Bleacher Report - Articles by Callum Graham

Bleacher Report Prediction League: SummerSlam Results

Callum Graham — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:35:56 -0400

"The Quest for 100". Who will get the honour of being first to 100, were just a few pay per views away from finding out. Also there was just one person to get the first bonus question of the Khali-Kane time correct, was it you? Find out here.

Here is a classified results run through.

1) Randy Orton v John Cena - Randy Orton (3 Points) - Although there were many pinfalls in this match and Cena did get the initial "win" I decided to give the match to the ultimate winner/final pinfall.

2) Christian v William Regal - Christian (2 Points)

3) Chris Jericho + Big Show v Cryme Time - Chris Jericho + Big Show (1 Point)

4) Jeff Hardy v CM Punk - CM Punk (3 Points)

5) The Great Khali v Kane - Kane (1 Point)

6) D-Generation X v Legacy - D-Generation X (2 Points)

7) Rey Mysterio v Dolph Ziggler - Rey Mysterio (1 Point)

8) Jack Swagger v MVP - MVP (1 Point)

Bonus 1) The Khali-Kane match time rounded to the nearest 10 seconds. Actual time - 5:59, rounded to 6:00 - Shawn Straightedge was the only person to predict this, so congratulations to him. (even though he actually predicted 5 minutes, 60 seconds initially). (3 points)

Bonus 2) The weapon used first was a chair. 20 people got this correct. (2 points)

Bonus 3) Jack Swagger entered first in his match. 26 people got this one correct. (1 point).

Upset Award

The upset award is the match (with two possible winners) that has the least number of predictions correct. If you were one of the few people to correctly predict this match then you receive 3 extra points.

This pay per views upset award goes to the Intercontinental Title match. Just 8 people predicted Rey Mysterio would retain the title. Therefore these 8 people will receive 3 bonus points. Callum Graham, Josh Logan, Lewis Wise, Shawn Straightedge, Emily Breunig, Chris De Guzman, Chris Anderson, Kris Carlson.

Let's now go ahead and show how well everyone did at SummerSlam.

1 Chris De Guzman 20

2 Shawn Straightedge 19

3 Chris Anderson 19

4 Callum Graham 18

5 Emily Breunig 17

6 Joe Burgett 15

7 Tori Horn 15

8 Wyatt Beltz 14

9 Kendrick Davis 14

10 Josh Logan 14

11 E.T. 13

12 DJ Rallo 13

13 Alex Brooks 12

14 Josh McMullen 12

15 Kris Carlson 12

16 Chris Jeter 11

17 Kevin Williams 11

18 John Landrigan 11

19 Danny Starry 10

20 Jeff D Gorman 10

21 Hayley Graham 10

22 Austin Kretsos 10

23 Jennifer Hill 10

24 Niall Kelcher 9

25 Scott Beeby 9

26 Lewis Wise 9

27 Tom Dunn 9

28 Adam Testa 8

29 NBTT 8

30 Zach 7

31 Terrell Johnson 7

32 Kurt 7

33 Faysal Shehail 7

34 Ron Johnson 7

35 J. Robinson 6

36 Greg Bush 6

37 Charles Green 5

And the Wall of Shame...

Mike Fenton

Chase Ruttig

Captain Charisma

Jack Morton

Bobby Lewis

Anthony Hammett

Adrian Staehle

Dustin Speaker

Matthew Henning

Sam Brown

Hayat Khan

Gary Johnson

Dan Telek

Brenton Falkner

Kevin Canny

There are loads that could be removed next pay per view so here we go. If the following do not predict at the next pay per view they will be removed; Chase Ruttig, Captain Charisma, Jack Morton, Anthony Hammett, Adrian Staehle, Matthew Henning, Sam Brown, Hayat Khan, Gary Johnson, Dan Telek, Brenton Falkner and Kevin Canny. Told you there were loads.

Now, here is the league table.

Column 1 - Position

Column 2 - Position Change

Column 3 - Name

Column 4 - Overall Points

Pos-Change- Name - Points

1 = Joe Burgett 77

2 ^2 Callum Graham 72

3 v1 Danny Starry 69

4 ^1 Wyatt Beltz 67

5 v2 Chris Jeter 66

6 = Niall Kelcher 60

7 = E.T. 57

8 = Alex Brooks 55

9 = Kevin Williams 54

10 = Kendrick Davis 53

11 ^3 Josh Logan 52

12 ^3 DJ Rallo 51

13 v1 Jeff D Gorman 49

14 v3 Scott Beeby 48

15 ^3 Josh McMullen 48

16 ^1 Hayley Graham 47

17 v1 Lewis Wise 46

18 v5 J. Robinson 44

19 ^1 Zach 43

20 ^1 Greg Bush 42

21 ^1 Adam Testa 40

22 ^9 Shawn Straightedge 40

23 ^4 John Landrigan 39

24 v5 Mike Fenton 36

25 = Terrell Johnson 36

26 ^3 Tori Horn 36

27 v1 Kurt 35

28 = Tom Dunn 31

29 v6 Chase Ruttig 30

30 v6 Captain Charisma 29

31 ^11 Emily Breunig 29

32 ^3 Austin Kretsos 28

33 v1 NBTT 27

34 ^14 Chris De Guzman 26

35 ^1 Faysal Shehail 24

36 v6 Jack Morton 22

37 ^1 Charles Green 21

38 v5 Bobby Lewis 19

39 NEW Chris Anderson 19

40 v5 Anthony Hammett 18

41 ^2 Ron Johnson 17

42 ^4 Jennifer Hill 17

43 v6 Adrian Staehle 16

44 v5 Dustin Speaker 14

45 v5 Matthew Henning 13

46 v5 Sam Brown 12

47 NEW Kris Carlson 12

48 v4 Hayat Khan 8

49 v4 Gary Johnson 8

50 v3 Dan Telek 6

51 v2 Brenton Falkner 5

52 v2 Kevin Canny 5

Thank you all for making your predictions, the league will resume next month at WWE's new pay per view, Breaking Point. If you want to join the league, comment below; thanks for reading.

Bleacher Report Prediction League: SummerSlam

Callum Graham — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:28:43 -0400

"A Leader Quits" Former league leader Svyato Rovenchuk recently quit the league. As well as this we had predictor, Danny Starry climb from sixth to second in one pay per view with a record breaking score of 77 percent of the maximum possible score. Will it ever be beaten?

With that being said, SummerSlam is this Sunday with what has to be one of the weakest cards the pay per view has produced in years. But that doesn't change the prediction league, obviously.

Here is the current league table.

Pos-Change- Name Points

1 ^1 Joe Burgett 62

2 ^4 Danny Starry 59

3 v2 Svyato Rovenchuk 56

4 v1 Chris Jeter 55

5 v1 Callum Graham 54

6 v1 Wyatt Beltz 53

7 ^2 Niall Kelcher 51

8 ^3 E.T. 44

9 v1 Alex Brooks 43

10 ^3 Kevin Williams 43

11 ^4 Kendrick Davis 39

12 ^6 Scott Beeby 39

13 ^10 Jeff D Gorman 39

14 v7 J. Robinson 38

15 v3 Josh Logan 38

16 ^3 DJ Rallo 38

17 = Lewis Wize 37

18 ^3 Hayley Graham 37

19 v9 Josh McMullen 36

20 = Mike Fenton 36

21 ^3 Zach 36

22 ^8 Greg Bush 36

23 ^6 Adam Testa 32

24 v10 Chase Ruttig 30

25 v9 Captain Charisma 29

26 ^6 Terrell Johnson 29

27 v1 Kurt 28

28 ^7 John Landrigan 28

29 v7 Tyler Williams 25

30 v5 Tom Dunn 22

31 v4 Tori Horn 21

32 v4 Jack Morton 21

33 ^7 Shawn Straightedge 21

34 ^5 NBTT 19

35 ^8 Bobby Lewis 19

36 v5 Anthony Hammett 18

37 ^4 Austin Kretsos 18

38 NEW Faysal Shehail 17

39 v6 Adrian Staehle 16

40 ^9 Charles Green 16

41 ^9 Dustin Speaker 14

42 v8 Jorge Concha 13

43 v7 Matthew Henning 13

44 v7 Sam Brown 12

45 v7 Emily Breunig 12

46 NEW Ron Johnson 10

47 v5 Eric Sheppard 9

48 v4 Hayat Khan 8

49 v4 Gary Johnson 8

50 v4 Jennifer Hill 7

51 v4 Dan Telek 6

52 NEW Chris De Guzman 6

53 v5 Brenton Falkner 5

54 v3 Kevin Canny 3

If you were eagle-eyed enough to see Svyato still in the league, then congrats. It will screw up all the positions if I took him out and it isn't too hard to work out.

