It’s the subject that wrestling fans have been talking about for some time now. For the first time since 2001, WWE will go head to head with what is considered to be the #2 wrestling company in the US right now; TNA. Both promotions seem to have spared no expense with their mega events. January 4th marks the TNA debut of Hulk Hogan. Up until now, we’ve heard TNA touting that this is the beginning, they’re firing the first shot, blah blah blah. TNA talked a good game until WWE pulled out an ace in the hole.

For the first time in a little over 12 years, Bret Hart will be on Monday Night Raw. Everyone knows what happened on that fateful night in Montreal in November of 1997. Everyone swore after that you’d never see Bret Hart working for WWE ever again. But as Vince McMahon used to say…”You never know what to expect in the World Wrestling Federation”. The Hitman is coming in as Raw’s guest host. Considering the history between Bret, Vince McMahon, & DX, it’s going to be VERY interesting to see how this night, as well as the entire story play out over the coming months.

So what does this mean for wrestling fans? Many are having flashbacks to the late 90’s. They are clamoring for & claiming this night will start a Round 2 of the infamous Monday Night Wars. Honestly, this is not how I see it. In fact, the war is already over.

TNA has Hogan. Is this a big deal? Sure. You’ve got a big name there & the man who helped revolutionize the business back in the 80’s & 90’s. But look at Hogan’s history; the man’s retired & come back more times than Mick Foley & Terry Funk combined (yes, I’m exaggerating, but you get the idea) & egomania runs wild whereever he is. Had Hogan stayed out of the business & then come back, it could make a bigger impact for TNA (no pun intended). Instead, you saw Hogan have another run with WWE after WCW folded. Then he went on to have Celebrity Championship Wrestling & his Hulkamania tour before coming to TNA. Hogan doesn’t know how to step out of the spotlight & has found a way to keep himself in it as a point of attention be it in the wrestling world or his trainwreck of a personal life. Also rumored are the returns of Scott Hall & X-Pac. Another nWo reunion! Am I the only one hearing crickets right now?

Enter “The Excellence of Execution”. After the Hitman took a career ending kick to the head from Goldberg & WCW folded, you didn’t see much of Bret in the wrestling world. Yes, he put out a book. Yes, he got a DVD package from WWE & was inducted into the Hall of Fame. Considering the kick from Goldberg & a horrific stroke from a motorcycle accident, it was impossible for the Hitman of old to return to the squared circle. What finally got Hart to agree to come back & freeze the fires of Hell is anyone’s guess. Bret’s contract is rumored to run through WrestleMania. One can only assume that the Hitman will have a program with Vince McMahon & possibly DX. It’s also safe to assume that the Hitman will be guiding the Hart Dynasty in some fashion.

So right there, you have the potential for a very intriguing 4 month storyline from WWE. TNA is following the WCW playbook & continuing to bury itself by signing the stars of old, pushing them to the moon rather than focusing on the names that made the TNA roster in the beginning, & recycling storlylines. Not to mention TNA has Russo, Hogan, & Bischoff all working together. Only a matter of time before egomania runs wild & things go to Hell. In my honest opinion, it’s game, set, & match in WWE’s favor. Think back to the final Nitro when Vince McMahon cupped his hands & said he held the fate of WCW in them. I have no doubt it won’t be long before Mr. McMahon opens an episode of Impact & claims to hold the fate of TNA in those very same hands.

Both promotions have been stale for some time now. Hart & Hogan are, however, shots in the arm for the respective companies they’re working for, but only for the short term. One thing is certain though. It’s going to be an interesting few months…and you never know what will happen.

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Tables, Ladders, and Chairs oh my!

After a few short weeks after the Survivor Series, we are at the final pay-per-view of the year with the World Wrestling Entertainment, Tables, Ladders, and Chairs! I believe the main event for the card is the actual and only TLC match, and that’s for the Unified World Tag Team Championship! But that I will discuss towards the end of the blog. Something, like the Hell in a Cell pay-per-view theme song, that surprised me is that Switchfoot’s “Bullet Soul” is TLC’s official theme song. Why that’s a surprise is because they are a “Christian band,” which is why it surprises me that WWE is having a song from Switchfoot’s newest album be the official theme song for one of their theme songs! But let’s get into the ppv!

