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Timbaland Next Weeks RAW Guest Host

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

It was announced tonight on Raw that Grammy award-winning record producer, singer and rapper Timbaland will host next week’s show in Hartford, Connecticut.

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Full WWE RAW Results – 21 Dec 2009

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

RAW this week starts with music and pyro.

Justin announces Johnny Damon out to the ring with all his accolades. He comes out with his short Yankees hair and shaved Yankees face. He takes a mic from Justin and wishes everyone a Merry Christmas – this gives him a mixed review. He says it’s alright to get boos and cheers. World Series Champs in Boston and New York. He doesn’t know where he’ll be in 2010, but tonight he’s in charge of RAW! More heat. He says one RAW superstar will get a wish granted. Some blonde chased a mascot tiger into the ring. She’s wielding a cane and swinging hard at him. Into the ring, she’s screaming her head off. They leave the ring, down the right side of the ramp and out.

Kelly, Kim and Melina out in Santa’s helpers outfits to the ring. Kelly’s is the same pink she wore in Iraq. Maryse, Jillian and Fox out to face them.

Jillian on Kim. Kim whipped hard but moves out of the way. cross body on Jillian for two. Kim ends up on Jillian’s shoulders. Jillian falls back and pins Kim for two. Maryse in and works over Kim hard. Kim slams Maryse into a corner and flies into the face corner to tag out. Kelly hard on Maryse and gets a two. Jillian breaks it up and they all end up in the ring. With the ref’s back turned Melina helps Kelly and Kelly’s able to pin Maryse for three.

- Winners: Gail Kim, Kelly & Melina

They celebrate in the ring.

King and Cole talk about Santa and Hornswoggle taking DX to court tonight.

- Commercial

King and Cole talk about Little People’s Court.

HHH catches HBK with his glasses on. HHH called him a lazy eyes freak. They had to go to the ring then realized they had to go under the ring. They wiggle under and HBK goes on and on about being pitch dark. HHH says he gets it. HBK says he’s prepared and cracks his glow sticks. HBK says he got them at the vendor. HHH cracks his and says he got them at wweshop.com. They find a light switch and are in a corridor. They say it’s huge under the ring. They find a sign that says Little People’s Court. Everything is little, right down the jury, judge, chairs, etc. They’re supposed to sit, but the chairs are tiny. The bailiff takes HBK’s knees out. HHH picks on HBK’s hair being the same as the bailiff’s. Then HHH refuses to sit and has his knees taken out too. Hornswoggle is there and grunts that he’s taken them to court for intentional infliction of emotional distress and has video evidence. HBK was the translator. Exhibit A – The video is clip from the three of them over the past couple months. HHH says it doesn’t look good. The narrator says we’ll find out more later when Little People’s Court returns.

Legacy, all three of them, out to the ring. Kofi, Evan and Henry out to face them.

Henry and Orton start, but Orton immediately tags in Cody and rolls from the ring. Henry brings Cody in the hard way. Cody up high and then Henry drops him to the mat. Kofi tags in and stomps the heck out of Cody in a corner. Kofi runs to jump at Cody but then lands split leg on the corner. Orton tags in and stalks Kofi.  Cody has a headlock on Kofi. Kofi elbows out, but runs into a knee. Back body drop on Cody and Evan gets the tag. Head scissors then dropkick on Cody. Then he drop both from apron. Evan climbs and hits his SSP, but Ted breaks it up. Orton beats on Evan outside. Cody pins Evan in the ring, but only gets two. Orton tags in and hits Evan in the head then stomps the heck out of him. Orton ricochets Evan up into the bottom rope. Ted tags in and hit’s a nice delayed vertical suplex for two. Henry gets the fans clapping. Headlock on Evan in the center of the ring. Orton shouts instructions to Ted. Huge clothesline to Evan for another two. Cody tags in, does nothing, Ted tags in and eats a kick to the face from Evan! Both down. Orton gets his tag, then Kofi tags in. Kofi works over Kofi and then a dropkick. Kofi hits his double leg drop. Cody breaks Kofi’s pin. Henry in to take out Cody and might have hurt himself. Trouble in paradise and Kofi pins Ted for three!

- Winners: Henry, Evan & Kofi

Ted is still lolling in the ring while the other three celebrate. Video of a couple of Kofi’s move and then the finisher. Back to them celebrating and Ted with Legacy on the ramp looking beaten and abused.

