So it begins!

Everyone is talking about the amazing return of John Cena last night at the Royal Rumble. No one was suspecting the master of thug-a-nomics to come out and win it all. I have to admit I was in total shock as I watched from home and my blog reflects that shock. It looked as if Triple H was going to have a coronary right then and there when Cena came out. I'm glad Cena is back, now the real "game" can begin!

Kicking off Monday night Raw is none other than John Cena himself! He comes out to make a statement about his early comeback. The crowd is chanting "Cena sucks!" John seems to not let it bother him and he continues talking. He took a huge chance coming back early just to have a chance at competing at Wrestlemania. He won it all last night at the Rumble and come hell or high water he is going to the biggest show on Earth! Cena makes it known that he is gunning for the belt that sits around Randy Orton's waist right here right now! He uses his Wrestlemania opportunity to call Orton out tonight for a championship match. Of course Randy comes out to address that challenge. Randy is talking about all the people that he has beaten recently and how he has beat them all and is still the champ. Cena compliments Orton on being a smart champion by taking him out of the game to secure his championship reign. Cena is using this motivation to rile Orton up into fighting him tonight. "Would you like to give me 8 weeks to Wrestlemania to get stronger, so I can whip your ass all over Disneyland?" Cena asks of Orton. Orton replies that he is a "big deal" now and he will never defend the championship title unless people pay to see it, in other words it better be on the marquee in order for him to take action. Orton challenges Cena to a match at No Way Out, the next pay-per-view. Cena accepts, but that still leaves tonight up for grabs. "I don't forget all the pain, all the suffering, that you have caused me" Cena states. "I want some! Tonight I will get some!" Cena threatens and Orton sure doesn't look very secure about himself at this point. Could this be the end of Orton's reign? It's coming, you can bet your house on it!

Ashley comes out ready for action tonight with her partner Mickie James to take on Jillian Hall and her partner Beth Phoenix. Jillian and Mickie kick off this diva tag match. Jillian tags in Beth Phoenix and Mickie goes after the Glamazon. Beth powerslams Mickie and tags Jillian back in. Mickie gets a nice hurracarana and Jillian makes a quick tag to the Glamazon. Mickie gets a near fall on Beth, but Beth gets her shoulders up just in time. A nice tandem offense almost gets Mickie in trouble. A fisherman suplex wins the match for Beth and Jillian tonight, Ashley didn't even get the chance to get into this match tonight. Mickie had a score to settle and she came up short again tonight!

William Regal and Mr. McMahon are talking backstage. They are discussing about a match that Regal made a reference too while back. It's all very cryptic but Regal is going out to the ring to make the "big announcement".

Regal comes out to make this surprise announcement. The champion at the end of No Way Out will have to face the winner of the elimination chamber match taking place at No Way Out at Wrestlemania. Two men start the match in the ring, then the chambers will open letting the other 4 men into the ring to take on the other opponents. The participants are going to be: Umaga, Shawn Michaels, Chris Jericho, JBL, Jeff Hardy and Triple H. The winner of the elimination match at No Way Out will go on to face the champ at Wrestlemania. I guess there were too many contenders for the title, so everyone will get the chance at the gold. The question is will Orton still be the champion after No Way Out, or will Cena be defending the title at Wrestlemania?

Carlito comes out accompanied by Santino Marella and Maria. Cody Rhodes comes out accompanied by his tag team partner Hardcore Holly. After Carlito spit in Cody's face last night at the Rumble, there is a little rivalry here between these two tonight. Cody seems to be the dominating force at the beginning of this match. A quick roll up almost wins it for Rhodes. Carlito has to get to the ropes to save himself from another possible count out. Rhodes is wrenching the arm of Carlito weakening him slowly but surely. Carlito does fight back for a moment but is knocked off the ring apron by a determined Cody Rhodes. Rhodes tosses Carlito back into the ring but Carlito gets the backstabber on Rhodes and wins the match. The momentary distraction of Santino jumping on the ring apron lost the match for Cody tonight.

Triple H and Shawn Michaels are talking about the elimination chamber match and how they are going to have to beat the hell out of each other. However tonight, Triple H needs a partner. "This requires a wardrobe change" Michaels says. "One step ahead of you Shawn" Triple H says taking off his jumpsuit jacket to reveal the new DX shirt. Shawn not being dressed does the whole run off camera like a superhero then comes right back wearing a matching DX shirt. "Man those guys at shopzone deliver fast!" Shawn says with a cheesy grin. These two are so funny together it makes me happy whenever I get the chance to watch DX in action!

DX comes out tonight to face Umaga and Snitsky. (Huge smile on my face at this point! Arms crossed in the X too!) Oh lord they have microphones! LOL! Philadelphia ARE YOU READY???? I know I am and I'm in Tennessee! For the thousands in attendance for the millions watching around the world, and for one man in particular who committed gimmick infringement last night (Michael Buffer), LET'S GET READY TO SUCK IT!!!!!!!!!! Umaga comes out looking not very impressed. Snitsky joins him. It's a match of mean and ugly vs. extreme hotness. I love how much King cuts on Snitsky for being ugly. He's a comic genius! Triple H and Snitsky start this one off, Triple H grabs a mic and asks if anyone has a toothbrush, a tic tac a mint or something (referring to Snitsky!). The crowd chants "Brush your teeth!" LOL! Snitsky is pissed and guns for Triple H but Triple H gets the tag to Shawn Michaels, who gets a few hits in then tags Triple H back in. Snitsky gets Triple H on the mat, but misses with the elbow drop. Shawn gets the tag in and gets Snitsky on the mat again. Umaga kicked Michaels right off the top rope and knocked him to the outside. He isn't moving very much. Triple H goes to check on him, as Snitsky rolls Shawn back into the ring. Snitsky bear hugs Michaels but Shawn powers back and breaks the hold. (Shawn suffered a broken nose at the Rumble last night by the way, that's why it's taped!) Snitsky gets Shawn in a corner and Umaga holds him there for some double team action. Triple H looks on waiting for his chance to get back into this match. Umaga gets into the ring and wears Shawn down even more. Shawn really needs to make a tag in order to survive this match up! Umaga is dominating Michaels and is relentless in his aggressions. Umaga finally tags Snitsky back in and Snitsky goes right back to the bear hug again. Triple H riles the crowd up to get Shawn back into the right mindset. Shawn almost gets the tag, but Snitsky rushes him to the opposite corner. Umaga is back in the ring and rushes the corner caught Michaels. Shawn dodges. Shawn gets picked up by Umaga, but counters with a DDT landing both men on the mat flat out. They both make their way slowly to their corners. Triple H gets the tag as does Snitsky. All hell breaks loose and it's hard to determine who is supposed to be legal. Triple H and Snitsky are still legal. Triple H gets the pedigree on Snitsky and wins the match for DX tonight! Awesome!! I never lose faith in my men! Once again a very satisfied fan!!!!

Randy Orton is backstage with JBL. "Tonight history is going to be made". The threats start to fly about Wrestlemania, but for tonight these two will be tagging up together against Chris Jericho and Jeff Hardy. If John Cena shows up, "We'll both take care of Cena" instructs JBL. This could prove to be a very interesting match up!

Todd Grisham is backstage with Jeff Hardy talking about the Royal Rumble. Jeff is not happy with how close he was to becoming champ last night and not coming through. Last night was not the end of the road for Jeff Hardy, it was just the beginning!

Hornswaggle is backstage with Mr. McMahon. "You know you let me down!" Vince is really disappointed in the little man. "You came back a loser! I'm ashamed of you! Get out of my sight!" Vince is pissed. Hornswaggle looks very broken and walks out of his dad's office on the verge of tears yet again. Tough love rears it's ugly head yet again. I just want to give Hornswaggle the biggest hug, I'm so sick of Vince picking on him. I believe in you Hornswaggle, chin up little man!

