J.R. comments on the WWE title match at SummerSlam

"The WWE Title bout far exceeded my expectations. HHH wrestled a smart match and prooved again why he is the WWE Champion. Khali is an unique opponent and the match was better than many expected all things considered."

source: jrsbarbq.com

The Game sees off Khali

Triple H successfully defended his WWE Championship with a powerful victory over The Great Khali at Sumer Slam.

In a match-up of pure power it was once again the trusty Pedigree which ended the contest and ensured the King of Kings prolonged his reign at the top...More?

source: http://www.skysports.com

Triple H topples the Giant

Using a devastating Pedigree, WWE Champion Triple H toppled his largest opponent ever – the 7-foot, 3-inch, 420-pound Great Khali – to retain his title at the Biggest Blockbuster of the Summer.

In their first-ever match, The Game and the Punjabi Giant exchanged a series of attacks with one goal in mind – the WWE Championship...More?

SummerSlam Results

MVP v. Jeff Hardy
Winner: MVP

Mickie James & Kofi Kingston (c) v. Santino Marella & Beth Phoenix
Winners: Santino Marella & Beth Phoenix - New Champions

Shawn Michaels Announcement
Shawn Michaels comes to the ring with his wife Rebeka. He states that after speaking with the doctors and his wife about his severe eye injury, he has decided to retire. Chris Jericho comes to the ring and wants Shawn to admit he is leaving because he put him out. Shawn states that he can admit that Chris caused the injury and that Chris needs to admit that he will never be Shawn Michaels. Jericho takes out Shawn's wife. Shawn stares down Jericho as the medics tend to Rebeka.

Mark Henry (c) v. Matt Hardy
Winner: Matt Hardy by DQ, Mark Henry retains his title

CM Punk (c) v. JBL
Winner: CM Punk retains his title

Triple H (c) v. Great Khali
Winner: Triple H retains his title

John Cena v. Batista
Winner: Batista

Undertaker v. Edge
Winner: Undertaker

SmackDown House Show Highlights - Rockford, IL

John Cena, CM Punk, and Triple H vs. JBL, the Great Khali, and William Regal.

Punk out first to a huge pop when Chimmell announced he was from Chicago, Illinois. Then out comes Cena to a louder pop yet, and the loudest pop of the night for HHH. Not quite sure how Regal got into this match. Cena and Punk each get beat down until HHH comes in. Finish seems Cena and HHH hitting their signature moves, and HHH covering Regal for the win...More?

source: rajah.com

Kaliqo's SummerSlam Predictions, Pick's & Speculations

Undertaker vs. Edge in a Hell in the Cell Match
Not much I can say about this one. This is definitely one to record. Edge is so over as a heel, I would like to see him win this one. If he does, I'm sure he will have some help.

John Cena vs. Batista
Face versus face? Now would be a good time to turn Cena heel, although I don't think that will ever happen. Have to support the local talent, so I'm going to go with Batista.

JBL vs. CM Punk for the WWE world heavyweight title
Don't like JBL. Don't like CM Punk. Don't care who wins.

Triple H vs. the Great Kahli for the WWE title
Like I said in a previous post, Hunter is going to have to work his ass off to make this match look good. I think Hunter should drop the title to Khali because it is inconceivable that he could beat him, unless a sledgehammer is involved. Rematch at Unforgiven.

MVP vs. Jeff Hardy
This should be another really good match. I would like to see MVP go over Jeff just to get him more over as a heel.

Mark Henry vs. Matt Hardy
ECW. Why? What is the purpose of keeping this around? Mark Henry can't move so Matt will have to do all the work. I really don't care, but I do like the new belt.

Kofi Kingston & Mickie James (c's) vs. Santino Marella & Beth Phoenix
Normally I would go with the local talent which in this case would be Mickie James, but I love Santino and Beth Phoenix. I'm really hoping they win.

Shawn Michaels' Announcement
I would love to see Chris Jericho interfere with this and Hunter run in for the save. That could set-up Jericho to interfere in Hunter's match with Khali costing him the match. Jericho and Hunter could then "appear" on each other's shows which would allow Hunter to be on Raw even though he was drafted to SmackDown. As far as Shawn's announcement goes, I don't expect him to go anywhere.

