The Midweek Breakdown: Teddy Long books a 10 Count

Posted by Cody Dodson - February 22, 2012 - Cody Dodson, Columns, wwe

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Hello once again, dear readers, and happy Wednesday to you all. It’s time for another edition of The Midweek Breakdown. I was going to do a lengthy, philosophical column about the importance of Twitter-battling B-list R&B singers, but as you can see by the title of what you’re reading, Teddy Long came to my house and told me he loves the 10 Count so much that I just had to do it this week or else I would have to go one on one wit da Randah Or-TON. I chose to write the 10 Count. Before we begin, I want to apologize for not making it on here for Friday Headlines last week. I was out of town with a horrible Internet connection. I thought I would be able to make it work, as I was able to get the Wednesday column posted, but Headlines was just not meant to be. Anyways, I apologize and I’ll be back in form this Friday. (more…)

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Wednesday Headlines: CM Punk And Chris Brown Are Becoming Fast Friends

Posted by Andrew Johnson - February 22, 2012 - Andrew Johnson, Headlines

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Earlier this week CM Punk was on Twitter and probably bored, so he made a very Andrew Johnson-esque (meaning uncouth and mocking) tweet toward R&B singer/woman abuser Chris Brown. Of course, if you expected Brown to just ignore the comment and let it go with dignity, and not make uneducated claims such as accusing the only straight-edge WWE Superstar of using steroids, then you probably don’t know who Chris Brown is.

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The John Report: The WWE Raw Deal 02/20/12

Posted by John Canton - February 21, 2012 - Columns, John Canton, The Raw Deal, wwe

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The John Report: The WWE Raw Deal 02/20/12
By John Canton (Twitter @johnreport)

If you’re wondering where the Elimination Chamber recap is, I haven’t seen it yet. I was out. I will watch it later in the week and post my recap this coming Sunday. I want to have all the PPVs recapped and I’m sure people reading this want to know my opinion because why else would you be reading? I know what happened, though, so let’s move onto Raw. Live from Minneapolis, Minnesota this is the Raw Deal…

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Canton’s Corner: The Wrestling Week in Review – February 19 by Steve Melo

Posted by John Canton - February 19, 2012 - Canton's Corner, Guest Columns, wwe

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Canton’s Corner: The Wrestling Week in Review – February 19th, 2012
By: Steve “The Melo Man” Melo
Follow me on Twitter at @MeloOutTJR

Welcome to Canton’s Corner. Sorry we missed you last week but both John & myself had other commitments. John is currently putting all of his creative writing skills in his Wrestlemania reviews and he’s said previously when there are WWE PPVs his commitment is to writing the preview. So what that means is for the second time ever, Melo Man has you covered!

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WWE Elimination Chamber 2012 Preview

Posted by John Canton - February 17, 2012 - Andrew Johnson, Christian Michael, Columns, John Canton, TJR Staff, wwe, WWE PPV

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WWE Elimination Chamber 2012 Preview
By John Canton, Andrew Johnson & Christian Michael

John Canton: Welcome to the Elimination Chamber preview by the TJR crew. This year’s February PPV features two Elimination Chamber matches with both the WWE Title and World Title on the line. There’s also what the Ambulance Match that will likely be the blowoff match in the John Cena/Kane “Embrace the Hate” feud. Does this year’s Elimination Chamber event excite you?

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The John Report: The WWE Raw Deal 02/06/12

Posted by John Canton - February 7, 2012 - Columns, John Canton, The Raw Deal, wwe

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The John Report: The WWE Raw Deal 02/06/12
By John Canton
Follow me on Twitter at @johnreport

Live from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma this is the Raw Deal…

They showed a video of last week with Undertaker coming back to challenge Triple H only for Hunter to walk away from it. Then they announced matches for the show including a Six Pack Challenge with the six guys in the Elimination Chamber and Daniel Bryan vs. Big Show. Why can’t they announce these matches before the show? Is it because they only came up with the matches hours earlier? Long term planning is your friend, WWE. It’s not that hard to book key matches a week ahead.