Mr. Kennedy will see action tonight against his opponent Brian Kendrick. Kendrick doesn't waste any time getting right into the ring and slapping the taste right out of Mr. Kennedy's mouth! Kennedy gets right back to stomping on Kendrick and the two men end up on the outside. Mr. Kennedy slams Kendrick right into the ring compromising his left arm. Brian appears to be in pain and Mr. Kennedy uses that weakness to capitalize in this match. Kendrick goes up top to try to fly high at Kennedy and Mr. Kennedy avoids it turning around and getting the Mic Check on Kendrick winning the match! Quick and clean, no holds barred tonight. Mr. Kennedy grabs his microphone after the match and says that he asked not to be included in the elimination chamber at No Way Out for a very good reason. Kennedy plans on ending the career of Ric Flair at No Way Out because no one has been able to complete that task yet. "I'm going to do to Ric Flair what people do to animals that can no longer function. I'm gonna put you down man, I'm going to waste you!" Well of course Ric Flair comes out smiling to rebut that challenge. "I have two things to say to you! Good luck and WOOO!" Flair styles and profiles at the top of the ramp before he makes his exit. Mr. Kennedy may have more on his hands than he bargained for with this match up!

Melina comes out tonight for some action against Maria. These two hell cats will fight it out Diva style. Maria lands a bronco buster on Melina. Melina turns it around and starts beating Maria against the ring pads and ropes. Melina gets a hand full of hair and lands a nice neckbreaker on Maria. Maria gets a nice head scissor counter and then wraps it up with a belly buster. Melina gets Maria trapped in the corner and while Maria hangs onto the ropes for dear life Melina starts pulling Maria's pants down. Maria sits on her and wins the match! Santino gets in the ring and starts making an ass of himself saying how people will never see Maria in playboy! He leads Maria out of the ring like a punished child and she willingly goes with him like she always does. I'm so sick of this story line, she needs to drop the dead weight and move on!

Todd Grisham is now talking to Y2J about the Rumble. We definitely saw a side of Jericho that we haven't seen before last night at the Rumble. Jericho says that a new man did emerge last night and he likes that man. He plans on gunning for JBL for all it's worth! Full force nothing held back!

Jeff Hardy comes out for his match tonight partnered up with Chris Jericho against JBL and Randy Orton! Orton comes out looking behind him like he expects to be jumped from behind or something. Weird. JBL looks like some peed in his Wheaties. Orton and Jericho will start this match off tonight. The lock up is fierce and Jericho gets Randy on his knees quick. A barrage of chops and an elbow to the face takes the wind out of Orton's sails early on. Orton tries to fight back but Jericho is there and ready for him. JBL gets into the ring and Jericho takes him out. Jeff Hardy gets the tag and lands the Swanton Bomb on a laid out Orton. A two count lands and JBL pulls Orton out of the ring at the last minute saving Orton from an embarrassing loss to the rainbow haired warrior. Orton gets back in the ring and takes a nice fight to Jeff. Orton gets the tag to JBL and hold Hardy while JBL starts his attack. Jeff and JBL exchange bouts but JBL with Orton's help gets a cheap shot on Hardy. Orton gets the tag back in. Hardy really needs to make a tag to save this match up for himself and Jericho. Jeff tries to crawl to his corner but is just short of the tag. Orton gets a tag back to JBL. JBL takes Hardy to his corner and Orton takes it to Hardy while the ref isn't looking. Orton gets the tag back in and Jeff Hardy eventually fights back enough to get Orton off his feet. Hardy makes that tag to a fresh Jericho as does Orton to JBL. Orton tries to cheapshot Jericho and gets a springboard drop kick for his efforts. Jericho is taking it to JBL right now. Orton breaks up the three count the Jericho sets up form the lionsault. Hardy gets tossed into a camera man on the outside and is out of the match. Orton gets an RKO on Jericho who had JBL in the walls of Jericho and JBL gets the pin to win this match for him and Orton. Cena comes out sizing up the two men in the ring. JBL runs out and Cena lands an FU on the champ. The statement has been made boys, now who's gonna dispute it!

Tune in next week for more high flying, fist throwing action on Monday Night Raw!

Let's get ready to Rumble!!!

Tonight's Rumble starts off tonight with Ric Flair going against MVP from Smackdown. Will this be the career ending match that everyone has been talking about for weeks now? What better place to have to retire than Madison Square Garden! Ric makes a nice statement about his memories in Madison Square Garden. His first match at the Garden was in March of 1976! (He's been wrestling longer than I've been alive!) Amazing. MVP interrupts Ric's speech and comes out attitude and all. They lock up and MVP shoulders Ric to the floor with a flourish. A second lockup engages and the ref has to break it up. Ric gets the left arm of MVP behind him and starts to inflict the pain. Chops from Flair keep MVP on his toes. A huge boot to the head by MVP gets him the upper hand in this match. Flair manages to kick out of a cross body count. Ric already looks tired. The crowd is chanting and trying to rally Flair back into this match up. A high elbow buys Flair some time and he tries to get the figure four leg lock, but MVP avoids it. Flair tries again, but MVP rolls him up a second time. Back on their feet these men continue this explosive match up. Another huge boot right to the face of Flair almost wins the match for MVP but Flair gets his boot to the rope. The three count was reversed by the ref. Now it's a war of near falls as these two men try to get the count on the other man. A superplex by MVP lands Flair on his back again, but the Nature Boy keeps kicking out and fighting back. Flair gets a quick roll up on MVP, then a backslide, but to no avail MVP gets out of both attempts at a three count! A barrage of chops hit MVP as Flair fires up. MVP goes for the play maker, but Flair gets the figure four leg lock and MVP taps out like a chick! Flair wins it and lives to fight another day!! Congratulations Nature Boy!!! A standing ovation from the fans gives Flair some much needed inspiration!

Mr. McMahon is talking backstage to Hornswaggle. Mr. McMahon is trying to motivate and fire up Hornswaggle about his participation in the Rumble. "I expect you to win, after all you are my son!" Vince says. Mr. McMahon tries to tell Hornswaggle not to trust anyone, not even Finlay! It's every man for himself tonight and the lessons in tough love will continue!

Chris Jericho makes his way to the ring for his battle tonight against JBL. It's all personal and this is going to be a huge match tonight! JBL comes out and ready to bring the fight to Jericho. JBL uses the ropes for security as Jericho goes after him right off the back. JBL fights back momentarily but Jericho fights back just as hard. You just can't bring someone's kids into the picture and not expect some anger issues. Jericho locks the Walls of Jericho in early but JBL gets to the ropes and the ref has to break the hold. Jericho gets JBL out of the ring and is throwing him around on the outside. JBL meets the steel steps shoulder first, ouch! Jericho takes it back to the ring to stop the three count. JBL tosses Jericho into the top rope and Jericho gets caught in it by his throat. JBL continues to capitalize on the injured throat of Jericho. Huge clotheslines barrage Jericho as he chokes and gags after each strike. He could be in a bad way here tonight folks! JBL is relentless and continues his attacks like a viper, fast and quick! JBL gets a sleeper hold on Jericho trying to continue to weaken his opponent. Jericho fights back to his vertical position and knocks JBL off his feet with a clothesline, snapping JBL's head back. That small reprieve doesn't last long as JBL gets to his feet and keeps on fighting. Jericho gets thrown into the steel ring post and his head is busted open. JBL keeps going and attacks like a shark on the bleeding Jericho. Boots to the face keep Jericho off his feet and not able to get the upper hand on JBL. Jericho fights back and takes JBL down. Jericho fights JBL right out of the ring again and as JBL starts to take the announcer's table apart, Jericho gets a huge chair shot to JBL's head. Jericho doesn't let up, despite the fact that the match is over due to disqualification. Jericho gets the TV cable and gets it wrapped around JBL's neck. Turn about is fair play at this point. Jericho tightens the cable and JBL starts to turn colors unnatural to humans. Has Jericho seen justice, or is this just the beginning of a bitter rivalry?

