Chewy's Weekend Wrap Up: Talking Edge retirement/memories, WWE Draft, TNAs fake crowd noise, Hogan to wrestle? and more

Well i hope everyone who celebrates Easter had a wonderful weekend! The weekend wrap up is back after a week off!

Edge recently retired, wasn't expecting this at all two weeks ago watching Raw, I figured it was just part of a storyline. Come to find out he has some serious issues which could of really ended badly for the Rated-R Superstar. Good he called it quits when he did.

One of my favorite Edge matches has to been Edge VS Mick Foley from Wrestlemania 22, what a GREAT hardcore match this was.

Hogan sent out some tweets suggesting Edge should wrestle through the pain......Hogan's nothing more then an idiot and the more i see him on TV attempting to get back into the ring the more i lose respect for him. If anyone needs to step away it's Hogan.

Raw last Monday was in the UK, which for us US folks meant it was taped.....I don't care for taped Raw's at all. I usually don't read spoilers, but the show just does NOT have a live feel to it.

Sin Cara has been making a decent debut so far with the WWE, he had a few botch spots against Primo on Raw two weeks ago, but recovered nicely. He also had a good showing in the tag match with Cena last week.

WWE is doing a draft tomorrow night. Draft are exciting but at the same time their pointless. I mean we see Alberto Del Rio on Monday Night Raw every week...So any "big" star that gets sent to smackdown! you can bet we will still see on Raw each week.

I truly hope Miz stays on Raw, I know it won't happen but Michael Cole to NXT would be ideal for me :-). JR also claims he's draftable, one would hope this is where they will go back to Lawler/JR duo for Raw.

I watched impact two weeks ago only to discover they have begun using fake crowd noise....They zoom in on the dead zone marks and they aren't moving, they aren't cheering or booing their just standing there.....Honestly TNA if you have to use FAKE crowd noise something is SERIOUSLY wrong with your location.

I will admit Lockdown was a good PPV.

They stared teasing Hogan VS Sting.......10-1 chance this will be on impact for FREE when it should be a PPV, to try and get SOME money from fans who for whatever reason may still want to see Hogan limp around a ring.

The fake crowd noise really puts a sour taste in my mouth with TNA, almost to the point where i will stop watching all together.

Shotgun Wrestling Radio returns at it's normal time 2pm on talkshoe.com tomorrow afternoon.

Chewy's Weekend Wrap Up: Talking Edge retirement/memories, WWE Draft, TNA

TNA Lockdown Picks

Chewy's Picks
Anarquia vs. Brother Devon
Chewy's's pick: Anarquia

FATAL FOUR WAY TAG TEAM MATCH
Ink Inc vs Crimson and Steiner vs Jordan and Eric Young vs British Invasion
Chewy's pick: Ink Inc

X DIVISION XSCAPE
Chewy's pick: Max Buck

The Pope vs Samoa Joe
Chewy's pick: Samoa Joe

HAIR VS TITLE
KNOCKOUTS CHAMPIONSHIP
Mickie James vs Madison Rayne
Chewy's pick: Mickie James

Hernandez vs Matt Morgan
Chewy's pick: Hernandez

BEST OF 3 FALLS
Jeff Jarrett vs Kurt Angle
Chewy's pick: Kurt Angle

LETHAL LOCKDOWN
Immortal vs Fortune
Chewy's pick: Fortune

WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
Mr. Anderson vs Sting vs Rob Van Dam
Chewy's pick: Sting

Zigman's Picks

Anarquia vs. Brother Devon
Zigman's pick: Anarquia

FATAL FOUR WAY TAG TEAM MATCH
Ink Inc vs Crimson and Steiner vs Jordan and Eric Young vs British Invasion
Zigman's pick: Ink Inc

X DIVISION XSCAPE
Zigman's pick: Max Buck

The Pope vs Samoa Joe
Zigman's pick: Samoa Joe

HAIR VS TITLE
KNOCKOUTS CHAMPIONSHIP
Mickie James vs Madison Rayne
Zigman's pick: Mickie James

Hernandez vs Matt Morgan
Zigman's pick: Hernandez

BEST OF 3 FALLS
Jeff Jarrett vs Kurt Angle
Zigman's pick: Kurt Angle

LETHAL LOCKDOWN
Immortal vs Fortune
Zigman's pick: Fortune

WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
Mr. Anderson vs Sting vs Rob Van Dam
Zigman's pick: Sting

