Vickie Guerrero Spoiler

Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter

SmackDown writer Michael Hayes was the one who pushed for the heart attack route in the Kristal & Theodore Long wedding storyline. He had been wanting to do an angle involving Viagra for quite some time. The Viagra induced heart attack on the night of the wedding had actually been scripted since June. Hayes was strong on the Viagra part of the storyline, knowing Vince would love it and that it was believable drug to trigger a heart attack.

The plan from day one was for Vickie Guerrero (and at one time Kristal, but she's likely staying on as a babyface) to get a hold of Long's medical records, find out about his medical issues, and orchestrate this whole thing out in the storyline. The big goal of the storyline is to turn Vickie Guerrero into a major heel. Though it was argued by some in WWE that getting major heat on Vickie would be compromised by the Viagra aspect of the storyline that made it somewhat of a comedy.

Nonetheless, as result of the outcome of the storyline, Guerrero will turn into a major heel General Manager. She would then turn her wrath against Rey Mysterio in particular, to do a Hispanic version of Vince McMahon vs. "Stone Cold" Steve Austin. She would have also used Kristal in the ordeal, and would subsequently fire her former friend from SmackDown.

The original plan for Kristal was for her to move to Raw shortly after the storyline. She's currently in a real-life relationship with Bobby Lashley, and since he had pull at the time, he asked Vince McMahon if she could move to Raw to be with him. Vince agreed, and she should be moving to Raw eventually. However, Lashley is going to be out of action until at least December, so her forthcoming move to Raw may be held off for a few more months.

Another idea being batted around to get Vickie even more heat from the fans is for her to start a relationship with one of the male wrestlers on SmackDown. The idea is that the wrestler would get preferential treatment from her, and it would make her even more of a heel to the fans because she'd be betraying her late husband Eddie Guerrero. The other idea being talked about is that the wrestler up for the role would actually be using Vickie in order to get preferential treatment from her, but Vickie would be trying to get the wrestler "in the sack" in exchange. The wrestler would tease the idea, but it would never actually happen in the storyline because the wrestler is not really interested in sleeping with her; he just wants to further his own career, and thus he'd be the one doing the using.

If Vickie ends up having a relationship with a wrestler, MVP appears to be the primary candidate for the role. There has also been talk of using Edge in the role, but MVP's name has gotten more play.

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My take on this is positive. 100% positive. Well, 94 to 96 percent positive.

I do like the idea of turning Vickie Guerrero major heel. Really I love it. It's a good idea. This, of course, being that they do it right.

Although I don't like the idea of MVP starting a fake relationship. I'd much rather watch Edge play that role. MVP is hard for me to want to hate. Sometimes it feels like he just goes on and on and on, and I don't think he'd be right for the role.

Is every face in the WWE turning heel?

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Smackdown Thoughts

So yes, it was the Season Premiere of Smackdown. The main event was Kristal and Teddy Long attempting to get married, but then Teddy Long died... or had a heart attack... or just put his hand over his heart to say the pledge, but then forgot the words and was so embarrassed he faked a heart attack... Yea... Something like that.

Is it just me or would it have been hilariously ironic if Teddy Long had a heart attacking during the skit, and nobody broke character?

But yea, these weeks edition of Smackdown featured Maria and Jeff Hardy, and every WWE Superstar. All of the male superstars ended up leaving early, but all the Diva's stayed. I'm going to talk more about this later.

Also tonight we had Rey Mysterio and JBL fighting, but not fighting. Instead we had some Irish guy come to the ring. Interesting. I wonder if JBL is going to start wrestling again.

Overall, Smackdown was maybe a 6/10. Decent. Maria really did a good job being the host and everything.

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Is every face in the WWE turning heel?

OK, so at the end of the wedding this Friday, every male in attendance left. Except a few, but they aren't important.

Doesn't this turn them heel? I mean some are already heel, but some like CM Punk and Balls Mahoney aren't heels. I just named those names because when watching a clip from the wedding on youtube I noticed them on the Ho Train.

So like, is this going to cause conflict in all the other "relationships" on TV. Like is Victoria going to dump Kenny? Or is Kelly Kelly going to dump Balls? That would really be too bad. As I have mentioned before, they are perfect for each other.

So yea, this is just a thought.