World Heavyweight Championship Defended in a Chair’s Match:
The Undertaker (champion) versus Batista (challenger)

In a match, that even I cannot really know what this match is, and that’s the World Heavyweight Championship match being contested in a chair’s match. But assuming, I believe a chair’s match is a match where only pin falls and count outs can decide the winner, as well as disqualification, but the only weapon that is allowed is the chair. Or at least that’s what I assume; I couldn’t find anything on WWE.com about what the match type is!

But a rematch from WrestleMania XXIII, I am excited to see how this match would turn out, and if this match would last longer than one month. But that is hard to say. I do hope this feud would last more than a month because of the epic match that these two had. But to be honest with you guys, I cannot see the Dead Man walking out as World Heavyweight Champion.

The reason is, with Batista’s new heel turn, it would be best for him if he wins the World Heavyweight Championship, to give him more of a push. And I’ve been hearing that a match at WrestleMania XXVI will be John Cena and the Undertaker, but I hope not to see that match.

Prediction: Batista, new World Heavyweight Champion.

WWE Championship Defended in a Table’s Match:
John Cena (champion) versus Sheamus (challenger)

A match that surprises me is that match that’s being contested in the table’s match on the card, where champion John Cena takes on his challenger, Sheamus, for the WWE Championship. Something that people, even I, has complained that WWE needs new stars and new main events, and WWE is actually giving that to us. And this past week on Raw, WWE did build up Sheamus up well, and if he wins the WWE title on Sunday, I would be disappointed in ways, because he is new and this is his first main event match, but I would be happy that someone new has the title and John Cena doesn’t.

But a match that I am excited to see, because it is someone new facing “the Champ,” and how much I want to see the title off of Cena, I cannot see Sheamus walking out of TLC as WWE Champion.

Prediction: John Cena, still WWE Champion.

Unified World Tag Team Championship Defended in a TLC Match:
Jeri-Show (champions) versus D-Generation X (challengers)

The match that’s the whole pay-per-view is put upon is this match, the TLC match for the Unified World Tag Team Championship, with Chris Jericho and the Big Show defending the titles against D-Generation X. And for me, the only match that I am really excited to see is because these four men, over the last part of the past 15 years, these four men have been my favorite wrestler at some time. And with the Big Show, Shawn Michaels, and Triple H haven’t been in a TLC match, and Jericho’s been in two, where the first time around he won (when TLC made it’s only Smackdown debut, where he and Benoit successfully defended the titles).

But yeah, this match is being looked at the main event, because of the Undertaker can’t really go much anymore and how this is Sheamus’ first main event pay-per-view. And to be dead honest with you, who wouldn’t want to see four main eventers fighting for the tag team titles in a TLC match?

But to give my thoughts, I think DX will win the titles because of Triple H, and he gets whatever he wants.

Predictions: DX, new tag team champions.

But to conclude, I hope this pay-per-view does well, and I do hope that the only TLC match does go in at the end as the last match. This is Eric Darsie from Minnesota, happy that Jeri-Show is facing DX, goodbye!

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World Wrestling Entertainment presents the 22nd annual WWE Survivor Series on Sunday November 22, 2009. The Survivor Series is what is known as one of the “Big Four” and is the last of the big WWE pay-per-views for 2009. To celebrate this extravaganza, CamelClutchBlog.com will be giving away a special WWE Survivor Series Prize Pack here on the website.

The contest is free to enter. Simply post here in the comments section your favorite WWE Survivor Series moment and why it ranks at the top. Write as much or little as you want. Think hard because I would like a little effort from you in your comment, although that won’t impact your chances of winning. There is a three sentence minimum. The contest will run through November 23, 2009. On November 24, I will randomly pick a winner using the email addresses provided in the comments.

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WWE Survivor Series Trailer

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For me, this past week, the highlight had to of been the guest hosts of WWE Raw this past week, and that was Ozzy Osborne and his wife Sharron. Why were they the highlight of the whole week? The facial expressions and the randomness of Ozzy standing up at random times and sitting back down, him standing half way up and sitting back down, and looking confused when guys came out and looked like, through his facial expressions, like he didn’t know what’s going on.