Khali: 1, The Game: 0

With their SummerSlam title match looming, WWE Champion Triple H took on The Great Khali in a risky Indian Broken Glass Arm Wrestling Contest. But before a winner could be determined, the Punjabi Giant head butted the champion and crushed his head with an overpowering Khali Vise Grip. Despite the outcome of this battle, The Game vowed to break both of Khali’s legs at SummerSlam.

SmackDown Results

Triple H advertised for Georgia Streetfight

Monday night, that should translate into a midsummer's night of roaring, sweaty, body-slamming glory when WWE's traveling colony descends upon the Macon Coliseum. The Georgia Street Fight is coming to town.

At one turnbuckle stands Triple H. In truth, Triple H is Hunter Hearst-Hemsley, a champion who maintains a narrative that parallels the Horatio Alger myth, the no-holds-barred equivalent to the classic rags-to-riches ascent.

His opponent is the exotic Khali the Great. On sheer appearance alone, he is nightmarish, standing more than 7 feet tall and weighing more than 420 pounds...More?

source: macon.com

The Great Khali to challenge Triple H at SummerSlam

There were only two people more excited than the Great Khali about his match with Triple H at SummerSlam. The infamous Undertaker vs. Undertaker battle at SummerSlam 1994 is universally regarded as the worst main-event in WWE history. The Undertaker and Brian Lee should send WWE management a cake and flowers after booking the Great Khali vs. Triple H at SummerSlam 2008...More?

source: phillyburbs.com

Hunter is going to have to work his ass off to make anything of this match.

Super Show Results

Triple H and Big Show def. Umaga and the Great Khali

Triple H got a huge ovation, so did Show. Almost the entire match was Khali and Umaga beating the crap out of Triple H. I don't know if they are trying to give Khali experience against better workers that can make him look better or what, but it was a lot of Khali pounding Triple H. A lot of quick tags by Umaga and Khali.

Show finally got the hot tag, came in cleaned house. Khali finally slowed him down, and after suffering 20 minutes of pure ass whooping it only took The Game about a minute to recover and take a hot tag back from the Big Show. Hunter gave Umaga the Spinebuster, gave Khali the Pedigree, and the match was over.

source: prowrestling.net fan report

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

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

Frenzied Welcome for India's Own 'Great Khali'

After two hours of swaying to thumping Bollywood neo-folk music and listening to stock stage jokes, the fans grew impatient and began chanting for the star of the evening to show up. "We want Khali! We want Khali!"

And when the Goliath-size professional wrestler of that name appeared on stage in a blue cotton shirt, jeans and ponytail, thousands of hands thrust cellphone cameras into the air to capture the image.

In India, public adulation and hysteria like this is usually reserved for stars of cricket or the film industry known as Bollywood. But Khali has earned his frenzied fame by becoming the Indian icon of American TV wrestling. He is the first man from this country to rise high in the American gladiatorial adventure of World Wrestling Entertainment, winning the world heavyweight championship in July 2007...More?

source: washingtonpost.com

Great Khali to debut in Bollywood

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) star 'The Great Khali' is all set to star in a Bollywood film being shot extensively in Madurai. Khali who is in India for a month-long vacation made himself available for the shooting of a Bollywood film 'Khushti' at Aathamkudi in Sivagangai District in Tamil Nadu.

At a press conference in Mumbai, Khali expressed his happiness at getting the opportunity to work in a Bollywood film. Khali is playing a character role in 'Khushti'. "The director is very good. He taught me everything very well. I am thankful to the entire crew. I am fortunate to have such a good crew," said Khali...More?

source: economictimes.indiatimes.com

The Great Khali Returns to New Dehli

The Great Khali, a Punjab police sub-inspector, who has been on leave for the past three years, arrived in New Delhi on Saturday to a rousing welcome from his fans. But he is unlikely to report for duty anytime soon, as he will first fullfil his World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) commitments in Mumbai and Delhi.

Fans waited for hours to get a glimpse of Khali, who was expected to reach his native village Dhirana by May 12 for a month-long stay...More?

source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Royal Rumble Results

Hornswoggle is hiding under the ring. Undertaker leg dropped Snitsky on the announce table after being eliminated. Hornswoggle comes out from under the ring and pulls out The Miz. Big Daddy V pulls Hornswoggle into the ring. Finlay runs out and saves him. Finlay and Hornswoggle went to the back but were never eliminated.