Santino Marella and Ashley are backstage having words about whether or not Maria wants anything to do with Ashley. Santino insults Ashley and slams the door in her face as he goes back into Maria's dressing room. Rudeness never gets you anywhere, and I'm sure Ashley won't stand for it either!

Edge makes his way to the ring for his match against Rey Mysterio for the World  Championship. Vicki Guererro the GM of Smackdown comes to ringside as well as Zack Ryder and Curt Hawkins Edge's goons to support the champ tonight. Rey makes his way to the ring wearing a Gladiator mask over his Luchador mask. I'm sure that's to make a statement, Mysterio has overcome great odds before to be victorious and I'm sure he'll do it again tonight! The odds are against Mysterio tonight as there could potentially be two other men involved in this match up. Edge always has back up, that's because he can't win it on his own anymore he has to have help. So sad, he used to be such an awesome wrestler too. I'm rooting for Mysterio for more than one reason tonight! Edge gets Mysterio out of the ring and Hawkins and Ryder try to hurt Mysterio. The ref ejects them from the arena, leaving Edge on his own. Mysterio flies high and takes Edge to his back outside the ring. Edge kicks out of a quick pin by Mysterio. Edge gets a kick to the knee of Mysterio buying himself some time while Mysterio limps out of the ring. Edge goes after Mysterio and tosses him back into the ring. Edge definitely has the upper hand now! Edge stomps the knee of Mysterio but Mysterio refuses to give up. Edge gets a hold on Mysterio's leg and Mysterio screams out in pain as Edge puts more and more pressure on it. Mysterio can't even get fully to his feet, but yet lands Edge in the 619 position anyway! Edge gets Mysterio down again and goes for the count, but Mysterio gets his shoulders up just in time. Edge goes right back to that surgically repaired knee of Mysterio never letting up for long. Mysterio gets some kicks to Edge's head and crawls away. Mysterio cannot stand any longer, but yet he keeps fighting. Edge is trying to expose the knee of Mysterio. Mysterio gets a bulldog and buys himself some time as Edge is down for the count. Mysterio gets a roll through and boots Edge in the face for yet another attempt at a three count. No win yet, Edge powers back out of it. Mysterio gets Edge down again and the three count is narrowly avoided yet again. How much longer will Edge's luck continue through this match? Mysterio goes up top and lands on Edge's gut feet first. No three count. Mysterio gets the hurricarana and gets Edge outside the ring. Edge is down and the count begins. Mysterio puts Edge back into the ring and Edge gets his shoulder's up yet again. Edge lines up for the spear and gets another hurricarana for his efforts. Mysterio almost wins this match but it's interrupted by Vicki Guererro. I'm so pissed. Mysterio 619's both Edge and Vickie, but yet loses this match anyway. Edge gets a huge spear on Mysterio from midair as Mysterio goes up top trying to win this match up. Once again the rated R superstar cheats his way out of another match up. Still champ he helps Vicki back into her wheelchair. How disappointing. I really dislike Edge at this point, he has not redeemed himself in my eyes at all! I'm sure Mysterio will have his time soon!

Mr. Kennedy is backstage to congratulate Flair on his win tonight. Mr. Kennedy is so convinced that he will win the Rumble tonight that he begins to challenge Flair to another match up, but then is interrupted by Shawn Michaels. Shawn makes a comment about Kennedy being a "loud mouth, platinum haired, catch phrase having young kid" (sounds a lot like Flair doesn't it?) Triple H and Batista join these two backstage for more funny stuff and Shawn promotes his new T-shirt! It's cute and a nice break from all the drama of matches.

Maria comes out for the first edition of the Kiss cam in HD. This is hilarious! Ashley makes her way to the ring. Playboy is interested in Maria being the next centerfold. Santino comes out and ruins the conversation. "The answer is NO!" says Marella. No one wants to see Maria with no clothes on he thinks. How rude. Someone needs to shut him up, he begins insulting NY's sports teams. (Bad idea!). Ashley stands up to him and stops him from leaving the ring with Maria. "This decision is for Maria to make, do you want to do Playboy?" Maria asks the crowd if they want to see her in playboy, and the crowd goes wild. The big fat white guy is unveiled by Santino since everyone likes to see boobies, and Ashley beats him out of the ring with rubber chickens. How silly! Looks like Maria will be posing for Playboy in the future, I can't wait.

Jeff Hardy makes way to the ring for his match up with Randy Orton tonight for the WWE championship! When Jeff wins he'll be the in the elite club of superstars who have held both the Intercontinental and WWE championships at the same time! Orton comes out cautiously eyeing Hardy intensely. This match gets underway and the lock up takes place. These men roll around the ring ropes never once breaking the hold. Finally the ref breaks the lock up and Jeff gets started on his assault. The two roll around on the floor for a moment. Orton gets his legs wrapped around Jeff's head and neck and turns it into a head scissor. Hardy gets and inverted atomic drop and a baseball slide to get a two count on the champ. Orton battles back though with everything to lose in the match up if he's careless. A huge clothesline takes Orton to the outside and Jeff baseball slides right into Orton. Snapping Orton's neck back into the retaining wall. Jeff has to get Orton back into the ring because he cannot win by a count out. Orton grabs the belt and tries to leave, but Hardy doesn't allow that. Hardy goes to the ring apron for a high fly but Orton drop kicks him right back to the outside of the ring. Orton suplexes Jeff on the floor outside the ring, then rolls Hardy back inside. Orton starts to capitalize and dominate this match. Hardy unable to even get to his feet at this point. Orton starts choking Hardy but the ref cuts that off. Hardy finally starts to battle back and tosses Orton out of the ring again. Hardy goes to the apron and leaps right onto Orton, taking both men to the ground. Hardy rolls Orton back into the ring to stop the count. Hardy runs for Orton but Orton ducks and Hardy gets stuck in the ropes shoulder first into the ring post. Orton then gets a grapevine on Hardy trying to weaken the rainbow haired warrior even more. Jeff will not relent. He makes it to his feet and battles back to get himself back into this match. A huge powerslam takes Jeff back to the mat and gets another upper hand for Orton. Jeff takes Orton to the mat neither man getting up very quickly! Orton is to his feet first. Jeff powers back and takes Orton down quickly three times. A whisper in the wind finds Orton unaware but Orton kicks out of it barely. Both feet to the sternum of Orton in the corner and Jeff goes up top for the swanton bomb, but Orton rolls out of the ring. Jeff takes him out anyway and they are on the outside yet again. Jeff goes up top and a moonsault lands right on top of Orton. Jeff is getting to his feet first. Hardy rallies the crowd in his name and sizes up Orton. He attempts a twist of fate on Randy, who faster than I could even see turns it around into an RKO and wins this match retaining his championships. I'm in total shock! I totally thought Jeff had this one hands down! I'm so upset. Jeff was robbed!