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Canton’s Corner: The Wrestling Week in Review – February 4

Posted by John Canton - February 4, 2012 - Canton's Corner, Columns, John Canton, TNA, wwe

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Canton’s Corner: The Wrestling Week in Review – February 4
By John Canton
Follow me on Twitter at @johnreport

Welcome to Canton’s Corner. It was a good week of wrestling on TV this week. I thought Raw was excellent while both Smackdown and TNA Impact Wrestling were above average this week too. I’ll cover all three of those, plus the usual polls, video, Melo Out and other things you’ve come to expect from Canton’s Corner. It’s the Super Bowl on Sunday. If you follow me on Twitter you know I’m a huge NFL fan, even more than I am a wrestling fan. Before I get to the wrestling part of the column, I need to share my pick.

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The John Report: The WWE Raw Deal 01/30/12

Posted by John Canton - January 30, 2012 - Columns, John Canton, The Raw Deal, wwe

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The John Report: The WWE Raw Deal 01/30/12
By John Canton
Follow me on Twitter at @johnreport

Live from Kansas City, Missouri this is the Raw Deal…

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The John Report: WWE Royal Rumble 2012 Recap

Posted by John Canton - January 29, 2012 - Columns, John Canton, wwe, WWE PPV

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WWE Royal Rumble
St. Louis, Missouri
January 29, 2012
By John Canton (Twitter @johnreport)

They aired a video package hyping that the winner of the Royal Rumble gets to go to WrestleMania. Lots of people do, but for now we should only believe the winner does.

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WWE Royal Rumble 2012 Preview

Posted by John Canton - January 27, 2012 - Andrew Johnson, Christian Michael, Columns, John Canton, TJR Staff, wwe, WWE PPV

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WWE Royal Rumble 2012 Preview
By John Canton, Andrew Johnson & Christian Michael

John Canton: I’ve always loved the Royal Rumble pay per view. I showed that love last year when I recapped every Royal Rumble match. The concept of the match is wonderful. Even if you think you know what might happen, there’s always a very good chance that something crazy will happen. I didn’t think Cena would win in 2008 or Edge in 2010 because they both made surprise returns. Could there be a surprise winner this year? You never know. The sad thing about the Rumble is that the winner doesn’t really get to “main event” WrestleMania anymore (especially this year), but it’s still one of my favorite matches and I know I’m going to enjoy it like I do every year. Right now there are only four announced matches. I’d expect some kind of midcard match to be added as a buffer to some of the big ones on the card, but I’m not going to guess what they will be.

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Friday Headlines: 2012 – The Year of the Pay-Per-View

Posted by Cody Dodson - January 27, 2012 - Cody Dodson, Headlines, wwe

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Friday Headlines: 2012 – The Year of the Pay-Per-View

WWE sure likes to change their PPV schedule around, don’t they? The past few weeks have seen several changes to the 2012 lineup, and this week has been no different. After Money In The Bank was replaced with TLC and TLC was replaced with Bragging Rights and Bragging Rights was replaced by Brodus Clay Cooks A Tuna Melt: LIVE, it would appear that we have the finalized* schedule available to us. Check it out:

*Not actually finalized. Summerslam to be moved to a date in February.

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The Midweek Breakdown: 10 Things I Think I Thought This Week by Cody Dodson

Posted by Cody Dodson - January 25, 2012 - Cody Dodson, Columns, wwe

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The Midweek Breakdown: 10 Things I Think I Thought This Week
by Cody Dodson

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to another fine edition of the column that rises above hate almost 43% of the time. It’s the Midweek Breakdown with me, your ever-so-grateful host, Cody Dodson. It will be January 25th when this column comes out, which can only mean one thing. The Royal Rumble is upon us and thus, the Road to Wrestlemania is about to begin. Now, most people are busy speculating over the standard questions like who is going to win, who will be the surprise entrants, and whether or not the arena will fall dead silent when Heath Slater makes his entrance. I personally won’t try to guess any of these, although I think we all know the answer to one of them. What I will do is give some thoughts on the week’s happenings and the Royal Rumble in the form of the 10 random thoughts format I debuted last time. It got a good response the first time, so let’s do it again!

Quick note: I might make this format a bi-weekly thing if people continue to enjoy it. Be sure to let me know what you think. It’s still in the experimentation phase!

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