TONIGHT’S LIVE COVERAGE IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF GEORGIANN MAKROPOULOUS.

WRITTEN BY & POSTED BY: MICHAEL WEAVER JR.

WWE ROYAL RUMBLE
JANUARY 31, 2010
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
PHILIPS ARENA

A video package showcasing tonight’s event airs.

MATCH #1: ECW CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH – CHRISTIAN (c) v/s EZEKIEL JACKSON (w/WILLIAM REGAL)
The ECW Champion, Christian makes his way to the ring.  Michael Cole, Jerry”The King”Lawler and Matt Striker welcome us to the show. Ezekiel Jackson and William Regal make their way to the ring.  The referee signals for the bell to ring to begin the match.  The match ends when Christian pins Jackson to retain the ECW Championship.
YOUR WINNER: CHRISTIAN – STILL ECW CHAMPION!

Backstage, Teddy Long is speaking to Tiffany.  Cryme Tyme enters the room.  They both want to be in the Royal Rumble.  They try to trick The Great Khali into giving them his number but he declines.  Teddy Long begins to sing “Pants on the Ground.”  The WWE United States Champion, The Miz enters the room.  He says in five years no one will remember what they’re doing.  He says they might as well be asking, “Who let the dogs out?”  He says they will remember him winning his first Royal Rumble.  Long informs him that not only will he be participating in the Royal Rumble but he will also defend the WWE U.S. Championship against “MVP” Montel Vontavious Porter.  As he leaves, Khali and Ranjin Singh yell “Who let the dogs out?!”

Randy Orton is backstage, sitting on a bench in the locker room, when Cody Rhodes enters and says what Orton told him and Ted DiBiase Jr., last week didn’t go over his head.  So he’s there to tell Randy that he’s there for him for the WWE Championship Match.  Cody says he isn’t sure the same thing could be said about DiBiase Jr., though.  According to Rhodes, ever since The Marine 2 was released, DiBiase Jr., has changed.  Cody states that all Ted has been talking about is winning the Rumble and going on to WrestleMania XXVI to beat Orton for the WWE Championship.

MATCH #2: WWE UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH – THE MIZ (c) v/s “MVP” MONTEL VONTAVIOUS PORTER
The WWE U.S. Champion, The Miz makes his way to the ring.  “MVP” Montel Vontavious Porter is next to arrive to the ring.  The referee signals for the timekeeper to ring the bell to begin the match.  The match ends when Miz rolls MVP up in a Small Package to retain the championship.  After the match, Miz is rubbing the victory in MVP’s face so MVP kicks Miz in the gut and nails the Playmaker on Miz.
YOUR WINNER: THE MIZ – STILL WWE U.S. CHAMPION!

The Big Show and Chris Jericho come face-to-face with each other in the backstage area.  Show says Jericho is jealous of him and The Miz.  Jericho states that he knows if it comes down to him, Show and Miz – that Show will prove his loyalties.  Show chuckles and says if it comes down to the three of them, he’ll throw both of them out because his loyalties are for himself.  R-Truth comes up and says if Show doesn’t throw Jericho out then he will.  Jericho says if he wants to throw him out, then he’ll have to go through Show.  Jericho turns around and sees that Show is gone.  R-Truth says it’s every man for himself and that’s the truth.  Jericho says he’s going to the main event of WrestleMania and THAT’s the truth.

Randy Orton is walking backstage in the hallway when he’s stopped by Ted DiBiase Jr., who says he’s there for him if he needs him.  Orton asks where Cody is and DiBiase Jr. says he doesn’t know because he can’t talk to him anymore.  He says all Cody can talk about is winning the Royal Rumble and going on to WrestleMania to beat Sheamus.  He says Cody is counting Randy out tonight.  Orton says he is going out to take the WWE Championship back tonight and he doesn’t want either of their help.

A preview of tomorrow night’s WWE RAW with William Shatner as the guest host and the return of Bret”The HitMan”Hart airs.