With a couple of mishaps on the names-Kobi Kingston (to my friends with the week before, Kofi Kingston is now Kobi Johnson) and Evan Brawn-Ozzy and Sharron did a decent job, I believe. I think with Sharron there, it seemed that things were under control on the Crazy Train edition of Monday Night Raw.

Honestly, I have to say these two are up there as the best celebrity guest hosts, along side of Bob Barker. I do think the Osborne’s was that good. To quote Triple H, they were “that damn good!”

But while talking about the whole guest host stuff, I do think it should end. Even my friends who come over and watch Raw with me who are casual fans, they are getting tired of the whole guest hosts idea because it always changes every week and if they miss a couple of weeks, it doesn’t make any sense.

And to be quite honest with you, I have to totally agree. I am past tired of the whole guest host thing. I think McMahon should hurry up and find a new general manager. Yes, the Rock is supposed to come in sometime, maybe, in January. Living in January, it is rumored up here that Jesse “the Body” Ventura will be the guest host when Raw comes to Minneapolis and the Target Center in mid-January. Those two guest hosts should be awesome.

For the most part, the whole guest host angle sucks. Yes, it really sucks. I wish it would be done, because I find it totally stupid and idiotic. It’s bad enough that I am starting to consider stop watching WWE for a couple of months, or until the whole guest host angle is done. What would I do over that? I have a lot of old-school tapes and DVD’s that I can watch and review for CamelClutchBlog.com, that’s always an option. Honestly, after watching a WCW tape from 2000, I don’t know if I want to do that, how frustrating the whole pay-per-view was, with the only great match off of that card was “Screaming” Norman Smiley taking on the Hardcore Champion Terry Funk with Smiley having a “mystery partner” of Ralphus.

But to conclude, Ozzy and Sharron was totally awesome, and when Vince considers a new general manger for Raw, if you could, bring these two back every week. Their facial expressions and name mess ups were totally awesome. This is Eric Darsie from Minnesota, listening to older Bryan and Vinny shows, goodbye.

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WWE Hell in a Cell will be remembered for the results of two major WWE title changes. Randy Orton defeated John Cena and the Undertaker defeated CM Punk in Hell in a Cell matches to become new champions. For those keeping record, that marks fifteen WWE major title changes in 2009, and we still have close to three months to go!

Randy Orton defeated John Cena via punt to regain the WWE championship. This marks the eighth time this title has changed hands this year, and Orton’s fifth reign with the belt overall. The change was a bit of shocker in my opinion. Orton has pretty much dominated the last six months as champion. A change was well overdue. Cena wasn’t exactly what I’d call a change, but he beat Orton last month. Apparently it was a very short change.

The quick switch really is odd to me. For John Cena, this was Cena’s second WWE title reign this year. However, both of Cena’s reigns with each title were each under one month. I can see it once, but two short title reigns in a short timeframe is not what I would expect for Cena. Cena waited out his time to get the title back, and I just assumed that he would be rewarded with a lengthy reign, possibly through WrestleMania.

In my opinion, I don’t think Randy Orton has been a successful champion. He isn’t resonating as a heel. Listen to the crowd and most of the people cheer whenever Orton punts a babyface. There is something in my opinion too “robotic” about Orton’s promos. They don’t come across as natural and I think subliminally people can see right through it. Maybe I am reading too much into it, but the bottom line is that WWE RAW has lost fan interest since WrestleMania. A big part of that is Randy Orton and the stale main-event picture.

Conversely, WWE SmackDown has been anything but stale. To some, CM Punk has been a breath of fresh air. Punk has spent the least amount of time on top as compared to the other top WWE stars. Personally, I am not a big Punk fan yet he seems to connect with the audience. As a heel, he has done a better job of playing the part than Randy Orton in a sense. The timing couldn’t be any worse for CM Punk. Punk was just starting to hit his stride and needed the title more than anyone. A second win over the Undertaker could have done big things for his credibility which is the big problem with Punk.