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Videos

Triple H making fun of Vince McMahon last Monday


Triple H vs Carlito at Unforgiven 2007

Elijah Burke vs CM Punk at Unforgiven 2007

Smackdown 9/14 Video: Kane vs Finlay

This was the match of the night.



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Smackdown 9/14 Video: Batista vs The Great Khali

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Ric Flair Retirement Storyline... Over so Soon?

So Ric Flair is out? Gone? Quit the WWE? Ric Flair quit the WWE?

He has been saying that this was going to be his last year in the ring. Everyone assumed that his retirement storyline would start later this year, and end at the Royal Rumble, or Wrestlemania 24. I would hope they were planning on making it Wrestlemania.

But apparently that isn't going to happen. Ric Flair has been absent from TV these last weeks, and apparently, his quiting is the reason why.

Ric Flair apparently quit the WWE because he didn't like his push. The WWE is trying to get him to cool off, and I haven't read anything about how that is going.

Also, I just read somewhere that he might sign with TNA. Actually, I read that it was "very possible". Bull. Just seeing Ric Flair and TNA in the headline made me click on it.

He apparently has started a business for life after wrestling, but also owes a ton of money to the IRS. He apparently has worked out a deal where the IRS takes a fraction of the money he makes, not all of it.

I hope the WWE gets him to cool down, and I hope he goes through with the rest of the year.

Ladder Match Month Day 4: Money in the Bank 2007 (WM 22)

Who is Mr. McMahon's Child Part 3: Things are Looking Up

Ugh! I know. Part 3?! But it must be done.

So our clue of the week is "Things are looking up". Well. What the heck does that mean? Here are our suspects.

• A dead wrestler? More then likely, no. When I say this I mean an Eddie Guerrero, not a Chris Benoit. This probably won't happen, but it makes sense with the "looking up" clue. Like looking up into heaven. Also, this doesn't go along with Stephanie saying that the illegitimate child is standing outside the ring.
• Snitsky? So tall you have to "look up" to see him. Lets hope not.
• Mr. Kennedy? When they say things are "looking up" (that's right, I'm putting "looking up" in quotes... whacha gonna do about it?) they could be referring to his microphone coming from the ceiling. But then again, BLOOD TESTS DON'T LIE!
• Hornswoggle? He has to "look up" at everyone. Maybe?
• Rey Mysterio? Same reasons as Hornswoggle, but this "bastard son" needs to be a heel.
• Elijah Burke? Possible... His 4 up could tie in with the "looking up'. Maybe. Of course that would mean more McMahon on ECW and that didn't go well the 1st time.
• Val Venis? This are "looking up"? Val Venis being the adult film star. I won't go into detail about what is looking up.
• or This is all just some joke by Triple H? I don't know, but someone mentioned it on some forum I read and I thought it was possible.

I also want to add in, this is kind of cool. Nobody knows who Mr. McMahon's child is. Mr. McMahon in real life might not even know. None of the rumor websites know, so its possible the WWE doesn't even know. This is kind of cool.

Smackdown vs Raw 2008 Roster

Here it goes. This is from IGN.com

RAW

• Bobby Lashley
• Booker T (this is from IGN.com, so I don't know if they mean King Booker, or if they really put Booker T in the game and not King Booker.)
• Carlito
• Jeff Hardy
• John Cena
• JTG (recently fired)
• Mr. Kennedy
• Randy Orton
• Shad (also fired)
• Shawn Michaels
• Snitsky (really?)
• Triple H
• Umaga

Smackdown

• Batista
• Chavo Guerrero
• Chris Masters
• Edge
• Finlay
• Gregory Helms
• Kane
• Kenny Dykstra
• Mark Henry
• Matt Hardy
• MVP
• Rey Mysterio
• Ric Flair
• The Great Khali
• and The Undertaker

ECW

• CM Punk
• Elijah Burke
• Johnny Nitro (again, from IGN.com. I don't know if they meant to say John Morrison or if they really put Johnny Nitro in the game.)
• Marcus Cor Von
• Sabu (also fired)
• Sandman
• Tommy Dreamer

Divas

• Ashley
• Candice Michelle
• Kelly Kelly (really? Maybe she will get a push as a wrestler soon.)
  