The royal rumble match gets underway with the legendary "Let's get ready to RUUUUUUMMMMBLE!!!!!!" The deadman is first in tonight, Undertaker! If anyone can win from #1 it'll be the Undertaker. Shawn Michaels in the next in at #2 tonight! These two men kick off the Rumble and in 90 seconds we'll add another competitor. Undertaker is beating Shawn like a government mule tonight. #3 in is Santino Marella. I hope Undertaker breaks him in half. Sweet chin music finds Santino unaware and Undertaker tosses Marella out. Bye bye Santino. Old school Undertaker misses as Shawn takes Undertaker off his feet. #4 is The Great Khali. Undertaker lines up to take on the Punjabi giant. Khali manhandles Undertaker like he weighs nothing. Shawn takes this time to rest up in the opposite corner. Khali gets a choke hold on Undertaker and Undertaker gets a choke hold on Khali. Undertaker tosses Khali out! #5 is Hardcore Holly. He runs into the ring with gusto and takes on both men with speed and viciousness. As Holly batters Undertaker, Shawn rests up again. Shawn tries to get Undertaker over the tope and Undertaker reverses and dangles Shawn over the ropes instead. #6 is John Morrison from ECW. Everyone beats on Morrison for the moment. Hardcore Holly is still in the ring too! Shawn goes up top and lands an elbow right on Morrison. Undertaker is working over Holly. #7 is Tommy Dreamer from ECW. A boot from the Undertaker takes the wind out of Dreamer. Michaels fights Undertaker in a corner while the other men go at it. #8 is Batista! It's on now! He faces off and eyes the Undertaker. Dreamer gets eliminated trying to get a one up on Batista. Undertaker pummels Batista in one corner and Michaels and Holly go at it in the other. Morrison is just chilling out. #9 is Hornswaggle. All the men eye Hornswaggle as he slides under the ring. What's that little man got up his sleeve this time? He's a McMahon after all! #10 is Chuck Palumbo from Smackdown. Morrison almost gets tossed out but saves himself before he hits the ground. #11 is Jamie Noble from Smackdown. Noble and Palumbo go at it hard and fast. Jamie Noble is eliminated by Palumbo. Everyone else is still in this match up. #12 is CM Punk from ECW. Undertaker gives Punk a huge clothesline. Wow! Palumbo is eliminated by CM  Punk. #13 is Cody Rhodes. Cody Rhodes is aiding Hardcore Holly. Nice, he's got a lot of energy and that's a plus in this match. #14 is Umaga. Hardcore Holly is eliminated by Umaga. #15 is Snitsky. Cody Rhodes is trying to eliminate Snitsky and finds himself almost eliminated too, but he holds on. #16 is The Miz from Smackdown. Miz and Morrison go after CM Punk. #17 is Shelton Benjamin. Shawn Michaels super kicks Shelton Benjamin right out of the ring, damn! #18 is Jimmy Snuka (holy crap!!!!) I can't believe Snuka is in the Rumble, that's awesome! #19 is Rowdy Roddy Piper! (Ok I'm on my feet now!!!! AWESOME!) Piper and Snuka face off as the other men look on in awe, the rumble stops! Wow. #20 is Kane. Piper and Snuka are eliminated by Kane. Undertaker measures up Kane but goes for Shawn Michaels instead. #21 is Carlito. Carlito spits right in the face of Cody Rhodes. #22 is Mick Foley. #23 is Mr. Kennedy. Kennedy goes right to work on Rhodes. #24 is Big Daddy V from ECW. Shawn Michaels eliminates Undertaker and Kennedy eliminates Michaels. Snitsky was eliminated by Undertaker before he was eliminated. #25 is Mark Henry. There are some huge people in this match. The Miz is eliminated by Hornswaggle, who goes right back under the ring. #26 is Chavo Guererro. CM Punk goes right after Chavo after losing his championship to him on Tuesday night on ECW. Kane eliminated John Morrison. Mark Henry grabs Hornswaggle but Finlay comes to Hornswaggle's rescue, but he's not actually "in" the match yet. Finlay and Hornswaggle go backstage, but Hornswaggle never went over the top rope, don't forget that! Finlay was disqualified for not waiting until his turn. #28 is Elijah Burke. Batista is on the outside, was he eliminated? Chavo eliminates CM Punk. Batista went under the bottom rope after a Samoan spike from Umaga. #29 is my man Triple H! Rhodes is eliminated by Triple H. Big Daddy V eliminated by Triple H. Mick Foley and Elijah Burke are eliminated by Triple H. #30 is John Cena!!!!! NO FRIGGIN WAY! THE MAN IS BACK!!! Carlito and Mark Henry eliminated by Cena. Chavo eliminated by John Cena. Kennedy is eliminated by Batista. Umaga is eliminated by Batista. Kane is eliminated by Triple H and Batista. Cena, Triple H, Batista and Hornswaggle are the only men left in it. "Suck it" starts this battle. Batista is eliminated by Triple H. It's down to Cena and Triple H (is everyone forgetting about Hornswaggle?) The battle continues. Fists are exchanged. A huge slam gets Triple H to the mat and Cena stands tall. U can't see me lands it's mark on Triple H. A pedigree is countered as is an FU. It's amazing! A huge DDT by Triple H gets Cena on his back and might give the upper hand to Triple H. Triple H is eliminated by Cena and CENA WINS IT ALL!!!!! The second man in history to win from #30 (Undertaker was the first man to do it!). It's good to have Cena back that's for sure I can't wait until Monday night to see what is going to transpire for Cena now that he is back! Randy Orton better watch out now cause his security has just been breached! What a great way to end the Rumble!

Tune in tomorrow night for Monday Night Raw to get more on John Cena's surprise return to the ring!

A new member to the Raw roster!

Starting on Monday nights there will be a new member on the Raw Roster. Welcome to Raw and watch your back!

http://www.wwe.com/inside/news/adamle

Michelle McCool injured on Smackdown!

Diva Michelle McCool was injured Friday night on Smackdown when she took some shots to the head by her tag team partner and their opponents. More information will be released when it is available. Speedy recovery Michelle and next time, duck!

The night before the Royal Rumble!!

Is everyone as excited as I am about the Royal Rumble tomorrow? Well I've taken a few moments to get some really interesting stories about some of my favorite wrestlers! Take a peek at these links for some Rumble contestant insight!

http://www.wwe.com/shows/royalrumble/exclusives/hardycareer/

http://www.wwe.com/shows/royalrumble/exclusives/fanspicks

http://www.wwe.com/shows/royalrumble/6164364/

http://www.wwe.com/shows/royalrumble/exclusives/rumblemoments/

http://www.wwe.com/shows/royalrumble/facts/

The road to the Rumble is not always paved with gold!

The Heartbreak kid is the first superstar to make his entrance tonight on the new and improved Raw in HD! He will face Mr. Kennedy. The fans are on their feet for HBK tonight (as always of course!). Kennedy is looking pretty good tonight as he quickly counters all of Shawn's moves. Nice reversals and turnovers ensue. Kennedy pulls off a great bridge to get out of a three count. Very impressive. Mr. Kennedy has definitely brought his aggressive game and brutality to the squared circle tonight, but Shawn doesn't take it for long, he powers back and gets a nice swinging neck breaker on Kennedy. Both men are down but Shawn is on his feet first. Fists and chops begin and Shawn gets a nice inverted atomic drop. Shawn goes up top and lands a huge elbow into Mr. Kennedy! Fans are going nuts cause they know what's coming next. The band is tuning up and Mr. Kennedy just narrowly escapes sweet chin music. Shawn leaps out of the ring and lands right on top of Mr. Kennedy on the outside. Mr. Kennedy tosses Shawn face first into the ring post and gets the upper hand yet again in this match up. A boot to the face driving the head of Michaels into the ring post adds insult to injury. Shawn slowly starts to get to his feet, but does he have what it takes to take control back in this match? A huge clothesline from HBK gets both men on the mat having to fight to get back to their feet. Kennedy makes it up first this time. Kennedy gets HBK trapped on the top rope and tries to power him off onto the mat, however Kennedy is the one on his back in this situation. When HBK takes the leap, Kennedy pulls his knees up and Shawn takes them right to the face. Kennedy goes for a cover, but Michaels gets his shoulders up just in time. Again Kennedy misses the sweet chin music however, HBK thinks quick and gets one right into Mr. Kennedy's face. Third time's a charm Shawn! HBK wins this match!

