Vickie Guerrero Returning to the WWE, Managing New Superstar
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We reported last week that Vickie Guerrero would be making a return to the WWE, albeit a one-time thing for SmackDown’s 10th Anniversary special. However, reports from the show indicate that her return is actually a long-term one: she will be managing the man she calls her “new boyfriend”, new WWE Superstar Eric Escobar.
I’m actually quite shocked that she’s come back in this capacity, given the crappy circumstances in which she left the company back in June, as well as some of the ridiculous stunts they pulled on her over the years. Maybe that WWE paycheck was just too good to pass up?
What do you say–are you happy to see Vickie back, or do you think she’ll regret returning to the ‘E? Speak up in the comments.
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SmackDown Spoilers: October 2nd, 2009
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- Michelle McCool vs. Melina – Lumberjill match for the Women’s Title Practically all the divas were out there other than Mickie James and Gail Kim. Savannah was even out there. Not much done with the Lumberjacks. Towards the end, Melina ran the ropes and Jillian grabbed her foot so she dove on the outside to take some of them out. Of course a brawl ensues. Back in the ring Melina goes up top and Beth pulls her leg to crotch her on the top. Michelle hits the Faith Breaker for the win. Winner and still WWE Women’s Champion: Michelle McCool
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Tiffany Injured, Temporarily Replaced as ECW GM
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Tonight on ECW, William Regal assumed the role of GM after announcing that Tiffany was involved in a car crash and was thus unable to perform her duties. Well, that was only partially true..
According to PWInsider Tiffany is legitimately injured, but not from a car wreck–she suffered a either a broken arm or wrist in a match with Mia Mancini (the artist formerly known as Serena Deeb) last week at an FCW taping. It is not yet known how serious the injury is nor how long this will keep her from her GM position.
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MICKIE JAMES VS ALICIA FOX Hell in a Cel
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28/9/09
Tonight’s Raw is hosted by radio host and civil rights activist Reverend Al Sharpton. Tune into the show (9pm EST on the USA Network) and discuss any Divas action in the comments below!
EDIT: Just announced: Mickie James vs. Alicia Fox for Divas Championship this Sunday at Hell in a Cell. Come one, come all for our Live Blog at 8pm EST to discuss the title match!
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Armchair Creative Team: Booking SmackDown’s 10th Anniversary Special
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27/9/09
Armchair Creative Team is back! And this time we are booking this Friday’s SmackDown 10th anniversary special. Considered the ’season premiere’ of SmackDown, the annual special usually features tri-branded matches and Superstars and Divas from all three brands. Last year, we had a champion vs champion match when then-Women’s Champ, Beth Phoenix defeated then-Divas Champ, Michelle McCool in a singles match. If this year’s main event is anything to go by, it looks like this year’s ’season premiere’ will feature more of the same interpromotional goodness! As always, read our match ideas & vote for your favourite!
Melina & Mickie James vs Alicia Fox & Michelle McCool — Perhaps my personal favourite idea is to see these two dream teams back together again! There’s storyline progression to be had here, plus also nostalgia to be served. Melina is pretty much the #1 Contender for McCool’s Women’s Championship and same for Fox to James’ Divas Championship. Thus, this match would be in keeping with storyline. However, there’s also some fun personal history here. Before being drafted to SmackDown, Melina & Mickie’s friendship on Raw was really cute to see and they worked so well as a tag team. Meanwhile, Alicia Fox has made good after that brief period as Michelle’s understudy on SmackDown — she is now the #1 Contender for the Divas Title! For old times sake, why not reunite mentor and student? Could be a great interpromotional match.
Beth Phoenix vs Michelle McCool — Arguably, the two top badass heels in WWE right now. This would be a rematch from last year, when these two faced off as Beth put Michelle out with the Glam Slam. This year however, times have changed — Michelle is now rivalling the Glamazon in the bad girl stakes. This could make for an interesting matchup and show much progression from their match last year as both are now on a more even playing field
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Footage of Serena Deeb & Miss April in FCW
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It’s rather unfortunate that the #1 Contender for the Divas Championship still has to work the FCW tapings lol. Granted this was probably taped a while ago, but Alicia Fox is very much ‘main roster’ now. Could Serena’s gimmick be more stereotypical? The music, the hat, the name… I wonder if they’ll recycle Trinity’s old “Full Bodied Italian” nickname? Speaking of recycling… Tiffany using Torrie Wilson’s entrance song pisses me off to no end. I guess their train of thought is, “It doesn’t matter… blonde for a blonde.” *Eye roll* And if Tiffany’s use of Torrie’s music was bad, why would she go and shoot herself in the foot even more by pretty much ripping off Maria’s entrance? That whole thing on the turnbuckle came across very Maria minus the boob-jiggling.
This is really the first opportunity I’ve had to see April and Tiffany work a match; I’ve seen Serena main event SHIMMER and we’ve all seen Alicia tangle with the best of the main roster, but these two not so much. I was very impressed with April, she has a lot of ring presence and is already a good worker. That exchange with Serena where she countered her move into an arm drag was great and the crossbody from the top was also nicely done. Just from that short moment, I could see Serena & April having some great chemistry in singles matches. I look forward to seeing that.
