LOTS OF NEW STUFF IN THE WWE!!!

These last two days in the WWE have been quite exciting and a LOT has gone down. First off was the 2013 Royal Rumble pay-per-view. The Royal Rumble has always been a favorite of mine...being topped only by Wrestlemania. The actual Royal Rumble match usually brings backs some surprise guests and this year certainly didn't disappoint!

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The first surprise entrant was #2....The "Ayatollah of Rock 'n' Rolla" himself, Chris Jericho!!! It's so good not reading the Dirt Sheets and spoilers because I was completely unaware of Jericho being at the pay-per-view.  Man, was it good to see Y2J!  As always, he put on a great show and all I can wonder now is how long he'll be around for this time. I think his sporadic appearances keep him popular. The crowd is always behind him and every time he returns, he gets a huge pop from the crowd. I love it!

The next surprise entrant was non other than Goldust!!! I'm a huge fan of his and to see him show up and go right for his little bro, Cody Rhodes was definitely a highlight, in my opinion! The reaction from the crowd was amazing! They were completely behind Goldust and for him to be eliminated by his own brother definitely adds needed heat to Cody.

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Another "surprise" appearance in the Rumble was The Godfather who was eliminated super fast and left with his "lady friends". One of my favorite moments of the match was when Kofi Kingston was almost eliminated but evaded this by jumping on the back of eliminated, Tensai. Then he preceded to stand on the announce table while asking for a chair and "chair-hopped" his way back into the match. Way to go, Kofi!!! :)




Finally on to the end of the match. The final participants were Ryback and John Cena. I was kinda hoping Ryback would have won this one but in a completely expected ending, John Cena was the last man in, winning the 2013 Royal Rumble match.

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Last match of the night was the much anticipated, Rock vs Punk match for the WWE Championship. To be honest, I thought Punk would retain the title and Rock would just end up leaving again to make another movie. However, after the lights when out and Rock was attacked by "The Shield" (even though, we didn't see them), Mr. McMahon ended up restarting the match by the request of The Rock. This time, the match ends with Rock pinning Punk after "the People's Elbow", ending CM Punk's historical 434 day title run and one of the few recent title runs to actually mean something....again, in my opinion. ;)

Now on to tonight's Monday Night Raw, which was in Las Vegas....so naturally they did the Raw Roulette. All throughout the night, there were silly, time-wasting segments such as the "Make Me Laugh" challenge with The Prime Time Players and Ryback and a "Dance Off" with Brodus Clay and Tensai (dressed in lingerie after not being told the stipulations had been changed.) Ugh. Later on the 3rd inductee into the 2013 WWE Hall of Fame was revealed to be the former 5 time WWE Women's Champion, Trish Stratus! Congrats are in order...WAY TO TO GO TRISH!!!!

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One of the more interesting segments of the night was Mr. McMahon calling out Paul Heyman for a performance evaluation. McMahon shows the footage of Paul Heyman talking to Brad Maddox about paying him and The Shield off for "jobs to be done". Before McMahon can say to Heyman those words we all know he was going to say, Brock Lesnar's music starts up! I thought he was gone for good again. Definitely didn't see that coming! In a cringe worthy moment, Lesnar hits McMahon with an F5 and McMahon lands on his side and immediately grabs his lower side area. The man is getting old...he shouldn't be taking moves, let alone an F5!!! If you frequent WWE.com enough like I do, it was revealed that McMahon suffered a broken pelvis. I wouldn't be surprised at all if it turned out to be a real injury! Poor McMahon. 

All in all, I'd say this has been an exciting couple of days in the WWE. It was certainly filled with interesting comebacks and I can't wait to see how things play out. Certainly looking forward to the Elimination Chamber ppv next month! My 3rd favorite wrestling pay-per-view. Yeah!!! Alrighty peeps, (by the way, where is Christian?!?!?) thanks for reading and as always, feel free to leave me questions or comments. They are always appreciated! ;)

-Fefe

First Post and Current WWE Divas

Hello all! This is my first post here on my new blog, "Girls Like Wrestling Too"! I used to have so much fun chatting with people all over the world about my love for professional wrestling on WWE's FanNation site. Then, it was closed down and I lost all those wonderful people. :(  So I thought it was necessary for my sanity to start a blog so I can do that again! :)

 Every day I go to the site Diva Dirt and read post after post from people who actually care about Women's wrestling. As it turns out, there are people out there who REALLY do care. The only thing missing from the wrestling companies today (especially the WWE) is their enthusiasm for their female wrestlers. It frustrates me to no end to know that the Divas are pretty much used as a "time filler". There are some extremely talented and passionate women on that roster who are being wasted!

