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by Sam Ward

Wow look at this a column with my name
on it. Hooray. I knew it would happen sooner rather than later. Who would
have thought that it has taken me one whole week to get a column out. But
the reasoning behind that is so that I can start form Saturday to Saturday.
So you will have all of the wrestling worlds news. Anyway enough about me.
Although I am brilliant but this is a wrestling column. Note: Doesnt mean
it will have much wrestling!! Anyway time to move onto business
 
Wow Summerslam is tommorow. So I thought I would run through the matches
 
Undertaker V Test
 
Well how to start. Anyway this is the match that i feel will be the worst
match of Summerslam. Though dont get me wrong it should still be a quality
match. Of course the major flaw with this match is the fact that both of
these two men dont exactly set the ring on fire when they wrestle. Both have
a more power approach to a match rather than speed. Which will undoubtly
ruin the match somewhat. My verdict for this match is that it will probably
be very boring just like when HHH met Taker at King of the Ring. Which is
rather unfortunate. Anyway i hope WWE start off with this match so they can
hit us with the big stuff later on. My Winner: Undertaker: I cant really see
WWE making him lose but if he does it will help Tests career alot
though
 
Edge V Eddie Guerrero
 

This match should be very good but for some reason I just dont like it.
Anyway Edge is very talented and is a fan favourite and should pull off a
good performance. Eddie is getting more better each week and should also put
in a good match. I cant see this being a show stealer but it will be good
anyhow. This feud has been building for a while and Edge is on the verge of
main event status this match might put him there. My Winner: Edge. He has to
win to get him to the top.
 
Kurt Angle V Rey Misterio
 
Wow this match is going to be excellent. It has been described by a lot of
people as a clash of styles and it is. On one side we have the fast paced
and always exciting Rey Misterio against the best technical wrestler in the
business and a man that always produces the goods in the form of Angle. This
well be great. I really do think that Angle and Misterio can make this match
a show stealer. The clash of styles makes it even better and by looking at
the build up to this match it should be brill. This could easily be the best
match. I just hope that these two can manage to pull off this match coz when
done right it will be the best. Like I said about 5 times already. My
winner: Kurt Angle I dont think they will let him lose because that will
only hurt his image.
 
Rob Van Dam V Chris Benoit
 
My Pay Per View versus theRabid Wolverine in an intershow match. Now this
match will be massive. Van Dam will bring a brilliant performance as he
usually always does. If it wasnt exciting enough with the thought of RVD v
Benoit in the first place add the intercontinental title the rivalry between
Smackdown! and Raw and you have the biggest match of the PPV if it wasnt
for all the other big matches. Now I can see Stephanie and Eric getting
involved in this match, as it is important for both brands. This match will
be a thriller and I can see Eric hitting steph or something to help RVD win
the belt. This is the most important match for the brands and this one could
make such a big division between the 2 brands if done right. This match is
key to the brand extension. I can see other wrestlers from the 2 brands
running into the match as well. Possibly Matt Hardy could run in only to get
beaten up by Jeff. Well however it ends this match will be superb. My
Winner: Tough one to call but i have a gut feeling that Mr Pay Per View Rob
Van Dam will win the title again. And will make its value rise to
 
Booker T and Goldust V The Unamericans
 
Well this match will also be great just like alot of other matches.
Christian and Lance Storm Versus Booker T and Goldust the talent is just
oozing out there. Well it will be a match to go down in the history books I
think. Though a win for Booker T and Goldust will not help Booker T much in
his career. He is almost at the top and I feel that the tag titles will hold
him down. So the Unamericans should win. The Unamericans are good champions
and should stay as champions for some time. The Tag division is slowly
coming back and these 2 as champions should certainly be entertaining. My
Winner: The Unamericans. Should win to let Booker T get to the top
 
Ric Flair V Chris Jericho
 

I have my doubts about this one as both wrestlers are big stars but still I
feel Flair is past it now and shouldnt be wrestling as he could start
hurting peoples images. Jericho is very charismic and is great in an
interview but hes yet to turn that into a match but he is improving in my
eyes. This match will be god as two people that are in the history books
collide. Its going to be the 16-time champion versus the worlds first
Undisputed WWE champion. Should be good. My Winner: Chris Jericho making him
lose would be career suicide.
 
Shawn Michaels V Triple H
 
The Icon, The Showstopper, The Heartbreak Kid, that is what Shawn Michaels
has been described as. And he deserves the recognition. He faces The Game
the Best in the Business, The Cerebial Assassin. He faces his ex best
friends Triple H and I am excited about this match. I grew up watching these
two as DX..And back then HBK was the best. When his career ended though 4
years ago at Wrestlemainia I was quite upset as he was brilliant. I dont
know if he will perform as well as he did in his prime. But just the thought
of the match sets the mind running. It will be a possible show stealer. I
see no downsides and I cant wait for this match. Winner: The Heartbreak Kid
Shawn Michaels. Both of these two will gain heat via this match and they are
already at the top but I just think HBK will win as he is a legend in his
own right and it could set up more matches or it could be his last big
match.
 
Brock Leaner V The Rock
 
The Next Big Thing Brock Lesner collides with The Icon The Rock for the
Undisputed Championship.
This is the main match and it deserves to be. Its amazing how the Rock goes
into this match as an underdog. I must admit for weeks I hated Brock Lesner
and now since his destruction Of Hollywood Hulk Hogan I really have thought
that he deserves this shot and that he really is the monster heel that WWE
are trying to make him out as. I reckon The Rock will lose as sort of pass
the torch on. Just like Hogan did to him at Wrestlemania. And with The Rock
going off to Hollywood again soon. There is no doubt in my mind that Brock
Lesner will win. Whether it will be a clean win is something I want to see.
My Winner: Easy choice here Brock Lesner.
 
