Edge Injury

WWE superstar Edge was injured at a house show a couple nights ago. The injury came in a match with Jeff Hardy when he tried to float over Hardy after being whipped into the corner. At first, the injury was only thought to be a twisted ankle or possibly a broken ankle, making Edge only miss a couple of weeks at the most. Unfortunately, after some additional tests, it was discovered that Edge suffered a torn Achilles Tendon and will be likely out until early 2010.

This is upsetting news since He and Chris Jericho had appeared to be slated to lose the tag titles in another team (my guess is Legacy at Summerslam or Night of Champions) . So, that plan will have to be reworked. Edge has proven himself to be a valuable asset to not only Smackdown, but to the entire WWE itself. I would like to wish him the best of luck in his recovery, which I hope is a quick one.

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The Bash Quick Results

Scramble Match for the ECW Title: Tommy Dreamer defeated Christian, Jack Swagger,  Finlay , and Mark Henry. Dreamer rolled up Finlay.

Intercontinental Title vs Mask Match: Rey Mysterio defeated  Chris Jericho

Dolph Ziggler defeated The Great Khali. Kane made his return to take out Khali with a chair.

Unified Tag Team Title Match: Primo and Carlito Colon vs Ted DiBiase Jr. and Cody Rhodes. Jericho and Edge got added to the match and ended up taking the titles.

Women’s Title Match:  Michelle McCool defeated Melina.

World Heavyweight Title Match:  Jeff Hardy defeated CM Punk by DQ. Punk still retained the title.

John Cena defeated The Miz.

3 Stages of Hell Match for the WWE Title: Randy Orton (c) defeated Triple H

WWE Extreme Rules Tonight

Here is the match card for WWE Extreme Rules tonight:

“Miss Wrestlemania” Hog Pen Match: Vickie Guererro vs Santina Morella

Samoan Strap Match: CM Punk vs Umaga

United States Title Match- Fatal Four Way: Kofi Kingston (c) vs MVP vs William Regal vs Matt Hardy

Intercontinental Title Match- No Holds Barred: Rey Mysterio (c) vs Chris Jericho

Submission Match: John Cena vs Big Show

ECW Title Match- Hardcore Match: Christian (c) vs Tommy Dreamer vs Jack Swagger

WWE Title Match- Steel Cage Match: Randy Orton (c) vs Batista

World Heavyweight Title Match- Ladder Match: Edge (c) vs Jeff Hardy

My Predictions:

Vickie Guerrero defeats Santina Morella

MVP makes a heel turn and takes the belt by pinning Regal

CM Punk defeats Umaga

Jericho takes the title and Rey Mysterio’s mask tonight

Cena locks in a modified crossface to defeat Big Shot

Christian defeats Tommy Dreamer and Jack Swagger.

Randy Orton defeats Batista

Edge defeats Jeff Hardy

Judgement Day Poll

Judgement Day Results

These are the results from WWE Judgement Day last night:

Umaga defeated CM Punk

John Morrison defeated Shelton Benjamin

ECW Title: Christian defeated Jack Swagger

John Cena defeated Big Show

IC Title: Rey Mysterio defeated Chris Jericho

WWE Title: Randy Orton defeated Batista

World Heavyweight Title: Edge defeated Jeff Hardy

I will have my full review up within a few days.

Judgement Day Preview

Here is the match card for WWE Judgement Day tonight on pay-per-view:

Shelton Benjamin vs John Morrison

CM Punk vs Umaga

John Cena vs Big Show

ECW Title Match: Christian (c) vs Jack Swagger

Intercontinental Title Match: Rey Mysterio (c) vs Chris Jericho

WWE Title Match: Randy Orton (c) vs Batista

World Heavyweight Title Match:  Edge (c) vs Jeff Hardy

My Predictions:

John Morrison defeats Shelton Benjamin

CM Punk defeats Umaga

John Cena defeats Big Show

Christian defeats Jack Swagger to retain the ECW Title

Chris Jericho defeats Rey Mysterio to win the Intercontinental Title

Edge defeats Jeff Hardy to retain the World Heavywieght Title

Randy Orton defeats Batista to retain the WWE Title because HHH interferes with the match.

More than likely, I will not be able to watch this one live, but I will do my review as soon as I can.

WWE Backlash Review

Sorry this so late everybody.

ECW Championship match: Jack Swagger (c) vs Christian

Jack Swagger vs Christian

Swagger is controlling Christian early with some mat wrestling. Christian slaps him and follows it up with a spinning calf kick. After a spinning elbow, Christian earns a two count. Swagger uses a couple shoulder blocks to gain control and then a press slams Christian out of the ring which earns him a two count. Swagger uses a knee and then a reverse waist lock to ground Christian. Christian kicks out of another two count after reversing a kick in the corner. Swagger goes to a bear hug and Christian fights out. Another two count by Swagger by using a gut buster and then goes back to the waist lock. Christian runs into a knee. Swagger tried a splash from the top rope and eats s knee. Christian gets a two count from a great sunset flip. Another slam by Swagger and now goes for the Gutwrench Powerbomb. Christian hit a tornado DDT for a two count. Another big slam from Swagger. Christian is up on the top rope and uses a backdrop from the second rope. Swagger hits a splash from the top rope for a two count. Christian uses and interesting roll up to get a two count. Swagger hits an Oklahoma slam and they both take off a turnbuckle cover. Swagger goes for the corner splash and Christian counters with the Kill Switch (Unprettier) for the three count. Christian is the ECW champion. This was extremely fun match to watch. 3.5 out of 5 stars.