Randy Orton is backstage talking to Mr. McMahon about the "handshake" that will take place between Orton and Jeff Hardy later tonight. Orton is barely able to move and he's not very happy about having to meet up with the rainbow haired warrior tonight. "There is no way I'm shaking his hand" Orton claims. Vince says to deal with it and carry some hand sanitizer if it bothers him that bad. Vince says it might make Orton look "good" to show that he's the better man. This man sure has a way with pep talks. Orton still looks apprehensive, but he'll do it because Vince makes it sound so good!

Beth Phoenix the women's champ makes her way to the ring. She will be facing Mickie James tonight. It's a non title match up, but Mickie wants to prove that she can at least beat the Glamazon since she's in her home state! Beth Is powering right over Mickie for just a moment, then Mickie powers back and shows that she has some power of her own. Mickie gets knocked to the outside then gets her back pushed right into the ring. Beth brings her back into the ring but Mickie powers out of the hold that the Glamazon puts her into. Mickie is really showing some fantastic heart and ability tonight! A huge fisherman suplex from Beth keeps Mickie down for the count and the Glamazon wins this match with barely any effort.

Todd Grisham is backstage with Triple H talking about the qualifying match that he will be in tonight. Triple H has no idea who his opponent will be tonight, not like it matters Triple H will have no issue making it count when he needs to. He will go to the Royal Rumble, there is no doubt about that! It's not just a promise it's a guaran-damn-tee! The Game sure knows how to put things into perspective!

Hardcore Holly is backstage talking with Brian Kendrick and Cody Rhodes. They are talking about Holly's match tonight against Carlito and he's asking if Cody has his back. Cody and Brian make comment about "at least you don't have to dress up like Carlito tonight". Holly gets disgruntled and says that if anyone gets in his space, including Cody, he will throw them out.

Hornswaggle and Finlay make their way to the ring they will take on the Highlanders Rory and Robbie! Irishman vs. Scotsman who will be victorious tonight? Finlay and Rory start off this match up. Rory grabs Hornswaggle and gets himself bit. Hornswaggle then gives Robbie some tiny little boots to the face to make sure he doesn't get involved in the match up. Hornswaggle goes up top and Finlay helps him land a huge leap right onto the body of Rory. Irishmen win this one quick and clean! The luck of the Irish prevails again!

Chris Jericho makes his way to the ring to comment on the brutal attack the he suffered two weeks ago at the hands of JBL. Last week Jericho was at home recovering from the attack, having suffered a bruised larynx. His voice is a little gravelly but he does comment. A coward is a man "who threatens another man's children!" His sons saw that episode of Raw last week, now there is some doubt about their Daddy's ability in their little minds. This just means that Jericho will fight harder to make sure that JBL pays for what was done. "You made a mistake not finishing the job! I am still here!" Jericho has prevailed in this one because he has overcome this obstacle and he's the one standing in the ring tonight. Sunday at the Royal Rumble will not be about having a good show it'll be about the fight! The look of determination is in Jericho's eyes and he's not going to let JBL get away with this!

Mr. McMahon is backstage talking to Jeff Hardy about taking too many risks. He is telling him about shaking hands with Orton tonight. "I'll be out there and I'll make sure I give everyone something to talk about!" Hardy looks scary mad and I'm sure that a handshake isn't all he has in store for Orton tonight.

Brian Kendrick makes his way to the ring for his royal rumble qualifying match tonight. William Regal pops onto the Titan Tron and says that Brian will be fighting Umaga tonight because he was too busy getting Triple H's match ready tonight to find Kendrick an opponent. Umaga starts off strong and dominates Kendrick at first. Will Kendrick's speed help him win this match tonight? Umaga puts Kendrick into the ring post upside down and back first, but Kendrick moves just in time to make sure that Umaga doesn't get that running start at him. Kendrick is trying so hard to fight against Umaga, but Umaga lands the Samoan drop on Kendrick and lays him out cold. A mid air Samoan spike wins this match for the Samoan Bulldozer. Kendrick will not be going to the Rumble this year. (Poor guy!)

Mickie James is backstage and is crying and so upset that she lost to Beth tonight. Maria is there to try to console her. Ashley comes up too. Of course Santino Marella interrupts them. He overhears Ashley make a comment about the Playboy mansion. He thinks that Ashley is offering Maria a free subscription for him of Playboy magazine and makes some comment about "why buy the cow when you have someone who lets you milk them for free?" I about died when he said this. Man why does Maria put up with his stupidity? She could do so much better!

Carlito makes his way to the ring for his match against Hardcore Holly tonight. Santino Marella and Maria accompany Carlito to the ring. Hardcore Holly comes out accompanied by Cody Rhodes. This match gets started and Holly appears to have the upper hand right off the bat. Carlito fights back. He's getting some nice near falls in on Holly tonight. Holly starts to power back and gets a near fall of his own on Carlito. These two keep powering back and forth with each other one getting the upper hand then the other powering back. It's a pretty even split of a match tonight. Holly goes for the Alabama slam but Santino gets on the apron like he's going to do something about it. This distraction allowed Santino to get the back stabber on Holly and wins Carlito the match. I'm sure Holly isn't happy about his loss especially when Cody was supposed to have his back.

Triple H makes his way to the ring for his match tonight. Keep in mind this man won the Royal Rumble in 2002 beating Kurt Angle for the win. William Regal comes out and says that Triple H will face three opponents tonight in an over the top rope gauntlet match. What a bastard. Triple H's first opponent will be Snitsky. These two men start this match off brutally. Triple H gets Snitsky to the rope but can't manage to get him over. Snitsky is dominating Triple H and almost gets him over the rope, but Triple H makes it back in the ring. Regal is at the top of the ramp watching. Snitsky goes over the top rope. Regal looks livid. Smackdown's Mark Henry is the Game's next opponent. Can the cerebral assassin beat the world's strongest man? Henry is manhandling Triple H like he weighed nothing. Twice the game escapes from being put over the top rope. Triple H tries to pick up Mark Henry, but Henry falls on him (ouch!). Triple H looks devastated. Triple H gets to his feet and pulls that top rope down as Henry runs at him. Over the rope Mark Henry goes. Regal runs to the ring and is the third opponent against Triple H tonight. Regal has Triple H on his shoulders and tries to put him over the top, but to no avail. Triple H powers back and tosses Regal over the top rope to secure his spot in the Royal Rumble. Never underestimate the power of the King of Kings!

Mr. McMahon makes his way to the ring to oversee the handshake between Jeff Hardy and Randy Orton. Orton comes out first. Jeff Hardy is called out next and the fans are on their feet again. It's obvious who the fan favorite is. These two eyeball each other like they are seeing the other's death. Vince mediates about the viciousness between Orton and Hardy as of late. Who will be victorious on Sunday at the Rumble. Will Orton remain champ or will Hardy become the third man to hold both the Intercontinental belt and championship belt at the same time. Vince gives the guys a chance to make last minute comments to each other. Orton takes the mic. Orton says his is relieved that Hardy is his opponent at the Rumble because Hardy has never come close to being the WWE champion. However Orton says he underestimated Hardy's ability especially after last week. Orton says that he has a respect for Hardy now, that he didn't have a few weeks ago. Hardy takes the mic and says he doesn't care about earning Orton's respect. "I didn't hit a 30 foot swanton to impress you, I did it to hurt you. I did it for my brother Matt, I did it because I will do anything to be the WWE champion!" Jeff leaves the ring and shakes the hands of Lillian Garcia, JR, King and various audience members. All before he shakes the hand of Randy Orton. "I respect these people more than I respect you". Orton offers his hand but it gets him a twist of fate! Hardy will not play by anyone's rules, because he makes his own! It's on come Sunday and yes I will be watching from the edge of my seat!