You could easily say, "Oh it's no big deal, they can just go to TNA". Well, about 4 or 5 years ago, that would've been the case but TNA, in my opinion, has gone downhill since this time 4 years ago. :( Their women do get extra exposure and more airtime but there are more and more of them that some get pushed to the side. Just look at Angelina Love. Very sad. I don't know that we'll see her in the WWE.

Just to go through the WWE roster, let's take a look at the women who can put on a good show...

AJ- Let's start off with the top-Diva-of-the-moment herself, AJ. This pint-sized Diva has stolen the entire show!  She is good on the mic and actually sounds like she knows what she is talking about instead of reading a script which is how I feel any time Kelly Kelly speaks. Also...even though she is small in stature, AJ can wrestle! Her Shining Wizard is flawless. I don’t doubt for one second she can pull out a victory over her larger counterparts. And MAN...can that girl take a bump!!! If you ever watched Florida Championship wrestling during AJ’s time there, Wade Barrett did some commentary for a little while and called AJ a “Pocket Rocket” for her tiny size and ability to fly around the ring. I think it’s perfect. I was a fan of AJ’s in FCW and I’m DEFINITELY a fan now. I can’t wait to see what is in store for her future as a Diva.

Next is the “Glamazon” herself, Beth Phoenix. I understand that Beth has been in the WWE since 2006 and she’s had multiple reigns as champion but to push her to the sidelines is a big mistake. If you want the fans to appreciate the women in a wrestling company, there is no one better to look up to than Beth Phoenix. She is strong, beautiful and one of the best female wrestlers I have ever seen. Beth is great as both heel and face but to me, she fits in best as a heel because of her intimidating size and for goodness sakes, she was the second woman ever to compete in the Royal Rumble!!!!

This also brings me to Natalya. In my opinion, one of the most underutilized talent on the entire roster, male or female. She is not only a third-generation Superstar...she could have so much pull in the fanbase of the WWE. She is part of the Hart family which automatically gets her attention, she has gorgeous looks, and she can put on amazing matches. One of my favorite Natalya matches is Natalya and Beth Phoenix vs Michelle McCool and Layla in a tables, ladders and chairs match at the TLC pay-per-view. All four of those women put on a phenomenal show.

Speaking of Layla...she and Eve are a couple of my favorites for the fact that both came from the WWE Diva Search and both have become amazing wrestlers. I, myself was not a fan of the Diva Search but the fact that these two women came from there and actually worked hard at becoming good competitors makes me appreciate them. To me, Eve is one of the best because she can wrestle and on her own time has earned a blue belt from the Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Academy. She is also good on the mic and has recently been able to draw great heat from the crowd. As for Layla, her current problem is that she gets no crowd reaction. She is the Divas Champion but because the WWE limits the women’s time and gives them virtually no storylines to work with, the fans don’t really care for her. She was doing fantastically with Michelle McCool as “Lay-Cool”. If only the Divas were given more time to wrestle. I mean, come on...30 seconds isn’t going to do anything for anyone.

Two females we haven’t gotten to see too much of are Kaitlyn and Naomi. Both were introduced in the Diva Season of NXT.  My pick to win that season was either Naomi or AJ. Kaitlyn won and we haven’t seen her much on RAW or Smackdown except for a couple times getting slapped by AJ. In the past few months, Kaitlyn has had some really great matches on the only shows Divas are able to shine, WWE Superstars and NXT. Naomi was debuted as one of Brodus Clay’s “Funkadactyls” which is fine because I like Brodus but I hate that Naomi’s wrestling talent isn’t being shown. Hopefully soon we’ll see more of Kaitlyn and Naomi...in matches. Well, maybe if we all cross our fingers? ;)

Last but not least, one of my favorite current Divas is Tamina Snuka, the daughter of WWE Hall of Famer, Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka. At first, she was not too great. You could tell she was still a little iffy about certain moves. More recently she had a very short feud with Beth Phoenix and had a match for the Divas title in a losing effort. Those couple of matches that Beth and Tamina had were some of the best I had seen in a long time and it was so good to see the crowd so into a match, especially one involving the Divas. Why the WWE dropped the feud, I still don’t understand but Tamina is another Diva that the WWE should be looking to.

Alrighty, so this was a little bit longer than I anticipated and if you read all the way to the end...thank you!!! Now I ask you...who is your favorite current WWE Diva?

-Fefe