The Week That Was in Wrestling

WWE RAW: One Door Closes, Another Door Opens—or “An Eye for an Eye”

This past Monday saw the departure of one of RAW’s biggest stars, as Mike Adamle made the announcement that John Cena would be out indefinitely after having surgery to repair a severely herniated disc. Due to the injury, Adamle had to find a replacement in the Championship Scramble.

In the end, he picked a perfect replacement for Cena: Former World Heavyweight Champion Rey Mysterio. Mysterio now joins Kane, Batista, JBL, and World Champion CM Punk to represent RAW’s Championship Scramble. But Batista and Kane had some unfinished business of their own.

In the second main event of the evening, Kane and Batista took their personal animosity to another level as Kane tried to take Batista out of the Scramble right along with Cena. Kane tried to take out the injured leg of The Animal, but Batista managed to fight out of assassination attempt and turn the tide as well.

Instead of Batista being carted off, it was Kane that was left in the middle of ring holding his leg.

But the biggest news of the night wasn’t just Mysterio’s return at Unforgiven. It was the announcement that Chris Jericho and Shawn Michaels will have one last battle.

After returning to RAW following the assault on his wife, Rebecca, HBK made it clear that he wants Jericho at Unforgiven. Unfortunately, Jericho didn’t have the balls to actually be at the show. Despite trying to skate out of a possible lawsuit, Jericho accepted an unsanctioned match against Michaels at Unforgiven. HBK made it clear that it would be “an eye for an eye.”

ECW on Sci-Fi: The Land of Extreme Joins The Championship Scramble

The biggest match of the year for ECW will take place at Unforgiven as GM Teddy Long announced that ECW Champion Mark Henry will defend the ECW Championship at Unforgiven in a Championship Scramble. Despite protests from the World Strongest Couple (Henry and Tony Atlas), four superstars punched their tickets for a date with Henry in less than two weeks.

Matt Hardy defeated John Morrison to start the qualifying off. After that, Chavo defeated Tommy Dreamer, The Miz defeated Evan Bourne, and Finlay rounded off the group with a hard fought victory over ECW legend Mike Knox.

With two former US Champions and a former ECW Champion lining up to achieve greatness in the first ever Championship Scramble, how will Mark Henry be able to walk out of Unforgiven with the ECW Championship still in tow?

TNA IMPACT!: Sting Meets a New Adversary in his Respect Campaign

The TNA World Heavyweight Championship will be up for grabs at No Surrender this coming Sunday. While all of us will be preparing for the start of Sunday football, Samoa Joe will have to defend his championship in a Four Ways to Glory Match.

Booker T qualified last week with a victory over Rhino, while Kurt Angle used interference from Joe to defeat Kevin Nash to qualify for the match as well. But even with all that going on, the biggest story of the night was the return of Sting to TNA to finally explain his actions.

When Sting finally returned, he told everyone that he was pondering retirement, but he couldn’t leave this company in the hands of “whiny little brats.” In this case, he was talking about the younger guys, in that they had no respect for the guys who paved the way for them. Upon hearing this, The Phenomenal AJ Styles came out and told The Icon that he was wrong.

Styles told Sting that he turned his back on everyone that believed in him, and that if he had any issues, he should have been man enough to come out and fight instead of sneaking around to do his dirty deeds.

Upon hearing that, Sting dropped Styles with a Scorpion Death Drop after Styles refused to hit him with the bat. As Sting tried to talk some sense into Styles, a familiar aura surrounded the IMPACT Zone as a guitar riff filled the air and the lights started to dim.

Sting looked around and smirked at the sound of the music. It’s clear who is coming back. It’s still unclear of when he will arrive.

WWE Friday Night SmackDown!: Your Soul Is Mine!

While five superstars tried to one-up each other en route to the Championship Scramble, other superstars were trying to avoid the wrath of two big men: Big Show and Undertaker.

R-Truth (formerly Ron “The Truth” Killings) had a successful SmackDown! debut as he defeated Kenny Dykstra, who seriously should consider leaving WWE, and Brie Bella had a successful debut as well as she shocked Victoria.

Maryse and Natalya defeated Maria and Divas Champion Michelle McCool, with Maryse making it clear that she will be next in line to challenge McCool for the Divas Championship.

Speaking of Champions, the Pittsburgh Steelers were in the house on Friday night. As the Steelers enjoyed the show, Triple H wished his night ended a little bit better. The WWE Champion won a hard fought battle against United States Champion Shelton Benjamin, but it was The Great Khali that got the last laugh as he took advantage of a mugging from Benjamin to drop Triple H with the Khali Bomb. Speaking of Giants…

Big Show made another huge impact as he came out and chokeslammed the WWE Tag Team Champions and cold cocked Jesse. He sent a message to Vickie that “I won’t be overlooked again.” He also called his actions an “oversight.”

As for Vickie, her night wasn’t any better than The Game. The Undertaker started off the night by saying that he would come after Vickie…and that he will possess her soul. Upon hearing this, La Familia began to disperse out of Vickie’s office, leaving the GM locked in her office.

At the end of the night, darkness fell upon SmackDown’s GM as the lights went out in her office, and all that could be heard was the blood curdling screams of Vickie Guerrero.