Update on Candace Michelle

It's been weeks since we've seen this beautiful diva in the ring due to her collarbone injury at the hands of the Glamazon Beth Phoenix. However Candace Michelle has not been laying around the house snoozing this whole time. She's been a busy woman and I have her latest blog that puts her time out of the ring into a better perspective for her fans. I can't wait to see her back in action and I'm glad to hear that she is doing better and taking it one day at a time. Click here to read Candace's blog.

Who is more insane Mr. McMahon or Britney Spears?

I saw this article on WWE.com and I just had to share with my readers. This article had me cracking up because it's true. Drama goes hand in hand with the lifestyles of the rich and famous for some odd reason. Those that say money can't but happiness have obviously never been poor in my opinion, but from the actions of some celebrities lately I'm beginning to wonder if money causes insanity! Read the link and have fun!

Balloons, fireworks, midgets and sweet revenge!

Jeff Hardy kicks off Monday night Raw in a huge way! He is the number one contender for the WWE championship. After what Randy Orton did to Jeff's older brother Matt Hardy, I'm sure that Orton's days as champ are numbered. Jeff makes his statement to the raucous crowd. He is excited about his chance to become the next WWE champion at the Royal Rumble which is less than two weeks away. Jeff promises to take Orton out tonight. He calls him out and says Orton can either come out NOW, or he'll come backstage and find him. To my surprise Orton comes out to say his piece on it. "You want me that bad, you got it, but...." Orton states his condition. His proposition is this, at the Royal Rumble the WWE title will be on the line, but tonight, the Intercontinental title will be on the line. Randy wants to be the third person to hold both the WWE championship and the Intercontinental title, so the war is on. (The other two men are the Ultimate Warrior and Triple H.) Jeff says, "done!" He's not afraid of the champ and he welcomes the opportunity to take Randy Orton out of the picture tonight. This is going to be brutal!

Ashley makes her beautiful way to the ring for a six diva tag team match up. Her tag team partners will be Maria and Mickie James. They take on the team of Melina, Jillian and Beth Phoenix. Can the Glamazon be stopped or will she continue to retain her title indefinitely? Ashley and Jillian start this match off and it's not pretty for Jillian. Melina gets the tag and she goes to work on Ashley. Ashley tags her partner Maria and she goes to work on Melina. Melina tags Beth Phoenix and Maria could be in trouble here. Maria manages to kick out of a three count and tags her partner Mickie James. In her bright yellow outfit which looks really good on her by the way, she is taking it to her diva opponents. Eventually all the girls get in the ring and quickly clear it out for Beth and Mickie to continue. Mickie gets caught up in the top rope under her chin and Beth capitalizes and gets the three count winning it for her team. I'm sure this isn't the last we'll see of diva competition in the coming weeks!

William Regal and Mr. McMahon are in the back talking about Regal's match with Ric Flair tonight. Snitsky interrupts the two men and he demands his chance to make an impact. Vince makes a match tonight between Snitsky and Triple H tonight, so Snitsky can make his much desired "impact". This should go over well.

A Royal Rumble qualifying match. Shawn Michaels comes out very unhappy that he has to qualify for a Rumble match. He may not have won last year but he came in second to the Undertaker. That was a great match and both men put their hearts into it no doubt. Shawn is interrupted by Trevor Murdock who makes his way to the ring for his qualifying match against HBK. Shawn did mention that he wanted to take on Mr. Kennedy tonight in the qualifying match, I don't think he really wanted to take on the redneck of the WWE. Murdock isn't about wrestling tonight, he's more into beating Shawn to death. He's brutally attacking the showstopper, but Michaels retaliates quickly. HBK fights back and he's showing some authority in the squared circle. A nice inverted atomic drop by Michaels gets him an advantage. HBK tunes up the band and Murdock narrowly escapes sweet chin music. Shawn then quickly gets him into a figure four leg lock and Murdock taps likes a little girl. HBK is now officially qualified for the Rumble. Mr. Kennedy comes onto the Titan Tron to say that Shawn has a huge ego, and that Shawn can't handle the fact that he was defeated by Mr. Kennedy. Kennedy doesn't feel he has anything left to prove to anyone, but he accepts Shawn's challenge to face him next week on Raw, but this is Shawn's last chance at the present and future of sports entertainment! Murdock gets up and tries to sneak up behind Michaels, but Shawn gets the sweet chin music on him, obviously not that distracted by Mr. Kennedy's speech.

Mr. McMahon is backstage with his son Hornswaggle. He says he's very proud of him. It'll be Hornswaggle's first Royal Rumble match. Mr. McMahon wants to give Hornswaggle some practice at how to rumble tonight, so he's going to invite some of the superstars to fight Hornswaggle tonight in a Royal Rumble practice match. Poor little Hornswaggle. He always looks so upset when Vince talks to him. Out of nowhere Vince grabs Hornswaggle by the throat and tells him "You last name is McMahon and anything can happen, don't you forget it!" I hope Hornswaggle beats every last man in that ring tonight!

Triple H makes his way to the ring for his match against Snitsky. (Have I mentioned how much I love Triple H?) It's like polar opposites in the ring, extreme hotness and extreme ugly. These two men kick this match off and Triple H is throwing fists right off the bat. It didn't seem to bother Snitsky at all and he takes Triple H to the corner and the beating begins. The Game doesn't stand for that long and he begins a brutal exchange. I love the commentary between JR and King about how ugly Snitsky is and how his teeth as so yellow they stop traffic. Dang! Snitsky gets a big boot to the face of the Cerebral Assassin. Snitsky begins the barrage of kicks and hits on Triple H who is once again caught in the corner. Snitsky follows this with a few head thrusts to Triple H's abs. Snitsky goes for a cover but the Game kicks out of it. Snitsky is manhandling Triple H at this point in the match and I'm getting quite irritated. I hate it when Triple H gets beat on. Snitsky catches Triple H in midair as Triple H tries to get a running start on Snitsky, and Snitsky applies a huge bear hold on the Game. Triple H is down to one knee and Snitsky is still holding that bear hold. Triple H powers out of the hold finally only to be set up for a pump handle slam. Triple H counters that and gets a huge DDT on the king of ugly. A face buster from the Game and then the set up for a pedigree gets Triple H tossed out of the ring right in front of the announcers table. Snitsky picks up Triple H and tosses him into the steel steps like he weighed zero. Snitsky picks up the second set of steel steps, but Triple H gets up and grabs a chair and slams it into Snitsky causing the match to be called on account of disqualification. Triple H gets the sledgehammer and he gives it to Snitsky right in the abdomen. A huge pedigree follows that maneuver like punctuation at the end of a very strong sentence. Don't mess with the best unless you want to go down hard and fast. Good job Triple H!

Triple H is interrupted by Vince as he leaves the ring. Vince is on the Titan Tron telling Triple H to calm down or else. He's become too violent since he lost his spot at the Royal Rumble. Triple H takes the sledge and destroys the Titan Tron and leaves it in a smoking sparking heap. I guess Vince has his answer to that suggestion! Vince meets Triple H backstage to continue to insult. In order to calm down Triple H, Vince gives him back his spot in the Royal Rumble as long as he wins his match next week. What this match is, is left unsaid but I'm sure it's not going to be a fair one if Mr. McMahon has anything to do with it.

