T.G.I.F. with Matt Dawgs: #167

Good day to you all and welcome to World Wrestling Insanity. I am your host for today, Matt Dawgs and this is my column. Today is the end of the work week and the time to look back at all the goings-on over the past seven days as I wrap it up with a bow and spout it out bit by bit. Buckle up. Let's go...

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MATT NOTE: For those who do not follow me on Facebook, Twitter, etc; i just wanted to share the happy news of my family as my wife is expecting our second child, due in January. Good times in the Aponte household!!! On another note, God bless the families and friends of those in Aurora Colorado who are undergoing a tragic time right now due to the senseless shooting at a movie theater early this morning.   

WWE NEWS AND NOTES:

- Money in the Bank has come and gone. Everything that was advertised ended up delivering and all the rest that happened was just filler. Uselessness that was booked to take up time and served no purpose. Whatever. Anyway, John Cena wins the WWE Money in the Bank which did not surprise me one bit since I said when it was announced that he was entering it, he would go onto win and face CM Punk for the title at Summerslam. So now that is what is going to happen. Dolph Ziggler captured the Smackdown MITB and my money is on Ziggler becoming the first person to win a briefcase yet lose the title. Hell, almost happened on Sunday had Sheamus not Brogue Kicked him before the bell officially rang to start the match.

- CM Punk vs. Daniel Bryan was as close to a 5 star match as WWE is going to get in 2012. WOW can they turn it on or what? The match went 30 minutes and was made better by the fact that A.J. took a bump 5 minutes into the match and had to leave until the finish. That allowed both men to work a long period with a regular trained referee before A.J. returned for the finish. Punk won clean after a superplex off the top rope through a table and a reluctant A.J. made the pinfall.

- Miz is back and was in the WWE MITB. He looked good out there both in the ring and aesthetically as he improved his appearance but obviously didn’t win.   Good booking would have had him win since it would have given him instant credibility which is something he surely needs since he was buried before he left. He also could have been the first person to cash it in and fail since he already won one.

- FYI…for those wondering about the WWE MITB match, Cena winning was the finish. For those who did not see, Cena was fighting on top of the ladder with Big Show and he swung the briefcase into Show’s face several times. On one of the swings, the briefcase came loose and was detached in Cena’s hand. So Cena got the briefcase and continued hitting Show with it until he fell off the ladder. It looked botched because Cena wasn’t supposed to have it until Show fell but he already did. Cena was still booked to win. The briefcase just came off early.

- 7 WWE PPV’s in 2012, 7 consecutive WWE PPV’s not ending in a WWE or World title match. Amazing. Punk did manage to comment on the above stat via Twitter: "Guys. EVERYBODY is mad that I wasn't in the main event. Especially those who have to follow me. Because they can't. Nobody follows the killer. Deal with it. I'll work first. I'll work hurt. I'll out work anybody. Best. In. The. World."

- Episode 999 is in the books and Raw followed up on the MITB PPV with a solid effort that surprisingly featured little that irked me. It is as if they are coming off a PPV and then building to another PPV as RAW 1,000 is stacked to the gills. While I appreciate the 1,000^th episode being stacked, some of it could have been saved for a rainy day or even episode 1,001 to continue to build momentum as next week should pop a big rating. I also have it on good authority that JG is going to be doing a Raw Insanity for the show.

- Rey Mysterio RETURNED on Monday which was a pleasant surprise. I am also glad that he didn’t return on next weeks show because it gave this show a little bit of a push although not following up on it after the initial pop was kind of dumb. I also feel bad for Alberto Del Rio as it appears that they are going to move in to a Del Rio/Mysterio program meaning he was “one and done” as far as title shots go. Surprisingly though, WWE did not follow up on Sheamus’ title defense at the PPV so either his next feud will start tonight on Smackdown or on Monday on RAW. The purpose of Mysterio “saving” Zack was more because Del Rio was the one who “injured” Mysterio last year. I am hoping that is why WWE booked the angle since no mention of it was made on commentary. I did notice however how Mysterio never took off his shirt and according to spoilers, wrestles in his shirt tonight on Smackdown. Maybe that Wellness Policy suspension helped him?

- Chris Jericho is officially a babyface. It is for the better as he was treading on water as a heel and not doing anything. Although he is much better in a heel role, there was no place for him and the fans do want to cheer him. Turning him was for the better and hopefully he can have a successful face run.