As for Tiffany, she’s pretty bad. Her moves look awkward, she seems hesitant in the ring, almost as if she’s thinking about things before she does them and there’s no fluidity. It reminds me of girls like Eve, who also had those issues in the FCW matches I saw of her last year. The way she hits her moves, like Maria & Kelly, doesn’t look believable and just comes across flat. The forearms, that awful dropkick and that double-clothesline. Not impressed. Perhaps it’s best if she sticks to being a GM.
I’m actually surprised that Serena is able to use that finishing move… it’s not very Diva-y. Very cool, but not very Diva-y. I wouldn’t be surprised if they told her to drop it for something else. That’s how they roll.
PS: Anyone know if the Serena vs Angela match has aired?
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The whereabouts of ECW Diva, Courtney Taylor has been much speculated since Angela Fong, now known as Savannah took over her interviewing position thr
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26/9/09
The whereabouts of ECW Diva, Courtney Taylor has been much speculated since Angela Fong, now known as Savannah took over her interviewing position three weeks ago.
For those wondering, we have been told that Courtney — real name Beverly Mullins — has been granted a short period of leave due to personal reasons. Though the exact situation wasn’t disclosed, we send Beverly our best wishes with her personal issues.
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Trish Stratus on Alicia Fox, Beth Phoenix, Natalya, Tara & More
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Legendary Diva, Trish Stratus has become the latest veteran to give a rub to young rookie and Diva Dirt favourite, Alicia Fox. Since moving to SmackDown in April and later Raw this past summer, Alicia has earned compliments from the likes of Allison Danger and current WWE Diva, Melina. But is there higher praise from the quintessential 7-time Women’s Champion? I think not!
Trish dropped in on the Live Audio Wrestling show last Sunday to talk about her Raw guest host gig, and put over Alicia Fierce while also bringing light to the main issue of the women’s division today:
I saw Alicia Fox, her in the ring, I was pretty impressed. To be honest, I didn’t know too much about her but I think what’s missing is what I always say is: “I don’t know who that girl is. I know her name and I know she can wrestle but I don’t know what her voice sounds like.” Say I was wrestling at this time and Alicia Fox got introduced and we had this storyline, then you know who she is. She can wrestle and boom, you’ve got yourself a new character. That’s the only thing that’s missing overall in the women because there’s a lot of workers right now that are really good.
Right on the money, Trish! We’ve been saying this forever and ever, the thing missing right now is character development. Not since the days of Trish have the Divas gotten the opportunity to get their characters over, hence why you get so many generic babyfaces and generic heels because there’s not enough effort going into the writing.
Trish also discusses WWE’s rewriting of the history between she and Beth Phoenix on last week’s Raw, given the fact Trish was the one who introduced Beth to the main roster:
Well you know, when they start a storyline and especially if you come in as a face but then you come back as a heel, that doesn’t exist. It’s erased.
Speaking of another rising Diva she’d like to see pushed, Trish strikes out again in picking Natalya:
I want to see more of Natalya and I really want to see them do something with Natalya really badly, because I think she can be so awesome and I think fans can get with her.
And last but not least, Trish offers her insight on her former rival Victoria, now TNA’s Tara jumping from WWE to TNA:
I think it’s great. It was time for her to leave the WWE. It was just time. When she came in she had a good position, I mean she got the belt pretty quickly. I think she’s fantastic in the ring and maybe she was beginning to doubt how great she is in the ring. When you know what you can do and you’re not able to do what you do best, that sucks. I’ve talked to her and she’s enjoying it a lot.
It seems as though Trish is just in tune as the fans, I totally agree with every single point she made.
Bonus scoop: Trish mentions that she’d love to see a new WWE produced DVD on her career and will talk to WWE officials about it. Erm where do we sign up? I don’t buy WWE DVDs usually, but I would most certainly make an exception for a new Trish collection. Though she had the one in 2003, I think a 3-disc total career retrospective complete with bonus discs for some of her most memorable matches like they seem to be doing these days, would be epic!
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Injury Updates on Several Divas Including Previously Unreported Injury
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- As you guys saw on Monday night, Mickie James is back in the ring after suffering a ruptured implant at the beginning of the month. Mickie is said to be doing fine. Though I would question whether it’s wise to take a Glam Slam after getting your boobs fixed up…
- Raw Diva Kelly Kelly was backstage on Monday night and is expected to continue on the road despite her knee injury. WWE has yet to acknowledge the injury and officials are reportedly unhappy that word of her injury got out. As we reported last weekend, the time-frame for her in-ring return is uncertain but could be a maximum of three months.
- Women’s Champion, Michelle McCool is still injured as you will have noticed on last night’s WWE Superstars. The champ is still plodding along however, working on a current European tour.
- We heard last week that Alicia Fox was working with a sprained ankle, we’ve just confirmed this with another source also. Nothing serious and she was still able to wrestle, in fact by now, she should be fine.