JBL comes out in his Moo Mobile for yet another night on Raw. Didn't he learn his lesson a couple of weeks ago when Jericho kicked the crap out of him on Raw? I guess not! The ring is filled with red and black balloons it looks like a gothic birthday party gone wrong! He stands in the ring and makes a statement about what he really thinks of Chris Jericho. After the brutal attack on Jericho last week by JBL, JBL's ego is even bigger than it was before. (If that is even possible)! JBL tells Jericho's kids that he's so much better than Jericho and that Jericho is a coward! (I didn't know Jericho had kids!) Man JBL is laying it on thick and I swear I hate him more now than I did before tonight. What a jerk! I hope Jericho comes back and wipes the floor with that self proclaimed tycoon! Jericho is at home tonight suffering a bruised larynx due to the brutal attack on him last week on Raw at the hands of this man JBL.

Hornswaggle comes out for his mini Royal Rumble practice match. His first opponent will be Mr. Kennedy. Wow, it's a little Mr. Kennedy. It's the half pint Kennedy. He can't even reach the microphone because he's so little. LOL! This is hilarious. It's midget wrestling at it's best. Mini Kennedy is really taking it to Hornswaggle. The next man in the ring is a little tiny Mankind. Kennedy takes it to Mankind. I can't even type I'm laughing so hard. Mankind brings out a little socko and tries to get Hornswaggle with it, but Hornswaggle stops it. Hornswaggle tosses the Mr. Kennedy mini over the top rope. Out comes a mini Batista who immediately spears Hornswaggle. Hornswaggle fights back and isn't out of the count just yet. A little mini Kane comes out and boy he looks angry. Kane goes to work on Batista and Hornswaggle. A tiny Batista bomb on Kane gets Kane on the mat. Hornswaggle tosses out Batista and Kane sits up looking ready to brawl. Kane sets up for the choke slam but can't seem to lift Hornswaggle. Hornswaggle tosses out Kane. The Batista mini takes Hornswaggle down and out comes the real Great Khali. In all his huge splendor. Out comes Finlay to defend the little McMahon and he's all over Khali like a bad habit. He gets back into the ring and takes out Khali's handler too. Khali is left backing out of the arena in shock as his handler is tossed out after him. Hornswaggle gets into the ring and celebrates with his defender.

Finlay gets a hold of Mr. McMahon backstage and he threatens him. Apparently him and Vince have some sort of "deal" concerning Hornswaggle. Vince tells Finlay to go take care of his business with Khali on Smackdown, and that he had nothing to do with Khali coming out tonight to go after Hornswaggle. Interesting, very interesting!

Ric Flair makes his way to the ring for yet another career ending match against none other than the Raw general manager William Regal. It's a war of the robes here tonight folks and I think that Ric Flair has it won hands down in that department. (I can't believe that there is still smoke in the ring from JBL's exit fireworks, dang that man needs to learn moderation). Will the Nature Boy be able to capitalize again this week to retain his glorious career? Regal is dominating this match from the get go. Regal is going for the obviously injured knee of Flair (it's taped). Flair fights back and gets out of the ring to wrap Regal's leg right around that ring post. These two men battle back and forth and Flair gets the figure 4 leg lock on Regal. Regal gets to the ropes. Regal gets Flair in a roll up but the ref sees that Regal has a handful of tights. So while the ref is talking to Regal, Flair rolls Regal up and gets a handful of tights himself. This time the ref doesn't catch it and Flair wins it, retaining his career! Never underestimate the dirtiest player in the game, he just might surprise you!

Randy Orton comes out for his match against Jeff Hardy for the Intercontinental Championship. He seems to think he stands a chance in hell, well he is sadly mistaken. Jeff is going to bring hell to the champ and make him wish he'd never laid hands on the elder Hardy brother Matt. Jeff doesn't waste anytime running into the ring, and Orton delivers a deliberate low blow to Jeff Hardy. The match is called for a DQ and Orton has something else planned. He tosses Jeff out of the ring and begins to pull up the black mat outside of the ring. Exposed concrete is seen. Orton gets Hardy up off the ground and Hardy fights back just in time. It's a street fight on the ramp tonight. Jeff goes face first into the metal structure at the top of the ramp. Orton continues to brutalize Jeff. Orton runs back and runs at Jeff but Jeff back drops him right off the stage onto his back on the concrete floor. Orton appears to be out cold. Hardy isn't done just yet, he climbs some scaffolding that is close by and he's going way up top this time. Refs try to talk him down, but Jeff aint having none of that. He goes even higher on the scaffold to the second beam from the top. He does a huge swanton bomb off of it and takes himself out as well but Randy Orton isn't going to be fighting anytime soon. EMT's are on the scene and trying to get both men out of the arena. Randy is breathing and has a slight pulse. No word on Jeff just yet. As Jeff is being wheeled out of the arena on a stretcher his puts his arm up to show his fans that he's still ok. I love my rainbow haired warrior, but I about stopped breathing when he took that leap off that scaffold. I love to be entertained, but it always scares me when he goes to the extreme like that. You have to wonder is that the maneuver that will end Jeff Hardy's career? I'll keep you updated on both men's status as I get word.

Tune in next week same Raw time same Raw channel for the new improved Raw in HD! I'm sure it's going to be one explosive episode!

Raw Roulette (talk about a twist of fate)

For the first time in five years Raw takes their matches to a fun extreme. A giant roulette wheel will be the deciding factor in all of tonight's matches. This could definitely make or break some superstars tonight!

William Regal and Mr. McMahon start off tonight's Raw, the first of 2008. The are talking in the back about the roulette. Vince is very proud! The first match made was a first blood match between Triple H and William Regal. Triple H catches Regal backstage and begins the festivities early!

Shawn Michaels comes out to the ring facing off against Mr. Kennedy. Of course Mr. Kennedy starts to make an announcement, but Mr. McMahon spins the roulette wheel to decide the match. It's a strange bedfellows match? In other words tag teams that you would never think to put together. Shawn Michaels and Mr. Kennedy will be partnering up tonight against Charlie Haas and Trevor Murdock. This is definitely an interesting match. Mr. Kennedy and Charlie Haas start things off, but Shawn Michaels doesn't waste any time to knock Mr. Kennedy out of the ring and go after Charlie Haas. Suddenly Charlie Haas comes back into the ring with a Luchador mask on. What the heck? Odd. Shawn Michaels and Trevor Murdock are in the ring and Michaels gets a huge boot to the face. Charlie Haas gets his tag in and starts taking it to Michaels. Michaels goes for the tag, but Mr. Kennedy gets out of the way of the tag, refusing to let Shawn tag him in. There is no love between any of these men tonight. Shawn Michaels goes up top and lands on Haas, and delivers some sweet chin music to Trevor Murdock. Mr. Kennedy goes for a shot at Michaels, he tags himself in and gets the three count over Charlie Haas after taking out Michaels. Well at least Michaels and Kennedy won, but it has to be the oddest circumstances I've ever seen in a match up. You never know what you are going to get if you play roulette!

A trading places match is a match in which the opponents must dress like each other. Carlito comes out dressed like Hardcore Holly. Ha Ha. Hardcore Holly comes out dressed like Carlito. This is the funniest thing I've seen all week! Hardcore Holly does a really good Carlito by the way! Big hair and all. This match kicks off and Hardcore loses his afro. Carlito gives some really nice exchanges to Holly and appears to be doing pretty good in the early part of this match up. I'm sure it's only a matter of time before Holly turns it around and starts to fight back. Holly spits apple in the face of Carlito after catching it from Cody Rhodes. Hardcore Holly wins it with a big Alabama Slam and the hair goes right back on after the match is over. Not the best hairdo I've seen on Raw that's for sure!

