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2009-07-29T09:51:00.000-07:00

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2009-07-29T09:50:00.000-07:00

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2009-07-29T09:47:00.000-07:00

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2009-07-20T09:10:00.000-07:00

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2009-05-10T02:49:00.000-07:00

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2009-05-05T11:04:00.000-07:00

Okay, I know everyone loves WWE Divas and things are not so cooool without them. So, this time i am going to give you some hot stuff like of WWE Divas Wallpapers. I'll be dishing out more and more pics of WWE Divas, one at a time, so the excitement will continue and you will want some more at the end of the day. So lets get going, well lets start with the Canadian Hottie, Trish Stratus.

Ain't she hot? Dont worry, you'll get more of her as well as other hot divas along with the WWE Hunks.

Two WWE Divas Pulled From Battle Royal At Wrestlemania?

2009-03-26T10:08:00.000-07:00

As was previously reported on the site, the returning WWE Diva Gail Kim was removed from the 25 Diva Battle Royal WrestleMania 25 graphic because she hasn't officially debuted yet.

Industry sources have stated that her inclusion in the graphic last week was simply a mistake.

What isn't a mistake, however, is that WWE removed Candice Michelle from the promotional image as well.

The former Playboy cover girl and Women's Champion is currently at home with an ankle injury.

Her removal from the graphic could be a sign that she will not be medically cleared to compete in the match to crown the first ever Miss WrestleMania.

She missed last year's WrestleMania due to injury as well.

There have even been scattered reports that Michelle is considering retiring from WWE competition, although those reports are purely speculatory at the moment.

Source

How to become a successful Flirt Diva

2009-02-12T09:29:00.000-08:00

To make a move and connect – that is the ultimate goal of all Flirt Divas. And really it's not rocket science; it's just a matter of smiling and maintaining eye- contact and wondering up for a chat.
Tell him you like his shirt, shoes, hair – anything - just make contact. You'll be well prepped for making an approach once you've nailed the 6-Steps.
Step 1. Emotional Admin
Step 1 is devoted to emotional admin. It's all about building foundations and getting your emotional tool-box in order. Sorting out all the W's: the where's, why's and wherefores. Looking at where you're at; what you want and how you're going to get it.
It's super important to do your emotional housekeeping and get your house in order before you go out there to make a killing in flirt land. Often we have to do this in order to unearth our flirt-mojos. So to summarise Step 1. Have a clean head space from which to start from.
Step 2. The Flirtebrities – the best and worst of the celebrity Flirtebrities
Look at the Best & Worst Celebrity flirtstars. How do the superstars do it? Take your cues from strong, amazing successful women, women who can be your personal role models. What do they do? How do they do it? It's all about watching, observing and being inspired by the women you admire.
Pay attention to the way they conduct themselves socially, professionally and romantically. Who do you think the worlds hottest flirts are? What do they do that you can emulate? Watch. Study. Pay attention!
Step 3. Action Diva
Make this the year to unleash your adventurous side. Focus on getting in touch with the things that stimulate you, excite you, exhilarate you and generally remind you that you're alive and kicking!
That means getting out of your comfort zone, a good start is with finding your Inner Kid and doing those things you were once so passionate about. They rocked your world then and they can rock your world now!

Step 4. Glam Diva
Get in touch with your inner glamazon and ladies prepare your stations! The Flirt Diva must be prepared for any occasion. Ready to look gorgeous at the drop of a hat. You'll be waxed, moisturised, tweezed, exfoliated and groomed within an inch of your life.
Get ready to be gorgeous girl! That inner confidence boost is the backbone when it comes to holding your own in any social situation.
Step 5. Social Diva
So you've done your emotional admin, you've re-ignited your action diva, you've got yourself looking gorgeous and you're ready to hit the town, but what do you say…? There is an art to knowing what to say and when to say it.
Just as there is having the perfect ice-breaker to propel a conversation and get it flying. Make it your business to thrill and entice everyone and anyone with your conversation. Study the art of what to say in any given situation. Practice your conversation on anyone and everyone; go on pseudo dates to perfect the art.
Step 6. Vamp Diva!
So now you're ready to unleash your inner vamp and find your mojo. OK, first things first: when looking for examples of how to flirt, look for the universally recognised gestures – they're the ones the guy's are going to be looking out for. And once you've got them down pat, use them in hi-repetition flirting combination.
This is absolutely foolproof when it comes to letting men know that “Hello, yes you are interested in more than just coffee thanks!” Smoulder with sass and sex appeal.

Source: http://www.metro.co.uk

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2009-01-18T08:31:00.000-08:00

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Say Happy birthday to bollywood diva Deepika watch!

2009-01-05T09:38:00.000-08:00

Bollywood's latest diva, Deepika Padukone, who has taken tinsel town by a storm turns a year older today.

Gail Kim To Get Huge Push From WWE!

2009-01-05T09:23:00.000-08:00

As many know, Gail Kim came back to the WWE after being in TNA for a few years. She actually was in the WWE and won the Women's Championship early in her WWE career. She didn't hold it too long, but did hold it none the less.
She is now back, and looking pretty good as a wrestler. It seems that TNA has the best female wrestlers, which is something the WWE hates. They want to be better than them, and acquiring their No. 1 Knockout is a start.
Gail Kim is said to be getting a big push by the WWE. She will get into a feud with Diva's Champion Maryse. Now Maryse is injured, so don't expect it to be very fast. I could see it starting after the Royal Rumble.
See the WWE changed their top face diva on SmackDown in Michelle McCool to a heel. So there seemed to be no one as a face anyway to compete with Maryse for the Diva's Title.
Both Maria and McCool are in a feud and the tag team of the Bella Twins kind of disqualifies them. Also, they are relatively new to the wrestling fans eyes. So Kim would be the only face possible to be in a feud with Maryse.
It was speculated Kim was going to be going to either RAW or SmackDown. I personally spoke out on why she should be on SmackDown. And this feud with Maryse confirms my first speculation on her going to SmackDown.
They could use her as a surprise, and she could be a big cash cow for them if marketed right. If Kim were to win the Diva's Title she would make history as a female wrestler.
She would be the first female ever to win The Women's Title, Diva's Title, and TNA Knockout's Title. No one in wrestling history could say they did that. She would be a No. 1 diva in the WWE for years.
I don't think wrestling wise there is many better than Kim in the female wrestling community, just my opinion of course. But for now at least we know she is in the WWE, and is going to SmackDown. Also she will soon be going after history.
I do not think she will win it right off considering Maryse is getting a push. Possibly if the WWE wants to get Maryse out for awhile because of her injury then I could see her winning it.
A big feud for the title sounds better to me. Kim would have to earn it sort off. I am eager to see what the SmackDown writers do with the feud.
What do you think? Do you think the WWE should put Gail Kim into a push for the Diva's Title her first time back in the WWE?

Source: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/102893-gail-kim-to-get-huge-push-from-wwe

WWE Divas Champion Maryse comments on her dislocated knee, says whether surgery is needed

2009-01-05T09:15:00.000-08:00

Maryse issued her first public comments on her knee injury in the WWE Universe blog section. "Last week while performing in the ring in Raleigh, North Carolina i hit a bad move and dislocated my right knee cap," she wrote on Monday. "While backstage, it took approximately 35 to 40 minutes to replace it, my knee cap was completely out. No surgery will be needed." To read her full blog, visit WWE.com.Powell's POV: WWE officials must be hopeful that she'll make a quick recovery since they have not stripped her of the Divas Title. Jim Ross mentioned in a recent blog that he believes she'll keep the title and return to action sooner rather than later.