• Melina
• Michelle McCool
• Mickie James
• Torrie Wilson

Legends

• Bret Hart
• Mick Foley
• Rick Rude
• "Rowdy" Roddy Piper
• "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
• Terry Funk
• The Rock

So yea. The only name that really shocked me was Kelly Kelly, on account she doesn't wrestle much. Snitsky too, but just because I can't imagine anyone would want to play him.
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Smackdown Thoughts

OK, I don't have many thoughts here, so this will be quick.

Smackdown was great. Really. It was. The tournament thing was good, MVP and Matt Hardy were good. It was all good. The Masterlock challenge was a little lame, but then again it always is.

I really like MVP and Hardy vs. The Greasers. Also, MVP and Hardy as a tag-team I like. This should lead to a fun storyline. Also, MVP and Hardy vs The Greasers was a really good match. Everyone was on their game. Great!

As for Mr McMahon's child search I'm worried about. Mr McMahon says he's going to sue the mother of his bastard son if she doesn't come out and say who it is. That was last Monday. So this Monday will be week 1, and (apparently) if we don't know by the week after that, he's going to sue.

BUT! In order for the identity to be revealed, doesn't the kid have to be there? But with Mr Kennedy suspended, is that possible? No. I hate it when storylines lie.

WWE Suspensions Explain SummerSlam, RAW, and Smackdown Spoilers

For those of you who are not the best at connecting dots, I will do it for you. These 14 suspensions explain all the weird and odd match endings at SummerSlam. Here is the list of who was suspended again, and I will do some more explaining.

• Mike "Simon Dean" Bucci
• Gregory Helms
• Edge
• Charlie Haas
• Santino Marella
• William Regal
• King Booker
• Chavo Guerrero
• John Morrison
• Mr. Kennedy
• Randy Orton
• Funkai
• Chris Master
• and Batista

So, as I was saying, this all makes perfect sense. Although reading this list at first your jaw may be dropped so low it is now resting in your lap, trust me, this makes sense.

Let's start at the top. The top 3 don't really matter, Simon Dean, Gregory Helms, and Edge, because they are not currently wrestling. While Charlie Haas is somewhat irrelevant, and the Santino, Maria, and Ron Simmons angle was completely worked out of RAW last Monday.

William Regal is a little harder to explain, but he wasn't involved in any feuds so he will slip out nicely. King Booker's angle with Triple H wasn't continued, so he'll slip out easily too.

Now, I don't want to give away to much from the Smackdown Spoilers I read, but I will say Chavo wasn't in the show. So Chavo too, slips out nicely.

John Morrison is by far the toughest to explain. I think the fact that he kept the ECW title means that these suspensions are short. Also, ECW doesn't need him on TV. He could have shot some promos last Tuesday, and they could just air them in these coming weeks. So they don't really need him there.

Mr. Kennedy makes sense too. This may be why he didn't win the IC Championship like many were expecting. Same goes for Randy Orton only with the WWE Title.

Funkai is irrelevant, and so is Chris Masters, for the most part. I will say that from the spoilers I read, his new angle could involve him being gone for a few weeks.

Finally Batista. (Again, trying not to tell to much about Smackdown) All I will say is that the feud with The Great Khali isn't going to continue.

See? Perfect sense.

Best WWE Brand Poll Results

Well, after leaving this poll up for quite a while, it got a lot of votes.

What is the best WWE Brand?

RAW 591 Votes 42%
ECW 133 Votes 10%
SD! 627 Votes 48%

New Poll Soon!

Smackdown Thoughts

Here we go...

Best Match: Ugh... Nobel vs Jimmy Wang Yang
Worst Match: Mark Henry vs. Jobber
Best Non-Wrestling Moment: The Greasers attacking Matt Hardy and MVP
Rating (out of 8): 6.7

When I look at this Smackdown, I didn't see too much good wrestling. It did however keep me entertained.