MATCH #3: WWE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH – SHEAMUS (c) v/s RANDY ORTON
WWE Champion, Sheamus makes his way to the ring.  Randy Orton is next to arrive to the ring.  Justin Roberts introduces both individuals.  Referee Scott Armstrong signals for the bell to ring so the match can begin.  The match ends in disqualification when Cody Rhodes enters the ringside area via the crowd and attacks the WWE Champion.  After the match, Orton punches Rhodes and yells at him, telling him that he ruined everything.  Then Ted DiBiase Jr., enters the ring and tries to stop Randy from whipping Orton’s butt when Randy punches him and begins yelling at him.  Orton turns around and receives a boot in the head from Sheamus.  Sheamus then leaves after taking the WWE Championship belt and then Legacy leaves without Orton.
YOUR WINNER: SHEAMUS via disqualification – STILL WWE CHAMPION!

A WWE PSA “Don’t Try This…” airs.

A video package on the history between Mickie James and WWE Women’s Champion – Michelle McCool & Layla El airs.

MATCH #4: WWE WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH – MICHELLE MCCOOL (c) v/s MICKIE JAMES
WWE Women’s Champion, Michelle McCool makes her way to the ring.  She says Mickie James hasn’t been seen.  She throws out a few fat jokes; which I won’t repeat.  Layla El in a fat suit makes her way to the ring.  Mickie James then makes her way to the ring.  She tackles Layla and and throws her against the security wall.  The bell rings to start the match.  The match ends when Mickie pins Michelle in mere seconds!  After the match, the other babyface Divas came down to the ring with a cake.  Mickie then slammed the cake in the faces of McCool and Layla.
YOUR WINNER: MICKIE JAMES – NEW WWE WOMEN’S CHAMPION!

A preview of WWE Elimination Chamber 2010 airs.

Backstage, Rey Mysterio is preparing for his match.

A video package showing the history between Rey Mysterio and the WWE World Heavyweight Champion, The Undertaker airs.

MATCH #5: WWE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH – THE UNDERTAKER (c) v/s REY MYSTERIO
Rey Mysterio makes his way to the ring.  The WWE World Heavyweight Champion, The Undertaker, makes his way to the ring.  Tony Chimel introduces both indviduals.  The referee signals for the bell to ring to begin the match.  The match ends after Undertaker nails Mysterio with a hellacious Last Ride to retain the championship.
YOUR WINNER: THE UNDERTAKER – STILL WWE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION!

Backstage, Shawn Michaels is watching what’s going on in the arena and is confronted by Kane who tells him the obsession needs to stop because there is no light, just darkness and that’s from someone who has wrestled The Undertaker twice at WrestleMania.  Triple H then enters the room and HBK apologizes for his actions last week.  He says him and Undertaker are meant to be and Triple H agrees only to say, “You’ll find a way to make it happen.”

A Royal Rumble: Behind The Numbers video package airs.

MATCH #6: 30-MAN ROYAL RUMBLE MATCH
ENTRANTS
1. Dolph Ziggler
2. Evan Bourne
3. CM Punk (with: Serena)
4. JTG
5. The Great Khali (with: Ranjin Singh)
6. Beth Phoenix
7. Zack Ryder
8. Triple H (Unified WWE Tag Team Champion)
9. Drew McIntyre (WWE Intercontinental Champion)
10. Ted DiBiase Jr.
11. John Morrison
12. Kane
13. Cody Rhodes
14. “MVP” Montel Vontavious Porter
15. Carlito
16. The Miz (WWE United States Champion)
17. Matt Hardy
18. “The Heartbreak Kid” Shawn Michaels (Unified WWE Tag Team Champion)
19. John Cena
20. Shelton Benjamin
21. Yoshi Tatsu
22. The Big Show
23. Mark Henry
24. “The Masterpiece” Chris Masters
25. R-Truth
26. “The All-American American” Jack Swagger
27. Kofi Kingston
28. Chris Jericho
29. Edge
30. Batista

ELIMINATIONS
1. Evan Bourne by CM Punk
2. Dolph Ziggler by CM Punk
3. JTG by CM Punk
4. The Great Khali by Beth Phoenix
5. Beth Phoenix by CM Punk
6. Zack Ryder by CM Punk
7. CM Punk by Triple H
8. The Miz by “MVP” Montel Vontavious Porter
9. “MVP” Montel Vontavious Porter by himself
10. Matt Hardy by Kane
11. Kane by Triple H
12. Carlito by HBK
13. Cody Rhodes by HBK
14. Ted DiBiase by HBK
15. John Morrison by HBK
16. Drew McIntyre by D-Generation X
17. Triple H by HBK
18. Shelton Benjamin by John Cena
19. Yoshi Tatsu by John Cena
20. Chris Masters by The Big Show
21. The Big Show by R-Truth
22. Mark Henry by R-Truth
23. Jack Swagger by Kofi Kingston
24. R-Truth by Kofi Kingston
25. Kofi Kingston by John Cena
26. Chris Jericho by Edge
27. Shawn Michaels by Batista
28. Batista by John Cena
29. John Cena by Edge

WINNER OF THE 2010 WWE ROYAL RUMBLE: EDGE!!!