Source: http://www.prowrestling.net/artman/publish/WWE/article1004107.shtml

WWE puts “nude” Vickie Guerrero pictures online

2009-01-03T09:32:00.000-08:00

The child-friendly PG-rated WWE have put “nude” pictures of Smackdown general manager Vickie Guerrero online at WWE.com.
Obviously, certain parts of Vickie’s body are covered up.
The pictures were put on the website to further the storyline on Smackdown, with Triple H telling Vickie he found naked pictures of her on eBay.

Source:http://www.wwe.com/shows/smackdown/sdspecial/vickienude/

Batista's Patience: WWE's Only Virtue?

2008-12-23T08:21:00.001-08:00

While my title may not make much sense, neither do Batista's actions over the last few months.
I remember a few months ago that Batista was considering retiring; everyone knew that this wasn't a call for retirement, it was Batista saying, " Gimme a good belt or I'll walk."

The WWE gave him the title for what? a few days? and he loses to Jericho. If I were Batista, I'd be able to view this as a spit in the face. Ever since, he's been fighting with Orton over who gets the next shot; that was canned (proof being this tournament), they're (being the writing staff) basically going to turn this into a, "You screwed me" feud, and it might end with a title shot for the winner. I figure it will, it just seems that Batista is allowing himself to be low-balled by the WWE.
What do you think?

Source: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/96099-batistas-patience-wwes-only-virtue

Various News: Top Selling DVDs, Torrie Wilson Works for JBL, The Wrestler Named SI’s Sports Movie of the Year, More

2008-12-23T08:19:00.000-08:00

- WWE's Edge: Decade of Decadence DVD set is out in some HMV stores in Canada already. It gets "officially released" on Tuesday. [Credit: Pwinsider.com]- Sports Illustrated has a piece in this week's edition, discussing the movie, The Wrestler. Sports Illustrated named the film their, "Sports Movie of the Year". The article has comments from Mick Foley, but there are no mentions of TNA in the piece. In the article, they make comparisons between Foley and the Randy The Ram character from the movie. In regards to Foley, they state, "he's not broke...but is still making appearances on the road at least 10 days a month". [Credit: Pwinsider.com]- In a recent blog entry, Torrie Wilson revealed that she recently shot a commercial for JBL's Mamajuana Energy Drink. Wilson will be going to Miami to do publicity work for the drink as well. - Here is the latest Billboard Top Ten Recreational Sports DVD list:1. MLB: 2008 World Series: Philadelphia Phillies vs. Tampa Bay Rays 2. WWE: The History Of The Intercontinental Championship 3. WWE: Viva La Raza: The Legacy Of Eddie Guerrero 4. WWE: Hell In A Cell 5. WWE: Twist Of Fate: The Matt & Jeff Hardy Story 6. The Rivalry: Michigan Vs. Ohio State 7. NFL: History of the Cleveland Browns8. WWE: The Rock: The Most Electrifying Man In Sports Entertainment 9. UFC: Ultimate Comebacks 10. 2001 FedEx Orange Bowl National Championship.

SOURCE:
http://www.411mania.com/wrestling/news/92805/Various-News:-Top-Selling-DVDs,-Torrie-Wilson-Works-for-JBL,-The-Wrestler-Named-SIs-Sports-Movie-of-the-Year,-More.htm

A Stratus-fying episode of Raw

2008-12-23T08:18:00.001-08:00

Before I take a look at last night’s Raw, I want to acknowledge the big news about Batista that was reported last night by pwinsider.com. For those who missed it, Batista has suffered tears in his hamstring muscle and will undergo major surgery that is expected to keep him out of action until next summer, according to the report.
Batista did not appear on last night’s show, although the hamstring injury was not mentioned. The story line is that he is out because of the injuries he suffered last week when Randy Orton kicked him in the head. I’ll talk more about Batista’s injury in a separate post later today.
The big news as far as last night’s show is concerned is that Trish Stratus made a surprise return to the ring. The Ontario native got a huge pop from the crowd in Toronto when she was introduced as John Cena’s partner for a mixed tag match against Santino Marella and Beth Phoenix.
It was great to see Stratus back in the ring, although it was made clear that it was just for one night only. Stratus, who retired in 2006 at the age of 30, showed no ring rust whatsoever.
The combination of seven-time women’s champion Straus mixing it up with current champ Phoenix, and Marella doing his shtick opposite the top star in the company, made for a fresh and entertaining main event. It was funny that the crowd was super hot for Stratus but still booed Cena, even after Stratus held up his arm and encouraged the fans to cheer him during the postmatch celebration.
The match was set up at the beginning of the show when Marella challenged Cena to get a female partner to face him and Phoenix. It appeared that Kelly Kelly was Cena’s choice, but she was later shown leaving the building. With Double K out of the picture, I knew it was going to be Stratus. Did I know this because I’m so smart? No. I read a spoiler before the show aired that Stratus was backstage, so it wasn’t hard to figure out at that point.Other thoughts on last night’s show:
Marella was brilliant as usual. When he issued the challenge to Cena, he called him “John Chayna,” which legitimately cracked up Cena. …
It made sense for Triple H to offer to help Shawn Michaels with his money problems, but Michaels’ reasoning for turning his friend down was kind of absurd considering their past. Michaels told Triple H that their friendship would never be the same if he accepted his financial help. Really? You mean borrowing money from a friend can damage a relationship worse than battering a friend repeatedly with a sledgehammer? …
The three matches between former world champions to determine the competitors for next week’s fatal fourway elimination match (which will determine the challenger to Cena’s world heavyweight title at next month’s Royal Rumble pay-per-view) were good. The Chris Jericho-CM Punk match, in particular, was very good. The spot where Punk courageously refused to give up while trapped for what seemed like forever in the Walls of Jericho may have done more to make Punk a star than winning the world heavyweight title did. …
Despite contrasting styles, JBL and Rey Mysterio worked pretty well together. The finish, which saw JBL win by disqualification after Michaels slapped him in the face, doesn’t really make sense if you think about it. When competing in a tournament, why wouldn’t every wrestler just have one of their friends come down to ringside and slap them so that they could advance by a DQ? …
Orton delivered another good promo after his forfeit victory over Batista. It is a little weird, however, for Orton, a heel, to be perfectly justified about wanting revenge on Batista for Evolution ambushing him back in 2004. Had Batista not gotten hurt, I think WWE might have been building to a double turn with him and Orton. …
The women’s tag match – Mickie James and Melina versus Jillian Hall and Layla – was a little rough in spots. I think James might have legitimately injured her knee after taking a spill outside the ring. If not, she did a tremendous job of selling that she was hurt. …
Since dropping his greaser gimmick, Sim Snuka reminds me of one of the greatest movie characters of all time – Damone from Fast Times at Ridgemont High. I wonder if Snuka has a five-point plan for success in WWE.