If Tyler Williams, Jorge Concha or Eric Sheppard do not predict here they will be removed the league.

Here are the matches and the points.

1) Randy Orton v John Cena....... 3 Points

2) Christian v William Regal...... 2 Points

3) Chris Jericho + Big Show v Cryme Time......... 1 Point

4) Jeff Hardy v CM Punk...... 3 Points

5) The Great Khali v Kane........ 1 Point

6) D-Generation X v Legacy....... 2 Points

7) Rey Mysterio v Dolph Ziggler........ 1 Point

8) Jack Swagger v MVP....... 1 Point

And now the bonus questions.

Bonus 1) How long will the Kane-Khali match last to the nearest 10 seconds? (Time; Actual time will be rounded to nearest 10 seconds, from bell to bell) ........ 3 Points

Bonus 2) What weapons will be used first in the World Heavyweight title match? (Table/ Ladder/ Chair) ......... 2 Points

Bonus 3) Who will enter first? (Jack Swagger/ MVP) ........... 1 Point

Upset Award

Once again the upset award is on. The match (with 2 possible winners) that has the least number of correct predictions will win the upset award meaning those few who got it correct will receive 3 bonus points.

Maximum Points = 23

Here is the standard rough guide for you to copy and paste into the comment box below.

Bonus 1)

Bonus 2)

Bonus 3)

Enjoy making your predictions, it's very open in the middle of the table with everyone trying to push up to the top positions. Good luck.

Bleacher Report Prediction League: Hard Justice Results

Callum Graham — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:04:03 -0400

If you are going on holiday when a pay per view takes place, please comment below stating your predictions for it, e.g. Summerfeast. Here are the results on Hard Justice 2009.

1) Steel Asylum Match - Daniels (4 points)

2) Legends Title - Kevin Nash (1 point)

3) Tag Titles - Main Event Mafia (1 point)

4) TNA Heavyweight Title - Winner Kurt Angle (2 points)

4) TNA Heavyweight Title - Loser Matt Morgan (1 point) - Plus 2 if you got both correct (5)

5) Knockouts - ODB (1 point)

6) IWGP - The British Invasion (1 point)

7) Bounty Match - Abyss (1 point)

8) Feast or Fired Case - Hernandez (1 point)

9) X Division - Samoa Joe (1 point)

Bonus 1) Weapons - 8..... Chair, Bat, Belt, Hairspray, Guardrail, Waterbottle, Table, Barbed Wire. Worth 3 points.... Only Danny Starry got this correct.

Bonus 2) Both Booker T and Scott Steiner started the match - Both - 2 points. If you predicted either you received 2 points. 31 people correctly predicted (wasn't hard).

Bonus 3) Eric Young appearance - Yes - 1 point. 26 people got this correct.

The Upset Award

This pay per views Upset Award is the Knockouts match, which had 12 correct predictions. These people will get 3 points added to their total: Wyatt Beltz, Danny Starry, Niall Kelcher, E.T., Lewis Wise, DJ Rallo, Hayley Graham, Greg Bush, John Landrigan, Shawn Straightedge, Dustin Speaker and Ron Johnson.

Right so now here is how everyone fared at Hard Justice.

1 Danny Starry 21

2 Faysal Shehail 17

3 Greg Bush 16

4 Niall Kelcher 15

5 John Landrigan 15

6 Jeff D Gorman 14

7 Kevin Williams 13

8 Callum Graham 12

9 Wyatt Beltz 12

10 E.T. 12

11 Hayley Graham 12

12 Zach 12

13 Adam Testa 12

14 Terrell Johnson 12

15 Scott Beeby 11

16 DJ Rallo 11

17 Shawn Straightedge 11

18 Charles Green 11

19 Kendrick Davis 10

20 Bobby Lewis 10

21 Dustin Speaker 10

22 Ron Johnson 10

23 Mike Fenton 9

24 Chris Jeter 8

25 Lewis Wize 8

26 NBTT 8

27 Austin Kretsos 8

28 Joe Burgett 7

29 Josh Logan 7

30 Kurt 7

31 Akex Brooks 6

32 Chris De Guzman 6

And here are the people who made it to the Wall of Shame

Svyato Rovenchuk

J. Robinson

Josh McMullen

Chase Ruttig

Captain Charisma

Tyler Williams

Tom Dunn

Tori Horn

Jack Morton

Anthony Hammett

Adrian Staehle

Jorge Concha

Matthew Henning

Sam Brown

Emily Breunig

Eric Sheppard

Hayat Khan

Gary Johnson

Jennifer Hill

Dan Telek

Brenton Falkner

Kevin Canny

Big wall this week. There are a few people on their last chance. If Tyler Williams, Jorge Concha or Eric Sheppard do not predict at SummerSlam they will be removed the league.

This is the bit we've all been waiting for, it's the league.

Column 1 - Position

Column 2 - Change (up/down)

Column 3 - Name

Column 4 - Total Points

Pos-Change- Name - Points

1 ^1 Joe Burgett 62

2 ^4 Danny Starry 59

3 v2 Svyato Rovenchuk 56

4 v1 Chris Jeter 55

5 v1 Callum Graham 54

6 v1 Wyatt Beltz 53

7 ^2 Niall Kelcher 51

8 ^3 E.T. 44

9 v1 Alex Brooks 43

10 ^3 Kevin Williams 43

11 ^4 Kendrick Davis 39

12 ^6 Scott Beeby 39

13 ^10 Jeff D Gorman 39

14 v7 J. Robinson 38

15 v3 Josh Logan 38

16 ^3 DJ Rallo 38

17 = Lewis Wize 37

18 ^3 Hayley Graham 37

19 v9 Josh McMullen 36

20 = Mike Fenton 36

21 ^3 Zach 36

22 ^8 Greg Bush 36

23 ^6 Adam Testa 32

24 v10 Chase Ruttig 30

25 v9 Captain Charisma 29

26 ^6 Terrell Johnson 29

27 v1 Kurt 28

28 ^7 John Landrigan 28

29 v7 Tyler Williams 25

30 v5 Tom Dunn 22

31 v4 Tori Horn 21

32 v4 Jack Morton 21

33 ^7 Shawn Straightedge 21

34 ^5 NBTT 19

35 ^8 Bobby Lewis 19

36 v5 Anthony Hammett 18

37 ^4 Austin Kretsos 18

38 NEW Faysal Shehail 17

39 v6 Adrian Staehle 16

40 ^9 Charles Green 16

41 ^9 Dustin Speaker 14

42 v8 Jorge Concha 13

43 v7 Matthew Henning 13

44 v7 Sam Brown 12

45 v7 Emily Breunig 12

46 NEW Ron Johnson 10

47 v5 Eric Sheppard 9

48 v4 Hayat Khan 8

49 v4 Gary Johnson 8

50 v4 Jennifer Hill 7

51 v4 Dan Telek 6

52 NEW Chris De Guzman 6

53 v5 Brenton Falkner 5

54 v3 Kevin Canny 3

Special Mention to Danny Starry who got 21 out of 27, the highest score ever seen in the league.

If you are going on holiday sometime this week please leave your predictions for SummerSlam below. Thank you and see you next week!

Bleacher Report Prediction League: Hard Justice

Callum Graham — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:42:26 -0400

Hello, everyone; it's been too long. This Sunday is Hard Justice, which means the biggest wrestling prediction league on the web (probably) is back.

Here is how the league currently looks.