The Good

1. Opening Segment
   
   Fairly standard opening segment. Kane's Pyro seemed to scare the hell out of people. Scared the hell out of me. Is Chuck Palumbo going to be doing Mr. McMahon's bidding? Because I thought they were bringing him in as a face, but he seemed to be doing Mr. McMahon's bidding.
2. Chavo vs. What's His Face
   
   Good match. Great for setting up for SummerSlam. I don't see the point with the whole cruiserweight division. Especially if Chavo (and soon Rey) just plows over everyone. What's the point?
3. Noble vs. JYW
   
   Good match. A lot of cool jumps going on here. Not much to say though.
4. Hardy and MVP Segments
   
   I like the idea of making them go for Tag-Team Gold.
5. Batista vs. Finlay
   
   Even though Khali's interference was expected and predictable, it was well executed. Very nice.

The Bad

1. There was no Great Matches
   
   No Great Matches tonight on SD. Only good and bad.
2. Mark Henry vs. Jobber
   
   Didn't see this one coming. Ha!
3. Victoria's Dancing
4. Mae Young
   
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Smackdown Thoughts

Best Match: The Majors vs. The Greasers
Worst Match: Chavo Guerrero vs. Shannon Moore
Best Non-Wrestling Moment: (again) The Undertaker's Promo
Rating (out of 8): 6.66 (don't be alarmed)
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The Good

1. The VIP Lounge
   
   Good name. MVP is a great heel. Smackdown needed a replacement for The Cutting Edge. Maybe the best part of this though, is that they kept it short. RAW is guilty of not doing this with Carlito's Cabana. Sometimes the Cabana is up to 12 minutes long. That's a huge chunk of the show. I wasn't timing this, but it couldn't have been more then 7 minutes including the Masterlock challenge.
2. The Majors vs. The Greasers
   
   The Majors are talented. They are good in the ring, and they really clicked with The Greasers. I hope they make something out of this.
3. Chuck Palumbo/The Undertaker Promos
   
   Chuck Palumbo looks fun. They should try to mention how big he is though. I believe he weighs in at 285 pounds, but he doesn't look that big in the promos.
   
   The Undertaker promos are always fun. Not much else to say.
4. Finlay vs. Noble w/Kane interference
   
   Finlay is really doing a good job in the ring. Finlay vs. Kane should be exciting. However, Hornswoggle vs. Jamie Noble is not exciting.
5. Michelle vs. Victoria
   
   Good for a Smackdown womens match.
6. Khali vs. Kane
   
   Ahh... Super-Heavyweights. Although this wasn't a very good match a Wrestlemania, it was here. This was probably the best match The Great Khali has done in a while. Usually he just brings everyone around him down.
   

The Bad

1. Chavo vs. Shannon Moore
   
   Lately it just seems like theres no more life in the cruiserweights. Chavo is still good, and fun to watch, but he's really not as high flying as he once was.
2. No Mysterio
   
   I don't like how the WWE is handling the return of Rey Mysterio, or Triple H for that matter. Their logic, and I've read this on a WWE rumors site, is that they figure that more people are going to buy SummerSlam if neither of them have been seen beforehand. I disagree. I think that they should make them return, but not in the form of a match. Have their first match be at SummerSlam. Also, not making them appear makes the matches at SummerSlam make no sense.

Thoughts

1. Why do they pretend like Smackdown and Saturday Night's Main event are done live?
2. Are Jesse and Festus ever going to wrestle?
3. Jesse and Festus better be good in the ring, or they are just wasting out time.
4. The Michael Cole has less talent then oats joke only works once.
5. Did JBL seriously say you can't compare apples to oranges? Of course you can compare apples to oranges.
6. Does McMahon seriously want Khali to be his kid?
7. Big Dick Johnson was there. Just have to point it out.
8. Why was Coach dancing with Big Dick Johnson?
   

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Don't forget September is Ladder Match Month here. That means every day I will (try) to post a video of a ladder match. I believe I can do it. All depending on the number of headaches I have.

Big Returns Coming

Yea. So the WWE is pretty much set here. Look at this list. All these WWE superstars are returning to action, or coming to acting for the first time, sometime this year.

• Triple H
• Rey Mysterio
• Shawn Michaels
• The Undertaker
• Edge
• Bobby Lashley
• Jeff Hardy
• Ashley (She should be returning. It probably depends on what her contract with the Survivor people says she can do.)
• Hardcore Holly
• Jesse and Festus (These guys better be good.)
• and Marcus Cor Von

All that this year. Seems to me like ratings should stay solid the rest of the year. I hope the WWE doesn't feel the need to bring all of these wrestlers to the WWE on PPV's like they do Triple H and Rey Mysterio.