Kyle Black's Picks
Anarquia vs. Brother Devon
Kyle Black's pick: Anarquia

FATAL FOUR WAY TAG TEAM MATCH
Ink Inc vs Crimson and Steiner vs Jordan and Eric Young vs British Invasion
Kyle Black's pick: British Invasion

X DIVISION XSCAPE
Kyle Black's pick: Max Buck

The Pope vs Samoa Joe
Kyle Black's pick: Samoa Joe

HAIR VS TITLE
KNOCKOUTS CHAMPIONSHIP
Mickie James vs Madison Rayne
Kyle Black's pick: Mickie James

Hernandez vs Matt Morgan
Kyle Black's pick: Hernandez

BEST OF 3 FALLS
Jeff Jarrett vs Kurt Angle
Kyle Black's pick: Angle

LETHAL LOCKDOWN
Immortal vs Fortune
Kyle Black's pick: Immortal

WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
Mr. Anderson vs Sting vs Rob Van Dam
Kyle Black's pick: Sting

Nolan Keller's Picks
Anarquia vs. Brother Devon
Nolan Keller's pick: Anarquia

FATAL FOUR WAY TAG TEAM MATCH
Ink Inc vs Crimson and Steiner vs Jordan and Eric Young vs British Invasion
Nolan Keller's pick: Ink Inc

X DIVISION XSCAPE
Nolan Keller's pick: Max Buck

The Pope vs Samoa Joe
Nolan Keller's pick: Samoa Joe

HAIR VS TITLE
KNOCKOUTS CHAMPIONSHIP
Mickie James vs Madison Rayne
Nolan Keller's pick: Mickie James

Hernandez vs Matt Morgan
Nolan Keller's pick: Hernandez

BEST OF 3 FALLS
Jeff Jarrett vs Kurt Angle
Nolan Keller's pick: Angle

LETHAL LOCKDOWN
Immortal vs Fortune
Nolan Keller's pick: Immortal

WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
Mr. Anderson vs Sting vs Rob Van Dam
Nolan Keller's pick: Sting

Chewy's Weekend Wrap Up: Talking Rock/Cena, Wrestlemania aftermath, Tough Enough, TNA and much more.

Well it's been a week since Wrestlemania and there's a lot to talk about.

My only major complaint with Wrestlemania was the fact that Sheamus and Daniel Bryan match got snubbed to the Pre-show, when it would of been on the main card.

Also what was the purpose of the 8 man tag? It proved nothing more other then The Coore are jobbers and are not meant to be taking serious. They buried them on Raw and Smackdown! this week as well.

I don't get why Edge decided to beat up a car....what was the point of that?

You build up a guy like Alberto Del Rio to have him NOT win the World title match? Hmm he better win it at Extreme rules then.

Cena-Miz was very predictable as far as the ending went.

HHH-Taker was an amazing match, just as good as Taker-HBK from the previous two years.

I enjoyed Sin Cara's debut Monday night, nice way to get him into a feud right away with Sheamus for the US title.

It'll be interesting to see where they put Daniel Bryan now that his feud with Sheamus seems to be over.

WWE will be doing some spring cleaning here soon i think guys like Primo, Chris Masters, Zack Ryder among other should be nervous.

WWE announced Cena VS Rock for Wrestlemania 28 a year early, i won't talk much on this since I did a blog earlier this week, feel free to go check it out.

Tough Enough debuted Monday and I really enjoyed the episode, it's to early to tell who will be favorite but i look forward to the rest of the season.

The road to lockdown is heating up for TNA, I know Zigman is getting excited for the PPV

Honestly I can't really watch much TNA now days, it's very WCWish to me.

There's always way to much Eric Bischoff and Hulk Hogan running around each week.

TNA really hasn't improved much since Hogan and Bischoff came in, I think they were headed in the right direction before Hogan and Bischoff came in.

We will give a full preview of Lockdown on Monday on Shotgun Wrestling Radio as well as details of the show the Zigman will be putting together while at Lockdown. Be sure to join us Monday at 2pm on talkshoe.com

Wrestlemania 28 Rock VS Cena, Bold move by WWE.

Something that has NEVER been done before happened on Monday night on Raw. WWE announced the main event for NEXT year's Wrestlemania a whole year early! The Rock VS John Cena is officially set for Wrestlemania 28 as the main event. Very bold move by WWE to announce the match a whole year early.