- Ziggler has the ball. It’s time to hit the end zone. He was perfect in his verbal abuse of Jericho with the exception of repeating a line or two. The matches that they are going to have should be incredible. What would have been even funnier would have been when Ziggler was naming champions that he will be better than and Vickie was repeating the names, would be if Ziggler said, “Eddie Guerrero” and then have Vickie start to say it before stopping and looking at Dolph.

-Ziggler being ZIGGLER.

- WWE has stacked RAW 1000 even bigger than they did before. They announced that DX will be opening the show. Now while I do not have confirmation on this, it was said in passing by Michael Cole when hyping it, that ALL of DX would be on the show. Those were his exact words. “All of DX will open RAW at 8:00 pm”. Would that mean that “RoadDogg” Jesse James, “Bad Ass” Billy Gunn and X-Pac be joining Triple H and Shawn Michaels? That would certainly be a surprise and pop a decent rating to open the 8 pm hour which historically when RAW does 3 hour shows, is abysmal.

- Word out of backstage on Monday is that the Rock has informed WWE that he plans on wrestling a match BEFORE Wrestlemania so it will be either at Summerslam from Los Angeles or the Royal Rumble.

- Also announced on the show, the rushed wedding of Daniel Bryan and A.J. Weddings ALWAYS draw a decent boost for a rating. ALWAYS. So hot shotting it on a show that is absolutely going to draw a good rating is mind blowingly stupid. This could have been built a few weeks before using it on a stand alone RAW that needed it. Plus, you could have done angles backstage including a bachelor party and a bachelorette party, a Kane angle, etc. Instead, it is going to be on a show that doesn’t need it.

- SIDE NOTE ON BRYAN/A.J. VS. EVE/MIZ: Why is it that in a tag team match when the small package is reversed by a teammate, the move is impossible to kick out of?

- Something else not needed next week is John Cena cashing in his MITB briefcase. By booking the title match so quickly, you are putting it on a show that does not need it. I do like the fact that I am 99.9% positive that Cena will be the first to cash it in and lose (although likely by cheating/interference) which will set up to a Summerslam rematch. The only question is, how does he lose? Does Big Show interfere? Does The Rock? Maybe a CM Punk heel turn? Or maybe Cena wins and turns heel which would be a hell of a show closing angle on a memorable episode of RAW. I am admittedly intrigued.

- I am just trying to figure out what else is going to be added to the show. It normally feels like WWE struggled to fill up 3 hours when they get booked. Now, I feel like they don’t have ENOUGH time. DX opening the show will be at least 15 minutes. The Rock appearing and cutting some sort of promo = 20 to 30 minutes. Brock Lesnar w/Paul Heyman confronting HHH = 20 minutes. CM Punk vs. John Cena plus show closing angle = 30 minutes. Bret Hart = 15 minutes unless they just book him to beat Heath Slater thus means it will be 5 minutes. I am sure they are going to have more legends and skits which will total about 20 minutes. That leaves maybe an hour for the rest of the roster with an hour to fill and they are going to have the entire roster at the show, both RAW and Smackdown. STACKED.

- TOUT, TOUT, TOUT, TOUT. UGH!!!!! That is 100 times worse than hearing Michael Cole say “trending” over and over. I get why they are doing it since they co-own the company and they did manage to get 30,000 new subscribers on Monday but ugh.

- I cannot imagine why they wouldn’t have him appear on camera but Jim Ross did confirm on Wednesday that he was asked to attend the 1,000^th RAW in St. Louis on Monday. He noted he does not know what, if anything, he will be doing but he will definitely be backstage. CM Punk is lobbying both online via Twitter and backstage to have Jim Ross commentate his match with John Cena.

- WWE is looking to do something explosive with Brock Lesnar next week in order to build heat for his Summerslam match with HHH. Lesnar has cooled off due to his lack of use and the poor build by the creative team for his return to the company. As of right now, Lesnar is penciled in to appear on ALL televisions between RAW Monday and the day after Summerslam. That will likely end all speculation about Lesnar wrestling at the Royal Rumble meaning for $5,000,000.00, all WWE got was 3 PPV’s and about 20+ episodes of RAW. Good deal for Brock.