Pos-Change- Name - Points

1 = Syvato Rovenchuk 56

2 = Joe Burgett 55

3 = Chris Jeter 47

4 = Callum Graham 42

5 ^1 Wyatt Beltz 41

6 ^1 Danny Starry 38

7 ^1 J. Robinson 38

8 ^7 Alex Brooks 37

9 = Niall Kelcher 36

10 ^6 Josh McMullen 36

11 ^3 E.T. 32

12 ^7 Josh Logan 31

13 v8 Kevin Williams 30

14 ^14 Chase Ruttig 30

15 v3 Kendrick Davis 29

16 ^4 Captain Charisma 29

17 ^9 Lewis Wide 29

18 ^5 Scott Beeby 28

19 v6 DJ Rallo 27

20 v3 Mike Fenton 27

21 v11 Hayley Graham 25

22 v11 Tyler Williams 25

23 v1 Jeff D Gorman 25

24 v6 Zach 24

25 ^2 Tom Dunn 22

26 v1 Kurt Mehler 21

27 ^6 Tori Horn 21

28 ^8 Jack Morton 21

29 v5 Adam Testa 20

30 v1 Greg Bush 20

31 v1 Anthony Hammett 18

32 v11 Myles Godfrey 17

33 ^4 Terrell Johnson 17

34 v3 Adrian Staehle 16

35 v3 Jorge Concha 13

36 = John Landrigran 13

37 NEW Matthew Henning 13

38 NEW Sam Brown 12

39 NEW Emily Breunig 12

40 NEW Nefatiri H 11

41 NEW Shawn Straightedge 10

42 NEW Austin Kretsos 10

43 v9 Eric Sheppard 9

44 NEW Bobby Lewis 9

45 NEW Hayat Khan 8

46 NEW Gary Johnson 8

47 NEW Jennifer Hill 7

48 NEW Dan Telek 6

49 NEW Brenton Falkner 5

50 NEW Charles Green 5

51 v13 J. Capozzi 4

52 NEW Dustin Speaker 4

53 NEW Kevin Canny 3

If Myles Godfrey or J. Capozzi fail to predict in this, they will be removed from the league.

O.K. so here are the matches with the points and the bonus questions.

1) Suicide v Chris Sabin v Alex Shelley v Jay Lethal v Consequences Creed v Amazing Red v Daniels v The Pope......... 4 Points

2) Mick Foley v Kevin Nash....... 1 Point

3) Main Event Mafia v Team 3D....... 1 Point

4) Kurt Angle v Sting v Matt Morgan........ Winner 2 Points......... Loser 1 Point...... Both = Extra 2 (total 5)

5) Angelina Love v ODB........ 1 Point

6) British Invasion v Beer Money Inc............ 1 Point

7) Abyss v Jehtro Holliday.......... 1 Point

8) Hernandez v Rob Terry......... 1 Point

9) Samoa Joe v Homicide.......... 1 Point

And here is everyones favourite part, the bonus questions.

Bonus 1) How many different weapons will be used during the night? (Number of weapons).......... 3 Points

Bonus 2) Who will start the match for Main Event Mafia in the tag match? (Steiner/ Booker)........ 2 Points

Bonus 3) Will Eric Young make an appearance? (Yes/ No)......... 1 Point

INTRODUCING A NEW ADDITION TO THE COMPETITION!

The Upset Award

The match that has the least correct predictions wins the award. What is the award you ask. 3 BONUS POINTS! I know right.

Example. At Night of Champions just 5 people predicted Jeff Hardy would win his match. These people would therefore get the points for getting it right plus the bonus 3 points for the Upset Award.

Few notes, bonus questions don't count. If there is a winner and loser question up there the loser bit is stripped out and it is simply the least amount of predicted wins.

To summarise you don't have to do anything for this but it is another way of gaining points.

Maximum Points = 25

And here is a rough guide for you to use by copy and pasting it into your comment box.

4) Winner)

4) Loser)

Bonus 1)

Bonus 2)

Bonus 3)

Enjoy the predicting and good luck to all of you, but especially me. Please predict if you are reading, seriously what have you got to lose.

Bleacher Report Prediction League: Night of Champions Results

Callum Graham — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 05:29:45 -0400

This is how things went down at the Night of Champions

1) Winner Randy Orton

1) Loser John Cena

2) Mickie James

3) Jeff Hardy

4) Jericho and The Big Show

5) Christian

6) Winner Kofi Kingston

6) Loser Carlito

7) Rey Mysterio

8) Michelle McCool

Bonus 1) The Big Show - No-one got this correct

Bonus 2) 3 Changes - 11 people got this correct

Bonus 3) Yes (facepaint) - 29 predicted this correct

With that being said, here is how everyone fared at Night of Champions.

1 Alex Brooks 15

2 Josh McMullen 15

3 Chase Ruttig 15

4 Jack Morton 15

5 Lewis Wide 13

6 Matthew Henning 13

7 Joe Burgett 12

8 Wyatt Beltz 12

9 Danny Starry 12

10 J. Robinson 12

11 Josh Logan 12

12 Scott Beeby 12

13 Tori Horn 12

14 Sam Brown 12

15 Emily Breunig 12

16 Captain Charisma 11

17 Terrell Johnson 11

18 Nefatiri H 11

19 Chris Jeter 10

20 Callum Graham 10

21 Niall Kelcher 10

22 Shawn Straightedge 10

23 Austin Kretsos 10

24 Syvato Rovenchuk 9

25 E.T. 9

26 Bobby Lewis 9

27 Jeff D Gorman 8

28 Hayat Khan 8

29 Gary Johnson 8

30 Mike Fenton 7

31 Tom Dunn 7

32 John Landrigan 7

33 Jennifer Hill 7

34 Greg Bush 6

35 Dan Telek 6

36 Kendrick Davis 5

37 Kurt Mehler 5

38 Brenton Falkner 5

39 Charles Green 5

40 DJ Rallo 4

41 Zach 4

42 Adam Testa 4

43 Anthony Hammett 4

44 Dustin Speaker 4

45 Adrian Staehle 3

46 Kevin Canny 3

And now the people who didn't predict. The wall of shame.

47 Kevin Williams

48 Hayley Graham

49 Tyler Williams

50 Myles Godfrey

51 Jorge Concha

52 Eric Sheppard

53 J. Capozzi

With those scores adding in, here is how the new table looks.

Column 1 - Position

Column 2 - Position Change

Column 3 - Name

Column 4 - Total Points

Pos-Change- Name - Points

1 = Syvato Rovenchuk 56

2 = Joe Burgett 55

3 = Chris Jeter 47

4 = Callum Graham 42

5 ^1 Wyatt Beltz 41

6 ^1 Danny Starry 38

7 ^1 J. Robinson 38

8 ^7 Alex Brooks 37

9 = Niall Kelcher 36

10 ^6 Josh McMullen 36

11 ^3 E.T. 32

12 ^7 Josh Logan 31

13 v8 Kevin Williams 30

14 ^14 Chase Ruttig 30

15 v3 Kendrick Davis 29

16 ^4 Captain Charisma 29

17 ^9 Lewis Wide 29

18 ^5 Scott Beeby 28

19 v6 DJ Rallo 27

20 v3 Mike Fenton 27

21 v11 Hayley Graham 25

22 v11 Tyler Williams 25

23 v1 Jeff D Gorman 25

24 v6 Zach 24

25 ^2 Tom Dunn 22

26 v1 Kurt Mehler 21

27 ^6 Tori Horn 21

28 ^8 Jack Morton 21

29 v5 Adam Testa 20

30 v1 Greg Bush 20

31 v1 Anthony Hammett 18

32 v11 Myles Godfrey 17

33 ^4 Terrell Johnson 17

34 v3 Adrian Staehle 16

35 v3 Jorge Concha 13

36 = John Landrigran 13

37 NEW Matthew Henning 13

38 NEW Sam Brown 12

39 NEW Emily Breunig 12

40 NEW Nefatiri H 11

41 NEW Shawn Straightedge 10

42 NEW Austin Kretsos 10

43 v9 Eric Sheppard 9

44 NEW Bobby Lewis 9

45 NEW Hayat Khan 8

46 NEW Gary Johnson 8

47 NEW Jennifer Hill 7

48 NEW Dan Telek 6

49 NEW Brenton Falkner 5

50 NEW Charles Green 5

51 v13 J. Capozzi 4

52 NEW Dustin Speaker 4

53 NEW Kevin Canny 3

There you go, hope you did well...... but not as well as me.