This is a match fans have been wanting but never thought would happen. The great one hasn't wrestled in 7 years. tt would be wise for WWE and for The Rock to give him a warm up match. I honestly think we will see Rock VS Miz at Summer Slam. I'd be surprised if we didn't. However if Miz is still champion come Summer Slam it won't happen.

WWE has to do a few things now within the next year.

1. Keep the fans interest in the match
2. Protect John Cena, You can't have your golden boy get hurt and risk him being out of action and missing Wrestlemania, better off telling him to go film a movie for 6 months.
3. Have The Rock stick around the entire year, you can't have this all be on Cena to keep attention, plus The Rock does = ratings.

If WWE can do those three things they should be good to go. I for one am looking forward to this match, Cena tends to put on great Wrestlemania matches, his match with HBK at Wrestlemania 23 is what earned my respect. With The Rock's experience both him and Cena should tear the house down! The interesting question then comes to: Well will it be THE main event and go on last? No doubt WWE will make a huge deal out of Taker's streak and it will more then likely be his LAST Wrestlemania, But if it will be The Rock's first match in 8 years(by that time it will be) then it should indeed be the LAST match.

The next 12 months should be an interesting ride for WWE. It will be interesting to see how they go about keeping the attention on this match for the next year as well as keep Cena in feuds. I think it will be a challenging thing for the writers to do. It will be interesting to watch.

We will have much more to say on this on Monday's Shotgun Wrestling Radio at 2pm on talkshoe.com!

Chewy's Weekend Wrap Up: Talking Wrestlemania, Hall of Fame, TNA and Much More

What's Up everybody! It's SUPER BOWL Sunday for us Wrestling fans! and that means WRESTLEMANIA!

Yes today is our Super Bowl our World Series our National Championship! Well you get the rest!

Needless to say I'm VERY excited for Wrestlemania. I think this year will be extra special with The Rock hosting and hopefully kicking John Cena's ass in some way.

The match I'm actually most excited for is Sheamus VS Daniel Bryan for the US title. I keep telling people they should tear the house down. They had a pretty good match on Raw a couple weeks ago. I think if they're giving 20-25 min they should be able to pull a GREAT opening match.

What a way to end Monday Night Raw? I mean nothing better then watching The Rock lay the people's elbow, Cena of course added the fuel to the fire with the Attitude Adjustment on The Rock. In my opinion this will help even more set up a match between Rock and Cena. Rock has said recently that he is willing to wrestle again.

WWE has taken over Atlanta this weekend and has been ALL over the place. Lots of great interviews out there from all the Superstars. We've posted a lot of them over on the Facebook page, so feel free to go check them out!

Last night was the Hall of Fame and it airs Tomorrow night on USA right before Raw. I expect WWE and USA to show Sunny, Road Warrior Animal and HBK's speaches. It looked like it was a very special night for everyone involved.

Also tomorrow night the new season of Tough Enough Deubts! I for one am extremely excited to see how they produced and edited the new season, hopefully it has some elements from the first three seasons of the show. I like that Bill Demott is the head trainer for the show, he was a good trainer in the third season of the show.

Rock has been promoting all week that he will get more physical tonight and I think it begins with John Cena. As long as we see Rock give the Rock Bottom to Cena, I'll be happy.

WWE isn't making that big of a deal out of Stone Cold being a guest ref, personally they need to do a better job at that. Having Rock and Austin on the show is HUGE.

Michel Cole is annoying as fuck now days, at first I could handle him but now they've got so over the top with his character it's down right annoying. I hope The King beats the living snot out of him tonight.

TNA impact this week had a lot of Anderson/Sting, which is fine but I think there was too much this week.

Still not enough wrestling on impact for my liking.

Why are the Buck brothers wrestling each other? I don't get it.

Whats with Angelina Love being drugged up by Winter? it's just weird.

Christopher Daniels made his surprise return to impact. Most likely he'll be taking AJ Style's place while AJ is out of action. Hot ending for impact with him jumping off the top of the steel cage.

ROH crowned new tag team champions on their i-PPV this past weekend, Congrats to Hass and Benjamin on winning the ROH tag team titles.

ROH in my opinion is the BEST pure wrestling company out of all the company's right now. TNA use to have that title, but then came Hogan and Bischoff.

I hope you all enjoy Wrestlemania tonight, i will be giving live facebook updates on our Facebook page tonight. Be sure to join me!

Wrestlemania 27 Picks!!!!