- Rikishi being the legend of the week to kill Heath Slater was AWESOME. Kudos go out to him as well for representing his family and using the Samoan Spike (Umaga’s finisher) followed by Yokozuna’s Bonzai drop to get the win. That was classy. Dancing with his sons the Usos in a WWE ring to end it all must have felt like a dream come true for him.

- No mention on RAW of the WWE RAW Social Media Ambassador for next week. Weird?

- I cannot be the only person who forgot that Christian was the Intercontinental champion can I?

- Weird that the John Laurinaitis firing angle was being built for weeks with guest GM’s from the past then changing it to Smackdown having a battle royal to determine a GM to the entire thing culminating with a new, permanent GM being named on the 1,000^th show to NO ONE EVEN MENTIONING ANYTHING ABOUT A GM THIS PAST MONDAY?!?!?!

- Randy Orton is due back as soon as his suspension ends which means WWE management has cooled off on all of the talk of holding him back as “punishment”. He is scheduled to take part in Fan Axcess the day before Summerslam meaning he will be on the Summerslam PPV.

- A New York based limited liability corporation (LLC) named Mocker recently registered forth the trademark ECW for wrestling purposes. WWE had apparently let the trademark on ECW lapse and it is now available. An independent reviewer is looking over the trademark and will rule on whether or not Mocker can own it. Surprisingly, the Mocker group is NOT run by Shane Douglas and his Extreme Rising promotion. That would have been genius had it been Douglas.

- In regards to the above ECW situation, Paul Heyman said the following: "Yes. Dumbshits who think they can recapture the magic. Some people never learn!
Letters don't mean anything. WWE's #ECW wasn't ECW. Any1 can buy letters. Big deal. ECW was based on ORIGINAL IDEAS! It's called "having an imagination." Obviously, trying to be a duplicate ripoff of the past is not "new" or "original" nor "game changing." #ECW was a product of its time. When I wrote @WWE #Smackdown in 2002/03, I didn't try to duplicate ECW. You move on with the times, people. #ECW One Night Stand was supposed to be a ONE NIGHT STAND. Not a way to re-marry your ex. If someone wants to take a try at re-doing #ECW, knock yourself out. Go for it. Maybe ur investment is smarter doing something NEW!!!"

- WWE agent/producer Jamie Noble is now on Twitter. @jamiegnoble

- One of the main reasons WWE has signed independent female Sara Del Rey is because WWE management (Vince McMahon in particular) is upset that several of his top female Divas have left the promotion recently including Maryse, Maxine, The Bella Twins and Kelly Kelly. The common denominator for the above names is that all of them are/were models first then wrestlers. McMahon made it a priority that HHH sign some independent wrestling talent who puts wrestling first and doesn’t care to move onto something else. Sara Del Rey fits that category as she is 30 years old and has been wrestling for over a decade. She also, while attractive, definitely does not fit the “model” look.  

- Triple H is highest as he has ever been on the recruiting athletes for developmental again similar to the OVW ways that were going on during the Attitude Era. Both Jim Ross and Gerald Brisco who recruited most of the bigger names in WWE are scouting for HHH. Ross and Brisco scouted Brock Lesnar, Bobby Lashley, Shelton Benjamin & John Cena amongst others.

- Does anyone else remember that new, important HHH directive that no one is to be called up to the main roster unless creative has a storyline and feud laid out for them beforehand? How is that working out for Antonio Cesaro?

- Former WWE Star Carlito on Zack Ryder: "Maybe I’m getting old? I don’t get the whole zack ryder thing, actually it annoys me," Carlito wrote. "I like zack though, he's a good kid."

- Actress Halle Berry was injured on the set of the WWE film “The Hive” when she hit her head on the concrete filming a fight scene. She was taken to the hospital for observation and it is believed she suffered a concussion.

- At the San Diego Comic Con, former WWE Superstar Dave Batista was promoting the upcoming “The Man with the Iron Fists” movie and he commented on a possible return to WWE in the future. Batista said: “I’m definitely not against going back. It’s just definitely not going to be this year.” With his upcoming MMA debut in October and a few movie roles lined up, I think it is safe to rule him out of returning on Monday’s 1,000^th RAW.

- In honor of the 1,000^th RAW next week, here is the FIRST EPISODE of Monday Night RAW from January 11, 1993.