SOURCE: http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/sports/wrestling/blog/2008/12/a_stratusfying_episode_of_raw.html

DVD Review: Viva La Raza! The Legacy of Eddie Guerrero (Part Three)

2008-12-23T08:16:00.000-08:00

Disc 2 starts the WWE period of Eddie’s career, with Chris Jericho talking about how Eddie helped to pave the way for smaller people to make it in US wrestling, and says that when Eddie was on then he was the best worker in the world, which is pretty close to the truth to be fair. He then puts Eddie’s angle with Chyna over because Eddie, in Jericho’s words “did something I failed to do” when talking about how he was so entertaining in that angle, which was really the first time his over the top entertaining personality had come to the fore onscreen.
To illustrate this period of Eddie’s career we get the match against Jericho where Eddie won the European Title and Chyna joined him, from WWE RAW on April 3rd 2000. The first thought that comes to mind when watching this is thank God Jericho is no longer doing the double-powerbomb spot. It worked when Brock Lesnar did it because Brock was a fucking monster, but Jericho is way too small (even when in there with a smaller guy like Eddie) to pull off such power spots. It’s a shame that the two guys were kept apart for the large majority of Eddie’s WWE run as here you could tell they were trying to adjust to how the WWE wants their wrestlers to go, with more strikes such as a chop exchange on the floor that wasn’t a feature of their earlier matches, and more playing to the crowd and character-driven drama, but they weren’t quite there yet. The ending saw Chyna turn on Jericho with a DDT and put Eddie on top for the win. I remember at the time hating that they’d put Chyna with Eddie but really it was the best thing for his career as being able to project that over the top character on screen probably did more for him in the eyes of the WWE top brass.
Matt Hardy then talks about how Eddie was so good he would call matches in the ring, and sometimes Matt wouldn’t even know what they’d be doing and would just go along with Eddie. Of course he doesn’t follow that up with the logical conclusion that guys today overly script their matches and come straight from the WWE system so they don’t have the versatility in the ring that Eddie had.
Eddie’s match with Matt from WWE SmackDown on June 8th 2000 is then shown to illustrate this. Some of the WWE match choices on this set totally seem like “lets get this guy or that guy on the DVD set” and it’s actually something that works as this is a rare and not very much talked about match that if I’d have been picking the matches for the DVD I’d have never even thought of including. It’s a short match based around some chain wrestling early then throwing in some highspots before Eddie got the win with a second rope huracanrana done Rey Mysterio-style going directly into the cover rather than releasing him and going to cover afterwards.
Jerry Lawler talks about his history with the Guerrero family, and says that the first time he saw Eddie he was spooked by just how much of a mirror image he was of his brother Hector. Lawler then talks about how much fun it was to sit at ringside for all Eddie’s matches, and honestly for all the shit he gets as a commentator now, Lawler’s “Latino Heeeeeeeat” catchphrase really helped get Eddie over I think.
Lawler continued on, talking about the Eddie Guerrero v. Rob Van Dam match from Backlash 2002, saying it was like watching a great artist do a painting and called it the best match he’d seen in years. The match was shown, and to be honest I had completely forgotten all about it after having only ever seen it live, but it is a really good match. It’s also an important match for Eddie as he won back the InterContinental title on his first PPV match back from his absence from the company when they let him go for his drug issues. Obviously both Eddie and Van Dam do the frogsplash as a finisher, but besides that their in ring styles are both flashy, entertaining and move heavy, with enough crowd interplay from both guys that should have kept them involved. As Lawler said, this really was a beautiful match with both guys countering each others moves, looking smooth, with seamless transitions and great nearfalls, in particular RVD changing up his Rolling Thunder so that he landed in pinfall position rather than back-first onto Eddie as was usual, and Eddie hitting a nasty top rope sunset flip powerbomb. The only problem was the crowd heat, the people here were just dead, and I don’t really know why. The finish saw Eddie hit a beltshot and then follow up not just with a regular frogpslash but a frogsplash to RVD’s FACE to win. An important match for Eddie as it showed that WWE were willing to give him a second chance, which he took full advantage of. I just wish the crowd had responded to what they were doing, but that would not be a problem for Eddie later in his career.
Jeff Hardy then talks about how star-struck he was when he first met Eddie, which sounds so weird coming from one of the biggest stars around today, the current WWE Champion. Jeff even went as far as to call Eddie the perfect wrestler.
Then Jeff’s match with Eddie from the April 29th 2002 edition of Monday Night RAW is shown. Jeff was well into the “couldn’t care less” phase of his career, so Eddie basically walked him through a match and tried to help Jeff avoid seriously injuring himself, and watching Jeff superplex Eddie off the top rope and come down on his own head was really scary, and not in the usual “its Jeff Hardy doing a Jeff Hardy bump” kind of way. They did a really clever spot leading to a ref bump as they teased it, avoided it, had Eddie do his panicky heel flip-out, before Jeff hit the Whisper In The Wind and wiped out both Eddie and the ref, and how I’ve described it here really doesn’t get across just how perfectly that sequence ran. Jeff then went for a dive on the outside and Eddie met him in midair with a beltshot, and won with the frogsplash. Yet again, much like Matt’s match it does come across as just an excuse to get them on the DVD, but I don’t care it was cool to see.
Edge talks about how he and Eddie are both perfectionists, and expected their 2002 feud to rock, but matches at SummerSlam and Unforgiven were good but not great, and then they had the famous September 26th 2002 no-DQ match where everything clicked. Edge talks about taking the airplane home the following day, and seeing how messed up they both were, but how it was completely worth it.
Then said no-DQ match is shown, and it’s amazing how great it still is today. No-DQ matches are generally amongst the main match types that don’t hold up to repeated viewings years later. And the reason for that is usually that they descend into any excuse to use hardcore plunder with no psychology or no build to the spots. Eddie Guerrero and Edge used two weapons the entire match, most famously a ladder, but also a chair, which was only used once, after a referee took a ladder to the face and Eddie gave Edge a chairshot to take him down as he was distracted. But the big spots were built to, hell they didn’t even grab the ladder at all for the first 10 minutes, and then after the ref bump and chairshot went back to the ring for a bit. Once the ladder was brought in, it actually added to the regular spots such as Eddie being monkey-flipped into the corner by the other guy’s legs, a spot Eddie used to do all the time particularly with Rey Mysterio, and the slingshot senton from the apron into the ring, which here was done onto an Edge ladder sandwich. You know it’s a great match when, during some of the nearfalls, you can see Michael Cole in the background leaping up and down in his chair, since normally he looks like he’s about to fall asleep on the rare occasions he is actually caught on camera. But him marking out for the kickout from a sunset flip off the top of the ladder was so awesome. Edge talks about that spot in his prematch VT here as well, saying Eddie whispered to him “we’ve got them now!” as the crowd went mental at that spot, and given what Edge says earlier about thinking their PPV matches were good not great it must have been a big moment for them both, so that’s nice. And the DDT off the ladder to finish was amazing, one of the most breathtaking looking finishes to a match in years. This match convinces me that Edge would have no problems going babyface in the future, as awesome as he is as a heel, but also that Eddie was amazing and the standing ovation he received in losing the match just showed that.
Chavo Guerrero then talks about how teaming with Eddie was the highlight of his career, and how when they first did the Lie, Cheat and Steal vignettes they were heels, but people started cheering, which he surmises as people could see they were having fun out there so they had fun watching. He’s right too.
Los Guerreros v. Team Angle from Backlash 2003 is shown, and Charlie Haas carries out a large picture of Kurt Angle, so he’s there in spirit despite actually having suffered the first of his WWE-era neck injuries and not being on the show at this time. They pretty much take 15 minutes to work a clinic in tag team wrestling. Jim Cornette has talked about how to have the standard tag team match a million times, and they do it here to a T, as the babyfaces shine, but with the Los Guerreros twist of getting their shine by cheating and doing stuff that the heels should generally be doing, then the heels get heat, and one good thing about including this on the DVD is that it shows Eddie playing face-in-peril in a tag team match, which isn’t usually a role we saw a lot of him doing, yet, and I’m sure this isn’t going to be much of a shock to you, it’s a role he was fucking incredible in. When he’s getting beaten down, even by two relative newcomers who had only been in WWE less than 6 months, Eddie’s selling is so great and he treats his opponents as being on his level that the fans actually believe they can beat him, and that just means they get behind him even more, then once the hot tag is made Chavo makes the comeback. It falls apart from there though, as Eddie comes back in at random stages without tagging and it’s just a bit of a mess, before Shelton trips Chavo and holds his leg down from the apron as Chavo covers him for the win. But after the match, Chavo wipes them out with a tope and they take the belts anyway and drive off in a low rider.