Raw </p></u>
<p>Well the ratings are going up and the in ring performances are going
down. Yes this weeks Raw in all honesty sucked. I cant remember watching a
worse Raw it ended well setting up Summerslam but everything else sucked.
The Opening segment was boring and it just got worse as the show continued.
It picked up again though after Fozzy but that was as they say to little to
late. One good thing did come out of Raw though the 24/7 rule is now dead.
At Last maybe they will give the belt some creditability now. Whoa whoa whoa
calm down Sam this is the WWE we are talking about. Another good thing is
that after seeing HBK fly im incredibly excited about HBK V HHH at
summerslam. Raws final rating was 4.0 I think im not to sure now if I got it
wrong please tell me. You would expect Raw to be top of Monday night viewing
well it aint its 3rd and 4th. Raw zone is 3rd and Raw is 4th. They are just
abit ahead of Sponge bob Square pants. Why those everyone like him so much.
While on the topic of Raw I would like to say that I thought its sister show
Heat was incredibly good for once. The Dlo Raven feud is good and I hope one
of them gets on Raw. I thought that Eric Bishoff did a very solid
performance on Raw again.</p>
<u><p>Smackdown!</p></u>0
<p> I thought that Smackdown! Was very good this week. And some people
agreed with me as Smackdown! Improved from a 3.5 last week to get a good
solid 3.6 rating. Showing that it is a bit less popular at the moment then
Raw is. Well it was a great one as I said before the only thing that I
didnt like was the start when Guerrero and Benoit attacked The Rock. This
set up the main match like they always do. Also a little query why was
Bautista teaming with Dvon this week coz if I remember rightly didnt Dvon
get thrown through a window by him last week. Or was it a door. Question of
the year what was Dvon thrown through. I still dont think WWE dont know
what to do with Rikishi and I hope they think of something soon because he
is losing a lot of heat. Another thing set up on Smackdown was Eddie V Edge
which im not to keen on for some reason. If im ever in trouble in WWE im
going to call Matt Hardy and after waiting a while I will just clean out the
ring and then he will come late. Will he aint getting my tip. Matt likes the
fans cheering him so hes the Big Matt Pop Machine. Not funny hey well I
dont care. Mommy is that man a nutter? Why yes I am. Just like Chavo was
in WCW just without the old pony. If you havent seen WCW when Chavo was in
it on a toy pony thingy then its your tough luck. And on that note I will
go to the ever brilliant well not this week NWA:TNA.</p>
<u><p>NWA:TNA</u>
Hello everyone I am mr Nwa: Tna otherwise known as Sam again. Hmmm. I have
mental problems. Today someone asked me what happens to sites when you dont
use them anymore I told them they go to the sin bin the funny thing was they
believed me. Anway.. Nwa: Tna gave us another piece of crap this week.
<ring ring> Sorry fans but Ive got a call.<br> Sam: Hello.<br> JJ: This is
Jerry Jerret im suing you for calling us a piece of crap.<br> Sam: But
whaa.<br> But on as serious note the X division is currently carrying the
show and for 1 moment I thought they wouldnt do Jive Talking how wrong I
was. Anyway thats all I can be bothered to do about the NWA: TNA you ever
like it or you dont.</p>
<p><u>Other News</u>
More news you say how can there be any more well there is so there. In other
news Bill Goldberg will be starring in a Looney Tunes feature presentation I
wonder what he will play. X- Pac has been released by the WWE. Thank god for
that. <ring> Phone again.<br>Sam: Hello<br>X-Pac: Im suing you for saying I
deserved to leave.<br>Sam: But hmmmmmmm<br> Right then. In other news hears
the WWE financial report.</p>
<p>-PPV revenue declined 24% ($19.2 million from $25.4 million). Total buys
dropped from 1.6 million to 1.1 million.</p>

<p>-TV rights fee went up $12.9 million due to various Divas specials and
international specials.</p>

<p>-TV ad revenue dropped from $19.5 million to $16.7 million.</p>

<p>-Total merchandise revenue went up, from $18.3 million to $20.3 million.
The
big reason for a increase was DVD sales.</p>

<p>-Revenue for The World dropped 32%. This, however, is not all WWE's
fault,
as overall tourism to Times Square has dropped since the Sept. 11th
attacks.</p>

<p>-Total profits, which is the bottomline, dropped from $32.4 million to
$29.6
million.</p>
<p> Credit 411 wrestling.com</p>
<p> I may not be a financial expert but that dont sound good. Well there
are a million other things I could say in this column but ill save that for
another day. A Sunday Column maybe? Anyway before we go The Truth is
currently injured and will miss this weeks NWA: TNA what a shame.</p>
<p> Anyway I am Sam and this is a column put them together and you have just
read Sams column hope you enjoyed god bless goodbye and <ring> damn
phone<br>Sam: Hello<BR> God: Im suing for saying god bless <br> Sam: Ohh for
goodness sake hello you still there.<br>
So this is a Sam that has been sued 3 times in one column saying Hope you
enjoyed reading my column and im sorry I didnt plug anyones websites.
<ring>*Chucks phone across room* Yes I copied the Rock by chucking the
phone. So this is for the 3rd time Sam saying goodbye and I hope you enjoyed
Sams Column.</samward2@hotmail.com Give Me your Feedback. Sam
W.</a></p>

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