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Monday Night Raw Preview – 6/10/13

This is absolutely nitpicking, but it annoys me when they call DB the Flying Goat. I get why they do it, the silly little name endears him to the kids and they will support him in lieu of guys like Ryback that are simply more visually compelling. He’s clearly a lot more than just a beard and a big boy hair cut – he’s getting tons of praise weekly for being the guy on the upper mid card.

We’re charging into Payback this weekend, and there are a few things looming.

  • Is CM Punk in or out? No one has seen him (unless the follow him on Twitter – dude is in Chicago, get over it)
  • Can Jerrrrhn Ceeeeenhaaa get another shot in on Ryback before the PPV this weekend?
  • How long is Zack Ryders hair now?
  • Who is the dude who is sending love messages to Kaitlyn (and how will it get her a match this weekend)?
  • Is Fandango out of the IC title triple threat?
  • Will the comedy duo of Sheamus and Damien Sandow perform again tonight?
  • Randy Orton, the Shield, Kane – what about these guys?
  • Dolph Ziggler announced he will be returning from his concussion injury.
  • Will Triple H debut yet another leather jacket/ensemble?
  • Which McMahons will be on the show tonight (the only two left).

Plenty to get to, almost not enough time in the broadcast to do it!

Smackdown Preview 6/7/13

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Quick and dirty one here, kids cuz it’s FRIDAY! SmackDown is in Long Island. GO!

Team Hell No and Randy Orton are your guests on Miz TV

My favorite act in WWE, Daniel Bryan in the same segment with my current least favorite, the Miz. Should be interesting. Miz will moderate what’s sure to be a civil discussion between three pals- Daniel Bryan, Kane, & Randy Orton. And if we’re good, maybe just maybe Teddy Long will book a main event during this segment. Holla Holla!

Y2J Chris Jericho preps for Payback by taking on the latest Paul Heyman Guy, Curtis Axel

The Code Breaker versus the Perfect Plex. The Walls of Jericho versus the Countout. Jericho is embroiled in a feud with Paul Heyman (on behalf of CM Punk) so naturally, Jericho takes on another Paul Heyman client tonight on SmackDown

Hit the jump for the rest of the show!
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Smackdown Preview 5/24/13

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It’s a night of Rematches! Tonight, Kofi Kingston invokes his rematch clause and takes on the NEWWWW United States Champion Dean Ambrose and the Miz finally takes advantage of his rematch with Wade Barrett for the Intercontinental Championship on Smackdown LIVE (on Tape) from Omaha Nebraska.

Also in action the focus of a lot of online chatter and latest Paul Heyman Guy, Curtis Axel takes on Sin Cara. Hopefully, Paul Heyman will grace us with a verbal soliloquy like I mentioned HERE.

In addition, Daniel Bryan faces Jack Swagger and Chris Jericho meets The Big Show.

And finally, Fandango and Summer Rae are the guests on Miz TV. Hey, I thought we were hinting at replacing this with The Damien Sandow Show. What gives?

Overall it sounds like a great card on paper, if lacking storyline development. Now if we could just shorten all the Raw Recaps we could get SmackDown back into ‘Must-See-TV.’ (That is not an invitation to make the Miz the focus, I repeat, not an invitation to push the Miz on SmackDown.)

CDW Top 5 Week of May 12th – May 19th

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It’s time once again for a wrap up of our weekly top 5 performers, our Fave Five as Booker T would say, based on THIS PAST week of action. Since the WWE week traditionally starts each Monday on Raw we’re also including last night’s Extreme Rules PPV.

Based on highly subjective criteria, here are OUR findings, with CDW writers voting for their top 5 names in all of Professional Wrestling for the week. Could be managers, could be superstars, could be announcers.

Disagree with our results? Want to argue a placement? Want to name your top 5? Feel free to leave a comment or message us on twitter: @dukeswrestling. We’ll gladly name names of who voted for whom, and demand the defend themselves.

Hit the jump for the results for this week.

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SmackDown Preview 5/17/13

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Pull two tractor trailers behind you because you’re the World’s Strongest Man, THAT’S WHAT YOU DO, and it’s FRIDAY!!!

Tonight on Friday Night Smackdown from Wichita, KS just two days before Extreme Rules, the WWE Superstars get their last licks in on each other before going to the EXTREME (TM Paul Heyman)! This year’s card has a lot to live up to once you consider the amazing show that occured at last year’s Extreme Rules. Let’s see if they can top it.

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