Mr. McMahon is backstage with Maria who will spin the wheel to see what match the divas are going to be in tonight. It lands on submission match, but Mr. McMahon has Maria close her eyes and he changes the wheel to say lingerie pillow fight instead. Mr. McMahon tells Maria that the divas are not allowed to put any foreign objects in the pillows for an advantage. Maria says not to worry about it, her pillows are all natural. Yes they are Maria, yes they are!

Todd Grisham is interviewing Jeff Hardy talking about what happened to Matt last week on Raw. Hardy means business you don't mess with Jeff's brother he's going to make sure that he takes Orton out at the Royal Rumble. It's was announced that it's going to be a steel cage match tonight for Jeff Hardy and his opponent Umaga. I hope Jeff can get his head in the game and bring it all to the table.

The divas make their way to the ring for the lingerie pillow fight. The first diva to score a pin fall or submission will be the winner. The match is between Melina, Jillian, Maria, Mickie James and  Ashley (welcome back!) The match gets under way an it's really fun and cute looking. I wish I could play! JR and King quote the term "spankervision". I think that's pretty accurate. Melina and Jillian are sure beating Ashley like a government mule. Maria and Mickie toss Melina and she rolls out of the ring. Ashley goes up top and lands a huge elbow into Jillian winning the match! Even after the bell is rung, the pillow fight continues. I want to be a diva!

Hornswaggle is given the task to find a tag team partner in order to secure his spot in the royal rumble if he and his partner win tonight. Will he be able to find the right person in time?

The first blood match between William Regal and Triple H is up. Regal is first in the ring and he's pacing like a caged animal. He's wearing a really beautiful robe though navy blue with gold piping. It's nice. Triple H comes to the ring looking ready to kick butt and take names. All business and never once faltering about the stipulations of this match up. The crowd is on their feet for Triple H they are ready to see some blood that's for sure. This match kicks off with punches and jabs, it's going to be brutal. Regal gets the brass knuckles on his hand but he doesn't get the chance to use them just yet. Triple H is taking it to Regal like nobodies business. The Game tosses the steel steps at Regal, who narrowly gets out of the way. Triple H gets a face full of the other steel steps by Regal. There is no DQ in this match and no count outs, you can only win by drawing the blood of your opponent. William Regal gets Triple H down for a moment and he goes over to expose the top turnbuckle. Regal gets the Game's head right into that turnbuckle, but he's not bleeding just yet. Regal goes for a second time at the turnbuckle and Triple H turns it around on him and gets Regal's face into the turnbuckle twice. These two men are wearing each other out physically and mentally at this point. The crowd screams that "they want blood!" William gets out of the ring and goes right back over to pick up those brass knuckles again. The are in place and Triple H is on his feet. A huge spine buster brings Regal to the mat and once again he doesn't get the chance to use those knuckles. Triple H beats Regal in the head until finally blood is drawn and Triple H wins it. Regal wearing that crimson mask is not quite finished yet. Triple H gets Regal in the pedigree and lands a huge one on him I'm sure as payback for last week on Raw when Regal interfered in the match between Triple H and Ric Flair.

Chris Jericho comes out for his match tonight. It is going to be a handicap match. His opponents will be Snitsky and his partner JBL. This is so not fair. Poor Jericho. (Have you ever noticed how similar JBL's intro music is to the "beef it's what's for dinner" commercial? Just an observation.) Snitsky and Jericho start things off. It's not looking very good for Jericho. Jericho gets Snitsky out of the ring, but JBL runs in and gets his hits in on Jericho who immediately takes him outside and starts beating the NY City millionaire for all he's worth. JBL quickly turns the tables on Jericho and is using brutal force. Choking Jericho with the camera cables, throwing him into the steel steps. The ref calls for the bell but it doesn't happen. JBL drags Jericho who has the television cables still around his neck, around the ring like a dog. He drags him up the ramp and Jericho can't breathe. Then JBL starts the barrage of fists and tossing Jericho into the steel retaining wall. Kicks from the tycoon come next and Jericho is still wrapped up in the cords. JBL is climbing up a scaffold and he's putting the cables through the scaffold in an attempt to "hang" Jericho. Some officials try to stop him and JBL starts to manhandle the officials. Jericho is still caught in the cables and looking very discolored. JBL exits the arena and leaves the officials to take care of the breathless Jericho.

The highlanders are going to be in a match tonight. It's a royal rumble qualifying match. Their opponents are Hornswaggle and BK Jordan? (who?) Mick Foley comes out and is giving high fives to Hornswaggle and his partner. Mick dismisses BK Jordan and steps in as Hornswaggle's partner in this match up. Mick starts things off with Robbie McAllister. Rory McAllister gets the tag in as does Hornswaggle and starts really taking it to Hornswaggle, but Mick comes to the rescue and doesn't let the little McMahon get too hurt. The Highlanders make a nice double team on Mick Foley, again and again. It's suddenly not looking very good for Mick. He does manage to turn it around though and clear the ring. Out comes Mr. Socko and Rory gets a mouthful of it. Foley lands a nice take down on Rory getting him flat on the mat. Hornswaggle gets the tag, goes off the top rope and lands right on Rory. He get the three count and wins the match for his team. Mick Foley and Hornswaggle are going to the Royal Rumble! Sweet!

The menacing steel cage greets Jeff Hardy as he makes his way to the ring for his match against the Samoan bulldozer Umaga. Randy Orton's music comes on and out comes the champ. This is one hell of a bold move by Orton. I'm sure he thinks that his presence will distract Jeff, I don't think it will. Umaga and Jeff start this thing off and Umaga is taking it to Jeff, who doesn't stay down long. A huge foot to the face finds Jeff Hardy and he's on his back in the ring. The crowd is behind Hardy in this match that's for sure. Orton is over at the side of the cage "looking" on. Jeff almost escapes the cage but Umaga pulls him down off the top of it. Ouch! Umaga is totally devastating Jeff at this point. As much as I love Jeff as a wrestler, I'm not sure he can battle through this one. Jeff is trying to get to his feet, it's a slow process but he's making it. Jeff breaks the hold and he gets one good kick on Umaga before being tossed against that steel like a rag doll. Umaga bounces Jeff's head off the steel cage then runs full force and body slams himself right into Jeff. Umaga goes for a three count. Jeff gets his foot on the rope. Orton starts tossing steel chairs into the ring to "help" Umaga secure the win. Umaga hits Hardy with a steel chair right in the spine. He's out! No, wait, Jeff kicks out of the three count. Orton is getting riled now. Umaga tries to escape the cage but gets knocked down onto the ropes by Jeff (nice crotch shot) and is body slammed by Hardy as well. Jeff has gotten a second wind but it's knocked right out of him as Umaga gets that thumb of death right into Hardy's throat. Hardy is in the corner and Umaga sets up for a full run. Hardy gets up and is on his feet quicker than anyone can even tell. He brutalizes Umaga with the steel chair then gets a nice DDT on Umaga. Umaga kicks out however. Darn! Jeff goes for the door but gets it slammed on his head by Orton. Since there is no DQ there is nothing that the refs can do about it. Umaga goes for another three count, but Hardy kicks out. Umaga sets up the Samoan spike, but Jeff reverses it and gets a twist of fate of out it. Jeff goes up top and Orton is on the other side waiting for him. Hardy jumps back into the ring right on top of Umaga and gets the three count. Jeff Hardy wins it right in front of the champ! Damn, Hardy is going to be the next champion at this rate, he's smoking hot lately in more ways than one. Orton and Hardy eye each other and you can tell that Orton wants to get his hands on the rainbow haired warrior. What a great way to end the Raw Roulette!

See you next week same time same Raw channel!