Apparently that Backlash match was the first appearance of a low rider from the Guerreros in WWE, as John Cena talks about how he bought that and had it restored as a present to Chavo, which is cool. He then talks about facing Eddie early in his WWE run, and how Eddie taught him wrestling psychology and performing at the level the WWE wants. I actually remember they kind of played that up in 2005 in the leadup to Cena’s first WWE title win, Eddie gave Cena a pep talk on a backstage promo before his #1 contenders match with Kurt Angle about what it takes to carry the company, and my god has Cena ever lived up to that more than anyone could expect.
Then we see highlights from the Parking Lot Brawl on September 11th 2003 between Eddie and John Cena. It starts with Cena in the circle of cars running down Eddie with a heel rap, before Eddie shows up in a lowrider. As a once-every-few-years thing, I actually like parking lot brawls, and think the collection of lower card guys out there watching the match added a lot to the atmosphere too. Besides one comedy spot where Cena tries to run Eddie down with a lawn mower, they do nothing out of the ordinary, it’s a WWE walk and brawl with punches, smashing people’s heads into cars, and basic moves like suplexes and flapjacks which have even more visual and audio impact and get more of a crowd response when done onto a car. Cena showed a knack for heelish stooging here which he could get back if the WWE ever turns him, and it was an important match for Eddie in that WWE at this time were still holding over from the Austin era in many respects, where crowd brawls and use of props in matches were seen as essential to working in main events. This was a lot of fun, and definitely went longer than I remembered, before Eddie won when Chavo made his return from injury and Eddie frogsplashed from one car onto Cena on another car. A fun and different match that’s a good break from the rest of the DVD set, and also it gets the WWE’s current top star on there, which can never be a bad thing.
Chavo Classic~! makes his first appearance on the DVD, to talk about how Eddie had to fight against people who resented the Guerrero family in Mexico, and talked about how sometimes he let his legendary temper get the better of him.
Up next is a match where Eddie controlling his temper was actually the storyline, his match with Chavo at the 2004 Royal Rumble. Classic was in Chavo’s corner, and the story was that Chavo had acted like a prick and wanted to wind Eddie up, but Eddie had to control his temper and wanted to win by proving he was the better wrestler. His character work here was amazing, particularly his facial expressions when he’d clench his fist, realise what he was doing and have to hold back. As his character work was so great and the crowd reaction to him was so amazing that even though the internet really didn’t like this match all that much when it happened, I’d guess internally the WWE loved it, as it showed Eddie’s character could get a match over just as much as his ring-work. That, plus the fact that a singles match with Chavo is one of those things that would’ve had to be included, are probably the reasons that it’s on here. Eddie got the win in a short match, cleanly with the frogsplash, then got his payback after securing the win by bloodying up Chavo afterwards and forcing Classic to watch by punching him out and tying him to the ropes. This was great, as Eddie’s character didn’t lose any face, and the crowd got to also see him kick some ass like they wanted him to.
Vickie Guerrero talks about the night Eddie became WWE Champion as him living his dream, and clips are shown of Eddie’s celebrations including backstage footage of him on the phone to Vickie, and hugging Vince McMahon. Vickie then talks about how happy Eddie was when he came home with the title for the first time.
Then the match is shown, from No Way Out 2004 against Brock Lesnar. I know it’s repeated from his first DVD, the only match in that situation, but it is the crowing achievement of Eddie’s career so I think the set would’ve felt incomplete without it. And the fact that it’s arguably the Match Of The Decade helps a lot too. It’s a fucking masterful performance from both guys, as Brock uses his power and you just think Eddie is overmatched as he gets nothing early and Brock destroys him. They do an unbelievable job painting Eddie as the ultimate underdog and Brock as the unstoppable monster, but when Brock makes a mistake missing a high knee and Eddie is able to work it over and make things a level playing field. Well, I say that, but you still always feel like Brock is the favourite and even 10 minutes of cool leg submissions (yes, from Eddie Guerrero, again showing his versatility in his career-defining match when he could’ve just done “Eddie doing Eddie spots” since it was his time to shine, but having a great match telling a great story was more important) are stopped in their tracks by Brock hitting one simple move. It’s David v. Goliath in real life human form, and even the run-in from Goldberg doesn’t detract from the moment, as the match continues on from that point, and the pop for Eddie hitting the frogsplash to win is earth-shattering. I really cannot think of enough great things to say about this match that haven’t already been said, because otherwise I really would be here forever (and I’m sure it already feels like that for some of you that have read up to this point!). In a way it is unique amongst WWE matches in the last ten years because they had the great match and then because of circumstances this match never got it’s impact lessened or got lumped into a series of matches by having a million rematches, and off the top of my head I can’t really think of another great WWE main event that applies to.
Also on Disc 2, as a special feature are the Los Guerreros “if you’re not cheating, you’re not trying” vignettes, which were some classic stuff, and several outtakes are included, which is something I love seeing for regular TV shows, so on wrestling vignettes it’s an added bonus too.
Disc 3 begins with Rey Mysterio talking about how Eddie winning the WWE Title was him realising his dream, then he reminisces about some private jokes they used to share with each other.
Then Eddie’s match with Rey from the March 18th 2004 episode of SmackDown is shown. This was very interesting because in all their previous matches, Eddie was the clear heel, and in all their future matches Eddie was either setting up for a heel turn or was the clear heel, yet this is the one match where they were both 100% babyfaces, plus their only match for the WWE Title. They work a brilliant mat-guy v. highflier match with Eddie working over Rey’s shoulder and using the fact that he’s the older, bigger and more experienced guy to have him control most of the match, whilst also showcasing Rey’s highspots at the right times. In many ways it reminded me of a match I watched recently on the WWE Raw XV Anniversary DVD with Bret Hart wrestling the 123 Kid, with Eddie in Bret’s role. The similarities are clear and it’s not something I really thought about watching at the time as they were both undersized champions getting the rare chance to be something other than the underdog against bigger guys and showing that they can excel in that role. Seeing Eddie Guerrero, the flashy “has fun in the ring” guy working hammerlocks for ten minutes actually sounds kind of dull on paper but he’s so good at it and you’re so engaged in the match that it works completely. The fact that when they did up the pace and had Rey take the advantage with his big spots, that they hit those spots, in particular an Asai Moonsault that led to the commercial break, and a springboard off the ropes into a DDT with such precision, fluidity and grace that they’d maybe not approached since their classic Halloween Havoc match really helped put this match on another plateau too. Eddie got the win when Rey missed the drop the dime legdrop and Eddie got a La Magistral cradle to win. See, that’s another Bret trait, winning by outwrestling your opponent rather than just running through your finishing moves. I can’t recommend this match highly enough, and the more I see of them the more I think Eddie v. Rey might just be the greatest in-ring rivalry of all time.
JBL talks about how he can’t go back to El Paso without getting spat or having a police escort to drive him out of town because of his feud with Eddie, which just goes to show how beloved Eddie was. I’m sure the story is either embellished or outright lies to be honest with you but it does show just how popular Eddie was in the Hispanic areas, to the point that people internally at WWE were referring to him as a “Latino Steve Austin.”