Backstage Damon hangs with Santa, the Bellas and Eve. They talk about the Yankees winning this year. Eve gets more eggnog and Carlito comes up. He says they’re under mistletoe. He closes his eyes and puckers up. Masters comes into Eve’s spot. Carlito’s pissed at Santa, who turns out to be Sarge. Santa makes a match between Carlito and Masters. Carlito says he can’t make matches, but then Damon does make the match. In the end Damon and Sarge are under the Mistletoe. Damon’s not thrilled as Sarge yells about don’t ask, don’t tell.

Recap of what already happened in Court. HHH addresses the court and says it’s a little misunderstanding. It’s not that they don’t like dwarfs, trolls, midgets. HBK says he’s not helping. He asks to say something and will keep it short. Just a tiny moment. Then he says he’s not helping. They then go back to video. This is the three of them in the ring together at MSG when Hornswoggle at a pedigree. Then they took him out on the little DX body board. HBK says they’re not guilty! They all want Hornswoggle to get in DX and it won’t happen. He needs to do something big to find himself worthy. And if you’re not down with that… All the little people started throwing stuff at them and they fled. Out of the courtroom and then out form under the ring. HHH asks what they’re doing running from a bunch of little people? They’re little. But then HBK’s grabbed from under the ring. He’s screaming about feeling their little hands on his legs. HHH pulls him out and they run from the ring.

Cena out to the ring. Swagger out to face him.

Swagger takes Cena down and starts mat wrestling. Forearm to Cena’s back and he’s down. Shoulders into Cena’s gut in another corner and then a knee to Cena’s face. Cena up and reverses the whip. Bulldog on Swagger and then Cena sends Swagger out over the top.

Swagger with chicken wing on Cena on the mat. During the break Cena went into the barricade and Swagger’s been in control since. Swagger catches Cena in the air and plants him on the mat. Swagger uses the ropes to get some height and slam a foot on Cena. Punches and kicks in a corner. Cena starts fighting back but Swagger grabs Cena and hit’s a sideslam for two. Another double chicken wing on Cena on the mat. Arm drag on Cena and more of the double chicken wing. Cena powers his way to his feet and muscles out of the hold. Cena hit’s a belly to belly on Swagger for two. Swagger whipped but gets a foot up into Cena’s face. Stomps on Cena and then a leg drop. Swagger runs across the ring, up to the second ropes and then splashes Cena for two. Swagger was pissed Cena kicked out. Swagger tried for his suplex but Cena reverses. Both struggle to his feet. Shoulder blocks to Swagger and then a slam. Super Cena is back! Five knuckle shuffle on Swagger for a ‘vintage Cena’. Cena gets him up for the AA, but Swagger was able to reverse it and slam Cena to the mat. Cena sitting up top. Swagger set up for a superplex, but Cena punches him off. Cena flies but Swagger moves out of the way! Swagger tries to his splash but Cena moves. Cena locks on the STF. Swagger taps and it’s over.

- Winner: Cena

Cena leaves the ring and Swagger on the mat. Video of the reversals and then Cena’s STF.

Damon talks to Santa who’s not Dusty. Dusty goes ranting in his normal way. MVP comes in and says he wants to prove he has what it takes to be Champion in 2010. How about MVP versus Sheamus tonight. Dusty says he reminds him a lot of himself. MVP pulls down the beard to show who it is. Dusty asks if his polka dot gave him away? Damon comes in and makes the match. Dusty’s left standing under the mistletoe and laughing.

Carlito out to the ring, apple in hand. Video of Matt Hardy accepting for Jeff last week, then Carlito got involved by attacking Hardy. Masters and Hardy took Carlito down. Masters, with Eve in tow, out to the ring.

Carlito tries to throw a blow, but Masters blocks it and hits one of his own. The master lock almost locked on until Carlito gets free and flees the ring briefly. Sleeper on Masters in the ring. Master up with Carlito on his back. Carlito slammed into a corner to free him, but then Carlito gets his foot up. Masters calls for the masterwork but eats a jawbreaker. Masters finally locks it on Carlito. The ref calls for the bell.

- Winner: Masters

Masters and Eve celebrate in the ring with a hug. She pulls out mistletoe and plants one on him getting his pecs bouncing. He holds the ropes for her to leave the ring.

Video from Tribute To The Troops.

