Deadman is "Wrestling's Most Absurd Storyline"

   According to UGO Entertainment's official website, UGO.com, WWE's "Phenom" The Undertaker character is it's most absurd storyline ever. Joining the likes such as "HBK tagging with God", "Hornswoogle as Vince's son", "Mae Young gives birth", the "Deadman" ranks no. 1 among them.

Here's what UGO.com has posted: "Make no mistake: The Undertaker is a tremendous talent. His longevity as a performer, his constantly evolving ring work, his masterful understanding of wrestling psychology and his instantly recognizable gimmick all ensure that he is a future Hall of Famer. However, that gimmick is absolutely ridiculous." Then added: "When The Deadman debuted, professional wrestling was a very different place, and The Undertaker fit in perfectly. However, as the rest of the landscape changed, toning down the more outrageous gimmick, The Undertaker retained every wacky bit of his, including his control over lightning, his ability to appear out of nowhere and even the loyal druids that attend him. And on top of that, try explaining to someone who doesn’t know anything about wrestling why the huge, creepy undead dude with magical powers is a good guy."

Chavez Jr. Still Unbeaten!

   Mexican Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. kept his record clean after he dominated John Duddy of Ireland via unanimous decision in a good action packed fight at Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.

   The fight was close but Chavez Jr. proved to be the more accurate puncher towards the end of the fight that got him the advantage on the judge's scorecards. After the fight, promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank said that Miguel Cotto is a possible opponent for Chavez Jr.'s next fight.

   With the win, Chavez Jr. improved to 41-0-1, 30KO while Duddy dropped to 29-2, 18KO.

   In the undercard, another Mexican, Marco Antonio Barrera (66-7, 43KO), beat Adailton De Jesus (26-5, 21KO) in a 10-round unanimous decision at lightweight division.

Lesnar, Booker T Disses Batista About His MMA Plans

   Former WWE champs Booker T and Brock Lesnar, UFC's heavyweight champ, both criticized Dave Batista, also a former WWE champ, about his confirmation that he will be joining the likes of Lesnar and Bobby Lashley or entertainer-wrestlers who jumped to MMA.

   In a recent interview by TMZ, Batista confirmed that he will be joining MMA in a company called Strikeforce. But TMZ also learned that Batista haven't signed up yet with the company.

   TMZ also posted an interview with Booker T, who had a real backstage fight with Batista in 2006 saying he won't "last 5 minutes" with Bobby Lashley and he don't think Batista can match-up with the big boys of Strikeforce.

   While in an interview with MMAFighting.com, UFC champ Brock Lesnar asked about Batista, he responded "Get in line. Everybody and their dog wants to get into fighting. Next question, We're talking about a heavyweight championship fight, not some wannabe."

Omar Niño Romero Crushes Rodel Mayol

   Mexican Omar Niño Romero successfully won the WBC lightweight belt yesterday after he won a 12-round unanimous decision over Filipino Rodel Mayol in a bloody fight at Mexico.

   The fight favored for Mayol in the early rounds but Niño proved to be the stronger fighter as the fight goes on but had to be stopped for several times to check the cuts suffered by both fighter due to occasional head butts.

   These two fighters also met earlier this year that ended in a draw after three rounds due to Romero's low blow and hard punch to Mayol that almost knocked him out.

Batista Talks About His Reasons For Leaving and Doing MMA

   As noted before, Batista was at this week's Strikeforce MMA show and made it clear that he left WWE because he was unhappy with the direction of the company. Dave Meltzer asked Batista if he would do something like Chris Jericho and return in a year or two. Batista said he didn't want to be compared to Jericho and said he had no plans on returning but did not rule out a return one day.
   Batista joked that he was in Los Angeles looking for work and said he's open for offers, be it MMA or acting. Batista has had discussions about doing a reality TV show.

   Apparently Batista has been approached with an offer by a non-major MMA group. Word is that it's a big money offer and is for two fights, likely pay-per-view events and the first opponent would be a well-known former headliner. This is the same offer that Batista hinted around about when he was leaving WWE. Batista has been training regularly at the Affliction gym and has dropped considerable weight since leaving WWE. Most believe that a MMA career for Batista is highly unlikely, given his age and experience, among other things.

   Batista's contract with WWE has expired and he is a free agent. TNA did make an offer to Batista but with the large amount of money they have spent on bringing in other big names recently, they couldn't come close to matching what he had been earning in WWE.


Source: Wrestling Observer Newsletter

Rampage Wants WWE!

   After a hosting stint last week at RAW along with his A-Team co-stars, former UFC champ Quinton "Rampage" Jackson expressed his desires to join WWE via his Tweeter account.

   He said "I was like a kid today,I have not been happy this past week,but meeting my child hood heros,and making new friends was all I needed I'm back," Quinton said. "I will tell y'all everything tomorrow,it's late here,I'm still on tour,I will let y'all know what I'm doing so y'all can keep u,btw I want n." He then added "Everybody was cool! They r a bunch of big kids like me,doing what they love. Big Show was so funny! He showed me the choke slam. I want n!!!".

Franklin KOs Liddell

   Are the days of Chuck "Iceman" Liddell finally over at the octagon? Well he probably showed that it is after he suffered a first round KO from former champ Rich Franklin in the main event for UFC 115 at Vancouver, Canada.

   Franklin was forced to use his right hand mostly as he broke his left while blocking a Liddell kick. And it was a blessing in disguise for Franklin as a right hand counter was the one that ended the fight and left Liddell out cold at the last five seconds of the opening round.

Cotto Defeats Foreman "Twice" In One Night

   Former welterweight king Miguel Cotto of Puerto Rico bounced back from his welterweight defeat from Manny Pacquiao and grabbed the super welterweight crown from the handicapped Yuri Foreman of Israel in a interesting night of slugfest at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York.

   Cotto, though not favored to win because of  his size disadvantage, unleashed the most of the heavier bombs to Foreman. But being the more bigger fighter, Foreman showed the more agile and faster fighter by moving and skipping around the ring.

   The two fighters looked sharp in the first six rounds, until the seventh came and Foreman stumbled by slipping twice due to wet canvass. The slip cause him to have a limping effect that Cotto took advantage. But "The Fighting Rabbi" continued to exchange blows with the Puerto Rican until someone threw a towel from Yuri's corner. But the referee cleaned up the ring again as he wanted the fight to continue because according to the rules, the towel must be waived from the fighter's corner as it may come from an unauthorized person if thrown. But Foreman still wanted to fight, continued until Cotto dropped him in the 0:42 of the 9th round. The referee halted the fight as Yuri had enough.