Then we get the bloodbath of a match between Eddie and JBL at Judgement Day 2004. I remember really not being into this at the time, but looking back I assume that was just because the beer drinking, poker playing midcard tag team guy had got this ridiculous makeover and an immediate main event push. And when I say ridiculous makeover in character, much like when The Undertaker changed from The Undertaker to some guy riding a motorbike, the fact that JBL was a rich dude who has moved to New York in real life does not mean the gimmick change on TV wasn’t way too out there. As for the match, you know how sometimes people refer to matches as being a one-man show, or only being great because of one man? Well Eddie was that one man here. At the start when he’s pissed off and doing toe-to-toe brawling with JBL and beating him up and down the aisle, in and around the ring, it’s great. In the ring, JBL lays out Eddie with a big boot and takes charge, and it sucks. I mean who the fuck wants to see JBL laying in a five minute headlock. Then comes THE CHAIRSHOT. Everyone who has seen it won’t forget it, blood was spurting out of Eddie’s forehead like nothing I’ve ever seen before, and it drew audibly shocked gasps from the crowd. From there, Eddie is magnificent in being beaten up to the point where you really do think all hope is lost, then he fires up a la Lawler in Memphis, all covered in blood and screaming at his opponent to bring it, and punching away, getting total payback and revenge, despite the DQ ending as he just beats the shit out of JBL all the way back up the aisle. The shot of Eddie bleeding like a stuck pig, mounting JBL and punching away while JBL and the WWE Title belt is laying in a pool of Eddie’s blood in the ring is something that should’ve been an iconic image of pro wrestling, along with Mick Foley taking the Hell In A Cell bump or Steve Austin in the sharpshooter, and it astounds me that the WWE never really took advantage of that. Great match, and proof that DQ endings can still leave a crowd satisfied, because Eddie kicked ass and totally got revenge at the end here. Oh and if you love wrestling for the hokey comedic side that non-fans rip into as the most ridiculous stuff they’ve ever seen, there’s a magnificent spot as referee Brian Hebner is laying unconscious, and the impact of JBL powerbombing Eddie into the mat somehow wakes him up. Seriously a tremendous moment that I rewound and watched back about 5 times.
JBL talks about how when he grew up he’d always dream of being in main events against a great wrestler having a great match, and says that with Eddie Guerrero he got to fulfil that dream.
Then their steel cage match from the July 15th 2004 edition of WWE SmackDown is shown. Now that Eddie was an established main eventer, there were less and less “hidden gems” in terms of TV matches, and as shown by the next few matches on this DVD, his SmackDown bouts were now long PPV-length matches. In some ways that’s good because you are getting these long matches for free, but on another it didn’t allow Eddie’s versatility to shine through in terms of taking short matches and still making them memorable and great like some of the stuff earlier in the set. Here it’s a main event brawl, with a strange twist for a cage match in that the bigger, stronger guy with a more brawl-based offense in JBL was painted as the underdog, as Eddie kicked his ass so much that the entire heat segment took place in a commercial break. I don’t know if that was intentional, if it was miscommunication with the guys and the back, or if the early stuff in the match ran long, but it was a weird placement of the commercial. I didn’t really like this match that much, it’s probably the first one on the set I can say that for, but it did have one great spot in the frogsplash off the top of the cage, which really should’ve been either the finish or a post-match payback spot. Surely that’d be better than Kurt Angle coming out as El Gran Luchador to cost Eddie the match and get unmasked two minutes later. So this was not only a lame finish to a good match where the infinitely more talented worker ended up jobbing but they blew off a good mystery angle in a heartbeat. Was I watching TNA?
Michael Cole talks about how Eddie was so entertaining that you couldn’t help but smile at his antics, which is actually a reason why his attempted heel turn in 2003 ended up making him the biggest babyface in the company for a time. Then he talks about the contrasts between Eddie and Kurt Angle, saying Eddie was all about having fun, and Kurt was serious and a “stuffed shirt.” Would this be the same Kurt Angle who famously wore a kid’s cowboy hat once and also drowned an entire roster with a milk truck?
The Eddie Guerrero v. Kurt Angle match from the April 14th 2005 episode of SmackDown is then shown. I remember at the time people were a bit disappointed in the Eddie/Angle matches, but looking back now I think they were all good. And that disappointment extended to the two guys, as there was a famous story going around at the time that they got into a fight backstage because Kurt thought Eddie wasn’t getting up quick enough to take his moves, which basically means Kurt at that point somehow still didn’t understand pro-wrestling because a babyface selling moves to get a heel over isn’t something to flip out over. Here, they’d slowed down, probably because they knew they were having a long match and didn’t have to cut it short like SummerSlam 2004 because Eugene v. Triple H needed some extra time, and the slower pace actually helped tell the story and give the match a more serious vibe. I think it’s good that WWE is still including Kurt in their DVD releases, he had some excellent matches and was a major player in that company, and from November 2009 I expect him to be again, and certainly he was one of Eddie’s major rivals. This is also the first appearance on the DVD of Eddie doing the “throw a chair at his opponent, have him catch it and play dead” thing, which still years later makes me break into a smile and was a major part of Eddie’s act. The finish saw Rey Mysterio come out and cost Eddie the match, as they were doing the “tag team partners with dissension in the ranks” bit at this point, which lead to Eddie’s final heel turn where he became the best promo guy in the business.
Rey then is shown talking about how much charisma Eddie had, as well as how he was born to be a performer, as well as being a great guy backstage. And I heard all those stories about Eddie when he was still alive too, so it’s not like one of those situations where people only speak well of somebody once they’re dead.
Then Eddie’s cage match with Rey is shown from the September 9th 2005 episode of SmackDown. The majority of their 2005 feud is included on Rey Mysterio’s Littlest Big Man DVD that came out last year, which means that although they had better matches in the feud, so as not to repeat across DVDs we get the cage match where Eddie finally got a win over Rey in the feud. Eddie comes out in his I’m Your Papi t-shirt, which only he could’ve got over as the biggest catchphrase of the time. Eddie was really aggressive here, although you could tell injuries were effecting both guys as they had slowed down dramatically even from their 2004 match. But here it just meant that Eddie could get over his heelish uncaring viciousness more, and also they could build to a big highspot, in this case Rey missing a crossbody from the top of the cage, which left him a crumpled heap for Eddie to hit the frogsplash on to win. I liked this, but the cage gimmick really didn’t suit these two especially as something given away on free TV, as it limited what they could do.
Batista talks about how Eddie helped him out when he first moved to SmackDown, and made him realise he’d have to lead the locker room. Then he talks about how Eddie helped him through some tough personal times, meaning his divorce presumably, and was like the big brother he never had, before getting choked up and crying talking about finding out Eddie had died.
Then the Eddie v. Batista match from No Mercy 2005 is shown. Obviously it’s strange watching this back now, as it was clearly the first step in a feud which unfortunately never got the chance to fully come to fruition. That said, even as a standalone match it’s excellent and tells a great story, with Eddie being conflicted about whether to return to his old cheating ways even against an unstoppable monster babyface who seemingly overmatches him. And Eddie and Batista did a GREAT job here of making Dave look like an unstoppable monster, he overpowered Eddie and dominated early, and in an interesting twist it was actually Batista being distracted by Eddie NOT going through with cheating that gave Eddie the opening to take over and work Dave’s back, which played into the finish as Batista couldn’t hit the powerbomb and instead had to pin Eddie with two spinebusters. Eddie played the crafty veteran really well here, and they got so much drama in just a postmatch handshake that you know once Eddie turned on Batista it would’ve fucking ruled and really added to their future matches if Eddie could’ve added cowardly heel spots, more heat and a fuller backstory to the match here, they could’ve done something really special.
The main feature of the DVD ends with several minutes of comments from various people talking about what a great wrestler Eddie was, what a great person he was, and how much everyone misses him. Additional features on disc 3 are Chris Jericho telling the by-now-semi-famous story of when he and Eddie first met and Eddie yelled at him while he was drunk, then apologized the next day by saying “I know I did something wrong, I don’t remember what it was but believe me I’m sorry.” Been there. Also shown is Eddie’s last ever match, from the November 11th 2005 episode of SmackDown, where he beats Mr. Kennedy by DQ when after a ref bump he throws Kennedy a chair and he gets caught red-handed when the referee wakes back up. In many ways it’s classic Eddie and it’s actually fitting that was his last match.
On Silvervision.co.uk and I believe in at least one store in the US, this DVD comes with a fourth disc featuring the Raw and SmackDown Eddie Guerrero Tribute Shows. I didn’t watch them again to be honest, but from what I do remember the opening scene of Raw with the ten-bell salute really got to me, as did Rey removing his mask and crying in his pretaped tribute message, and the ending of Raw where John Cena lays down the WWE Title belt on top of an I’m Your Papi t-shirt as the show fades to black. SmackDown has a really fun match where Chavo Guerrero beats JBL by doing Eddie’s old lying, cheating and stealing trademark stuff. I remember seeing that at the time and it actually helped me out a lot that I could be entertained by wrestling still and it was a bit more of a light-hearted show than RAW, which was very heavy and emotional.
Overall I think this is an excellent DVD set, we get some famous matches and some rare matches in just about the right combination, the comments from the people used for interviews really helps too, both for the stories behind the specific matches and memories of Eddie.
If you’re in the UK you can pick up a copy of this DVD today via Silver Vision.