If you are going on holiday for one of the next pay per views (Hard Justice + SummerSlam) please send your predictions to be onto my bulletin board.

If the following fail to predict at the next pay per view then they are getting chucked from the league:

Myles Godfrey

J. Capozzi

Next stop Hard Justice, have fun and stay safe until then. Thank you for reading.

Bleacher Report Prediction League: Night of Champions

Callum Graham — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:49:24 -0400

Here we go again, it's the next edition of the Bleacher Report Prediction league and this is a pretty big one.

This is how the league currently looks:

Pos-Change- Name - Points

1 = Syvato Rovenchuk 47

2 = Joe Burgett 43

3 = Chris Jeter 37

4 = Callum Graham 32

5 ^1 Kevin Williams 30

6 ^2 Wyatt Beltz 29

7 ^3 Danny Starry 26

8 ^3 J. Robinson 26

9 ^8 Niall Kelcher 26

10 ^3 Hayley Graham 25

11 ^4 Tyler Williams 25

12 ^9 Kendrick Kavis 24

13 v4 DJ Rallo 23

14 ^2 Elisa Taylor 23

15 v3 Alex Brooks 22

16 ^3 Josh McMullen 21

17 v12 Mike Fenton 20

18 ^6 Zach 20

19 ^1 Josh Logan 19

20 ^10 Captain Charisma 18

21 v14 Myles Godfrey 17

22 ^1 Jeff D Gorman 17

23 ^2 Scott Beeby 16

24 ^2 Adam Testa 16

25 ^3 Kurt Mehler 16

26 ^6 Lewis White Wise 16

27 ^2 Tom Dunn 15

28 NEW Chase Ruttig 15

29 v15 Greg Bush 14

30 NEW Anthony Hammett 14

31 NEW Adrian Staehle 13

32 NEW Jorge Concha 13

33 v15 Sebastian Cedeno 11

34 v12 Tori Horn 9

35 NEW Eric Sheppard 9

36 v9 Jack Morton 6

37 NEW Josh Landigran 6

38 NEW Terrell Johnson 6

39 v8 J. Capozzi 4

If any of the following fail to predict at this event they will be removed from the league: Mike Fenton, Sebastian Cedeno and Tori Horn

With that being said, or at least typed here are the matches along with the scores.

1) Randy Orton v Triple H v John Cena ........Winner 2 Points .......Loser (person pinned) 1 ..... Both Correct = Extra 2 (total 5).

2) Maryse v Mickie James.........1 Point

3) CM Punk v Jeff Hardy.......2 Points

4) Team Jericho v Legacy.........1 Point

5) Tommy Dreamer v Christian.......1 Point

6) Kofi Kingston v MVP v Big Show v The Miz v Carlito v Jack Swagger.......Winner 4 ......Loser 2 ..... Both Correct = Extra 3 (total 9)

7) Rey Mysterio v Dolph Ziggler........1 Point

8) Michelle McCool v Melina......... 1 Point

Now here are the beloved bonus questions.

Bonus 1) Quite an obvious one really. Who will Jerichos partner be? (Person)......... 3 Points

Bonus 2) How many titles will change hands? (Number of belt changes 0-8)....... 2 Points

Bonus 3) Will Jeff Hardy wear facepaint? (Yes/ No)....... 1 Point

Maximum Points = 27

Here is a rough guide for you to copy and paste into the comment box make it easier to fill in.

1 Winner)

1 Loser)

6 Winner)

6 Loser)

Bonus 1)

Bonus 2)

Bonus 3)

There you go, please do comment to get yourself up the league or if your not already then get yourself on there. It's the best thing ever. True Story.

Please enjoy and good luck.

Bleacher Report Prediction League: Victory Road

Callum Graham — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 11:43:38 -0400

Guess who's back.......it's me. Wasn't that hard to guess really seeing as it's my article.

Here is the latest edition of the ongoing extragaganza that is the Bleacher Report Prediction League. These are the current standings.....

Pos - Change - Name - Points

1 = Svyato Rovenchuk 36

2 ^ 4 Joe Burgett 29

3 = Chris Jeter 25

4 ^ 1 Callum Graham 22 (nice)

5 v 3 Mike Fenton 20

6 ^ 8 Kevin Williams 17

7 ^ 5 Myles Godfrey 17

8 ^ 2 Wyatt Beltz 17

9 NEW DJ Rallo 16

10 v 3 Danny Starry 15

11 v 3 J. Robinson 15

12 v 6 Alex Brooks 15

13 ^ 4 Hayley Graham 15

14 NEW Greg Bush 14

15 v 6 Tyler Williams 12

16 ^ 3 Elisa Taylor 12

17 NEW Niall Ketcher 12

18 v 7 Sebastian Cedeno 11

19 v 6 Josh McMullen 11

20 ^ 1 Josh Logan 10

21 NEW Kendrick Davis 10

22 v 7 Tori Horn 9

23 NEW Jeff D Gorman 9

24 v 8 Zach 8

25 v 7 Scott Beeby 8

26 v 6 Adam Testa 8

27 NEW Jack Morton 6

28 NEW Kurt Mehler 6

29 NEW Tom Dunn 5

30 NEW Captain Charisma 4

31 NEW J. Capozzi 4

32 NEW Lewis White Wise 4

This league will have too many people soon enough so if you haven't heard, if you miss three PPVs in a row, I'm chucking you out. I know, harsh, right?

Please feel welcome to join if you aren't involved already....

Here is the matches with the scores in brackets along with the iconic bonus questions.

1) Kurt Angle v Mick Foley.......2 Points

2) A.J. Styles v Kevin Nash........2 Points

3) Matt Morgan v Daniels........1 Point

4) Samoa Joe v Sting..........1 Point

5) Beer Money Inc. v Main Event Mafia..........2 Points

6) Sharmell v Jenna.........1 Point

7) Tara v Angelina Love........2 Points

8) Team 3D v The British Invasion..........2 Points

9) Abyss v Dr. Stevie.........1 Point

Here are the bonus questions.

Bonus 1) Name 1 of the wrestlers/ knockouts in the dark match in the pre show (Person).......3 Points

Bonus 2) Who is Samoa Joe's advisor (Person).........2 Points

Bonus 3) Who will do the first interview (Lauren/ JB).........1 Point

Maximum Points = 20

Here is a rough guide for you to copy and paste to use when posting your predictions.

Bonus 1)

Bonus 2)

Bonus 3)

If you are reading this please do comment and enter the league, with Syvato on holiday the top spot really is up for grabs.

Good Luck.

Bleacher Report Prediction League: The Bash Results

Callum Graham — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:15:47 -0400

Here are the results of the Bash predictions combined with the current league table.

Column 1 Position

Column 2 Position moved up/down from previous table

Column 3 Name

Column 4 Overall Points

Pos - Change - Name - Points

1 = Svyato Rovenchuk 36

2 ^ 4 Joe Burgett 29

3 = Chris Jeter 25

4 ^ 1 Callum Graham 22 (nice)

5 v 3 Mike Fenton 20

6 ^ 8 Kevin Williams 17

7 ^ 5 Myles Godfrey 17

8 ^ 2 Wyatt Beltz 17

9 NEW DJ Rallo 16

10 v 3 Danny Starry 15

11 v 3 J. Robinson 15

12 v 6 Alex Brooks 15

13 ^ 4 Hayley Graham 15

14 NEW Greg Bush 14

15 v 6 Tyler Williams 12

16 ^ 3 Elisa Taylor 12

17 NEW Niall Ketcher 12

18 v 7 Sebastian Cedeno 11

19 v 6 Josh McMullen 11

20 ^ 1 Josh Logan 10

21 NEW Kendrick Davis 10

22 v 7 Tori Horn 9

23 NEW Jeff D Gorman 9

24 v 8 Zach 8

25 v 7 Scott Beeby 8

26 v 6 Adam Testa 8

27 NEW Jack Morton 6

28 NEW Kurt Mehler 6

29 NEW Tom Dunn 5

30 NEW Captain Charisma 4

31 NEW J. Capozzi 4

32 NEW Lewis White Wise 4

Right now a few notes

THE HIGH CLIMBER: Kevin Williams - Nice one

Bleacher Report Prediction League: The Bash

Callum Graham — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:29:38 -0400

Welcome to the bleacher report prediction league. This is just the second pay per view of the league so don't be afraid to sign up as it wont take long to catch up.