- In what’s good news for both John Cena and WWE, Cena has quietly SETTLED his divorce per TMZ.

- The STONE COLD edition of WWE 13.  

- Best of luck to WWE Hall of Famer Tammy “Sunny” Sytch who announced via press release from RF Video that she entered rehab earlier this week. She was scheduled to do an “On The Road” RF video last Friday which would have taken camera with her from her house to an independent event and then backstage at said event ending with her on the way back home. The crew would have interviewed her throughout the whole piece. Anyway, that did not happen as Tammy instead was in the emergency room all night due to allegedly consuming over 2 gallons of vodka. On Sunday, RF video with Tammy conducted another type of interview which was described as “therapy”. RF video noted several times that they had Tammy and her current boyfriend’s consent to film the interview in which Tammy went into depth about her demons, issues, etc dating back to BEFORE the death of longtime boyfriend Chris Candido all the way to now. It was said to be emotional and heartbreaking. It was during the interview where Tammy confirmed that she needed rehab and checked in on Monday. The assumption is that it is WWE sponsored rehab.

- SAD.

- Episode 75 of " Z! True Long Island Story "

- WWE FAN NATION .

IMPACT WRESTLING News and Notes

- One week, a .2 rating and TNA has cancelled TNA Rewind which was the lead in to Impact. TNA is now back to 2 hours. LOL.

- If you have Direct TV then you missed Impact again last night for the second week in a row. Happy news is ont he horizon however as apparantly they reached an agreement late last night so TNA will be back on the air next week. 

- Former WWE Star Chavo Guerrero has signed with TNA and will debut NEXT WEEK.

- Dixie Carter announced on Tuesday via Twitter that TNA Champion Austin Aries has just signed a new, long term contract extension with TNA. Brilliant move on TNA’s part as Aries has been white hot over the past few months.

- Hulk Hogan’s back surgery (that he was written out for last week on Impact) was unexpected and NOT a good sign as the last one before this was supposed to be his last. There is still talk of having him team with Sting at Bound for Glory but realistically he should NEVER wrestle again. Even if he doesn’t take another bump, which he shouldn’t, he should just call it a career.

- The guys under the masks that are attacking Sting and Hogan are not the guys who are going to be revealed in the end. Most of them are local guys with former WWE Star Luke Gallows being one of them and son of WWE Hall of Famer Wes Brisco being another.

- Hulk Hogan is opening up a memorabilia store in Clearwater Florida that will sell only Hogan merchandise. I am assuming it is his personal collection of stuff which is a sad story if that is the case.

- After that big, emotional angle involving Jesse Sorenson cutting a promo about his health and his goals, it appears that he may not be back anytime soon. He could possibly be back by Bound for Glory but he could also still be out an additional 10 months or more. It isn’t locked in stone which brings me to the question, why did they do that angle if they were not sure.

- I am curious at reader’s thoughts about this. At an independent wrestling show over last weekend, A.J. Styles was asked to take a picture with a fan and he happily obliged. He then however refused to take the pic until the fan who asked covered up his CM Punk shirt. He was 100% serious and did not take the pic until the fan zippered up his jacket to cover the shirt. Thoughts?

- FYI…The Claire Lynch storyline isn’t ending anytime soon. More twists and turns coming for those of you who hate it. I am indifferent to it. I dig Daniels and Styles in it and I appreciate the fact that TNA isn’t rushing to end it and wrap it up. I like that it has already taken several months to play out. That is what feuds should be. Claire Lynch however SUCKS.

- What was the point of the Eric Young/ODB segment from last night? Was it to explain Young's abscence? As if people actually noticed he was even gone?

- I am intrigued by the Aces and Eights angle however it better lead to something big and someone important. I like Luke Gallows and all but if he is the "brains" behind this in the end then this angle is pretty dumb. It also better not be Eric Bischoff or soemone of that nature. It has to be something unexpected or someone big time. Anything less will be a letdown. If you do follow the twitter account of Aces & Eights, you'd notice that the group is being followed by the following wrestlers: Luke Gallows, Jay Bradley, Cliff Compton, Chris Masters, Wes Brisco, Jeff Jarrett, & D Lo Brown.As stated above, Gallows and Brisco have already been confirmed as being the guys under the masks so this could be the group.