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SmackDown Redux Does WWE Superstars (September 3rd, 2009)
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24/9/09
As the match starts, Maria still doesn’t seem too pleased with Melina, shooting her a look as she heads out of the ring (What is she, 12?). Michelle starts out the match for her team, and she and Melina circle each other before meeting with a tie-up, Michelle taking advantage. She locks Melina in a belly-to-back hold before Melina breaks out, but is met with a knee to the stomach, Michelle then slamming the back of her head to the mat. After a braced knee to the face Michelle attempts a pin, but only gets 1.
A few knees and punches later, Michelle irish-whips Melina, and Melina uses her momentum to her advantage, spinning out of an attack and ending by planting Michelle’s face to the mat. It almost looked like a hurricanrana/face plant hybrid of sorts. (A hurrican-face plant?) A stunned Michelle sits up, only to be met with a low dropkick. She scurries to her corner, tagging in Layla.
Layla comes in like a bat out of hell but Melina bends back, avoiding a clothesline. Layla turns around and attempts a kick, but Melina blocks it with one of her own, continuing with this diversion a bit before planting Layla to the mat and tagging in Maria. Maria comes in quick, performing a flipping head plant on seated Layla. She then delivers a fist to her head in a split maneuver, going for the pin but barely getting 2. Layla reverses an irish whip, but Maria stops her momentum with the ropes, kicking her in the face. Maria goes to bounce off the ropes but Michelle makes a grab for her hair. Maria takes the bait, turning and taking a swipe at Michelle. Layla takes advantage of this distraction, booting her in the stomach as soon as she turns around, twisting her into a neckbreaker. A pin attempt, and a 2-count.
Layla tags in Michelle, stretching Maria out like a canvas so Michelle can kick her a few times in the midsection. Michelle continues to use her knee brace as an unofficial weapon, knocking it against Maria’s skull. She attempts a pin, but only gets 2. She mounts Maria, pounding her head against the mat, whic hthe referee takes offense to. (Oh, she can’t grab her hair, but she can use a hard knee brace to strike with? Okay, solid logic..) She keeps messing with Maria, kicking her around and practically stepping on her as she crawls around the ring in a daze. Maria heads to the safe haven of the ropes, but Michelle decides it isn’t a safe zone, choking her against the bottom rope with her knee. Choking Maria some more, she drags her closer to her corner, choking her against the second rope this time. After driving Maria into the corner, Michelle tags in Layla
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WWE Debuts New Ring Announcer
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23/9/09
It appears as though the WWE may have already found a replacement for Lilian Garcia in 24 year old Lauren Mayhew. She debuted tonight with the SmackDown brand, so it appears as though they may hold off on her actually taking Lilian’s spot until she gets her sea legs. The similarities–blonde hair, musical background–certainly aren’t lost on me, so it’s not exactly a coincidence that she debuted the night after Lilian’s departure.
Lauren has a bit of acting experience as well, though I doubt “Frat Party” is going to be a competitor come Oscar season.. For more info on Lauren, check out her official website and IMDB profile.
EDIT: Want a taste of her singing abilities? Check out this video of her singing the national anthem for the NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning, her hometown team. She’ll likely be doing it night after night, so it’s good to know she’s got a bit of experience doing it:
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Vickie Guerrero will return to WWE
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Former SmackDown and Raw General Manager, Vickie Guerrero will return to WWE as a special guest during next week’s SmackDown 10th anniversary special.
Guerrero was handed the invitation last week and has accepted. The appearance will mark the first time Vickie will appear for the company since she left in June of this year. At the time, Guerrero decided she owed more time and attention to her young daughters.
It’ll be great to see Vickie back, she is arguably one of the biggest stars born on SmackDown in recent years.
Former SmackDown and Raw General Manager, Vickie Guerrero will return to WWE as a special guest during next week’s SmackDown 10th anniversary special.
Guerrero was handed the invitation last week and has accepted. The appearance will mark the first time Vickie will appear for the company since she left in June of this year. At the time, Guerrero decided she owed more time and attention to her young daughters.
It’ll be great to see Vickie back, she is arguably one of the biggest stars born on SmackDown in recent years.
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Trish Stratus Discusses Video Game & Working with Beth Phoenix
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The legendary Trish Stratus made a huge announcement last week — her own video game. ‘Stratusphere’, a yoga-based fitness game will be available exclusively on the Wii next year. Talking about it for the first time, Trish dishes in this interview with Gamedibs.com. Highlights below:
On whether she will be used as a ‘character’ in the game, she says her game will be using state of the art video capturing and software for a ‘real life’ feel:
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WWE Debuts New Ring Announcer
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Vickie Guerrero Returning to WWE
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Former SmackDown and Raw General Manager, Vickie Guerrero will return to WWE as a special guest during next week’s SmackDown 10th anniversary special.
Guerrero was handed the invitation last week and has accepted. The appearance will mark the first time Vickie will appear for the company since she left in June of this year. At the time, Guerrero decided she owed more time and attention to her young daughters.
It’ll be great to see Vickie back, she is arguably one of the biggest stars born on SmackDown in recent years.
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