Here is the current league table.

1 Svyato Rovenchuk 22

2 Mike Fenton 20

3 Chris Jeter 18

4 Adam Roberts 15

5 Callum Graham 15 (yay!)

6 Joe Burgett 15

7 Alex Brooks 13

8 Danny Starry 13

9 Jay Rob GM Riz 12

10 Tyler Williams 12

11 Wyatt Beltz 11

12 Sebastian Cedeno 11

13 Myles Godfrey 10

14 Josh McMullen 9

15 Kevin Williams 9

16 Tori Horn 9

17 Zach 8

18 Hayley Graham 6

19 Scott Beeby 5

20 Elisa Taylor 4

21 Adam Testa 4

22 Josh Logan 3

And here are the questions for the Bash along with the points for each one.

1) Jeff Hardy v CM Punk......1 Point

2) The Miz v John Cena.......1 Point

3) Randy Orton v Triple H....Match 1........ 1 Point Match 2.......... 1 Point Match 3 ....... 1 Point All correct Extra 2 (total 5).

4) Melina v Michelle McCool....... 1 Point

5) Colons v Legacy.........1 Point

6) ECW Championship Scramble. Dreamer v Swagger v Henry v Christian v Finlay .......... Winner 4........ Loser 2 (last to be pinned) ........Both correct extra 3 (total 9).

7) Khali v Dolph Ziggler.......1 Point

8) Jericho v Rey Mysterio........ 1 Point

And now, the bonus questions.

Bonus 1) The amount of times the word "Bash" is mentioned in the first 5 minutes of broadcasting. (Predict Number) Worth 3 points.

Bonus 2) Which match will be the 2nd longest match in time, from bell to bell (Predict match) Worth 2 points.

Bonus 3) How many times will the ECW title change hands over the course of the match? (Predict Number) Worth 1 Point.

Please enter if your not sure whether to, just a bit of fun for all of us to take part in and actually enjoy wrestling.

Here is a guideline you may use when predicting in the comment box below.

3) Match 1)

Match 2)

Match 3) (If applicable)

6) Winner)

Loser)

Bonus 1)

Bonus 2)

Bonus 3)

If you don't answer some of these because you were too lazy and ignorant to read this then I will go for whatever is first/next in alphabetical order.

Thank you and enjoy.

Half Year Review 5: ECW Review

Callum Graham — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 20:35:02 -0400

This is the fifth of a daily series I will be doing until June 30.

I will use articles and slideshow lists to cover and review TNA and WWE events over the past six months. Thus the name: Half Year Review.

Today's is a review of the past sic months of ECW action.

I don't know what you guys think, but this show, in my opinion, is ruined by it's name. ECW stands for Extreme Championship Wrestling. It's less extreme than Smackdown and Raw. Anytime I see the opening credits with the new logo of ECW I feel a little disappointed in comparison of what it used to be.

Saying that, over the course of the year new ECW has kind of grown on me. They now have many wrestlers that are showing nice potential and the feuds are lasting a lot longer.

It has also been helped by the introduction of Christian in January. He has brought out the best in Swagger and raised the bar of the standard for the title picture.

For me, Jack Swagger is brilliant entertainment, with his amateur background and little whining moments. He reminds me much of Kurt Angle.

ECW used to be a bit of a bore to watch and not worth staying up for—it's on later in the U.K.

Matt Striker and Todd Grisham were perfect commentators for the show. Now that Grisham has left, it has gotten worse with what's-his-name replacing him.

I think they should get a Hardcore or European Title introduced as a B Title for the show to give the mid-carders something to go for.

ECW has upped the ante with the Hart Dynasty. I love them. When their music plays I often get goosebumps.

For me, ECW has gone from watching in hope that something will happen to be entertained for an hour. A strong improvement.

Yesterdays Article: Moment of the Year

Tomorrows Article: Best and Worst Title Reigns

The 2009 Predictions Cup...Sign Up Here

Callum Graham — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 07:53:41 -0400

Here is a prediction game that is unlike any other, as far as I'm aware. Even if you don't watch TNA put your prediction down as there will be WWE pay per views added on too.

O.K. ive made a new article stating it will just be a regular ongoing league now find the new prediction game here, if you've signed up here i've put you in for this...

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/203780-bleacher-report-prediction-league

1) Team 3D v Beer Money Inc......Predict the winner, worth 1 point.

2) Mick Foley v Jeff Jarrett v Kurt Angle v Samoa Joe v A.J. Styles - King of the Mountain........Predicting the winner is worth 3, the person the winner pins in the match before climbing the ladder is worth 2 and if you get both there is a bonus of 2 more (total of 7).

3) Angelina Love v Tara........1 point

4) Suicide v Jay Lethal v Consequences Creed v Alex Shelley v Chris Sabin - King of the Mountain.........same point system and number 2.

5) Matt Morgan v Sting.........1 point

6) Raven and Daffney v Abyss and Taylor Wilde.........1 point

7) Daniels v Shane Douglas......1 point

And here are the bonus questions.

Amount of interviews J.B. has during course of show. (only pay per view, not pre show).......Predict number......worth 3 points.

The 3rd match on the match card. Predict the match.......worth 2 points.

Which of the following will happen, Foley goes on commentary during his match, Jarrett uses his guitar during the match. Predict, Both/ Foley/ Jarrett/ Neither....worth 1 point

At the end of the pay per view all the scores from this will be added to the scores of your predictions from the Bash. I hope this is clear, if you are reading this you should be commenting, copy and paste and fill in the thing below.

2) Winner:

Loser:

4) Winner:

Loser:

Bonus 1)

Bonus 2)

Bonus 3)

There are 64 spaces available and the top 32 will be taken through to the second round.

Half Year Review 2: Top 11 Draft Picks

Callum Graham — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:42:21 -0400

This is the second of a daily series I will be doing until June 30. I will use articles and slideshow lists to cover and review TNA and WWE events over the past six months. Thus the name, Half Year Review. That's right it's another one of those top 11 lists from me. I had it written down to do the top 10 drafts but couldn't resist sticking the coveted number 11 spot. Also as you can tell this is two out of two slideshows that won't have involved TNA, afraid to say it's going to be 3 after tomorrow. Judt more to write about with WWE I guess. This is the top draft, although as an added bonus to my wonderful, brilliant, magnificant, awesome, remarkable audience (this is me trying to bribe you into giving me pick of the day). Oh yeah, the bonus. The bonus for my great fans is to have the topdraft picks and a recap of the ones that didn't make it and got lost in the process of the draft. Firstly I will be showing these wrestlers that didn't make it through followed by ones that did, I'm making it seem more complicated than it is. Shut up Callum.

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Half Year Review 1: Top WWE Pay-Per-Views of 2009

Callum Graham — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:24:57 -0400

This is the first of a daily series I will be doing until June 30th. I will cover and review with many lists and articles review TNA and WWE events over the past 6 months. Thus the name, Half Year Review. Right, lets kick off with the first slide, the top pay per views of the year. This is only for the 6 WWE pay per views as I was not fully "into" TNA at the time and couldn't get a feel of the feuds when watching the events back.

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Discussion Board: Create A Match Concept

Callum Graham — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 06:43:14 -0400

This is a discussion article, for you, the reader, to discuss the following topic in the comment section below, enjoy.

It started off with the Royal Rumble match, throw your opponent over the top rope to eliminate him.

Then there was the simple idea of a King of the Ring tournamount, 8 entered in a knockout competition to crown the winner (no pun intended).

In WCW they created War Games in which 2 teams squared off in a bloody battle with members coming down at staggered times, it's now been altered to Lethal Lockdown.

One of the first TNA concept was Ultimate X, where an X was placed above the ring and wrestlers had to pull themselves over to it.

As well as this was King of the Mountain, pin your opponent before you can climb the ladder.

They also created the Fight for the Right competition and Feast or Fired.

WWE have invented Money In The Bank, Elimination Chamber, and the Championship Scramble to name a few.

I am challenging the Bleacher Report community to invent a new Concept for a professional wrestling organisation to use, it can be a match stipulation or every match on a night such as Night of Champions, Lockdown or more recently Breaking Point.