- Who's a bigger underacheiver/bad investment? Mr. Anderson or D'Angelo Dinero? TNA did make Anderson the World Champion once but Dinero has always had big things spoken about him? Then again, Anderson was supposed to be the second coming of Steve Austin and Austin even mentored him.

- Good match last night between Austin Aries & Bobby Roode. Very glad to see that they didn't decide to take the title off of Aries yet.

- As noted here, TNA Knockout Gail Kim married celebrity chef Robert Irvine in California a few months ago. As it turns out, her wedding and the days leading up to it were filmed by the Food Network for a special that airs on August 18th titled "Wedding Impossible".

- When CM Punk was asked by a fan via Twitter about the above incident, Punk replied: "Envy is a sin."

- In sad news, former TNA Knockout Daffney conducted an interview earlier this week and noted that she has likely wrestled her last match due to concussion issues from her time in TNA. Daffney was always one of my favorites mainly due to her unique look that all other females in the industry did not have at the time. She was actually signed to the WWE when WWE purchased WCW but she was let go soon after.

- In WTF news, TMZ is reporting that Kurt Angle invited Jersey Shore star Snooki to his wedding as Angle is apparently friends with Snooki's fiance Jionni.

TNA HARDCORE JUSTICE PPV is on August 12, 2012 from Orlando Florida and the line-up is as follows:

• TNA TITLE: Austin Aries © vs. Bobby Roode

Independent / International News and Notes:

- At least TRY to fight no?

- Chikara really isn’t my bag as I am not huge on the comedy stuff. I know they have good matches thrown in but it’s just not for me. That being said however, I am interested in checking out this years King of the Trios tournament. The line-up has me intrigued. Check it out HERE.

- Scott Hall’s son Cody Hall made his wrestling DEBUT at an independent show on July 14^th.

- Wrestling retail store Highspots.com along with WWNLive announced that they will be delivering “Wrestle Con” on Wrestlemania weekend beginning on Friday April 5^th and ending on Sunday April 7^th in Secaucus NJ. The convention will feature legends from wrestling, vendors and 5 different wrestling promotions running shows that weekend. The schedule is below:

Friday, April 5^th

• 4:00pm – EVOLVE
• 8:00pm - Combat Zone Wrestling

Saturday, April 6^th

• 9am-5pm – WrestlExpo
• 12:00pm – SHIMMER
• 4:00pm – CHIKARA
• 8:00pm - Dragon Gate USA

Sunday, April 7^th

• 9am-2pm – WrestlExpo
• 1pm - Dragon Gate USA

PRO WRESTLING SYNDICATE

  MMA News and Notes

- It has been revealed that Forrest Griffin had been approved to use a Testosterone Replacement Therapy for his fight with Tito Ortiz at UFC 148. He is joins the list of Frank Mir, Chael Sonnen, Dan Henderson and Quinton Jackson who have been approved to use TRT legally.  

- Vitor Belfort is claiming that he is going to face either Chris Weidman or the winner of Hector Lombard vs. Tim Boetsch on the next UFC in Rio card with the winner then getting a title shot at UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva in 2013.

- Quinton “Rampage” Jackson left zero room for interpretation when he discussed the recent happenings in UFC. Here is a direct quote: “ Tito won that fight. Forrest even knew it that is why he ran out of the cage like the little crybaby that he is. C’mon, somebody told him to get his ass back in the cage because he won. Stupid man. I also think Chael Sonnen should keep his word and leave UFC because that is what he said he was going to do if he lost. AND HE LOST horribly. Bad! Chael sucks. He should go somewhere else where they like his interviews. The way he talks sh*t on everybody, I can’t stand that boy. F*ck Chael.”

- Sonnen, never one to bite his tongue, quickly replied on UFC Tonight with the following: “Rampage has one fight left in the UFC and he isn’t fighting me. I give you that answer because I am sitting here in a fancy suit wearing an ear piece. I have been branded an analyst on the number one MMA discussion program on TV today. Now, if you had asked me outside, in my kingdom and I was wearing my sponsor’s shirt, I would have told him to stick to violating female reporters. He should stick to making box office disasters and driving the wrong way on the freeway ramped up on Mountain Dew because he’s not on my level. But you didn’t ask me outside, you asked me inside. So let’s keep this professional, I don’t want to get that message out there.”