Smackdown Video: Kane attacks Finlay

8/10 Smackdown Thoughts

Best Match: Finlay vs. Matt Hardy (even with the ending.)
Worst Match: Mark Henry vs. Jobber
Best Non-Wrestling Moment: Undertaker Returns Promo
Worst Non-Wrestling Moment: Chris Masters looking for an opponent.
Rating (out of 8): 7.3

The Good

1. Batista vs. Domino
   
   Very good match. Batista got his revenge. Not much to say about it, but that's a cool picture up above!
2. Matt Hardy vs. Finlay
   
   Really good match. Matt Hardy got some really good elbows in. Finlay tried to use Hornswoggle as a weapon, but then Jamie Noble came down and chased Hornswoggle away. I even kind of like the ending how Finlay went chasing after Jamie Noble to make sure he didn't hurt Hornswoggle.
3. Kane attacking Finlay and Finlay attacking Kane
   
   This was a lot of fun to watch, both times. It's setting up nicely for a Kane vs. Finlay angle. An angle in which I think has a lot of potential. I love watching Finlay wrestle. I feel his in ring abilities are a lot better then he gets credit for. Kane vs. Finlay should be fun. I hope they continue this, unlike Finlay vs. Flair.
4. The Undertake Returns Promo
   
   Awesome!!!! Just flat out awesome! From what I can tell it's not on YouTube yet, but as soon as it is, it will be here. It was really cool.
5. Torrie vs. Victoria
   
   Not much to say about this. Victoria ended up winning then continuing her attack on Torrie Wilson until Michelle McCool came to the rescue... Barefoot... That's right... Barefoot.
6. Ric Flair vs. The Great Khali
   
   For a match to prove how dominate The Great Khali is, it was a pretty good match. Khali using his new weapon, which I like, as a pinning technique I thought was great. They need to make some counter to Khali's head grip though. Otherwise it makes no sense. He has the wingspan so he could apply it at anytime, so what's stopping him?

The Bad

1. Mark Henry Squash
   
   This proves nothing except that Mark Henry is good on the microphone.
2. Masterlock Challenge
   
   Waste of time much? Then again, it always is.

So there you have it. More good then bad. In all seriousness, Smackdown was great! Also, this Smackdown show got really bad ratings.

Smackdown Thoughts/Unforgiven Poster

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Sorry, I'm only posting what I thought of Smackdown.

I think Smackdown was a little dull. I think they spent too much time on the Hardy vs. MVP match. And it was a little boring. Mark Henry is still, also, very boring.

The best part of the night was that it confirmed when Rey's return would be, even though we all already knew.


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Smack Down Thoughts

Smack Down was pretty good. In fact, I didn't mind watching it at all.

My only questions are as follows. Why were some of the dancers at the end white? And why can't ECW be as good as RAW or Smack Down?

Smack Down Results

-Batista vs. Deuce.... Batista won by pin.
-Jamie Noble vs. Hornswoggle... Hornswoggle won by count out.
-Chavo Guerrero vs. Eugene... Chavo won by pin.
-MVP and Chris Masters vs. Matt Hardy and Ric Flair... Matt Hardy pinned Chris Masters for the win.
-Mark Henry vs. Joey Blaylock... Mark Henry won in about 2 minutes with a bear hug.
-Kane vs. Dave Taylor... Kane won with a choke slam.
-Jimmy Wang Yang and Torrie Wilson vs. Kenny Dykstra and Victoria... Jimmy Wang Yang pinned Kenny Dykstra to win.
-Khali has a party, that gets disrupted by Batista.

Edge is Injured...

http://www.wrestlingnewsworld.com/1/2/wwenews/top_wwe_superstar_injured_this_past_week.php

Last Friday on Smack Down! the Rated-R Superstar Edge was injured during his Mardi Gras celebration. I told you nothing good comes out of Mardi Gras. As of now, nothing else is known, but he is telling people that the injury is not serious.

So what if he's lying? What if this is like the Undertaker? What if he has to stop wrestling immediately to take some time to recover? Will he have to loose it to Kane now? Before the Great American Bash? Or would he just put up a bad fight and be completely dominated at the Great American Bash? We'll see.