Source: http://www.ifight365.com/2008/12/dvd-review-viva-la-raza-the-legacy-of-eddie-guerrero-part-three/

Smackdown spoilers from Toronto (airdate December 26)

2008-12-23T08:14:00.000-08:00

Smackdown spoilers from TorontoAirdate December 26by Paul McMahon
- Shelton Benjamin beat Hurricane Helms to retain the U.S Title. Really good match.
- Jeff Hardy cut a promo saying how he is going to beat Big Show later tonight.
- Triple H cut a promo challenging Vladimir Kozlov. Chavo Guerrero came out and said that if Triple H interfered in another Kozlov match, he would be out of the Royal Rumble. Vickie Guerrero then made Triple H vs. Chavo. Triple H won, unsurprisingly.
- Carlito beat Brian Kendrick.
- Umaga is coming back! We got a video package hyping his return. Umaga as a challenger for Jeff Hardy? Yes please!
- Maryse beat Michelle McCool to win the Divas title. Maria was referee for this. After the match, Michelle beat the heck out of Maria. Not a good match but the crowd were quite into Maryse, who is awful but great together.
- It must be Christmas, because WWE keep on giving and giving. Kizarny will debut next week!
- The Great Khali beat MVP. Khali has new music. Afterwards, Mr. Kennedy came out while MVP was still laid out in the ring to cut a promo about his new movie.
- Vladimir Kozlov beat Jimmy Wang Yang. Squash.
- Jeff Hardy beat Big Show by countout. Good match. Matt and Jeff celebrated together on the ramp to end the show.

Source:http://www.ifight365.com/2008/12/smackdown-spoilers-from-toronto-airdate-december-26/

WWE Smackdown TV report (airdate August 29)

2008-08-31T05:41:00.000-07:00

WWE DIVAS

This week’s episode of SmackDown saw a continuation of the hype for the SmackDown Scramble Match and continuing The Undertaker’s storyline where Vickie Guerrero wants forgiveness.

Speaking of The Undertaker, the show begins with him coming to the ring for a promo. I know that opening-show interviews have been a staple of WWE’s weekly television for the last ten years, but Undertaker appears rarely enough that he’s a special attraction, so surely if he’s going to come out and cut a promo about wanting to kill the General Manager, maybe that’s something that should have been hyped.

Vickie and La Familia were all shown backstage watching this while Taker talked about capturing Vickie’s soul so that she burns in hell, and the La Familia members all left her dressing room and locked her in, so Vickie did a great freakout when she realised.

The final R Truth vignette is repeated, and then he comes to the ring for his SmackDown debut (well, re-debut but they’re not mentioning that).

Kenny Dykstra cuts a promo about how he’s a great athlete not some convict so the hype should all be about him. Fine in theory but most fans look at that as a complete joke because Dykstra has been a jobber for his entire WWE career. That pattern continued here as R-Truth picked up a win in a short basic match with the ax kick.

Not exactly an inspiring debut but hey at least it was better than Braden Walker.

Michelle McCool is backstage doing a photoshoot, when Maryse interrupts to say it’ll be her last shoot as Divas Champion. Michelle McCool says Maryse will never be Divas Champion because she has no talent. Pot, kettle, black. That sets up a divas tag match where Maryse and Natalya beat Maria and Michelle McCool with Maryse pinning Maria.

I hope they don’t put Maryse v. Michelle McCool on PPV and expect people to treat it as anything other than piss-break. It’s sad that Natalya is being downplayed for yet another bikini model type, but that’s how things go in WWE.

Maybe she needs to go to TNA, become the biggest ratings drawing babyface in the company and then when it comes to contract renewal time she’ll get an offer from WWE that trebles what TNA offer her.

Jeff Hardy cuts a promo talking about how MVP is just an obstacle on his road to achieving his dream of winning the WWE Title. Vickie Guerrero tries to phone for help, but the line is dead so she panicks and throws the phone at the wall - well, at a poster of The Undertaker on the wall, which was a cool touch. It’s 2008, surely she has a mobile?

The long match of the week was MVP v. Jeff Hardy, and it was really good. These two mesh really well in the ring together, and I really think they could be main eventing PPVs for the WWE Title against each other this year and draw decent buyrates.

They did a good job of playing up the basic story of MVP waiting for Hardy to make mistakes. I love that, it’s what both of them have cut promos about for the entire feud, then when it comes to match time they actually remember that there’s a storyline involved and it’s not just two guys going out there doing moves, and they use the match to play off the build. Jeff even managed to stop himself on a dive to the outside and outsmart MVP who had already ducked to avoid the move, and that’s played up throughout the match as Hardy is always one step ahead, and MVP’s viciousness when he finally cheapshots Hardy and gets on top is really good at showing his frustration.

In the end they tease their finishers and Jeff wins clean with the swanton, but Shelton Benjamin comes in to lay him out with the Pay Dirt postmatch, then lays out MVP with the same move.

Jesse and Festus v. Hawkins and Ryder doesn’t get started because The Big Show comes down and beats the hell out of everyone, then cuts a smiling happy babyface promo. Dude needs a heel turn soon, and I see it coming during the SmackDown Scramble at Unforgiven. Then Vickie is shown having a panic attack backstage.