- Sonnen said he won’t make a decision for a few weeks but he is seriously considering moving up to Light Heavyweight full time and eventually fighting Jon Jones. Jones would absolutely MURDER Sonnen but the build up for the fight would be amazing.

- On the flip side, Rashad Evans as I have mentioned here before, is almost positive that he is going to drop down to Middleweight which would be tough at his age since when he debuted in UFC, he did so at Heavyweight before moving to Light Heavyweight.

- UFC has moved UFC on FX 5 from September 7^th in Indianapolis to October 5^th from a TBD location. No reason was given for the cancellation and it is unlikely that it was due to poor ticket sales since tickets did not go on sale yet.

- I mentioned last week that UFC had their annual “Fighters Summit” in Vegas before UFC 148. A major change that was announced is that their insurance for fighters now cover pre-existing conditions and that is likely due to Mohammed “King Mo” Lawal from when he was with Strikeforce. Lawal’s initial surgery for his knee injury WAS NOT covered by Zuffa due to it being from a pre-existing knee injury that pre-dated his Strikeforce signing. He ended up having to pay several thousand dollars out of pocket for the surgery since it was not covered by insurance.

- It has been revealed that Forrest Griffin was APPROVED for Testosterone Replacement Therapy prior to his fight with Tito Ortiz and thus was on testosterone during the fight. Suffice to say, this DID NOT make Tito Ortiz happy to find this out considering it was a close fight and Ortiz feels that the additional testosterone in Griffin’s system could have affected the outcome since Griffin would have gotten more stamina out of TRT as well as recovery from shots Ortiz was landing.

- TRT has become a major hot button issue as of late because Nate Marquardt of Strikeforce is on the approved fighters list by Las Vegas yet GOT OFF it for his fight with Tyrone Woodley last week. By definition, if you need TRT for low testosterone levels then ideally you would need it for life, especially to compete. So for him to get off of it and not only compete at a high level but WIN his fight should raise red flags as to whether or not he needed it in the first place.

- The coaches of the next TUF, Roy Nelson and Shane Carwin, are likely to fight on the December 1, 2012 card in Las Vegas along with the TUF finals.

UFC 149 is TOMORROW NIGHT from Calgary Alberta Canada and the line-up is as follows:

·          INTERIM BANTAMWEIGHT TITLE: Urijah Faber vs. Renan Barao

·          Hector Lombard vs. Tim Boesch

·          Matt Riddle vs. Chris Clements

·          Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira vs. Cheick Kongo

UFC ON FOX 4 is on August 4^th from Los Angeles California and the line-up is as follows:

·          Mauricio “Shogun” Rua vs. Brandon Vera

·          Ryan Bader vs. Lyoto Machida

·          Travis Browne vs. Ben Rothwell

·          Terry Etim vs. Joe Lauzon

UFC 150 is on August 11^th from Denver Colorado and the line-up is as follows:

·          UFC LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE: Ben Henderson © vs. Frankie Edgar

·          Jake Shields vs. Ed Herman

·          Yushin Okami vs. Rousimar Palhares

·          Thiago Tavares vs. Dennis Hallman

STRIKEFORCE: “Rousey vs. Kaufman” is on Saturday, August 18^th from San Diego California and the line-up is as follows:

·          STRIKEFORCE WOMEN’S CHAMPION: Ronda Rousey © vs. Sarah Kaufman

·          Miesha Tate vs. Julie Kedzie

·          Ronaldo Souza vs. Derek Brunson

·          Roger Bowling vs. Tarec Saffiedine

·          T.J. Cook vs. Ovince St. Preux

UFC 151 is on September 1^st from Las Vegas Nevada and the line-up is as follows:

·          UFC LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE: Jon “Bones” Jones © vs. Dan Henderson

·          Jake Ellenberger vs. Josh Koscheck

·          Dennis Silver vs. Eddie Yagin

UFC 152 is on September 22^nd from Toronto Canada and the line-up is as follows:

·          B.J. Penn vs. Rory MacDonald

·          Brian Stann vs. Michael Bisping

·          VACANT FLYWEIGHT TITLE: Joseph Benavidez vs. Demetrious Johnson

·          Jimy Hettes vs. Marcus Brimage

UFC ON FUEL 5 is on Saturday, September 29^th from Nottingham England and the line-up is as follows:

·          Stefan Struve vs. Stipe Miocic

·          Dan Hardy vs. Amir Sadollah

·          Paul Sass vs. Matt Winman

·          Duane Ludwig vs. Che Mills

UFC on FX 5 is on October 5^th from TBD and the line-up is as follows:

·          Bart Palaszewski vs. Diego Nunes

UFC 153 is on October 13, 2012 from Rio De Janeiro Brazil and the line-up is as follows:

·          UFC FEATHERWEIGHT TITLE: Jose Aldo © vs. Erik Koch

·          Quinton “Rampage” Jackson vs. Glover Teixeira (Rampage’s last UFC fight).

·          Reza Madadi vs. Cristiano Marcello

UFC 154 is on Saturday, November 17^th from Montreal Quebec Canada and the line-up is as follows:

·          UNDISPUTED WELTERWEIGHT TITLE: George St. Pierre © vs. Carlos Condit ©

·          NUMBER ONE CONTENDER TO WELTERWEIGHT TITLE: Johnny Hendricks vs. Martin Kampmann

Random Thoughts, Links, Pics, ETC.

- Random VIDEO of the week: Thomas Jane reprises his role as The PUNISHER!!

- BONUS Random VIDEO of the week: I don’t get the point of this.

- BONUS Random VIDEO of the week PART 2: This man is OLD SCHOOL. Holding it down like a boss!!!

- BONUS Random VIDEO of the week PART 3: Definitely miss this cartoon. Pretty cool when it was around.

- BONUS Random VIDEO of the week PART 4: Like dominoes!!!

- BONUS Random VIDEO of the week PART 5: From the guys that brought you the Miami Zombie prank, here is a prank that goes wrong when THEY GET THEIR ASSED HANDED TO THEM FOR PLAYING A PRANK ON THE WRONG PERSON.

- BONUS Random VIDEO of the week PART 6: WTF? Where are the parents?  

- BONUS Random VIDEO of the week PART 7: Really not the smartest thing she ever did in her life.

- BONUS Random VIDEO of the week PART 8: Parenting 101. You better believe that if my son is EVER caught wearing skinny jeans, I am doing the same damn thing and posting it on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Tout, My Space, Tumblr, YouTube and any other social network I can find!!

- BONUS Random VIDEO of the week PART 9: How does this happen? Why didn’t he just cross the grass? If this was on purpose, then why didn’t he do it earlier?

- BONUS Random VIDEO of the week PART 10: WARNING. GRAPHIC. Libyan Rebels with Mumar Gaddafi’s dead body, using him as a ventriloquist.

- BONUS Random VIDEO of the week PART 11: Jeremy Lin that I used to know.

- Random PIC of the week: Um…so New York Knick Jason Kidd walked away from this without a scratch. Absolutely some Final Destination sh*t going on here. I wouldn’t step out of my house EVER again if I were him.

- BONUS Random PIC of the week: Hey, do you guys remember Rapper Redman? He seems to be enjoying life.

- FUN on FACEBOOK : True Story.

- BONUS FUN on FACEBOOK :  LOL. Some people do not get it.

- BONUS FUN on FACEBOOK PART 2: HOLY SH*T, HE’S RIGHT!!!!

- BONUS FUN on FACEBOOK PART 3: Marc for the win!!!

- Random ARTICLE of the week: Joe Paterno had someone whacked to hide the Jerry Sandusky scandal?

- BONUS Random ARTICLE of the week: Definitely need to take up Zumba.

- BONUS Random ARTICLE of the week PART 2: I normally do not post editorials but I think this one sums up mine and a lot of people I know feelings on the Penn State Football Scandal. Agree?

- BONUS Random ARTICLE of the week PART 3: unequivocally the STUPIDEST DECISION I HAVE EVER SEEN. Way to go London, you take the cake for being the king of dumbasses in 2012.

- BONUS Random ARTICLE of the week PART 4: A gift and a curse.

- BONUS Random ARTICLE of the week PART 5: UNF*CKING BELIEVABLE. I swear to god these dumb f*cks are brainwashed. HAVE TO BE!!!

- BONUS Random ARTICLE of the week PART 6: I am completely torn on this issue. Who’s right and who’s wrong? I understand the argument from the father; it makes a lot of sense to me. I don’t know.