WRITTEN & POSTED BY: MICHAEL WEAVER JR.

There are some rumors going around the internet that WWE Hall of Famer, Bret”The HitMan”Hart will make his return to the flagship of World Wrestling Entertainment, RAW, this week.

Mr. McMahon stands over Bret Hart.

Obviously, “The HitMan” would be returning to seek out revenge for the kick to the gut from Mr. McMahon several weeks ago after it appeared that Hart had patched up the relationship between himself and the Chairman.

The next week, McMahon stated that Hart would never again make an appearance on WWE RAW.

With those words and the rumors going around the World Wide Web, you gotta wonder what’s going to happen IF Hart does make another appearance.  Will McMahon just simply order security to escort Hart out of the arena?  Will McMahon and Hart have a physical altercation in the squared circle?  Or could Hart come in between D-Generation X?

The past few weeks, DX has not seen eye-to-eye on a couple of situations.  The first was Shawn Michaels’ obsession with Hart and McMahon.  Triple H repeatedly told him he should just stay out of it.  But Michaels didn’t listen.  The second was again Triple H warning “The Heartbreak Kid” about calling out the current WWE World Heavyweight Champion, The Undertaker.  The final situation that saw HBK and “The King of Kings” on opposite sides of agreement was last week on RAW.

Michaels had called out ‘Taker for a rematch at WrestleMania XXVI but the World Champion declined his challenge.  He then challenged Michaels to a match later in the night.  However; HBK declined ‘Taker’s challenge and said he only wanted to wrestle him at WrestleMania.  The Deadman stated if he wanted that opportunity, he would have to go to the Royal Rumble and win the 30-man over the top rope Royal Rumble Match.  Later in the night, Triple H stated that wouldn’t be possible because it was going to be Triple H who enters the Rumble and wins it only to go on to WrestleMania XXVI and challenge a world champion of his choice.

So with tensions already rising in the ranks of D-Generation X, could a possible return of Hart to RAW cause an even bigger rift between the men who wear neon green and black?

Don’t forget this week’s RAW Celebrity Guest Hosts are the stars of USA Network’s hit comedy show, Psych, James Roday and Dule Hill.  If you haven’t watched Psych then tune in this Wednesday at 10 PM when former WWE Champion John Cena guest stars in the winter season premiere.  Cena isn’t the first WWE wrestler to appear on Psych.  A few years ago, former WWE Women’s and Divas Champion, Mickie James, made an appearance.

This week’s show looks to be a good one and the question that keeps coming up is…Will Bret Hart make a return to RAW?  Only “The Excellence of Execution” knows the answer.

WRITTEN & POSTED BY: MICHAEL WEAVER JR.

Some of you may be wondering what’s going on with Wrestling Update Online today.  Well, while adding some widgets and getting the new layout all cleaned up, the website decided to crash.  It was a fatal crash which means WU Online has lost everything we posted since we started the new blog site over a year ago.  So please bare with us as we are in the process of getting the website back the way it should be.

Sincerely,
Michael Weaver, Jr.

PS: For the inconvenience that this may have caused you, I have posted two pictures below.  One for the guys and one for the girls to oogle over.  I hope you enjoy them.

WRITTEN & POSTED BY: MICHAEL WEAVER JR.

WWE WrestleMania XXVI: Get All Fired Up!

The first pay-per-view advertisement poster for WWE WrestleMania XXVI has been released, via the February 2010 issue of WWE Magazine.  The tag line for this year’s extravaganza is Get All Fired Up.

WWE WrestleMania XXVI takes place on Sunday, March 28, 2010 in Glendale, Arizona at the University of Phoenix Stadium.  The show begins at 6:30 PM EST/3:30 PM MST.

This is the first, of what will probably be many, pay-per-view advertisement posters of WWE WrestleMania XXVI.  For more on WrestleMania XXVI, click here.