The Bellas backstage with the tiger from the start of the show. They’re hitting on him. Miz says to Santa he didn’t get his Zcav pants he wanted, so things better be right this year. He wants a tour bus, a house in Malibu, and two hotter girlfriends. The beard comes down and it’s I.R.S.! he says Miz still owes taxes on the Ford Focus he won on the Kardashian’s show. Miz claims he was never on that show. I.R.S. says he’s checked his files and knows everything. It’s Tiffany wielding the cane (sorry I missed that earlier). She came flying through screaming that he’s a cheater and chases him out. I.R.S. and Miz watch wide eyed. Then I.R.S. tells Miz that being Champion puts him in a higher tax bracket, so don’t think about working his way out of his 1040 forms. Damon comes in and says he paid his taxes. I.R.S. says you baseball players are the biggest tax cheats of them all and stomps off. Then Mae Young comes in in much less clothing than she should be wearing. A tiny little Santa’s helper outfit and mauls the heck out of Damon who flees. She somehow manages to get back to her feet and wishes everybody a Merry Christmas.

Sheamus out to the ring.

Next week Timbaland will be hosting RAW.

Stills of Cena going through the table at TLC. MVP out to face him.

Sheamus on MVP hard after the bell. shoulders into MVP in a corner. Fist drops MVP. Body punches to Sheamus, but a forearm drops MVP. Backbreaker on MVP. MVP ducks Sheamus who hit’s a corner. MVP comes back with punches, but then Sheamus hit’s a few. MVP takes him down, but Sheamus plays possum and hit’s a big boot on MVP. Sheamus gets MVP up and hits his finisher for three.

- Winner: Sheamus

Sheamus poses with his belt. video of the big boot and then the finisher. Cena runs out to the ring, but Sheamus steps back. Cena with a mic. Cena says that everyone knows Sheamus owes him a rematch, right? Off comes the shirt. He’s there to collect, he wants it now! Cena taunts Sheamus who steps forward a bit, but then leaves the ring. Sheamus back up and into the ring, but then he leaves and backs up the ramp. Cena does his famous hand shake in front of his face.

The makeup artist wiping Mae Young off Damon’s face. Vince came in and said it takes sandpaper to take that off. Vince asks what he wants to do about Cena. Damon sets up Cena against Sheamus next week. Damon asks about Bret Hart. Vince says it’s not something to be discussed this holiday season and leaves.

Miz out to the ring. Santino, dressed like Santa, out to face him. Gifts thrown to the fans and Miz looks annoyed. Santino wishes a Merry Christmas, Chanukah and Kwanzaa to all. He then sings Santino Clause Is Coming To Town. Right now Santino Clause doesn’t feel like being very nice. He gets his costume back together.

Miz right on Santino who falls back. Miz chokes him on a second rope and then lands on his back. Neckbreaker by Miz. Santino backed into a corner then stomped on. Miz rushed Santino who moves. Santino hit’s a move to drop below a Miz move then slams him down. Santino up but Miz moves. SCF from Miz for three.

- Winner: Miz

Miz poses over Santino. Miz grabs Santino’s bag and then stomps all the gifts inside. Then Miz kicks it from the ring.

King and Cole talk about DX being found guilty in ‘court’ earlier. Video recap of the whole thing.

Backstage Big Show is heading for the ring when Josh stops him. He asks about last RAW. Big Show says he’s sick of all these imposter Santas. He wants the real Santa out there to grant his wish and will take out any fake Santas or anyone else who gets involved.

Video of Ted in his new movie.