Victoria lost clean to some new bikini model called Brie Bella, who won with a small package, so at least it was portrayed like an underdog fluke and not “this new girl who doesn’t look the least bit tough just beat Victoria” like all those Victoria v. Torrie Wilson matches did.

The Brian Kendrick is backstage with Ezekiel. He is reading the book “The Art Of War” and says he’s going to redefine the rules of warfare in 9 days at Unforgiven when he walks out as WWE Champion by crawling the fine line between genius and insanity. It was good, and if he can incorporate more of that into his character then I would get why they’ve been pushing Brian Pillman comparisons so hard.

Shelton Benjamin v. Triple H is the main event, and they made an effort to make Shelton look strong in the main body of the match, as he was able to use his athleticism and his mat skills (which are legitimately good apparently, but you’d never know that from watching him in the WWE because he never does any of it) to good effect. Then comes the ending and you realise the reason he had to look strong was because he was portrayed as such a loser at the end.

Triple H makes his comeback and is running through the usual when Great Khali’s music hits. With anyone else in wrestling ever, this would mean getting distracted and using that as a get-out for losing when your opponent attacked you whiel you weren’t looking. But not Triple H, no. Here, Shelton used the distraction to attempt the Pay Dirt (the move that laid out both Jeff Hardy and MVP earlier, don’t forget) but the distracted HHH is still able to avoid the move and hit the pedigree to win.

After the match, Khali and HHH have a staredown, and Shelton hits Hunter with the belt, so Khali lays the champion out with the Tree Slam to end the show.

This show needs Edge.

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http://www.wwepreview.com/2008/08/wwe-smackdown-tv-report-airdate-august-29/

McCool is WWE's blonde bombshell

2008-08-31T05:39:00.000-07:00

SHE is the reigning WWE Divas Champion – so who better to have as our Weekly Diva than Michelle McCool.

The sporty, and very sexy, blonde has come on a long way since she first appeared on screens in 2004.

After a few slip-ups to start with, Michelle has become Smackdown’s top girl and a big favourite with fans.

She says: “I truly believe that we aren't slaves to our emotions and that if we think positive, positive things will happen.

“I love being happy and seeing other people happy!”

So to make you all happy – here’s a slideshow of Michelle

It’s all about the wrestling on Smackdown

2008-08-31T05:38:00.000-07:00

If you’re of the opinion that there’s too much “sports entertainment” on wrestling shows these days and not enough wrestling, I hope you caught Smackdown last night.

There was an Undertaker-Vickie Guerrero angle sprinkled throughout the show, but the main focus was on the action in the ring, highlighted by two outstanding matches – Jeff Hardy versus MVP, and Triple H versus Shelton Benjamin.

I don’t know that WWE would want to do a show this wrestling-heavy every week, but it was a nice change of pace. With a quintet of talented workers competing in the Championship Scramble at the Unforgiven pay-per-view on Sept. 7, there is no better way to sell that match than to showcase the wrestling skills of the participants.

Benjamin looked especially strong last night, even though he lost to Triple H. Earlier in the show, he laid out both Hardy and MVP after Hardy’s victory. Then, after doing the job in a hard-fought, back-and-forth match, Benjamin got his heat back by knocking out Triple H with a belt shot to the head.

Other thoughts on last night’s show:

The Brian Kendrick, the only wrestler in the Scramble who did not have a match last night, cut his best promo since adopting his new persona. He and Ezekiel were sitting in the back reading. Kendrick quoted The Art of War and talked about the fine line between genius and insanity. This was the first time that I saw a touch of Brian Pillman in Kendrick. …

Hardy took a nasty spill, landing on his head and neck, during his match against MVP. I’ve seen him have bad landings like that before, and it always amazes me that he hasn’t suffered a serious injury. Jim Ross called him “The Rubberband Man.” …

I don’t understand the purpose of having The Great Khali attack Triple H after his match with Benjamin. Khali isn’t in the Scramble, so it’s not like it’s going to help sell the pay-per-view. Perhaps it was done to make Triple H seem banged up heading into Unforgiven, theoretically increasing the likelihood that he will lose the WWE title. …

I think R-Truth is going to get over in WWE, but his debut could have been booked better. I see now why Vince McMahon reportedly was furious with how this match was laid out. Kenny Dykstra, who the fans consider a joke at this point, got in far too much offense against a guy that figures to be getting a big push. …

Victoria has been reduced to putting over women making their debut, as she jobbed to Brie Bella last night. For those who don’t know, I won’t give it away, but there is something unique about Bella’s gimmick that warrants a push. …

Maryse, who teamed with Natalya to defeat Michelle McCool and Maria, is starting to look more comfortable in the ring and she’s getting better at being a heel. McCool, by the way, should either carry the belt to the ring or gain about 20 pounds so that it fits around her waist. …

I like Jesse and Festus, but I really don’t need to see them wrestle Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder anymore. Of course, the sole purpose of this match was for The Big Show to come out and destroy everyone. Hopefully, WWE is planning on doing something meaningful with him soon.

Source://

http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/sports/wrestling/blog/2008/08/its_all_about_the_wrestling_on_smackdown.html

WWE Diva Candice Michelle

2008-08-03T01:06:00.000-07:00

Candice Michelle Beckman-Ehrlich (born September 30, 1978), better known as Candice Michelle or just Candice, is an American model, actress, and professional wrestler currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment performing on its Raw brand, although she is inactive due to a broken clavicle.

After spending years modeling and acting, Candice Michelle was hired by WWE in 2004, after she participated in the WWE Diva Search. Outside of wrestling, she is known as the Go Daddy Girl, performing in the company's annual Super Bowl commercials. She also posed for a cover and nude pictorial in the April 2006 issue of Playboy. At Vengeance in 2007, she defeated Melina to win her first WWE Women's Championship and became the first former Diva Search contestant to win a WWE title.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candice_Michelle

Torrie Wilson - World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Diva

2008-08-02T23:44:00.000-07:00

Torrie Wilson (born July 24, 1975) is a retired American professional wrestler, fitness competitor and model perhaps best known for her work with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), most recently working on its SmackDown! brand.

As a fitness competitor, Wilson won the Miss Galaxy competition in 1998. Shortly after, she was signed by World Championship Wrestling, where she stayed from 1999 until 2001.In 2001, she began appearing on World Wrestling Federation (WWF) television as part of The Invasion storyline.Her most high profile storyline took place in 2003 when she feuded with Dawn Marie.Wilson has also been a part of the all-female stable, or group of affiliated wrestlers, known as Vince's Devils, which ended its run in 2006.

Aside from wrestling, Wilson has been on the cover of several magazines, including FHM and Playboy, which she posed for twice.

Wilson was born in Boise, Idaho,and she claims that she was painfully shy growing up.She quickly found friends, however, in her small town.She found her niche in many school activities, including cheerleading and dance, and was very competitive in track and field.

During her sophomore year of high school, after Wilson's interest in modeling grew more serious, her mother urged her to pursue it. They visited an agency and were informed that Torrie would have to lose weight to be considered for jobs. In the process of losing weight, she began a bout with anorexia and then bulimia that lasted from ages fourteen to twenty.

After recovering from the disorder, Wilson became involved in fitness.She began eating six meals a day and working out. She placed third in her first competition,and she later won the Miss Galaxy competition in 1998. She then spent some time on the Extreme Fitness Team. As part of the Women's Tri-Fitness Championships in 1998, Wilson won first place in the Grace and Physique round.