Chris Jericho vs Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat

Streamboat has some gas in the tank. Steamboat gets control early and starts to work on Jericho with an arm drag. Jericho hits a couple forearms, but gets caught again with an arm drag. They trade shots and Steamboat hangs on to the ropes as Jericho hits a couple quick moves to gain control. Jericho puts in a terrible version of the tazmission. Steamboat hits a deep arm drag but Jericho gets up quickly and hits a clothesline for two. The fans seem disinterested by Jericho. Steamboat reverses a whip and sends Jericho to the top rope. Steamboat hits a superplex from the top rope for a near fall. A couple near falls from The Dragon later, Jericho hits an Ensuigri. Jericho hits the bulldog and goes for a lionsault. Steamboat reverses but gets caught in the Walls of Jericho. Ricky reverses into the figure four. Jericho rolled to the ropes to break it up. Dragon goes to the top rope, avoids a diving Jericho and hits the cross body from the top rope for a two count. Dragon goes to the second rope and Jericho counters with the code breaker for another two count. Steamboat uses a package for a near fall. Jericho locks in the walls of Jericho and Dragon has to tap out. This was an awesome match. 3 out of 5 stars. Steamboat salutes the crowd to a standing ovation.

WWE Backlash Preview

Here is the Backlash match card for tonight:

CM Punk vs Kane

Chris Jericho vs Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat

“I Quit” Match: Matt Hardy vs Jeff Hardy

WWE Championship Match: Triple H (c), Batista, and Shane McMahon vs Randy Orton, Ted DiBiase Jr., and Cody Rhodes

ECW Title Match: Jack Swagger (c) vs Christian

Last Man Standing Match for the World Heavyweight Title: John Cena (c) vs Edge

My Predictions:

Kane defeats CM Punk

Chris Jericho defeats Ricky Steamboat

Matt Hardy defeats Jeff Hardy

HHH, Batista, and Shane O’ Mac defeat Randy Orton, Cody Rhodes, and Ted DiBiase Jr. – I feel a turn coming.

Christian defeats Jack Swagger – If he doesn’t win, Christian may want to start considering leaving again. This means that Vince won’t let him get any bigger than he is now.

Edge defeats John Cena – I would be shocked if both titles stay on Raw.

My WWE draft thoughts.

I have a lot to say about the WWE draft, so let’s get down to business.

MVP to Raw: MVP is a great wrestler who is finally starting to get recognized

Big Show to Raw: I understand they want to move the love triangle with Edge and Vickie, but this is giong to get stale very quickly.

Melina to Smackdown: I feel nothing about this move.

Matt Hardy to Raw: Matt Hardy will not survive as a heel on Raw. His mic skills leave a lot to be desired, but he can wrestle. I am torn on this one.

Triple H to Raw: Obvious move here with Randy Orton being on Raw. I think everyone saw this coming.

CM Punk to Smackdown: This move leads me to believe that he will have the title on Smackdown. Seems to me like Edge will win the last man standing match only to see Punk take it from him….again.

WWE Draft Update

Here are the results from the WWE draft on Raw:

United States Champion MVP moved from Smackdown to Raw

The Big Show moved from Smackdown to Raw

Women’s Champion Melina moved from Raw to Smackdown

Matt Hardy moved from Smackdown to Raw

Triple H moved from Smackdown to Raw

CM Punk moved from Raw to Smackdown

The Miz moved from ECW to Raw

Kane moved from Raw to Smackdown

Chris Jericho moved from Raw to Smackdown

Vladomir Koslov moved from Smackdown to ECW

Divas Champion Maryse moved from Smackdown to Raw

Intercontental Champion Rey Mysterio moved from Raw to Smackdown

My Reactions:

Ok, I got a lot to say about this draft thus far. First of all, judging by Show moving to Raw, who doesn’t see Edge moving with him? I happen to like Smackdown’s picks as opposed to everyone else. The only bad thing about Smackdown now is that MVP won’t be there.

Also, The Miz and Morrison break up was a great move. I love the idea of the wrestlers moving into singles competition. My issue is that they brought up the wrong wrestler. Morrison is an incredible wrestler that deserves the spotlight and he didn’t get it. This is yet another time where the WWE shine the lime light on someone who probably doesn’t deserve it.

Be sure to keep it here on Wednesday because I will be posting the results of supplemental draft.