Order of entry: (1) Undertaker, (2) HBK, (3) Santino Marella, (4) Great Khali, (5) Hardcore Holly, (6) John Morrison, (7) Tommy Dreamer, (8) Batista, (9) Hornswoggle, (10) Chuck Palumbo, (11) Jamie Noble, (12) CM Punk, (13) Cody Rhodes, (14) Umaga, (15) Snitsky, (16) The Miz, (17) Shelton Benjamin, (18) Jimmy Snuka, (19) Roddy Piper, (20) Kane, (21) Carlito, (22) Mick Foley, (23) Mr. Kennedy, (24) Big Daddy V, (25) Mark Henry, (26) Chavo Guerrero, (27) Finlay, (28) Elijah Burke, (29) Triple H, and (30) John Cena.

Order of elimination: (1) Santino Marella, (2) Great Khali, (3) Tommy Dreamer, (4) Jamie Noble, (5) Chuck Palumbo, (6) Hardcore Holly, (7) Shelton Benjamin, (8) Roddy Piper, (9) Jimmy Snuka, (10) Snitsky, (11) Undertaker, (12) HBK, (13) The Miz, (14) John Morrison, (15) CM Punk, (16) Cody Rhodes, (17) Big Daddy V, (18) Mick Foley, (19) Elijah Burke, (20) Carlito, (21) Chavo Guerrero (22) Mark Henry, (23) Mr. Kennedy, (24) Umaga, (25) Kane, (26) Batista, (27) Triple H.

Winner: John Cena

Who do you think is going to win this year's 30-man Royal Rumble match?

Undertaker - 663
Triple H - 952
Shawn Michaels - 79
Batista - 302
Mr. Kennedy - 83
Mick Foley - 62
Great Khali - 25
Umaga - 27
Other - 212

votes: 2705 (as of 7:16pm)

source: wrestlezone.com

Complete 2007 WWE Draft Results

The following names have all been moved to new brands. The first eleven draft picks took place on RAW last week while another fifteen took place on WWE.com's 'Supplemental Draft' earlier today:

Full WWE Draft Results:
Pick #1 - The Great Khali (to Smackdown)
Pick #2 - The Boogeyman (to ECW)
Pick #3 - King Booker with Sharmell (to Raw)
Pick #4 - Chris Benoit (to ECW)
Pick #5 - Torrie Wilson (to Smackdown)
Pick #6- Chris Masters (to Smackdown)
Pick #7 - Bobby Lashley (to Raw)
Pick #8 - Ric Flair (to Smackdown)
Pick #9 - Snitsky (to Raw)
Pick #10 - Mr. Kennedy (to Raw)
Pick #11 - Brian Kendrick (to Raw)
Pick #12 - Paul London (to Raw)
Pick #13 - Kenny Dykstra (to Smackdown)
Pick #14 - Viscera (to ECW)
Pick #15 - The Sandman (to RAW)
Pick #16 - Bob Holly (to Smackdown)
Pick #17 - The Miz (to ECW)
Pick #18 - Daivari (to RAW)
Pick #19 - The Major Brothers (to Smackdown)
Pick #20 - William Regal (to Raw)
Pick #21 - Victoria (to Smackdown)
Pick #22 - Jillian Hall (to RAW)
Pick #23 - Eugene (to Smackdown)
Pick #24 - Johnny Nitro (to ECW)

source: wrestlezone.com

WWE 2007 Draft Results

I think it is clear by the results the direction the company is going. I'm especially thrilled that Ken Kennedy is coming to Raw.

Pick No. 1: SmackDown selects The Great Khali

Pick No. 2: ECW selects The Boogeyman

Pick No. 3: Raw selects King Booker (w/ Queen Sharmell)

Pick No. 4: ECW selects Chris Benoit

Pick No. 5: SmackDown selects Torrie Wilson

Pick No. 6: SmackDown selects Chris Masters

Pick No. 7: Raw selects ECW World Champion Bobby Lashley

Pick No. 8: SmackDown selects “Nature Boy” Ric Flair

Picks No. 9 and 10: Raw selects Snitsky and Mr. Kennedy

Supplemental Draft for Wednesday, Noon ET on WWE.com has been rescheduled for Sunday at Noon ET.

source: wwe.com