Later in 1998, Wilson moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting. She began acting classes and was introduced to an agent who helped her gain a few jobs.

Wilson's start in wrestling came when she attended a World Championship Wrestling (WCW) show with her boyfriend in 1999.After going backstage, she was asked to walk out to the ring with Scott Steiner.Later, Kevin Nash expressed an interest in doing a storyline with her. She debuted as "Samantha", who was brought in by the nWo to seduce David Flair into turning on his father, Ric Flair. They appeared together on February 21 when Wilson slapped Ric Flair, and David zapped him with a taser. At the 1999 Bash at the Beach, Wilson acted as a valet for Flair as he captured the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship from Dean Malenko.

Although she left WCW television afterwards, she returned in the fall of 1999 under her real name. Wilson began managing Billy Kidman and his Filthy Animals teammates. As a result, she found herself involved in the Animals continuing feud with The Revolution. In November, Wilson and Eddie Guerrero were shown flirting on the "Kidcam," a hidden camera segment, which led to a storyline feud between Kidman and Guerrero. Following this, Wilson once again disappeared from television. Wilson, however, returned on January 19, 2000, and in April 2000, Kidman and Wilson joined a stable known as the New Blood, making them both villainous characters. As part of their newest storyline, Kidman became jealous of the attention Wilson began to give to fellow New Blood member Horace Hogan. In June, Wilson gave Kidman a low blow at the Great American Bash, causing him to lose to Horace’s uncle, Hulk Hogan.

Wilson was taken off of television following the encounter, reappearing at July's Bash at the Beach during a match between Shane Douglas and Buff Bagwell. After the match, Wilson and Douglas left together, which led to a feud between Kidman and Douglas.At September's Fall Brawl, Wilson and Douglas defeated Kidman and Madusa in a mixed tag team match with scaffolding erected above the ring. Wilson was released from her contract in December 2000.

Article source:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torrie_Wilson

WWE DIVAS, WWE DIVAS NUDE,WWE DIVAS NAKED, WWE DIVAS UNDRESSED, WWE DIVAS PICS

2008-07-20T07:39:00.000-07:00

There is lots of drama going on between two former friends Beth Phoenix and Melina Perez. They have signed a match in which loser of the match will quit from the challenger race for the WWE Women Champion. Now all the attention has shifted from gold to their I Quit match which will be going to happen at One Night Stand.
is desperate to get his WWE champion title back from Mickie James but her former best and another former champion Perez is standing in her way as she also want a shot at WWE Women Championship. So to decide who is the deserving challenger to gold held by Mickie James I Quit match is fixed between Phoenix and Melina. Loser of this match will be out of Women Championship race and winner will face Mickie James.
Mickie James will be happy see both them tearing each other for the title shot. Mickie James will be less worried about who will face her in Championship match as she has upper edge on both of them because she has beaten both of them.
After One night Stand it will be decided who will face Mickie James for the WWE Gold. Once this pay-per-view happens we have to wait and see will Mickie James will be able to retain the title or any other other diva will be new WWE Women Champion?

Beth Phoenix the former WWE Women champion is still searching out her form to get back to the gold which she had lost to Mickie James But before she get the shot at WWE women championship title her best friend ,Melina Perez is standing in her way.
Melina wants another shot but this is not an easy that with one match we will be able to know who will be challenging Mickie James’s WWE gold. There will be lot of drama and many matches to be played to find out challenger to James.
Both Melina and Phoenix are fighting each other to get title shot if one of them losses then she will not take that insult but she will hit other very hard. With all these happening none of them will ever get a chance for WWE women championship title shot

Vickie Guerrero

Vickie Lynn Guerrero,Lara (born April 16, 1968) is an American professional wrestling personality and widow of professional wrestler Eddie Guerrero currently working for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on its SmackDown brand, where she is the (kayfabe) General Manager, as well as the (kayfabe) wife of Edge.

She has also made appearances at different venues in memory of her husband such as collecting "The Star of the Mountain Award" in Eddie's hometown, El Paso, Texas, and speaking on WWE.com about Eddie's induction into the WWE Hall of Fame.

World Wrestling Entertainment

2005–2006

In 2005, Vickie began to make cameo appearances during the feud between Eddie and Rey Mysterio, which had escalated when Eddie promised to reveal the secret of Rey's son, Dominick. Vickie was on the July 14, 2005 episode of SmackDown! with two of Eddie's three daughters to stop Eddie from revealing Rey's secret. Eddie promised not to reveal the secret should he lose to Rey at The Great American Bash, though that turned out to be another one of his character's trademark lies. Vickie later reappeared at SummerSlam 2005 to convince Eddie to put a stop to his war with Rey and not to go through with the "Custody of Dominick" ladder match that night. When that failed, she had to cost him the match by pushing over ladder he was on as he about to win.

On November 13, 2005, Eddie Guerrero died of heart failure in his Minneapolis hotel room and was found by his nephew Chavo. This led to Rey Mysterio, real-life friends with Eddie, getting a significant push, and at WrestleMania 22, he defeated Kurt Angle and Randy Orton for the World Heavyweight Championship. Vickie and her nephew, Chavo, congratulated Mysterio on the stage ramp following his victory. In 2006, about 7-8 months after Eddie's death, Vickie started appearing more prominently in more controversial storylines. She first asserted herself during a feud between Rey and Chavo Guerrero when Chavo accused Rey of being "nothing but a leech living off the blood of the Guerrero name" on the August 4 episode of SmackDown!. A fight broke out after that statement, and Vickie came out to separate it. Subsequently, she acted as peacemaker between the two former friends until she seemingly inadvertently interfered in their match at SummerSlam 2006, costing Mysterio the match. She then betrayed him by siding with Chavo and hitting Mysterio in the back with a steel chair on the following episode of SmackDown!, effectively turning heel.On the September 1 edition of SmackDown!, she declared herself Chavo's business manager and Rey an "insignificant chapter" in her past.

At No Mercy 2006, Chavo lost to Rey Mysterio in a Falls Count Anywhere Match. After the match, Vickie verbally assaulted Rey Mysterio. On the following SmackDown!, Chavo and Vickie challenged Rey Mysterio to an "I Quit" match which he accepted. On October 20, 2006, Rey Mysterio quit after he was stuck in a light tower off the side of the stage. During the match, Mysterio had the advantage until Vickie interfered with one of his high flying moves, causing Chavo to take advantage by bashing Mysterio's leg with a chair until he quit. Mysterio was then taken out of the arena on a stretcher.

On October 27, 2006, Chris Benoit asked Vickie why she and Chavo betrayed Rey. Vickie replied, "Now Chris, Rey never gave my family a chance to move on, and I know that you and Eddie were also very close, but not as close as you thought." Benoit then tried to figure out "what was Vickie doing regarding Eddie's estate" while defending the WWE United States Championship from Chavo. At Survivor Series 2006, Chavo kicked out of an attempted Sharpshooter, causing Benoit to knock Vickie off the ring apron and fall on her head. She then wore a neck brace and acted as though Benoit intentionally hit her.^[15] On December 22, Chavo had another bout for the US Championship. Benoit put Chavo in the Crippler Crossface, but Vickie entered the ring and hit Benoit with the US Championship belt to break the hold, resulting in Chavo's disqualification. Chavo then shouted "If you wanted me to win the title, then stop getting me disqualified," before pushing Vickie over.