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/

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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.