I personally would go for something like a "Championship Open Match" or similar to that where it is an elimination (pin or submission or DQ, I guess) and anyone can enter, providing they have been world champion at least 5 times.

Anyway please have a little think to yourself, if you were on the writing team/board of directors/general manager what would you put forward as a special match or event,

Thank you reading and once again proving,

WHEN I BLOG, THE WORLD LISTENS

Top 11 - Undertaker WrestleMania Matches

Callum Graham — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:06:00 -0400

So basically i've decided top 11 lists will become my new "thing", don't know why, just seems right. Anyway this is a list of the top 11 (of 17) matches The Undertaker has had at WrestleMania if you want to leave a comment of yor top 11 (or 10 if you want to be normal). I hope you enjoy reading this as it took one heck of a while watching threw all the matches he's had (not that they were bad).....(most weren't bad at least).......(yeah i'm talking to you, A-Train)

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My Top Finishers in Wrestling

Callum Graham — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:25:12 -0400

Think Ultimate Warrior, think Shawn Michaels, Papa Shango, Legion of Doom and Andre the Giant. Think Ric Flair's "Wooooo", and Macho Man Randy Savage's "Ohhhh Yeeeaaahh!!". Put yourself in that place where the ridiculous became real, where no matter how hard you hit The Undertaker, that pasty little white fella on the side of the ring still managed to make him sit up just by stroking an urn. We want the 11 best WWF/WWE finishing moves of all time. Does anything beat The People's Elbow, The Million Dollar Dream hold, the Perfect Plex?

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My Extreme Rules Experience

Callum Graham — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 23:10:13 -0400

Hello there. Callum Graham, your favourite blogger here and today I will being taking you through my Extreme Rules experience, like a diary I guess. I haven't tried anything like this so it will be very interesting to see if it's a success.

Little background knowledge, I live in England/UK/ Great Britain (they all work), thus times are different. The pay per view starts at 1 a.m. finishes at 4. Saying that it's not really a pay per view, being shown on SkySports, I get to watch it on TV for free.

It's currently 12:35 and i'm watching afterburn. Do you guys see this in the U.S? Seems like a pointless show, wonder who actually watches it.

What to say, let's go with a few of my predictions for the night.

Umaga vs. CM Punk

I've heard a few people predicting a "cash in" tonight, if that were to happen Punk would have to win this match. Quite hard to predict as I haven't paid much attention to this feud, going to go with CM Punk

Big Show vs. Cena

There is a big deal being made of how Cena will win, but with how ridiculous the WWE has been with him becoming invincible so I worryingly predict (although hope i'm wrong) that John Cena will win.

Jeff Hardy vs. Edge

They just showed a promo for this match, has absolutely huge potential. Loved all the clips from classic Edge Hardy ladder matches. My money's on Edge for this one, but also for this to be matches of the night. My bets also on at least one announces table to get broken, I'm guessing ECW's.

Side Note: The announcer Justin Roberts for Smackdown seems alright with every word he announces, apart from the words "Edge" or as he says "Headge" and "Jeff" or as he says "JEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIFFFFFFFFFF" Trust me, listen out for it tonight.

MVP vs. Kingston vs. Regal vs. Matt Hardy

Didn't know this match was happening till earlier today, got to be Kingston, they wouldn't give him a 6 day title reign, would they?

Dreamer vs. Swagger vs. Christian

This match will be solid HARDCORE. I feel today will be the day ECW officially dies. It's a shame Dreamer is leaving but if he is to win, it would be a bit annoying as I've prepered myself for him to leave and this would be the perfect exit. I'm going with Christian.

Rey Mysterio vs. Jericho

Firstly, A No Holds Barred match, surely extreme rules would mean no holds barred? I'm thinking and hoping Jericho wins but I don't think he will remove the mask, that's a big deal.

Orton vs. Batista

I don't quite know what to make of this one. I'm thinking Orton will win but I'm not sure how the match will pan out. Interesting one to watch.

O.K. that killed alot of time, 12:54 now. Oh yeh! I forgot the HogPen match.

Santina vs. Vickie

Going to be an awful match, Vickie will probably win via someone trying to lick her ass similar to Hardy and Regal.

Also, I hope Miz comes out at somepoint, guys a legend.

4 minutes to go, I'm getting hyped for it now. Incidentally I'm up this late as my college has a teacher training day tomorrow, lucky me!

The show begins on page 2.

Yes sir, we promised you a great main event here, Wrestlemania, Hulkamania is running wild, Rest in Peace, If you smeeeell, You're fired, Give me a hell ya, It's not over, The whole world is watching......Don't you just love that bit.

Here come the fireworks! Nice set up, that X looks pretty awesome.

Match 1: U.S. Title Fatal 4 Way Match (is this going to be extreme?)

Wonder if this is an elimination match. Out comes Regal representing the U.K, we're not all as miserable as him, honest. 5 minutes gone and SkySports has already got a shout-out. BALLIN! I tried saying that to my mate and realised it really doesn't work in an English accent. Kingston wins.

Managed to predict that one right. Poor old Regal. Match Rating 6.5/10

Josh Matthews interviewing Big Show: Too many Josh Matthews interviews as of late, he's got no charisma, which is what you need in entertainment business and this interview was completely pointless.

Match 2: Mysterio vs. Jericho - IC Title

Where's Jericho? O.K. he's speaking. Merchandise stand with the fans. That's quite unexpected and he makes some good points. "Don't touch me". Sign in the crowd, 'Jericho got fat' and out comes Rey.

Wow! Jericho just "tried" to unmask Mysterio and pretty much did unmask him. I could see his face so i'm sure you could. Impressive 619 counter from Jericho into backbreaker there. Codebreaker! 1,2, Nope. And here come the weapons.

WHAT! He's unmasked! Jericho wins. That was an unbelievable ending. Counter into Walls, Counter with chair hit, Counter 619 by unmasking. Match Rating 8.5/10

Another Josh Matthews interview, now with Batista: BORING! Hang on, he said let's show you a clip from this Monday night, then your thoughts, I can do that! Batista looks alot more old in HD (yeah i'm watching it in HD).

Match 3: Umaga vs. CM Punk - Samoan Strap

Sweet this match has my favourite referee, Charles Robertson, what a legend. Still can't get over the Mysterio Jericho match. So far this match seems quite limited and slow.

The most interesting part of this match so far is that Todd Grisham studied Geometry. There we go; Punk wins it. That wasn't a bad ending to be fair. I'll be honest, I'm on fire here that's 3/3 predictions correct. Match Rating 5/10

Hurricane interviews Christian: This should be funny. Nice, Dreamer = A Melting Candle, not bad. That was brilliant, move over Matthews, Hurricanes interviews are much better. Swagger came and they both left, brilliant.

Match 4: Christian vs. Jack Swagger vs. Tommy Dreamer - ECW Championship

Dreamer comes out and gets a slightly disappointing reception. Didn't seem to have a strong cheer you'd expect. Here we go, I'm expecting Hardcore, bloody violence, will I get it? Here come the weapons! Swaggers taking a beating. Dreamer has only ever been ECW champ for roughly an hour, thanks for that Matt Striker.

Christian own ECW chant, not quite the same but still good. Four trash cans and lids in the ring and 3 sticks/canes and a stop sign, only in ECW. DDT! DREAMER WINS! Dreamer lives on. Will this reinnovate the old ECW, I certainly hope so. Match Rating 8/10

Match 5: Vickie vs. Santina - HogPen Match

The King has a load of funny lines whilst announcing the rules, funny guy. Still haven't got Vickie a entrance yet. Ref is wearing some neat pants there. By the way it's now a handicap match and Vickie sent Chavo in there instead, LET DOWN.

Wow here comes Vickie. Chavo threw the crap at Santina who ducked and it hit Vickie, Santina wins. Match Rating 4/10

An odd promo for SummerSlam, different to what I have seen in previous years.

Batista Orton is up next...Raw world championship matches have been mid order three months running now.

Vicke and Chavo backstage: Goldust and Hornswoggle confront them. "You smell like shit" says Goldust, awesome stuff. They continue walking to Vickie's office and Edge is in there. Vickie and Edge argue. Edge says he's filing for a divorce, it was never going to work with them on different shows.