Big Show out to the ring. He’s back in his black ring gear. Big Show says Damon promised one RAW superstar’s wish will be granted. That will be him. He wants the real Santa to come out and grant his wish now. Out comes Santa with a Bella elf on each side. Santa carefully gets in the ring and wishes everyone a Merry Christmas. He says Big Show’s a big little boy and while he’d normally have him sit on his knee, but that won’t happen. Big Show down on one knee to give Santa a knee to sit on. Big Show says he’s been a good little boy. Big Show says he wants his best friend and tag team partner back on RAW. Santa says Jericho has been such a bad little boy this year. All that talk, talk, talk, talk, talk. Big Show says he wants this more than anything else in the world. Santa says if this is what he really wants, next week Jericho will be back on RAW. Big Show hugs Santa. Then Hornswoggle’s music plays. Hornswoggle into the ring and whips off Santa’s beard to show it’s Jericho. Then an entire tiny DX Army comes out from under the ring. They surround Jericho in the ring. They’re ready to throw down. Jericho takes everything off but his belly and his pants. He’s swarmed. They get all of them off Jericho but one. Big Show side slams the last tiny little guy to huge heat. High fives over the little guy then they hand him out to refs by one foot! Jericho throws Hornswoggle into the ring and the fans start chanting for DX. Hornswoggle starts to tune up the band. He nailed sweet shin music. Big Show got Hornswoggle up but DX’s music hit and out they come. They got rid of Jericho, but then Big Show grabbed them both for chokeslams. They reversed it and suplexed Big Show. HHH grabs a mic. He wants to squash Hornswoggle. HBK says it’s Christmas, they can’t squash him! HHH says what he wants for Christmas is to squash him. HBK says he’s growing on him. HHH says he doesn’t hate him as much either. HBK says that they said he had to do something big, and he did. “Can we keep him?” HBK says he’ll walk him, feed him, clean out his cage. HHH says DX has a height requirement. HBK whispers in HHH’s ear. HHH says if he drops the court case he can be the DX mascot. HBK says if you’re not down with that, we’ve got two words for you… Hornswoggle yells suck it! They all pose for the in ring pyro. They all pose in the ring.

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WWE and TNA Superstars Meet!!

Monday, December 21st, 2009

Wrestlers and employees from both World Wrestling Entertainment and TNA Wrestling met up on Sunday night in Orlando, Florida – where WWE was taping this week’s ECW, Superstars and SmackDown and TNA held its Final Resolution pay-per-view.

TNA president Dixie Carter was among the TNA employees who visited with WWE wrestlers a bar in Orlando, according to prowrestling.net. Carter hosted a Christmas party next door at the hotel where most of the TNA crew stays.

Several WWE superstars were said to be nervous about going over to the TNA party because of how WWE management might react. However, some of the TNA crew. It was said to be a “social” visit with Dixie Carter meeting some of the WWE crew for the first time.

TNA star Samoa Joe wrote the following on his Twitter page: “Just found out there are old associates in town. Tonight the Illuminati meets… Illuminati meeting became Illuminati sleepover and is now Illuminati pancake breakfast. Secret societies seem so much cooler in the movies.”

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WWE SmackDown, ECW & Superstars Spoilers – 20 Dec 2009

Monday, December 21st, 2009

WWE SmackDown, ECW and Superstars Tapings in Orlando, Florida
December 20th, 2009 – Credit: Patrick Dirusso

Good attendance tonight, 85% full.

Dark Match

* Shelton Benjamin pins Tyler Reks. Reks draws heat by saying “Where were all of you when I needed you” Shelton wins in under 5 minutes.

ECW

* Segment where Jack Swagger comes out and promises to be the next ECW Champion.

* Zack Ryder pins Tommy Dreamer. Dreamer dominated most of the match.

* The Abraham Washington Show with guests Trent Baretta and Caylon Croft. Washington makes Tiger Woods jokes before introducing Croft & Baretta. They try to draw heat but get very little. These guys need more mic work.

* Backstage segment with Christian and Yoshi Tatsu. Swagger interrupts and accuses Christian of trying to “coach” Yoshi. Swagger says it will do him no good becuase he says he will “steamroll” through Yoshi tonight and then beat Christian for the ECW title. Yoshi calls Swagger a jackass after he walks away.

* Vance Archer pins Goldust in an ECW Homecoming qualifying match.

* Yoshi Tatsu pins Jack Swagger in an ECW Homecoming qualifying match.

WWE Superstars

* Ezekiel Jackson vs. Vladimir Kozlov ends in a double countout. They brawled outside not very long after the match began. Quick to say the least.

* Segment with Drew McIntyre. He claims to have been the chosen one by Vince McMahon and that Vince McMahon was “correct in chosing him” becuase he is the new Intercontinental Champion. John Morrison interrupts. Morrision informs McIntyre that Teddy Long has approved his rematch for the IC title at Royal Rumble. They brawl and Morrison hits the Starship Pain on McIntyre.

* Kane defeats Mike Knox in a decent match. Decent pop for Kane.

Friday Night SmackDown

* Opens with Vickie Guerrero and Teddy Long in the kitchen. Vickie brags about her “delicious Christmas recipes” including potatoes and turkey. When her back is turned, Hornswoggle appears on the table and tages a huge bite out of her turkey.