- BONUS Random ARTICLE of the week PART 7: For those who complain about US and its freedoms.

- BONUS Random ARTICLE of the week PART 8: I fail to see the illegalness of this.

- BONUS Random ARTICLE of the week PART 9: Craziness.

- Random LINK of the week: I am going to keep it here until EVERYONE looks at it and comments; simply heartwarming.

- BONUS Random LINK of the week: The Rich Kids of Instagram.

- Random GIF of the week: Hypnotizing.

- BONUS Random GIF of the week PART 2: Hypnotizing Part 2.

- BONUS Random GIF of the week PART 3: Hypnotizing Part 3.

- BONUS Random GIF of the week PART 4: Hypnotizing Part 4.

- BONUS Random GIF of the week PART 5: Hypnotizing Part 5.

- BONUS Random GIF of the week PART 6: Hypnotizing Part 6.

- BONUS Random GIF of the week PART 7: Hypnotizing Part 7.

- BONUS Random GIF of the week PART 8: Hypnotizing Part 8.

- BONUS Random GIF of the week PART 9: Hypnotizing Part 9.

- BONUS Random GIF o f the week PART 10: Hypnotizing Part 10.

- GOT MY TIX!!! Dark Knight Rises tonight. 7 pm ET. I will let you all know how it is next week. Full Disclosure: I saw The Avengers 4 times in theaters and I am pretty sure I enjoy the Dark Knight franchise better than I do the Marvel ones so I can only imagine how awesome this film will be.

- HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!! SONS OF ANARCHY returns on Tuesday September 11th!!!!!

- Marvel Films held their annual San Diego Comic Con panel last weekend and announced that “Phase 2” has begin. Phase 1 of their film releases led to the incredibly successful “The Avengers” film which currently sits at number 4 on the all time highest film grossing list. Phase 2 will be sequels to their core franchise including the introduction to new characters including the “Guardians of the Galaxy” (Drax the Destroyer, Groot, Star-Lord, Rocket Racoon and Gamora) which are important to the franchises since they are the main protagonists vs. Thanos (last seen after the credits of the Avengers film) as well as an introduction to Ant Man who is one of the Avengers. The schedule begins next summer with Ironman 3 on May 3, 2013 followed by a November 18, 2013 release of “Thor 2: The Dark World” and then by “Captain America: Winter Soldier on April 4, 2014 and then “Guardians of the Galaxy” on August 1, 2014. If you follow Marvel mythology at all, Winter Soldier is Bucky Barnes a.k.a. Captain America’s best friend/sidekick from the “Captain America: The First Avenger” film. He “died” when falling off a movie train but the story in comics is that he was found by Russians who then brainwashed him and turned him into an assassin that they keep in suspended animation and release him when a mission is needed.  

• Iron Man 3 – May 3, 2013
• Thor 2: The Dark World – November 18, 2013
• Captain America” Winter Soldier – April 4, 2014
• Guardians of the Galaxy – August 1, 2014
• Ant Man – TBD 2014
• The Avengers 2 – TBD 2015

- New York Knicks guard Jason Kidd was arrested for DUI last weekend in Long Island after crashing his SUV into a pole which caused cable subscribers to be without cable for over 12 hours. One subscriber affected was Cablevision Head Honcho and OWNER of the Knicks, James Dolan. This was only 5 days after Kidd left the Dallas Mavericks to sign with the Knicks. Never in my life will I EVER be able to comprehend why in the blue hell athletes and celebrities are unable to just take a car service. It is mind bogglingly stupid that they continue to get DUI’s like no one’s business. How hard is it to part with $200 - $500 for a night of having a black SUV driven by a sober individual take you around? YOU’RE F*CKING RICH!!! Spend the few hundred bucks.

- KATE MOTHERF*CKING UPTON!!!!

- My Future Wife Kim Kardashian-Aponte relaxing  on a boat in a ONE PIECE.

- Check it out at CLUBWWI.COM if you haven't had a chance yet. There are literally HUNDREDS of interviews with your favorite wrestling stars of yesteryear and today!!! If you're not a member then please do yourself a favor and JOIN CLUB WWI right NOW!!!! What are you waiting for? DO IT. DO IT NOW. Good stuff folks; don't miss out. You'll thank me for it.

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~Matt Dawgs

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