated. It appears as though that Batista has been cleared.

source: pwtorch

WWE Free Event

WWE has announced that they will be holding a free event on Venice Beach in California on August 18th. The company will actually be setting a ring up on the beach and will have a number of autograph signings, giveaways, and even some matches beginning at 10:30 AM Pacific. The idea behind it is to promote this year’s SummerSlam pay-per-view, much how WWE does the AXXESS events to promote WrestleMania each year. Talent scheduled to work the special event includes Rey Mysterio, Chavo Guerrero, Torrie Wilson, Maria, Chris Masters, Chuck Palumbo, Daivari, Jimmy Wang Yang and Val Venis.