* John Morrison, Matt Hardy, Finlay, and R-Truth vs. Dolph Ziggler, Drew McIntyre, CM Punk and Lke Gallows. Good match, lots of back and forth. All eight men were in the ring at the same time hitting their finishers. Morrisin hits Starship Pain on Ziggler for the pin.

* Rey Mysterio vs. Undertaker ended in DQ when Batista attacked Taker during the match, as Taker was about to deliver the chokeslam on Rey. Saw this one coming a mile away. Taker laid out Batista and then Rey hit Taker with the hurricanrana and Batista with 619. It was a mess.

* Cyime Tyme rolled Slam Master J, dressed as Santa, backstage. They stole his gift bag, jacket, and went out and tossed the gifts to the fans at ringside.

* Cryme Tyme defeat two jobbers. They continued handing out presents and gifts to ringside fans.

* Mickie James and Maria defeated Beth Phoenix and Layla. Lots of heat for Layla and Michelle McCool who was doing commentary at ringside. After Mickey pinned Layla, she went to get her some of McCool. That led to a 3 on 2 attack which did not bode well for Mickie and Maria.

* Segment with Chris Jericho where he whines and complains about losing the tag belts to DX. He then questions why the Hart Dynasty is deserving of a title shot. Harts come down. Jericho backstrokes a little but again questions why they deserve tag title shot. DX interuppts them via the big screen.

DX say they have Christmas presents for Jericho and Hart Dynasty. For Jericho, they have a “Tickle Me Big Show” doll which farts when you press his stomach. They also have a one way ticket out of RAW. For the Hart Dynasty they have a 1 way ticket to Canada where there is snow, bears, hockey, more snow and more bears. Pretty typical DX stuff here.

Jericho then tells Hart Dynasty to make an impact because this is how DX plays their immature childish games. And then, the Hart Dynasty hit their finisher on Jericho.

* Another segment with Vickie and Teddy. Vickie apologizes for the previous Hornswoggle interruption. Vickie shows off her stuffing recipe which Teddy finds disgusting and asks how the Guerreros can eat that stuff. Hornswoggle appears again and throws a pie in both Vickie and Teddy’s face.

* DX beat The Hart Dynasty in the main event with a Pedigree. Before the match, Triple H gives his own rendition of “Twas the Night Before Christmas.” After the match, Hornswoggle appears and poses with DX as SmackDown goes off the air.

Dark Main Event:

* Undertaker pins Batista following a Tombstone.

Biggest Pops: Undertaker, DX, Rey Mysterio

Biggest Heat: Batista, Chris Jericho, CM Punk
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Hulk Hogan & Mick Foley dropped from WWE

Sunday, December 20th, 2009

As seen last night prior to the Tribute to Troops special on NBC, Hulk Hogan has been removed from the introduction video which kicks off each and every single WWE television broadcast. “Hulkamania is running wild” has been replaced with “Everyone has a price!” with “The Million Dollar Man” Ted Dibiase pictured instead of Hogan.

WWE also removed the clip of Mankind being thrown off the top of a cell at the 1998 King of the Ring. In it’s place is a clip of Jeff Hardy diving off a ladder at this past year’s WrestleMania.

Both Hogan and Mankind had been featured in the intro video since its introduction on October 3, 2005.

Jim Ross extends WWE contract

Saturday, December 19th, 2009

WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross has announced on his JRsBarBQ.com that he’s signed a short-term contract extension with WWE.

Ross stated, “My contract status with WWE has changed somewhat,” Ross wrote in a Friday blog. “We have agreed to terms on a contract extension for a few months to allow me to completely heal from Bells palsy number 3.

“I don’t expect to go back on the road until, at the earliest, March but that is an approximate time frame. The story making the rounds that I’m targeting WM26 to return to the airwaves makes for a good story but it is not accurate as I am hoping that I heal quicker and can get back in the game in some form sooner than March 28. That particular issue isn’t up to me.”

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Sheamus to defend title against Shawn Michaels, Show v Triple H and Kingston v Orton

Saturday, December 19th, 2009

The WWE Smackdown & ECW house show on March 6th 2010 will be held in Pullman, Washington at the Beasley Performing Arts Coliseum on the campus of Washington State University. The official website of the TD Garden has announced that WWE Champion Sheamus would be defending his title against HBK, Shawn Michaels at the Friday, January 8th 2010 Raw brand live event in Boston. Other matches announced were “The World’s Largest Athlete” Big Show vs. “The Game” Triple H and “The Viper” Randy Orton vs. Kofi Kingston.