Results of Night of Champions (06.29.08)

NEWS: |WWE| Here are the results of WWE's Night of Champions PPV... HHH beat John Cena to retain the WWE Championship Edge beat Batista to retain the World Heavyweight Title Mark Henry beat Kane and Big Show to become the new ECW Champion Ted DiBiase & Cody Rhodes beat Hardcore Holly with Rhodes turning on his partner Holly to capture the World Tag Titles John Morrison & Miz beat Hornswoggle & Finlay to retain the WWE Tag Titles Kofi Kingston beat Chris Jericho to become the ...

The 2007 Draft is Finally Here

NEWS: |PW WWE| WWE held another draft called the "supplemental draft." This draft involved more superstars and does not include the wrestlers who were moved on RAW during the televised draft. Here is the final draft results of all three shows: RAW will get Rey Mysterio, CM Punk, Batista, Kane, Jamie Noble, Deuce, Chuck Palumbo, Layla, Matt Striker and Michael Cole. Smackdown will get HHH, Jeff Hardy, Mr. Kennedy, Umaga, Trevor Murdoch, DH Smith, Big Daddy V, Maria, Brian Kendrick, Shelton ...

ECW (06.24.08)

NEWS: |WWE| The following report is from WWE with full credit going to unknown... " Just five days prior to Night of Champions and one day after being pulled away from the Land of the Extreme in the stunning 2008 WWE Draft, ECW Champion Kane squared off a in a non-title match against Mark Henry. To the surprise of all, the World’s Strongest Man pinned the ECW Champion in the middle of the ring, bringing credibility to his recent claims that he belongs in championship competition with the l...

It’s About Money

NEWS: |JR| The reason many big names have been drafted to Smackdown from RAW is that WWE wants big stars on Smackdown because they are moving to MyNetworkTV. WWE wants Smackdown to start off right thus they drafted Jeff Hardy, HHH and Ken Kennedy to Smackdown, including Hall of Fame announcer Jim Ross.

Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler Divorce

NEWS: |JR| Last night WWE held the 2008 draft and long time wrestling announcer Jim Ross was drafted to Smackdown. On his blog, JR admits that he is not happy at all. He found out he was being drafted like everyone else, on live television. JR was so upset that he contemplated quitting. However, after talking it over with his wife, JR has decided to to stay with the company. June 25th, 2008: Full 2008 Draft Results June 24th, 2008: Reason Ross Moved to Smackdown Wow, I would never expec...

RAW (06.28.08)

NEWS: |WWE| The following report is from WWE with full credit going to Aubrey Sitterson... " Just days before Night of Champions, seismic shifts took place across the landscape of sports-entertainment, with WWE Champion Triple H being drafted to SmackDown, giving that brand two World Championships, while Raw gained the ECW Champion Kane. Raw, SmackDown and ECW earned the right to receive a random draft pick by competing in inter-brand matches that led to 10 Superstars changing their home b...

Wonderful Idea

RUMOR: |WO| Stephanie McMahon wants to make changes to WWE storylines and is specifically calling for longer storylines instead of booking things on a month-by-month basis. However the creative team does not like this because Vince changes things at the last minute. An example of this is that Vince informed the team that Taker was leaving a week in advance. Congrats Steph, you've come up a good idea and I think WWE could benefit from it. But if Vince is the problem in implementing this p...

Smackdown (06.20.08)

NEWS: |WWE| The following report is from WWE with full credit going to Mitch Passero... " In the night’s main event featuring Batista against Chavo Guerrero, SmackDown General Manager Vickie Guerrero swayed the odds heavily against The Animal by naming World Heavyweight Champion Edge as the special guest referee. The scheduled referee, Charles Robinson, had been conveniently taken out of commission earlier in the night in a match the GM ordered between Robinson and The Great Khali. And,...

He’s Baaacckkkkk

NEWS/RUMOR: |PW 1 2| Michael Hayes has returned from his 60-day suspension and was immediately demoted as a Vice President, however he remains head writer of Smackdown. As part of his demotion Hayes also loses bonuses and stock options. Hayes is now required to attend sensitivity training and had a sit down with Mark Henry. It's rumored that Hayes is on his last strike and will address the entire locker room about his actions. Furthermore, Hayes may feel like WWE has sold him out for their ha...

ECW (06.17.08)

NEWS: |WWE| The following report is from WWE with full credit going to Kara A. Medalis... " Less than two weeks before their Night of Champions match, ECW Champion Kane and Big Show took part in a colossal staredown on ECW on Sci Fi. General Manager Theodore Long offered the Night of Champions opponents an open forum to speak their minds before next Sunday. Big Show pointed out that he’s been an opponent, partner and champion alongside Kane, but now the Big Red Machine has something he ...