Match 6: Batista vs. Orton - Steel Cage WWE Title

Batista's out there with an intense look. Orton very nearly gets out within a minute. "You can't wrestle" chants I just heard. I assume there aimed at Batista, if at Orton they are inaccurate chants.

This match is making Orton look weak. Batista bomb, wow. Batista wins. That was an awful match I have to say and a surprising result. Match Rating 6.5/10. That's 3/6 and 3 wrong predictions in a row now.

John Cena career promo: All round Cena is pretty good, he's simply not a good enough wrestler and it is irritating that he always seems to be winning or champion.

Match 7: Big Show vs. John Cena - Submission

Big Show is looking a lot more in shape and has lost weight, 441 lbs, The Slightly Smaller Show yeah that works. Sign "I can't see why they love you". I'm expecting 15 minutes of Big Show offence followed by a Cena rush of moves and i'm not sure about the finish.

King just moaned about Cena's sleeper being put in wrong but Big Show faded anyway. Should know how to do sleeper hold if your a wrestler in WWE. Plenty of long hold, waring down submissions from Big Slo- Show so far.

There's the FU and the STFU, nope! Cena does a different version of STFU with Shows foot on rope (which can unhooked, botch!) and he tapped, Cena Wins, BORING! Match Rating 5.5/10

Edge and Jeff Hardy promo: So many brilliant ladder moments involving these two. This should be one of the matches of the year, hopefully with no major interference (Matt Hardy coming out right at the end).

Match 8: Edge vs. Jeff Hardy - Ladder World Heavyweight Championship

There is a sea of ladders on the ramp, outside the ring and next to the announcers tables. I'm going to estimate 20 ladders out there. Hardy comes out and gets hit by the pyrotechnics!!! Only joking, but seriously there's more ladders lying down by the ring. Going to say 25 ladders there. Told you he said Jeff and Edge weird.

Eight matches at a pay per view is a rarity these days and it's nice to see.

Ding ding ding. Here we go, first ladder incoming. They've managed to break that ladder, just minutes after J.R. said "a ladder never breaks but the anatomy does",

I had to drop my laptop and watch that match. It was like watch a film and there were lots of different scenes or events so many highlights on what was a great match and for Hardy to get his second title reign is awesome hopefully it will last longer (yeah i'm taking the piss) Match Rating 9/10

Punks music hits. He cashes it in the match starts. The go to sleep connects, 1. 2. Kick out, maybe he won't win it this time. Jeff Hardy with a cradle! 1, 2, kick out. Maybe he will then. Go to sleep for the second time and Punk is the new champion. Match Rating 2/10 (what? it was only a minute long).

Overall this pay per view exceeded all expectations. I got 4 of the 8 predictions correct, not good enough Callum.

The Piss Count 5

The Drink Count 2

Event Rating 8/10, nice one WWE.

This hasn't been to bad doing a My Experience style article, thanks for reading and once again proving, WHEN I BLOG, THE WORLD LISTENS.

Callum Graham

WWE Ringside Managers: A Dying Art

Callum Graham — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 17:07:22 -0400

Since the start of wrestling managers have played a huge part. They often add a new dimension to the match and add a degree of unpredictability. Heel managers will almost always be involved in matches, trying to give their wrestlers the edge.

In the WWE managers used to be a trend for pretty much every wrestlers to have a manager to accompany them to the ring. Now it's hard to think of even a handful.

Here are the wrestlers in WWE with managers:

Mark Henry—Tony Atlas (they're arguing now so they may not last)
Beth Pheonix—Rosa Mendes (as far as managers come she's pretty lame)
Michelle McCool—Alicia Fox
The Great Khali—Mr. Sideburns
Hart Dynasty—Natalya
Paul Burchill—Katie Lea Burchill

That's a grand total of six.

Even then, three of them are on the weakest show, ECW. Not only this, but of the six, Atlas and Natalya are the only ones who really get involved. Rosa and Alicia may occasionally, but it rarely affects the outcome.

A manager brings much more possibility to the match and, in my opinion, more excitement.

Next Article: The Worst Gimmicks in Wrestling History

BrainBuster—May 2009

Callum Graham — Sun, 24 May 2009 16:32:13 -0400

Welcome to the very first edition of the BrainBuster, a monthly article summarizing the month's wrestling, giving opinions on feuds and wrestlers, and discussing rumours for both WWE and TNA.

Let's start with what's been happening on RAW this month.

It all seems to be the same story: Orton comes out (occasionally with Legacy) does loads of put downs to the crowd and the Raw roster, someone comes out and he ultimately looks weak in the main event.

He has even being made look weak by Ric Flair of all people now, nothing against Ric, he was good pre-1995.

Hopefully Santino has lost his Santina gimmick now as he/she wasn't nearly as entertaining as the legend that is Santino Marella.

Just me who thinks women's wrestling is looking pretty good right now, and i'm not just talking about the appearance. RAW has got Kelly Kelly vs Maryse in what has to be the hottest match ever televised. Any arguments?

Meanwhile, TNA has the whole Awesome Kong hunting down Angelina Love...Kong even beat up Billy Gunn to get to her, oh isn't he called Billy Gunn anymore, Kip James?

I'm still not sure what to make of this Suicide character, (he's still a game character to me) no matter what happened over the past few weeks on Impact I still believe it was Daniels in there before.

I loved hearing Don West say it was Daniels in the Suicide costume even when they were fighting next to each other.

TNA needs to get rid of these old guys from WCW and WWE's reject pile, they're wasting time on these guys that should be spent on the exciting young talent they have.

A way of getting this would be to bring the Hardcore title over from WWE (using Mick Foley, (got awarded it didn't he [look at me I'm a bracket inside parenthesis inside another parenthesis])), enough bracket jokes. This would give youngsters a few short minutes even if they aren't showing there wrestling abilities.

More BrainBusting action (BrainBusting doesn't sound catchy, promise I won't use it again) on the next page.

Welcome to page two, the best damn page ever.

As I was saying, Backlash was pretty much a brilliant pay-per-view, I realise I wasn't saying that at all.

The following pay per view Judgment Day, hmmm...ok, would have been annoyed if that's what I got for 15 quid though, you know what I'm saying.

The Christian Swagger match brought out some real talents in Jack, and the talents we already no of in Christian

Soon enough old Christian will defend his title against Dreamer in what will be Tommy's last match, R.I.P Tommy Dreamer.

As well as this there was CM Punk against Umaga, this was the second pay-per-view consecutively in which Punk was in a pretty pointless match, question, why did Umaga keep interfering in CM Punk trying to cash in, is there actually any reason whatsoever? Anyone? Anyone at all?

When's Punk gonna cash in? My prediction is October 14th.

Also on SmackDown at the pay-per-view there was Jericho against Mysterio, ever since coming over to SmackDown they have made Y2J look awful. Has he actually won a match yet, I can name four he's lost: Fatal 4 Way, Jeff Hardy, Mysterio, Punk, told you I could.

There has been an odd rivalry recently forming between Eve and Layla, what the hell is going on there then. Firstly, does anyone enjoy watching those Arm Wrestling matches, I've only chose it as my article picture as it looks pretty cool. Seriously, they annoy me, as do contract signings, YAWN.

BUT WAIT! There's a match between Layla and Eve next week, they actually advertised on last weeks show that they will compete next week. Who's gonna think, "I'm not really up for watching SmackDown this week, hang on, Eve and Layla are wrestling, I've got to watch it".

I do enjoy the fact that they are giving, crap what's his name, I always do this, can never remember it, Dolph Ziggler a push. Since crossing brands he has looked a tough cookie. "My name is DOLPH Ziggler", couldn't resist, sorry.

Surprisingly Good Wrestler of the Month Award:

Nominees:

What's his name, Dolph Ziggler

John Morrison

Matt Morgan

The Miz

And the winner is...

John Morrison!

I feel he has been athletic, technically good and proved that he can be hated as a heel and loved as a face. Good mic skills, good moved set, good look, the kid has got a future.