The Undertaker’s win gives him his seventh WWE major title, with three of those reigns being with the WWE world title. It was expected from the start that Undertaker would regain the belt as soon as he returned to SmackDown. Yet things change and according to f4wonline.com, the company had been wavering all day on the decision to switch the belt. This was the problem with CM Punk’s first run with the title. He only held the belt for a few months and came off more as a fluke than a serious main-event wrestler. Once again WWE got cold feet on pulling the trigger and officially making the call to push a new guy consistently in the elite level of the company.

So now we sit after WWE Hell in a Cell with two champions that happen to be wrestlers that we have watched a million times before. Granted, you have a fresh program with Punk-Taker, but where is the draw without the title chase? For Orton, we are stuck with another Orton-Cena match and nobody on the horizon to freshen things up with the champion. The WWE better hope that the plan to turn Ted DiBiase on Orton and turn DiBiase into a huge babyface works. Otherwise, we will be watching Orton-Cena or Orton-Triple H at WrestleMania 26, 27, and 28.

Full WWE Hell in a Cell Results…
The Undertaker defeated CM Punk for the WWE world title
John Morrison defeated Dolph Ziggler
Mickie James defeated Alicia Fox
Chris Jericho and Big Show defeated Rey Mysterio and Batista
Randy Orton defeated John Cena for the WWE Championship
Drew McIntyre defeated R-Truth
Kofi Kingston defeated Jack Swagger and The Miz
DX defeated Legacy

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“Monster” by Skillet is the official theme song for WWE’s next pay-per-view, WWE Hell in a Cell. The concept of this pay-per-view is having three Hell in a Cell matches. I am surprised that Skillet is having one of their newest songs as a pay-per-view theme song because Skillet is a Christian Rock band, and how McMahon “claimed his own religion” several years ago against Shawn Michaels. But like normal, I’m here to give my predictions and preview for this pay-per-view.

World Heavyweight Championship Hell in a Cell Match
CM Punk (Champion) versus the Undertaker

A match that I am looking forward to. The reason why I am looking forwards to this match because of the “screw job” ending at the last pay-per-view, Breaking Point. And at Hell in a Cell, inside the Hell in a Cell, I cannot see the Undertaker walking out without the World Heavyweight Championship. The Cell is the Undertaker’s play ground, and after being “screwed” out of the World title last the last pay-per-view, I cannot see the CM Punk as World Heavyweight Champion after Hell in a Cell.

Prediction: the Undertaker, the new World Heavyweight Champion.

WWE Championship Hell in a Cell Match
John Cena (Champion) versus Randy Orton

A match that I am interested on seeing, because Cena has never been in a Hell in a Cell match, and Orton has only been in one before. And this is a type of match that these two never faced each other in. Honestly, I don’t care for this feud. I am sick and tired of seeing John Cena and Randy Orton as champion . But if they are trying to one-up their match from Breaking Point, from the sources I heard that it would be hard to top because the “I-Quit” match was great. Honestly, I don’t think they can top that match. But we’ll have to wait till Sunday to see.

Prediction: John Cena, reigning WWE Champion.

Tag Team Hell in a Cell Match
D-Generation X versus Legacy

A feud that I am looking forward to seeing the next match in the series is this match, DX and Legacy inside the Cell. A feud that I am happy for, like I’ve said in the last two other pay-per-view previews is this match, now inside the Hell in a Cell. Honestly, I can see this being the last match of the feud. Why can I see this happening? Maybe having D-Generation X will take a run after the Unified Tag titles?

Prediction: Shawn Michaels and Triple H, D-Generation X.

Unified Tag Team Championship Hell in a Cell Match
Chris Jericho and Big Show (Champions) versus Batista and Rey Mysterio

One thing the WWE has been doing right is keeping the Unified Tag straps on the Big Show and Chris Jericho. Why? The reason is because the tag titles and the tag division are starting to build up by keeping the titles on the Big Show and Chris Jericho. Honestly, putting the titles on Batista and Mysterio would be cool, but I wouldn’t want to see it. The reasoning is because I would love to see this feud to go longer than three weeks.

Prediction: Chris Jericho and Big Show, reigning Unified Tag Team Champion.

To be dead honest, I am not too excited for this pay-per-view. All these gimmick pay-per-views are getting too much for me. And I am a hardcore fan on loving my professional wrestling, but all these gimmick pay-per-views is too much. But this is Eric Darsie from Minnesota, goodbye.

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