-Matt Hardy and Finlay was pretty decent.
-Tommy has put his career on the line against Zack Ryder.
-Evan Bourne over Mike Knox to advance in this Homecoming gimmick.
-Tommy and Zack Ryder actually had a pretty solid match. And if I remember correctly, Dreamers been released, bringing to an end (at least for now) a pretty unique career in the wrestling business. Nice promo by Tommy to close it out. Nice that Beulah was there. Thank you Tommy.
So apparently its a one night tournament to name a #1 contender for the Knockouts title. Let’s go to the videotape!!
-Hamada beats Madison Rayne in match #1.
-ODB goes over Traci Brooks and her huge rack.
-Strategery? Awesome.
-Roxxi takes out Velvet Sky with a cool finisher.
-So, interspersed between the Knockout matches are the best PPV matches from ’09. Up first was Kurt Angle and Desmond Wolfe from Turning Point in November. Tremendous match with Angle winning by triangle choke.
-Daffney was pretty well squashed.
-April Hunter… I could have sworn I saw JD in the TNA merch commercial. Maybe I’m nuts.
-Up next is Turning Points Styles/Joe/Daniels. A “screw Hulk Hogan” chant breaks out. Too funny. PVR cut off the end of the match (boo!) But what I saw was awesome, really stellar shit.
(When I heard about this it saddened me greatly. Artie is so great and funny on the show, and as Howard has gotten older, and richer he has become a little bit out of touch with his audience but Artie was very much in touch with the common man which I can identify with. He also always had an underlying tone of sadness which I could also identify with.)
The mystery behind troubled comic Artie Lange’s recent hospital stay may be more serious than expected.
Howard Stern’s sharp-tongued sidekick was reportedly rushed to a New Jersey hospital on Saturday, the comedian’s rep confirmed to TMZ.com, adding Lange “has chosen to keep all information on this matter between him and his doctor.”
However, not all of Lange’s skeletons have been kept in the closet.
Lange’s hospitalization reportedly occurred after the comedian stabbed himself nine times in an apparent suicide attempt, The Post reports.
According to a law-enforcement source, Lange’s mother called 911 after entering his Hoboken apartment and finding the blood-stained comedian Saturday morning.
Lange’s mother reportedly came to visit him to drop off food when she discovered her injured son, who sustained six “hesitation wounds” and three deep plunges.
Despite heavy bleeding from the incident, surgeons managed to save Lange’s life.
Earlier in the week, Stern spoke out about his ailing friend, however wouldn’t reveal the reason for Lange’s emergency.
“We all have our demons,” said Stern, referring to Lange’s past battles with addiction. “Artie has given this show tremendous moments of great comedy. He’s a tremendous contributor. He is a good man. Don’t forget how great he is.”
Stern, who has hosted the controversial radio program, “The Howard Stern Show,” on Sirius XM radio since January 2006, also denied that Lange was quitting the show and being replaced by Jim Breuer.
Lange, 41, had been mysteriously absent from the radio talk show in the days prior to the company’s holiday break.
-Timbaland looked baked as hell for a second there.
-Biggest match of the century….. Another guest host bomb. Fuck.
-I believe Bourne was supposed to hit the turnbuckle… That was ugly.
-The finish to Rhodes and Henry was pretty cool.
-The JeriShow vingette was pretty funny.
-God, who thought we’d be revisiting Montreal in 2010.
-The Vince/Shawn promo was well done.
-Timbaland is fat.
-Awesome finish to Miz and Kofi part 1.
-I was kinda disappointed that Hornswoggle didn’t hit the Pedigree.
-The PVR cut off before Sheamus and Cena… (Chantal doesn’t know to leave extra time when you record because Raw runs long. She has so much to still learn)
-Fuck Johnny Damon.
-Oh, she’s chasing a tiger… How current eventy for you WWE. Embarassingly bad but at least it made Damon shut his fucking trap for a few seconds. Horrible.
-Kelly Kelly is improving.
-Little Peoples Court vingette #1 was awful. Embarassing. Terrible. Sad.
-Henry/Kofi/Bourne vs. Legacy was good. That’s more like it.
-Sgt. Slaughter-Clause? Bizarre.
-Little Peoples Court vingette #2, more of the same….
-Swagger and Cena was pretty good. Swagger came out looking strong.
-Dusty Clause. Awesome.
-Damon needs to die.
-Michael Wallstreet Clause? And they went to the Tiger well again? And Mae Young? Yuck….
-Good god they’re going to replay that shit again….
-The DX midget army….
-Hornswoggle is DX’s mascot. Ok….
-Wow, 7 years they’ve been doing this. Pretty cool.
-They brought a video screen this year, funny.
-Giving credit to JBL for the idea.
-Classic feel-good opener for the crowd. Well done boys.
-I don’t think R-Truth is the real Santa…
-Obama, that’s pretty cool. He is a long-legged mack daddy.
-The vingettes make the trip look really fun but I’m sure its not.
-Totally wasn’t paying attention to Miz and Morrison.
-Cena and Jericho looked decent. Who knows how much they clipped.
-Wow, the sound is totally fucked. Unrecognizable.
-The ECW Homecoming… Giggle, awesome.
-Past ECW stars against current ones? I’m not holding my breath for Sabu.
-I’m over the whole Burchill/Hurricane thing. Although that’s a pretty cool mask.
-Tony Atlas laugh!
-Kozlov and Jackson sucked.
-Face Kozlov on the way.
-Zack Ryder and Kane was a decent little match in a weird way.
-Is that Festus? Is he the straight edge soldier? Ok…. What’s his name, Lou? Where was I when this went down??
-I see Matt Striker is starting to heel it up…
-Lou? Luke? What the fuck??
-6 Man tag was fun, good start to the show.
-You don’t really notice how big Beth Phoenix is until she stands next to another diva.
-Thank god I can ffwd through the DX merch shill. Once is enough.
-Escobar needs work.
-Vickie Guerrero is tremendous.
-”Troglodites.” Tremendous.
-I know I say it every week, and I will probably keep saying it every week but I’m so happy for Harry and TJ.
-Another Bret Hart name drop.
-Dynasty vs. Yang/SMJ was fun.
-Batista and Rey was ok but the finish was weak as fuck.
New Years was pretty sweet this year. We headed to Calgary to spend time with my family. Saw my niece and nephews and got to watch the Flames beat the Oilers (again) with my step-dad and then had some kick-ass food. A good time was had by all.