Chewy's Picks
Jerry Lawler VS Michael Cole w/Jack Swagger - This has been a hot feud on raw for months and I'm fed up with Cole and his freaking Cole Miners. I think Lawler gets his revenge. Chewy's Pick: Lawler

Randy Orton VS CM Punk - Another Hot feud! Reminds me somewhat of Stone Cold's feud's back in the day with Rock. I'd love to see CM Punk get the win here but I think they'll go with Orton. Chewy's Pick: Orton

No Holds Barred Triple H VS The Undertaker - If these two can do what Taker and HBK did that last two years this match WILL steal the show. I'd love for Hunter to win but at the same time Taker's streak is something you DON'T Break. Chewy's Pick: Taker

Eight-Man Tag Team Match:
The Big Show, Kane, Vladimir Kozlov, Santino Marella vs. The Korre (Wade Barrett, Heath Slater, Justin Gabriel, Ezekiel Jackdown)
Chewy's Pick: The Big Show, Kane, Vladimir Kozlov, Santino Marella

Sheamus VS Daniel Bryan for the US Title- I'm MOST excited for this match, Daniel Bryan can make ANYONE look good. I hope this match opens the PPV. I think they keep the belt on Sheamus though but this match will steal the show. Chewy's Pick: Sheamus

Rey Mysterio VS "Dashing" Cody Rhodes - Chewy's Pick: Mysterio

John Morrison, Trish Stratus, and Snooki VS Laycool and Dolph Ziggler - Never thought I'd cheer on Laycool but i HATE snooki and the Jersey Shore needless to say Snooki gets the pin and the win - Chewy's Pick: John Morrion, Trish Stratus and Snooki.

WWE Championship The Miz VS John Cena - I think Rock will cost Cena the match and Miz retains and continues his AWESOMENESS! Chewy's Pick: The Miz! (Eat on that Zig Man! LOL)

World Championship Alberto Del Rio VS Edge - Should be simple here Del Rio WILL be new champion - Chewy's Pick: Alberto Del Rio

Kyle Black's Picks

Eight-Man Tag Team Match:
The Big Show, Kane, Vladimir Kozlov, Santino Marella vs. The Korre (Wade Barrett, Heath Slater, Justin Gabriel, Ezekiel Jackdown)
Kyle Black's Pick: The Big Show, Kane, Vladimir Kozlov, Santino Marella

United States Championship:
Sheamus (c) vs. Daniel Bryan
Kyle Black's Pick: Sheamus


John Morrison, Trish Stratus & Snooki vs. Dolph Ziggler & Lay-Cool
Kyle Black's Pick: John Morrison, , Trish Stratus, Snooki

Rey Mysterio vs. Cody Rhodes
Kyle Black's Pick: Cody Rhodes

Jerry Lawler vs. Michael Cole w/Jack Swagger
Special Referee "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
Kyle Black's Pick: Jerry Lawlerrigg's Picks

Randy Orton vs. CM Punk
Kyle Black's Pick: Randy Orton

No Holds Barred Match:
The Undertaker vs. Triple H
Kyle Black's Pick: The Undertaker

WWE Championship:
The Miz (c) vs. John Cena
Kyle Black's Pick: John Cena

World Heavyweight Championship:
Edge (c) w/ Christian vs. Alberto Del Rio w/ Brodus Clay
Kyle Black's Pick: Alberto Del Rio

Zigman's Picks

ight-Man Tag Team Match:
The Big Show, Kane, Vladimir Kozlov, Santino Marella vs. The Corre (Wade Barrett, Heath Slater, Justin Gabriel, Ezekiel Jackdown)
Zigman's Pick: Show, Kane, Kozlov, Santino

United States Championship:
Sheamus (c) vs. Daniel Bryan
Zigman's Pick: Sheamus


John Morrison, Trish Stratus & Snooki vs. Dolph Ziggler & Lay-Cool
Zigman's Pick: Morrison, Trish, Snooki

Rey Mysterio vs. Cody Rhodes
Zigman's Pick: Cody Rhodes

Jerry Lawler vs. Michael Cole w/Jack Swagger
Special Referee "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
Zigman's Pick: Jerry Lawler

Randy Orton vs. CM Punk
Zigman's Pick: Randy Orton

No Holds Barred Match:
The Undertaker vs. Triple H
Zigman's Pick: The Undertaker

WWE Championship:
The Miz (c) vs. John Cena
Zigman's Pcik: The Miz

World Heavyweight Championship:
Edge (c) w/ Christian vs. Alberto Del Rio w/ Brodus Clay
Zigman's Pick: Alberto Del Rio