Back to RAW for a bit, I have to say I'm getting increased fed up of Cena. At Backlash he gets put through a spotlight and it looked pretty damn bad. Next night he's walking on RAW, grrr. Then the next week he gets attacked by Show, he has got to be in bad shape for Judgment Day now. Nope. He runs to the ring, and beats the worlds largest athlete, making Cena look unbeatable and Big Show look like the worlds largest jobber, that's the best I could think of.

The bit of that feud that I did/do like is The Miz. He has completely wrecked/trashed/destroyed Cena over the past month, and I have to say I love it.

Now a topic that has been widely discussed and by wide I mean Vanessa Feltz wide, she's half famous in the UK so no Americans will get that one, UNLUCKY!

Of course I'm speaking about the Tag Team division in wrestling.

Firstly, WWE has narrowed down from two to one set of tag titles, as well as this they made the tag title match for the unified tag titles (should be huge) a dark match. Since this there hasn't been a tag match involving the tag champs or a tag match involving possible challengers.

In contrast, TNA has recently specialized in tag team wrestling, (and haven't they told us about their superior tag teams over WWE enough). Making a invitation quarter final tournament for the No. 1 contender spot against the Dudley Boyz.

As a resident of Britain I personally enjoy the British Invasion and hope they win the titles, that's all I'm saying.

Last word on TNA, is Bobbly Lashley ever going to show up on TNA? Or is he just gonna come out and point at the ring at the end of the occasional PPV.

Lashleys former employers at ECW have seem a new side of Kozlov recently. Acting as if he were a member of the Russian Military to try and give him a bit of charisma, he seems way to forced like a kid who's put in fancy dress by their mum.

Also on ECW there was a mini reunion of the Hart Foundation as DH Smith joined forced with Tyson Kidd and Natalya. They have potential, I'll say that. Not enough to be bigger than their elders, but there we go.

Edge and Christian recently had their first interactions in AGES at Backlash and it didn't seem friendly, rumours running round that there's a possible feud or reunion coming up.

Recently there have been promotions for the November tour for the UK. Only they've been named Undertaker Rest In Peace Tour. None of these have been named after a wrestler before and have sparked rumours this will be his last tour before retiring.

There has been plenty made of the whole Denver WWE fiasco. I'm sure you know the story, TNA have now got involved announces they won't skip towns like WWE. Steel Cage match between Kronke and McMahon, wouldn't that be great.

Final thought: Is it just me who thinks there is an extreme number of heels in the WWE. Smackdowns face title contenders, Punk (although he won't due to Money in the Bank), Jeff Hardy (contract expiring soon) Mysterio (Intercontinental Champ) Raw and ECW have few also.

Wrestler of the Month:

3rd - Rey Mysterio

2nd - Matt Morgan

1st - CM Punk

Questions?

1. Will Rhodes and DiBiase ever be as big as Orton and Batista?

2. Do you like Ric being back or is he getting annoying?

3. Have you seen a hotter match than Kelly Kelly vs. Maryse?

4. When's Punk going to cash in his briefcase?

5. Your Surprisingly Good Wrestler of the Month?

6. Should WWE be more aware of it's tag team division? How would you improve it?

7. Will the Hart's reunion be remotely big, or just fade out within a few months?

8. Do you think Undertaker will retire within the next 12 months?

9. Your superstar of the month?

WWE Superstars.....What's the Point?

Callum Graham — Sat, 23 May 2009 19:55:58 -0400

In April, shortly after Wrestle Mania 25 we were promised this exciting new show, a forth weekly show along with Raw, ECW and Smackdown.

Placed on a Thursday night slot, it was believed this show was going to be big in order to lower Impact's ratings. We as viewers were told two things when this show begun:

This would be were people from all three brands would compete in inter-brand promotion matches
It would be solid wrestling: No storylines, a show for people who enjoy watching the sport

Right, since starting on April 16 there has not been a single match between two peoples from different brands. So much for that then....

Not only this but you can't get through a show without someone (mainly heel) interfering with whom they are currently feuding with...so that's two things superstars hasn't achieved.

I mean, Hornswoggle vs. Big Show? Then Goldust comes out? What the hell's going on?

I live in the UK and we don't even receive WWE Superstars on TV so I'm forced to watch it online (not that there's much point). I believe this is just another way for Vince to earn more dollars. Really wouldn't be surprised if they pulled the plug on this show within the next 6 months.

On a brighter note, they have a good intro, my recommendation is to watch the intro, maybe the fireworks show at the start if you're feeling happy, then turn it off or you will make yourself disappointed.

Thank you for reading, for more check out my page, C.Graham 24/05/09

Remembering Owen Hart: 10 Years Later

Callum Graham — Sat, 23 May 2009 12:18:04 -0400

10 years ago to this very day one of the most loved, respected and hard working wrestlers pasted away. He was a brilliant wrestler who was in many outstanding matches.

On May 23, 1999 at PPV Over the Edge, Owen was playing his new gimmick as a bad superhero, The Blue Blazer.

Unfortunately on his regular entrance flying down from the rafters his entrance did not go to plan and he fell over 75 feet to his death.

This article is to pay tribute to the life and career of Owen "The Rocket" Hart.

Please share your favourite Owen Hart moments.

Left but never forgotton, R.I.P

Extreme Rules Might As Well Be Called Judgment Day 2

Callum Graham — Fri, 22 May 2009 21:41:19 -0400

It's getting ridiculous, on Tuesday after college I sat down optimistic for an episode of Raw. The episode after a pay per view I believe to be the most exciting and unpredictable so was looking forward to it.

Randy Orton kicks off by coming to the ring, i'm wondering who's gonna interrupt, (which would probably lead to them being the next No. 1 contender). Batista's music kicks in, you gotta be kidding me.

It's official: Orton-Batista Extreme Rules inside a Cage they could have done so much more...I guess I should be thankful it's not another Cena title shot.

Speaking of Cena, never guess who he's facing at Judgment Day 2, that's right, the Big Show. But wait, it's a Submission match, it's pointless to me i'm afraid.

So I leave my comfy sofa a little disappointed.

Then on Thursday I put on ECW, in more hope than expectation. Swagger wants yet another title shot (wouldn't be surprised if he got one soon enough). But Christian challenges Dreamer as he's weeks from getting fired.

Thank God there gonna make this match at Extreme Rules and give Dreamer the end he deserves in extreme style, WRONG, they put it on Superstars?

Think this is one of Vince's plans to beat Impact in the ratings. I'm sure he will get his title shot at Extreme Rules though....

Which lead me to tonight, Smackdown. This show has been showing so much potential and excitement since the draft and has left me more pleased to watch it than Raw.

CM Punk and Jericho fought on Superstars, and they fought on Smackdown, maybe they'll start a cool feud...WRONG.

First, (similar to Raw this bit) the champ comes out gloats about win then teddy long announces the title match to be Edge vs. Jeff. OK what the hell.

Don't worry it's a ladder match, i'm sure it'll be fun. Later in the Jericho-Punk match ( ironically also a rematch) Umaga interferes, beats the crap out of Punk and makes an announcement.

Would you look at that it's Punk-Umaga at Extreme Rules. Not done yet folks, Jericho heads into Teddy Longs office and demands a rematch with Mysterio, please say no, please say no, hmmm, he said yes, in fact Mysterio insisted it, brilliant, I leave my comfy sofa disappointed once again,

Here's the Judgment Day card:

Umaga vs. Punk

Christian vs. Swagger

Morrison vs. Benjamin

Mysterio vs. Jericho

Batista vs. Orton

Cena vs. Big Show

Edge vs. Hardy

Here's the Judgment Day 2 card:

Umaga vs. Punk

Mysterio vs. Jericho

Batista vs. Orton

Cena vs. Big Show

Edge vs. Hardy

hmmm.....

I don't want to seem like i'm hating on the WWE, as I respect what they do, just be nice to see some new wrestlers come through the ranks,

Thank You for reading, C.Graham 23/05/09

Top 10 Wrestlemania Matches of the 21st Century

Callum Graham — Fri, 22 May 2009 21:02:07 -0400

Here are my top 10 matches taking place in Wrestlemania this century, (Wrestlemania 2000 - Wrestlemania XXV) The matches aren't on the standard of wrestling but a mixture of entertainment and wrestling ability. I hope you enjoy and please leave a comment with your top 10 or any disagreements (think thats a word) you have with my list.

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